El estrecho está cerrado hasta que se levante el bloqueo estadounidense, dijo el sábado por la noche la marina de la Guardia Revolucionaria de Irán, advirtiendo que “ninguna embarcación debe realizar movimiento alguno desde su fondeadero en el golfo Pérsico ni el mar de Omán, y acercarse al estrecho de Ormuz será considerado como cooperación con el enemigo” y será atacado.

Los nuevos ataques en el estrecho, a través del cual, en condiciones normales, cruza aproximadamente una quinta parte del petróleo mundial, amenazaba con agravar la crisis energética que sacude la economía global y con empujar a los dos países a un conflicto renovado, mientras la guerra entra en su octava semana.

Está previsto que el frágil alto el fuego expire el miércoles. Irán dijo que había recibido nuevas propuestas de Estados Unidos, y mediadores paquistaníes trabajaban para organizar otra ronda de negociaciones directas.

El mando militar conjunto de la República Islámica manifestó el sábado que “el control del estrecho de Ormuz ha vuelto a su estado anterior... bajo una estricta gestión y control de las fuerzas armadas”.

Dos lanchas cañoneras de la Guardia Revolucionaria abrieron fuego contra un petrolero y un proyectil desconocido impactó contra un buque portacontenedores, dañando parte de la carga, reportó el sábado la Agencia de Operaciones de Comercio Marítimo (UKMTO, por sus siglas en inglés), que depende del ejército británico. El Ministerio de Exteriores de India dijo que convocó al embajador de Irán por el “grave incidente” de disparar contra dos mercantes con bandera india, especialmente después de que Irán dejara pasar antes a varios buques con destino a ese país.

Para Irán, el control de Ormuz, impuesto después de que Estados Unidos e Israel lanzaran la guerra el 28 de febrero durante conversaciones sobre el programa nuclear de Teherán, ha resultado ser una de las principales armas que amenazan la economía mundial e infligen dolor político al presidente Donald Trump. Para Estados Unidos, el bloqueo mantiene la presión y podría estrangular la economía iraní, ya debilitada.

El nuevo líder supremo de Irán, el ayatolá Mojtaba Jamenei, emitió el sábado declaraciones desafiantes, diciendo que la marina está “lista para infligir amargas derrotas a sus enemigos”. No se le ha visto en público desde que asumió el cargo tras la muerte de su padre en la andanada inicial de Israel.

Un giro un día después de que Irán dijera que el estrecho estaba abierto

El cambio se produjo un día después de que el ministro iraní de Exteriores, Abbas Araghchi, declarara abierto el estrecho coincidiendo con el anuncio de una tregua de 10 días entre Israel y el grupo político-paramilitar Hezbollah, respaldado por la República Islámica, en Líbano. La reapertura provocó la caída de los precios del petróleo.

En un primer momento, el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, pareció adoptar una postura similar sobre la reapertura del estrecho, pero más tarde afirmó que el bloqueo estadounidense “se mantendrá plenamente en vigor” hasta que Teherán alcance un acuerdo con Estados Unidos. El mandatario impuso el bloqueo después de que una ronda histórica de conversaciones cara a cara en Pakistán entre los países terminara sin un acuerdo.

Las fuerzas estadounidenses han enviado 23 barcos de regreso a Irán desde el lunes, cuando inició el bloqueo, afirmó el sábado el Comando Central de Estados Unidos. Los comentarios de Trump provocaron indignación.

“Los estadounidenses arriesgan a la comunidad internacional, arriesgan la economía global a través de estos, podríamos decir, errores de cálculo”, dijo a The Associated Press el viceministro iraní de Exteriores Saeed Khatibzadeh, añadiendo que Estados Unidos “pone en riesgo todo el paquete de alto el fuego”.

El Consejo Supremo de Seguridad Nacional de Irán emitió un comunicado calificando el bloqueo como una violación del alto el fuego y dijo que Irán impediría “cualquier reapertura condicional y limitada” del estrecho. El consejo ha actuado recientemente como el principal órgano de toma de decisiones de facto de Irán.

Dado que la mayoría de los suministros a las bases militares estadounidenses en la región del golfo pasan por el estrecho, “Irán está decidido a mantener la supervisión y el control sobre el tráfico a través del estrecho hasta que la guerra termine por completo”, dijo el consejo. Eso significa rutas designadas por Irán, pago de tarifas y emisión de certificados de tránsito.

En su declaración posterior, la marina de la Guardia Revolucionaria indicó que ninguna embarcación debería intentar transitar en absoluto.

Pakistán impulsa avances hacia un nuevo acuerdo

El renovado tira y afloja sobre el estrecho se produjo horas después de que el ministro de Exteriores de Pakistán, Ishaq Dar, dijera que su país trabajaba para “tender puentes” entre las diferencias de Estados Unidos e Irán. Se espera que Pakistán acoja una segunda ronda de negociaciones a principios de la próxima semana.

El Consejo Supremo de Seguridad Nacional de Irán dijo que se habían presentado “nuevas propuestas” de Estados Unidos durante una visita a Irán del jefe del ejército de Pakistán y que estaban siendo revisadas.

Pero Khatibzadeh dijo que los iraníes no estaban listos para una nueva ronda de conversaciones cara a cara porque los estadounidenses “no han abandonado su posición maximalista”.

También dijo que Irán no entregará a Estados Unidos su reserva de 970 libras (440 kilogramos) de uranio enriquecido, calificando la idea de “inviable”. Khatibzadeh no abordó otras propuestas para el uranio enriquecido, diciendo solo que “estamos listos para abordar cualquier preocupación”.

Trump dijo el sábado que Irán “se puso un poco listo”, pero que se desarrollaban conversaciones “muy buenas”, y que habría más información al final del día. “No pueden chantajearnos”, añadió.

El viernes, Trump dijo que Estados Unidos entrará en Irán y “recogerá todo el polvo nuclear”, en referencia al uranio enriquecido, que se cree que está enterrado bajo instalaciones nucleares gravemente dañadas por ataques militares estadounidenses el año pasado.

Un pacificador francés muere en Líbano

El presidente francés Emmanuel Macron dijo que un soldado francés murió y otros tres resultaron heridos el sábado durante un ataque contra cascos azules de la ONU en el sur de Líbano. “Todo sugiere que la responsabilidad de este ataque recae en Hezbollah”, escribió el mandatario francés en redes sociales. La fuerza de paz de la UNIFIL también culpó a Hezbollah.

Hezbollah negó su implicación.

El ministro de Exteriores de Pakistán dijo que los combates entre Israel y Hezbollah habían sido un punto clave de fricción en las conversaciones entre Estados Unidos e Irán, y que la declaración de un alto el fuego en Líbano se consideraba un impulso a los esfuerzos para un acuerdo con Irán.

Aunque los mediadores eran optimistas, no estaba claro hasta qué punto Hezbollah cumpliría una tregua en cuya negociación no desempeñó ningún papel, especialmente cuando las tropas israelíes siguen ocupando un tramo de territorio en el sur de Líbano.

En Beirut, las familias desplazadas comenzaron a regresar al sur del país y a los suburbios del sur de Beirut a pesar de las advertencias de las autoridades de no regresar a sus hogares hasta que quedase claro si el alto el fuego se mantendría.

La guerra, que comenzó con ataques estadounidenses e israelíes el 28 de febrero, se ha cobrado la vida de al menos 3,000 personas en Irán, de más de 2,290 en Líbano, 23 en Israel y más de una docena en estados árabes del golfo Pérsico. Trece soldados estadounidenses también han muerto.

After the game finished 2-2 following extra time, Sociedad goalkeeper Unai Marrero saved shots by Alexander Sorloth and Julián Álvarez and Pablo Marín converted the last kick to clinch the shootout 4-3.

Sociedad needed 14 seconds and just three players to touch the ball directly after kickoff to take the lead through Ander Barrenetxea.

Ademola Lookman equalized for Diego Simeone’s side with a goal in the 19th minute, but a penalty by goalkeeper Juan Musso allowed Mikel Oyarzabal to restore Sociedad’s advantage in first-half injury time.

Álvarez stroked a shot into the right corner to make it 2-2 in the 83rd.

American coach Pellegrino Matarazzo took over Sociedad in December when it was two points above the relegation zone in the Spanish league. Four months later, the Basque Country club has won the cup and is in the upper half of the La Liga table.

Opta Statistics said Barrenetxea’s goal was the fastest ever in a Spanish cup final.

The opening goal against Atletico’s vaunted defense was about as simple as they come: ball to goalkeeper, long ball down the right flank, where Gonçalo Guedes was free to send in a cross for Ander Barrenetxea to head it home.

The sequence exposed a series of less-than-ideal defending. Neither Nahuel Molina nor Giuliano Simeone intercepted reachable balls; Matteo Ruggeri let the shorter Barrenetxea outjump him for the header; and goalkeeper Juan Musso perhaps could have made a more sprightly effort to stop the shot from bouncing past.

Lookman again proved the most-impactful winter signing by a Spanish side – his goal was his seventh for Atletico – when the former Atalanta forward received a pass from Antoine Griezmann just inside the area and sent a left-footed shot inside the post.

Oyarzabal went to the spot after Musso slammed into Guedes while disputing a high ball in the box. Oyarzabal lived up to his reputation as a penalty expert, slotting his try home. The Spain striker also scored a penalty for the only goal in the 2020 cup final against Athletic Bilbao.

Sociedad was in control and only minutes away from the title when Atletico finally mounted a good team move to unsettle Sociedad’s defense for the first time and set up Álvarez in the second half.

Musso made up for his earlier mistakes by making back-to-back saves in extra time. Otherwise, Atletico created several chances it couldn’t finish off to get the title-clinching goal.

Then it was Marrero’s turn to shine as he guessed right on the first two penalties by Atletico’s strikers.

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Cooper City, Weston and Plantation are all part of the Relay for Life event hosted by the American Cancer Society.

Cancer survivors will lead the first lap.

The event runs from 5 to 10 p.m., starting with school performances, followed by an opening ceremony at 6 p.m. that includes check presentations and a medal ceremony honoring cancer survivors and caregivers.

Throughout the evening, families can enjoy food, games, a kids’ zone and prize drawings. Davie will also be selling pulled chicken and meatball sandwiches to help raise funds.

The goal is to raise $10,000, and organizers say they are close, with just over $1,000 left to reach it.

Everyone was encouraged to wear purple. The event runs until 10 p.m. at Plantation Central Park.

Cooper City, Weston y Plantation forman parte del evento Relay for Life organizado por la Sociedad Americana contra el Cáncer.

Los sobrevivientes de cáncer encabezarán la primera vuelta.

El evento se realiza de 5 a 10 p.m., comenzando con presentaciones escolares, seguido por una ceremonia de apertura a las 6 p.m. que incluye entrega de cheques y una ceremonia de medallas en honor a sobrevivientes de cáncer y cuidadores.

Durante la noche, las familias podrán disfrutar de comida, juegos, una zona para niños y rifas de premios. Davie también estará vendiendo sándwiches de pollo desmenuzado y albóndigas para ayudar a recaudar fondos.

La meta es recaudar $10,000 USD, y los organizadores dicen que están cerca, con poco más de $1,000 USD restantes para alcanzarla.

Se alentó a todos a vestir de color púrpura. El evento se realiza hasta las 10 p.m. en Plantation Central Park.

El choque ocurrió a las 9:41 p.m. en la cuadra 4300 de Riverside Drive, según el Departamento de Policía de Coral Springs.

La Policía dijo que agentes y el Departamento de Bomberos de Coral Springs-Parkland respondieron a la escena y encontraron que un hombre que conducía una bicicleta eléctrica había impactado un vehículo identificado de la CSPD. Los agentes dijeron que de inmediato comenzaron a prestarle ayuda.

Indicaron que el hombre fue trasladado por equipos de rescate a Broward Health North, donde fue declarado muerto. Los investigadores confirmaron el sábado que el agente involucrado no resultó herido y que la identidad de la víctima no puede ser divulgada en este momento.

Se exhorta a cualquier persona que haya presenciado el choque o tenga información a comunicarse con el agente Xavier Reinoso al correo xreinoso@coralsprings.gov o al 954-346-1268.

No se divulgaron de inmediato más detalles sobre el choque.

Más del 61% de los 48 estados continentales se encuentra en sequía de moderada a excepcional —incluido el 97% del sureste y dos tercios del oeste—, de acuerdo con el Monitor de Sequía de Estados Unidos. Son los niveles más altos para esta época del año desde que el monitor inició actividades en 2000.

El Índice de Sequía de Palmer de la Oficina Nacional de Administración Oceánica y Atmosférica (NOAA, por sus siglas en inglés) no solo alcanzó su nivel más alto para marzo desde que comenzaron los registros en 1895, sino que el mes pasado fue el tercero más seco del que se tiene registro, sin importar la época del año. Solo quedó por detrás de los célebres meses del Dust Bowl de julio y agosto de 1934.

Debido al calor récord, gran parte del oeste ha tenido niveles excepcionalmente bajos de nieve en los primeros meses del año, que por lo general es la forma en que la región almacena agua para el verano. Una sequía distinta —vinculada a la corriente en chorro, que mantiene las tormentas más al norte— ha colocado al sur, desde Texas hasta la Costa Este, en una sequía separada que simplemente coincide con lo que ocurre en el oeste, explicó Brian Fuchs, climatólogo del Centro Nacional de Mitigación de la Sequía.

La NOAA calculó que harían falta 19 pulgadas de lluvia en un mes para romper la sequía en el este de Texas y más de un pie de lluvia para resolver el déficit en la mayor parte del sureste.

“En este momento, el 61% del país está en sequía y eso ha ido aumentando de manera constante en lo que va del año civil”, señaló Fuchs. “Simplemente no hemos visto demasiadas primaveras en las que esta proporción del país haya estado en estas condiciones”.

Destaca de forma evidente una medición muy técnica pero crucial de la “esponjosidad” de la atmósfera, o cuánta humedad absorbe del suelo el aire caliente y seco que lo recalienta. Este fenómeno se conoce como déficit de presión de vapor. Está un 77% por encima de lo normal y más de un 25% por encima del récord anterior para el periodo de enero a marzo en el oeste, indicó Park Williams, hidroclimatólogo de la UCLA.

Ese nivel de absorción de humedad del suelo “no habría parecido posible” hasta ahora, afirmó.

La sequía suele alcanzar su punto máximo en verano, no en primavera, y eso es lo que preocupa a los meteorólogos.

“El fuego tiende a responder al calor y a la sequía de manera exponencial”, explicó Williams. “Por cada grado de calentamiento, se obtiene un impacto mayor en términos de incendios que el que se obtuvo con el grado anterior de calentamiento”.

En Arizona, los cactus florecen con meses de anticipación y la preocupación por el agua ya ha comenzado, comentó Kathy Jacobs, directora del Centro de Ciencia y Soluciones para la Adaptación Climática de la Universidad de Arizona.

“Quienes dependemos del río Colorado, por supuesto, estamos muy preocupados por el hecho de que no tenemos una ruta negociada hacia adelante en medio de lo que parece ser posiblemente el peor año de sequía que hemos vivido”, advirtió Jacobs. “Tenemos muchos embalses que no están llenos”.

El meteorólogo Jeff Masters, de Yale Climate Connections, dijo que su mayor preocupación es lo que la sequía hará a la agricultura y luego a los precios de los alimentos. Si Estados Unidos tiene un mal año de cosechas debido a la sequía, podría ser un problema global. Se pronostica una fuerte oscilación meteorológica natural de El Niño, que a menudo reduce la producción de los cultivos en otros lugares del mundo, como India.

Williams sostuvo que la sequía y el aumento en la temperatura climática están impulsados por la variabilidad natural y por el cambio climático causado por el ser humano, con el azar como un factor ligeramente mayor.

“Todo el clima ahora está afectado por el cambio climático”, afirmó Jacobs, de Arizona. “El clima no está divorciado de las tendencias climáticas. Pero este evento extremo es extremo de la manera que hemos estado esperando: olas de calor extremas, sequía intensa”.

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The crash happened at 9:41 p.m. in the 4300 block of Riverside Drive, according to the Coral Springs Police Department.

Police said officers and the Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department responded to the scene and found that a man who was riding an e-bike had struck a marked CSPD vehicle. Officers said they immediately began rendering aid.

They said the man was taken by fire rescue crews to Broward Health North, where he was pronounced dead. Investigators on Saturday confirmed that the officer involved was not injured and that the victim’s identity cannot be released at this time.

Anyone who witnessed the crash or has information is urged to contact Officer Xavier Reinoso at xreinoso@coralsprings.gov or 954-346-1268.

No other details about the crash were immediately released.

The event took place at the Baptist Health Training Complex in Fort Lauderdale.

The legendary U.S. women’s national team star took photos with participants before kids broke into groups and ran through a variety of drills to sharpen their skills.

Hamm said spending time with young players inspires her and reinforces that the future of soccer in the U.S. is brighter than ever. She added that the best way parents can help their kids grow in any sport is simply to show up and support them.

“You know I’m a parent myself but sometimes that is not always linear,” Hamm said. “They have to take a couple steps back but as long as they know you love them, that’s the most important thing.”

Some lucky kids went home with signed soccer balls and even a pair of World Cup tickets.

The meeting comes as Mamdani, a democratic socialist who marked his 100th day in office just over a week ago, is also trying to build a working relationship with Republican President Donald Trump.

Obama and Mamdani did not take questions after reading the book “Alone and Together” to the children and leading a singalong of “The Wheels on the Bus.”

The former two-term president and standard-bearer for the Democratic Party has offered to be a sounding board for Mamdani, 34, whose star power, youth and progressive agenda has made him stand out in Democratic politics.

Mamdani took office in January after a campaign centered on making New York City a more affordable place to live, centering his agenda on refocusing the vast power of government toward helping the city’s struggling working class.

Mamdani has met twice with Trump at the White House in November and February to discuss issues affecting New York.

Despite those friendly meetings, their relationship has shown signs of strain recently, with Trump posting on social media Thursday that Mamdani was “DESTROYING New York” with his taxing policies and threatened to pull federal funding for the city.

Manager Clayton McCullough told reporters prior to first pitch Saturday that outfielder Kyle Stowers will return and make his season debut.

Stowers, who strained his right hamstring in Spring Training, made five rehab appearances with Triple-A Jacksonville.

He was spotted in the clubhouse at loanDepot park on Saturday.

“He got back-to-back nine-inning games,” McCullough said. “I think he came out of that feeling like he’s in a really good spot physically. Also, I think mentally now he feels like, ‘OK, I’m kind of over this.’”

Stowers was Miami’s lone All-Star in 2025, finishing the season with a .288 average, 25 home runs (team best) and 73 RBIs.

He became the first Marlins outfielder to be named a National League All-Star since Giancarlo Stanton and Marcell Ozuna in 2017.

A strained left oblique sidelined Stowers for the final stretch of the season, when the Marlins finished 79–83.

“Getting Kyle back in the lineup will really be a nice boost to help lengthen some things out,” McCullough said.

The Marlins will look to snap a three-game losing streak Saturday with their ace Sandy Alcantara on the mound, with a 4:10 p.m. ET first pitch.

James Harden had 22 points and 10 assists while Evan Mobley had 17 and seven rebounds for fourth-seeded Cleveland, which hosts Game 2 on Monday night.

It was a playoff career high in points for Strus, who missed the first 67 games this season with a broken left foot that occurred during offseason training.

“When you see the work he’s put in all season, it’s for this moment, right? This is a regular occurrence with Max, maybe not 24 (points), but just the energy level and boost he gives us,” said Mitchell, who has scored at least 30 points in an NBA-record nine straight series openers. “You give him credit for his journey, it can be a lot on the mental for him to continue to stick with it.”

RJ Barrett scored 24 points and Scottie Barnes had 21 for the Raptors, who were playing in their first playoff game since 2022. Toronto was missing point guard Immanuel Quickley because of a mild right hamstring strain.

Jamal Shead started in place of Quickley and had 17 points, including five 3-pointers.

Barrett's 3-pointer pulled the Raptors to within 45-41 before Cleveland broke it open with a 27-9 run over the last 1:11 of the second quarter and first seven minutes of the third.

Strus scored 11 points during the spurt and made all three of his 3-pointers as the Cavaliers went 10 of 16 from the floor, including 5 of 8 beyond the arc.

“We just kept saying in the timeouts (during the first half to) stay with it. We’re going to get separation,” Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson said. “We needed that separation for our confidence. Going into halftime if you are down, it’s a harder conversation with the players to trust what we’re doing.”

Cleveland's largest lead was 24 points (100-76) on Sam Merrill's 3-pointer 13 seconds into the fourth quarter.

Toronto came into the game averaging a league-leading 18.9 points per game, but Cleveland held them to a season-low three.

“If we allow our opponent to score 126 points, it’s going to be tough to beat them," Raptors coach Darko Rajakovic said. "Unfortunately, we had a very bad start to the third quarter with lack of execution. We were way too stagnant tonight.”

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Eta was feted by the Union Berlin fans before the game, but the team was unable to live up to the sense of occasion as it slumped to a 2-1 defeat at home to Wolfsburg, which was previously winless in 12 games.

Eta had spoken before the match of just wanting to get on with the job, deflecting attention from her own barrier-breaking achievements, and focusing instead on her task of securing Bundesliga survival for Union.

She was appointed as interim coach with five games to go before the end of the season. Now it’s four, and Union is a point closer to the relegation zone, just six points away, despite dominating toward the end against Wolfsburg.

“First of all, of course I’m disappointed that we lost this game. But I’m very happy with how we approached it today, with the lads’ performance," Eta said. "We talked about a lot of things this week. We also saw the lads training with good energy, with great conviction, and we implemented the plan we’d developed over the past few days very well today.”

Her team missed a host of good chances, with Wolfsburg goalkeeper Kamil Grabara proving to be the decisive figure, while lapses at the back allowed Patrick Wimmer and Dženan Pejčinović to score early in each half for the visitors.

“Today it was simply about focusing on the essentials. In the end, it was about football, and I was really looking forward to playing this Bundesliga match here," Eta said. "Ultimately, it’s bitter and disappointing that we’re leaving here without any points.”

The 34-year-old Eta became the first female coach across the top divisions of the “big five” European leagues in men’s soccer, but she didn’t dwell at all on her achievement.

‘Football-goddess’

Before the game, Union fans greeted each player’s name during the lineup announcement with a roar of “Fussballgott!” (football-god), and there were cheers and applause when it came to announcing the coach’s name.

“Fussballgottin!” the fans roared — football-goddess.

Eta previously became the first female assistant coach in the men’s Bundesliga in 2023, also at Union, and had been coaching the under-19 men’s team at the club, where she’s affectionately known as Louie.

She made four changes to the team that lost at bottom side Heidenheim the weekend before, bringing back Union veteran Christopher Trimmel.

“For Louie, of course it’s difficult to impose all the new things in just three or four days so everything can be implemented immediately. That’s perfectly understandable. It would have been difficult for any coach, and yet we still managed to execute a solid match plan well. A lot of things worked out,” Trimmel said. “I’m staying positive.”

Union next faces Champions League-chasing Leipzig away, then relegation-rival Cologne at home. It will face former coach Urs Fischer – who led the team to promotion in 2019 – at Mainz, before ending the season at home against Augsburg on May 16.

“We clicked quickly,” Union defender Derrick Köhn of Eta’s impact as head coach. “She shared her game plan with us, and we implemented what she gave us. There’s not too much new, so we feel very, very comfortable with her. We tried, especially today, to give her the win as a present, but unfortunately, we didn’t succeed. As I said, we’ll move on. We’ll try to analyze this and then prepare for Leipzig and try to give her her present there.”

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Contabilizadas el 93,4% de las actas oficiales, Sánchez del partido Juntos por el Perú continúa sobre el ultraconservador Rafael López Aliaga de Renovación Popular por décimas de diferencia que representan poco más de 13.000 sufragios.

La derechista Keiko Fujimori de Fuerza Popular está a la cabeza con 17,05% de votos, seguida de Sánchez con el 12,00% y en tercer lugar López Aliaga con 11,92%, según el conteo de la Oficina Nacional de Procesos Electorales (ONPE).

“Hacemos un llamado a la comunidad internacional y a nuestros electores que estemos atentos”, dijo en rueda de prensa el candidato Sánchez, al considerar que la “voluntad del pueblo” ya ha sido expresada y descartó un “fraude” como alega su inmediato contendor.

El otrora ministro del expresidente Pedro Castillo (2021-2022) se presentó junto a su abogado Luis Mendoza quien, según un análisis técnico propio, desestimó una reversión de la tendencia. Explicó, además, que un pedido de nulidad de los resultados sólo puede presentarse cuando éstos hayan sido proclamados oficialmente y cumpliendo los requisitos de ley.

López Aliaga protestó días atrás frente al Tribunal Electoral y exigió anular las elecciones; también pidió iniciar una insurgencia civil “si se termina de consumar el fraude”, de lo cual no presentó pruebas.

Una misión de observación electoral de la Unión Europea descartó cualquier posibilidad de fraude.

El ajustado margen de diferencia entre Sánchez y López Aliaga podrá resolverse cuando se incorporen unos 1.600 votos del extranjero y se solventen inconsistencias en miles de actas electorales.

Yessica Clavijo, secretaria de la Jurado Nacional de Elecciones (JNE), organismo a cargo de la revisión, señaló el sábado a la radio RPP que los resultados finales podrían emitirse hasta mediados de mayo.

De 15.000 actas observadas “por algún error material” y que han sido remitidas desde el ONPE, el 10% cuentan con un pronunciamiento de los jueces, mientras unas 106 actas “irán a recuento de votos” por no haber podido ser cotejadas, precisó Clavijo. Añadió que aún deben recibirse más actas para revisión desde el organismo electoral.

Perú irá a un balotaje el 7 de junio porque ningún candidato ha logrado el 50% más uno de los votos válidos que exige la ley para ganar en primera vuelta.

El país andino celebró elecciones en medio de una crisis política entre el Parlamento y el Ejecutivo que ha provocado el desfile de ocho presidentes y tres Congresos en una década y un incremento de la delincuencia que los ciudadanos identifican como su mayor preocupación.

The head of the International Energy Agency has warned that European countries could run low on jet fuel within weeks, forcing the continent's airlines and carriers that fly to Europe to significantly reduce flights. Many airlines have already raised checked bag fees or added fuel surcharges as the global price of jet fuel increased from about $99 per barrel at the end of February to as high as $209 a barrel at the beginning of April.

In a sign of the conflict’s ongoing repercussions for travel, Air Canada said Friday it planned to suspend its service to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport from June 1 until Oct. 25 to lower its fuel costs. Other airlines, ranging from U.S. carriers like United and Delta to Air France-KLM, SAS, Philippine Airlines and and Cathay Pacific in Europe and Asia, have reduced routes and either increased ticket prices or said they would hike them if the war keeps oil from passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

“It’s very hard for the airlines to make predictions in this environment, so they’re going to be conservative, and that’s why it’s likely that their prices will remain elevated for some time until things really stabilize,” said Shye Gilad, a former airline captain who now teaches at Georgetown University’s business school.

With airfares and fees on the rise, consumers still can make choices that determine how much of their travel budgets will get taken up by paying to get to and from their destinations.

Act quickly

While consumers may be tempted to see if the war ends before buying airline tickets, the “wait-and-see" approach to booking flights is riskier this year, travel experts say, especially the longer the war goes on and the closer to summer and other peak travel periods it gets.

“Presuming there is a lasting ceasefire — or better yet, peace agreement — it will take a few months for normal levels of jet fuel production and delivery to resume,” airline industry analyst Henry Harteveldt, president of Atmosphere Research Group, said.

Iran's reversal on Saturday of its decision to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and President Donald Trump's insistence on maintaining a U.S. blockade of Iranian ports illustrated the shakiness of prospects for oil flowing reliably again from the Persian Gulf and with it, an easing of the price pressure on airlines and their customers.

“My advice to travelers is this: If you find a flight whose schedule fits yours, with a fare you can afford, and on an airline you can at least tolerate, book it,” Harteveldt said. “But — and I cannot emphasize this enough —do not book a Basic Economy fare,” the cheapest but also the most restrictive airline ticket class.

Along with charging for checked bags and seat selection, most North American airlines do not give refunds or travel credits to passengers with Basic Economy tickets if they don't cancel their trips within 24 hours of purchase. Policies may vary, but spending more for a Standard Economy ticket provides more flexibility, according to Harteveldt.

Paying more up-front for a refundable ticket also prove advantageous because “if the prices start to dramatically change, you can cancel and rebook for the better price,” Gilad said.

Travel experts say that for now, longstanding booking guidance offers a baseline for how early to reserve a flight to get the lowest airfare: international flights are typically the cheapest about two to five months in advance, and domestic trips about three to six weeks out.

Last-minute bookings and other situations that typically command higher prices are likely to keep climbing, Gilad said.

“Remember, especially if you’re traveling on the major airlines, they’re going to have more ability to adjust fares. If you book too close to your travel date, you’re going to pay more," he said. "The farther out you can book, the better.”

Keep an open mind

Travelers who don't want or need to reach a specific place at a specific time can find it easier to save on airfare. Shifting departure or return dates by a day or two — especially from peak weekends and holidays to midweek — often yields big price differences.

Choosing a different destination also may pay off. A flight from the U.S. may be significantly cheaper to one European city than another. Since budget airlines and trains connect much of Europe, and trains, an airport it cost less to get to can still provide easy access to a lot of other places.

Consumers not set on a certain arrival destination can try tools like Skyscanner’s “Explore Everywhere” feature to look for less-expensive options.

Looking beyond the closest airport for departures also can make a meaningful difference. Major hubs tend to offer more flights and lower fares than smaller regional airports.

In some cases, booking a separate short flight or train to a hub will unlock a cheaper long-haul airfare — think Milwaukee versus Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.

Travel light

Sticking to a carry-on bag, when possible, can help avoid the higher fees for checking luggage that many major U.S. airlines introduced recently, including Delta, American, United, Southwest and JetBlue.

If packing light is not an option, plan ahead because airlines typically charge more to add bags closer to departure, especially within 24 hours of a flight.

Redeem your points

While fares are going up, the number of airline points needed for many flights has not increased at the same pace, said Adam Morvitz, CEO of points.me, a loyalty rewards redemption search platform.

Airlines still need to fill seats, Morvitz said, and offering more of them for fewer points is one way to do it.

Customers without enough frequent-flyer miles or credit card points for a round-trip ticket still can redeem their travel rewards for one leg of a journey and free up cash for other travel expenses.

Many travelers redeem points directly through their credit card’s booking portal, where they’re typically worth about 1 cent each, Morvitz said. Transferring points to airline loyalty programs often unlocks significantly better value because most major credit card issuers partner with a range of airlines.

Take American Express, whose points can be transferred to Air France’s Flying Blue program. Travelers who don’t want to book with Air France still can use those points with the airline's partner carriers, such as Delta, Morvitz said.

“Points are a form of wealth, and consumers should recognize that those points increase spending power," he said.

Explore travel credit cards

For those new to travel credit cards, sign-up bonuses may yield benefits that can be put to use as soon as this summer. Some bonuses are large enough to cover a flight after meeting a minimum spending requirement.

"Even if you were to travel the entire year, taking one trip per month, you would still earn more points simply by signing up for the card than actually sitting on a seat and flying,” Morvitz said.

Points and rewards can add up through everyday spending on groceries, dining and gas. Some cards include perks like free or discounted checked bags.

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Sánchez, an outspoken critic of U.S. President Donald Trump, was hosting a summit of like-minded progressive leaders from around the world Saturday, while Machado extolled Trump's ouster of Nicolás Maduro in January.

Earlier this year, she presented Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize.

“What happened in the last few hours at the meeting (Sánchez) held in Barcelona with several leaders and political figures from different countries demonstrates why such a meeting was not advisable,” Machado told reporters Saturday.

Machado insisted at an earlier event she will be returning to Venezuela, but declined to say when, or how, and acknowledged the challenges implicit in a return to her country.

Her multistop European tour, during which she met with the leaders of France, Italy and the Netherlands, comes while Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodríguez has continued in her temporary role, exceeding its initial 90-day limit, while the U.S. government has lifted some sanctions against her.

Machado criticized Rodríguez’s government, saying it represented “chaos, violence and terror,” and reiterated her belief in the need for democratic elections in Venezuela. Machado added she did not regret presenting Trump, whose administration has largely sidelined the crusader for democracy, with her Nobel.

She said she was in permanent contact with officials in the Trump administration and trusted Washington's phased process in Venezuela since Maduro's removal.

“There is one leader in the world, one head of state, who has risked the lives of his country’s citizens for the freedom of Venezuela. And that is Donald Trump,” Machado said, referring to the U.S. military operation in January.

The opposition leader drew a huge crowd in the Spanish capital’s Puerta del Sol, standing beside Madrid’s conservative regional leader Isabel Díaz Ayuso, who feted her earlier in the day.

Some 600,000 Venezuelans live in Spain, home to the largest population anywhere outside the Americas. Many fled political persecution and violence, but also the country’s collapsing economy. A majority live in the capital, Madrid.

Ahead of Venezuela's 2024 presidential elections, Machado crisscrossed the country, rallying millions of voters looking to end 25 years of single party rule. When she was barred from the race, a previously unknown former diplomat, Edmundo Gonzalez, replaced her on the ballot. But election officials loyal to the ruling party declared Maduro the winner despite ample credible evidence to the contrary.

Machado, revered by millions in Venezuela, went into hiding but vowed to continue fighting until democracy was restored. She reemerged last December to pick up her Nobel Peace Prize in Norway, the first time in more than a decade that she had left Venezuela.

On Saturday, 27-year-old Venezuelan migrant Grehlsy Peñuela said she still placed her hopes for her country in Machado and her eventual return to Caracas.

Peñuela, who held signs with the faces of her two cousins she said remain incarcerated in Caracas as political prisoners, would consider returning to Venezuela only under one condition.

“That the current government completely steps down,” she said.

After Maikel Garcia was stranded at second base and nearly picked off by New York’s Will Warren, Quatraro raced out to start arguing with umpires Nestor Ceja and Chris Guccione.

The argument did not appear heated initially, but when Quatraro turned away he was tossed. Bench coach Paul Hoover took over as manager for Kansas City.

It was Quatraro’s eight career ejection since becoming Kansas City’s manager in 2023.

The Royals began the day on a five-game losing streak and with eight losses in their previous 10 games.

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The flotation device was worn by Laura Mabel Francatelli, a first-class passenger on the doomed ocean liner, and is signed by her and other survivors from the same lifeboat.

It was the star among items in a sale of Titanic memorabilia by Henry Aldridge & Son auctioneers in Devizes, western England, and sold to an unidentified telephone bidder for well over the presale estimate of between 250,000 and 350,000 pounds.

A seat cushion from one of the Titanic lifeboats sold at the same auction for 390,000 pounds ($527,000) to the owners of two Titanic museums in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, and Branson, Missouri.

The prices include an auction-house fee known as the buyer's premium.

“These record-breaking prices illustrate the continuing interest in the Titanic story, and the respect for the passengers and crew whose stories are immortalized by these items of memorabilia,” auctioneer Andrew Aldridge said.

Billed as the world’s most luxurious ocean liner and described as “practically unsinkable,” the Titanic hit an iceberg off Newfoundland during its maiden voyage from England to New York. It sank within hours on April 15, 1912. Some 1,500 of the 2,200 passengers and crew died.

The Titanic is still a subject of worldwide fascination, in part because of the range of passengers aboard the ship, from paupers to plutocrats.

Francatelli was traveling with her employer, fashion designer Lucy Duff Gordon, and Lucy’s husband Cosmo Duff Gordon. All three survived in the ship’s lifeboat No. 1, which was launched carrying 12 people despite having capacity for 40. Its failure to pick up survivors from the frigid water became a source of controversy.

The record auction price for a piece of Titanic memorabilia is 1.56 million pounds (almost $2 million at the time) paid in 2024 for a gold pocket watch given to the captain of RMS Carpathia, the ship that rescued 700 Titanic survivors.

The bill was approved by the Senate on Friday in a last-minute scramble to prevent the authority from expiring within a matter of days. Trump and Republican leaders have pushed for its renewal, calling it a matter of national security. Critics are concerned about its impact on civil liberties.

At the center of the debate is Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which permits the CIA, National Security Agency, FBI and other agencies to collect and analyze vast amounts of overseas communications without a warrant. In doing so, they can incidentally sweep up communications involving Americans who interact with foreign targets.

Extending the program has become a recurring fight.

Trump and GOP leaders have been pushing for a clean 18-month renewal, while the House Republicans on Thursday came out with a five-year extension with revisions to appease skeptics. After both of those bills collapsed, leaders pivoted to the stopgap measure.

Critics want changes including a requirement for warrants before authorities can access the emails, phone calls or text messages of Americans.

Trump signed the bill Saturday without any immediate comment. The authority was set to expire on Monday.

No se reportaron muertes tras las tormentas del viernes que azotaron la parte superior de la región del centro-norte de Estados Unidos y generaron la más reciente ronda de clima severo en la región. Autoridades prepararon a los residentes para una larga recuperación en algunas comunidades rurales.

“Somos sumamente afortunados de que esta tormenta no haya provocado pérdida de vidas ni lesiones graves”, declaró el jefe policial del condado Stephenson, Steve Stovall, sobre la tormenta que azotó Lena, Illinois, el viernes.

Autoridades de Wisconsin y Minnesota hicieron declaraciones similares.

En el centro de Wisconsin, un tornado reportado que arrasó las ciudades de Kronenwetter y Ringle dejó viviendas dañadas y a algunos residentes brevemente atrapados en sus sótanos, dijo a reporteros el jefe de bomberos de Ringle, Chris Kielman.

El jefe de la policía del condado Marathon, Chad Billeb, indicó que no había visto tanta devastación durante sus 34 años en las fuerzas del orden.

“Mucha gente va a necesitar mucha ayuda”, afirmó Billeb sobre las tormentas en Wisconsin.

En el condado Olmsted, Minnesota, funcionarios policiales dijeron que los tornados causaron “múltiples niveles” de daños. Al menos 30 viviendas resultaron afectadas en Marion Township y varias de ellas sufrieron daños que fueron descritos como significativos. Funcionarios fueron de puerta en puerta en la comunidad revisando las condiciones de los residentes.

El Servicio Meteorológico Nacional señaló que los daños probablemente fueron provocados por tornados y que se llevarán a cabo inspecciones de las zonas afectadas durante el fin de semana.

En Illinois, Leo Zach, de 14 años, acababa de llegar a la sala de la banda de la escuela secundaria para una competencia de música cuando el edificio comenzó a estremecerse y se fue la luz. Contó que la sala estaba llena de estudiantes y que algunos estaban muy asustados y sufrieron ataques de pánico.

“Definitivamente tuve mucha suerte, considerando lo que pudo haber pasado”, comentó. “ Sólo traté de mantener la calma y ayudar a otras personas”.

Cuando salieron, encontraron algunas ventanas reventadas del gimnasio y parte del techo de la escuela arrancado.

Fotos y videos publicados en internet mostraban una cochera destruida, edificios que perdieron ladrillos y cercas demolidas.

Lena es una localidad de casi 3.000 habitantes, ubicada a unos 188 kilómetros (117 millas) al noroeste de Chicago.

Rachel Nemon se dirigía a la escuela secundaria de Lena para recoger a su hijastro cuando tuvo que meterse en un autolavado para resguardarse de la tormenta. Vio cómo un árbol de gran tamaño era arrancado de raíz y cómo saltaban chispas a pocos metros de ella.

“Es algo que ves en internet, no en la vida real, especialmente en un pequeño poblado de Illinois”, subrayó.

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The campuses are more than schools for many families — they’re communities they call home.

Students learn life skills that go beyond the classroom, from making a bed to swimming, with a focus on giving every child a full and meaningful childhood.

Senior David Floer is one example of that mission in action.

The 12th grader and singer recently performed one of his favorite songs on stage — in front of a crowd of thousands — a moment that reflects the confidence he has built at the school.

Organizers say events like Saturday’s walk help fund programs that support those opportunities.

“We are going to be celebrating autism. We are going to make people see who we are here, how loud we can get it,” said founder Tamara Moodie. “It’s really important that we celebrate in the month of April. Today is just to show the community.”

Families travel from across South Florida — from as far north as Dania Beach to as far south as Homestead — to access the school’s services, highlighting a growing need for specialized programs.

“They feel, they love, they hug, they want experiences,” Moodie said. “Something like this gives our kids an opportunity to do all the things that their brothers and sisters experience.”

The school offers a range of extracurriculars, including key club, dance, cheerleading and sports such as basketball and soccer — all aimed at ensuring students have the same opportunities as their peers.

While the event is billed as a walk, organizers say it represents something bigger — a celebration and a commitment to inclusion.

Para muchas familias, los campus son más que escuelas: son comunidades que consideran su hogar.

Los estudiantes aprenden destrezas para la vida que van más allá del salón de clases, desde tender una cama hasta nadar, con un enfoque en brindar a cada niño una niñez plena y significativa.

El estudiante de último año David Floer es un ejemplo de esa misión en acción.

El alumno de grado 12 y cantante recientemente interpretó una de sus canciones favoritas en el escenario, frente a una multitud de miles de personas, un momento que refleja la confianza que ha desarrollado en la escuela.

Los organizadores dicen que eventos como la caminata del sábado ayudan a financiar programas que respaldan esas oportunidades.

“Vamos a celebrar el autismo. Vamos a hacer que la gente vea quiénes somos aquí, cuán fuerte podemos hacerlo”, dijo la fundadora Tamara Moodie. “Es muy importante que celebremos en el mes de abril. Hoy es solo para mostrarle a la comunidad”.

Las familias viajan desde todo el sur de Florida, desde tan al norte como Dania Beach hasta tan al sur como Homestead, para acceder a los servicios de la escuela, lo que resalta una creciente necesidad de programas especializados.

“Ellos sienten, aman, abrazan, quieren experiencias”, dijo Moodie. “Algo como esto les da a nuestros niños la oportunidad de hacer todas las cosas que experimentan sus hermanos y hermanas”.

La escuela ofrece una variedad de actividades extracurriculares, incluyendo Key Club, baile, porristas y deportes como baloncesto y fútbol, todo enfocado en garantizar que los estudiantes tengan las mismas oportunidades que sus compañeros.

Aunque el evento se presenta como una caminata, los organizadores dicen que representa algo más grande: una celebración y un compromiso con la inclusión.

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According to detectives, Gerone Beaubrun was last seen at around 1 p.m. Friday, near the 5400 block of Southwest 12th Street.

Investigators say Beaubrun is 5 feet, 3 inches tall, weighs around 110 pounds, and has black hair and brown eyes.

They say Beaubrun was last seen wearing a grey shirt, dark pants, a black bonnet and sandals.

According to her family, Beaubrun experiences dementia.

Anyone with information on her whereabouts is urged to contact BSO Det. Leonard Charla at 954-321-4274 or at the BSO non-emergency number at 954-764-4357.

Hoffenheim forward Andrej Kramarić scored two penalties on Saturday – the second one in stoppage time – to deal Dortmund a second consecutive defeat that opens the way for Bayern to seal the title at home against Stuttgart on Sunday.

Bayern, which has five games remaining compared to Dortmund’s four, leads by 12 points and needs just one more point to be sure of finishing top.

“It would certainly round off this week nicely,” Bayern's board member for sport Max Eberl said after Bayern’s Champions League quarterfinal win on Wednesday.

It would be Bayern's 13th German championship in 14 years, and the first step in a potential treble of trophies this season.

Bayern faces Bayer Leverkusen away in the German Cup semifinals on Wednesday, before it can turn attention to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League semifinals.

Eta loses first game in charge

Marie-Louise Eta became the first female coach to take charge of a Bundesliga game, but her Union Berlin team failed to live up to the occasion as it lost 2-1 to Wolfsburg.

Eta was appointed interim manager this week and now has four more games to ensure Union stays in the top division before she takes over Union’s women’s team for next season.

Patrick Wimmer and Dženan Pejčinović scored early in each half for visiting Wolfsburg to end its 12-game run without a win and revive its hopes of escaping relegation. Wolfsburg remains second to last but it’s just two points behind St. Pauli in the relegation playoff place with four rounds remaining.

Union ultimately paid the price for a lack of efficiency after creating the better chances and finishing strongly. Oliver Burke’s goal in the 85th minute was too late for the Köpenick-based team, which was also frustrated by late saves from Wolfsburg's Kamil Grabara.

“If you shoot 26 times at goal or try to shoot at goal then you're doing a lot right, and from that point of view the performance was in order today,” Union right back Christopher Trimmel said. “Still, we need to improve on some aspects.”

Union, which has only won two games in 2026, fired Steffan Baumgart after last weekend’s loss at Heidenheim and finds itself just six points above the relegation zone.

Leipzig takes big step toward Champions League

Ivorian teenager Yan Diomande scored again as Leipzig moved closer to qualification for Europe's premier competition with a 3-1 win at seventh-place Eintracht Frankfurt.

The 19-year-old Diomande scored Leipzig's winner in a 1-0 success against Borussia Mönchengladbach last weekend and proved decisive again with the opener in Frankfurt.

Antonio Nusa and Conrad Harder also scored as Leipzig moved third, three points above Stuttgart and five points above fifth place Hoffenheim.

Leverkusen's Champions League hopes suffered a blow in a 2-1 loss at home to Augsburg, dropping it to sixth, two points behind Hoffenheim.

The top four qualify for the Champions League.

Werder Bremen boosted its survival hopes with a 3-1 win at home against Hamburger SV in their northern derby. Bremen moved level with the visitors on 31 points, five points above St. Pauli.

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Según los detectives, Gerone Beaubrun fue vista por última vez alrededor de la 1 p.m. del viernes, cerca de la cuadra 5400 de Southwest 12th Street.

Los investigadores dijeron que Beaubrun mide 5 pies y 3 pulgadas, pesa alrededor de 110 libras y tiene cabello negro y ojos marrones.

Indicaron que Beaubrun fue vista por última vez vistiendo una camisa gris, pantalones oscuros, un gorro negro y sandalias.

Según su familia, Beaubrun padece demencia.

Se exhorta a cualquier persona con información sobre su paradero a comunicarse con el detective Leonard Charla de la BSO al 954-321-4274 o al número de no emergencia de la BSO al 954-764-4357.

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The video, shared by the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, captures the incident that occurred just after 1 a.m. on Jan. 17 at Gables Motorsports in the 7300 block of Bird Road.

Video shows a person wearing a hooded sweatshirt walking up to the boats before climbing inside one vessel, then moving to another.

Deputies said the man was cutting GPS units off the boats.

They said a second person, wearing a black jacket, later arrived in a Tesla and is seen approaching the boats. Investigators said he was acting as a lookout.

The two men, identified as James Briggs-Stanford, of Atlanta, and Shavonte Malone, of southwest Miami-Dade, were later arrested on grand theft, burglary and criminal mischief charges.

Investigators said the surveillance video played a key role in tracking down the suspects.

Police said the theft caused thousands of dollars in damage, but the GPS units were ultimately recovered.

El video, compartido por la Fiscalía Estatal de Miami-Dade, capta el incidente ocurrido poco después de la 1 a.m. del 17 de enero en Gables Motorsports, en la cuadra 7300 de Bird Road.

El video muestra a una persona con sudadera con capucha acercándose a los botes antes de subirse a una embarcación y luego pasar a otra.

Los agentes dijeron que el hombre estaba cortando las unidades GPS de los botes.

Indicaron que una segunda persona, vestida con chaqueta negra, llegó después en un Tesla y se le ve acercándose a los botes. Los investigadores dijeron que estaba actuando como vigilante.

Los dos hombres, identificados como James Briggs-Stanford, de Atlanta, y Shavonte Malone, del suroeste de Miami-Dade, fueron arrestados posteriormente por cargos de hurto mayor, robo y daños criminales.

Los investigadores dijeron que el video de vigilancia desempeñó un papel clave para localizar a los sospechosos.

La Policía dijo que el robo causó miles de dólares en daños, pero las unidades GPS finalmente fueron recuperadas.

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But organizers say the event is about more than wins and losses on the battlefield.

It’s about exposing young people to opportunities in technology and showing them what they can achieve.

“It’s a battle of bots,” said 13-year-old Genesis Madrid, who is competed at he event. “I like to win. I’m super competitive.”

Before the matches even begin, students are working together to troubleshoot issues and fine-tune their machines.

“We’re trying to see what’s wrong with it because it’s not connecting,” Madrid said. “I like our teamwork.”

The event is organized by Do Good 4-1, a nonprofit founded last year by Max Joseph. He said the program focuses on more than robotics.

“We’re building confidence, we’re building character and we’re building community,” Joseph said.

Many of the students started with no prior experience, but the program has quickly expanded to 18 teams. Participants have designed, built and coded their own robots.

Joseph said he hopes the experience helps put students on a path toward careers in technology, particularly for those from high-need communities.

“It means a lot to me personally because I’m from this community and I didn’t have this opportunity,” he said. “Now they have access to scholarships to go to college. And now they’re on a career track to be a part of this tech system, where they’re not just consumers, but they’re also producers.”

Organizers say that while trophies are on the line, the bigger takeaway is the experience students gain — from coding and engineering to teamwork and problem-solving.

Do Good 4-1 also offers summer programs for students interested in robotics and technology.

Pero los organizadores dicen que el evento es más que victorias y derrotas en el campo de batalla.

Se trata de exponer a los jóvenes a oportunidades en tecnología y mostrarles lo que pueden lograr.

“Es una batalla de robots”, dijo Genesis Madrid, de 13 años, quien compitió en el evento. “Me gusta ganar. Soy súper competitiva”.

Antes de que comiencen los enfrentamientos, los estudiantes trabajan juntos para resolver problemas y ajustar sus máquinas.

“Estamos tratando de ver qué le pasa porque no se está conectando”, dijo Madrid. “Me gusta nuestro trabajo en equipo”.

El evento es organizado por Do Good 4-1, una organización sin fines de lucro fundada el año pasado por Max Joseph. Dijo que el programa se enfoca en más que robótica.

“Estamos construyendo confianza, estamos construyendo carácter y estamos construyendo comunidad”, dijo Joseph.

Muchos de los estudiantes comenzaron sin experiencia previa, pero el programa se ha expandido rápidamente a 18 equipos. Los participantes han diseñado, construido y programado sus propios robots.

Joseph dijo que espera que la experiencia ayude a encaminar a los estudiantes hacia carreras en tecnología, particularmente a quienes provienen de comunidades con grandes necesidades.

“Significa mucho para mí personalmente porque soy de esta comunidad y no tuve esta oportunidad”, dijo. “Ahora tienen acceso a becas para ir a la universidad. Y ahora están en una trayectoria profesional para ser parte de este sistema tecnológico, donde no solo son consumidores, sino también productores”.

Los organizadores dicen que, aunque hay trofeos en juego, el mayor aprendizaje es la experiencia que obtienen los estudiantes, desde programación e ingeniería hasta trabajo en equipo y resolución de problemas.

Do Good 4-1 también ofrece programas de verano para estudiantes interesados en robótica y tecnología.

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It was a failed operation that attempted to overthrow Fidel Castro’s communist government.

Decades later, the U.S. is still trying to usher in regime change in Cuba as many demand for the release of political prisoners.

As uncertainty grows over what comes next for Cuba, activists say the number of Cubans being jailed for protesting against their government is on the rise.

Prisoners Defenders, a nonprofit legal network, is on the ground tracking the number of political prisoners in the communist island.

In March, the group verified at least 44 Cubans were arrested after taking part in protests.

The organization’s President Javier Larrondo Calafat says over 1,200 are currently jailed for showing their opposition to the regime.

One of the most notable is rapper Maykel Osorbo.

He was arrested after taking part in the historic 2021Island Protests and collaborating in the Grammy winning Cuban protest anthem Patria y Vida.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel recently denied all of it in an interview with Meet the Press, claiming Cubans don’t get jailed for political reasons.

Activists are also sounding the alarm.

Cuban content creators and influencers like Anna Bensi, who lives in Havana, say they’re being targeted and threatened by authorities.

Earlier this month, Cuba released around 2000 from its jails.

Fue una operación fallida que intentó derrocar al gobierno comunista de Fidel Castro.

Décadas después, Estados Unidos aún intenta impulsar un cambio de régimen en Cuba mientras muchos exigen la liberación de presos políticos.

A medida que crece la incertidumbre sobre lo que sigue para Cuba, activistas dicen que el número de cubanos encarcelados por protestar contra su gobierno va en aumento.

Prisoners Defenders, una red legal sin fines de lucro, está sobre el terreno monitoreando la cantidad de presos políticos en la isla comunista.

En marzo, el grupo verificó que al menos 44 cubanos fueron arrestados tras participar en protestas.

El presidente de la organización, Javier Larrondo Calafat, dice que más de 1,200 actualmente están encarcelados por mostrar su oposición al régimen.

Uno de los casos más notorios es el del rapero Maykel Osorbo.

Fue arrestado después de participar en las históricas protestas de la isla en 2021 y colaborar en el himno de protesta cubano ganador del Grammy “Patria y Vida”.

El presidente cubano Miguel Díaz-Canel negó recientemente todo eso en una entrevista con Meet the Press, afirmando que los cubanos no son encarcelados por razones políticas.

Los activistas también están dando la voz de alarma.

Creadores de contenido e influencers cubanos como Anna Bensi, quien vive en La Habana, dicen que están siendo perseguidos y amenazados por las autoridades.

A principios de este mes, Cuba liberó a alrededor de 2,000 personas de sus cárceles.

NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy confirmed to The Associated Press on Saturday the league is not looking into the matter. The Patriots didn’t immediately respond to a question about whether the team has launched its own review of Vrabel’s actions.

The New York Post last week published the photos of Vrabel and Russini at the Sedona hotel and said they were taken before the annual NFL meetings that began in Phoenix on March 29.

The NFL's personal conduct policy states: “Everyone who is part of the league must refrain from ‘conduct detrimental to the integrity of and public confidence in’ the NFL.”

Vrabel, who won three Super Bowls as a player with New England, is preparing for his second season as coach of the Patriots. He was the AP NFL Coach of the Year after leading the team to a 14-3 finish last season, which ended with a 29-13 loss to Seattle in the Super Bowl. Vrabel previously won the AP NFL Coach of the Year award with Tennessee in 2021.

Vrabel and Russini, who are both married, released statements to the Post after publication of the photos downplaying what the photos depict.

Russini joined The Athletic in 2023 after nearly a decade at ESPN, where she held various roles, including “SportsCenter” anchor, NFL analyst and insider. She hosted a podcast for The Athletic and made appearances on its video platform.

“I have covered the NFL with professionalism and dedication throughout my career, and I stand behind every story I have ever published,” Russini said in her resignation letter.

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At least 14 people were wounded and taken to hospital.

The 58-year-old attacker was not named by police, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was born in Russia, as authorities worked to piece together a motive for the violence.

The mass shooting — unheard of in wartime Kyiv following Russia's all-out invasion of Ukraine in 2022 — took place in a busy central district of the city, outside an apartment block and a nearby shopping center, leaving bodies on a crowded street as bystanders fled for safety.

An Associated Press reporter at the scene saw victims’ bodies in the street covered with emergency blankets before they were taken away.

“The assailant has been neutralized. He had taken hostages and, tragically, killed one of them. He also murdered four people on the street. Another woman died in the hospital due to severe injuries,” Zelenskyy said.

“It has been established that the attacker set fire to an apartment before taking to the streets with a weapon," Zelenskyy said in a video posted online. "He had a prior criminal record, had lived in the Donetsk region (in eastern Ukraine) for a long period, and was born in Russia.”

Ukraine’s special tactical police units stormed the convenience store after attempts to contact the gunman with a negotiator failed, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said.

The hostages were supermarket customers and staff.

“We tried to persuade him, knowing that there was likely a wounded person inside. We even offered to bring in tourniquets to stop the bleeding, but he did not respond,” Klymenko said. “Consequently, the order was given to neutralize him.”

The minister said the gunman had a valid weapon's permit.

During the 40-minute standoff, a female negotiator wearing body armor and standing behind an armored vehicle used a loudspeaker to call out to the assailant, urging him: “The people are not to blame for this. Please let them go, and we will talk with you.”

Ukraine’s security service, or SBU, described the killings as an act of terrorism.

The shooting took place in Kyiv’s Holosiivskyi district, where several residents said they recognized the gunman.

“I knew him by sight. He seemed like an educated, refined man. You’d never guess he was some kind of criminal,” said 75-year-old Hanna Kulyk, who lived in the same apartment block as the attacker.

“He didn’t socialize much with people — just a greeting and he’d be on his way,” she said. “He lived alone.”

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Associated Press journalists Vasilisa Stepanenko and Dan Bashakov in Kyiv, Ukraine, and Katie Marie Davies in Manchester, England, contributed to this report.

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An earlier version of this story was corrected to say the gunman shot bystanders, not the government.

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According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, rescue crews responded just after 9 a.m. and found a pickup truck had slammed into the rear of a semi-truck and became wedged underneath the trailer.

Deputies said at least one person was trapped inside the pickup and had to be extricated by technical rescue teams.

They said the individual was airlifted by Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue’s Air Rescue team to Broward Health Medical Center for treatment. Deputies said the person was in stable condition at the time of transport.

Air Rescue has left the scene and the highway is partially reopened https://t.co/f3KyoFUcLJ pic.twitter.com/FYpqc5nAAJ

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Emergency crews remained at the scene Saturday morning as investigators worked to determine what led to the crash. A city of Weston spokesperon wrote in a post on X that the Sawgrass Expressway “partially reopened” at 10:05 a.m.

Authorities said the Florida Highway Patrol is leading the investigation into the crash.

No other details about the crash were immediately released.

Según la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward, equipos de rescate respondieron poco después de las 9 a.m. y encontraron que una camioneta se había estrellado contra la parte trasera de un camión y quedó atrapada debajo del remolque.

Los agentes dijeron que al menos una persona quedó atrapada dentro de la camioneta y tuvo que ser rescatada por equipos especializados.

Indicaron que la persona fue trasladada en helicóptero por el equipo Air Rescue de Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue al Broward Health Medical Center para recibir tratamiento. Los agentes dijeron que la persona estaba en condición estable al momento del traslado.

Los equipos de emergencia permanecieron en la escena la mañana del sábado mientras los investigadores trabajaban para determinar qué provocó el choque. Un portavoz de la ciudad de Weston escribió en una publicación en X que la Sawgrass Expressway “reabrió parcialmente” https://t.co/f3KyoFUcLJpic.twitter.com/FYpqc5nAAJ

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Las autoridades dijeron que la Patrulla de Carreteras de Florida encabeza la investigación del choque.

No se divulgaron de inmediato más detalles sobre el accidente.

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Officers found them in a shipping container that arrived in Port Everglades from Singapore.

“It was actually a full container of perfume and it was mixed in with legitimate products,” Assistant Port Director Bonney Vitta said.

Local 10 was given access inside a warehouse in Broward County where the haul is being stored. The boxes and bottles of colognes looked like well-known brands such as Gucci, Armani, Burberry and Lancome.

Vitta said CBP works diligently to identify dupes and fakes. Officers also collaborate with import specialists, sometimes sending photos for image comparisons.

“They are looking for discrepancies. They’re looking at the product itself, the packaging,” Vitta said. “Where things come from is also a red flag.”

According to CBP, Singapore is a top exporter of counterfeit goods. China is still the steady number one.

“Number one is China; we get more than 80% of our counterfeit merchandise from China,” Vitta said.

In collaboration with CBP Headquarters Intellectual Property Enforcement Branch, CBP officers determined, on April 2, that the goods were counterfeit.

“Counterfeit goods not only undermine legitimate businesses and the U.S. economy but can also pose potentially serious health and safety risks to consumers,” Acting Port Director John Rico wrote in a statement.

According to CBP, the Miami/Tampa region is one of the busiest in the country for counterfeit goods seizures; $1.7 billion dollars worth of it last fiscal year.

The CBP has a website called Fake Goods Real Dangers highlighting what it says is “the truth behind counterfeits.”

The investigation continues into who is responsible for the fake fragrances, Vitta said.

The California Insurance Department said the three used a person in a bear suit to stage fake attacks inside a Rolls-Royce and two Mercedes in 2024, then submitted fraudulent claims seeking nearly $142,000 in payouts from insurance companies. The department called it “Operation Bear Claw.”

Two Los Angeles-area men and a woman pleaded no contest to felony insurance fraud and were sentenced to a weekend jail program, followed by probation, the department said in a news release Thursday. Two of them were ordered to pay over $50,000 in restitution.

A fourth person faces a court hearing in September.

The group is accused of providing several videos from the San Bernardino Mountains of a bear moving inside the vehicles to the insurance companies as part of their damage claims, the department said. Photos provided by the insurance department show what appeared to be scratches on the seats and doors.

A California Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist reviewed the footage and concluded it was “clearly a human in a bear suit,” the insurance department said.

After executing a search warrant, detectives found the bear costume in the suspects’ home, the department said.

Bears breaking into homes or trash cans in search of food have become a problem in California from Lake Tahoe in the Sierra down to the foothill suburbs of Los Angeles, where some have been known to raid refrigerators and take dips in backyard pools and hot tubs.

Los agentes las encontraron en un contenedor de carga que llegó a Port Everglades desde Singapur.

“En realidad era un contenedor completo de perfume y estaba mezclado con productos legítimos”, dijo la subdirectora del puerto Bonney Vitta.

Local 10 obtuvo acceso al interior de un almacén en el condado Broward donde se guarda el decomiso. Las cajas y botellas de colonias parecían de marcas reconocidas como Gucci, Armani, Burberry y Lancome.

Vitta dijo que la CBP trabaja diligentemente para identificar imitaciones y productos falsos. Los agentes también colaboran con especialistas en importaciones, a veces enviando fotos para comparaciones de imágenes.

“Están buscando discrepancias. Están observando el producto en sí, el empaque”, dijo Vitta. “De dónde vienen las cosas también es una señal de alerta”.

Según la CBP, Singapur es uno de los principales exportadores de productos falsificados. China sigue ocupando firmemente el primer lugar.

“El número uno es China; recibimos más del 80% de nuestra mercancía falsificada de China”, dijo Vitta.

En colaboración con la Rama de Cumplimiento de Propiedad Intelectual de la sede de la CBP, los agentes determinaron el 2 de abril que la mercancía era falsificada.

“Los productos falsificados no solo perjudican a los negocios legítimos y a la economía de Estados Unidos, sino que también pueden representar riesgos potencialmente graves para la salud y seguridad de los consumidores”, escribió en un comunicado el director interino del puerto John Rico.

Según la CBP, la región Miami/Tampa es una de las más activas del país en decomisos de productos falsificados; el año fiscal pasado se incautaron mercancías valoradas en $1.7 mil millones USD.

La CBP tiene un sitio web llamado Fake Goods Real Dangers que destaca lo que describe como “la verdad detrás de las falsificaciones”.

La investigación continúa para determinar quién es responsable de las fragancias falsas, dijo Vitta.

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“Detect RF signals, to detect drones -- unlawful drones,” said Tim Fitzgerald of the FDLE.

Law enforcement has identified unmanned aerial attacks as a significant threat for the FIFA World Cup games, including the seven matches set to be played at Hard Rock Stadium in June and July.

The FDLE funding is the latest addition to a growing pool of public money and resources tied to the World Cup in South Florida.

Miami-Dade, the host county, is on track to commit between $38 million and $46 million -- split between cash and public safety services like police and paramedics. Broward County is contributing $2 million in marketing funds.

The $16 million from FDLE comes on top of more than $5 million in federal funding -- highlighted by a large check presented to the Miami-Dade sheriff about a week and a half ago.

“Projections for the income is a lot greater than the money we are investing,” Miami Dade Commissioner Oliver Gilbert said.

That’s been the key argument for county leaders backing the spending -- with FIFA projections estimating an economic impact of 10 times or more the public investment, even as some remain skeptical.

“Detectar señales de radiofrecuencia, para detectar drones, drones ilegales”, dijo Tim Fitzgerald, del FDLE.

Las agencias del orden han identificado los ataques aéreos no tripulados como una amenaza significativa para los partidos de la Copa Mundial de la FIFA, incluidos los siete encuentros programados para jugarse en el Hard Rock Stadium en junio y julio.

Los fondos del FDLE son la más reciente adición a un creciente fondo de dinero público y recursos vinculados al Mundial en el sur de Florida.

Miami-Dade, el condado anfitrión, está encaminado a comprometer entre $38 millones USD y $46 millones USD, divididos entre efectivo y servicios de seguridad pública como Policía y paramédicos. El condado Broward está aportando $2 millones USD en fondos de mercadeo.

Los $16 millones USD del FDLE se suman a más de $5 millones USD en fondos federales, destacados por un gran cheque entregado al sheriff de Miami-Dade hace aproximadamente una semana y media.

“Las proyecciones de ingresos son mucho mayores que el dinero que estamos invirtiendo”, dijo el comisionado de Miami-Dade Oliver Gilbert.

Ese ha sido el argumento clave de los líderes del condado que respaldan el gasto, con proyecciones de la FIFA que estiman un impacto económico de 10 veces o más la inversión pública, aunque algunos siguen escépticos.

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It happened on March 27 along the 1800 block of 31st Avenue in Lauderhill.

According to police, Melneisha Oliver, 32, is facing an attempted first-degree murder charge after shooting an ex-boyfriend.

Police said Oliver obtained a gun from a friend, then later observed her ex in a car, walked up to it and opened fire.

The victim survived and told police he wished to prosecute Oliver, authorities said.

She is also facing a charge of possession of a weapon by a felon.

Oliver is being held at the Paul Rein Detention Facility on no bond.

Ocurrió el 27 de marzo en la cuadra 1800 de la avenida 31 en Lauderhill.

Según la Policía, Melneisha Oliver, de 32 años, enfrenta un cargo de intento de asesinato en primer grado tras dispararle a un ex novio.

La Policía dijo que Oliver obtuvo un arma de una amiga y luego vio a su ex dentro de un auto, se acercó y abrió fuego.

La víctima sobrevivió y dijo a la Policía que desea presentar cargos contra Oliver, indicaron las autoridades.

También enfrenta un cargo de posesión de arma por una delincuente convicta.

Oliver permanece detenida en el Centro de Detención Paul Rein sin derecho a fianza.

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“Rowie is super smiley and now she’s just trying to get a belly rub,” said Cherie Wachter with the Humane Society of Broward County. “She’s a lovely dog who just wants to snuggle, cuddle and get belly rubs.”

Rowie weighs about 45 pounds and staff describe her as an easygoing walker who doesn’t pull on a leash. She is also reportedly good with other dogs and cats, though introductions should be done slowly.

“If you’re looking for a dog to go for walks that’s not going to pull you down the sidewalk, this is the girl for you,” Wachter said.

Rowie was previously in a home but was surrendered after the family had to move and could not take her along. Staff say she would likely do best with older children and a calm home environment.

In addition to Rowie, the shelter is also caring for tiny kittens during “kitten season” in South Florida. One kitten, about 2.5 weeks old, is among those needing round-the-clock foster care as staff look for volunteers willing to bottle-feed and help raise them.

Those interested in adopting Rowie or fostering kittens can visit the HSBC, with adoption hours beginning at 11 a.m.

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“Rowie siempre está sonriendo y ahora solo está tratando de conseguir que le rasquen la barriga”, dijo Cherie Wachter, de la Humane Society of Broward County. “Es una perra encantadora que solo quiere acurrucarse, abrazar y que le rasquen la barriga”.

Rowie pesa alrededor de 45 libras y el personal la describe como una perra tranquila para caminar que no hala de la correa. También, según informes, se lleva bien con otros perros y gatos, aunque las presentaciones deben hacerse lentamente.

“Si está buscando una perra para salir a caminar que no lo vaya a arrastrar por la acera, esta es la indicada para usted”, dijo Wachter.

Rowie anteriormente vivía en un hogar, pero fue entregada después de que la familia tuvo que mudarse y no pudo llevarla consigo. El personal dice que probablemente estaría mejor con niños mayores y en un ambiente tranquilo en casa.

Además de Rowie, el refugio también está cuidando pequeños gatitos durante la “temporada de gatitos” en el sur de Florida. Un gatito, de aproximadamente 2.5 semanas de nacido, está entre los que necesitan cuidado temporal las 24 horas mientras el personal busca voluntarios dispuestos a alimentarlos con biberón y ayudar a criarlos.

Quienes estén interesados en adoptar a Rowie o servir como hogar temporal para gatitos pueden visitar la HSBC, con horario de adopciones a partir de las 11 a.m.

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Police said Saturday that they aren't currently linking the incident to recent attacks on Jewish charity ambulances and a Persian-language media organization.

The Metropolitan Police force said that detectives weren't treating the incidents as acts of terror, but Counter Terrorism Policing London is leading the investigation “due to the similarities of each attack.”

Police said that on Friday night a man was spotted leaving a bag containing three bottles of fluid outside a building, which was previously used by the Jewish community. He attempted to light the contents, which failed to ignite fully, and then fled. No arrests have been made.

Friday’s incident in the Hendon area is close to Golders Green, where four ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity were torched on March 23. Four people have been charged over that attack.

Police are also investigating an attempted arson attack on a synagogue in northwest London on Wednesday. On the same day, what police called an “ignited container” was thrown into a Persian media organization’s premises in Wembley, another part of northwest London. Two men and a teenage boy have been charged with arson.

No one has been injured in any of the incidents.

One line of investigation is whether the incidents are linked to Iran. The U.K. has accused Iran of using criminal proxies to conduct attacks on European soil targeting opposition media outlets and the Jewish community. Britain’s MI5 domestic intelligence service says that more than 20 “potentially lethal” Iran-backed plots were disrupted in the year to October.

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Friday night, the festival recognized an actor whose career has really been one of so many layers: Adam Scott.

The festival presented him with its prestigious Vanguard Award.

Recipients of the award are those who have championed cinema through bold storytelling.

Scott spoke exclusively with Local 10’s Jason Carter, and their conversation can be seen at the top of this page.

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Some say group workouts provide extra motivation and accountability. Others say solo exercise offers focus and mental clarity without distractions.

Some say group settings help push effort higher.

Others prefer going solo or keeping to themselves even in a gym setting, saying earbuds and personal space help maintain focus and independence during workouts.

Research cited in wellness studies suggests group exercise may reduce stress levels by about 26% and improve overall quality of life.

Solo workouts, meanwhile, are often linked to higher individual effort but less measurable improvement in stress reduction or life satisfaction.

As fitness trends continue to evolve, many say the choice comes down to personal preference — and what helps them stay consistent.

We want to know what you think: solo workouts or group fitness?

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La noche del viernes, el festival reconoció a un actor cuya carrera realmente ha tenido muchas facetas: Adam Scott.

El festival le entregó su prestigioso Premio Vanguard.

Los recipientes del premio son quienes han impulsado el cine mediante narrativas audaces.

Scott habló en exclusiva con Jason Carter de Local 10, y la conversación puede verse en la parte superior de esta página.

El accidente ocurrió alrededor de las 6:15 a.m.

Un Audi salía de un Burger King en Northwest Seventh Avenue cuando el conductor realizó un “cambio de carril inseguro”, según la Policía de North Miami.

Los investigadores indicaron que el conductor del Audi rozó un Dodge gris antes de estrellarse contra la fachada de una tienda Arona Home Essentials, ubicada en el 12550 de NW 7th Ave., cerca de Northwest 126th Street.

Indicaron que había tres personas dentro del Audi al momento del accidente.

Funcionarios de Miami-Dade Fire Rescue confirmaron que un menor fue trasladado al Jackson North Medical Center con dolor en un brazo que no pone en peligro su vida. Las autoridades dijeron que no se reportaron otras personas heridas, incluido el conductor del Dodge.

El conductor del Dodge, quien no quiso ser identificado, dijo a Local 10 que el impacto le hizo perder el control y desviarse hacia un árbol, dejando su vehículo como pérdida total.

“(Yo fui) directo contra el poste y golpeé el costado del árbol”, dijo. “Primero trataba de asegurarme de que estaba a salvo. Estoy bien. Estoy un poco molesto, pero realmente no hay mucho que pueda hacer al respecto”.

Según el conductor del Dodge, un transeúnte también resultó herido en el incidente, describiendo la lesión como un golpe en la rodilla, aunque la Policía y los equipos de rescate no han confirmado que esa lesión haya sido resultado del choque.

El vehículo que impactó el edificio ya fue retirado, pero los daños extensos permanecen y se espera que las labores de limpieza continúen.

El tráfico en Northwest Seventh Avenue ya fue reabierto.

No se revelaron de inmediato más detalles sobre el accidente.

It was a disappointing Saturday for the two London giants in the Premier League, starting with Tottenham conceding an equalizer deep into stoppage time to draw 2-2 with Brighton.

That kept Spurs, ever-presents in England's top flight since 1978, in third-to-last place and in grave danger of relegation with five games left.

Chelsea then lost 1-0 at home to Manchester United in a showdown between teams fighting for a place in the top five and therefore Champions League qualification. Matheus Cunha scored the only goal.

While United strengthened its grip on third place, Chelsea stayed in sixth and is looking increasingly unlikely to get back into Europe's top competition next season. That would be a huge financial blow to Chelsea's American ownership which has spent heavily to build an underperforming playing squad.

Tottenham still winless in 2026

Tottenham is still without a win in the Premier League in 2026 — a stretch of 15 matches. That's a remarkable run for one of the country's so-called “Big Six” which played in the Champions League this season as the reigning Europa League winner.

Yet Tottenham manager Roberto De Zerbi still believes his team is capable of winning all of its remaining games and staying up.

“Now it's difficult to hear my words,” he said, "but if you watch the players and analyze the level of the players, I think we can win five games in a row.

“Not to be arrogant because I am not arrogant, especially now, but we have the quality enough to fight and win games in a row.”

Georginio Rutter's late equalizer for Brighton at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium meant last-place Wolverhampton's impending relegation was put off for bit longer. However, Wolves are destined for the drop, with their 3-0 loss at Leeds meaning they are 15 points from safety with five matches remaining.

Xavi Simons looked as if he'd won the game for Tottenham when he cut inside and curled a finish into the top corner in the 77th minute, sparking joyous celebrations by newly hired manager Roberto De Zerbi. The Italian, formerly Brighton's manager, was taking charge of his second game and first at home.

Earlier, Pedro Porro gave Tottenham the lead with a 39th-minute header, before Kaoru Mitoma volleyed home an equalizer in first-half stoppage time.

Tottenham is a point behind West Ham, which visits Crystal Palace on Monday, and two behind Nottingham Forest, which hosts Burnley on Sunday.

Wolves have been in the Premier League for the past eight seasons but are now on the brink.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin converted a stoppage-time penalty to round off the win for Leeds after early goals by James Justin — with a bicycle kick — and Noah Okafor.

Leeds is eight points clear of the relegation zone.

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Man United moved 10 points clear of Chelsea and looks certain to qualify for the Champions League after a big win sealed despite not having four center backs available.

Cunha converted a cut-back from Bruno Fernandes, who now has 18 assists for the campaign — two off the Premier League record held jointly by Kevin De Bruyne and Thierry Henry.

Chelsea was without Joao Pedro, who was injured in training this week, and lost Estevao to an injury midway through the first half.

Chelsea has lost its last three league games and five of its last six games in all competitions, piling the heat on inexperienced manager Liam Rosenior.

“At the moment, any small mistake we are making and the ball ends up in the back of our net,” Rosenior said, “and that has to change.”

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r latest Newcastle loss

Newcastle's players were jeered after a 2-1 home loss to Bournemouth, the team's third straight defeat in the Premier League.

It left Newcastle in 14th place in the 20-team top flight with five games remaining of the campaign and manager Eddie Howe under increasing pressure.

Adrien Truffert grabbed the winner in the 85th minute as eighth-place Bournemouth extended its unbeaten run to 13 straight league matches.

Brentford's fifth straight draw

Brentford failed to boost its unlikely Champions League qualification hopes by drawing a fifth straight game in the Premier League, this time 0-0 at home to Fulham.

Brentford could have climbed above Chelsea, which plays Manchester United later, and into sixth place with a win but missed a slew of chances. Top scorer Igor Thiago hit the goal frame.

Leicester heading for third tier

Ten years after winning the Premier League, Leicester looks to be heading to the third tier of English soccer.

A 1-0 loss at Portsmouth on Saturday left Leicester in second-to-last place in the Championship, eight points from safety with just three games left.

Wrexham, the Welsh club owned by Hollywood celebrities, moved just two points off the playoff places with a 2-0 win over Stoke.

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Algunos dicen que los entrenamientos en grupo brindan motivación adicional y responsabilidad.

Otros dicen que el ejercicio en solitario ofrece concentración y claridad mental sin distracciones.

Algunos afirman que los entornos grupales ayudan a elevar más el esfuerzo.

Otros prefieren entrenar solos o mantenerse apartados incluso en un gimnasio, señalando que los audífonos y el espacio personal ayudan a mantener la concentración y la independencia durante los ejercicios.

Investigaciones citadas en estudios de bienestar sugieren que el ejercicio en grupo puede reducir los niveles de estrés en alrededor de un 26% y mejorar la calidad de vida en general.

Los entrenamientos en solitario, mientras tanto, suelen estar vinculados a un mayor esfuerzo individual, pero a una menor mejoría medible en la reducción del estrés o la satisfacción con la vida.

A medida que las tendencias de acondicionamiento físico continúan evolucionando, muchos dicen que la elección depende de la preferencia personal y de lo que les ayude a mantenerse constantes.

Queremos saber qué piensa usted: ¿entrenamientos en solitario o ejercicio en grupo?

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Ibogaine and other psychedelics remain banned under the federal government's most restrictive category for illegal, high-risk drugs. But the administration is taking steps to ease restrictions and spur research on using the drugs for medical purposes, including conditions like severe depression.

“Today’s order will ensure that people suffering from debilitating symptoms might finally have a chance to reclaim their lives and lead a happier life,” Trump said as he signed an executive order on the drugs. The Republican president said his directive will help “dramatically accelerate” access to potential treatments. "If these turn out to be as good as people are saying, it's going to have a tremendous impact,” he said.

Veteran organizations and psychedelic advocates have long contended that ibogaine, which is made from a shrub native to West Africa, has great promise for hard-to-treat conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder and opioid addiction.

Trump’s announcement follows pledges by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other administration officials to ease access to psychedelics for medical use, an issue that has won rare bipartisan support.

Joining Trump in the Oval Office were his top health officials, conservative podcaster Joe Rogan and Marcus Luttrell, the former Navy SEAL whose memoir about a deadly mission in Afghanistan was the basis of the film “Lone Survivor.” Rogan said he texted Trump information on ibogaine and the president responded: “Sounds great. Do you want FDA approval? Let's do it.”

“You’re going to save a lot of lives through it,” Luttrell told Trump during the ceremony. “It absolutely changed my life for the better.”

The Food and Drug Administration next week will issue national priority vouchers for three psychedelics, which the agency's commissioner, Marty Makary, said will allow certain drugs to be approved quickly “if they are in line with our national priorities.” The vouchers can cut review times from several months to a period of weeks. It is the first time the FDA has offered that fast-tracking to any psychedelics.

The FDA is also taking steps to clear the way for the first-ever human trials of ibogaine in the U.S.

Trump's action surprised many longtime advocates and researchers in the psychedelic field, given that ibogaine is known to sometimes trigger potentially fatal heart problems. The National Institutes of Health briefly funded research on the drug in the 1990s, but discontinued the work due to ibogaine's "cardiovascular toxicity.”

“It’s been incredibly difficult to study ibogaine in the U.S. because of its known cardiotoxicity,” said Frederick Barrett, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research. “If the executive order can pave the way for doing objective, scientific research with this compound, it would help us understand whether it is truly a better psychedelic therapy than others.”

No psychedelic has been approved in the United States, but a number of them are being studied in large trials for various mental health conditions, including psilocybin, MDMA and LSD. All those drugs remain illegal, classified as Schedule I substances alongside drugs such as heroin. Two states — Oregon and Colorado — have legalized psychedelic therapy with psilocybin.

Ibogaine was first used by members of the Bwiti religion in African nations like Gabon during their religious ceremonies.

In recent years, U.S. veterans have reported benefiting from the drug after traveling to clinics in Mexico that administer it.

Backing from veterans groups and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry led to a law last year providing $50 million for ibogaine research in that state. Perry, who co-founded a group called Americans for Ibogaine, recently appeared on Rogan’s podcast, making the case for reducing federal limits on the drug. It was his second time talking about ibogaine on the popular podcast in the past two years.

Trump's order calls on the Department of Health and Human Services to direct at least $50 million to states that have enacted or are developing programs to advance psychedelic drugs for serious mental illness. It's described as a federal-state partnership to provide funding, technical assistance and data sharing.

Ibogaine is known to cause irregular heart rhythms and has been linked to more than 30 deaths in the medical literature, according to the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, a nonprofit that conducted some early studies in patients outside the U.S.

The group's co-executive director, Ismail Lourido Ali, said Trump's order might encourage other states to follow the Texas model.

“The stigma around Schedule I drugs is significant,” Ali said. “It feels like this would give pretty substantial cover for Republican governors and legislatures to step into the ring in terms of funding research programs at their universities.”

Owners of ibogaine clinics said the impact of the order will not be immediate.

“There will be no insurance coverage, it will still be considered unapproved and non-covered care,” said Tom Feegel of Beond Ibogaine, which operates a clinic in Cancun, Mexico. “But what it does mean is that ibogaine shifts from being fringe and underground to being federally acknowledged.”

Feegel says his clinic treated 2,000 people with ibogaine last year for between $15,000 and $20,000 per person. The company also gave free treatment to about 100 veterans.

Clinics that use the drug typically monitor patients’ heart readings and have emergency medical equipment on hand.

One of the only recent studies conducted by U.S. researchers found that veterans treated with ibogaine showed improvements in symptoms of traumatic brain injury, including PTSD, depression and anxiety. The Stanford University study was small — enrolling 30 veterans who received the drug in Mexico. It did not include a placebo group for comparison, an essential feature of rigorous medical research. Patients in the study received a combination of ibogaine mixed with magnesium intended to reduce heart risks.

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Jail records show Adrienne Michelle James is facing a charge of aggravated battery on a person 65 years of age or older.

Officers with the Fort Lauderdale Police Department on Tuesday evening said they responded to a reported battery and located James at the scene.

Police said she showed signs of intoxication, including slurred speech, bloodshot eyes and the smell of alcohol on her breath.

Authorities said the victim told officers that around 5:15 p.m., she was sitting on a bench near the concessions area at Holiday Park, located at 1150 G. Harold Martin Dr., with a friend when she saw James, whom she recognized as a park employee from prior interactions.

The woman said she greeted James, who then began cursing at her and calling her a liar and a “Trump sympathizer,” according to the report.

Police confirmed that a short time later, James sat behind the victim, then stood up, walked in front of her, and began pouring what the victim believed to be vodka onto her chest and head from a plastic container, the report states.

The victim told police the liquid was then thrown into her face, causing a burning sensation, particularly in her eyes, according to investigators.

Officers said they observed that the woman’s clothing and hair were wet and that her eyes were red. They said she was taken to Holy Cross Health for treatment.

A witness told police he saw James pour alcohol on the victim, corroborating her account, though he said it was from a plastic cup rather than a bottle, the report states, according to the report.

Investigators said the victim told them that she wants to press charges.

Records show James was being held at the Broward County Main Jail but has since posted a $2,500 bond.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que Adrienne Michelle James enfrenta un cargo de agresión agravada contra una persona de 65 años o mayor.

Agentes del Departamento de Policía de Fort Lauderdale dijeron que el martes por la noche respondieron a un reporte de agresión y localizaron a James en la escena.

La Policía dijo que mostraba señales de intoxicación, incluyendo dificultad para hablar, ojos enrojecidos y olor a alcohol en el aliento.

Las autoridades dijeron que la víctima informó a los agentes que alrededor de las 5:15 p.m. estaba sentada en una banca cerca del área de concesiones en Holiday Park, ubicado en 1150 G. Harold Martin Dr., con una amiga cuando vio a James, a quien reconoció como empleada del parque por interacciones previas.

La mujer dijo que saludó a James, quien entonces comenzó a insultarla y a llamarla mentirosa y “simpatizante de Trump”, según el reporte.

La Policía confirmó que poco después James se sentó detrás de la víctima, luego se levantó, caminó frente a ella y comenzó a verter lo que la víctima creía que era vodka sobre su pecho y cabeza desde un recipiente plástico, indica el reporte.

La víctima dijo a la Policía que luego el líquido fue lanzado a su rostro, causándole una sensación de ardor, particularmente en los ojos, según los investigadores.

Los agentes dijeron que observaron que la ropa y el cabello de la mujer estaban mojados y que sus ojos estaban rojos. Indicaron que fue trasladada a Holy Cross Health para recibir tratamiento.

Un testigo dijo a la Policía que vio a James arrojar alcohol sobre la víctima, corroborando su versión, aunque señaló que fue desde un vaso plástico y no una botella, según el reporte.

Los investigadores dijeron que la víctima les informó que desea presentar cargos.

Los registros muestran que James permanecía detenida en la cárcel principal del condado Broward, pero desde entonces pagó una fianza de $2,500 USD.

One tricky bit: Coming up with formulas that don’t smell like pot roast.

“You see it everywhere, so we were like, ‘Why don’t we do this?’” he said. “Some of the feedback is, ‘We don’t want to smell like beef,’ so we add things like lavender and wild orange to kind of counter that potential beef smell.”

From moisturizers made with beef tallow to salmon sperm facials, consumers have become more interested in animal-based skin care products in recent years. Promoted as natural alternatives to synthetics, they're gaining popularity across social media and high-end spas as well as at farmers’ markets and in home kitchens.

Some experts connect the products' rise to an increased focus on the health impact of chemicals, as well as pro-meat messaging from the Make America Healthy Again movement.

“There’s been a movement in the last couple of years to embrace animal-based foods,” said Norah MacKendrick, an associate professor of sociology at Rutgers University who has studied why consumers are worried about chemicals in their personal care products. “I think some of that is probably spilling over into the cosmetic world.”

Natalee Keenan, 31, said she was looking for natural skin care products when she decided to give tallow a try. The first product she purchased felt beefy and heavy on her skin, but the western Pennsylvania woman said she recently found a whipped tallow balm scented with coconut that feels much lighter.

“I use it sparingly,” she said, adding a tiny bit has been enough to keep her skin feeling smooth.

Here’s what experts have to say about animal-based skin care, including cautions about a lack of medical evidence for their effectiveness.

Chemists, farmers say animal byproducts can be a way to use industry waste

The cosmetics industry moved away from many animal-derived ingredients decades ago amid concerns about animal testing and disease outbreaks like mad cow, said Perry Romanowski, an independent cosmetic chemist who studies how skin care ingredients are formulated.

For years, those concerns, along with the rise of vegan beauty products, pushed many brands to avoid animal-based ingredients altogether. But recently, some of those materials have started to reappear in skin care products and are often marketed as natural alternatives.

Jamie Moody, founder of Sonoma Mountain Beef in Northern California, said she started making tallow products in an effort to reduce waste. “Since the trend toward clean products remains strong, I believe the market will continue to grow,” she said.

Vander Dussen, the California rancher, said he and his wife are “just kind of jumping onto the fad that’s already there.” He added: “In today’s world, it’s very important not only what you are putting on your face but where it comes from.”

Kelly Pratt, who owns a spa in Tampa, Florida, said demand for treatments like salmon sperm DNA facials have surged because clients report improvements over time. Cassandra Hutchison, an aesthetician who gives the treatments at the spa, said the ingredient is intended to repair skin and keep inflammation down. She said it helps in hydration, making skin look healthier and repairing damage to the outer layer of skin that keeps moisture in and irritants out.

Prices vary, but a tub of tallow balm at Target costs about $15 more than a tub of petroleum jelly. And while there are some salmon sperm products like masks you can apply at home, many have to be applied at a spa, which comes with its own costs. Still, that hasn't deterred some consumers, whose searches for terms like “beef tallow for skin” have jumped in recent years and remained higher than ever before, according to Google Trends.

Experts say these may not be best choices

Turning waste from an animal product into something people use is certainly an example of sustainability, experts said.

But neither beef tallow nor salmon sperm have robust medical data to support their effectiveness, said Dr. Angelo Landriscina, a New York City dermatologist who has taken to social media to debunk what he sees as skin care misinformation.

Dr. Heather Rogers, a Seattle dermatologist, agreed there’s no medical evidence that tallow on your skin is helpful. She said it can be rancid and hard to use, and additives to make it smell more pleasant can be irritants.

Romanowski, the cosmetic chemist, said consumers should keep their expectations realistic. He said only a few skin care ingredients, including retinol, a vitamin A-derived ingredient commonly used to reduce fine lines and wrinkles, and niacinamide, a form of vitamin B3 that helps with redness and strengthens the skin, have strong evidence behind them. Others, he said, may offer only modest benefits that are difficult for consumers to notice.

How the politics of meat and chemicals weigh in

Corrin Dial, 32, owns Lowcountry Family Farms with her husband in South Carolina. Neither of them grew up farming, she said, but decided to try it after he got out of the Marine Corps.

Dial said she was looking for a natural balm for her baby about two years ago and decided to try whipping tallow. She said she thinks many people are coming to it to avoid chemical products, citing one customer who had cancer and was told by her doctor to be careful of anything she puts on her skin. “A lot of people are moving away from the chemical stuff, they’re trying to get into healthy eating and using more products where they know exactly where it came from,” she said.

MacKendrick, the sociologist from Rutgers, speculated that mothers, who as a demographic have become increasingly aware of how chemical substances affect children, are driving some of the move toward animal-based cosmetic products.

“We find that mothers are making these decisions for the household,” MacKendrick said. “Buying cosmetics for children or personal care products for children is considered high-stakes work.”

Landriscina pointed out that ingredients like salmon-based skin care getting touted as “the hottest new thing” can be rooted in an idea that other cultures, especially in places like Korea, are somehow ahead of the curve or have more innovation in their skin care. That's a bit different than the “back to basics” mentality that can draw people to ingredients like beef tallow. But he said whether people are interested in something old or something new, their skin care choices should be rooted in evidence.

Romanowski said the beauty industry is under pressure to constantly introduce something new.

“You should think of the cosmetic industry more like the fashion industry because you can only do so much with the shirt, right?” said Romanowski. “You can change the color, you can do some aesthetics thing, but it’s still a shirt and it’s the same thing with cosmetics.”

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Según la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade (MDSO), el choque fue reportado a las 6:24 a.m. en el área de Northwest 54th Street y 77th Court.

“Según los investigadores, una camioneta circulaba hacia el este por la NW 54 Street cuando continuó a través de la intersección y chocó contra un muro de concreto”, indicó la MDSO en un comunicado. “El vehículo pasó por encima del muro de contención e ingresó a los carriles en dirección sur de la carretera estatal 826 (autopista Palmetto), donde impactó a otro vehículo”.

Agentes confirmaron que el conductor de la camioneta fue declarado muerto en la escena.

El conductor del otro vehículo fue trasladado a un hospital cercano en condición estable.

Según el detective Argemis “AC” Colome, se recuperó un arma en la escena y los detectives creen que el conductor de la camioneta se quitó la vida.

“Obviamente vio que la pared estaba destruida y los autos unos encima de otros, y luego vio que empezaban a llegar los rescatistas”, dijo Mercy McClusky, quien trabaja cerca. “El detective que vino a hablar con nosotros dijo que también había casquillos de bala”.

Todos los carriles en dirección sur de la autopista Palmetto fueron cerrados tras el choque, pero ya han sido reabiertos.

La Unidad de Homicidios de Tránsito de la MDSO investiga las circunstancias del choque.

Leo spoke to reporters aboard the papal plane flying from Cameroon to Angola as part of his 11-day tour of Africa.

He addressed the spiraling back-and-forth saga of Trump’s critiques of his peace message, which have dominated news headlines this week. But the American pope also sought to set the record straight, insisting that his preaching isn’t directed at Trump, but reflects the broader Gospel message of peace.

“There’s been a certain narrative that has not been accurate in all of its aspects, but because of the political situation created when, on the first day of the trip, the president of the United States made some comments about myself,” he said.

“Much of what has been written since then has been more commentary on commentary, trying to interpret what has been said.”

Trump launched the criticism on his social media platform Truth Social on the night of April 12, when he criticized Leo’s preaching about peace as the war, which began with joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Feb. 28 and was followed by Iran’s retaliation, raged on. Trump accused Leo of being soft on crime, cozy with the left and said that the first American pontiff owed his election to Trump.

Leo has issued consistent calls for peace and dialogue, and has denounced the use of religious justification for war. Specifically, he called Trump’s threat to annihilate Iranian civilization “truly unacceptable.”

The Vatican has stressed that when Leo preaches about peace, he is referring to all wars ravaging the planet, not just the Iran conflict. The Russian Orthodox Church, for example, has justified Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine as a “holy war.”

Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Leo referred specifically to his remarks earlier this week to a peace meeting in Bamenda, Cameroon. The city is the epicenter of a separatist conflict that has been raging in the western, Anglophone region of the country for nearly a decade.

Leo said that his remarks, in which he blasted the “handful of tyrants” who were ravaging Earth with war and exploitation, were written two weeks ago, long before Trump’s criticisms began.

“And yet as it happens, it was looked at as if I was trying to debate again the president, which is not in my interest at all,” he said.

Looking ahead, however, he said that he would continue preaching the Gospel.

“I primarily come to Africa as a pastor, as the head of the Catholic Church to be with, to celebrate with, to encourage and accompany all the Catholics throughout Africa,” he said.

He drew attention to some upcoming liturgical readings about what it means to be Christian and to follow Christ, promote fraternity and brotherhood, “but also looking for ways to promote justice in our world, promote peace in our world,” he said.

Leo arrived later Saturday in Angola, the third stop on his four-nation tour. A message of peace would be especially relevant for the southern African country, which was ravaged by a 27-year civil war that ended in 2002 but has left deep scars.

Leo will meet with Angolan President Joao Lourenco and deliver his first speech before government authorities, when he hopes to bring joy and encouragement to Angola's long-suffering people.

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On Friday, detectives in Broward County announced the arrest of a 17-year-old suspect wanted in connection to an attempted sexual battery.

He has been identified as Anthony Alejandro Gonzalez Tovar.

The incident happened around 4:39 p.m. on April 8 along the 16300 block of Golf Club Road in Weston.

The victim told police she was sitting on the grass when authorities said she was grabbed from behind by an unknown subject, struggling with her attacker before he got up and fled after putting his shoes on.

Video footage was obtained by investigators, who said it showed the light-skinned suspect wearing a khaki-colored hoodie and distinctive red and black pants “exposing and pleasuring himself in an adjacent parking lot” before he was seen “slowly approaching the victim, surveying his surroundings and removing his shoes before grabbing her from behind,” according to deputies.

“It’s sad because he’s 17 years old,” said neighbor Abigail Lopez. “It’s sad on both ends ... the victim of course.”

Deputies said Gonzalez Tovar was taken to the Juvenile Assessment Center for processing.

El viernes, detectives del condado Broward anunciaron el arresto de un sospechoso de 17 años buscado en relación con un intento de agresión sexual.

Ha sido identificado como Anthony Alejandro Gonzalez Tovar.

El incidente ocurrió alrededor de las 4:39 p.m. del 8 de abril en la cuadra 16300 de Golf Club Road en Weston.

La víctima dijo a la Policía que estaba sentada sobre el césped cuando, según las autoridades, fue sujetada por detrás por un individuo desconocido. La mujer forcejeó con su atacante antes de que este se levantara y huyera tras ponerse los zapatos.

Los investigadores obtuvieron video de vigilancia que, según dijeron, muestra al sospechoso de piel clara usando una sudadera color caqui y pantalones distintivos rojos y negros, “exhibiéndose y complaciéndose a sí mismo en un estacionamiento adyacente” antes de ser visto “acercándose lentamente a la víctima, observando sus alrededores y quitándose los zapatos antes de sujetarla por detrás”, según los agentes.

“Es triste porque tiene 17 años”, dijo la vecina Abigail Lopez. “Es triste por ambos lados... la víctima, por supuesto”.

Los agentes dijeron que Gonzalez Tovar fue llevado al Centro de Evaluación Juvenil para su procesamiento.

La policía de Hialeah indicó que Nikol Marie Rodriguez, de Miramar, fue detenida antes de la 1:30 p.m. del jueves.

Dijeron que los incidentes ocurrieron el 4 de marzo en Peace Christian Academy, ubicada en 490 E. 50th St.

Según un informe de arresto, la víctima, que tenía 8 años en ese momento, tiene diagnóstico de autismo y TDAH y “puede comprender instrucciones simples, pero tiene dificultad para articular más que una solicitud sencilla”.

La policía dijo que el niño no es conocido por ser violento y vive con su madre.

Rodriguez había sido la educadora principal del niño desde agosto de 2024 y era responsable del “cuidado, supervisión y servicios esenciales para la salud física y mental del menor”, indica el informe.

Los investigadores señalaron que el video de vigilancia muestra una interacción poco antes de las 11 a.m. cuando Rodriguez “parece asistir físicamente a la víctima al sujetar su brazo izquierdo” y luego “agarrar el brazo derecho y el área del bíceps, girando a la víctima de manera agresiva”.

Indicaron que las acusaciones más graves se derivan de un incidente posterior alrededor de las 12:45 p.m. de ese día, cuando el niño estaba sentado tranquilamente en el suelo y “no mostraba de ninguna manera un comportamiento físicamente amenazante”.

A pesar de eso, el informe establece que Rodriguez presuntamente sujetó al niño al colocarle los brazos detrás de la espalda, causándole dolor. La policía dijo que el niño “fue observado luchando contra la técnica de restricción, aparentando estar en agonía”, mientras otro estudiante cercano se cubría los ojos y los oídos.

Señalaron que la situación se agravó aún más cuando se vio a Rodriguez “azotar con fuerza la parte superior del cuerpo y la cabeza de la víctima contra el suelo del salón” y continuó sujetándolo al inmovilizar sus brazos y aplicar presión en la parte superior de su cuerpo.

El informe describe al niño intentando escapar mientras Rodriguez permanecía en control, en un momento presionando su cabeza contra una esquina del salón y montándose sobre su torso.

Tras el forcejeo, la policía indicó que Rodriguez es acusada de empujar al menor contra una mesa cuando intentaba ponerse de pie.

Dijeron que Rodriguez no buscó asistencia médica ni brindó atención posteriormente.

Más tarde esa noche, la madre del niño descubrió lesiones, incluyendo “una pequeña herida punzante” en su bíceps, junto con moretones y rasguños en el pecho y el brazo, según el informe.

Un informe interno de la escuela describió el incidente como un esfuerzo de “intervención de apoyo para desescalar” con la intención de prevenir daño, indicando que Rodriguez “colocó sus manos en los costados del menor para brindar apoyo físico”. Sin embargo, los investigadores dijeron que el video de vigilancia contradice esa versión.

La policía dijo que Rodriguez se negó a dar una declaración a través de su abogado.

Christopher Pracitto, abogado defensor de Rodriguez, pidió que su cliente recibiera una fianza más baja.

“Es una menor que estaba actuando mal, y ella estaba en el proceso de sujetarla”, dijo en la corte. La solicitud fue denegada.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que enfrenta un cargo de abuso infantil sin causar gran daño corporal.

Hasta el viernes, permanecía detenida en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight, donde su fianza fue fijada en $5,000 USD. También se le ordenó mantenerse alejada de la víctima.

Local 10 News solicitó una declaración a la escuela sobre el incidente y si ella continúa empleada.

In an interview with The Associated Press on the margins of a diplomacy forum in Turkey, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh also said his country will not hand over its enriched uranium to the United States, rejecting claims made by U.S. President Donald Trump.

“I can tell you that no enriched material is going to be shipped to United States,” Khatibzadeh said. “This is non-starter and I can assure you that while we are ready to address any concerns that we do have, we’re not going to accept things that are nonstarters.”

On Friday, Trump said that the U.S. will go into Iran and “get all the nuclear dust,” referring to the 970 pounds (440 kilograms) of enriched uranium believed to be buried under nuclear sites badly damaged by U.S. military strikes last year.

Khatibzadeh said there have been many exchanges of messages between the sides but accused the United States of holding firm on demands Iran deems to be excessive.

“We are still not there yet to move on to an actual meeting because there are issues that the Americans have not yet abandoned their maximalist position,” Khatibzadeh said. Iran was seeking the finalization of a “framework agreement” before moving to an in-person meeting, he added.

The Iranian official would not go into specifics of the negotiations with the United States or say which issues remain unresolved but called on Washington to address Iran’s concerns, including sanctions imposed on Iran.

“The other sides also should understand and address our main concerns, which are illegal unilateral sanctions that Americans have imposed on Iranians and this economic terrorism which has targeted Iranian people to suffocate them and make them to revolt against the political structure inside Iran,” Khatibzadeh said.

Asked whether Iran would respond to renewed attacks by Israel on Lebanon despite the ceasefire, Khatibzadeh said: “Iran has no option, just to stop aggressors once and forever.”

Trump said that Israel is “prohibited” by the U.S. from further strikes on Lebanon and that “enough is enough” in the Israel-Hezbollah war.

The State Department said the prohibition applies only to offensive attacks and not to actions taken in self-defense.

The Iranian official renewed Iran’s position that Tehran’s actions were defensive and in response to unprovoked aggression occurring in the middle of negotiations.

He also reiterated Iran's position that the ceasefire must extend to Lebanon, where Israel had been fighting with the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.

When the U.S. and Iran declared a temporary truce last week, Pakistan and Iran said it extended to Lebanon, but Israel — and later the U.S. — denied this. Israel then launched a series of airstrikes on central Beirut, prompting Iran to announce it was once again closing the Strait of Hormuz. Following implementation of a truce in Lebanon Friday, Iran said it had reopened the strait.

“Iran negotiated with good faith, accepted a ceasefire and told everybody that this ceasefire should include all countries, including Lebanon,” Khatibzadeh said. “Then the other side said that, it is not committed to this and then started atrocities.”

He said that a “new protocol” would be put in place for the Strait of Hormuz as part of the negotiations with the U.S. and it would “remain open and safe for all civilian passage.”

Trump has said a U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz will remain and attacks will resume if no agreement is reached with Iran.

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La Policía indicó que Perez, de 49 años, embistió intencionalmente con su camioneta de jardinería el Lexus que conducía Mirtha Sanchez-Teran el jueves, empujándolo contra un edificio detrás de un centro comercial en la cuadra 7600, dejándola atrapada y provocando que se activaran las bolsas de aire del vehículo.

Las autoridades dijeron que un video muestra a Perez, vestido de color naranja brillante, acercándose al auto de la víctima, apuntando con un arma y disparando un solo tiro antes de que el video termine.

En otro video se escuchan más disparos. Un informe de arresto del Departamento de Policía de Coral Springs indica que Sanchez-Teran, madre de dos hijos, recibió múltiples impactos en ambos hombros, el pecho, el abdomen y el rostro.

Tras “aparentemente creer que estaba muerta”, huyó desesperadamente y saltó a un canal cercano para escapar del lugar, según el informe.

Pero los agentes dijeron que Sanchez-Teran sobrevivió a los disparos e identificó a su presunto atacante.

La Policía localizó a Perez en un vecindario cercano. Inicialmente negó conocer a su exnovia.

Sin embargo, tras ser detenido, la Policía indicó que se mostró emocional cuando los agentes mencionaron a la víctima y a sus dos hijas.

Varios testigos también lo identificaron, y su empleador confirmó que la camioneta de trabajo le pertenecía.

Ahora enfrenta varios cargos graves, incluido intento de asesinato.

Las autoridades informaron que Sanchez-Teran permanecía en condición grave hasta el viernes.

More than 61% of the Lower 48 states is in moderate to exceptional drought — including 97% of the Southeast and two-thirds of the West — according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. It's the highest levels for this time of year since the drought monitor began in 2000.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's comprehensive Palmer Drought Severity Index not only hit its highest level for March since records started in 1895, but last month was the third-driest month recorded regardless of time of year. It trailed only the famed Dust Bowl months of July and August 1934.

Because of record heat, much of the West has had exceptionally low levels of snow in the first few months of the year, which is usually how the region stores water for the summer. A different drought — connected to the jet stream keeping storms further north — has put the South from Texas all the way to the East Coast into a separate drought that just happens to coincide with what's going on in the West, said Brian Fuchs, a climatologist with the National Drought Mitigation Center.

It would take 19 inches of rain in one month to break the drought in eastern Texas and more than a foot of rain to solve the deficit for most of the Southeast, NOAA calculated.

“Right now 61% of the country is in drought and that’s steadily been going up for the calendar year,” Fuchs said. “We just haven’t seen too many springs where this amount of the country has been in this kind of shape.”

Sticking out like a sore thumb is a highly technical but crucial measurement of “the sponginess'' of the atmosphere — or how much moisture the hot, dry air is sucking up from the land it's baking. It's called vapor pressure deficit. It's 77% above normal and more than 25% higher than the previous record for January through March in the West, said UCLA hydroclimatologist Park Williams.

That level of moisture-sucking from the ground “wouldn't have appeared possible” before now, Williams said.

Drought usually peaks in summer, not spring, and that's what worries meteorologists.

“Fire tends to respond to heat and drought in an exponential manner,” Williams said. “For each degree of warming, you get a bigger bang in terms of fire than you got from the previous degree of warming.”

In Arizona, cacti are blooming months early and the worry about water has already started, said Kathy Jacobs, director of the Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions at the University of Arizona.

“Those of us who are dependent on the Colorado River, of course, are very concerned about the fact that we don’t have a negotiated path forward in the middle of what appears to be possibly the worst year of drought that we’ve all experienced,” Jacobs said. “We have lots of reservoirs that are not full.”

Yale Climate Connections meteorologist Jeff Masters said his biggest concern is what drought will do to agriculture and then food prices. If America has a poor crop year because of the drought, it could be a global problem. A strong natural El Nino weather oscillation is predicted, which often reduces crop yield in other places across the globe, such as India.

UCLA's Williams said the drought and hotter weather are driven by both natural variability and human-caused climate change with randomness a slightly bigger factor.

“All weather is now affected by climate change,” Arizona's Jacobs said. “There is no such thing as weather that's divorced from climate trends. But this extreme event is extreme in the way that we’ve been expecting: extreme heat waves, intense drought.”

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Yet so far, it’s been the office running elections in the state’s most populous county that has commanded much of the spotlight.

Republican Justin Heap is an election skeptic who will be overseeing his first statewide election in Maricopa County. He has been engaged in a bitter legal feud with the county board of supervisors over election procedures, has put in place a controversial system for checking signatures on mail ballots and has run voter records through a federal system to check for noncitizens despite questions about its accuracy. Heap also has made overtures to the Trump administration in its quest for voter and election records.

His actions have drawn heated comments from members of that board, which splits election oversight with Heap’s office, and rebukes from the attorney general and secretary of state. A ruling this week in the legal case will give Heap more authority over election operations.

The turmoil has created an air of uncertainty about how the midterm elections will go in a county that has been a regular target of election conspiracy theorists and is pivotal for deciding statewide races in one of the nation’s most important political battlegrounds.

State Sen. Lauren Kuby, a Democrat who sits on a legislative elections committee and represents part of Phoenix, said the discord between the recorder and county board is sowing confusion and distrust.

“We’re one of the biggest counties in the country, and we have all of our election administrators fighting right now," she said. "So I imagine if you’re a voter, you’re pretty confused and worried.”

The Maricopa County Recorder’s Office, which Heap runs, did not provide a response to questions despite multiple requests for comment. Heap did issue a statement in response to the court ruling, saying it “restores both the authority and the resources necessary for my office to do its job.”

A power struggle and heated accusations

Heap took office after defeating the incumbent in the 2024 Republican primary. He quickly began challenging the board of supervisors, which is majority Republican.

He sued them in June 2025 with the backing of America First Legal, a conservative group founded by Stephen Miller, now a deputy chief of staff in the White House. The lawsuit accused the board of negotiating an agreement with Heap's predecessor to transfer money, information technology staff and certain election functions away from his office, including management of ballot drop boxes, processing of early arriving ballots and placement of sites used for early voting.

A Maricopa County Superior Court judge ended up largely siding with Heap in the case. The board's chair, Kate Brophy McGee, said the board will consider an appeal.

Before the ruling, supervisors had called Heap's lawsuit frivolous and “full of falsehoods” as part a power struggle that at times has boiled over. A budget meeting in January devolved into heated accusations, with Supervisor Thomas Galvin, a Republican, saying Heap “continues to lie over and over again.” In a statement issued afterward, Heap dismissed the incident as a “juvenile temper tantrum.”

The board proposed a settlement earlier this year but did not receive a counteroffer from Heap.

New way to check voter signatures

Once in the job, Heap changed the process for checking voters’ signatures on their mail ballot envelopes.

The new procedure involves workers of both political parties reviewing signatures and more workers conducting additional reviews of signatures deemed to be questionable, Heap told the board during a meeting last fall.

But some elected officials and observers say they are concerned the new policy could lead to otherwise eligible ballots being rejected. Galvin said the rejection rate in the November 2025 local election was “huge” relative to past elections.

He has said he worries the new signature verification process is a “looming disaster” and expressed concern that many people “who legally and validly voted last November saw their ballots be rejected for arbitrary reasons.”

Heap says the new policy is faster and more secure. “In the end, the signatures either match or they don’t,” he told the board.

Checking citizenship, but accuracy is a question

Heap has promoted his office’s use of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s SAVE system to identify people on the voter rolls who may not be citizens.

The office said that through the system, it found “137 registered voters who are not U.S. citizens” and that 60 of those “voted in prior elections.” The Maricopa County attorney’s office has said it received 207 names from the recorder’s office to review for voting eligibility.

Voting by people who are not U.S. citizens is rare, and the SAVE system has been criticized by some election officials and experts who say it frequently identifies eligible voters as noncitizens. Arizona's secretary of state, Democrat Adrian Fontes, said in an interview that the program is unreliable.

“The SAVE system is notoriously inaccurate,” he said. “You can’t depend on that to take somebody off the voter rolls or to start the removal proceeding.”

The recorder’s office announced its use of the SAVE system the same day Heap attended a news conference outside Phoenix, where then-DHS Secretary Kristi Noem was promoting a congressional bill that would require documented proof of citizenship to register and vote.

Fontes said his office has not received any additional information from the recorder about the alleged noncitizen voters and that the timing of the announcement makes it seem like “more of a headline grab than anything without more information.”

Fears of undermining confidence in elections

Heap’s presence at Noem’s February news conference was not the only instance when the recorder has appeared close with the Trump administration.

Correspondence obtained from the recorder’s office through a public records request shows a willingness to defer to the U.S. Department of Justice. This year the department seized ballots and other records related to the 2020 election from Georgia’s Fulton County, which includes Atlanta.

Meanwhile, the FBI subpoenaed similar Maricopa County records from the state Senate president.

Harmeet Dhillon, who oversees the department's Civil Rights Division, wrote to Fontes, Heap and county officials in September seeking preservation of county election records. Heap replied the next day, stressing in his letter that his office is “committed to full cooperation with the Department of Justice as it conducts its investigation," before adding: “We share your goal of safeguarding election integrity.”

As it has done in other states, the department sued Arizona months later for failing to comply with its request for detailed voter information.

The state’s attorney general, Democrat Kris Mayes, told a local media outlet that Heap is “trying to undermine Arizonans’ trust in our election system” and warned him not to provide voter lists to the federal government.

With the state’s July primary approaching, some observers are concerned that Heap’s feuding with the board and other actions could undermine public confidence in elections.

“The voters need to have a sense that this county is well-run, that the recorder and the board of supervisors have the best interest of every voter,” said Pinny Sheoran, state advocacy chair with the League of Women Voters of Arizona. “And that is frayed with this discord.”

Rain chances are about 10% Saturday, increasing to 30% Sunday and 50% by Monday as a cold front approaches South Florida. After Monday, temperatures will fall back closer to 80 degrees through the rest of next week, so this brief burst of heat won’t last long.

If you’ve been itching to get to the beach, conditions look favorable, with lighter winds and plenty of sunshine.

Both President Emmanuel Macron and the UNIFIL force blamed Hezbollah, but the Lebanese militant group denied involvement.

The attack near the southern Lebanese village of Ghandouriyeh came after a 10-day ceasefire went into effect at midnight Thursday between Israel and Hezbollah.

The latest Israel-Hezbollah war began on March 2 when the Iran-backed group launched rockets into Israel after the U.S. and Israel launched joint strikes against Iran, killing top officials including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The war, in which Israel invaded parts of Lebanon, left nearly 2,300 people dead in Lebanon, more than 1 million people displaced and caused widespread destruction.

“Everything suggests that responsibility for this attack lies with Hezbollah,” Macron wrote on social media. “France demands that the Lebanese authorities immediately arrest those responsible and assume their responsibilities alongside UNIFIL,” the U.N. mission in southern Lebanon.

Investigation launched

In Beirut, three judicial officials said that Lebanon's Military Tribunal opened an investigation over the attack and is in contact with the army's intelligence department to work on identifying the perpetrators. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.

Hezbollah denied links to the attack, calling in a statement for caution in assigning blame and judgment until the Lebanese army completes its investigation to determine the full circumstances. Hezbollah said that peacekeepers should coordinate with the Lebanese army in their operations.

Hezbollah expressed surprise in the statement at the hasty accusations leveled against it, especially given the silence of these same parties “when the Israeli enemy attacks UNIFIL forces.”

Macron identified the dead soldier as Staff Sgt. Florian Montorio of the 17th Parachute Engineer Regiment from Montauban. He said that three of Montorio’s “comrades in arms were injured and evacuated.”

“The nation bows in respect and extends its support to the families of our soldiers and to all our military personnel engaged for peace in Lebanon,” he said.

His death came nearly a month after a drone attack on March 12 targeted a Kurdish military base in Iraq's Erbil region, killing French Chief Warrant Officer Arnaud Frion and wounding six others.

French Armed Forces Minister Catherine Vautrin said Saturday that the soldier was killed during an ambush. She said he was on a mission to open a route toward a UNIFIL post that had been isolated for several days, because of fighting in the area between Hezbollah and Israeli forces.

The ceasefire took effect in Lebanon on Friday, but it wasn't clear to what extent Hezbollah would abide by a truce that it didn't play a role in negotiating.

“He was caught in an ambush by an armed group at very close range,” she said on X. “Immediately hit by a direct shot from a light weapon, he was pulled back under fire by his comrades, who were unable to resuscitate him.”

UNIFIL said that a patrol that was clearing explosive ordnance along a road in the village of Ghandouriyeh on Saturday to reestablish links with isolated UNIFIL positions came under small arms fire from non-state actors. UNIFIL said that one peacekeeper succumbed to his wounds and three others were wounded, two of them seriously.

Macron demands clarification

Macron spoke with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam following the attack “in order to call on the Lebanese authorities to shed full light on this incident, to identify and prosecute those responsible without delay, and to do everything possible to ensure the safety of UNIFIL soldiers, who must under no circumstances be targeted,” Macron's office said.

Salam posted on X that he ordered an investigation into the attack and to bring the perpetrators to justice. Aoun and Lebanon's parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri condemned the attack.

The Lebanese army condemned the attack in a statement adding that it will continue its “close coordination” with UNIFIL. The army said that it's working to detain the perpetrators.

Macron also reiterated “the importance of full respect for the ceasefire by all parties and reaffirmed France’s commitment to Lebanon’s sovereignty, for the benefit of all Lebanese people and regional stability.

Israel strikes on Lebanon

Earlier Saturday, the Israeli military said it had conducted aerial and ground strikes in southern Lebanon after it identified several incidents in which militants “violated the ceasefire understanding” by approaching areas close to where Israeli troops are located.

The military mentioned for the first time what it called a “Yellow Line,” saying militants tried to approach it from the north.

There is no mention of a “Yellow Line” in the ceasefire agreement, which was announced by U.S. President Donald Trump.

The U.S. State Department said Thursday that according to the ceasefire agreement, Israel reserves the right to defend itself “at any time, against planned, imminent or ongoing attacks.”

Senior Hezbollah official Mahmoud Qammati told Lebanon’s Al-Jadeed TV on Saturday that the group won't tolerate any Israeli strikes like those which happened after the November 2024 truce, when Israel continued to carry out almost daily airstrikes.

“This time we will not practice the strategic patience policy,” Qammati said.

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Samuel Petrequin reported from London.

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Speaking to reporters Friday after Marie-Thérèse Ross returned to France, Hervé Goix, said the family's “absolute priority” is to protect her.

"To preserve her health and her rest, and for her to be able to rebuild herself,” Goix told a press conference alongside his two siblings in the town of Orvault, in western France.

“We are particularly relieved today to see our mother again, to have her back," he said. “She has necessarily gone through a difficult ordeal.”

Ross returned to France after a harrowing 16 days spent in federal immigration custody, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said on Friday. Without elaborating, Barrot said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement methods were “not in line” with French standards and “not acceptable to us.”

Ross entered the U.S. last June after marrying a retired U.S. soldier who had been stationed in her home country in the 1960s, court records show. But after her husband died of natural causes in January, a dispute arose over his estate. Ross’ stepson — a U.S. federal employee — allegedly intervened to have her taken into immigration custody, an Alabama judge found.

Federal immigration agents detained Ross in Alabama on April 1 after she overstayed her 90-day visa, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. She was then held at a detention facility in Louisiana as French officials expressed concern about her well-being.

Goix, who told The Associated Press that she had been in the process of applying for a green card when she was taken into custody, added during the press conference that “the essential thing is that she is truly safe, that she regains her comfort, that she is surrounded by her children and grandchildren."

The mayor of Orvault, Sébastien Arrouët, told French media he spoke with Ross and said “she is delighted, she is happy, she is relieved.”

“Put yourselves in her place, in a country she knows a little bit, it all happened to her so suddenly,” he said. “We don’t realize the psychological violence. She needs to process all this, and the most important thing is that she is back with us.”

Ross was taken into custody in her nightgown and was unable to bring her phone, passport and other identification with her, records show.

Trump called Newsom "stupid,” “low IQ,” “mentally disabled” and unfit to become president. Muller knew it was part of a political feud — Trump is a Republican and Newsom is a Democrat who is expected to run for the White House in 2028 — but Trump’s words felt personal.

“We’ve had to overcome so many deficits, and for someone to, on a national stage, say, yeah, they will never be like us — that definitely came as an emotional sting to me,” said Muller, an incoming student at Auburn University whose dyslexia was identified as a child.

It was one more entry in Trump’s history of denigrating the intelligence of his foes and mocking those with disabilities. Yet this time he was maligning tens of millions of people, calling their abilities into question and undermining years of progress fighting stigma around dyslexia.

Among those with dyslexia, his remarks aroused feelings from anguish and anger to dismay. It cut across politics, drawing a rebuke from supporters and critics alike.

Muller's mother, Marilyn, voted for Trump three times and says she still supports his politics. But she was hurt when Trump linked dyslexia with low intelligence — a dated myth that she has spent years trying to dispel.

“It works against everything I do on a daily basis,” said Marilyn Muller, a literacy advocate in Florida. “It was probably one of the more ignorant comments I have ever heard come from his mouth.”

A learning disability often misunderstood

Trump’s comments clash with a large body of research finding that dyslexia and IQ are unrelated. They also conflict with statements he issued during his first term for national awareness months, heaping praise on the “extraordinary contributions” of those with dyslexia and noting that their ranks include top industry executives and inventors.

Often misunderstood, dyslexia affects the link between the brain and printed language, making it difficult for people to read. Dyslexia often emerges in childhood as kids learn to read and write. It is estimated to affect up to 20% of the world population.

“All of a sudden, you’re not doing so well in school and then people will tell you, oh, you’re not trying, you’re not smart or whatever, and none of that’s accurate. You just have this difference in that bridge from language to print,” said John Gabrieli, a neuroscientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Newsom has for years discussed his dyslexia, including in a children's book he wrote in 2021 as well as a new memoir. On his recent book tour, he talked about memorizing speeches because he is unable to read them. He described it as a struggle and a gift, saying it forced him to develop other skills.

Trump latched on to some of Newsom's comments. “He can’t read a speech, he can’t do almost anything,” Trump said during a Cabinet meeting in March. “He’s actually a very stupid person.”

He added: “I think a president should not have learning disabilities.”

Trump acknowledged his departure from decorum, saying it’s “highly controversial to say such a horrible thing.” He went on to say it at least four more times.

Newsom's office declined to comment for this story and referred to the governor's social media posts. “Learning differences don’t define your limits, they shape your strengths,” Newsom wrote in one post. “And no one, not even the President of the United States, gets to decide your worth.”

Little GOP pushback to Trump's comments

In Utah, Lia Beatty said she has become inured to Trump's brash behavior, but she still sees danger in his latest tirades. People listen to the president, and young people with dyslexia might hear those comments and believe they count for less, said Beatty, 27, who has dyslexia and runs a university neurobiology lab.

“The harm isn’t necessarily in the headline. It’s what happens quietly,” she said. “It’s the student in the classroom who stops raising their hand, the college applicant who hides how they learn, the employee who doesn’t pursue a promotion that they’re more than qualified for.”

Until she saw his comments circulating on social media, Beatty had been keeping quiet about her acceptance to a doctoral neuroscience program at Dartmouth College. She made it public in a social media post aiming to undercut Trump.

“I think it’s important to acknowledge that, yeah, the rooms — they weren’t made for us, but we’re still getting in them,” Beatty said.

On Capitol Hill, there is a strong history of bipartisan support for people with dyslexia. A House caucus is devoted to the issue, with vocal champions from both parties. Yet there has been little Republican pushback to Trump’s comments.

Trump's remarks did not come up Wednesday at a congressional roundtable on dyslexia, organized by Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., whose daughter has dyslexia and whose wife runs a school for children with dyslexia. After the event, Cassidy refused to respond directly to Trump's remarks.

“All I can say is that a child with dyslexia will grow to be, often times, a very talented adult,” Cassidy, who is up for reelection but did not get Trump's endorsement, told The Associated Press. “There’s people who have self-identified as dyslexic who have become CEOs of hospitals and of great businesses.”

There has been no comment from Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., co-chair of the dyslexia caucus.

Some in Trump's circles have detailed struggles with dyslexia

Advocates have noted that some past presidents probably did have dyslexia.

Woodrow Wilson wrote about his difficulty learning to read and he became an early adopter of the typewriter as one of many workarounds, said John M. Cooper, a presidential historian and Wilson biographer.

Some in Trump’s circles have spoken about difficulties with dyslexia.

Gary Cohn, the architect of Trump’s signature tax bill from his first term, has talked at length about struggling with dyslexia as a child. He went on to become a business titan and president of Goldman Sachs.

Advocates say Trump’s words threaten to reverse years of progress unwinding stereotypes. His comments also raise questions about promises his administration has made to protect students with disabilities even as Trump dismantles the Department of Education, which oversees the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

Jacqueline Rodriguez, CEO of the National Center for Learning Disabilities, said it will be hard for families to trust Trump's education appointees “when their boss is making these really stigmatizing and really inaccurate statements.”

In Decatur, Georgia, Meagan Swingle said Trump’s comments made her sick to her stomach. She brought it up with her 15-year-old son, Enrique, who has dyslexia, knowing he might hear about the remarks at school. Enrique, who excels in math and science, brushed it off, she said.

But it stuck with her.

“I don’t know that he remembers a time like I do when, whether you were a Democrat or a Republican or an independent, you could expect a higher standard from the president of the United States,” she said. “ We build people up, we don’t tear them down.”

She’s 48 years old, works at a hospital, describes herself as a conservative and voted for Trump in the last election. But that doesn't mean she's going to vote out her Republican state senator just because he defied the president's demand to redraw Indiana's congressional map.

“I’m not going to say that ‘because this is what the president wants, this is how I’m going to vote,’" Wise said from her front step on a sunny, springtime afternoon.

Indiana's primary on May 5 has become an unlikely test of Trump's grip on the Republican Party. After state senators defied White House pressure by opposing redistricting, Trump has endorsed seven primary challengers in races that rarely attract any attention from Washington.

The campaign, backed by national organizations such as Turning Point Action and pro-Trump groups that have spent more than $4.2 million on advertising, has no precedent in recent memory. Gov. Mike Braun and U.S. Sen Jim Banks, both Republicans, are also working against incumbent state senators in a display of deference to Trump.

One of their targets is Spencer Deery, a first-term state senator who knocked on Wise's door while canvassing her West Lafayette neighborhood via electric scooter.

“This is about one thing only,” he told The Associated Press. “And that’s control.”

An avalanche of campaign spending

Deery represents the 23rd Senate District, a seven-county swath of farmland that borders Illinois to the west, runs north to West Lafayette and touches the outskirts of Terre Haute to the south.

Four years ago, Deery's campaign spent $142,000 to win his seat in a race where fewer than 11,000 people voted. One of the primary candidates he defeated was Paula Copenhaver, a veteran Republican activist and local party chair.

Now Trump has endorsed Copenhaver, an aide to Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith, and Deery is facing a nearly $1 million avalanche of spending. One television advertisement declared that “State Sen. Spencer Deary voted against President Trump’s agenda.”

“It’s about sending a message that any state that does not get in line or any lawmakers that do not get in line with the political forces in D.C. should be on the lookout,” Deery said. “That should concern you in a constitutional democracy.”

Deery has spent $167,000 so far, and he hasn't had any help from outside groups.

A Trump-backed opponent

Copenhaver declined to respond to telephone calls and text messages from The Associated Press after originally saying she was willing to discuss the campaign. Trump endorsed her in January by calling her a “MAGA Warrior” — a reference to Trump's “Make America Great Again” movement — and “a terrific Candidate for Indiana’s 23rd State Senate District.”

He wrote on social media that Copenhaver was “running against an incompetent and ineffective RINO incumbent named Spencer Deery who, for whatever reason, betrayed his voters by voting against Redistricting in Indiana.” RINO means “Republican in name only.”

The White House leaned heavily on Indiana lawmakers last year to break with precedent and adopt a new congressional map, part of an unusual nationwide cascade of redistricting that Trump hopes will help Republicans protect their thin U.S. House majority in November's elections. Vice President JD Vance met with Indiana politicians in Washington and Indianapolis, and Trump weighed in by conference call.

Some opponents of the proposal faced threats. Deery was targeted by a false police report intended to provoke a dangerous situation by sending a SWAT team racing to his home.

But the Republican-controlled state Senate voted against redistricting in December, a defeat for the president.

Trump tried to brush it off afterward, telling reporters in the Oval Office that “I wasn't working on it very hard.”

Making the rounds on the campaign trail

As Deery moved from door to door in the neatly manicured suburb at the edge of a clover field in northwest West Lafayette, a pair of motorcyclists out on a Saturday ride stopped to encourage him.

“I wanted to thank you for having the courage to vote against the redistricting,” one of them said.

Annette and Curtis Williams politely chatted with Deery at their door. Curtis said Trump’s threat to unseat Deery is “inappropriate.” Neither he nor his wife would say how they planned to vote.

Beckie Eikenberg, a quality assurance associate at an Indiana pharmaceutical company, has seen the advertisements targeting Deery, but she does not trust them. The 47-year-old who calls herself “libertarian on the conservative side,” spoke with the state senator at the end of her cul-de-sac.

She voted for Trump but wrinkled her brow when asked if the president should have a say in Indiana’s congressional map.

“He doesn’t necessarily know what’s going on within our state. He’s not here. He doesn’t see the day to day,” she said.

Governor stays allied with Trump

The campaign to oust incumbents is also intended to dislodge Indiana Senate President Pro Tem Rodrick Bray, who helped block redistricting and has faced criticism from Trump.

Bray is not up for reelection this year, but Braun wanted primary challengers to commit to opposing him as Senate leader, according to three people familiar with the demand. The people were not authorized to publicly discuss private conversations and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Trump political aides said they were monitoring the campaigns. Representatives for Banks, the U.S. senator allied with the White House, did not return messages seeking comment.

Braun, the Republican governor, said he is backing the primary challengers not because of redistricting but because he needs help to advance his agenda. For example, he was at odds with Bray over property taxes earlier in his term.

Braun is putting $500,000 from his political action committee into state Senate races.

“Whether you supported this or that, my goal is to get enterprising senators and representatives,” Braun said Monday. “So when it comes to what you do to either support or not support certain legislators, for me, it’s going to mostly be based on, ‘Are you willing to help me take Indiana into places that all states would want to be?’”

One of Braun's predecessors is working against him in the primary. Former Gov. Mitch Daniels, a Republican who stepped away from politics after leaving office in 2015, has been quietly working to protect incumbents targeted by Trump.

Daniels recorded a video and helped raise money for Deery, who was chief of staff to the former governor when he became president of Purdue University.

Deery said his vote against redistricting was not about defying Trump or the president's allies.

“I don’t work for them,” Deery said. “I work for my voters, my constituents.”

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Associated Press videojournalist Obed Lamy in Indianapolis contributed to this report.

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According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, the crash was reported at 6:24 a.m. in the area of Northwest 54^th Street and 77^th Court.

“According to investigators, a pickup truck was traveling eastbound on NW 54 Street when it continued through the intersection and collided with a concrete barrier wall,” MDSO said in a news release. “The vehicle went over the barrier wall and entered the southbound lanes of State Road 826 (Palmetto Expressway), where it struck another vehicle.”

Deputies confirmed that the driver of the pickup truck, who they identified as 26-year-old Reinerio De La Torre Toledo, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the other vehicle was transported to a nearby hospital in stable condition. Detectives said they will not be releasing his name.

According to Detective Argemis “AC” Colome, a gun was recovered at the scene and detectives believe De La Torre Toledo took his own life.

“He saw obviously the wall was broken and cars on top of each other and then he saw the rescue starting to arrive,” said Mercy McClusky, who works nearby. “The detective that came to talk to us said that there were bullet casings also.”

All southbound lanes of the Palmetto Expressway were shut down after the crash, but have since reopened.

MDSO’s Traffic Homicide Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash.

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Hialeah police said Nikol Marie Rodriguez, of Miramar, was taken into custody before 1:30 p.m. Thursday.

They said the incidents occurred March 4 at Peace Christian Academy, located at 490 E. 50th St.

According to an arrest report, the victim, who was 8 years old at the time, is diagnosed with autism and ADHD and “is able to comprehend simple instructions, but has difficulty articulating more than a simple request.”

Police said the boy is not known to be violent and lives with his mother.

Rodriguez had been the boy’s primary educator since August 2024 and was responsible for “care, supervision, and services essential for the child’s physical and mental health,” the report states.

Investigators said surveillance video shows an interaction just before 11 a.m. when Rodriguez “appears to physically assist the victim by grabbing hold of the victim’s left arm” and then “grabbing the victim’s right arm and bicep area, spinning the victim in an aggressive manner.”

They said more serious allegations stem from a later incident around 12:45 p.m. that day when the boy was sitting calmly on the floor and “was not in any way displaying physically threatening behavior.”

Despite that, the report states that Rodriguez allegedly restrained the boy by pulling his arms behind his back, causing him to have pain. Police said the boy “was observed struggling with the restraint technique, appearing to be in agony,” while another student nearby covered his eyes and ears.

They said the situation escalated further when Rodriguez was seen “forcefully slamming the victim’s upper body and head onto the classroom floor” and continued to restrain him by pinning his arms and applying pressure to his upper body.

The report describes the boy attempting to escape while Rodriguez remained in control, at one point pinning his head into a classroom corner and mounting his torso.

After the struggle, police said Rodriguez is accused of pushing the child into a table as he tried to stand.

They said Rodriguez did not seek medical assistance or provide care afterward.

Later that evening, the boy’s mother discovered injuries, including “a small puncture wound” on his bicep, along with bruising and scratches to his chest and arm, according to the report.

An internal school report described the incident as a “supportive de-escalation” effort intended to prevent harm, stating Rodriguez “placed her hands on his sides in order to provide physical support.” However, investigators said surveillance video contradicted that account.

Police said Rodriguez declined to provide a statement through her attorney.

Jail records show she is facing one count of child abuse without great bodily harm.

Christopher Pracitto, Rodriguez’s defense attorney, asked that his client receive a lower bond.

“It is a child that was acting out, and she was in the process of restraining (the child),” he said in court. The request was denied.

Rodriguez posted her $5,000 bond on Saturday morning after being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. She was also ordered to stay away from the victim.

Local 10 News has requested a statement from the school about the incident and whether she is still employed.

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The crash happened around 6:15 a.m.

An Audi was leaving a Burger King along Northwest Seventh Avenue when the driver made an “unsafe lane change,” according to North Miami police.

Investigators said the driver of the Audi sideswiped a gray Dodge before crashing into the front of an Arona Home Essentials store, located at 12550 NW 7th Ave., near Northwest 126th Street.

They said there were three people inside the Audi at the time of the crash.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials confirmed that a child was transported to Jackson North Medical Center with non-life-threatening arm pain. Authorities said no other injuries were reported, including to the driver of the Dodge.

The driver of the Dodge, who did not want to be identified, told Local 10’s Jackie Pascale that the impact caused him to lose control and veer into a tree, totaling his vehicle.

“(I went) straight through the pole and hit the side of the tree,” he said. “I was trying to make sure I was safe first. I’m alright. I’m a little upset, but there’s really nothing much I can do about that.”

A bystander was also injured in the incident, according to the Dodge driver, who described the injury as a bruised knee, although police and fire rescue crews have not confirmed that injury was a result of the collision.

The vehicle that struck the building has since been removed, but extensive damage remains, and cleanup efforts are expected to continue.

The building has since been deemed an unsafe structure, forcing the business to temporarily close. Local 10 was at the scene as the business was boarded up.

Traffic along Northwest Seventh Avenue has since reopened.

No other details about the crash were immediately released.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, an outspoken critic of U.S. President Donald Trump and the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, hosted two overlapping events about democracy and progressive politics in Spain’s second-largest city.

Democrats U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz were present alongside the leaders of Brazil, South Africa and high-ranking officials from other left-leaning governments.

While no foreign leader criticized Trump by name in public, the staunchly unilateral position of the American president that breaks with decades of U.S. foreign policy, including his derision of NATO and the United Nations, hung over the meetings.

“We all see the attacks against the multilateral system, the repeated attempts to undermine international law and the dangerous normalization of the use of force,” Sánchez said.

Trump again lashed out on Saturday on social media at Sánchez, who has faced Trump’s scorn for not allowing the U.S. to use jointly operated military bases in Spain for operations related to the Iran war and for refusing to raise military spending from 2% to 5% of GDP.

“Has anybody looked at how badly the country of Spain is doing. Their financial numbers, despite contributing almost nothing to NATO and their military defense, are absolutely horrendous. Sad to watch!!!” Trump posted on Truth Social.

Sánchez says the right's time is running out

Spain, like the U.S. and other developed countries, is in debt, but it has one of the world’s leading economies under Sánchez.

Sánchez told the rally of progressive politicians and party members held later on Saturday that the populist right “screams and shouts not because they are winning but because they know their time is running out.

“They know their vision of how the world should be ordered is falling apart due to the tariffs and wars,” he said. “Their embrace of climate change denial, of xenophobia, or sexism is their greatest error.

“They have tried again and again to make us embarrassed of our beliefs. That ends now. From now on they can be the ones who feel ashamed.”

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Colombian President Gustavo Petro, and other leaders and officials, including Cabinet members from the United Kingdom and Germany, were in attendance at the IV Meeting in Defense of Democracy that kicked off Saturday's double-header of political events at the Barcelona convention center.

Later in the day, Sánchez, Lula and Ramaphosa stayed put to attend the inaugural Global Progressive Mobilization, where some 6,000 left-leaning elected officials, policy analysts and activists exchanged ideas.

“The far right is international, so we must be too,” German Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil told a crowd of activists.

Democrats join rally

Sen. Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, spoke at the progressive rally and he didn’t shy away from blasting Trump while celebrating the loss of power of Trump's ally Viktor Orbán in elections in Hungary last week.

“Donald Trump is out to end our democracy,” Murphy said. “We are not on the verge of a totalitarian takeover, we are in the middle of it.”

But, he said, “Americans are watching what is happening across the world, and the victory in Hungary just one week ago lifted our sails.”

Walz, Kamala Harris' vice presidential candidate who has faced a violent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement migration crackdown in Minnesota, threw barbs at U.S. Vice President JD Vance, who campaigned for Orbán and has backed far-right parties in Europe.

“Unlike our current vice president, I’m not here to arrogantly lecture or scold you, I am not here to pick a fight with the Pope or host a rally for any local wannabe authoritarians,” Walz said.

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, former U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders all sent video messages played at the rally.

Progressives exchange ideas

Among concrete proposals to come from the events, Ramaphosa said South Africa will present a draft resolution to establish an International Panel on Inequality, aiming to tackle the growing wealth gap both within and between nations, to the U.N. General Assembly in September.

Sheinbaum plugged her idea that governments commit to spending the equivalent of 10% of their military budgets on reforestation projects.

“Each year, instead of planting the seeds of war, we will plant the seeds of life,” she said.

Sánchez argued for the importance of regulating social media to stop the spread of hate speech and disinformation. His government also said that it is working with Lula's Brazil on a tax for the ultrarich.

Lula, who met with Sánchez in a bilateral summit on Friday in Barcelona, kept the focus on how to invigorate the progressive moment. He avoided naming Trump except when he called for U.N. Security Council members to “fulfill their obligation and guarantee peace.”

“Stop this madness of war because the world cannot bear any more wars,” Lula said.

Leo's arrival in Angola, the oil-and-mineral rich former Portuguese colony, marked the third leg of his four-nation African voyage. En route from Cameroon, he spoke again of the ongoing back-and-forth with U.S. President Donald Trump over the Iran war.

Leo, history’s first U.S.-born pope, said that it was “not in my interest at all” to debate Trump, but that he would continue preaching the Gospel message of peace, justice and brotherhood in Africa.

In Angola, Leo met with President Joao Lourenco and delivered his first speech to Angolan government authorities, in which he referred repeatedly to Angola’s tortured history of colonial plunder and civil war.

“I desire to meet you in the spirit born of peace and to affirm that your people possess treasures that cannot be bought or stolen,” he said. "There dwells within you a joy that not even the most adverse circumstances have been able to extinguish.”

A long-suffering people

Angola, which has a population of around 38 million, gained independence from Portugal in 1975. But it still bears the scars of a devastating civil war that began straight after independence and raged on and off for 27 years before finally ending in 2002. More than a half-million people are believed to have been killed.

For years, the civil war was a Cold War proxy conflict, with the United States and apartheid South Africa backing one side and the Soviet Union and Cuba backing the other.

Angola is now the fourth-largest oil producer in Africa and among the world’s top 20 producers, according to the International Energy Agency. The country is also the world’s No. 3 diamond producer and has significant deposits of gold and highly sought after critical minerals.

But despite its varied natural resources, the World Bank estimated in 2023 that more than 30% of the population lived on less than $2.15 a day.

“You know well that all too often people have looked — and continue to look — to your lands in order to give, or, more commonly, in order to take,” Leo told the Angolan authorities.

The pontiff said: “It is necessary to break this cycle of interests, which reduces reality, and even life itself, to mere commodities.”

While in Cameroon, Leo had railed against the “chains of corruption” that were hindering development, as well as the “handful of tyrants” who were ravaging Earth with war and exploitation. He raised similar points in Angola.

“How much suffering, how many deaths, how many social and environmental disasters are brought about by this logic of extractivism! At every level, we see how it sustains a model of development that discriminates and excludes, while still presuming to impose itself as the only viable option.”

Jose Eduardo dos Santos, the late former president who led Angola for 38 years from 1979 to 2017, was accused of diverting billions of dollars of public money to his family, largely from the country’s oil revenue, as millions struggled in poverty.

After Lourenco took over as president, his administration estimated that at least $24 billion was stolen or misappropriated by dos Santos. Lourenco’s administration has vowed to crack down on corruption and has worked to recover funds allegedly stolen during the dos Santos era.

But critics note that Angola still has deep problems with corruption and have questioned if Lourenco’s actions were more aimed at political rivals so as to consolidate his power.

In his speech Saturday, Lourenco said that the Angolan government was committed to improving the lives of its people, but it was a “complex and difficult challenge.” He also called for an end to the Iran war and asked the pope to continue using his “moral authority” to push for peace and understanding among people.

A legacy of slavery

Angola, on the southwest coast of Africa, was considered to be the epicenter of the trans-Atlantic slave trade as a Portuguese colony. More than 5 million of the roughly 12.5 million enslaved Africans were sent across the ocean on ships departing from Angola, more than any other country, though not all of them were Angolans.

The highlight of Leo’s visit to Angola is expected to be his visit on Sunday to Muxima, south of Luanda. It’s a popular Catholic shrine in a country where around 58% of the population is Catholic.

The Church of Our Lady of Muxima was built by Portuguese colonizers at the end of the 16th century as part of a fortress complex and became a hub in the slave trade. It remains a reminder of the inextricable link hundreds of years ago between Roman Catholicism and the exploitation of the African continent.

Leo has Black and white ancestors who included both enslaved people and slave owners, according to genealogical research. He's going to Muxima to pray the rosary, in recognition of the site becoming a popular pilgrimage destination after believers reported an appearance by the Virgin Mary around 1833.

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Gerald Imray reported from Cape Town, South Africa.

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The strait is closed until the U.S. blockade is lifted, Iran's Revolutionary Guard navy said Saturday night, warning that “no vessel should make any movement from its anchorage in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman, and approaching the Strait of Hormuz will be considered as cooperation with the enemy” and be targeted.

New attacks on the strait, through which roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil normally passes, threatened to deepen the global energy crisis and push the countries into renewed conflict as the war entered its eighth week.

A fragile ceasefire is due to run out by Wednesday. Iran said it had received new proposals from the United States, and Pakistani mediators were working to arrange another round of direct negotiations.

Iran’s joint military command earlier said “control of the Strait of Hormuz has returned to its previous state ... under strict management and control of the armed forces.”

Revolutionary Guard gunboats opened fire on a tanker and an unknown projectile hit a container vessel, damaging some containers, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said. India's foreign ministry said it summoned Iran's ambassador over the “serious incident” of firing on two India-flagged merchant ships, especially after Iran earlier let several India-bound ships through.

For Iran, the strait's closure — imposed after the U.S. and Israel launched the war on Feb. 28 during talks over Tehran's nuclear program — is perhaps its most powerful weapon, threatening the world economy and inflicting political pain on President Donald Trump. For the United States, the blockade keeps up pressure and could strangle Iran's already weakened economy.

Iran’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, issued defiant remarks on Saturday, saying the navy stands “ready to inflict bitter defeats on its enemies.” He has not been seen in public since being elevated to the post following his father's death in Israel’s opening barrage.

A turnaround a day after Iran said the strait was open

On Friday, Iran announced the strait's reopening to commercial vessels after a 10-day truce was announced between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon. The reopening caused oil prices to fall.

Trump, however, said the U.S. blockade of Iran's ports “will remain in full force” until Tehran reaches a deal with the United States. Trump had imposed the blockade after a round of historic face-to-face talks in Pakistan between the countries ended without an agreement.

U.S. forces have sent 23 ships back to Iran since the blockade began on Monday, U.S. Central Command said Saturday. Trump's comments triggered an outcry.

“Americans are risking the international community, risking the global economy through these, I can say, miscalculations,” Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh told The Associated Press, adding that the U.S. is “risking the whole ceasefire package.”

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council issued a statement calling the blockade a violation of the ceasefire and said Iran would prevent “any conditional and limited reopening” of the strait. The council has recently acted as Iran’s de facto top decision-making body.

Since most supplies to U.S. military bases in the Gulf region come through the strait, “Iran is determined to maintain oversight and control over traffic through the strait until the war fully ends,” the council said. That means Iran-designated routes, payment of fees and issuance of transit certificates.

The Revolutionary Guard navy statement later indicated that no vessel should attempt a transit at all.

Pakistan pushes for progress toward a new deal

The renewed standoff over the strait came hours after Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said his country was working to “bridge” differences between the U.S. and Iran. Pakistan is expected to host a second round of negotiations early next week.

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said “new proposals” from the U.S. had been put forward during a visit to Iran by Pakistan’s army chief and were being reviewed.

But Khatibzadeh said the Iranians were not ready for a new round of face-to-face talks because the Americans “have not abandoned their maximalist position.”

He also said Iran will not hand over its stock of 970 pounds (440 kilograms) of enriched uranium to the United States, calling the idea “a nonstarter.” Khatibzadeh did not address other proposals for the enriched uranium, saying only that “we are ready to address any concerns.”

Trump said Saturday that Iran “got a little cute” but that “very good” conversations were happening, and more information would come by day's end. “They can’t blackmail us,” he added.

On Friday, Trump said the U.S. will go into Iran and “get all the nuclear dust,” referring to the enriched uranium, which is believed to be buried under nuclear sites badly damaged by U.S. military strikes last year.

French peacekeeper is killed in Lebanon

French President Emmanuel Macron said a French soldier was killed and three others were wounded Saturday during an attack on U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon. “Everything suggests that responsibility for this attack lies with Hezbollah,” Macron wrote on social media. The UNIFIL peacekeeping force also blamed Hezbollah.

Hezbollah denied involvement.

Pakistan's foreign minister said fighting between Israel and Hezbollah had been a key sticking point in U.S.-Iran talks, and the declaration of a ceasefire in Lebanon was seen as a boost to efforts for an Iran agreement.

It was unclear to what extent Hezbollah would abide by a truce it didn't play a role in negotiating, especially with Israeli troops still occupying a stretch of southern Lebanon.

In Beirut, displaced families began moving toward southern Lebanon and the capital's southern suburbs despite warnings by officials not to return home until it was clear whether the ceasefire would hold.

The Iran war has killed at least 3,000 people in Iran, more than 2,290 in Lebanon, 23 in Israel and more than a dozen in Gulf Arab states. Thirteen U.S. service members have been killed.

__ Metz reported from Ramallah, West Bank. Associated Press writers Munir Ahmed in Islamabad and Suzan Frazer and Andrew Wilks in Antalya, Turkey, contributed to this report.

There were a record-tying three teams — Charlotte at 44-38, Miami at 43-39 and the Los Angeles Clippers at 42-40 — that finished over .500 this season but failed to qualify for the playoffs.

The only other years when that happened were 1971 and 2022.

In NBA history, teams with records over the .500 mark have gone to the playoffs just over 95% of the time. For teams going at least 43-39 (or the equivalent in shorter seasons), that in-the-playoffs rate was 97.3%, until this season.

Miami now has finished over .500 in 25 of its 38 seasons. Of the first 24 Heat teams with winning records, 100% wound up going to the playoffs.

“My first year as a head coach, we won 43 games and we were the fifth seed,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “We were the 10th seed this year with 43.”

If playoff teams only counted ...

If the playoff teams were their own 16-team league, counting only their games against one another in the standings, the top overall seed in these playoffs would be Detroit.

The Pistons went 30-12 against the other playoff clubs, just ahead of Oklahoma City (31-14) and San Antonio (29-14).

The Thunder had the biggest point differential in games against other playoff teams (8.4 per game), while the Thunder and the Spurs both had the most double-digit wins (18 apiece).

The money matters

The playoff pool for this season is the most in NBA history, with $35,740,226 to be divided up among the 16 teams.

As the team with the NBA’s best record, the Oklahoma City Thunder are already assured $2,161,408 from that pool. If the Thunder win the NBA title, they will claim more than one-third of the pool — $12,805,503.

Teams get shares for finishing with a top-six record in their conference, plus for making the playoffs and the size of the shares increase for advancing to later rounds. There’s about a $5 million difference between winning and losing the NBA Finals.

Hawks hit 50

Atlanta is in the playoffs for the 50th time, the Hawks becoming the fourth franchise to hit that total.

The other three? The Los Angeles Lakers (66), Boston (63) and Philadelphia (55).

It’ll be at least four more years before the 50-playoff-appearance club grows. New York has made 46 appearances, including this year’s.

It's 17 and counting for James Harden

James Harden has yet to win an NBA championship. But at least he gets into the playoffs — every single year.

That's right: 17 years in the league, 17 playoff trips for Harden.

He and the Cleveland Cavaliers will take on the Toronto Raptors in Round 1 of the Eastern Conference playoffs. The Cavs will be the sixth team that Harden appears with in the postseason, after stints with Oklahoma City, Houston, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, the Los Angeles Clippers and now Cleveland.

Harden enters the series with the Raptors 14th on the league's career playoff scoring list, two points behind No. 13 Larry Bird. He's 59 points behind No. 12 Dwyane Wade, and if the Cavs make any sort of deep run would figure to have a chance to reach the top 10 in playoff scoring sometime this spring.

Lots of minutes

Houston had three players (Amen Thompson, Kevin Durant and Jabari Smith Jr.) finish among the top five in minutes played during the regular season. Thompson was first, Durant second, Smith fifth.

— It was the first time that a team had three of the top five in minutes played.

— It was the fourth time in the last decade that teammates finished first and second on that list. New York’s Mikal Bridges and Josh Hart finished in those spots last year, the Knicks’ Julius Randle and RJ Barrett did in 2020-21 and Minnesota’s Andrew Wiggins and Karl-Anthony Towns did in 2016-17.

— Durant played more minutes this season than he has in any season since 2013-14.

Milestones await

Some stat milestones that could await in these playoffs:

— Houston's Kevin Durant is 15 points shy of 5,000 for his playoff career. He'll be the seventh player to hit that number.

— The Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James — who already holds league records for playoff games, games won, games lost, points scored, field goals made, field goals attempted and steals, among other things — needs seven more steals to get to 500. Nobody else even has 400.

— If New York gets to the Eastern Conference finals, Mike Brown (who has 50 playoff wins) would pass Tyronn Lue (57) and move into the top 20 all-time for coaching playoff victories.

Nuggets playing? Take the over. Celtics? Take the under

When the Denver Nuggets play, you're going to see a lot of points.

How many points? Well, probably more than what oddsmakers tell you to expect.

Denver's games went over the Vegas over-under total — the number of total points expected in the game from both teams — 63.4% of the time this season. That's the second-highest rate in the last 12 seasons, topped only by Indiana's games going over the total 65.3% of the time in the 2020-21 season.

Other betting nuggets from this season:

— Among the 16 playoff teams, Boston (59.8%) covered more often than any other team, followed by San Antonio (57.3%). Charlotte covered in 61% of its games but missed the playoffs.

— Speaking of the Celtics, only 36.6% of their games went over the total. That's the lowest rate in the NBA in at least 12 years.

— Oklahoma City was favored in 78 of its 82 games, as would probably be expected.

A Game 1, in Detroit

It's been a long time since Pistons fans can say this: Game 1 is at home.

The opener of the Detroit-Orlando series on Sunday will be the first time the Pistons open any playoff series on their home floor since 2008 — an Eastern Conference semifinal matchup, also against the Magic.

Detroit wound up winning in five games before falling to Boston in that season's East finals.

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Soriano pitched two-hit ball into the sixth inning of the Angels' 8-0 victory over the Padres on Friday night, ending San Diego's eight-game winning streak with yet another dominant outing by Los Angeles' right-handed Dominican ace.

Soriano (5-0) has an ERA of 0.28 after allowing just one run in his first 32 2/3 innings this season. He leads the majors with 39 strikeouts while allowing only 11 hits, and he's tied with Milwaukee's Aaron Ashby for the lead with five wins.

Except for occasional control problems, Soriano has been overwhelming every lineup he faces — and Drake Baldwin's first-inning homer for Atlanta on April 6 is still the only run he has allowed all season. His 17-inning scoreless streak is the second-longest in the majors this season, and opponents are batting .104 against his 0.73 WHIP — both the best in baseball.

“It's like a hot knife through butter,” Angels slugger Jo Adell said. “It's pretty crazy. It's really special, and he's a special talent. He's always had the stuff to compete at this level, and he's doing what an ace does. Whatever he's done, just keep doing it.”

And after five straight dominant starts, Soriano has reached rare company.

The most recent pitcher to allow one earned run or fewer in each of his first five starts in a season with at least 15 total innings pitched was the Dodgers’ Fernando Valenzuela in 1981, when he won the NL Cy Young award in his groundbreaking rookie season. Walter Johnson also did it in 1913 — and nobody else.

Soriano is also the only pitcher in major league history to go at least five innings while yielding one or fewer earned runs and three or fewer hits in each of his first five starts to a season.

“I just feel confident to keep pitching like that,” Soriano said. “I believe in my catcher, and we’re on the same page. I think that’s a big part of the results we’re having.”

While Soriano dazzled his previous two opponents with back-to-back, 10-strikeout outings over 15 combined innings to win the AL Player of the Week award, he actually didn't overwhelm the Padres' veteran lineup.

San Diego drew four walks and forced Soriano to throw 99 pitches. The Padres loaded the bases in the third before Soriano got Jackson Merrill to ground out, but San Diego eventually chased him with a single and a walk with two outs in the sixth.

“The thing that impressed was that to us, he had to grind a little bit tonight,” Angels manager Kurt Suzuki said. “I think that's the maturity showing up, where he's learning how to pitch — and I say this lightly — without his best stuff. He learned how to navigate a great lineup over there without his best stuff ... and it was pretty incredible. You can't say enough.”

Soriano has a 99-mph fastball and a sinker that ranks among the best in baseball, but he's also mixing in a curve that has flummoxed his opponents. The combination has been too much for any opponent through his first five starts.

“Knowing him from the past, you always thought of the high-90s sinker, and then he comes in breaking out the curveball,” Padres manager Craig Stammen said. “That pitch was very impressive from the dugout. Gave our guys trouble at the beginning. It's really hard to lay off that pitch, and it complements his sinker. He did a great job tonight mixing his pitches. ... He's just a really good pitcher.”

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The common factor: Both are being done in the name of Charlie Kirk.

The laws are among the first of what could become multiple state tributes to the conservative activist who was killed while speaking at a Utah university last year. More than 60 Kirk-themed bills have been proposed in over 20 states seeking to promote his ideology, establish official days of remembrance or affix his name to roads and public places, according to an Associated Press analysis using the bill-tracking software Plural.

Just like Kirk, who was known for his provocative campus debates, the measures are not without controversy.

Republican lawmakers in Kansas overrode the veto of Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly to enact a law that she said would “cause confusion for courts and schools.”

In Tennessee, where Republicans firmly control state government, some Democrats denounced the pro-Kirk legislation by recounting what they described as racist remarks he made about Black pilots and Black women in government positions.

“How many times have we sat here and endured this? The Charlie Kirk Saves America Act, whatever the heck it is? Come on guys. Ladies and gentlemen, let’s move on,” Democratic state Rep. Sam McKenzie said during a committee meeting where Republicans endorsed the “Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act.”

That's not to be confused with Tennessee's “Charlie Kirk Act,” which Republicans also recently passed. That bill addresses campus free speech, including a ban on attendee walkouts that intentionally disrupt a speaker.

The variety of bills in Kirk's name “shows just how deeply his influence is being felt, especially in the fight to restore intellectual diversity and core American values in education,” said Matt Shupe, a spokesperson for Turning Point USA, which Kirk founded.

Tennessee touts Christian values in Kirk's name

A Kirk-named law signed this week by Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee extols the historical “influence of Judeo-Christian values on the freedom and liberties ingrained in our culture.”

It gives permission for public schools and higher education institutions to teach about religion's positive role in American history. And it lists 19 examples, beginning with the organization of the Pilgrims as a church and including George Washington's direction for Army chaplains, Benjamin Franklin's appeal for prayer at the constitutional convention and the impact of Christian evangelist Billy Graham.

Tennessee is one of several Republican-led states to partner with Turning Point USA to promote its high school chapters, called Club America. Dozens of club leaders from Tennessee attended a state Senate committee hearing last month to support the religion-in-history legislation.

Ben Mason, a junior from Providence Academy in Johnson City, said Kirk helped him “to understand that America began with Judeo-Christian values.”

“This, of course, does not mean that you must be a Christian or even believe in God to be in America, but you will hear about our roots," Mason told lawmakers.

But Senate Democratic Leader Raumesh Akbari raised concerns.

“Our public schools are really not the place to push one religion over another," she said. "I know that is not the stated intent of the bill, but I think that ends up being the result.”

Kansas cites Kirk to promote free speech

Lawmakers turned Kirk's name into an acronym for the “Kansas intellectual rights and knowledge” act, which deems outdoor areas on college campuses as forums for free expression. The bill's preamble praises Kirk and cites a 2024 incident at Kansas State University in which Kirk's microphone was shut off at the end of his allotted time, leading Kirk to wade into the crowd to continue taking questions.

The measure limits security fees charged to student organizations for events and bans designated “free speech zones” that restrict the location of such activities. The attorney general — or any who believe their rights were infringed — can sue an institution seeking damages of at least $500 per violation, and $50 for each day it continues.

The bill is similar to the Campus Free Expression Act, promoted by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. About half the states already have campus free-speech laws, according to the foundation.

“Charlie Kirk was assassinated for exercising his right to free speech and introducing young people to conservative values,” Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson said after Kelly’s veto was recently overridden. “His mission and legacy will live on and protect the free speech rights of all college students in Kansas for decades to come.”

Democrats, while decrying Kirk's assassination, were unified in opposing the bill. Democratic state Rep. Jerry Stogsdill said legislators should not honor an activist whose statements promoted “hate, bigotry, misogyny and racism.”

More Kirk bills are pending in state capitols

In Louisiana, Republicans have proposed a bill dubbed the “Charlie Kirk Success Sequence Act.” The measure would require public schools to teach that the keys to success include earning a high school diploma, immediately entering the workforce after high school or college, and marrying before having children.

A Senate committee advanced the bill this week after overcoming objections.

“Why muddy this bill up by putting a controversial political figure’s name on it?” asked Democratic Sen. Katrina Jackson-Andrews, whose attempt to remove Kirk's name failed in the Republican-dominated committee.

“In the last 20 years, I cannot think of anyone that’s had the type of impact on our students, on our campuses and in our cities as Charlie Kirk,” said Republican Sen. Rick Edmonds, who authored the bill.

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“It might still go on. It may not,” Kerr said after the Warriors lost in Phoenix and were eliminated from the play-in tournament.

He shared an embrace with Stephen Curry and Draymond Green, the team's two constants from the Warriors' title runs with Kerr, near the team's bench in the game's final moments.

Kerr wouldn't reveal what he said in that moment. “None of your business,” he said, smiling.

The NBA later posted video of the exchange on X and Kerr could be heard saying: “I don’t know what’s gonna happen next, but I love you guys to death. I thank you. I appreciate you."

Green and Curry both made clear that they want Kerr back. Kerr's future has been the subject of speculation for some time, fueled in part by him coaching this year on the final season of his existing contract. The Warriors missed the playoffs this season for the fourth time in the last seven years.

“I want Coach to be happy. I want him to be excited about the job. I want him to believe you know he’s the right guy for the job,” Curry said. "I want him to have an opportunity to again enjoy what he does. So, whatever that means for him, you know, everybody’s plan is their own. And I’m not going to try to tell anybody what to do. He knows how I feel about him. That shouldn’t even need to be said.”

Added Green, when asked if he could even fathom the Warriors without Kerr on the sideline: "I just don’t deal with change well. I don’t love it. So, I don’t want to think about that. I hope that’s not the case. but we’ll see what happens.”

The 60-year-old Kerr just finished his 12th season with the Warriors. He's 604-353 in that span, led Golden State to the NBA Finals in each of his first five seasons — and once since then as well — plus guided the U.S. to Olympic gold at the Paris Games in 2024.

His playoff record of 104-48 is nearly unmatched; among coaches with at least 100 playoff games in their career, his .684 playoff winning percentage is second only — and barely — to Phil Jackson, who went 229-104 (.688).

Kerr said he'll meet with Warriors owner Joe Lacob and general manager Mike Dunleavy to chart a path for what's next. He suggested that might come in a week or two.

“We'll talk about what’s next for the Warriors, what the plan is this offseason,” Kerr said. "And we will come to a collaborative decision on what’s next. I don’t know what’s going to happen. I still love coaching. But I get it. These jobs all have an expiration date. there’s a run that happens, and when the run ends, sometimes it’s time for new blood and new ideas and all that.

"And, if that’s the case, then I will be just nothing but grateful for the most amazing opportunity any person could have to coach this franchise, in front of our fans in the Bay and to coach Steph Curry, to coach Dray and the whole group.”

Kerr wouldn't say what some of the factors are that might sway his decision, calling those private.

“If it’s right, it’s right," Kerr said. “And if it's not, it's not.”

There will be talks with Curry as well; the greatest 3-point shooter in NBA history, who just finished his 17th season — all with Golden State — said he plans to play for “multiple” seasons after this and would be interested in an extension.

“It'll be a busy summer for the Warriors,” Curry said, smiling.

The Warriors were 37-45 this season, dealing with injuries the entire way. They rallied Wednesday from a 13-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Los Angeles Clippers and move into Friday's play-in finale, only to fall short against the Suns.

And now, the Warriors wait to see what's next.

“This was as tough a season as you can have, with the injuries, with all kinds of adversity," Kerr said. "And they battled, and they battled the entire season. They kept going the other night just to, you know, continue the season, to show that kind of fight. And then tonight, we just didn’t have it. But the competitive desire was there. And I’m proud of the group for finishing the season the right way by continuing to fight and trying to win every game.”

Kerr — who won five championships as a player, to go along with his four rings as a coach — has spoken often of his good fortunes within the game. He played for Lute Olson at Arizona, played with Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen in Chicago, played with David Robinson and Tim Duncan in San Antonio and played for Jackson and Gregg Popovich as a pro.

And coaching Curry — the greatest face of a franchise he's ever seen, he said — is another honor, Kerr has insisted.

“The only thing I’ve learned is that I’m the luckiest guy in the NBA’s history," Kerr said.

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The Suns took the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference playoffs and will face the defending NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday in Game 1. The Warriors' season is over.

Green shot 14 of 20 from the field, including 8 of 14 on 3-pointers. Jordan Goodwin scored 19 points, had nine rebounds and was a menace on defense with six steals.

Booker and Golden State's Draymond Green were both assessed two technical fouls late in the fourth quarter after exchanging words multiple times and were ejected.

The 38-year-old Curry couldn't get many clean looks and finished with 17 points on 4-of-16 shooting. Brandin Podziemski led the Warriors with 23 points.

Phoenix led by five at the break and built a 69-53 advantage with 5:12 left in third after a fast-break layup by Royce O'Neale. It was 85-72 with 10:12 remaining.

There was reason to believe the lead wasn't safe. Phoenix blew an 11-point, fourth-quarter lead in a loss to Portland on Tuesday night, while Golden State clawed back from a 13-point fourth-quarter hole to beat the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night, which led to the winner-take-all matchup Friday.

The Warriors looked as if they might have another comeback brewing — Curry hit a 3-pointer that cut the margin to 85-78 with 9:30 left — but the Suns responded with the next seven points.

The Suns avoided becoming the first team to lose both play-in tournament games on their home floor. The current format was established in 2021.

Golden State's Kristaps Porzingis played through right ankle soreness, the result of an injury Wednesday against the Clippers. The 7-foot-3 center played just 15 minutes and finished with 11 points.

The Suns built an early 13-2 lead after the Warriors turned the ball over four times. Phoenix pushed the advantage to 33-15 through one quarter after Golden State shot just 30%, including 1 of 9 from 3-point range.

But the Warriors recovered, cutting it to 50-45 by halftime.

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Confusion over the critical chokepoint threatened to deepen the energy crisis roiling the global economy and push the two countries toward renewed conflict, even as mediators expressed confidence a new deal was within reach.

Iran’s joint military command said on Saturday that “control of the Strait of Hormuz has returned to its previous state ... under strict management and control of the armed forces.”

Two gunboats from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard opened fire on a tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said. It reported the tanker and crew as safe, without identifying the vessel or its destination. TankerTrackers.com reported vessels were forced to turn around in the strait, including an Indian-flagged super tanker, after they were fired on by Iran.

Saturday's developments came after U.S. President Donald Trump said the blockade “will remain in full force” until Tehran reaches a deal with the U.S. that includes its nuclear program. Tehran had reopened the strait Friday to commercial vessels.

Roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil passes through the strait and further limits would squeeze already constrained supply, driving prices higher once again. Iran’s Friday announcement about the opening of the crucial body of water, through which 20% of the world’s oil is shipped, came as a 10-day truce between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon appeared to hold.

Despite the escalation, Pakistani officials say the United States and Iran are still moving closer to a deal ahead of the April 22 ceasefire deadline.

The fighting has killed at least 3,000 people in Iran, nearly 2,300 in Lebanon, 23 in Israel and more than a dozen in Gulf Arab states. Thirteen U.S. service members have also been killed.

Here is the latest:

Iran declares the Strait of Hormuz fully closed, state media reports

The navy of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps said it extended the closure to the corridor it had earlier designated for the safe passage of vessels through the strategic waterway and declared the strait fully closed until the U.S. blockade on Iranian ports and ships is lifted.

On Friday, Iran said vessels could move through the strait in coordination with it and against the payment of a toll.

But in a statement late Saturday carried by Iran’s state media, the navy warned that any violating vessel would be targeted.

Iran considers the U.S. blockade a violation of the ceasefire between the two countries. Two vessels were attacked earlier on Saturday in the Strait of Hormuz and off Oman’s coast, at least one of them by Iranian gunboats.

Israel says one of its soldiers has been killed in Lebanon

The military said the soldier, an officer, was killed in south Lebanon on Friday, the day after the start of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire that has otherwise largely held.

It said two other soldiers were injured in the incident, but didn’t release any more details.

This brings to 14 the number of Israeli soldiers killed in the latest war in Lebanon.

Hezbollah leader dismisses ceasefire paper published by US

Naim Kassem, head of the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, in a statement read on the group’s al-Manar TV said a paper published by the U.S. State Department that it described as the text of a ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel “means nothing at the practical level, but it is an insult to our country.”

“Everyone knows that the government of Lebanon has not met or approved this statement,” he said.

The text published by the U.S. described the 10-day truce as a gesture by Israel “to enable good-faith negotiations” toward a permanent peace agreement with Lebanon. The text gives Israel the “right to take all necessary measures in self-defense, at any time, against planned, imminent, or ongoing attacks.” It does not mention any similar right for Lebanon or Hezbollah.

Kassem said the truce should entail “a complete cessation of all hostilities” and that Hezbollah “will respond to enemy violations.”

Israel’s military kills two UNICEF-contracted truck drivers in northern Gaza

The Israeli military killed two UNICEF-contracted truck drivers at a water point in northern Gaza Strip, forcing the UN agency to suspend its operations in the area, UNICEF said.

Two other people were also injured in the attack that occurred Friday at the Mansoura water filling point in Gaza City, UNICEF said in a statement.

The firing took place “during routine, water trucking operations, with no changes in movement or procedures,” it said.

The Israeli military claimed that troops opened fire on suspected militants in the area of the so-called Yellow Line, which separates Israeli-controlled areas from the rest of Gaza. It said the incident was being investigated.

UNICEF said the point is being used multiple times a day to keep providing hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza City with clean water from the Mekorot water supply line.

The agency said it suspended onsite activities until security conditions in the area are restored.

India summons Iran’s ambassador after Indian-flagged tankers shot at near Strait of Hormuz

India on Saturday summoned Iran’s ambassador in New Delhi after two Indian vessels were forced to reverse course in the Strait of Hormuz following reports of gunfire from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.

India’s foreign secretary conveyed New Delhi’s “deep concern at the shooting incident” at two Indian-flagged ships in the Strait of Hormuz to the Iranian ambassador, a statement by India’s External Affairs Ministry said.

The foreign secretary told the Iranian envoy that Tehran had earlier facilitated the safe passage of several ships bound for India. The statement said the Indian official urged the Iranian ambassador to “convey India’s views to the authorities in Iran and resume at the earliest the process of facilitating India-bound ships across the Strait.”

Macron says a French soldier was killed and 3 were wounded in attack on peacekeepers in Lebanon

A U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon came under attack with small arms fire Saturday morning leaving one French peacekeeper dead and three wounded, two of them seriously, France’s president and the force known as UNIFIL said.

The attack near the southern Lebanese village of Ghandouriyeh came after a 10-day ceasefire went into effect at midnight Thursday between Israel and Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group.

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Pakistan prime minister returns home after regional visits ahead of expected US-Iran talks

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif returned home Saturday after visiting Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey ahead of an expected second round of talks between the United States and Iran.

Sharif’s office said in a statement that he was received by Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi upon arrival in the eastern city of Lahore.

It said Naqvi, who visited Iran earlier this week along with army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir and other officials, later met Sharif and briefed him on their talks with the Iranian leadership.

Hezbollah denies links to attack that left one French peacekeeper dead in south Lebanon

The Iran-backed group in a statement called for caution when assigning blame and judgment, until the Lebanese army completes its investigation of the incident.

Hezbollah said the peacekeeping forces should coordinate with the Lebanese army in their operations.

Hezbollah expressed surprise at the hasty accusations leveled against it, especially given the silence of these same parties “when the Israeli enemy attacks UNIFIL forces.”

Iran says it is reviewing new US proposals

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said in a statement that Pakistan’s army chief, serving as an intermediary, presented the proposals to Iran when he recently visited Tehran, and they were still under review.

It was not revealed what was in the proposals.

The council said Iran has yet to respond, but further talks would require the U.S. to abandon “excessive demands and adjust its requests to the realities on the ground.”

It also said that Iran will maintain full control over traffic through the Strait of Hormuz until “the war fully ends and lasting peace is achieved in the region,” adding that it would collect detailed information on passing vessels, issue transit certificates and impose tolls.

The council added that it considered the U.S. naval blockade a violation of the ceasefire, and there would be no reopening of the Strait of Hormuz until that was lifted.

Trump says Iran ‘got a little cute,’ but there are good conversations happening

President Donald Trump says that U.S. talks with Iran are going well and that he expects to have more information “by the end of the day.”

Trump made the comments Saturday morning during a White House event where he signed an executive order directing the Food and Drug Administration to expedite review of certain psychedelic drugs designed as breakthrough therapy for mental illness.

Trump declined to take reporters’ questions about Iran but said, “We have very good conversations going on.”

He says Iran “got a little cute,” later adding, “They wanted to close up the strait again,” referring to the Strait of Hormuz.

“They can’t blackmail us,” Trump said.

Pope Leo XIV says ‘not in my interest at all’ to debate Trump but will keep preaching peace

Pope Leo XIV said Saturday that it was “not in my interest at all” to debate U.S. President Donald Trump about the Iran war, but that he would continue preaching the Gospel message of peace.

Leo spoke to reporters aboard the papal plane flying from Cameroon to Angola.

He addressed the spiraling back-and-forth saga of Trump’s critiques of his peace message, which have dominated news headlines this week. But the American pope also sought to set the record straight, insisting that his preaching isn’t directed at Trump, but reflects the broader Gospel message of peace.

“There’s been a certain narrative that has not been accurate in all of its aspects, but because of the political situation created when, on the first day of the trip, the president of the United States made some comments about myself,” he said.

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Turkish Vice President says US-Iran negotiations will take time to conclude

Cevdet Yilmaz, whose country has been supporting Pakistan’s efforts to bring the sides together, told The Associated Press there are many “complex issues” on the table.

Yilmaz said he still believes talks between Iran and the United States would continue.

“We would all like these talks to end all at once, in a very short time. But we need to be realistic. These comprehensive negotiations will take some time,” Yilmaz said.

The vice president also said that a comprehensive settlement between Iran and the United States would be a prerequisite for free navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.

“What is the root cause here? The ongoing war. Therefore, the end of this war will provide the greatest guarantee,” he said.

US says 23 ships turned back since Iran blockade started

The U.S. military says it has forced 23 ships to turn around near the Strait of Hormuz since it imposed a naval blockade of Iranian ports.

In a post on X, the Central Command said U.S. forces are still enforcing the blockade “against ships entering or exiting Iranian ports and coastal areas.”

The blockade ordered by President Donald Trump started April 13 as part of U.S. pressure on Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

In response to the continued blockade, Iran reimposed restrictions on transit through the strait.

British military say container vessel attacked near the Strait of Hormuz

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said an unknown projectile hit the vessel, 25 nautical miles (46 kilometers) northeast of Oman.

Some containers on the vessel were damaged, it said.

The attack is the second on Saturday, after two gunboats from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard opened fire on a tanker transiting the key waterway.

Iran’s supreme leader sends defiant message

Iran’s “valiant navy” is “ready to inflict new bitter defeats on its enemies,” Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said.

Khamenei’s defiant remarks came as Iran swiftly reimposed restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz.

In a message celebrating the anniversary of the establishment of Iran’s army, he hailed Iran’s drone strikes that targeted Israel and the U.S. interests across the region during the war.

Indian ships reverse course in Hormuz strait, vessel tracker says

Two Indian vessels have had to reverse course in the Strait of Hormuz following reports of gunfire from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, a vessel-tracker said.

TankerTrackers.com said the vessels include an Indian-flagged super tanker, carrying 2 million barrels of Iraqi oil.

Iranian gunboats fire on tanker, British military says

The British military says two gunboats from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard opened fire on a tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz after Iran said it had reimposed restrictions on the vital waterway.

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre said the tanker and crew were reported safe, without identifying the vessel or its destination.

Iran said earlier it was reimposing restrictions on the strait in response to a U.S. blockade on Iranian shipping and ports. Iran has prevented vessels from crossing throughout the seven-week-long war, except for ones it authorizes.

Iran says it won’t hand over enriched uranium to US

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh dismissed claims from U.S. President Donald Trump over the uranium and sounded a note of caution with regard to future talks between the two countries.

Speaking to the Associated Press in the Turkish city of Antalya, Khatibzadeh said the Iranians were not ready for a new round of face-to-face talks with the U.S. because the Americans “have not abandoned their maximalist position.”

On Friday, Trump said the U.S. will go into Iran and “get all the nuclear dust,” referring to the 970 pounds (440 kilograms) of enriched uranium believed to be buried under nuclear sites badly damaged by U.S. military strikes last year.

Lebanese leaders discuss future talks with Israel

The meeting between President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam came during a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group.

According to a statement from Aoun’s office, the pair discussed Lebanon’s “readiness for negotiations” with Israel. Lebanon and Israel have been in a state of war since 1948.

Earlier this week, the two countries’ ambassadors to the U.S. held a meeting, in the first direct talks in decades.

U.S. President Donald Trump has invited Aoun and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House, although no date has been set yet.

Aoun has said he is ready to go anywhere to “liberate my country, protect my people and save my nation.”

Iran reimposes restrictions in Strait of Hormuz

Iran has reversed course on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, reimposing restrictions on the critical waterway after the U.S. said the move would not end its blockade.

The country’s joint military command said “control of the Strait of Hormuz has returned to its previous state ... under strict management and control of the armed forces.”

It warned that it would continue to block transit through the strait as long as the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports remained in effect.

The announcement came the morning after U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. blockade “will remain in full force” until Tehran reaches a deal with the U.S., including on its nuclear program.

Pakistani leader heads home from Turkey ahead of U.S.-Iran talks

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has left for home after visiting Turkey, where he attended a diplomacy forum in Antalya.

Whiie there, he met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani ahead of the second round of U.S.-Iran talks in Islamabad.

While at the forum, Sharif discussed recent regional developments and ongoing diplomatic efforts between Tehran and Washington with Erdogan and the Qatari emir.

Pakistan is expected to host the second round of talks between Iran and the United States early next week

Iran announces partial reopening of its airspace

Iran has announced a partial reopening of its airspace after a seven-week hiatus because of the war, state media reported.

The Civil Aviation Organization said air routes over eastern Iran were reopened at 7 a.m. (0330 GMT), according to the state-owned IRAN newspaper. It said flights at the country’s airports would gradually resume but did not give a timeframe.

Iran’s airspace had been closed since the U.S. and Israel began striking Iran on Feb. 28. The partial reopening has come more than a week into a ceasefire between Iran and the U.S.

Iranian lawmaker clarifies conditions for transit through Hormuz

A senior Iranian lawmaker said only commercial vessels authorized by the Revolutionary Guard are allowed to transit through the Strait of Hormuz.

Ebrahim Azizi, head of Iran’s parliamentary National Security Commission, said in a social media post late Friday that commercial vessels must pay “required tolls” before transiting the strait, using a route set by Iran last month.

“The time has come to comply with the new Maritime Regime of the Strait of Hormuz,” he said. “These regulations are determined by Iran, not by social media posts!”

He warned that the mechanism could change “if the U.S. attempts to create any disturbance for Iranian ships.”

Strait of Hormuz only open during ceasefire, Iranian military official says

Iran’s Defense Ministry spokesperson said the Strait of Hormuz is only open during a ceasefire and conditionally, two Iranian semiofficial news agencies reported.

Brig. Gen. Reza Talaei-Nik said “military vessels and those linked to hostile forces have no right” of transit, according to the ISNA and Mehr news agencies.

The Lexington Minutemen are marking the anniversary of the Battle of Lexington in Massachusetts on Saturday, as they do every year. Thousands of people — some in colonial costumes, gathered on the Lexington Green to witness the historic clash, many booing the British troops and cheering on the patriots. The battle, which marked the start of the American Revolution 251 years ago, ended with eight Americans killed and 10 wounded — the dead scattered on the grounds as the British marched off.

Among the soldiers represented there was Prince Estabrook, an enslaved man who joined his white neighbors on Lexington Green in April 19, 1775, as British troops approached. He was wounded that day but went on to serve in multiple deployments throughout the war.

“I wasn’t surprised that we didn’t know about it,” said Price, a 95-year-old Black Korean War veteran who played the role of Estabrook for 50 years. “I was surprised that there was one Black soldier out here.”

As America prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, Estabrook and other patriots of color are being celebrated through programs nationwide that aim to tell a more complete story of the birth of the nation.

Telling the whole story

Museum exhibits, documentary films and lectures have traditionally focused on the white leaders of the American Revolution, such as Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Paul Revere.

Christopher Brown, a British Empire historian at Columbia University, said the Revolution has long been portrayed as a “simple story and a moral story that celebrates American origins and that looks to the American past in a kind of idealized version of what the present is.”

But in recent decades, “a more accurate view of the past” has emerged that showcases the diverse collection of men and women who played critical roles in the fight for freedom.

“There were Black men in the ranks who were fighting in Concord and Lexington and fought on Bunker Hill,” he said. “They knew all of the work that women were doing to support the revolutionary effort. The fact that we didn’t know that is more of a sign of our lack of curiosity and the need for greater research.”

The National Park Service estimates that by the end of the Revolution more than 5,500 patriots of color — including Black and Indigenous people — served on the colonial side, while many runaway slaves fought for the British.

“Finding this out, I was very proud,” said Jason Roomes, a descendant of three formerly enslaved men from Rhode Island, Cato, Pero and Ceasar Rome. Roomes learned in his 40s all three Black men fought in the American Revolution for the colonial side.

“Proud that my family has been here and fought for the creation of this United States,” he said.

The stories of Black patriots cannot be told without mentioning slavery, which was legal at the time in all 13 Colonies. Some Blacks who fought were enslaved and others fought in the hopes of gaining freedom. Indigenous soldiers made similar calculations, even as tribes fought for their very survival.

But despite the documented military diversity of that time, efforts to promote such stories are under pressure. The Trump administration has ordered the removal or censorship of some exhibits highlighting the history of slavery and enslaved people, the Civil Rights Movement and the mistreatment of Indigenous people.

Roger Davidson, Jr. an associate professor of history at Bowie State University, said failure to recognize that important part of history can impact communities of color today.

“If you’re not seen as having contributed to society, to the military, to any of it, then people can sort of overlook you,” Davidson said. “It plays into, and I hate to put it this way, but it plays into some people’s biases. Why should we pay any attention to you in the present day, politically, socially, economically, if you have not contributed?”

Remembering patriots of color

MA250 has handed out millions of dollars in grants to commemorate the battles across Massachusetts that helped lead to America's independence. Among the beneficiaries is the Black Heritage Trail in Concord that highlights the lives of Black residents in the town during the Revolution.

Museum exhibitions celebrating Black patriots have also received grants. Among those highlighted is Crispus Attucks, a sailor of African and Indigenous ancestry who died on March 5, 1770, when British troops fired on a crowd in what is known as the Boston Massacre. Another, Salem Poor, was born enslaved but purchased his freedom before fighting at Bunker Hill.

American Ancestors, a nonprofit history and heritage center in Boston that also received MA250 funding, opens its “Patriots of Color” exhibit next week, throwing a spotlight on the lives of 26 Black and Indigenous men and women who played a role in the American Revolution. They include: Prince Ames, a Black and Narragansett man from Andover, who was forced to join the Continental Army in place of his enslaver; and Paul Cuffe, a Black and Wampanoag businessman, who petitioned the Massachusetts government to reject taxation without representation.

Some of their descendants will attend the opening of the exhibition.

“By telling these lesser known stories, we want to highlight that ordinary people made a tremendous difference in the arc of the country’s history,” Ryan Woods, president and CEO of American Ancestors, said.

The details of Estabrook’s life

Records about Prince Estabrook's life are scant, but according to the National Park Service, he was likely born in the Lexington area around 1740. His father was enslaved by landowner Benjamin Estabrook, so Prince was born into slavery.

It is unclear what his life was like before he trained as a soldier in the Lexington militia. The Park Service says he was serving under the command of Colonel John Parker on April 19, 1775, when his left shoulder was struck by a musket ball. He recovered from that injury and went on to serve eight years with the militia and the Continental Army.

After the Revolution, he was granted freedom and returned to Lexington, where tax records from 1790 indicate he joined Benjamin Estabrook’s payroll as ‘a non-white freeman.’ It is unclear if he ever married, had children or owned property.

According to family records, he died in 1830, around the age of 90, and was buried in the same cemetery as Benjamin's son, Nathan, in Ashby, Massachusetts.

Price, who has handed reenactment duties to a younger colleague but still attends the early morning reenactment every year, says it is important to know about the soldier's life.

“Keep the story alive to make sure that everybody knows, everybody that we can get in touch with, everybody knows that Prince Estabrook was here,” Price said. “He was a viable person. He did his role, he did his part in fighting for the country.”

That all came crashing down days before Thanksgiving 2025, when he and a mutual friend unknowingly took a lethal cocktail of fentanyl and carfentanil they may have mistaken for cocaine.

“I heard the word ‘autopsy’ and I literally just collapsed to the floor,” his mother, Kelley Nalewaja said, recalling the call she received from his wife. “Even if somebody had been there prepared with Narcan — even if somebody had called 911 in time — he was not going to survive.”

Carfentanil, a weapons-grade chemical that authorities say is 10,000 times more potent than morphine and 100 times stronger than fentanyl, has seen a drastic resurgence across the U.S., killing hundreds of unsuspecting drug users.

The rise coincides with a recent crackdown by the Chinese government on the sale of precursors used to make fentanyl. Those regulations are likely prompting traffickers in Mexico to use carfentanil to boost the potency of a weakened version of fentanyl, according to U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration intelligence bulletins reviewed by The Associated Press.

The surge of a drug so deadly that less than a poppy seed-sized amount can kill a person comes as fentanyl seizures and overall drug overdose deaths continue a multiyear decline.

“You’re talking about not even a grain of salt that could be potentially lethal,” said Frank Tarentino, the DEA's chief of operations for its northeast region, which stretches from Maine to Virginia. “This presents an extremely frightening proposition for substance abuse dependent people who seek opioids on the street today.”

Carfentanil surge

A decade ago, carfentanil exploded into the North American drug supply, causing hundreds of unsuspecting drug users to overdose, only to see a major dip after China banned it, closing a key regulatory loophole in the U.S.

But the situation has shifted dramatically in recent years.

In 2025, DEA labs identified carfentanil 1,400 times in U.S. drug seizures, compared with 145 in 2023 and only 54 in 2022, according to DEA records viewed by AP.

Traffickers in Mexico may be experimenting with producing carfentanil themselves, authorities say, while others could be procuring it from China-based vendors skirting the country's regulations by spamming online forums in other countries with ads for the drug.

Complicating matters for the cartels are the extreme dangers associated with manufacturing carfentanil, Tarentino said.

“You can't just dabble in this,” he said. “This is not some mad scientist on Reddit you’re going to get to go out to a rudimentary laboratory in Mexico to make carfentanil.”

Dip in overdose deaths and fentanyl seizures

U.S. overdose deaths have fallen for more than two years — the longest drop in decades. Experts point to several possible explanations, including the overdose-reversing drug naloxone being more widely available and the expansion of addiction treatment. Some have also tied it to the regulatory changes the U.S. has pressed for in China.

Experts say that even multiple high doses of naloxone might not be enough to reverse an overdose when carfentanil is involved.

Fentanyl seizures, along with several other illicit drugs, have also dipped. U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported that fentanyl seizures plunged to about 12,000 pounds (5,443 kilograms) in 2025 — less than half the amount seized in 2023.

But even as fentanyl numbers fall, it remains a major focus of the DEA. Just recently, the agency's proposed budget included a $362 million increase centered on cartel-driven fentanyl trafficking.

“Anyone who takes a pill that is not prescribed to them by their doctor is playing a game of Russian roulette with their life,” said Sara Carter, President Donald Trump's drug czar. “But if those terrorists think they can continue this chemical warfare without consequences, they are wrong.”

Researched as a chemical weapon

While the prevalence of carfentanil still pales in comparison to fentanyl, experts are nevertheless alarmed by the increase of a substance researched for years as a chemical weapon and deployed by Russian forces on Chechen separatists in 2002.

The DEA's annual quota for lawfully manufactured carfentanil — veterinarians use it to tranquilize elephants and other large animals — is just 20 grams, an amount that can fit in the palm of your hand.

“It’s like a biological weapon,” said Michael King Jr., founder of the Opioid Awareness Foundation. “If the world thinks we had a problem with fentanyl, that’s minute compared to what we’re going to be dealing with with carfentanil.”

In 2024, overdose deaths involving carfentanil nearly tripled compared to the previous year, with 413 deaths across 42 states and Washington, D.C., according to the most recent data available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“Carfentanil definitely has that potential of spreading throughout the United States unless law enforcement really focuses in on carfentanil and they develop intelligence as to how these drug addicts are getting it,” said Mike Vigil, a former chief of international operations at the DEA.

In recent months, the DEA has documented several large seizures of carfentanil. In October, the DEA Los Angeles Field Division found 628,000 pills containing carfentanil, while in September, officials seized more than 50,000 counterfeit M30 pills from a person at a gas station in Washington state that turned out to be a mixture of carfentanil and acetaminophen.

‘All about money’

In some cases, frequent drug users have become tolerant to fentanyl and are seeking out carfentanil, despite the danger, because of the sudden euphoria it promises, explained Rob Tanguay, senior medical lead for addiction services with Recovery Alberta, a health agency in Canada. It appeals to the drug market, he said, because so little of it goes such a long way toward supply.

“The toughest part about all of this,” he said, “is that this is all about money.”

After Michael Nalewaja's death, his mother decided against a large funeral.

Instead, she organized a town hall in her hometown of El Dorado Hills, California, bringing together local officials along with mothers who had gone through something similar.

As she grieves her son, an adept salesman full of charisma who had recently gotten a national award by the electrical union, she's pushing for major legislative and judicial changes so others don't go through what she did because of a drug she said was never meant for humans.

“It’s not an OD; it’s not an overdose,” she said. “It’s a murder weapon.”

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Associated Press writer Joshua Goodman in Miami contributed.

No se reportaron muertes tras las tormentas del viernes que azotaron la parte superior de la región del centro-norte de Estados Unidos y generaron la más reciente ronda de clima severo en la región. Autoridades prepararon a los residentes para una larga recuperación en algunas comunidades rurales.

“Somos sumamente afortunados de que esta tormenta no haya provocado pérdida de vidas ni lesiones graves”, declaró el jefe policial del condado Stephenson, Steve Stovall, sobre la tormenta que azotó Lena, Illinois, el viernes.

Autoridades de Wisconsin y Minnesota hicieron declaraciones similares.

En el centro de Wisconsin, un tornado reportado que arrasó las ciudades de Kronenwetter y Ringle dejó viviendas dañadas y a algunos residentes brevemente atrapados en sus sótanos, dijo a reporteros el jefe de bomberos de Ringle, Chris Kielman.

El jefe de la policía del condado Marathon, Chad Billeb, indicó que no había visto tanta devastación durante sus 34 años en las fuerzas del orden.

“Mucha gente va a necesitar mucha ayuda”, afirmó.

En Kronenwetter, los vecinos se ayudaban entre sí a retirar escombros de sus propiedades, y la empresa Wisconsin Public Service trabajaba para restablecer el suministro eléctrico. El jefe de policía, Terry McHugh, dijo que podría ser un proceso prolongado.

Señaló que la Fundación Comunitaria del Norte de Wisconsin Central se asoció con United Way del condado Marathon para ayudar a los residentes cuyas viviendas resultaron dañadas.

En el condado Olmsted, Minnesota, funcionarios policiales dijeron que los tornados causaron “múltiples niveles” de daños. Al menos 30 viviendas resultaron afectadas en Marion Township y varias de ellas sufrieron daños que fueron descritos como significativos. Funcionarios fueron de puerta en puerta en la comunidad revisando las condiciones de los residentes.

El Servicio Meteorológico Nacional señaló que los daños probablemente fueron provocados por tornados y que se llevarán a cabo inspecciones de las zonas afectadas durante el fin de semana.

En Illinois, Leo Zach, de 14 años, acababa de llegar a la sala de la banda de la escuela secundaria para una competencia de música cuando el edificio comenzó a estremecerse y se fue la luz. Contó que la sala estaba llena de estudiantes y que algunos estaban muy asustados y sufrieron ataques de pánico.

“Definitivamente tuve mucha suerte, considerando lo que pudo haber pasado”, comentó. “Sólo traté de mantener la calma y ayudar a otras personas”.

Cuando salieron, encontraron algunas ventanas reventadas del gimnasio y parte del techo de la escuela arrancado.

Fotos y videos publicados en internet mostraban una cochera destruida, edificios que perdieron ladrillos y cercas demolidas.

Lena es una localidad de casi 3.000 habitantes, ubicada a unos 188 kilómetros (117 millas) al noroeste de Chicago.

Rachel Nemon se dirigía a la escuela secundaria de Lena para recoger a su hijastro cuando tuvo que meterse en un autolavado para resguardarse de la tormenta. Vio cómo un árbol de gran tamaño era arrancado de raíz y cómo saltaban chispas a pocos metros de ella.

“Es algo que ves en internet, no en la vida real, especialmente en un pequeño poblado de Illinois”, subrayó.

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Works wonders, actually.

Facing elimination and clearly wanting no part of it, the Magic might have put together one of their best performances of the season Friday night. They rolled past the Charlotte Hornets 121-90 in an Eastern Conference play-in game, moving into the playoffs for the third straight season and getting a matchup with top-seeded Detroit as their reward.

“When you play with a sense of desperation and urgency, when you know you’re either going home or extending your season, that’s what it looks like,” Magic coach Jamahl Mosley said. “There (are) no second chances.”

Mosley is the first coach to lead the Magic to three consecutive playoff appearances since Stan Van Gundy took Orlando there in five straight years. Van Gundy was at Friday's game as an analyst for Amazon Prime Video.

“I've got to be honest. Charlotte is shrinking from the competition,” Van Gundy said on the broadcast, as the Magic were running away in the second quarter — building what became a 35-point lead shortly before halftime. “They look like they don't want any part of this.”

That's exactly how Orlando wanted it. It was bully ball, and it worked.

“We’re going to need more of that in the playoffs,” Magic forward Franz Wagner said.

Added Magic forward Paolo Banchero: “We were just relentless with that tonight. ... It was just a complete effort from the whole team.”

Charlotte coach Charles Lee, who has engineered quite a turnaround over his first two seasons with the Hornets, said he hopes his team doesn't forget the lessons that Orlando taught them in this one.

“I hope that this fuels us this offseason, because we’ve done a ton of really good things and gave ourselves an opportunity,” Lee said. “You’re one step away from being in the playoffs. I don’t want to discredit that. But this has got to hurt a little bit.”

Orlando dealt with injuries all season, and going 2-8 in a 10-game stretch late in the regular season could have absolutely sunk any postseason hopes. But the Magic — even with a loss in Wednesday's play-in opener at Philadelphia — have now won six of their last eight, heading into a no-pressure matchup against heavily favored Detroit.

“We did what we were supposed to do,” Mosley said. “There’s a reason we can be happy tonight. But at the end of the day, we still have more work to do.”

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Scoreless entering the fourth inning, the Marlins were undone by defensive miscues, notably when catcher Agustín Ramírez airmailed a throw to Graham Pauley on an attempted pickoff at third, allowing a run that proved costly in a 7-5 loss in 10 innings.

Miami has now dropped three straight games for the second time this season.

Although Ramírez had a shaky night behind the plate, he doubled home Xavier Edwards in the bottom of the eighth inning to tie the game at 4-4.

The Marlins trailed 3-0 and 4-1 earlier in the game.

With the score tied 4-4 in the 10th inning, Milwaukee had the bases loaded with no outs against Marlins reliever Calvin Faucher.

Luis Rengifo hit a slow grounder that Edwards fielded and threw home to Ramírez, but the throw never reached his glove, allowing the Brewers to score and take a 5-4 lead.

Making his Major League debut, Brewers right-hander Coleman Crow was efficient over 5 1/3 innings, surrendering four hits, two earned runs, one via a sacrifice fly, one walk and striking out four.

“I want him to understand that he can pitch here; he can pitch in the big leagues,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said.

Taking the loss in his last outing against the Detroit Tigers, Marlins right-hander Janson Junk threw 93 pitches over 5 2/3 innings, allowing four runs, three of them earned, while not allowing a home run.

He finished with a no-decision.

Otto Lopez tripled in the fourth inning, added a two-run home run to straightaway center field in the sixth, and singled in the eighth for a three-hit night, finishing a double shy of the cycle.

He now carries a .347 batting average.

Third baseman Graham Pauley was removed from the game with two outs in the seventh inning after he moved to avoid a pitch that would have hit him.

According to the Marlins, Pauley exited with right oblique discomfort.

Right-hander Sandy Alcantara (2-1, 2.67 ERA) will start for the Marlins (9-11) on Saturday at 4:10 p.m. ET.

Alcantara will look to bounce back after allowing seven earned runs, three home runs, and 10 hits over six innings in a loss to the Tigers on April 12.

No deaths were reported following Friday's storms, which barreled through the Upper Midwest and delivered the latest round of severe weather to batter the region. Officials braced residents for a long recovery in some rural communities.

“We are extremely fortunate that this storm did not result in loss of life or serious injury,” Stephenson County Sheriff Steve Stovall said of the storm that hit Lena, Illinois.

Officials in Wisconsin and Minnesota echoed those sentiments.

In central Wisconsin, a reported tornado that tore through the cities of Kronenwetter and Ringle left behind damaged homes and some residents briefly trapped in their basements, Ringle Fire Chief Chris Kielman told reporters.

Marathon County Sheriff Chad Billeb said he had not seen this much devastation during his 34 years in law enforcement.

“A lot of people are going to need a lot of help,” Billeb said.

In Kronenwetter, neighbors were helping each other clear debris from their properties, and Wisconsin Public Service was working to restore power. Police Chief Terry McHugh said it could be a lengthy process.

He noted that the Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin has partnered with United Way of Marathon County to help residents whose homes were damaged.

In Olmsted County, Minnesota, sheriff's officials said tornadoes caused “multiple levels” of damage. At least 30 homes were damaged in Marion Township, with a number of those sustaining damage that was described as significant. Officials went door to door to check on people.

The National Weather Service said the damage was likely caused by tornadoes and surveys of the affected areas would be conducted over the weekend.

On Friday in Illinois, Leo Zach, 14, had just gotten to the high school band room for a music competition when the building started shaking and the power went out. The room was packed with students, and some were very scared and had panic attacks.

“I’m definitely on the luckier side of how that could’ve happened,” he said. “I was just trying to stay calm, help other people.”

When they got outside, they found some of the windows blown out in the gym and part of the school's roof ripped off.

Photos and video posted online showed a garage totaled, bricks torn from buildings and fences demolished.

Lena is a village of nearly 3,000 people, located about 117 miles (188 kilometers) northwest of Chicago.

Rachel Nemon was going to pick up her stepson from Lena's middle school when she had to pull into a car wash to take cover from the storm. She watched a large tree get ripped from the ground and sparks fly feet in front of her.

“This is something that you see online, not in real life, especially in a small town in Illinois,” she said.

The Magic earned the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Their reward is a matchup with top-seeded Detroit, a best-of-seven that begins Sunday on the Pistons' home floor.

The Magic were physical from the outset, and the Hornets were never in the game. Franz Wagner had 18 points for the Magic, along with seven rebounds and six assists.

Wendell Carter Jr. finished with 16 points on 6-for-7 shooting, while Desmond Bane scored 13 and Jalen Suggs added 12 for the Magic.

Orlando led by 31 at halftime, the biggest midpoint lead in the play-in tournament’s seven-year history. It has been utilized in this format — four teams qualifying from each conference, playing to decide the final two playoff spots on each half of the bracket — since 2021.

LaMelo Ball — who the NBA said should have been ejected from Tuesday’s season-extending win over Miami for an uncalled flagrant foul against Bam Adebayo -- led the Hornets with 23 points, 21 of them coming in the third quarter.

But the game was long decided at that point. Orlando raced out to a 27-10 lead, stretched it to 68-33 late in the first half, and the Hornets never even got within 20 points the rest of the way.

Miles Bridges, who has played more games than any other active player without a playoff appearance, scored 15 for the Hornets. Brandon Miller scored 14 and Kon Knueppel added 11.

The Hornets, who have now missed the playoffs in 10 straight seasons, were outrebounded 49-34 and shot only 34%. Orlando shot 50%.

The Magic were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs in each of the last two postseasons and have not won a playoff round since 2010. But they went 2-2 against the Pistons this season.

The Hornets, who beat the Magic in their last three regular-season games, have not been in the playoffs since 2016. It's the longest active drought in the NBA.

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The so-called general license means U.S. sanctions will not apply for 30 days on deliveries of Russian oil that has been loaded on tankers as of Friday. It extended a similar 30-day license issued in March for Russian oil that had been loaded by March 11. The extension underscores how the fallout from the Iran war has boosted Moscow’s ability to profit from its energy exports, which had been restrained since the invasion of Ukraine.

Speaking at the White House on Wednesday, Bessent ruled out extending the license. “We will not be renewing the general license on Russian oil, and we will not be renewing the general license on Iranian oil,” he said. The administration did not immediately explain the reversal.

Lanez, 33, whose legal name is Daystar Peterson, filed the federal lawsuit seeking $100 million in damages on Tuesday against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the warden and guards at the prison in Tehachapi where he was being held.

The suit says he was stabbed 16 times in the back, torso, head and face in an “unprovoked life-threatening attack” by inmate Santino Casio, who used a homemade “shank.” Lanez had a collapsed lung and had to be airlifted to a hospital, it says.

Lanez is serving a 10-year sentence for shooting hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion in the feet after a dramatic and high-profile 2022 trial in Los Angeles.

Prison officials say he was attacked May 12, 2025, by Casio, who is serving a life sentence for second-degree murder and first-degree attempted murder. Casio had another 2008 conviction for assault by a prisoner with a deadly weapon and another in 2018 for manufacturing a deadly weapon.

“The choice to house Casio with Peterson was known or should have been a known danger,” the lawsuit says. It alleges that correctional officers' response was slow, and no special measures like flash grenades or smoke bombs were used to stop Casio. It says the institution housed the men together despite the rapper's “high-profile celebrity status,” which made him a target.

There is no record of Casio being charged in the assault. An attorney who represented him previously did not respond to messages seeking comment at the time.

Lanez was transferred to another prison, the California Men's Colony, in San Luis Obispo County.

The lawsuit also says the defendants unlawfully seized his songbooks with unpublished lyrics that are of great future commercial value and refused to return them.

In response to a request for comment, Department of Corrections spokesperson Ike Dodson said the agency does not comment on pending litigation.

The lawsuit was first reported by TMZ.

Lanez was convicted of three felonies in December 2022: assault with a semiautomatic firearm; having a loaded, unregistered firearm in a vehicle; and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.

A California court rejected his appeal in November.

Megan, whose legal name is Megan Pete, testified at trial that in July 2020, after they left a party at Kylie Jenner’s Hollywood Hills home, Lanez fired the gun at the back of her feet and shouted for her to dance as she walked away from an SUV in which they had been riding.

She had bullet fragments surgically removed from both feet. It was not until months after the incident that she publicly identified Lanez as the person who fired the gun.

The 32-year-old Canadian Lanez began releasing mixtapes in 2009 and saw a steady rise in popularity, moving on to major label albums, two of which reached the top 10 on Billboard’s charts.

The Los Angeles Dodgers and Colorado Rockies were greeted by 3 inches of snow that blanketed Coors Field as their four-game series got off to a frigid start Friday.

Dodgers pitcher Emmett Sheehan took advantage of the frosty mid-April day when he came out on the field in shorts to make a snowman about four hours before the game's scheduled first pitch.

The snow stopped about three hours before the game began and Colorado’s grounds crew, which placed a tarp over the infield to shield it from the snowfall, used a plow to clear snow from the outfield. By the first pitch, it was 35 degrees and sunny — with the only remnants of snow on the pine trees behind the wall in center field.

It was the coldest first pitch in Dodgers history.

“It was a dry cold,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said with a laugh after the game.

The bats were back out and the white stuff gave way to green grass after the shovels slugged at the snow, which came one day after the high temperature in Denver was 75 degrees.

In front of a crowd of 28,783, the Dodgers won 7-1 behind a pair of home runs from Max Muncy and a strong outing from starter Tyler Glasnow, who gave up two hits and one run in seven innings.

The start of the game didn’t mark the end of the teams’ weather-related woes. The National Weather Service issued a freeze warning for the Denver area that will be in effect from 8 p.m. locally Friday until 8 a.m. Saturday, with sub-freezing temperatures dropping down into the 18-to-24 degree range overnight.

“There was still ice on the field and it was only getting colder, but you can’t complain about it,” Muncy said. “You’ve got to go out there and they have to play through it also.”

The projected high is 57 on Saturday, according to the weather service, and 74 on Sunday before reaching 79 on Monday for the series finale.

The Dodgers come in from wrapping up a six-game homestand on Wednesday in Los Angeles, where the high was 73 on Friday.

“We were told right from the start the game was going to start on time,” Muncy said. “When you know you have to go out there and play, obviously the weather sucks, but if there’s no question of you may not play or may get delayed or you may play a doubleheader, when there’s no question of that, it’s easier to just kind of block out the noise, go out there and get ready. Today was thankfully one of those days.”

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A senior State Department official met with the grandson of retired Cuban leader Raúl Castro last week during the trip, according to a department official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke Friday on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter.

The official did not say who from the U.S. met with Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, whose grandfather is believed to play an influential role in the Cuban government despite not holding an official post. A second U.S. official said Secretary of State Marco Rubio was not part of the delegation that visited Havana.

U.S. officials have previously said Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants and a longtime Cuba hawk, met the younger Castro in the Caribbean island nation of St. Kitts and Nevis in February.

During last week's extraordinary diplomatic push, which was reported earlier by Axios, the U.S. delegation urged Cuba to make major changes to its economy and way of governing because it would not let the island nation become a national security threat in the region, the State Department official said.

It marked the first U.S. government flight to land in Cuba other than at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay since 2016.

Cuba’s crises have deepened following a U.S. energy blockade, coming as the Trump administration has described its government as ineffective and abusive. In return for easing sanctions, U.S. demands have included an end to political repression, a release of political prisoners and a liberalization of the island’s ailing economy.

Along with those similar topics, the sides last week also discussed a U.S. proposal to provide free and reliable internet to the island through a Starlink satellite connection, the State Department official said.

The talks were revealed after Trump said earlier this week that his administration could focus on Cuba after the war in Iran ends.

“We may stop by Cuba after we finish with this,” he said. He described it as a “failing nation” and asserted that it has “been a terribly run country for a long time.”

In response, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said the U.S. has no valid reason to carry out a military attack against the island or attempt to depose him but that the country was ready to fight back if needed.

“The moment is extremely challenging and calls upon us once again, as on April 16, 1961, to be ready to confront serious threats, including military aggression. We do not want it, but it is our duty to prepare to avoid it and, if it becomes inevitable, to defeat it,” Díaz-Canel said.

He was speaking during a rally that drew hundreds of people to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the declaration of the Cuban Revolution’s socialist essence.

The Cuban Foreign Ministry didn't immediately respond to messages seeking comment about the talks last week.

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Police say Perez, 49, of Tamarac, intentionally rammed his landscaping van into the Lexus Mirtha Sanchez-Teran was driving Thursday, pushing it into a building behind a strip mall in the 7600 block of West, trapping the victim and causing the vehicle’s airbags to deploy.

Authorities said video shows Perez in bright orange, approaching the victim’s car, aiming a gun and firing a single shot before the video ends.

More shots ring out in another video. An arrest report from the Coral Springs Police Department states Sanchez-Teran, a mother of two, was hit multiple times in both shoulders, her chest, abdomen and face.

After “apparently believing she was deceased,” he desperately ran off and jumped into a nearby canal to get away from the scene, the report states.

But officers say Sanchez-Teran survived the gunfire and identified her accused attacker.

Police caught up with Perez in a nearby neighborhood. He initially denied knowing his ex-girlfriend.

But after being taken into custody, police say he became emotional when officers mentioned the victim and her two daughters.

Several witnesses also identified him, and his employer also identified the work van as Perez’s

He now faces several felony charges, including attempted murder.

Authorities said Sanchez-Teran remained in serious condition as of Friday.

U.S. District Court Chief Judge Troy L. Nunley in Sacramento, California, made the ruling late Friday afternoon, finding that eight attorneys general and DirecTV were likely to prevail in their legal bid to stop the merger. The attorneys general, all Democrats, and DirecTV contend the merger will lead to higher prices for consumers, stifle local journalism and that the deal runs afoul of federal laws designed to protect against monopolies.

The deal, announced last year and approved by the Federal Communications Commission, would create a company that owns 265 television stations in 44 states and the District of Columbia, most of them local affiliates of one of the “Big Four” national networks: ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC.

That would likely give Nexstar the power to raise the retransmission fees it charges to video programming distributors like DirecTV, which means higher bills for consumers, Nunley wrote. The company also has a track record of consolidating local television news stations when it owns more than one station in a market, the judge said, meaning viewers “will lose options for where to get their local news.”

The deal could also force distributors like DirecTV to comply with Nexstar’s demands for higher broadcast fees or risk leaving subscribers potentially unable to watch things like Sunday NFL football games, the judge said.

Stopping the merger for now is “in the public interest,” Nunley wrote.

Attorneys representing Nexstar and Tegna did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Nexstar’s attorneys told the court the deal has already been reviewed and cleared by the FCC and the Department of Justice. They said the FCC order commits the company to expand local journalism and programming, not shrink it.

The merger needed the approval of the Republican Trump administration’s FCC because the government had to waive rules that limit how many local stations one company can own. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said in March that the company had agreed to divest itself of six stations.

The judge said the FCC clearance process for the deal was “unusual,” and that the regulatory oversight “did not curb the manifest anticompetitive effects of this acquisition.”

The Department of Justice, which is tasked with conducting antitrust reviews of these types of mergers, announced it was closing its investigation of the deal in March through “early termination,” the judge noted, ending the review process sooner than is normally required by statute.

“In unusual circumstances — with the FCC’s quasi-adjudicatory licensing proceeding still pending — the President himself weighed in publicly in February and urged federal regulators to approve the deal to ‘knock out the Fake News,’” Nunley wrote.

The preliminary injunction is designed to keep things as they are until the lawsuit is fully decided, Nunley said.

New York Attorney General Letitia James called the ruling a “critical victory” in a statement released Friday evening.

“Consolidating hundreds of local TV stations under one corporate owner would mean higher prices and lower quality programming for consumers,” she wrote. She later continued, “We will keep fighting our case to ensure fair competition among local TV stations that serve communities across the country.”

Maria Medetis Long told defense lawyers involved in the investigation that she was no longer participating in the Brennan investigation. Her departure from the investigation came after she conveyed doubt that there was sufficient evidence for a criminal case against Brennan, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press to discuss internal Justice Department conversations.

The Justice Department did not dispute that Medetis Long was no longer part of the investigation but also did not elaborate on the circumstances of her departure. The department said in a statement that “as a matter of routine practice, attorneys are moved around on cases so offices can most effectively allocate resources. It is completely healthy and normal to change members of legal teams.”

CNN first reported Medetis Long's departure from the investigation. She referred a request for comment to a spokesperson for her office, who did not immediately provide a statement.

Medetis Long heads the national security section at the U.S. Attorney's office for the Southern District of Florida, which for months has been scrutinizing Brennan in connection with one of President Donald Trump's chief grievances — the U.S. government's years-old investigation into potential ties between Russia and Trump's 2016 campaign for the White House.

Brennan served as CIA director under President Barack Obama and was in the position when the intelligence community published a detailed assessment of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The Justice Department last year received a referral from Rep. Jim Jordan, the Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, asserting that Brennan had given false testimony about the preparation of that assessment — a claim Brennan and his lawyers have vigorously denied.

Investigators who in recent months have issued a flurry of subpoenas have been preparing for additional interviews in the probe, though it remains unclear whether any charges will be brought or what impact Medetis Long's departure will have on the case or on witnesses' willingness to cooperate.

Trump this month replaced Pam Bondi as his attorney general, frustrated by the lack of progress in criminal investigations against political opponents like Brennan.

Her deputy, Todd Blanche, is now acting attorney general and has said that Trump has the right and duty to be involved in seeking investigations against people he has had “issues with.”

Last year, Trump effectively forced out the acting U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, Erik Siebert, after Siebert did not push forward with criminal charges against two other Trump foes, former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. A hastily installed loyalist prosecutor, Lindsey Halligan, subsequently secured indictments against Comey and James but the cases were thrown out after a judge concluded that Halligan was unlawfully appointed.

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Associated Press writer Alanna Durkin Richer in Washington contributed to this report.

“Ecuador está pasando al fascismo, ha decidido ilegalizar la oposición y criminalizar la política, dejando morir de hambre al ciudadano colombiano ex vicepresidente de la república de Ecuador: Jorge Glas”, aseguró Petro en la red social X.

El mandatario reaccionó a una noticia que refería recientes denuncias de la Organización Mundial Contra la Tortura, con sede central en Ginebra, que advierten presuntos “actos de tortura, así como amenazas y hostigamientos contra población civil campesina” en operaciones militares en la comunidad de San Martín, provincia de Sucumbíos, así como malas condiciones para los privados de la libertad.

The Associated Press consultó sin obtener respuesta de inmediato a la Cancillería ecuatoriana y al Ministerio de Defensa.

El gobierno ecuatoriano ha dicho que el operativo en la provincia fronteriza de Sucumbíos está dirigido a combatir al crimen organizado, incluido el bombardeo del 6 de marzo en el que, con apoyo de Estados Unidos, aseguró que se destruyó un campamento del grupo armado ilegal Comandos de la Frontera, que servía como sitio de descanso de uno de sus cabecillas.

Aunque no se ha referido al caso particular de la comunidad San Martín, desmintió versiones de The New York Times sobre la supuesta afectación a una finca que, según el medio, no era un campamento.

Los dichos de Petro ocurren en medio de tensiones bilaterales que iniciaron en enero y se han agudizado con imposición recíproca de aranceles, la suspensión de venta de energía para Ecuador y el incremento de la tarifa de transporte de petróleo colombiano.

El presidente ecuatoriano Daniel Noboa inició con la imposición de aranceles con una tasa “de seguridad” del 30% a todos los productos colombianos, los aumentó al 50% en marzo y en mayo llegarán al 100%. Alegó que Colombia no combate eficazmente la criminalidad en la frontera común.

Mientras que Colombia busca, según un decreto en borrador publicado la víspera, establecer un arancel recíproco a mercancías provenientes de Ecuador del 35%, 50% y 75%, en una metodología que selecciona productos sin llegar a imponer a ninguno el 100%, como lo hará Ecuador. La medida entraría en vigencia luego de recibir comentarios de ciudadanos, un procedimiento usual en el país.

Las tensiones políticas han incluido la situación de Glas, condenado por corrupción, a quien Petro ha denominado un “preso político”. Noboa ha rechazado el calificativo y ha dicho que Petro atenta contra la soberanía de su país.

Petro le concedió la nacionalidad colombiana a Glas el año pasado y ha pedido a Ecuador que lo entregue a Colombia.

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La periodista Gabriela Molina contribuyó a este reporte desde Quito.

Authorities have not offered a potential motive for Monday morning's attacks. Among the victims was an auditor for the Department of Homeland Security who was walking her dog near the suspect's home.

The suspect in the shootings, Olaolukitan Adon Abel, a 26-year-old U.K. native, is charged in state court in DeKalb County with two counts of malice murder, aggravated assault and firearms counts. He also is facing a federal firearms charge, along with another man who is accused of buying the gun used in the shootings for him, prosecutors announced Friday.

Adon Abel lived with six others in separate units of a home listed on PadSplit, a platform offering low-cost shared housing. He was granted U.S. citizenship in 2022 while serving in the Navy and stationed in the San Diego area.

Long-running issues inside a communal home

Three roommates told The Associated Press that Adon Abel and a male roommate were screaming at each other late Sunday night over how cold Adon Abel kept the house in Panthersville, a suburb southeast of Atlanta.

“He (kept) the house freezing,” roommate Angela Britton said Friday. "It’s not the first time they got into it about the AC. But that time was a real big argument.”

Another roommate, Lakisha Mckinzie, said the fight scared her so much that she called her mother before bed and asked her to pray for her and her roommates' safety, telling her there had been a lot of “chaos and tension” in the home.

Mckinzie said she had been afraid of Adon Abel ever since he inappropriately touched her last month after asking her on a date. Mckinzie said he frequently knocked on her door late at night, but she never answered. She said she complained to her landlord multiple times, but no action was taken. PadSplit did not respond to a request for comment about whether it knew about Adon Abel's alleged behavior in the home.

After the argument, the roommates said Adon Abel packed up a large duffel bag and drove off shortly after midnight Monday morning.

Around 12:50 a.m., and about 5 miles (8 kilometers) away, 31-year-old Prianna Weathers was fatally shot outside a Decatur-area fast food restaurant, investigators said.

Then, around 2 a.m., a 49-year-old homeless man was shot multiple times while sleeping outside a grocery store in Brookhaven, about 12 miles (19 kilometers) northwest of the first attack, Brookhaven Police Chief Brandon Gurley said. The man, whose name hasn’t been released, remains hospitalized in stable but critical condition, authorities said Thursday.

DHS worker Lauren Bullis, who was out walking her dog a few hundred feet from Adon Abel's home, was found around 7 a.m. with gunshot and stab wounds.

Authorities have linked Adon Abel to all three attacks, though it is unclear whether he knew any of the victims — police have said they believe at least one victim was targeted at random.

Georgia State Patrol troopers stopped Adon Abel’s car around 11 a.m. Monday in Troup County, not far from the Georgia-Alabama border. Inside the vehicle, investigators said they found ammunition and shell casings matching those at the scene of Weathers’ killing. Police found the gun and shell casings on the ground near Bullis, Hertzberg said.

Federal charges have now been filed

Adon Abel is now also facing prosecution in federal court for illegally possessing a firearm, officials announced Friday.

He was charged with a firearms violation along with a 35-year-old homeless man, Damon Marquis Yarns. U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg, the top federal prosecutor for northern Georgia, said Yarns acknowledged buying the gun used in the shootings for Adon Abel and falsely stating on a federal form that he was the owner.

Adon Abel is accused of illegally possessing the gun as a person previously convicted of a felony.

Monday's crimes led Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to issue a statement raising concerns that Adon Abel was granted U.S. citizenship when Joe Biden was president. Mullin has catalogued a litany of the defendant’s previous alleged crimes, but it is unclear whether any of them happened before he became a citizen.

Adon Abel pleaded guilty in October 2024 in San Diego County, California, to charges of assault with a deadly weapon and criminal vandalism over what authorities there said was an attack on two police officers and another person, according to California court records.

Online court records show that someone listed with a similar name and the same birth date pleaded guilty last June in Chatham County, Georgia, to four misdemeanor counts of sexual battery.

Yarns is accused of buying the 9 mm pistol used in the shootings at a federally licensed firearms dealer in Atlanta on Feb. 20. Hertzberg said that a special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives interviewed Yarns on Thursday, and Yarns said he had purchased the gun for a Nigerian or British man he knew only as “Abdul or Obie,” then identified Adon Abel from a photo.

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Hanna reported from Topeka, Kansas.

Rodríguez indicó que, en su lugar, aspira utilizar los “activos congelados” en ese organismo una vez estén disponibles para mejorar los servicios públicos del país sudamericano.

La “recuperación de nuestra representación ante este organismo internacional es muy importante, es una gran noticia para Venezuela”, dijo la presidenta en funciones en una declaración difundida por la estatal Venezolana de Televisión.

“Estamos recuperando no solamente las responsabilidades que tenemos dentro del organismo, sino también los derechos y activos congelados que tiene nuestro país en este organismo, que nos permitirán invertir de manera inmediata en servicios públicos”, entre los que se incluye la obsoleta red eléctrica nacional, que genera frecuentes apagones, y la “recuperación del sistema de distribución de agua”, acotó.

El FMI ​y el Banco ​Mundial anunciaron ​paralelamente en la víspera que reanudaron las relaciones ​con ​Venezuela que habían estado suspendidas desde 2019 debido a problemas relacionados ​con ‌el reconocimiento del gobierno del entonces presidente Nicolás Maduro.

En 2019, el líder opositor Juan Guaidó, entonces titular de la Asamblea Nacional, quien en enero de ese año se declaró presidente interino de Venezuela, fue reconocido por Estados Unidos y otras varias decenas de países como el gobernante legítimo de Venezuela, ya que consideraron que los comicios de 2018 en los que Maduro fue reelecto para un segundo mandato fueron fraudulentos.

La legitimidad de Maduro siguió en duda tras los polémicos comicios presidenciales del 28 de julio de 2024. Maduro fue declarado ganador sin presentar evidencias de que obtuvo 6.4 millones de votos frente a los 5.3 millones del opositor Edmundo González. El opositor fue reconocido como presidente electo de Venezuela por varios gobiernos tras mostrar pruebas creíbles de su victoria electoral ante Maduro.

En contraste, ahora la administración del presidente estadounidense Donald Trump ha dado una serie de pasos, entre ellos levantar las sanciones de vieja data impuestas a Rodríguez, una clara señal de que Estados Unidos la reconoce como una autoridad legítima en Venezuela desde que el ejército de Estados Unidos capturó a Maduro y a su esposa, Cilia Flores, en la capital venezolana, el pasado 3 de enero.

La entonces vicepresidenta era, de acuerdo con la Constitución, la primera en la línea de sucesión.

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It turns out the car he bought was stolen.

It was fall of last year when Adrian Blejdea was in the market for a new ride.

He came across a black chevy suburban on Facebook Marketplace that was listed for $45,000 dollars.

Blejdea ran the vehicle’s VIN number and it came back clean, and the title matched.

The seller’s registration and paperwork seemed legit.

“I did my research, everything seemed fine so I bought the car and registered it,” said Blejdea.

They negotiated a deal and Blejdea gave the seller $35,000.

He drove off in the SUV and thought all was well, until three days later.

“The radio wasn’t working, so when I hooked up the GPS to the car the next day, Hollywood police found me,” said Blejdea.

According to a Hollywood police incident report provided by Blejdea, an officer ran the license plate and there were big red flags on a Carfax report.

The incident report says during the traffic stop the officer “Inspected the public VIN plate of the vehicle which I immediately identified as being fraudulent.”

Police found there was no real dealership history for the SUV, and the paperwork was fake too.

The title was linked to a car from a dealership in Kentucky, but that VIN was never in their inventory.

But that’s not all.

During officers’ inspection of the SUV, they found another fraudulent VIN that “appears to be a clone of a legitimate Canadian vehicle.”

Hollywood police determined Blejdea was the victim of something called VIN swapping, where crooks take a legitimate VIN number and place it on a stolen car.

When police dug deeper, they discovered the car was originally reported stolen in Oklahoma and somehow made it to South Florida and eventually sold to Blejdea.

It’s an elaborate scheme happening from coast to coast, one so sophisticated the FBI does not have precise nationwide statistics.

For Blejdea, the car he thought was his, was seized by Hollywood Police.

Now he is out of a car and thousands of dollars.

“I don’t trust anything anymore,” said Blejdea. “I’m always double checking and searching and I just want to make sure that whoever I’m talking to or they tell me something it’s not fraud because you hear a lot of stories but you don’t think it would happen to you.”

Blejdea had a take out a loan, which he is still paying back, and on top of that he bought another car to get around and work for Uber.

He is hoping somehow he will get his money back.

Ways to protect yourself include running a Carfax and try into cross reference the VIN numbers in multiple locations, while looking into professional inspection services is also an option.

Fitzpatrick was cruising along when his tee shot on the par-3 14th turned hard to the left, headed for sand and trees when it caught what appeared to be the edge of a cart path that sent the ball back down a slope onto the green and headed for the water.

It was slowed just enough by a sprinkler to stay dry, and he holed a 30-footer for a most unlikely birdie. Fitzpatrick birdied two of the next three and completed a bogey-free round.

“Yeah, it was lucky, there's no two ways about it,” Fitzpatrick said. “Sometimes you need that in a week, so it's nice to get, and then even nicer to take advantage of it.”

Hovland had it far tougher in the afternoon when the wind got stronger, and it doesn't take much around tree-lined Harbour Town for players to get indecisive or catch the wrong gust.

Hovland got the right club on the exposed par-3 17th to 12 feet for his eighth birdie of the day and a hard-earned 65. That included a birdie on the par-5 fifth when he was still 205 yards out for his third shot and wound up holing a 30-footer.

“I wouldn’t say I striped it today, but at least I kind of kept the ball in front of me, and that’s what you’re trying to do on this golf course,” Hovland said.

Fitzpatrick, who won the RBC Heritage in a playoff over Jordan Spieth in 2023, was at 14-under 128.

Harris English got the wrong gust on the 11th hole and went from scrambling for par to figuring out how to escape with double bogey from a plugged lie in the sand. He overcame that, had a 68 and was three shots behind.

Scottie Scheffler, who played alongside Fitzpatrick, hit all 14 fairways for only the fourth time in his career — two of those were on the runway-wide fairways of Kapalua — and had a steady diet of birdie chances in the 18-foot range. He managed a bogey-free 67 and was seven behind.

Fitzpatrick and Scheffler both hit the ball so well it looked they were playing a Tuesday money game, with birdie chances on every hole and exchanging birdies early on before the wind acted up.

On the par-4 eighth, Scheffler hit enough of the left corner of the green that it hopped right to 7 feet. Fitzpatrick followed on the same line and was 6 inches closer, and Scheffler looked back at the Englishman and smiled.

But it was Fitzpatrick who surged ahead with a batch of three straight birdies on the front and three straight birdies on the back. The longest par putt he had was 4 feet on the final hole.

He called it a continuation of good iron play that began when he finished one shot behind Cameron Young at The Players Championship, then won the following week at Innisbrook in the Valspar Championship.

Patrick Cantlay, who took a big step last week with consecutive bogey-free rounds at the Masters after opening with a 77, shot 64 and was four shots behind along with Sepp Straka (67) and Ludvig Aberg, who was closing in on Fitzpatrick until three bogeys on the back nine led to a 71.

Robert MacIntyre also was in the mix, three shots behind, until the wind died enough to keep his ball from finding the 17th green, and then he took two to get out of a bunker for a double bogey. That wiped out a lot of good work, and a bogey on the 18th dropped him to a 68, six behind.

There were 20 double bogeys on the day from the 82-man field on 11 of the holes at Harbour Town. Spieth made three of them and scratched out a 73.

Akshay Bhatia had 11 birdies to offset his double bogey in a round of 63.

“Man, it got tricky there on the back nine, as it can here at Hilton Head,” English said. “Gusty winds. You don’t really know what direction it’s coming from.”

Fitzpatrick has a history at Hilton Head Island beyond winning three years ago. His family used to come over on holiday. He suspects his father typed in the words “tennis” and “golf” and “nice weather” and off they went. He recalls going to the tournament, even getting a golf ball signed by Boo Weekley. And now here is, a major champion looking for another plaid jacket for the winner.

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“I think it's exactly what it was,” Stars forward Mikko Rantanen said Friday.

Dallas won 5-4 in that game April 9, when there were 12 roughing penalties — six on each side. Each team won twice in the regular-season series in which both scored 13 goals.

“They got the best of us for sure, but it was a great hockey game for the end of a regular season,” Minnesota forward Matt Boldy said.

Now, the teams that were in second and third place in the Central throughout most of the season behind Presidents' Trophy winner Colorado play a best-of-seven series. Game 1 is Saturday in Dallas.

The Wild missed a chance that night to match the Stars in the standings. Instead, Dallas pretty much locked up home-ice advantage with the second of five consecutive wins to end the regular season.

“We learned some lessons last time we played them," Wild forward Marcus Foligno said. “We know that they’re a really, really good team, and so are we. They have some lethal weapons. We’re just more educated, more experienced going into this series than we were before. We always like our chances. We’re positive.”

40-40 duos for both teams

Both teams have a pair of 40-goal scorers in the same season for the first time. Kirill Kaprizov (45 goals) and Boldy (42) did it for the Wild. Jason Robertson and Wyatt Johnston, the 22-year-old center already in his fourth postseason, each scored 45 goals for the Stars.

“That’s a legit number,” Stars veteran forward Matt Duchene said.

Injuries and ills

Dallas defenseman Miro Heiskanen skated with the team Friday for the first time since a lower-body injury sustained when he was knocked hard into the boards by Ryan Hartman in the last game against the Wild.

Stars coach Glen Gulutzan said Heiskanen, who missed the start of last year's playoffs, made it through practice with no issues and felt good.

“I would think that as long as everything goes good, he should be in,” Gulutzan said. “He means everything on both sides of the puck for us. Power play, penalty kill, he touches all parts of the game.”

Stars top-line center Roope Hintz, who last played March 6, will miss the start of the playoffs after a setback in his recovery from a lower-body injury.

Wild defenseman Quinn Hughes, who has been dealing with an illness since last playing Saturday, traveled to Dallas on his own Friday after not going with the team Thursday.

“With the illness, I think more rest for him and just not having him on the plane,” coach John Hynes said. “The expectation is for him to play."

Between the pipes

Jake Oettinger is going into his 11th playoff series as the starting goalie for the Stars, and second for the Minnesota native against the Wild — he grew up about 30 miles from their arena. His first playoff series win was in six games against the Wild in the first round of the 2023 postseason.

The Wild are going with rookie Jesper Wallstedt over playoff-experienced Filip Gustavsson, though Hynes emphasized that is a decision for Game 1 and not the entire series.

“His overall body work has been really solid. He's played really well coming down the stretch,” Hynes said of the 23-year-old rookie. “We're confident in both guys.”

Gustavsson made his playoff debut three years ago with 51 saves in a double-overtime win over the Stars during Game 1. Wallstedt made 33 starts in his NHL debut this season, ranking second in the league with a .916 save percentage while setting franchise rookie records with 18 wins and four shutouts.

Tarasenko gives the Wild a wild-card scorer

While the Stars will be plenty focused on trying to keep Kaprizov and Boldy off the scoresheet, the Wild have a trusty scorer on their third line with plenty of playoff experience in Vladimir Tarasenko. The longtime St. Louis star, who has won the Stanley Cup twice in his 14-year career, has 49 goals in 121 career playoff games. Tarasenko had 23 goals and 24 assists in his first season with Minnesota.

“He’s a big-game player," Hynes said. “I think that leadership and the way he plays is certainly a playoff-style of game.”

Some playoff history

The Stars won both previous postseason series against Minnesota in six games, in 2016 and 2023. ... Dallas was the Minnesota North Stars before the franchise moved south in 1993. ... The Wild's 12 postseason appearances in 14 years are the most in the NHL during that span. They have lost nine straight series, since beating St. Louis in the first round in 2015. .... Dallas is in its fifth consecutive postseason, the last three ending in the West final. ... Gulutzan, part of 83 playoff games as an Edmonton assistant, including trips to the Stanley Cup Final the last two seasons, is looking for his first postseason win as a head coach. Calgary was swept in the first round by Anaheim with Gulutzan in 2017.

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AP Sports Writer Dave Campbell contributed from St. Paul, Minnesota.

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