The 2-year-old, 47-pound dog has been waiting several weeks at the Humane Society of Broward County. A Carolina dog mix that may also have some husky, Tina is known for her striking blue eyes and gentle personality.

HSBC’s Cherie Wachter says Tina is easy to walk and would make a good companion for someone looking for a dog to enjoy leisurely walks with. She appears to be house-trained and does not pull on the leash.

She says Tina can be nervous in the car and may need some time to adjust to a new family, Wachter said. She has met one family while at the shelter and did well with the children, but the family ultimately decided she was not the right fit.

The shelter also has two 6-month-old brothers, Adam and Drew, who are looking for a home together. The black kittens are described as affectionate, with Adam being more outgoing and Drew a little more reserved.

HSBC’s adoption department opens daily at 11 a.m. Potential adopters can complete a pre-adoption application through the shelter’s website before visiting.

The debate centers on the three actors to have played Spider-Man: Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland.

Maguire, who starred in the original Spider-Man trilogy, has the advantage of nostalgia for many fans. His portrayal is often praised for memorable moments and for his take on Peter Parker.

Garfield’s version brought a different style, with fans highlighting his quick wit and sarcastic humor as Spider-Man.

Holland, meanwhile, has earned praise for combining the character’s two sides: the teenage Peter Parker and the superhero behind the mask.

There may be no definitive answer, but nostalgia appears to be playing a major role in the debate.

So, which Spider-Man is the best? Fans can cast their vote and weigh in on the debate.

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Reports say Jorge Messi died around at 2 a.m. Saturday at Grupo Centro, a medical center in his hometown of Rosario, Argentina. The Messi family has not publicly disclosed the cause of death.

Newell’s Old Boys confirmed his death Saturday in a statement expressing “deep sorrow and grief” over the loss of Jorge Messi, whom the club described as a lifelong fan, businessman and father of Argentina/Inter Miami CF captain Lionel Messi.

“Jorge was the pillar and the person who supported with vision, rigor and affection the career of the greatest player of all time alongside his wife, Celia Cuccittini,” the club said. “His constant companionship and behind-the-scenes leadership were essential in backing every step of Lionel, from his beginnings at Malvinas to the pinnacle of world football glory.”

Jorge Messi played a central role in his son’s life and career, supporting Lionel from his early years in Rosario through his rise to global soccer stardom. He also served as his son’s agent and adviser for much of his professional career.

The Messi family confirmed to ESPN in June that Jorge Messi was dealing with a health issue and was under medical supervision.

“He is currently under medical supervision, recovering, and progressing favorably within his current condition,” the family said in a statement at the time.

Lionel Messi became emotional after scoring his first goal against Algeria in Argentina’s opening match of the 2026 World Cup, later saying his tears were connected to personal matters outside of soccer.

No other details about Jorge Messi’s death were immediately released.

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El Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys despide con profundo dolor y pesar a Jorge Messi, quien falleció a los 68 años de edad en la ciudad de Rosario.

Reconocido hincha leproso, empresario y padre del capitán del seleccionado argentino, Lionel Andrés Messi.

Jorge fue el sostén y la… pic.twitter.com/8dFPMRdM9Z

— Newell’s Old Boys (@Newells) August 8, 2026

The Rosario-based Club Atlético Newell’s Old Boys announced his death in a social media post that said he had undergone treatment in recent months for an unspecified illness. The post described him as “the pillar and the person who, with vision, rigor and affection, supported the career of the best player of all time, alongside his wife, Celia Cuccittini.”

The South American Football Confederation, CONMEBOL, in a statement also offered its condolences “with respect and affection for Lionel.”

Lionel Messi led Argentina to a runner-up finish in this year's World Cup. In the team's first match, against Algeria, he was visibly emotional after scoring the first of his three goals. He said later that he wept for “a reason unrelated to sports.”

“I went through some difficult, complicated days,” he said. “I am grateful to the delegation, to all my teammates, because they were always by my side wishing me strength so that I would be OK.”

Media reports at the time outraged the Messi family, which days later released a statement confirming that “Jorge is experiencing a health issue,” without specifying the nature of his condition.

“A person’s health and the peace of mind of their loved ones should not be the subject of speculation or irresponsible media interest,” according to the statement, which also expressed “discomfort at the lack of sensitivity, respect and scruples with which some people have treated a strictly private and family matter.”

Jorge Messi was a chemical technician and worked as a steelworker. He played soccer as a midfielder and reached the youth ranks of Newell’s Old Boys but had to abandon the sport to complete his mandatory military service in Argentina.

He played a fundamental role in his third son’s career, serving as his agent and managing his business affairs. He was the one who traveled with a young Messi to Barcelona in the early 2000s for the trial that would open the doors to La Masia, the Catalan club’s youth academy. Lionel Messi made his professional debut in 2005 and went on to win eight Ballon d’Or awards. He led Argentina to the 2022 World Cup title.

“My dad was always by my side,” Lionel Messi said in a 2007 interview with Radio del Plata. “Sometimes I would lock myself in my room to cry when we arrived in Barcelona, or my dad would do the same without me seeing him, or thinking I didn’t see him. We pretended we were both OK, but we weren’t. My dad even asked me what I wanted to do when we were feeling down, if I wanted to stay or go back, and I wanted to stay, and he stayed with me.”

His father negotiated the contracts with Barça and later his transfers to Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Miami, while also managing the use of his famous son’s image rights and his numerous investments in real estate, hotels, and restaurants.

In 2016, father and son were convicted in the Spanish courts on tax evasion charges, but avoided prison because the sentence was less than two years.

Los reportes indican que Jorge Messi murió el viernes por la noche en un hospital de su ciudad natal de Rosario, Argentina. La familia Messi no ha divulgado públicamente la causa de muerte.

Newell’s Old Boys confirmó su muerte este sábado en un comunicado en el que expresó “profunda tristeza y dolor” por la pérdida de Jorge Messi, a quien el club describió como un aficionado de toda la vida, empresario y padre del capitán de Argentina, Lionel Messi.

“Jorge fue el pilar y la persona que apoyó con visión, rigor y afecto la carrera del mejor jugador de todos los tiempos junto a su esposa, Celia Cuccittini”, dijo el club. “Su constante compañía y liderazgo tras bastidores fueron esenciales para respaldar cada paso de Lionel, desde sus inicios en Malvinas hasta la cima de la gloria del fútbol mundial”.

Jorge Messi desempeñó un papel central en la vida y carrera de su hijo, apoyando a Lionel desde sus primeros años en Rosario hasta su ascenso al estrellato mundial del fútbol. También se desempeñó como agente y asesor de su hijo durante gran parte de su carrera profesional.

La familia Messi confirmó a ESPN en junio que Jorge Messi enfrentaba un problema de salud y se encontraba bajo supervisión médica.

“Actualmente se encuentra bajo supervisión médica, recuperándose y evolucionando favorablemente dentro de su condición actual”, dijo la familia en un comunicado en ese momento.

Lionel Messi se emocionó después de anotar su primer gol contra Argelia en el partido inaugural de Argentina en la Copa Mundial de 2026, y posteriormente dijo que sus lágrimas estaban relacionadas con asuntos personales fuera del fútbol.

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Jorge fue el sostén y la… pic.twitter.com/8dFPMRdM9Z

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According to detectives, Francel Swain was last seen around 6 p.m. Friday, in the 1900 block of Southwest 57th Avenue in West Park.

Authorities said Swain is 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighs about 150 pounds. He has grey hair and brown eyes and was last seen wearing an olive-green polo shirt, a green ball cap, brown cargo pants and brown shoes.

According to this family, Swain suffers from dementia.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts is urged to contact BSO Detective Chris Blankenship at 954-321-4268 or the BSO non-emergency number at 954-764-4357.

Según los detectives, Francel Swain fue visto por última vez alrededor de las 6 p.m. del viernes, en la cuadra 1900 de Southwest 57th Avenue en West Park.

Las autoridades dijeron que Swain mide 5 pies y 7 pulgadas de estatura y pesa alrededor de 150 libras. Tiene cabello gris y ojos marrones y fue visto por última vez vistiendo una camisa polo verde oliva, una gorra verde, pantalones cargo marrones y zapatos marrones.

Según su familia, Swain padece demencia.

Se pide a cualquier persona que tenga información sobre su paradero que se comunique con el detective de BSO Chris Blankenship al 954-321-4268 o con el número de BSO para casos que no sean de emergencia al 954-764-4357.

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His former teammate, turned accused killer, has rejected a plea deal.

An inmate claims Rashaun Jones, 40, confessed to murdering Pata, 22, but the inmate has refused to testify, saying he fears for his safety and alleging to federal and state law enforcement that Jones’ defense attorney bribed him to avoid testifying.

Now, a judge says an investigation is required to look into the alleged bribery.

Jones’ defense attorney may now have to be removed and could even become a witness, pending the outcome of the investigation.

Jones’ defense attorney has denied the allegations.

Su ex compañero de equipo, ahora acusado de asesinato, rechazó un acuerdo de culpabilidad.

Un recluso afirma que Rashaun Jones, de 40 años, confesó haber asesinado a Pata, de 22 años, pero el recluso se ha negado a testificar, diciendo que teme por su seguridad y alegando ante las autoridades federales y estatales que el abogado defensor de Jones lo sobornó para evitar que testificara.

Ahora, un juez dice que se requiere una investigación para indagar sobre el presunto soborno.

El abogado defensor de Jones ahora podría tener que ser apartado del caso e incluso podría convertirse en testigo, dependiendo del resultado de la investigación.

El abogado defensor de Jones ha negado las acusaciones.

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The fire was reported around 3:30 a.m. at an apartment complex on Northwest 19th Street, just off State Road 7, in the Lauderhill East 55 and older community.

Authorities said crews with the Lauderhill Fire Rescue and the Plantation Fire Department responded with dozens of firefighters to battle the blaze.

Cellphone video obtained by Local 10 News shows large plumes of smoke billowing from the apartment.

About an hour and a half after the initial call, some fire trucks began leaving the scene, though a significant emergency response remained as crews worked to extinguish hot spots.

Fire rescue officials said they could not provide many details about the fire but confirmed that everyone was OK.

The fire appeared to be contained to one apartment unit, though the unit spans two levels. Smoke damage was visible throughout the apartment, and at least one first-floor window appeared to have been shattered.

Police remained at the scene as firefighters continued working to put out remaining hot spots.

El incendio fue reportado alrededor de las 3:30 a.m. en un complejo de apartamentos en Northwest 19th Street, justo al lado de State Road 7, en la comunidad Lauderhill East para personas de 55 años o más.

Las autoridades dijeron que equipos de Lauderhill Fire Rescue y del Departamento de Bomberos de Plantation respondieron con decenas de bomberos para combatir el incendio.

Un video de celular obtenido por Local 10 News muestra grandes columnas de humo saliendo del apartamento.

Aproximadamente una hora y media después de la llamada inicial, algunos camiones de bomberos comenzaron a retirarse de la escena, aunque una importante presencia de equipos de emergencia permaneció mientras los bomberos trabajaban para extinguir los puntos calientes.

Funcionarios de rescate de bomberos dijeron que no podían proporcionar muchos detalles sobre el incendio, pero confirmaron que todos estaban bien.

El incendio parecía estar contenido en una sola unidad de apartamento, aunque la unidad abarca dos niveles. Los daños causados por el humo eran visibles en todo el apartamento y al menos una ventana del primer piso parecía haber sido destrozada.

La policía permaneció en la escena mientras los bomberos continuaban trabajando para extinguir los puntos calientes restantes.

Water levels at Lake Mead hit 1,040.4 feet (317.1 meters) above sea level on Friday, according to federal data. That’s just below the elevation of 1,040.58 feet (317.27 meters) recorded on July 28, 2022 at the reservoir that straddles the Arizona-Nevada border outside Las Vegas.

The record follows a winter that produced the worst snowpack on record in the Colorado River Basin. Melting snow feeds the river, which is relied upon by farmers, industries, wildlife, hydropower producers and more than 40 million people across seven U.S. states, tribal nations and Mexico.

It comes a week after federal officials announced a short-term proposal to stave off a crisis in the beleaguered waterway. Federal officials stepped in after states that rely on the river — California, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Wyoming and Utah — failed to reach an agreement on how to share the dwindling resource long-term. Under the proposal, California, Nevada and Arizona would share water cuts.

Years of overuse combined with drought and rising temperatures have been depleting Lake Mead and Lake Powell, the country’s second-largest reservoir. Together, the two bodies of Colorado River water are the lowest they’ve been in nearly seven decades.

To protect the strained system's ability to produce hydropower, federal officials said Thursday that they will not release cool Lake Powell water from Glen Canyon Dam in northern Arizona to protect a threatened native fish whose habitat is between the reservoirs.

Severe drought in 2022 on Lake Mead, which is held back by the Hoover Dam, exposed human remains and forced water officials in Las Vegas to pump water from deeper within the reservoir to continue to supply water to millions of people.

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The measure has been touted as one that would put guardrails around an escalating spending spree in college sports as the industry struggles to adapt to a new model in which teams can pay players.

“College sports is something that needs to be fixed, they have a good solution,” said Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D. “We got it teed up for next month."

The bill has been on a roller coaster since it was introduced in late May but quickly failed to gain support of the two biggest conferences: the Big Ten and SEC.

Those conferences signed on and saved it from near death late last month after a flurry of negotiations. But as quickly as it was revived, it faced a reality check in the Senate, where lawmakers from SEC states, including Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., and Josh Hawley, R-Mo., were among its biggest skeptics.

Then, as the bill neared closer to a vote, the Congressional Black Caucus and AFL-CIO also came out against it. Amendments dealing with issues that were never part of the bill also started coming up.

All that, combined with a packed list of votes including on a short-term funding bill and the narrow confirmation of Todd Blanche for Attorney General, pushed the PCSA toward the back of the Senate's agenda.

Bill co-sponsor Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said “my colleagues and I have worked hard to end the chaos” that surrounds college sports and predicted the bill would receive support of 60 or more Senators to keep it on path to becoming law.

Co-sponsor, Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., said she was grateful Thune put it on the calendar.

“This bipartisan bill is how we protect women's and Olympic sports,” she said. “I look forward to its passage in September.”

If it passes the Senate, the bill still figures to face a steep climb in the House, which is more narrowly divided and tried for months to bring the less athlete-friendly SCORE Act to a vote and failed repeatedly.

A rethinking of third-party NIL

Among the bill's biggest features would be a redefinition of “third-party” NIL — the name, image, likeness sponsorship deals that most blame for spiraling costs. Under current rules, schools can share revenue of up to $21.3 million among all players across their athletic program.

But there’s an uncapped amount of extra money to be made via these third-party deals, which are often brokered through multimedia rights companies labeled “associated entities” that sell a school’s promotional assets and move some of that cash to the players in exchange for their NIL.

The law would presumably shift some of those arrangements under a newly expanded revenue share of up to $48.8 million while leaving open the possibility of “organic” third-party deals that don’t come from an existing arrangement with the school. A good example: Caitlin Clark got her sponsorship deal with State Farm because she was Caitlin Clark, not because she played for Iowa, which happened to have a deal with State Farm. (The Hawkeyes don't have such a deal.)

Sports leaders hope this new “retention pool” of money curtails runaway costs. The MMR groups aren’t promising it will.

“It’s going to continue to grow,” Christy Hedgpeth, the president Playfly Sports Properties, said in an interview this week with The Associated Press. “We have a lot of data that proves that they don’t have to be nationally recognizable. On an average roster, you’re going to have far more than 20 (players) who are going to have several NIL deals.”

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AP Congressional Correspondent Lisa Mascaro contributed from Washington.

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The conglomerate that legendary investor Warren Buffett built reported its second-quarter earnings Saturday morning and disclosed that its cash holdings had shrunk to $365.5 billion from nearly $400 billion at the end of March.

Berkshire's report suggested that it had added more than $21 billion worth of commercial, industrial and other stocks to its portfolio, but the earnings report doesn't name the stocks it bought. That won't be revealed until a separate filing later this month.

Abel took over as CEO in January when Buffett retired after six decades leading the company. But Buffett remains chairman.

CFRA Research analyst Cathy Seifert said investors should be encouraged by the amount of shares Berkshire's repurchased although Geico's performance was a concern because its underwriting profits fell 45% and lagged far behind other big auto insurers.

“I think there are two key takeaways that should encourage investors: The fact that they bought back shares after not having done things of this magnitude for several years now. And the other positive thing is the ability to produce the 10% operating revenue growth in the quarter,” Seifert said.

Abel announced in March that Berkshire had resumed buying back its own shares for the first time in more than two years, but investors were underwhelmed when the company only repurchased about $234 million worth of Berkshire stock in the first quarter.

The purchases in the second quarter that were disclosed Saturday demonstrate that Berkshire is serious about buybacks, but it is on the low end of the range that investors were expecting. Buffett watchers had been predicting repurchases somewhere between $5 billion and $11 billion based on a filing Buffett made when he announced his annual charitably donations in July.

The company’s standard is that it only repurchases shares when Abel and Buffett believes they are selling for less than they are worth. They do not plan to spend a specific amount like many companies do. Most of Berkshire's repurchases were made in June. They may not be buying much now as the stock just hit a new 52-week high on Thursday.

Berkshire previously repurchased $78 billion worth of its own stock between 2018 and 2024.

In addition to the Google stock Berkshire bought this spring, the Omaha, Nebraska-based company also completed a $6.8 billion acquisition of homebuilder Taylor Morrison but that didn't close until July so it's not reflected in these quarterly figures.

Berkshire's bottom line profit more than doubled to $25.667 billion, or $17,868.44 per Class A share, on a big paper gain in the value of its investments as the company lapped last year's $3.8 billion writedown in the value of its Kraft Foods stake. A year ago Berkshire reported earning $12.37 billion, or $8,600.89 per Class A share,

But Buffett has long urged investors to pay more attention to Berkshire's operating earnings to get a better sense of how its dozens of companies are performing because those numbers exclude investments. By that measure, Berkshire's operating profit grew to $12.983 billion, or $9,038.30 per A share, from $11.16 billion, or $7,759.58 per Class A share.

Berkshire owns several major insurers, including Geico, a collection of big utilities, BNSF railroad and a varied assortment of manufacturing and retail companies, including Precision Castparts and See's Candy.

In a wide-ranging interview with the BBC broadcast late Friday, Hunter Biden grew emotional as he discussed his father’s condition, describing it as very sad to watch.

“The cancer has spread, metastasized into his bones and further," he said. "It’s very painful and it's very debilitating in many respects.”

Biden, 83, was the oldest man to serve as U.S. president and his age was a source of concern for much of his four years in office. He and his White House advisers have faced intense criticism for allegedly concealing the extent of his problems, especially after he was forced to abandon his bid for re-election after a disastrous debate with his eventual successor, Donald Trump.

The former president revealed his cancer diagnosis in May of last year, less than four months after he left the White House.

Hunter Biden said the diagnosis had been tough on the family.

“It's really sad to watch," Biden said. “The only thing that I'd say about my dad, about his health right now, is I wish he would complain more, because it’s not good.”

But Biden said his father remains “out there," speaking publicly about the issues that are important to him.

“He’s still doing his thing," he said. “He so believes in this country."

Biden will publish a memoir, “Promise Me, America,” after the mid-term elections.

The lumberjacks had used their trucks to block access to the Quebec border in protest of Canadian loggers who were stealing their jobs by working for less. The blockade, which took place nearly 30 years ago, failed to stop the problem, leading Jackson to decide that he needed to try another way.

“He realized that the only way to change, to change it from the inside, was to be involved,” said Hilton Hafford, a logger who stood with Jackson at the blockade.

That moment set the fifth-generation lumberjack on a path into politics, eventually making him Maine's unlikely Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate. He faces longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins in one of a handful of races that could determine control of the chamber in November.

Jackson’s campaign has focused on his ties to Aroostook County, a sprawling, wooded region known as “The County” to Mainers. It's where Jackson, 58, says he watched hard-working people struggle to get ahead, fueling his fight against billionaires and corporations. It also is the place that has elected Jackson to the Legislature while supporting Republican Donald Trump for president.

Defeating Collins, a five-term incumbent who has survived other efforts by Democrats to unseat her, will not be easy.

Jackson is a last-minute replacement for Graham Platner, the initial nominee who exited the race after a sexual assault allegation that he denied. Jackson has accused Collins of looking out for herself instead of Maine and he criticized her vote that paved the way for the U.S. Supreme Court to end the nationwide right to an abortion. Collins, 73, who is also from Aroostook County, has accused Jackson of being too liberal for the state.

Speaking to Maine Democrats while he accepted the party nomination last month, Jackson pointed to his logging background and humble upbringing in a rural county as critical to shaping his desire to fight for the working class.

"What I am is a guy from northern Maine that’s a logger," Jackson said.

The evolution of a liberal lumberjack

Aroostook County, among the poorest in the state, is thinly populated but so large that it could easily contain both Rhode Island and Connecticut.

Tucked in the northern tip of the county is Jackson's hometown of Allagash, where pavement turns into the logging roads and where Jackson went to work as a lumberjack at 19.

Jackson said he worked long, dangerous hours. It was not unusual to wake up at 2:30 a.m. for a 12-hour shift on a job that often did not offer health insurance.

“Everyone in that profession works hard for our families. We did follow the rules. But the harder we worked, the more that companies took from us,” Jackson said during his nomination acceptance speech at a party convention in Bangor. “And further behind we would fall.”

The town saw a steady drop in population as job opportunities dried up. Officials shuttered the school in the mid-1990s, crushing those who remembered the glory days of the school’s prominent basketball team, which won a handful of state championships in the 1970s.

Jackson's disappointment with the logger blockade and other labor demonstrations in the late 1990s further cemented his feeling that something had to change.

He turned his attention to running for state office. Jackson first ran as a Republican but failed to collect enough support in a region that was heavily Democratic at the time. Eventually he won running as an independent and then became a Democrat in 2004. He went on to serve as president of the state Senate.

His political positions evolved over time, particularly on social issues. Early in his political career, Jackson opposed abortion and same-sex marriage. He has since reversed those stances.

“The logging industry is a very, very red industry,” said Louie Pelletier, the brother of Jackson's longtime partner, Lana Pelletier. “That’s the kind of mindset he was in."

Once in office, Jackson started to think he was on the wrong side of those social issues, added Louie Pelletier, who was a logger before taking over his family’s wood shop in Allagash.

“Then he never looked back,” he said.

Allagash is divided on the crucial Senate race

There is just one restaurant in Allagash, while a modest museum alongside the banks of the St. John River displays key moments in the town's history, including a framed photo of Jackson shaking hands with former Democratic President Joe Biden.

As of late July, only one campaign sign for Jackson could be seen from the main road that goes through Allagash. Several Republican gubernatorial and congressional candidates’ signs were prominently displayed.

Taking a break from slinging hamburgers during the weekend lunch rush, Darlene Dumond acknowledged that Allagash remains divided on Jackson. She supports him.

With a population of about 230 people, Allagash is defined by the handful of families who have lived for decades in “Moosetown,” where divisions can fall not only between Republicans and Democrats, but Catholics and Baptists.

Dumond said Collins’ long tenure as senator has been a disappointment even if she helped bring in resources and money to the state. She pointed to Collins’ role in confirming Brett Kavanaugh for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court, where he helped overturn the ruling that had legalized abortion nationwide.

“Why would our girl from Aroostook County be the deciding vote for the justice that overthrew Roe v. Wade?” Dumond said, shaking her head.

Collins has said she disagrees with the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, but she does not regret her vote to confirm Kavanaugh.

Jackson has repeatedly argued that he will be a strong Senate candidate because he has kept his legislative seat as a Democrat while the region steadily became more Republican, including when Aroostook County swung for Trump.

Still, Jackson has struggled to compete outside Allagash. He failed to secure the Democratic nomination for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District in 2014 and came in third place in the June 9 primary for governor. In 2023, he lost a local race in Allagash — a seat for first selectman position — by six votes.

He has butted heads with both Republican and Democratic lawmakers while in the Legislature, including Democratic Gov. Janet Mills. She ran against Platner for the Senate nomination but dropped out, citing a lack of campaign money. Mills has since declined to endorse Jackson.

Some lawmakers who worked with Jackson have criticized him as having a temper, including once throwing a plastic water bottle on the ground in frustration while disagreeing with a female lawmaker. His inner circle is quick to deny he has anger issues, instead describing him as “passionate” and “competitive.”

Asked by reporters about the confrontations, Jackson said “I wear my heart on my sleeve," saying that he took responsibility for his outburst and apologized to those he had confrontations with at the time.

Hafford, who worked alongside Jackson as a logger, has seen that fiery side but chalked it up to strong feelings. He remembers being in meetings with Jackson in the 1990s where loggers were debating what to do to improve working conditions, and encouraging Jackson not to fly off the handle — even though he wanted to.

“Troy would look over at me and he’d say, ‘Is it time yet?’” Hafford said.

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Associated Press writer Patrick Whittle in Portland, Maine, contributed to this report.

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The story of heroism told by police for the first time adds to the list of at least three more people who confronted the gunman with their own weapons as well as numerous others who rushed to comfort victims.

“What happened here was violent, frightening and deeply traumatic,” Twin Falls Police Chief Matthew Hicks said during a news conference.

The video revealed more details of the chaotic scene last weekend. The gunman walked up to the drive-thru window four times and opened fire, killing an In-N-Out employee, police said.

Ten people were shot — inside the restaurant, directly outside, on an adjacent busy road and at a car charging station in a Twin Falls visitors center lot, Hicks said.

He said investigators still don’t have a motive for the shooting. The gunman, Chad Williams, 24, killed himself.

It should have been a “normal Saturday afternoon,” Hicks said. “Employees showing up for work. Visitors coming to see our beautiful city. Instead they were confronted with chaos, fear and now loss.”

A man who encountered the gunman is a ‘hero’

As the shooting unfolded, employees from nearby stores fled to a walking trail. When the gunman headed to the trail, he came across two people, including one with his hands in the air talking to him, according to the video.

That man distracted the gunman from possibly pursuing others on the trail. Williams subsequently killed himself as police closed in. His body was found near a canyon.

“To that young man, you are a hero,” Hicks said. “Your courage, your composure, your selflessness in that moment likely gave others the time they needed to escape harm. This community is grateful for you, and we will never forget what you did that day.”

Hicks also praised the work of an off-duty state trooper, who shot at Williams from inside the restaurant, and former police officer A.J. James, who was wounded while confronting him. Authorities previously credited an armed civilian who fired back and diverted Williams from the restaurant.

An off-duty officer helps the wounded

James ran toward the sound of gunfire from the drive-thru window, while the off-duty officer inside the In-N-Out exchanged gunfire with Williams through the window and directed workers out of the building, Hicks said.

He acted “heroically and unbelievably” to try to slow down the shooter, the police chief said, declining to release the off-duty officer’s name.

Braxton Steube said he was the person who encountered Williams on the trail after fleeing a Dick’s Sporting Good store.

“I said, ‘I have a family.’ I said, ‘You don’t have to do this. I’ll tell you whatever you want. I’ll do anything,’” Steube told KMVT-TV. “He started to like tear up a bit, it seemed. And he said to me, ‘Just get away from me, man.’”

Steube said the gunman shot at him and missed.

The Twin Falls In-N-Out, 130 miles (210 kilometers) southeast of Boise, the state capital, had opened in July as part of the chain’s expansion into Idaho.

Police identified those killed as Ashley Garibay, 23, of Stockton, California; Dale Schultz, 66, of Salt Lake City; and Christopher Claunch, 59, of Hagerman, Idaho.

Williams had briefly attended the College of Southern Idaho and previously lived in Arizona.

1½ cups heavy cream

½ cup whole milk

½ cup granulated sugar

4 egg yolks

2 cups fresh basil leaves

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

pinch salt

For the Strawberries:

2 cups strawberries, quartered

2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar

2 tablespoons brown sugar

fresh basil leaves

Preheat the oven to 300˚F.

Combine the cream, milk, sugar and basil in a small saucepan over medium heat until it comes to a simmer; remove from heat and allow to steep for about an hour, covered.

Strain the cream mixture, pressing on the leaves to extract all liquid. Discard the basil.

In another bowl, whisk the eggs, vanilla, and salt until smooth.

Slowly temper in a little warm basil cream until it warms through.

Pour back into the pan with the rest of the cream mixture.

Pour the mixture into ramekins. Transfer the ramekins into a baking dish and pour boiling water into the pan until it reaches about ½ way up the sides of the ramekins. Bake for about 30-35 or until the center is just slightly wobbly. Remove from the bain marie and allow to come to room temperature then place in a cooler to chill for at least 2 hours.

Meanwhile, warm the balsamic just a little in a small pan or microwave and stir in the brown sugar until it melts. Allow to cool, toss the strawberries into the vinegar and rip some basil leaves into it. Garnish the pot de creme with the strawberries.

“I just want people who haven’t been voting to get out and vote,” one voter said.

Poll workers are preparing for the start of early voting Saturday, practicing to ensure the process runs smoothly.

“This is the most convenient time to vote in person because you can go anywhere in Broward County,” Broward County Supervisor of Elections Joe Scott said.

Early voting will be available at 21 locations across Broward County from Saturday through Aug. 16. The polls will remain open on those dates from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Scott said registered voters need to bring a valid form of identification to vote in person.

“If you have a state ID, driver’s license, that’s the best bet,” Scott said.

Voters can also drop off their mail-in ballots at any early voting location in Broward County during the early voting period. They do not have to use a location in the area where they are registered.

“Vote-by-mail ballots, we actually compare the signatures with the signature we have on file,” Scott added.

Early voting in Broward County begins nearly a week after early voting started in Miami-Dade and Monroe counties.

Scott said Broward County’s schedule is based on historical voter participation and the county’s goal of managing taxpayer dollars responsibly.

“In Broward County, we basically set up our voting system for early voting to match the population of people who are participating historically, and this is to be a good steward of the taxpayer dollars,” he said.

VIEW LOCAL 10’S 2026 VOTING GUIDE for more information about early voting in South Florida. Early voting in Broward County begins Saturday.

5 croissants cut into 1 to1½-inch cubes

2½ cups heavy cream

1 cup whole milk

1 cup granulated sugar

3 large eggs

2 large egg yolks

1 teaspoon fine salt

1 tablespoon vanilla paste

1 cup raspberries

Heat the cream, milk and sugar in a saucepan over medium low heat until it begins to simmer.

Whisk the eggs, yolks, salt and vanilla together in a bowl. Gently pour the warm cream mixture into the eggs, whisking to combine. Add the croissant cubes into the mixture and combine until well coated. Refrigerate overnight.

Heat your oven to 325˚F. Add the raspberries into the mixture and pour into a baking dish with a 2-2.5 quart capacity. Bake for 45-60 minutes or until cooked through. It should puff a little and barely jiggle when shaken. Let cool slightly before serving.

When Howard administrators informed Clark — and hundreds of others — that she was permanently unenrolled for missing a tuition fee deadline, she rode a bus from Cleveland, Ohio, to plea with administrators. She left in tears.

“I didn’t just lose my dream. I lost my way out,” said the 17-year-old, who had pinned her hopes on Howard as a peaceful environment and a path to financial freedom after years of growing up in “survival mode.”

Shortly after that, the university notified Clark she was once again welcome to enroll. But as she moved into the Washington, D.C., campus on Thursday, she remained uneasy. She worries that the university might reverse its decision yet again, and hopes Howard will make changes so that other students aren't wrongfully unenrolled.

“I’m definitely not really over that,” Clark said.

While administrators prefer that students, faculty and alumni focus on the school's new academic year, much of the community's attention is still trained on the unenrollment debacle. More than 500 incoming first-year students were unenrolled for missing a July tuition payment deadline, the university said. About 200 students have had their enrollment restored.

It was also reported Friday that Howard unenrolled the students about a month after offering voluntary early retirement buyouts to 600 eligible employees. But Howard University said in a statement that the employee buyouts were unrelated and part of a plan for “long-term financial sustainability.”

For some in the Howard community, the bitter experience has raised questions about the legacy of one of the country's most revered historically Black colleges and universities. Others say such administrative matters won't lessen the career impact a Howard diploma can have.

The loss of HBCU luster

Zy’Aira Blackmon had her heart set on attending Howard, seen as the preeminent Black university in the nation.

But, after her enrollment status was revoked and then reinstated within days, the 18-year-old from Grand Rapids, Michigan, doesn’t feel the same way. The luster Howard once held has been dulled.

“After this situation, most people are going to ignore all the good things Howard has to offer,” said Blackmon, who now will study at Western Michigan University.

When Howard took away 17-year-old Yuisa Davis’ enrollment, her mother hopped on a plane July 28 from the family’s Puerto Rico home to get answers. An administrative official told Karina Polen-Davis and her husband, who was on speakerphone, that she couldn’t answer their questions. Then the official called security.

The Davises say they paid what they thought they owed but the university rescinded enrollment without explanation or recourse.

The school never budged.

“It’s very disheartening just because there’s so many opportunities that’s kind of just been taken from me without me being able to" find a resolution, said Yuisa Davis, who often visited Howard as a child.

Now, Davis is working with The New School in New York City on possible financial aid.

“The difference in how we've been treated has been night and day,” Kenneth Davis said.

Families and university officials blame miscommunication

Interim President Wayne A. I. Frederick told The Associated Press last month that Howard simply followed its payment policy, noting that 2,200 students did meet payment requirements.

Unenrolled students and their parents did not properly read school communications about a July 10 deadline for half their unpaid balance, with financial aid factored in, Frederick said.

Those students who did everything correctly “deserve to show up on Aug. 17, the first day of class and meet their professors in class, have their housing assignments taken care of,” Frederick said. Previously, the school had to scramble to find enough student housing and adjunct professors to fill classrooms.

Some students assert they followed the school’s payment requirements.

Blackmon said her scholarship had not been included in her balance owed. After being unenrolled, she constantly called and emailed the school.

“They reinstated me. They really didn’t explain much,” she added.

Ashley Christopher, an attorney and Howard alumna whose son is a sophomore there, thinks Howard shoulders some blame. She is the founder of HBCU Week, a foundation that awards scholarships, and believes students received “bad information" from the school.

“There’s a way to take accountability for a misstep, and also explain that there’s joint responsibility here,” said Christopher, an attorney. “It is not just the parents. It’s not just the students."

Frederick said that how Howard has handled unenrollment and reenrollment can contribute positively to the school’s image.

“All this does is strengthen our legacy and helps us perform as a high-performing institution on the administrative side, as we have been doing in the past,” he said.

A storied and pree

minent HBCU

The nearly 160-year-old Howard is one of about 100 HBCUs in the U.S., with famous alumni including former Vice President Kamala Harris and actor Chadwick Boseman.

Howard has a 6-year graduation rate of 70% and a retention rate of 90%, according to the U.S. Department of Education's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System. The school consistently ranks among the most prestigious private HBCUs, including as the top-ranked HBCU by Forbes.

The university costs more than $66,000 each year to attend. The median income for four-year graduates is about $73,000, according to the Education Department. Frederick said Howard has graduated more Black doctors than any other school in the country.

The “scandal,” as Christopher calls the unenrollment issue, likely will not impact Howard’s reputation as “The Mecca” of Black education in the long run.

“Howard has been the blueprint for HBCUs, graduated the best and the brightest — not saying they’re the only one who does that," she said. "When it comes to overall impact of HBCU institutions, Howard stands at the top of that list.”

___ Tang reported from Sunnyvale, California. Williams reported from Detroit.

So did Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. The three ex-presidents joined a roster of historians and authors in contributing to the In Pursuit project, a 250th-anniversary series that had each writer produce an essay about a president or first lady.

Though the project was explicitly designed to transcend today’s politics, some of its essays nevertheless reflect anxieties that are flaring in the era of President Donald Trump over the use of power, the health of the democracy and the integrity of the presidency.

The project is being curated by Colleen Shogan, the U.S. archivist who was fired without explanation by Trump last year. She instructed contributors not to be partisan or ideological. “Everybody took those instructions and that guidance very seriously,” she told The Associated Press. The goal was for all Americans to “feel welcome to be able to read these lessons and essays and learn something from them.”

The mission, Shogan said, “is to surface the lessons from the past 250 years of American history, so that we can learn from those lessons, from both our successes and our failures, so we can plan for the present and the future. It’s what has been described as debriefing the American story.”

The essays cover 43 presidents — all but Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Trump — and 30 first ladies. They are being published chronologically and weekly into December.

Trump and Biden were judged too fresh to be appraised by history, a call that may have also set aside passions of the moment.

Without naming Trump, Bush’s essay is difficult to read without thinking of Trump’s reluctance to cede power after his 2020 election defeat and his musings about a third term in defiance of the Constitution’s two-term limit.

Bush hails the heroism of humility

Bush's essay celebrates George Washington, the original “No Kings” guy. Bush, a Republican, hails a man whose legacy only grew larger because he modeled the limits of the presidency for centuries to come.

“Our first president could have remained all-powerful,” Bush writes, “but twice he chose not to. In so doing, he set a standard for all presidents to live up to.” First, Washington resigned as commander in chief of the Continental Army, then set the precedent of serving only two presidential terms before that limit was enshrined in the Constitution.

Bush went on: "George Washington’s humility in giving up power willingly remains among the most consequential decisions and important examples in American politics.” Bush's essay, released Presidents Day as the first in the series on Substack, drove heavy engagement.

Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who led U.S. and international forces in the Afghanistan War, sized up a fellow general, Ulysses S. Grant, in another essay that drew much attention for its parallels with today.

History offers lessons on ‘law over loyalty’

McChrystal presents the Union general and post-Civil War president as a leader who displayed “an absolute commitment to principles larger than personal ambition" and who, before his presidency, resisted pressure on military leaders to “align with political factions and be loyal to a person rather than the Constitution.”

The emphasis on personal loyalty resonates in a time when Trump has repeatedly demanded fealty from officials in his administration.

The “temptation to bend institutions toward personal power is not unique to Grant’s era,” McChrystal writes. “Our future still depends on whether our leaders choose law over loyalty.”

This month, in the latest In Pursuit installment, Democrat Clinton writes about Theodore Roosevelt, focusing on that president's drive to expand the universe of “we the people” at the expense of powerful corporate interests, while also emphasizing Roosevelt's exclusionary views on Black and Indigenous people.

The essays frequently address presidents’ failures alongside their accomplishments, a contrast with Trump’s calls for federal cultural institutions to stick to patriotic interpretations of American history.

Presidents, the chief justice and first ladies contribute

Among the In Pursuit contributors are Chief Justice John Roberts (writing about William Howard Taft, the only president who also served on the Supreme Court); Hillary Clinton ( Eleanor Roosevelt ); Michelle Obama ( Jacqueline Kennedy ); GOP operative Karl Rove ( William McKinley ); documentarian Ken Burns ( Franklin D. Roosevelt ); and historian Michael Beschloss ( Lyndon Johnson ). Democrat Barack Obama presents Abraham Lincoln.

The project is being staged by More Perfect, a nonpartisan alliance of dozens of presidential centers along with academics and organizations dedicated to advancing democracy. It is where Shogan now practices her archivist craft that Trump shut down by firing her in February 2025.

She still has not been told why. Nor has Congress apparently been notified of the reason. The law requires Congress to be told but does not specify a deadline. The National Archives is the central repository of federal documents both precious and routine, and its leader has discretion over which records to preserve and display, and how.

“That is a position that used to be a nonpartisan position, much like the Librarian of Congress, the secretary of the Smithsonian,” she said. “And I took that very seriously and acted the entire time when I was archivist in a nonpartisan way.”

The White House did not respond when asked why Trump fired the archivist and whether the administration will tell Congress the reason.

Trump has long begrudged the archives for notifying the Department of Justice of his alleged mishandling of classified documents after he left office following his first term, though Shogan was not working for the agency then.

Shogan sees hunger for history without a slant

Shogan said she has been overwhelmed with the public response to the series so far and figures that speaks to a hunger for history shorn of partisanship. The essays have received more than 1 million cumulative views on Substack and her podcast of the same name registered 160,000 audio downloads and nearly 64,000 YouTube views at last count. A documentary about the series is scheduled to air on PBS in October.

In the essays, readers learn something new not just about the giants, but about presidents such as Millard Fillmore — “a historic punchline — best remembered, ironically, for being so forgotten,” in the words of his essayist, former New York congressman Steve Israel.

Then there was Franklin Pierce, presented by his essayist as a pro-slavery president and “permanent victim” of Washington's alcohol-soaked culture.

Yale history professor David W. Blight recounts how Pierce won the presidency for the Democrats in 1852 despite vicious trolling by the Whigs. Fielding Mexican War veteran Gen. Winfield Scott in that election, they labeled Pierce, who also served in the war, the “hero of many a well-fought bottle.”

Police said the incident happened Thursday morning near Northeast 52nd Street and 26th Avenue after two dogs escaped from a fenced yard and began roaming the neighborhood.

They said one of the dogs attacked a small spaniel named Brody outside a nearby home. Brody’s owner and neighbors tried to stop the attack but were unable to separate the animals, police said.

The owner then retrieved a gun and shot and killed the attacking dog.

A newly released 911 call captures the confusion in the immediate aftermath.

“There’s one dog that’s dead that got shot,” the caller told a dispatcher.

The caller said Brody, the injured dog, was inside the home and that the family was trying to get the animal to a veterinarian.

“It’s my neighbor’s dog,” the caller said. “We’re trying to get the dog to the vet.”

The caller then warned that another dog had been traveling with the one that was shot.

“That just bit another neighbor,” the caller said.

When the dispatcher asked where the dog was, the caller said it was still loose.

“It’s wandering the street right now and someone’s going to kill it if we don’t figure out what’s going on,” the caller added.

Police said the second dog later encountered another resident nearby and bit her in the leg, causing a puncture wound. Lighthouse Point Fire Rescue medics evaluated the woman at the scene, and she later chose to seek additional medical treatment independently.

They said the second dog eventually returned to its residence and was secured by its caretaker. Broward County Animal Care workers responded and placed the dog in quarantine.

Police identified both loose dogs as American Staffordshire mixes.

Neighbors told Local 10 News they heard screams and rushed outside, where they saw the larger dog attacking Brody by the neck.

“The dog was not letting up,” one neighbor said. “It grabbed his neck really good.”

Brody suffered serious injuries and was taken by his owner to a local veterinary hospital for treatment.

Police said they are investigating where the two dogs came from and the circumstances that led to the attack.

No charges had been filed as of Thursday, police said. The investigation remains ongoing.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the Lighthouse Point Police Department at 954-942-8080.

“Traveling with kids is a whole new world," said Dr. Shannon Thompson, a pediatrician at Cleveland Clinic Children's, adding that it's important to “enjoy your kiddo on your trip” as much as you can.

Here are some tips and tricks for parents to travel safely with young children — and have fun with them, too.

Look for amenities like cribs and high chairs before you book

Before you decide where to stay, consider your options for baby-proofing.

Check whether items like portable playpens, cribs and high chairs are offered to guests. If you are staying somewhere with stairs, a balcony or a pool, inquire about baby gates; if they are not provided, see if they are available for rent nearby or consider bringing travel-friendly foldable mesh gates. Pack electrical outlet covers and wipes to clean any dirty surfaces your kiddo might touch.

For babies, safe sleeping is still essential on vacation. Children younger than 1 should sleep on their back on a flat, firm surface such as a mattress in a bassinet, crib or playpen with nothing more than a fitted sheet, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. The organization also recommends babies sleep in the parents' room — but not in the parents' bed — for at least the first six months.

You should also consider how you will get to your lodging: Will you fly in and rent a car or take a taxi, or take public transit from the airport? Will you mostly be driving or walking? For parents, these factors can determine whether you want to bring a stroller and a car seat, both of which you can gate check for free when you fly, or rely on using a sling or baby carrier.

Plan for snacks and diaper changes on the plane

“Flying with kids is one of those big, intimidating things,” said Thompson, the pediatrician. “I think the biggest thing to think about is always safety and then of course their comfort.”

While children under two can fly in their parents’ lap, the Federal Aviation Administration recommends securing them in their own safety seat, such as a car seat certified for use on planes. This requires buying a seat for your child.

For long-haul or international flights, ask the airline if they have bassinets available.

Food and drink for babies and toddlers, including breast milk, formula and puree pouches, are considered medically necessary liquids by the Transportation Security Administration. That means they are not subject to the standard 3.4-ounce (100-milliliter) limit for carry-on liquids. The same goes for ice packs used to keep such liquids cool. Let the TSA officer know if you have these in your carry on when you go through security screening.

In addition to snacks, don't forget to carry on diapers, wipes, a portable changing pad and sealable plastic bags for disposal. Bring extra clothes to layer or change in case of accidents or messy spills.

Swallowing and chewing can help with ear pressure, so nursing little ones or giving them a bottle or pacifier can ease discomfort during take-off and landing.

Speak with your pediatrician beforehand if your kiddo is prone to ear infections, and before traveling abroad, ask them what vaccines may be recommended.

Keep kids entertained on and off the plane

For flights with young kids, Christy Slavik, owner of the travel agency Mom Approved Travel, recommends “having little surprises that you can distract them with” — such as sticky mats for travel-sized play doh, suction cup toys and other games that are small and light to pack.

If sightseeing once at your destination, think about ways to make activities more fun and interactive. For art museums, bring notebooks that kids can draw in, or ask them what types of animals they can find in the paintings, Slavik said.

“Kids need a mission. They need games,” she said. “You have to get creative sometimes when you're traveling."

Exposing children to other cultures, foods and languages can also be fun. Some may enjoy picking out snacks at markets, for example, or learning foreign words for their favorite dishes and activities.

There are options for places to stay that are family friendly, with amenities such as pools or games. For those traveling abroad on a budget, many hostels offer private rooms for families so they don’t have to share a dorm-style room with bunk beds. Hotels and hostels provide the opportunity to meet other travelers, including fellow children who can become playmates.

The perks of traveling with extended family

Helping moms actually enjoy their vacation — and relax amid the stress that can come with planning and traveling — is a core goal of Slavik's travel agency.

One way parents can get a break is by planning trips with grandparents or other family members. This helps with babysitting duties, while also allowing loved ones to have special bonding time with kiddos. Just make sure they also have their own down time and aren't wearing themselves out, Slavik said.

“When you bring grandparents to a vacation, you're giving them the opportunity to experience those moments together,” she said.

According to an arrest report, Rodencia Thomas Jr. went to his son’s home on Wednesday to collect $240 that his son owed him after Thomas bailed him out of jail the previous week.

The son told deputies he could only pay $120 at the time and planned to pay the remaining $120 at the end of the month, the report states.

Deputies said the two got into an argument that turned physical at the doorway of the home.

They said the son told deputies that Thomas poked him in the eye before he struck Thomas in the face. The two then fell inside the home during a tussle, where the son said Thomas used his forearm to choke him, the report states.

Deputies said Thomas’ girlfriend told deputies she entered the home after hearing the argument and saw the two men fighting. She said she was able to separate them.

The report states that Thomas then walked toward his girlfriend’s black pickup truck and allegedly pulled a handgun from inside the vehicle and turned to run back into the home, according to the report.

The son said he fell in the grass while trying to escape but made it to the doorway. He told deputies that Thomas raised the gun, pointed it toward him and fired one round but the shot missed, according to investigators.

Deputies said they found what appeared to be a bullet hole in the lower right portion of the exterior wall near the doorway where the victim had been standing.

They said the victim’s girlfriend also provided deputies with a statement. She said she knew Thomas kept a gun in the center console of her truck and followed him toward the vehicle, repeatedly telling him not to do anything “stupid” as she tried to de-escalate the situation, the report states.

The suspect’s girlfriend told deputies that she saw Thomas retrieve the gun, point it toward his son and fire one round, deputies said.

They said the victim had scratches around his throat and the back of his neck, as well as a large scratch on his back. Deputies also documented damage inside the home, including a hole in a wall near the floor where the two men had fallen.

The victim told deputies he believed Thomas intended to kill him but said he did not want to pursue criminal charges against his father, according to the report.

Deputies said there was probable cause to arrest Thomas on suspicion of attempted felony murder. The report states Thomas had an opportunity to leave after the physical altercation but allegedly returned with a gun and fired at his son.

They said a records check showed Thomas had three active warrants related to child support.

Jail records show he is facing charges of domestic battery by strangulation and attempted felony murder, along with three writs of arrest.

As of Saturday morning, he was being held without bond at the Broward County Main Jail.

De La Espriella, 48, who promised a “Homeland Miracle,” delivered his first speech as the president of Colombia in southern Cali, at the Pichincha Battalion, one of the country’s most historic army units.

“I do not believe in assemblies convened to alter the rules of the Republic, prolong the exercise of power, or remake institutions at the whim of those who govern,” De La Espriella said during his 75-minute speech.

Gustavo Petro, the outgoing left-wing president who did not attend the ceremony in Cali, had aimed to convene an assembly to change Colombia’s 1991 Constitution and failed.

“My government will never attack or challenge judges,” De La Espriella said. “I will respect the independence of each branch of government.”

De La Espriella accused Petro, who had exited the presidential Casa de Nariño on Friday in Bogotá, of mocking democracy, dividing the country, and ruling for the FARC, a communist guerrilla that divided into factions after a 2016 peace accord.

“I think that people have the feeling that the previous government, in trying to negotiate with criminal organizations and insurgent groups, they basically allowed them to grow,” said Sandra Borda, an associate professor of political science at the University of the Andes in Bogotá.

To start his fight against crime, De La Espriella, who campaigned as “The Tiger,” announced that his administration was preparing to issue a list of “narcoterrorist” groups.

“One of my first acts of government will be to sign the Shield of the Americas,” De La Espriella, who holds dual Colombian and U.S. citizenship, said during his speech about President Donald Trump’s America’s Counter-Cartel Coalition, or ACCC, an alliance against narcoterrorism.

De La Espriella also promised “Colombia’s heroes,” the nation’s military and law enforcement, with “legal safeguards” to ensure that they would not be persecuted for carrying out their duties.

“Under my administration, mega-prisons will be built to house those who pose the greatest threat to the people’s safety,” said De La Espriella, an admirer of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and his massive anti-gang crackdown.

De La Espriella warned growers of coca plants that his administration planned to increase herbicide spraying. He said the chemicals to “eradicate” the illicit crops won’t harm humans or affect the environment.

De La Espriella also promised fiscal responsibility and announced that he planned on signing a decree to “freeze” public spending.

“The outgoing administration drove excessive spending growth, fueled by borrowing,” De La Espriella said. “That weakened national finances. Before undertaking the major transformations Colombia needs, we must put our house in order. That will be my government’s first duty.”

De La Espriella said he will authorize “responsible and sustainable” fracking to extract oil and natural gas, while “adhering to the highest” technical and environmental standards, to restore Ecopetrol, the country’s largest petroleum company.

“I believe in the energy transition,” De La Espriella said about a long-term goal to move away from fracking. “I am convinced that we must move toward increasingly clean, efficient, and diversified energy sources, but this transition must be built from a position of strength, not weakness.”

De La Esprialla said his administration was also ready to present a structural overhaul of the tax system.

“The wealth tax will be eliminated,” the president said. “We must stop penalizing those who create jobs.”

De La Espriella’s guests included acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche, Spain’s King Felipe VI, Argentine President Javier Milei, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa, Chilean President José Antonio Kast, Dominican President Luis Abinader, and FIFA’s Gianni Infantino.

“I will be the president of all Colombians — those who honored me with their vote and those who placed their trust in other political options,” De La Espriella said. “Those who did not believe in my proposal will find, through my actions, proof that this project serves the common good.”

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Here’s a look at developments across the Middle East on Saturday. Full coverage can be found here.

Iran attacks a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, UAE says

A vessel owned by Abu Dhabi’s state-owned ADNOC oil and gas company was attacked while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, Emirati authorities said. The Foreign Ministry said Iran fired the missile as part of attacks on commercial shipping.

ADNOC said in a statement that there were no casualties following the attack early Saturday. The company said over a dozen of its vessels have been attacked by missiles and drones while passing through the strait since the United States and Israel launched the war on Iran in February. One crew member has been killed and 20 others wounded, it said.

ADNOC didn’t elaborate on where the attack took place nor on any damage.

Later, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Center said a vessel east of the town of Khasab, Oman, had been struck by a projectile that caused a fire that was put out, with the vessel and crew safe. It was not immediately clear whether this was the ADNOC incident.

Iran and Oman, on the other side of the strait, have been discussing a deal to manage the waterway, which had been considered an international one before the war.

Yemen's military attacks Iran-backed Houthis

The attacks were in response to the Houthis’ recent strikes in central and eastern Yemen. Col. Majed al-Nazili, spokesperson for Yemen’s military, said the attacks targeted the rebels’ “sites and capabilities” on multiple front lines, without elaborating.

The escalation between the Houthis and Yemen's internationally recognized government and its backer, a Saudi-supported coalition, threatens to reignite Yemen’s civil war following a 2022 truce.

On Friday, United Nations envoy Hans Grundberg urged the parties to exercise restraint, saying that “Yemen today faces a greater risk of renewed large-scale conflict than at any point since the U.N.-brokered truce of April 2022."

Turkey’s Kurdish peace bill wins approval in parliament

A Turkish draft law aimed at advancing a peace effort with the country's Kurdish insurgents passed its first hurdle in parliament on Saturday, with a committee approving the measure that includes a conditional, pardon-like mechanism for thousands of former fighters.

Last year, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, declared its decision to disarm and disband as part of the peace initiative aimed at ending the decades-long conflict with the Turkish state.

The draft legislation, expected to be approved in the general assembly next week, defines the procedures for the group’s disarmament and the rehabilitation of some PKK members. It would suspend some prison sentences for people convicted of membership and postpone the prosecution of others.

The measures would come into effect once Turkey’s National Security Council confirms that the group has disbanded and surrendered all weapons.

The conflict has killed tens of thousands of people since it began in the 1980s and has spilled into neighboring Iraq and Syria. Turkey and its Western allies consider the group a terrorist organization.

Bessent, 19, was found guilty on all counts and sentenced to 10 years in prison, followed by 10 years of probation with five conditions.

Once released, Bessent’s driver’s license will be revoked for 10 years, and he will be prohibited from operating a vehicle for 10 years. He also was ordered to pay a laboratory fee of about $200 and approximately $1,000 to the prosecution.

Bessent must also pay restitution to the estate of Maria Tellez Valderrabano and five other victims. The court did not determine the restitution amount Friday.

Nicole Bessent, the 19-year-old’s stepmother, testified that she and Jah’Kobe’s father tried to gain custody of him after noticing behavioral issues when he was a child.

Family members testified Thursday that Bessent’s home life was troubled, something they said his father tried to steer him away from.

The court also heard about Bessent’s school history, which included more than 40 behavioral incidents.

A local psychologist testified that Bessent’s troubled upbringing and ADHD diagnosis made him more susceptible to the path that led to his crimes. The psychologist also told the court there was physical abuse in the home.

Bessent was sentenced in connection with an August 2022 crash that killed Maria Tellez Valderrabano, a 35-year-old single mother of three.

Prosecutors said Bessent, who was 15 at the time, was driving a stolen vehicle while fleeing from police. Authorities said Bessent and another teenager first broke into a home while the residents were sleeping and stole a vehicle before crashing it, killing Valderrabano.

Bessent has 30 days to appeal his conviction and sentence. If he does not file an appeal within that period, he waives his right to appeal.

The late-summer action on a funding fix is unusual. Normally, Congress waits until the final days or hours of a funding deadline to pass short-term patches, but this time senators acted nearly two months before the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30.

The 90-6 vote showed lawmakers are still smarting from the two historic shutdowns that occurred this past year and want to avoid another before voters go to the polls.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune wanted the funding dealt with before senators went home for the next five weeks to focus on their reelection campaigns and other matters. It got caught up with other issues that pushed votes into the night, but the bill had broad bipartisan support. The House will also have to approve the measure when members return from their August recess before it can go to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature.

The bill generally funds the federal government at current levels though Dec. 11, but includes a variety of exceptions that senators negotiated with the White House.

Democrats secured language to ensure no money could be transferred to the Border Patrol. They also rejected the White House’s request of $1 billion for early work on a new “Trump-class” battleship that the administration announced on Dec. 22.

“The only person who wants these golden ships is Donald Trump so he can slap his name on them,” Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said.

Hemp provision became a point of contention

The bill also includes language delaying a national ban on most intoxicating hemp products. That one-month delay prompted outrage from some Senate Republicans who say that too many such products are falling into the hands of often unsuspecting children. The packaging of the products often relies on bright colors and intentionally mimics popular snack brands to attract consumers.

Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., said that since 2017 there has been nearly a 10-fold increase in cannabis-related emergency room visits by minors in his home state.

“This is a public health crisis that deserves this Senate’s immediate attention,” Budd said. “Our children should never be the testing ground for an industry willing to exploit a loophole in federal law for profit.”

But the hemp industry said the delay buys time for Congress to craft legislation that protects hemp farmers and businesses while also putting in place safeguards to protect children.

Trump himself has called Budd to discuss the issue, though the president did not specifically ask the senator to drop his effort, Budd’s spokesman said.

“Senator Budd had a friendly phone call with President Trump discussing the legislative efforts regarding THC,” said spokesman Christian McMullen. He said the senator outlined his concerns about “any delay to closing the hemp loophole.”

Budd tried to strip the hemp delay from the bill, but the Senate turned aside his effort.

The bill delays a Trump administration rule on grants

Democratic lawmakers, along with Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, also got language in the bill that would block, for the duration of the funding patch, new regulations on federal grants. The regulations would require a senior political appointee to review grants before they are awarded to ensure, among other things, that they advance the president’s policy priorities. Democrats worry it’s an effort to kill grants destined for Democratic-leaning states.

“They are not interested in making our tax dollars work better — they just want them to work for Donald Trump,” said Sen. Patty Murray, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee.

The White House Office of Management and Budget says its effort is about improving accountability to ensure taxpayer dollars aren’t wasted or misused. The issue is sure to be a topic of future negotiations on a full-year spending measure.

But Collins said the vast majority of the nearly 500,000 people and groups weighing in on the rule are opposed to it.

“I don’t think in my time that I’ve been privileged to serve in the Senate that I have ever seen a proposed rule generate that many negative comments,” Collins said.

Back-to-school weather will feature a chance of mainly morning showers again on Monday, but a drier-than-normal week is in store, with rain chances only around 20% to 30% each day. Temperatures will be typically hot for August, however, with highs in the lower to middle 90s each day.

If you’re headed to the beach this weekend, be advised that there’s a rip current advisory in effect, so only swim at guarded beaches and don’t go in too deep.

All remains quiet in the tropics for now.

The freed captives, mostly women and children, were among over 300 kidnap victims freed by Nigerian forces this week.

They were handed over to the authorities by security forces in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara state, on Friday for medical attention and routine checks, and were anticipating their return home to reunite with their families.

Mary Ishaya recalled days without food, and being asked alongside others to bury other hostages who died in captivity.

The 44-year-old, who had never touched a dead body or buried one before, said: “I still cannot find the right words to describe what has happened to us. We saw death and suffering.”

The Nigerians were abducted on Feb. 3 when jihadi militants stormed the village of Woro, killing over 160 others.

In the hospital where they were receiving medical attention, the freed captives looked emaciated with many laying on the floor, barely able to stand, while others had injuries and emotional scars from their ordeal. Some of the women were informed that their husbands had been among those killed during the February attack.

Some told The Associated Press how they had given up on any hope of returning home. Others recounted people falling sick, being beaten by the rain, and told to hide whenever Nigerian military helicopters flew over the forest hideouts where the captors held them.

Amira Saliu, a nurse who was among those freed, said she helped about 10 pregnant women deliver their babies in the forests.

“I had no choice but to use my bare hands,” she said.

Locals in Woro said they suspected the killings and kidnapping were a punishment for their resistance to the preachings of the jihadis.

Hauwa Saliu recalled how the captors constantly asked the abductees if they had accepted those preachings. Saliu, whose husband was killed in the attack, said she refused to accept them.

“We prayed to God to help us go back home, but it never really crossed our minds that we were going to go back home,” the 30-year-old said.

‘Largest rescue operation ever’

February's attack was one of the deadliest in Nigeria in recent years, and showed how militants who had previously focused their activities in the north are moving south through Africa’s most populous nation, where gangs compete for territory and control of natural resources in villages where they outnumber the country’s overstretched security forces.

The U.S. is providing military support to Nigeria under an agreement it says aims to protect Nigerian Christians, though much of that support is restricted to logistics and intelligence-gathering at the heart of the violence in the north.

Mass kidnappings have come to define Nigeria's security issues, with schoolchildren also targeted.

The victims in the Muslim-majority Woro were rescued this week alongside 145 other victims who had been kidnapped, mostly from the neighboring Niger state.

Local authorities did not say how the captives were rescued from the dense, expansive forest of the Kainji Lake National Park.

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu described it as the “largest rescue operation ever” undertaken on a single day, and promised to intensify operations against armed gangs.

Recruitment drive and pay rises for the military

Some of the jihadi militants in Nigeria have presented themselves as an alternative to the government in areas with limited government and security presence.

A key issue in Nigeria is the poor welfare of the country's overstretched and underpaid security forces, which Tinubu has sought to address by recently announcing pay rises and mass recruitment for the military.

The government must find ways to act on intelligence and prevent militant attacks, rather than simply responding to them, according to Sekinat Ojeniyi, a senior analyst at global risk consultancy Africa Practice.

“It is time for us to recheck how much our security apparatus does to prevent” attacks, said Ojeniyi.

While they wrapped up many key priorities in the overnight votes, advancing Trump's SAVE America Act was not among them.

Instead, Republican senators who had brought the chamber to a standstill spoke to Trump late in the evening about an alternative plan: They would try again to approve elements of the voting bill as part of a broader GOP budget package to fund the Iran war and replenish the Pentagon when they return to work in September.

“Obviously, with the president at his direction, this is what he wants to do,” said Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, the GOP budget committee chairman, flanked by Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Rick Scott, R-Fla., after their phone call with the president.

The sudden wind-down after weeks of Trump ramping up his demands shows just how deeply the president is able to reach into the halls of Congress to set the agenda or disrupt it, the executive directing the affairs of the legislative branch. While Trump is often seen as a de facto speaker of the House, he is invariably trying his hand at mastering the Senate.

Trump had poked and prodded Senate Majority Leader John Thune for weeks to pass the SAVE America Act, a bill that does not have enough support from the Republicans who hold majority power, let alone the Democrats whose votes would be needed to advance it in the Senate.

The president has gone so far as to insist the Senate abandon its filibuster rules to jam the SAVE America Act past the 60-vote threshold that is typically needed to advance legislation in the chamber — something Thune and most senators have no interest in doing.

“John’s trying. He’s trying hard. I really believe that. But if he doesn’t get there, it would be unfortunate,” Trump said in an interview with Punchbowl News that posted Friday.

Trump's pressure couldn't overcome Thune's reality

Thune himself has worked to carefully balance the often unusual demands of the president with the political reality of his slim GOP majority. Republicans are down one vote with the prolonged absence of Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the former leader, who said this week he was released from a rehabilitation center and is recovering at home.

“I think everybody’s, for the most part, on the same page,” Thune, R-S.D., said about the trio's call with Trump, adding that eventually the Senate would have to tackle another budget bill.

During a daylong session that dragged for nearly 20 hours, Thune successfully powered through a lengthy list of other Trump priorities. Senators confirmed the president's pick of Todd Blanche as the attorney general, passed a sweeping Russian sanctions package to aid Ukraine, and approved a bipartisan package to fund the government into December in an early step toward avoiding a government shutdown.

The Republicans also tried to push forward a slimmer voting bill that would require people to show IDs before casting ballots for federal elections. It failed to advance, largely on a party-line vote with Democrats opposed.

But the failure to make progress on the SAVE America Act had erupted as an online crusade for Trump's allies in Congress, amplified by activists urging them on.

Led by Lee, a growing group of senators was refusing to adjourn for the summer break without passing Trump's priority voting bill.

At dinnertime, Thune gathered all the Republican senators for a meeting as the standoff deepened at the Capitol. There was no immediate way forward for the SAVE America Act or the broader budget bill. Thune encouraged the trio of senators to talk to the president, which they did, before regrouping back at Thune's office.

"We had about a two-hour conference meeting trying to figure out, you know, what we need to do to, to come to an agreement, to accomplish what the president wanted,” Johnson said. “Then we had discussion with the president, he agrees.”

Lee acknowledged he was disappointed by the outcome, but said he understood the political reality of the situation.

“We are not in a position right now where we have the wherewithal to pass it,” Lee told reporters at the Capitol, after the three senators emerged from Thune's office following their call with Trump.

Near daybreak, when the Senate did call for the vote to adjourn, Lee and others objected with hearty nos.

On the simple voice vote, the ayes had it, and the motion to adjourn was adopted.

The Republican-led Senate voted 50-49 to make Blanche the second confirmed attorney general since Trump returned to the White House last year with a stated desire to use the law enforcement agency to investigate his political enemies. While Blanche has already been leading the department in an acting capacity, his confirmation could free him to pursue the administration’s agenda even more aggressively.

Blanche said on social media that he was “deeply honored by the trust and confidence President Trump has placed in me,” adding that he was “grateful” to senators for working late to confirm him.

The vote followed a tumultuous confirmation fight that exposed deep concerns — from some Republicans as well as Democrats — about installing Trump’s close ally atop a Justice Department that historically prided itself on its independence from the White House.

In the end, Blanche was confirmed by the narrowest of margins, opposed by two Republicans — Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — and by every Democrat.

The path to confirmation for Blanche was unusually rocky, due in large part to Republican concerns about a controversial settlement of Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS.

Under pressure, Blanche publicly promised in writing that the department would abandon Trump’s proposed $1.8 billion compensation fund for the president’s allies, including those who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and rein in another piece of the settlement designed to shield Trump and his family from IRS tax audits.

His appeals were enough to win over Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy, the decisive vote who threw his support behind Blanche on Friday morning. Cassidy said no other nominee may be able to run the department better under Trump and suggested Blanche’s role as Trump’s former criminal defense lawyer can make him more effective at pushing back on the Republican president’s demands.

“This is not a referendum on President Trump. It is a decision regarding Mr. Blanche in very specific circumstances,” said Cassidy, who lost his primary this year to a Trump-backed challenger.

Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said confirming Blanche would be a “serious mistake.” He begged his colleagues not to be on the “wrong side” of history.

“If there is ever a moment in history when we need an Attorney General above reproach, who is clearly dedicated to ending corruption, even at the highest level of our government, it’s right now,” Durbin said.

Blanche’s loyalty to Trump left senators skeptical

The vote capped off a bruising confirmation fight, with Blanche’s loyalty to Trump at the center of the stalemate.

Blanche was elevated to the top Justice Department post in an acting capacity after Trump fired Pam Bondi in April. Blanche moved swiftly to advance the president’s interests, accelerating investigations into Trump’s perceived foes and announcing the settlement that created the $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” to compensate people who feel mistreated by the criminal justice system and provided Trump and family members with immunity from tax audits.

The controversial settlement threatened to torpedo Blanche’s nomination until he formally rescinded the fund in writing under pressure from Republican Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina. The deal reached between the senators and the department unlocked a vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee, which advanced Blanche’s nomination earlier this week

Even after the deal, Blanche faced opposition from some Republican senators concerned with the settlement fund and the tax audit immunity.

Murkowski announced early Friday that she would join Collins in opposing Blanche’s nomination, saying the country needs an attorney general “who will check the worst impulses of this administration.”

Former prosecutor rises as Trump’s defender

A former federal prosecutor in New York, Blanche rose to public prominence as a lead attorney on Trump’s defense team, including during the Republican’s hush money trial in New York. He also defended Trump against criminal charges in the two federal cases brought by the Biden administration’s Department of Justice — an experience Blanche has said provided him a firsthand look at what he contends was the weaponization of the criminal justice system against Trump.

Blanche entered the Justice Department last year as deputy attorney general under Bondi, overseeing the agency’s day-to-day operations and serving as the public face for high-profile and controversial matters, like the release of millions of investigative files related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Democrats have accused Blanche of prioritizing his loyalty to Trump above all else through investigations against Trump foes such as former FBI Director James Comey and a radical reshaping of the department. Under Bondi and Blanche’s leadership, the department has lost thousands of employees through firings, resignations or voluntary departures.

Blanche’s supporters say his experience as a federal prosecutor and the trust he earned from Trump in the courtroom make him better equipped than Bondi to explain to the White House the legal constraints of its demands. Republicans have also touted his efforts to bring down violent crime, tackle illegal immigration and combat violent cartels and drug trafficking.

Sen. Chuck Grassley, the Judiciary Committee chairman, gave a full-throated endorsement of Blanche ahead of voting, saying he’s led the Justice Department with distinction. “Mr. Blanche is the right choice,” said Grassley, R-Iowa.

It is unclear whether Blanche will fare any better in delivering on Trump’s desire for retribution than Bondi, whom Trump fired amid resistance from judges, grand jurors and the department’s own workforce as prosecutors sought to establish criminal conduct by one Trump foe after another.

Shortly after Blanche took the top post, the Justice Department moved to indict Comey on charges of threatening the 47th president by posting a social media photograph of seashells in the numerical arrangement of “86 47.” Comey’s lawyers are pressing to have the case dismissed, accusing the department of misleading judges, submitting documents containing false statements and withholding key facts.

Blanche has also appointed Joseph diGenova, a former Justice Department prosecutor from the Reagan administration, to oversee a Florida-based investigation into whether former law enforcement and intelligence officials conspired over the last decade to undermine Trump. But it remains uncertain whether that probe will result in any criminal charges.

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Associated Press writers Bill Barrow in Atlanta and Kevin Freking and Mary Clare Jalonick contributed to this report.

Four people, including a child, were killed in the overnight strikes on Kyiv and the surrounding region. Ukrainian forces hit Russian oil facilities.

Zelenskyy arrived in Belgrade on Friday for his first official visit to Serbia.

Speaking at a news conference in Belgrade with Zelenskyy, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic described Ukraine as a “friendly nation” and said he was honored to welcome the Ukrainian leader — the first visit by a Ukrainian president in eight years.

The two leaders discussed their countries’ efforts toward joining the European Union, bilateral ties and ways to expand cooperation.

Kyiv’s residents face regular drone and missile barrages that Ukraine’s depleted air defenses are struggling to counter amid Moscow’s 4-year-old full-scale invasion, while repeated Ukrainian strikes on oil facilities have caused fuel shortages and rattled Russians.

Paperwork holds up missile production licenses

Vucic, who has maintained close ties with Moscow and refused to sanction Russia over the invasion — drawing pressure from the EU to change course — reiterated that Serbia respects Ukraine’s territorial integrity and said that position would not change.

“The situation in Ukraine is difficult,” Zelenskyy said at the press conference. “There was another missile strike last night — ballistic missiles targeting our infrastructure. There were also attack drones.”

Zelenskyy said that deliveries of Patriot air defense interceptors — the sole air defense weapon in Ukraine’s arsenal able to shoot down ballistic missiles — have slowed compared with a year ago.

“There are fewer of these missiles in 2026. In 2025 there were more, I’ll tell you honestly, in terms of monthly supplies,” he said.

Zelenskyy said Washington has agreed to let Ukraine manufacture its own Patriot air defense interceptors, but that they are “stuck dealing with paperwork.”

“The process for some of these licenses is also taking a long time,” he said.

Boy killed with grandparents in Kyiv region

The talks in Belgrade came after multiple Russian drones destroyed the home of a family in the Brovary district, northeast of Kyiv, killing a 3-year-old child and his grandparents, local officials said.

Three other members of the same family and a neighbor who came to their aid were hospitalized, local authorities said. The attack reduced the house to rubble and wrecked outbuildings and cars.

Zelenskyy said at least one other person died in a “strike involving six ballistic missiles against civilian infrastructure” in the capital.

In its daily report, Ukraine’s air force said it had downed or intercepted 135 of 151 drones launched by Russia overnight. The attack also involved six ballistic missiles and other guided missiles.

Russia has relentlessly pounded civilian areas of Ukraine, even though Moscow insists its forces target only military facilities.

Ukraine’s air defenses shot down around 5,300 drones and missiles last month, Ukraine’s defense ministry said Friday, just under 60% of the around 9,000 attack drones and missiles Russia fired in the same period.

Moscow is exploiting Ukraine’s critical shortage of interceptors for the U.S.-made Patriot systems, the sole air defense weapon in its arsenal able to shoot down ballistic missiles.

Zelenskyy has pleaded with other countries, especially the U.S., to send more of the ammunition made scarcer by the Iran war. Failing that, he wants to make Patriot ammunition in Ukraine or win permission from Elon Musk to use his Starlink satellite communications system to guide strikes inside Russia that can hit its missile launchers.

Following the latest attacks, Zelenskyy appealed on X for more sanctions to “prevent the production of these ballistic missiles,” along with “anti-ballistic capabilities” and “interceptor missiles.”

Ukraine strikes Russian oil facilities

In Russia, six people were wounded when a fire broke out at the Ilsky Oil Refinery, in the southern Krasnodar region, due to debris from a falling drone, local officials said.

Ukraine's General Staff said Ukrainian forces struck the refinery in Krasnodar, along with the Syzran Oil Refinery in the Samara region, more than 800 kilometers (500 miles) inside Russia.

Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, governor of Russia’s Samara region, said drones hit an “industrial enterprise,” but he did not mention the refinery.

Ukraine’s almost daily long-range drone and missile strikes using domestically developed weapons have battered Russian oil facilities for months. The operation has brought a fuel crisis that is embarrassing the Kremlin.

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Yurchuk reported from Kyiv, Ukraine. Associated Press writer Elise Morton in London contributed to this report.

The 14-year-old opened fire at around 10 a.m. Friday at Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Nonthaburi province northwest of the Thai capital before apparently taking his own life. He also appeared to have killed his two grandparents at his family home earlier in the morning, officials said.

The girl, 12, died after hospitalization, the Health Ministry said. The school had posted a message on Facebook Friday seeking blood donations for two students, including the girl, who was in seventh grade.

Fourteen people remain hospitalized, of whom seven remain in critical condition Saturday, according to Thailand’s Health Ministry. Most of those wounded were between 12 and 14 years old.

Relatives claimed the bodies of eight people from Bangkok’s Institute of Forensic Medicine: five school staff, the accused shooter, and his grandparents. Emergency workers brought out a coffin and loaded it onto an ambulance, which will transport the bodies to their hometowns for funeral rites.

The young girl’s body is still to be released.

Wiroon Supasingsiripreecha, head of the institute, said most of the victims suffered a single fatal gunshot wound to a vital area, including the chest or head.

He said the gunshot wound found on the alleged shooter was consistent with the weapon he had used. More detailed forensic findings, including toxicology results, are expected later, he said.

Officials said the gun, described as small and compact, was legally registered to the boy’s grandfather.

There were reports that the boy, who lived with his grandparents, had shown signs of stress connected to school, although some of his relatives told Thai media that they were unaware of any troubles he might have been facing.

The co-educational state school, which has about 3,000 students enrolled aged 12 to 18, said all classes would be suspended between Aug. 10-14 and school staff were instructed to work from home during that time.

A few mourners laid flowers Saturday morning at the school's gate, where a few police officers could be seen.

Charin Siriananchai brought his two sons, ages 9 and 6, to pay their respects. He said while his sons do not study here, he lives in the neighborhood and drives past this school almost every day, often stopping to allow students to cross the road.

“Everyone was saddened and shocked, because it was unexpected that this would happen in Thailand, and also it’s quite a great loss,” he said.

Some parents also came with their children to collect their belongings left behind after the shooting. A father, who declined to identify himself, said his son, who was at the school during the shooting, was still in shock and could not sleep alone.

Thailand has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in Asia, second only to Pakistan and far surpassing its Southeast Asian neighbors.

Data collected in 2017 by the groups Small Arms Survey and GunPolicy.org in their last extensive international study found civilian gun ownership in Thailand was about 15.1 guns per 100 people, compared with less than one per 100 in neighboring Malaysia.

Thailand had 3.49 deaths by firearms per 100,000 people, according to 2023 statistics published by World Population Review. That puts it well behind parts of Latin America and the Caribbean, but relatively high in Asia. Only the Philippines is higher in Southeast Asia.

While shootings involving indiscriminate killings are not common, the country has seen an uptick in high-profile shooting deaths in recent years.

In February, a 17-year-old stole a gun from police and opened fire at a public high school in southern Thailand, briefly taking people hostage in a two-hour attack that killed one person and wounded two others.

A 14-year-old boy was accused of a 2023 shooting at a major Bangkok shopping mall.

The event on the Bir-Hakeim Bridge has also exposed the fragility of that ambition: Organizers suspended training Thursday when traces of hydrocarbons were detected upstream. By Friday, the French Swimming Federation said the affected area had been treated, allowing athletes to return to the water and the event to proceed as planned.

High diving concludes Saturday with the final two rounds and medal events, while the broader European Aquatics Championships run through Aug. 16.

“There are things that are within our control, and there are uncertainties that are inevitably linked to any outdoor activity,” said Maxime Sauvage, Paris deputy mayor in charge of sports, sports facilities and equal access to sport.

Among the things within the city’s control, he said, are the massive investments made before the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games to make the river safe for swimming, from work to prevent sewage from flowing directly into the Seine to improvements in stormwater management.

“There is always a small risk, but that is also part of what makes outdoor events special,” Sauvage said. “When they work, it is magical.”

Hundreds of people gathered along the riverbanks Friday to watch the divers. Some stopped during their lunch break, while others stumbled across the competition by chance.

Among them was Rebecca Kapogiannis, a 45-year-old visitor from London, Ontario, who was visiting Paris with her daughter to celebrate her graduation. Her daughter had even packed a bathing suit in case she got the chance to swim in the Seine.

“We just headed down to the (Eiffel) Tower today and thought we would walk along the Seine and stumbled upon this and thought it was a really cool activity to watch,” she told The Associated Press.

“I was not expecting a competition to take place in the Seine, but I think it’s such a cool use of this water that runs right through the city.”

For Cynthia Matz, who was visiting Paris with her husband, Sean, the setting itself was part of the draw. She said they probably would not have sought out the competition had it been held inside an aquatics center.

“Anybody can go. I don’t have to know anything about diving. I can just say, ‘This is really cool to see,’” Matz said.

“Having it out in public, people will just stop and go, ‘Huh, what’s going on?’ and stop and spend some time and enjoy it.”

That ability to stumble across elite sport in the middle of the city reflects a broader transformation Paris officials have been pushing for years: turning the Seine from a river associated largely with commerce, transport and tourism into a place where people can also swim, play and compete.

The 38th European Aquatics Championships, from July 31 to Aug. 16, mark the centenary of the inaugural championships, held in Budapest in 1926. For Paris, they are a return of another kind: The French capital last hosted the event in 1931.

More than 1,000 athletes are competing across five disciplines: swimming, diving, artistic swimming, open-water swimming and high diving.

The Seine is hosting both open-water swimming and high diving, placing the river back at the center of a major international sporting event two years after the Paris Olympics.

Swimming in the Seine was officially banned in 1923 amid pollution and the dangers of river traffic. Public swimming returned only in 2025, after Paris and its partners mobilized 1.4 billion euros to make the river swimmable, an effort accelerated by the Olympics.

For many French people, former President Jacques Chirac’s 1988 pledge, when he was mayor of Paris, to make the Seine clean enough for swimming again seemed like a distant dream.

But since the 2024 Olympics, images of athletes competing — and now residents swimming — in the river have become almost familiar.

Around 70,000 people used the city’s designated Seine swimming areas in July, according to Paris City Hall, compared with nearly 100,000 during the entire summer last year, suggesting growing public interest in reclaiming the river for recreation.

Bringing sport into daily Parisian life has been an objective across successive city administrations. Under Emmanuel Grégoire, elected mayor in March, Sauvage said the mission is to “make the entire city increasingly favorable to physical activity and sport.”

“For decades, the Seine was limited to economic purposes, tourism with sightseeing boats, and logistics with ships loading and unloading goods in Paris,” Sauvage said. “It was a river with high levels of pollution that also had a significant impact on its biodiversity.”

Now, he says, the aim is to add another identity to the river without erasing the others.

“Paris is not just a postcard image, it is also a magnificent sporting venue,” Sauvage said. “It is a city that people come to visit, but it is also a city to be experienced by bike, through running, through sport, through play and through swimming.”

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Associated Press writer Thomas Adamson in Paris contributed

The Los Angeles Dodgers lost their season-high seventh game in a row in a stunning collapse on Friday night after the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied for a 4-3 win when rookie Ryan Waldschmidt hit a two-run, walk-off homer against closer Edwin Diaz.

“A loss is a loss but to get walked off never feels good,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “We didn't play a clean game, a great game, on either side of the baseball, but we did enough to put ourselves in position to win a game.

"Unfortunately, we couldn't finish it.”

It was another rough outing for Diaz, who has an 11.00 ERA over 11 outings this season. The 32-year-old is a three-time All-Star, but hasn't been able to help the Dodgers much after signing a $69 million, three-year deal during the offseason.

Waldschmidt connected on Diaz's hanging slider, hitting it into the left-center field seats for his second career homer and first big league walk-off.

“It's the slider,” Diaz said. “The fastball was great today, but I missed the slider right in the middle. I think I was trying to be perfect with the pitch and I'm missing right in the middle — I've got to be better. I'm a big league pitcher so I've got to make pitches.”

The Dodgers were swept by the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs coming into Friday night's game. They still have a comfortable lead in the NL West — 7 1/2 games in front of the Diamondbacks — despite a 10-16 record since July 5.

Roberts acknowledged that Diaz has been struggling since his return from the injured list on July 29, but the manager wasn't necessarily ready to try a new closer. His reasoning was simple: there's no clear-cut alternative.

“Honestly, you've got to look at the options,” Roberts said. “The way some of these guys are throwing, they're not throwing great, either."

The Dodgers still look like a formidable team, particularly after adding ace left-hander Tarik Skubal in a trade-deadline deal with the Detroit Tigers last week. Two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell is also slated to return on Tuesday after missing most of the season with injuries.

And the lineup still has plenty of star power with Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts and Kyle Tucker.

Roberts said before Friday's game that the remedy for the recent troubles was simple.

“We've just got to play better,” Roberts said. “I don't think the standings — I mean they're important, they matter — but I just feel like with the talent we have, we've just got to play good baseball and it'll take care of itself. It always does.”

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New York improved to 2-8 in extra-inning games, halting an eight-game winning streak overall for the NL East leaders.

Yankees left-hander Max Fried pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings in his first outing against his former team, but Tyler Mahle matched him with six shutout innings in his Atlanta debut.

Austin Riley homered in the eighth and Matt Olson went deep in the ninth to give the Braves a 2-0 lead. With the Yankees down to their final out, slumping Austin Wells doubled home a run off All-Star closer Raisel Iglesias.

Amed Rosario walked before Rice singled on a 1-0 changeup.

Heliot Ramos was hit by a pitch to load the bases before Dylan Dodd entered and retired Luis García Jr. on a groundout to send the game to extra innings.

New York's rally began when rookie George Lombard Jr. reached on an infield single with one out and advanced to third on Iglesias' throwing error.

David Bednar (5-3) pitched a scoreless 10th, helped by Lombard's off-balance throw from shortstop on Sean Murphy’s grounder and García's over-the-shoulder catch at first base on Ronald Acuña Jr.'s popup to end the inning.

With one out in the bottom half, rookie Spencer Jones was intentionally walked and Lombard worked a walk from Tyler Kinley (6-5) that loaded the bases. García, the automatic runner, scored easily on McMahon's sac fly to deep right field on a full-count pitch as the Yankees improved to 5-42 when trailing through eight innings.

The start was delayed by heavy rain and thunderstorms for 1 hour, 55 minutes.

It was the eighth time in 10 games a Yankees starter permitted no more than one run.

Fried spent his first eight major league seasons with the Braves before leaving as a free agent to sign a $218 million, eight-year contract with New York in December 2024.

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In a marquee matchup of Cy Young Award winners, Atlanta LHP Chris Sale (12-6, 2.08 ERA) pitches Saturday for the first time since July 29 when he faces New York RHP Gerrit Cole (5-5, 3.42) on Old Timers' Day at Yankee Stadium.

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Waldschmidt connected on a slider, hitting a shot to left center that barely cleared the wall. Diaz walked Max Kepler to start the ninth before striking out Tim Tawa, but Waldschmidt followed with the biggest hit of his young career.

Diaz — a three-time All-Star — has given up 11 earned runs in nine innings this season.

The Dodgers trailed 2-0 early in the game but rallied. Andy Pages' solo homer to lead off the eighth gave them a 3-2 lead.

D-backs right-hander Merrill Kelly took a no-hitter into the sixth before Tommy Edman led off with an infield single. Freddie Freeman brought home a run later in the inning on a fielder's choice, cutting Arizona's lead to 2-1, and Kelly had to leave the game with cramping in his right leg.

The Dodgers tied it at 2 in the seventh on Edman's RBI single and had the bases loaded before Shohei Ohtani grounded into an inning-ending double play.

Roki Sasaki gave up two runs on five hits and a walk over six innings. He struck out five.

Nolan Arenado gave the D-backs a 1-0 lead in the second with a solo homer that barely cleared the left field fence and the glove of Teoscar Hernandez. It was Arenado's 17th homer of the season.

In the third, Corbin Carroll robbed Edman of a ying homer, leaping high above the right field fence to make the grab.

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The Diamondbacks were set to start RHP Brandon Pfaadt (6-1, 3.66 ERA) vs. Dodgers RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7, 2.76) on Saturday.

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Judge Bryan Biedscheid fined the company $567 million in his ruling Thursday, but he also prescribed steps to clean up what he described as its byproducts. He ordered new safety measures, including a time limit of 90 hours per month for users under 18, AI chatbot restrictions, and mandatory warnings on the platforms.

How easily those features can be implemented, and how effective they could be at protecting young users from mental health harms, are unresolved questions. They also would apply only to children in New Mexico, Meta has no deadline to introduce them, and the company has said it will appeal the ruling.

But the judge’s order showed a possible path forward for other court fights around the country as Meta faces mounting legal, regulatory and public pressure to do more to protect young people.

The ruling came in the second phase of a trial in a lawsuit the state of New Mexico filed against the social media giant. The new financial penalty is in addition to the $375 million in civil penalties that jurors ordered against Meta in March after determining the company knowingly harmed children’s mental health and concealed what it knew about child sexual exploitation on its platforms.

Meta said in a statement Thursday that it works to keep people safe on its platforms and has been transparent about the challenges of identifying and removing bad actors and harmful content.

“We remain confident in our record of protecting teens online and will continue to defend ourselves against claims that misrepresent the facts,” the company said.

Implementation of court-ordered measures poses challenges

Many of the changes ordered by Biedscheid hinge on strong age-verification measures. The ruling says Meta must improve its age assurance models and tools in New Mexico and proactively request proof of age for users they know or estimate to be under 13.

What that proof of age could look like, however, is unclear.

Age verification “can be done well in a privacy-protective way, but it is not easy,” said Peter Ormerod, an associate professor of law at Villanova University.

Federal children’s privacy laws prevent Meta from applying age-verification tools to children under 13. The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act means the court cannot order Meta to request children to submit personal data or be passively tracked online, even for age verification purposes.

Identifying which users are in New Mexico, and subject to the court-ordered protections, could also pose a challenge. Ormerod said Meta could likely check if a user is accessing the platform from an IP address associated with New Mexico, a solution “that works reasonably well enough.”

Meta has several safety tools already in place. Instagram Teen Accounts, for one, have built-in protections to limit who can contact teens and what content they can see, and give parents the ability to set time limits.

Brooke Istook, the president and chief strategy officer at the advocacy organization Heat Initiative, said she was glad to see the judge's reforms will be court-supervised.

“Now, we will have someone in an official capacity checking the homework of these companies,” she said. “The fact that we have the court now involved, they’re able to evaluate how they’re implemented, whether or not they’re effective and whether or not they are actually working to keep kids safe online.”

Experts say the ruling leaves out some of the most harmful features

Meta's critics say some of the most recognizable and potentially harmful aspects of Instagram and Facebook's designs are untouched by the ruling.

Features like autoplay, infinite scroll and algorithmic content recommendations have been the prime targets of legal arguments that social media platforms are designed to be addictive. But Biedscheid wrote in his ruling that these features are used across the social media industry on other platforms, so restricting Meta's features but not those of its competitors would harm the company.

That was disappointing to see for Sophia Choukas-Bradley, an associate professor of psychology at the University of Pittsburgh.

“Those design features have played a very important role in what leads to problematic use of social media by adolescents and, in turn, mental health problems,” Choukas-Bradley said.

Still, Choukas-Bradley said she was in favor of several safety measures in the ruling, especially one that orders the “like counts” on the apps be hidden by default on minors' accounts, a setting that could only be overridden by a parent or guardian. She also supports a measure that would create a stronger separation between children and “unconnected” adults on the platforms. Meta would not be able to recommend a child's account to an adult's account, and adults who are not “friends” or followers of a minor's account would be barred from messaging the child.

“There are just too many documented cases of sextortion, sexploitation and sex trafficking that start in the online context for us to ignore this any longer,” Choukas-Bradley said.

It is unclear which features on social media platforms are most harmful for children's mental health, said Sonia Livingstone, a professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science. There is ample evidence, however, that more vulnerable children are more susceptible to the companies' design features, she said.

“Tested one by one, the evidence for each design feature will be weaker, as it is the combination of features that really will make the difference for children’s outcomes,” said Livingstone, who leads the Digital Futures for Children research center.

Some hope New Mexico's actions lead to further regulations

Because the measures in the judge's order are specific to users in New Mexico, experts say piecemeal rulings and inconsistent legislation at the state level could create a new crop of issues.

“It really needs to be uniform at the congressional level, it causes all sorts of problems,” said Neama Rahmani, a former federal prosecutor and president of West Coast Trial Lawyers. “It just doesn’t make sense in today’s era of technology.”

Some advocates say they hope similar rulings in other states could stir action in Congress, and spur new efforts to pass federal legislation.

For parents in New Mexico, the ruling could change the conversations with their teens about social media use. Heather Statum, an Albuquerque mother of a 13-year-old girl, says her daughter is constantly requesting access to various social media platforms.

Statum has heard horror-stories about predators lurking on Instagram or Snapchat. She's also aware that among her daughter’s peers, discussions of suicide and other mental health issues are prominent online and worries about her daughter being exposed to disturbing content.

“The stuff (social media companies) have in place to protect them, I don’t think any of it actually works,” Statum said. “It does cause major problems between us because she thinks that I’m too strict.”

Statum says the platform-level changes from the ruling could promote safe usage, but said it will be hard to balance safety with freedom. She believes educating kids on dangers is the best path forward.

A Supreme Court decision in June struck down a previous attempt at restricting birthright citizenship, but Thursday’s orders were made with “adjustments” keeping the decision in mind, President Donald Trump said.

Still, some of the restrictions announced by the White House are expected to face legal challenges.

The 14th Amendment, which makes a citizen of anyone born in the country, and two subsequent Supreme Court decisions interpreting it provide guidelines that already exclude certain births from receiving the citizenship benefit.

Trump's new attempt to restrict birthright citizenship even after the Supreme Court loss highlights the administration's drive to limit who can become an American.

New categories of restricted citizenship benefits

Birthright citizenship is guaranteed under current law for anyone who is born on U.S. soil, with a few exceptions.

The executive order released Thursday was narrower in scope than the previous one shot down by the Supreme Court and appeared to focus on restricting automatic citizenship to specific categories of people, including children born to adults with connections to foreign embassies or organizations as well as anyone considered an “alien enemy” of the United States.

U.S. immigration law says babies born to a “foreign diplomatic officer accredited to the United States” are not entitled to birthright citizenship under the Constitution, including ambassadors, ministers, chargés d’affaires, counselors, secretaries and attachés of embassies and legations, and members of the Delegation of the Commission of the European Communities.

Trump’s orders Thursday would sharply expand those exemptions.

One order disqualifies babies who are products of “birth tourism.” The other applies to children of anyone working in a foreign embassy or representing a foreign government and employees of the United Nations or other international organizations. Children of parents tied to groups that are deemed terrorist organizations, like Antifa or Tren de Aragua, are also excluded.

“How is the federal government going to decide that a child is born to a member of a designated terrorist organization?” said César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández, a law professor at Ohio State University. “These are not organizations that are sharing the membership lists if they even have them.”

Citizenship through surrogacy has become a concern for Republican members of Congress, some of whom proposed a bill this year that would restrict citizenship for children of noncitizen parents born to surrogates in the U.S.

García Hernández said he believes the new executive order addressing surrogacy could raise new legal questions. “Neither the 14th Amendment nor any of the Supreme Court’s decisions about how to interpret the 14th Amendment mentions or hints at surrogates,” the law professor said.

Questions over the scope of birth tourism

Trump’s executive order defines birth tourism as someone who enters the United States on a “nonimmigrant visa for the purpose of giving birth on American soil.”

Birth tourism is already considered fraud and grounds to restrict a visa if someone seeks one specifically to come to the U.S. and obtain citizenship for a child.

Advocates said the executive order would give immigration officers discretion to deny entry to pregnant women suspected of wanting to give birth in the U.S. without providing clearly defined guidelines.

The president did not offer data indicating the scope of the problem, but said Thursday: “I’ll tell you right now, hundreds of thousands, OK? Hundreds of thousands."

Although there's no official estimate of how many births can be considered “birth tourism” cases, experts say Trump’s approximation is exaggerated.

“The hundreds of thousands just seems like an overestimate based on the sort of limited data that we have available,” said Colleen Putzel-Kavanaugh, an associate policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute.

Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that in 2024 nearly 9,600 children were born to foreign mothers with an official address outside the country. Another estimate from the Center for Immigration Studies, a think tank that advocates for lower immigration, estimated that 20,000 to 26,000 birth tourists come to the U.S. each year.

Facilitators of birth tourism targeted

The order provides a sweeping indictment of “birth tourism operators” with no evidence of how widespread they are or how or why anyone accused of using their services would be exempt from constitutional protection.

Those efforts are not new either. Previous administrations have also sought to prosecute so-called “birth tourism” schemes that helped women hide their pregnancies while traveling to the United States to give birth.

“Birth tourism operators use deceptive advertisements and inducements to entice foreign nationals to travel to the United States for the purpose of giving birth on American soil,” the order says.

“They promise citizenship; access to public benefits; and short-term stays in specialized facilities, hotels, or rentals, but often fail to deliver on these promises. These operators coach their clients to misrepresent the purpose and duration of their travel to consular and border officials to obtain visas authorizing entry into the United States.”

The Republican Party has embraced the mission. In late July, the office of the attorney general in Texas announced a “sweeping investigation” into potentially unlawful birth tourism schemes after some south Texas hospitals advertised birthing services in Mexico.

Legal challenges expected

Asked Thursday how his orders would survive Supreme Court scrutiny when his last attempt failed, Trump deferred to White House staff secretary Will Scharf, who, like his boss, sounded alarms about “birth tourism.” He emphasized consular discretion to grant visas.

“What we’re doing is taking legally validated means that are clearly within our disposal and targeting them to this birth tourism industry. There’s absolutely nothing here that runs afoul of any of the Supreme Court rulings on the subject,” Sharf said.

Advocates against the proposed changes said they believe the constitutional amendment and Supreme Court decisions will again stop the administration's efforts to restrict birthright citizenship.

“The bottom line is that the Supreme Court already considered the Trump administration’s plea to rewrite the Constitution and rejected it,” said Cody Wofsy, deputy director at the American Civil Liberties Union Immigrants’ Rights Project.

“Birthright citizenship is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment, and no amount of executive orders is going to change that.”

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“Healthcare shouldn't bankrupt you, housing should not feel impossible, polluters shouldn't pass their bill to us and artists should not be replaced by AI," Smith said. "That’s why I’m supporting Tom Steyer for governor.”

But Smith started the video with a disclaimer: “This is an ad, and honestly, I wish more political content said that first." His caption specified that he was paid by Steyer's campaign.

California is one of two states, along with Texas, that have passed policies requiring content creators to say if they've been paid by a political campaign to post, and the Golden State is considering cracking down by fining people who don't.

Campaigns have long worked with celebrities and major influencers to win over voters, but now they are teaming up with smaller creators — sometimes with fewer than 100,000 followers — to reach more tailored audiences. That has sparked debates about whether disclosure rules for political advertisements should apply to content creators, who are expected to play prominent roles in the upcoming midterms and the 2028 presidential election.

“If you’re running for president and you are not currently trying to court some of these people or lining up your own people to act as surrogates for you, you’re already behind,” said Mike Nellis, a Democratic strategist who worked for Kamala Harris' presidential campaign.

Campaigns tap creators to spread their message

Questions about transparency have been fueled by high-profile instances of influencers making content intended to change minds or votes without disclosing they were paid for it.

In 2022, the campaign of then-Senate candidate John Fetterman paid Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi of “Jersey Shore” to record a video teasing his GOP rival for leaving New Jersey before announcing his run in Pennsylvania. In 2023, content creators were paid by an influencer marketing agency with conservative ties to defend Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, after he was impeached for alleged bribery and other accusations of misconduct, according to the Texas Tribune. The payments weren’t clearly disclosed in either case.

Steyer, a Democratic billionaire who spent more than $215 million of his own money in his unsuccessful bid for governor, took fire from rivals for paying content creators. He wasn’t the only hopeful in the race paying influencers, but he faced much of the blowback since he’d already been accused of trying to buy the election. Many of the creators who worked with Steyer’s campaign disclosed that they were paid, but the state’s campaign finance watchdog is investigating several other instances in which creators allegedly didn't.

There are no federal disclosure rules

California Sen. Adam Schiff introduced federal legislation last month, but it hasn't received a vote yet. Some outside groups are urging the Federal Election Commission to pass its own rule.

California's law requiring disclosure, passed in 2023, is difficult to enforce. The state’s campaign watchdog can seek a court order compelling an influencer to disclose that they were paid, but that can take months.

That prompted Democratic Assemblymember Marc Berman to write a new bill to penalize content creators and political committees if the creator fails to state they were compensated. The bill would give the state’s Fair Political Practices Commission the power to fine influencers and committees if they are found to have violated the law, allowing the commission to bypass the court process. They could face fines of up to $5,000 per violation, according to the commission.

“Voters should have a right to know whether or not campaigns are paying for the messaging that they’re seeing,” Berman said.

Texas’ campaign watchdog passed a rule in 2024 requiring content creators to include disclaimers when they are paid for political advertisements, and the New York Legislature is considering a similar requirement. Other disclosure bills failed in recent years in Utah and Georgia.

Influencer says his ad had an impact

Smith, the L.A. influencer, hadn’t committed to a candidate for governor when a trusted friend told him to look into Steyer. That friend had been paid to post about Steyer.

Smith liked Steyer’s promise to increase taxes on billionaires and his refusal to accept donations from corporate political action committees.

He ended up doing two paid ads, both of which included compensation disclaimers that the Steyer campaign told him were a requirement.

Smith wouldn't say exactly how much the campaign paid him, but he said it was in the thousands of dollars. He thinks the posts had an impact on his followers, with only a few detractors pushing back.

“They kind of trust my voice,” he said of his audience. “They knew that if I’m saying it, it’s at least something they should look into.”

Creators respond to proposed policy changes

Dustin Torreverde, a content creator in Southern California who hasn’t been paid by a political campaign for social media posts, said it's important for influencers to be transparent with their audiences. But the bill could pose an unfair burden on creators who are just trying to make a living, he said.

“A lot of us are very small creators,” he said. “So if we were to get penalized and we have to get lawyers, stuff like that, it’s going to be very difficult for us.”

Adina Flores, a libertarian content creator in Northern California who votes for both parties, said influencers should have to disclose if they are paid and she generally supports penalties. She worries that some people may take money to post political content without doing a “deep dive into the candidate to make sure that’s somebody they should support.”

Saurav Ghosh, a lawyer with the Campaign Legal Center, a nonprofit focused on protecting U.S. democracy, hopes disclosure requirements passed by states will lead to federal rules.

“Transparency is one of the most important pillars of our election system,” he said.

Se estima que los vientos máximos sostenidos de la tormenta alcanzan los 162 kilómetros por hora (101 mph). Dolphin descargará fuertes lluvias, lo que acarrea un riesgo de inundaciones graves, así como de deslaves, y se espera que a última hora del domingo afecte a la provincia de Zhejiang y al norte de la vecina provincia de Fujian. Shanghái también está en la trayectoria del tifón.

Los meteorólogos pronosticaron que algunas zonas podrían recibir entre 200 y 400 milímetros (7,9–15,7 pulgadas) de lluvia en los próximos días.

Las autoridades nacionales declararon una respuesta de emergencia de grado III, el segundo nivel más bajo.

Muchos destinos turísticos de Zhejiang permanecerán cerrados el sábado y el domingo, y se han suspendido la actividad acuática, incluidos los ferris y los cruceros.

Las autoridades de la ciudad de Ningbo, una de las más grandes de la provincia, ordenaron el cierre de las escuelas y otras instalaciones educativas este fin de semana y la suspensión de todas las actividades relacionadas con el agua. Unas 800 embarcaciones están atracadas en el puerto.

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The storm’s maximum sustained winds were estimated at about 162 kilometers per hour (101 mph). It will bring heavy rains, creating a risk of severe flooding as well as landslides and is expected to hit Zhejiang province and northern parts of neighboring Fujian province late Sunday. Shanghai is also in the path of the storm.

Forecasters predicted that areas could see 200-400 mm (7.9–15.7 inches) of rainfall over the next few days.

National authorities declared a level III emergency response, the second lowest level.

Many tourist destinations in Zhejiang are shut Saturday and Sunday, as well as all water-based activities, including ferries and cruises.

Authorities in the city of Ningbo, one of the province's largest, ordered schools and other educational facilities shut this weekend and all water-related activities to halt. Some 800 ships are docked at the port.

En un discurso durante su investidura, De la Espriella manifestó que el gobierno colombiano impulsará una transición energética —un giro para alejarse del petróleo, el gas y el carbón hacia fuentes de energía más limpias como la eólica y la solar—, pero insistió en que no debe hacerse a costa de la industria petrolera y gasífera del país.

“Creo en la transición energética”, manifestó. “Pero esta transición debe erigirse desde la fortaleza y no desde la debilidad; desde la autosuficiencia y no desde la dependencia”.

Las declaraciones refuerzan un giro marcado respecto del expresidente Gustavo Petro, quien dejó de adjudicar nuevos contratos de exploración de petróleo y gas mientras orientaba a Colombia hacia las energías renovables y convertía la protección de la Amazonía en un eje central de su agenda ambiental. Hace apenas cuatro meses, el gobierno de Petro organizó una cumbre internacional en la ciudad caribeña de Santa Marta con el objetivo de sumar apoyo a una transición global para alejarse de los combustibles fósiles.

Los compromisos reflejan promesas que De la Espriella hizo durante toda su campaña presidencial, cuando reiteradamente se comprometió a ampliar la producción de petróleo y gas y revertir elementos clave de la política energética de Petro.

Al calificar la seguridad energética de asunto de soberanía nacional, De la Espriella sostuvo que Colombia no podía esperar prosperidad a largo plazo si deja sus recursos naturales sin desarrollar.

Señaló que reconstruir Ecopetrol —la petrolera de Colombia de la que el Estado es propietario mayoritario, y una de las mayores fuentes de ingresos fiscales y de ganancias por exportaciones del país— sería “una prioridad definitiva y absoluta”, tras acusar al gobierno anterior de debilitar a la compañía.

El nuevo presidente también confirmó que su gobierno autorizará el fracking —un método de extracción de petróleo y gas que consiste en inyectar agua, arena y químicos bajo tierra para fracturar formaciones rocosas— bajo lo que describió como “los más altos estándares técnicos y ambientales”. Dijo que también ampliará la exploración de petróleo y gas para reconstruir las reservas en declive de Colombia, garantizar la seguridad energética del país y atraer nuevamente inversión al sector.

De la Espriella advirtió que el sistema energético colombiano se encuentra “en una situación crítica”, al citar la disminución de las reservas de petróleo y gas, los retrasos en proyectos energéticos y el aumento de la demanda de electricidad.

Indicó que el fenómeno meteorológico de El Niño que se aproxima, que por lo general trae sequías prolongadas y puede reducir la generación hidroeléctrica, significa que hay poco tiempo para actuar.

“El fenómeno de El Niño no da espera. Para superarlo, es imperativo implementar soluciones urgentes”, manifestó.

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According to the Lauderhill Police Department, officers responded to the 1500 block of Northwest 33rd Avenue at around 1:15 p.m. and found the wounded victim.

Police said medics took the man to Broward Health Medical Center, where doctors pronounced him dead. Authorities have not yet released his name.

Verdis Whitehead ran out of his home after hearing what he thought was someone knocking on a door. Instead, he realized they were gunshots.

“I went over there to see what was going on and the guy was on the ground. He was bleeding out of his mouth and out his nose,” Whitehead said.

Whitehead tried to help the man who had been shot just a few houses away.

An LPD spokesperson said a “motive is currently unknown” and police had not identified a suspect or suspects.

Neighbors told Local 10 News they heard about four gunshots.

“I heard shots fired. Then I started to hear the girl crying and screaming. Then when I came outside, I saw the deceased person on the stretcher, blood was coming out his nose and head,” neighbor Alsia Shakir said. “I was just in the house watching a movie and then I just hear shots fired. I hurry up and run to the living room, and I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh!’”

Anyone with information on the “active” investigation is asked to call LPD at 954-497-4700 or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

It follows reporting last month, including from The New York Times, on security concerns over the new, Qatari-gifted Air Force One, including that it lacked the advanced antimissile capabilities of its predecessor.

Kendall told The Associated Press late Friday that he was “completely mystified” by the revocation.

“I’ve always been extremely careful to not say anything classified, and as far as I know I have not,” Kendall said. “No one has said anything to me about what I’m asserted to have revealed and I can’t imagine what it could be.”

The plane underwent a $400 million retrofit and upgrade. It has been put into service domestically and President Donald Trump also flew on it to Turkey last month. But he used an older model Air Force One jet to leave the NATO summit, as the U.S. launched airstrikes on Iran and Tehran attacked three Gulf Arab states.

The Times reported that the president made the switch at the urging of the Secret Service and that the newer plane lacked some of the advanced security features of the older Air Force One aircraft. Trump denied to reporters that the swap was due to security concerns, although he also said he is under threat "all the time” and is Iran’s “No. 1” target.

In the Times article, Kendall, who served under President Joe Biden, is quoted as saying that the time for upgrades to the plane would not have been enough for “all the normal Air Force One modifications” and he was surprised that the plane was used outside the U.S.

Kendall said Friday, “I’ve been comfortable being on the record with reporters and on national television about the Qatari 747 because I’m confident that I haven’t said anything classified.”

In response to the reporting, the Justice Department subpoenaed the Times' reporters to try to compel them to out their sources, which stirred fears over press freedoms. The department, after criticism from the judge for sloppy legal work, grudgingly withdrew the subpoenas last month.

The Air Force has argued that the rapid conversion of the jet was done “without accepting any risk regarding security, safety, or secure communications,” but it also has acknowledged the different capabilities. It said “several highly complex engineering modifications” required for the new U.S.-made Air Force One aircraft were intentionally excluded in the modifications to the plane from Qatar. The Air Force acknowledged it did not widen the doors leading out of the aircraft or include multiple stairs built into the hull of the plane.

Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell didn't specify in a post on X which media outlet Kendall was accused of sharing classified information with.

“Safeguarding classified information is a non-negotiable duty,” he wrote. “Those who violate that trust forfeit the privilege of access and any role requiring it.”

It’s not the first time the Trump administration has revoked security clearances, including of 37 then-current and former national security officials last year. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth also pulled security protections and clearance for Gen. Mark Milley, retired Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, soon after the administration took office.

Parnell didn't say if Kendall was being referred for prosecution, and the Pentagon declined to provide more information. Typically, such accusations are partnered with referrals for prosecution over violations of the Espionage Act.

A well-known example was when the Obama administration filed charges against Edward Snowden, a former intelligence agency contractor who publicly disclosed a massive trove of secret documents about U.S. surveillance operations before fleeing to Russia.

More recently, a federal judge sentenced a Massachusetts Air National Guard member to 15 years in prison in 2024 for leaking classified military documents about the war in Ukraine. That was the most consequential national security breach in years.

La decisión fue anunciada el viernes por la embajada de Estados Unidos en México que indicó en un comunicado que la reactivación de actividades oficiales se acordó con base a los compromisos asumidos por el gobierno de México, las medidas de seguridad activadas en Michoacán y la evaluación continua de las autoridades estadounidenses.

El anuncio se da un día después de que México anunciara el envío de 1.557 efectivos del ejército y la Guardia Nacional a Michoacán para reforzar la seguridad.

Las inspecciones que realizan funcionarios estadounidenses para la verificación de los aguacates se reanudarán parcialmente en las localidades de Tancítaro, Tacámbaro, Uruapan y el corredor entre las ciudades de Morelia, capital de Michoacán, y Pátzcuaro, señaló el comunicado.

Cerca del 90% de las exportaciones de aguacate de México se venden en Estados Unidos, su principal mercado. Como parte de las relaciones comerciales y los mecanismos de control bilaterales, el Departamento de Agricultura estadounidense (USDA, por sus siglas en inglés) envía inspectores que vigilan las plantaciones y empacadoras en México para garantizar que el producto exportado no lleve plagas que puedan afectar a los agricultores estadounidenses.

Michoacán es el principal exportador de aguacates a Estados Unidos y una región con un alto nivel de violencia donde operan al menos cuatro cárteles de la droga que el gobierno del presidente Donald Trump catalogó el año pasado como organizaciones terroristas. Los grupos delictivos mexicanos no sólo se dedican al narcotráfico sino también a diferentes actividades ilícitas como la extorsión, entre otros a los productores de aguacate.

El gobierno estadounidense indicó que continuará trabajando para generar las condiciones necesarias para reanudar la totalidad de las actividades, pero no ofreció detalles.

En el comunicado Estados Unidos agradeció la cooperación del gobierno mexicano y las acciones que acordaron para fortalecer la seguridad del personal estadounidense y de los habitantes de Michoacán.

“Continuaremos evaluando las condiciones y ajustando nuestras operaciones según corresponda”, señaló el escrito en el que se reconoció que un “sector agrícola seguro beneficia a nuestras dos naciones al garantizar la producción de alimentos, fortalecer las cadenas de suministro y apoyar la prosperidad económica”.

Más temprano, el director de la Asociación de Productores y Empacadores Exportadores de Aguacate de México (APEAM), Luis Javier de ⁠la Rocha, informó a la prensa que se había llegado a un acuerdo con las autoridades estadounidenses para liberar más de 1.000 toneladas de aguacates para la exportación.

A mediados de semana la embajada estadounidense anunció en una alerta de seguridad la suspensión de operaciones en Michoacán, pero no especificó cuál era la amenaza.

Al respecto, el gobernador de Michoacán, Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla, informó en sus redes sociales que la paralización había sido para salvaguardar la integridad de sus trabajadores después de recientes detenciones vinculadas con la extorsión.

Gladys Machado and her two daughters, 4-year-old Daniela Padron and 8-year-old Julia Padron, died on Nov. 10, 2012, at their home in the area of Northwest 73 Avenue and Fourth Street, according to deputies.

Machado had given a neighbor access to the home, and the neighbor followed a putrid smell to a bedroom closet, found their bodies, and called 911 on Nov. 13, 2012, according to deputies.

Deputies arrested Alberto Sierra, then 28, on Nov. 19, 2012. Detective Rosie Cordero-Stutz, now the Miami-Dade Sheriff, talked to reporters about the case after the arrest.

“He used a plastic bag to asphyxiate Gladys,” Cordero-Stutz said. “And after that, he sexually assaulted her.”

Detectives searched for Machado’s 6-year-old son, who also lived at the home, but wasn’t there on Nov. 13, 2012. They found him safe with his grandmother.

Miami-Dade prosecutors filed the felony case against Sierra on Nov. 20, 2012, and he pleaded not guilty on Nov. 29, 2012.

The nine charges: Three counts of first-degree murder, three counts of kidnapping, two counts of abuse of a dead human body, and armed burglary.

The state is seeking the death penalty. Jury selection in the capital penalty phase is Aug. 17. Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez has been presiding over the case.

Local 10 News Photojournalist Tim McFarland contributed to this report.

The Florida primary ballot includes Miami Referendum 1: “Charter Amendment to Move the City Elections from Odd-Numbered to Even-Numbered Years.”

The question for voters: “Shall the City Charter be amended to change the General and Runoff Elections from odd-numbered years to evennumbered years commencing in the years 2034 and 2036, and every four years thereafter, so the General Election is concurrent with any statewide or countywide election; modify the qualification period and clarify that the terms of office of those elected in the years 2031 and 2033 shall be reduced to 3 years due to said change?”

Charles Zelden is a political science professor at Nova Southeastern University’s Halmos College of Arts and Sciences.

“The people who run the elections for the parties have decided that they are better off if they bring in all the voters as opposed to some of the voters,” Zelden said about the reason behind the referendum.

A majority is required to adopt the measure. Zelden said the odd-year elections could favor a candidate.

“An odd year election allows you to be the big dog, the one that everyone is focused on,” Zelden said. “But, only a small percentage of the voters will be actually focusing.”

Zelden said he suspects the majority of voters will vote in favor of even-year elections.

“Voters will say, ‘Well, that makes sense! Why aren’t we voting that way already,’” Zelden said.

Any concession would be tough for the Republican president, who has insisted there is no truth to his sagging poll numbers, the sluggish economy and the U.S. military’s dwindling stockpiles of key weapons following the Iran war he launched with Israel more than five months ago.

“He divides the world into winners and losers, and this would make him a loser,” said Eliot Cohen, who served as counselor of the State Department in the George W. Bush administration. “And the image of being a loser, I think, would be intolerable for him.”

The sticking point has been over control of the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of the world’s oil normally flows. While both sides say a deal is close, the Trump administration has ruled out any arrangement that would cement Iran’s grip over the Persian Gulf waterway, including Tehran charging fees.

But Iran has insisted on some measure of control, saying the strait will not go back to being an open international waterway as it was before the war. Despite thousands of U.S. strikes, Iran can still fire drones and missiles at vessels, giving it a chokehold over commercial shipping.

Cohen said yielding ground to Iran would be difficult for the president, even if the conflict keeps gasoline prices elevated and poses problems for Republicans in November’s midterm elections.

But David Schenker, a former State Department official in the first Trump administration, said the increasing economic pressure may actually prompt Trump to compromise on the strait, even if it’s likely to have profound implications on global trade.

“There will be a lot of spin both ways, but my guess is that the president has tipped his hand as to the urgency for him of resolving the crisis,” said Schenker, now a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. “This is a concession he may very well be willing to make.”

Trump says weapons stockpiles are ‘a little bit tighter’

Trump, however, has so far conceded little about the war.

He posted on social media Thursday that the U.S. military still has “massive amounts” of weapons and that large amounts are being manufactured. He threatened jail time for the alleged “leakers” of information on the nation’s weapons stockpiles.

Trump was referencing a Washington Post story that reported his frustration with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the shrinking inventories of advanced weapons, as the Cabinet had gathered at Camp David last week.

A senior administration official said there had been a “robust and healthy” discussion about Iran in the Cabinet meeting and would not provide additional details except to say there had not been a “knock-down, drag-out fight” over the matter. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal administration deliberations.

Experts say the U.S. military is running short on weapons like advanced missile interceptors that have defended American troops from Iranian attacks. The Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank, has released reports on declining inventories based on budget documents and other public information.

When asked later about weapons stockpiles, Trump told reporters that “we need more all the time.” He claimed that certain kinds of munitions are in “virtually unlimited supply” and others are “a little bit tighter.” He didn’t offer more specifics.

He insisted that “we’re in great shape. But, with that being said, we always want more. We have to have more,” noting that the military could tap into U.S. supplies of munitions around the world if needed.

Hegseth was on Capitol Hill this week, meeting privately with Republican senators as he makes the case for billions of dollars in additional Pentagon spending as part of a major GOP budget package.

Sen. Mark Kelly, an Arizona Democrat and former Navy pilot, said the weapons shortfall stems from a war that lacked a well-defined goal and strategy beyond striking more than 14,000 targets.

“My contention on this is, if you knew what the goal is, maybe the target list would have been 500 targets. Maybe it would have been 200 targets,” Kelly said, adding the Pentagon wants ”billions and billions of dollars to fix their self-inflicted problem.”

Trump has made a dubious claim about polling

Trump also has claimed in a social media post Tuesday that his polling numbers are the best “they have ever been.” He cited accomplishments including employment numbers and the “Denuclearization of Iran.”

But about two-thirds of U.S. adults say the war with Iran has not been worthwhile, according to a poll from late July by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. That includes the vast majority of Democrats and independents, as well as about 37% of Republicans.

On employment, the United States had nearly 159 million jobs in June, not including farmworkers, which was a record. In Trump’s second term, however, job growth has slowed considerably.

Trump also continues to claim that the Strait of Hormuz is open to commercial shipping. He said Thursday that the strait is “sort of open right now” and pointed to the Navy’s blockade of Iranian ports.

“But they can always shoot something, they always have something or drop a mine,” Trump said of Iran. “And if you have one mine sitting out there, you sort of mess things up because people don’t want to take their billion-dollar boats and accidentally get hit by a mine.”

At least two ships were hit in the Strait of Hormuz in the past week, while several others reported near misses or warnings from entities claiming to represent Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, according to maritime data company Lloyd’s List Intelligence.

Vessel traffic through the strait increased to 84 transits last week, up from 45 the week before. But traffic is still far below the more than 700 transits seen in a typical week before the crisis, Lloyd’s List said.

A deal over the Strait of Hormuz could hinge on fees

U.S. and Iranian officials say they are close to reaching an agreement to reopen the strait. That is even as the U.S. military insists the strait is open through a route it helps oversee near Oman’s coast, saying this week that it “remains free and open for all commercial vessels seeking to transit the international waterway.”

The Associated Press reported Wednesday that the potential deal is being portrayed as a temporary solution to the dispute over the strait, and that it would allow ships to enter the Persian Gulf through an Iranian-controlled route and exit through an Omani-controlled route.

The Trump administration has said repeatedly that it is strongly opposed to any arrangement that would see Iran charge fees.

Any temporary routes through the waterway will not have tolls, charges or other impediments, according to a U.S. official not authorized to comment publicly who spoke Thursday on condition of anonymity. The official said Trump’s preferred choice is diplomacy and he “holds all the cards” in dealing with Iran.

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Associated Press reporters Lisa Mascaro, Darlene Superville and Michelle L. Price in Washington contributed to this report.

Miami-Dade and Broward counties can expect partly cloudy skies Friday night as east-southeast winds stir. An isolated, passing shower is not completely out of the question. Temperatures are forecast to drop to 80°F overnight.

There may be some spotty showers along the east coast Saturday morning, followed by sunshine, scattered clouds and a subtle, southeast breeze during the afternoon. Temperatures will make a run for the low 90s -- humidity could make it feel hotter than 100°F.

Sunday may feature “here/there” showers in the morning , then sunshine, patchy clouds and east-southeast winds (sustained 5 to 10 mph) during the afternoon. Temperatures are forecast to reach the low 90s -- humidity will make it feel like triple digits.

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Michael Simpson, 51, of Miami Beach, held a news conference in Miami on Friday morning.

Deputies said the incident happened on July 29 during lobster mini-season off Fisher Island while diver Hunter Cofer was in the water searching for lobsters.

They said in a fight over a diving spot, he became irate and threatened to turn off Cofer’s air supply, then made good on the threat.

But Simpson said that’s not at all what happened.

He said of his time in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center: “To sit in that facility and read my arrestor report, it’s devastating.”

Simpson was part of a boater education task force. He said that safety has always been a priority and says the allegations are lies.

On Friday, he said he had swam over to see why Cofer’s father, whom he said was being belligerent, was yelling at his son. Simpson said that the teen’s father accidentally turned off the air supply while trying to pull on a float.

“He pulls it, and the machine turns off. He kind of does this shuffle. He slips. He falls on the edge of the boat and falls into the water,” Simpson said. “Immediately, the gentleman comes up and does one stroke towards my child to turn off the air. It’s a lie. It’s (a) 100% lie. Why would the dad need to lie that he jumped in? He fell in front of everybody.”

Simpson said the teen underwater was tangled. Deputies said there were there no injuries. Simpson showed media outlets a video where state wildlife officers spoke to him later on without incident. He said he didn’t flee the scene; he just motored away about 300 yards to get away.

Simpson has retained attorney Howard Srebnick, who recently led a successful defense in another high-profile maritime case in Miami-Dade County: Jurors found his client, George Pino, not guilty in a vessel homicide case back in June.

Simpson and Srebnick have promised to fight the charges.

Meanwhile, the attorney for the teen’s family, Tonja Haddad, said in a statement that the family “We would like to allow the office of the state attorney, the (Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office) and whomever else is involved to conduct their investigation without interference.

“However, we do refute the recitation given by the defendant in his press conference.”

Hunter Nicholas Hines, 37, of Pembroke Pines, was charged with attempted sexual battery and lewd and lascivious molestation of a child in connection with the Jan. 4, 2025 incident at the popular retail hub, located at 11401 NW 12th St. in Sweetwater.

He’ll also serve 15 years of sex offender probation.

Investigators said Hines, then 35, approached the boy as he was washing his hands, grabbed him and “escorted” him into a stall. Investigators said Hines held the boy with one hand, pulled down his pants with the other and molested him.

Authorities said the victim kicked Hines and escaped after he tried to perform oral sex on him.

Hines did all this while out on bond for committing a similar crime on Florida’s Treasure Coast on Nov. 7, 2022, when he was 33. It would earn him the status of sexual predator.

In that case, Indian River County deputies said Hines victimized a 14-year-old boy with Asperger’s syndrome whom he met through the app Grindr.

Deputies said Hines drove the teen to a neighborhood, then pulled down the boy’s pants and began performing oral sex on him. He then forced the boy to perform the same act on him.

Records show Hines pleaded no contest to three charges in that case, including child sexual battery, this May. In that case, he also received a 12-year sentence with 15 years of sex offender probation, with credit for time served.

As part of his plea, an Indian River County judge signed an order declaring him a sexual predator.

Hines, prior to his legal troubles, was a microbiologist with a doctorate degree who gained a social media following for posts about his research.

Records show he was being held in Miami-Dade’s Metrowest Detention Center as of Friday morning.

It wasn’t immediately clear whether his Miami-Dade sentence would run concurrently with his Indian River sentence.

That's not necessarily a surprise given Mahomes underwent surgery to repair torn ligaments in his left knee in December.

Mahomes has been ahead of schedule in his rehab work ever since the injury, though, participating in the entire offseason program before reporting to training camp on time. He was given the all-clear late last month by Dallas-based surgeon Dr. Dan Cooper, who performed the procedure, to participate in practices without any restrictions.

“There's a pretty good chance I don't play him,” Reid said. “Percentages are leaning that way. I don't know if I will play him the second or third game — I don't know that — but percentages probably lean against doing that.”

On one hand, Mahomes hardly needs the work given his experience. On the other hand, the competitive nature of the quarterback may be enough to convince Reid to put him on the field at least for a couple of snaps in the second game against Tampa Bay.

Mahomes has said he's looking forward to taking his first real hit to feel fully back to football.

The Chiefs have no shortage of quarterbacks in need of preseason work. They traded with the Jets for veteran Justin Fields to serve as their primary backup, and he could use some game experience in the new offense. So could Garrett Nussmeier, the once-heralded LSU quarterback, whom they chose in the seventh round of the draft as a project.

“We've got new people ... behind (Mahomes) that need some work,” Reid said. “The more reps they get, the better.”

The Chiefs, who have another practice Saturday before taking Sunday off, have a number of players missing due to injuries.

The latest to join the list was two-time Pro Bowl offensive guard Trey Smith, who was examined by a hip specialist as a precaution after it started to bother him this week. Reid downplayed the severity of the injury, saying “he's going to be OK.”

In fact, none of the other injuries appear to be long-term problems. Defensive end Ashton Gillotte has a hamstring strain, linebacker Jeffrey Bassa a groin injury, linebacker Drue Tranquill some back pain and wide receiver Xavier Worthy a shoulder issue, while defensive back L'Jarius Sneed continues to manage a knee problem and cornerback Mansoor Delane a shoulder injury.

Wide receiver Cyrus Allen, the Chiefs' fifth-round pick who had been turning some heads, was back at practice for the first time since bruising his shin during Monday's workout. But he was held out of drills that involved contact with the defense.

“He did a good job when he was back in there, so that's a positive,” Reid said. “He's at all the meetings. He's focused in. He wants to get out there. He doesn't want to miss. He's been working hard. We'll just ease him back in, like I said.”

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Jamel Donna dijo que realizaba un patrullaje de rutina en Doral cuando vio a Lucas Gomez Quintero junto a su automóvil y a Daniel Dominguez dentro del vehículo.

“Corrí detrás de ellos y pude tomar una foto del automóvil”, dijo Donna.

Donna dijo que Dominguez luego le disparó cuatro veces.

Una bala atravesó los pantalones de Donna, dejando un agujero que sirve como recordatorio de lo cerca que estuvo de resultar gravemente herido. Donna dijo que estaba escondido detrás de su carrito de golf cuando se realizaron los disparos.

La policía arrestó a Gomez Quintero y Dominguez.

En corte, se le informó a Gomez Quintero que había sido arrestado en dos casos y que enfrenta un cargo de robo en una estructura o vehículo desocupado. También enfrenta un cargo de intento de asesinato en primer grado con un arma mortal.

Donna dijo que le dispararon cuatro veces y está agradecido de que ninguna de las balas lo impactara.

Ambos sospechosos ahora enfrentan múltiples cargos.

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Jamel Donna said he was conducting a routine patrol in Doral when he saw Lucas Gomez Quintero by his car and Daniel Dominguez inside the vehicle.

“I ran after them and I was able to get a picture of the car,” Donna said.

Donna said Dominguez then fired four rounds at him.

A bullet tore through Donna’s pants, leaving behind a hole that serves as a reminder of how close he came to being seriously injured. Donna said he was hiding behind his golf cart when the shots were fired.

Police arrested Gomez Quintero and Dominguez.

In court, Gomez Quintero was told he was arrested in two cases and is charged with burglary of an unoccupied structure or conveyance. He is also charged with attempted first-degree murder with a deadly weapon.

Donna said he was shot at four times and is thankful none of the bullets hit him.

Both suspects are now facing multiple charges.

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Miami Fire Rescue and Miami Police responded to the scene at 1818 SW 1st Ave. after receiving reports of a possible structure collapse.

According to Miami Fire Rescue PIO Lt. Pete Sanchez, no one was injured and that the top part of the crane fell into a pool.

Officials said it was a crane being assembled, but it had some sort of failure.

Crews are evaluating the situation.

Miami Fire Rescue y la Policía de Miami respondieron a la escena en 1818 SW 1st Ave. después de recibir reportes de un posible colapso estructural.

Según el portavoz de Miami Fire Rescue, el teniente Pete Sanchez, nadie resultó herido y la parte superior de la grúa cayó en una piscina.

Funcionarios dijeron que se trataba de una grúa que estaba siendo ensamblada, pero sufrió algún tipo de falla.

Los equipos están evaluando la situación.

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Despite being pepper-sprayed, police said the Good Samaritan was able to tackle the suspect, identified as Yagiz Dogan.

Investigators said he first swindled a woman on July 18. Police said a woman met with Dogan in front of the Chase Bank at 1450 Brickell Ave. to sell him a $15,000 diamond ring after messaging on Facebook Marketplace.

Police said she let Dogan, who lives in a condo building a few blocks south, hold the ring and certificate and he ran off.

On Thursday, cops said he struck again but did not get away.

This time, they said Dogan “approached” another woman in the area of the same bank branch “attempting to buy her two bracelets.”

When she handed them over to let him see them, police said he ran off and the victim yelled for help.

The bystander joined the chase and caught up with Dogan, who sprayed him with pepper-spray, an arrest report states.

But the victim wasn’t deterred and managed to tackle him, police said.

Officers took Dogan into custody on grand theft and battery charges. In court on Friday, a judge set his bond at $11,000.

A pesar de haber sido rociado con gas pimienta, la policía dijo que el buen samaritano logró derribar al sospechoso, identificado como Yagiz Dogan.

Los investigadores dijeron que primero estafó a una mujer el 18 de julio. La policía dijo que una mujer se reunió con Dogan frente al banco Chase ubicado en 1450 Brickell Ave. para venderle un anillo de diamantes de $15,000 USD después de intercambiar mensajes en Facebook Marketplace.

La policía dijo que ella permitió que Dogan, quien vive en un edificio de condominios unas cuadras al sur, sostuviera el anillo y el certificado, y él salió corriendo.

El jueves, la policía dijo que volvió a atacar, pero no logró escapar.

Esta vez, dijeron que Dogan “se acercó” a otra mujer en el área de la misma sucursal bancaria “intentando comprarle sus dos pulseras”.

Cuando ella se las entregó para que pudiera verlas, la policía dijo que él salió corriendo y la víctima gritó pidiendo ayuda.

La persona se unió a la persecución y alcanzó a Dogan, quien lo roció con gas pimienta, indica un reporte de arresto.

Pero la víctima no se dejó disuadir y logró derribarlo, dijo la policía.

Agentes arrestaron a Dogan por cargos de robo mayor y agresión. En corte el viernes, un juez fijó su fianza en $11,000 USD.

The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner said the 29-year-old basketball player's death was accidental.

Clarke was found dead inside a home near Los Angeles on May 11. A person familiar with the terms of the investigation told The Associated Press after the Grizzlies announced Clarke’s passing that drug paraphernalia was found at the residence. The person had spoken on condition of anonymity because those details had not been released publicly.

Clarke was under contract to be with the Grizzlies through the 2026-27 season.

About six weeks before he died, Clarke was arrested in Arkansas on charges of speeding, reckless driving and possessing a controlled substance. He was with Memphis for all seven of his pro seasons after finishing his college career at Gonzaga.

Según el Departamento de Policía de Lauderhill, agentes respondieron a la cuadra 1500 de Northwest 33rd Avenue alrededor de la 1:15 p.m. y encontraron a la víctima herida.

La policía dijo que paramédicos trasladaron al hombre al Broward Health Medical Center, donde los médicos lo declararon muerto. Las autoridades aún no han divulgado su nombre.

Un portavoz del Departamento de Policía de Lauderhill dijo que “el motivo se desconoce actualmente” y que la policía no había identificado a ningún sospechoso.

Se pide a cualquier persona que tenga información sobre la investigación “activa” que llame al Departamento de Policía de Lauderhill al 954-497-4700 o a Broward Crime Stoppers al 954-493-8477.

Deputies and Oakland Park Fire Rescue personnel responded to the parking lot shortly after 2:45 p.m., at 1701 West Oakland Park Boulevard, according to dispatch records.

BSO patrol cars blocked a white work van with a rusty roof that was parked in the middle of a road in the parking lot. The driver’s door was open.

An OPFR fire truck was parked outside the Home Depot’s entrance, near rows of grills.

Detectives asked anyone with information about this or other cases who wants to remain anonymous to call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

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

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The students who will be in the school’s magnet programs in a few days were able to play with the latest flight simulators and small drones.

The upcoming 2026-2027 academic school year doesn’t start until Monday, and the visit was part of Hepburn’s busy back-to-school itinerary.

“Traffic is going to be heavy with buses, and parents and students on the road, so we want to make sure our students go to school safely and come home safely as well,” Hepburn said.

Cole Etter and Kareen Pierre were among the students who met Hepburn. Cole said he dreams of becoming an aviation mechanic.

“I want to be an aerospace engineer, mostly like designing,” Kareen said.

Loli Formoso, a former principal and instructional director, said the high school participates in the Space Florida Academy program.

“This partnership is about connecting students directly with multiple industries, which include aerospace, aviation, and engineering,” Formoso said.

The program is also launching at eight other public high schools in Broward: Blanche Ely in Pompano Beach, Boyd H. Anderson in Lauderdale Lakes, Coral Glades in Coral Springs, Charles W. Flanagan in Pembroke Pines, Northeast in Oakland Park, Piper in Sunrise, Plantation, and Coral Springs.

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There was no word on the conditions of the people aboard the helicopter as officials said they couldn't immediately reach the crash site.

During firefighting operations in Oregon, 47-year-old Jason Ensign died Thursday while operating a dozer for a timber company. The Wrights Spring fire escalated with “unexpected and rapid growth” and cut off Ensign's escape route, the local sheriff's department said.

The fire started on Wednesday in south-central Oregon east of the town of Chiloquin. It had burned almost 14 square miles (36 square kilometers) by Friday with no containment, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Extremely hot and dry weather has caused erratic fire behavior, officials said.

The downed helicopter was one of seven working a fire in central Utah that was caused by lightning on July 27. It crashed near Richfield, which is about 160 miles (258 kilometers) south of Salt Lake City, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

Conditions were good enough for aircraft to fly when the helicopter crashed, said Tyler Hecht with the Great Basin Incident Management Team.

The Sikorsky S-64 helicopter had been working in an area with steep terrain. It ignited another fire when it crashed. Hecht said at an afternoon press conference he did not know how long the helicopter was flying before it crashed.

Response teams had not been able to get to the scene of the accident by Friday evening because of the flames, but hoped to get there in the next 24 hours, officials said.

“We didn't want to put them at bigger risk,” Sevier County Sheriff Nathan Curtis said. “We'll get them in there as soon as we can."

It was unknown if fire had overrun the crash scene, Hecht said.

Firefighting efforts were paused after the accident but later resumed, they said.

The National Transportation Safety Board and FAA will investigate, but they may not be able to safely reach the scene immediately if the wildfire is burning nearby.

Sikorsky S-64 “Skycrane” helicopters are used commercially and by government agencies for fire fighting and other purposes. They can be equipped with tanks to drop water or fire retardant onto blazes.

Fire crews were warned Friday morning that there would be erratic winds, dry fuels and hot temperatures as well as the potential for dry thunderstorms and lightning. Red flag warnings were in effect.

The fire on the Fishlake National Forest near small community of Kanosh, Utah had grown to 165 square miles (427 square kilometers) and was 19% contained by Friday morning. More than 600 firefighting personnel are battling the blaze, which has triggered evacuations and destroyed at least six structures as it burns through timber, brush and grass.

Months of dry weather, a record lack of snow in some areas, hot spells and erratic winds have contributed to blazes in Utah and other parts of the West.

Four firefighters were killed and a fifth was injured after they were overcome by a fast-moving wildfire in Colorado in June. The firefighters tried to shield themselves by deploying tentlike emergency shelters as flames overran their position.

“Obviously, I’m here for another term,” Alito, 76, said in an interview published in The Wall Street Journal’s editorial section.

Discussion of Alito's future hit a fever pitch in June, when a mistake by a veteran Supreme Court reporter at National Public Radio resulted in the erroneous publication of a previously prepared retirement story.

The story was quickly retracted and the court confirmed it was inaccurate, but that did not stop the talk about what Alito might do. A retirement would likely have given Republican President Donald Trump a chance to name a fourth Supreme Court justice.

In a rare interview in his chambers, Alito also discussed the state of the court, rejecting the idea that political partisanship affects his decisions.

“I vote in every case the way I think the case should be decided,” he said. “If that means a high correlation with what Trump wants, fine. If it means zero correlation with what Trump wants, fine as well.”

That would be All-Pro defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons.

“You can’t tell me the guys that have to block that guy aren't important too,” Skoronski said Friday night after a scrimmage at Nissan Stadium.

Now Skoronski has done his part to reset the pay scale for interior linemen with the Tennessee Titans announcing Friday signing him to a multi-year extension making him the NFL's highest-paid guard.

“That's always a good thing to help the market along and help other guys along too,” Skoronski said. “I think that's a positive thing. But yeah, there's a reason because we have a tough job, and I think defenses now key on that too that the interior line is where the pocket starts.”

The Titans did not publicly announce details of the extension for the 11th overall pick of the 2023 draft. A person familiar with the terms told The Associated Press the four-year deal is worth $100 million with $88 million of that guaranteed and spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity.

ESPN and the NFL Network first reported the terms of the contract making Skoronski the league's highest-paid guard.

Skoronski called the extension a tremendous blessing. He thanked controlling owner Amy Adams Strunk, general manager Mike Borgonzi and new coach Robert Saleh for believing in him.

The Titans were the NFL's biggest spenders in free agency in March and continued the spending with the two stars they wanted to keep on this roster.

Simmons signed his own extension making him the league's highest-paid at his position in late June. This contract wraps up a lineman who finished fourth in the All Pro voting at left guard for the 2025 season.

Simmons said his teammate deserved this payday seeing how hard Skoronski works.

“To be able to battle against Pete these last couple years at practice have helped me,” said Simmons, who had a career-high 11 sacks last season.

The contract for Skoronski is a nice change for Tennessee, which didn't draft a player deemed not deserving of a second contract here from its draft classes of 2020, 2021 or 2022. This franchise had only one player from any of those draft classes still on the roster last season, and tight end Chig Okonkwo left in free agency.

Borgonzi said they couldn't be happier to keep Skoronski in Nashville with the goal of keeping players and people who are “cornerstones” for this team.

"Peter is certainly that for us,” Borgonzi said. “He has the work ethic to match his talent and a perpetual desire to win that we want permeating throughout our building. We’re excited to enter the season knowing he and his family will remain Titans for years to come.”

Skoronski missed three of his first four games as a rookie after being drafted out of Northwestern. He has started 47 straight games, not missing an offensive snap in either of the past two seasons.

His 48 starts are a franchise best for a player under the age of 25 since the beginning of the 1999 season. Skoronski just turned 25, and nobody on the roster has started more consecutive games than his 47 straight.

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“We can win here, and we're going to,” said Colom, the Democratic nominee who's trying to unseat Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith as she seeks her second full term.

That could be typical candidate bravado, and Republicans say he has little chance. But Colom is drawing attention for a potentially competitive campaign, a reflection of a wider Senate map than either party envisioned at the midpoint of Donald Trump's second presidency.

That means the list of notable races now goes beyond obvious battlegrounds like Maine, New Hampshire, Michigan and Georgia and even the once-surprising contests like Ohio and Texas.

Democrats must pick up at least four new seats to win the majority — and more than that if they lose any they currently hold. That includes Michigan, where Republicans are feeling more confident since progressive Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic nomination this week.

“We can’t spare a single seat,” Maryland Sen. Angela Alsobrooks said in an interview while she was in Mississippi on Colom's behalf.

She said Democrats have an opportunity to be competitive in more places because of voter angst over an uneven, inflationary economy.

“They cannot afford their groceries," she said. "They cannot afford the cost of gas. They cannot afford housing. It’s all over the country.”

Republicans remain confident they can hold power, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune even said in a recent fundraising email that an expanded map could backfire on Democrats.

“By scrambling the Democrats, we’ll spread their resources thin, making it nearly impossible for them to flip the seats they need to take the majority,” he wrote to donors.

Here's a look at four wildcard contests could make headlines in November and help flip Senate control.

Mississippi

Colom would be his state's first Black senator since Reconstruction — the 12-year period after the U.S. Civil War when the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments were adopted. He'd also be Mississippi's first new Democratic senator since the 1940s. (Those lawmakers were Jim Crow segregationists who were first elected before white Southerners shifted to the Republican Party.)

Now a district attorney, Colom needs a fundraising uptick to introduce himself to voters and attack Hyde-Smith on the airwaves. Mississippi remains small enough that retail campaigning still matters, while television ads remain much less expensive than in places like Texas, where James Talarico is running against Ken Paxton.

The Mississippi governor’s 2023 race was decided by 3 percentage points. To close the gap, Colom would need to increase Mississippi's usual Black turnout by a few percentage points and get a larger share of the white vote than Democrats typically do. He insists he can do both in part because of Hyde-Smith's unfailing loyalty to Trump and policies that have saddled Mississippi farmers with tariffs, consumers with higher gas prices and made it harder for Mississippians to have health insurance.

Hyde-Smith, first appointed and then elected in 2018, is using a familiar playbook of portraying her Democratic opponent as too liberal for Mississippi.

Notably, Mississippi requires a majority to win a statewide election. With minor candidates on the ballot, there's a scenario where Colom pulls an upset or at least forces a runoff.

Iowa

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst opted against a reelection bid, and it's always easier to flip an open seat than defeat an incumbent.

Democrats nominated state lawmaker and wheelchair basketball star Josh Turek, 47, while Republicans opted for U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, 43, who has Trump's endorsement.

Iowa has moved rightward in the Trump era, especially in small towns and rural areas. But it wasn't that long ago that voters here sent Barack Obama on his way to the presidency and elected a bipartisan congressional delegation that included liberal stalwart Tom Harkin in the Senate. Even in the 2018 midterms, during Trump's first presidency, Democrats won three out of four U.S. House seats.

They've since flipped to Republicans. But now the most conservative areas in Iowa — those centered around the agricultural economy — feel the pinch of the president's tariff rollercoaster. Combined with Trump's unpopularity with college-educated voters and the liberal tilt of urban places like Des Moines and Iowa City, the electoral math could look more like 2008 or 2018 than 2024.

And Obama, who's been sparing in his endorsements so far this year, has endorsed Turek — on the basketball court.

Kansas

This is a famously Republican state in federal elections. It hasn't had a Democratic senator since the New Deal era of the 1930s. But the state has elected a Democratic governor four times since 2002.

Democratic Senate nominee Adam Hamilton hopes that voters' struggles during Trump's presidency will be enough to help him unseat Republican Sen. Roger Marshall. Hamilton has a notable biography: He's a high-profile United Methodist megachurch minister and author who has avoided partisan politics and is running for office for the first time.

“I didn’t plan to run for office. I’ve spent my life as a pastor, and I try to care for people,” the 62-year-old said in his primary victory speech.

Marshall has the state's fundamentals on his side. But the 65-year-old also is seeking reelection for the first time after winning in 2020 with Trump at the top of the ticket.

Nebraska

There is no Democrat in this race, at least officially. But national Democrats back independent Dan Osborn, a former labor union chief, as their choice to unseat Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts.

It's the second time Osborn and Democrats have tried this approach. Osborn lost to Republican Sen. Deb Fischer by 7 points in 2024. She won all 89 Nebraska counties. But she also finished well short of Trump's 21-point gap in the presidential contest.

The thinking is that voters have experienced enough of Trump and the Capitol Hill Republicans who’ve mostly facilitated his agenda. Osborn’s labor background also stands in stark contrast to that of the megamillionaire Ricketts, whose billionaire father founded TD Ameritrade and whose family owns Major League Baseball’s Chicago Cubs.

To be sure, Osborn has not said he’d caucus with Senate Democrats. But he could at least deny Republicans a seat. And like other middle America states that have moved rightward, plenty of Nebraskans remember electing moderate senators: Democrat Ben Nelson retired in 2013.

Will Rosenzweig was two weeks away from trying a multimillion-dollar Medicare fraud case when a blog he had written years earlier covering a broad range of topics was publicized online by a conservative political commentator who also included a screenshot of Rosenzweig's LinkedIn account and tagged senior Justice Department officials for their awareness.

Less than three hours after the post, the lawsuit says, Rosenzweig received an email signed by then- Attorney General Pam Bondi informing him that he had been fired. The news came as Rosenzweig was out of town with his family observing the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashana.

The September 2025 termination was part of a sweeping personnel purge over the last year and a half inside the Justice Department, which has fired prosecutors who worked on investigations into Trump and others seen as being against the administration's efforts.

A lawsuit filed in federal court in Miami, where Rosenzweig worked as a federal prosecutor for five years, seeks reinstatement to the job as well as backpay and a court order declaring his firing unlawful. The complaint says Rosenzweig was a highly respected prosecutor who received “consistent praise and awards" and was so highly valued in his office that he was told just weeks before his firing that he would be getting a special parking spot due to his performance.

“Will Rosenzweig was an excellent prosecutor who returned millions of dollars to the taxpayers by prosecuting healthcare fraud cases,” said a statement from his lawyers, Margaret Donovan, Daniel Fridman and Adam Fels. “Yet the Department of Justice fired him on the eve of trial because, years ago as a private citizen, he published criticisms of President Trump. Since the current Department of Justice will not stand up for the First Amendment and the American people, we will. We look forward to vindicating Will’s rights in court.”

The blog Rosenzweig had maintained had been defunct for over six years at the time of his firing and included his thoughts on travel, sports and other “apolitical, anodyne topics,” in addition to critical observations about Trump and other political candidates, the lawsuit says. The conservative commentator, Natalie Winters, who has a large online following, characterized Rosenzweig as “a rogue Trump hater” as she posted screenshots of some of his political musings, according to the complaint, which characterizes the firing as a direct assault on Rosenzweig's free speech rights.

“The Department’s conduct rests on a single premise: a citizen must forever refrain from criticizing the government and its leaders to remain eligible to serve it,” the lawsuit says. “That rule would force every American who might one day serve to choose between speaking freely now and working for the government later. Conditioning public employment on political loyalty, where a party card rather than merit opens the door to a government job, is a way of life in Havana and Caracas. It has no place here.”

A Justice Department spokeswoman declined to comment, citing pending litigation.

“Espero que el papa venga a ayudar a los pobres como yo”, dijo María Ruíz Díaz, una jubilada de 70 años que, como cada 7 de agosto, acudió este viernes a la Parroquia de San Cayetano de Buenos Aires a rezar al santo católico del trabajo.

“El país no la está pasando bien, hay muchos hermanos necesitados”, opinó Santiago Olave, de 60 años, entre decenas de devotos que aguardaban por ingresar al santuario ubicado en el barrio de Liniers. “El papa puede abrir corazones y mentes”.

El Vaticano anunció el miércoles que el papa visitará Argentina, la patria de su predecesor Francisco, del 8 al 11 de noviembre, como parte de su primera gira por Latinoamérica que también incluirá Uruguay y Perú.

El último líder de la Iglesia Católica que pisó suelo argentino fue Juan Pablo II en abril de 1987. Francisco nunca regresó a la Argentina, donde el catolicismo es la religión mayoritaria, desde que asumió su pontificado en 2013.

La llegada de León XIV se produce en momentos en que la Iglesia Católica argentina viene alertando sobre un deterioro alarmante en las condiciones de vida de los sectores más postergados como consecuencia del plan de austeridad del presidente liberal Javier Milei, que en tres años ha logrado desacelerar la inflación y reducir drásticamente el déficit fiscal, pero con un alto costo social.

La caída de salarios y pensiones en simultáneo a un aumento del costo del transporte público, las tarifas del gas y de la luz, alquileres y alimentos ha provocado que millones de argentinos tengan que endeudarse para subsistir. El Banco Central ha reportado un crecimiento constante de la morosidad con bancos y entidades no financieras en los últimos 19 meses.

De los 20,9 millones de deudores con bancos y billeteras virtuales, los morosos suman cerca de 6 millones, en su mayoría jóvenes de entre 18 y 34 años.

“San Cayetano, aquí tienes a tu pueblo, que no quiere resignarse a que el trabajo sea una mercancía y que haya que tener dos o más empleos para llegar a fin de mes, o caer en la trampa de los créditos que endeudan y asfixian a muchísimas familias”, expresó el arzobispo de Buenos Aires, monseñor Jorge García Cuerva, al encabezar la misa en el santuario del patrono del trabajo. Decenas de devotos levantaban mientras espigas de trigo con la imagen del santo.

“Con el papa León decimos que la libertad económica no puede ser absoluta y debe medirse siempre en función del bien común y de la dignidad de cada persona”, añadió el arzobispo.

Con la figura de una motosierra como bandera, Milei ha dicho que el plan de austeridad que aplicó a su llegada al poder a fines de 2023 era la única vía para evitar una crisis hiperinflacionaria en Argentina como consecuencia de la emisión descontrolada de los gobiernos de centro-izquierda que lo antecedieron. El mandatario, que buscará la reelección en 2027, también ha prometido a los argentinos que su sacrificio dará frutos.

“No voy a hacer populismo. Voy a morir con las botas puestas haciendo lo que corresponde y haciendo lo que está bien. Si quieren populismo tienen otras alternativas”, dijo Milei en una reciente entrevista.

Una visita oportuna

En coincidencia con el anuncio de la gira de León XIV, la parroquia colocó al lado de la imagen del santo una maqueta de cartón representando al papa junto a una anciana, una discapacitada en sillas de ruedas, un mendigo y una maestra debajo de la leyenda “San Cayetano, aquí tienes a tu pueblo”.

Representan algunos de los sectores más afectados por los recortes a los presupuestos destinados a la salud, educación y población vulnerable.

“(El papa) le va a tirar de la oreja a Milei”, comentó Marcos, un miembro de la cooperativa textil San Cayetano que fabrica indumentaria con motivos religiosos que se vendía en el acceso al santuario. “Uno desea que se arregle la situación económica porque están todos mal, no es que es una parte solamente. Es general”.

Durante su estadía, León XIV visitará el santuario de la Virgen de Luján, patrona de Argentina, en esa localidad al oeste de la capital, y la provincia de Córdoba. La agenda completa de actividades todavía no fue anunciada.

The Cyclones are picked last in the Big 12 preseason media poll, return no starters and had 55 players transfer after Rogers was hired to replace Matt Campbell, who took 24 of the best with him to Penn State.

Rogers admitted to reporters in Ames, Iowa this week that he was the one who picked the Cyclones, in an On3.com anonymous coaches poll, to make it to the Big 12 championship game in his first season.

“What would you think if I didn’t vote on us? You’d wonder why I’m the head coach at Iowa State,” Rogers said. "I was brought in to win. Very self-aware. They didn’t hire me to come here and not be competitive. I wasn’t hired for my disposition. I was hired to create a program that competes and wins and that’s the goal. We’re not signing up for second place.

“So I know that’s a bold statement, and they’ll print it everywhere. But the reality is this: the players have to believe in what you say, and you have to act on how you believe. I believe that we can win.”

Rogers is replacing the all-time wins leader at Iowa State, which went 8-4 overall and 5-4 in the Big 12 in Campbell's final season. The Cyclones played in seven bowls in Campbell's 10 years — they opted out of a bowl last season — and appeared in the Big 12 championship game in 2020. The program hasn't won a conference championship since 1912.

Tight end Tyler Fortenberry said Rogers' prediction surprises no one on the team. He said Rogers' abundance of confidence comes from the success he was part of as an assistant and head coach at South Dakota State of the Football Championship Subdivision. In his only year at Washington State, he led a team with 75 newcomers to a 6-6 record and a bowl bid.

“Coach Rogers does a good job in team meetings making sure we're not focused on what Twitter says, what Instagram says or what the media says about what we're going to finish,” Fortenberry said. “They all have us 16th. If you buy into that and believe what the media has to say, you're not going to get anywhere in life.”

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Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., introduced a resolution during a meeting Thursday recognizing the Tigers for a claim to the national title. The measure was passed with no objections; resolutions don’t have the force of law and by the chamber’s definition reflect the Senate’s “sentiments,” according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Still, it adds another odd wrinkle to college football history for a sport decided by polls and rankings decades ago before the arrival of the Bowl Championship Series or today’s College Football Playoff. Missouri hadn’t previously claimed the 1960 team as a national champion.

In an email to The Associated Press on Friday, Missouri team spokesman Dave Matter said the school is “aware" of the resolution but offered no additional comment.

Missouri went 10-1 on the field after beating Navy and Heisman Trophy winner Joe Bellino in the Orange Bowl. The lone loss had come to “Border War” rival Kansas in a game to decide the then-Big Eight Conference title, though the league ordered the Jayhawks to forfeit for using an ineligible player because of recruiting violations.

In a past interview with the The Post-Dispatch, author Brendon Steenbergen — who wrote a book detailing that season — said: “I’ve been beating the drum to try to get the university to recognize it because I think they have as much a right as anyone in the country to be national champions in 1960.”

Minnesota was crowed champion by the AP and United Press International polls, though that took place before the Gophers lost to Washington in the Rose Bowl. The Football Writers Association of America voted Mississippi its post-bowl champion.

The Helms Athletic Foundation, created in 1936 to promote amateur athletics until dissolving in 1983, recognized Washington as its champion. Meanwhile, the Litkenhous Rating system chose Iowa with its mathematical formula utilizing scoring margins and opponent strength, according to The Athletic.

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Police officers responded to the crash on Monday at Northwest 31st Avenue and 16th Street. They found the girl in the back seat of the crashed sedan, and her father, Shane Allen, running away near Northwest 33rd Avenue, according to the police report.

Allen, 40, was “stumbling while walking, had difficulty maintaining balance ... exhibited glassy eyes, and emitted an odor of an alcoholic beverage each time he spoke,” a police officer wrote, according to the report.

Police officers arrested Allen, and Lauderhill Fire Rescue personnel took the girl to the Broward Health Medical Center, according to police.

Allen remained at the Broward County Main Jail on Friday in Fort Lauderdale, according to inmate records. He faced seven charges in two pending cases.

For the crash in Lauderhill, Allen faced five charges: Driving under the influence with an unlawful blood alcohol level of .15 or higher, while accompanied by a minor, child neglect without great bodily harm, leaving the scene of a crash with property damage, refusal to submit to DUI testing, and a license violation.

Allen also had a pending case on charges of battery and possession of a controlled substance, according to court records.

Agentes de policía respondieron al accidente el lunes en Northwest 31st Avenue y 16th Street. Encontraron a la niña en el asiento trasero del sedán accidentado y a su padre, Shane Allen, huyendo cerca de Northwest 33rd Avenue, según el reporte policial.

Allen, de 40 años, “tambaleaba mientras caminaba, tenía dificultades para mantener el equilibrio, presentaba ojos vidriosos y emitía olor a bebida alcohólica cada vez que hablaba”, escribió un agente de policía, según el reporte.

Agentes de policía arrestaron a Allen y personal de Lauderhill Fire Rescue trasladó a la niña al Broward Health Medical Center, según la policía.

Allen permanecía detenido el viernes en la cárcel principal del condado Broward, en Fort Lauderdale, según registros de reclusos. Enfrentaba siete cargos en dos casos pendientes.

Por el accidente en Lauderhill, Allen enfrentaba cinco cargos: conducir bajo los efectos del alcohol con un nivel ilegal de alcohol en la sangre de .15 o más mientras estaba acompañado por una menor, negligencia infantil sin lesiones corporales graves, abandonar la escena de un accidente con daños a la propiedad, negarse a someterse a una prueba de DUI y una infracción de licencia.

Allen también tenía un caso pendiente por cargos de agresión y posesión de una sustancia controlada, según registros judiciales.

Los conservadores han ganado siete importantes elecciones presidenciales en América Latina en los últimos años, la mayoría desde la investidura del presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, en enero de 2025, en una racha de triunfos impulsada por la preocupación por el crimen, la inmigración y el lento crecimiento económico.

Este es un vistazo a los países latinoamericanos que han elegido recientemente a presidentes conservadores:

El autoproclamado “tigre” de Colombia enfrenta a rebeldes y bandas de narcotraficantes

El marginal de la Espriella, respaldado por Trump, ganó la elección presidencial de Colombia en junio por un estrecho margen, al derrotar al legislador progresista Iván Cepeda.

De la Espriella, apodado “El Tigre”, hizo campaña con un enfoque de mano dura contra el crimen, que incluye propuestas como cancelar las conversaciones de paz con grupos rebeldes colombianos y construir megaprisiones, como las de El Salvador. La elección de de la Espriella marca un momento decisivo para Colombia, gobernada durante los últimos cuatro años por Gustavo Petro, un exmiembro de un grupo rebelde, crítico de las políticas migratorias y antidrogas del gobierno de Trump.

“El Tigre” ha prometido combatir la extorsión y el narcotráfico. Recibió el respaldo de Trump, quien describió al abogado y empresario como el candidato que podría restablecer la ley y el orden en Colombia.

Perú elige a una conservadora como 9na presidenta en 10 años

Keiko Fujimori, una política conservadora favorable a las empresas que hizo campaña con una plataforma de mano dura contra el crimen, asumió el cargo en julio tras ganar la segunda vuelta presidencial de junio por un margen de menos de 50.000 votos.

Fujimori es hija del fallecido expresidente Alberto Fujimori, cuyo gobierno derrotó al violento grupo extremista Sendero Luminoso en la década de 1990, pero también derivó hacia el autoritarismo. Ella también se ha comprometido a emprender una agresiva ofensiva contra el crimen.

Prometió construir cuatro nuevas prisiones, entre ellas, una megaprisión inspirada en el centro CECOT de El Salvador, militarizar las fronteras de Perú para frenar el narcotráfico y deportar a migrantes que trabajen en el país sin residencia legal.

Argentina elige a un libertario para enfrentar la inflación

Javier Milei, economista y comentarista de televisión apodado “El león”, ganó la elección presidencial de Argentina en noviembre de 2023 prometiendo recortar el gasto público y enfrentar el problema de inflación que el país sudamericano ha sufrido por décadas. El libertario derrotó al movimiento peronista gobernante.

Durante su mandato, Milei ha impedido que el banco central del país imprima dinero para financiar el déficit del gobierno y ha recortado el gasto público al despedir a empleados estatales y frenar la inversión en programas de infraestructura pública, al tiempo que redujo los subsidios a las facturas de servicios públicos.

La inflación de Argentina ha bajado de 211% en 2023 a 32% en 2025. Sin embargo, algunos han culpado a las políticas de austeridad de Milei de disminuir el nivel de vida de muchos argentinos, incluidos los trabajadores del sector público.

Ecuador reelige a un líder que favorece a los militares

Daniel Noboa, integrante de una de las familias más ricas de Ecuador, fue reelegido para un mandato de cuatro años en abril de 2025, tras ganar la elección con 56% de los votos. El líder conservador ha dado a los militares un papel más destacado en la provisión de seguridad en ciudades costeras desbordadas por bandas de narcotraficantes que se disputan el control de puertos y rutas de narcotráfico.

Sin embargo, la estrategia no ha reducido de manera sustancial las tasas de homicidios. El gobierno también ha recibido críticas por abusos de derechos humanos, como ejecuciones extrajudiciales.

Bajo la gestión de Noboa, las fuerzas armadas de Ecuador han comenzado a realizar operaciones conjuntas con Estados Unidos contra el narcotráfico. El mandatario también impulsó la reapertura de una base militar de Estados Unidos en Ecuador, pero la propuesta fue rechazada en un referendo el año pasado.

Honduras vuelve al partido conservador

Nasry Asfura, inversionista inmobiliario y exalcalde del Partido Nacional, ganó por un estrecho margen la elección presidencial de Honduras en noviembre, derrotando a su rival más cercano por menos de un punto porcentual.

Asfura, que pertenece al mismo partido que el expresidente Juan Orlando Hernández, indultado por Trump tras una condena por narcotráfico, recibió el respaldo del presidente de Estados Unidos, quien amenazó con cortar la ayuda al pequeño país centroamericano si Asfura no era elegido.

Bajo la administración de Asfura, Honduras ha recibido a decenas de deportados de terceros países mediante un acuerdo que firmó con Estados Unidos a inicios de 2025, la mayoría de ellos ciudadanos guatemaltecos.

Kast derrota al movimiento progresista en Chile

En diciembre, José Antonio Kast, conservador y católico devoto, ganó la elección presidencial de Chile con 58% de los votos, tras derrotar a un gobierno progresista que había estado en el poder durante los cuatro años anteriores.

En sus campañas, Kast capitalizó los temores por el aumento de las tasas de criminalidad en Chile y afirmó que expulsaría a migrantes de países como Venezuela y Haití que habían trabajado en Chile sin permisos de residencia. Una de sus primeras medidas tras asumir el cargo ha sido ampliar una zanja a lo largo de las fronteras de Chile con Perú y Bolivia, en un intento —según su gobierno— de frenar el narcotráfico y la migración.

Recientemente, el gobierno de Kast ha enfrentado protestas por el aumento del desempleo y recortes presupuestarios que han afectado a empleados públicos.

Costa Rica propone un enfoque de mano dura contra el crimen

Laura Fernández, ministra de Economía durante el gobierno del expresidente conservador Rodrigo Chaves, ganó la elección en Costa Rica en febrero con 48% de los votos, venciendo a su rival más cercano por 15 puntos porcentuales y superar el 40% de los votos necesario para evitar una segunda vuelta.

Durante su campaña, Fernández propuso medidas de mano dura contra el crimen, incluido un estado de excepción que permitiría a la policía detener a sospechosos sin órdenes judiciales, y afirmó que construiría una megaprisión inspirada en la notoria penitenciaría CECOT de El Salvador.

El gobierno de Fernández ha recibido varios vuelos con migrantes de terceros países deportados por Estados Unidos, en cumplimiento de un acuerdo que firmó su antecesor el año pasado. En junio, uno de esos vuelos transportó migrantes de China, Vietnam, Colombia y Azerbaiyán.

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As his $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC proceeds, a federal judge in Florida granted the president a temporary reprieve on Thursday from an order that he begin divulging details of his business empire’s financial performance — something he is clearly loath to do.

U.S. District Judge Roy Altman agreed to put that order on hold while he considers an amended complaint from Trump that would narrow his claim that he suffered damage to both business and reputation. By focusing only on the latter, Trump’s lawyers hope to avoid the need for the financial disclosures. That updated complaint has not been made public.

Trump filed the lawsuit in December over the way the British broadcaster, in a 2024 documentary, edited a speech he gave on Jan. 6, 2021, before protesters attacked the Capitol in Washington. It is one of many actions he has taken in his second term against media coverage that displeases him — in the courts, with executive action and in the overall presidential bully pulpit.

Trump contends that the BBC's editing was misleading because it cut out, among other parts, a section where Trump said he wanted supporters to demonstrate peacefully. The claim seeks $5 billion in damages for defamation and $5 billion for unfair trade practices.

The publicly funded broadcaster has apologized to Trump over the edit but rejects claims it defamed him. The furor produced the resignations of the BBC’s top executive and its head of news.

Judge finds new Trump argument noteworthy

In Thursday’s order, Altman said he found “compelling” Trump’s argument that an amended complaint might remove the need for financial disclosures, an argument the BBC disagrees with. Under the order from a Miami-based magistrate judge, Enjoliqué Lett, Trump had been required to start releasing financial records by Thursday from businesses held by his family trust.

“If the plaintiff’s amendment obviates the need to compel a non-party to disclose confidential financial information,” wrote Altman, a 2019 Trump appointee, “we think it’s prudent to enter a brief stay of the Order until the amendment request is resolved.”

But where will the case go from here. And did the Trump legal team overreach in this case?

Seth Stern, advocacy director at the Freedom of the Press Foundation, notes that the president can simply drop the lawsuit if the BBC proves successful in arguing that disclosure of financial data is also relevant to reputational harm.

“Trump has a history of filing lawsuits and then just dismissing them before they get to discovery,” Stern said. “So there’s a chance he’ll do that and I’m sure it’ll give him a day or an hour of embarrassing headlines. But as we’ve seen countless times with Trump’s administration ... no one headline seems to stick for very long, and I suspect that one would be no different.”

Stern thinks the BBC would be correct in arguing that financial data would still be relevant in the case. After all, the president is contending he suffered $10 billion worth of reputational harm.

“You cannot claim $10 billion in reputational damages when you’re the president of the United States and you won the presidential election after the reporting that you’re complaining about," he said. “That makes no sense.”

He added: “For him to say that discovery into his economic damages is intrusive or in any way problematic, after he placed such an outrageous damages number on his lawsuit, is absurd."

For now, the BBC trial is set for February

How long the legal maneuvering will take remains unclear. A trial is provisionally set for February in the case, which is just one of a host of legal actions Trump has initiated against media organizations whose coverage draws his ire.

The president is also seeking $10 billion in an ongoing defamation case against The Wall Street Journal over a sexually suggestive letter to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that the newspaper said bore Trump’s signature. His Justice Department recently issued and then withdrew subpoenas to several New York Times journalists who reported on security concerns about his new, Qatari-gifted Air Force One jet.

Trump and his administration is also engaged in a battle with ABC, whose coverage he often objects to. His Federal Communications Commission has launched an early review of eight ABC local broadcast licenses well before they expire. Its chairman, Brendan Carr, also appears to be seeking to penalize ABC’s “The View,” where some hosts speak out against Trump, by revoking its exemption from equal-time rules.

The Associated Press has also sued Trump over access to the White House press pool, from which the news organization was curtailed for sticking with the name “Gulf of Mexico” after the administration ordered it rechristened the “Gulf of America.” The AP said it was retaining the term because the body of water crossed borders, but that it would would also note Trump's renaming.

Stern, at the Freedom of the Press Foundation, feels that Trump will continue to press lawsuits — even those he may have no expectation of winning — unless courts suddenly decide to sanction his attorneys for filing frivolous lawsuits.

“Trump doesn’t care about losing a lawsuit or about spending a little bit of money on legal fees,” Stern says. “He understands full well that these aren’t cases he’s going to win. (But) he’s counting on them costing the defendants more than they cost him, in money, time and distraction. He’s counting on the initial headlines when he files a $10 billion lawsuit, making a big splash, and then his subsequent losses being an afterthought."

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Jocelyn Noveck covers the intersection of media and entertainment for The Associated Press.

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The superintendent stood on stage in the school’s auditorium, at 2450 SW First St., before a crowd that included School Board members and Parent Teacher Association leaders.

“For more than 150 years, our school district has been part of the American story, a belief that individuals and institutions can learn and become better,” Dotres said.

The event, which also included school principals, was in preparation for the return of more than 313,000 students on Thursday, the first day of the 2026-2027 academic year in Miami-Dade.

“They deserve adults who never lose sight of the power of human connection,” Dotres said about the incoming MDCP students.

Despite enrollment reductions, Miami-Dade remains the third-largest public school district in the nation after New York City, the largest, and the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Dotres listed the district’s achievements to include achieving an “academically high performing” designation, leading the nation in magnet education, and opening the first district-run Innovation School of Technology at Venetian Parc Academy.

“It is a school of the future with a shift from seat time to learning time. In that school, students will not be bound by minutes of instruction in particular areas,” Dotres said. “It will be about mastery and the readiness at each stage of their education process.”

Dotres also re-introduced his successor, Rafael Villalobos, whose experience includes teaching at South Dade High School and leading as principal of John A. Ferguson Senior High School and as the South Regional Superintendent since 2022. He starts on Feb. 17.

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El superintendente subió al escenario del auditorio de la escuela, ubicada en 2450 SW First St., ante un público que incluía miembros de la Junta Escolar y líderes de la Asociación de Padres y Maestros.

“Durante más de 150 años, nuestro distrito escolar ha sido parte de la historia estadounidense, una creencia de que las personas y las instituciones pueden aprender y mejorar”, dijo Dotres.

El evento, que también incluyó a directores de escuelas, se realizó como preparación para el regreso de más de 313,000 estudiantes el jueves, primer día del año académico 2026-2027 en Miami-Dade.

“Merecen adultos que nunca pierdan de vista el poder de la conexión humana”, dijo Dotres sobre los estudiantes de las M-DCPS que regresan a clases.

A pesar de la reducción en las inscripciones, Miami-Dade continúa siendo el tercer distrito de escuelas públicas más grande del país, después de la ciudad de Nueva York, el más grande, y el Distrito Escolar Unificado de Los Ángeles.

Dotres enumeró entre los logros del distrito haber obtenido la designación de “alto rendimiento académico”, liderar el país en educación magnet y abrir la primera Escuela de Innovación Tecnológica administrada por el distrito en Venetian Parc Academy.

“Es una escuela del futuro con un cambio del tiempo en el aula al tiempo de aprendizaje. En esa escuela, los estudiantes no estarán limitados por minutos de instrucción en áreas específicas”, dijo Dotres. “Se tratará del dominio de los conocimientos y de la preparación en cada etapa de su proceso educativo”.

Dotres también volvió a presentar a su sucesor, Rafael Villalobos, cuya experiencia incluye haber enseñado en South Dade High School, desempeñarse como director de John A. Ferguson Senior High School y como superintendente de la Región Sur desde 2022. Comienza el 17 de febrero.

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The justices in a 5-4 decision in June said Cook, who was nominated to the Fed’s Board of Governors by President Joe Biden, could remain in her post at least as long as her lawsuit challenging her firing goes on. The Trump administration is appealing a lower-court ruling in Cook’s favor.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in a footnote in his opinion that nothing forbids President Donald Trump from “trying again” to fire Cook provided she is given proper notice and a chance to contest it. Trump indicated after the opinion that he would do just that, vowing to “take appropriate action immediately.”

In a letter this week obtained by The Associated Press, White House aide Dan Scavino told Cook that Trump was “considering removing you from your position” but cited the Supreme Court's requirement of proper notice in giving her until August 26 to challenge it.

The attempt to fire Cook is rooted in a criminal referral made last August by Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, that accused her of committing mortgage fraud by declaring two different homes – one in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and one in Atlanta – as “primary residence.’’ Homebuyers can get lower mortgage rates or smaller down payments on their primary homes compared to second or vacation homes.

Cook has aggressively defended herself against the allegations, saying the president had attempted to oust her “on a manufactured pretext because I refused to bow to political pressure and continued to set interest rates based only on what would best serve the American people.’’

Her lawyer, Abbe Lowell, argued in a November letter that Cook has mostly lived in the Ann Arbor property since first purchasing it in 2005. As a result, it was accurate for her to refer to it as her “primary residence” in a June 2021 application to refinance its mortgage, the letter said.

A month later, she purchased a condominium in Atlanta and, in a July 2021 document, also referred to it as her “primary residence.” Lowell said that it was an “isolated notation” that did not reflect an intent to defraud. An earlier mortgage application to the same lender in May 2021 had referred to the Atlanta condo as a “vacation home,” Lowell said. Cook also referred to it as a second home in federal filings during her confirmation process to become a Fed governor.

The latest White House letter largely rehashes the year-old allegations.

“These allegations are as baseless now as they were a year ago when President Trump tried to remove Governor Cook and interfere with the independence of the Federal Reserve,” Lowell said in a statement.

“No matter what President Trump tries to do next, this much is clear under the facts and Supreme Court precedent — there is no valid cause for removing Governor Cook. As we did before, we will challenge this latest pretext and preserve her position and the historic role of the Fed,” he added.

In an opinion filed Thursday in U.S. District Court of Virginia, Judge Michael F. Urbanski said the school board in Shenandoah County violated Black students’ rights under the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause, which forbids racial discrimination in state-supported institutions. The decision also violates the Equal Educational Opportunities Act, the court found.

Confederate army officers' names are “vestiges” of Shenandoah County's segregationist history that required separate schools for Black and white students.

“The Confederate names were restored with complete awareness of their historic legacy and ongoing discriminatory impact,” Urbanski wrote. “In the court’s view, the affirmative act of reinstating these vestiges of segregation is far more problematic than a passive failure to remove a long-standing name or symbol.”

The judge ordered the board to settle on new school names “on a racially nondiscriminatory basis with all deliberate speed.”

Unlike memorials named after Confederate figures, schools are places where children should have an “educational environment free of vestiges of racial discrimination,” Urbanski added.

Jim Guynn, the attorney representing Shenandoah County, did not immediately respond to a phone message seeking comment.

In a statement Friday, the NAACP Virginia State Conference called the ruling “a decisive victory" for students.

“For decades, the practice of honoring Confederate leaders in Virginia schools has been steeped in a history of racial discrimination,” said its president, the Rev. Cozy Bailey. “The school board’s 2024 renaming decision is impossible to explain except through the lens of race."

The Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs represented the NAACP.

“The court acknowledged that such names inflict real, racially disproportionate harm," said Kaitlin Banner, deputy legal director.

The Virginia NAACP filed the suit on behalf of six students and their parents in June 2024 after the school board voted 5-1 to change Mountain View High School back to Stonewall Jackson High School and Honey Run Elementary back to Ashby-Lee Elementary, which combines the names of Gen. Robert E. Lee and Turner Ashby, a Confederate cavalry officer. The board reversed a 2020 decision to remove the original names against a backdrop of nationwide protests over racial injustice.

The NAACP argued in its lawsuit that Black students, who make up less than 3% of the school system’s population, would be “required against their will to endorse the violent defense of slavery pursued by the Confederacy and the symbolism that these images have in the modern White supremacist movement.”

Under President Donald Trump's second administration, some statues honoring Confederate figures have been restored after being removed in 2020. It is part of Trump's ongoing efforts to control how American history is framed at Smithsonian museums, monuments in national parks and in classrooms.

Board members who voted to restore the Confederate names said they were honoring popular community sentiment. They said the previous board members who voted to remove the names in 2020 had ignored constituents and due process on the matter.

In that virtual visit on Jan. 23, 2023, the Massachusetts mother appeared depressed, said she felt no motivation and reported bouts of heart-racing anxiety, psychiatrist Dr. Jennifer Tufts told jurors. But she said Clancy gave no indication of hearing voices that, according her defense, commanded her the next day to take her children's lives so she could end her own.

“Did she tell you that she was planning to kill the children?” prosecutor Jennifer Sprague asked.

“No,” Tufts replied. “Absolutely not.”

Clancy's psychiatric treatment is a key chapter in both the prosecution and defense narratives about her mental state when she strangled the children in their suburban home and then jumped out a second-story window.

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In questioning Tufts and a different psychiatrist who treated Clancy during a five-day hospital stay in early January 2023, prosecutors underscored that the defendant denied wanting to hurt anyone else or planning to kill herself. Clancy's lawyer, meanwhile, aimed to flesh out the defense's claim that various providers didn't properly diagnose her and put her on a series of medications that left her worse off.

Clancy has pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the strangling deaths of Callan, Dawson and Cora Clancy, who ranged from 8 months to 5 years old. They were found in the basement of the family's home in coastal Duxbury, Massachusetts, and their mother was lying, badly injured, in the yard. She remains paralyzed from the waist down.

Prosecutors argue that Lindsay Clancy, a 35-year-old former labor and delivery nurse, was an intentional killer who attacked her children after getting her husband out of the house by asking him to run errands. The defense doesn't dispute that she killed the children but says she was so mentally ill that she shouldn't be held criminally responsible.

In the criminal trial and a medical malpractice lawsuit, Clancy's attorneys say she had bipolar disorder and postpartum psychosis — a break with reality that a small fraction of women have after childbirth.

When Clancy first sought care

Tufts first saw Clancy in September 2022. Consulting her notes on the witness stand Friday, she recalled that Clancy reported feeling anxious, “overwhelmed” by caring for the three children and worried about infant Callan's refusal to bottle-feed. Her maternity leave was set to end, though she would go on to extend it.

Tufts diagnosed generalized anxiety disorder and an adjustment disorder with depressed mood, and she recommended therapy and an antidepressant. It became the first in a constantly-remixed cocktail of drugs that Tufts and others prescribed as Clancy reported increasing symptoms, complained of side effects and questioned whether the pills were making her worse.

Clancy's malpractice suit argues that her mounting anxiety and sleeplessness after that first antidepressant were a reaction that signaled bipolar illness. Tufts said she considered such a diagnosis in December 2022 but that Clancy didn't meet the criteria.

Another provider, a nurse-practitioner, did consider bipolar disorder and prescribed an antipsychotic that's often used to treat it, as well as insomnia. Clancy's condition continued declining.

Clancy's stay in a psychiatric hospital

By New Year's Day 2023, Clancy checked herself into McLean Hospital, a prominent psychiatric facility. Clancy said she felt numb and expressed concerns about depending on the antipsychotic to sleep, hospital psychiatrist Dr. Alia Goodheart testified Friday. She diagnosed Clancy with insomnia with a mental health condition and tapered down the drug.

Clancy then reported she could sleep, was eager to go home in time for a long-planned belated birthday party for Cora, and booked herself follow-up outpatient care, the psychiatrist testified. The hospital discharged her that Jan. 5 with prescriptions for an antianxiety drug and a sleep aid.

“She had never stated that she had any thoughts of harming anybody else,” Goodheart told jurors. And although Clancy said she'd had suicidal thoughts, she denied having them in the moment and indeed said she had reasons not to take her own life: “her children and her family, her mother,” Goodheart recalled.

Clancy saw Tufts, her original outpatient psychiatrist, by video four more times that January. At their last appointment, Tufts adjusted her medication dosages. She saw no reason to order Clancy to be hospitalized, she said.

Defense lawyer Kevin Reddington hasn't yet had his turn to question Tufts. But in questioning Goodheart, he emphasized that the hospital care team didn't do various tests — Goodheart said they weren't necessary — or learn that Clancy had called a suicide hotline that fall. Nor did the providers talk to her outpatient clinicians.

“She was very sick, wasn’t she?” Reddington asked at one point.

“I don’t know what you mean,” Goodheart responded.

If convicted of murder, Clancy faces life in prison without parole. If found not guilty due to a lack of criminal responsibility, she would be committed to a state mental health facility.

A record-setting contract brought financial security, but for Gibbs, it also ended an anxious wait that had kept him off the practice field.

“This process has been extremely stressful,” Gibbs said Friday, one day after signing a three-year contract extension that made him the highest-paid running back in NFL history. “I just wanted to play ball. I missed being out there with my teammates and coaches and it’s just fun being out there now.”

The extension, agreed to Thursday, is worth $67.5 million over three years and could reach $75.75 million with incentives. It includes $51.5 million in guaranteed money, according to multiple reports, surpassing the deal Atlanta’s Bijan Robinson signed earlier this week.

After signing the contract, Gibbs participated only in individual drills Friday, but said the biggest relief was putting the negotiations behind him.

Three years ago, many questioned whether the Lions had reached by selecting a running back with the 12th overall pick in the 2023 NFL draft.

Gibbs said the criticism never bothered him.

“For me, I didn’t really care, because I knew what I could do, and I was confident in myself,” he said.

Three seasons into his career, Gibbs has put together one of the most productive starts by a running back in NFL history.

Despite sharing the backfield with David Montgomery, Gibbs has scored 49 total touchdowns in his first three NFL seasons, the most by any player during that span. He broke the previous record of 47 set by Hall of Famer and former Lion Barry Sanders.

Last season, Gibbs totaled 1,839 yards from scrimmage, including 1,223 rushing yards and 616 receiving yards, while scoring 18 touchdowns. He also set career highs with 77 receptions, 616 receiving yards and five touchdown catches.

Since entering the league, Gibbs has rushed for 3,580 yards — seventh-most in the NFL during that span — while averaging 5.3 yards per carry. He has topped 1,200 rushing yards in each of the past two seasons and caught at least 50 passes in all three years.

Lions Associate Head Coach Scottie Montgomery said Gibbs earned the extension through both his production and his professionalism.

“He has came in from day one and did everything we asked him to do,” Montgomery said. “He is what a pro should be.”

Montgomery said Gibbs has continued to improve each season while maintaining the same approach that made him the 12th overall pick.

“I hope a lot of kids, a lot of people are watching the way that he went about the process,” Montgomery said. “Going from year one to year two to year three and continually getting better.”

Montgomery also pointed to Gibbs’ versatility as one of the reasons he has become such an important part of Detroit’s offense.

“When you got a guy like Jah, you can be a bell cow and touch it 10 times and have 200 total yards,” Montgomery said. “He can play at the receiver position. He can play at the wing position. He can play at the back.”

Gibbs said he heard from several fellow NFL running backs after agreeing to the extension, including Robinson, Montgomery, Derrick Henry, Jonathan Taylor, Christian McCaffrey, James Cook and De’Von Achane.

Gibbs said signing the extension also means he gets to remain in a city he has embraced since arriving in 2023.

“Before I got here, everything you hear about Detroit is negative," Gibbs said. "Since I’ve been here, all I can say is positive things. The people, there’s a lot of good food, the culture.

“I love being here. I’m so glad I get to be here for the next five years.”

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Según el líder opositor cubano José Daniel Ferrer, cualquier plan para transformar Cuba debe incluir a los cubanos que están en la isla.

Pero, ¿tienen los cubanos en la isla la capacidad y las herramientas para participar en un proceso de este tipo? Después de vivir durante casi 68 años bajo un sistema totalitario que ha moldeado los valores y las actitudes personales de la población, podría tomar tiempo no solo cambiarlo sino, más importante aún, mantener esos cambios.

Las democracias no se construyen en un día. Se necesitará tiempo y paciencia. Recordemos también que antes de la Revolución Cubana, Cuba tuvo una dictadura bajo Batista.

6 de agosto: Estados Unidos anuncia un nuevo paquete de sanciones económicas contra Cuba; también sanciona a dos de los principales generales cubanos

El Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos anunció el jueves un nuevo paquete de sanciones económicas contra Cuba. Al mismo tiempo, también fueron sancionados dos de los principales generales de Cuba: Álvaro López Miera, ministro de Defensa, y el general Roberto Sotolongo, jefe de las Fuerzas Armadas.

5 de agosto: Según informe, la CIA crea grupo de trabajo sobre Cuba

The New York Times informó sobre la creación de un grupo de trabajo de la CIA sobre Cuba con el propósito de ejercer mayor presión sobre el gobierno cubano para que implemente cambios políticos y económicos en su sistema.

Esta noticia probablemente será recibida por Cuba como una amenaza adicional por parte de Estados Unidos.

5 de agosto: Presidente cubano confirma conversaciones en curso entre La Habana y Estados Unidos

El presidente de Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, confirmó hoy que existen conversaciones en curso entre La Habana y Washington con el propósito de evitar una confrontación militar y tratar de encontrar soluciones a los problemas entre ambas naciones.

El gobierno cubano entiende que se está quedando sin opciones y que, muy probablemente, necesitará llegar a un acuerdo con Estados Unidos. ¿Incluirá un cambio de régimen?

Actualización del 3 de agosto: Rubio habla sobre las actividades de espionaje de Cuba en Estados Unidos

El pasado fin de semana, en una entrevista con Fox News, el secretario de Estado y asesor de Seguridad Nacional de Estados Unidos, Marco Rubio, habló sobre las actividades de espionaje que Cuba continúa realizando en Estados Unidos.

Rubio afirmó que espías cubanos continúan infiltrándose en el gobierno de Estados Unidos, instituciones financieras, organizaciones e instituciones académicas. También sostuvo que Cuba sigue representando una amenaza para la seguridad nacional de Estados Unidos.

El Dr. Andy S. Gómez es el analista de Cuba de Local 10. Gómez es considerado uno de los principales especialistas sobre Cuba. Trabajó durante 32 años en el ámbito de la educación superior antes de retirarse de la Universidad de Miami en 2012.

Cousins, who is operating the first-team offense in training camp, remained on the field to finish the drive. Crosby, however, was sent to the sideline.

“Those are two leaders of our team going at it, so that is part of camp,” coach Klint Kubiak said. “Obviously, if you fight in a game and throw a punch in game, then you're out of the game. So we've got to be smart and treat it like a game.”

Cousins appeared upset that Crosby tipped his pass, forcing an incompletion, and then charged the 6-foot-5, 256-pound defensive end who is three inches taller and 42 pounds heavier.

“We don't want to be throwing punches, but I think on any padded day of camp, there's going to be some tussles,” tight end Michael Mayer said. "That's our starting quarterback right now, and you want him to defend your team and you want him to have some edge to him, which he does. He's always had since the first day I met him when he came in here.

“I don't want him getting thrown out. I don't want him getting a flag. Nothing like that, but you've got to be able to defend yourself.”

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Hamilton was among a group of 74 nominations approved by the Senate, including President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Transportation Security Administration, David Cummins, and his choice for ambassador to Brazil, Daniel Perez.

Upon his swearing in, Hamilton will take over an agency whose future has been uncertain since Trump threatened to get rid of it days into his second term. Hamilton's nomination signaled that Trump may be moving on from that idea, but his Republican administration is still promising drastic changes in how the government handles disasters.

Hamilton will have to shepherd that overhaul while stabilizing an agency of more than 20,000 employees recovering from Kristi Noem's chaotic tenure as Department of Homeland Security secretary, during which FEMA saw mass staff departures, disruptions to grant programs and delays of disaster aid.

While her successor, former Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin, has worked to reverse some of the upheaval, Democrats are accusing Trump of politicizing disaster relief. Trump has approved 80% of disaster requests from Republican governors but only about 60% from Democratic governors, a July analysis by The Associated Press found.

In his June hearing before a Senate committee, Hamilton pledged to advocate for FEMA and its workforce while promising to ensure FEMA is “objective, is fair and reasonable, follows the law, and is consistent in the approach to how we adjudicate and process claims and requests for disasters.”

He also maintained that the agency is burdened by bureaucracy and cannot be expected to respond to every disaster. “We would need to strike a new balance to encourage cost reasonableness and cost savings,” he said.

Hamilton was fired from a temporary role leading FEMA

Hamilton had limited emergency management experience before Trump named him FEMA's temporary leader in January 2025. Formerly a critic of the agency, Hamilton has said he came to appreciate FEMA's mission. His tenure proved short after he broke with Noem and other DHS officials over FEMA's future.

“I do not believe it is in the best interest of the American people to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency,” Hamilton told a House panel in May 2025. He was fired the next day.

His stand drew admiration among some emergency management professionals.

“It tells you exactly who he is and how he will lead when the pressure is highest and the easy answer is the wrong one,” Pete Gaynor, FEMA administrator in Trump's first term, said in a statement supporting Hamilton's confirmation.

The National Emergency Management Association said it welcomes Hamilton as the FEMA administrator.

Still, some FEMA staffers have remained wary of Hamilton’s role in controversial decisions last year like canceling a multibillion-dollar resilience grant program.

FEMA has been an agency under siege

Hamilton will take over in the middle of a busy summer disaster season that has already brought destructive wildfires and dangerous flooding and as FEMA manages more than 1,000 open disaster declarations. He will be FEMA’s first permanent administrator in Trump’s second term, overseeing an agency eager for stability.

More than 4,300 employees separated from FEMA in the 2025 budget year, more than 1,500 through voluntary reductions, resulting in a “loss of institutional knowledge and experienced personnel,” according to a Government Accountability Office report.

Since replacing Noem in March, Mullin has rehired for some eliminated positions and rescinded a rule that any expense greater than $100,000 needed to be approved by the secretary’s office — a requirement that backlogged billions of dollars in disaster aid.

But DHS has also introduced policies stirring up new controversy. Twenty-five states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration last month over new election security requirements in FEMA counterterrorism grants to states.

The Trump administration and lawmakers are advocating for sweeping changes to federal disaster response. At a meeting of governors last weekend, Mullin called FEMA “bloated.”

“The biggest reform you’re going to see is more responsibility is going to go back to your states,” Mullin said, with “FEMA there for worst of the worst, not every storm.”

In May, a Trump-appointed FEMA Review Council recommended major changes to how the federal government supports states, tribes and territories during disasters. That could speed assistance but might reduce how much and how often FEMA helps. Many of the suggested changes require congressional action.

Gaynor told the AP he expects that Hamilton will work quickly to make changes within his authority. “I think his biggest priority in general is making the whole recovery system simpler for disaster survivors, for states and locals to navigate, to make it less of mystery, and cut out red tape,” Gaynor said.

Senate approves 74 nominations, including for airport security

Other nominees confirmed included Cummins as head of the Transportation Security Administration, an agency also facing persistent challenges, particularly after this year’s record partial government shutdown left TSA employees working for weeks without pay. The funding lapse prompted thousands of officers to call out of work and about 1,100 to quit.

Cummins is a former senior vice president at the government contractor Serco, which runs air traffic control towers at 60 American airports. He is taking over as the Trump administration seeks to expand private airport screening and cut thousands of TSA jobs.

The Senate also confirmed Perez, a close friend of Secretary of State Marco Rubio and a former speaker of Florida’s House of Representatives, to be the next U.S. ambassador to Brazil.

Perez has been central to an ongoing diplomatic dispute between the Trump administration and the government of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Earlier this week, the State Department said the Brazilian government’s refusal to accept Perez’s appointment was a main reason for its decision to revoke the visa of Brazil’s ambassador to the United States. International diplomatic protocols demand that host countries approve any foreign ambassadors before they can take their posts.

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In North Miami, Espinosa sexually molested a girl when she was 10 years old and started to rape her when she was 11, according to a police officer’s arrest report.

Espinosa “would lose his temper if she refused to have sex with him,” a police officer wrote about the girl in North Miami, according to the arrest report.

In Hialeah, detectives accused Espinosa of sexually abusing a 9-year-old boy from 2018 to 2022 and a 9-year-old girl from 2009 to 2020, according to arrest warrants.

Espinosa “had access to a ... daycare and pre-school owned by his spouse,” a detective wrote, according to the arrest warrant.

Miami-Dade corrections booked Espinosa, 65, shortly after 11:35 a.m. on Wednesday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

North Miami police officers re-arrested him at 3:20 p.m. on Thursday at TGKCC.

A Tampa Police Department detective had arrested Espinosa on Dec. 5 in Manatee County for child sex abuse in Hillsborough County, records show.

On Friday, Espinosa faced 18 charges in three cases in Miami-Dade County, according to court records.

In a Hialeah case, Espinosa faced 14 charges: Six counts of engaging in a sexual act with a child, three counts of lewd or lascivious molestation on a child, and five counts of sexual battery on a child.

In the North Miami case, Espinosa faced three charges: Engaging in a sexual act with a child, lewd or lascivious molestation on a child, and knowingly transmitting, distributing, or showing obscene or harmful material to a minor.

In a second Hialeah case, Espinosa faced a charge of lewd or lascivious molestation on a child.

Espinosa, who was born in Cuba, also had holds from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Florida Department of Corrections, according to inmate records

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

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Michael Simpson, de 51 años y residente de Miami Beach, ofreció una conferencia de prensa en Miami la mañana del viernes.

Los agentes dijeron que el incidente ocurrió el 29 de julio durante la minitemporada de langosta frente a Fisher Island, mientras el buzo Hunter Cofer estaba en el agua buscando langostas.

Indicaron que, durante una disputa por un lugar para bucear, Simpson se enfureció y amenazó con cerrar el suministro de aire de Cofer, y luego cumplió la amenaza.

Pero Simpson dijo que eso no fue en absoluto lo que ocurrió. El viernes, dijo que había nadado hasta el lugar para ver por qué el padre de Cofer, quien según él se comportaba de manera agresiva, le gritaba a su hijo. Simpson dijo que el padre del adolescente cerró accidentalmente el suministro de aire mientras intentaba tirar de un flotador.

“Él tira de él y la máquina se apaga. Hace una especie de movimiento, resbala, cae sobre el borde del bote y cae al agua”, dijo Simpson. “Inmediatamente, el hombre sale a la superficie y da una brazada hacia mi hijo para cerrar el aire. Es mentira. Es una mentira al 100%. ¿Por qué tendría el padre que mentir diciendo que saltó al agua? Se cayó frente a todos”.

Simpson dijo que el adolescente que estaba bajo el agua se había enredado. Los agentes dijeron que no hubo heridos. Simpson mostró a los medios un video en el que agentes estatales de vida silvestre hablaron con él posteriormente sin incidentes. Dijo que no huyó de la escena, sino que simplemente se alejó unos 300 yardas en su embarcación.

Simpson contrató al abogado Howard Srebnick, quien recientemente encabezó una defensa exitosa en otro caso marítimo de alto perfil en el condado Miami-Dade: en junio, un jurado declaró a su cliente, George Pino, no culpable en un caso de homicidio con una embarcación.

Simpson y Srebnick han prometido luchar contra los cargos.

According to Cuban opposition leader Jose Daniel Ferrer, any plans to transform Cuba must include Cubans on the island.

But do Cubans on the island have the capacity and capabilities to participate in such a process? After living for almost 68 years under a totalitarian system that has shaped the population’s personal values and attitudes, it could take time not only to change it but, more importantly, to sustain those changes.

Democracies are not built in one day. It will take time and patience. Let’s also remember that before the Cuban Revolution, Cuba had a dictatorship under Batista.

Aug 6: US announces new set of economic sanctions against Cuba; 2 of Cuba’s top generals also sanctioned

The U.S. State Department announced a new set of economic sanctions against Cuba on Thursday. At the same time, two of Cuba’s top generals were also sanctioned, Alvaro Lopez Miera, Minister of Defense; and General Roberto Sotolongo, head of the armed forces.

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Aug. 5: CIA Task Force on Cuba created, per report

The New York Times has reported the creation of a CIA Task Force on Cuba with the purpose of putting additional pressure on the Cuban government to make political and economic changes to their system.

This news will probably be received by Cuba as an additional threat by the U.S.

Aug. 5: Cuban president confirms ongoing conservations between Havana, US

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel confirmed today that there are ongoing conversations between Havana and DC for the purpose of avoiding a military confrontation and trying to find solutions to the issues between both nations.

The Cuban government understands that they are running out of options and most likely will need to reach an agreement with the U.S. Will it include regime change?

Aug. 3 update: Rubio speaks about Cuba’s ongoing espionage activities in the US

This past weekend, in an interview with Fox News, U.S. Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio spoke about Cuba’s ongoing espionage activities in the U.S.

Rubio went on to say that Cuban spies continue to infiltrate the U.S. government, financial institutions, organizations, and academic institutions. Rubio claimed that Cuba continues to be a national security threat to the U.S.

Dr. Andy S. Gomez is Local 10’s Cuba Analyst. Gomez is considered one of the leading scholars on Cuba. He worked in higher education for 32 years before retiring from the University of Miami in 2012.

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According to the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, officers responded just before 10:40 p.m. to Blue Martini at 2432 E. Sunrise Blvd. after receiving multiple 911 calls reporting a stabbing.

When officers arrived, they found a man suffering from multiple stab wounds.

Investigators said the victim was taken to Broward Health Medical Center with serious injuries and is expected to survive.

They said the victim and Lawrence Constantine Edmonson had been involved in an altercation before the stabbing.

Police said license plate reader cameras helped officers quickly locate the Edmonson’s vehicle. They said a grappler device was used to safely stop the vehicle before taking him into custody.

Police said Edmonson suffered minor injuries during the initial altercation with the victim.

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

No other details about the stabbing were immediately released.

Según el Departamento de Policía de Fort Lauderdale, agentes respondieron poco antes de las 10:40 p.m. al Blue Martini, ubicado en 2432 E. Sunrise Blvd., después de recibir varias llamadas al 911 que reportaban un apuñalamiento.

Cuando los agentes llegaron, encontraron a un hombre que sufría múltiples heridas de arma blanca.

Los investigadores dijeron que la víctima fue trasladada al Broward Health Medical Center con lesiones graves y se espera que sobreviva.

Indicaron que la víctima y Lawrence Constantine Edmonson habían estado involucrados en un altercado antes del apuñalamiento.

La policía dijo que cámaras lectoras de matrículas ayudaron a los agentes a localizar rápidamente el vehículo de Edmonson. Indicaron que se utilizó un dispositivo Grappler para detener el vehículo de manera segura antes de detenerlo.

La policía dijo que Edmonson sufrió lesiones menores durante el altercado inicial con la víctima.

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

No se divulgaron de inmediato más detalles sobre el apuñalamiento.

The bipartisan legislation, which passed 86-11, would penalize countries that continue to buy Russian oil, gas and other exports seeking to deprive Putin of revenues fueling the war. It comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the Capitol last week following Graham’s funeral, met with senators from both parties and watched from the gallery as the Senate took the first procedural votes.

“Today, President Zelenskyy is watching from Ukraine — and Putin is watching from Moscow,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., who had worked with the late South Carolina senator on the package.

“I would like to think Lindsey Graham is watching, too,” he said. “Today we say to the people of Ukraine: You are not alone. And today we say to Vladimir Putin: You will not conquer Ukraine.”

The sweeping show of force from the Senate is the most substantial move yet during President Donald Trump’s second term to shift the dynamic of the four-year war, which has now churned longer than World War I. Congress has struggled to ensure the flow of U.S. funding and munitions to Ukraine, but Trump has given a nod to the package, which includes his push for sanctions on Iran, pressuring the House to pass and send it for his signature.

Graham and Blumenthal had announced a deal with the White House on the sanctions legislation on July 10 after more than a year of negotiations with the White House. Graham, who had just returned from Ukraine, died suddenly the next day, likely from an aortic tear.

The bipartisan package allows the president to impose tariffs on the world’s top five purchasers of Russian oil or natural gas, including China and India. It provides exceptions for countries that import less than 15% of their natural gas from Russia and are taking steps to reduce those imports.

The legislation also includes sanctions on Putin, senior Russian political and military leaders, Russian financial institutions and Russian energy projects. It would expand U.S. sanctions to target older, reflagged oil tankers that Russia uses to circumvent existing U.S. sanctions on Russian oil and energy revenues. The bill also allows the White House to waive sanctions or restrictions if the president certifies to Congress that it's in the national interest.

Democrats and some Republicans have been wary of giving Trump broad authority to slap tariffs on imports that have spiked prices for goods, worried about inflationary costs for Americans. Those voting against the final package were mostly progressive Democrats.

Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., who was appointed by the state’s governor to fill her brother’s seat, said she was honored to carry on his work. “This legislation hits Putin where it hurts,” she said.

Bill sends ‘a moral signal’ to Ukraine and its allies

Zelenskyy told senators during last week’s private meeting at the Capitol that Ukraine is making gains in the war, but still needs more help from the U.S. He publicly thanked them for the sanctions package.

Republican Sen. Todd Young of Indiana, who attended the meeting, said the sanctions legislation “is important as a moral signal to a country that is weary and tired, though holding its own.”

New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, said advancing the legislation now, ahead of Russia’s own elections, will put pressure on Putin to seriously revisit prospects for a peace deal. And she warned that every time the U.S. backs away from tough actions, Russia ramps up its attacks.

“If we can’t shut down the funding for the war machine that Russia is using against Ukraine, then they’re going to keep at it,” she said.

Ukraine’s foreign minister Andrii Sybiha expressed gratitude to the Senate in a post, and said that with U.S. support, "Together, we are bringing a lasting peace closer.”

Some say the bill would give Trump too much tariff power

The Senate defeated an amendment by Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon that would have removed the new tariff authority for Trump. Paul says it would be too costly for taxpayers, while Wyden and other Democrats say they don’t want to give Trump any new authority to impose tariffs.

“We’ve got folks who are walking an economic tightrope here in America,” Wyden said.

Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., who had held up passage of the package over the tariff authority, said he received a written commitment from the Trump administration through U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer that ensures guardrails. The tariffs would be lifted once the countries are no longer on the lists of those purchasing Russian oil and gas, or helping to evade sanctions, he said.

“We should not have to choose between putting a check on Putin’s aggression and putting a check on this president’s tariffs regime,” Warnock said. If Trump “oversteps his power, we will see him in court.”

Package next goes to the House

While the Senate momentum puts pressure on the House to act as soon as lawmakers return to session at the end of August, top Democrats still warn against handing Trump too much power in the Russia sanctions package.

Rep. Gregory Meeks, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said the bill as is gives Trump too much authority to “weaponize” tariffs in ways that do little to deter Russia, but hurt Americans back home.

“It would allow President Trump to dodge holding Russia accountable and impose yet more tariffs in his destructive trade wars, leaving Americans to foot the bill," Meeks said.

He said the tally on the Paul-Wyden amendment, 32-64, demonstrates the demand among lawmakers to make changes to the package.

The House had already passed a separate measure in June that would provide aid to Ukraine and sanction key segments of the Russian economy. That Meeks-led package from Democrats drew bipartisan support from Republicans, overriding objections from GOP leaders.

Catholicos Karekin II and six other senior clergymen are accused of defying a court order to reinstate a defrocked bishop. The case is widely seen as a part of long-simmering tensions between Pashinyan, who was reelected earlier this year, and the church, which has called for his ouster.

If convicted, Karekin and the other clerics could face up to two years in prison.

Relations between the powerful church and Pashinyan’s government have deteriorated rapidly since 2024, when tens of thousands of demonstrators, led by a high-ranking cleric, called for his ouster. They were angered by Armenia's agreement to hand over control of several border villages to Azerbaijan and normalize relations with its neighbor after being locked for decades in territorial disputes.

Many clergy bitterly opposed the handover of the villages and criticized Pashinyan, who came to power in the South Caucasus nation amid a wave of hopeful, pro-democracy protests that swept Armenia in 2018. Some senior clerics have since faced a crackdown by the government.

The judge in the trial recuses himself

The first court hearing took place Friday in the central city of Vagharshapat, also known as Etchmiadzin, which is Armenia's spiritual capital and the headquarters of the church.

Shortly after the hearing, Karekin's lawyer Ara Zograbyan told reporters the judge in the case has recused himself.

“I welcome this move by the judge, because in effect he refused to become a part of this shameful proceeding,”Zograbyan said, adding that the case will be assigned to a new judge.

Hundreds of Karekin's supporters gathered outside the courthouse in Vagharshapat, which is located about 18 kilometers (11 miles) west of Armenia's capital, Yerevan. Members of opposition parties, clergy leaders and representatives of nongovernmental organizations also came for the hearing.

Samvel Karapetyan, head of the pro-Russian opposition party Strong Armenia, called the case against Karekin a “national disgrace.”

“It seemed that maybe the authorities would come to their senses and stop their attacks on the church, but they're keeping at it,” local media quoted him as saying.

The case of a defrocked bishop led to the charges

The charges arose after the church in January defrocked Bishop Gevorg Saroyan, who had previously called for Karekin's ouster. The church accused Saroyan of abuse of power. Saroyan contested the move in court, which sided with him and ordered his reinstatement.

The church refused, and Armenia's Prosecutor General's office launched the case against Karekin and the other clerics in February, accusing them of defying a court order and barring them from leaving the country.

Two other top clergymen were arrested last year. Archbishop Mikael Ajapahyan was convicted of calling for the overthrow of the government, and Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, who led the anti-government protests in 2024, is currently under house arrest awaiting trial on charges of attempting a coup, fomenting mass unrest and preparing a terrorist attack.

Earlier this year, an appellate court overturned Ajapahyan's conviction and ordered a new trial.

Clerics denounce the case as an assault on church autonomy

During an evening service at the Etchmiadzin Cathedral, Karekin denounced the case against him.

“These days the authorities take steps to undermine the church's authority, restrict its autonomy and subjugate it to their will,” he said, adding that the institution's autonomy is at the core of Armenia's prosperity.

Archbishop Natan Hovhannisyan, head of the Department of External Relations and Protocol of the church and one of the defendants, said the church is not an entity that can be “nationalized, expropriated and have a manager appointed.”

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“I don't know how old he is. Isn't he past 35?,” the offensive coordinator asked Friday before being told Smith is actually 35. “It feels like he's 28. I'm telling you, it feels like physically, I see no ... like, he is in his prime, physically.”

Not bad for a quarterback entering his 14th NFL season, a journey that began as a second-round draft pick of the Jets in 2013 and has included several ups and downs on the field along the way.

“Like his arm, the way he moves, his feet in the pocket, he’s physically in his prime,” said Reich, in his first season running the Jets' offense. “So he takes great care of himself and that’s going to help this team.”

New York certainly hopes so. The Jets acquired Smith in the offseason from Las Vegas to add a veteran quarterback to an offense that struggled mightily during a 3-14 season. The Jets ranked last or near the bottom in several offensive categories as the likes of Justin Fields, Tyrod Taylor and Brady Cook took turns calling the signals for then-coordinator Tanner Engstrand. Their 8 yards per completion was the lowest mark in the NFL, and that's something that's expected to improve significantly.

Smith has always been able to stretch the field, especially during three straight seasons of at least 3,500 yards passing in Seattle from 2022-24. He threw for 3,025 last year in a down season with Las Vegas that included an NFL-leading 17 interceptions.

Back with the Jets, Smith has had a mostly good training camp. And he has thoroughly impressed Reich, who said during minicamp that the quarterback has an “elite” football mind. Reich was back gushing about Smith on Friday.

“Geno’s the leader,” Reich said. "He’s the leader of the offense, make no mistake about it, in every way, shape and form. And to me, what has become crystal clear in this early time in training camp, the attribute that sticks out to me is his laser focus. This man is laser focused like people don’t understand. Like, he comes to work and he is locked in.

“And I feel like the whole offense plays off of that. That’s a really big deal.”

Reich has seen what leadership looks like from a quarterback. He was a longtime backup to Jim Kelly as a player and has coached Peyton Manning, Philip Rivers, Andrew Luck and Matt Ryan.

The offensive coordinator also knows what good quarterback play looks like. And he sees all of that in Smith, granted, still in the protected, no-contact confines of training camp.

“I remember when he was coming out (of college), I had a high grade on him,” Reich said. “His throwing mechanics, if I'm just talking pure upper-body mechanics, they're pure. There's only a couple guys in the league that I would say are pure. Geno's one of them.”

Smith has also been drawing positive reviews from his teammates, who have praised his leadership since re-joining the Jets.

“Geno is a legend to guys like me,” fifth-year tight end Jelani Woods said. “He’s been in the league for a long time. You look up to him, just the professionalism he has, it’s something that you look into and he’s one of those guys that you go up to and talk to him at any time. He sits with you at the lunch table, he sits with anybody at the lunch table and you just have a simple conversation with him and just talk about life outside of football.

"And, you know, stuff like that goes a long way.”

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“That’s my hometown team, them and the Baltimore Ravens,” Diggs said Friday. "I always played with a chip on my shoulder, but the chip got really big when I’d go home because I felt like they passed up on me, didn’t give me a chance, and I was right in their backyard.”

Washington, and every NFL franchise, passed on Diggs multiple times in the 2015 draft before Minnesota selected him in the fifth round. After stints with the Vikings, Buffalo Bills, Houston Texans and New England Patriots, and four Pro Bowl selections later, Diggs signed with his hometown Commanders earlier this week.

It's a full-circle moment for Diggs, a Gaithersburg, Maryland, native who played for youth programs in the area growing up. A five-star recruit with scholarship offers practically anywhere in the country, Diggs chose to stay home and play for the University of Maryland.

“I can’t write a better story,” Diggs said. “At this point in my career, being healthy, coming off an ACL (injury), having success, going to your hometown team and wanting to shine for them. ... I want to put on for my city.”

His homecoming is more than just a feel-good story. The Commanders entered training camp with a massive hole at No. 2 wide receiver opposite Terry McLaurin, and Diggs figures to fill it as an instant upgrade.

Stylistically, Diggs is an excellent fit opposite McLaurin, who is a more traditional “X” receiver. Diggs has experience playing on the perimeter and in the slot and was one of the league's best chain-movers in 2025 — 51 of his 85 receptions went for first downs.

“When you see him work inside as a slot player, he’s got great feel,” head coach Dan Quinn said. “He’s a great competitor. … He’s somebody certainly that can move the chains, and you know how important that is — to have somebody that has the detail of option routes and specifics.”

Diggs said he didn’t have a personal relationship with McLaurin before his arrival, but admired his new teammate's game and intensity from afar and called it “real similar to myself.” Diggs praised the rest of the Commanders’ receivers, specifically rookie Antonio Williams, who he said "can hoop a little bit.”

Quinn said the plan for Diggs was to ramp up over the next two days, but the 32-year-old arrived in great shape and participated in individual and team drills on Friday. His immediate focus is in the classroom, hoping to learn new offensive coordinator David Blough’s system quickly.

Throughout his career, Diggs has earned the reputation of helping elevate young quarterbacks. After a so-so rookie year, New England’s Drake Maye finished second in MVP voting last season with Diggs as his top target. Josh Allen took a major step forward in 2020, Diggs’ first year in Buffalo.

“Quarterbacks got a lot on their plate, so I bring it down a notch and talk to them brother to brother,” Diggs said. “With young quarterbacks, making plays for them gives them confidence. That puts a battery in their back to feel like, ‘Man, I can do anything out here.’ That’s how I try to help them: just by playing well.”

With Washington, Diggs joins Jayden Daniels, who proved himself as AP Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2024. The duo started building their chemistry on Friday.

“They got a great young quarterback,” Diggs said. “He’s a star. He’s a superstar. I’m excited for him, excited for this team.”

In Buffalo and Houston, Diggs was selected as a team captain. Quinn said the receiver’s leadership skills have already stood out in their brief time together.

For now, Diggs’ goal is to earn the respect of his teammates and coaches through his play and experience.

“I always try to push the guys around me to be the best version of themselves,” Diggs said. “At the same time, more show than tell. I can say a bunch of hoopla, but I’d rather just go out there and hoop and show you why I did what I did or communicate through the actions.”

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Harris County Criminal Court Judge Alex Salgado in Houston dismissed the criminal charge Thursday at the request of the Harris County district attorney's office following Harden's completion of an alternative resolution program. Such programs allow defendants to avoid a criminal conviction by doing community service. Court documents don't detail the terms of Harden's agreement.

Harden was arrested June 13 in Houston after police found that he had a handgun in his vehicle. Texas law makes it a misdemeanor to have a gun “in plain view” in a vehicle without a license, punishable by up to a year in jail and a fine of up to $4,000.

Neither the district attorney's office nor Harden's attorney in Houston immediately responded to email and phone messages Friday seeking comment. The Cavaliers also did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.

Harden, 36, finished his 17th NBA season in May when the eventual NBA champion New York Knicks swept the Cavs in four games in the Eastern Conference finals. He averaged 23.6 points per game during the regular season, playing in 70 of 82 games.

He has said he'd like to remain with the Cavaliers, but he declined to exercise a $42.3 million option to return next season in favor of a longer contract. A deal has not been finalized.

Harden is an 11-time All-Star and an eight-time All-NBA selection. He earned MVP honors in the 2017-18 season while playing for the Houston Rockets, averaging 30.4 points per game. Harden led the Rockets to the Western Conference finals where they lost to the Golden State Warriors.

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This story has been corrected to show that the Rockets reached the Western Conference finals in the 2017-18 season, and didn’t win the Eastern Conference.

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Army Secretary Dan Driscoll told reporters at a military testing range in Michigan that the effort will cut months and sometimes years of the red tape that typically stifles military contractors. He pledged to grant companies access to ranges in the U.S. or those belonging to allies abroad within 30 days of them making a request through an online marketplace that went live Friday.

“It can take 12 to 18 months for a company that wants to go test the thing that can make a soldier’s life better, that can increase their lethality and that can keep them safer," Driscoll said. "That is not sufficient.”

The announcement comes as warfare rapidly changes around the globe, from the swarms of Shahed drones that Iran launched against American forces in the Middle East to Ukraine's innovations in drone technology while defending against Russia's invasion. But the Army is also opening its ranges as the Pentagon grapples with the costs of the Iran war, which has diminished the nation's stockpiles of advanced weapons that sometimes cost millions of dollars for a single missile or interceptor.

Driscoll told The Associated Press that policy changes such as making test ranges more accessible were driven in part by his observations of the war in Ukraine and how quickly that country has moved to produce new weapon systems. The Army secretary had been a key interlocutor during talks between Russia and Ukraine last year before those negotiations stalled.

Pentagon leaders have been trying to increase the tempo of production by incentivizing smaller companies to enter the market to build cheap and effective weapons. Driscoll told reporters that the Army aims to “break down every single barrier that we have put up over the last 20 or 30 years.”

“We are inviting industry to get in the mud with our soldiers, to innovate, to invest behind them,” Driscoll said in a roundtable call. “And then our commitment as an Army is we will purchase the things that will make our soldiers more lethal, more safe, and keep our country safer.”

The first company to take advantage of the new program has tested a new cruise missile at the Army’s missile test range in Morocco.

Abby Denburg, an executive with Covenant Industries, said the company “demonstrated not only the performance of the Anthem missile but also a repeatable pathway now available to every company.”

The program allows drone and missile companies to use five Army ranges to test new rockets, drones and anti-drone weapons even if that company does not have a military contract.

The effort to get weapons faster to the battlefield comes as a recent think tank analysis found that the conflict with Iran has used up more of the U.S. military’s already diminished stockpiles of advanced interceptors such as Patriot and THAAD missiles that are used to defend against air threats such as missiles and drones.

The analysis, conducted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, also noted that this shortfall could force the U.S. and its Middle Eastern allies to take more risks to conserve those air defenses.

President Donald Trump has pushed back on media coverage about the issue, telling reporters Thursday that “we need more all the time.” He claimed that certain kinds of munitions are in “virtually unlimited supply” and others are “a little bit tighter.” He didn’t offer more specifics.

Driscoll deflected questions about the nation's munitions stockpiles. He said that “we have a larger arsenal than any nation in the history of the world, and we will have an even larger arsenal with new and different and layered defenses.”

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Jail records show Tavaris Dewand Greene, who is listed as homeless in his arrest report, was arrested on felony battery charge following the attack.

According to a Miami police arrest report, the assault happened shortly after noon Thursday outside of Calle 8 Sports Bar and Grill near the intersection of Southwest Eighth Street and 11th Avenue.

The victim told officers she was walking east on Southwest Eighth Street when a man, who police identified as Green, was walking in the opposite direction when he suddenly approached her and punched her in the face, authorities said.

They said she fell to the ground as Greene ran westbound.

Miami police said bystanders helped the woman and called 911.

The victim was taken to HCA Florida Mercy Hospital, where doctors said she suffered a fractured nose and a laceration to her left cheek that required stitches, according to the report.

Surveillance video from a nearby businesses obtained by Local 10 News on Friday showed Green wearing a black hoodie and camouflage pants approaching the victim before cops say he punched her and fled the scene.

Miami police said they located Green near Southwest 17th Avenue and Eighth Street and detained him.

Police said they were able to identify Greene as the suspect after an officer who works out of Little Havana recognized him from the surveillance images and “previous incidents” the report states.

While at the Miami Police Department’s Violent Crimes Unit office, Greene “spontaneously stated that he was fine but having a bad day because he punched someone,” according to the report.

Police said Greene later told detectives he punched someone earlier in the day, returned home, took a nap, smoked marijuana and was later detained by officers.

As of Friday afternoon, he was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, where his bond was set at $150,000.

A motive for the attack is unclear at this time.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que Tavaris Dewand Greene, quien figura como indigente en su reporte de arresto, fue arrestado por un cargo de agresión grave tras el ataque.

Según un reporte de arresto de la policía de Miami, la agresión ocurrió poco después del mediodía del jueves cerca de Southwest Eighth Street y 11th Avenue.

La víctima dijo a los agentes que caminaba hacia el este por Southwest Eighth Street cuando un hombre, a quien la policía identificó como Greene, caminaba en dirección opuesta y repentinamente se acercó a ella y la golpeó en el rostro, informaron las autoridades.

Indicaron que la mujer cayó al suelo mientras Greene huyó hacia el oeste.

La policía de Miami dijo que personas que se encontraban en el lugar ayudaron a la mujer y llamaron al 911.

La víctima fue trasladada al HCA Florida Mercy Hospital, donde los médicos dijeron que sufrió una fractura de nariz y una laceración en la mejilla izquierda que requirió puntos de sutura, según el reporte.

Los investigadores dijeron que recorrieron la zona y revisaron videos de vigilancia de negocios cercanos, que, según la policía, mostraban a un hombre con una sudadera negra con capucha y pantalones de camuflaje acercándose a la víctima, golpeándola y huyendo.

La policía de Miami dijo que vio a un hombre que coincidía con la descripción de Greene cerca de Southwest 17th Avenue y Eighth Street y lo detuvo.

La policía dijo que pudo identificar a Greene como el sospechoso después de que un agente que trabaja en La Pequeña Habana lo reconociera por las imágenes de vigilancia y por “incidentes anteriores”, indica el reporte.

Mientras se encontraba en la oficina de la Unidad de Crímenes Violentos del Departamento de Policía de Miami, Greene “declaró espontáneamente que estaba bien, pero que estaba teniendo un mal día porque había golpeado a alguien”, según el reporte.

La policía dijo que Greene posteriormente declaró a los detectives que había golpeado a alguien más temprano ese día, regresó a casa, tomó una siesta, fumó marihuana y posteriormente fue detenido por agentes.

Hasta la mañana del viernes, permanecía detenido en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight, donde su fianza figuraba como “por determinar”.

El motivo del ataque no está claro en este momento.