The ski racer from Colorado announced her strategy Tuesday in what she describes as a season of "exploration.” It's part of her plan to push herself coming off a season where she won her second Olympic gold in slalom at the Milan Cortina Games and earned her ninth World Cup season title in the discipline.

The season kicks off on Oct. 24 with a giant slalom race in Soelden, Austria. Shiffrin said her first slalom race is expected to be in Killington, Vermont, over Thanksgiving weekend and she will proceed from there.

“I’m not trying to do less because I care less. I’m trying to do something different because I still care SO much,” the 31-year-old Shiffrin said in a statement. ”The joy for me has never been about medals or records.

"This season is an exploration. We’re calling it the exploration season.”

Shiffrin won her sixth overall World Cup title by 87 points over Emma Aicher of Germany. Shiffrin also won the crystal globe in the slalom by beating Camille Rast of Switzerland.

In the giant slalom standings Shiffrin was fourth, while winding up outside the top 30 in the super-G. Her last World Cup win in the super-G, an event that blends the speed of a downhill with the turns of a GS, was in December 2022. She won a downhill event in 2023.

“Racing slalom underprepared would be like jumping into a giant blender and just trying to avoid the blades,” Shiffrin said. "I’m trying a little bit more to live in the gratitude of it and ski because I want to ski. ... I’m not looking for less commitment. I’m not looking for actually even less effort.”

She added: “I feel ambitious. I still feel competitive. I feel like I have a desire to ski fast. I feel like those things haven’t changed. I’m really just giving myself permission to be curious about where that takes me, and that’s the exploration.”

Shiffrin also plans to continue to work on her podcast, “What’s the Point with Mikaela Shiffrin.”

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Eddrick Malik Bethune vanished after a shooting shortly after midnight on Sunday at Aliro, an apartment complex at 14040 Biscayne Boulevard, according to detectives.

Cellphone video shows two men beating someone before throwing him in the backseat of a gray car.

The car then drives away with its door still open.

Before all that took place, another video captured the moments when about a dozen shots ran out at the apartment complex.

A shooting victim arrived at a nearby hospital shortly afterward, police said.

“Due to his medical status, detectives have not been able to speak with this person to determine his involvement, if any,” an MDSO spokesperson told Local 10 News.

A witness’s video showed two men jumping from a third-floor window after the shooting.

The MDSO captain found Bethune’s body at about 7:25 a.m. on Sunday outside of plant nurseries in the area of Southwest 216th Street and 189th Avenue, according to detectives.

Near Bethune’s body, deputies also found a sports utility vehicle that had been set on fire.

Detective J. Rodriguez asked anyone with information about the case to call 305-471-2400.

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The agreement announced Tuesday means a shift to the streaming services that have come to utterly dominate the prestige categories at the Emmys.

The show has aired on one of the four broadcast networks every year since 1955. NBC was first to air it nationally, and was the last to host it last month. For the past three decades it has been in a yearly rotation between ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC in what was known as the “Wheel Deal.”

Having a single, long-term home starting with next September's 79th Primetime Emmy Awards may be the biggest change.

“Continuity is a big part of what we're looking for because the rotating part of it basically meant in many ways that we were starting over every year,” Cris Abrego, chairman of the Television Academy, told The Associated Press. “With one partner over six years, we can really learn together and build from year to year together.”

The Emmys will continue to air free of charge as it always has, a demand the Academy made from the start to its suitors. No Prime Video subscription will be required to watch.

The move echoes the Oscars’ deal announced in December sending them to YouTube and ending their own, just-as-long relationship with broadcast networks. But unlike that agreement, announced in 2025 and starting in 2029, this one is effective immediately.

“We’re on the clock, we gotta get rolling,” Mike Hopkins, head of Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios, told the AP.

Nearly all awards shows have seen steep drops in viewership in a more segmented culture, and the Emmys have consistently lagged behind the Oscars, Grammys and Golden Globes even as the acclaim for the shows they honor has grown. At its peak, the show drew more than 20 million viewers. The figure now hovers around 7 million.

Both the Academy and Amazon said Prime Video might be in a position to change that as a place where so much of the Emmys programming can be viewed, whether it's a Prime production or a streaming partnership. The biggest winners at the last two Emmys, “Widow's Bay” and “The Studio,” can both be watched on Prime Video through its partnership with Apple TV.

“I think we’re going to be able to increase the viewership over time on this show, age it down, actually bring in a younger audience, which I think is a catalyst to growing,” Hopkins said. “We will have the opportunity throughout the year to be promoting Emmy nominees to our customers as a way of saying ‘Hey, watch these shows, but also watch the Emmys.’”

Abrego said this approach, and Prime Video's role as a television hub, was a major consideration in taking the show there.

“They really support all television,” he said. “We want reach, we want access, and we felt Amazon was in line with that.”

And while Abrego acknowledged the significance of the move to streaming and its implications, he said the content is far more important than how it's delivered.

“The Academy has never defined television by how it reaches your screen or even which screen it reaches,” he said. “The goal is to consistently want to recognize excellence wherever it comes from.”

Live events on Amazon have not been a novelty for a long time. It's been nearly a decade since it first aired an NFL game and many other major sports and other events have followed.

“We look at our service as something that’s a hybrid between live and on-demand, and we’ve made live a real priority,” Hopkins said.

Football has always been a problem for the Emmys. Its time slots on Sunday or Monday nights in September nearly always lead to a clash with the rating monolith of the NFL.

This year’s show was trounced by the first Monday Night Football game of the year between the Kansas City Chiefs and Denver Broncos on ESPN.

The ceremony will stay in September in 2027, but that doesn't mean it is set for the run of the agreement.

“We had conversations with Amazon, if we wanted to change that date moving forward with time, we could explore it and we would be open to it,” Abrego said, acknowledging that it would have repercussions with deadlines and voting.

Trump on Monday criticized election officials in Arizona’s Maricopa County after about 3,000 ballots were mistakenly mailed six days early to voters. The vendor error will have no effect on the ballots or the process, the recorder’s office said. Maricopa County has about 2.5 million registered voters.

Trump has approved the execution by firing squad of Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan for a 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas. The U.S. military has not carried out the death penalty since 1961. The Army secretary will decide its time and place, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell wrote in a post on X.

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Trump draws cheers, then criticism for musing about Iran taking out US cities

During his rally Monday night in Nebraska, Trump was going through his usual insistence that gas prices are only temporarily high and worth it as part of his war on Iran.

Then he added a new wrinkle, floating the idea that Tehran could “take out” two major American cities.

“They could take out a city,” he said. "Let ‘em take out Los Angeles. Let ’em take out San Diego.”

He continued as the crowd laughed and cheered: “This is a very small price to pay, and it’s going to be over with very soon.”

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat who may run for president in 2028, answered on X, calling Trump “deranged and dangerous.”

Trump has a history of denigrating U.S. cities, especially the largest ones that lean heavily Democratic. Los Angeles was among the cities where Trump deployed federal military personnel for what he said was a crackdown on crime, despite local authorities not wanting the troops.

At a recent North Carolina campaign rally, Trump said the state’s cities are “blood-soaked killing fields.” North Carolina’s violent crime rate ranks in the middle third of states, according to FBI statistics.

Cold War memories stir Rubio in Iceland as he hails diplomacy for conflict resolution

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio hailed the role of diplomacy in resolving conflicts as he began a three-nation tour of NATO allies in Iceland, where concerns over the Trump administration’s often brusque approach to traditional friends and partners have stirred unease.

Rubio met Tuesday with Icelandic Foreign Secretary Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir at Reykjavik’s Hofdi House, the site of the 1986 summit between former U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that is widely regarded as the beginning of the end of the Cold War.

“The house symbolizes diplomacy’s role in ending the Cold War and defeating communism,” Rubio posted on social media after the talks that took place just days before the 40th anniversary of the landmark Oct 11-12 meeting.

Despite an agreement signed last month between the U.S., Denmark and Greenland that eased fears of Trump taking over Greenland. Iceland has been uneasy about Trump’s intentions toward it after posting a map showing the colors of the U.S. flag sprawling across all of North America and including Iceland and Greenland.

Republicans return to tough-on-crime message ahead of difficult midterm elections

Political advertising warns about Democratic plots to defund the police. Campaign events feature law enforcement unions and tough talk about law and order. Stump speeches boast about record low levels of violent crime.

From coast to coast, Republicans are focusing on public disorder, illegal immigration and violent crime in midterm campaigns as voters sour on their party’s handling of the cost of living and the war with Iran.

The messaging reflects a belief that lawlessness is safer political ground in the midterms despite Donald Trump’s own criminal record for paying hush money to a porn star, making him the only president to be convicted of a felony. Democrats have tried to counter the attacks by recruiting candidates with law enforcement backgrounds and emphasizing their own anti-crime plans, but Republicans believe it’s a rare opportunity to go on the offensive in an otherwise challenging year.

Trump returned to the topic on Monday night in Nebraska, warning about how the country used to be before he returned to the White House.

“We had a border with people pouring in, crime like nobody’s ever seen,” he said.

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Trump approves firing squad execution for Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan

Trump has approved the execution by firing squad of Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas.

The U.S. military has not carried out the death penalty since 1961. The Army secretary will decide a time and place for the execution, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell wrote in a post on X.

Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, walked into a medical building where soldiers were getting medical checkups, shouted “Allahu akbar” — Arabic for “God is great!” — and opened fire with a laser-sighted handgun. Thirteen people were killed and more than 30 injured.

He said it was an effort to stop them from going to Afghanistan and killing his fellow Muslims and made almost no effort to defend himself at trial. He told jurors that evidence would show he was the shooter and described himself as a soldier who had “switched sides.”

Trump’s approval triggers a series of procedural steps toward carrying out the execution, but Hasan could put them on hold — potentially for years — with a habeas corpus appeal in the civilian federal court system, according to an article published in May in the magazine Army Lawyer.

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Trump criticizes election officials in Arizona’s Maricopa County over error affecting 3,000 ballots

Trump on Monday criticized election officials in Arizona’s Maricopa County after about 3,000 ballots were mistakenly mailed early to voters.

The miscue, blamed on a vendor error, would have no effect on the voters who received the ballots, the county recorder’s office said. Maricopa County has about 2.5 million registered voters.

The president, as he typically does ahead of an election, has been ramping up his rhetoric around voting as Election Day draws near in this year’s midterm elections, with control of Congress at stake.

His latest comments referred to a vendor error that came to light over the weekend. The Maricopa County Recorder’s Office, which is run by Republican Recorder Justin Heap, said Sunday that Runbeck Election Services told the office that it “mistakenly mailed 3,126 early ballots the previous day,” six days before they were scheduled to be sent to voters for this year’s midterm elections.

The ballots were mailed to the correct voters, are still valid and can be completed and returned normally by those voters, the recorder’s office said in a statement.

Jeff Ellington, president and CEO of Runbeck Election Services, said Monday that Maricopa County was not at fault in the snafu.

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Trump says his super PAC will pay for taxpayer-funded ads that sparked backlash for glorifying him

President Donald Trump said Monday that he will stop using taxpayer funds for television advertisements glorifying himself, which sparked a major backlash, and instead tap his super PAC to cover costs going forward.

In a post on his social media site, Trump defended the ads, which cost at least $1.5 million in federal funds and have drawn intense criticism. Trump said they were “positive promotion for our Great U.S.A.”

“This is a rather standard thing to do,” the president wrote, while blaming intense criticism for using taxpayer funds on the ads on the “Radical Left.” But the president added that he’d “decided to do the Patriotic Ads, among others, and pay for them myself, and with money I raised for MAGA, Inc.”

That is Trump’s political war chest, which had amassed more than $400 million by the end of July. Trump has begun to tap it to boost Republican candidates around the country ahead of midterm elections.

Trump provided no details on reimbursing taxpayers for ads that already aired, nor how he would go about having his political organization pay for such future advertising.

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The companies completed the deal on Tuesday, ushering in a new Hollywood giant with the now shorter “Skydance” nametag. The merger brings two of America’s oldest moviemaking studios together. And HBO Max, titles ranging from “Harry Potter” to “Sinners” and even networks like CNN find themselves under the same roof as Paramount+, CBS and the likes of “Top Gun” and “The Godfather.”

All of them will come under the helm of billionaire David Ellison, and his new co-CEO Ynon Kreiz. That further concentrates power in an industry already run by just a handful of major players. Ellison’s Skydance bought out Paramount for $8 billion just last year, and set its sights on Warner — an even bigger fish — very soon after.

What followed erupted into a tumultuous, roughly year-long fight over Warner’s fate.

Skydance Corp. emerges from one of the biggest tie-ups ever in the media and entertainment industry. Including billions of dollars in debt, the Warner acquisition amounted to nearly $111 billion.

“Today is a historic day, not just for Skydance but for our entire industry," Ellison said in a statement Tuesday. "We couldn’t be more excited to get to work.”

Here’s a look at some of the key moments that got us here.

Netflix v. Paramount

The early days of Paramount's quest for Warner turned into a messy bidding war.

Months after disclosing it was open to selling parts or even all of its business, Warner initially struck a studio and streaming deal with Netflix back in December. But Skydance-owned Paramount, which claimed Warner management “never engaged meaningfully” with its previous proposals, soon launched a hostile counterbid aimed at taking over the entire company — including networks like CNN and Discovery.

The Hollywood giants spent much of early 2026 in a heated back-and-forth over who had a stronger offer on the table, with Warner leadership repeatedly backing Netflix as its preferred suitor. But Paramount eventually upped its offer to buy all of Warner for $31 per share, and Netflix opted to bow out of the race. Warner and Paramount inked a mutual merger agreement by late February.

The response from Hollywood

Hollywood was closely watching the fight over Warner's future. And from awards shows to online petitions, A-list celebrities and other creatives made their voices known.

In April, thousands of movie stars, writers, directors and other professionals announced their “unequivocal opposition” to the Paramount-Warner merger. The open letter — which was signed by long-outspoken critics of the deal like Jane Fonda and Mark Ruffalo, as well as Hollywood heavyweights from Denis Villeneuve to J.J. Abrams — warned of fewer jobs and “less choice for audiences in the United States and around the world.”

Meanwhile, some other stars lined up to back Paramount as Ellison reiterated his commitments to the movies. At CinemaCon this past spring, the company debuted a glossy mini movie about the studio directed by Jon M. Chu and narrated by Tom Cruise — who ended the spot atop the iconic Paramount water tower, with the words “the future is paramount and the future looks pretty great from here." Director James Cameron also doubled down on his support of Ellison.

The prospect of a new Warner owner also loomed over awards season this year, from #BlockTheMerger pins to more subtle nods in acceptance speeches. When accepting her Emmy last month, “Remarkably Bright Creatures” actor Sally Field — who also signed the open letter in opposition to the Paramount-Warner deal — stressed that “unique storytelling matters” and “we can’t let those voices be silenced, or compromised or merged.”

Many industry critics were also outspoken when Netflix's studio and streaming deal was on the table, with particular focus on the future of movies staying in theaters.

Trump and CNN

Trump has regularly attacked reporting he deems unfavorable at CNN (most recently attempting to bar the outlet from the White House altogether). And over the course of the Warner buyout, his administration wasn't afraid to chime in about hopes for a new owner.

In December — days after Paramount launched its hostile bid for Warner — the president said that CNN spread “poison and lies,” adding that “I think the people who have run CNN for the last long period of time are a disgrace" and "it’s imperative that CNN be sold.”

The White House took aim again at CNN in March, over the network's coverage of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. At the time, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told reporters that “the sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better.”

Ellison has said editorial independence will be maintained at CNN, and under a since-finalized settlement with the states, the company also agreed to form a “News Editorial Independence Board." But critics point to turmoil already seen at CBS under Skydance ownership — and aren’t convinced this new body will move the needle much, because Ellison is set to have ample oversight over appointments. Outside this board, however, the combined company is retaining Mark Thompson as CNN’s editor-in-chief.

Trump has separately continued to criticize CBS coverage under Skydance ownership. Still, the president has held a long relationship with the billionaire Ellison family. Paramount's chief reportedly hosted a dinner in Washington in Trump’s honor back in April, on the same day Warner shareholders gave their greenlight for the merger. And in June, just two days after the U.S. Justice Department said it wouldn't intervene in the deal, Ellison attended an Ultimate Fighting Championship match on the White House lawn for Trump’s 80th birthday (streamed by Paramount+).

Gulf money

To help fund its Warner buyout, Paramount racked up billions of dollars in financial backing from three Gulf countries: Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. The Federal Communications Commission approved the company’s request for sizeable indirect ownership from those foreign investors.

Paramount previously disclosed it expected those funds to indirectly own nearly 50% of equity interests — but no voting rights — of what is now the larger Skydance. But the company asked for clearance of up to 100% to account for potential future investments, which the FCC granted, citing in part that access to more capital would strengthen the broadcast industry and was therefore “in the public interest.”

Critics — including FCC’s sole Democratic Commissioner, Anna Gomez — have called the move alarming and unprecedented. They argue that amount of money opens the door to behind-the-scenes influence.

The final antitrust fight

Paramount cleared antitrust hurdles for its Warner acquisition from regulators worldwide over the summer, including the Trump administration's Justice Department.

But in July, Democratic attorneys general from 12 states — led by California's Rob Bonta — sued to block the merger, alleging the combined company would “extinguish competition” and lead to fewer choices for consumers, particularly movie theatergoers and cable customers across the U.S.

The Writers Guild of America followed suit. And Paramount agreed to put its Warner buyout on ice well into next year so the challenges could head toward a larger antitrust trial.

Settlement agreements emerged in September. The states' terms, eventually approved by a judge, include pledges from the company to increase film production in the U.S. over the next five years, commit millions of dollars to a fund aimed at supporting workers displaced by the merger and again establish new editorial monitoring of CNN and CBS.

Settling these challenges marked a key hurdle ahead of closing the deal. Critics decried the deal as capitulating to corporate pressure and said the remedies were too weak.

On Tuesday, Winfrey announced that she had chosen Amanda Rizkalla's “Hungered,” which came out in May. Winfrey said in a statement that the 28-year-old Rizkalla had written a “riveting novel” about “families who live outside the margins, living unhoused” and “their hopes, dreams, and the perseverance it takes to face another day.”

Rizkalla, a Los Angeles native who now lives in the Bay Area, was an undergraduate student at Stanford University and received a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Like so many authors since Winfrey launched her club 30 years ago, she learned she had been selected after receiving a surprise call from Winfrey herself.

“I was so stunned I could hardly believe it was real, and there are still moments where it all feels like one big daydream,” Rizkalla said in a statement.

The Oprah Podcast conversation with Rizkalla can be seen on Winfrey's YouTube channel and through other outlets.

The arrest is the seventh in connection with a suspected plot against RAF Fairford, located 100 miles (160 kilometers) west of London, which has been used by American bombers to strike Iran during this year's war.

Counter Terrorism Policing said the man, a British national, was detained in the Westminster area of central London on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts.

Six other men have been released on bail under investigation.

Vicki Evans, the senior national coordinator for counterterrorism policing said detectives “continue to pursue multiple lines of enquiry” and “remain committed to investigating all possible angles.”

Scores of residents were evacuated from their homes near the base early on Sept. 27 as armed police officers and army bomb-disposal experts swooped on the rural area. Police later said they had found a quantity of an accelerant — gasoline — in three vans linked to the five suspects, but no explosives.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said the U.K. sees “strong indications” that Iran played a part in the incident, without saying why or what the nature of the suspected plot was.

Iran has denied involvement, but it has previously said it considers any base used to attack its territory a legitimate target.

The U.S. moved its B-52 and B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford on Sunday, though it's unclear whether the move is connected to the arrests. President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that he didn’t want to tempt “the enemy” by having the bombers there.

“We had a threat, and if we’re going to be threatened, we would just move them, and that sort of alleviates that,” he said in Washington. He said that the people who made the threat “would be linked to Iran,” but he didn’t offer details.

The U.N. health agency said on Tuesday that it has been in contact with Russian authorities following reports of the death last week of a woman who worked at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East.

The case and the investigation, led by Russian officials, have revived memories of the COVID-19 pandemic and allegations that the coronavirus may have emerged at a Chinese lab. WHO has not provided a definitive answer to how the pandemic began.

Here's what to know about the case and how experts are mobilizing after the woman's death:

Pneumonic plague is a form of the disease that affects the lungs

The incubation period for pneumonic plague — which means lung-based and is the most virulent form of the disease — can be as short as 24 hours, according to WHO. It’s a less common but severe form that can spread between people through respiratory particles.

If untreated, the illness can be fatal, but recovery rates are high if detected and treated in time — within 24 hours of the onset of symptoms, WHO says.

Symptoms include shortness of breath and coughing, often involving the coughing up of blood.

The more common form of plague — bubonic plague — is caused by the bite of an infected flea, and can develop into open sores filled with pus.

Pneumonia is a form of acute respiratory infection that is mostly caused by viruses or bacteria, and is spread generally through contact with infected people or from airborne droplets. WHO says pneumonia is the single largest infectious cause of death in children worldwide.

A look at what Russian officials are saying about the case

Through an international health alert system, Russian health officials on Tuesday said a full range of preventive measures had been carried out — including tracing of the deceased woman's contacts, medical monitoring and lab tests.

“Test results showed no presence of dangerous infectious disease pathogens in any of the contacts,” said the note from Russian authorities, which was relayed to The Associated Press by WHO.

"Based on available data, laboratory test results, and health status, medical monitoring for 100% of the contacts has now been concluded," it said. “The epidemiological situation is stable and remains under monitoring.”

The woman died at a hospital in Shelekhov, a town just outside the city of Irkutsk, and its mayor said the hospital was placed under quarantine. The top officials from Russia’s national public health watchdog traveled to the region on Friday.

On Monday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov advised the public to follow official statements from the watchdog agency, Rospotrebnadzor, rather than “rumors or speculation.”

WHO has mobilized its own experts to look into the case

WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier told a U.N. briefing on Tuesday that the institute where the woman worked “studies dangerous pathogens,” including plague in a part of Siberia where the disease "occurs naturally in wild animals.”

He said Russian officials have not yet asked for WHO experts to deploy to Russia, where authorities are "looking into whether pneumonic plague caused her death.”

In recent days, WHO has brought in technical experts to its Geneva headquarters and the European regional office in Copenhagen in connection with the investigation, including specialists in high-threat pathogens.

“The WHO initial risk assessment from the information available estimates ... the risk to be moderate-to-low for Irkutsk; a low risk for the Russian Federation as a whole; and very low for the WHO European region,” Lindmeier said.

Trump and Rubio have commented on the case

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he was watching the situation with concern and that the United States would be willing to help, though he said he had not spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin about the case.

Asked about Trump’s remarks, Kremlin spokesman Peskov said Tuesday that “it is always very good when mutual assistance is offered.” He wouldn’t elaborate further, deferring to Rospotrebnadzor.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged Russian authorities to share more information.

“Maybe there’s nothing there. Maybe it’s bigger than we thought. We don’t know,” he said at a news conference in Iceland. “We’re watching it very closely and I think the whole world is watching it very closely."

“We encourage Russia to be more transparent and share more information with the world,” Rubio said, adding this has so far been “quite limited, but hopefully that will change in the next few hours and days.”

Ian Jones, professor of virology at the University of Reading, said that “plague carries a huge history and is still present in many parts of the world, including Russia,” although because of modern living conditions and antibiotics, its potential was limited.

Dr. Glenn Wortmann, at the MedStar Washington Hospital Center, said the bacteria that cause plague don't “travel very far” and a person would “really need to be face-to-face” with an infected person to get pneumonic plague.

“The chance of this spreading widely in Russia and then extending here to the U.S. will not happen, not with this type of bacteria, because it’s not spread easily and we have antibiotics to stop it from spreading,” he added.

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Associated Press writers Dasha Litvinova in Tallinn, Estonia, and Matthew Lee in Reykjavik, Iceland, contributed to this report.

The government is moving to vacate a preliminary injunction put in place by U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis preventing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from detaining and deporting Ábrego Garcia to the West African country of Liberia. His legal team is seeking to make the injunction permanent. The judge left previous orders in place last December and ordered him released from custody.

The Salvadoran national’s case became a focal point in the immigration debate after he was mistakenly deported to his home country last year. Since his return, he has been fighting a second deportation to an African country as proposed by Department of Homeland Security officials.

Ábrego Garcia argued that if he were going to be deported, it should be to Costa Rica, which previously agreed to take him. But Todd Lyons, the former acting director of ICE, said in a March 2026 memo that deporting Ábrego Garcia to Costa Rica would be “prejudicial to the United States," because the U.S. had expended resources and political capital negotiating with Liberia to accept third-country nationals.

The push for deportation to Liberia continued even after the U.S. signed an agreement with Costa Rica to accept deportees who cannot legally be returned to their home countries.

“The government is leading the same rodeo as many times before. Sending Kilmar to Costa Rica is on the table. However, the government continues to punish him for pursuing his constitutional rights and seeks to ship him to Liberia," said Jossie Flor Sapunar, the national communications director for We Are CASA, an activist group that has supported Ábrego Garcia and his family and intends to be at the courthouse. “Kilmar has become an international symbol of due process, a symbol which the Trump administration wants to silence.”

She added in an email that the family deserves privacy, either at home in Maryland or in Costa Rica.

Ábrego Garcia, 31, has an American wife and child and has lived in Maryland for years, but he immigrated to the U.S. illegally as a teenager. In 2019, an immigration judge ruled that he could not be deported to El Salvador because he faced danger there from a gang that had threatened his family.

He was arrested in Baltimore in March 2025 after picking up his then-5-year-old son, who has autism and other disabilities, from his grandmother’s house, according to court papers.

Ábrego Garcia was then sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador known as CECOT, which activists say is rife with abuses and where inmates are packed into cells and never allowed outside. ICE officials admitted in court filings that his deportation there was an “administrative error.”

Facing public pressure and a court order, President Donald Trump's Republican administration brought him back in June 2025, but only after securing an indictment charging him with human smuggling in Tennessee. A federal judge dismissed that case in May 2026, finding that the Justice Department’s pursuit of criminal charges was designed to punish Ábrego Garcia for challenging his deportation. The government is appealing.

Según el Departamento de Policía de Miami, los agentes llegaron alrededor de las 4 a.m. a la zona de la avenida 7 y la calle 7 del noroeste. Habían recibido reportes de un hombre tendido en la calle.

Cuando llegaron, los paramédicos de Miami Fire Rescue ya llevaban a la víctima a un hospital, donde ingresó en estado crítico, confirmaron las autoridades. El hombre murió más tarde a causa de sus heridas.

Según la policía, una investigación preliminar determinó que el hombre iba en scooter cuando lo impactó un vehículo. El conductor huyó del lugar.

La policía no ha divulgado más información sobre el vehículo ni sobre el conductor.

La investigación continúa.

Cualquier persona con información puede comunicarse con el Departamento de Policía de Miami o con Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers al 305-471-8477.

According to the Miami Police Department, officers responded to the area of Northwest Seventh Avenue and Northwest Seventh Street at approximately 4 a.m. after receiving reports of a man down in the roadway.

When officers arrived, Miami Fire Rescue medics were already transporting the victim to a hospital, where he was listed in critical condition, authorities confirmed. The victim later died from his injuries.

A preliminary investigation determined that the man had been riding a scooter when he was struck by a vehicle whose driver fled the scene, police said.

Police have not released additional information about the vehicle or driver involved.

The investigation remains ongoing.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Miami Police Department or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.

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Video shows a dark-colored SUV that crashed into the valet ramp at Oceanside Plaza Condominium.

The building is located at 5555 Collins Ave. on Mid-Beach.

Following the crash, the SUV could be seen wedged in the concrete of the ramp and hanging off the side.

According to authorities, a senior couple was inside the SUV at the time of the crash, but no major injuries were reported.

Police said one of them “mistakenly pressed the accelerator instead of the brake, causing the vehicle to strike a structural column of the condominium building.”

Both “sustained minor injuries and were transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center as a precaution due to their age,” police said.

Dubbed “Operation Pink Panther,” police said the investigation resulted in the seizure of more than 70 pounds of illegal drugs and nearly $50,000 in suspected drug proceeds.

Police said the case began as a narcotics investigation in 2025 when detectives “infiltrated a private WhatsApp group used to advertise and sell wholesale quantities of narcotics.”

Determining there was a larger distribution network operating throughout the county, detectives said they found another WhatsApp group which featured a Pink Panther logo in April. That group chat, investigators said, “was being used to arrange narcotics transactions.”

Police said four people were arrested in the operation, and they were identified as Jhon Ramirez, 39, Santiago Lujan, 25, Cesar Suppa, 30, and Matias Serrano, 29.

Body camera footage showing how the suspects were apprehended was among the information released by authorities on Monday.

“‘Operation Pink Panther’ involves multiple subjects with one ringleader, and not only targeted nightclubs in the EDM space within Miami Beach, but they also targeted visitors, residents, and others who would purchase from them,” said Miami Beach Police Public Information Officer Christopher Bess.

The drugs seized included cocaine, mushrooms, ketamine, LSD, and meth, police said.

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According to the Florida Department of Health in Broward County, the case of dengue was locally-acquired.

The DOH in Broward County, along with Broward County Mosquito Control, said Monday that they, “are coordinating surveillance, prevention, and control efforts.”

Broward County officials said they have sprayed the area where the case was located, but they wouldn’t disclose a location.

“Dengue can present as a flu-like illness with severe muscle aches and joint pain, fever, and sometimes a rash,” the FDOH stated in a news release. “Usually, there are no respiratory symptoms. Symptoms of dengue will appear within 14 days after being bitten by an infected mosquito. Dengue fever is not contagious but is transmitted by the bite of an infected Aedes aegypti mosquito.”

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Late Friday night, Shaquille Palmer turned himself in at the Miramar Police Department.

Body camera footage of his arrest was obtained by Local 10 News, which shows him being escorted out of the lobby in handcuffs and walked outside.

Palmer, 33, of Oakland Park, is accused of stealing more than $250,000 in pricey handbags from the woman he worked for, social media influencer Stormy Wellington.

Initially, authorities arrested the wrong person in the case.

When the mugshot of the alleged suspect was released, Wellington told Local 10 News that wasn’t the person who stole from her.

“That’s not the gentleman,” she said. “They arrested the wrong guy.”

That person was released, leading to a manhunt on Friday that ended later that evening when Palmer walked into the Miramar police headquarters.

He explained his side to investigators, but that body camera footage has not been released.

Palmer appeared in court over the weekend and was granted a $150,000 bond. As of Monday afternoon, he remained behind bars at the Broward Main Jail.

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The “Cornell 7″ are a group of Chi Phi fraternity members at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, who are accused of drugging and gang-raping a female student in 2024.

One of them, according to Local 10 News sources, attended prep school at NSU University School before going to Cornell and then coming to NSU.

In a letter to NSU students, faculty and staff, President and CEO Harry Moon confirmed the allegations “may involve a student who later transferred to NSU.”

“At the time of admission, the university was not aware of allegations subsequently reported in media,” Moon said in a statement Monday. “Once we learned of the reported incident, we acted immediately on behalf of the safety and well-being of our students and the NSU community. Because this matter involves federal law regarding an individual student, the university is legally restricted by federal regulations that limit what the university can share.”

Moon did not name the student involved, but added in his statement that the university is monitoring the situation and will stay vigilant while making it clear that he is not aware of any current threat to the university’s community.

Some students on campus Monday told Local 10 News they were frustrated that the president didn’t confirm whether the student was expelled or suspended.

They said they want to know for sure that he’s gone.

“Obviously, it doesn’t say if he’s been removed or if he’s still here or any of that,” said NSU student Mars Rivera.

In the Cornell case, the woman known as Jane Doe filed a civil lawsuit against the men, her sorority and Cornell University last month, among others, sparking a nationwide conversation about sexual assault, campus safety and institutional accountability.

Olvin Cabrera Valladares amaba el fútbol y era estudiante de Citrus Grove K-8 Center, en Miami. Su madre dijo a Local 10 News que el joven de 13 años murió la semana pasada después de un extraño accidente en un parque de Miami.

“Era mi bebé, mi hijo menor, apenas tenía 13 años. Tenía toda una vida por delante”, dijo Villadares. “Él solo quería jugar y, tristemente, fue jugando que perdió la vida”.

La mañana del 25 de septiembre, Olvin debía estar en la escuela.

En cambio, su madre dice que tomó su scooter y recorrió dos millas hacia el sur hasta Shenandoah Park, ubicado en 1800 SW 21st Ave. Dice que se enteró de lo que ocurrió después por un hombre que llegó al parque más tarde ese día con sus hijos y descubrió a Olvin atrapado dentro del tobogán.

“Me dijo que tiró de él, pero estaba atrapado en un tornillo”, dijo. “Volvió a tirar y mi hijo cayó. Su brazo estaba dentro de su camisa y el cuello de su camisa estaba apretado alrededor de su cuello”.

El tobogán está revestido con tornillos.

Los que Local 10 News pudo observar con nuestra cámara estaban planos, pero el testigo le dijo a la madre de Olvin que estaba colgando en medio del tubo por el cuello de su camiseta, que quedó atrapado en un tornillo y lo asfixió.

Después de ser trasladado de urgencia al hospital, Olvin fue puesto bajo soporte vital.

Una semana después, fue declarado con muerte cerebral.

“Como madre, es muy difícil perder a un hijo”, dijo Valladares. “Nunca pensé que perdería a mi hijo”.

El día en que Olvin fue encontrado, la ciudad de Miami cerró el parque por lo que calificó como una “investigación no criminal”.

SKY 10 sobrevoló la escena y pudo ver un área de juegos rodeada de cinta amarilla.

Ni el Departamento de Policía de Miami ni la ciudad han confirmado la supuesta secuencia de los hechos.

No está claro si el tobogán fue inspeccionado o reparado después del incidente, pero para el día siguiente, el parque ya estaba abierto nuevamente y el tobogán volvía a estar en uso.

“Tengo un mensaje para los padres”, dijo Villadares. “Tengan cuidado al llevar a sus hijos a estos parques. Miren la tragedia que le ocurrió a mi hijo”.

Local 10 News se comunicó con la alcaldesa de Miami, Eileen Higgins, el comisionado de Miami Rolando Escalona y el departamento de parques y recreación de la ciudad para solicitar un comentario o una entrevista.

Un portavoz de la ciudad respondió por correo electrónico, diciendo:

“El asunto está bajo investigación y la ciudad no puede hacer más comentarios”.

La madre de Olvin está tratando de recaudar dinero para pagar su inesperado funeral y ha creado una página de GoFundMe.

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Olvin Cabrera Valladares loved soccer and was a student at Miami’s Citrus Grove K-8 Center. His mother told Local 10 News the 13-year-old died last week after a freak accident at a Miami park.

“He was my baby, my youngest, just 13 years old. He had his whole life ahead of him,” said Valladares. “He just wanted to play, and sadly, it was playing that took his life.”

On the morning of Sept. 25, Olvin was supposed to be at school.

Instead, his mom says he rode his scooter 2 miles south to Shenandoah Park, located at 1800 SW 21st Ave. She says she learned what happened next from a man who came to the park later that day with his kids and discovered Olvin stuck inside the slide.

“He told me he pulled on him, but he was caught on a screw,” she said. “He pulled again, and my son fell out. His arm was inside of his shirt, and his collar was tight around his neck.”

The slide is lined with screws.

The ones Local 10 News could observe with our camera were flat, but the witness told Olvin’s mother he was hanging in the middle of the tube by his T-shirt collar, which became caught on a screw and choked him.

After being rushed to the hospital, Olvin was placed on life support.

One week later, he was declared brain dead.

“As a mother, it’s very hard to lose a son,” said Valladares. “I never thought I would lose my son.”

The day Olvin was found, the city of Miami closed the park for what it called a “non-criminal investigation.”

Sky 10 flew over the scene and could see a playground surrounded by yellow tape.

Neither the Miami Police Department nor the city have confirmed the alleged chain of events.

It’s unclear whether the slide was inspected or repaired after the incident, but by the next day, the park was back open and the slide was back in use.

“I have a message for parents,” said Valladares. “Be careful taking your children to these parks. Look at the tragedy that happened to my son.”

Local 10 News reached out to Miami Mayor Eileen Higgins, Miami Commissioner Rolando Escalona and the city’s Parks and Recreation Department for a comment or an interview.

A city spokesperson responded via email, saying, “The matter is under investigation, and the city cannot comment further.”

Olvin’s mother is trying to raise money to pay for his unexpected funeral and has started a GoFundMe page.

The number of petitions asking the justices to intervene quickly has skyrocketed during President Donald Trump's second administration, putting the court at the center of hotly debated issues such as the Republican president's new ballroom construction and his proposed restrictions on mail ballots in the midterm elections.

The number of emergency applications now rivals the annual tally of cases the justices consider with full briefing and oral arguments, Alito wrote in a new book released Tuesday.

The justice told The Associated Press in a rare interview that the rhetoric about the court from Trump and his administration doesn't sit well with him.

“I personally am not pleased with that," he said. “Everybody in this country has the right to criticize what we do. The substance of their criticism can be quite harsh. If we deserve it, then that’s fine. But rhetoric is a different story."

Alito spoke in connection with his first book, “So Ordered: An Originalist’s View of The Constitution, The Court and Our Country.”

Coming 20 years after he was confirmed to the court after his nomination by President George W. Bush, a Republican, the book is a collection of speeches the 76-year-old has given over the years on religious liberty, his judicial philosophy and constitutional rights.

Alito calls it ‘offensive’ to cast his opinions as MAGA

Alito is perhaps best known for writing the decision that reversed Roe v. Wade and ended abortion as a nationwide right, and he has been one of the most consistent members of the court’s conservative bloc. He’s also voted in favor of some of Trump’s signature policies, even those the rest of the conservative wing has struck down. But he rejects the idea that his decisions are in the “Make America Great Again” camp.

“It’s offensive," he said. “I honestly try to decide every single case on the merits, every single application on the merit. And that’s true whether the president is Donald Trump or Joe Biden or Barack Obama or anybody else.”

Trump, for his part, has cheered Alito as “one of the Greatest of All Time” even as he maligned justices whom he appointed as “unpatriotic” and “merely a shell of their original selves." Alito said the harsh rhetoric from across the spectrum doesn’t affect how the justices rule but does play a role in the public’s declining trust in the court.

“The terms used by presidents and by members of their administration, Cabinet officers, other high-ranking officers in describing the Supreme Court and their decisions, and sometimes individual justices, is far different from what we saw 15 years ago," Alito said.

Much of the president’s frustration has come after the court ruled against him on some of his central initiatives, including tariffs and birthright citizenship. Those decisions have been handed down after months of consideration, including oral arguments.

Surge in court's emergency decisions is likely ‘going to continue’

In emergency decisions, by contrast, the president has a much stronger track record of wins.

Typically made in days or weeks, emergency orders are designed to be temporary, lasting only as cases continue to play out in lower courts. But since that process can take years, those decisions can still have important real-world consequences.

Critics, including Alito's liberal-leaning colleague Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, have complained about the court's recent handling of the emergency docket and outlined proposed steps the justices could take.

Alito, though, said there's little the court can do to stem the tide. Presidents have increasingly used executive orders to enact their policies rather than passing laws through Congress, leading to lawsuits and “robust” decisions from lower-court judges that send a case quickly to the Supreme Court, he said.

“Unless something changes there, and I don’t foresee it right now, I’m afraid this is going to continue,” he said. “An application is something that I think we have to rule on."

Alito says recusal from climate change case wasn't required but a ‘judgment call’

Alito also detailed his decision to step away from hearing a climate change case that opened the term. Dozens of similar lawsuits have been filed on whether cities can sue oil and gas companies over damage linked to global warming. Billions of dollars could be at stake, a potentially serious threat to the industry, according to court documents.

Alito had faced calls to recuse himself because he owns stock in oil companies. He told the AP that the stock came from an inheritance his wife received from her father that she doesn’t want to sell.

He initially stayed on the case because he doesn't have stock in the companies involved, he said, adding that the court’s legal office agreed that he could hear the case under its ethics code.

But as he delved deeper into the substance of the case, he decided to step aside.

“This particular decision was a judgment call,” he said. “I gave it very, very serious consideration.”

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Unconfirmed media reports said a major fuel depot in the Moscow region was on fire after the attack that killed two people.

Ukraine’s domestically developed long-range drones and, increasingly, missiles have allowed Kyiv to hit Russian soil during the more than 4 ½ years since Moscow’s forces launched a full-scale invasion. It has hit targets as far east as the Urals and Siberia.

The bigger Russian military’s air superiority during the war has made aerial attacks on civilian areas of Ukraine routine.

Ukrainian officials are now bracing for what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Tuesday is an upcoming “massive” aerial attack by Russia.

“Today, we received updated intelligence on Russia’s preparations for a massive strike. We are preparing countermeasures,” Zelenskyy said on social media. “We set deadlines for a significant part of the tasks, and the highest-priority ones are already being implemented.”

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said last week that Kyiv estimates Russia is holding 600 ballistic missiles in reserve and can produce up to 140 ballistic missiles per month. Without ammunition for its U.S.-made Patriot air defense systems, which is in short supply, Ukraine is at the mercy of Russia's ballistic weapons.

Ukraine fires more than 700 drones toward the Moscow region

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 650 drones flew toward the Moscow region between Monday evening and Tuesday morning. Most were destroyed far away, and 105 were downed as they approached the city, he said.

Sobyanin later reported 68 more drones targeting Moscow were downed during daylight on Tuesday morning.

Ukraine has regularly targeted Russian oil refineries and storage depots, claiming last weekend that it had disabled 51% of Russia’s oil refining capacity. The claim could not be independently verified. Russian President Vladimir Putin said last week that the attacks had cost Russia roughly 1% of its gross domestic product.

Russia has traditionally been the world’s third-largest producer of refined fuel products from crude, after the U.S. and China. The Kremlin has banned diesel exports due to the Ukrainian strikes, pushing global prices higher. That prompted U.S. President Donald Trump last month to urge Ukraine to stop hitting Russia’s refineries.

After hitting Kyiv bridges, Russia targets a bridge in southern Ukraine

After several days of targeting bridges in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, as part of a campaign to make civilian life difficult, Russia attacked one of the bridges over the Dnipro River in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, according to Mykhailo Semikin, the regional military administration chief.

Traffic across the bridge was temporarily suspended as a result of the attack, he said.

A nighttime Russian attack on a Zaporizhzhia residential building wounded five people and a daylight strike on a warehouse in the city caused a large fire, regional head Mikhail Semikin said.

Russian forces are also trying to choke shipping in Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea, denying Kyiv vital grain export revenue.

The Russian Defense Ministry said its forces overnight struck targets in Ukraine's southern Odesa region on the Black Sea coast with drones. An ammunition depot was hit, as were a bulk carrier in the Chornomorsk port carrying dual-use goods and port infrastructure in Izmail, the ministry said.

A Russian drone strike hit a cargo ship flying the flag of the Marshall Islands in the Black Sea, killing one person and wounding seven others, Odesa regional governor Oleh Kiper said. The vessel was carrying rapeseed oil, he said.

Moscow warns against a bigger US presence in Lithuania

Asked about Lithuania’s offer to host a U.S. military base and the Lithuanian parliament voting on a bill to allow the deployment of nuclear weapons in the country, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the moves would escalate tensions.

“If military infrastructure belonging to a key NATO member moves closer to our borders, then naturally, this can only be perceived as a step toward escalating tensions, just like the deployment of nuclear weapons on the territory of a neighboring state,” Peskov told reporters.

Trump said Monday he would consider establishing a permanent U.S. military base in Lithuania, one of three small Baltic states seen as particularly vulnerable to Russia.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned last month that Moscow is planning hybrid strikes with drones or rockets on European countries supporting Ukraine, which include Poland and Lithuania.

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Police identified 39-year-old Luu Thanh Binh as the alleged leader of the network. He and 11 others were being investigated for theft, state media said Monday.

Investigators said Binh bought stolen cats, kept them at a facility in the city’s north and resold them for meat. He worked with suppliers who recruited others to ride motorcycles through residential neighborhoods between 11 p.m. and 4 a.m., hunting for cats and trapping four to 10 cats each night.

Eating dog and cat meat is not unique to Vietnam and has been practiced in parts of Asia, though it is not common practice. In Vietnam, cat meat traditionally is more commonly consumed in the north, among older generations.

The practice has declined with growing pet ownership and urbanization, and younger Vietnamese are more likely to regard dogs and cats as companion animals.

In 2024, more than 250,000 people signed a petition calling for an end to Vietnam’s dog and cat meat trade. The city of Hoi An also pledged in 2021 to end the sale and consumption of dog and cat meat.

Some believe eating cat meat brings good luck, though there is no scientific evidence for such claims.

Police raided the network on July 8 and found about 50 cats and dozens of traps, state media reported.

The suspects told investigators they had stolen and sold about 2,700 cats, the reports said. Police did not say how long the operation had been running.

Police returned 13 of the cats confiscated in the raid to their owners. A nonprofit animal rights group was caring for the others while authorities sought to identify their owners.

Under Vietnamese law, dogs and cats are considered private property, and stealing them is considered theft. Criminal prosecution generally applies when the value of the stolen property exceeds 2 million dong ($77).

In a separate raid in June, police reported they had rescued more than 400 cats. At least 40 were reunited with their owners, but dozens of dead cats were found packed in ice.

Nearly three years after the Palestinian militant Hamas group's Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel, conflict in the Middle East has persisted almost without interruption, spreading across the region, including to Iran, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen.

Here is the latest news from the Middle East on Tuesday. Full coverage is available here.

Saudis say 2 airports were hit as fighting grinds on with Houthis

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday acknowledged that two of its airports were attacked, leaving three lightly injured, hours after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels said they fired missiles and drones at the kingdom.

The attacks were the latest in the conflict between the two sides.

Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation said in a statement that airports in the cities of Najran and Jizan were hit on Monday, damaging both facilities. The statement did not say who was responsible but followed a Houthi announcement of attacks on Saudi oil facilities, airports and military bases on Monday.

Houthi Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree said in a statement on Tuesday the rebels had fired toward a third airport on Tuesday as part of their strategy to deter air traffic to Saudi Arabia. The Associated Press could not confirm whether the Houthis had hit Abha International Airport in the kingdom's southwest. Saudi authorities did not immediately comment on the claimed strike.

Saudi Arabia and its allies in Yemen’s internationally recognized government have launched a military campaign to reclaim Houthi-controlled territory near the southern tip of the Red Sea to prevent disruptions to oil being exported out of the region.

2 killed in Israeli strike in Gaza

Two Israeli airstrikes killed two people and severely injured at least one in Gaza City, health officials at the city’s Shifa Hospital said.

The Israeli military said it targeted militants in both strikes, including one near the municipal park, a densely populated part of the city.

It was the latest deadly attack since a ceasefire took effect nearly a year ago. More than 1,460 Palestinians have been killed since then, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, whose figures are generally considered reliable by the United Nations and independent experts.

Netanyahu warns of potential attack related to Israel's upcoming vote

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Hamas could attack Israel in a bid to influence the outcome of the country's elections later this month. Netanyahu, who is locked in a tough battle for re-election in a campaign largely centered on security, did not publicly provide evidence for the claim.

“Precisely because Hamas is so weak, it will try to challenge us with its remaining strength ahead of the elections in an attempt to influence them,” Netanyahu said at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday.

He said Israel was prepared to fend off any such attack and would “respond with tremendous force if they make that mistake.”

The statement came on the eve of the three-year anniversary of the attack in which Hamas-led militants killed some 1,200 people and took another 251 as hostages from southern Israel.

In recent days, Netanyahu's political opponents have pointed to the thwarted FlyDubai cockpit attack as the latest example of Netanyahu’s government failing to manage security threats.

Israel demolishes Palestinian apartments in east Jerusalem

Israeli authorities tore down a five-story building in east Jerusalem on Tuesday, the latest in a string of home demolitions to hit predominantly Palestinian neighborhoods in the city.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir attended the demolition and said that Israeli authorities had demolished more than 10,000 structures built without permits over the past year and a half.

Palestinians say the process of procuring construction permits is nearly impossible for them in east Jerusalem. Israel annexed East Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war. Today it is home to almost 400,000 Palestinians.

Fayez Saeed Khalafawi, an apartment owner in the demolished building, said his family received notice of the demolition on Monday. He had requested a postponement for an appeal. He said he had applied for four permits and that dozens of residents could be displaced as a result.

“This has become political ... a displacement process. They demolish our house so we put up a tent. Where are we supposed to go?” he said.

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Sinner has not played since July when he beat Alexander Zverev in the Wimbledon final. He withdrew from the U.S. Open because of a right knee injury.

“Me, together with the doctors, have decided that I need a course of treatment for my knee, which means that the 2026 season is officially over,” Sinner said on Tuesday in a video message on Instagram. “I also need to think about my long-term career so I will do everything possible to get back 100%.”

Sinner risks losing the No. 1 ranking while he’s out.

Sinner had already announced he would miss the upcoming Shanghai Masters. Now he’ll also miss the Paris Masters and the ATP Finals in November. Plus, he won’t be able to play for host and three-time defending champion Italy in the Davis Cup Final 8.

But if Sinner does return at the start of next year he could play the Australian Open — the next Grand Slam — which starts Jan. 17.

“On the advice of his medical team, Jannik Sinner will follow a course of treatment for inflammation in his knee,” a statement from Sinner’s management team said. “The decision has been made to have the treatment now to give Jannik the necessary time to recover before beginning preparations for 2027."

The 25-year-old Sinner has won five Grand Slam titles. He also had a 30-match winning streak this year before his meltdown in a second-round defeat at the French Open amid a Paris heat wave.

Carlos Alcaraz, Sinner's main rival, missed 4 ½ months this year due to a right wrist injury.

Meanwhile, Alexander Zverev won two of the four Grand Slam titles and is nearing the No. 1 ranking.

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Health Minister Aden Duale said a Kenyan citizen who arrived in the country on Saturday from Congo via its neighbor Uganda had been isolated and treated at Nairobi Hospital, where he tested positive for the Ebola virus and died late Monday.

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

The current outbreak was declared in mid-May, months after it had been spreading in a remote part of eastern Congo. At least 8,400 cases have been recorded, including over 4,000 deaths, according to government data, making it the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease in history.

Kenya had never had an outbreak of Ebola, according to the Kenya Medical Research Institute.

The country hosts a United States-funded isolation center for American citizens exposed to Ebola to quarantine for 21 days before traveling back to the U.S. The isolation facility faced legal battles and deadly protests by locals who feared it was exposing them to the virus.

Dozens of contacts have either been identified or are being traced

Kenya is the fourth country to record an Ebola case in the current outbreak, which was declared in eastern Congo in mid-May. Uganda has recorded 20 cases and France one. Before Kenya reported its case, there had been no active cases outside Congo since Uganda declared its outbreak over in late August.

Health authorities in Kenya have placed the country's border points on high alert and are monitoring for possible additional cases.

Duale said 28 contacts, including family members and health workers who cared for the patient, had been identified. Another 23 passengers who traveled on the same flight from Uganda were being traced.

He said the patient had been living in Congo for the past seven years and fell ill about a month ago. He was treated at various hospitals before traveling by road to Kampala, where he boarded a flight to Nairobi, arriving on Saturday afternoon.

The contacts will remain in isolation for 21 days and will be released after testing negative for the virus, the ministry’s director, Patrick Amoth, said.

Amoth added that the patient was screened at the airport but, because he was already undergoing treatment, the screening process did not detect any symptoms.

The patient’s relatives later took him in a private vehicle to Nairobi Hospital, where he was immediately isolated. He will be buried within 24 hours in accordance with recommended public safety protocols.

The minister said Kenya had tested 267 samples at five laboratories across the country since May before this first case was detected.

Ebola outbreak in Congo is spreading quickly in difficult conditions

In Congo, where the outbreak has spread to seven provinces, responders are battling some of the worst conditions imaginable. They have faced attacks on health teams, misinformation about the virus, a failure by locals to report symptoms and rebel violence which has limited access to treatment centers.

While cases have slowed in Ituri province, the epicenter, the outbreak is spreading in emerging hot spots in North Kivu and South Kivu provinces.

“It is like fighting a megafire. Multiple outbreaks are developing at the same time, with varying intensity and in different locations,” Stéphanie Hoffmann with Doctors Without Borders, known by its French acronym MSF, said in a statement.

The World Health Organization has warned this could surpass the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history, which erupted over a decade ago and killed over 11,000 people in West Africa.

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As pupils again blockaded high schools, large crowds waving flags and placards gathered in Marseille, Strasbourg and other cities. The demonstrations showed how protests that began at a high school in the Paris region in mid-September have grown into a nationwide movement — the latest of many that have marked Macron’s nearly decade-long tenure.

“We need to listen to them,” said Léa Monimart, a demonstrator in the northern city of Lille. “They are 17 years old; they are not completely clueless, and they know what they are talking about. It’s important to show that there are adults who support them.”

The Interior Ministry estimated that 86,000 people took part in demonstrations outside Paris on Tuesday morning. More were gathering in the capital for a protest scheduled for the afternoon.

More than two weeks of class boycotts and school blockades, and policing that has led to more than 6,100 arrests, mostly of minors, have become a flashpoint in the early days of the presidential election campaign.

Felix Barney, a university student, described the police response as disproportionate. “It doesn’t have any sense to hit minors,” he said.

“Riot police, batons, rubber bullets, tear gas,” said Aurélien Le Coq, a lawmaker with the far-left France Unbowed party. Its presidential candidate is strongly backing the protests.

The violence is “absolutely unbearable,” Le Coq said.

The teenage protesters have struck a chord amid widespread discontent in France. Frustrations extend beyond immediate difficulties, such as fuel prices that have soared because of the Iran war, to broader concerns about constraints on public spending, rising poverty and wealth inequality under Macron, who cannot run for a third consecutive term.

Against that backdrop, pupils’ complaints that education funding shortfalls are endangering their futures have found a sympathetic audience.

“You say ‘young people are the future,’ so listen to them,” read a handwritten placard attached to a metal barrier outside a Paris school.

Ministry offers online portal for complaints

At the Hélène Boucher lycée, or high school, in Paris' 20th district, protesters tipped trash cans and bicycles on their sides to create a makeshift barricade.

Like hundreds of others around the country, the school was closed. Authorities began shutting schools last week to take some steam out of the demonstrations after widespread damage to schools and mounting injuries among staff, students and police. Classes were totally or partially suspended Tuesday at 891 schools, according to the Education Ministry.

Facing accusations that it was ignoring protesters, the ministry launched an online portal inviting high school students to anonymously describe the difficulties they face at school and the changes they want to see.

Interior Minister Laurent Nunez on Tuesday defended policing methods used against high schoolers, despite a growing list of gruesome injuries blamed on officers' riot-control weapons. The latest was a 15-year-old boy who lost a hand on Monday in an incident involving a police stun grenade.

Nunez said the police response has been proportionate in “almost all cases.”

The widespread use of arrests, tear gas and riot-control weapons against teenagers is fueling defiance and angering some parents and teachers. Nunez said protests transformed at times into rioting, requiring police intervention. He said 715 officers have been injured.

Student protests have drawn attention to rundown classrooms

At Hélène Boucher, parents and other adults positioned themselves Tuesday between protesters and police keeping watch.

“They are our children. Teachers, parents, federations, we all share the same goal: the protection of children’s rights, and it is a legitimate right to demonstrate and to make demands,” said Emilia Sichili Suriam, who is a member of an association of parents.

Demonstrators have voiced a range of grievances, often centering on a lack of resources and opportunities for students in disadvantaged schools despite the promise of France’s national motto: “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.”

Students have drawn attention to rundown classrooms that lack basics such as desks and chairs, become sweltering in summer without air conditioning and, in some cases, are infested with rats. Other common complaints include staff shortages and exhausting workloads. French high school students’ compulsory classroom hours are among the highest in Europe.

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“It was a great surprise, and I obviously didn’t expect it,” Halzen said, speaking to the Nobel Physics Committee by phone from Italy, in a call broadcast at the news conference to announce the winner.

Halzen said it was predicted that he would win the prize, but the announcement still made him feel “strange.”

“I am working on a proposal, and I hope that this prize will help getting it approved,” he said to chuckles from the audience.

Halzen paved the way for a new kind of astronomy

Neutrinos are tiny cosmic particles with no electrical charge and extraordinarily small mass, making them difficult to detect. Yet they are everywhere: They spew from stars like the sun, and trillions zip through our bodies every second.

Scientists cannot glimpse the mysterious ghost particles zooming around on their own, so they measure what happens when the particles collide with other bits of matter. Neutrinos bump into other particles only rarely, so scientists build large detectors to improve their odds of catching collisions.

Halzen had the idea to turn the vast Antarctic ice into such a detector. The Nobel committee said his work was instrumental to the construction of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in Antarctica, which glimpsed the first high-energy neutrinos from faraway galaxies.

“This experiment in the Antarctic is a revolutionary way of understanding the universe that we didn’t have before,” said Michael Moloney, chief executive officer for the American Institute of Physics.

When a neutrino interacts with ice in the detector, it produces a flash of light that’s picked up by sensors. The transparent ice makes it easier for scientists to pick up on faint signals from the mysterious ghost particles, and the sensors are buried about 8,200 feet (2,500 meters) deep to protect against interference from cosmic rays and radiation.

The 82-year-old scientist is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the U.S., which operates the observatory. Efforts by The Associated Press to reach him were not immediately successful.

Halzen helped pull the curtain back on a rare gang of neutrinos that scientists say hold clues about the development of the universe.

“It’s all part of working out the story of where we are in the universe, what’s our place in the universe, how did our galaxy form?” said Jonathan Bagger, chief executive officer of the American Physical Society.

In a post on social media, Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever said Halzen is the 11th Belgian to win a Nobel Prize. De Wever called the award “impressive recognition for a lifetime dedicated to shedding light on the great mysteries of the cosmos through its smallest components.”

A representative from the IceCube Neutrino Observatory did not immediately return a request for comment. The University of Wisconsin–Madison did not immediately comment when reached by the AP.

Prize money is about $1.2 million

Ellen Moons, secretary-general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, announced the award Tuesday in Stockholm. She is the first woman to head the prestigious academy and present the award.

The prize money this year is 12 million Swedish kronor (about $1.2 million), whether for an individual, a small group of laureates or an organization.

Last year, three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics for research on the strange behavior of subatomic particles called quantum tunneling that enabled the ultrasensitive measurements achieved by MRI machines and laid the groundwork for better cellphones and faster computers.

The announcements of this year's prizes began Monday with the Nobel Prize in medicine being awarded to three scientists whose work led to a tool that uses light to help unravel how the brain works.

This week's awards continue Wednesday with the chemistry prize and literature on Thursday. After Friday’s peace prize is awarded, the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences will be announced Monday.

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On Monday night, he sent New York home in a huge playoff hole.

Palacios laced a two-run single to cap a four-run fifth inning that propelled the Tampa Bay Rays to a 5-2 victory and a 2-0 lead over the sloppy Yankees in their best-of-five AL Division Series.

“When I’m getting clutch hits, it doesn’t really matter who I’m playing against,” Palacios said. “But it’s very special to do this in a postseason against a team I grew up watching.”

The 29-year-old second baseman, who also doubled off Gerrit Cole in the series opener, came to bat with two outs in the fifth against left-handed reliever Brent Headrick.

With his parents in the stands and runners on second and third, Palacios got a green light from manager Kevin Cash on a 3-0 count and fouled off a 90 mph fastball. The left-handed hitter then fouled off three more pitches before lining a base hit to center field that gave Tampa Bay a 5-1 cushion.

“Probably the biggest hit in the game for us,” Cash said.

A fired-up Palacios gestured toward his teammates in the dugout as he celebrated at first base.

“If I got a green light with a 3-0,” Palacios said, “that means Cashy probably wants me swinging if it’s a pitch over the plate. Swung at one, missed it, and then just locked back in. Was able to relax myself and get a hit there.”

Game 3 is Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium, where the Rays will try for a series sweep.

It will be a homecoming of sorts for Palacios, who is playing in his first postseason. Palacios attended The Berkeley Carroll School in the New York City borough of Brooklyn and then Towson University in Maryland before getting selected by Cleveland in the third round of the 2018 amateur draft.

He was acquired by the St. Louis Cardinals for cash in June 2023 and then traded to Tampa Bay for reliever Andrew Kittredge in January 2024.

The 5-foot-8 Palacios batted .235 with 10 home runs, 57 RBIs and a .704 OPS in 124 games this season. He also stole 17 bases, and rewarded the AL East champion Rays for their confidence in him by hitting .283 with five homers, 18 RBIs, six steals and a .981 OPS over 20 games in September.

“Look, we’re seeing a healthy player. We’ve seen Richie in the past when, before his knee injuries, where he could really help us on both sides of the ball. There’s a lot of versatility there with outfield, infield. Really stayed in the infield throughout the course of this season,” Cash said.

“But, I mean, he seems as much as anybody in our lineup to really rise to the occasion when we need him to come through. He’s come through so many times for us.”

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Futures for the S&P 500 rose 0.4% before the opening bell, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.6%, as did Nasdaq futures.

Surging oil prices and bond yields have added to challenges for the broader stock market and companies in general, but expectations for strong company earnings have helped support stocks’ recent rallies.

With little economic data coming this week, markets will continue to monitor geopolitical news as well as a handful of quarterly financial results from Levi's, PepsiCo and Delta Air Lines before earnings season kicks into high gear next week.

Oil prices were down about 2% early Tuesday. Brent crude, the international standard, was down $1.99 to $98.33 per barrel, back to below the $100 mark, but still much higher than the roughly $72 a barrel level of late February.

Benchmark U.S. crude gave up $1.83 to $87.60 per barrel.

Analysts say upward pressures on oil prices have eased as larger volumes of oil have been crossing the Strait of Hormuz and oil flows through Saudi Arabia’s key East-West pipeline have been recovering, although tensions between the U.S. and Iran are still high.

“While there are growing signs of a recovery in oil flows from the Persian Gulf, the market remains nervous about potential supply disruptions from the region. This is keeping prices well-supported for now,” ING commodities strategists Warren Patterson and Ewa Manthey wrote in a commentary on Tuesday.

In the bond market, U.S. Treasury yields were near their multi-decade highs. The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield eased to around 5.26%, after it briefly crossed the 5.35% mark, its highest level since 2002.

Investors are looking for higher returns to hold government bonds, as inflationary pressures have been rising, driven in part by the energy shock from the Iran war, while U.S. national debt has surpassed a record $40 trillion.

The Federal Reserve releases minutes from its September meeting Wednesday, which is garnering heavy interest because the central bank decided to raise U.S. benchmark interest rates for the first time in three years.

In midday European trading, Britain's FTSE 100 gained 0.4%, while France's CAC 40 and Germany's DAX each gained 0.6%.

In Asia, Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 1.1% to 70,683.98. The benchmark has surged above the 70,000 level this week for the first time since early July.

South Korea’s Kospi lost 0.9% to 6,941.39.

Technology-related stocks in Japan and South Korea were volatile. Japanese chip testing equipment manufacturer Advantest gained 3.9%, while OpenAI investor SoftBank Group fell 3.1% after its CEO Masayoshi Son warned of potential dangers related to the technology.

South Korea’s Samsung Electronics dropped 1.5%, and memory chipmaker SK Hynix slipped 3.7%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng climbed 1% to 24,280.56. Markets in mainland China were closed for a national holiday.

The 27-year-old has served about 18 months of a three-year sentence for assault and is due to be released in November 2027.

During a break in the prison yard, he considers his next move: a pawn, perhaps, or a knight. The break isn't long, but if he finishes the game quickly he may have time to face one of the skilled guards.

But it is unwise to rush or act impulsively — in chess as in life, he has learned.

“Chess has taught me a lot,” Gatonye said. “It has taught me (about) being calm, choosing my decisions wisely. Before doing an act, I have to think first of what the repercussions are — and then I move.”

Gatonye is among a growing number of Kenyan prisoners who have taken up chess in recent years. The game has become part of rehabilitation programs in the country’s prisons, where officials and participants say it encourages patience, problem-solving and interaction between prisoners and guards.

At Maranjau, which holds about 450 prisoners according to Superintendent Humphrey Young, some choose chess over resting or playing soccer during their free time. They are drawn by the competition and what they say the game does for their state of mind.

“Chess has become one of our integral programs,” Young said. “Some of the skills chess teaches our offenders as they reintegrate back to society is how they can improve their problem-solving processes, and how they can think around issues that affect them once they’re out.”

Chess programs have operated in some Kenyan prisons since at least 2022. The government has supported the initiative alongside the International Chess Federation, known as FIDE, Chess Kenya and The Gift of Chess, a nonprofit organization that distributes chess sets.

The game is now played in all 134 prisons in Kenya, according to Phylis Ngigi, global outreach director for The Gift of Chess.

Kenya participated for the first time in FIDE’s Intercontinental Online Chess Championship for Prisoners in 2024. Competitions are also held between Kenyan prisons, while some guards have been trained as chess coaches and play alongside prisoners.

At Maranjau, Young said the games create opportunities for prisoners and guards to interact in a less formal setting.

Supporters say chess offers more than recreation. Responsibility and the ability to work with others are important elements of prison rehabilitation, said Monica Njoroge, a project officer at Resources Oriented Development Initiatives.

The Kenyan nonprofit runs farming programs in prisons, where participants tend communal gardens while learning agricultural skills that could help them find work after their release.

Njoroge is not involved in the chess program, but she frequently visits Maranjau and has watched prisoners play.

“It is a game that trains patience and also having a clear mind in making decisions, being keen on what your next move is and the consequences that will come,” she said.

Kenya’s prison chess program has not been independently studied, and its long-term effects on behavior or reoffending are unknown.

For the prisoners gathered around the boards at Maranjau, there is a simpler attraction: They enjoy the game.

“It is a social game,” said Edwin Raj Walukaya, a 31-year-old prisoner. “It gives us friends and occupies our minds.”

For Gatonye, chess has become something he hopes to carry with him beyond prison.

“After being released, I hope to continue playing chess,” he said. “It brings peace inside my mind and heart.”

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Bakker died Monday, his second wife, Lori Bakker, said in a statement. His cause of death was not immediately clear.

“He was a pioneer of Christian television, but to me, he was my husband, my best friend, and the man I was honored to walk beside through so many seasons of life and ministry,” she said.

The pair lived near the Missouri entertainment town of Branson and filmed their TV show “The Jim Bakker Show” there since it launched in 2003. Bakker suffered a stroke in 2020.

But it was another evangelical program that made Jim and his first wife Tammy Faye Bakker cultural icons — so much so that they were often skewered in the 1980s and 1990s by late-night comedians and parodied on “Saturday Night Live.” A theatrical movie on their lives, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” was released in September 2021.

At its peak in the mid-1980s, the Bakkers’ ministry included not only the TV show drawing up to 13 million nightly viewers but also the Christian-based Heritage USA theme park and hotel in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

Bakker got his start as a traveling preacher

Bakker was born in Muskegon, Michigan, and attended North Central Bible College in Minneapolis, where he met Tammy Faye. They married in 1961 and dropped out of college to start their own traveling ministry — he preached, she sang and played the accordion as they crossed the country visiting churches and tent revivals.

They caught the attention of televangelist Pat Robertson, and in 1965 launched a children’s show on Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network. By 1966, he was hosting “The 700 Club,” a Christian talk show.

Bakker left CBN in 1972 and two years later formed the PTL Satellite Network. “The PTL Club” — PTL stands for “Praise the Lord” — became its signature show.

When it hit its heyday in the 1980s, “The PTL Club” was drawing millions of viewers — and bringing in millions of dollars annually from followers.

The show featured chats with guests and Christian entertainers. Bakker offered upbeat sermons and Tammy Faye — charismatic and always wearing her trademark heavy mascara — sang. Most episodes were taped at their sprawling complex just south of Charlotte, North Carolina.

The couple was so famous that they were often parodied by TV comedians for their lavish lifestyle and Tammy Faye’s abundant makeup.

Sex scandal and financial crimes damage his empire

In March 1987, their empire began to crack when Bakker admitted to a sexual encounter with church clerk Jessica Hahn. Bakker was forced to resign from his own empire, turning over operations to pastor and broadcaster Jerry Falwell.

Tammy Faye stuck by Bakker, often with tears running down her mascara, even as many saw his downfall as a fitting symbol of the greed and hypocrisy of the 1980s.

Things only got worse.

In 1988, Bakker was indicted for mail fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy after an investigation of PTL’s finances. He was convicted and sentenced to 45 years in federal prison, though the sentence was later reduced to eight years.

At a news conference after Bakker was found guilty, Tammy Faye stood in front of the microphones and sang the hymn, “On Christ the Solid Rock I Stand.”

Their marriage crumbled and Tammy Faye divorced Bakker in 1992, just short of their 31st anniversary, while he was still in prison. She later married Roe Messner, a building contractor whose projects included the Heritage USA theme park. Messner was convicted of bankruptcy fraud in 1995 and spent about two years in prison.

Tammy Faye died of colon cancer in 2007.

Bakker was released on parole in 1994. He married his second wife, Lori, in 1998. The couple launched “The Jim Bakker Show” on the PTL Satellite Network five years later.

In June 2021, Bakker and his Morningside Church Productions Inc. settled a lawsuit accusing him of falsely claiming the health supplement Silver Solution could cure COVID-19. The settlement called for $156,000 in refunds to people who paid money or gave contributions to obtain the product in the early days of the pandemic.

The lawsuit said Bakker and a guest made the cure claim during 11 episodes in February and March of 2020.

Bakker and Tammy Faye had two children. He and his second wife adopted five children in 2002.

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But the decision to portray an unemployed moocher as a young, white, cheeseball-chomping gamer named Brad upset some conservative commentators last week. Five decades after Ronald Reagan popularized the “welfare queen” trope about people living luxuriously while not working, they wanted to know why the video wasn't featuring a Black woman instead.

“Republicans don’t have the balls to do this ad with ‘Shaniqua’ as the villain,” posted Matt Walsh, a conservative writer. “Even though that would actually be an accurate portrayal of the problem at hand.”

Sean Davis, co-founder of the Federalist website, wrote that “our government has systematically discriminated against white men for decades now, and yet now has the audacity to dishonestly mock young white men as welfare queens.”

Never mind that the video was about Medicaid and not welfare, or that most Medicaid recipients in Arkansas are white. The outrage was a reminder of how old tropes are “chronically accessible” images in some voters’ minds, said Ange-Marie Hancock, author of “The Politics of Disgust and the Public Identity of the ‘Welfare Queen.’”

She thinks the Arkansas video was supposed to appeal to older voters living with unemployed adult children. But conservatives could only focus on race, Hancock said, because the idea of a Black welfare abuser has worked for them for decades.

“The longer race and gendered history really points to ideas that African Americans are lazy, they don’t do the right thing,” she said.

The debate that streaked across social media was the latest example of how conservatives have recently wrestled with racist views. Last month, a Texas political candidate named Bo French posted a picture of nonwhite students cheering at a University of Texas football game, saying “the problem is now obviously far worse than anyone imagined.” Some Republicans denounced French's post, while it was embraced by those who fear the country's changing demographics.

Sanders, who is running for reelection this year, “stands by the ad,” said Jordan Powell, her campaign manager.

“We should never confiscate money from hard-working Arkansans to give it away to those who simply choose not to work at all,” Powell told The Associated Press in an emailed statement.

Origins of the ‘welfare queen’ trope in American politics

The “welfare queen” trope is often used to advance restrictions on public assistance programs.

While unsuccessfully running for president in 1976, Reagan complained about a woman in Chicago who was using “80 names, 30 addresses, 12 Social Security cards” to game the system. The story was embellished, but Reagan worked to reshape public assistance programs after winning the White House in 1980.

Allison Butler, author of “The Judgment of Gender: How Women are Centered and Silenced in Pop Culture," said the debate perpetuated a powerful myth that women of color were siphoning government assistance.

“When you deconstructed that narrative and actually tried to find the source of it ... there was no woman of color who wouldn’t get a job and had multiple televisions and a Mercedes-Benz,” Butler said.

Barry Jefferson, president of the NAACP Arkansas State Conference, has condemned the Sanders ad for reducing low-income people to a stereotype where poverty is seen as a flaw. It ignores the complexities that make it harder for low-income people, regardless of race, to support themselves, he said.

“We shouldn’t betray anyone because they are asking for help and they don’t meet your standards,” Jefferson said.

Breaking down the demographics of Medicaid

Created in 1965 as a joint federal and state health insurance program, Medicaid offers free or low-cost medical coverage to people with limited income including the elderly, children or adults with disabilities who cannot work. Nearly 66 million people were enrolled in Medicaid as of June, according to the Medicaid.gov website.

Over 38% of beneficiaries between the ages of 0-64 are white, according to 2024 data from research organization KFF. Nearly 19% are Black.

More work requirements for some Medicaid beneficiaries kicked in across the U.S. this year under President Donald Trump's big 2025 tax cut and policy law. A handful of Republican-led states, including Arkansas, are going beyond what the law calls for to prevent fraud including demanding more documentation if someone is too medically frail to work.

In July, Sanders soft-launched mandating that healthy people ages 19 to 64 find work, volunteer or attend school at least 80 hours per month to stay in the Arkansas Health and Opportunity for Me Medicaid program, or ARHOME.

Robert Coon, managing partner at Impact Management Group, a political consulting and public-opinion firm with an Arkansas office, said that welfare work requirement policy is generally favored in Arkansas.

But suggestions the person in the ad should be Black are “overtly racist” and “inaccurate,” Coon said.

About 60% of ARHOME recipients are white and around 18% are Black, according to recent data from the state Department of Human Services.

Why Black people often experience need at a higher rate

Right-wing rhetoric about Black Americans and public assistance often ignores how generations of structural racism have produced economic disparities that contribute to their disproportionate participation in these programs.

Fewer Black people than white people overall use social service programs like Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps. But at roughly 13% of the U.S. population, Black people make up the largest overrepresentation of any racial group. They are 18.5% and 25%, respectively, of Medicaid and SNAP recipients.

Those statistics reflect an extremely difficult road for poor Black communities looking to rise out of poverty and build generational wealth.

Arkansas Democratic congressional candidate Chris Jones, who is Black, grew up in a family relying on food stamps. A welfare recipient is not “looking for a way out of work,” but “for a way forward,” he told AP in a statement.

The bigger question, Jones said, is not race but “why so many people who are working hard still struggle to afford groceries, housing, health care and the basic necessities of life."

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From coast to coast, Republicans are focusing on public disorder, illegal immigration and violent crime in midterm campaigns as voters sour on their party's handling of the cost of living and the war with Iran.

The messaging reflects a belief that lawlessness is safer political ground in the midterms despite Donald Trump's own criminal record for paying hush money to a porn star, making him the only president to be convicted of a felony. Democrats have tried to counter the attacks by recruiting candidates with law enforcement backgrounds and emphasizing their own anti-crime plans, but Republicans believe it's a rare opportunity to go on the offensive in an otherwise challenging year.

“Do you know that right now we have the lowest violent crime rate in 126 years in America right now? Because we emphasize the rule of law,” House Speaker Mike Johnson recently told an audience at Louisiana State University. Crime rates have generally trended down since the 1990s with a brief spike during the COVID pandemic. “We have the most secure border we have had in the past half century."

Trump returned to the topic on Monday night in Nebraska, warning about how the country used to be before he returned to the White House.

"We had a border with people pouring in, crime like nobody’s ever seen," he said.

Republicans say Democrats will ‘defund the police’

In Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Texas and Wisconsin, Republican candidates for governor have attacked their Democratic rivals as weak on crime or warned they could cut police funding. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, for instance, has lambasted Democratic nominee and state Rep. Gina Hinojosa for not supporting legislation that would require judges to deny bail to illegal immigrants charged with a violent crime.

Hinojosa has campaigned on her tenure as a civil rights lawyer and criticized Abbott's crime policies as violating civil liberties.

Rick Jackson, a billionaire healthcare executive running in Georgia, has repeatedly attacked Democratic opponent Keisha Lance Bottoms over her tenure as Atlanta mayor.

“I grew up in the type of neighborhood Keisha Lance Bottoms abandoned," Jackson said at a summer campaign rally. “I know who gets hurt when politicians defund the police.”

In an interview with Atlanta station 11Alive, Bottoms emphasized that her administration gave pay raises to police and firefighters, and said she called for increased federal funding for public safety during her time as mayor.

Crime warnings pervade congressional races

It's a similar story in U.S. House races.

In Virginia’s first congressional district, Rep. Rob Wittman has attacked his Democratic opponent Shannon Taylor, a former county prosecutor, over her allegedly “soft on crime" record in office. In Michigan’s 10th district, Republican Michael Bouchard is running on his service as a Bronze Star Army captain and son of a longtime local sheriff. He's claimed his Democratic opponent, former prosecutor Christina Hines, supports “woke, soft on crime, socialist policies."

In Colorado’s eighth district, Rep. Gabe Evans touts his time as a police officer against Democratic challenger Manny Rutinel. And in Wisconsin’s third district, Rep. Derrick Van Orden hopes to win a third race against Democratic nominee Rebecca Cooke by painting her as a communist who wants to defund the police.

Republicans hope that by reprising warnings of crime and disorder the party can reenergize their disillusioned base and win back skeptical moderate voters who have drifted over concerns like affordability.

Democratic rivals have responded in kind. Taylor aired an ad featuring 13 local sheriffs who endorsed her campaign. Rutinel aired ads with local police and rolled out a safety plan that called for greater police funding and drug prevention programs. Hines said she'll continue to prioritize public safety and prosecute corruption in Washington. Cooke has vowed to fully fund police departments in Congress.

Democrats point to Trump's criminal record

It's yet to be seen if the strategy will prove effective.

“We’ve got to talk about it. I think that in many ways, we are the victim of our own success because it’s off the headlines a little bit more,” said Sen. Eric Schmitt, a Missouri Republican and former state attorney general. “Having a completely secure border now, no one even talks about it. But that’s a huge accomplishment from where we were at before.”

An AP-NORC poll conducted in September found that border security — which Trump and Republicans often link to crime — was a relative strength for Trump, with 48% of U.S. adults saying they approved of his performance on the issue. But that was still a decline from a year ago, when his approval on border security was at 55%.

Not everyone in the party is sold on Republicans rehashing the crime message.

“I don’t see that bubbling up as a major issue for the voters,” said Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican who chose not to seek reelection this year. Aiming to make the race to succeed Tillis a referendum on crime, Republicans have run ads claiming that Democratic nominee Roy Cooper went easy on convicts during his two terms in the governor’s mansion.

Black political leaders have criticized the ads as racist and reminiscent of past Republican campaigns that used dog whistles to appeal to suburban white voters. Trump made the message explicit when he invoked the infamous 1988 “Willie Horton” ad and displayed dozens of mugshots of men of color on a jumbotron during a rally stumping for Michael Whatley, Cooper’s Republican rival.

In contrast to his party’s messaging, Tillis noted his state’s safety in recent years.

“Frankly, when I hear somebody talking about crime in Charlotte, I live 25 minutes from downtown. I’m not worried about walking through Charlotte at night,” said Tillis.

National Democrats contend that Republicans’ message on violent crime is undercut by the Trump administration’s hardline immigration enforcement actions, which resulted in the killing of two American protesters in January and the fatal shootings of multiple undocumented people. They accuse Trump of corruption and have hammered Republicans for alleged complicity in the president’s self-dealing.

“This is the biggest criminal organization that we’ve ever seen,” said Sen. Ruben Gallego, an Arizona Democrat, of the current White House.

He added that, “Democrats should be pushing back with the fact that, if not for the fact that he was president, this guy would be leading some type of mafia right now.”

Lauren Bis, a White House spokeswoman, said “extreme Democrats are trying to deflect from their radical soft on crime agenda.”

Israel’s wartime conduct has sparked global outrage, as have the billions of dollars in American military support provided by the Biden and Trump administrations. The war has bitterly divided Democrats and some Republicans.

The film received a record 25-minute standing ovation when it debuted at the Venice Film Festival. The backlash in Israel, which holds its own elections at the end of this month, has been just as thunderous.

“NAZA,” named for the Hebrew acronym for collateral damage, contends that Israel used sophisticated systems -- some operated by artificial intelligence -- to hunt and kill suspected militants, carrying out strikes the military knew would kill large numbers of civilians.

The Israeli military has “categorically” denied the filmmakers’ findings and threatened to track down the soldiers who spoke to them. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the film was antisemitic, and a Cabinet minister threatened to strip the filmmakers of their citizenship. Yuval Abraham, one of the co-directors, fears he won’t be able to return home.

At the New York Film Festival premiere last month, a few dozen protesters gathered outside showing images of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack that triggered the war. Abraham acknowledged the “massacre” and said it was “completely unjustified.”

“But it also cannot justify what you’ve seen in the film … (the) slaughter of so many civilians in Gaza, the massacres at food sites,” he said.

Soldiers describe alleged atrocities

Abraham and co-director Rachel Szor knew the documentary would spark controversy. Their previous film, “No Other Land,” made with two Palestinian filmmakers about the struggles faced by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, got a similar split-screen reception – winning an Oscar but infuriating many in Israel.

For all the bombastic claims surrounding it, “NAZA” is stark in its minimalism. There are no talking heads, no file footage of airstrikes – just interviews at night on Tel Aviv rooftops with individuals whose faces and voices are obscured. Some use pen and paper to draw what they are describing.

One recalls targeting people on their way to a food distribution site, while another likens the remote killings to playing a video game. The filmmakers say the subjects spoke anonymously for fear of retaliation and that their claims were carefully vetted.

“We wanted it to be a simple film,” said Szor. “There is something very scary about someone drawing systems that are causing mass killing.”

The subjects talk about developing and using an AI tool to process surveillance in Gaza and suggest targets with Hamas connections, creating a database of tens of thousands. Another AI tool recommends buildings and structures to target, they say.

The interviewees say the systems make mistakes. One subject said approval was given for an operation targeting one Hamas militant that anticipated 500 civilian deaths. The military has denied that claim, but Israeli strikes on senior militants often killed large numbers of civilians.

Most of the key reporting in “NAZA” has been published before, by the Israeli-Palestinian +972 Magazine, the Hebrew-language outlet Local Call and The Guardian, which produced the film.

The military has issued a lengthy rebuttal

The Israeli military has condemned the film. It says orders “explicitly, comprehensively and clearly distinguish” between militants and civilians and that it strives to minimize civilian harm “to the greatest extent feasible.”

It acknowledged using AI but said the selection of targets is done by intelligence officers and the decision to strike is made by operational commanders. It said many of the interviewees did not seem to be aware of the larger targeting process.

The reporting overall is based on interviews with over 100 confidential sources, done in collaboration with The Guardian’s investigation desk between 2023 and 2025.

“After you watch the film, it becomes much harder to doubt that these are real people,” Abraham said at the New York premiere. “It’s all truthful, it’s all vetted and we feel very, very confident about it.”

Experts and major rights groups have accused Israel of genocide over the killing of civilians, the destruction of most of Gaza and aid restrictions that fueled widespread hunger. Israel adamantly denies the allegations, saying it tried to spare civilians as it responded to Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack and fought to uproot the militants from dense residential areas.

Hamas-led militants killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted 251 other people in the Oct. 7 attack, all of whom have since been recovered, alive or dead.

Israel’s offensive killed over 74,000 Palestinians, including more than 1,400 since a fragile ceasefire took hold a year ago, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

Part of the Hamas-run government, the ministry maintains detailed records seen as generally reliable by independent experts and U.N. agencies. Its figures do not distinguish between militants and civilians, but it says women and children make up around half the dead.

The film’s rollout will be limited

“NAZA” is arriving in theaters without a traditional distributor in the U.S. It’s now playing at New York’s IFC Center, and abroad with the help of independent film studio mk2.

On Oct. 9 it opens in more cities, including Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles and Seattle. In late November, it will be available to stream free on The Guardian’s website.

“No Other Land” was also self-distributed in the U.S. and became a modest success following its Oscar win, with over $2.5 million in domestic ticket sales.

The Committee to Protect Journalists and the International Documentary Association have released statements condemning threats against the filmmakers. Over 2,000 people, including prominent Israeli filmmakers, have also signed a petition supporting Szor and Abraham.

The filmmakers say the goal from the beginning was to disseminate information, which is why they didn’t sit on the reporting ahead of the film’s release. They hope for a wider viewership in Israel, where the focus is still on the Oct. 7 attack with little discussion of the plight of ordinary Palestinians.

But they also want Americans to see the film and to understand the role their own government played. An academic study published last year found that the Biden and Trump administrations provided at least $21.7 billion in military assistance to Israel in the first two years of the war.

“Much of what is being described was done with American taxpayer money,” Abraham said. “My country did it, but they would never have been able to do it without (American) diplomatic (and) military support.”

Rubio hailed the role of diplomacy in resolving conflicts as he began a three-nation tour of NATO allies in the capital of Iceland, where concerns over the Republican administration’s often brusque and sometimes rude approach to traditional friends and partners have stirred unease.

Rubio, whose tour of NATO members will include Greece and Portugal, met Tuesday with Icelandic Foreign Secretary Thorgerdur Katrín Gunnarsdóttir at Reykjavik’s Hofdi House, the site of the 1986 summit between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that is widely regarded as the beginning of the end of the Cold War.

“The house symbolizes diplomacy’s role in ending the Cold War and defeating communism,” Rubio posted on social media after the talks that took place just days before the 40th anniversary of the landmark meeting.

However, both Rubio and Gunnarsdóttir downplayed differences between the allies and said both countries were committed to deepening and expanding military and commercial ties. Rubio made clear that the United States would not do anything in Iceland without Iceland's consent.

“We would be open to having those conversations to see what we can do together,” he said, noting that the U.S. had a decades-long permanent military presence in Iceland until 2006, when shifting priorities caused it to close its Keflavik base outside of Reykjavik. He noted that priorities have shifted again.

And, he went out of his way to praise Iceland: “We have tremendous respect for the people. We have respect for the country in the role it plays, and it has for a very long time,” he said.

Iceland's foreign secretary says she's ‘focused on the future’

Iceland has been uneasy about Trump’s intentions toward it after the posting of a map showing the colors of the U.S. flag sprawling across all of North America and extending to Iceland and Greenland. The unease has persisted despite an agreement reached last month to increase the U.S. presence in the neighboring Danish territory of Greenland that appears to have ended Trump’s earlier demand for the U.S. to take full control.

But on Tuesday, after Rubio's talks with Gunnarsdóttir and Iceland's Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir, those tensions appeared to be on the wane.

Gunnarsdóttir said the matter had been largely, if not entirely, resolved. “We remain focused on the future," she said. Rubio, meanwhile, said he was not in Iceland to talk about social media posts. “Everything is very positive,” he said.

Rubio talks up ‘shared priorities’

Before leaving Washington on Monday, Rubio said the visit is intended to “advance our shared priorities: a secure Arctic, stronger commercial and energy ties, and closer defense cooperation.” He offered no hint of tensions with the island that, while a NATO member, has no standing army.

The map incident, however, alarmed Icelanders, and in response, Gunnarsdóttir summoned U.S. Ambassador Billy Long to a meeting at which she made it clear the post was unacceptable.

Iceland, which is just 180 miles (290 kilometers) from Greenland, had already been on edge after Trump mistakenly named the country four times while speaking about Greenland.

Iceland hasn't seen eye to eye with US ambassadors

Long, a colorful former Missouri congressman, IRS commissioner and professional auctioneer, also has made waves in Iceland. Before he took up his post in August, thousands of Icelanders signed a petition urging the prime minister to reject him after he made a crack earlier this year about Iceland becoming the 52nd U.S. state and making him governor. He has since apologized for the quip.

Long is not the first Trump ambassador to Iceland to have raised concerns with the host government. In Trump’s first term, Ambassador Jeffrey Ross Gunter left locals in relatively crime-free Reykjavik aghast over his request to hire armed bodyguards, which prompted complaints.

US ambassador to Greece faces misconduct allegations

At Rubio’s next stop in Athens, he may be dealing with another ambassador controversy. Rep. Gregory Meeks, a New York Democrat who is the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said last week that he would investigate allegations of misconduct and impropriety by the U.S. ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle.

In a letter to Rubio, Meeks said that he wanted answers following the allegations reported by The Wall Street Journal last month and that he would call for Guilfoyle’s dismissal if the behavior outlined in the news report was true.

The Journal reported that Guilfoyle told guests at a reception that the U.S. could undermine the Greek government if it chose to, promoted the business interests of one particular Greek construction and energy company, and allowed its lobbyist into private diplomatic meetings.

Some Greek opposition parties have called for an inquiry into the allegations, but it's unclear if they will proceed.

Guilfoyle, a former Fox News Channel host and California prosecutor who was once engaged to Trump’s son Donald Jr., has denied any wrongdoing, and Rubio has defended her before.

Guilfoyle, Rubio said after the Journal story appeared, “has been an incredible advocate for the president’s agenda in Greece and across Europe.” Rubio said he and Trump greatly value the ambassador’s “pivotal work and leadership,” notably on energy issues.

The Trump administration sees Greece as key to advancing the promotion and export of U.S.-produced liquefied natural gas to Southeastern and Central Europe.

Brian Robinson ran for three short touchdowns for the Falcons (2-2), who never trailed and controlled the line of scrimmage while outgaining the Saints (1-3) on the ground, 207 yards to 50.

Atlanta continued rolling behind quarterback Michael Penix Jr., who returned to the lineup for a 35-14 victory at Green Bay. Penix was an efficient 15 of 20 for 223 yards and a touchdown. His 31-yard scoring strike to Jahan Dotson in fourth quarter sent Saints fans toward the exits en masse.

Saints running back Alvin Kamara scored his first two touchdowns of the season, the second cutting Atlanta's lead to 31-17 early in the fourth quarter.

Tyler Shough passed for 286 yards and a late touchdown to Devaughn Vele.

The game kicked off following festivities commemorating the Saints' return to the Superdome after Katrina had displaced the team from New Orleans for the entire 2005 season. In addition to causing levee breaks and a storm surge that flooded about 80% of the city, the hurricane also ripped a hole in Superdome’s roof while evacuees sheltered there.

Ignited by Steve Gleason’s punt block for a touchdown following the 2006 game’s opening possession, the Saints beat the Falcons 23-3 in that Week 3, Monday night matchup.

Like that meeting two decades ago, the Falcons, wearing red, received the opening kickoff. This time, however, there would be no punt to block. Bijan Robinson burst through a hole on the left side of the line and raced 59 yards for a touchdown.

For a fourth time in four games, the Saints were playing from behind early — a challenge made more difficult by Daniel Carlson’s missed 52-yard field goal attempt and running back Kendre Miller’s lost fumble on the New Orleans 22-yard line one possession later.

Atlanta cashed in on the turnover when Bijan Robinson made it 14-0 on a 4-yard power run, set up in part by cornerback Kool-Aid McKinstry’s third-down defensive holding penalty.

Pregame ceremonies feature 2006 Saints players

Wearing white jerseys, retired players Drew Brees, Scott Fujita, Scott Shanle, Deuce McAllister, Devery Henderson and Curtis Deloatch joined Gleason on the field before kickoff to lead fans in the club’s familiar “Who dat!” chant. Gleason, using a wheelchair because of ALS, was joined by his son, Rivers, who raised his father's arm and then pulled it down to signal the start of the chant.

Irma Thomas, a New Orleans native and resident who sang the national anthem when the dome reopened, returned to perform it again.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell attended, spending pregame warmups on the home sideline conversing with Saints owner Gayle Benson and other dignitaries.

Before the game, Gleason shared a moment with former Falcons punter Michael Koenen outside the dome at the “Rebirth” statue that depicts both players at the moment of the punt block.

Earlier in the day, New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno gave Gleason a key to the city.

Injuries

Falcons: Defensive end Za’Darius Smith received several minutes of attention on the field, but was able walk to the sideline after a stretcher had been brought out for him. Left tackle Jake Matthews (groin) left the game in the first quarter.

Saints: The Saints began without two key defensive starters: end Carl Granderson (ankle) and linebacker Kaden Ellis (calf), who were ruled out on Saturday. Tight end Noah Fant (abdomen) was a game-night scratch.

Up next

Falcons: Host Baltimore on Sunday night.

Saints: Host Minnesota on Sunday.

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Richie Palacios hit a two-run single in a four-run fifth inning and Tampa Bay took advantage of New York's sloppy defense, beating Cam Schlittler and the Yankees 5-2 on Monday night to take a 2-0 lead in their AL Division Series.

The Rays are one victory from reaching the American League Championship Series. Game 3 in the best-of-five playoff is Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium.

“That’s a byproduct of having a really good clubhouse and a bunch of selfless teammates,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said. “They don’t care who gets it done. They just want to get it done. The biggest cheerleaders are coming from the guys within the dugout. Good teams do not rely on just one or two people. We rely on all nine in the lineup, the guys on the bench and certainly our entire pitching staff.”

Ben Rice homered twice for the Yankees, who are on the verge of elimination — which would extend their drought without a World Series championship to 17 seasons. They were dominated by Drew Rasmussen in the series opener and have scored just two runs in two playoff games against the AL East champion Rays with three-time AL MVP Aaron Judge out of the lineup due to a calf injury.

“Well, we’ve got to win. We’ve got to play the first inning of Game 3,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. “We’ve got to come out and play well. So we’ve responded all year. We need to do it again. Obviously, we need to play better and it starts with just one at a time. I don’t even get ahead of myself and win three. We’ve got to go win one and we’ve got to play better Wednesday night to make that happen.”

The small-ball Rays chased Schlittler, the likely AL Cy Young Award winner, in the fifth aided by New York's defensive miscues.

Jonathan Aranda lined a single to start the inning and Junior Caminero ripped a double to right-center. With the infield drawn-in except second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., who was standing several feet further back on the dirt, Liam Hicks hit a slow bouncer to second that scored Aranda for a 2-1 lead. Chisholm's only play was at first because he wasn't all the way in like the rest of the infielders.

Chandler Simpson then hit a grounder that shortstop George Lombard Jr. flubbed, scoring Caminero to make it 3-1. It was initially ruled a hit and then changed to an error and eventually a fielder's choice. Brent Headrick replaced Schlittler and struck out Victor Mesa Jr. After Simpson stole second, Jonny DeLuca reached on a grounder when Lombard's throw to first was wide for New York's fourth error.

Palacios followed with a hard single to center that increased Tampa Bay's lead to 5-1.

“It was just one of those games things kind of compiled and stacked up on top of each other," Lombard said. “It wasn't ideal. We put ourselves in a bad spot.”

That was plenty of support for one of the best bullpens in the majors.

Freddy Peralta allowed one run and three hits in 4 2/3 innings, Cam Booser pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the fifth and Ian Seymour gave up one run in three innings. Bryan Baker finished with a perfect ninth for his second save in two games.

Schlittler, who was 14-6 with a 1.95 ERA and dominated Boston in the opener of the wild-card round, lasted 4 1/3 innings. He allowed four runs — two earned — and six hits while striking out only two.

Rice sent a 2-2 changeup into the right-field seats to tie it at 1 in the fourth, ending New York's scoreless drought in the ALDS. Rice hit 41 homers in the regular season. His drive awakened Yankees fans in the ballpark, who were drowned out by Rays fans until that point.

But a sellout crowd of 40,226 was mostly full of cowbell-ringing Rays fans who reveled in New York's misery.

Peralta retired the first two batters in the fifth before Austin Wells ripped a double and Ryan McMahon walked. Booser replaced Peralta and walked Rice to load the bases, but the lefty escaped when Cody Bellinger flied out to the warning track in center.

The Yankees made three errors in the first inning but Schlittler limited the Rays to one run. New York became the first team to commit three errors in the first inning of a postseason game since the Oakland Athletics in Game 1 of the 1975 AL Championship Series against Boston, according to Sportsnet Stats.

Off the catwalk

Yankees rookie Spencer Jones hit a towering flyball off a catwalk at quirky Tropicana Field that was caught by Mesa for an out in the second inning. Jones kept running around the bases as the ball rattled around and fell to Mesa, who ran over from right field to make the catch in center. DeLuca thought he was camped under it in center but started pointing upward when the ball hit one of the two rings high above the field and below the roof. Mesa caught it several feet in front of DeLuca. Umpires conferred and confirmed the out, per the stadium’s ground rules.

Up next

Yankees LHP Max Fried (5-5, 2.80 ERA) and Rays RHP Nick Martinez (15-6, 3.10) are the projected starters for Game 3.

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Allen Lok was last seen wearing a black shirt, black shorts, and dark sneakers on Oct. 3, at the Pier Point Community, according to the Pembroke Pines Police Department.

Police officers also searched for Lok — who weighs about 155 pounds and is 5-foot, 7-inches tall — in the area of Johnson Street and Colony Point Drive.

Also in Pembroke Pines, police officers found a person dead on Monday in the area of South Palm Avenue, near 11 Street, according to Amanda Cowell, a PPPD spokeswoman.

“This is not related to our missing person case from yesterday, but our investigation remains active & ongoing,” Cowell wrote in a statement.

PPPD Detective Dana DeFalco asked anyone with information about Lok’s whereabouts to call 954-860-2883.

Detectives also 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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Manager Stephen Vogt's squad had one of the worst offenses in the American League before turning it on after the Aug. 3 trade deadline en route to winning its third straight AL Central title.

The offensive surge hasn't carried into the postseason.

Cleveland had only four hits in Monday's 4-3 loss to the Chicago White Sox in Game 2 of their AL Division Series. The Guardians managed just three hits in Saturday's 3-0 loss.

The Guardians had a .231 batting average before the trade deadline, second-worst in the American League. But from Aug. 3 until the end of the regular season, they batted .255, which ranked third.

They don't have much time to get things back on track, with Game 3 on Wednesday in Chicago as Cleveland tries to avoid getting swept in a Division Series for the first time since 2018 against Houston.

“I think we’ve done a really good job of flushing games. Have the day off tomorrow, make sure we have some good focus, but obviously, yeah, not how you wanted to finish Game 2,” outfielder Steven Kwan said.

It is only the fourth time since Division Series started in 1995 that a team has had seven or fewer hits over the first two games. The others were the 2008 Milwaukee Brewers, 2010 Cincinnati Reds (who were no-hit by Philadelphia in Game 1) and 2018 Cleveland Indians.

Cleveland's leadoff hitter has reached base only twice in the two games and the team is 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position.

The White Sox going with bullpen games in the first two games of the series has also put Cleveland hitters off balance.

“They made great pitches and we battled and we haven’t given any at-bats away. And I think the name of the game is, `Who Lands a Pitch?’ And when they made those mistakes, we just weren’t able to capitalize maybe in the way we wanted to, but that’s part of the game," outfielder Jo Adell said.

Adell gave Cleveland some fleeting hope in the eighth with an RBI triple to get the Guardians within one run. But then Nathaniel Lowe flied out to end the inning.

“We put good swings up (in the late innings) and I think that’s what we’re capable of,” Adell said. “We had a lot of those balls that, mine included, I for sure though it was out and it’s one of those days where it didn’t travel that way and that’s the way the game is. But we’re convicted in our approach and our at-bats and we have a bunch of really good players in here, so we’re going to continue to fight.”

Cleveland's struggles on offense wasted a strong start from Gavin Williams, whose 11 strikeouts were tied for second-most in team history in a postseason game.

The right-hander — who led the AL in strikeouts this season — struck out eight in the first three innings and became the first pitcher in franchise history to whiff five straight in a postseason game. He also had 16 pitches over 100 mph, the fourth-most by an AL pitcher in a playoff game since tracking started in 2008.

His 0-2 fastball to Munetaka Murakami in the fourth inning registered 101.2 mph, which was the hardest pitch of his career.

“I feel like I’ve been doing it all year. It just wasn’t today. I know I’ve hit 101 a couple times this year, but could be the juices, too,” Williams said. “I don’t think I was too worried about the strikeouts. Just trying to put the team in a good position to win.”

Williams — who allowed two runs and four hits — came out in the sixth after allowing a leadoff single to Miguel Vargas. The White Sox scored three times that inning off Erik Sabrowski and Hunter Gaddis to take the lead.

“We couldn’t have asked any more from Gavin other than maybe a few more pitches. He did his job and then some. That is a big-time performance by a big-time pitcher,” Vogt said.

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Tras desembarcar en Managua del vuelo de deportación la semana pasada, las autoridades trasladaron a Jeffrey Jarquín, de 35 años, a la misma prisión donde alguna vez fue torturado, según confirmó un familiar.

El familiar habló con The Associated Press a condición de guardar el anonimato, por temor a ser perseguido por el gobierno. Medios locales informaron primero sobre la deportación y detención de Jarquín.

Jarquín fue un personaje destacado en las protestas antigubernamentales de 2018, que desencadenaron una campaña de años por parte de los copresidentes, los esposos Daniel Ortega y Rosario Murillo, para aplastar a la disidencia.

La represión del gobierno contra críticos, la sociedad civil, grupos religiosos y prácticamente cualquiera que alzara la voz ha azuzado la huida de más de 800.000 personas del país, según cifras de la ONU.

Osley Sallent, abogado de Jarquín en Estados Unidos, confirmó que éste fue deportado después de solicitar asilo en territorio estadounidense.

Jarquín fue detenido en 2018 junto con otros manifestantes y enviado a una prisión de máxima seguridad conocida como El Modelo. Hasta que fue liberado un año después y huyó a Estados Unidos, él y otros fueron torturados en cámaras conocidas como “infiernitos”, según un informe de la Organización de los Estados Americanos divulgado en 2019.

Sallent indicó que Jarquín vivía en Miami cuando fue detenido. Antes de que un tribunal de Luisiana rechazara en julio su caso de solicitud de asilo, el abogado señaló que el exiliado nicaragüense estuvo recluido en Alcatraz de los Caimanes, el centro de detención migratoria de Florida en los Everglades, del que se ha reportado que sus condiciones son inadecuadas para los internos. Sallent no pudo aportar más detalles sobre el caso de asilo.

El Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE, por sus siglas en inglés) no respondió de momento a una solicitud de comentarios. Tras una petición de la AP para obtener más detalles sobre por qué Jarquín fue encarcelado por segunda vez, un portavoz del gobierno de Nicaragua respondió: “¡Muchas gracias! Abrazos”.

Desde hace tiempo el gobierno del presidente estadounidense Donald Trump ha criticado al gobierno nicaragüense y lo ha calificado de dictadura, especialmente después de que las autoridades allí cancelaran las elecciones previstas para el próximo año. Apenas la semana pasada, el subsecretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Christopher Landau, afirmó en declaraciones ante la OEA que lo que estaba ocurriendo en Nicaragua era “intolerable”.

“La dictadura de Murillo y Ortega no tiene lugar en nuestro hemisferio”, añadió.

A pesar de ello, el ICE ha intensificado las deportaciones al país centroamericano en los últimos meses, según un informe reciente de Human Rights Watch, que indicó que el gobierno de Trump deportó a 6.300 nicaragüenses entre enero y julio de 2026.

La organización documentó que el ICE había detenido al menos a ocho exiliados nicaragüenses, a quienes se les privó de obtener su ciudadanía, una medida que, según observadores, estaba dirigida a castigar a los críticos, señaló el informe. Algunos de los detenidos tenían solicitudes de asilo pendientes.

Juan Pappier, subdirector para las Américas de Human Rights Watch, dijo que las críticas al gobierno de Nicaragua y a la vez efectuar las deportaciones de quienes se vieron obligados a huir de su represión “hacen que Washington parezca hipócrita”.

“Nicaragua tiene el gobierno más brutal del hemisferio occidental, y cualquier crítico del gobierno que sea enviado de regreso corre un riesgo real de (padecer) tortura o persecución”, manifestó Pappier.

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Now, local chefs are taking that reputation to global screens on season two of the hit Apple TV docuseries Knife Edge: Chasing Michelin Stars .

The region’s top culinary talent gathered for an exclusive celebration at Calusso at Pier Sixty-Six in Fort Lauderdale.

Executive Chef Jonathan Kaiser, whose quest for the elusive honor continues, played host to his fellow culinary trailblazers, opening the doors to Calusso for an evening highlighting the expanding prestige of the region’s food scene.

Local 10’s Jason Carter was also there, and his full report can be seen at the top of this page.

Four errors and another defensive miscue led to three unearned runs that a lineup missing three-time AL MVP Aaron Judge couldn't overcome during a 5-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 2 of their AL Division Series on Monday night.

The Yankees are one defeat from falling short of a 28th World Series title for the 17th straight season.

“Obviously, a really rough night to say the least for us,” manager Aaron Boone said. “We’ve got to get over it. We’ve responded all year to difficult times, and we’ve got to do that again. We’ve got to get ourselves up off the mat.”

Even with likely AL Cy Young Award winner Cam Schlittler on the mound, the Yankees couldn't even the best-of-five series against the pesky Rays.

The small-ball Rays chased Schlittler in the fifth, aided by New York’s miscues in the field as the Yankees' defense unraveled the same way it did in the team's most recent World Series game two years ago against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

“I'm not disappointed in the defense. I'm not disappointed in the offense,” Schlittler said. “I'm disappointed in myself.”

Jonathan Aranda lined a single off Schlittler to start the bottom of the fifth and Junior Caminero ripped a double to right-center. With the infield drawn-in except second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr., who was standing several feet further back on the dirt, Liam Hicks hit a slow bouncer to second that scored Aranda for a 2-1 lead. Chisholm’s only play was at first because he wasn’t all the way in like the rest of the infielders.

Chandler Simpson then hit a grounder that rookie shortstop George Lombard Jr. flubbed, scoring Caminero to make it 3-1. It was initially ruled a hit and then changed to an error and eventually a fielder’s choice. Brent Headrick replaced Schlittler and struck out Victor Mesa Jr. After Simpson stole second, Jonny DeLuca reached on a grounder when Lombard’s throw to first was wide for New York’s fourth error.

Richie Palacios followed with a two-run single to center that increased Tampa Bay’s lead to 5-1.

“It was just one of those things that it all happened back-to-back-to-back,” Lombard said.

Ben Rice connected for his second homer of the game in the eighth, but that wasn't enough. New York's Nos. 3 through 7 batters are 0 for 33 in the two games.

“You've got to be confident even when you go down 2-0,” Rice said. “You've got to take it game by game, at-bat by at-bat.”

The night started poorly for the Yankees. New York became the first team to commit three errors in the first inning of a postseason game since the Oakland Athletics in Game 1 of the 1975 American League Championship Series against Boston, according to Sportsnet Stats.

Third baseman Ryan McMahon misplayed a bouncer by Yandy Díaz to begin the bottom of the first. After Aranda singled, Caminero hit a bouncer up the middle. Lombard fielded the ball behind the bag and flipped to second for a forceout, but Chisholm’s ill-advised, off-balance throw to first sailed wide, allowing Díaz to score and Caminero to reach second.

Hicks struck out but reached on catcher’s interference, with an error charged to Austin Wells. The 21-year-old Lombard then saved Chisholm from another error when he extended to catch a high toss to second following a sharp grounder by Simpson. Lombard came off the bag and quickly reached back with his leg to beat Hicks and get the second out.

Schlittler retired Mesa on a grounder to prevent more damage.

“Some good defenders that didn’t make a couple plays,” Boone said. “We've got to get over it, though. As simple as that. I mean, we can’t dwell on what just happened to us. We’ve got to come ready, again playing for our lives on Wednesday night, and I expect this team to do that.

“We’ve stared a lot of uncertainty in the face all year and these guys have responded time and time again and we need to do that again right now.”

The Yankees infamously fell apart on defense in the fifth inning of Game 5 in the 2024 World Series. Leading 5-0 with Gerrit Cole on the mound, New York committed two errors and a mental lapse while allowing five unearned runs to score, and the Dodgers went on to win the game and clinch the championship.

“It didn’t seem like we really showed up today,” Schlittler said before walking that statement back and reiterating his frustration over the way he pitched.

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MDSO deputies took at least one person into custody in connection with the case.

According to an arrest report, FBI agents conducting a raid at the property, located at 12300 SW 51st St., notified MDSO at around 1 p.m. Saturday that they found a possible animal fighting operation. The report doesn’t make clear whether the federal search had anything to do with suspected animal fighting.

An MDSO detective responded and conducted a walkthrough of the 10-acre property and “observed several thousand game fowl roosters” and “numerous” enclosed cockfighting training rings, along with “vitamins, syringes, medication and rooster agitators,” the report states.

Authorities said detectives received a search warrant at around 8:40 p.m., but left the property under the watch of patrol deputies and returned the next morning to further search it.

Deputies said while searching the property Sunday morning, they found two men “who breached the secured perimeter of the property.”

Both men ran and jumped a fence, but deputies said they were able to find one of them, Carlos Rafael Lezcano, walking at a nearby nursery.

What the 52-year-old said to deputies was redacted from the publicly-released arrest report, but investigators noted that one of the items they found was “a ledger with his name on it.”

They arrested Lezcano, who lives about a mile away from the site, on charges of animal cruelty, evidence tampering, animal fighting and resisting without violence.

Records show Lezcano was being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $10,500 bond as of Monday morning.

The U.S. military has not carried out the death penalty since 1961. The Army secretary will decide a time and place for the execution, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell wrote in a post on X.

“Judgement day for Hasan has finally come,” Parnell wrote.

Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, walked into a medical building where soldiers were getting medical checkups, shouted “Allahu akbar” — Arabic for “God is great!” — and opened fire with a laser-sighted handgun. Thirteen people were killed and more than 30 injured.

He said it was an effort to stop them from going to Afghanistan and killing his fellow Muslims and made almost no effort to defend himself at trial. He told jurors that evidence would show he was the shooter and described himself as a soldier who had “switched sides.”

Trump’s approval triggers a series of procedural steps toward carrying out the execution, but Hasan could put them on hold — potentially for years — with a habeas corpus appeal in the civilian federal court system, according to an article published in May in the magazine Army Lawyer.

Death sentences are extremely rare in the military justice system, and executions even rarer. Four men, including Hasan, are currently on the military's death row at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. President George W. Bush approved the execution Army Spc. Ronald Gray in 2008 but it was put on hold by a judge and he remains at Leavenworth.

The last man executed in the military system was Pvt. John Bennett, hanged in 1961 for raping an 11-year-old girl.

Trump approved the firing squad execution days after a failed attempt to execute Christa Pike by lethal injection pushed Tennessee’s governor to halt further executions this year and order an independent review.

Trump resumed the federal death penalty after an informal moratorium during previous administrations. The federal government executed 13 people between 2020 and early 2021, contributing to making Trump the most prolific execution president in over 130 years.

Asked whether the botched execution in Tennessee would lead him to seek changes to capital punishment, Trump said it was “an interesting situation.”

“It shouldn’t be very difficult,” Trump said of carrying out lethal injections.

Yankees rookie Spencer Jones hit a towering flyball off a catwalk at quirky Tropicana Field that was caught by Rays right fielder Victor Mesa Jr. for an out in the second inning of New York's 5-2 loss to Tampa Bay in Game 2 of their AL Division Series on Monday.

Jones kept running around the bases as the ball rattled around and fell to Mesa, who ran over to make the catch in center. Center fielder Jonny DeLuca thought he was camped under it but started pointing upward when the ball hit one of the two rings high above the field and below the roof. Mesa caught it several feet in front of DeLuca.

Umpires conferred and confirmed the out, per the stadium's ground rules.

The Rays lead the best-of-five series 2-0 and can close it out Wednesday night at Yankee Stadium.

It wasn't the first time a roof impacted play this postseason.

In the ninth inning of Milwaukee's 3-2 win over the Padres in Game 1 of their NL Division Series on Saturday night, San Diego's Ty France hit a high drive that appeared it might be headed over the left-field wall for a go-ahead homer until it struck a cable on the retractable roof of American Family Field in Milwaukee.

The ball then fell into the glove of Brewers left fielder Jackson Chourio on the warning track to retire the hitter.

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The announcement comes two days before the first of several hearings related to the bankruptcy filing from Sept. 8.

The financing by funds advised on the BC Partners Credit platform requires bankruptcy court approval. It would allow LIV to start planning on a 2027 season, which includes a 10-tournament schedule, half of them at international sites.

"Our goal is to facilitate LIV Golf’s emergence from the restructuring process on sound financial footing and with renewed momentum heading into the 2027 season,” said Ted Goldthorpe, partner and head of BC Partners Credit, the credit arm of BC Partners.

“Just as importantly, we want the players who make this league what it is to share in what they help build,” he said. "Giving players real and actionable ownership in the league and the teams is a unique opportunity in professional golf, and it aligns everyone around the long-term success of the product for the game and for the fans.”

LIV players still have a few weeks to decide if they want to be part of LIV Golf 2.0 now that the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia withdrew its massive funding of more than $5 billion since it launched in 2022. That funding included signing bonuses — nine figures in some cases — and the $20 million prize funds for individual play.

Sergio Garcia last week asked the court to clarify the status of his LIV contract, whether it is terminated because of the bankruptcy filing or if he can terminate the contract himself.

Adrian Meronk, who joined LIV Golf in 2024, won the Dunhill Links Championship on Sunday which paves the way for him to have European tour status next year.

“It’s been a very strange year on LIV, obviously finding about Saudis backing off and finding new investors,” Meronk said after he won. "There’s still a lot of unknowns that we are not sure of. And to be honest, it’s hard from a player’s perspective to make a decision. So I’ll just wait and see. We still have a couple weeks but as I said, this helps a lot.

“I have to really reconsider and see what’s going to happen.”

LIV Golf CEO Scott O'Neil said the investment was an important step, thanking Goldthorpe and BC Partners “for their conviction in what we're building.”

“We believe deeply in the future of this league and in the opportunity to build something distinctive alongside our players,” O'Neil said in a statement. "We’re delivering on our major milestones, and while there is still work ahead, today marks meaningful progress toward a player-owned, team-focused, truly global league that complements the wider game and creates new opportunities for players, fans, partners, and the next generation of golfers.”

The PGA Tour has not indicated if it will create an instant path back for LIV players, similar to what it did for Brooks Koepka at the start of this year. Much of the attention focuses on LIV's top players, such as Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton and Joaquin Niemann.

“We are excited about what this next phase can mean for the players who compete in the League,” Goldthorpe said. “We invite those who want to help build a strong, sustainable, team golf league to join us.”

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The miscue, blamed on a vendor error, would have no effect on the voters who received the ballots, the county recorder's office said. Maricopa County has about 2.5 million registered voters.

The president was responding to a reporter’s question when he said Maricopa, the most populous county in the battleground state and home to Phoenix, should “be ashamed of themselves.”

“Now they’re saying it was an error,” Trump said. “Maricopa is a very, very dishonest county.”

The president, as he typically does ahead of an election, has been ramping up his rhetoric around voting as Election Day draws near in this year's midterm elections, with control of Congress at stake.

His latest comments referred to a vendor error that came to light over the weekend. The Maricopa County Recorder’s Office, which is run by Republican Recorder Justin Heap, said Sunday that Runbeck Election Services told the office that it “mistakenly mailed 3,126 early ballots the previous day,” six days before they were scheduled to be sent to voters for this year's midterm elections.

Runbeck said the ballots were “processed separately from the primary mailing” because they did not qualify for automated mail processing from the U.S. Postal Service. The pallet containing the ballots was “included with mail released that evening,” which resulted in them reaching the Postal Service six days early, the company said.

The ballots were mailed to the correct voters, are still valid and can be completed and returned normally by those voters, the recorder’s office said in a statement.

Judy Keane, a spokesperson for the recorder's office, did not offer a response to the president’s comments and referred to statements issued by her office and Runbeck.

Jeff Ellington, president and CEO of Runbeck Election Services, said Monday that Maricopa County was not at fault in the snafu.

“It was pure accident, just a human error,” Ellington said in an interview. “We regret it. But it was by no means intentional.”

Maricopa County, which is crucial for deciding statewide races in Arizona, has been a regular target of election conspiracy theories. Trump has frequently focused false claims of a stolen election in 2020 on the county.

Heap and the Republican-controlled county of board of supervisors had been entangled for months in a prolonged legal battle over how to jointly run elections. Heap and the board eventually reached a settlement in July.

Upon climbing off the U.S. deportation flight in Managua, Nicaragua's capital, last week, 35-year-old Jeffrey Jarquín was taken by authorities back to the same prison where he was once tortured, confirmed one family member.

The family member spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity, fearing persecution by the government. Local media first reported on Jarquín’s deportation and detention.

Jarquín was a prominent figure in anti-government protests in 2018, which set off a yearslong campaign by husband-and-wife co-Presidents Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo to crush dissent.

The government’s crackdown on critics, civil society, religious groups and virtually anyone who raised their voice has fueled the flight of more than 800,000 people from the country, according to U.N. figures.

Osley Sallent, Jarquín’s lawyer in the U.S., confirmed the Nicaraguan exile was deported after seeking asylum in the United States.

Jarquín was detained in 2018 with other protesters and thrown into a maximum-security prison known as El Modelo. Until he was released a year later and fled to the U.S., Jarquín and others were tortured in chambers known as “tiny hell,” according to a 2019 report by the Organization of American States.

Sallent said Jarquín was living in Miami when he was detained. Before Jarquín's asylum case was rejected by a Louisiana court in July, Sallent said he was held in Alligator Alcatraz, the Florida immigration detention center in the Everglades plagued by reports of harsh conditions. Sallent wasn't able to provide more details of the asylum case.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Following a request by the AP for more details on why Jarquín was imprisoned for a second time, a spokesperson for Nicaragua's government responded: “Thank you very much! Hugs."

The Trump administration has long criticized the Nicaraguan government and labeled it a dictatorship, especially after authorities there canceled elections scheduled for next year. Just last week, Deputy U.S. Secretary of State Christopher Landau said in remarks before the OAS that what was happening in Nicaragua was “intolerable.”

“Murillo and Ortega’s dictatorship has no place in our hemisphere,” he added.

Despite that, ICE has ramped up deportations to the Central American country in recent months, according to a recent Human Rights Watch report, which said the Trump administration had deported 6,300 Nicaraguans between January and July 2026.

The organization documented that ICE had detained least eight Nicaraguan exiles who were stripped of their citizenship in a move observers say was intended to punish critics, the report said. Some of those detained had pending asylum applications.

Juan Pappier, deputy director of the Americas for Human Rights Watch, said the simultaneous criticisms of Nicaragua's government and deportations of those forced to flee its repression “makes Washington look hypocritical.”

“Nicaragua has the most brutal government in the Western Hemisphere, and any government critic who is sent back is at real risk of torture or persecution," Pappier said.

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Braden Montgomery lined a two-run double down the right-field line in the sixth inning for the go-ahead runs and Sean Burke allowed one hit in 5 1/3 innings of impressive relief as the White Sox rallied past the Cleveland Guardians 4-3 on Monday to take a 2-0 lead in their AL Division Series.

Game 3 is Wednesday afternoon at Guaranteed Rate Field, where the White Sox have two chances to do something they haven't done since 1906 — clinch a postseason series at home.

“They've been waiting 120 years, so maybe we can do it this year,” said Grant Taylor, who worked 1 1/3 innings and allowed one hit as he got his second straight save. "I think it’s going to be unbelievable. Those fans deserve it. They’ve been with us for three years of 100 losses and they’ve been with us a good bit this year giving us a lot of support as we’ve gone through this. So being able to give them a postseason game is going to be pretty special."

The surprising White Sox improved to 4-0 in these playoffs — all on the road — and are one win from reaching the ALCS for the first time since winning the World Series in 2005. Chicago became the first team to reach the postseason after three straight 100-loss seasons, including a post-1900 record 121 defeats in 2024.

“Our club has been confident the entire year, regardless of the previous result,” manager Will Venable said. “They come in ready to play and turn the page. Now, we’re really excited to get playoff baseball to our fans.”

Munetaka Murakami hit an RBI single in the fourth to get Chicago within 2-1. Chase Meidroth added an RBI single to extend the lead to 4-2.

Jo Adell hit an RBI triple in the eighth and Chase DeLauter had two hits for the Guardians.

Gavin Williams struck out 11, tied for second-most by a Cleveland pitcher in a postseason game. But the offense failed to produce for the second straight game.

“We have had two-game stretches like this all year and we come right back. I've got a lot of faith in this offense. I have a lot of faith in this team,” Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt said. “We've got our work cut out for us. Like I said, this team plays its best with its back against the wall.”

3-run sixth propels the White Sox

The White Sox went ahead with a three-run sixth.

Miguel Vargas led off with a base hit to chase Williams and advanced to second on a groundout. Randal Grichuk drew a walk before a wild pitch by losing pitcher Erik Sabrowski with Tommy Pham at the plate advanced the runners to second and third. Pham flied out to shallow left before Montgomery jumped on a first-pitch fastball to drive in the go-ahead runs.

Montgomery celebrated at second base before scoring on Meidroth’s single to right.

“I was just ready for something to attack, and I was ready for his hardest stuff. I gave myself my best chance to succeed," Montgomery said. “I can’t even describe how it felt. It’s exhilarating. I was just taking it all in.”

Burke silences Cleveland's bats

Burke came on with one out in the third. After Travis Bazzana walked with one out in the fourth, the right-hander retired 13 straight batters until DeLauter got a base hit to end Burke's night.

Burke struck out six and threw 83 pitches, including 53 strikes, to earn the win.

“I was able to settle in and find my groove,” Burke said. “I’ve had openers before, but not in this situation, so I talked with a lot of guys. It’s just normal baseball when you get into that game.”

Taylor entered and allowed an RBI triple to Adell before Nathaniel Lowe flied out to end the eighth.

Guardians get on the board quickly

After getting shut out Saturday, the Guardians struck quickly with a pair of runs in the first.

Steven Kwan led off with a single and José Ramírez walked before Chase DeLauter's grounder off opener Anthony Kay moved the runners to second and third. Sean Newcomb came on and intentionally walked Adell to load the bases. Lowe hit a high chopper to drive in Kwan, but Newcomb threw it wide of the bag at first, allowing Ramírez to score on the error.

It marked the first time in four games this postseason the White Sox were behind.

Kay faced three batters and threw 17 pitches, including eight strikes.

Williams strong early

Williams didn’t allow a hit until Kyle Teel led off the fourth with a single.

The right-hander allowed two runs and four hits in five-plus innings. He had eight strikeouts in the first three innings and became the first Cleveland pitcher to strike out five straight in a postseason game.

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In a post on his social media site, Trump defended the ads, which cost at least $1.5 million in federal funds and have drawn intense criticism. Trump said they were “positive promotion for our Great U.S.A.”

“This is a rather standard thing to do,” the president wrote, while blaming intense criticism for using taxpayer funds on the ads on the “Radical Left.” But the president added that he’d “decided to do the Patriotic Ads, among others, and pay for them myself, and with money I raised for MAGA, Inc."

That is Trump's political war chest, which had amassed more than $400 million by the end of July. Trump has begun to tap it to boost Republican candidates around the country ahead of midterm elections.

Trump provided no details on reimbursing taxpayers for ads that already aired, nor how he would go about having his political organization pay for such future advertising.

The White House — which had fiercely defended using taxpayer money on spots meant to promote the president — said Monday night that MAGA Inc. will pay for such ads going forward. It did not answer questions on how it or Trump might prove that his political funds were being used on such future advertising.

Trump's abrupt about-face came after leaders from both parties criticized using taxpayer funds for the ads.

Legal experts said the ads might even violate federal statutes, including a law against congressionally appropriated funds being used for “publicity or propaganda” and one limiting the partisan political activities of government employees.

The spots began airing in late September

The first ad featured clips of Trump talking about defeating communism interspersed with onscreen text promoting the “largest tax cuts in history,” “reigniting American manufacturing” and a call to “defend law and order and police.”

Later the same week, a second ad began running. It showed scenic videos of Mount Rushmore with quotes and clips from Trump’s Fourth of July weekend speech there honoring the country’s 250th anniversary.

A third, more recent one was virtually identical to an ad for Trump’s Republican reelection campaign in 2024 and showed him walking down a hallway as his voice can be heard warning of a “final battle” against “globalists” and “warmongers.”

All ended with a message: “Paid for by the U.S. Government.”

According to AdImpact, which tracks media spending, the spots had cost at least $1.4 million by the end of September. The actual amount spent could be far more, depending on whether networks classified the ad as a political ad.

Federal prosecutors initially accused Marimar Martinez, then 30, of using her vehicle to strike and box in agent Charles Exum’s SUV on Chicago’s southwest side on Oct. 4, 2025, during “Operation Midway Blitz.” Exum then exited his car and opened fire, leaving Martinez with seven gunshot wounds.

In the month after the shooting, prosecutors filed to dismiss the charges in a dramatic reversal of the closely watched case in the nation's third-largest city.

Agent fired into rear of car, attorneys say

Her lawyers said Monday that they commissioned an expert to analyze bullet trajectories and her injuries and determined Exum wasn't in the path of her car when he opened fire. They said he had walked several feet toward her car, contrary to statements he made to the FBI, and fired off five shots in less than a second, the last from the rear side of her vehicle.

“Charles Exum told the FBI agent on that day, within hours of the shooting, that Marimar was driving her car directly at him, that he shot her five times through the windshield, and that he ceased firing once he was no longer in the path of the vehicle. Those are three objective lies that you’ll see here today,” said one of her attorneys, Chris Parente.

Parente said there were only three bullet holes in Martinez’ windshield on the right passenger side, which indicated Martinez wasn't driving toward the agent. He said the fourth shot was fired through the front passenger side window, adding another bullet hole in the back of Martinez’ car seat showed the agent fired the fifth shot from behind her.

“In what world can a U.S. law enforcement officer stand behind a car and fire his Glock service weapon through the rear passenger window at a young woman who’s crouched over the steering wheel?” Parente said.

CBP said in a statement to The Associated Press in response to the suit that Exum had been placed on administrative leave. Use-of-force incidents are “thoroughly investigated, reviewed, and presented” to an independent board, it added.

Exum is not a defendant in the lawsuit against the federal government, which was filed under the Federal Tort Claims Act and does not allow for lawsuits against individual agents. It was not known where Exum could be reached.

Body-worn camera footage from another agent in Exum's vehicle before the shooting captured the agents saying it was “time to get aggressive” and making other profanity-laced comments encouraging violence, according to the complaint.

Martinez taken from hospital with bullet holes ‘leaking blood,' suit says

The FBI arrested Martinez, taking her out of the hospital just hours after the shooting when she was “wheelchair bound and her bullet holes were leaking blood through her bandages,” according to the lawsuit. A judge ordered her release two days after her arrest.

Messages released by Martinez’ attorneys in February showed that former head of Border Patrol Greg Bovino had praised Exum for his “excellent service in Chicago” after the shooting. Other messages they released showed agents in a group chat congratulating Exum and calling him a “legend.”

Martinez was one several people shot in their cars by federal agents during President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. An immigration agent shot a Venezuelan delivery driver in his car in Austin, Texas, last month, and another shot a Colombian driver in Biddeford, Maine, in July. The Trump administration has at times justified such shootings as self-defense against people allegedly weaponizing their vehicles.

Martinez appeared with her attorneys at a news conference Monday, saying the various shootings spurred her to file suit.

“If I don’t, then who else, you know? Look at what happened to Renee and all these victims,” she said, referring to Renee Good, a woman shot dead in her vehicle by a federal agent in Minneapolis in January.

“What’s happening is not normal. We shouldn’t stay here and normalize what’s happening,” she said.

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Tree planting and flooding prevention are among the top issues Desulme said his administration is addressing.

“I want another two years to continue and finish that work,” Desulme said.

Morgan, an engineer, said he wants to bring a different approach to City Hall.

“I am looking for new things that we can do, things that we haven’t done before, thinking outside the box, talking with developers, contractors,” Morgan said.

Desulme said addressing the lack of affordable housing is among the priorities of the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency.

“I think we can do that also by looking at how our structure of taxes are, ”Morgan said. “It’s going to take a lot of work, but I believe we need to ask the questions.”

To address the cost of living, Desulme said the city has hosted several food distribution programs.

U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, the state’s Republican candidate for governor, said Pike’s unsuccessful execution last week “should not be grounds to halt carrying out the death penalty.” Rather, she said, Tennessee needs to reevaluate the way it does executions.

“If it’s lethal injection, if it is electric chair, what we do know is we have to find a way to do this — and do it successfully,” Blackburn told The Associated Press.

Top legislative leaders have already spoken with Blackburn about potential changes to state execution laws during their 2027 session.

“We want to broaden it, include more methods," House Speaker Cameron Sexton said. "What those are as of today, I’m not sure. But I don’t think there’s any method that’s off the table at this point.”

Most U.S. states that allow executions use lethal injection as their primary means, though South Carolina sets its default as electrocution and Idaho the firing squad, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. Some states give prisoners a choice of execution methods. Death by electricity or gas is authorized in nine states, including five that specify nitrogen gas, the center said. Five states authorize a firing squad.

Florida, which leads the nation in executions this year, uses a three-drug lethal injection that includes a sedative, a paralytic and a drug that stops the heart.

Tennessee's execution procedures have been in the national spotlight since Wednesday, when prison officials gave Pike two doses of a barbiturate that were supposed to be lethal but didn't ultimately kill her. Pike has remained hospitalized under guard, left unconscious and on a ventilator with blisters and burns on her arms from the drug, her lawyers have said.

Pike, now 50, was sentenced to death for the 1995 torture and slaying of a classmate, Colleen Slemmer. Pike was age 18 at the time and became one of the youngest women sent to death row.

Republican Gov. Bill Lee, whose term ends in January, halted the one remaining execution scheduled for this year and ordered an independent investigation into the state’s capital punishment system after Pike's failed execution. He said Saturday the commissioner of the Department of Correction will step down.

Blackburn said comprehensive change is needed — “it is personnel, processes, procedures, protocols that are all going to need to be addressed.”

Tennessee law already allows electrocution if the department is unable to carry out a lethal injection despite reasonable efforts to do so. State law also gives people who committed crimes before 1999 the option of choosing electrocution.

Between 2018 and 2020, five Tennessee prisoners chose electrocution. That could remain an option for about two dozen of the 40 people on death row.

Sexton said the legislature could consider amending the law to give the state a choice of execution methods.

House Majority Leader William Lamberth said he is open to making electrocution the state's primary means of execution. But no matter the method, Lamberth said he doesn't want any changes to take too long to implement.

“We want these sentences to be carried out effectively, efficiently and humanely," he said, adding: "Whatever we do, I do not want it to delay justice for these victims’ families.”

Republican state Sen. Todd Gardenhire, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he expects a deliberate review of what went wrong and what can be done to improve the execution process.

“I think the electric chair is the quickest and simplest way to do it,” he said.

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The statistics are sobering, but there is good news. When breast cancer is found early, it’s not only treatable. It’s beatable.

During Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, Local 10’s Kristi Krueger will file health reports that focus on breast cancer detection and prevention.

It’s all part of a new Local 10 campaign called “Proactively Pink.” The goal is to raise awareness that early detection saves lives and significantly improves treatment outcomes. Adopting a healthier lifestyle that includes maintaining a healthy weight and exercising regularly can lower the risk of the disease.

“Proactively Pink” runs every Thursday in October, beginning Oct. 1, during the 5:30 p.m. newscast.

Brasil, la cuarta democracia más grande del mundo y hogar de aproximadamente el 60% de la selva amazónica, llevó a cabo elecciones el domingo para elegir presidente, Congreso y gobernadores. La contienda presidencial sigue sin definirse: el senador Flávio Bolsonaro —hijo del expresidente de extrema derecha Jair Bolsonaro— se enfrentará al presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva en una segunda vuelta el 25 de octubre.

El Partido Liberal de Bolsonaro ganó cerca de un tercio de los escaños del Senado y casi una cuarta parte de los de la Cámara de Diputados, lo que lo convierte en el partido con mayor número de miembros en ambas cámaras.

“Las elecciones ya han producido un cambio significativo en el Congreso”, señaló en un comunicado Amazon Watch, una organización sin fines de lucro enfocada en la protección ambiental y los derechos indígenas. “El nuevo equilibrio de poder fortalece a grupos que respaldan la minería en tierras indígenas y cambios a las protecciones territoriales y ambientales, independientemente de quién gane la segunda vuelta”.

Las preocupaciones por la deforestación van más allá del partido de Bolsonaro

Varios legisladores electos en estados amazónicos han respaldado la minería, incluso en tierras indígenas, o un debilitamiento de las protecciones ambientales. Fernando Máximo, senador electo del Partido Liberal por Rondonia, ha desestimado como “falsedades” los hallazgos científicos sobre contaminación por mercurio derivada de la minería ilegal de oro.

Esas posturas se extienden más allá del partido de Bolsonaro. El senador Plínio Valério, del Partido de la Social Democracia Brasileña, de centroderecha —quien fue reelegido en Amazonas—, ha pedido legalizar la minería y ha criticado los operativos de fiscalización.

“Brasil sale de estas elecciones con un Congreso aún más agresivo hacia los derechos indígenas”, denunció la Articulación de los Pueblos Indígenas de Brasil (APIB), la principal organización indígena del país.

La minería en territorios indígenas requiere aprobación del Congreso

En general, la protección de los territorios indígenas es considerada una forma eficaz de frenar la deforestación en la Amazonía, la selva tropical más grande del mundo y un regulador clave del clima global. Un análisis de la red de monitoreo MapBiomas efectuado en 2022 concluyó que los territorios indígenas en Brasil perdieron apenas el 1% de su vegetación nativa en tres décadas, frente al 20% en tierras privadas a nivel nacional.

Según la legislación brasileña, cualquier investigación mineral o actividad minera en territorios indígenas requiere la aprobación de los legisladores, además de una consulta a las comunidades locales. El próximo Congreso, que asumirá el 1 de febrero de 2027, inevitablemente se pronunciará sobre la minería en tierras indígenas, ya que en febrero el juez Flávio Dino, del Supremo Tribunal Federal, les ordenó a los legisladores aprobar una ley que regule el tema.

“Se prevé que el debate sobre la minería en tierras indígenas avance, independientemente del resultado electoral. Y los resultados de las elecciones plantean mayores riesgos de que las normas presten poca atención a los derechos indígenas”, manifestó Márcio Santilli, miembro fundador de la organización sin fines de lucro Instituto Socioambiental de Brasil y expresidente del organismo brasileño de asuntos indígenas.

Marcos Sabaru, estratega político indígena de la APIB, indicó que la promesa de Bolsonaro de permitir que los indígenas exploten minería en sus tierras enfrentaría importantes obstáculos legales, ya que, técnicamente, las tierras indígenas y sus recursos minerales pertenecen al gobierno federal.

“Si abren las tierras indígenas y dejan de pertenecer al gobierno federal, entonces ¿a quién pertenecen? ¿A los ganaderos y a las empresas mineras? ¿A los pueblos indígenas?”, planteó Sabaru. “Estaríamos sentando un precedente sin saber adónde conduciría”.

Los precios récord del oro, impulsados en gran medida por la demanda de los inversionistas de activos seguros en medio del incremento de los riesgos globales, han alimentado un renovado auge minero en la Amazonía, disparando la deforestación y la contaminación por mercurio en comunidades ribereñas e indígenas. Un análisis reciente del Instituto de Investigación Ambiental de la Amazonía —una organización sin fines de lucro en Brasil— encontró que la minería de oro se expandió casi siete veces en estas tierras entre 2016 y 2024.

El Partido Liberal de Bolsonaro no respondió a una solicitud de comentarios que le hizo The Associated Press.

El gobierno de Lula ha reducido el repunte de la deforestación, pero no ha cumplido algunas metas

Durante su campaña, Flávio Bolsonaro indicó que abriría las tierras indígenas a actividades económicas, sin aclarar si establecería normas de deforestación para esos territorios.

“Si quieren cultivar o arrendar su territorio, serán libres de hacerlo. Si quieren autorizar la minería en sus tierras, también podrán hacerlo”, declaró Bolsonaro al podcast Market Makers. “Todo esto se hará de manera responsable y con salvaguardas ambientales, respetando sus deseos”.

Desde 2023, el gobierno de Lula ha revertido el incremento de la deforestación en la Amazonía ocurrido durante el mandato de Jair Bolsonaro, intensificó las labores contra la minería ilegal de oro, creó un Ministerio de los Pueblos Indígenas y reconstruyó el organismo de asuntos de dichos pueblos. Pero no ha cumplido algunas promesas, incluida la demarcación de tierras indígenas, observó Sabaru. Aun así, la APIB respalda a Lula para su reelección.

“Se nos dificulta defender al gobierno de Lula. Realmente así es”, expresó Sabaru. “Pero lo hacemos porque la otra parte no es una opción”.

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The blue-eyed rabbit became something of a Local 10 mascot after employees spotted him hopping around the property, often alongside a flock of chickens. Staff members began feeding and looking out for him, but eventually realized the domestic rabbit needed more help than they could provide.

That’s when Southwest Florida House Rabbit Rescue stepped in.

“We got a message from somebody from the news station that there was a bunny that had been running around for quite some time, and they were a little concerned if he might need help,” founder Jennifer Macbeth said.

Macbeth has spent years helping domestic rabbits. She founded the nonprofit about a decade ago after recognizing what she described as a lack of advocacy for the animals.

“There’s not a lot of advocacy for domestic rabbits,” Macbeth said. “They’re sort of the underdog out there and sort of misunderstood.”

The organization uses Macbeth’s home along with a network of about two dozen foster homes to rescue rabbits from across South Florida. Macbeth said the nonprofit takes in about 1,500 rabbits annually and receives at least five calls a day about stray rabbits needing help.

According to Macbeth, domestic rabbits face significant challenges when left outside.

“Prey animals like domestic rabbits; they are in survival mode,” she said. “I mean, they are just constantly scared essentially. They are always looking for shelter, for food, monitoring for traffic and predators.”

Local 10 employees had been providing the rabbit with food, helping him survive while he was living on the property.

Eventually, the rescue was able to trap him and bring him to safety.

“Right away, he knew that he was safe, and he loves being here,” Macbeth said. “He loves all his things; he likes being around the other rabbits.”

From Sheridan to Duke

While Local 10 employees had called the bunny Sheridan, his rescuers gave him a new name: Duke.

He quickly began making himself comfortable in his new surroundings.

“He’s adventurous, he’s already got out a few times and run around the house and introduced himself to everybody,” Macbeth said with a laugh.

The Animal Advocate team traveled to Bonita Springs to check on Duke and joined him for a trip to the veterinarian before he was neutered.

Dr. Linda Kitchen, an exotic veterinarian at Animal Hospital of Bonita, determined Duke is a 1-year-old Dutch rabbit weighing about 3 1/2 pounds.

“He’s been a good survivor,” Kitchen said. “He looks good, no mites, he hasn’t had any eye trouble, and his teeth are still doing really well, and he’s not underweight.”

Kitchen said Duke’s coloring could have made surviving outdoors especially dangerous.

“He wouldn’t be able to survive outside with this white stripe on him,” she said. “It’s just like a target, like a beacon to someone, another animal to grab him.”

What to know before bringing home a bunny

Macbeth and Kitchen also stressed that owning a rabbit comes with significant responsibilities and expenses.

Spaying or neutering a rabbit can cost between $600 and $800, while initial supplies can add another $200. Food can cost at least $100 a month.

Rabbits are classified as exotic pets and can live between 10 and 14 years with proper care.

Spaying and neutering are also important because of how quickly rabbits can reproduce.

“Rabbits breed like rabbits, so every 31 days they can give birth to up to 10 rabbits,” Macbeth said. “They get pregnant immediately after giving birth.”

Macbeth said thousands of rabbits are dumped on South Florida streets, including unwanted pets and rabbits that had previously been used for breeding.

Duke, however, now has a much different future ahead of him.

He has been neutered and is available for adoption through Southwest Florida House Rabbit Rescue.

Information for anyone interested in adopting Duke is available by clicking here.

Los Cornell Seven son un grupo de miembros de la fraternidad Chi Phi de Cornell University en Ithaca, Nueva York, acusados de drogar y violar en grupo a una estudiante en 2024.

Uno de ellos, según fuentes de Local 10 News, asistió a NSU University School antes de ir a Cornell y luego llegar a NSU.

En una carta dirigida a estudiantes, profesores y empleados de NSU, el presidente y CEO Harry Moon confirmó que las acusaciones “pueden involucrar a un estudiante que posteriormente se transfirió a NSU”.

“Al momento de la admisión, la universidad no estaba al tanto de las acusaciones reportadas posteriormente en los medios”, dijo Moon. “Una vez que nos enteramos del incidente reportado, actuamos de inmediato en nombre de la seguridad y el bienestar de nuestros estudiantes y de la comunidad de NSU. Debido a que este asunto involucra la ley federal relacionada con un estudiante en particular, la universidad está legalmente restringida por regulaciones federales que limitan lo que la universidad puede compartir”.

Moon no identificó al estudiante involucrado, pero agregó en su declaración que la universidad está monitoreando la situación y permanecerá vigilante, al tiempo que dejó claro que no tiene conocimiento de ninguna amenaza actual para la comunidad universitaria.

Algunos estudiantes en el campus el lunes dijeron a Local 10 News que estaban frustrados porque el presidente no confirmó que el estudiante hubiera sido expulsado o suspendido.

Dijeron que quieren saber con certeza que se fue.

“Obviamente, no dice si fue removido o si todavía está aquí o nada de eso”, dijo Mars Rivera, estudiante de NSU.

En el caso de Cornell, la mujer conocida como Jane Doe presentó el mes pasado una demanda civil contra los hombres, su hermandad y Cornell University, lo que desató una conversación a nivel nacional sobre agresión sexual, seguridad en los campus y responsabilidad institucional.

The bombers were redeployed to their home bases in the United States, according to a Pentagon official who was not authorized to discuss sensitive military movements and spoke Sunday on condition of anonymity.

Aviation watchers such as the Military Air Tracking Alliance have observed dozens of B-52 and B-1 bombers operating out of RAF Fairford since the opening days of the Iran war. Observers noticed a host of B-1 bombers fly out of the base on Sunday.

The move comes as President Donald Trump weighs options for his war on Iran — including new strikes — despite his initial promises to Americans that the campaign would last a matter of weeks.

“We have decisions that I’ll make about Iran. Iran’s been decimated. So the only question is — it’ll either be the easy way, or the hard way,” Trump told reporters on Saturday as he left the White House for a rally in Ohio.

A dual British-Iranian national was arrested in central London last week on suspicion of plotting a terror attack, following a security incident at RAF Fairford in late September. In total, six people have been taken into custody and then released on bail during the investigation.

British authorities have linked the incident to Tehran. Iran has denied involvement, but it has previously said it considers any base used to attack its territory a legitimate target.

U.K. officials say proxies linked to Iran have been behind a string of arson and other attacks in Britain and other countries, many of them targeting the Jewish community and intended to sow fear. They have previously warned that Tehran could expand its targets in the U.K. if conflicts in the Middle East continue.

RAF Fairford, located 100 miles (160 kilometers) west of London, has been used by American bombers during decades of conflicts in the Middle East.

The U.S. military still maintains a sizable presence in the Middle East. On Thursday, a U.S. official said the recently deployed USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier, as well as the USS Malkin Island amphibious readiness group — a group of ships that together carry over 7,000 sailors and 2,000 Marines — are heading for the region. The official said the move could result in three carriers in the region as early as the end of October.

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Eddrick Bethune desapareció después de una balacera poco después de la medianoche del domingo en Aliro, un complejo de apartamentos ubicado en 14040 Biscayne Boulevard, según detectives.

Una víctima de la balacera llegó a un hospital cercano, informó la policía. Un video grabado por un testigo mostró a dos hombres saltando desde una ventana del tercer piso de Aliro.

El capitán de la MDSO encontró el cuerpo de Bethune alrededor de las 7:25 a.m. del domingo afuera de viveros de plantas en el área de Southwest 216 Street y 189 Avenue, según detectives.

Cerca del cuerpo de Bethune, los agentes también encontraron un vehículo utilitario deportivo que había sido incendiado.

El detective J. Rodriguez pidió a cualquier persona que tenga información sobre el caso que llame al 305-471-2400.

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Un video muestra una SUV de color oscuro que se estrelló contra la rampa de valet parking de Oceanside Plaza Condominium.

El edificio está ubicado en 5555 Collins Ave., en Mid-Beach.

Tras el accidente, se podía ver la SUV incrustada en el concreto de la rampa y colgando del costado.

Según las autoridades, una pareja de adultos mayores se encontraba dentro de la SUV al momento del accidente, pero no se reportaron lesiones graves.

La Policía dijo que uno de ellos “presionó por error el acelerador en lugar del freno, lo que provocó que el vehículo impactara una columna estructural del edificio del condominio”.

Ambos “sufrieron lesiones menores y fueron trasladados al Ryder Trauma Center del Jackson Memorial Hospital como medida de precaución debido a su edad”, dijo la Policía.

Opening night against the 76ers and the Knicks’ banner-raising celebration on Oct. 20 is a little over two weeks away.

Towns, who is set to turn 31 on Nov. 15, is eligible for a four-year, $276 million deal. He is due to make $57 million this season and has a $61.1 million player option for 2027-28.

Asked at the start of training camp how he would feel about negotiations extending into the season, Towns said, "In this situation, there’s no comfortability to be had.”

Towns is a six-time All-Star who averaged nearly 16 points and had more than 10 rebounds a game during the Knicks' first title run since 1973. He believes he should be rewarded for his role in winning it all.

"I want to do something that can keep the team together and work with the Knicks and also values me," Towns told reporters before the Knicks' preseason opener at Philadelphia.

Owner James Dolan has said the team would not go into the second spending apron. Big man Mitchell Robinson left New York after eight seasons to sign a three-year deal in free agency with rival Boston.

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The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the team hadn't announced the details, said Thornton will have surgery this week.

Thornton was having the best game of his career when he got hurt at the end of a 55-yard catch during Kansas City's 30-27 victory over Las Vegas. His ankle got caught beneath him and twisted at a gruesome angle after he was hauled down from behind. Thornton briefly stood up to celebrate and signal first down before going to the ground and being carted off the field.

He had five catches for 111 yards and two touchdowns from Patrick Mahomes.

The undefeated Chiefs (4-0) also lost wideout Rashee Rice earlier in the game to a hamstring injury. They have a bye this weekend.

Thornton was a second-round pick by New England in 2022 but never had more than 22 catches. He joined the Chiefs last season and had a career-best 438 yards receiving on only 19 receptions for an average of 19.9 yards per catch.

He had 11 catches for 219 yards and two scores this season.

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Tuesday will feature a sun/cloud mix and southeast winds, sustained 5 to 10 mph. Scattered storms could pop with daytime heating. Temperatures are forecast to peak in the upper 80s.

Since she retired, Trimble, 68, has had more time to work on her quilting hobby and on making costumes for her three granddaughters, who are 3, 5, and 7.

About 12 years ago, Trimble survived ovarian cancer and was treated at Broward Health Imperial Point. About two years ago, she faced a type of breast cancer that often goes undiagnosed.

“I had been getting routine mammograms, but I had started getting a little pain at the left breast,” Trimble said. “It wasn’t horrible, and it wasn’t constant, but it was enough that I took it as an indication that there was something going on.”

Trimble’s mammogram came back negative, but she wasn’t convinced. Trimble’s sister had survived breast cancer. She decided to push for a second opinion. It was a proactive move that likely saved her life.

Dr. Nicholas Tranakas, a surgical oncologist, scheduled a biopsy. Her breast had Invasive Lobular Carcinoma, also known as lobular breast cancer. It had started in the lobules, the milk-producing glands, and it was growing in thin, single fine lines — instead of a hard lump.

“That sums it up: Proactive. You have to be actively seeking what’s best for you,” Trimble said.

Mammography and ultrasound, the standard breast imaging tools, are less reliable for early detection of ILC. Dr. Mehmet Hepgur, a hematologist and medical oncologist at Broward Health, said it’s because tumors form “like flat sheets.”

ILC accounts for about 10% to 15% of all breast cancer cases. It is the second most common type of breast cancer after Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, which begins in the milk ducts, according to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

Since ILC has a high rate of recurrence, Trimble decided to undergo a bilateral mastectomy, surgery to remove both breasts, at Broward Health Imperial Point.

“I feel really good today. I tell everyone I am in pretty good shape for the shape I am in,” Trimble said.

Here are some possible ILC symptoms:

• Hardened or thickened area inside the breast or underarm
• Dimpling, dent, or puckering of the skin of a breast
• Change in the size or shape of a breast
• Changes to the nipple, including inversion or pulling to one side
• A new area of fullness or swelling in the breast
• Unexplained and persistent bone pain, especially in the back, ribs, or thighs
• Unusual pelvic bleeding
• Abdominal pain, distention and/or bloating
• Difficulty eating or digesting food
• Unexplained weight loss
• Unexplained shortness of breath or painful breathing
• Frequent headaches, dizziness, or impaired cognitive function
• Swelling or lumps in the chest, armpit, neck, or groin
• Changes in skin color, lasting rash, or firm nodules on the skin
• New difficulty seeing

Sources: Breast Cancer Research Foundation and Lobular Breast Cancer Alliance

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Agentes de la MDSO detuvieron al menos a una persona en relación con el caso.

Según un informe de arresto, agentes del FBI que realizaban un allanamiento en la propiedad, ubicada en 12300 SW 51st St., notificaron a la MDSO alrededor de la 1 p.m. del sábado que encontraron una posible operación de peleas de animales. El informe no deja claro si la búsqueda federal tenía algo que ver con sospechas de peleas de animales.

Un detective de la MDSO acudió al lugar y realizó un recorrido por la propiedad de 10 acres y “observó varios miles de gallos de pelea” y “numerosos” rings de entrenamiento para peleas de gallos cercados, junto con “vitaminas, jeringas, medicamentos y agitadores de gallos”, señala el informe.

Las autoridades indicaron que los detectives obtuvieron una orden de registro alrededor de las 8:40 p.m., pero dejaron la propiedad bajo vigilancia de agentes de patrulla y regresaron a la mañana siguiente para registrarla más a fondo.

Los agentes dijeron que mientras registraban la propiedad la mañana del domingo, encontraron a dos hombres que “ingresaron al perímetro asegurado de la propiedad”.

Ambos hombres corrieron y saltaron una cerca, pero los agentes dijeron que pudieron encontrar a uno de ellos, Carlos Rafael Lezcano, caminando en un vivero cercano.

Lo que el hombre de 52 años dijo a los agentes fue censurado en el informe de arresto divulgado públicamente, pero los investigadores señalaron que uno de los artículos que encontraron era “un libro de contabilidad con su nombre”.

Arrestaron a Lezcano, quien vive aproximadamente a una milla del lugar, bajo cargos de crueldad animal, manipulación de evidencia, peleas de animales y resistencia sin violencia.

Los registros muestran que Lezcano permanecía detenido en el Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center con una fianza de $10,500 USD hasta la mañana del lunes.

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“Are you aware you are currently under arrest for the murder of Gladys, Julia, Daniela?” Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office Detective Juan Carlos Chaidez asked.

“Yes,” Sierra said. “I tied her hands behind her back.”

The 42-year-old already pleaded guilty in connection with the killings. A Miami-Dade jury is deciding whether life or death is an appropriate punishment.

“You tied her wrists together?” Chaidez asked.

“Yeah, with white nylon rope,” Sierra said.

Sierra delivered heart-wrenching details about the horrific way he said he killed his estranged wife, Gladys Machado.

“A plastic shopping bag?” Chaidez asked. “Yeah,” Sierra said. “And you place it over her face?” Chaidez asked. “Yeah,” Sierra said.

“I was devastated because of what I had done, so I was crying,” Sierra said.

Sierra also described killing Machado’s two young daughters, 6-year-old Julia Padrino and 3-year-old Daniela Padrino.

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“She saw that her mom was dead and she started crying and screaming,” Sierra said. “I grabbed the Sedano’s bag and I put it over her face.”

He said, “I went to the kids’ room, and Daniela was sleeping, and I sat on top of her and did the same thing.”

He said he used a yellow Sedano’s plastic bag to kill them.

“And then, I don’t know, I went crazy,” Sierra said.

Sierra also described violating the bodies of Machado and Julia, delivering the account in a matter-of-fact tone that belied the brutality of the grim murders.

He explained how he worked to cover it up. “Can you tell me what areas of the house you mopped?” Chaidez asked.

“The master room, the closet, the bathroom, the kitchen, the living room, (inaudible) to the family room,” Sierra said.

Sierra said the violence that November day started after they left the mall.

“I was furious,” Sierra said.

“At Mall of the Americas, what did you do there?” Chaidez asked.

“We got an ice cream for the kids,” Sierra said.

He said he became jealous when Machado received a phone call.

“You got into an argument with her because she received a phone call from another man?” Chaidez asked. “Yeah,” Sierra said.

Prosecutors said Sierra kidnapped them at knifepoint and took them to the home where, days later, a neighbor who noticed the smell of decomposition found the three bodies in a master bedroom closet.

“You exit the home through what door?” Chaidez asked. “The front door,” Sierra said.

On cross-examination, defense attorney Joyce Brenner questioned Chaidez about his calm approach during the interview.

“You kept this whole thing as calm as you possibly could so you could build a rapport with Mr. Sierra so you could get at the truth, right?” Brenner asked.

“I already had a rapport with Mr. Sierra from our first interaction and our second interaction,” Chaidez said. “His behavior when it came to his wife’s infidelity and affairs, I thought he was a bit too calm and relaxed for his responses. I am not saying someone wouldn’t have a problem with their wife having an affair, but the way he was reacting to those questions didn’t sit right with me.”

On redirect, lead prosecutor Abby Rifkin asked what prompted Sierra to stop providing the same false information.

“When he was confronted about the DNA evidence found on the victims,” Chaidez said.

Chaidez also described Sierra’s demeanor when he was confronted with that evidence.

“When he was confronted with that information, he clasped his hands, he stared down at the table for several seconds, he began to shake or quiver, and that is when he said something to the effect of, ‘I am going to tell you what happened,’ and all that,” Chaidez said.

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Democratic candidate David Jolly and Republican candidate Byron Donalds boosted political ads on television and across social media as Election Day moved closer.

Jolly made a stop at the Wynmoor community in Coconut Creek, with a show of support from former U.S. Ambassador Rahm Emanuel.

Meanwhile, in Indian Shores, Donalds spoke with supporters about where he and his opponent differed on topics including education, affordability and a debate Jolly had refused to participate in.

“I’ve decided that on the bad faith and dishonesty, I don’t want a platform of dishonesty in front of the people in the state of Florida, and so I’ve decided not to debate,” Jolly said.

Meanwhile, Donalds said, “My opponent doesn’t want to debate. He doesn’t want to do public meeting, and except for the people in that room, he doesn’t put them online.”

To date, Donalds leads the race in fundraising with more than $134 million, while Jolly had raised just over $16 million.

El candidato demócrata David Jolly y el candidato republicano Byron Donalds aumentaron la difusión de anuncios políticos en televisión y en las redes sociales a medida que se acercaba el Día de las Elecciones.

Jolly hizo una parada en la comunidad Wynmoor en Coconut Creek, con el respaldo del ex embajador de Estados Unidos Rahm Emanuel.

Mientras tanto, en Indian Shores, Donalds habló con sus simpatizantes sobre las diferencias entre él y su oponente en temas como la educación, la asequibilidad y un debate en el que Jolly se había negado a participar.

“He decidido que, ante la mala fe y la deshonestidad, no quiero una plataforma de deshonestidad frente a la gente del estado de Florida, y por eso he decidido no debatir”, dijo Jolly.

Mientras tanto, Donalds dijo: “Mi oponente no quiere debatir. No quiere hacer reuniones públicas y, excepto para las personas que están en esa sala, no las publica en línea”.

Hasta la fecha, Donalds lidera la carrera en recaudación de fondos con más de $134 millones USD, mientras que Jolly había recaudado poco más de $16 millones USD.

Según el Departamento de Salud de Florida en el condado Broward, el caso de dengue fue adquirido localmente.

El DOH en el condado Broward, junto con el Control de Mosquitos del condado Broward, dijo que “están coordinando esfuerzos de vigilancia, prevención y control”.

Funcionarios del condado Broward dijeron que rociaron el área donde se detectó el caso, pero no revelaron la ubicación.

“El dengue puede presentarse como una enfermedad similar a la gripe, con fuertes dolores musculares y articulares, fiebre y, en ocasiones, sarpullido”, indica el FDOH. “Por lo general, no hay síntomas respiratorios. Los síntomas del dengue aparecerán dentro de los 14 días posteriores a la picadura de un mosquito infectado. La fiebre del dengue no es contagiosa, pero se transmite por la picadura de un mosquito Aedes aegypti infectado”.

“En el régimen anterior los colombianos quedaron a merced de los narcoterroristas... en mi gobierno no será el pueblo el que sienta el peso del narcoterrorismo, son los terroristas los que sentirán pánico”, aseguró el mandatario conservador en un acto militar en Cesar, en el noreste del país, donde en la madrugada se registró un ataque con drones cargados con explosivos contra una estación de policía que no dejó víctimas.

Hace dos décadas las fuerzas de tareas conjuntas se usaron especialmente para enfrentar a las guerrillas. Esas estructuras que combinan al Ejército, la Armada y la Fuerza Aérea bajo la cabeza de un comandante estaban pensadas para atacar de manera unificada objetivos de alto valor y combatir grupos armados ilegales en las zonas más convulsas del país.

La “Fuerza de Tarea Conjunta Urano”, como se denominó a la recién creada, tendrá el objetivo de combatir el hurto de hidrocarburos, que incluye conexiones ilícitas en los oleoductos de la estatal petrolera Ecopetrol, así como atentados contra los oleoductos que terminan por derramar el crudo.

“Ese combustible (hurtado) alimenta otras economías criminales: sirve como insumo para la producción de cocaína, para la minería ilegal y genera rentas que fortalecen estructuras terroristas”, explicó De la Espriella.

El mandatario indicó que la nueva unidad de coordinación militar tendrá 1.200 integrantes articulados con funcionarios de la fiscalía y agentes de inteligencia.

“Esta nueva unidad representa el renacimiento estratégico del modelo de Fuerzas de Tarea Conjuntas en el territorio nacional”, indicó en un comunicado el Comando General de las Fuerzas Militares.

En 2024 fueron suprimidas las fuerzas de tarea conjuntas como parte de una reorganización de las fuerzas armadas que llevó a cabo el gobierno del progresista Gustavo Petro (2022-2026).

Fue una decisión cuestionada por algunos sectores que consideraron que produjo un “debilitamiento” militar a Colombia, que aún lidia con grupos armados ilegales, incluidas las disidencias de la guerrilla Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) que no se acogieron hace una década a un acuerdo de paz.

De la Espriella, quien asumió en agosto, decidió dar un giro a la política de seguridad con la promesa de priorizar e intensificar las operaciones militares contra grupos armados. En ese contexto, cerró las conversaciones de paz que abrió el gobierno de Petro con muchos de ellos.

“Con el terrorismo no hay contemplaciones ni hay negociaciones... hay que combatirlo con la fuerza legítima de las leyes y las armas”, aseguró De la Espriella.

La noche del viernes, Shaquille Palmer se entregó en el Departamento de Policía de Miramar.

Las imágenes de la cámara corporal de su arresto fueron obtenidas por Local 10 News, y muestran cómo es escoltado fuera del vestíbulo con las manos esposadas y llevado al exterior.

Palmer, de 33 años, de Oakland Park, es acusado de robar más de $250,000 USD en costosos bolsos de la mujer para quien trabajaba, la influencer de redes sociales Stormy Wellington.

Inicialmente, las autoridades arrestaron a la persona equivocada en el caso.

Cuando se difundió la fotografía policial del presunto sospechoso, Wellington dijo a Local 10 News que esa no era la persona que le robó.

“Ese no es el caballero”, dijo. “Arrestaron al hombre equivocado”.

Esa persona fue liberada, lo que provocó una búsqueda del sospechoso el viernes que terminó más tarde esa noche, cuando Palmer entró a la sede de la Policía de Miramar.

Él explicó su versión de los hechos a los investigadores, pero esas imágenes de la cámara corporal no han sido divulgadas.

Palmer compareció ante un tribunal durante el fin de semana y se le concedió una fianza de $150,000 USD. Hasta la tarde del lunes, permanecía detenido en la cárcel principal de Broward.

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Forecast models continued to ramp up interest in the system on Sunday, and by early Monday the NHC had dialed up their development chances to 70% (high) of a tropical depression or named storm by later this week over the southern or central Gulf.

The next name on the list is Isaias (pronounced ees-ah-EE-ahs).

Despite computer models coming around to possible development over the weekend after some waffling on Friday, there remains a high degree of uncertainly with this one, both in how organized it’ll get and the exact timing, placement, and nature of impacts along the northern Gulf Coast and southern U.S. later this week into the upcoming holiday weekend.

A big mess to start

The system has its origins early this week as a big, broad, messy low-pressure area dangling from the tail of a stalled front over the southwestern Gulf.

The low-pressure area will loiter around in the southwestern Gulf and Bay of Campeche much of the week which will give it time to organize under lighter and more conducive upper-level winds, especially from tomorrow through Thursday.

The big question is just how much the low-pressure system takes advantage of those conditions, particularly if it slides far enough south over the swooped Bay of Campeche, which is known to enhance the spin around nascent tropical systems. The farther south and east it dips to start the week, the more conducive atmospheric conditions it’ll find as well.

As we discussed in this newsletter last Thursday, water temperatures over nearly the entire Gulf are at record warmth for the time of the year, so that won’t be an impediment to organization.

Nevertheless, it also takes other environmental factors – especially light upper-level winds and lots of juicy air at the mid-levels of the atmosphere – to build up a storm, and those ingredients are questionable at best for later in the week as the system lifts toward the northern Gulf.

Newer AI models take the over

Assessing the environment over the northern Gulf for late week into the weekend doesn’t look particularly compelling for quick organization or strengthening.

As we discussed in Friday’s newsletter, harsh upper-level winds from a rip-roaring subtropical jet stream – aided in part by the outflow of what’s poised to be another hurricane this week on the Pacific side of Mexico – promises to be a significant stumbling block for any system that tries to move directly north this week.

The traditional physics-based European model and its ensembles are advertising this solution, keeping whatever comes together in the Gulf broad, sloppy, and disorganized, with weather well removed from the sprawling center into the weekend.

Though the Euro has been jumping around with timing, the model’s been consistent in advertising this weaker, sloppier solution since last week.

On the other side of the ledger are the newer and less battle-tested AI models, which are pumping up some stronger scenarios for later this week.

Both Google’s DeepMind machine learning-based ensemble system and the Euro AI favor a track farther east and away from the high shear zone, with scenarios suggesting the possibility of a hurricane threat to the north-central Gulf Coast – generally east of Louisiana – for the weekend.

Heavy rain threat to the northern Gulf regardless

Until we have a coherent system, expect forecasts to jump around a lot. The run-to-run jumpiness in the models has been high, suggesting buyer beware on any one model cycle.

It’s too soon to say whether this will find the open window to organize and strengthen as some of the AI models are suggesting, but given the time of year, high octane waters, and possibility of lighter wind shear to the east, it’s a scenario we’ll have to monitor.

The AI models have been a little overzealous on strengthening pre-formed systems this season, so for now, it’s worth taking the higher-end scenarios with a grain of salt. We’ll want to watch the trends, especially once we have a better defined area of low pressure.

For now, interests along the northern Gulf – from Louisiana to Florida – should check back on the forecasts for the possibility of anything from a sloppy rainmaker to a more coherent wind, rain, and surge threat later this week into the weekend.

Regardless, models suggest the likelihood of some pretty hefty rainfall totals through the upcoming holiday weekend for these areas, so folks here will want to be prepared for an increasing risk of flash flooding.

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Eligible residents who are not already registered to vote in Florida must submit a completed voter registration application by Monday to participate in the election.

Those who are already registered are encouraged to check their voter information to make sure it remains accurate and up to date.

“Registering to vote is the first step toward making your voice heard,” Broward County Supervisor of Elections Joe Scott said in a statement. “I encourage everyone who is eligible to vote in this upcoming election to honor their civic duty by participating in the upcoming General Election.”

In Miami-Dade County, election officials are extending hours Monday to give eligible residents additional time to register.

Miami-Dade Elections Headquarters, located at 2700 NW 87th Ave. in Doral, will remain open until 11:59 p.m. Monday. Staff members will be available to assist eligible residents who have not yet registered.

“Elections are the bedrock of our democracy, and every eligible citizen should have the opportunity to make their voice heard,” Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections Alina Garcia said. “We are keeping our doors open late so that no one misses the opportunity to register and participate in our democratic process.”

Garcia also noted that young people can pre-register beginning at age 16 so they are prepared to vote once they turn 18.

Key dates ahead of Election Day

After Monday’s registration deadline, voters will have several other important dates to keep in mind.

The deadline to request a vote-by-mail ballot is by 5 p.m. on Oct. 22.

Early voting runs from Oct. 19-Nov. 1 in Broward County and Miami-Dade County and from Oct. 19-Oct. 31 in Monroe County. Early voting hours will be from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Broward and Miami-Dade and from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. in Monroe County.

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3. All polling locations across South Florida will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Registered voters can cast their ballots by mail, during early voting or on Election Day.

“Your vote is your voice, your right and your opportunity to help shape the future of our community, our state and our nation,” Garcia said.

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According to Florida Highway Patrol dispatch data, the crash happened at around 4:40 p.m. between Copans and Sample roads.

It wasn’t immediately clear how many people were killed and whether there were any additional injuries.

Local 10 News has contacted FHP and Pompano Beach Fire Rescue seeking additional information.

Según datos de despacho de la Patrulla de Carreteras de Florida, el accidente ocurrió alrededor de las 4:40 p.m. entre Copans Road y Sample Road.

No estaba claro de inmediato cuántas personas murieron ni si hubo heridos adicionales.

Local 10 News se comunicó con la FHP y Pompano Beach Fire Rescue en busca de información adicional.

The pathologically unfiltered Pittsburgh coach is ready for the league to start punching back.

Narduzzi landed the first but likely hardly the last salvo of the season just moments after the Panthers fended off Virginia Tech on the road Friday night, a game decided on a missed 36-yard field goal as time expired.

In the frantic aftermath, the longest-tenured coach in Pitt history encouraged AP Top 25 voters to “wake your (butts) up," just as Narduzzi promised ACC commissioner Jim Phillips he would after the Panthers improved to 5-0.

Narduzzi wasn't just stumping for Pitt, which did sneak in at No. 25 when the latest poll was released on Sunday, but the entire conference.

What else is there to do after being told before the showdown with the Hokies that it marked the first time two Power Four programs entered a game with identical 4-0 records and neither was ranked?

“It's disrespectful to the ACC,” Narduzzi said Monday.

If Narduzzi sounds a little touchy, maybe it's because he has grown increasingly annoyed about repeatedly hitting the same talking points to an audience not particularly interested in listening.

While he leans into the fight, part of him wonders why one always seems to be necessary.

Well, actually maybe he doesn't wonder.

“I think it’s all the brands,” Narduzzi said, seemingly alluding to the Big Ten and the Southeastern Conference. “Everybody wants to look at the logo and gets all infatuated with logos and all that stuff.”

The Big Ten has six teams ranked this week. The SEC has nine. The ACC? Just three: No. 4 Miami, with SMU at 24, one spot ahead of the Panthers.

Narduzzi knows there's a part of him that is trying to have it both ways. He repeatedly said during September that the early season polls don't matter. Yet he knows he's in the minority, and it's much easier for him now at 60 to put the poll in what he considers the proper perspective.

As if to prove a point, he made a not-so-veiled reference to an unnamed program that had a number next to its name earlier in the season, a number that has since vanished.

“I mean, you look at the school down the road gets into the Top 25, and what did they really do to get into the Top 25?” he said.

Asked later who he was referring to, Narduzzi just laughed, though longtime rivals West Virginia and Penn State both fit the profile.

The Nittany Lions and first-year coach Matt Campbell started the season ranked 18th and rose after opening with three uneventful wins against lesser competition. Two conference losses later and Penn State is out of the polls, and Campbell's honeymoon at his alma mater is over.

West Virginia made a cameo in the Top 25 after throttling past Virginia on Sept. 18, only to have its defense implode in back-to-back weeks.

There's still plenty of time for narratives to change, particularly at Pitt, which will have to play the rest of the season without quarterback Mason Heintschel, who tore the ACL in his right knee in the third quarter against the Hokies.

Yet the Panthers are hardly the only ACC team off to a promising start but unable to make serious inroads in an effort to change the perception of the league.

Wake Forest is 4-1, with its lone loss a game effort against the Hurricanes. The Demon Deacons edged an improved Purdue team by two on the road earlier in the season, did the same to disappointing Louisville and crushed Stanford by 54 points on Saturday, the biggest-ever blowout win in conference play for a charter member of the ACC. Duke is unbeaten at 4-0 with a victory at Illinois on its resume.

Neither the Demon Deacons nor the Blue Devils currently find themselves ranked.

Narduzzi tried to spend a rare Saturday off seeing how the other half lives, intending to watch some Big Ten and SEC games. His remote kept finding its way to some of the remaining teams on Pitt's schedule, including North Carolina, which visits Pitt on Saturday.

What he sees, admittedly with some bias, is good football in a league that will spend the next two months beating up on each other trying to keep pace with the Hurricanes, the CFP runner-up last season, who look even better this fall.

“Your stomach starts to turn, and you’re like, ‘Golly, we’ve got a lot of work ahead,’” Narduzzi said.

The ACC would like the conversation around the league to evolve to the point where an in-conference loss doesn't send a team's stock tumbling, a courtesy voters extended to Mississippi State this week, which dropped just one spot after getting drilled at home by SEC rival Alabama by 33.

It doesn't appear to be there yet, as the bid for national relevance instead of national curiosity drones on.

Three years ago, the CFP committee left unbeaten Florida State out of the then-four-team playoff after quarterback Jordan Travis was hurt late in the season. Two years ago, SMU received the lone ACC bid as the 11th seed when the CFP expanded to 12. Last year, Miami shook off a pair of midseason losses to SMU and Louisville that cost the Hurricanes a spot in the ACC Championship to make the CFP as the 10th seed and make it all the way to the title game.

By the time the Hurricanes reached the final, the nip/tuck nature of their at-large bid was largely forgotten.

Yet rather than Miami's success serving as a stamp of approval that the league as a whole is legit, it seems to merely have certified the impression that “The U” is back. The rest of the conference it plays in, seemingly not so much.

So Narduzzi will keep banging the drum, even while facing a stretch run that looks far more daunting without the promising Heintschel.

Maybe Pitt remains in the mix to the end with well-traveled senior Holden Gernier behind center. Maybe it doesn't. The one thing Narduzzi is sure of is that whoever emerges at the top of the ACC standings come early December is worthy of consideration and then some, be it in the polls or anywhere else.

Asked if he feels his almost defiant stance is as much about saying the quiet part out loud for an entire league as it is for the program he's run for 146 games and counting, he nodded.

“Absolutely,” the fourth-longest tenured Power Four coach said. “Absolutely.”

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Substitutes Désiré Doué, Rayan Cherki and Michael Olise (two) netted four goals in 14 minutes to completely turn the match around for France, which trailed until the 77th minute.

“Tonight, this is soccer, this is what we love,” Zidane said. “We faced some difficulties in the first half but that’s part of the game; it’s the kind of match you get from time to time. It’s good to set things right — which is what we did — and we managed to play an extraordinary second half.”

The win reinforced France’s control of Group A1, three points above Italy, which beat Turkey 3-1.

Third-placed Belgium slipped four points below France. Turkey has no points.

Zidane started his time in charge of Les Bleus with wins over Turkey and Belgium before being held to a draw by Italy on his home debut on Friday.

“It’s a collective effort, too,” Olise said. "He (Zidane) brings in ideas, we follow them — we’ve done that well over the last four matches, we’re going to continue like this."

France was still to book a spot in the quarterfinals. It would have been assured of one of the top two places in the group if it beat Belgium and Italy failed to beat Turkey.

France's star-studded bench to the rescue

At the Stade de France, Belgium took the lead in the 35th minute. Dodi Lukébakio sprung the offside trap to run onto a magnificent, long pass from Roméo Lavia, raced through one-on-one with debutant Guillaume Restes and powered it over the France goalkeeper and into the back of the net.

But Zidane's star-studded bench turned things around. Doué leveled in the 77th with a low shot into the bottom right corner, and Les Bleus took the lead in somewhat strange fashion four minutes later.

Maarten Vandevoordt appeared set to save Cherki’s strike but the ball hit the Belgium goalie’s foot and rebounded in off his left arm. Olise set that up and added two goals in three minutes himself to seal the match.

“We knew the substitutes could change the game because they are high-quality players,” Zidane said. “But, once again, it was a complete team performance; while the substitutes might have made the difference when they came on, everyone has been good over these past two weeks — everyone played their part, and that’s what stands out to me.

“We talk about Olise because he scored, and Désiré came on and scored — every player who came on scored — which means it was the right call.”

First home win of Mancini's return

In Italy, Roberto Mancini was also looking for a first home win. He started his return to the Italy bench with a loss in Rome to Belgium before morale-boosting away performances against Turkey — where the Azzurri won 4-1 — and France.

Turkey was under pressure after scoring just one goal and conceding eight in its three matches. It was also missing key players but nevertheless started the brighter in Bologna.

However, Italy took the lead against the run of play in the 26th. Gianluca Scamacca attempted to knock down a cross and it bounced off a Turkey defender’s shoulder before falling kindly back to Scamacca, who volleyed it in off the underside of the crossbar.

Aral Şimşir swept in a deserved equalizer for Turkey in the 61st but Italy was back in front just three minutes later when Riccardo Calafiori headed in Nicolò Barella’s free kick.

Pio Esposito sealed the win late on when he tapped in Alessandro Romano’s shot. Esposito became only the second Italy player to score seven international goals before his 21st birthday.

Gyökeres scores again

Victor Gyökeres extended his record Nations League scoring streak to seven games to fire Sweden to a 1-0 win in Romania.

It was a fourth of the campaign for Gyökeres, who broke the record on Friday.

Sweden tops Group B4 and is two points above Bosnia-Herzegovina, which beat Poland 1-0.

Northern Ireland remained on top of Group B2, despite being held to 0-0 by Georgia. Hungary won against Ukraine 2-1 and was second.

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Select exhibition games will include a smart basketball that has a Bluetooth sensor in it and can collect data for future use in real-time officiating decisions. The league said the information from the Wilson-developed connected balls will be for research only and not affect calls made during those games.

Officials in select games will also use wrist wearables to communicate with the replay center in designated situations, including replay reviews, scoring changes and clock malfunctions.

The wearables went through what the NBA called a successful pilot program during the summer league. The technology will not extend into the regular season.

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The federal lawsuit filed late Friday in Seattle alleges that eight protein beverages Starbucks sells in the U.S. contain varying amounts of sugar even though the company lists them as sugarless.

On Monday, the menu on Starbucks' U.S. website listed a 16-ounce (0.5-liter) Sugar-Free Caramel Protein Matcha with 16 grams of sugar and a 20-ounce (0.6-liter) version of the same drink with 21 grams of sugar. By comparison, one Reese’s cup has 11 grams of sugar.

Hagens Berman, a law firm that specializes in class action cases, filed the suit on behalf of three individual consumers who bought Starbucks’ sugar-free protein drinks in California, New York and Washington.

“Consumers avoid sugar for various reasons, whether that be general health, diabetes and blood glucose levels or other factors, and for many, a staunch mislabeling like this is significant,” said Steve Berman, a co-founder and managing partner of the Seattle-headquartered firm.

The plaintiffs contend that Starbucks' naming and marketing of sugar-free products is “false, deceptive and unlawful” and that the company violated federal labeling regulations.

Seattle-based Starbucks said the sugar in its protein drinks comes from the protein-boosted milk it uses. The company said it doesn’t add sugar to the drinks and it uses sugar-free syrup for flavoring.

On Starbucks’ website Monday, the drinks were marketed as “sugar-free,” but the company also clearly stated the amount of sugar in each beverage and that they were made without added sugar.

“We believe these claims have no merit,” a Starbucks spokesperson said Monday. “Starbucks has consistently and clearly provided information about its protein beverages, sugar-free options, customization choices and nutritional content across product announcements, menus, marketing materials, Starbucks.com and the Starbucks app, and we intend to vigorously defend ourselves in this matter.”

Starbucks introduced its protein drinks in September 2025 to meet consumer demand for functional beverages and catch up to rivals like Dutch Bros, which launched protein-enhanced coffee drinks in 2024.

Dutch Bros also offers a lower-sugar version of its caramel-flavored Hopscotch Protein Latte, but it’s advertised as the Hopscotch Zero Sugar Added Protein Latte. The 16-ounce (0.5-liter) iced version has 7 grams of sugar and 11 grams of protein. By comparison, a 16-ounce (0.5-liter) iced Starbucks Sugar-Free Caramel Protein Latte has 9 grams of sugar and 29 grams of protein.

The lawsuit seeks damages on behalf of U.S. consumers who bought the drinks. It also wants the court to order Starbucks to stop using the label “sugar-free” on products that contain sugar.

Según el Departamento de Policía de Pembroke Pines, Allek Lok fue visto por última vez el 3 de octubre en la comunidad de Pier Point.

Los agentes de policía también buscaron a Lok —que pesa unas 155 libras y mide 5 pies y 7 pulgadas de altura— en la zona de Johnson Street y Colony Point Drive.

Agentes de policía encontraron el lunes a una persona fallecida en la zona de South Palm Avenue, cerca de la calle 11, según Amanda Cowell, portavoz del PPPD.

“Esto no está relacionado con el caso de ayer de la persona desaparecida, pero nuestra investigación sigue abierta y en curso”, escribió Cowell en un comunicado.

La detective Dana DeFalco pidió a cualquier persona que tenga información sobre el paradero de Lok que llame al 954-860-2883.

Detectives también pidieron a cualquier persona que tenga información sobre este u otros casos y que desee permanecer en el anonimato que llame a Broward County Crime Stoppers al 954-493-8477.

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After playing guitar in a string of bands, Gilroy came to Los Angeles hoping to become a studio musician. A session with some real players quickly disabused him of that notion. But once Gilroy entered filmmaking, his fascination with the scoring process, and the orchestras that record them, kept growing. By the time Gilroy was overseeing the scoring of “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” at the famed Gary Martin Soundstage on the Sony Pictures lot, something started percolating.

“Those scoring sessions were incredibly intense,” said Gilroy. “The time pressure was great. A huge orchestra. I just sat there going: There has to be a movie here.”

Now there is. Gilroy's “Behemoth!” premiered last weekend at the centerpiece of the New York Film Festival. Gilroy's first film since the Star Wars series “Andor” concluded its acclaimed two-season run, “Behemoth!” was one of the festival's most keenly awaited movies. In the film, which Searchlight Pictures will release Dec. 4, Pedro Pascal stars as a perpetually on-the-run cellist and former prodigy who returns to Los Angeles to score films. His life is as messy as his playing is flawless.

“Behemoth!” is a rigorously scripted, time-shifting character study in the mold of Gilroy’s 2007 masterpiece, “Michael Clayton,” and a resonant ode to the art of movie scoring. In an experimental gambit, Gilroy cast nine composers — dubbed the Behemoth! Collective — to fill the movie with music.

“I kinda had a vague idea of how I could gather enough musicians quickly before the authorities got involved,” a chuckling Gilroy said during an interview at Lincoln Center. “We just said, ‘OK, everybody’s going to get exactly the same amount of money. ... We made a basic, early manifesto for what the rules would be. And it’s this utopian thing.”

A detour to music after ‘Andor’

The alchemy of image and music remains a mysterious part of moviegoing to Gilroy, the oldest son in a filmmaking family. He points to the simplicity and luck that went into the score for the noir classic “The Third Man,” where director Carol Reed stumbled upon a zither player at a wine tavern. “Michael Clayton,” Gilroy said, initially rejected any music at all. He screened it half a dozen times naked, without a score, before something clicked.

“You pick the lock, you pick the frequency of what it is,” Gilroy said. “When we started on ‘Andor,’ I really felt like I knew a lot about it. And we got in there and got our butts kicked. That was a tutorial. Then it happened again in the second season. You just can’t stop learning this stuff. I’m not sure I’ll ever be done learning about it.”

Gilroy said he considers his six years working “Andor" to be “the most life-changing creative intensity you could ever have.” While it initially seemed an unlikely combination — one of film's top writer-directors and one of Hollywood's most tightly controlled franchises — Gilroy, a student of history, turned the “Rogue One” spinoff into a timely exploration of fascism and revolution.

“Behemoth!” was a new tune.

“We were so swamped with politics and anger and dread of picking up the newspaper every day,” said Gilroy. “I really craved a sanctuary from that. I gave myself permission to hide in this movie for a year. I felt like I did enough, I said enough, I was angry enough. People who got the show really got it. I didn’t want to fight anymore. It was super pleasurable to not come home and put the news on, but put music on.”

But did those years on “Andor” give Gilroy any insight into our current politics? He immediately answered “yes” and then hesitated. “Man, do I really want to get into it?"

“I think a lack of alternative, charismatic, communicative leadership,” he said. “There’s been absolutely no one who has risen who’s given voice to what the majority of people want. Someone to stand up and charismatically message the (expletive) out of this, the way it should be.”

“All of the varieties of the woke conversation — I’m not sure I even understand all the distinctions or where I fit on that spectrum,” Gilroy said. “But what I know for sure is that there was a de-muscularization of progressives. It doesn’t have to be masculine. But somebody stand up and frickin’ fight.”

Bringing studio magic to life

The idea for “Behemoth!” stemmed from something more sublime. In countless trips to the Sony soundstage, he watched its effect. The same room is where MGM musicals like “The Wizard of Oz” were recorded. Many scenes in “Behemoth!” were shot there.

“People go in and they cry. The air that’s moving, the sweat. The combination of legacy and work and the dead skin cells of all the people that have been in there forever,” said Gilroy. “When we were doing ‘Clayton,’ Tilda Swinton came in and she had never been to a scoring session before. She went and laid down.”

For Gilroy, the behind-the-scenes interest mirrors how “Michael Clayton,” which starred George Clooney as the fixer of a law firm, came about.

“We were doing location scouting for ‘Devil’s Advocate,’ and I kept going to all of these law firms and wandering off. The back of those law firms are huge,” Gilroy said, referring to the 1997 film he co-wrote. “I said, ‘Why doesn’t anyone do a movie about the back of the house? The whole front is like a stage.’”

Gilroy, 70, didn't make his directorial debut, “Michael Clayton,” until he was 50, after years as an in-demand screenwriter. That “Behemoth!” is only his fourth feature as director is hard not to read as a sign of Hollywood foolishness. He turned to “Andor” after three films he was trying to get off the ground never materialized. But he's not complaining.

“It sounds odd to say, but over the last 10 years, I’ve been gambling with Disney on the three most eccentric projects I’ve ever been involved in,” Gilroy said. “They’ve never done anything but let our freak flag fly.”

Searchlight Pictures, the specialty division of Disney, stepped in to make the $36 million “Behemoth!”

“They stepped up because I delivered on ‘Rogue,’ I delivered on ‘Andor,'” Gilroy said. “My attitude was: I’ll cover. Let me do this to cover and keep me around. They were Medici for me. But Hollywood’s not working that way."

When Gilroy spoke to The Associated Press, his mind was on the acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Paramount Skydance, a merger that many in the industry opposed. The day before, the impending exits of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group chairs Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy were reported.

“They’re just real film people. And these studios are real studios. There’s no reason for them to be merged or pulled apart,” Gilroy said. "This is a healthy business that we know how to do. And to take it apart?"

But back to the music. The unlimited possibilities of a score — and the pros who realize them — remain intoxicating to Gilroy. So much is possible, even with just a zither.

“Only once,” he corrected, referring to “The Third Man.” “It’d take a lot of balls to do a zither score again.”

“¿Está consciente de que actualmente está bajo arresto por el asesinato de Gladys, Julia y Daniela?”, preguntó el detective Juan Carlos Chaidez, de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade.

“Sí”, dijo Sierra. “Le até las manos detrás de la espalda”.

El hombre de 42 años ya se declaró culpable en relación con los asesinatos. Un jurado de Miami-Dade está decidiendo si la cadena perpetua o la pena de muerte es un castigo apropiado.

“¿Ató sus muñecas?”, preguntó Chaidez.

“Sí, con una cuerda blanca de nailon”, dijo Sierra.

Sierra relató detalles desgarradores sobre la manera horrífica en que dijo que mató a su esposa, Gladys Machado.

“¿Una bolsa de plástico para compras?”, preguntó Chaidez. “Sí”, dijo Sierra. “¿Y se la colocó sobre el rostro?”, preguntó Chaidez. “Sí”, dijo Sierra.

“Estaba devastado por lo que había hecho, así que estaba llorando”, dijo Sierra.

Sierra también describió el asesinato de las dos hijas pequeñas de Machado, Julia Padrino, de 6 años, y Daniela Padrino, de 3 años.

“Ella vio que su mamá estaba muerta y comenzó a llorar y gritar”, dijo Sierra. “Tomé la bolsa de Sedano’s y se la puse sobre el rostro”.

Dijo: “Fui al cuarto de los niños, y Daniela estaba durmiendo, y me senté encima de ella e hice lo mismo”.

Dijo que utilizó una bolsa de plástico amarilla de Sedano’s para matarlas.

“Y entonces, no sé, me volví loco”, dijo Sierra.

Sierra también describió cómo abusó de los cuerpos de Machado y Julia, relatando los hechos en un tono frío y objetivo que contrastaba con la brutalidad de los horribles asesinatos.

Explicó cómo trabajó para encubrir lo ocurrido. “¿Puede decirme qué áreas de la casa trapeó?”, preguntó Chaidez.

“El dormitorio principal, el clóset, el baño, la cocina, la sala, (inaudible) hasta la sala familiar”, dijo Sierra.

Sierra dijo que la violencia de aquel día de noviembre comenzó después de que salieron del centro comercial.

“Estaba furioso”, dijo Sierra.

“En Mall of the Americas, ¿qué hicieron allí?”, preguntó Chaidez.

“Compramos un helado para los niños”, dijo Sierra.

Dijo que se puso celoso cuando Machado recibió una llamada telefónica.

“¿Discutió con ella porque recibió una llamada telefónica de otro hombre?”, preguntó Chaidez. “Sí”, dijo Sierra.

Los fiscales dijeron que Sierra los secuestró a punta de cuchillo y los llevó a la casa donde, días después, un vecino que notó el olor a descomposición encontró los tres cuerpos en el clóset de un dormitorio principal.

“¿Por qué puerta salió de la casa?”, preguntó Chaidez. “Por la puerta principal”, dijo Sierra.

El accidente se produjo alrededor de las 20:35 h cerca de la 17.ª Avenida Noroeste y la 135.ª Calle Noroeste, en Opa-locka. El agente conducía un vehículo policial identificado en ese momento.

Según la policía, el agente fue trasladado al Centro de Traumatología Ryder del Jackson Memorial Hospital para ser examinado.

El Departamento de Policía de Opa-locka está investigando el accidente. Por el momento no se disponía de más detalles sobre las circunstancias que provocaron el accidente ni sobre el estado del agente.

The critics thought Weiss should have started Chris Sale in Game 2 so the ace left-hander might also be an option if a Game 5 is necessary.

A Game 2 start on Sunday would have been normal rest for most pitchers, but the 37-year-old Sale has thrived this season when given extra rest. Also, Sale recorded the final four outs as a reliever in Thursday night's 6-2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies to clinch the NL Wild Card Series.

Weiss acknowledged on Monday “it's satisfying” that his decision to use his bullpen worked out so well in the Braves' 3-2 Game 2 win that evened the best-of-five series 1-1.

“In the end, yeah, as we sit here today, it’s the best-case scenario that we could possibly have,” Weiss said. “Now we win the game, we win the bullpen game, and now we have a fresh Chris Sale ready to go.”

Sale is expected to start Game 3 on Tuesday night against Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto, the 2025 World Series MVP.

On Aug. 27, Sale recorded 11 strikeouts in a 1-0 home shutout over Yamamoto and the Dodgers. Yamamoto was 14-9 with a 2.53 ERA in the regular season.

Sale was 14-9 with a 2.16 ERA in the regular season. He said Monday he told Weiss he could start on Sunday.

“I told him I was available,” Sale said. “I felt confident in my ability to go out there and be able to perform at a high level. I really felt confident in myself in starting Game 2. I reiterated that plenty of times to them. Again, this is a team game. This isn’t about me, this isn’t about one guy.”

Full strength Sale vs. diminished Sale

Weiss agreed Sale could have been good by most pitchers' standards on normal rest. The manager said he preferred a fully rested Sale.

“If you have Sale in Game 2 and Game 5, as people were screaming about, we saw it as you’re getting a diminished Chris Sale twice at that point,” Weiss said. “We wanted to get a full-strength Chris Sale, and that’s Game 3.”

Weiss left open the possibility Sale could pitch in relief if there is a Game 5.

Similarly, Yamamoto said Monday he would be available to pitch on short rest or in relief.

“Yes, because I’m going to get myself ready for any situation,” Yamamoto said through a translator. “If they want me to go out, then I go out.”

Respect from the Dodgers

Kerr threw 2 2/3 scoreless innings and right-hander Didier Fuentes gave up one run in 3 2/3 innings before closer Raisel Iglesias earned his second save.

“Yeah, I mean, it’s a good bullpen out there,” Dodgers infielder Miguel Rojas said. “They’re throwing the ball really well. They got guys with big arms, and they know how to use them. So you’ve got to give credit to the opposition, too.”

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said after Sunday's game the back-to-back bullpen games by the Braves "showed that they’re going to use any pitcher, try to get every matchup possible. Obviously them pushing Fuentes to almost four innings ... shows they’re going to ride certain guys, and obviously they use their bullpen accordingly.”

Braves right-hander Tyler Mahle is expected to start Game 4 on Wednesday night.

Update on Snell

A Dodgers team spokesperson said after Sunday's game Blake Snell was unavailable for interviews due to a family matter.

Roberts said Monday Snell is with the team and the family situation has been resolved.

“Won’t affect his ability going forward,” Roberts said. “I apologize for that. That is something that they worked through with the family situation, and they’re all good, which is great. And he’s with us.”

Depleted rotation put relievers in spotlight

Led by Kerr, Atlanta's six relievers combined to allow six hits and two runs.

“We took a lot of shots at how we approached that game, but in the end it all worked out,” Weiss said, adding the bullpen has been the team's most consistent strength as the Braves faced a long series of injuries that left the rotation depleted.

Left-hander Martín Pérez was expected to be part of the postseason rotation before landing on the 15-day injured list on Sept. 24 with lower back inflammation. The Braves also have lost starting pitchers Spencer Schwellenbach, Spencer Strider, Reynaldo López, Bryce Elder and Hurston Waldrep this season.

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Brightline’s MiamiCentral Station is less than a mile from the arena at 601 Biscayne Boulevard.

Brightline has connecting stations in Aventura, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, and Boca Raton.

The parking garages at the stations are open 24 hours, and it’s $12 with advanced booking on this page. Tickets can be booked in advance on Brightline’s free app or on this site.

Here is the list of the concerts that will have late-night train service:

• Monday: Jonas Brothers
• Friday: Camilo
• Oct. 11: Arcángel
• Oct. 13: KATSEYE
• Oct. 17: iHeartRadio Event
• Oct. 18: TINI
• Oct. 24: Chayanne
• Oct. 28: Young Miko
• Nov. 11: Doja Cat
• Nov. 12: The Neighbourhood
• Nov. 20: John Summit
• Nov. 21: John Summit
• Nov. 28: Nick Cannon Presents: Wild ‘N Out Live
• Dec. 5: Rawayana
• Dec. 6: Rawayana
• Dec. 11: Gente de Zona

La estación MiamiCentral de Brightline está a menos de una milla del estadio, ubicado en 601 Biscayne Boulevard.

Brightline tiene estaciones de conexión en Aventura, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach y Boca Raton.

Los estacionamientos en las estaciones están abiertos las 24 horas con un costo de $12 dólares con reserva anticipada en esta página. Los boletos pueden reservarse con anticipación en la aplicación gratuita de Brightline o en este sitio.

Esta es la lista de los conciertos que tendrán servicio de trenes nocturnos:

• Lunes: Jonas Brothers
• Viernes: Camilo
• 11 de octubre: Arcángel
• 13 de octubre: KATSEYE
• 17 de octubre: evento de iHeartRadio
• 18 de octubre: TINI
• 24 de octubre: Chayanne
• 28 de octubre: Young Miko
• 11 de noviembre: Doja Cat
• 12 de noviembre: The Neighbourhood
• 20 de noviembre: John Summit
• 21 de noviembre: John Summit
• 28 de noviembre: Nick Cannon Presents: Wild ‘N Out Live
• 5 de diciembre: Rawayana
• 6 de diciembre: Rawayana
• 11 de diciembre: Gente de Zona

Jeff Seeman was caught on camera cursing at McBride during the Cardinals’ loss at the New York Giants on Sunday.

“Obviously, you hate to see it, for obvious reasons,” Arizona coach Mike LaFleur said. “I do want to give the man a little bit of grace, too. I know Jeff. He’s a good man. It’s unfortunate it happened. It can’t happen, obviously, and I’ll leave it at that.”

The incident drew the ire of union leader JC Tretter, a retired offensive lineman who played eight seasons.

“This kind of behavior from an official towards a player is unacceptable,” Tretter, the NFL Players Association’s executive director, said on social media along with a video clip of the incident. “Players are consistently held accountable when the roles are reversed. We expect the NFL to hold officials to the same standard.”

The interaction took place with just under five minutes left after officials did not call a pass interference or illegal contact penalty on New York’s Dru Phillips, who made contact with McBride before the ball arrived from Jacoby Brissett on a third-and-2 play.

Arizona punted and the Giants went on to win 36-24 after Deonte Banks intercepted Brissett’s pass and ran it back for a pick-6 as time expired.

Referee Adrian Hill was also suspended one game for unprofessional conduct in the Miami-Minnesota game. Hill yelled at Eric Wilson and pointed for him to get away after the Vikings linebacker tried to help him to his feet after a collision knocked him over.

“I just think it’s one of those situations in kind of a high-energy moment there," Minnesota coach Kevin O'Connell said Monday. "I think stuff like that can happen sometimes, but I don’t have any major concerns, and I think Adrian’s a really good official and does a really good job. I think that was just kind of fast moment that happened, and we can put it behind us, hopefully.”

The league's vice president of officiating, Ramon George, issued the suspensions. The NFL Referees Association did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.

This isn’t the first time an official has been punished for interactions with a player on the field.

Umpire Roy Ellison was punished twice for his behavior. In 2018, he was fined $9,300 and placed on administrative leave for one game after he was accused of calling Buffalo defensive end Jerry Hughes by a derogatory term.

Ellison was also suspended for one game in 2013 for making “a profane and derogatory statement” to Washington left tackle Trent Williams.

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Maaddi reported from Tampa, Florida. AP Pro Football Writers Dave Campbell in Eagan, Minnesota, and Josh Dubow in San Francisco, and AP Sports Writer David Brandt in Tempe, Arizona, contributed to this report.

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But it wasn't long before the California scientist asked for a break from all the attention for a more ordinary task: He needed to make school lunches for his children, who were asleep in the family home in Stanford, where their father had been speaking in the middle of the night with journalists and well-wishers.

Deisseroth, 54, shared this year’s medicine prize with two researchers in Germany for their work in optogenetics, a field that combines light with genes to switch on and off neurons in living brains.

A self-described night owl, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator and Stanford University professor often works past midnight. After reviewing papers and emailing his students, he said he had just gone to lie down when he got the call from the Nobel Assembly in Stockholm.

“I almost felt as if I’d lost the power of forming words,” he told The Associated Press, “but I recovered after a minute or two.”

He regained speech quickly enough for remote interviews with AP science reporters. Speedy emails with the Stanford communications staff had helped put them in touch.

“No real sleep was achieved,” he said an hour after the announcement.

As the science reporters chatted with Deisseroth over the phone and Zoom, an AP photographer and videographer raced to his home in Stanford.

The photographer arrived around 3:30 a.m. to find Halloween decorations outside the home but just one light on inside. He was worried he had the wrong house before mustering the courage to knock on the door.

Dr. Michelle Monje-Deisseroth, the scientist's wife, answered and ushered the photographer into their home, where the Nobel winner was taking calls from the couch.

Monje-Deisseroth, an HHMI investigator and Stanford pediatric neuro-oncologist, was at his side when she wasn’t making coffee for the Stanford communications staff who had joined the celebration. Deisseroth was surprised to hear his work had been honored with a Nobel Prize, he told the AP, but his wife was not.

Deisseroth recounted the research he conducted with fellow Nobel winners Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel, and its real-world impact.

“For me, I’m a physician-scientist. I am a psychiatrist. I care about patients and my patients who have autism, who have depression,” he said. “I care about the hope that this brings. But I’m also a basic scientist, and I care about understanding this amazing organ, the brain, and how it works and how it integrates and computes and delivers all the things that make us human.”

As Deisseroth wrapped up the interviews, he told the Stanford staff he needed an hourlong break beginning at 6:30 a.m. His kids would be waking up, he said, and they would need lunches before leaving for school.

When one of the Stanford representatives wondered if the neighbors would mind all the late-night commotion, Monje-Deisseroth shrugged it off.

They live in faculty housing, she said. There are a lot of Nobels in the neighborhood.

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Ramakrishnan reported from New York. Associated Press writers Stefanie Dazio in Berlin and Lauran Neergaard in Washington contributed to this report.

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No arrests have been announced in Dooly County, where the sheriff says more than 50 shots were fired early Sunday in the small city of Vienna as more than 1,000 celebrated a homecoming football victory long after midnight.

Dooly County Sheriff Craig Peavy identified the two people killed as Ja’Quavion Jackson, 21, of Cordele, and Macaleb Jackson, 23, of Hawkinsville. The two men don't appear to be related, said Sara Lue, a spokesperson for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

An additional 35 people were injured — most of them by gunfire, though others were hurt in the chaotic scramble to flee, authorities told reporters at a Sunday news conference. The sheriff said an unspecified number were hospitalized with critical injuries.

Authorities haven't said what may have motivated the shootings or whether they're looking for a lone gunman or multiple shooters. They also have not said precisely how many people were shot.

“At large parties with people from different places, not just your locals, sometimes problems come,” Peavy said Sunday.

Local officials say the block party wasn't a school-sponsored event and didn't have a city permit. Peavy said he had extra deputies working over the weekend in anticipation of homecoming drawing large numbers of alumni and other out-of-town visitors.

The sheriff did not immediately return a phone message Monday. Lue said no further updates were available from state investigators, who customarily assist Georgia's rural communities in major cases.

The violence marred what Peavy said had been a large but otherwise peaceful celebration of Dooly County High School winning its homecoming football game in Vienna, a city of about 3,000 people located about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Macon.

Crowds of revelers gathered across an area covering four blocks, and Peavy said that he had deputies patrolling the area. When the first shots were fired and deputies rushed to the scene, he said, more gunfire sounded about a block away.

“It was so many people,” Peavy said. “And it was just hard to figure out what was going on.”

Among this weekend's visitors was Antoria Felton of Jonesboro, who drove two hours to bring her daughter and six other girls to Vienna. She told WMAZ-TV that everything seemed peaceful when suddenly “bullets were going everywhere.”

Felton said she saw that “kids laying on the ground had been shot” as she scrambled to find her daughter and the other girls.

“The only thing I’m trying to do is find these girls,” Felton said. “Everybody scattered out everywhere, everybody running. It was terrifying.”

“L’Hispaniola c’est Haiti! This is Haiti!” star player Wilson Isidor shouted after helping Haiti beat the Dominican Republic 4-1 in Santo Domingo.

Hispaniola is the Caribbean island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, two neighbors with a long and troubled history. The reaction was swift.

“We have very bad news for…Haiti’s team,” Dominican Sports Minister Kelvin Cruz said Friday as he announced that Haiti would no longer be allowed to play in the Dominican Republic.

Reached Monday, he said only that he stood by his announcement.

Cruz did not mention Isidor or his remarks, but accused Haitian fans of damaging the stadium's infrastructure. Dominican authorities also used pepper spray on Haitians as some peacefully streamed into the stadium for Thursday's game, with some Dominicans blaming their government for not controlling the crowd.

On Saturday, the Dominican Soccer Federation filed a formal complaint with CONCACAF, the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Football Association, about what occurred on Thursday.

“A disciplinary case has been opened to review the events that occurred during the match. The matter will be considered in accordance with Concacaf’s applicable regulations and disciplinary procedures," a CONCACAF spokesperson said Monday evening.

As the Dominican Republic prepares for its 2028 elections, presidential hopefuls have seized on the incident to promise an intensified crackdown on Haitian migrants, with one going as far as to say he would enslave them.

Celebration ignites longtime tensions

The fallout from the game is the latest flashpoint to drive a wedge between the two countries that share a bloody history.

The game was played a day before the 89th anniversary of the Parsley Massacre, when Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo ordered the killing of thousands of Haitians along the shared border.

One fan held up a sign Thursday in Haitian Creole that read, “A great tribute to those who fell on Oct. 2, 1937. Today this match is played in your memory.”

Isidor’s remarks about La Hispaniola being Haitian have gone viral, with social media users debating historical facts and wishing a good day to everyone “except the Haitians;” one person even compared Isidor’s comments to a German player giving a Nazi salute.

One video posted online and captioned “4-1” streams wealthy areas of the Dominican Republic above impoverished areas in Haiti.

The Haitian Soccer Federation said it supports its players and asserted that Isidor’s comments were “an expression of attachment” to his roots.

“This attachment to Haiti cannot...be interpreted as a sign of hostility or disrespect toward another people or nation,” it said. “Sporting rivalry, however intense, must never make us lose sight of the mutual respect that should unite players, fans, and nations.”

One person on X noted that the comments by Isidor, who was born in France, are similar to the “Ici c’est Paris” chant by Paris Saint-Germain fans, even during away games: “No one thinks they’re reclaiming territory.”

Ex beauty queen calls for retraction

Garry Jean-Pierre saw the game at his home in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital. He doesn’t believe Isidor’s comments were political but was not surprised by the Dominican government's response.

“We understand why they did it. They were humiliated at home in front of their supporters,” he said.

Haiti and the Dominican Republic each finished with nine points in League A of CONCACAF’s Nations League tournament, but only Haiti advanced to the quarterfinals because of best goal differential.

André Joseph, a 20-year-old accounting student in Port-au-Prince, said he expected post-match fallout: “There’s always going to be a war between the Haitians and the Dominicans because of the way the Dominicans treat the Haitians."

The Dominican Republic has long been criticized for arresting and deporting people born there who are of Haitian ancestry; for leaving them stateless; and for the way immigrants are treated when they’re detained. Dominican officials have said the country cannot sustain the increasing number of immigrants fleeing Haiti's poverty and violence.

Joseph and other Haitian soccer fans have called on their government to ensure the team has a place to train and play in Haiti.

The main stadium in Port-au-Prince and a nearby training facility has been overrun by gangs that control an estimated 70% of the capital. Haiti’s home matches leading up to the World Cup had to be played elsewhere, with Haiti qualifying for the first time since 1974.

Haitian content creator Windy Phele wrote on X that Haitian politicians have left them greatly dependent on the Dominican Republic.

"Dominicans have every reason to be proud of their country, whereas I personally don’t see any reason today to say I’m proud of Haiti,” he wrote on X. “We should fight to create the conditions so the national team can stop playing away from home.”

Joining the debate was Sarodj Bertin, a lawyer and former beauty queen who was born in Haiti but was sent to the Dominican Republic after her mother was killed.

She posted a video in Spanish and French asserting that people must respect their neighbors to earn respect. Bertin called on Isidor to retract his “inappropriate” comments, at least for his “brothers,” if not for his country.

“In the end,” she said, “those who are going to suffer are the Haitians who live in the Dominican Republic.”

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Associated Press reporters Evens Sanon in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and Martín Adames in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic contributed to this story.

The U.S. is enduring its worst year for measles since 1991, with nearly 3,900 reported cases, according to the CDC. The nation has seen eight reported measles-associated deaths in the past two years — more than the combined total of reported deaths over the previous three decades.

Since the beginning of last year, large outbreaks have been reported in several states, including Texas and Utah, as well as South Carolina, which had the largest with 997 cases reported.

The governor of New York on Monday declared a disaster emergency because of measles cases in neighboring states and in rural areas of New York. The executive order extends the pool of people who can administer measles vaccines to include paramedics, midwives and others, and allows nurses to join doctors in ordering testing. The state has more than 100 cases this year.

Health officials say Pennsylvania’s current outbreak started in April, west of Philadelphia. There have been 1,004 cases, including 198 hospitalizations and five deaths, state officials said.

Health experts attribute such outbreaks to low vaccination rates.

It's been decades since a U.S. state has seen an outbreak surpass 1,000 cases, stretching back to a multiyear outbreak in New York City in the early 1990s that infected more than 4,500 people.

The nation eliminated the domestic spread of measles in 2000 by maintaining high vaccination rates, but those rates have fallen in recent years to below the 95% coverage needed to prevent outbreaks.

In November, international health officials will meet to determine if the U.S. and Mexico have lost their measles-free status.

Measles is highly contagious. It spreads when people who have it breathe, cough or sneeze, and through contaminated surfaces. It also can linger in the air for two hours. Up to 9 out of 10 people who are susceptible will get the virus if exposed, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

U.S. measles infections have been surging in recent years, as fewer kids get routine vaccines due to parental waivers, healthcare access issues and rampant disinformation.

Pennsylvania and New York are not the only states with a growing problem. Another is Ohio, with more than 200 cases this year. Like in Pennsylvania, some of the hardest-hit Ohio counties have significant Amish populations, which tend to have lower vaccination rates.

Meanwhile, CDC officials have quietly begun to acknowledge measles-associated deaths in Pennsylvania.

State officials in August announced that two unvaccinated residents died after being infected with measles.

The announcement quickly came under fire as a clash erupted between vaccine-promoting Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro and U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a Trump administration appointee with a history of raising alarms about established vaccines.

Since then, Pennsylvania has reported three additional deaths.

But for weeks, the CDC — which Kennedy oversees — did not count any deaths on its measles data dashboard, instead saying it was seeking more information. That changed two weeks ago, when one death was finally counted, and again last week when a second was added to the agency's tally.

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Danilo Silva caminó alrededor de votantes brasileños en dos edificios de Miami Dade College en Kendall que estaban eligiendo a un presidente, vicepresidente, miembros del Congreso, gobernadores, vicegobernadores, asambleas legislativas y otros cargos, según agentes.

Agentes de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade que trabajaban de civil notaron que Silva, quien nació en Brasil y vive en Saint Lucie, Florida, también llevaba gafas de sol y una máscara para cubrirse el rostro cuando “interactuó” con personas, según el reporte de un agente.

“Las personas estaban reunidas y claramente tenían miedo”, escribió un agente, según el reporte de arresto.

Detectives de la MDSO intervinieron “para evitar que la situación se intensificara” y le preguntaron a Silva si era un agente federal, lo detuvieron, le colocaron esposas y le pidieron una identificación, según el reporte de arresto.

“Comenzó a agitarse, comenzó a amenazar a este detective, diciendo que se arrepentirá de tomar esta decisión y que irá tras él y todos los que estaban en el lugar”, escribió un agente, según el reporte de arresto.

Los agentes arrestaron a Silva a las 2:10 p.m. del domingo en 11011 SW 104 St., según el reporte. Correcciones de Miami-Dade ingresó a Silva poco después de las 5:40 p.m. en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight, según los registros de reclusos.

Los registros muestran que Silva, quien no es un agente federal, enfrentó cinco cargos: uso ilegal de una insignia o insignia policial, corrupción mediante amenazas contra un funcionario público, intimidación o supresión de votantes prohibida, conspiración para cometer soborno y conducta desordenada.

El editor de asignaciones de Local 10 News, Carson Merlo, contribuyó a este reporte.

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In “How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents,” to be published Tuesday, the North Carolina senator defends his decision at the time to not be “the lone voice in the wilderness” preventing Trump’s nominees from confirmation. But Tillis makes clear he was always skeptical of allegations about Hegseth’s turbulent management style, treatment of women and excessive drinking. Hegseth denied all the allegations.

“I know for a fact that there are others like me,” Tillis writes, “Republicans who agreed to go along with the early demands of the Trump team no matter how ridiculous they were, believing that failing to do so would mean the end of their political career, and who now see that things have gone way too far.”

He writes that he can count at least 30 of his GOP colleagues who have “expressed reservations (to put it mildly) about many of the president’s actions in private. Then, when the reporters showed up with their cameras and microphones, they’d have nothing but nice things to say.”

Tillis, who announced last year that he would not run for reelection in a “breaking point” with the president on his sweeping tax and spending cuts package, is publishing the book in his final months in office. He joins a long list of Republicans who have ratcheted up their public denunciations of Trump once they had less to lose politically.

Still, Tillis mostly deflects full blame from Trump, saying, “my beef is not with him, but the idiots he’s got working for him.” He calls the president “an amazing political talent.”

At the same time, he warns of a slippery slope toward authoritarianism and urges his colleagues to “wake up” and push back on Trump more often, for their own political good. Executive overreach, he says, doesn't work and sooner or later, “comes back to bite the majority party in the ass.”

Tillis also predicts a “bloodbath” for Republicans in November’s midterm elections.

“All along, we’ve had multiple chances to get off the path and avoid the giant bronze monster chasing us down,” he writes.

Regrets his votes for Hegseth and Kennedy

The book is filled with cuss words and condemnations. He criticizes Trump’s tariffs, the aggressive immigration raids that Tillis says were an effort to “intentionally sow disorder” and the Iran war, which he initially supported. He said the war can only end with a coalition of willing nations and if Trump gets “Pete Hegseth the hell out of the way.”

Tillis pushed Hegseth’s confirmation vote late into the evening on Jan. 24, 2025, as he weighed his decision, talking to the White House, people who had worked with Hegseth and Hegseth himself. In the end, he said he couldn’t corroborate the worst allegations and would support Hegseth's confirmation. His vote brought the total to 50-50, and Vice President JD Vance broke the tie.

On his vote for Kennedy, Tillis writes that “I guess it’s easy to say now, but I’m the one who has to live with that vote and all the havoc Kennedy’s tenure has caused the country as a result.”

On both votes, he says he didn’t want to be the deciding factor.

“I had no intention of letting my colleagues outsource their courage to me while they pretended to go along with the questionable nomination President Trump had put forward,” he writes.

If you oppose Trump on everything, “you lose all influence,” Tillis says. “If you oppose him and lose, you are in even worse shape.”

He strongly criticizes several of Trump’s other initial picks for the Cabinet in the book, including former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.

Tillis describes his 'breaking point' over the tax bill

Tillis’s surprise announcement in June 2025 that he wouldn’t be running for reelection came as he escalated criticism against Trump and his “ Big Beautiful Bill ” of tax and spending cuts. Trump attacked Tillis on social media after the senator said he couldn’t support the bill’s cuts to Medicaid. Tillis says he thought to himself, “I’m done.”

“Everyone reaches a breaking point,” he writes.

He texted the president asking him to look for his replacement in the Senate, to which Trump replied “I am! DJT.”

In May 2026, Trump again attacked Tillis, calling him a “QUITTER!” on social media, among other insults.

Tillis ends the book with a profanity-laced text he sent to the president in response.

“I care if you fail and right now we are failing,” Tillis wrote to Trump.

At a hearing of the New York City Council, recently departed employees of Anthropic, OpenAI and Google DeepMind described a reckless culture at the firms, saying the biggest tech companies are racing to create technology they do not understand how to control.

“The companies run on a startup mindset: Move fast, break things, fix them later. That works for a photo sharing app. It does not work for building the most powerful technology ever built," said Jacob Coxon, a former engineer at Anthropic who has become a leading voice for regulation.

State and city governments have been considering ways to regulate AI as the Trump administration has taken a passive approach and Congress has proven inactive. President Donald Trump has dismissed AI fears as a “hoax” and signed an agreement late last month that spells out a series of voluntary steps for the companies to take and largely allows them to self-police.

An industry call for a slowdown followed Coxon’s warnings

Coxon was a little-known engineer at Anthropic until he announced his departure through a series of social media posts that caught global attention. He told the Council that AI could have tremendous upsides, but without transparency and safeguards, it's more likely that things will spiral out of control.

“On the current path, I think it is more likely than not that humanity loses control to these AIs and it could end in human extinction,” Coxon said.

Days after Coxon resigned and aired his fears of worst-case scenarios, top executives including Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, SpaceXAI’s Elon Musk said they agreed AI’s development needs to slow down. AI companies have detailed steps they have taken to prioritize safety, but a coordinated industry slowdown faces several obstacles.

A panel of AI company staffers — representing tech giants OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta — also testified at the hearing in Manhattan on Monday, telling officials that their systems are already improving people's daily lives and stressing that they are laser-focused on safety.

Anthropic and OpenAI have said their advanced AI products need to be regulated, and company representatives at the hearing expressed openness to some of the Council's suggestions.

“I share your commitment to ensuring that technology is developed safely and that its benefits are widely shared,” said Morgan Dwyer of OpenAI.

NYC councilmembers press AI companies to quantify risk of catastrophe

At one point during the hearing, Julie Menin, the speaker of the City Council, asked each of the company representatives to “quantify the risk posed by AI in the worst case catastrophic scenario.”

Dwyer answered: “I don’t know — I also don’t think it matters whether it’s 1% or 10% or 20% chance that something catastrophic will go wrong. None of these levels is remotely acceptable. We should not train models that we cannot make an extremely strong case that we can keep under human control."

Menin slammed the response as “flippant at best."

“I would say that the percentage chance doesn’t matter. What matters is the commitment to safety, and that is what OpenAI is committed to doing," Dwyer said.

The City Council is considering several AI regulations, including proposals to require companies to disclose information about AI tools, require third-party approval for AI systems in the city and allow whistleblowers to receive a portion of fines from AI companies that violate laws.

Separately, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, has moved to impose reporting and transparency standards around AI, as have governors elsewhere, though their power is somewhat limited since AI technology can reach across state lines, as well as the globe.

Logan Graham, of Anthropic, told the Council the company welcomes “smart regulation" and that state and local governments have a role to play in developing frameworks.

“AI is powerful enough that getting this wrong has real consequences, for individuals, institutions, public trust," he said. “We have to work relentlessly to do the science of mitigating the risks.”

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Police identified the woman in an arrest report as Brianna Michelle Castillo, of Houston.

According to the report, officers were dispatched to 1400 Ocean Drive around 5:59 p.m. Sunday after receiving a report of a black Dodge SUV with a Texas license plate traveling about 40 mph in the bike lane.

When officers arrived, Castillo was sitting in the driver’s seat of the SUV, which police said was improperly parked on the north side of the 100 block of 14th Street, authorities said.

As officers were speaking with each other at the scene, Castillo got out of the SUV and began walking west on the sidewalk toward Ocean Court, according to the report.

Police said that as officers approached her, Castillo opened a can of BuzzBall, an alcoholic beverage listed in the report as 15% alcohol by volume, and began drinking it. Officers said she also had two empty cans in her possession.

According to the report, Castillo appeared highly intoxicated, with bloodshot and watery eyes and the smell of alcohol on her breath. Police also described her behavior as “irate.”

When officers attempted to handcuff Castillo, police said she pulled her right arm away and swung a closed fist toward an officer’s head. The officer moved to avoid being hit, according to the report.

Officers then took Castillo to the ground and placed her into custody, authorities said.

Police said the confrontation continued as officers escorted Castillo to a police vehicle.

According to the report, Castillo turned and spat toward two officers, who moved to avoid being struck. Police said she then spat twice toward another officer, who also avoided being hit.

The report stated that after arriving at Miami Beach Police Department headquarters, officers removed Castillo from the prisoner compartment so they could place a spit mask over her head and search her before she was transported to jail.

Police said Castillo attempted to elbow an officer during the search before kicking the officer three times in the right shin.

Castillo is also accused of kicking another officer in the right foot and a third officer in the right leg.

During the search, police said officers found a Taser in Castillo’s left pocket and pepper spray attached to keys she had been holding.

A records check showed Castillo is a convicted felon in Texas, with her latest felony conviction listed in the report as grand theft with a final disposition dated March 5, 2024, out of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.

Miami Beach Fire Rescue medics responded, and Castillo was treated for an injury to her finger, according to the report.

She was taken to Jackson West Medical Center for medical clearance before being transported to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

Castillo faces numerous charges, including possession of a firearm, weapon or ammunition by a convicted felon; battery on a police officer, firefighter or corrections officer; resisting an officer with violence; assault on an intake officer, police officer or firefighter; disorderly intoxication; possession of an open alcohol container and not having a valid driver’s license.

As of Monday afternoon, she remained at TGK on a $2,800 bond.

La policía identificó a la mujer en un informe de arresto como Brianna Michelle Castillo, de Houston.

Según el informe, los agentes fueron enviados a 1400 Ocean Drive alrededor de las 5:59 p.m. del domingo tras recibir un reporte de una SUV Dodge negra con una placa de Texas que circulaba a unas 40 millas por hora por el carril para bicicletas.

Cuando los agentes llegaron, Castillo estaba sentada en el asiento del conductor de la SUV, que, según la policía, estaba estacionada indebidamente en el lado norte de la cuadra 100 de 14th Street, dijeron las autoridades.

Mientras los agentes hablaban entre sí en la escena, Castillo salió de la SUV y comenzó a caminar hacia el oeste por la acera en dirección a Ocean Court, según el informe.

La policía dijo que, cuando los agentes se acercaron a ella, Castillo abrió una lata de BuzzBall, una bebida alcohólica que figura en el informe con un 15% de alcohol por volumen, y comenzó a beberla. Los agentes dijeron que también tenía dos latas vacías en su poder.

Según el informe, Castillo parecía estar muy intoxicada, con los ojos inyectados en sangre y llorosos y olor a alcohol en el aliento. La policía también describió su comportamiento como “iracundo”.

Cuando los agentes intentaron esposar a Castillo, la policía dijo que ella retiró su brazo derecho y lanzó un puñetazo con el puño cerrado hacia la cabeza de un agente. El agente se movió para evitar ser golpeado, según el informe.

Los agentes entonces derribaron a Castillo y la pusieron bajo custodia, dijeron las autoridades.

La policía dijo que el enfrentamiento continuó mientras los agentes escoltaban a Castillo hacia un vehículo policial.

Según el informe, Castillo se dio la vuelta y escupió hacia dos agentes, quienes se movieron para evitar ser alcanzados. La policía dijo que luego escupió dos veces hacia otro agente, quien también evitó ser alcanzado.

El informe indicó que, después de llegar a la sede del Departamento de Policía de Miami Beach, los agentes sacaron a Castillo del compartimento para detenidos para poder colocarle una mascarilla contra escupitajos sobre la cabeza y registrarla antes de trasladarla a la cárcel.

La policía dijo que Castillo intentó golpear con el codo a un agente durante el registro antes de patearlo tres veces en la espinilla derecha.

Castillo también es acusada de patear a otro agente en el pie derecho y a un tercer agente en la pierna derecha.

Durante el registro, la policía dijo que los agentes encontraron un Taser en el bolsillo izquierdo de Castillo y gas pimienta sujeto a unas llaves que ella sostenía.

Una revisión de registros mostró que Castillo es una delincuente condenada en Texas, y su condena por delito grave más reciente figura en el informe como hurto mayor, con una resolución final fechada el 5 de marzo de 2024, a cargo de la Oficina del Sheriff del condado Harris.

Los paramédicos de Miami Beach Fire Rescue acudieron al lugar y Castillo fue atendida por una lesión en un dedo, según el informe.

Fue llevada a Jackson West Medical Center para recibir autorización médica antes de ser trasladada al Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

Castillo enfrenta numerosos cargos, incluidos posesión de un arma de fuego, arma o municiones por parte de una delincuente condenada; agresión contra un agente de policía, bombero o funcionario penitenciario; resistirse con violencia a un agente; agresión contra un funcionario de admisión, agente de policía o bombero; intoxicación desordenada; posesión de un recipiente abierto de alcohol y no tener una licencia de conducir válida.

Hasta la tarde del lunes, permanecía en TGK con una fianza de $2,800 USD.

U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs ruled last year that the cuts amounted to illegal retaliation for Harvard’s rejection of the administration’s demands for changes to Harvard’s governance and policies.

The government had tied the move to Harvard’s delays in dealing with antisemitism, but the judge said the university’s federally backed research had little connection to discrimination against Jews.

The ruling restored more than $2.6 billion in research funding for the wealthy Ivy League school.

Though the money has resumed flowing, a Justice Department attorney told a three-judge panel of the First U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday that Burroughs lacked the legal power to require the administration to pay it.

The fight over the money was a contractual dispute that rightly belonged in a different court: the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, DOJ attorney Michael Velchik said. That court, which traces its origins to the mid-1800s, handles lawsuits by citizens seeking money from the federal government.

“The problem is that the district court lacked jurisdiction to order specific performance,” Velchik told the First Circuit. "That is the only thing that we're complaining about here."

Velchik cited recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings in support of his argument.

Paul Clement, an attorney for Harvard, said the case was not a straightforward contractual dispute, but raised broader issues of retaliation and discrimination. The district court's decision restoring the funding was the “perfect remedy” for the violations it found, he said.

“These are not claims that really depend on the contract in any particular way," he said.

First Circuit Judge Joshua Dunlap, a nominee of President Donald Trump, pressed Clement on whether Burroughs had in effect issued an order requiring payment and whether Harvard could make its broader legal claims without a contract.

The other judges on the panel, Sandra Lynch and Gustavo Gelpi, were nominated by Democratic presidents. The judges did not immediately rule.

Harvard’s lawsuit accused the Trump administration of waging a retaliation campaign against the university after it rejected a series of demands in a letter from a federal antisemitism task force.

The letter demanded sweeping changes related to campus protests, academics and admissions. It was meant to address government accusations that the university had become a hotbed of liberalism and tolerated anti-Jewish harassment on campus.

The administration also has sought to prevent Harvard from hosting foreign students and threatened to revoke its tax-exempt status in a clash watched widely across higher education.

During Monday's arguments, Lynch expressed skepticism of the administration's claim that Harvard had been indifferent to antisemitism.

“There are no findings. There was no investigation. There was simply an announcement, ‘We’re terminating against that backdrop,’" she said.

It appeared the administration “didn't want to have to cope with what the law and the facts of this case presented,” the judge added.

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Thanawala reported from Atlanta.

Key justices appeared wary about the potential sweep of litigation, but torn over the complex questions of federal and state law raised by the case.

Officials in Boulder argue their lawsuit is an attempt to hold energy companies Suncor and ExxonMobil accountable for their contributions to climate change.

They say that worsening disasters such as floods and wildfires put a heavy financial burden on local communities, and the industry should bear part of that cost.

The city and county of Boulder first sued the oil companies in 2018, years before the 2021 Marshall Fire destroyed nearly 1,100 homes and left two people dead. Total damage was estimated at $2 billion, the costliest wildfire in Colorado history.

The companies say that a flurry of lawsuits in state courts is not the way to deal with the global issue.

Boulder case is part of a wave of legal action against oil companies

Governments from largely blue-leaning areas around the country have filed similar lawsuits seeking damages that could total billions of dollars, part of a wave of legal action worldwide seeking to leverage action through the courts.

“Presumably, if you prevail, the next day, a municipality in every single state will file a lawsuit,” said Chief Justice John Roberts. “How do you think that will work out on the ground?”

A win for the oil and gas companies at the Supreme Court could shut down dozens of similar cases filed in recent years.

Suncor and Exxon argue that the Clean Air Act gives the federal government – not the states – the power to regulate emissions.

They have the support of the Trump administration, which argues the lawsuits are an unconstitutional attempt to regulate planet-warming emissions and impose Colorado’s state law beyond its borders.

But Roberts and other justices pointed out that state courts consider lawsuits about a myriad of issues that have nationwide reach. “I guess I’m not quite sure what makes this situation different from those,” Roberts said.

The court is also weighing a jurisdictional question that could allow it an “off-ramp" to avoid deciding the issues right away. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson seemed like a vote in favor of that path.

“Why shouldn’t we wait and hear all of these claims once the state courts are done?" she asked.

Alito absent due to ethics recusal

The case was heard without Justice Samuel Alito, who recused himself just a week before arguments after facing calls to step aside because he owns stock in oil companies. That raises the possibility of a tie vote.

A deadlock leave in place a decision from Colorado’s highest court allowing the case to proceed.

Attorney Kannon Shanmugam, representing the industry, urged the justices to reverse that ruling. He said the Boulder case was attempting to use the courts to decide a public policy issue that is properly up to Congress and other elected officials.

“Climate change is certainly one of the most pressing issues” facing the country, but the lawsuit “is exactly the wrong way to go about” addressing it, he said.

Principal Deputy Solicitor General Sarah Harris said Boulder’s case “egregiously exceeds” the state’s authority. The county essentially declares itself a victim of actions that occurred largely out of state, she said.

But Kevin Russell, an attorney representing Boulder, argued that state lawsuits can address damage in Colorado, regardless where the fossil fuels are produced.

Boulder is not trying to regulate greenhouse gas emissions or stop the companies from continuing to produce oil and gas, Russell said. Instead officials are seeking to hold the companies accountable for allegedly misleading the public about their contribution to global warming by burning fossil fuels, he said.

"Chapter 3" of the case trilogy, after tobacco and opioids

Justice Elena Kagan compared the climate case to previous state-based lawsuits against the tobacco industry and opioid makers.

“This is Chapter 3,” she said, noting the similarities of states claiming harms from products produced nationally and even internationally.

“This is a different book,″ replied Shanmugam, the industry lawyer. Harms claimed by Boulder ”are diffused nationwide and indeed worldwide,” he said.

Trump's Republican administration has rolled back environmental regulations, including a move last month by the Environmental Protection Agency to repeal rules that limit emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas. States and cities have already sued over the repeal of the power plant rule.

The conservative-majority Supreme Court has been skeptical of environmental regulations in the past, including in a 2022 decision limiting the EPA’s authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

A decision is expected in the coming months.

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Associated Press writer Nicholas Riccardi in Denver contributed to this story.