Maj. Robert “Magyar” Brovdi, one of Ukraine’s most prominent commanders among a new generation of soldiers, said his forces could strike seven times more military targets in Crimea if the money pledged by Western allies came faster.

“Crimea falls within the key conceptual pillars on the path to ending the war,” Brovdi told The Associated Press in an interview.

Despite that shortfall, Ukraine’s summer campaign in Crimea has already inflicted significant damage: striking rail bridges, oil depots and power infrastructure to disrupt supply lines and blind Russian air defenses as drones fly in.

Brovdi said his forces are equipped at just 14% of what they would need to carry out the Crimea campaign at full capacity.

A firm believer in numbers since his past life running an international grain trading business, Brovdi joined Ukraine’s territorial defense as a volunteer in the war’s opening days. He rose quickly, commanding one of the country’s most effective drone brigades before being tapped to lead a force with no precedent before this war — Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces.

“It’s not that the production capacity of Ukrainian manufacturers doesn’t allow us to make the necessary quantities” of drones, Brovdi said. “It’s the banal problem of untimely financing, which our partners do allocate, but which moves significantly slower than our plans.”

A lover of the arts

A devoted patron of the arts, Brovdi's underground command post resembles a museum, with pieces of Ukrainian art on display, including by renowned painter Maria Prymachenko — each with small placards noting their titles and a QR code linking to more information. “Please don’t touch the sculpture,” reads a sign beneath one piece.

The artwork sits against a backdrop of dozens of screens streaming live footage from the front, along with real-time data that drives decisions on the battlefield. Soldiers can grab good coffee, pick a book, work out or rest in sleeping pods — a culture that feels closer to a Silicon Valley office than a war room.

They work around the clock to try to prevent Crimea from functioning as a staging ground for the Russian military, said Brovdi, whose call sign, Magyar, nods to his ethnic Hungarian roots in Zakarpattia, the western Ukrainian region bordering Hungary.

He pointed to one sign of progress — in four recent large-scale Russian missile barrages from the peninsula, only five missiles were launched in total, a drop he credited to the systematic destruction of Russian air defenses there. The AP couldn’t independently verify the claim.

To open that “window” for drones to strike the peninsula without being shot down en masse, his forces destroyed more than 300 air defense assets over recent months — surface-to-air systems, radar stations, electronic warfare equipment.

The window metaphor sends him into a sidetrack about something personal — he loves sleeping with one open, a pleasure he rarely gets anymore as one of Russia’s most hunted men, who spends most of his time in underground bunkers.

Forcing Russia out of Crimea

Much of Russia's Soviet-era air defense hardware runs on the power grid, which is one of the reasons Crimea's electrical infrastructure has become a recurring target. Russian soldiers become “blind,” left with just machine guns and rifles, he said. The tactic has also impacted access to power for civilians, and Brovdi said he has twice publicly apologized to Ukrainians living in Crimea for the disruptions.

Wherever Starlink connectivity reaches across Crimea, his forces can now destroy even the most heavily defended target using an average of just three drones, mixing munitions with different characteristics and warheads depending on what’s being hit. He described the strikes as deliberately calibrated — different munitions for a bridge pier than for a fuel truck or a moving train — and said his forces avoid hitting civilian infrastructure.

“Creating conditions that make it impossible for any kind of military capability … to remain there will make Crimea uninteresting ... as a military staging ground,” he said.

Ukraine is also working to dismantle Crimea’s role as a naval base — a blow to Russia’s presence near NATO’s borders, he added.

The campaign’s early results have not been made public, Brovdi said. But roughly two weeks into the offensive that began in late June, he said Ukrainian intelligence indicated Russian authorities had ordered all military commands and security services to relocate off the peninsula, along with a covert order to remove secret archives and artworks. The AP could not independently verify the account.

Threats from Russia

Meanwhile, Russia is working to counter Ukraine’s edge. It is installing jamming systems at a scale that will, to some degree, degrade Starlink connectivity, Brovdi said.

Russia is also building its own satellite communications system to rival Starlink, he said. “This is a risk for the entire planet,” Brovdi said, “because a dictatorship will gain access to information across the whole globe.”

He also pointed to other threats facing Ukraine. The concentration of jet-powered Shahed drones, which are much harder for Ukraine to shoot down, has increased two and a half times in recent weeks, he said.

Russia's military can currently fire a simultaneous salvo of 77 ballistic missiles, he said, and plans to increase that to 200. That is one of Ukraine’s most vulnerable points, since the country is running short of interceptors for the U.S.-made Patriot — the only system Ukraine has in its arsenal against ballistic missiles — meaning dozens fired by Russia during mass barrages get through and hit their targets.

“Even if they only manage half of that, it will all be flying at us,” Brovdi said. The only way to bring the number down, he said, is by striking every facility involved in producing those missiles — underscoring the importance of Ukraine’s long-range strikes deep inside Russian territory.

Ukraine's plan for Russia's Wildberries

Ukraine has increasingly targeted Wildberries, Russia’s largest online marketplace sometimes described as the country’s answer to Amazon, and Brovdi named it as a target.

“Wildberries is, first of all, a supply platform — it’s the war’s quartermaster,” he said, noting the company runs a dedicated section selling goods for Russia’s military.

At the same time, he said, the strikes on the retail chain are meant to make ordinary Russians feel the war directly, in hopes the resulting desire to end it could weigh on Russia’s ability to keep fighting.

Brovdi declined to give a timeline for the Wildberries campaign, saying only that the strikes will continue “until it becomes impossible for it to recover quickly.”

“Ultimately, Wildberries is, forgive the expression, a consumer gambling addiction,” he said, arguing that losing access to it — like restrictions on social media — creates an intrusion on one's personal life that most Russians feel.

“It turned out to be a sensitive sensor of the comfort of Russia’s massive population — people who consider themselves completely untouched by the actions of the aggressor country," he said.

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AP reporters Vasilisa Stepanenko in eastern Ukraine and Volodymyr Yurchuk in Kyiv contributed.

In a letter sent Sunday evening to the Department of Homeland Security, the Defense Department and the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Democrats said they will investigate whether the Pentagon and DHS are coordinating to deport military service members and their families.

“These efforts imperil military readiness, weaken service members’ morale, and betray America’s promises to the people who put their lives on the line for our nation,” according to the letter, which was signed by more than 60 lawmakers and provided to the AP.

The Pentagon declined to comment, stating it would “reply directly to the authors of the letter.”

DHS told the AP that it values service members' contributions and “U.S. military service alone does not automatically grant lawful immigration status, or exempt aliens from the consequences of violating U.S. immigration laws.”

The VA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

In their letter, the Democrats provided an extensive list of questions to the agencies. They said the apparent collaboration between DHS and the military to deport troops’ families “raises both ethical and legal concerns.”

“Donald Trump is breaking our country’s promises to service members by tearing apart dozens of military families who were promised immigration protections,” Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren said. “That’s just plain cruel, and it’s hurting our military readiness and morale.”

Warren's office is leading the probe alongside Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Illinois Sen. Tammy Duckworth and several House Democrats.

The AP investigation found President Donald Trump's administration has rolled back protections for military families and departed from longstanding bipartisan consensus to carry out its mass deportation agenda. Service members have been forced to take leave of their duties, including delaying deployment, to care for their children after their spouses were detained.

The lawmakers pressed the administration on why military recruiters are still promoting immigration protections.

Citing the AP's reporting, the lawmakers urged the Trump administration to restore policies that had previously shielded military service members' families from immigration enforcement while allowing them to adjust their legal status.

“This report is appalling and shows the unbelievable cruelty at the center of the Trump immigration agenda,” said Blumenthal, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. “We will be demanding answers and accountability.”

The Republican chairs of the armed services and veterans’ affairs committees, Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker and Kansas Sen. Jerry Moran, did not respond to requests for comment.

Last week, Trump established the Military Spouse Commission, chaired by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s wife, Jennifer Rauchet, to develop policies and recommendations for improving life for troops' spouses.

“Military spouses are intrinsically linked to the good order, readiness, and retention of our military,” Trump stated in a letter published in the Federal Register on Aug. 6. “Their support and contributions to our Armed Forces are crucial to mission success.”

The White House did not respond to a request for comment.

The Defense Department said in a December letter to Democratic lawmakers, obtained by the AP, that it had not implemented any recent policy changes for noncitizen family members in the military and has not conducted analysis on how deportations impact troop readiness and morale.

Danitza James, president of Repatriate Our Patriots, an organization providing support to military families and veterans facing deportation, said troops are being betrayed.

“Our military service members are the ones that sign on the dotted line to go and defend our country and maybe not come back,” James said. “They trust our government to take care of their families, and they’re not doing that.”

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

“It’s always been fascinating to me to see the origins of things,” Dersch said. “It’s a fun challenge to debug and repair. You can understand the entire system from top to bottom.”

Dersch is part of a growing community of vintage computer collectors who are preserving the classic machines that helped launch the digital revolution. While Silicon Valley has since moved on to shaping the future of artificial intelligence, these hardware enthusiasts are intent on saving the Atari, Commodore and IBM machines that are ancestors to today’s laptops, wearable devices and smart phones.

Where others see junk, people like Dersch see artifacts of computer history that are worthy of attention and respect. They delight in hearing the beeps and chimes of their childhood and firing up a low-def game of “Pong” or “Space Invaders.”

“The enthusiasm for the history of computers and all the stuff around it is growing,” said Erik Klein, president of the Vintage Computer Federation, which organizes an annual festival at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View in the heart of Silicon Valley.

Vintage computer festivals bring collectors together

This year more than 3,500 people attended the two-day Vintage Computer Festival in early August that celebrated the 50th anniversary of Apple, founded in 1976 in nearby Cupertino, Calif. It featured a panel with co-founders Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne reminiscing about the company’s early days as a scrappy startup led by the late Steve Jobs.

More than a dozen such gatherings have since sprung up in cities across North America, South America and Europe.

Growing interest is reflected in more demand for vintage computers in online marketplaces, Klein said. Rare, iconic computers like the Apple-1 — the company’s first product — can fetch hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Collectors exhibited the computer systems that they have painstakingly restored to their original working condition, allowing attendees to play with the computers built long before the internet, social media and AI transformed the world.

Restoring the ‘grandfather of the modern computer’

Dersch drove down from Seattle to showcase the pride of his collection: the Xerox Alto. He spent years restoring what's considered “the grandfather of the modern computer,” which was developed at the pioneering Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in the 1970s.

The Alto was one of the earliest computers to move beyond text on screen and use the mouse and graphical user interface — such as windows, icons and cursors — that became the industry standard. The model famously inspired Jobs and Bill Gates to incorporate the technologies in their early products.

Dersch’s exhibit featured a fully functioning Xerox Alto workstation with its boxy vertical monitor, chunky keyboard and mouse, as well as pizza-sized spinning disks that store tiny amounts of data by modern standards.

“It’s fun to share what I’ve done with people. It’s fun to share in what other people have done,” Dersch said. “Also, there’s a consignment area where I can buy more junk to take home with me, so that’s always fun.”

Klein, a Silicon Valley software engineering manager, was a passionate collector until his hobby overwhelmed his home and family life. He had as many as 150 computer systems — complete with accessories, documents and packaging — crammed into his closets and garage.

He said his beloved collection had become an “albatross” and he worried about burdening his family. So he started selling and giving away his machines until he only had a few favorites left at home.

Similar events for collectors spread around the world

Now Klein channels his passion for vintage computers into organizing festivals, repair workshops, swap meets and other events as president of the Vintage Computer Federation.

“So it’s really about evangelizing that history and evangelizing this hobby of maintaining, collecting and enjoying this vintage technology,” Klein said.

Sellam Ismail is thrilled to see the collector community develop and mature since he organized the first festival in 1997, drawing about 150 hobbyists to a venue east of San Francisco. He ran the events for a decade.

He later co-founded the Vintage Computer Federation, which runs festivals in the US and Canada. He’s helped other groups launch similar festivals in Argentina, Germany and Switzerland.

“The community grew up. More and more people started getting old computers, started collecting them,” said Ismail, who once had a massive collection he stored in a warehouse. “Next year is the 30th anniversary. And I expect this to continue and grow even bigger.”

The primaries come a week after Abdul El-Sayed narrowly defeated Rep. Haley Stevens in Michigan’s divisive and costly U.S. Senate primary. El-Sayed's victory has energized the left while stoking fears among Democratic Party leaders that the shift to the left, particularly in battleground states like Michigan and Wisconsin, will make it more difficult to win in November.

Wisconsin's chaotic primary pits progressive against governor's pick

In Wisconsin, democratic socialist Francesca Hong is trying to win a four-way Democratic primary for governor where her top opponent has been endorsed by popular Gov. Tony Evers, who isn't seeking a third term.

Evers got behind Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley on July 18, the same day Crowley reentered the race after dropping out 10 days earlier. Crowley rejoined after the candidate he backed, Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez, ended her candidacy amid a campaign finance scandal.

Evers and Crowley were crisscrossing the state together in the last days before final ballots are cast Tuesday.

Evers and more establishment Democrats were hoping to finally coalesce around Crowley in the final days of the chaotic primary that saw two other candidates drop out, most notably former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes on July 29.

Barnes and Rodriguez, who were both seen as potential front-runners, remain on the ballot and absentee votes already cast for them can’t be undone.

Republicans are spending to influence the Democratic primary

Republicans are putting money behind Hong, thinking she will be the better matchup for Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany in November. The Republican Governors Association has spent nearly $3.6 million through its Right Direction Wisconsin PAC on ads contrasting Hong with President Donald Trump and playing up her liberal policies.

Crowley and other Democrats argue the ads are meant to bolster Hong's standing in the primary because Republicans see her as the easier opponent.

Evers projected confidence at a rally that attracted hundreds of people in Hong’s hometown of Madison on Sunday night, saying Crowley was the best chance Democrats had to defeat Tiffany.

“We’re going to win this thing,” Evers said, telling the Crowley supporters that Tiffany would be “the worst governor in the history of Wisconsin.”

“If Tom Tiffany wins in November that will be like electing Donald Trump as governor of the state of Wisconsin,” he said.

Crowley urged Democrats to come together after the primary to beat Tiffany.

“Our ultimate goal is to make sure we don’t have a MAGA extremist occupying the governor’s office,” Crowley said.

Tiffany, one of the most conservative members of Congress, is endorsed by Trump.

The president called Hong a communist in remarks on Wednesday, where he mentioned a 2020 social media post by Hong calling for Thanksgiving to be canceled. Asked about the post this week, Hong reversed herself and said that Thanksgiving was her favorite holiday.

Trump won Wisconsin in 2016 and 2024, and Republicans have held majorities in both chambers of the Legislature since 2011. Holding onto the governor's office is key to Wisconsin Democrats' effort to gain full control of state government for the first time in 16 years.

In the race to replace Tiffany, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's son-in-law Michael Alfonso is in a five-person Republican primary. Alfonso, who is trying to represent Duffy's old congressional district, has Trump's endorsement.

Minnesota primary comes in wake of immigration enforcement surge

In neighboring Minnesota, voters are choosing between moderate U.S. Rep. Angie Craig and progressive Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan in a Democratic U.S. Senate primary that’s playing out in the aftermath of Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement surge in the state.

The race has been shaped by the killing of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis, confrontations that were caught on camera and fueled a backlash to Trump’s immigration policies.

Both Craig and Flanagan spent the weekend traversing the Twin Cities metro area.

In a driveway in suburban Eagan on Sunday, Craig spoke to the angst among Democratic primary voters who feel that Washington isn’t working for them. Members of Congress need to stop trading stocks and becoming lobbyists when they leave office, she said, and the U.S. needs to restrict the flood of corporate campaign spending.

“But the only way we pass any of the progressive policies that all of us here support is by winning elections and taking damn majorities,” she said.

Unlike in Wisconsin, where the incumbent governor has endorsed a candidate in the race to succeed him, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has not gotten involved in the Senate primary. But his wife, Gwen Walz, has endorsed Craig and campaigned with her on Sunday.

Flanagan campaigned Saturday with U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat, who helped her make the case that Washington needs a shakeup to root out the deep-pocketed forces propping up a broken status quo.

“It is big corporations, it’s special interests who are putting their thumb on the scale in our elections across the country,” Flanagan said. “And it’s not just Republicans. It’s Democrats, too.”

The race has been one of the most expensive Minnesota has seen, with millions of dollars backing both candidates, but disproportionately falling in Craig’s favor.

Whoever wins the primary will be the frontrunner to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Tina Smith in November. Minnesota voters haven’t elected a Republican to a statewide office since 2006.

Mike Lindell, the founder of MyPillow, is a top Republican candidate in the governor's race. He's endorsed by Trump, and he was a prominent promoter of falsehoods about election fraud. U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar is in a six-person primary on the Democratic side.

Democratic struggles also on display in other states' primaries Tuesday

Two veteran Democratic incumbents in Connecticut face challenges from the left.

Moderate Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont is running for a third term but faces progressive state Rep. Josh Elliott. The Democratic nominee will face Republican state Sen. Ryan Fazio in November.

Longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. John Larson, 78, is running for a 15th term and his age and health have been major issues in the four-person race.

Former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin narrowly won the party's endorsement at its state convention in May. Other candidates are Hartford Board of Education member Ruth Fortune and state Rep. Jillian Gilchrest.

In Vermont, two Democrats are running in for a chance to take on Republican Gov. Phil Scott.

Former child advocacy organization CEO Aly Richards boasts endorsements from former Democratic Govs. Howard Dean and Madeleine Kunin. She faces economist Amanda Janoo.

Alias “Ruso” o “Alemán”, jefe principal de la “Estructura 28”, murió durante una operación en una zona rural del departamento del Meta, en el centro de Colombia, declaró De la Espriella en un video difundido en redes sociales.

El mandatario aseguró que se trata de un “importante golpe” por tratarse de un experto en explosivos y responsable de ejecutar acciones contra otras disidencias rivales con las que disputa territorio para sus actividades ilícitas.

Dicha facción es parte de la estructura ilegal que se encuentra bajo el mando de alias “Iván Mordisco”, uno de los hombres los más buscados de Colombia, a quien De la Espriella le exigió entregarse a la justicia o afrontar las consecuencias.

El mandatario dio a conocer la noticia dos días después de asumir el cargo y menos de 24 horas después de concluir con una jornada de violencia en el país, la cual incluyó un ataque con explosivos que destruyó una caseta de cobro en una concurrida carretera del suroeste del país y dejó a dos soldados con heridas menores.

En otro operativo militar en el departamento de Antioquia, en el noroeste colombiano, el ejército abatió el domingo a dos miembros de una facción del Clan del Golfo señalada por el asesinato de cuatro soldados en 2024, aseveró el presidente. Otros cuatro integrantes fueron detenidos.

“No habrá tregua para los bandidos y los vamos a cazar”, afirmó De la Espriella.

El mandatario de inclinación conservadora anunció que, como parte de su estrategia de seguridad, aplicará una mayor presión militar para combatir al crimen organizado, un cambio drástico en comparación con la política de su antecesor Gustavo Petro, quien apostó por los polémicos diálogos de paz.

If the court accepts the plea, Clenney’s trial will not happen, bringing an end to the case.

Clenney’s legal team says she is ready to accept a plea deal from the State Attorney’s Office. It is not yet known how much prison time she will agree to.

Clenney, 30, has been held at the Dade County Jail since her 2022 arrest on a second-degree murder charge. She is accused of killing her on-and-off boyfriend inside their luxury Edgewater apartment four years ago.

Miami police body camera footage showed Clenney covered in blood. Prosecutors say she stabbed Christian during a fight.

Investigators broke the news of Obumseli’s death to Clenney during a police interview.

On the outside, the couple appeared to be in love and living a lavish lifestyle. But since Christian’s death, videos have shown a turbulent side to their relationship.

Clenney was seen hitting Christian in an elevator. On a trip to Aspen, she was also seen repeatedly slapping him.

That fight happened two months before Christian was stabbed. Clenney’s lawyers say the April 2022 stabbing was in self-defense.

The videos, along with a mountain of digital evidence, were part of the evidence prosecutors planned to use to prove their case at trial.

The State Attorney’s Office says Clenney was abusive and violent.

The Obumseli family plans to attend Monday’s hearing and read victim impact statements before the court decides whether to accept the plea.

A lawyer for the Obumseli family says they have been involved in conversations surrounding the plea.

Clenney’s lawyers plan to answer questions from the media following the hearing.

El calor extremo comenzó en mayo y ha contribuido al surgimiento de grandes incendios forestales, una prolongada sequía y nuevos récords nacionales de altas temperaturas en toda la región, además de miles de muertes previstas relacionadas con el calor.

Las estadísticas climáticas muestran que, a nivel mundial, este es el tercer año más caluroso a la fecha, por detrás de 2024 y 2025. Pero 2026 aún tiene tiempo para alcanzarlos.

Gracias al doble impacto del calentamiento global acelerado gracias a la actividad humana y a un fenómeno de El Niño —un calentamiento periódico de partes del Pacífico que provoca variaciones de temperatura en todo el planeta— de grandes proporciones, existe cada vez mayor probabilidad de que 2026 pueda convertirse en el año más caluroso del que se tenga registro, superando a 2024, señalaron los científicos.

Copernicus indicó que el mes pasado se registró la temperatura promedio más elevada para un mes de julio en la superficie del mar en los océanos libres de hielo marino estacional.

Esto se vio impulsado en parte por el desarrollo de condiciones de El Niño en el Pacífico ecuatorial, explicó el servicio. El nuevo récord de promedio para julio es de 20,96 grados Celsius (69,73 grados Fahrenheit), superando el récord de 2023 de 20,89 C (69,60 F).

Pero la temperatura media del aire en superficie a nivel mundial fue de 16,90°C (62,42 F) el mes pasado, convirtiéndose en el segundo julio más caluroso en los registros, empatado con julio de 2024, indicó Copernicus.

En Europa occidental, por su parte, el récord de temperatura media para el periodo junio-julio alcanzó los 21,62°C (70,92 F), señaló Copernicus.

“Los persistentes sistemas de alta presión atraparon el calor sobre Europa occidental; las temperaturas extremas también amplificaron la sequía generalizada. A medida que el suelo se secan, pierde su capacidad de proporcionar enfriamiento natural, permitiendo que el calor se acumule con mayor facilidad”, destacó Samantha Burgess, responsable estratégica de clima en el Centro Europeo de Pronósticos Meteorológicos a Medio Plazo.

“Este es un claro ejemplo de cómo el cambio climático está intensificando los extremos de calor, y de cómo el calor y la sequía se refuerzan cada vez más entre sí”, añadió.

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

Richard James Scott called himself the son of God before he was finally handcuffed and arrested. He appeared in bond court Sunday afternoon.

Cellphone video captured the moment police used a Taser on Scott outside Primo’s restaurant.

“It was a bad time for our people, for my employee, especially for the customers,” said Ugo Patierno, the restaurant’s chef operations manager.

Patierno said Scott tried to pay for a couple of drinks with a fake credit card before telling him to charge it to his room. But the number Scott gave for the room was also fake: 666.

“He said, ‘I’m the son of God. So this is my room, you can charge on my room.’ I laughed the first time,” Patierno said.

Patierno said Scott eventually became aggressive, yelling at him and the staff. They asked him to leave, but he refused, and police were called.

That started a prolonged interaction with police before Scott finally got up and walked out of the hotel restaurant.

Outside, he tried to get into a Rolls-Royce that wasn’t his. That’s when police had had enough and used a Taser.

Scott was taken to jail, where he was booked on trespassing and disorderly conduct charges.

He appeared in bond court Sunday afternoon, where a judge set his bond at $650.

Scott was also ordered to stay away from the hotel and restaurant.

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It was around 1:15 a.m. Sunday when Hollywood police officers responded to the 5300 block of Plunkett Street.

According to police, arriving officers found two victims at the scene.

Officials said both victims were rushed a nearby hospital.

Police said they apprehended the suspect, later identified as 38-year-old Cameron Alexander, after establishing a perimeter.

Local 10 News’ cameras observed what appeared to be a bullet and blood on the ground.

Detectives were seen taking pictures overnight and into the morning and crime scene tape closed off a portion of Plunkett Street as investigators worked this scene.

Family members were also observed talking with police officers, looking for answers about how and why their loved one was apparently shot.

One family member told Local 10 News two other people who may have been involved could be detained for questioning.

On the ground, several other evidence markers were placed throughout the morning as detectives worked to piece together what happened.

Records indicate Alexander is facing several charges, including premeditated murder, aggravated assault with intent to commit a felony, possession of a weapon by a convicted felon and resisting an officer without violence.

This isn’t the first time the 38-year-old has faced similar charges.

According to the Florida Department of Corrections, Alexander served 10 years in prison for attempted murder and attempted robbery charges from 2007. He was released in 2017.

In 2024, he was sentenced to three years for charges including possession of a weapon and cocaine, aggravated fleeing and eluding law enforcement, and obstruction. He completed that sentence earlier this year.

The Peanut Butter Jelly Project took over the second floor at Fort Lauderdale High School this year, as organizers stacked tables with backpacks, notebooks, pens and pencils.

All of the supplies were ready for students like Valeria Ruiz, who is looking forward to beginning fifth grade.

“I’m excited to start school next week because school is a place you make friends and you start learning about and you start learning about new things every year,” she said.

For 10 years now, Peanut Butter Jelly Project Founder Brooke Waltzer has been lightening the load for families in need.

“Some of these lists that they get are $250-300 for the whole school year,” she said. “Sometimes that means paying a light bill or getting your kids school supplies that they need.”

To go along with the new school supplies, changes are coming to the breakfast and lunch menu at school in Broward and Miami-Dade counties.

The universal free lunch programs has ended for many students, as only 141 Broward schools will offer free lunch while in Miami-Dade, only 121 schools will continue with free lunch.

For campuses that don’t qualify, parents will need to submit an application to determine whether their child can receive free lunch.

The extreme heat began in May and has contributed to major wildfires, prolonged drought and new national temperature records across the region, as well as thousands of projected heat-related deaths.

Globally, so far this is the third-hottest year, behind 2024 and 2025, climate statistics show. But 2026 still has time to catch up. Thanks to the one-two punch of accelerated human-caused global warming and a supersized El Niño, a periodic warming of parts of the Pacific that leads to temperature variations around the globe, there’s an increasing chance that by the end of the year, 2026 could become the hottest year on record, beating out 2024 — or at least come close, scientists said.

Last month saw the highest average sea surface temperature ever recorded for July across the extra-polar oceans, or the oceans free of seasonal sea ice, Copernicus said.

That was partially fueled by developing El Niño conditions in the equatorial Pacific, the service said. The new average record for July is 20.96 degrees Celsius (69.73 degrees Fahrenheit), which beat the 2023 record of 20.89 C (69.60 F).

But last month’s average surface air temperature globally was 16.90°C (62.42 F), making it only the joint second warmest July on record and tied with July 2024, Copernicus reported.

In Western Europe, meanwhile, the average temperature record for the June-July period hit 21.62°C (70.92 F), Copernicus said.

“Persistent high-pressure systems trapped heat over western Europe, the extreme temperatures also amplified widespread drought. As soils dry out, they lose their ability to provide natural cooling, allowing heat to build more readily,” said Samantha Burgess, strategic lead for climate at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.

"This is a clear example of how climate change is intensifying heat extremes, with heat and drought increasingly reinforcing one another.”

El despliegue por tierra, mar y aire forma parte de la Operación “Escudo de Acero” y se realizó desde la comunidad de Metetí, en la selvática provincia de Darién, cerca de la frontera con Colombia. La orden provino del director general del Servicio Nacional de Fronteras (Senafront), Larry Solís.

Agentes armados y equipados se dirigieron a sus unidades asignadas alrededor de las 10 de la mañana. Algunos de los elementos abordaron vehículos blindados que salieron en caravana hacia Yaviza y Puerto Quimba, desde donde parte del contingente continuó en lanchas río adentro.

Solís confirmó que el operativo se desarrolla en coordinación con las fuerzas colombianas.

“Ellos están haciendo lo propio del otro lado, de Colombia. Ellos mantienen su postura combativa y sí, nosotros queremos más que todo ser interoperables en la región”, afirmó.

Solís señaló que el sábado sostuvo una conversación con el general Eduardo Alberto Arias, jefe de una brigada de la Séptima División del Ejército colombiano, para informarle de la operación.

Las unidades se desplegaron hacia ríos, puestos fronterizos y otros puntos estratégicos. “Vamos a seguir combatiendo el narcotráfico, seguimos combatiendo al crimen organizado que se mantiene en el cordón de la frontera”, subrayó Solís, quien mencionó al Clan del Golfo entre las organizaciones que operan en la región.

El operativo también incluye el uso de drones y otras herramientas tecnológicas. Solís señaló que Panamá se prepara ante posibles amenazas con drones contra puestos binacionales y que Estados Unidos está colaborando en el desarrollo de contramedidas.

“Ahora mismo tenemos cierta preocupación porque tenemos unos puestos binacionales que compartimos con el ejército de Colombia, con la policía de Colombia y nosotros no descartamos que en su momento puedan puedan tener alguna amenaza directa con drones y nos estamos preparando para eso” afirmó Solís.

La operación se produce dos días después de que Abelardo de la Espriella asumió como presidente de Colombia con la promesa de priorizar la seguridad y combatir a los grupos armados ilegales.

En su primer discurso ante miembros de las fuerzas armadas, el nuevo mandatario colombiano lanzó una advertencia a las estructuras criminales: “tienen dos caminos: someterse al imperio de la ley o enfrentar la fuerza pública”.

El presidente panameño José Raúl Mulino se reunió ese mismo día con De la Espriella en Cali. En el encuentro, en el que también participó el ministro de Seguridad de Panamá, Frank Ábrego, se abordó el apoyo de la policía y las fuerzas militares colombianas en la lucha contra el narcotráfico mediante la asesoría y capacitación de los estamentos de seguridad panameños.

Solís aseguró que Panamá busca mantener la coordinación con las fuerzas policiales y militares colombianas para reforzar la seguridad en ambos lados de la frontera.

En tanto, en la ciudad de Panamá, se realizan los ejercicios militares Panamax con la participación de miembros de las fuerzas armadas de Estados Unidos y representantes de 20 países, con el objetivo de mejorar la interoperabilidad, reforzar la capacidad colectiva para llevar a cabo operaciones multinacionales complejas en todos los ámbitos, garantizar la libre circulación del comercio a través del Canal de Panamá y mantener la seguridad y la estabilidad en la región.

Those days are over. Long over.

The wide-eyed newcomer is gone, replaced by a poised and professional 18-year-old who is embracing her role as the leader of the sport's next wave as the 2028 Olympics approach.

The proof was on display during the final round of the U.S. gymnastics championships on Sunday, when Rivera — still not quite 100% while recovering from a hamstring injury sustained at the Pan Am Games in June — won her second straight national title with a poised and polished performance that solidified her status as the current face of a women's program two years out from the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.

Rivera’s two-day total of 111.950 was more than a point clear of runner-up Claire Pease, making Rivera the first American woman not named Simone Biles to go back-to-back since former world and Olympic champion Jordyn Wieber did it in 2011 and 2012.

Heady company to be sure, but company in which Rivera increasingly feels like she belongs. It might not have seemed like it in the summer of 2024 when she ceded the spotlight to her more accomplished teammates, but the relentlessly upbeat Texan has no problem admitting these days she wants to lead from the front.

“I am comfortable with it,” she said. “And I just love kind of being a leader in a way."

Anna Liukin, who coaches Rivera alongside her husband Valeri, called Rivera “motherly." Rivera laughed when the description was passed along because well, it's strange to hear as a teenager. Yet in many ways, it's applicable.

Lee and Jade Carey helped Rivera navigate her way through the sport's biggest stage and come out with a gold medal on the other side. She feels it's her duty to do the same to the generation of gymnasts just starting to find their way as the lure of a potentially life-changing hometown Games in Los Angeles looms.

“I think it’s just really important to give pep talks because when you’re young, you’re still learning a lot,” she said. “So I just think it's good to get positive vibes.”

Even if producing them takes a little practice. Rivera relied on that practice Thursday when a fall on uneven bars — perhaps her strongest event — sent her tumbling down the leaderboard. She shook the miscue off and found herself in fourth heading into Sunday.

A comeback still seemed somewhat unlikely when Rivera began Sunday with a gritty bars set that included her fighting through a mini-stall just before her dismount and ended with her and giving Valeri Liukin a “what are you gonna do?” shrug after a dismount that included a small step.

Yet twenty minutes later, it was long forgotten during a graceful balance beam routine that brought her to within striking distance of the lead.

“It took a few years to learn that, but I’m at a point now where it’s just like there already,” she said. “I don’t really have to think about it too much.”

Her black-and-white bedazzled leotard glittering under the lights, Rivera put on a performance that made her look every bit the star she has become.

Rivera never glanced at the scoreboard to mark her progress, too intent on trying to stay warm and focused during sometimes lengthy delays. If she was bothered, it didn't show. Every time she saluted the judges, Rivera was all business.

Now she heads into the fall hoping to make her first world championship team. Rivera was practically a lock last year before rolling her ankle during selection camp, something Liukin called “heartbreaking.”

Provided she can stay healthy, Rivera is eager to make up for lost time in the first major international team meet since Paris. Yes, her hamstring still isn't quite there, but she found her way to the top of the podium anyway.

“I think it just shows how strong I am mentally,” she said. “Because physically everything’s there. But the mental aspect of things is definitely where it’s at. You can’t really do this without having a strong mentality.”

Pease and fellow first-day co-leader Skye Blakely couldn't quite keep up. Pease led with two rotations to go, but her floor routine included one tumbling pass that ended with her stepping out of bounds and another in which she opted to keep her right foot hovering above the floor rather than set it down for a penalty.

Still, Pease's second-place finish was a marked improvement from a year ago, when she came to nationals fresh off a victory at U.S. Classic and stumbled to 10th. This time around, she finds herself in a solid position to join good friend and teammate Rivera in the Netherlands.

Blakely's bid to build off a promising opening night stalled quickly. She sat at the end of her first tumbling pass and bounced out of bounds on her final one, her score of 11.900 dropping her from contention for the top of the podium on her way to a seventh-place finish. The 21-year-old called it “irritating” but stressed she's pleased with her progress in her first elite meet competing the all-around since 2024.

Charleigh Bullock, who turned 16 last month, was third. Reese Esponda, who trains at the Houston-area gym owned by Biles' family, was fourth.

Carey, who is methodically building difficulty into her routines as she eyes a third trip to the Games, won the vault title and finished fifth in the all-around in a meet that doubled as a homecoming for the Phoenix native. The two-time Olympic gold medalist also marveled at Rivera's growth both on and off the floor since that memorable trip to Paris.

“I think Hezly did a fantastic job tonight and kind of rebounding from night one and just proving to herself and everybody else that that was just a little fluke and she’s capable of so much,” Carey said. “Back-to-back national champion is something that she should be really proud of.”

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“I can’t do anything about it, so you just run with it,” Gibbs said.

Gibbs used late pit strategy and held off Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Christopher Bell over the final 20 laps to win the NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday at Iowa Speedway.

Gibbs — the 23-year-old grandson of former NFL coaching great and NASCAR team owner Joe Gibbs — won by 0.253 seconds over Bell for his second victory of the season and his career.

Gibbs and Bell each pitted with 60 laps remaining in the 350-lap race, but while Bell took four tires, Gibbs just went with two right-side tires, and came out ahead. And when leader Ross Chastain pitted on Lap 330, Gibbs took over the top spot and fought off a late charge by Bell.

Tyler Allen, Gibbs’ crew chief, thought taking two tires was the only chance to get ahead of Bell in that final pit cycle.

“We knew after practice the left sides weren’t wearing much and they tended to refire OK,” Allen said. “So in terms of coming into the race, it was definitely a viable option.”

Gibbs liked the aggressive call.

“I think in the position with our points situation, for sure,” he said.

Gibbs, who picked up his first career win April 12 at Bristol, came into the race ranked fourth in the season standings, and moved into second — 103 points behind JGR teammate Denny Hamlin.

Gibbs, who had an issue in the pits on his first stop of the day when his jack fell too early during the tire change, fell back to 28th before charging back.

“You’re kind of hosed after that deal,” Gibbs said. “So you’ve got to stay locked in and keep working.”

It was the seventh second-place finish of the season for Bell, who led 108 laps.

“Ty did a really good job,” Bell said. “He did a great job of managing the race.”

Pole-sitter Ryan Blaney, who won the inaugural 2024 Cup Series race at the 0.875-mile oval, was third after leading a race-high 129 laps.

Josh Berry finished fourth. It was Berry’s best finish of the season, and only his third top-10 finish. Hamlin finished fifth.

Chase Briscoe was sixth. Chastain recovered to finish seventh. AJ Allmendinger was eighth, followed by defending race winner William Byron. Austin Dillon was 10th.

Reddick’s struggles

Tyler Reddick’s summer struggles continued when he crashed into Erik Jones four laps into the race.

The rear end of Reddick’s car slid entering Turn 1, and Reddick ran into Jones before hitting the wall. Reddick finished last in the 36-car field.

“A 100% that was on me,” Reddick said. “It’s something I don’t normally do, make those kinds of mistakes. Just gut-wrenching on a lot of levels. I thought we kind of figured out what we needed to do for the race today, and made a killer mistake earlier.”

Reddick won the first three races of the season, and four of the first six, and has five wins overall. But he has had four finishes of 30th place or worse in the last six races.

No brakes, all gas for Hamlin

Hamlin had brake issues during practice Saturday, which led to the team changing brake rotors and a cooling unit. Hamlin had to go to the rear of the field, but surged back to finish fifth despite having more brake issues during the race.

“I just had white knuckles every lap, not knowing where my car was going to land when I got in the corner,” Hamlin said. “That was a crazy race to have to do it the whole time without (brakes), but you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do, and the team did an amazing job. I would take that day a hundred out of a hundred times.”

“I’ve never seen Denny that exhausted,” Joe Gibbs said. “I think he drove his heart out.”

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Brennan came into the final tournament of the regular season at No. 105 in the FedEx Cup, a disappointing year with only one top 10. Now his season gets extended by at least one week — maybe longer based on how he's playing — after his second PGA Tour title in two years.

Brennan was one shot behind Hossler when he ran off five straight birdies starting on the fourth hole, all of them inside 8 feet. That turned a deficit into a three-shot lead at the turn when Hossler took a bogey on the ninth hole.

Then it was a matter of hanging on for the 24-year-old Brennan, a Virginia native who played his college golf about 30 miles away at Wake Forest.

“I don't want to be done playing golf,” Brennan said. “Unfortunately, I've had a couple of tough Sundays. Outside of that, I had been playing really solid. This is my sixth week in a row. I'm perfectly happy running on fumes next week.”

The FedEx Cup playoffs start Thursday with the FedEx St. Jude Championship at the TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee. Only the top 70 players advance, and Brennan shot up to No. 47.

Jackson Koivun, who left Auburn in June and won the 3M Open in only his third start, narrowly hung on to the 70th spot and goes from college to the postseason in only two months.

But he had to sweat it out after closing with a 71. Matt Wallace and Davis Thompson were still on the course and in range of finishing high enough to bump Koivun out of the top 70. But they failed to hole all the key putts, and Koivun made it with eight points to spare.

A bogey might have been enough to knock him out of the postseason. But on the 18th hole at Sedgefield Country Club, Koivun piped his drive straight down the middle, leaving a wedge from the fairway and an easy par. Known for his composure, he was emotionally invested in every outcome down the stretch, a rare sight from the last two months.

“It's just it’s a different type of nerves when you know you don’t have your stuff and you've got to go out there and execute some shots,” Koivun said. “I think that kind of sparked some emotion in me. Yeah, it’s easier to get comfortable when you’re playing well. It was just kind of a different feeling for me today.”

Brennan started feeling the nerves, too. He was four shots behind in a tie for fourth going into the final round of the 3M Open and shot 74 to finish out of the top 20. Last week at the Rocket Classic, he was in the final group and one shot out of the lead when he went the wrong direction again, closing with a 73 to tie for 15th.

He delivered in the final event of the regular season, and it was his mother who came onto the 18th green to celebrate who reminded Brennan the victory also sends him to the Masters. He made his Masters debut this year going from the PGA Tour Americas straight to the big leagues when he won the Bank of Utah Championship last fall.

Brennan made birdie on the final hole to finish at 22-under 258, matching the tournament record at Sedgefield shot three other times, most recently last year by Wake Forest grad Cameron Young.

Ben James, the No. 1 player from the PGA Tour University ranking who has a card already secure for 2027, fell out of contention on Saturday but roared back with a 61 to finish third.

Brennan was the only player to move into the top 70, replacing Steven Fisk, who was at No. 69 but missed the cut at the Wyndham Champion and fell to No. 71.

Also failing to advance to the postseason was Brooks Koepka, the first player to rejoin the PGA Tour after being at LIV Golf. Koepka needed a fourth-place finish and was saddled again by poor putting that led to a tie for 67th. The five-time major champion had only one top 10 this year.

“It's just all on the greens. I don't know what they deal is, got zero confidence,” Koepka said. “There's going to be a lot of changes here soon.

“I think it’s pretty pathetic that I can’t get through (to the postseason),” he said. “To be in the prime of your career and be as good as I think I am, I think that’s very pathetic, disappointing. Just need to go home and completely reevaluate everything."

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High pressure will remain the dominant weather feature across our region. That means showers will be limited, but the heat will be plentiful.

Monday will bring hot temperatures and a major heat risk, with heat indices reaching 105 degrees or higher. The sea breeze will push inland by the afternoon, triggering showers across the Everglades and points west.

Keep those water bottles handy because more sizzling temperatures are on the way for the rest of the week.

Trump said that, beginning Sept. 1, Scharf will be replacing David Warrington, who will be leaving the administration to join the private sector. Trump noted that Scharf previously served as a federal prosecutor and represented him in a number of cases, including at the Supreme Court.

“Will is Tough, Strong, and Smart! He also loves our Country, and respects the Law,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Will Scharf will do a great job as White House Counsel!”

The shakeup in the White House counsel's office comes at a critical juncture — just months ahead of the midterm elections, where Trump's Republican Party will be fighting to hold on to control of Congress. Democrats have vowed to pursue investigations into Trump and his administration if they are successful in November.

The White House counsel’s job is to advise on legal and policy questions related to the presidency. The office is the primary White House contact for the Justice Department, and it handles presidential pardons, works on judicial appointments and reviews legislation. The office also helps investigate and manage congressional investigations into the administration and lawsuits against the president when he is sued in his official capacity.

During Trump's first term, Scharf worked to get judges and justices confirmed for him. They included U.S. Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh — who himself served as White House staff secretary for President George W. Bush — and Amy Coney Barrett.

In the period when Trump was out of office, Scharf joined his legal team in October 2023 and was one of his lawyers in the election interference case brought by special counsel Jack Smith. The case went before the Supreme Court, which ruled that presidents enjoy sweeping immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts.

Scharf is among several of Trump’s lawyers who have been rewarded with spots in his second administration. Todd Blanche, who represented Trump during the Republican’s hush money trial in New York. was confirmed last week as attorney general.

As White House staff secretary, Scharf was responsible for managing the papers that cross the president’s desk. He is at Trump's side when the president signs executive orders and often provides running narration on what Trump is signing.

Trump in July 2025 named Scharf as chair of the National Capital Planning Commission, the executive branch agency with jurisdiction over construction and major renovations to government buildings in the region.

Trump's ballroom won final approval from the NCPC in April, though a divided federal appeals court ruled Friday that construction on the project must stop because Congress had not approved it. Trump has vowed to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The project is already well on its way and has begun to rise above ground on the east side of the White House.

Eran cerca de la 1:15 a.m. del domingo cuando agentes de la policía de Hollywood acudieron a la cuadra 5300 de Plunkett Street.

Según la policía, los oficiales que llegaron al lugar encontraron a dos víctimas.

Las autoridades informaron que ambas fueron trasladadas de urgencia a un hospital cercano.

La policía dijo que capturó al sospechoso, identificado luego como Cameron Alexander, de 38 años, tras establecer un perímetro.

Las cámaras de Local 10 News captaron lo que parecía ser una bala y sangre en el pavimento.

Durante la madrugada y hasta la mañana se vio a los detectives tomando fotografías, mientras la cinta policial mantenía cerrada una parte de Plunkett Street donde trabajaban los investigadores.

También se observó a familiares conversando con los oficiales, en busca de respuestas sobre cómo y por qué su ser querido habría recibido los disparos.

Un familiar le dijo a Local 10 News que otras dos personas posiblemente vinculadas al caso podrían ser detenidas para ser interrogadas.

A lo largo de la mañana, los detectives colocaron en el suelo varios marcadores de evidencia mientras trataban de reconstruir lo ocurrido.

Los registros indican que Alexander enfrenta varios cargos, entre ellos asesinato premeditado, agresión agravada con intención de cometer un delito grave, posesión de arma por parte de un convicto y resistencia a la autoridad sin violencia.

Según las autoridades, un oficial de la policía de Hallandale Beach (HBPD) patrullaba la cuadra 1700 de East Hallandale Beach Blvd. el sábado, alrededor de las 9:22 p.m., en su patrulla plenamente identificada, cuando vio lo que describió como un vehículo sospechoso cerca de un negocio que estaba cerrado.

Cuando el oficial se acercó al vehículo, la policía dijo que el conductor —identificado luego en los registros de la cárcel como Mohammad Chehade— puso el auto en reversa, golpeó la patrulla y se dio a la fuga.

Mientras el oficial lo perseguía, la policía señaló que Chehade intentó varias veces embestir la patrulla con su auto y la golpeó al menos una vez más.

Las autoridades indicaron que el oficial no resultó herido, pero su vehículo sufrió daños por unos 5,000 dólares.

La policía dijo que la persecución terminó cuando Chehade estrelló su vehículo en la cuadra 900 de North Ocean Drive, en Hollywood. Fue detenido a varias cuadras del lugar del accidente, luego de intentar escapar a pie, según las autoridades.

Chehade enfrenta cargos de huida agravada con lesiones o daños, agresión agravada contra un oficial de policía y resistencia a la autoridad sin violencia. Hasta la tarde del domingo, permanecía recluido sin derecho a fianza en la Cárcel Principal de Broward.

Wilson set an MLB record for his position, playing his 111th consecutive errorless game at shortstop for the Athletics and surpassing the Baltimore Orioles’ Mike Bordick, who went 110 games in 2002. Wilson last made an error on July 6, 2025, in a game against San Francisco.

Jack Wilson, a 12-year major leaguer who also played shortstop, instilled in his son that defense comes first.

“He’s a very defensive-first guy for me growing up by teaching me defense first before the hitting side of things and making sure you’re always prepared to play defense every day,” said Wilson in the corner of a loud clubhouse after the Athletics beat the Boston Red Sox 4-3 on Sunday at Fenway Park, ending a 12-series losing skid.

Like any day he plays short, the 24-year-old Wilson was out taking grounders with many of his teammates about two hours before the start of the game.

“I do that every day that I’m playing short,” he said. “The DH days I try to stay off my feet as much as I can, but every day I’m playing short I’m taking ground balls no matter what. You need to get as much work on the field, ground balls-wise as you can.”

On Sunday, he had five plays in the field; two pops, with one in which second baseman Jeff McNeil collided with him on an infield fly, two grounders and the middleman on a 4-6-3 double play. One of the grounders was hit deep into the hole by Ceddanne Rafaela and Wilson made a long throw to first.

Starting pitcher J.T. Ginn sees the work.

“It’s pretty amazing the way he prepares and works,” Ginn said. “That stuff doesn’t come by chance. He’s a great worker. He’s put a lot of time into his defense.”

The work paid off and he knows it’s a good message for Little Leaguers across the country.

“Yes, get a lot of work in,” Wilson said, smiling.

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According to authorities, an HBPD officer was patrolling the 1700 block of East Hallandale Beach Blvd. on Saturday around 9:22 p.m. in his fully marked police cruiser when he saw what he described as a suspicious vehicle near a business that was not open.

When the officer approached the vehicle, police said the driver, who has since been identified in jail records as Mohammad Chehade, put his car in reverse, striking the police vehicle, before taking off.

As the officer pursued Chehade, police said he made several attempts to use his car to strike the officer’s cruiser and made contact with it at least one additional time.

Authorities said the officer was not injured but his vehicle sustained approximately $5,000 worth of damage.

Police said the pursuit ended when Chehade crashed his vehicle along the 900 block of North Ocean Drive in Hollywood. He was taken into custody several blocks away from the crash scene after initially fleeing on foot, authorities said.

Chehade is facing charges of aggravated fleeing with injury or damage, aggravated battery on a police officer and resisting an officer without violence. As of Sunday afternoon, he was being held at the Broward Main Jail without bond.

“His biggest worry was letting us down, that’s the type of guy he is," Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell said Sunday, when Bridgewater was placed on the reserve/retired list.

The 33-year-old journeyman had signed a one-year deal with the Lions in March after spending 2025 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He also spent 2023 and part of 2024 with Detroit.

“So I’ve known Teddy a long time. As a human being he is unbelievable. Certainly as a player, everything that he’s about, the type of teammate he is, the way he prepares. He always played the game up here," an emotional Campbell said, pointing to his head. “He had a huge heart. He’s going to be missed."

Campbell, who was assistant head coach with the New Orleans Saints when Bridgewater played there in 2018 and 2019, has maintained a close relationship with the quarterback.

“I’ll never forget 2019 when Drew (Brees) got injured. We’d just gone out to the Rams, got beat out there and Drew got his thumb and we lost him for five weeks," Campbell said. “Teddy stepped in and we won five in a row. That was Teddy. His time being with us meant a lot, and it meant a lot to our guys. He’s going to be missed."

Bridgewater had been signed to back up Jared Goff. Undrafted rookie Luke Altmyer, the only other QB on the Lions roster, had been getting more reps in training camp earlier this week when Bridgewater was absent, and again on Sunday.

“I thought he did some really good things," Campbell said. “He was put in some tough positions for a young player that you absolutely have to be put in, you just do, you’ve got to be thrust in, you need to fail, you need to make mistakes so you can grow and we thought he handled it really well.”

Altmyer said he has learned so much from Bridgewater.

“It was a joy to spend some time with him, but it brings about opportunity for myself, and the standard is to play good football no matter how many reps and or whatever my role is, I have a job to do and my job is to do that very, very well at a high level," Altmyer said. “I’m thankful. I believe in my abilities and I’m going to go cut it loose whatever that looks like for me.’’

The Lions plan to sign a veteran quarterback as soon as Monday.

Campbell said Goff will not play in the preseason game Thursday in Cincinnati.

“Certainly Altmyer will take a heavy load and anybody else we get we’ll get them up to speed as fast as we can and give them some reps," Campbell said.

Bridgewater was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in 2014 and started 28 games his first two seasons. Before the 2016 season he tore his ACL and suffered more structural knee damage that kept him out of action into the 2017 season. Bridgewater also played for the Dolphins, Broncos, Panthers and Jets.

In 2024, before he re-signed with the Lions in December, Bridgewater coached Miami Northwestern Senior High, his alma mater, to the Florida Class 3A state championship. But he was suspended for the 2025 season after revealing that he personally paid for meals, ride-share services and treatments for some players.

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Nelson’s family confirmed the death in a statement that did not say where he died or provide a cause.

“On Sunday morning our beloved husband, dad, grandfather and great-grandfather Don Nelson peacefully went to be with the Lord, surrounded by his loving family,” the statement said. “Throughout his last week, friends and family encircled him with love, sharing the blessing of his friendship and revisiting treasured memories.”

Nelson is one of two coaches in NBA history to have at least 250 wins with three different franchises — Milwaukee, Dallas and Golden State — also serving as general manager for all three franchises. He was a three-time coach of the year and made the playoffs 18 times in 31 seasons. He went to the conference finals three times with the Bucks and once with the Mavericks, never winning a title.

Nelson introduced what is now known as the point forward, and his up-tempo style of offense created a buzz. He said the idea of shifting from the dominant big men of the 1970s to an offense focused on speed and the fast break came from his playing days under Celtics Hall of Fame coach Red Auerbach.

“The league really hadn’t seen an offense like the one we were running, and the results were undeniable,” Nelson wrote in 2016 in The Players’ Tribune.

Nelson said that “without Red Auerbach teaching me the mechanics of running the fast break, none of it would have been possible. He deserves all the credit for Nellie Ball, and for how fast the game of basketball is played today.”

Nelson played 11 of his 14 seasons in Boston and was on five Celtics championship teams under four different coaches. He became an assistant coach in Milwaukee after retiring as a player, then took over after coach Larry Costello resigned 18 games into the 1976-77 season. Nelson coached the Bucks for 11 seasons starting in 1976 and won seven straight division titles.

In Nelson’s second season, Milwaukee overcame a 29-point fourth quarter deficit to beat Atlanta 117-115 in regulation.

“I coached the team as though I was still playing for the Celtics, while implementing a few of my own strategies,” Nelson wrote. “I knew I wanted to play unconventional basketball and use speed to my advantage.”

His fast-paced offenses were probably best on display with Golden State in the “Run TMC” era featuring future Hall of Famers Tim Hardaway, Mitch Richmond and Chris Mullin. Nelson said he wanted them on the court at the same time.

Nelson spent 11 seasons over two stints with Golden State. The first one was punctuated by a rift with rookie star Chris Webber, who was traded away a month into his second season. Nelson, demoralized by the trade, missed nine games that season due to illness and resigned under pressure three months later in February 1995.

In between, Nelson was fired after less than one season in New York in 1995-96, then coached in Dallas for eight seasons, missing 21 games with the Mavericks starting in December 2000 to recuperate from prostate cancer surgery.

Nelson’s son, Donnie, joined his father as an assistant coach with the Mavericks in 1998, later became general manager and remained with the organization until 2021. Together they persuaded 20-year-old German star Dirk Nowitzki to pass up European basketball and join the Mavericks. Don Nelson also developed Steve Nash into one of the NBA’s top point guards before Nash went on to win back-to-back MVPs with the Phoenix Suns in 2005 and 2006.

“Don Nelson was a true innovator whose influence on the game of basketball is still felt today,” current Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “He consistently challenged conventional thinking, experimented with different lineups and styles of play and saw possibilities in the game that others often did not. So much of what is now commonplace in the modern NBA can be traced back to the way Nellie approached the game."

At Golden State, Nelson’s “We Believe” Warriors led by Baron Davis upset Nowitzki and the top-seeded Mavericks in the first round of the 2007 playoffs in one of the biggest shockers in NBA history. In his final season as a coach, Nelson mentored rookie Stephen Curry in 2009-10.

“One of the big reasons I was drafted by the Warriors was because of Don Nelson. The story is he never liked rookies, but from Day 1 he challenged me and gave me an opportunity to be my best self on the court,” Curry said in a statement released by the Warriors. “He taught me a lot during our one season together and I’ll never forget the night he became the winningest coach in NBA history in Minnesota. We were so happy for him. He had an immeasurable impact on the sport and will go down as one of the greatest minds in the history of the game.”

Davis added: “When I think of Nellie, I’ll always think of the ‘We Believe’ team and our incredible run in 2007. He understood what made us go and made us believe we could beat anybody, ultimately helping us make history as the first No. 8 seed to defeat a No. 1 seed in a seven-game series. That time in my life and career was truly special, and Nellie was a huge part of making it possible.”

Nelson retired as the NBA’s career coaching wins leader with 1,335, just ahead of Lenny Wilkens’ 1,332. Nelson kept that top spot for nearly 12 years before close friend and now-retired San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich passed him in March 2022.

Nelson was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012. In 2025, he received the Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by the National Basketball Coaches Association. Miffed that the Mavericks sent Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers in a blockbuster trade, Nelson wore a pair of Doncic’s signature Jordan Brand sneakers to the awards ceremony. He called the trade a “tremendous mistake.”

Born in Muskegon, Michigan, Nelson attended high school in Rock Island, Illinois, and averaged a double-double in college at Iowa. He spent his retirement years living on the Hawaiian island of Maui and owned several short-term rentals on the island.

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The underlying tone of the social media content the 22-year-old gymnast and the rest of his five-man business team produce for Richard's growing legion of followers gives off the vibe of someone who doesn't take himself — or his sport — too seriously.

Most of that is by design. The athlete who has made it his mission to bring gymnastics to a new audience knows making it seem like fun is a vital part of that process.

It's hardly the only part. And any questions about how invested Richard is in this whole thing were answered Saturday night, when he became the second Black gymnast to win a men's all-around title.

Richard pulled away from Shane Wiskus and Danila Leykin with six polished and professional routines, offering tangible proof that underneath goofing around on TikTok, his plan to be the face of the men's Olympic program in Los Angeles in two years is very much in full swing.

“Winning matters to show that your process is working,” Richard said late Saturday.

Making a statement in more ways than one

That's even if Richard's process can sometimes be at odds with the norms of a sport that has looked a certain way since long before the Massachusetts native was born.

When Richard saluted the judges this weekend, he did it while wearing a uniform that ran afoul of the rules. And we're not talking about the singlet that featured his trademark across his chest.

Rather than don stirrup pants — long the de facto uniform on events like pommel horse — Richard opted for shorts with white compression leggings underneath. It's something he began experimenting with during the later stages of his college career at Michigan, and one he has no plans of abandoning in domestic events even if it means receiving a three-tenths neutral deduction each time.

On Thursday night, that meant his lead over Leykin was slimmer than it had to be. That didn't stop Richard from taking the same deduction at the start of the competition on Saturday, admitting he was more than willing to potentially jeopardize his shot at a national title to make a statement.

“I told you I’d laugh if that happens,” Richard said.

It didn't come to that. He put together an energetic and confident performance to win by more than two points over Wiskus, a 2020 Olympian, and the promising 19-year-old Leykin.

When Richard landed his vault during the final rotation — one that remains a work in progress as he tries to get his power under control — to seal the victory, he turned toward the crowd inside the Mortgage Matchup Center and flashed the “No. 1” sign before posing for a selfie atop the medal stand while asking the fans in the background to join in.

Hey, the brand is the brand. And Richard doesn't believe he has to choose between being a funny, charismatic and remarkably self-aware influencer and a champion. Yes, his uniform choice was a conversation starter. He doesn't think it should distract from what he does while wearing it.

“When you come to a competition, nothing else matters besides staying in your zone, focusing on the details and going for those skills,” he said. “That’s all I came here to do, get better under pressure.”

Returning to the world stage

Well, that and earn a spot on the national and world championship teams, roles he surprisingly missed out on a year ago that seemed to mute the glow from helping the American men win their first team medal in 16 years at the 2024 Olympics.

He promised in the aftermath to get back to work, and with Olympic teammates Brody Malone and Asher Hong out this week — Malone is taking a break while Hong, a two-time national champion, is recovering from an ankle injury — Richard spent his time in the desert showing he's ready to lead in something other than clicks.

The teenager who announced himself by earning a surprise bronze in the all-around at the 2023 world championships is evolving. He served as a captain at Michigan, and as the window opens on his prime, he seems ready to pick up the mantle as a U.S. leader.

“I feel like I’m not like, OK, there’s older guys that are like veterans, but I feel I’m entering that veteran territory,” he said. “It’s not my first worlds. It’s not first Olympics.”

Even if there is plenty to do to assure himself of a place on the team that will step into the spotlight only a home Olympics provides two summers from now. He knows he needs to upgrade the difficulty in some of his routines to become a legitimate medal threat in Los Angeles.

He'll get a litmus test on where he currently stacks up when the American men take the floor at the world championships in the Netherlands in October. As encouraged as he is at how things are going, he's hardly satisfied.

The man who has a team of five working for him to keep his website and social media accounts booming understands there are a lot of 30-plus-hour weeks in the gym ahead. It's a grind, one he embraces when the camera isn't on.

He's hardly the only athlete who considers themselves an influencer. But the reality is anybody with a camera can become one. Not everyone can be a champion. As Los Angeles draws ever closer, Richard is leaning into the difference between the two.

“The No. 1 trait of the most successful athletes, athlete creators, people growing their sports, people hitting icon status is winning,” he said. “And I want to keep winning and pushing myself to see how much better I can get.”

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As umpires took the field and walked by the Braves' dugout on the third base side, Sale began barking. Merzel tossed him and Sale said something to crew chief Dan Bellino as the two talked near the dugout rail.

“I was by the bat rack because the game was about to start and I was getting my helmet,” center fielder Michael Harris II said after his 10th-inning single gave Atlanta a 2-1 win. “I didn’t see him talking to him, but I actually seen the motion of him throwing him out. I was kind of confused but then I saw Sale and remember what happened yesterday and I put two and two together."

Sale was called for his third career balk by Merzel during the fifth inning of Saturday’s 5-4 loss. Rookie Spencer Jones scored on the balk after getting an RBI triple and Sale began fiercely yelling at Merzel before manager Walt Weiss continued the argument and was ejected.

“I think he had some words for the umpire from yesterday, but you know what, it’s behind us," Weiss said. “Everyone had their say and we move on.”

Bellino told a pool reporter after Saturday's game that Sale was called for the balk because he did not declare he was going to pitch from the windup. Bellino said Sale declared he was pitching from the windup when he struck out José Caballero but did not do so ahead of the at-bat to Austin Wells.

It was Sale’s fourth career ejection. It was his first since Aug. 3, 2019, when he pitched for Boston and was tossed by Mike Estabrook for arguing balls and strikes during the fourth inning of a 9-2 loss at Yankee Stadium.

Sale allowed three runs and five hits in six innings Saturday for his first loss since June 28. In his third season with the Braves, the veteran left-hander is 12-7 with a 2.20 ERA in 21 starts.

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El representante estadounidense Mario Díaz-Balart emitió declaraciones que, según describió, marcan “el comienzo de un nuevo capítulo para Colombia y su pueblo” bajo el mandato del presidente colombiano Abelardo De La Espriella.

Díaz-Balart, el fiscal general de Estados Unidos, Todd Blanche, y Terry Cole, el administrador de la DEA, formaron parte de la delegación estadounidense que asistió a la toma de posesión de De La Espriella el viernes en Cali .

“Ayer comenzó una nueva amistad y una colaboración para trabajar en equipo en la lucha contra el narcotráfico y fortalecer nuestra relación para contrarrestar las amenazas a nuestra seguridad nacional y la seguridad pública”, escribió Blanche en un comunicado publicado en X el sábado.

Cole, exsecretario de seguridad pública de Virginia, también emitió un comunicado el sábado en el que afirmaba que la alianza entre Estados Unidos y Colombia ya había cambiado la historia anteriormente.

“La DEA está lista para apoyar nuevamente a Colombia. Perseguiremos a quienes se lucran con la cocaína, la corrupción, la violencia y el terror”, escribió Cole . “No habrá refugio seguro, ni ruta de narcotráfico protegida, ni inmunidad para quienes envenenan nuestras comunidades”.

De La Espriella, de 48 años, tiene doble ciudadanía estadounidense y colombiana.

La delegación estadounidense también incluyó a Hugo Guevara, de la Embajada de Estados Unidos en Bogotá; Sara Carter, directora de la Oficina de Política Nacional de Control de Drogas; Cliff Sims, asesor de seguridad nacional del vicepresidente; Viviana Bovo, subsecretaria adjunta principal interina de la Oficina de Asuntos del Hemisferio Occidental; Joseph M. Humire, subsecretario adjunto de Guerra para Asuntos de Seguridad de las Américas; y Kris Jarvis, jefe de operaciones internacionales de la Fuerza de Tarea Conjunta Vulcan.

Según informó Associated Press el sábado, el ejército colombiano declaró que una facción de la guerrilla de izquierda detonó un coche bomba en una caseta de peaje e hirió a dos guardias.

También el sábado, el general colombiano Jorge Mora asumió el cargo de ministro de Defensa del país. Su promesa: “Recuperar la seguridad, el orden y la tranquilidad será nuestra prioridad”, escribió en un comunicado . “Colombia volverá a vivir sin miedo”.

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The Sony-Marvel release has accrued $1.67 billion worldwide in just 10 days of release, putting it on a trajectory to be among the biggest blockbusters ever. Domestically, no movie has wracked up a higher total faster. In U.S. and Canadian cinemas, “Brand New Day” has grossed $655.1 million thus far. Overseas, it’s already surpassed $1 billion.

It took only seven days for “Brand New Day” to become the highest grossing movie of the year, easily displacing “Toy Story 5” ($1.07 billion worldwide). No Sony film has ever cleared $100 million in its second weekend before. It came close to toppling the best sophomore frame on record: “The Force Awakens,” with $149.2 million in 2015.

Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” also crossed $1 billion. In its fourth weekend, the Universal Pictures release added $31.5 million domestically to bring its global total to $1.1 billion.

Nolan’s Homeric epic is the director’s first movie to reach that threshold since 2012’s “The Dark Knight Rises.” It now ranks as Nolan’s biggest box-office hit ever, not accounting for inflation, eclipsing both “The Dark Knight Rises” ($1.08 billion) and 2009’s “The Dark Knight” ($1 billion). Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” ($975 million) ended just shy of the milestone.

A big part of that success, of course, has been on IMAX. With $147.3 million domestically on the company’s large-format screens, “The Odyssey” now ranks as IMAX’s highest grossing domestic release of all time.

“The Odyssey” still has one major market left. It opens in China on Friday.

“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” and “The Odyssey” have helped drive Hollywood to its best box-office year since the pandemic. Ticket sales are running 18.5% ahead of last year, according to Rentrak. There have already been five $1 billion movies — more than any year since 2019. The other two were “Michael” and “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.”

Rentrak forecasts that the overall summer theatrical revenue will reach $4 billion on Monday. That seasonal mark has long been a sign of thriving business for Hollywood. Since the pandemic, the only summer to surpass $4 billion was 2023, when “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” drove ticket sales.

According to Rentrak, summer revenue is just $14.8 million shy of $4 billion through Sunday.

A pair of comedies tried to provide some counterprogramming to the blockbusters but made little impact.

“One Night Only,” a Will Gluck-directed romantic comedy where premarital sex is outlawed except for one night a year, opened with $5.7 million. The Universal release, starring Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner, cost about $25 million to make. Reviews weren’t good (46% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes) but audience scores (a “B+” CinemaScore) were better.

Coming in fourth was Fox Searchlight’s “Super Troopers 3,” the third in the long-running comedy series from the comedy troupe Broken Lizard. It debuted with $4 million.

Two new limited releases packed theaters. A24's “Tony,” starring Dominic Sessa as a young Anthony Bourdain, grossed $348,955, good for one of the best screen-average openings of the year: $58,159 per theater. Mubi's “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,” from “I Saw the TV Glow” filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun, debuted with a per-location average of $50,300 across five screens.

Top 10 movies by domestic box office

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

1. “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” $145 million.

2. “The Odyssey,” $31.5 million.

3. “One Night Only,” $5.7 million.

4. “Super Troopers 3,” $4 million.

5. “Toy Story 5,” $3.9 million.

6. “Minions & Monsters,” $3.5 million.

7. “Moana,” $2.8 million.

8. “Ice Cream Man,” $2 million.

9. “The Invite,” $717,568.

10. CatVideoFest 2026, $568,414.

Varios carriles del Florida’s Turnpike quedaron cerrados la mañana del domingo por el incendio de un vehículo.

El fuego se registró cerca de la salida de Griffin Road, en el condado de Broward, justo al sur de la Interestatal 595.

El tránsito en dirección sur al parecer quedó reducido a un solo carril mientras los servicios de emergencia atendían la situación.

Más temprano en la mañana, se observó a los equipos de rescate trabajando para sofocar las llamas.

Las autoridades no han dado información sobre las circunstancias que provocaron el incendio ni sobre si alguien resultó herido.

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It was located near the Griffin Road exit in Broward County, just south of Interstate 595.

Southbound traffic appeared to be merged down to one lane while first responders worked the scene.

Earlier in the morning, rescue crews were observed working to extinguish the blaze.

Authorities have not provided any information on the circumstances that led up to the fire, or if anyone was injured.

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As U.S. immigration agents staged at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building for a monthslong deportation campaign, protesters with whistles and cellphone cameras assembled to oppose them. Two were shot and killed in the city's streets before Trump pulled back under pressure.

Months later, those confrontations remain the backdrop to Minnesota's Democratic primary for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, which features establishment-backed U.S. Rep. Angie Craig and the more progressive Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan. The immigration debate is an added schism in a race that otherwise echoes many of the other left versus center divides that have played out across the United States this year.

Craig voted for tighter enforcement soon after Trump returned to office last year, only to later express regret for her decision after the Republican president sent a surge of agents into Minneapolis. She backed a resolution that condemned antisemitism after a 2025 firebombing in Boulder, Colorado, and expressed thanks for law enforcement, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.

Those votes may turn out to be some of the most fraught of Craig's eight-year career in Congress, decisions that Flanagan has highlighted while trying to portray her rival as unwilling to fight an unpopular administration in Washington.

“I think that’s when she lost my vote permanently and that’s why I will not vote for her no matter what," said Bryce Bohne, 40, of Minneapolis. The teacher and owner of an educational tourism company is supporting Flanagan.

Around the Whipple federal building, the fences and barriers are down. The ambient soundtrack is no longer the whistles and chants of protesters, just the rumble of departing jets and passing buses.

But the signs of what happened remain. A few volunteers in bright orange vests keep vigil across the street for 12-plus hours a day, ready to help people getting released from immigration detention or leaving hearings at the immigration court inside.

A few miles away, visitors still bring fresh flowers and handwritten notes to memorials marking the spots where Renee Good and Alex Pretti were killed.

Craig is no stranger to tough races, but until now the heat was from the right

Craig flipped a Republican-held seat in 2018, and every two years she overcame millions of dollars of attack ads to win tough reelection campaigns.

Until Craig's Senate run, the heat came from the right. Newly under fire from the other side, the decisions she made as a swing-seat congresswoman have become a liability as a statewide Senate candidate. At one recent event, she adopted the language of the insurgent left, though it did not always seem to come naturally.

“The working class keeps getting screwed,” she told volunteers preparing to knock on doors for her Saturday in Brooklyn Park, a Minneapolis suburb. “Folks, I don’t know about you, but it is time that we had a working folks reno— reso— renovation—"

Here, she took a breath.

"—revolution in this country.”

In Craig's view, she is well suited to the antiestablishment fervor gaining a foothold in the Democratic Party. Raised by a single mother in an Arkansas trailer park, she has known economic hardship. The lesbian mother of four grown children, she is not the archetype of a traditional member of Congress.

She was one of the House Democrats to call for President Joe Biden to drop out of the 2024 race after his disastrous debate performance against Trump. As a relatively junior member of Congress, she pushed successfully to become the top Democrat on the Agriculture Committee, jumping ahead of long-tenured colleagues.

“I consider myself a progressive” she told reporters after her event Saturday. “Every race that I run, Republicans run ads against me saying I vote with Democrats 96, 97% of the time.”

“Of course, in the primary,” she added, “people want to point out the few votes I’ve taken against Democrats.”

‘I regret my vote,’ Craig wrote in a mea culpa

Chief among them was the Laken Riley Act, the first bill passed by Congress after Trump started his second term. It requires federal authorities to detain migrants accused of theft and violent crimes.

Craig and nearly 60 other Democrats in the House and Senate voted for the bill early in 2025.

But at the end of the year, as immigration officers descended on Minneapolis, that vote became a liability. Weeks after Good and Pretti were killed, Craig published a mea culpa in a Minnesota Star Tribune column.

Craig explained that although she had qualms with parts of the law, it had the support of Democrats she respected, and many of her constituents were unhappy with the situation on the border under Biden.

But the “outright occupation by aggressive, unaccountable federal forces” made clear to her “that supporting any bill that gives ICE new authority in this administration was the wrong decision. And I regret my vote."

Trump's immigration operation, she says, was not enabled by her vote on the Laken Riley Act.

“Before that, people had a little bit more sensibility about the fact she was in a tough district and had to take tough votes,” said Corey Day, former executive director of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.

Craig has since presented herself as a strong defender of Minnesotans against Trump. She says her record of winning tough races positions her to ensure the seat stays in Democratic hands.

“Angie has experience working across demographics that we need to win over statewide, including in rural Minnesota,” said Kevin Anderson, a Hennepin County commissioner who is supporting Craig and went to one of her weekend events. “I love Peggy, I really do, she’s a great politician. But I don’t think she’s ever had to work across Minnesota.”

Democratic Gov. Tim Walz has declined to endorse either candidate for the seat held by Democrat Tina Smith, who is not running again. Late last month his wife, Gwen Walz, endorsed Craig over Flanagan, his governing partner for two terms.

The Republican field includes Michele Tafoya, a former NFL sideline reporter.

Flanagan supporters are suspicious of Craig

To Flanagan and her supporters, Craig’s vote for the immigration bill was not a pragmatic overture to swing voters but a betrayal.

“My primary opponent voted for Donald Trump’s immigration bill and was the only Minnesota Democrat to do so,” Flanagan told volunteers in St. Paul on Saturday. “She since then has said that she regrets that vote, and I’m glad. But it shouldn’t have taken 14 months.”

“We can stand with the immigrant community and not just when it’s politically expedient for us,” Flanagan added.

Like Abdul El-Sayed, who won last week’s Democratic Senate primary in Michigan, Flanagan supports Medicare for All and wants to curtail U.S. military support for Israel. She is running as much against the donors who have spent millions of dollars backing Craig as she is against Craig herself.

“The fact that the money is coming from us and only us makes such a huge difference, because she’s beholden to us, not some billionaire with some business or crypto interest,” said 43-year-old Flanagan supporter Justin Ropella, a customer service manager from Woodbury.

Through July 22, Craig's campaign had spent $9 million and Flanagan's $5.5 million. The disparity was even higher among outside groups, with Craig backers spending considerably more, though both have benefited from an influx of outside spending.

To help make up the difference, Flanagan has called on the support of progressive champions such as Sen. Bernie Sanders the Vermont independent who campaigned with her last month.

“If the people of Minnesota can stand up -- and I’m confident that they can -- and tell these billionaires and their lies and their 30-second ads and their super PACs to go to hell, democracy is going to reign,” Sanders said.

El superintendente Howard Hepburn dice estar listo para que las clases arranquen el lunes.

“Estamos emocionados de recibir de nuevo a todos nuestros estudiantes”, afirmó. “Nuestros maestros ya regresaron. Están preparando los salones y alistándose para recibir a sus alumnos.”

El distrito escolar sigue enfrentando una matrícula estudiantil a la baja, lo que se traduce en menos fondos.

Las autoridades escolares señalan que los planes de estudio especializados marcarán la diferencia, entre ellos el programa de tecnología espacial y de aviación de Miramar High School.

En cuanto a la alimentación, casi 150 escuelas del distrito califican para ofrecer comidas gratis, y las familias de los planteles restantes pueden solicitar almuerzos a precio reducido.

“Teníamos un excedente de dinero gracias a subvenciones que recibimos por la COVID, y así pudimos dar de comer gratis a todos nuestros estudiantes”, dijo Elizabeth Seeley, de las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Broward. “Pero ese excedente ya se está agotando.”

Aunque el precio del almuerzo completo subirá un dólar en todos los grados, todos los estudiantes podrán seguir disfrutando del desayuno gratis.

“Somos un distrito muy grande, con muchísimos estudiantes, y todos tienen gustos distintos, así que queremos asegurarnos de ofrecer una gran variedad”, señaló Seeley.

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Superintendent Howard Hepburn says he’s ready for classes to begin on Monday.

“We’re excited to welcome all our students back,” he said. “Our teachers are already back. They’re preparing classrooms and readying themselves to welcome their students.”

The school district continues to face dwindling numbers in student enrollment, which means less funding.

School leaders say specialized curriculum will make a difference, including the space and aviation technology program at Miramar High School.

When it comes to food offerings, nearly 150 district schools are qualified for free meals, and families at remaining schools can apply for reduced lunches.

“We had a surplus amount of money because of grants we received from COVID, and then we were able to have all of our students eat for free,” said Elizabeth Seeley with Broward County Public Schools. “But that surplus is now down.”

Even though full lunch prices will increase by $1 at all grade levels, all students can still enjoy breakfast for free.

“We are a very large district, and we have a lot of students, and all of them have different likes and dislikes and we want to be sure we’re offering a wide variety,” said Seeley.

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Jakey’s grieving parents, Karen and Orlando Duque, were pleading on Saturday that it be returned to the Jakey Duque Park in Miami Lakes.

“It’s priceless to us,” Karen Duque said about the sculpture crafted by Art & Sculpture Unlimited.

Jakey was 4 years old when he was diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, or DIPG, a rare and highly aggressive brain tumor Oct. 11, 2019.

Jakey died on June 8, 2020. City officials unveiled the tribute, as part of a community effort, on May 8, 2021, at Northwest 154th Street and 89 Avenue.

“It means a lot to the community,” Orlando Duque said. “It means a lot to us, and we just would like it back ... If they want to come dead of night like they took it and drop it off that’s fine.”

Karen Duque said they don’t want to press any charges.

“We just want for it to be returned,” she said.

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Louisiana has confirmed nine cases of Vibrio vulnificus infections this year, the state's health department said last week in a news release. All were hospitalized, and five died. During the same period over the previous decade, Louisiana reported an average of seven cases and one death.

“Seek medical care immediately if a wound exposed to brackish or salt water becomes red, swollen, painful, warm or discolored," officials said in the release. "Tell the health care provider about the water exposure.”

The Gulf is an ideal environment

Vibrio bacteria thrive in seawater and in the brackish mix of fresh and saltwater found in estuaries and lagoons. Most infections are reported from May to October, and most happen in states along the Gulf Coast. Doctors say the Gulf is an ideal environment with the right amounts of salt and heat to let this organism proliferate.

The mostly deadly type is Vibrio vulnificus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As many as one in five of those infections are fatal, a much higher rate than other types of Vibrio bacteria.

Florida, which tends to have more infections than other states, has reported 14 Vibrio vulnificus cases and two deaths so far this year, compared with 33 cases and five deaths for all of last year. Records show more cases in years when Florida is hit by tropical storms and hurricanes.

Bacteria enters through breaks in the skin

Some people become infected by eating raw or undercooked shellfish — particularly oysters. But a large percentage fall ill when the person is in ocean or brackish water and the bacteria enter the body through small breaks in the skin.

Doctors say severe cases are seen more often in elderly patients, people with weakened immune systems, and those with liver disease, diabetes and certain chronic illnesses.

Scientists say climate change is helping the germs proliferate and spread northward. A 2023 study found that the northernmost case has been shifting by about 30 miles each year, and that cases overall have been rising.

Beachgoers can protect themselves

Vibrio vulnificus can enter the body through unhealed cuts and scrapes, recent piercings and tattoos, and recent surgical incisions. People should immediately wash cuts and scrapes thoroughly with soap and clean running water after coming in contact with coastal waters or raw seafood, the CDC said. They should see a doctor if they start to develop symptoms such as fever, chills, and hot red areas on the skin that start to turn dark and blister.

Oysters are a particular risk, and there is no way to tell if an oyster is contaminated just by looking at it. People should wash hands with soap and water after handing raw shellfish and wear protective gloves if they have a weakened immune system and are at a higher risk of infection.

Health officials also offer cooking instructions for clams, mussels and other shellfish. They recommend throwing away any with open shells before boiling or steaming.

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It happened Saturday night in the area of the 6900 block of Southwest 26th Street in Miramar.

According to police, the brothers got into an argument when one of them pulled out a pocket knife and stabbed the other.

Authorities said the victim was rushed to Memorial Regional Hospital with injuries considered non-life-threatening.

Miramar police said a Broward Sheriff’s Office helicopter and Pembroke Pines police K9 units assisted in locating the suspect, who has yet to be identified.

Police said the suspect was taken into custody without further incident.

Un hombre está bajo custodia luego de que, según la policía, apuñalara a su hermano tras una discusión entre ambos.

El hecho ocurrió la noche del sábado en las inmediaciones de la cuadra 6900 de la calle 26 del suroeste, en Miramar.

De acuerdo con la policía, los hermanos discutían cuando uno de ellos sacó una navaja y apuñaló al otro.

Las autoridades informaron que la víctima fue trasladada de urgencia al Memorial Regional Hospital con heridas que no se consideran de gravedad.

La policía de Miramar señaló que un helicóptero de la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward y unidades caninas de la policía de Pembroke Pines ayudaron a localizar al sospechoso, quien aún no ha sido identificado.

La policía indicó que el sospechoso fue detenido sin mayores incidentes.

Hudson-Smith spoke Sunday at a press conference ahead of the European championships in Birmingham, England, and addressed four-time Olympic champion Michael Johnson's comments, in an interview with the Telegraph, that he had now “been able to get these athletes paid.”

Johnson formed the league by providing star athletes with salaries and appearance fees to compete on a four-event circuit in 2025. There also was prize money at each race but the series was cut short when Grand Slam Track canceled its final meet last June in Los Angeles.

“I’m going to be real, I have a memory like a fish, so I can’t remember what’s going on,” said Britain's Hudson-Smith, a two-time European champion in the 400 meters

A filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware in January listed Hudson-Smith as being owed $147,500.

“This whole year, I’ve been just focused on Europeans. Grand Slam, I don’t know if I’ve been paid, to be honest with you, and you can quote that,” said the 31-year-old Hudson-Smith, who won silver in the 400 at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The court filing listed more than 300 people and companies owed some $40 million. Eric Edwards Jr., a lesser-known hurdler, was on the list and told The Associated Press in January that the money was earmarked for practical needs like paying rent.

Johnson told the Telegraph that he's spent the past year finding solutions for the athletes.

“Everybody's been paid — $11 million for three track meets — more money than has ever been paid to track athletes to compete,” Johnson said.

A note on the bottom of the Telegraph's video interview of Johnson said: “Johnson raised $11m to pay athletes but some of that is held in escrow and still in the process of being distributed.”

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Coach Becky Hammon rested her top three players because the Aces were playing the second half of a difficult back-to-back after losing in Minnesota on Saturday.

“My players' health is the most important," Hammon said after the game. “You got to be healthy and fresh as much as possible, obviously, after going through a season. So, the health and safety of players come first. Where we end up (in the standings), we end up.”

Hammon felt resting her top players could help the team on the back end of the schedule because all three will be taking part in the FIBA World Cup next month, so they won't be getting any rest when the WNBA goes on break next month for a few weeks.

“I’m not going to put them in any kind of jeopardy to get hurt when we’ve been expending a lot of energy on travel and a lot of miles back and forth crisscrossing the country,” Hammon said.

The necessity to rest the trio happened because of a brutal schedule. After the loss to Minnesota, the team didn't arrive at its hotel in New York until nearly 10 p.m. after making the almost 1,200-mile trek from Minneapolis.

“I mean, everybody has a brutal schedule at some point. I don’t even think they do this in the NBA, though, where it’s less than 24 hours,” Hammon said. “With the time change, it ends up being that.”

The NBA, like the WNBA, actually won't make a team travel two times zones or have less than 22 hours between games if it’s playing consecutive days, according to a person familiar with scheduling. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly about it.

Sunday’s game against the Liberty was on ABC and had a 12:30 p.m. EDT tipoff because the network was showing the Little League Softball World Series championship game afterward.

The early tipoff meant an early wake up and arriving at the arena less than 12 hours after the Aces got to their hotel.

Sunday's contest capped a five-game road trip for the Aces that started last Saturday in Chicago. The Aces lost that game and then went on to rout Atlanta. A stop in Indiana on Thursday ended with an overtime victory by Las Vegas thanks to buzzer-beating 3-pointers by Gray at the end of regulation and overtime.

Now the Aces head home for five straight games in Las Vegas.

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Weston City Attorney Jamie Cole joined host Glenna Milberg on the latest episode of “This Week in South Florida”, and their conversation can be seen at the top of this page.

He joined host Glenna Milberg on the latest episode of “This Week in South Florida”, and their conversation can be seen at the top of this page.

It was her toughest moment of the day after an ultra-dominant performance on the bike from the 2023 champion.

She secured an impressive stage win, and in doing so extended her overall lead over Polish rider Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney to 1 minute, 18 seconds clear of the 2024 champion.

Vollering raised her bike in the air moments after crossing the finish line in Nice. Niewiadoma-Phinney had started Sunday’s ninth and final stage only eight seconds behind Vollering, who got a time bonus for winning it.

Finally, as the Dutch anthem ended, a lone tear trickled down the side of Vollering's face. A few more soon followed as her achievement hit home.

“It’s not only the dream of winning the Tour de France. It’s also the dream of living this life, of working hard along with passionate people," the 29-year-old Vollering said. “It all starts with dreaming. Go chase the dreams and don’t let anyone stop you."

Nobody could on Sunday.

Knowing that she was well clear, Vollering began to celebrate as the line approached, raising her arm in triumph and then tapping her head with her finger to show her mental strength.

“I was thinking about a lot of things as I was approaching the finish line. I thought that I had never won in the yellow jersey before,” Vollering said. “I thought about how much work has gone into this victory. I thought about the people who have been behind me.”

She finished the stage 1 minute, 4 seconds ahead of Spaniard Paula Blasi Cairol and Niewiadoma-Phinney, who looked tired but was all smiles later on the podium.

Former Giro d’Italia champion Elisa Longo Borghini of Italy was third overall in the Tour — 4:29 behind — after Marlen Reusser lost valuable time after crashing going downhill after the second of the day’s four climbs.

Reusser ended up 14th overall at nearly 26 minutes behind.

Vollering attacks

Niewiadoma-Phinney had it all to do on the final climb, especially with her rival sitting on her wheel, and was unable to pressure Vollering.

Vollering attacked about 800 meters from the top and dropped Niewiadoma-Phinney — as she did when winning Saturday’s eighth stage to take the overall lead from her rival.

Two years ago, Vollering missed out on Tour victory after finishing an agonizing four seconds behind Niewiadoma-Phinney on the last stage.

She made full amends this time.

Vollering has now won five Grand Tours, including two Spanish Vuelta titles and the Giro d’Italia secured in June to join countrywoman Annemiek van Vleuten as the only other female cyclist to have won all three Grand Tours.

“I still have a lot of dreams," Vollering said. "On and off the bike.”

Four climbs

Each of the first three climbs on Sunday was 7.7 kilometers long with a 5.9% average gradient. But the final ascent branched off onto a slightly different route which, even though it was shorter at 6 kilometers, had a steeper average gradient of 7.6% with one portion stretching to a grueling 12%.

It made little difference.

After winning Friday’s seventh stage with an impressive solo attack of her own up the iconic Mont Ventoux, Niewiadoma-Phinney seemed short of energy and Vollering’s lead was never under threat.

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Los padres de Jakey, Karen y Orlando Duque, sumidos en el dolor, suplicaron el sábado que la devuelvan al parque Jakey Duque, en Miami Lakes.

“Para nosotros no tiene precio”, dijo Karen Duque sobre la escultura, obra de Art & Sculpture Unlimited.

Jakey tenía 4 años cuando, el 11 de octubre de 2019, le diagnosticaron un glioma pontino intrínseco difuso, o DIPG, un tumor cerebral poco común y sumamente agresivo.

Jakey murió el 8 de junio de 2020. Como parte de un esfuerzo comunitario, las autoridades de la ciudad develaron el homenaje el 8 de mayo de 2021, en la calle 154 y la avenida 89 del noroeste.

“Significa mucho para la comunidad”, dijo Orlando Duque. “Significa mucho para nosotros, y solo queremos que vuelva... Si quieren venir en plena madrugada, como se la llevaron, y dejarla, está bien.”

Karen Duque dijo que no quieren presentar cargos.

“Solo queremos que la devuelvan”, expresó.

La mañana del domingo, en Palmetto Bay, un grupo de negocios locales y organizaciones sin fines de lucro se unió para aliviar esa carga y ofreció de todo —desde útiles escolares hasta cortes de cabello— completamente gratis.

El evento se realizó en la barbería The Cut Stop, ubicada en el 9853 E Fern St., donde se recibió a estudiantes desde kínder hasta duodécimo grado para entregarles mochilas, útiles escolares, kits de higiene y otros artículos esenciales.

Los asistentes también disfrutaron de cortes de cabello y trenzado gratis, además de exámenes físicos deportivos, vales para orientación psicológica, servicios de cejas y otros recursos.

En total, 13 negocios y organizaciones sin fines de lucro colaboraron en el evento del domingo.

Los organizadores dijeron que la meta es que los estudiantes lleguen al nuevo año escolar sintiéndose preparados y seguros de sí mismos, en especial los jóvenes atendidos por LSF Miami Bridge Youth & Family Services.

La organización administra refugios de emergencia para niños que enfrentan situaciones de trauma o inestabilidad, lo que convierte el inicio del año escolar en un reto aún mayor para algunas familias.

El-Sayed said his Friday conversation with Obama was “really warm and inspiring." The candidate did not provide details.

“I was grateful for his advice. It was very warm, very inviting, and I know that he knows the critical role that Michigan is going to play,” El-Sayed told NBC’s “Meet the Press."

Asked if he would like to see Obama come to Michigan to drum up support for Democrats before the midterm elections in November, El-Sayed said he “really” hoped so and that Obama “knows a lot about winning Michigan” after carrying the state in the 2008 and 2012 presidential races.

An Obama spokesperson confirmed the call.

The discussion came the same day that a group of Michigan nominees and other notable national Democrats tried to present a united front at a rally in Detroit. The crowd cheered loudest for El-Sayed, a former public health official who last week narrowly beat establishment-backed U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens in a contentious and closely watched primary. A Democratic victory in the fall is crucial to the party's chances of regaining a Senate majority.

Democratic Sen. Gary Peters is not seeking reelection in the perennial swing state, which Republican Donald Trump won in 2016 and 2024, while Democrat Joe Biden carried in 2020.

El-Sayed faces Republican Mike Rogers, a former congressman who narrowly lost the Senate race to Democrat Elissa Slotkin in 2024 and has tried to capitalize on lingering tensions within the Democratic Party.

Rogers has released a video message attempting to appeal to Democrats who feel their party may be moving too far to the left with El-Sayed. “You have a home with us," Rogers says in the video.

During an interview Sunday with CNN's “State of the Union,” El-Sayed acknowledged that "we aired our differences” in the heated primary. But he said the internal divisions are "so much smaller than the similarities that we share.”

“You’re seeing folks come together,” El-Sayed said, before adding of moderate Democrats, “We might see the world differently. But we also recognize the responsibility to come together.”

Irvin’s Playmaker Production is launching “Fetching Fletchers,” which will document Linda Fletcher’s journey on the road in a custom-themed RV that Irvin gifted to her.

“My heart just opened wide up,” Linda Fletcher said. “I started crying for sure.”

Irvin said the series is about more than football — it’s about family and the bond within the Miami Hurricanes community.

“Yeah, it’s a beautiful feeling, beautiful thing,” he said. “We always talk about family, and that’s what this is about. That’s what the U is about, it’s the U family, and that extends everywhere.”

Irvin, who played at Miami before a Hall of Fame NFL career, said the Hurricanes have developed a strong community among the families of their players.

“And the greatest part about this is, when we were here, we really didn’t have like a mom’s coalition, you know what I mean?” Irvin said. “And to have that, that’s why we got such great players. These guys are great, great guys.”

“I’m talking about, yeah, they’re great, great football players, but these are great, great people,” Irvin continued. “And that’s why we have to highlight that.”

Fletcher said she was already committed to following her son on the road, but the series gives her an opportunity to encourage other mothers to support their children.

Here's what Linda Fletcher and Michael Irvin had to say about her new ride to watch her son play this season pic.twitter.com/r7atzIciwn

— David Lang (@Dukielang) August 8, 2026

“I was gonna do it anyways, but the blessing of being able to do it like this, it’s just very amazing and I just would love to inspire other moms go the long way with your child, especially those ones that are doing the right thing and being great,” Linda Fletcher said. “And so yeah, I’m fully on board like I always say and I’m just excited to get behind the wheel and get going.”

Click here for more information on the web series.

Very cool story out front at UM. Michael Irvin’s Playmaker Production Company is launching "Fetching Fletchers” series. It will follow Linda Fletcher to attend every one her son Mark Fletcher Jr.'s games for the Canes. The cameras will be on the road in this custom-themed RV. pic.twitter.com/WfXakURa69

— Will Manso (@WillManso) August 8, 2026

On Sunday morning in Palmetto Bay, a group of local businesses and nonprofits teamed up to take some of that pressure off, providing everything from school supplies to haircuts, all for free.

The event was held at The Cut Stop barbershop, located at 9853 E Fern St., were students in kindergarten through 12th grade were welcomed to receive backpacks, school supplies, hygiene kits and other essentials.

They’re also being treated to free haircuts and hair braiding, along with sports physicals, counseling vouchers, brow services, and other resources.

In all, 13 local businesses and nonprofits contributed to Sunday’s event.

Organizers said the goal is to make sure students walk into the new school year feeling prepared and confident, especially young people served by LSF Miami Bridge Youth & Family Services.

The group operates emergency shelters for children dealing with trauma or instability, making the start of a new school year an even bigger challenge for some families.

The 22-foot Bayliner speedboat overturned around 10:25 p.m. Saturday near Liberty Island, home to the Statue of Liberty, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

Twelve people were rescued from the water before police arrived, and police divers later located the 27-year-old woman and 5-month-old girl in the water. Both were taken to a hospital where they were pronounced dead. According to the Coast Guard, the others were in stable condition.

“We are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of life last night, and our thoughts are with the victims’ family and loved ones during this incredibly difficult time,” said Capt. Doreen McCarthy, the Coast Guard Sector New York commander. “We are extremely grateful for the heroic, swift actions of our partner agencies and Good Samaritan vessel who assisted in rescuing survivors from the water.”

Manuel Hernandez, 46, of New York, has been charged with 13 counts of reckless endangerment, police said. No phone number for him could be found Sunday, and the case has not yet been entered into online court records.

The victims' identities have not been released pending notification of family, police said Sunday.

Adam Schwartz said his sightseeing company's hot tub boat, Sea the City II, was out on a cruise when the accident occurred and took the 12 survivors onboard.

“Our captain and both crew members immediately assisted, called in to the Coast Guard and ... then coordinated with the Coast Guard and NYPD Harbor units to bring them to land in Brooklyn,” Schwartz told The Associated Press on Sunday.

McCarthy said Coast Guard investigators are working with police to investigate and are committed to holding lawbreakers accountable. According to the Coast Guard, an illegal charter is any passenger-for-hire vessel operation that lacks Coast Guard credentials, safety equipment and inspection certificates.

Other than a few passing showers this morning, I don’t expect any cooling showers or storms today so stay hydrated and get in the air conditioning as often as possible.

Rain chances are well below normal through the upcoming week only in the 20% range each day as a plume of Saharan dust arrives and dries things out.

The “dog days” are definitely here however with highs into the middle 90s this week so it’ll be hot and humid for back to schoolers! Watch out for a high risk of rip currents at the beaches today.

The landmark Mecca Joint Defense Agreement was signed on Friday by the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as the three countries seek to deepen security cooperation amid heightened tensions between the United States and Iran.

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said Sunday the agreement was “purely defensive in nature” and that other countries could join if they were willing to uphold its principles and resolve differences through peaceful means, adding the deal reflected a shared desire to strengthen strategic security cooperation.

His post on X came a day after Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan similarly said the agreement was not aimed at Iran or any other country.

The agreement stipulates "that any armed attack against any one of the three states shall be regarded as an attack against them all,” according to statements released by the three sides. Dar said in his post the stipulation was consistent with the right of individual and collective self-defense under Article 51 of the U.N. Charter.

Pakistan, he said, would continue working with countries across the region toward lasting peace and stability.

“The Makkah Accord does not abrogate or replace any existing bilateral or multilateral agreements between these countries, or with other countries or organizations,” he wrote.

His comments followed overnight public celebrations of the agreement. Landmarks in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad and Saudi cities were illuminated in the colors of the Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani flags.

The three countries bring significant but differing capabilities to the arrangement. Pakistan has extensive military experience and is the Muslim world’s only nuclear-armed country; Saudi Arabia brings substantial economic resources and regional influence; and NATO member Turkey has a large military and an increasingly sophisticated domestic defense industry.

In Islamabad, defense analysts cautioned against viewing the agreement as the equivalent of NATO, despite its collective-defense provision. Abdullah Khan, an Islamabad-based defense analyst, said that although the agreement was signed during a period of heightened regional tensions, it should not be interpreted as being directed against Iran or another country.

Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have maintained close military ties for decades and signed a separate mutual-defense agreement in September 2025. Pakistan and Turkey also have expanded military and defense-industrial cooperation in recent years

The confirmation announced on Saturday eased concerns that the rare Bundibugyo virus might spread to the Congolese capital.

More than 200 boat passengers were placed in quarantine on Thursday in the port of Maluku, 65 kilometers (40 miles) from Kinshasa, after one traveler who was previously aboard the boat died with symptoms matching the Ebola virus.

Specialist teams from the Ministry of Health were deployed to Maluku to examine all of those on board. Those exhibiting suspicious symptoms had samples taken and sent to a laboratory for analysis, the ministry said on Saturday, adding that the vessel was also decontaminated.

The National Institute of Biomedical Research, which is responsible for testing, said that all suspected cases tested negative for Bundibugyo. It urged the population of Kinshasa to remain calm.

Congo has been battling an Ebola outbreak that has been deemed the fastest in history in terms of transmission, with confirmed cases since it started in May reaching 4,200, including over 1,900 deaths.

The river boat passenger had become sick and disembarked nearly three weeks ago in Pimu, in the province of Mongala, more than 1,000 kilometers from Kinshasa along the Congo River, Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya said on Thursday. The capital has no confirmed Ebola case, he added.

News of the passenger’s death caused panic in Kinshasa, which is far from the eastern region hit by the outbreak, the second-largest outbreak on record, behind the 2014-2016 West Africa outbreak that recorded more than 28,000 cases, including over 11,000 deaths.

Ebola is highly contagious and spreads through contact with bodily fluids such as vomit, blood or semen, and with contaminated surfaces and materials such as bedding and clothing.

Health authorities say between 60% and 70% of new cases in the current outbreak are recorded outside of contacts being monitored, and that the outbreak is spreading at an “alarming” rate faster than efforts to track it.

The medical charity Doctors Without Borders said this week that the outbreak is still “spreading at an alarming and unprecedented rate” and that the response, which has been expanding, “is still not reaching communities quickly enough to break transmission chains.”

The meteor shower's peak Wednesday night into Thursday morning coincides with a total solar eclipse across Spain, Iceland and Greenland and a six-planet parade — though the best time to view the fireballs will come after totality.

As many as 50 to 100 meteors per hour may be visible under ideal conditions, according to NASA. The American Meteor Society estimates 30 to 50 meteors per hour could be seen from rural regions.

Random meteors are visible in dark skies on any given night. Meteor showers tend to put on dazzling celestial shows and happen at predictable times every year when the Earth plows through trails of debris left behind by comets and, sometimes, asteroids. Those remnants collide with Earth’s atmosphere at extremely high speeds, producing streaks of light known as shooting stars.

“Comets typically have orbits that cross the orbit of the Earth. So as they get near the sun and the sun evaporates the ice, a lot of the dirt and crap that’s frozen into the comet gets released, and continues in orbit around the sun," astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson told The Associated Press on Sunday.

The Perseids are debris from comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle, an icy ball that orbits the sun every 133 years and isn't scheduled for a return visit until 2125. Observations of this meteor shower date back over 2,000 years.

The Perseids are a perennial favorite because they tend to produce brilliant fireballs. Summer temperatures also make this shower popular.

“We don't have to suffer through a cold winter night to get a good view of meteors,” said astronomer Zach Vanderbosch with McDonald Observatory in Texas.

The moon will be in its new moon phase during the Perseids' peak, making viewing conditions even better.

“The moon is beautiful, but it’s such a diva,” said astronomer Aparna Venkatesan with the University of San Francisco. “New moon means we don’t have moonlight flooding the sky, and you tend to see way more meteors as a result.”

To spot the meteors, go outside after dark, away from clouds and city lights. Venkatesan plans to drive to the Sierra Nevada.

The best views will be between midnight and dawn when the constellation Perseus is high in the northern sky. The meteors will appear to radiate from that constellation.

Look up and give your eyes a half hour to adjust to the darkness. Vanderbosch recommends picking a patch of sky to focus on until a quick, bright streak passes by — even in your peripheral vision — and to avoid looking at your phone.

“There's just something magical about it,” Vanderbosch said.

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“None of these folks are represented,” she said.

Chohan is the coordinator of a program that sends volunteer lawyers to immigration courts to assist people without representation and help them navigate the complicated legal system where the stakes are a future in America or deportation.

Appearing without a lawyer opens up even greater risk under the second Trump administration, with the courts playing a key role in its mass deportation agenda. Courts are increasingly denying asylum, deportation officers have arrested immigrants in court hallways, the administration has packed courtrooms to cut backlogs and reduced lead time on hearings, prompting people to miss them.

Data shows that legal representation can be vital to winning in court but many immigrants, unable to pay for a private lawyer or find a pro bono one, navigate the system without an attorney at their side.

“Folks go into immigration court not knowing what’s happening. They come out not knowing what's happening. And when there’s an attorney present," Chohan said, “it’s just so helpful.”

Immigrants aren’t provided an attorney but legal help makes a difference

Unlike criminal court, there is no guaranteed lawyer in immigration courts.

Immigrants have to hire one at a cost of thousands of dollars or hope to get represented by one of the nonprofit organizations assisting low-income immigrants. But waitlists with those organizations are long, and many parts of the country just do not have that many immigration attorneys.

Of the roughly 3.2 million pending deportation cases currently in U.S. immigration courts, people in 52% of those cases do not have a lawyer, according to an analysis of immigration court data by the Vera Institute of Justice, a think tank.

A Congressional Research Service study from 2024 found that only 19% of people who did not have a lawyer won asylum or another avenue to stay in the United States. Among those who did have a lawyer, 47% were successful.

“Having an attorney is just super critical to be able to navigate the system successfully,” said Adriel Orozco of the advocacy group American Immigration Council.

Chohan said she frequently runs into people who have been scammed by lawyers or people posing as lawyers who take their money but do nothing for their case.

“I will give him a list of attorneys who are free and we have vetted,” she told one man who said he was scammed. “They have long waitlists but he should still ask.”

Speaking later to The Associated Press, the man described how he left Guatemala after being threatened by gangs and came to the U.S. in 2024 seeking asylum. Ever since, he said he has done everything that has been asked of him while he tries to make ends meet, occasionally painting houses. He spent $4,500 on a lawyer who in the end did nothing to help him, he said.

“He turned out to be a scammer,” said the man, who did not want to be identified for fear of endangering his case. He is worried about what comes next in court after being warned by the judge that he could be deported. “I don’t know what I’m going to do,” he said.

A nonstop day of consulting with clients, shuttling back and forth into court

Outside the Sacramento building where the court is housed is a long line of immigrants waiting for appointments with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which is in the same building. Volunteers with a local anti-ICE resistance group stand ready to help.

Upstairs, two immigration judges are on the bench. One hears the in-depth individual cases of immigrants who are pursuing their claim of asylum.

The other judge has the master calendar docket, where dozens of immigrants will appear in brief hearings geared at making sure their case is ready to go to the next step.

Signs taped to the wall remind people not to videotape or record inside the court complex. A security guard makes sure no one loiters in the hallways. Most people clutch stacks of papers documenting their cases.

After immigrants file into the courtroom for their hearings, Judge Susan Phan introduces Chohan and describes the services her organization offers.

“You are not required to meet with her but it is a rare opportunity that we have someone volunteering their time,” Phan said before launching into the day's work.

The need for a detailed asylum application

Chohan, who works with the California Immigration Project, starts each hearing in the courtroom. She has a clipboard to take notes, extra copies of forms and a crate of books for restless children attending court with their parents. She spends the bulk of her time in the waiting room, talking to immigrants after their hearings and scanning their documents to flesh out what else they need.

Speaking to one young man from Mexico, she asks to see his asylum application, noting that the judge had pointed out that it was not that detailed.

“Sometimes judges can deny a claim if there isn’t enough detail,” she said through one of the organization's volunteer translators.

The organization frequently has clinics to help immigrants fill out their asylum application. Chohan said she will alert him to the next one.

Another woman holding a stack of documents is there with her son and wanted to make sure her children could come with her if she is deported. Chohan also briefed her on what to expect at her upcoming asylum hearing and said the organization will send her an asylum filing guide.

Chohan highlighted places on forms where people need to give answers or answer in more detail. It’s OK to write “none” but she advises them to not leave boxes blank.

Everything submitted in Spanish must be accompanied by a translation into English that must be done by a person, not an automatic online translator. Copies of every single page of a passport must be submitted. Documents must be sent in two weeks before the applicant’s hearing so the judge can review them.

Over and over, Chohan reminds immigrants to download their receipt showing they paid the $102 asylum application fee so they can submit it to the court.

Chohan said a lot of these procedures and forms are discussed in court but it is happening so fast and immigrants are listening through a translator that they do not always understand what is happening.

“A lot of times when they go into court, they’re just happy that they’re out of court and they’re not being arrested,” she said.

A changing immigration court system

Chohan has witnessed the upheaval in the immigration courts during Republican President Donald Trump's second term.

She was in the court hallways last summer when ICE officers waited to arrest immigrants after their hearings. Earlier this summer she watched as the administration started holding “mega masters,” hearings with dozens of respondents at a time that are meant to clear a backlog but have created chaos.

Chohan said there are not enough pro bono lawyers in the Sacramento area to help everyone who needs one so the “Attorney of the Day” program is often the next best thing. She believes everyone should have access to a lawyer.

Until that day, she said, the program "helps bridge that gap.”

Large-scale Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian cities have become almost routine in recent weeks, with Moscow 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.

In the latest attacks, Ukrainian drones killed five people and injured two dozen others, including a 4-year-old boy, in Russia’s border region of Belgorod, according to the regional administration.

In Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, Russian missiles struck a high-rise apartment block in the Saltivskyi district, killing two people and injuring 13, according to regional head Oleh Syniehubov. Eight more people were injured in Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa after “dozens of missiles and drones” struck the city and surrounding region, according to local administration head Oleh Kiper.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has for months lobbied other countries, especially the U.S., to send Ukraine more Patriot systems made scarcer by the Iran war, arguing they are crucial for defending civilians.

Failing that, Zelenskyy wants to make Patriot ammunition in Ukraine or get approval from Elon Musk to use his Starlink satellite communications system to guide strikes inside Russia that can hit its missile launchers.

Meanwhile, Kyiv has kept up long-range drone strikes against Russian energy infrastructure, as well as the country’s largest online retailer, Wildberries, and other targets deep inside Russia, sparking a fuel crisis.

Russia’s defense ministry on Sunday claimed its overnight strikes hit drone warehouses in the Kharkiv region, as well as fuel depots and stores of other materiel belonging to Ukraine’s armed forces at the port of Odesa.

It said its forces had shot down 153 Ukrainian drones during the night, including over Russian-occupied Crimea and the Black and Azov seas.

In Russia's Belgorod region, authorities said Ukrainian drone strikes damaged 29 apartment blocks and five private houses, as well as administrative buildings and unspecified “commercial facilities.”

Debris from Ukrainian drones also fell on two enterprises and a private home in the Russian city of Novorossiysk, mayor Andrey Kravchenko said on Sunday. He did not specify what the commercial sites were. Regional authorities later said falling debris had injured one person, damaged two private houses, and blew out a window in an apartment block.

A major fuel terminal is located at Novorossiysk that links Kazakhstan's oil fields to markets around the world, and which has previously been a target for Ukrainian strikes.

Moldova says blast near Ukraine border caused by drone

A “powerful explosion” believed to be from a combat drone was reported in the village of Crocmaz, in southeast Moldova near the border with Ukraine, local police said Sunday.

No one was injured by the impact, which caused a vegetation fire in the Stefan Voda district, police said, adding that “fragments of a combat drone were found at the scene” and would be examined by specialists. Police did not specify the origin of the drone.

Multiple drones have violated Moldovan airspace since Russia launched its full-scale war in neighboring Ukraine.

Bulgaria summons Ukrainian ambassador over drone incident

Bulgaria has summoned Ukraine's ambassador after a drone entered Bulgarian airspace, the country's public broadcaster BNT reported on Sunday.

The drone exploded on Saturday close to an international gas pipeline shortly after crossing the border from Romania. No casualties or damage were reported.

Bulgaria's defense ministry said the drone appeared to be the type used by Ukrainian armed forces, and that the incident was likely accidental.

Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Heorhii Tykhyi said the incident was being examined, but that it did not deliberately target Bulgaria. Ukraine and Bulgaria were in “close contact” to clarify what had happened, he added.

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“We couldn’t let them in because we were so full,” Chairman Jacob Keyes said. “That’s a direct impact from the Harrah’s name.”

But a vacancy in Washington is preventing the tribe’s partnership with the gambling giant from moving beyond branding. Plans for Harrah’s parent company to take over day-to-day management of the casino in Chandler, Oklahoma, stalled after it opened in April, because no one is at the helm of the federal commission that oversees tribal gambling.

The last chairperson of the National Indian Gaming Commission stepped down from the role in January. President Donald Trump has not nominated anyone to fill the vacancy. Absent a chair, the commission is unable to perform some key responsibilities, like enforcing legal and safety violations, approving new tribal gambling laws and certifying management agreements between tribes and casino operators.

Industry leaders say the agency's inertia risks delaying business deals, weakening oversight and leaving tribes without a key advocate in Washington as they grapple with an emerging threat posed by online prediction markets.

“At this crucial time, the (National Indian Gaming Commission) is operating with one arm tied behind its back,” said Jonodev Chaudhuri, a former NIGC chair from 2013 to 2019 and a citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. “That’s a very precarious position for tribes and Indian gaming."

There’s a lot at stake for tribes that rely heavily on casino revenue to fund healthcare, housing, education and other vital services. Tribal gambling brought in a record $46 billion in 2025, nearly triple the annual casino revenue of gambling powerhouse Nevada.

The commission's core powers are vested in its chair

With its Harrah’s contract stuck in limbo, the Iowa Tribe’s small government staff finds itself managing the 175,000-square-foot (16,258 square-meter) casino, a mammoth task it had intended to outsource.

“It’s discouraging. We’re paying a fee and not getting the full value,” Keyes said.

The decision to outsource management was strategic: Harrah's branding would bring in more business than existing staff could accommodate. Instead, staff has to balance management with other priorities like preparing tribal budgets and overseeing social programs, Keyes said.

The three-member gaming commission was formed in 1988 to regulate casino-style gambling and promote economic development on tribal lands. Some 250 tribal governments across 29 states now operate 545 gambling facilities, the commission said.

Under federal law, its enforcement powers are vested solely in the chairperson. Industry leaders say its inability to cite casinos for violating federal law or force the emergency closure of unsafe facilities is particularly troubling.

In a typical year, the commission issues several citations to tribes for operating casinos on unauthorized lands, failing to submit required financial statements, misusing revenues and other violations. The commission's last enforcement action was issued on Jan. 12 — the same day acting chairperson Sharon Avery's term expired. She remains on the commission.

The commission declined an interview request and said in an emailed statement that tribal officials and its field staff provide “excellent regulation" amid the leadership gap. But Steven Light, an expert in tribal gambling law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, said the lack of enforcement power could discourage investment in tribal gambling and slow business growth.

“Markets function best when there's stability and certainty around processes and rules,” Light said.

Prediction markets have emerged as a new threat to tribal gaming

The commission vacancy comes as the popularity of online prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket explodes. Tribal leaders fear those platforms, which allow users to wager on the outcome of virtually any event, could violate their sovereignty and take a bite out of gambling revenue.

“Every dollar generated by Indian gaming goes to fund healthcare for our people, education for our children, housing for our elders,” said David Bean, chairman of the Indian Gaming Association and a citizen of the Puyallup Tribe.

At least eight tribes have sued prediction market platforms, alleging they accept bets from tribal lands and in states where tribes have exclusive gambling rights in violation of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, which the gaming commission is tasked with enforcing.

Prediction markets argue their users are engaging in futures trading, not gambling, and dispute claims that they are circumventing regulation.

The commission chairperson typically serves as an advocate for the tribal gambling industry in Washington, according to former commissioners and staffers. Yet it's been conspicuously silent while the federal government weighs how to regulate prediction markets, said Joe Valandra, the commission’s chief of staff from 2005 to 2007 and a citizen of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe.

James Siva, who leads the California Nations Indian Gaming Association and is vice chairman of the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, said the Trump administration's support of and business ties to the prediction markets industry could explain why it hasn't filled the vacancy.

“These things are happening in conjunction with each other,” Siva said in April at a news conference with the Indian Gaming Association. “It is not a coincidence by any means.”

The leadership gap spans two administrations

The commission's last Senate-confirmed chairperson termed out under former President Joe Biden without a successor in place.

A White House spokesperson called the commission a “valued board” but did not say when a new nomination will be made.

In April, Trump appointed Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Billy Kirkland, a citizen of the Navajo Nation, to the commission. That's raised questions about potential executive branch influence over an agency designed to be independent.

“This crosses that threshold in an uncomfortable way,” said Shannon O’Loughlin, the commission’s chief of staff from 2015 to 2017 and a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.

Keyes said a crucial opportunity to develop his tribe's economy hangs in the balance. He doesn't see the commission vacancy as partisan play.

“I don’t want to sound like sour grapes, but when have Native American issues ever been prioritized by the federal government?” he said.

Meanwhile, Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels struck a government-held port on the country’s Red Sea coast, deepening fears over threats to strategic shipping routes and a potential return to civil war.

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

Netanyahu insists no Gaza withdrawal until Hamas disarms

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the deal on Gaza announced by Trump last month, saying Israel’s military “will not carry out any withdrawal until Hamas is genuinely disarmed.”

Netanyahu told a Cabinet meeting that “Israel rejects the 15-point document” but is still discussing plans for Gaza with Washington, after making similar comments last week. Trump had said Israeli forces would withdraw as the Hamas militant group’s disarmament is completed. Israeli forces control over half the Palestinian enclave of about 2 million people that's been largely destroyed.

There was no immediate White House comment on Netanyahu's statement.

“We remain committed to the road map,” said a member of the Hamas political bureau, Bassem Naim, adding that the group expects mediators and the U.S. to pressure Netanyahu — who also faces domestic tensions as he struggles to hold onto power ahead of the next elections scheduled for Oct. 27.

The Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, sparked the war in Gaza. A fragile ceasefire continues.

Houthis target Aramco refinery and Red Sea port

Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen attacked the government-held port city of Mocha late Sunday night. It was the second attack on the Red Sea coast city in less than 24 hours.

A Houthi military source told the Houthi-controlled Al-Masirah TV that the attack targeted weapons depots and Saudi troop concentrations.

A statement from the Yemeni Armed Forces posted on X said residential neighborhoods were targeted by ballistic missiles and drones in the attack, and that air defense systems managed to intercept some of the drones.

Drones and missiles were also used during the earlier attack on Sunday. The Yemeni government-allied National Resistance Forces said at least seven people — four troops and three civilians — were killed and 15 civilians were injured in that strike.

Fayed al-Noman, the information ministry’s assistant undersecretary, said the attack severely damaged port buildings and piers as well as commercial goods and food supplies. The military later said missiles landed in several areas, including near a television station.

Mocha is a main port under Yemen’s internationally recognized government and has been renovated to handle shipping that avoids the Houthi-held port of Hodeida.

The Houthis said they targeted military forces and warehouses.

Yahya Saree, a Houthi military spokesperson, said they also targeted an Aramco refinery in the Saudi city of Jazan with a drone in response to Saudi drones breaching Yemen’s airspace over Hajjah and Saada provinces.

The Saudi Energy Ministry reported a fire at a facility belonging to the Aramco refinery, with no casualties. The ministry did not say the cause. The attacks threaten to reignite Yemen’s civil war after a 2022 truce.

— Samy Magdy in Cairo

Iran's top security post changes again

Iran named a new head of its powerful Supreme National Security Council, state media reported. Mohsen Rezaei had been a military adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei and a former Revolutionary Guard commander.

It was the latest shuffle at the top for the politburo-like body, which has a range of political opinions and rivalries and is adapting to the loss of several senior officials in the war.

Rezaei replaces Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, who took up the role after Ali Larijani was killed by an Israeli strike in March. Zolghadr will become a political adviser to Khamenei.

Rezaei earlier this month said Iran will never allow an unauthorized route through the Strait of Hormuz, which was considered an international waterway before the war and Tehran's assertion of control.

Iran says negotiations ‘cannot resume’ until conditions met

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told reporters that negotiations with Oman about “new maritime routes” on the Strait of Hormuz were in the final stages but “this, however, does not mean that the Strait of Hormuz will reopen.” That step requires conditions that “have been conveyed through intermediaries.”

The Supreme National Security Council on Saturday said the strait will not reopen until the U.S. “corrects its behavior.” It demanded that the U.S. never threaten Iran again, a permanent end to the war with Iran and its armed allies, a lifting of the naval blockade of Iranian ports and a withdrawal of the U.S. military from the area. The U.S. also must “completely compensate” Iran for war damage, lift sanctions and “unconditionally” release frozen assets.

The United States did not comment on the demands. Trump on Sunday asserted to Axios that “we are only semi-negotiating” with Iran and letting economic pressures take their toll.

Araghchi said an “exchange of messages through intermediaries” continues with the U.S. but that doesn’t constitute negotiations, which he said can’t resume until violations of the interim deal end and the U.S. “has remedied” provisions it violated.

Details emerge about a potential Iran-Oman deal

Iran and Oman, located on the other side of the Strait of Hormuz, are working to finalize a temporary deal that would reopen it, with ships entering near Iran and exiting near Oman, according to two people familiar with the talks who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. Ships would transit without paying fees or tolls during the interim period.

The agreement is designed to restore the separate interim deal between the U.S. and Iran. The two people said the agreement is endorsed by Gulf Cooperation Council members and is expected to be jointly announced by Iran, Oman, the U.S. and the U.N.’s International Maritime Organization. But they stressed the terms still could change.

The Iranian parliament’s National Security Committee approved “general outlines” of a plan to manage the strait, the state broadcaster reported, but a lawmaker said transits by vessels belonging to “hostile countries” would be prohibited. The member of parliament’s presiding board said countries that have “caused damage” to Iran cannot transit until they compensate for it. There were no further details.

— Michelle Price in Washington and Aamer Madhani in New York

El mayor incendio reportado esta semana ha quemado unas 176 hectáreas (435 acres) del monte Bromo, ubicado dentro del Parque Nacional Bromo Tengger Semeru, en la provincia de Java Oriental, uno de los destinos turísticos más conocidos de Indonesia.

Las autoridades cerraron el parque a los visitantes el sábado y Rudijanta Tjahja Nugraha, jefe del parque, señaló que el cierre se mantendría vigente hasta nuevo aviso.

Se han movilizado cientos de bomberos, personal de gestión de desastres, policías, soldados, guardaparques y voluntarios para contener el incendio. También se han desplegado helicópteros y drones para ayudar a combatir el fuego, mientras los equipos han construido cortafuegos para intentar evitar una mayor propagación.

Nugraha explicó que el terreno difícil ha complicado los esfuerzos, y algunos focos están ubicados en empinadas laderas volcánicas a las que es difícil llegar por tierra.

Se han reportado otros fuegos forestales en toda Indonesia durante una temporada inusualmente seca.

Las autoridades informaron que un fuego comenzó el viernes en el distrito de Banyumas, en Java Central, donde las llamas provocadas por actividades de despeje de terrenos se propagaron con rapidez, alimentadas por las condiciones secas. En Java Occidental se declaró un incendio esta semana en el área de la pradera Suryakencana del Parque Nacional Monte Gede Pangrango, un popular destino de senderismo. El incidente llevó a las autoridades a cerrar temporalmente los senderos hacia el monte Gede y el monte Pangrango.

La Agencia de Meteorología, Climatología y Geofísica de Indonesia indicó que los fuertes vientos y la vegetación extremadamente seca están acelerando la propagación de los incendios. El patrón climático de El Niño, combinado con los vientos secos estacionales procedentes de Australia, ha incrementado el riesgo de incendios en partes del país.

Los incendios forestales en las islas de Sumatra y Borneo suelen declararse durante periodos secos. A menudo son iniciados ilegalmente por propietarios de plantaciones o agricultores tradicionales para despejar tierras para la siembra, una práctica que cubre periódicamente partes del sudeste asiático con una peligrosa bruma.

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President Min Aung Hlaing, the former army chief who had originally seized power in 2021 from Suu Kyi’s civilian government, has been trying to win political legitimacy since the takeover and resume relations with ASEAN.

ASEAN came up with a peace plan for the Southeast Asian country in April 2021 to end hostilities and initiate dialogue among contending parties, to be facilitated by the special envoy. Min Aung Hlaing has since been barred from attending top-level meetings for failing to comply with the plan.

In an apparent effort to placate critics, the government allowed a representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross to visit 81-year-old Suu Kyi last week, the first known contact with an outside international independent humanitarian organization since her detention five years ago.

Suu Kyi is serving her sentence under house arrest at an undisclosed location in the capital, Naypyitaw, on charges that her supporters and rights groups have said are politically motivated.

The current ASEAN chair, the Philippines, welcomed the meeting as a step toward dialogue and reconciliation Friday, while urging greater access to political detainees and reiterating its call for Suu Kyi’s “complete and unconditional release.”

Myanmar’s foreign ministry's statement late Saturday criticized the call.

“Although the government has commuted her sentences based on humanitarian considerations, the matter of a full and unconditional release shall only be carried out in accordance with the law,” it said.

The statement also said the government will continue working with ASEAN’s current special envoy, Philippine Foreign Minister Maria Theresa Lazaro, but doesn’t see the need to continue down that path when Singapore takes over on Jan. 1, 2027.

“At present, the government, which emerged from the multiparty democratic elections reflecting the genuine will of the people, has assumed state responsibility,” the statement said.

In a speech more than three months after being sworn in as president following the elections, Min Aung Hlaing dismissed ASEAN’s peace plan, saying some member states have discriminated against Myanmar and it would respond on a case-by-case basis.

Critics dismissed the elections, which were held in December and January, as a sham designed to consolidate the military’s grip on power while ostensibly restoring civilian rule.

En Filipinas, cinco personas fueron rescatadas y siete permanecían desaparecidas después de un alud que golpeó tres casas en la ciudad turística montañosa del norte de Baguio el domingo. El deslizamiento de tierra fue provocado por días de fuertes lluvias monzónicas, que se habían intensificado por Dolphin, dijeron funcionarios.

La tormenta azotó la ciudad de Taizhou, en la provincia de Zhejiang, y las zonas del norte de la vecina provincia de Fujian, llevando fuertes vientos, estimados en 151 kilómetros por hora (93 mph) cuando tocó tierra, y olas masivas a la costa de la ciudad. Los aguaceros suponían un riesgo de inundaciones graves en Zhejiang, y las autoridades advirtieron de graves riesgos de deslizamientos de tierra.

Los aeropuertos de Hongqiao y Pudong, en Shanghái, también cancelaron respectivamente alrededor del 60% de los vuelos previstos para el domingo, según The Paper, medio estatal de Shanghái.

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

Las bandas exteriores de la tormenta golpearon con chaparrones el norte de Taiwán el sábado, incluida la capital, Taipéi. Algunas aerolíneas taiwanesas también cancelaron el domingo sus vuelos a China.

La noche del sábado, las autoridades evacuaron a unas 390.000 personas en la ciudad de Taizhou, en Zhejiang. En Shanghái, las autoridades evacuaron a más de 30.000 personas de las zonas de mayor riesgo.

Las autoridades de Zhejiang también suspendieron los ferris y los cruceros.

En Filipinas, Dolphin intensificó las lluvias monzónicas estacionales, que provocaron inundaciones y deslizamientos de tierra, incluido uno que golpeó tres casas en Baguio el domingo.

Muchas zonas de la principal región norteña de Luzón, incluida la la región metropolitana de la capital Manila, se inundaron, desplazando a más de 12.000 personas y obligando a varias ciudades y pueblos del norte a cerrar las escuelas el viernes y el sábado, dijeron el domingo funcionarios de desastres.

Las lluvias monzónicas fueron precedidas por una tormenta tropical, que dejó al menos seis muertos la semana pasada, incluidos cuatro aldeanos. Murieron en un deslizamiento de tierra y un desprendimiento de rocas en las provincias de Benguet y Rizal en Luzón, dijeron funcionarios filipinos.

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Los niveles de la presa, que se extiende a ambos lados de la frontera entre Arizona y Nevada a las afueras de Las Vegas, alcanzaron el viernes los 317,1 metros (1.040,4 pies) sobre el nivel del mar, según datos federales. Eso está apenas por debajo del récord establecido el 28 de julio de 2022, de acuerdo con la Oficina de Recuperación.

“Es extremadamente significativo y extremadamente preocupante. Se tiene a tres cuartas partes de la población de la cuenca del río Colorado, unas 30 millones de personas, directamente afectadas por los riesgos para el lago Mead”, expresó J.B. Hamby, presidente de la Junta del Río Colorado de California y miembro de la junta del Distrito de Irrigación Imperial, el mayor usuario del agua del río.

Hamby señaló que es vital que los estados que usan agua del río Colorado reduzcan su consumo.

La sequía y las condiciones secas se han extendido a lo largo del Colorado y son particularmente intensas en su origen, en las montañas Rocosas.

La nieve que se derrite es una fuente importante de agua para el río. Sin embargo, este invierno pasado hubo la peor acumulación de nieve de la historia en la cuenca del río Colorado, lo que añadió más presión sobre agricultores, la industria, la vida silvestre y los productores de energía hidroeléctrica, así como sobre los 40 millones de personas en siete estados de Estados Unidos, naciones tribales y México que dependen de la vía fluvial.

Años de uso excesivo, combinados con la sequía y el aumento de las temperaturas, han ido agotando el lago Mead y el lago Powell, el segundo embalse más grande del país. Ambos están en sus niveles más bajos en casi siete décadas.

Para proteger la capacidad del sistema —ya de por sí bajo tensión— de producir energía hidroeléctrica, funcionarios federales informaron el jueves que no liberarán agua fría del lago Powell desde la presa de Glen Canyon, ubicada en el norte de Arizona, con el fin de proteger a un pez nativo amenazado, el cacho jorobado, cuyo hábitat se encuentra entre los embalses.

Funcionarios federales anunciaron recientemente una propuesta de corto plazo para evitar una crisis en la castigada vía fluvial, después de que los estados que dependen de ella —California, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, Nuevo México, Wyoming y Utah— no lograran alcanzar un acuerdo sobre cómo compartir el menguante recurso a largo plazo.

La propuesta federal pedía que los estados de la cuenca baja —Arizona, California y Nevada— tomaran menos agua. La Oficina de Recuperación, que difundió el plan, indicó que era flexible: podrían producirse recortes más profundos en épocas más secas, mientras que los estados tendrían más tiempo para acordar colectivamente cómo gestionar los escasos recursos.

La severa sequía de 2022 en el lago Mead —contenido por la presa Hoover— dejó al descubierto restos humanos y obligó a las autoridades del agua en Las Vegas a bombear el líquido desde zonas más profundas del embalse para seguir abasteciendo a millones de personas.

Los niveles del lago Powell han bajado tanto que se ha vuelto difícil descender lo suficiente como para llegar al agua. Las rampas para botes han tenido que trasladarse, cerrarse o construirse de nuevo.

El lago Mead y el lago Powell no son los únicos con este problema. De los 54 embalses del oeste de Estados Unidos que monitorea la Oficina de Recuperación, nueve registraron recientemente sus niveles más bajos en las últimas tres décadas.

Autoridades federales no creen que el récord se mantenga donde está. Según modelos elaborados en julio, se pronostica que el nivel del lago Mead seguirá descendiendo durante gran parte del resto del año.

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It’s not about the triumph of returning heroes, but the suffering they left behind.

“The Trojan Women,” with a cast of 22, was staged at Epidaurus, the ancient open-air stone arena in southern Greece. It marked what organizers called the first fully accessible performance in the ancient theater’s 2,300-year history.

While Homer followed warriors sailing home from Troy, the playwright Euripides — writing some three centuries later — turned to the city’s ruins and its women, forced into exile and enslavement.

The ancient theater offered a full range of accessibility services for the Aug. 2 performance. Blind audience members received Braille programs, tactile models and live audio description, while deaf spectators followed overhead titles. Physical adaptations also improved access throughout the site.

“It’s the first time a performance at Ancient Epidaurus has been made accessible to everyone,” said Greg Polychronidis, a Paralympic gold medalist who attended the event. “Today was a celebration of equality and it should serve as an example for everyone, forever.”

For many of the performers, standing on the ancient stage was itself part of the message: a voice for those often overlooked. Eirini Kourouvani, a 58-year-old cast member who uses a wheelchair, had never set foot inside the theater before.

“It is just grand,” she said. “I feel my heart opening up as wide as this theater is.”

Ioanna-Maria Gertsou, a blind psychologist, attended with Babu, her guide dog.

“We too have the right to attend performances on an equal footing,” she said, relieved that her dog remained quiet during the play.

The National Theater of Greece produced the performance, and accessibility services were designed by the nonprofit Liminal with financial support from Greece’s Alpha Bank.

Argyro Chioti, the National Theater’s artistic director, said the production should become the norm rather than the exception.

“This was complex, not simple. It required months of planning. It cost money. And it required very specific organizational expertise,” she said. “But that’s the standard and venues we need to reach — the major stages and the major theaters.”

—— Gatopoulos reported from Athens

In the Philippines, five people were rescued and seven remained missing after a landslide that hit three houses in the northern mountain resort city of Baguio on Sunday. The landslide was set off by days of heavy monsoon rains, which had been intensified by Dolphin, officials said.

Dolphin hit the Chinese city of Taizhou in Zhejiang province and the northern parts of neighboring Fujian province, bringing strong winds, estimated at 151 kph (93 mph) when it made landfall, and massive waves to the city's coastline. Heavy rains have created a risk of severe flooding in Zhejiang, and authorities have warned of severe landslide risks.

Shanghai's Hongqiao and Pudong airports canceled about 60% of Sunday's expected flights, according to the Paper, the city's state media.

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

The outer bands of the storm on Saturday hit northern Taiwan, including the capital of Taipei, bringing rain. Some Taiwanese airlines also canceled their flights to China on Sunday.

On Saturday evening, authorities in Zhejiang evacuated some 390,000 people in the city of Taizhou. Authorities in Shanghai evacuated more than 30,000 people from riskier areas.

Zhejiang authorities also suspended ferries and cruises.

Earlier in the Philippines, Dolphin helped intensify seasonal monsoon rains, which set off floods and landslides, including one that hit three houses on Sunday in Baguio.

Many areas of the main northern Luzon region, including the densely populated capital region of metropolitan Manila were flooded, displacing more than 12,000 people and forcing several northern cities and towns to shut down schools on Friday and Saturday, disaster officials said Sunday.

The monsoon rains were preceded by a tropical storm, which left at least six people dead last week, including four villagers. They died in a landslide and a rockslide in the provinces of Benguet and Rizal in Luzon, Philippine officials said.

Corrections held Roderick Thomas on Saturday without bond at the Broward County Main Jail in Fort Lauderdale, according to inmate records.

Police officers arrested Thomas, 22, after the fatal shooting on Friday in the area of the 1500 block of Northwest 33rd Avenue.

Thomas, a convicted felon in Broward, was on probation until June 14, 2028, according to the Florida Department of Corrections.

Broward County corrections held Thomas for a probation violation on an aggravated battery charge, according to inmate records.

Neighbors Verdis Whitehead and Alsia Shakir said they heard the shooting. Shakir said she also heard a girl screaming. Both said they saw Joseph bleeding.

Whitehead said there was a woman involved in a conflict before the shooting.

“She told them she didn’t want them at her house, and I guess they came back ... and started arguing,” Whitehead said on Friday.

Fire rescue personnel took Joseph to the Broward Health Medical Center, where he died, according to the Lauderhill Police Department.

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.

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With fans beginning to file in, and rock music blaring over the state-of-the-art sound system, Brady emerged from the tunnel holding his 3-year-old son Jordan in his arm while enjoying a walk around the sideline.

As much as the first-year coach wanted to use the practice to simulate a game-day routine and get accustomed to the team’s new surroundings, Brady couldn’t help but work family into the equation.

“Those are the moments that I made sure I tried to take in,” Brady said. “So when I say hey, I’m focused, let me just take a second to enjoy a special moment, because once the season goes, you know those are going to be few and far between.”

Soon after, it was back to football for Brady, who at 36 is the NFL’s youngest coach entering this season, and also for a Bills team that officially made the move across the street into its new digs.

The first practice at Highmark Stadium featured a crowd of at least 30,000, a couple of Josh Allen touchdown passes, a brief but heavy downpour, and closed with a fireworks show.

Buffalo will get more chances to break in the new facility before hosting Detroit in its regular-season home opener on Sept. 17. The Bills will also host two preseason games, starting with a meeting against Carolina on Aug. 15.

“It’s awesome. I know everybody loved ‘The Ralph’ and what was over there across the street,” right tackle Spencer Brown said, referring to the Bills former home, also called Highmark. The old home was dubbed The Ralph in honor of franchise founder Ralph Wilson.

“But this is a whole new atmosphere and it’s awesome to call it home. And I look forward to seeing how it is on a normal game day,” Brown added. “It seems like the crowd’s more on top of you. And I imagine on third down it will be rocking.”

With a capacity of just over 60,000, the new stadium has 12,000 fewer seats than the Bills old home. And yet the vertical configuration of the new stadium, with levels stacked overtop one another, brings the fans closer to the action and designed to contain the noise.

“It’s intimidating,” season ticket-holder Tom Beecher said, from his first-row seat at the 15-yard-line. “It’s going to be interesting when it really gets rocking in here. It’s less people, but I feel like it’s going to be louder. It feels like more.”

The loudest cheers were devoted to Allen, of course. They first rose when Allen was pictured on the video-screen boards at each of the stadium during the pre-practice stretching period.

Allen looked up, smiled and provided a thumbs up.

Later, he drew even louder cheers for completing would-be touchdown passes to DJ Moore and then Khalil Shakir.

Place-kicker Tyler Bass gave the new stadium a thumbs-up for its design and aesthetics.

“First impressions, man, it’s amazing. I think it’s a work of art, honestly. It’s very easy on the eye, very symmetrical,” Bass said.

He also credited the design features, including a curved overhang, in working to limit the effects of the wind. Pre-storm wind gusts outside the stadium were barely felt at field level.

Injuries and notes

Starting center Connor McGovern was escorted to the locker room after appearing to hurt his left leg. Backup running back Ty Johnson did not return after going down with a non-contact injury. Brady did not have any immediate updates on the two players. ... The Bills are off Sunday. The team resumes training camp at its home facility on Monday after spending the past two weeks at St. John Fisher University in Pittsford, New York. ... Though Brady wanted to use the practice as a test-run for game day communications, not all of his staff was present. Offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael was excused to attend Drew Brees’ induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Carmichael was the Saints offensive coordinator during much of Brees' tenure in New Orleans.

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The 42-year-old Scherzer, making his ninth start of the season, has 3,516 career strikeouts, one more than Johnson, and is second to Justin Verlander (3,554) in strikeouts among active pitchers.

Scherzer struck out Kyle Schwarber leading off the sixth to move past Johnson before giving up consecutive home runs to Trea Turner and Bryce Harper that tied the game at 2 and ended his night.

Scherzer cruised through five scoreless innings against Philadelphia, scattering just three hits, and had retired nine in a row before the consecutive drives by Turner and Harper. He allowed two runs on five hits with four strikeouts and lowered his ERA to 7.25.

Scherzer was selected in the first round (No. 11 overall) by Arizona in the 2006 draft. He has won three Cy Youngs, made eight All-Star teams and won two World Series titles.

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Miami was without superstar Lionel Messi, who traveled back to Argentina following the tragic passing of his father, Jorge Messi.

The club was also without Luis Suarez, who is serving a six-game suspension stemming from last season’s Leagues Cup final.

With Messi unavailable, academy forward Lovens Delinois made his first-team debut alongside fellow academy forward Daniel Pinter.

Before kickoff, the stadium held a moment of silence for Messi’s late father, with players, coaches and fans paying their respects.

Once the match got underway, it was a back-and-forth affair, with both teams showing plenty of aggression in attack.

Miami nearly opened the scoring in spectacular fashion. A dangerous buildup led to a clear shot on goal, but the Monterrey goalkeeper came up with a fantastic save. The rebound fell to another Miami player, only for the keeper to make another acrobatic stop. Somehow, he made a third save moments later, keeping Miami off the scoresheet and forcing a corner.

The sequence gave Rayados a huge momentum boost, and the Mexican side quickly turned up the pressure, earning a corner of its own.

Miami dealt with the corner and quickly went the other way. The clearance sparked a fast-break opportunity, but Telasco Segovia’s shot narrowly missed the net.

Monterrey responded with a dangerous passing sequence that eventually led to a shot on goal, but Rocco Rios Novo was there to make the save.

Then, out of nowhere, stand-in captain Rodrigo De Paul delivered a moment of magic.

De Paul unleashed a stunning strike from outside the box, curling the ball into the bottom-left corner and just beyond the reach of the Rayados goalkeeper to give Miami a 1-0 lead.

Immediately after scoring, De Paul removed his jersey to reveal a Messi jersey underneath. He dedicated the goal to his teammate and Messi’s late father, Jorge. De Paul was shown a yellow card for excessive celebration.

The goal did little to slow Rayados. Monterrey continued to pressure Miami’s defense, forcing Novo into another massive save to preserve the lead.

Miami took its 1-0 advantage into halftime.

The lead, however, lasted only two minutes into the second half.

Before many fans had even returned to their seats, Monterrey found the equalizer in the 47th minute, scoring off a rebound from another Novo save. Miami’s advantage disappeared in an instant.

After the equalizer, both sides had opportunities, but neither could find the breakthrough. The score remained deadlocked at 1-1 through the 60th minute.

From there, the match became a cagey, gritty battle, with neither team able to consistently create dangerous chances.

Had the match ended 1-1 after regulation, it would have gone to a penalty shootout to determine the winner.

With five minutes remaining, both teams appeared content to see the match head toward penalties. Sloppy passes and fouls became more frequent as the intensity increased.

The sloppiness continued, resulting in a flurry of yellow cards, with three handed out in a span of four minutes.

Then came the heartbreak for Miami.

Poor defending left Monterrey’s Diego Rossi with a wide-open chance in the final moments, and he made no mistake, giving the Mexican side a 2-1 lead.

The goal instantly sucked the energy out of the crowd.

Miami could not find another equalizer, falling 2-1 and suffering its first loss since May 2.

Inter Miami will look to bounce back Wednesday in its final Leagues Cup group-stage match against León.

On Tuesday, Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office responded to the 48-year-old celebrity commentator’s home after he was “livestreaming acts of self-harm” on TikTok.

“He experienced significant blood loss and sustained additional injuries that will require surgery in the coming days,” a spokesperson wrote in the Saturday update. “His treatment and recovery will be a long process.”

The family added that his children were safe and cared for and needed privacy.

“We are grateful that Perez was able to spend time with his mother and sister yesterday,” a spokesperson wrote. “As our family remains focused on Perez’s treatment and recovery, we also need the space and privacy to care for everyone affected by this situation.”

If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 or go to 988lifeline.org.

The 22-year-old Richard, a key member of the men's team that earned bronze at the Paris Games two summers ago, posted a two-day total of 170.015, two points clear of runner-up Shane Wiskus and three points ahead of promising newcomer Danila Leykin.

The charismatic, socially-media savvy Richard has made it his mission to bring his sport to a larger audience. That includes breaking norms — and the rules — by ditching the traditional stirrup pants on a handful of events in favor of shorts and compression leggings, all under a singlet featuring his “Frederick Flips” logo.

The fashion statement costs Richard three-tenths (0.3) every competition he does it, a move that he has unequivocally said is worth it to bring visibility to a side of the sport that often operates in the shadow of the more popular women's program.

After Thursday night's opening round — when he found himself just two-tenths (0.2) ahead of the 19-year-old Leykin — Richard doubled down, saying he would sacrifice a national championship if that's what it came to.

“I'm not here to say everybody should wear this uniform,” Richard said after night one. “I'm just here to say it's not hurting gymnastics.”

Fortunately for Richard, he didn't have to choose. His confident performance across six rotations on Saturday marked the latest step forward in a comeback year after a disappointing 2025 in which he found himself left off both the national and world championship teams.

The experience was sobering for a gymnast who wants to be the face of a men's program looking to make some noise in Los Angeles in a couple of years. He responded by putting in the work, and it paid off during two days in the desert in which he held off challenges from the promising Leykin and Wiskus, a 2020 Olympian who returned to competition this year following a break after being an Olympic alternate in 2024.

Leykin began the finals with a flourish, scoring a 14.963 following a stylish high bar set that briefly put the pressure on Richard. Yet his bid to finish atop the all-around podium ended on floor, where he shuffled at the end of his first tumbling pass and sat down after his second, his 11.650 giving Richard plenty of breathing room.

Not that Richard needed it. His thrilling high bar set that included three technically intricate releases ended with a 15.005 score, the second best of the night on the apparatus behind Cooper Kim. He had no issues tumbling on a floor that gave others in the fields fits, and when he survived pommel horse without any mishaps — hardly a given — he celebrated by pumping up the crowd. His total of 14.633 allowed him to use the final two rotations as a victory lap of sorts.

When he cleanly hit his vault in the final rotation, he turned toward the crowd and flashed the “No. 1" sign after saluting the judges, the first of what he hopes are multiple national titles during a career still on the ascent finally secure.

Richard is basically assured of a spot on the team that will head to The Netherlands in October for the world championships. Leykin is likely close to a lock.

Stephen Nedoroscik, the pommel horse specialist whose performance in Paris helped the Americans clinch their first team medal at the Olympics in 16 years and shot him to fame in the process, will likely be watching from home.

Competing with the goggles that have long been his trademark and still recovering from multiple injuries that have slowed his training, Nedoroscik came off the horse midway through his routine on Saturday and his two-day total of 28.366 put him well behind gold medalist Patrick Hoopes, who has — for now at least — supplanted Nedoroscik as the best American on a demanding apparatus that is often pivotal in international competitions.

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Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement Saturday that the department was actively focused on boosting munitions acquisitions to provide “the weapons our warfighters need at the pace the threat demands.” He confirmed department efforts in the last week to significantly speed the process but insisted it was part of a broader modernization effort that predated the five-month-old conflict.

Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg wrote to industry leaders on Wednesday, giving them no more than 21 days to submit plans to “drive significantly faster, more aggressive delivery schedules and/or increased production for critical capabilities," according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post.

“Years-long development cycles are not acceptable,” Feinberg wrote. “We must dramatically accelerate our program schedules and expand our production capacity now.”

The memo comes as recent fighting with Iran used up more of the U.S. military’s already diminished stockpiles of advanced missile interceptors, potentially putting American troops at more risk if hostilities resume, according to a new analysis.

Shrunken inventories of Patriot and THAAD interceptors may force the U.S. and its Middle Eastern allies to take more risks to conserve those air defenses, according to the analysis from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank. For example, it said, American forces may launch fewer missiles against incoming Iranian drones and missiles, raising the chance of one getting through.

President Donald Trump in recent days has bristled over public reports of a munitions shortage, posting on Truth Social on Thursday that the U.S. has “massive amounts." He added that “large amounts are being manufactured and shipped to the U.S. as needed.”

On Saturday, Parnell affirmed that Feinberg's memo seeking a rapid escalation of weapons production is “real," adding that it “will inform the fiscal year 2028 budget submitted to Congress for funding, and it is entirely consistent with our ongoing push to rebuild the defense industrial base.”

A defense spending bill is currently stalled in Congress, with lawmakers fuming over Trump’s military action against Iran and resisting the White House request to substantially increase Pentagon spending to $1.5 trillion, up from about $900 billion last year.

The number of Patriot interceptors fell from 2,330 before the war to 1,030 when the April ceasefire took effect, CSIS estimated last month. Following recent fighting, the stockpile is now estimated to be between 759 and 827, a decrease of at least 65% since before the conflict began.

The number of THAAD interceptors fell from 452 before the war to between 232 and 262 at the start of the April ceasefire, CSIS said. The U.S. was able to replenish some of the inventory to between 234 and 278 interceptors. But the stockpile is still at least 38% smaller than it was before the conflict.

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.

Cyclospora cases have been reported in at least 47 states this year, and investigators have continued to probe how many could be linked to a common contaminated source.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the number of states tied to the deadly outbreak had grown from nine to 15. Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire and North Carolina were added to a list that previously included Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Investigators initially narrowed in on lettuce served at Taco Bell. Federal officials subsequently said they are focused on Taylor Farms as the source of the lettuce in the outbreak, and the company has recalled iceberg lettuce grown in central Mexico.

There are several reasons cyclospora outbreaks can be hard to investigate and contain, said Dr. Juan Luis Marquez, medical director of the Washtenaw County and Livingston County health departments in Michigan.

It can take weeks between when someone is exposed to the parasite and when they come down with symptoms; it’s harder to analyze the parasite in laboratories; and it’s a lot of work to interview everyone who is sick and clearly identify common exposures, said Marquez, an adjunct public health professor at the University of Michigan.

Also, “there have been staffing cuts at all levels of public health — federal, local, state — so there are less resources and capacity generally available,” Marquez said in a statement.

Cyclospora is a microscopic, spherical parasite that commonly causes watery diarrhea “with frequent and sometimes explosive bowel movements,” according to the CDC. Outbreaks tend to occur most often in the late spring and summer.

The heat-loving parasite infects the bowels and spreads through feces. The illness, called cyclosporiasis, is less common than foodborne illnesses caused by other germs, including salmonella and E. coli. Many cyclospora cases are never linked to a specific food or other source.

The worst year in the U.S. for infections was 2019, when about 4,700 illnesses were reported nationally. This year has far surpassed that. Michigan alone has reported more than 12,000 — including two deaths. Adding in the other states that have reported cases, the national total stands at over 25,000.

The FDA says it is tracking five separate ongoing cyclospora outbreaks. The 15-state outbreak is by far the largest. No products have been linked to the other outbreaks, including one that has sickened 115 people.

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The statement was released Saturday, a day after a report by British newspaper The Daily Telegraph raising questions about an exit package paid by UEFA to a female staffer who worked with Infantino when he was general secretary of European soccer’s governing body.

UEFA confirmed that a “departure payment” was made to the employee and said it was “in line” with regulations at the time.

Infantino worked at UEFA for 16 years before being elected FIFA president.

In the statement Saturday, FIFA accused Infantino’s critics of trying to weaken his authority and remove him from office without due process.

“It is increasingly evident that there is a concerted and ongoing effort by some to undermine FIFA and its president,” the FIFA statement said. “Those who do not have the support of FIFA’s member associations should not seek to achieve through allegation, insinuation or misinformation what they cannot achieve through FIFA’s established democratic processes.”

It said some reporting has included “unsubstantiated assertions and demonstrably false claims” which shouldn't be presented as fact.

“Change inevitably challenges established interests, but disagreement with that change cannot justify efforts to undermine the democratic mandate of FIFA’s president or the institution he was elected to lead.”

Infantino faced intense backlash after details of his plan to sell World Cup profits to private equity were published. UEFA and two other continental confederations — North America’s CONCACAF and the Asian Football Confederation — rejected the plan.

He did receive backing from FIFA’s management board last Wednesday following a meeting in Morocco, and he apologized over the process. UEFA’s threat to have its 55 member countries boycott FIFA competitions until the plan was scrapped remained, with UEFA saying Thursday that the announcement “changes nothing.”

While confirming the exit payment “was in line with the regulations that existed for departing staff at the time,” UEFA said the rules had been tightened since 2016 and currently “reflect those found in a modern, high-profile organization.”

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Sejour, who founded Chef Creole restaurants in 1992, said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s detention scared away clients, and the end of the Temporary Protected Status created a labor shortage.

“I was under the impression, like everyone else, that him being a business person that he understands how business is conducted and how he’s able to grow and make businesses more effective,” Sejour said.

Sejour is now among the entrepreneurs in South Florida who say Trump’s push for deportations has had a chilling effect on their businesses.

“I can’t support a candidate that is having this ripple negative effect on our community, on our economy,” Sejour said.

ICE stopped a man, who was riding a scooter, and detained him on Aug. 2, steps away from the drive-thru area of Sejour’s restaurant, at 200 NW 54th St., in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood.

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling on June 25 allowed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to end Temporary Protected Status and work permits for about 300,000 Haitians on July 27. Some of them were his employees.

Sejour said changing his mind about Trump and disclosing it has been painful.

“We make decisions being based on it being beneficial not just to our business but to our community,” Sejour said.

Hossler is No. 122 in the FedEx Cup, knowing his only mathematical chance to be among the top 70 to advance to playoffs is to win for the first time on the PGA Tour.

Brennan, who went from the PGA Tour Americas to a PGA Tour card by winning the Bank of Utah Championship last fall, made a birdie putt from 15 feet on the last hole for a 63.

They were at 16-under 194, one shot ahead of Scottish Open winner Tom Kim (63), and two shots clear of 44-year-old Alex Noren and Alex Smalley, who each shot 65.

Such is the nature of the final regular-season tournament — and the stakes — that nine of the top 10 players on the leaderboard shot 66 or lower on Saturday.

Hossler was leading until a 30-minute delay because of storms, and returned to three-putt from 30 feet for bogey on the par-3 16th hole, ending his streak of 31 holes without a bogey. He hit his tee shot into the rough on the 17th and then came another delay of 1 hour, 20 minutes.

The rough was even thicker and damper when he returned, and the greens were challenging as ever. Hossler save par with three putts from 10 feet or long, and three others in the 5-foot range that looks even longer with the grain in the greens.

“That might be the hardest two-putt on the PGA Tour right there,” Hossler said of the 18th green. “Was really glad to get that down in two and give myself a chance for tomorrow. But very chaotic day, and just glad to make it through.”

Jordan Smith of England, at No. 68 in the FedEx Cup, helped his cause in many ways when he made a hole-in-one on the par-3 16th hole with a 9-iron. That also came with a million reward points from tournament sponsor Wyndham.

Davis Thompson had enough drama to last a week. He is at No. 81 — a year ago he finished 71st after the Wyndham Championship and missed the postseason by five points — and holed out with an 8-iron from 186 yards for an albatross on the par-5 fifth hole.

“Making an albatross usually helps get things going,” Thompson said.

The other par 5 at Sedgefield didn't work out as well. Thompson noticed a crack in his driver on the 13th hole, and he had a spare driver head in his locker. But before it could be brought out to him, he reached the par-5 15h and had to hit 3-wood. He his 3-iron (instead of a mid-iron) into the bunker and had to settle for par.

Even so, his 65 put him in a great spot to hold his own and advance to the postseason.

“It’s my fourth year on tour and two of the three years I’ve been right on the bubble, so I’ve got experience with it,” Thompson said.

He also was close enough to the lead — three shots — to think about winning.

Hossler has no choice but to win if he wants to get into the lucrative postseason, that starts with a pair of $20 million tournaments. Brennan, at No. 105, could finish in a three-way tie for second and still have a mathematical chance at the top 70.

Brennan was more honest than most about the final round.

“I know where I need to be. I know what I need to do. I know I'm going to be thinking about it,” he said. “Just get myself to comeback to the golf I'm playing.”

Keegan Bradley got a reprieve by making the cut on the number, but he could only muster a 69 and needs a low round Sunday to move from his spot at No. 72. Andrew Putnam and Austin Smotherman also need something special.

Ben James, the No. 1 player in the PGA Tour University ranking who made his pro debut in June, has to win and he started one shot out of the lead and in the final group with Hossler. But he had four bogeys in a five-hole stretch on the back nine and, much like his Saturday in the Canadian Open, went the wrong direction in a hurry. He shot 72 and was seven shots behind.

Brooks Koepka, meanwhile, will see his season returning from LIV Golf end sooner than he would have hoped. Koepka shot a 74 on Saturday and was 11 shots behind where he needed to be to have any chance of advancing.

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Instead, they loaded the bases against Athletics reliever Hogan Harris after scoring a run, but Ian White lined out solidly to center field to end their bid for a second win streak of at least 10 games in the same season for the first in team history with a 7-3 loss on Saturday afternoon at Fenway Park.

“That we might actually win the game the way it’s gone,” interim manager Chad Tracy said, when asked what he was thinking with the potential tying run at the plate.

“It was a great effort to get the tying run to plate and give ourselves a shot, which was awesome,” Tracy said of the rally that started with two outs and a runner on second.

It was just Boston’s fourth loss in its last 31 games. On Friday, the Red Sox became just the seventh team since 1920 to win 27 or more in a 30-game span, and the only team to begin their run under .500.

On June 24, the Red Sox were 14 games under .500. Now, they’re 64-52.

Just over two weeks ago, the Red Sox had a franchise record-tying 15-game win streak ended. It matched th mark set by the 1946 club that was led by future Hall of Famer Ted Williams.

The most recent streak started July 29, after a loss in West Sacramento, California, against the Athletics, sending them on a nine-game skid.

“I think that’s our identity. I think that’s who we are as a team,” Boston DH Jahmai Jones said. “We’ve seen comebacks for us, we’ve seen a lot of late inning rallies.

“Unfortunately, it was hit on the screws right at somebody,” he said of the final out.

Entering Saturday, 12 of Boston’s last 19 wins came in a comeback, including Thursday when the Red Sox became the first team in modern MLB history to score in the final five innings from the ninth inning on in the same game in a 12-11 victory over the White Sox.

“We had that hope, that big hope,” infielder Andruw Monasterio said.

Boston has won its last nine series. The Red sox won a franchise-record 11 consecutive series in 1912, the year that Fenway Park opened.

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That's when their two biggest stars went to work.

Rookie point guard Olivia Miles — the No. 2 pick in April's WNBA draft — set up five-time All-Star Napheesa Collier for open 3-pointers on consecutive possessions. Minnesota's star forward buried both to stretch the Lynx lead to 10 points.

The Lynx ended up rolling to a 98-87 victory and improved the WNBA's best record to 26-7.

A couple of questions had been dogging the Lynx since Collier missed the first 26 games of the season recovering from ankle surgery. How long would it take to reincorporate her into the rotation? And how would her game mesh with Miles, who has taken the league by storm as a rookie and led the Lynx to a 20-6 record in Collier's absence?

Turns out there was little reason for concern. Even though they've played just six games together, Collier and Miles are already starting to play off each other like longtime teammates. Their success has Lynx fans dreaming of another dynasty to rival the Minnesota teams that won four league titles in the 2010s.

“It's not hard to integrate Phee,” Minnesota coach Cheryl Reeves said of Collier, who scored 22 points and added six rebounds, three assists and three blocks in 35 minutes. “She just knows how to play.”

Miles led the Lynx in scoring (19.1 points per game) and assists (5.8 per game) while Collier rested. And as she demonstrated by scoring a game-high 26 points on Saturday, she will continue to dominate and hunt for opportunities to get her shots. Now, she's got one of the game's best inside-out threats to work with as they find new ways to torment defenses.

“I kind of had to take on a little bit more of a load without her on the court,” Miles said. “Now we’re kind of learning how to share the space and get each other touches in the right moments, and I think we’re doing a good job with it.”

They're also vibing well off the court, if an exchange during the postgame press conference is any indication. When asked what Collier brings to the Lynx defensively, Miles said, “Effort, IQ, consistency, knowledge of the game, experience. I mean, I could go on and on.”

Collier, clearly enjoying the praise, laughed and jokingly said, “What else do you need to know about me?”

After Miles finished her compliments, Collier simply looked at her rookie teammate and said, “Thanks, Liv.”

Miles replied, “Of course,” before turning back to the reporter and adding, “Now ask her about me!”

And, given a chance to return the favor, Collier was equally complimentary of Miles.

“I’ve just been so impressed. It’s hard to come into this league and produce, especially as rookie, and especially as rookie point guard,” Collier said. “I’ve got an opportunity to watch her from the bench and just be in awe of what she’s able to do. So being able to be on the court with her and see that, it’s amazing.”

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En una escena que recuerda al niño neerlandés de ficción que heroicamente tapona con el dedo un agujero en un dique, estos hombres buscan grietas en las célebres defensas de contención del agua de los Países Bajos —una nación que tiene una parte debajo del nivel del mar—, causadas por la sequía que azota Europa y que ha favorecido intensos incendios forestales en Francia y España, y ha provocado que los ríos Danubio y Rin registren niveles mínimos históricos.

A diferencia de la solución rudimentaria en el relato del siglo XIX de la autora estadounidense Mary Mapes Dodge, las modernas patrullas de vigilancia de diques registran los posibles problemas derivados de la sequía en una app y mandan la información a las autoridades, que entonces pueden realizar reparaciones con rapidez.

En los Países Bajos y en la vecina Alemania, los buques de carga que navegan por el Rin y sus afluentes se han visto obligados a transportar mucha menos mercancía para evitar encallar en canales de navegación poco profundos. Los agricultores, sujetos a restricciones de riego para sus cultivos, advierten que esta temporada las cosechas de fruta serán menores y los precios, más altos.

Además, la sequía ha provocado que algunas casas flotantes queden sobre el lecho arenoso del río.

Inspección de los diques en busca de posibles daños

Peter van Duijvendijk es responsable de defensa contra inundaciones en la corporación de aguas Schieland en de Krimpenerwaard, una de las 21 organizaciones de este tipo que operan en los Países Bajos y que son responsables, entre otras cosas, del control de inundaciones.

Cuenta con un equipo de 140 voluntarios encargados de inspeccionar unos 100 kilómetros (60 millas) de diques y de informar sobre cualquier problema que descubran. Hasta ahora, en este verano seco no han detectado problemas graves, pero se mantienen alerta y probablemente seguirán así hasta el otoño.

Los voluntarios “son nuestros ojos y oídos en el dique”, le dijo Van Duijvendijk a The Associated Press.

Al igual que muchos diques del interior, la barrera situada en los campos agrícolas cercanos a la pequeña localidad de Waddinxveen, al este de La Haya, está compuesta de turba, un material que necesita estar húmedo para ser lo suficientemente fuerte para contener el agua. Este dique se encuentra en uno de los puntos más bajos de los Países Bajos, a unos 5 metros (16 pies) por debajo del nivel del mar.

“Debido a que (el ambiente) está tan seco ahora mismo, la turba pierde humedad y, por ello, se debilita”, explicó Van Duijvendijk. “Si la turba se debilita, existe el riesgo de que el agua fluya a través del dique y se filtre hacia el pólder”, término utilizado para referirse a las tierras ganadas al mar.

Transporte de mercancías, obstaculizado por el bajo nivel de los ríos

Los principales ríos de Europa sufren una falta de caudal.

En Colonia, Alemania, la gente camina por tramos del lecho seco del Rin, una vía fluvial fundamental para el transporte de mercancías en Europa.

Recientemente, el nivel del agua del Rin en Colonia cayó por debajo del mínimo histórico registrado en octubre de 2018. Marcel Beck, responsable de los puertos de Neuss, Düsseldorf y Colonia, en el oeste de Alemania, en RheinCargo —una empresa de transporte portuario y de mercancías—, dijo que estos niveles ya tienen un “impacto devastador” en la navegación.

“Un barco que normalmente transportaría entre 2.000 y 2.500 toneladas de carga ahora sólo puede llevar 400, o tal vez 600 toneladas, dependiendo del diseño del barco”, expuso. “Esto supone una carga enorme en la totalidad de la cadena de transporte, que debe reorganizar todo para, a pesar de ello, llevar las mercancías al interior”.

En la ciudad neerlandesa de Nimega, en el este del país, una bicicleta y un carrito de supermercado oxidados han quedado al descubierto en el lecho seco del río Waal —el principal brazo neerlandés del río Rin—, y las casas flotantes están ahora prácticamente varadas en seco debido al descenso del nivel del agua.

Frans Schilte ha observado que, en los últimos años, los periodos estivales de bajo nivel de agua se han prolongado más. Antes duraban un mes, pero “ahora son como tres meses”, refirió.

Su barco, con casco de acero, descansa en este momento sobre el lecho arenoso del río.

“Está un poco desnivelado. No es un gran problema”, agregó Schilte, quien describe la sequía como “el efecto negativo del cambio climático”.

Los niveles del agua son un dilema para los Países Bajos

Casi un tercio del territorio de los Países Bajos se encuentra debajo del nivel del mar, por lo que el país debe mantener un delicado equilibrio entre prevenir las inundaciones invernales y garantizar tener suficiente agua para los cultivos y los canales durante el verano.

“A lo largo del año disponemos de agua suficiente en los Países Bajos. No hay escasez”, explicó Vince Kaandorp, hidrólogo de aguas subterráneas de Deltares, un instituto de investigación neerlandés independiente que se especializa en el ámbito del agua.

“Pero, claro, no está distribuida de manera uniforme a lo largo de las estaciones”, agregó. “En invierno drenamos el agua rápidamente porque queremos mantener secos nuestros pies y no queremos agua en los terrenos. ¿Cómo garantizar que ese proceso se realice lentamente con el fin de darle tiempo al agua para que se filtre en el suelo?”

Tales medidas no tienen por qué ser de alta tecnología, señaló Kaandorp. Añadir algo tan sencillo como un seto cerca de un río hace que el flujo del agua sea más lento y le da tiempo para penetrar profundamente la tierra. Las autoridades estudian cómo convertir el suelo en “esponja” para retener mejor el agua durante todo el año.

Las zonas bajas del oeste de los Países Bajos, que son terrenos ganados al mar, sufren cada vez más problemas de salinidad durante las sequías, lo que representa un problema para los agricultores que cultivan frutas y verduras en esos suelos fértiles. Las autoridades hídricas, las cuales intentan mantener un suministro adecuado de agua dulce, han prohibido a los agricultores de algunas regiones bombear agua de los canales para irrigar sus cultivos.

“Es un año extremadamente difícil para los productores”, expresó en un comunicado John Kusters, presidente de la Organización de Productores de Fruta de los Países Bajos.

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Los periodistas de The Associated Press Ahmad Seir, en Nimega, Países Bajos; Daniel Niemann, en Colonia, Alemania; y Stefanie Dazio, en Berlín, contribuyeron a este despacho.

Boston recorded a franchise record-tying 15-game winning stretch, matching a mark from 1946, before it was stopped on July 22. The team's attempt for a second streak of 10 or more games for the first time in the franchise's 126-year history fell short against the A's.

Gage Jump worked six strong innings, Tyler Soderstrom and Henry Bolte hit solo homers, and Jonah Heim and Donovan Walton added two-run doubles for the Athletics, who snapped a nine-game skid. The A's hadn’t won since beating the Red Sox at home on July 28.

Jump (5-7) struck out a season-high 11 and allowed two runs and six hits.

Andruw Monasterio had a two-run single in the first inning for the Red Sox, whose nine-game run started the day after Jump earned a victory by pitching six scoreless innings.

Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras returned after missing two games with an illness, went 0 for 4 and was booed for jogging lightly on a ground out.

The Athletics' bullpen, which entered with the majors’ highest ERA (5.64), allowed one run in the last three innings. Hogan Harris got the last four outs for his 10th save.

The Athletics erased a two-run deficit with a run in the fourth, two in the fifth and two in sixth.

Boston's Jake Bennett (7-5) breezed through the first three innings, allowing only a walk. He was pulled with one out in the sixth and charged with four runs.

Brian Serven’s RBI single cut the Athletics' deficit in half before Heim’s two-run single in the fifth put them ahead. Walton’s pinch-hit ground-rule double off reliever Justin Slaten into Boston’s bullpen added two more runs in the sixth.

Athletics shortstop Jacob Wilson matched the MLB record of 110 straight games without committing an error at the position. He is tied with the Baltimore Orioles' Mike Bordick (2002).

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Athletics RHP J.T. Ginn (8-6, 3.51 ERA) will start Sunday. The Red Sox haven’t announced a starter.

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U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart released statements marking what he described as “the beginning of a new chapter for Colombia and its people” under Colombian President Abelardo De La Espriella.

Diaz-Balart, U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche, and Terry Cole, the DEA administrator, were part of the U.S. delegation that attended De La Espriella’s inauguration on Friday in Cali.

“Yesterday was the start of a new friendship and partnership working as a team in the fight against drug trafficking and furthering our relationship in countering threats to our national security and public safety,” Blanche wrote in a statement released on X on Saturday.

Cole, a former Virginia secretary of public safety, also released a statement on Saturday saying that the U.S.-Colombia partnership had changed history before.

“DEA is ready to stand shoulder to shoulder with Colombia again. We will hunt down those who profit from cocaine, corruption, violence, and terror,” Cole wrote. “There will be no safe haven, no protected trafficking route, and no immunity for those who poison our communities.”

De La Espriella, 48, holds dual U.S. and Colombian citizenships.

The U.S. delegation also included Hugo Guevara, of the U.S. Embassy in Bogotá; Sara Carter, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy; Cliff Sims, a national security advisor to the vice president; Viviana Bovo, the acting principal deputy assistant secretary of the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Joseph M. Humire, deputy assistant Secretary of War for Americas Security Affairs; and Kris Jarvis, the chief of international operations of the Joint Task Force Vulcan.

The Colombian military reported that a faction of the leftist guerrillas blew up a car bomb at a toll booth and injured two guards, The Associated Press reported on Saturday.

Also on Saturday, Colombian Gen. Jorge Mora stepped in as the country’s new minister of defense. His promise: “Recovering security, order, and tranquility will be our priority,” he wrote in a statement. “Colombia will once again live without fear.”

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Se trata de una primera operación coordinada entre agencias policiales de ambos países en contra de grupos del crimen organizado que operan en la extensa frontera. La policía boliviana alertó a su similar de Brasil, que interceptó la avioneta en que huían los supuestos traficantes, indicó David Gómez, comandante de policía de Santa Cruz, en el oriente boliviano.

“Se ha hecho justicia con uno de nuestros camaradas”, subrayó el coronel Gómez en rueda de prensa. “Los cuatro presuntos narcos bolivianos estaban involucrados en la muerte de cuatro personas en Bolivia, entre ellas un subteniente de Bolivia en la frontera”, en un incidente ocurrido el pasado 30 de julio.

“Hay una cooperación permanente e intercambio de información con la policía de Brasil”, agregó.

La operación policial se da en momentos en que los dos poderosos cárteles de la droga brasileños —el Primer Comando de la Capital (PCC) y el Comando Vermelho (CV)— libran una feroz guerra territorial en una región fronteriza del oriente de Bolivia por el control de un corredor de cocaína hacia Brasil que operaba el presunto narco uruguayo Sebastián Marset, que fue capturado en Bolivia y entregado a la DEA en marzo de 2026, señaló el jueves el ministro de Gobierno boliviano Marco Antonio Oviedo.

Desde finales de julio, los dos cárteles han desatado una ola de asesinatos en la ciudad de Santa Cruz y en la población boliviana fronteriza de San Matías —controlada por el narcotráfico. Diez personas han muerto, en su mayoría brasileños, a manos de sicarios, entre ellos el subteniente Yerson Salazar, que murió cuando realizada un operativo policial en la zona, de acuerdo con la policía.

Entre los abatidos por policías brasileños está el boliviano José Mariano Paz Chávez, alias “Piña”, presunto líder narco en la región y sospechoso del asesinato del policía boliviano, dijo Gómez.

Los fugitivos bolivianos permanecieron ocultos en una zona boscosa de São Gabriel do Oeste, en el estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, en la frontera con Bolivia, y se enfrentaron el viernes con una patrulla del batallón de Operaciones Policiales Especiales (BOPE) de Brasil, según la policía de Bolivia.

En medio de la violencia desatada por las dos bandas criminales, el miércoles se registró la fuga de dos reos brasileños de una cárcel en Santa Cruz, Bolivia, aprovechando un corte de electricidad que la policía sospecha fue provocado. Los dos fugitivos no han sido recapturados y están vinculados al PCC, según informes policiales.

Desde que el centro derechista Rodrigo Paz llegó al gobierno en noviembre de 2025, 16 capos del PCC y CV han sido deportados a Brasil. Pero construyeron su base de operaciones en el oriente boliviano para exportar cocaína a Brasil y de allí hacia Europa, de acuerdo con la policía.

Bolivia se sumó a una declaración regional conjunta impulsada por el presidente estadounidense Donald Trump en contra del narcoterrorismo y el crimen organizado transnacional. La semana próxima, el gobierno de Bolivia participará en Panamá de una coalición de las Américas contra los cárteles de la droga, con el objetivo de fortalecer la cooperación internacional, dijo la víspera el ministro de Defensa boliviano Ernesto Justiniano.

Tras casi dos décadas de ausencia durante el anterior gobierno izquierdista boliviano, la DEA estadounidense ha vuelto a cooperar en la lucha antidrogas en Bolivia, tercer productor de cocaína en el mundo después de Colombia y Perú. El país andino también es considerado un territorio de tránsito de droga peruana hacia Brasil y un puente del tráfico de armas a Brasil, según informes del gobierno boliviano.

Las autoridades bolivianas anunció que la policía de Brasil instalará una oficina permanente en Bolivia para apoyar y coordinar la lucha contra el crimen organizado.

El propio mandatario boliviano denunció antes que dinero del “narcoterrorismo” se infiltró en las radicales protestas con cortes de ruta que afrontó su gobierno durante 53 días entre junio y julio por parte de sindicatos que reclamaban su renuncia ante la crisis económica que vive Bolivia.

Lows will fall into the lower 80s by Sunday morning.

A few showers could move onshore as winds persist out of the southeast overnight. Rain will likely linger into Sunday morning. Showers will be hard to come by Sunday afternoon. Dry air is set to race in and limit showers across the region, and keep temperatures warm.

Look for highs in the lower 90s once again with heat indices in the triple digits.

The rip current risk will remain elevated Sunday. Avoid getting in the water. If you must, be sure to swim in front of a lifeguard.

But whether the public will get to see that footage remains largely up to ICE.

The agency defended its body-worn camera policy amid questions about provisions allowing ICE leadership to withhold or indefinitely delay footage after serious injuries or deaths in custody. Acting Director David J. Venturella said the restrictions are intended to protect investigations and privacy and are consistent with federal law and policies at other federal law enforcement agencies.

Venturella’s statement came in response to an Associated Press report on ICE policy, including a provision calling for the expedited release of footage after a serious injury or death in custody when doing so is determined to be in the “best interests of the agency.”

Venturella said the AP “mischaracterized” the policy by conflating that provision with ICE’s broader authority to release body-camera footage. He said the policy clarifies that footage should not be released when doing so could compromise investigations or privacy.

The AP report did not say the provision governs every release of body-camera footage. It focused on ICE’s policy for releasing footage after some of the most consequential encounters with the public: those involving serious injury or death.

The AP sought comment from ICE before its initial story on Friday. The agency provided partial responses, without addressing the provision that footage would be released when in its “best interests.”

ICE has been under heightened scrutiny since the fatal shooting in July of a 25-year-old motorist in Maine by an ICE officer with a history of violent behavior. Days earlier, another ICE officer shot and killed a Houston homebuilder driving to work. Neither shooting was recorded with body cameras.

Venturella said ICE was “committed to transparency and accountability” and was “on track to equip every officer and agent in the field with body-worn cameras by the end of August.”

The AP quoted Christopher Schneider, a sociology professor at Brandon University in Canada, who said that selective releases are routine in some law enforcement agencies but usually not so clearly contemplated in policy. “In some ways, ICE is saying the quiet part out loud,” he said.

The story noted that ICE’s sister agency, Customs and Border Protection, has not released footage of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis in January. CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott told lawmakers that it was part of an investigation and would be made public “when it’s appropriate.”

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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 Steve Joseph, 23, to Broward Health Medical Center, where doctors pronounced him dead.

Neighbor 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,” he said.

Whitehead told Local 10 that he tried to help Joseph who had been shot just a few houses away.

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!’”

Investigators have since determined that the shooting stemmed from a dispute involving individuals who knew one another. They said during the incident, a confrontation occurred between multiple people, which ultimately resulted in Joseph being shot.

Detectives identified 22-year-old Roderick Daniel Thomas Jr. as the person who discharged the gun. Investigators said they contacted Thomas who willingly came in to speak with detectives about the incident.

Following the interview, Thomas was arrested for a violation of probation related to possession of a firearm, according to detectives. He has not been charged in connection with Joseph’s death at this time.

Based on the evidence gathered so far, including sworn witness statements, detectives continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the shooting, including whether the use of deadly force was legally justified.

Authorities said once the investigation is complete, the case will be presented to the Broward State Attorney’s Office Homicide Unit for review and a determination on whether additional criminal charges are warranted.

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

An LPD spokesperson said a “motive is currently unknown.”

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“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.

Miramar Mayor Wayne Messam hosted the candidate forum, and Local 10 News Anchor Calvin Hughes was the moderator at the City Hall’s Commission Chambers at 2300 Civic Center Place.

About the candidates

OLIVER G. GILBERT III

Wilson, 83, endorsed Oliver G. Gilbert II, a Miami-Dade commissioner and former commission chair who served as the mayor of Miami Gardens from 2012 to 2020.

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

SHEVRIN JONES

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

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

KENDRICK MEEK JR.

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

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

RUDOLPH MOISE

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

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

JEAN MONESTIME

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

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

RODERICK D. VEREEN

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

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

MARSHAL L DAVIS SR.

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

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

The mail-in ballot request deadline was Aug. 6. Early voting started on Aug. 8. The Democratic primary is on Aug. 18, and the general election is Nov. 3.

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Grupo Centro, the healthcare organization that owns Sanatorio Centro, a hospital in Rosario, Argentina, announced Jorge Messi died on Saturday morning.

“Our hearts are with our captain, Leo, and the entire Messi family,” a spokesperson for Inter Miami CF wrote in the team’s statement.

The South American Football Confederation, CONMEBOL, and Rosario’s Club Atlético Newell’s Old Boys also released condolences messages.

Jorge Messi was a midfielder who reached the youth ranks of Newell’s Old Boys. He was his son’s agent and was involved in Leo Messi’s contracts with Barça, Paris Saint-Germain, and Inter Miami CF.

“I had the privilege of knowing and working with Jorge. He was a man of his word, and my thoughts and prayers are with his family during this difficult time. Miami has embraced the Team Messi family as our own, and we mourn with them today,” Francis X. Suarez, a former Miami mayor, wrote in a statement on X.

During the FIFA World Cup, Lionel Messi told reporters that he was in tears over “a reason unrelated to sports” after going “through some difficult, complicated days.”

In June, Messi’s family released a statement reporting that Jorge Messi was “experiencing a health issue.”

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La CONMEBOL lamenta profundamente el fallecimiento de Jorge Messi, padre del futbolista argentino Lionel Messi.

Acompañamos con respeto y afecto a Lionel, a su familia, amigos y seres queridos en este momento de profundo dolor.

Que descanse en paz. pic.twitter.com/QpTWIAgdBU

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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

My deepest condolences to Leo Messi and the entire Messi family on the passing of his father, Jorge.

I had the privilege of knowing and working with Jorge. He was a man of his word, and my thoughts and prayers are with his family during this difficult time. Miami has embraced…

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The technical would have been Clark's eighth of the season, triggering a one-game suspension for the Fever star. She would have had to miss Tuesday's game against New York.

But, a WNBA spokesman said the technical had been rescinded a few hours after the game ended.

In the third quarter of the Fever's 90-86 win over the Sky, Clark made contact with a referee when she was forced out of bounds and was called for a technical foul.

After the game, Clark said the contact was inadvertent and that no words were exchanged. She was hopeful the WNBA would rescind the foul.

“She said I ran into her,” Clark said of the referee. “I have already watched it on the tape. So, we’ll let the league decide. But, it wasn’t anything intentional or anything. So, I hope it gets rescinded. And, nothing was said.”

Clark got her wish.

“That's a bad call, incidental contact when you're flying out of control,” Fever coach Stephanie White said. “I thought her teammates should have come up and talked to her about that as well. I think that’s really bad. that (expletive) happens all the time in the game. you know, officials have to have some awareness in those moments, and it didn’t happen.”

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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.

The record is part of ongoing birthday celebrations for Houston, who would've turned 63 on Sunday.

There's also the fifth annual Whitney Houston Legacy of Love gala, taking place Saturday night, and a Whitney Houston Barbie — her first, ever, courtesy of parent company Mattel — releasing Sunday.

“It's a dream come true,” says Pat Houston, the executor of Whitney Houston’s estate and her sister-in-law.

In this interview, Pat Houston discusses the No. 1 hits collection, the new Barbie, if a “Michael”-style biopic is on the table and more. It has been edited for clarity and brevity.

AP: Why a collection of her No. 1 hits and why now?

HOUSTON: Whitney always believed that the ultimate collection represented the very best of her career. And you know, it brought together songs that defined generations. It broke records. It touched hearts around the world. And those kinds of hits were not just chart toppers, they were the soundtrack to millions of lives and a testament to a voice that will never be duplicated. So, you know, celebrating her No. 1s is really a no-brainer.

AP: There's also the first Whitney Houston Barbie arriving Sunday. She's wearing her 1987 “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” music video look.

HOUSTON: It is her first ever Barbie. And let me tell you something, what made this journey special is because Whitney and I had conversations about Barbie more than 20 years ago. And to see this vision finally come to life decades later is both emotional and very much inspiring. You know, it served as a beautiful reminder that some dreams take time. And when they’re rooted in love and purpose, you can transcend generations and that’s what this Barbie is doing.

Visiting the showroom and working hand-in-hand with Mattel’s talented team, it was an honor to witness how much they care about the creativity and the commitment they had behind celebrating Whitney’s legacy to make this such a meaningful experience.

AP: Music industry giant Clive Davis died in June. His legacy is inextricable from Whitney Houston's legacy. How do you view him?

HOUSTON: You can’t mention Whitney Houston and not mention Clive Davis and you can't mention Clive without mentioning Whitney Houston. Every conversation that Clive Davis has in music, he ultimately speaks about Whitney Houston. He played a very, very important role in her life. And it went beyond the music. They truly loved one another. He was a part of her and still is a part of her legacy.

Whitney would tell you herself, “I had the talent and the craft, but this is someone that revered my career.” And he did until the day that he died. And I so appreciate that from Clive.

AP: Next year is the 35th anniversary of “The Bodyguard.” Any big plans?

HOUSTON: There are some things that we’re working on. Until the i's are dotted and the t's are crossed, I never like to say.

AP: The Michael Jackson biopic was a smash this year. Would you want to do something similar with Whitney? Maybe a two-part film?

HOUSTON: Whitney’s catalog is incredible and that voice is matchless. Of course there’s plenty of things that can be done, but you don’t want to do an overkill. You don’t wanna oversaturate the industry without having purpose. It has to have purpose in order for us to put something out there or deliver something to you.

But yes, different things come to the table all the time, but we’re cautious and careful.

AP: And 2027 marks 15 years since Whitney Houston's death. How do you hope people view her legacy?

HOUSTON: Never forgetting that voice and what she represented to the music industry. Forget about everything else, it’s what she brought to the industry. Whitney’s voice showcased passion. Her artistry is incredible.

And there are live shows that some people have never seen before. I would love to come up with or produce some of the shows and present some of those shows that have never been seen before, because it would blow you away to see that gifted talent. That's probably one of my ultimate goals, I guess. It's not just movies. But just releasing music and shows that people in other parts of the world have seen, but North America hasn't seen, if you can understand what I'm saying.

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Fire rescue personnel from Lauderhill and Plantation responded to the fire in the area of Northwest 19th Street, just off State Road Seven, in the Lauderhill East community.

A witness recorded a video showing large plumes of smoke billowing from the townhouse. No one was injured, according to fire rescue personnel.

The cause of the fire remained under investigation on Saturday afternoon.

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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.

Cunningham, who is white, was shooting a fast-break layup in the first quarter when Carrington, who is Black, came from behind and hit her in the head and neck, knocking her to the court as the shot went in.

Cunningham said she thought the foul in the 90-86 Indiana win was “absolutely” intentional.

“Clearly I think it was unnecessary,” Cunningham said. “I’ve never really spoken to her and I have no beef with her, but I guess she has some pent up stuff.”

Fever coach Stephanie White had a different view of the play.

“It was a hard foul,” White said. “I don’t think that DiJonai intentionally came out to get her across the neck like she did, but it did happen, and I thought it was the right call.”

Cunningham got up immediately, charged toward Carrington and pushed her as she was held back by a teammate.

“I popped up,” Cunningham said. “I’m not going to let anyone just do that to me. I think everyone knows that. I think that’s why she did it because she wants attention.”

The play was reviewed and upgraded to a Flagrant 2 after the referee said there was windup, impact and follow-through on the foul.

Sky coach Tyler Marsh said he hadn't seen a replay of the play, but that seeing it live, he thought Carrington was making a play on the ball and that he didn't believe it warranted a Flagrant 2 foul.

“I haven’t looked at that play since, so I really don’t know if it was justified or not,” he said. “But, that’s what I thought in the moment.”

Marsh was then asked about Carrington's social media post.

“I have to get back to you on that because I’m just now hearing about that,” he said. “So yeah, we’ll handle that.”

But Cunningham had plenty to say about the post.

“I think the league is taking care of that,” she said. "This has nothing to do with race. Last year, I did the same thing and I got kicked out. And I deserved to be kicked out. There’s no reason even to play that card.”

In the third quarter, Fever star Caitlin Clark was assessed a technical foul after she made contact with a referee when she was forced out of bounds. The technical was Clark's eighth of the season, triggering a one-game suspension for Indiana's next game if not rescinded by the league.

“She said I ran into her,” Clark said in a postgame television interview. “I’ve already watched it on the tape, so we’ll let the league decide. But it wasn’t intentional or anything, so I’m hoping it’s getting rescinded,”

A few hours after the game Clark got her way. The WNBA rescinded the technical foul.

Cunningham has frequently come to Clark's defense after physical play by opponents and has become one of the higher-profile players in the league this season. In an ESPN article published last month, she voiced support for barring transgender girls and women from girls’ and women’s sports, which led to small protests and rallies outside Fever games in Seattle and Portland.

In a memo to teams on Friday, WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said the league would have ongoing discussions about the issue of transgender participation in women's basketball.

Marsh said that the controversy surrounding Cunningham didn't add anything extra to the game.

“We didn’t come into this one with any more or less juice than we’ve had in the last four since the All-Star break," he said. "Our mindset is trying to win games.”

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The pilots were killed when their Sikorsky Skycrane helicopter went down Friday morning, according to the Sevier County Sheriff.

The helicopter was among those fighting a fire in the Fishlake National Forest. The crash ignited a new fire that spread to connect with the existing blaze, which has now scorched nearly 174 square miles (nearly 451 square kilometers).

Officials did not identify the pilots but said they were employed by Helicopter Transport Services, which was contracted by the U.S. Forest Service.

Initially officials said they were unable to reach the crash site because of the fire. Then, on Saturday, crews were able to enter the area and confirmed the deaths, according to the Sevier County sheriff and coroner.

The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate once its team can examine the wreckage. It will likely take the NTSB a year or more to determine the cause.

Numerous fires also were burning in other parts of the West, including one that closed part of Mount Rainier National Park in Washington.

The National Park Service shut down access to the Sunrise and White River areas of the park after a new wildfire burned less than a third of a square mile (less than a square kilometer). Firefighters were working to gain control of it.

Larger fires near Spokane, Washington, have now burned more than 15.63 square miles (over 40 square kilometers), but firefighters constructed more than 75 miles (over 120 kilometers) of containment line to help control those flames.

Meanwhile in Oregon, hot and dry conditions helped an uncontrolled fire spread beyond 30 square miles (77.7 square kilometers).

Firefighters were still trying to identify the best places to set up containment lines around the Wrights Spring fire as they mourned the death of 47-year-old Jason Ensign, who was killed while operating a bulldozer for a timber company. The blaze grew rapidly Thursday and cut off Ensign’s escape route.

And north of the border in British Columbia, more than 20,000 people had to evacuate ahead of another fast-moving wildfire.

El siniestro ocurrió en la madrugada, cuando una miniván que se trasladaba por el kilómetro 250 de la carretera entre Cusco y Arequipa se impactó contra un tráiler que presumiblemente presentó una avería mecánica y quedó varado en el borde de la vía, indicó a la prensa el coronel Carlos Guisado, jefe policial de la región del Cusco.

Entre las víctimas se encuentra el conductor de la miniván, al que se identificó como Rómulo Guamaní, de 36 años. El conductor del tráiler, que habría rendido su versión, fue detenido, agregó Guisado.

Los heridos son atendidos en el hospital de Arequipa, y los cuerpos se encuentran en la morgue para las pericias forenses, explicó el mando de la policía. La investigación sobre las causas del percance está en marcha.

El siniestro ocurre una semana después del choque entre dos autobuses que dejó cinco personas muertas, también en el sur de Perú.

La vigilancia del transporte por carretera en este país es débil y el auxilio es lento. En 2025, se registraron 3.428 muertos producto de incidentes de tránsito, según datos oficiales.

El coronel Guisado hizo un llamado a los conductores a tener responsabilidad sobre la seguridad vial y admitió que aunque la policía de carreteras realiza patrullajes “no se dan abasto por lo extenso de la carretera”.

Shanahan has been working his way back to full speed since the car crash on July 14 that left him with a concussion, broken ribs, a broken nose, a broken hand and more than 40 stitches to close a cut over his eye. In his first news conference of training camp, he said he has just a few remaining symptoms from the concussion.

“I’m doing real good,” he said. “My body feels good. Just got to get this annoying cast off. My ribs feel good, except when I sneeze, and my head feels so much better. Concussions do linger a little bit. The only things I really deal with now is just headaches and fatigue. That’s why I’m not always exactly on the same routine, but pretty damn close.”

Shanahan has been at practice every day this summer and said that the loud music that bothered him at the beginning of camp is no longer an issue. He has only addressed the full team at meetings a few times and didn't feel ready to hold a news conference until after practice on Saturday.

But he said he has been doing the most important parts of his job and that he will be on the sideline for the exhibition opener against Tennessee.

“One thing I haven’t missed anything of is film,” he said. “I watch every single play with the coaches after with the players. I have had a few team meetings. Normally I do it every day. But I do lose a little when I do stuff, so I’ve just had to pick and choose a little bit more. But as far as the film and everything, being out there for all the practice periods of going against each other, those are to me the most important things in my job. I’ve been able to do those every day.”

The 49ers are entering a crucial part of the summer with a joint practice on Tuesday with the Titans ahead of the exhibition opener. The Niners are scheduled to have another joint practice the following week with the Chargers before their second exhibition game and then wrap up the preseason on Aug. 27 against Las Vegas. The team the leaves the following week for Australia, where the 49ers will open the season on Sept. 11 against the Los Angeles Rams.

Shanahan said he thought he would have been back at full strength sooner but is glad he has taken the extra time. He said being patient was easier because of the confidence he had in acting coach Chris Foerster, along with coordinators Klay Kubiak, Raheem Morris and Brant Boyer.

“It made it really easy for me not to worry about me having to do something,” he said. “Our guys are awesome. We have a pretty well-oiled machine. We’ve been here for, this is our 10th year. Those guys made it very easy for me to not do anything stupid.”

Shanahan took the blame for the crash into a car driven by a 21-year-old woman in Palo Alto last month, saying it happened when he reached for his phone. Shanahan was the only person who needed to be hospitalized and police didn't issue him a ticket for the cellphone use.

“Any time you cause an accident that can be avoided, you’d feel pretty stupid, especially when you have a chance to hurt someone else,” he said. I think you get mad when you get a ticket at yourself. So it was kind of the same."

Shanahan said he was driving about 20 mph and his Tesla was in autopilot mode when the crash happened but said he still shouldn't have taken his eyes off the road when he reached behind his seat for his phone.

“I’ve had autopilot for nine years, so I’m pretty comfortable with it,” he said. “Who knows what happened when I turned around, whether it malfunctioned or whether I knocked it off. That’s something that I don’t know yet. But regardless, that is always your fault, whether you’re in autopilot or not. You can’t take your eyes off the road. It’s a partnership driving. You don’t just turn it over to a computer. It’s a good lesson, no matter how comfortable I am with that, that I believe someday could save my life or someone else’s.”

Bosa sits with soreness

Star defensive end Nick Bosa missed his third straight practice with what the team described as “soreness.” Bosa is coming back from a torn ACL that ended his season in Week 3 last year.

He had only taken part in individual drills early in camp but hasn't been able to practice at all since Monday. Shanahan said he wasn't overly concerned.

“You wish that didn’t happen, but no, there’s no concern to where something’s happened that is a big setback or anything,” he said. "We’ll wait until the soreness goes away and evaluate why the soreness has happened, but I still feel pretty good about 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.

Grupo Centro, la organización de atención médica propietaria del Sanatorio Centro, un hospital en Rosario, Argentina, anunció que Jorge Messi murió la mañana del sábado.

“Nuestros corazones están con nuestro capitán, Leo, y con toda la familia Messi”, escribió un portavoz de Inter Miami CF en el comunicado del equipo.

La Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol, CONMEBOL, y el Club Atlético Newell”s Old Boys de Rosario también emitieron mensajes de condolencias.

Jorge Messi fue mediocampista y llegó a las categorías juveniles de Newell”s Old Boys. Fue agente de su hijo y estuvo involucrado en los contratos de Leo Messi con el Barça, Paris Saint-Germain e Inter Miami CF.

“Tuve el privilegio de conocer y trabajar con Jorge. Era un hombre de palabra, y mis pensamientos y oraciones están con su familia durante este momento difícil. Miami ha acogido a la familia del Team Messi como propia, y hoy lamentamos su pérdida junto a ellos”, escribió Francis X. Suarez, ex alcalde de Miami, en un comunicado en X.

Durante la Copa Mundial de la FIFA, Lionel Messi dijo a los periodistas que estaba llorando por “una razón no relacionada con el deporte” después de pasar “por algunos días difíciles y complicados”.

En junio, la familia de Messi emitió un comunicado informando que Jorge Messi estaba “atravesando un problema de salud”.

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Our hearts are with our captain, Leo, and the entire Messi family. pic.twitter.com/nJ3umEpirU

— Inter Miami CF (@InterMiamiCF) August 8, 2026

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

La CONMEBOL lamenta profundamente el fallecimiento de Jorge Messi, padre del futbolista argentino Lionel Messi.

Acompañamos con respeto y afecto a Lionel, a su familia, amigos y seres queridos en este momento de profundo dolor.

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— CONMEBOL.com (@CONMEBOL) August 8, 2026

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.

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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed the agreement in the Saudi holy city of Mecca on Friday. It states that an attack on one would be considered an attack on all three.

The “Mecca Joint Defense Agreement” brings together oil-rich Saudi Arabia and nuclear power Pakistan as well as Turkey, which has NATO’s second-largest army and a rapidly growing defense industry. It deepens cooperation and deterrence at a time of increased regional uncertainty and threats from the war in Iran.

In an interview with Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan insisted that the three countries do not view any particular state as an adversary unless they take hostile action against them.

“We don’t have anything written down — nothing we’ve signed — that defines a common threat,” Fidan said. “Any country that does not attack us is not a target for us.”

The Turkish minister described the agreement's clause on mutual defense as being “technically the same” as NATO's Article 5, under which an attack on one of the 32 members is considered an attack on them all.

Asked how the mechanism would work, Fidan said a member would need to formally request help and that the other two countries’ assistance could range from intelligence sharing to logistic support — or the deployment of military units depending on the threat.

“These are multi‑layered matters that vary according to the scale of the threat,” Fidan said. “This is the perspective we have set out so far in our work.”

The Turkish minister said other nations — which he did not name — have expressed interest in joining the agreement, adding that he expects Egypt, which he described as a “natural partner,” to participate “at the next stage.”

Under the deal, the foreign and defense ministers of the three countries, along with their military chiefs, would hold regular committee meetings. The three countries would also establish a secretariat, to be based in Saudi Arabia, Fidan said.