Four men were given preliminary charges in the investigation into the Sept. 8 theft from the small Renoir Museum in the town of Cagnes-sur-Mer on the French Riviera. The charges include organized theft and criminal association, Marseille prosecutor Nicolas Bessone said.

One painting, “Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano,” suffered a tear. The other, “Young Woman at the Well,” had slight damage to its frame, Bessone said. He estimated their combined value at 4.2 million euros ($4.7 million).

The thieves used an electric saw to cut through a fence, entered the museum through the ground floor and cut clips securing the frames of four paintings. An alarm sounded and police officers arrived four minutes later, a swift response that “apparently caused the perpetrators to panic,” Bessone said.

"As they fled, they were unable to take all four paintings and abandoned two of them, which were later found in a protective sleeve,” he said.

Vehicle tracking led to the suspects

The DNA found on the abandoned cover matched that of a 29-year-old already under investigation in a drug trafficking case in which police were tracking his vehicle, Bessone said.

Vehicle-tracking data showed that the suspect, accompanied by a 41-year-old man, went to the home of a third man shortly after the theft, Bessone said.

Police surveillance also showed that the 29-year-old on Oct. 3 visited the Maeght Foundation in Saint-Paul-de-Vence — home to a large modern art collection.

The suspect then met with a fourth man known to police from art theft and forgery cases in 2001 and 2003.

Bessone said the arrests were prompted by the “very strong suspicion that another heist was imminent.”

The paintings were hidden behind a wall

The two men suspected of carrying out the museum theft have been given preliminary charges of “theft committed by an organized gang” and “criminal association,” among other counts. They were sent to prison pending further investigation. The have denied wrongdoing, Bessone said.

The third suspect acknowledged receiving the paintings at his home and hiding them behind a wall built beneath a staircase after the theft. Investigators recovered the Renoirs from the hiding place, Bessone said.

The fourth suspect acknowledged seeing photographs of the paintings but said he did not immediately recognize them. Both of those suspects were given preliminary charges of “concealment” of stolen paintings. They were released under judicial supervision and barred from leaving France.

Two additional people who had been arrested were released without charge.

The theft renews concerns about museum security

The Renoir Museum occupies the final home of the leading French Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, who lived there until his death in 1919. It is the best-known attraction in Cagnes-sur-Mer, a Mediterranean coastal town between Cannes and Nice.

The theft revived painful memories of the spectacular theft of crown jewels from the Louvre Museum in Paris last year and renewed calls for better security and funding at the many cultural sites across France.

Christian Sainte, national director of judicial police, said Monday that the country “is repeatedly targeted by organized criminal groups that carry out theft operations targeting valuable objects that are part of our cultural heritage” in museums, castles, places of worship, private homes and art galleries.

French museums recorded 23 cases in 2025 and about 10 this year, he said.

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Pennsylvania-based Hunt Auctions announced the private treaty sale and identified the buyer as Miami real estate investor Ron Firman. The red jersey is the one Jordan wore in Game 2 of that series on June 5, 1998; he and the Chicago Bulls beat the Utah Jazz that night to even the matchup at a game apiece.

Jordan and the Bulls would go on to win the series in six games, the sixth and final title of his Hall of Fame career. That 1997-98 season was the subject of the 10-episode “Last Dance” documentary series that was released in 2020.

“While Michael Jordan’s importance within the sports memorabilia marketplace has long been established it has now escalated to an elite asset class more typically reserved for iconic works of art,” said David Hunt, president of Hunt Auctions. "We are very pleased to have been able to facilitate this historic sale which serves as another benchmark for our industry.”

The $14 million price would be the second-biggest known cost for a game-worn jersey, behind the $24.12 million paid in 2024 for the jersey worn by Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees when he hit the “called shot” home run against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field in Game 3 of the 1932 World Series.

This sale becomes at least the third time a Jordan jersey from that 1998 finals has fetched at least $10 million. A jersey from Game 1 was sold at auction for about $10.1 million in 2022 and a jersey from Game 3 was auctioned last month for about $12.3 million.

“Michael Jordan was an incredibly talented player who is admired around the world.” Firman said in a news release distributed by the auction house. “I’m very excited about the purchase."

The jersey that Firman purchased was originally bought from the Bulls by a private collector in 2003, Hunt said, adding that it “has remained within a succinct chain of custody having only changed hands once from the original purchaser.”

Just about anything related to the 1998 finals and Jordan's final season with the Bulls has been the subject of massive interest in the collector space. In 2023, a pair of Air Jordan sneakers that he wore in Game 2 against the Jazz was sold by Sotheby's for $2.2 million, touted at the time as “a new world record for the most valuable sneakers ever sold.”

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But while the vehicle is real, the world that the drivers are experiencing is not. Instead, they're inside a simulator; a 360-degree, immersive environment where their every eye movement, heart stress, sweating and other reactions are measured against countless driving tests. Here, GM is testing a human driver's response in vehicles just as much as it’s testing the vehicle tech itself.

That simulation is how GM — and other automakers — are testing future iterations of their advanced driver assistance systems. Also called ADAS, this technology so far allows for well-known vehicle features such as automatic emergency braking, blind spot warnings, lane departure warnings, lane-centering assist, surround-view cameras, driver attention monitors and many more.

These features let drivers go “hands-free” at certain times, particularly while on the highway.

Automakers anticipate that these systems will eventually grow so advanced that drivers will be allowed to safely take their hands off the wheel, and their eyes off the road. But the race is not only about the technology itself, but the payoff, which is a big one. Automakers with the best tech will get more consumers to subscribe to those capabilities, making automated driving a lucrative play for the industry.

“Going eyes off is really the turning point where consumers will be more willing to pay for this feature, because when you go eyes off, now you’re really potentially giving the driver back some time, because they don’t have to be paying attention to the road,” said Sam Abuelsamid, vice president of market research at firm Telemetry. “That’s where they see the real value proposition.”

GM says its version will be possible by 2028, when it's launching the next Super Cruise on the Cadillac Escalade IQ luxury electric sport utility vehicle. Others are on their heels.

“2028 is the broad timeline when there’s a whole group of companies that are all targeting launching systems like this that can operate at highway speeds," Abuelsamid added, "on a wider variety of roads than what we see with a lot of the systems today."

GM's tech evolving from ‘hands-free’ to ‘eyes-off’

Since 2017, GM has sold vehicles with Super Cruise, a hands-free, assisted driving system — notably not self-driving — that's available to use on over 630,000 roads in the U.S. and Canada, and more around the world.

“You can take your hands off the wheel and keep your eyes on the roads, but safely enjoy a de-stressed drive on those roads in your normal, everyday commutes,” said Tyson Becker, GM executive director for autonomous vehicle strategy and product.

There are now more than 20 different GM models across its four brands — Cadillac, GMC, Buick and Chevrolet — equipped with the technology. The automaker plans to expand the number of models available with Super Cruise in the coming years with the ultimate goal of launching the next generation of Super Cruise, technology that allows for safe, “eyes-off" driving.

“What we’re talking about is truly a technology that is so safe that it allows you to take your eyes off the road while it’s active, and do other things in the cabin, whether that is looking at your phone, looking at your laptop, taking a meeting, watching a movie,” Becker added.

Simulation is part of what makes that future possible

One of the most challenging aspects of developing autonomous technology is predicting, and getting a vehicle to respond to countless, unexpected scenarios while on the road.

That could mean a dog, deer, or even a child, sprinting onto a road; a detour unforeseen on a navigation app or a suddenly active construction zone. A driver — or in this case, the technology — needs to be able to recognize that the immediate environment has changed, and to respond in a safe way.

That's largely where simulation, combined with data collection and artificial intelligence, comes in.

In GM simulations, drivers of all experience levels take the wheel and face a multitude of computer-generated scenarios on highways or urban landscapes replete with other “humans” and roadway signage.

“We want to really be able to take anything that our customers could experience out on the road,” said Maureen August, senior manager at GM Research & Development.

The ultimate GM challenge for drivers ... Candy Crush

As participants drive in the simulator, GM looks at key data points, like heart rate, stress, where the driver's eyes are going, how long they are looking at one part of the road or another and how they are attending to the road, all from a nearby control room.

One of the best ways to test driver attention these days: inviting drivers to play Candy Crush.

“We found it’s very effective for getting people involved and wanting to get the highest score,” August said. “It’s a great way for us to get you engaged and then have to pull you away from a task.”

After participants drive, they're asked how they felt, how they understood the system, and whether it was intuitive. Other factors GM looks at include comfort, how convenient certain features are to use, whether a driver feels the system is trustworthy and how many seconds are required for a driver to take full control of a moving vehicle.

“We want to make sure that you’re responding effectively and that we’ve given you the alert far enough ahead that you can take over if needed," August said. "But we also want to be sure that if you feel comfortable and the vehicle is capable, that you don’t take over, that you let the vehicle do what it’s capable of doing.”

Other automakers racing to advanced technology

Hands-off technology is being deployed by many automakers today; Ford's BlueCruise is among the more notable examples.

BlueCruise is available in equipped Ford vehicles for use on more than 130,000 miles of certain North American roads.

Tesla lists technology used in its cars as “Full Self-Driving,” but it still requires human oversight.

As for more advanced systems, there aren't any passenger vehicles in production with eyes-off technology now — some tech companies, however, offer autonomous commercial robotaxi services in select cities.

Far smaller rollouts of sophisticated light-duty driving systems from various auto companies have been available in limited markets in recent years, but have been discontinued.

In addition to the technology challenges, there are regulatory hurdles, experts say.

“There isn’t really much in the way of real regulation that governs these systems today,” Telemetry's Abuelsamid said. “And so, the automakers are basically going state by state to get approvals for where they can operate these systems.”

Because of that, he said, “it remains to be seen where GM will be able to offer their eyes off system come 2028.”

Ultimately, automakers are racing toward more advanced tech, not only to make their vehicles more enticing, but also to leverage subscription fees customers will pay to have the technology onboard.

The name of the game, Abuelsamid said, is “to provide enough convenience and safety, the consumers will be willing to pay a recurring fee to use it ... so drivers can do things like watch a video, read a book, text — without having to watch the road all the time.”

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The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly, said the initial probe showed that Yemen's Houthis first fired multiple drones to pave the way for a mix of cruise and ballistic missiles to reach Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport.

The Houthis possess ballistic missiles and advanced systems fitted with warheads that can change direction during flight and pose a challenge to Patriot interceptors and other defense systems used by the Saudis.

One of the officials said the investigation also aims to find out why air defense systems did not provide earlier warning of the attack in which the Houthi missiles and drones flew over 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) to reach Riyadh.

The Saudi government-run Center for International Communication, which oversees foreign media, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Saudi officials want US to engage more actively in countering Houthi attacks

On Monday, Saudi state-run media reported that its military was responding to a new attack involving drones and cruise missiles, without providing details.

The Saudis are looking to the U.S. to become more directly involved in their fight against the Houthis. The U.S. has provided intelligence sharing, target identification and planning for a Saudi-led offensive, but so far has held off on directly carrying out strikes against the Houthis.

A U.S. intervention could prompt the Houthis to try to halt shipping through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait at the southern end of the Red Sea off Yemen, restricting the flow of oil out of the Persian Gulf.

The flow of Mideast oil has already been complicated by Iranian efforts to choke off the Strait of Hormuz, another waterway through which about one-fifth of the world's oil flowed before the U.S.-Iran war started in late February.

The rebels seized key areas along the Bab el-Mandeb last month. The Saudi-led coalition, backing forces with Yemen’s internationally recognized government, has been trying to seize them back.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday told reporters after the deadly airport strike that he was looking at the possibility of carrying out U.S. attacks against the Houthis.

But the conflict also comes at a delicate time for Trump, just weeks before U.S. midterm elections that will show whether his Republican Party keeps control of Congress.

Persistent inflation and high gas prices fueled by the ongoing conflict with Iran have driven widespread American disapproval of that war. Expanding U.S. military involvement to the Saudi-Houthi conflict comes with the risk of further stoking resentment in the American electorate.

Houthis say Saudis launched a new attack on Sanaa

Houthi officials said that Saudi Arabia on Monday carried out new strikes on the Yemen capital of Sanaa, killing one person and wounding 12.

The Riyadh airport remained closed on Monday and workers in the capital's financial district were told to work from home.

Yet, the Saudis on Monday continued with the second day of the World Petroleum Congress in Riyadh, even as the worsening conflict with the Houthis has put the Gulf — already shaken by the U.S.-Iran war — on edge.

More than 70 ministers, over 300 CEOs and senior executives and leaders from more than 25 international energy organizations and institutions had been confirmed to participate in the conference.

UAE diplomat suggests Gulf allies respond to Houthis jointly

Separately, an Emirati diplomat on Monday called for “joint Gulf action” to defend Gulf countries against attacks by Iran and its allied groups.

Anwar Gargash, a diplomatic adviser to the rulers of the United Arab Emirates, said Iran and its allies wrongly assessed that Gulf Arabs were “the weakest link” in the U.S. war against Iran, during which Tehran and its allies repeatedly attacked Arab countries on the other side of the Gulf.

“It has become clear that we are all targeted, and that our security is indivisible,” he wrote on social media, adding that attacks on Saudi Arabia “undermine the security of the UAE and all Gulf states.”

Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Monday expressed concern about fighting between the Saudis and Houthis and said Iran would be ready to settle disputes between them through diplomacy.

“We are severely concerned about developments in the Arabian Peninsula,” Esmail Baghaei said at his weekly briefing. “We have many times announced readiness for applying our good offices in order to facilitate talks between the two sides.”

Baghaei said that Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, spoke by phone on Sunday about the situation but did not offer details.

Speaking at a conference in Abu Dhabi focused on the postwar future of the Middle East, former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the deadly Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia was a troubling development that underscored that the U.S. has not yet achieved its objectives for the war against Iran.

“What it does demonstrate is that we’ve not yet achieved deterrence. We collectively have not yet achieved deterrence,” said Pompeo, who served as secretary of state and CIA director during Trump's first term. "You have to crush the Iranian regime, period, full stop. There’s no solution short of that."

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Associated Press writers Aamer Madhani in Jerusalem and Nasser Karimi in Tehran, Iran, contributed to this report.

Sibiya was set to face a disciplinary hearing on Monday but his lawyers tendered his letter of resignation at the start of the proceeding, police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said.

“As the former senior officer had an ongoing disciplinary case against him at the time of his resignation, his departure from the service is therefore regarded as a dishonorable discharge,” said Mathe.

Sibiya is currently in prison after he was arrested for alleged rape and grooming of a minor last month. He has denied the charges. His application to be released on bail has been postponed to Oct. 13.

Sibiya has been the subject of a judicial commission of inquiry investigating wide-ranging allegations of corruption within the South African police and alleged ties to the country's criminal networks.

At the commission, which is chaired by retired Judge Mbuyiseni Madlanga, Sibiya has been accused of receiving large sums of cash and gifts from alleged criminals.

During his testimony at the commission, Sibiya denied all allegations against him.

He had been suspended since September last year.

A senior U.S. official said President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are considering firing U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle after a series of reports alleging she has engaged in improper and possibly illegal conduct before and during her tenure in Athens.

The U.S. Department of Justice meanwhile is investigating whether it was a violation of antitrust law when the White House television press pool collectively halted coverage of Trump last month after he banned CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House.

And a bipartisan group of senators is calling on the Trump administration to “immediately reverse course” on a plan to purchase diesel from Russia despite a U.S. sanctions law.

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Trump’s plan to buy Russian oil runs counter to congressional efforts to pressure Putin

Trump also said Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an “energy ceasefire ” in the 4 1/2-year-old war, but offered no details and Kyiv reported attacks by Moscow on energy sites after his statement.

The plan runs counter to U.S. efforts to cut the flow of money Russia gets from oil and gas sales that can be used to pay for its war against Ukraine. Trump’s announcement came just a few weeks after Congress passed legislation that directed Trump to impose substantial tariffs on the top importers of Russian oil or natural gas, with an exception for countries that import less than 15% of Russia’s natural gas exports and have taken significant steps to reduce those imports.

Brent crude tops $105 a barrel after Trump says US will buy Russian diesel

The price of Brent crude, the international standard, rose 1% to $105.74 per barrel on Monday and U.S. benchmark crude oil gained 1% to $92.77 per barrel after Trump’s plan to purchase diesel from Russia drew bipartisan criticism in the Senate.

Oil prices have continued to yo-yo because of uncertainty about when the war with Iran will allow the global energy industry to return to normal.

Trump announced Friday that he struck a deal to buy Russian diesel with Russian President Vladimir Putin, aiming to stop a spike in fuel prices ahead of the Nov. 3 U.S. elections. Trump said Russia will immediately supply more than 300,000 tons of diesel to the American and global market, followed by 500,000 tons in November, 1 million tons “immediately thereafter” and 3 million tons “within a short period of time” after that.

Republican legislators describe tighter voting laws as common sense changes

Republican-controlled states began imposing restrictive rules in 2021 after Trump’s false claims of widespread fraud in his 2020 presidential election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. Trump’s continued false claims have resonated with Republican voters, a majority of whom believe Biden was not legitimately elected despite all evidence to the contrary. Trump lost dozens of court challenges, his own attorney general found no evidence of widespread fraud, and reviews, audits and recounts in the battleground states where he contested his loss all affirmed Biden’s victory.

Among the changes confronting voters as early voting gets underway: Students in New Hampshire can no longer use student IDs; Utah voters returning mail ballots must include more information on the envelope; and some voters in Mississippi might need birth certificates or passports to verify their identities.

Many GOP states have imposed new voting rules this year, some mirroring Trump’s midterm proposals

Trump has pushed Congress to pass a proof-of-citizenship law, signed an executive order seeking a national voter ID requirement and tried to limit mail voting through U.S. Postal Service changes, but none of those moves succeeded in time to affect this year’s midterm elections.

It’s a different matter in the states.

More than three dozen voting laws passed in Republican-controlled states are taking effect for the first time this year, many of them containing elements of Trump’s stalled proposals. They include changes to what IDs are acceptable to register for the first time and requirements to show proof of citizenship, an issue the Republican president has tried but failed to get through Congress.

“Trump’s attacks on our elections are deeply damaging, but they are not happening in isolation,” said Sophia Lin Lakin, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Voting Rights Project. ”Across the country, states are also advancing restrictions that make it harder for eligible voters to cast a ballot.”

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Federal agents searched Omar’s home as part of criminal investigation: AP sources

Federal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation, according to people familiar with the matter.

The people say the search was conducted by Homeland Security Investigations agents. The people were not authorized to publicly discuss an ongoing investigation and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Details about the investigation are unclear. The Justice Department said in a statement Monday that HSI agents executed a judicially authorized search warrant secured by the department in the Washington, D.C., area but provided no other details.

An email seeking comment has been sent to a representative for Omar.

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Judge orders the Trump administration to cancel taxpayer-funded promotional TV ads

Trump must cancel any remaining television commercials paid for with millions of dollars in taxpayer money to promote his political message, a federal judge ordered Sunday night, even as the administration said the ad campaign was coming to an end.

U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Rochon in New York sided with a coalition, including the nonpartisan watchdog Common Cause, that challenged the ads as an illegal misuse of funds. She told the administration to cancel any remaining ads, including any set to air Sunday night, in granting a temporary restraining order.

Asked for comment, the White House referred to an Oct. 5 social media post from Trump in which he defended the taxpayer-funded ads as “rather standard” but, amid backlash, said he would pay for them from his political fundraising. In a court filing late Saturday, the Justice Department argued that the temporary restraining order was unnecessary because “the alleged offending conduct will end tomorrow.”

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DOJ says it’s investigating whether White House TV pool’s coverage halt violated antitrust law

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether the decision of the White House television press pool to halt coverage of Trump last month violated antitrust law, an agency spokesperson said Saturday.

Emily Covington, a spokesperson for the department, said group boycotts among business competitors might violate U.S. law. “The Antitrust Division is simply investigating to determine whether these news organizations have violated the antitrust laws,” she said.

The announcement came after the television pool of five broadcasters last month ceased presidential coverage after the administration barred CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House.

Messages were sent late Saturday to the five outlets seeking comment: ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX and NBC.

The White House press pool, which is a rotating cast of news outlets that covers the president, has become a proxy for the wider fight over whether the president, or anyone, can control the content of news reports — a type of free speech, pillar of American democracy.

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Six senators call for Trump administration to ‘immediately reverse course’ on Russian diesel plan

The price of a gallon of diesel fuel is shown electronically on a pump at a QuikTrip station Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, in Greenwood Village, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

A bipartisan group of six senators on Sunday called for Trump’s administration to “immediately reverse course” on a plan to purchase diesel from Russia as part of an effort to lower high fuel prices.

Trump shocked lawmakers when he announced on social media Friday that he struck a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call. He said Russia will immediately supply more than 300,000 tons of diesel to the American and global market, followed by an additional 500,000 tons in November and 1 million tons “immediately thereafter.” Russia will deliver an additional 3 million tons “within a short period of time” after that, he wrote.

Four Republican senators and two Democratic senators signed onto the statement released Sunday in protesting the deal. They said the administration failed to consult with Congress or submit any explanation to justify its decision as required by statute.

“The United States should not provide Putin with a financial lifeline while Russia continues to kill Ukrainian civilians. The Administration must immediately reverse course,” they wrote.

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Trump and Rubio weigh firing US envoy to Greece after mounting reports of improper conduct, AP source says

President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are considering firing U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle after a series of reports alleging she has engaged in improper and possibly illegal conduct before and during her tenure in Athens.

A senior U.S. official said Sunday that Trump and Rubio are “extremely pissed off” by Guilfoyle’s reported conduct and would likely decide on what action to take this week after Monday’s Columbus Day holiday.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations, said Rubio had been particularly angry, not least because he visited Athens just last week and Guilfoyle attended most, if not all, of his events and greeted him on his arrival with a bear hug as the allegations swirled.

In a series of stories, The Wall Street Journal has reported questionable conduct by Guilfoyle, including an alleged threat to a host country official, accepting improper gifts and services and offering to use her influence inside the administration in return for the payment of a large credit card bill.

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FWC officials said FWC officers responded to the boating incident around 11:09 a.m. in Norris Cut, just outside the marina.

According to preliminary information released by the FWC, a 17.5-foot boat carrying three adults was in the area when one of the occupants, a 63-year-old man, entered the water.

Authorities said the man was struck by the boat’s propeller while in the water.

The victim was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Officials have not released information about the severity of his injuries or the circumstances leading up to the incident.

FWC officials said the incident remains under investigation.

No additional details were immediately available.

According to FHP Lt. Alex Camacho, troopers attempted to stop a the driver of a silver BMW for excessive speeding around 4:13 a.m. on southbound State Road 826 near Northwest 47th Avenue.

The driver refused to stop, prompting troopers to initiate a pursuit, Camacho said.

Authorities said the driver attempted to exit the highway onto Northwest 154th Street but failed to negotiate a curve.

The BMW veered off the roadway and down a shoulder embankment, where it struck a culvert drain and overturned, Camacho said.

According to Camacho, a marked FHP patrol vehicle also traveled down the embankment and collided with the BMW.

All three occupants of the BMW suffered injuries that were not considered life-threatening and were transported to a nearby hospital for treatment, authorities said.

The FHP trooper involved in the crash was not injured.

Authorities did not immediately release the identities of the BMW’s occupants or provide information about possible charges.

The search was conducted by Homeland Security Investigations agents, said the people, who were not authorized to publicly discuss an ongoing investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity. More details about the investigation and its focus were not immediately clear, though Vice President JD Vance last May signaled that the Trump administration would investigate Omar for immigration fraud allegations, which she has denied.

An email seeking comment was sent Monday to a representative for Omar.

The Justice Department said in a statement Monday that HSI agents executed a judicially authorized search warrant secured by the department in the Washington, D.C., area but provided no other details.

“This enforcement action is part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation,” the department said.

A message left with the Department of Homeland Security, of which Homeland Security Investigations is part, was not immediately returned.

Omar, 44, represents Minnesota’s 5th District, including Minneapolis. She was first elected to the House in 2018 and has been known as a member of what's called The Squad of female lawmakers known for their progressive views and pointed opposition to the Republican president.

Republicans have raised questions about Omar's past since before she was even elected, including asserting that she had married her brother and committed immigration fraud. Omar has broadly denied the allegations as “disgusting lies.”

“It certainly seems like something fishy is there, but everybody's entitled to equal justice under the laws,” Vance told reporters in May. “So we're going to investigate it. We're going to take a look at it. If we think there's a crime, we're going to prosecute that crime.”

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Associated Press writers Eric Tucker in Washington, Kathy McCormack in Concord, N.H., Mike Catalini in Morrisville, Pa., contributed.

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On Saturday, Copa Airlines announced that the temporary closure required additional inspections of the airport’s facilities and runways.

“Copa Airlines continues to face extended delays, cancellations and schedule adjustments. The airline recognizes and regrets the impact this situation has had on its passengers,” a company spokesperson wrote in a statement.

Copa Airlines also announced flight changes, credits, and refunds without fees or fare differences. This was available to those whose tickets were issued before Friday and whose travel was scheduled between Friday and Oct. 14.

Officials in Panama declared a state of emergency on Saturday after 7.7- and 6.6-magnitude earthquakes on Friday and more than 100 aftershocks caused property damage.

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Sean Kotowich and Anthony Perez are the engaged couple behind Chubby Boy Rolls, a queer-owned micro-bakery in Fort Lauderdale specializing in oversized cinnamon rolls that have been selling out week after week.

The couple’s journey began shortly after they started dating, when Perez invited Kotowich to spend Christmas with his uncle’s family.

Not wanting to arrive empty-handed, Kotowich decided to bring homemade cinnamon rolls.

“I’ve learned that the Cubans in Miami really love cinnamon rolls. So what did I do? I came up with the recipe and I brought cinnamon rolls and everybody loved it,” Kotowich said. “They were like, you need to sell these, you need to sell these.”

That enthusiastic response sparked an idea.

Perez, who has an entrepreneurial spirit, saw an opportunity to turn the popular treats into something bigger.

“We decided to kinda come up with a fun name, but also sell something that’s actually nice or fun or happy that brings a lot of happiness to people while building a community,” Perez said.

And just like that, Chubby Boy Rolls was born.

More than just cinnamon rolls

For the couple, their business is about more than satisfying a sweet tooth.

They also want to create an inclusive community and turn a word that can carry negative associations into something positive.

“So Chubby itself is a term that’s kind of, you know, gone through a negative stigma at times. I mean, I’ve definitely felt that way,” Kotowich said. “And so for us to, you know, take Chubby Boy and make it more positive and uplifting and enjoyable is definitely a key to building our community.”

Their oversized cinnamon rolls have become a hit, with the couple regularly selling out while balancing the demands of their full-time jobs.

Much of their free time is devoted to preparing orders, handling special requests and catering.

“Between pre-orders, special orders, when we do a little bit of catering on the side, that kind of thing keeps us busy Saturdays and Sundays,” Perez said.

The couple has also embraced social media to help grow their business.

Perez creates humorous videos for YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, giving followers a glimpse into their personalities and the work behind their baked goods.

Kotowich credits his fiancé with bringing a little extra excitement into his life.

“Anthony came in and he brought this chaos into my life,” Kotowich joked. “And I couldn’t live without it at this point.”

A family affair

The couple also has some important help behind the scenes.

Perez’s mother, who came to the United States from Cuba several decades ago, plays a significant role in their growing business.

Perez said she helps refine ideas, offers feedback and provides encouragement as they work to expand.

“So my mom is my rock. My mom is my angel,” Perez said. “Literally I throw something at her and she’s willing to grab it, perfect it, give me feedback and let me know how I can become better.”

With her support, the couple hopes to take Chubby Boy Rolls beyond its current pop-up model.

Their ultimate goal is to purchase an RV trailer that would allow them to bring their desserts directly into South Florida neighborhoods.

“We really wanna go the route of owning a little RV trailer,” Perez said. “Take it out into the neighborhoods and become what essentially has stuck with us since the very beginning, which is becoming the neighborhood roll dealers.”

For Kotowich, building a business alongside his future husband makes the experience even more meaningful.

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Using a Spanish interpreter, Manuel Farfan Cabello, 28, stood in front of a judge to officially hear about his charges.

He was ultimately denied bond and ordered to undergo a mental health screening.

The Broward Sheriff’s Office said Cabello stabbed his mother, Ylda Cabello-Ynocente, multiple times Friday evening.

First responders pronounced her dead at the scene.

Deputies said they were called to a home on Northwest 28th Avenue in Tamarac around 7:45 p.m. Friday.

For several hours from Friday night into Saturday, BSO investigators could be seen combing through the area, searching for evidence.

The investigation stretched beyond the house to the other side of the street, and at one point, a dive team entered a nearby lake to continue their search for evidence.

Several hours before the deadly stabbing, neighbors told Local 10 News that Farfan Cabello was going door to door, asking for money.

Family members returned to the home on Sunday to clean up.

Farfan Cabello’s aunt told Local 10 that he suffers from schizophrenia and needs help.

She said her nephew receives treatment, but she doesn’t have access to his medical records or history.

Despite what happened, she said she wants to get him help.

Schumer, who has directly or indirectly overseen his party’s Senate campaign arm in almost every election cycle over the last 20 years, has regained trust within his caucus, for now, as Democrats are hopeful of making gains in the midterm elections despite a difficult map that favors Republicans.

Allies of the New York Democrat say it’s a significant turnaround from last year, when the party was still reeling from major election losses. A low point came in the spring of 2025, when the party's base erupted at Schumer for voting to keep President Donald Trump’s government open.

Interviews with more than a dozen Democratic senators in recent weeks indicate that Schumer has recovered his political standing with many in his caucus. If Democrats gain seats in the election, colleagues expect him to easily win enough support in the closed-door leadership election, likely the week after Election Day.

Should they win a majority, a feat once seen as improbable, another term as leader would be nearly assured, many said. Both parties pick their Senate leaders by secret ballot, so no senator has to reveal their vote.

Still, nothing is guaranteed. While no Democrat has stepped up to challenge Schumer, that could quickly change if his party suffers an unexpected level of losses. And several Democratic candidates around the country have said publicly that they won't vote for Schumer or have remained noncommittal.

Interviewed by The Associated Press earlier this month, Schumer stated unequivocally that he's running for another term as leader. He said he believes Democrats have won more favor with voters over the last year and have a shot at winning the majority after fighting Trump’s tariffs, forcing more than a dozen votes to end the war in Iran and focusing on affordability, corruption and healthcare.

“I think our caucus is strong, it’s united,” Schumer said. “A year ago, everyone said it was out of reach. Today, we have a broader map, strong candidates, a clear contrast.”

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., said that “Senate seats in some ruby red states seem to be in play” because of candidates Schumer recruited.

Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democrat who has served with Schumer for almost 30 years, said that “if you had told us in 2025 that we’d be in the home stretch with a really good shot of taking the majority, it would have been like, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me.’ You can’t argue with results.”

And if Democrats don’t win additional seats? “I’m not thinking about that,” Wyden said.

Some senators won’t commit to supporting Schumer

While Schumer appears to be in a good position at the moment, many Democratic senators won’t say publicly whether they will support him — particularly those in the most progressive wing of the party.

“It’s a little bit too early to speculate on that right now,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent who caucuses with Democrats.

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren said she is focused on November’s elections. “We’ll know a lot more after the midterms,” she said.

Freshman Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan has called for a “new generation” of leaders across the party.

"It’s not a secret that Democrats still haven’t totally found their footing after Trump,” Slotkin said in a recent interview, adding that “we have to see what the results of the election are.”

It’s unclear if anyone else wants the job

Even if there are losses in Senate races, it’s unclear if any other Democrat wants the burden of being leader. Many are instead eyeing runs for the White House in 2028.

Speculation about a challenge to Schumer has centered on Sens. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, Chris Murphy of Connecticut and Brian Schatz of Hawaii, who has already said he’s running for the No. 2 leadership spot to replace retiring Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin.

Asked about Schumer, Van Hollen said he doesn’t want to discuss it yet.

“Look, I think everybody wants to get through this election, and then we’ll go from there,” Van Hollen said in an interview before the Senate left Washington to campaign.

Several Senate candidates around the country have either said they won’t vote for Schumer if they are elected or remained noncommittal, including Troy Jackson in Maine, Adam Hamilton in Kansas and Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan.

At the same time, the Senate Majority PAC, which is closely aligned with Schumer, has put millions of dollars into those campaigns and others. Schumer backed El-Sayed's primary opponent, but the two met in Washington last month.

El-Sayed said after the meeting that the party is united and “we’re having really productive conversations about what it takes to win.”

Schumer has kept his caucus close

Several of the Democratic senators who insisted on anonymity to share their views agreed that Schumer is likely to win another term as leader. There have been very few discussions about a change, said one, partially because Schumer has stayed close to almost everyone in his caucus, keeping them on speed dial in his famous flip phone. Another senator said that they aren’t aware of Schumer asking for any commitments just yet.

At the same time, some said they would like to see Schumer, who is up for reelection in 2028, announce that this is his last term as leader and commit to helping transition to a successor. A commitment like that could end the conversation, one senator said.

Another senator said that a commitment from Schumer about the future isn’t as important — what will matter is if they win in November.

All of the senators agreed that there are no obvious contenders right now to challenge him, but that could change quickly if Democrats lose Senate seats in November.

Schumer has turned the tables since 2025

Attitudes within the Democratic caucus have improved since last year, when the base revolted against Schumer for the March vote to keep the Republican president's government open. Progressive groups like MoveOn called for him to step down, arguing that Democrats needed to fight harder against Trump and Republicans.

Schumer regained some favor with Democrats inside and outside the Capitol during a prolonged government shutdown a year ago and as he has repeatedly blocked Trump’s nominees and Republican legislation.

But while the calls to resign or step aside have waned, many are still agitating for change.

“Our priority right now is organizing and making sure we elect a new generation laser-focused on affordability and fighting corruption,” said Joel Payne, a national spokesman for MoveOn.

Referring to the 2025 calls for Schumer to step aside, Payne said the group’s members have “already rendered a judgment on Schumer’s tenure and made clear they’re eager for new leadership that energizes the party base.”

It’s unclear, though, whether calls from the progressive wing of the party will influence the secret ballot vote, in which Schumer needs only a majority to win.

Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-N.M., dismissed the talk about Schumer’s future.

“It’s hard to lose if no one else is challenging you,” he said.

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Associated Press writers Steven Sloan, Seung Min Kim and Joey Cappelletti contributed to this report.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis confirmed two storm-related deaths in Florida. Two additional people were killed in Alabama after a tree fell onto their home.

The Florida Panhandle sustained some of the worst damage after Isaias made landfall near Destin late Friday, bringing winds of up to 110 mph.

The powerful storm uprooted trees, knocked down power lines and dumped several inches of rain across the Gulf Coast. Some gas stations were left heavily damaged.

DeSantis said Florida plans to seek federal disaster assistance after local officials complete their assessments.

“We are going to submit a disaster declaration once we get the data from the counties,” the governor said.

Cleanup efforts underway across the Southeast

Crews with Global Empowerment Mission were among those assisting residents in Pensacola as communities began recovering from the storm.

In one neighborhood, a home that was still under construction was destroyed.

“This house that was under construction was knocked down to the foundation,” a worker said.

The destruction extended beyond Florida.

In southwest Georgia, a driver captured video of a tornado spawned by the hurricane.

Andrea Corbett, a homeowner in DeKalb County, Georgia, described the frightening moments as the storm moved through her neighborhood.

“I got up, I couldn’t see out of the window, and I started to panic a little bit, but, um, eventually pulled myself together, called 911,” Corbett said.

Farther north, heavy rain sent water rushing onto a roadway in Chimney Rock, North Carolina.

Strong winds also overturned several vehicles in a Fayetteville parking lot, including a semitruck.

FEMA assessing damage, recovery needs

As cleanup continues, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is working to determine the extent of the destruction and what assistance affected communities may need.

Former FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate said officials must evaluate damage to homes and determine how many residents have been affected.

“What are the impacts to housing? Is there going to be a need for temporary housing assistance? How many people have been impacted?” Fugate said.

He explained that those assessments will help determine whether federal assistance is necessary.

“Those are things that will go into the damage assessment and ultimately in the recommendations to the president if assistance is required,” Fugate said.

South Florida rescue teams returning home

Meanwhile, Florida Task Force One and Florida Task Force Two are expected to return to South Florida following their deployments to the Panhandle.

Florida Task Force Two first responders are expected back around 2 p.m. Monday, while Florida Task Force One personnel are expected to return around 3 p.m.

The teams were deployed to assist with the response to Hurricane Isaias as communities across the region begin the recovery process.

Bogen discussed the dispute with Local 10’s Janine Stanwood on “This Week in South Florida” Sunday morning, saying the issue comes down to transparency.

“There’s a theme. The theme is a lack of disclosure, lack of transparency,” Bogen said.

He said taxpayers deserve to know how their money is being spent.

“They deserve to know, ‘Is my dollar going for law enforcement, or is it going for a massage table,’” Bogen said.

The Broward County Commission announced an investigation Friday into the Broward Sheriff’s Office’s spending.

But Tony pushed back on social media, saying BSO is already audited.

“Public safety is not a joke, this commission is deliberately tearing apart the largest public safety organization in our state,” Tony said. “All of you are an embarrassment not only to Broward County but (to) the state of Florida.”

Bogen responded that the audit doesn’t show how the money is being spent.

Another focus of the dispute is BSO’s new training facility, which Bogen said costs much more than expected.

“Finding massage tables and saunas and spas and having this wellness center, spending millions of dollars, and he never disclosed it on the initial scope. That is the thing,” Bogen said.

The dispute comes amid an ongoing budget battle between the county and the sheriff.

The commission recently voted to take back fire rescue from the sheriff. It has also considered removing BSO from both Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Port Everglades.

Those moves prompted statewide prosecutors to subpoena the commission, demanding records related to the county’s hiring of a consulting firm.

“It’s absolutely nonsense,” Bogen said. “When he initiated this investigation, it crossed the line. It’s a tactic of his for intimidation.”

Tony responded to Bogen’s “This Week in South Florida” interview on social media late Sunday morning, saying Bogen was wrong and that he would have evidence in the coming days.

“The supporting records will be made public next week. More receipts,” Tony wrote.

Bogen, alongside commissioners and members of the media, will visit the training facility on Monday.

The sheriff added that BSO would provide commissioners with video footage and photographs of the entire training center for their review.

“We welcome transparency — and we will uphold it,” Tony said.

Tony had previously declined interview requests with Local 10, but said on social media that he looks forward to appearing on the show and discussing the dispute.

The lower humidity will only last a day or two as moisture moves back into the region by the end of the week with an onshore breeze. This will bring the chance for showers and warmer weather for the weekend.

In the biggest single listing of sanctions since the Kremlin launched full-scale war on Ukraine almost five years ago, the EU also targeted 77 people accused of organizing, working on, or running in “sham elections” in occupied parts of Ukraine.

Announcing the sanctions, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said that more than half of them “address the production chain for the ballistic missiles Russia uses to kill Ukrainian civilians every day.”

“This is not the time to ease pressure on Moscow but to increase it,” she said.

The EU said the companies are on a list established by the Russian government itself “that identifies them as belonging to the Russian military-industrial complex, and they are therefore entitled to receive subsidies.”

The EU considers those officials running the companies to be “supporting Russia’s military and industrial complex.” It said the sanctions are aimed at “mid-level suppliers that represent the ‘core’ of the Russian military industry.”

The components they provide include electronics, communication equipment, radar and navigation systems, satellite and missile systems, as well as explosives and ammunition.

The move brings the total number of Russian officials and “entities” targeted by the EU to more than 4,500, including President Vladimir Putin, oligarchs suspected of backing him and scores of lawmakers, as well as banks and the shadow fleet illicitly shipping oil.

None of those moves succeeded in time to affect this year's midterm elections. It's a different matter in the states.

More than three dozen voting laws passed in Republican-controlled states are taking effect for the first time this year, many of them containing elements of Trump's stalled proposals. They include changes to what IDs are acceptable to register for the first time and requirements to show proof of citizenship, an issue the Republican president has tried but failed to get through Congress.

“Trump’s attacks on our elections are deeply damaging, but they are not happening in isolation,” said Sophia Lin Lakin, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Voting Rights Project. ”Across the country, states are also advancing restrictions that make it harder for eligible voters to cast a ballot."

Some new laws seek to make voting easier. Others continue a trend in Republican-controlled states of imposing restrictive rules that began in 2021 after Trump's false claims of widespread fraud in his 2020 presidential election loss to Democrat Joe Biden. Trump's continued false claims have resonated with Republican voters, a majority of whom believe Biden was not legitimately elected despite all evidence to the contrary. Trump lost dozens of court challenges, his own attorney general found no evidence of widespread fraud, and reviews, audits and recounts in the battleground states where he contested his loss all affirmed Biden’s victory.

Among the changes confronting voters as early voting gets underway: Students in New Hampshire can no longer use student IDs; Utah voters returning mail ballots must include more information on the envelope; and some voters in Mississippi might need birth certificates or passports to verify their identities.

Changes to voter ID requirements are challenged

Republican lawmakers who support the tighter voting laws, especially around voter ID, describe them as common sense changes.

New Hampshire state Rep. Donald McFarlane said he sponsored the bill to eliminate student IDs as acceptable for voting because colleges don’t have the same controls when issuing those cards as government agencies.

“The change removes a special exception and applies the same government-issued ID standard to all voters,” he said, adding that his bill had bipartisan support.

Students, he said, can still get state IDs free of charge.

The new requirements have not gone unchallenged.

In South Dakota, the ACLU has filed a lawsuit seeking to halt a new law that includes requiring voters registering for the first time to present the most common forms of ID — driver's licenses, Tribal IDs and non-driver state IDs. They must be presented in person at places that accept registration.

“Proof of citizenship in itself is not terrible,” said Kathryn Johnson, president of the League of Women Voters of South Dakota.

Her concern is the requirement to present the IDs in person.

“We’re kind of a remote state, so sometimes it takes a drive, and you have to coordinate, you have to take off work, and all of these kinds of things,” she said.

Ohio seeks to scrub voter rolls

Ohio has a proof of citizenship requirement in effect for the first time this year for those registering to vote or updating their voter registration information at a Bureau of Motor Vehicles location. The state also eliminated its four-day grace period for mail ballots, which now must be received at local election offices by Election Day.

Yet the biggest concern for voting rights groups is an ongoing purge of the state's voter rolls. The databases used to check citizenship against voter registration lists can be outdated, said Freda Levenson, legal director of the ACLU of Ohio, which has sued to overturn the law.

“Vast numbers of perfectly eligible voters are vulnerable to being disenfranchised,” she said.

Republican state Sen. Theresa Gavarone, one of the primary sponsors of the bill, challenged the ACLU's legal action and said the problem it addresses is a real one.

“In the past two years, hundreds of noncitizens have been removed from Ohio’s voter rolls," she said in an email. "Every single vote cast by a noncitizen disenfranchises a lawful Ohio voter.”

Voters have mixed views on the changes

Outside an early voting center in Wayne County, Ohio, retired steel worker Dan Walter, an independent voter, said he opposes requiring documentary proof of citizenship to vote.

“It’s to keep people from voting, it sounds to me like,” he said.

His wife, Jody, a retired aerospace executive and a Democrat, said she felt the same way about Ohio's new requirement for registering to vote.

“A driver’s license doesn’t prove citizenship, and that’s all they ask for now,” she said. “It’s going to be an obstacle for so many people.”

Genia Fortune had a different view. A nurse, the Millersburg resident described herself as an independent and said she voted for President Barack Obama, a Democrat, and later for Trump. She believes Trump's false claims that the 2020 election was stolen and sees requiring documentary proof of citizenship as a necessary precaution.

“I just feel like you need to be a citizen and show proof of ID,” she said.

Voting and election laws have become a regular target for legislatures

The Trump administration has pushed multiple strategies to influence this year’s midterm elections, most of them stymied by Congress or the courts.

Chris Diaz, the director of legislative tracking at the Voting Rights Lab, which tracks state legislation, said the group has seen several versions of the Republican president’s proposals passed by his allies in the states.

A recently released report by the group highlighted some of the key areas drawing Republican lawmakers’ attention, including mail balloting, voter ID and the hunt for noncitizens on voter rolls.

Noncitizen voting has been a focus of the Trump administration despite it being a rare problem. The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced it had brought charges in roughly 90 cases for various types of election misconduct, including 50 against people who are alleged to have voted as noncitizens. The U.S. had 227 million registered voters for the 2024 presidential election.

The Brennan Center for Justice has identified nearly 40 laws in 21 states taking effect this election season that will make it harder for eligible voters to register, stay on the rolls or cast ballots.

The report from the center, part of the New York University School of Law, found that many of the new laws target subsets of voters.

“What I want voters to take away from this is that elections are still run by the states and there are still people in many states who are trying to make it harder for you to vote," said Sean Morales-Doyle, senior director of the center’s Voting Rights and Elections Program. “But that's all the more reason to go make a plan to vote and participate.”

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Fields reported from Washington, and Smyth reported from Wooster and Millersburg, Ohio.

The Vatican press office didn't say when the operation itself would take place, but it was expected in the first days of the week, with a weeklong recovery.

Leo revealed the discovery of the nodule during his Sunday noon prayer and said he was following doctors’ advice to have it removed. The Vatican press office said Monday that no particular issue precipitated the tests, denying Italian media reports suggesting an inflammation had prompted Leo to undergo the checkup.

On Monday, it was business as usual at the Vatican. The 71-year-old Leo presided over an audience with members of a Rome-based charity, the Circolo San Pietro, and received a donation from them. He spoke in a strong, clear voice, praising their service and sacrifice. The crowd gave him a rousing round of applause afterward.

He had six other private audiences, made three appointments and the Vatican released a letter he had penned to the outgoing dean of the College of Cardinals, thanking him for his service. The letter was signed on Sunday.

In the afternoon, he was expected to continue his audiences and, if time, rejoin a weeklong conference he convened on ministering to families.

A first medical event for the papacy

Leo's surgery marks the first major health event of his 17-month pontificate. It was significant because the pope himself revealed the news, in perhaps the most public way possible: at the end of his Sunday noon blessing, with thousands of people in St. Peter's Square.

The Vatican has for centuries zealously guarded the pope's health and has often sent out confusing information, or none at all, about papal illnesses. Pope Francis tried to change that by being upfront about his frailties and musing on his eventual death. But even during his pontificate, information was tightly controlled.

Leo's decision and reveal suggested an unusual level of transparency by the American pope.

A lung nodule is a small abnormal area measuring less than 3 centimeters (1 inch) that sometimes appears on a CT scan of the chest or abdomen. Often, the scans are done to investigate trauma or a lung infection, unrelated to a lung cancer screening. A nodule can be benign or malignant, and oftentimes surgical removal is recommended to ascertain whether it is cancerous since performing a lung biopsy by needle can be difficult.

Oncologists say if the nodule turns out to be cancerous, Leo's prognosis is “excellent” since it will have been removed at an early stage.

Unlike his predecessor Pope Francis, whose decade-long respiratory problems made him speak in a whisper, Leo tends to project his voice and frequently sings his prayers.

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Barry reported from Milan

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A staff member at the Joseph Lakanal middle school in Aubagne, east of Marseille, disarmed the boy after he fired multiple shots while roaming on two floors of the school, prosecutors said. Police then took him into custody. Aubagne is about 15 kilometers (9 miles) east of the port city of Marseille.

Marseille prosecutor Nicolas Bessone said in a statement that the pupil fired once or twice on the first floor, wounding the principal and the teacher in the legs. They were hit with ammunition used in 12-gauge shotguns, police said. They were transported to a hospital with injuries that weren’t life threatening, the prosecutor said.

The boy then went to the second floor and opened fire again, twice, he said.

No pupils were injured, police and Aubagne's mayor said. The mayor said mental health counseling is being offered to pupils.

There was no immediate information to suggest that the shooting was in any way connected to protests by high school pupils demanding better-resourced schools that have been shaking France for several weeks.

The middle school wasn't impacted on Monday by the protests, police said.

In a post on X, Education Minister Édouard Geffray said: “This unacceptable act once again highlights the rise of unbridled violence in our society, against which we must all mobilize. In words as well as deeds.”

Gun violence perpetrated by pupils in schools is rare in France. In 2017, a 16-year-old student armed with a rifle, pistols and a small grenade opened fire at a high school in southern France, wounding three students and the principal.

Stabbings by pupils in schools are also uncommon. Last year, a middle school employee in eastern France was stabbed to death by a 14-year-old student during a bag check.

Also in 2025, a 15-year-old student stabbed four other students at a high school in western France, killing one and wounding three others before he was arrested.

The hearing at Southwark Crown Court was adjourned until Tuesday after a morning of jury selection. The prosecution is due to open its case later in the week.

Brand, who is on bail, left the court building beside the River Thames holding hands with his wife, Laura Gallacher. He had earlier arrived at court flanked by security guards and accompanied by his wife.

Brand, 51, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault and one count of indecent assault. The charges involve six women and alleged offenses between 1999 and 2009. The trial is expected to last up to 10 weeks.

Prosecutors said at previous hearings that Brand is accused of raping a woman in a hotel room at a Labour Party conference, grabbing a TV worker’s breasts and forcing her into a sex act in a toilet, and kissing and groping a radio station worker.

Known for risque stand-up routines and battles with drugs and alcohol, Brand rose to prominence in the early 2000s, hosting television programs and his own BBC radio show. He appeared in Hollywood films including “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and “Get Him to the Greek.”

In recent years he has moved away from mainstream media, relocated to Florida and built a large online following with videos mixing wellness, conspiracy theories and discussions of his religious devotion.

The Associated Press doesn’t name victims of alleged sexual violence, and British law protects their identities from the media for life.

Pete jugó apenas seis jugadas, pero regresó a la banda para recibir una ovación de pie, una poderosa muestra de apoyo para el primer integrante de la Nación Navajo en firmar con un equipo de la NFL.

Ahora, como agente libre tras ser dado de baja por los Cowboys, Pete ha regresado a casa, a la Nación Navajo, donde ha estado agradeciendo a los aficionados por su apoyo mientras busca su próxima oportunidad en la NFL. Sorprendió a estudiantes de su antigua escuela, Shiprock High School, con una aparición en el mitin de ánimo del regreso a casa y fungió como gran mariscal del desfile de la Feria del Norte de la Nación Navajo.

Pete se reunirá y saludará a los aficionados el lunes en un evento del Día de los Pueblos Indígenas en Albuquerque, Nuevo México.

Pete se suma a una larga lista de deportistas indígenas que han derribado barreras en el deporte, han inspirado orgullo en sus comunidades y se han convertido en modelos a seguir para niños indígenas. Desde campeones olímpicos hasta jugadores profesionales de baloncesto, estos atletas han ayudado a moldear la historia del deporte mientras abrían puertas para quienes vienen detrás.

Deportistas indígenas en el podio olímpico

Jim Thorpe, de la Nación Sac y Fox en Oklahoma, aún es considerado ampliamente como el mejor deportista de todos los tiempos, y ganó el decatlón y el pentatlón en los Juegos Olímpicos de 1912. También jugó seis temporadas en las Grandes Ligas de Béisbol y 12 en el fútbol americano profesional, incluida la American Professional Football Association, precursora de la National Football League.

Compañero de Thorpe en atletismo en la Carlisle Indian Industrial School en Pensilvania, Louis Tewanima mantuvo la práctica espiritual hopi de correr para obtener reconocimiento en esa institución represiva. Terminó noveno en el maratón de los Juegos Olímpicos de 1908 en Londres y segundo en los 10.000 metros en los Juegos Olímpicos de 1912 en Estocolmo, estableciendo un récord estadounidense en la prueba.

La historia del surf moderno tiene su origen en el hawaiano nativo Duke Kahanamoku. Sus logros internacionales, como medallas de oro y plata en natación en los Juegos Olímpicos de 1912, 1920 y 1924, hicieron que el surf se conociera ampliamente. Kahanamoku ayudó a establecer las tablas de surf como equipo estándar para rescates en el océano. Actuó en películas y se desempeñó de 1935 a 1961 como jefe de policía de Honolulu.

Corredores indígenas marcaron el ritmo durante el siglo XX

El maratonista Ellison Myers “Tarzan” Brown, de la tribu Narragansett en Rhode Island, ganó el Maratón de Boston en 1936 y 1939 y compitió por Estados Unidos en los Juegos Olímpicos de 1936 en Berlín. Brown iba a correr el maratón en los Juegos Olímpicos de 1940, pero los juegos fueron cancelados debido a la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

El corredor oglala lakota Billy Mills fue el primer no europeo en ganar el oro olímpico en los 10 kilómetros con su sorpresiva carrera, con récord olímpico, en los Juegos Olímpicos de 1964 en Tokio. Esa carrera fue el mejor resultado de medalla para Estados Unidos en esa prueba olímpica desde la plata de Tewanima más de medio siglo antes, y el oro de Mills en 10 kilómetros aún no ha sido igualado por un olímpico estadounidense.

La primera mujer estadounidense en terminar un maratón por debajo de 2 horas y 30 minutos, Patti Catalano Dillon, es de ascendencia mi’kmaw y creció en Massachusetts. Dillon fue subcampeona en el Maratón de Nueva York de 1980 y en los maratones de Boston de 1979, 1980 y 1981. Dillon tuvo récords mundiales en el medio maratón y en las carreras de 30 kilómetros y 20 kilómetros.

Jugadores indígenas en el deporte profesional

Ryneldi Becenti fue la primera atleta indígena estadounidense en la WNBA, al jugar para las Phoenix Mercury en la temporada de 1997. Becenti creció jugando el vertiginoso “rez ball” en la Nación Navajo y fue una figura destacada en Scottsdale Community College y en Arizona State University antes de hacerse profesional como jugadora en Europa.

La jugadora de Los Angeles Sparks Aaliyah Nye es ciudadana de la Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi en Michigan. Máxima anotadora en la preparatoria y luego en Alabama, Nye se incorporó a la WNBA en 2025 como selección del draft de Las Vegas Aces. En 2026, fue seleccionada en el draft y luego dada de baja por Toronto Tempo y Atlanta Dream antes de ser reclamada por las Sparks.

El golfista Notah Begay III consiguió cuatro victorias en el PGA Tour en 1999 y 2000. Indígena estadounidense con ascendencia navajo, de San Felipe e Isleta, Begay estableció una fundación para promover la salud y el bienestar de los indígenas estadounidenses mediante programas de fútbol y golf. Es analista de golf en televisión.

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Gruver informó desde Fort Collins, Colorado.

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Esta historia se publica a través de la Global Indigenous Reporting Network en The Associated Press.

Speaking at the Warsaw Security Forum in Poland, Zelenskyy said Ukraine had learned through media reports that Trump had secured an energy ceasefire deal with Russia which would involve a mutual pause in strikes on energy sites. Zelenskyy said he would be willing to honor such an agreement, if Moscow did the same.

“We support it, but I have not heard approval of this proposal from the Russian side,” Zelenskyy said.

Trump’s brief social media post on Sunday claiming the purported agreement offered few details but said that the energy ceasefire took effect immediately, adding: “Do not break it!” On Monday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov wouldn’t say whether Russia had agreed to such a ceasefire, saying only: “Contacts are ongoing."

Zelenskyy said Ukraine had been “horribly surprised" when, following Trump's announcement, Russia struck numerous energy facilities including a power plant in the northeastern city of Kharkiv as well as a gas production facility and a civilian gas station.

“It was clear that (Russian President Vladimir) Putin does not read Truth Social,” Zelenskyy said, referring to Trump's social media platform.

Energy strikes have caused pain for both Ukraine and Russia

Trump previously announced a similar agreement on ceasing energy strikes that did not come to fruition. In a social media post on Sept. 14, he said both countries had agreed “not to hit” each other’s energy infrastructure, but offered no details on that proposal either.

Russia has used attacks on energy facilities in order to deny Ukrainian civilians power, heat and running water during the war, hoping to wear down public resistance to Moscow’s full-scale invasion. Ukrainian officials describe the strategy as “weaponizing winter," and fear Russia could ramp up such attacks as cold weather approaches.

Ukraine, meanwhile, has launched strikes against Russian energy sites like oil refineries, sometimes deep within Russian territory. That's prompted Trump to blame Zelenskyy for record U.S. diesel prices — rather than the U.S.-led war in Iran — and to strike a deal with Putin on Friday to import diesel from Russia in an attempt to bring fuel prices down ahead of U.S. midterm elections.

On Monday, Zelenskyy said Kyiv was ready to comply with Trump's requests to stop striking Russian refineries if Moscow halted attacks on Ukraine’s energy system, and asked Trump to press the Kremlin to agree. He added that if Moscow does not agree to an energy ceasefire this winter, “we will respond.”

“We are waiting for the details of the conversation between the Americans and the Russians, and we are waiting to see what specific steps the Americans are ready to take," he said. “This energy ceasefire can work, and it can become a major step toward ending the war.”

EU foreign policy chief skeptical of energy ceasefire

The European Union’s top diplomat on Monday welcomed the prospect of a pause in energy strikes in Ukraine, but said she sees no sign that Russia would be willing to respect it.

“We haven’t yet seen that also Russia will stick to it,” EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said at a meeting of the bloc's foreign ministers in Luxembourg. “Personally, I would also welcome that the ceasefire would include people not being killed, not only energy.”

Trump's deal with Putin to purchase diesel from Russia dismayed officials in the U.S., Ukraine and around Europe. A bipartisan group of six senators, including four Republicans, called on the Trump administration on Sunday to “immediately reverse course” on the deal, saying the U.S. should “not provide Putin with a financial lifeline” while Russia is killing Ukrainian civilians.

Kallas also pushed back on Trump's comments on Saturday that it was time for Ukraine to get a new president and that Zelenskyy has not done enough to end the war. She said that now is not the time to hold elections in Ukraine, at least not without a ceasefire.

On Monday, Zelenskyy said holding elections in Ukraine was impossible during war time, especially with new Russian tactics involving attacks during both the day and night. He added, however, that he would be ready to work towards doing so if Ukraine secured a full ceasefire lasting at least 60 days.

In response, Kremlin spokesman Peskov said in a statement that in case of a Ukrainian election, Putin would be ready to halt strikes on Ukraine “specifically on election day,” and that Kyiv only wanted a 60-day ceasefire “to gather their strength, heal their wounds, and continue the war.”

Russian attack kills 3 and injures others, including children

Two people were injured in Russian daytime strikes on Kyiv on Monday, according to the city's military administration, while falling debris from Russian attacks sparked a fire in a private residential building in the capital's Darnytskyi district.

Debris also fell in an open area near private residential buildings in the Solomianskyi district, and on a warehouse building in the Darnytskyi district, with emergency services dispatched to the scene.

A Russian drone attack on the village of Pisochyn in the Kharkiv district on Sunday evening killed three people and injured nine others, including children, according to the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office. Investigators said the attack struck a densely populated area near apartment buildings and grocery stores and sparked a fire.

Ukrainian air defense forces shot down or suppressed 89 of 121 Russian drones overnight Monday, Ukraine’s Air Force said in a Telegram post. The attack involved one Kh-59 guided air-to-surface missile and 76 jet-powered Shahed-type drones, the statement said.

Strikes were recorded at 15 locations in Ukraine, while debris from downed drones fell at four locations.

The Russian Defense Ministry on Monday said its air defenses overnight intercepted 151 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions as well as the illegally annexed Crimea and the waters of the Black Sea.

In a separate statement, the ministry said its forces overnight carried out drone strikes on Ukraine’s port infrastructure and a bulk carrier heading to Ukraine's port city of Odesa with military cargo on board.

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Meanwhile, airstrikes on two districts in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa killed one person and wounded 12 others, according to the Iran-backed Houthi rebels.

Here is the latest news from the Middle East on Monday. Read our full coverage here.

Saudi forces respond to attacks following strikes on Yemeni capital

Saudi state-run media said forces responded to attacks, but didn't give further details.

The reports Monday came after airstrikes on Yemen's capital Sanaa killed one person and wounded 12 others, according to the country's Houthi-run Health Ministry.

Ministry spokesman Anees al-Asbahi said a strike on a salt factory in Sanaa's Hamadan district killed a man and wounded eight people. A separate strike on a house wounded a woman and three children, he said.

The rebels' media center blamed Saudi Arabia for the strikes, which came as the Houthis continued to fire missiles and drones toward the kingdom’s airports.

There was no immediate comment from Saudi Arabia.

Closure of Saudi capital's airport extended

Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation didn't say Monday when King Khalid Airport in the capital of Riyadh will resume operations.

Houthi rebels have attacked the airport multiple times in recent days, killing at least 14 people and wounding at least 320 others.

Saudi Arabia launches probe into air defense failure

Saudi authorities opened an investigation into an air defense failure to respond to Houthi missiles that hit the King Khalid Airport, one of the most secure areas in the kingdom.

Two regional officials said on Monday an initial probe showed that the Houthis first fired multiple drones to pave the way for a mix of cruise and ballistic missiles to reach the airport. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they're not authorized to speak to the media.

Some of the missiles can maneuver and escape the interceptors fired by the Patriot battery, they said.

One of the officials said the probe also seeks to answer why there wasn't early warning of the attack since the Houthi missiles and drones traveled over 1,000 kilometers to reach Riyadh.

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Iran says ready to mediate end of war between Houthis and Saudi Arabia

Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Monday repeated the country's readiness to help settle the conflict between Houthi rebels and Saudi Arabia through diplomatic means.

Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said Iran was deeply concerned about the situation in the Arabian Peninsula and has announced its readiness to mediate talks between the two sides “many times.”

Baghaei said the war only serves Israeli interests and that Iran doesn't accept the continuation of conflict between two Islamic nations.

He said Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, and his Saudi counterpart discussed developments on a phone call Sunday.

Businesses in Saudi capital tell employees to work from home

Businesses in Riyadh's financial hub have told employees to work remotely after the Houthis increased attacks on the kingdom.

That’s according to multiple employees whose firms have offices at the King Abdullah Financial District. They spoke Monday on condition of anonymity for their safety.

Authorities in Riyadh have also asked schools to switch to online classes this week following the deadly strikes on King Khalid International Airport over the weekend.

— By Samy Magdy in Cairo

2 Indian sailors missing after drone hits tanker

India's Foreign Ministry said Monday two Indian seafarers are missing after a drone struck the MT Petro Dolphin in the Strait of Hormuz area. The commercial tanker had 11 Indian sailors on board when it was hit Sunday, the ministry said.

A second vessel, the Marshall Islands-flagged MT Valthera, was struck by an unknown projectile, sparking a fire on board, but all 11 Indian sailors on the tanker were safe, the ministry said.

Gaza holds funerals for 5 people killed in Israeli strikes

Mourners cried and held funerals on Monday for five people in two separate Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip.

The first attack on Sunday evening killed three people, according to Nasser Hospital officials, at a spot where people gather to charge phones and other batteries in the Musawi area of Khan Younis.

A second attack early Monday in Rafah killed two others near the territory’s biggest bream fisheries.

The Israeli military said it targeted several Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants in the first strike and several Hamas militants in the second.

These are the latest deadly attacks since a ceasefire took effect more than a year ago. Nearly 1,500 people have died since then, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.

Iran hangs man it says was part of a militant group

Iran on Monday hanged a man convicted on charges of belonging to the Jaish al-Adl militant group and helping support attacks on security forces, official Mizan news agency reported.

Mizan, affiliated with Iran's judiciary, identified the man as Omar Dorostaran, saying he provided logistical support to armed teams, including arranging safe houses, moving members and supplying weapons and ammunition.

The judiciary accused Dorostaran of supporting attacks on police and Revolutionary Guard facilities in Rask, as well as attacks on military sites in the southeastern port city of Chabahar in April 2024. In one attack on a police station in Rask, 11 police officers and soldiers were killed.

Jaish al-Adl, or the Army of Justice, is a Sunni militant group that emerged in 2012 and has repeatedly targeted Iranian security forces in southeastern Iran.

Former US top diplomat says ‘Iranian regime’ must be ‘crushed’

Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday Iran-backed Houthi rebels’ deadly strikes on Saudi Arabia were a troubling development that underscored the U.S. has not yet achieved its objectives in the war against Iran.

Speaking at a conference in Abu Dhabi focused on the Middle East’s postwar future, Pompeo said, "we collectively have not yet achieved deterrence.”

Pompeo, who served as secretary of State and CIA director during U.S. President Donald Trump’s first term, said: "You have to crush the Iranian regime, period, full stop. There’s no solution short of that.”

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Helicópteros de rescate y soldados llevaron alimentos y otros materiales de ayuda al área a lo largo del río Budhi Gandaki, en el centro-norte de Nepal, y comenzaron a evacuar a residentes y turistas de la zona.

Se ha reportado la desaparición de cinco personas y hasta el momento no se han informado fallecimientos. El gobierno indicó que una alerta temprana permitió que la mayoría de las personas llegara a terrenos más altos antes de que llegara el agua.

La inundación del domingo fue causada por un deslizamiento de tierra que inicialmente bloqueó el río cerca de la aldea de Chumchure. Dañó o destruyó cinco puentes, las obras de construcción de tres centrales hidroeléctricas y decenas de viviendas y granjas.

La Autoridad Nacional de Reducción y Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres de Nepal informó que, hasta ahora, 95 personas, entre ellas nueve extranjeros, han sido trasladadas a localidades cercanas.

La zona inundada cuenta con rutas de senderismo populares entre excursionistas, y octubre es una de las épocas de mayor afluencia de visitantes.

Se enviaron camiones con alimentos, tiendas de campaña, medicinas y otros suministros a las áreas a las que se puede llegar por carretera, mientras helicópteros del ejército transportaban provisiones a aldeas montañosas remotas.

El río Budhi Gandaki desemboca en el río Trishuli y es una vía fluvial clave cerca de la capital, Katmandú.

Videos en redes sociales muestran casas y cobertizos arrastrados por el río crecido, que fluye entre altas montañas. No estaba claro de inmediato cuántas de las pequeñas aldeas de la zona montañosa resultaron afectadas.

Nepal aún se recupera de una devastadora inundación que arrasó en agosto la zona montañosa de la frontera entre Nepal y China, dejando más de 1.400 muertos y miles más desaparecidos.

La oficina del primer ministro de Nepal, Balendra Shah, anunció el fin de las operaciones de búsqueda y rescate el 5 de octubre, mientras los esfuerzos de recuperación pasan a centrarse en la reparación de la infraestructura.

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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the winners in Stockholm, noting that their work created the theoretical foundation to better understand how consumers decide whether to save or spend, insights that make it easier for policymakers worldwide to stabilize economies after fluctuations.

“The laureates’ research has made it possible to manage major macroeconomic crises far more effectively than before,” the Nobel committee wrote. “It has been hugely beneficial during the pandemic and the energy crises of recent years."

Hall is affiliated with Stanford University in California, and Woodford with Columbia University in New York.

Woodford spoke to the committee by phone from New York: “It’s a tremendous honor. It’s a surprise."

Duo overturned earlier economic assumptions

For decades, governments responded to economic shocks by following the Depression-era prescriptions of the British economist John Maynard Keynes: Intervene in the economy by lowering taxes and hiking government spending, thereby encouraging consumers and businesses to spend and invest and help restart growth.

“This is the Keynesian recipe and it worked well — until it didn’t,’’ said Timo Boppart of the Nobel economics committee.

Policymakers had thought economic management involved simple trade-offs — unemployment, for instance, would stay low at a time of high inflation and rise when inflation fell. But the “ stagflation ’’ of the 1970s — when the world economy experienced simultaneous high inflation and high unemployment — proved the formula was simplistic.

Some economists argued that government attempts to intervene in the economy were doomed to fail. But Hall and Woodford, in separate contributions, set about improving the Keynesian model to take into account how consumers and businesses actually make decisions about whether to invest and spend.

“Economic outcomes are the result of millions of decisions made at the microlevel by households and businesses,’’ the Nobel committee wrote. “Using models based upon this approach, rather than simply studying the economy from a macro perspective, like a bird’s eye view," Hall and Woodford’s research "generated a paradigm shift in the theory of stabilization policy.’’

Hall studied consumer choices

Hall studied the way that consumer decisions about whether and how much to spend depend on what they expect their future income to be.

“If they are optimistic, they will consume more than if they are pessimistic,’’ the committee wrote. But consumer expectations can change unexpectedly as new information about the economy comes in. And some households are so poor they can’t borrow or tap savings in response to economic changes.

In a 1982 paper with the economist Fredric Mishkin, Hall found that around 80% of households made spending decisions based on their expectations for the future “while the rest lived hand to mouth,’’ the committee wrote.

“The prize is for research that pushes our understanding of macroeconomics from the bottom up, from families and firms making decisions over time, while looking ahead,” Ivan Werning, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said in an email.

Woodford analyzed how businesses make decisions

Woodford’s research established that businesses make decisions about prices based on where they think interest rates will go in the future.

“If the business believes that its competitors’ prices and its own costs will increase, it is best to set a higher price than it would with the opposite expectation,” the Nobel committee wrote. “Businesses’ decisions are thus also governed by their expectations.’’

Therefore, central banks such as the U.S. Federal Reserve, which set short-term interest rates, should provide “clear and credible communication about how they reason and what they plan to do.’’ Central banks have responded to this insight by working harder to explain what they are doing.

During the phone call broadcast at a news conference, Woodford said his work has stressed “the understanding of the people who are in the markets and making decisions about spending.”

Economics prize is last Nobel announcement this year

The economics prize is formally known as the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. The central bank established it in 1968 as a memorial to Nobel, the 19th-century Swedish businessman and chemist who invented dynamite and established the five Nobel Prizes.

Nobel purists stress that the economics prize is technically not a Nobel Prize, but it is always presented together with the others on Dec. 10, the anniversary of Nobel’s death in 1896.

Nobel honors were announced last week in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature and peace.

Monday’s award was the second Nobel win for a Stanford University professor this year. Dr. Karl Deisseroth shared the medicine prize with Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their work that led to a tool that uses light to help unravel how the brain works.

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

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Helicopters and soldiers brought food and other relief supplies to communities along the Budhi Gandaki River in north-central Nepal. No deaths have been reported.

The government said an early warning allowed most people to reach higher ground before the flood struck.

Sunday’s flood followed a landslide that blocked the river near Chumchure village. The floodwaters damaged or destroyed five bridges, construction sites for three hydropower plants, and dozens of houses and farms.

Dharmendra Kumar Mishra, Gorkha district’s chief government administrator, said more than 200 people were evacuated on Monday.

High winds halted helicopter flights in the afternoon, but they will resume Tuesday to deliver relief supplies, Mishra said. Extensive road damage means helicopters will continue supplying villages cut off by the flooding, he added.

Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said earlier on Monday that those rescued included nine foreigners, who were taken to nearby towns.

The affected area includes popular trekking routes, and October is one of the busiest months for visitors.

Among those rescued was Chinese tourist Weiwei Zhao, who had been trekking with a friend but turned back because of heavy snowfall.

“In the morning time we heard a very loud earthquake like voice (sound) but later we know that what happened in front of our path,” she said.

Trucks were carrying food, tents, medicine and other supplies to communities accessible by road, while army helicopters delivered aid to remote mountain villages.

The Budhi Gandaki flows into the Trishuli River and is a key waterway near Kathmandu, the capital.

Videos on social media showed houses and sheds being swept away by the swollen river as it surged between steep mountains. It was not immediately clear how many villages had been affected.

Nepal is still recovering from a devastating flood that swept through the mountainous Nepal-China border region in August, leaving more than 1,400 people dead and thousands missing.

Prime Minister Balendra Shah’s office announced an end to search and rescue operations on Oct. 5 as recovery efforts shifted toward repairing infrastructure.

Futures for the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average both edged up 0.1% on Monday. Nasdaq futures dipped 0.1%.

Oil prices have continued to yo-yo because of uncertainty about when the war with Iran will allow the global energy industry to return to normal.

Trump announced on social media Friday that he struck a deal to buy Russian diesel with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call, aiming to tamp down a spike in fuel prices ahead of the Nov. 3 U.S. midterm elections.

The president said Russia will immediately supply more than 300,000 tons of diesel to the American and global market, followed by an additional 500,000 tons in November and 1 million tons “immediately thereafter.” Russia will deliver an additional 3 million tons “within a short period of time” after that, he wrote.

Trump said Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an “energy ceasefire ” in the 4 1/2-year-old war. He offered no details on it and Kyiv reported attacks by Moscow on energy sites after his statement.

The plan runs counter to U.S. efforts to cut the flow of money Russia gets from oil and gas sales that can be used to pay for its war against Ukraine. Trump’s announcement came just a few weeks after Congress passed legislation that directed Trump to impose substantial tariffs on the top importers of Russian oil or natural gas, with an exception for countries that import less than 15% of Russia’s natural gas exports and have taken significant steps to reduce those imports.

A bipartisan group of six senators called Sunday for the administration to “immediately reverse course" on the plan.

The price of Brent crude, the international standard, rose 1% to $105.74 per barrel on Monday. U.S. benchmark crude oil gained 1% to $92.77 per barrel.

This week investors will be keeping an eye on economic data including updates on inflation and retail sales. The biggest U.S. banks, including Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo, will report earnings from the most recent quarter.

Share prices have surged upward, supported by expectations of strong corporate profits, even as Americans say they’re feeling more squeezed by high inflation.

A preliminary report from the University of Michigan on Friday said that U.S. consumers are raising their own forecasts for how bad inflation will be over the coming year. They’re expecting inflation of 4.7%, up from their forecast of 4.6% a month ago and just 3.4% in February before the war with Iran began. Sentiment among consumers is falling sharply for Americans with lower incomes and smaller investments in stocks, who can least afford the fast increases in the cost of living.

The pressure is on companies to deliver strong growth in profits after their stock prices ran toward records despite the downward push from high bond yields.

In Europe, Germany’s DAX added 0.7% to 25,262.94 and the CAC 40 in Paris rose 0.3% to 7,822.73. Britain’s FTSE 100 rose 0.7% to 10,623.84. Asian markets were mostly lower.

Markets in Tokyo were closed for a holiday.

In other dealings, the U.S. dollar climbed to 158.63 Japanese yen from 158.23 yen. The euro was down to $1.1184 from $1.1191.

Pete played just six snaps, but returned to the sideline to a standing ovation — a powerful show of support for the first member of the Navajo Nation to sign with an NFL team.

Now a free agent after being waived by the Cowboys, Pete has returned home to the Navajo Nation, where he has been thanking fans for their support as he looks for his next NFL opportunity. He surprised students at his alma mater, Shiprock High School, with an appearance at their homecoming pep rally and served as grand marshal of the Northern Navajo Nation Fair Parade.

On Monday, Pete will meet and greet fans at an Indigenous Peoples Day event in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Pete joins a long list of Native athletes who have broken barriers in sports, inspired pride in their communities and become role models for Native children. From Olympic champions to professional basketball players, these athletes have helped shape sports history while opening doors for those who follow.

Native athletes stood on Olympic podium

Still widely considered the greatest athlete of all time, Jim Thorpe, of the Sac and Fox Nation in Oklahoma, won the decathlon and pentathlon in the 1912 Olympics. He also played six seasons in Major League Baseball and 12 in professional football, including in the American Professional Football Association, the precursor to the National Football League.

A track and field teammate of Thorpe’s at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, Louis Tewanima carried on the Hopi spiritual practice of running to gain recognition at the repressive institution. He finished ninth in the marathon at the 1908 Olympics in London and second in the 10,000 meters at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, setting an American record in the event.

Modern surfing traces its history to Native Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku. His international demonstrations between winning gold and silver swimming medals at the 1912, 1920 and 1924 Olympics made surfing widely known. Kahanamoku helped establish surfboards as standard ocean lifeguarding equipment. He acted in movies and served from 1935 to 1961 as sheriff of Honolulu.

Native runners set the pace through the 20th century

Marathoner Ellison Myers “Tarzan” Brown, of the Narragansett Tribe in Rhode Island, won the Boston Marathon in 1936 and 1939 and competed for the U.S. in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Brown was to run the marathon in the 1940 Olympics, but the games were canceled due to World War II.

Oglala Lakota runner Billy Mills was the first non-European to win Olympic gold in the 10-kilometer run with his upset, Olympic-record race at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo. The run was the best U.S. medal finish in that Olympic event since Tewanima's silver more than half a century earlier — and Mills' 10K gold has yet to be equaled by a U.S. Olympian.

The first American woman to finish a marathon under 2 hours, 30 minutes, Patti Catalano Dillon, is of Mi’kmaw descent and grew up in Massachusetts. Dillon was runner-up in the 1980 New York Marathon and in the 1979, 1980 and 1981 Boston marathons. Dillon held world records in the half marathon and 30-kilometer and 20-kilometer runs.

Indigenous players gained recognition in pro sports, too

Ryneldi Becenti was the first Native American WNBA athlete, playing for the Phoenix Mercury in the 1997 season. Becenti grew up playing fast-paced “rez ball” on the Navajo Nation and was a top player for Scottsdale Community College and Arizona State University before going pro as a player in Europe.

Los Angeles Sparks player Aaliyah Nye is a citizen of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi in Michigan. A top scorer in high school, then for Alabama, Nye joined the WNBA in 2025 as a Las Vegas Aces draft pick. In 2026, she was drafted and waived by the Toronto Tempo and Atlanta Dream before being claimed by the Sparks.

Golfer Notah Begay III notched four PGA Tour wins in 1999 and 2000. A Native American with Navajo, San Felipe and Isleta heritage, Begay established a foundation to promote Native American health and wellness through soccer and golf programs. He is a TV golf analyst. ___ Gruver reported from Fort Collins, Colorado.

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The calls started rolling in. Someone mentioned the $5,000 payout that Trump promised if Republicans keep control of Congress, which Martinez thought was so hilarious that he played a laugh track.

Then a trucker shared a silver lining from high diesel prices — he was expecting to take an unplanned vacation because he could no longer afford to fill up his rig.

Martinez has been hosting his show for nearly a decade in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley, where Latinos have gone from a fifth to nearly a quarter of the population over the same time period. He added an hour of politics to his morning talk show at the end of Trump's first term, and listeners flooded his phone with their worries about the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, their unhappiness with inflation and their concern over Joe Biden's age.

Now, at the halfway mark of Trump's second term, Martinez said people are just as frustrated as they were then. They're angry about higher prices for fuel and groceries, and Republicans could face the consequences in the midterm elections.

“It’s the economy, stupid. That’s what it is. I mean, things have gotten so bad,” Martinez said. “People didn’t think Biden did a good job. Everything was expensive and now it’s worse.”

Latinos make up a key part of a winning coalition

Martinez broadcasts from a fourth floor studio with hardwood floors and a view of an old church in downtown Allentown. He operates the show's control board like an orchestra conductor and sits in front of a poster with campaign signs for Democrats and Republicans.

The studio is located in Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional District, where freshman incumbent Ryan Mackenzie faces Democratic challenger Bob Brooks, a retired firefighter and union official, in one of the most closely watched races in the country.

Latinos are about a quarter of the district's population, and they were a key part of Trump's winning coalition two years ago.

Both candidates have organized Latino outreach efforts.

Brooks calls his “Bombero Bob” — Spanish for firefighter — and recently stopped by a Mexican restaurant and a barber shop with a Dominican flag hanging inside. Mackenzie's campaign has promoted support from Latino voters and officials, and the congressman opened a district office in downtown Allentown with Spanish-speaking staff.

Martinez is a longtime critic of the president, and this year is backing Brooks. But he said his political roots are in the Republican Party. He supported candidates like Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush, and he opposed Biden's decision to seek reelection because he was too old.

Martinez said he uses his show to keep people engaged with politics when some have despaired about the prospect of things getting better.

“I got a call yesterday from a guy that said that he was just not going to vote,” Martinez said. “I understand that feeling of frustration, but not doing nothing is not the answer.”

Economic stress looms over the campaign

Republicans know Martinez's show is an avenue to reach voters, and they're buying advertising time on it.

Jackie Rivera, vice chair of Lehigh County Republicans, said the party wants to hold on to the support from Latino voters that Trump won over two years ago, and that means connecting with them on issues like “faith and family.”

Although Trump often brags about the economy under his leadership, she said her party wasn't making the same mistake as Democrats did before.

“We’re not pretending everything is great right now,” she said. “You have to be honest with them so that they can believe in you and actually trust in what you’re stating to them.”

Matt Tuerk, Allentown’s Democratic mayor, said this year’s election has the “same vibes” as two years ago, when Biden was trying to convince people that the economy was strong.

“People on the street were like, ‘Yeah, but my monthly childcare bill is higher and then my monthly mortgage, the price of groceries is ridiculously high,’” he said. “That’s the same story that you hear right now. There’s been no improvement.”

Gas and grocery prices contribute to living ‘day by day’

Claudia Parrales-DeLeon, a Democratic listener from Allentown, said Martinez’s show helps people feel connected as they pay more for gas and groceries and face Trump’s immigration crackdown.

“I don’t know if it makes people less afraid, as much as it makes people more informed,” she said.

She recalled listening one day when a particular caller's story brought tears to her eyes.

“This one gentleman who shared how he just lost his job, he can’t find work, doesn’t even know where he’s going to get his next meal for him and his children," she said.

Alberto Pena isn’t a regular listener to Martinez, but his concerns are similar. For nearly two decades, Pena and his wife have run a Dominican restaurant in Allentown, where the aroma of crispy pastelillos and savory rice fills the dining room.

He voted for Trump hoping he’d turn things around after high inflation under Biden. But they're still “living day by day,” and he's leaning toward Brooks this year.

“This is not what we expected,” he said. “The economy is completely on the ground."

Penix was hopeful to return and play in overtime, but during the Ravens' opening possession of the extra session, Penix said the pain was getting worse and worse as his body cooled down.

“I did take some throws on the sideline to see how I felt, and I did not feel like I was going to be able to give our team what we needed to to be able to help us win that football game because of the pain that I was feeling,” Penix said.

After he was sacked with 27 seconds left in regulation, Penix stayed down and was attended to by athletic trainers. He was replaced for one play by Tua Tagovailoa, but then reentered the game for one play, throwing an incomplete pass on third down. The Falcons then punted on the final play of regulation.

“I was trying to get out there,” he said. “I feel like if we had the ball first in overtime, I probably would have been out there.”

Penix was hopeful this will not be a long-term injury.

“Knowing me, I’m going to be ready to go next week because I sat out enough in my career,” he said. “I’m going to do everything I can in the training room, make sure I get back to where I want to be.”

Penix missed the first two games of the regular season recovering from Achilles tendon surgery last November, during which the Falcons lost twice and the offense did not enter the red zone in either game. He returned in blowout wins over the Packers and Saints, and played fairly well against the Ravens. Penix was 19 of 32 for 240 yards and a touchdown while getting sacked three times.

“I thought versus a tough defense up front, a tough coverage, I thought he made some plays,” Falcons coach Kevin Stefanski said. “Like every quarterback, you’re not going to make every play, but there’s things that he can certainly improve upon. But I thought he battled.”

Should Penix be sidelined, it will be Tagovailoa who would start against the Bears, not Cooper Rush, who played in Atlanta's first two games. Tagovailoa came on for the Falcons' overtime possession Sunday. He completed one pass in his Falcons debut and then had a pass intercepted by Kyle Hamilton to end the game.

Penix had a towel over his head in overtime sitting on the bench, revealing some of the frustration of having to deal with another injury. Since becoming the full-time starter at the start of last season, the former 2024 first-round draft pick has only played in 12 of his team's 22 games.

“It’s frustrating, you know?” he said. “But I think the biggest thing is just, I want to be out there, especially in a big moment in a game like that.”

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When “Snoop” Huntley is leading the offense, the Ravens don't feel like a backup is on the field.

Huntley led Baltimore to a tying touchdown and 2-point conversion in the last minute of regulation and then scored on a 1-yard sneak in overtime as the Ravens rallied to beat the Atlanta Falcons 30-23 on Sunday night.

“There's not a locker room in the NFL that has more confidence in their backup quarterback than we have in Snoop,” coach Jesse Minter said.

Added safety Kyle Hamilton, whose interception in overtime ended the game: “When Snoop gets a chance to go out there, it's a Snoop game. It's not a backup quarterback, and he's done it so any times. It's a blessing to have him.”

Derrick Henry ran for 102 yards against the Falcons' top-ranked run defense for the Ravens (4-1).

“If we let it be, this can be a launching point for us to really get this thing rolling,” said Minter after the Ravens took sole possession of first place in the AFC North.

After Michael Penix Jr. suffered a rib injury late in the fourth quarter, Tua Tagovailoa took over at quarterback for the Falcons (2-3) in overtime. Tagovailoa's pass for Drake London was intercepted by Hamilton to end the game.

“We didn't do enough to win the game,” Falcons coach Kevin Stefanski said.

Huntley completed 24 of 32 passes for 201 yards and two touchdowns as the fill-in starter for Lamar Jackson, who has an ankle injury and cheered from the sideline in street clothes.

Penix overcame a slow start to pass for 240 yards and a touchdown but could only watch from the bench with a towel on his head as the Ravens put the game away.

Jessie Bates III returned a recovered fumble 36 yards for a score for Atlanta in the first quarter.

Bijan Robinson ran for 86 yards, but Penix's 5-yard scoring pass to Kyle Pitts was Atlanta's only offensive touchdown.

With Baltimore trailing 23-15, Huntley threw a 7-yard scoring pass to Devontez Walker with 40 seconds remaining in regulation and Henry took the direct snap and ran left for the tying conversion. Huntley targeted Falcons backup cornerback Mike Ford for the touchdown pass a play after Mike Hughes left the game with an injury.

After Huntley's third-down pass to tight end Mark Andrews was broken up by a big hit from Falcons safety Xavier Watts with 6:28 remaining, the Ravens were forced to punt.

Hometown hero

Hamilton grew up in Atlanta and attended Marist School. There was a strong showing from Ravens fans at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, and many were there to cheer for Hamilton.

“I probably know 500 people or something in the stadium right now,” Hamilton said. “It was a pretty special moment.”

Sneaky Snoop

Huntley scored on a second-down run from the 1 to give Baltimore the lead late in regulation.

“I was just doing my job,” Huntley said. “Once you get in the end zone you give off an ”Ah!" and I was ready to get on the sideline and cheer our defense on."

Penix finds his form to help Falcons build first-half lead

Bates' return for a first-quarter touchdown gave Atlanta the early lead. Safety Sydney Brown forced the fumble by Andrews.

Penix was a combined 0-for-4 passing on Atlanta's first three possessions before finally reclaiming the form he showed while leading the Falcons to back-to-back wins. A screen pass to Pitts seemed to spark Penix, who was 5-for-5 on a touchdown drive that included a 25-yard completion to London and a 36-yard pass to Jahan Dotson to the Ravens 6.

Penix found Pitts again over the middle for a 5-yard touchdown pass.

The Ravens were more effective than the Falcons in moving the ball most of the first half but had to settle for Tyler Loop's field goals of 21, 51 and 51 yards as Atlanta led 14-9 at halftime.

Baltimore opened the second half with a drive built around a 47-yard run by Justice Hill. Huntley's 18-yard scoring pass to Henry cut the Falcons' lead to 17-15 when the 2-point pass to Andrews was incomplete.

Matthews almost gets a TD in 200th straight start

Falcons left tackle Jake Matthews almost added a touchdown to the celebration of his 200th consecutive start, the longest active streak in the NFL.

The son of Pro Football Hall of Fame lineman Bruce Matthews lined up as an eligible receiver on second down from the Baltimore 5-yard line in the third quarter.

Matthews slipped into the end zone and was wide open, and Penix lofted a pass that forced Matthews to jump. He touched the ball with both hands, but the pass was too high and fell incomplete.

Injuries

Ravens: Starting RG Andrew Vorhees (foot) was inactive after being listed as questionable. Emery Jones Jr. made his first career start. Rookie TE Matt Hibner left in the first half with a hand injury but returned in the third quarter. DLs Broderick Washington (ankle) and Travis Jones left in the fourth quarter.

Falcons: Penix predicted he will return next week from the rib injury. CB C.J. Henderson was listed as questionable with a groin injury in the third quarter. Matthews played after having been listed as questionable with a groin injury.

Up next

Ravens: At Cleveland next Sunday.

Falcons: Host Chicago next Sunday.

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Looking for a breakthrough, the Brewers are off to a flying start in the NL Championship Series.

Turang homered off Tarik Skubal and four Milwaukee relievers shut down the Los Angeles Dodgers after Jacob Misiorowski’s taxing outing, sending the Brewers to a 2-1 victory in Game 1 on Sunday night.

Lara hit a tiebreaking single off Skubal in the fifth inning as Milwaukee jumped ahead in the first NLCS matchup of 100-win teams since the Cincinnati Reds eliminated the Philadelphia Phillies in 1976. Milwaukee had dropped seven consecutive postseason games against Los Angeles, including a sweep in last year's NLCS.

The Brewers are among five current teams that have never won it all.

“The dream for me is to win the World Series,” Lara said through an interpreter. “That will be the dream moment, is we’re able to complete that. Obviously very happy that I was able to come through and come through for my teammates.”

Game 2 is on Monday in Milwaukee. Yoshinobu Yamamoto starts for the Dodgers, and Logan Henderson takes the mound for the Brewers.

Los Angeles, looking to become the first team to win three straight championships since the 1998-2000 New York Yankees, grounded into three double plays, stranded nine runners and went 1 for 6 with runners in scoring position, dropping to 2 for 22 in the playoffs.

“You can’t go into a long series against a team that has the best record in baseball and expect to just win four,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “It’s going to be a long series. We knew it coming in.”

Los Angeles chased Misiorowski, the favorite for the NL Cy Young Award, in the fifth inning, but managed just two hits against a Milwaukee bullpen that has allowed one earned run in 23 2/3 postseason innings.

“Those guys are grinding out there,” Misiorowski said. “Every day being able to put up zeros, that’s the game. That’s the goal. It’s amazing what they’re doing and the work they’re putting in.”

DL Hall replaced Misiorowski with a runner aboard and got Freddie Freeman to ground into a double play, sending a charge through the rollicking crowd of 42,617. Abner Uribe allowed two hits in the sixth, then struck out Andy Pages with runners at the corners for the final out of the inning.

Aaron Ashby pitched two innings, and Trevor Megill got three outs for the save. Kyle Tucker and pinch-hitter Josue De Paula walked with two down in the ninth before Mookie Betts flied to the warning track in center.

“Miz and their ’pen are about the same," Freeman said. "That’s a great pitching staff. That’s two great pitching staffs. Two great teams going at it. It’s kind of what we envisioned.”

Los Angeles made Misiorowski throw 35 pitches in the second. Pages drove in Shohei Ohtani on a grounded single into right field, and Tucker loaded the bases when he reached on a 10-pitch walk that included four foul balls.

But Misiorowski limited the damage when he got Kiké Hernández to bounce into an inning-ending double play.

“You didn’t see 105 (mph), whatever, but whenever he got in a jam, he got better,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said. “His stuff wasn’t great, no, it wasn’t, but it’s still pretty darn good.”

Turang responded with a leadoff drive into the home bullpen in left-center in the fourth, going the other way on a 95.5 mph sinker inside. It was the second career postseason homer for Turang, who went 1 for 15 with six strikeouts in last year's NLCS.

“I didn’t want to foul a ball off my knee again, so I was like I’m going to stay inside of this one,” Turang said. "Not try to do too much, just drive back up the middle and get inside of it.

Sticking with the same brand of baseball that resulted in the majors' best record this year, Milwaukee went ahead to stay in the fifth. The Brewers have come from behind in three of their four postseason wins.

Garrett Mitchell reached on a leadoff walk and advanced on rookie Cooper Pratt's sacrifice bunt. Lara, another rookie, then grounded an RBI single into center field. The Brewers loaded the bases with two down, but Skubal escaped the jam when William Contreras flied to right.

“A leadoff walk just can’t happen," Skubal said. “A leadoff walk in that inning, then you give them the ability to bunt the ball over and then all they need is a base hit, and they got it.”

Up next

Yamamoto is 8-1 with a 2.14 ERA in 11 postseason appearances. The Japanese right-hander pitched a three-hitter in a 5-1 victory at Milwaukee in Game 2 of last year's NLCS.

Henderson is making his second career postseason start. The right-hander tossed five-plus innings of two-run ball in Milwaukee's 4-3 win over San Diego in Game 2 of their NL Division Series. He went 2-0 with a 0.75 ERA in two starts against Los Angeles this season.

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Martinook did to Forester what the Stanley Cup champion Hurricanes and the rest of the NHL have done to the Flyers.

Used him as a punching bag.

Bam! One shot to the left side of Foerster's face. Wham! A second shot to the left side of Foerster's face.

Foerster had little fight and neither did the Flyers.

The Hurricanes scored only moments later — oh, there was no penalty called on the blows to the head — and went on Sunday night to beat the Flyers 4-1.

The winless Flyers.

After teasing Flyers fans last season that perhaps a rebuild was yielding a promising future after they won their first playoff series since 2020, coach Rick Tocchet's team is 0-5-2 and the only winless team in the Eastern Conference.

In the waning moments of the loss, pockets of fans that stuck around for another anemic loss chanted “Fire Tocchet! Fire Tocchet!” The rest, they simply booed the team off the ice.

“I think we go off the rails at certain points of the game,” Tocchet said. “I don't know if it's experience, pressure, I don't know.”

The Flyers weren't quite ready this season — especially after Anaheim matched Philadelphia's five-year, $90 million offer sheet to Leo Carlsson — to move into the Stanely Cup conversation.

But play this poorly?

Flyers general manager told reporters over the weekend in Boston that “it's not the time to panic because of a bad stretch.”

It's getting close.

The Flyers were crushed by Pittsburgh 7-0 on opening night and have been outscored 28-8 this season en route to the worst start in franchise history. The Flyers had twice before in 1999-00 and 2008-09 gone six straight winless games to open a season. Both of those teams rebounded to make the playoffs.

Since taking a 3-0 series lead in the opening round of the playoffs against Pittsburgh, the Flyers have lost 13 of 14 games — including a 4-0 sweep in the second round to the Hurricanes.

The Hurricanes' social media team even rubbed it in the Flyers' faces with a post Sunday night that read, “We've won more games in Philly in the last nine days than the Flyers, Eagles, and Phillies combined this month.”

“There's still a lot of hockey left,” Flyers captain Sean Couturier said. “Of course, if we don't figure this out soon, we'll be chasing and it's going to be too late. But yeah, there's no quitting.”

The Flyers are playing undermanned with forward Travis Konecny, defenseman Cam York, and defenseman Rasmus Ristolainen out with injuries. Even with all three healthy, the Flyers aren't suddenly going to turn the season around.

“We can't skill our way out of this one,” Couturier said. “We have a lot of talent, but we can't skill ourselves out of it. We're going to have to work and grind and it starts the next practice. We better figure it out.”

The Flyers signed forward Trevor Zegras to a four-year, $36.5 million extension after he had a career-high 26 goals and 67 points last season, the second-most on the team. He's been perhaps the biggest disappointment this season with just two points and no goals.

“What happened last year was pretty cool, and maybe you feel like it’s just going to keep happening, and you’ve made it,” Briere said in Boston. “But the reality is we’re a team that needs to have everybody working in the same direction. The way we’re built, the full team is important to have everybody. We don’t have a superstar that’s going to come out and score four or five goals in a game to win a game by himself."

Something has to change, and fast. The effort, the execution, the power play — maybe even the coach if Tocchet can't find the solutions.

Zegras said Sunday night the Flyers were “fully behind” Tocchet, who played parts of 11 seasons across two stints with the franchise and became one of their most beloved and gritty figures. That goodwill could be diminished as the losses pile up and the Flyers show little spirit in the blowout losses.

They have four losses by three or more goals.

“You start thinking about the long term, then you're really going to be in trouble,” Tocchet said. “You've got to try to win. How you win the next game.”

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The crash was reported shortly before 12:30 p.m. near NW 21st Avenue and NW 79th Street. The vehicle remained at the scene, and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded and determined the man was dead.

The sheriff’s office Traffic Homicide Unit is investigating the crash and working to determine what led to it.

The investigation is in its early stages. It is not yet known whether the driver will receive any citations or face charges.

Five seasons in, the club team is getting bigger, better and a whole lot more ambitious. Alex Meola and Anna Baurle are at the center of it.

As co-president, Meola saw what the program was missing.

“Being a competitive hockey player for a really long time, I saw what UM women’s hockey was missing in terms of media, recruitment. We just were not getting what we deserve,” Meola said.

Now, the challenge is turning that potential into a program that can compete.

“We’re hungry. We wanna play for fun, obviously, but the best thing that comes with it is that these girls want to play competitively as well,” Baurle said.

The team moved up to ACHA Division Two last season, bringing tougher opponents and a bigger challenge.

“When we made the jump, it was a little bit of an eye-opener. We were still going to be competing with a lot of the same schools, but we started to realize we were going to have more eyes on us,” Baurle said.

Meola said the move also pushed the team to take things more seriously.

“I think it made us realize as a program we want to take it a little more seriously and take it to the next level,” she said.

But at the club level, there will always be a range of experience. Some players have competed in high school, junior and club hockey, while others are still learning the equipment and developing their skating skills.

“It’s a spectrum,” Meola said. “We have a couple girls who literally just joined the program last year and we wouldn’t have a team if they weren’t here, and then we have girls who have been playing their whole life.”

And unlike an NCAA program, much of the work behind the scenes falls on the students themselves.

Funding, ice time, travel, recruiting and the time it takes to keep a club program moving all present challenges.

“It has been really, really difficult. However, our girls really are eager,” Baurle said.

In 2026, the team is incorporating player dues, which she said helps show players where the money is going.

Meola said building the program also requires support from people who care about hockey and have the financial means to help.

“It takes a really big village. It takes people who care about hockey. We can’t raise money from nothing,” Meola said. “It takes people who have revenue and have the financial freedom and are passionate about us, but that starts with us being able to share our story.”

One of the biggest ways the team is doing that is getting Miami hockey in front of more people.

The team has built a media team and expanded its social media presence, gaining thousands of new followers on Instagram. Parents of young players have also started reaching out.

“We’ve had multiple dads and moms reach out to us on Instagram saying, ‘Can I get a practice jersey?’” Meola said.

That attention matters because the program is bigger than the players on the ice today.

Baurle credited Justina Holland, who started the program in 2021, with laying the foundation for what the team is becoming.

“If Justina didn’t tie those shoes and wear those skates and put them on this program, I don’t know if we would’ve ever really taken the time to become something,” Baurle said.

Now, five seasons later, Meola and Baurle are trying to take what they inherited to new heights.

“I really have a vision for this program, five, six years being an NCAA program and me still being a part of that,” Meola said. “I literally get the chills when I talk about it.”

That’s the long-term dream. For now, the focus is on making Miami women’s hockey strong enough to keep growing.

Baurle said the time and effort the team puts in now could help build something lasting for future players.

“We definitely probably [put in] full-time, 40 hours a week,” she said. “Those hours I know are gonna go towards something bigger than myself. Girls that come after me are gonna have a really great program on its feet.”

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Jang Do-young, spokesperson of South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, said missiles of various types were fired from an area around the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, where the country’s main airport has been a major launch site in recent years.

Jang said one of the missiles flew more than 900 kilometers (559 miles) before falling into the sea but didn’t comment on the flight details of the other weapons. The joint chiefs didn’t specify how many missiles it detected.

Japan’s Deputy Defense Minister Takashi Koyari said Japan detected at least two missiles launched 17 minutes apart and that the weapons landed in waters outside of its exclusive economic zone. Koyari said the first missile flew about 220 kilometers (137 miles) and the second more than 910 kilometers (565 miles), following an “irregular” flight path, a term Japanese officials have previously used to describe hypersonic weapons. There were no reports of damage to aircraft or vessels, he said.

While maintaining a hard line toward Seoul, North Korea has been ramping up weapons testing as it seeks to expand its arsenal of nuclear-capable systems, including an Oct. 3 test of what the North described as a hypersonic intermediate-range missile designed to evade missile defenses in South Korea and Japan.

North Korea has also conducted other missile tests and live-fire drills and commissioned a new warship as leader Kim Jong Un continues to flaunt his nuclear weapons program while rejecting U.S. and South Korean offers to resume long-stalled diplomacy.

The latest launch came days after South Korea on Friday flight-tested its own domestically developed hypersonic weapon, designed to fly at least five times the speed of sound and evade missile defense systems, which President Lee Jae Myung described as critical in strengthening the South’s conventional defense capabilities. Without directly addressing the growing threat from North Korea, Lee’s office said the hypersonic weapon, once fully developed, would enhance South Korea’s ability to strike key targets by surprise in the “Korean Peninsula theater of operations.”

Jang, the South Korean military official, said the latest North Korean launches likely were intended to advance the country’s missile technologies while also serving as a possible response to South Korea’s hypersonic test.

The South’s presidential national security office called for North Korea to “immediately cease” its repeated ballistic launches, which violate U.N. Security Council resolutions against the North and “do not help manage the current situation on the Korean Peninsula.” Koyari said Japan lodged a protest to North Korea through their embassies in Beijing.

Tensions were further worsened after three South Korean soldiers were injured in land mine explosions last month near the heavily armed inter-Korean border. The South’s military and the U.S.-led United Nations Command concluded the blasts were caused by devices planted by North Korea, which has denied responsibility and ridiculed the South’s demands for an apology.

Kim in recent years has halted all diplomacy and cooperation with South Korea and described the neighbor as a permanent enemy during a prolonged stalemate in larger nuclear negotiations with Washington. He has so far rebuffed U.S. President Donald Trump’s calls to revive their diplomacy, which broke down in 2019, with his government demanding that Washington abandon its “hostile” policy toward Pyongyang and drop demands for North Korea’s denuclearization as a precondition for talks.

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U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Rochon in New York sided with a coalition, including the nonpartisan watchdog Common Cause, that challenged the ads as an illegal misuse of funds. She told the administration to cancel any remaining ads, including any set to air Sunday night, in granting a temporary restraining order.

“Defendants shall not enter into, renew, or expand any agreement authorizing the development, creation, dissemination, placement, or airing of the challenged advertisements” during the two-week duration of her order, the judge said.

Asked for comment, the White House referred to an Oct. 5 social media post from Trump in which he defended the taxpayer-funded ads as “rather standard” but, amid backlash, said he would pay for them from his political fundraising. In a court filing late Saturday, the Justice Department argued that the temporary restraining order was unnecessary because “the alleged offending conduct will end tomorrow.”

The Department of Homeland Security tapped $20 million in taxpayer money for the ads. Legal experts have suggested that violated a federal statute against congressionally appropriated money being used for “publicity or propaganda” and potentially other laws.

“We are pleased the court acted swiftly to prevent more taxpayer dollars from being used for such blatantly unlawful political propaganda,” the plaintiffs said in a statement issued by Democracy Forward, the nonprofit legal organization that represents them. “There is no legal justification — and no precedent — for the president to use the machinery of the government and funds set aside by Congress for other uses to influence electoral outcomes that further his own agenda.”

In a court declaration Saturday, senior DHS official Holly Mehringer wrote that the money came from funds appropriated by Congress that are “available for, among other things, ‘commemorating efforts and events related to border security.’”

The White House has defended the ads as public service announcements akin to what past administrations have done to promote various policies. But the recent ads differ from many past public service announcements because they aren’t aimed at helping members of the public benefit from specific government programs.

The ads, which began airing in late September, glorify Trump and echo his political messaging going into the midterms. One features a clip of Trump talking about the threat of communism and another is a replay of an ad from his last presidential campaign. The fifth ad in the campaign began airing Tuesday, focusing on the Trump administration’s capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.

The use of public funds to pay for the ads drew heavy criticism — including from some in the GOP.

"It shouldn’t be paid for with taxpayer dollars,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., told reporters.

The Democratic National Committee has separately sued the Republican administration over the ads.

Amid the backlash, Trump said he would start paying for the ads with a campaign account. A White House official said there were no immediate plans to reimburse the government for money already spent.

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After Evan Stewart’s 44-yard scoring catch from Brock Thomas pulled the Ducks within 17-15 with 2:16 left, UCLA was flagged for a facemask penalty on Oregon’s 2-point conversion try.

Officials spotted the ball 1 1/2 yards from the goal line and UCLA’s defense smothered rusher Jordon Davison to thwart the Ducks' second chance.

The Big Ten said that officials erred in spotting the ball half the distance from the line of scrimmage. Instead, the ball should have been a half-yard from the goal line.

“Per rule, the ball should have been spotted half-the-distance to the goal from the end of the run of the first attempt,” the Big Ten's statement said.

The Ducks had one final drive with less than a minute left but a lost fumble — one of seven Oregon turnovers in the game. With the 17-15 loss, the Ducks (3-2, 1-1 Big Ten) dropped out of the AP Top 25.

“The Big Ten has been in contact with its officiating team from Saturday’s game regarding the error and will continue to emphasize consistent application of the playing rules,” the conference statement said.

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Purdy found Evans repeatedly on the go-ahead touchdown drive and then led the Niners down the field again for a 43-yard field goal by Eddy Pineiro with 1:56 to play that gave San Francisco a 32-29 win over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday in a playoff rematch.

The win for the 49ers (5-0) offered a small bit of payback for their two late-season losses to Seattle (3-2) last season, including a 41-6 defeat in the divisional round of the playoffs with a short-handed roster.

San Francisco was healthier on defense for the first meeting this season, and also had Evans after signing him in March. That was a big reason why Purdy was able to deliver late for the undefeated Niners.

“He's a game changer,” Purdy said. “True X receiver that if you get the right look and stuff and you give him a chance, he can make defenses pay. I thought today he did a great job with that, going up and getting the ball multiple times and just using his length and everything to create some separation. So as a quarterback, any time I have an (opportunity) to go to him, it always feels good.”

The game featured an NFL season-high seven combined turnovers, an ejection of 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw and no touchdown drives of more than 25 yards before San Francisco took over trailing 26-21 late in the third quarter.

“That’s what we expected, honestly,” Niners linebacker Fred Warner said. “It was going to be a heavyweight bout. Seattle, they’re the guys who won it all last year and they’re ones that you have to go through.”

Purdy and Evans responded with an impressive drive against the vaunted Seahawks defense, connecting four times for 75 yards with the biggest play coming on a 28-yard pass to Evans after an intentional grounding penalty left the Niners in a precarious second-and-21 situation.

“I do feel like I’m one of the best receivers in the game,” Evans said. “I got a big frame, so if you throw it around me, I’m going to do my best to try to make those contested grabs.”

That helped set up Purdy's 7-yard touchdown pass to newcomer Brandin Cooks, and San Francisco took a 29-26 lead following a 2-point conversion to Evans.

Sam Darnold responded by leading Seattle on a game-tying field goal drive before Purdy and the 49ers moved the ball 43 yards for Pineiro's go-ahead kick.

The Seahawks had one last chance, but Jaxon Smith-Njigba dropped a third-down pass from the 50 at the San Francisco 25, and Cooper Kupp was stopped 1 yard short of the first down by Malik Mustapha on fourth down.

“We had an opportunity to go down there and win the game,” Smith-Njigba said. “I have to reel those ones in. I know that.”

Purdy finished 19 of 29 for 189 yards with two touchdowns and one interception, with almost all of his production coming in the fourth quarter.

“That’s one of the best defenses in the league,” coach Kyle Shanahan said. “There were some ups and downs, by no means was everything perfect. But I thought he was really good in the fourth quarter.”

The 49ers failed to score a touchdown in their final two games against Seattle last season. They got into the end zone three times in the first half to take a 21-13 lead but it was the defense that did much of the work.

They scored on drives of 11 yards and 18 yards after turnovers by Seattle and extended the lead to 21-13 when the Seahawks' decision to use timeouts on defense to get the ball back late in the half backfired. The Seahawks took over on their 4 with 18 seconds left and San Francisco holding three timeouts. Gracen Halton then stripped George Halani on the first play and recovered the fumble in the end zone for a touchdown.

“We want to stay aggressive,” coach Mike Macdonald said. “We got to be able to execute our run game and hold onto the football.”

The Seahawks took advantage of turnovers by San Francisco to take the lead in the second half. They turned an interception by Nehemiah Pritchett into a 23-yard drive capped by Darnold's 16-yard pass to Smith-Njigba for a 23-21 lead. Deebo Samuel then lost a fumble on the next possession to set up another field goal to make it a five-point game.

Greenlaw ejected for 49ers

Greenlaw was ejected after head-butting Seattle’s Ernest Jones IV after he delivered a late hit on the Seahawks sideline. The infraction came in the second quarter when Darnold scrambled and was hit late by Greenlaw after going out of bounds. Greenlaw was flagged for a personal foul.

Several Seahawks defenders immediately confronted Greenlaw after the hit and Greenlaw responded by head-butting Jones, who wasn’t wearing a helmet. Jones was bleeding after the hit and Greenlaw was ejected. Greenlaw has been ejected at least two other times in his career.

Injuries

49ers: Samuel injured his hamstring on the play where he fumbled and didn't return.

Up next

49ers: Host Washington on Monday, Oct. 19.

Seahawks: Visit Denver on Thursday night.

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The Bolts blew a seven-point lead in the fourth quarter, when the Denver Broncos scored the final 13 points, including a tiebreaking 19-yard field goal from Wil Lutz with 5:07 remaining, in a 23-17 win Sunday.

Los Angeles quarterback Justin Herbert failed to pick up a first down on a crucial fourth-and-1 try early in the fourth, and the Broncos capitalized by tying the score at 17-all and dominating the rest of the way.

“It was the wrong decision,” Harbaugh said after the Chargers dropped to 0-5 for the first time since 2003. “Can’t think of a time where I’ve ever been more mad at myself.”

The failed fourth-down conversion sent the Chargers spiraling, with Herbert’s fumble and interception leaving them one of three winless teams in the league. He tied his career record with a turnover in five consecutive games.

“When I saw them gap down, I felt like I should call timeout out there and punt the ball,” Harbaugh said. “Right now, the only thing I can think of is that I screwed that up.”

Lutz’s go-ahead kick came with 5:07 remaining, and his 36-yarder with 1:08 left extended the lead for the Broncos (3-2), who had plenty of orange-clad fans in the stands cheering their first win at SoFi Stadium since 2023.

Denver earned its first division win coach Sean Payton calling the plays. He took those duties away from offensive coordinator Davis Webb earlier in the week. The Broncos won without injured cornerbacks Pat Surtain II (ankle) and Riley Moss (ribs).

“There were some things that were good,” Payton said, “and then specifically staying on the field and just converting four or five more third downs. You know, just I’ve got to be a little bit better, too.”

Denver quarterback Bo Nix called the play calling switch “smooth,” adding, “It was a collaboration.”

The Chargers came in with a decimated offensive line that featured four rookies trying to protect Herbert, who was 14 of 24 for 121 yards passing with a touchdown and an interception while getting sacked five times.

The stuffed run on fourth-and-1 might have been bigger than all the sacks.

“Got to find a way to get a yard and I didn’t do that,” a curt Herbert said. “It’s on me to go get a yard. I have complete faith in our guys and myself, and it’s on us to go get a yard and convert.”

Jake Slaughter, one of the four rookie linemen, said, “We’re just going to keep swinging.”

Courtland Sutton caught a 5-yard touchdown pass from Nix, tying the score at 17 midway through the fourth. The Broncos got the ball back after stopping Herbert short, and the Chargers sputtered the rest of the way.

The ensuing LA drive fell apart when Herbert got sacked for an 8-yard loss at his 24-yard line by Zach Allen, who forced a fumble that was recovered by Que Robinson.

After Lutz’s go-ahead field goal, Herbert fumbled but recovered, then scrambled up the middle for a 12-yard gain before getting intercepted by Brandon Jones on fourth down.

The Chargers took a 17-10 lead late in the third quarter on Kimani Vidal’s 42-yard TD run the first play after Tuli Tuipulotu forced and recovered a fumble when Nix tried to scramble.

Nix was 16 of 27 for 123 yards and a TD.

The Chargers tied the game 10-all on Hayden Rucci’s first career TD, a 7-yard pass from Herbert in the third. Playing his 100th career game, Herbert set up the score with a quarterback sweep. With Charlie Kolar blocking, Herbert ran 23 yards to the Denver 7 for the first down.

The Broncos took a 7-0 lead in the first quarter after Kolar’s first career fumble. After a face mask penalty by the Chargers, J.K. Dobbins scored a 2-yard TD — his first rushing score of the season.

The Chargers cut the lead to 7-3 on Cameron Dicker’s 42-yard field goal in the second quarter.

Lutz’s 42-yard field goal gave Denver a 10-3 lead on its next possession, when Harbaugh twice unsuccessfully challenged calls, making him 16 of 45 on challenges in his NFL career.

Injuries

Broncos: S Talanoa Hufanga (ankle) went out in the third quarter and did not return.

Chargers: WR Tre’ Harris went out in the third quarter. ... LB Bud Dupree (neck) left in the second quarter and did not return.

Up next

Broncos: Host Seattle on Thursday.

Chargers: Visit AFC West-leading Kansas City on Sunday.

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2 minutes remaining, the Giants are seemingly in control

It was first-and-10 from the Washington 24. Since it was the third possession of overtime, this was a sudden-death situation. The Giants could have kicked a field goal right then, but Dominic Zvada had already missed from 50, 57 and 46 yards — and New York coach John Harbaugh's tenure in Baltimore ended last season on a missed field goal from 44 yards.

“That field goal is very makeable, but it's not a gimme,” Harbaugh said. “I've had some experience with that.”

So the plan was to try to advance a little bit closer while also running more time off the clock. The Commanders were out of timeouts — remember that for later — and the Giants could have run so much time off that even if Zvada missed again, Washington would have had no chance to drive the other way and the game would end in a tie.

“That's the strategy we'll probably do next time, too,” Harbaugh said.

Skattebo fumbles, giving Washington a lifeline

The Giants could have run the clock down by simply taking a knee a couple of times. Instead, Cam Skattebo took a handoff and was met behind the line of scrimmage. Washington's Daron Payne knocked the ball loose and Shy Tuttle recovered for the Commanders.

“There's 11 guys on the other team just screaming at you,” Skattebo said. “Telling you you messed up, it's your fault, you sold the game, everything. You get that.”

55 seconds left, Washington in field goal range

Two passes and a run had the Commanders across midfield. Then Jayden Daniels threw a pass to Treylon Burks, who went out of bounds with 55 seconds left. It was now first-and-10 from the New York 26. Washington was in the same position the Giants had just squandered — with a chance to run the clock down and try a field goal for the win on the final play.

“Defense did a great job of getting a stop and forcing the turnover,” Daniels said. “At that point, it was like, OK, we got to go win this football game.”

Rachaad White ran the ball 2 yards to the New York 24 — and the clock started ticking.

27 seconds left, the Commanders are in no rush

Once the clock was under 40 seconds, Washington could have taken a knee, let the time run all the way down and then had Daniels spike the ball with under 5 seconds remaining. Instead, the Commanders went into a huddle, and with 27 seconds to go they were still in it.

The plan was apparently to throw the ball — to someone who could easily get out of bounds. If need be, Daniels could always toss the ball away for a clock-stopping incompletion.

“It’s an outside throw or a clock — an out-of-bounds throw, or a clock,” coach Dan Quinn said.

13 seconds left, Washington finally snaps the ball

The Commanders broke the huddle and Daniels lined up under center. Someone even went in motion. By the time the play began, the Commanders could not risk having someone tackled in bounds, because the clock could run out.

“We have to stop the clock. We have to know the situation,” Daniels said. “We have to relay that as an offense. It starts with everyone, top down. Ultimately, it's on me.”

8 seconds left, Daniels is tackled

After the snap, Daniels rolled to his left and Ben Sinnott ran a route toward the sideline. Instead of throwing, Daniels turned inside and was tackled. It's still not clear if he knew Washington was out of timeouts.

“We just got to communicate that,” he said. “That's the whole thing. As I said, it starts with me communicating to the whole offense in the huddle, and I think everyone will say that top down.”

3 seconds left, Commanders in chaos

Washington's fate might have been sealed the moment Daniels was tackled, but the clock would still have stopped if the Commanders could have lined up legally and had the quarterback spike the ball before it expired. It's hard to say how many players realized exactly what the situation was.

Daniels stayed down for a couple seconds, looking around. Tackle Josh Conerly Jr. started making a bit of a spiking motion with his hand as if to tell Daniels what was needed. Sinnett headed back toward the line of scrimmage with nowhere near enough urgency. New York edge rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux stood with his hands on his hips.

Tight end John Bates lined up out wide to the far side, motioning to hurry up.

“The right call is honestly like we can go clock it early and don't put ourselves in that spot,” Quinn said. “That is my responsibility.”

No time left: Giants 27, Commanders 27

The clock ran out. Defensive lineman Shelby Harris started waving both arms to indicate the game should be over. Cornerback Deonte Banks leaped in the air, ran across the line of scrimmage, then leaped again in celebration. Quinn ripped off his headset and threw it to the ground.

A tie snatched first from the jaws of victory and then from the jaws of defeat.

“I wanted to get off the field before they could take it away from us, I guess,” Harbaugh said. “I was surprised. I can't say that I wasn't. It was a pretty shocking end there.”

And for Skattebo, relief.

“I probably won't get reamed as much,” he said. “But I'm still going to get reamed.”

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Are you ready for a reprieve from the high humidity? A cold front is on the move and set to arrive early Tuesday. Showers will clear, and drier air will take over. Expect a comfortable fall feel across South Florida Tuesday and Wednesday, with highs near normal in the upper 80s. Enjoy the drop in humidity while it lasts. Dew points are set to creep up by the end of the week.

Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sonia Friedman Productions announced Sunday that the Oscar-winning filmmaker’s first stage play, “The Popinjay Cavalier,” will open in London’s West End in March.

It’s set in 1830s Europe, and the producers call it “a rambunctious comedy of deception and disguise inspired by the grand swashbuckling epics of stage and screen.”

The play will be directed by Tarantino and marks the West End debut of Baron Cohen, creator of comic characters Borat and Ali G.

“When the best director in the world calls, you don’t ask questions,” Baron Cohen said.

“The Popinjay Cavalier” begins previews Feb. 23 and opens March 18 at London’s Phoenix Theatre.

Tarantino, best known for films including “Reservoir Dogs,” “Pulp Fiction” and “Inglourious Basterds,” hasn’t directed a feature film since “Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood,” which came out in 2019.

He wrote the screenplay for a sequel, “The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth,” due for release in November. David Fincher is directing, with Brad Pitt returning in the title role of a former Hollywood stuntman.

Tarantino wrote a novelization of “Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood” as well as one for the new film, which will be published Dec. 8 by Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins.

Briscoe held off Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Christopher Bell to win his second straight NASCAR playoff race in a photo finish on Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway, vaulting him into contention to earn his first Cup Series championship.

The .029-second margin of victory was the second closest since CMS opened in 1960, ranking behind only Jimmie Johnson's .027-second win over Bobby Labonte in 2005.

The two drivers traded paint on the final lap, but Briscoe maintained control of his No. 19 Toyota and reached the finish line about a half-car length ahead of Bell.

“I don’t know what it is about these finishes. I have to quit making it so exciting at the end,” said Briscoe, who had to hold off playoff points leader Kyle Larson to win last week at Las Vegas.

It was the eighth win of Briscoe's career and third this season. He led 62 laps.

Briscoe said he felt like his right front tire was going down on the final laps, but was able to hold it together.

“When I got beyond those final lapped cars with five or six (laps) to go, I felt like I was going to knock the wall down,” Briscoe said. “At one point it just quit turning.”

Ryan Blaney finished third, followed by Josh Berry, Denny Hamlin and Larson.

Briscoe was 123 points behind Larson prior to last week's win, but the back-to-back victories have cut the deficit to 65 points and put him in fourth place with four races left.

Gibbs said he was just happy his drivers didn’t wreck each other.

“That’s always when I’m the most nervous, when a couple of our guys are running up front,” Gibbs said. “I know how badly all of our guys want to win. ... That's when my blood pressure and heartbeat gets accelerated.”

Hamlin is now 49 points behind Larson in the Chase, followed by Bell, who is 51 points back.

Larson called it a “good, solid day” and was happy to extend his playoff lead by nine points.

Hamlin can't seem to find momentum in playoffs

Hamlin won the regular season championship, but has struggled to find victory lane in the playoffs. He seemed perplexed why he hasn’t been able to regain the speed he had before the postseason.

“We got to execute better, be a little faster — all of the above,” Hamlin said. “We’re giving it all we got right now.”

It didn't help that Hamlin was sent to the rear of the field for a loose tire penalty on pit road on his first stop.

Larson starts on the pole, dominates early

Larson, who entered the race with five top five finishes including two wins in the postseason, started on the pole based on NASCAR's metric system after Saturday's qualifying was rained out.

He made the most of the pole position, dominating the race early by leading 68 of the 80 laps in the first stage to collect the maximum number of points in stage one.

Bell caught Larson and won the second stage.

Tough start for playoff contenders in first 50 laps

Several Chase contenders ran into problems in the first stage.

Ty Gibbs broke a toe link in his No. 54 Toyota causing him to hit the outside wall. Joey Logano, with nowhere to go, slammed into Gibbs from behind. Gibbs headed behind the wall for repairs and fell several laps behind, while Logano was sent to the back of the field.

And, near the end of the first stage, Alex Bowman's car got loose and ran up the track and into Bubba Wallace's car, collecting William Byron in the mix. Wallace climbed out of his car, but was taken to the infield medical center in an ambulance.

The crash sent all three cars behind the wall.

“I just got loose," Bowman said. “Honestly, I had been really tight. As soon as it got to the exit of the corner, it snapped and it kind of didn’t stand a chance. Unfortunately, I grabbed too much wheel, overcorrected it and got in those two guys’ (Wallace and Byron) way. I hate that for the No. 24 and No. 23 teams. It’s one thing to get loose and crash, but to ruin their days too really sucks.”

NASCAR, CMS say goodbye to the “roval,” welcome back oval racing

After eight years, CMS and NASCAR said goodbye to the “roval,” changing the fall race from a road course back to the traditional 1 1/2-mile oval course. That came as NASCAR shifted away from road courses and placed more emphasis on intermediate oval tracks before the season.

Drivers seemed to be in favor of the change.

“I appreciate the roval for what it was, and I’ve enjoyed the handful of years that we did it to start," Chris Buescher said. "Charlotte has so much character. It’s put on some really good races and I think that was the big push to get us back on the oval.”

Up next

The Cup Series heads to Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona next Sunday.

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“I think that was a front for him,” Julius Windham said as he stood at a memorial to victims of Friday’s shooting, including his 1-year-old daughter Amarianna, her pregnant mother and the woman’s 5-year-old son and unborn baby.

“Him every day, him smiling and being just — you would think of nothing like that would happen,” Windham said.

The 45-year-old gunman took his own life. Authorities have not released his name, but Erie Police Chief Rick Lorah said he was related to seven of the victims. The eighth was a friend of the pregnant woman, he said. Police have not made their names public, either.

Those killed include 2 women outside the home

Mourners on Sunday placed candles, flowers and stuffed animals outside the home where the man opened fire shortly before 5 p.m. Friday. Windham wore a T-shirt with pictures of the women and children and the words, “Forever In My Heart.”

“Words can’t even explain what I’m going through right now,” Windham said. “But I gotta be strong for my community, you know what I'm saying? My family, my daughters, my sons, everybody.”

Video and audio evidence recovered by investigators included muffled gunshot sounds coming from inside the home just before two “distressed” women arrived and began pounding on the door, Lorah said. The gunman then came out and shot them as they ran toward him, before returning inside.

Responding officers found the two women dead outside. After deploying a drone and robot, they went inside and found the bodies of the 5-year-old boy and 1-year-old girl on the first floor; two more women and two young men in a stairwell; and the shooter on the second floor.

“Out of respect for the victims and the families, I will not discuss the details of what our officers encountered inside that home,” the chief said at a news conference.

“But I want our community to understand the gravity of what happened and the profound impact this tragedy has had on those involved and on our community as a whole,” he said.

Police decline to discuss motive as investigation continues

Erie is about 120 miles (190 kilometers) north of Pittsburgh.

Lorah declined to discuss motive but suggested mental health could be a factor. He said investigators would talk to relatives and examine the cellphones of the women who were killed outside the home.

“They knew something was going on at that house,” Lorah said. “We have to figure out what that is.”

Nicole and Debra Eller, whose best friend was among the victims, said they've known the family for more than 30 years. Nicole Eller said the shooter “was a good guy, and then he started going downhill with everything.”

“They were a lovely family. Who would have thought this would ever happen?” Debra Eller said. “Oh my gosh, this is so upsetting. This should have never happened to her or the kids or anybody. His grandchildren, his kids, how can you do that?”

The Erie shooting was reminiscent of a 1982 massacre in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in which a man killed 13 people, including five of his own children.

At a news conference on Saturday, Erie Mayor Daria Devlin addressed a portion of her remarks directly to the victims’ families.

“I am so deeply sorry,” Devlin said. “What happened to you was horrific, and there is nothing that any of us can say today that will make this any easier. ... Our entire community is with you, we’re grieving with you. And we are here to support you.”

Detectives de la BSO informaron que Manuel Antonio Farfán Cabello apuñaló varias veces a su madre, Ylda Lucia Cabello Ynocente, el viernes por la noche, según la BSO.

Personal de rescate declaró muerta a Cabello Ynocente alrededor de las 7:45 p.m. del viernes en la vivienda de dos habitaciones que compartía con Farfán Cabello en Tamarac, según la BSO.

Una cuenta de Facebook mostraba fotos y videos de Cabello Ynocente y Farfán Cabello compartiendo su amor por el fútbol. Ella se identificaba como originaria de Huancayo, Perú, donde había estudiado contabilidad en la universidad pública.

Vecinos dijeron que los videos muestran a Farfán Cabello corriendo de casa en casa y pidiendo dinero el viernes.

Agentes arrestaron a Farfán Cabello el viernes por la noche en 5301 NW 28 Ave., y el personal penitenciario lo ingresó en la cárcel principal del condado de Broward, en Fort Lauderdale, donde permanecía el sábado.

Farfán Cabello, quien cumple 29 años el 16 de octubre, enfrentaba un cargo de asesinato premeditado en primer grado, según los registros judiciales del condado de Broward.

El juez del Tribunal de Circuito del condado de Broward, George Odom, tenía previsto presidir el caso de homicidio punible con la pena capital que los fiscales presentaron el sábado.

Historia relacionada: Hombre apuñala a su madre hasta matarla en Tamarac, informan agentes.

La editora de asignaciones de Local 10 News, Sofia Mendez, contribuyó a este informe.

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BSO detectives reported that Manuel Antonio Farfán Cabello stabbed his mother, Ylda Lucia Cabello Ynocente, several times on Friday night, according to BSO.

Fire rescue personnel declared Cabello Ynocente dead at about 7:45 p.m. on Friday at the two-bedroom home she had shared with Farfán Cabello in Tamarac, according to BSO.

A Facebook account showed photos and videos of Cabello Ynocente and Farfán Cabello sharing a love of soccer. She identified as a native of Huancayo, Peru, who had studied accounting at the public university there.

Neighbors said videos show Farfán Cabello running from house to house asking for money on Friday.

Deputies arrested Farfán Cabello on Friday night at 5301 NW 28 Ave., and corrections booked him at the Broward County Main Jail in Fort Lauderdale, where he remained on Saturday.

Farfán Cabello, who turns 29 on Oct. 16, faced a first-degree premeditated murder charge, according to Broward County court records.

He went before a Broward County judge on Sunday morning and was given no bond while being ordered to undergo a medical evaluation.

Broward County Circuit Judge George Odom was set to preside over the capital homicide case that prosecutors filed on Saturday.

Related story: Man stabs mother to death in Tamarac, deputies say

Local 10 News Assignment Editor Sofia Mendez contributed to this report.

Con la ayuda de un intérprete de español, Manuel Farfan Cabello, de 28 años, se presentó ante un juez para escuchar formalmente los cargos en su contra.

Finalmente, no se le concedió derecho a fianza y se ordenó que se sometiera a una evaluación de salud mental.

La Oficina del Sheriff de Broward informó que Cabello apuñaló varias veces a su madre, Ylda Cabello-Ynocente, el viernes por la noche.

Los equipos de emergencia la declararon muerta en el lugar.

Los agentes dijeron que fueron llamados a esta vivienda en Northwest 28th Avenue, en Tamarac, alrededor de las 7:45 p.m. del viernes.

Durante varias horas, desde la noche del viernes hasta el sábado, se pudo ver a los investigadores de la BSO recorriendo el área en busca de pruebas.

La investigación se extendió más allá de la casa, hasta el otro lado de la calle, y en un momento dado, un equipo de buzos ingresó a un lago cercano para continuar la búsqueda de pruebas.

Varias horas antes del apuñalamiento mortal, vecinos dijeron a Local 10 News que Cabello iba de puerta en puerta pidiendo dinero.

“Quiero hacerle llegar al papa León XIV mi afecto y mis mejores deseos ante la intervención a la que será sometido”, expresó el mandatario. “Toda la Argentina acompaña con afecto y oración a su santidad, deseándole una pronta y completa recuperación”.

Milei también afirmó que el país sudamericano se une “en oración por su salud, con la esperanza de que pronto pueda continuar guiando a la Iglesia con la sabiduría y fortaleza que lo caracterizan”.

El papa León XIV anunció el domingo que en los próximos días se someterá a una cirugía para extirpar un nódulo en un pulmón, el primer gran episodio de salud en sus 17 meses de pontificado.

El pontífice de 71 años indicó que el nódulo se detectó en una etapa temprana y que estaba “circunscrito”. El Vaticano indicó que el tiempo de recuperación previsto tras la cirugía sería de una semana.

El papa estadounidense hizo el anuncio durante su bendición del mediodía del domingo. Dio las gracias a la multitud por su cercanía y se encomendó a sus oraciones.

El Vaticano no precisó cuándo se llevará a cabo la cirugía, más allá de que sería en los primeros días de esta semana. León tiene un próximo acto principal: la misa de clausura el miércoles de una conferencia de una semana sobre el ministerio familiar, pero funcionarios del Vaticano dejaron entrever que podría perdérsela.

Fujimori se suma a los buenos deseos para el pontífice

La presidenta de Perú Keiko Fujimori se sumó al deseo de pronta recuperación de León XIV y espera que el pontífice “pueda superar plena y exitosamente” sus circunstancias de salud.

“Nuestros corazones y nuestras oraciones lo acompañan, con el deseo de tenerlo pronto entre nosotros”, señaló la mandataria en la red social X.

La anticipada visita del papa a seis ciudades del Perú es especialmente significativa por su vínculo afectivo con el país en el que pasó décadas como misionero y responsable de su Iglesia, además de poseer la ciudadanía peruana.

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The Texans also received a 2027 seventh-round draft pick in the deal, while the Cardinals added a 2027 second-round and sixth-round pick, according to a person familiar with the deal, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the full terms had not been announced.

The trade reunites Harrison with quarterback C.J. Stroud, who was his college teammate at Ohio State.

Texans coach DeMeco Ryans announced the trade after his team's 26-3 victory over the Titans. Houston (1-4) made the deal despite being three games back in the AFC South behind Jacksonville.

“We traded for Marvin Harrison,” Ryans said to close his news conference in Nashville. “See ya!”

Texans receiver Nico Collins celebrated the trade, which was more surprising for its timing than the actual transaction.

“That’s official? Is that official? That’s what’s up. That’s dope, man,” Collins said. “Glad he’s here. Another playmaker, another ability. Let’s get to work.”

Harrison — the No. 4 pick in 2024 — has had a disappointing two-plus seasons in Arizona. The 24-year-old was on the Cardinals' inactive list on Sunday as the team pursued a trade.

The 6-foot-3, 220-pound Harrison's production plummeted through the first four games this season, with just five catches for 85 yards and a touchdown. The Texans hope to figure out how to get the most out of the receiver, who was widely seen as a can't-miss prospect after a stellar college career with the Buckeyes.

Stroud said he talked to some people in the Texans organization about Harrison before the trade and had high praise for his former teammate.

“I think he brings a dynamic playmaker, somebody who runs great routes, can catch really any ball, and I’m just super excited to get with him,” Stroud said. “I loved him in college. He’s probably the hardest worker I’ve ever been around in my life. And then just who he is off the field, he’s a great dude, quiet guy, but definitely you feel his presence.”

The Texans certainly hope Harrison has more of a presence in their offense than he did in the desert.

First-year Cardinals coach Mike LaFleur and quarterback Jacoby Brissett have been supportive of Harrison despite his sparse usage, saying he was doing everything he can to be productive. But the emergence of Michael Wilson — who had his first 1,000-yard receiving season last year — and the presence of All-Pro tight end Trey McBride made Harrison an afterthought in LaFleur’s offense.

Harrison is the son of Pro Football Hall of Famer Marvin Harrison, who was an eight-time Pro Bowl selection with the Indianapolis Colts.

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He completed 68% of his passes, combined for 302 yards passing and rushing, and showcased his speed with two long touchdown runs. Most important, he stayed healthy.

But a gaffe in overtime, when Daniels took off on an ill-advised scramble in the closing seconds, cost Washington a chance at victory, ending Sunday's game against the New York Giants in a 27-27 tie. With 12 seconds left and the ball at the Giants 24, Washington called a pass play, but Daniels held onto the ball and went down for no gain.

Washington had no timeouts left and couldn't spike the ball before the clock hit zero, ending a mistake-filled final period with zero points by either team.

“The sequencing of that does not fall on (Daniels),” Commanders coach Dan Quinn said. “It's an outside throw or a clock — an out of bounds throw, or a clock. That has to come from me. I have to put him in that spot. I can do that earlier and we can finish the kick earlier. We don't need to gain more yards.”

The final play overshadowed Daniels' return from a dislocated left elbow. Daniels suffered the ugly-looking injury in a Week 2 loss to the Cowboys, the second time he has dislocated his non-throwing arm.

Wearing a brace on the arm, Daniels showed the playmaking ability he brought to the Commanders during his standout rookie season in 2024. He was 17 of 25 passing for 199 yards, and he rushed for 103 yards and two TDs on nine carries.

He wasn't the only player to make a critical mistake in overtime.

Washington (1-3-1) got the ball with 2 minutes left in OT when Daron Payne stripped the ball from Cam Skattebo with New York in range for a game-ending field goal.

“I’ve got to hold onto the ball, and make sure that these guys know that when my name is called, that we’re going to be OK,” Skattebo said.

Coach John Harbaugh said the Giants' goal on their final drive was to run the ball twice, get as close as they could to the end zone and then kick a field goal.

“It’s a heck of a lot better than a loss, but it’s not as good as a win,” Harbaugh said. “I know that just sounds so obvious, but that’s kind of how you feel. We’ll take it, we’ll take it right now.”

A kick by the Giants wouldn't have been a sure thing, given the struggles of Dominic Zvada, who missed his third field goal of the game on New York's first possession of OT.

“He'll learn from that,” Harbaugh said. “He was going to miss at some point, now he's got his first miss — he's got his first three misses.”

Winston, Nabers and Likely rally the Giants

The Commanders had a two-touchdown lead in the fourth quarter before Jameis Winston led a furious comeback for the NFC East-leading Giants (3-1-1). He connected with Isaiah Likely for a 17-yard touchdown midway through the fourth quarter — Likely's second TD catch of the game — and then found Malik Nabers for the tying score, also from 17 yards out, with 1:43 left.

Winston finished with 326 yards passing and three touchdowns.

“I thought he was amazing in the fourth quarter, I thought he was amazing in the second half,” Harbaugh said. “I thought his ability to come out and change like that, we changed our offense up and tried some different things, he really settled into the things we did offensively. He was amazing. First half, he wasn’t, and he’ll be the first to tell you that.”

Daniels had rushing TDs of 38 and 26 yards in the second half, the latter of which gave the Commanders a seemingly comfortable 27-13 lead.

But the Giants rallied behind Winston and his two top targets, Nabers (11 catches for 121 yards and a TD) and Likely (11 receptions for 94 yards and the two scores). On his second TD, Likely had the ball punched out just after he crossed the goal line, and the score was awarded after a replay review.

After Nabers' touchdown, the Commanders had one last chance to win in regulation, but their drive stalled at midfield.

The Commanders opened the game with a four-play drive that included two passes by Daniels that covered 34 yards, a scramble by the elusive QB and a 33-yard touchdown run by Jacory Croskey-Merritt.

Washington's Drew Stevens missed the extra point. He kicked two first-half field goals, while the Giants missed two field goals of their own to trail 12-3 at halftime.

Injuries

Giants: RT Jermaine Eluemunor had to be carried off the field with a left calf injury. CB Colton Hood was injured on a kickoff late in the third quarter and was helped off the field. He was evaluated for a concussion. S Tyler Nubin was helped off the field in the fourth with a neck injury.

Washington WR Terry McLaurin returned after missing last week's game with a hamstring injury, finishing with four catches for 62 yards.

Up next

Giants: Host New Orleans next Sunday.

Commanders: Visit San Francisco on Monday, Oct. 19.

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Burrow went 23 of 32 passes for 190 yards without an interception as Cincinnati improved to 3-2 against a Miami team still searching for its first victory. Malik Willis threw for 113 yards and a touchdown but was intercepted twice, both times by Bengals safety Jordan Battle.

The Bengals took an early lead after wide receiver Dohnte Meyers opened the game with an 81-yard kickoff return. Burrow capitalized on the field position, connecting with former Dolphin Mike Gesicki for a 4-yard touchdown to put Cincinnati ahead 7-0.

Miami responded on its next drive when rookie running back Ollie Gordon II powered into the end zone from 1 yard out to tie the game at 7. Gordon, making the second start of his career, added a 22-yard run during the drive after rushing for a career-high 100 yards on nine carries against Minnesota in Week 4.

Gordon entered Sunday averaging 5.1 yards per carry, the eighth-best mark in the NFL, and was given an opportunity to build on his strong performance against the Vikings.

Gordon finished the game with 18 carries 88 yards and a score.

Cincinnati regained the lead when Burrow found running back Samaje Perine for a 6-yard touchdown. The Bengals continued to exploit Miami’s defense through the middle of the field, with all three of their tight ends recording receptions.

Tight end Tanner Hudson caught Burrow’s third touchdown pass of the day, extending Cincinnati’s lead to 21-7.

Miami struggled to establish an offensive rhythm in the first half.

Willis did not complete a pass until the second quarter and threw two interceptions to Battle. He finished the half 5 of 12 for 60 yards, while Miami’s leading receiver at the break, wide receiver Jalen Tolbert, had 22 yards.

Burrow completed 16 of 21 passes for 111 yards and three touchdowns in the first half.

The Dolphins’ struggles continued after halftime.

Willis was sacked by Bengals defensive end Boye Mafe, and an illegal-shift penalty helped force Miami into a three-and-out

Burrow then delivered his fourth touchdown pass, connecting with Ja’Marr Chase on an impressive catch after Dolphins defensive back Jason Marshall Jr. mistimed his jump. Chase, who cleared concussion protocol before the game, finished the play in the end zone to give Cincinnati a 28-7 advantage.

Miami eventually found a spark through Willis’ running ability.

The quarterback broke free for a 39-yard run, the second-longest rushing attempt by a quarterback in Dolphins history, behind Ryan Tannehill’s 48-yard run vs. the Arizona Cardinals in 2013.

Willis later rolled to his right and connected with Kevin Coleman Jr. for a touchdown. Miami converted the ensuing two-point attempt on a pass to tight end Greg Dulcich, cutting Cincinnati’s lead to 28-18.

The Dolphins could not complete the comeback.

Miami also dealt with several injury concerns.

Linebacker Jordyn Brooks temporarily left the game after sustaining a foot injury, while rookie safety Michael Taaffe returned to the sideline after appearing to injure his shoulder and later returned to the game. The Dolphins initially listed Taaffe with a chest injury and questionable to return.

The Dolphins’ defense had a notable contribution from cornerback Chris Johnson, who forced a fumble by Chase Brown. EDGE Chop Robinson recovered the ball but fumbled during the return before Miami recovered it in a chaotic sequence.

Robinson also appeared to record a sack before an offsides penalty negated the play and gave Cincinnati a first down.

The Bengals were able to force a fumble with just a few minutes to go and tacked on a field goal by kicker Evan McPherson to put them up 31-18.

Willis answered back after finding Coleman on a pass that brought Miami to the 1-yard line. He then finished the drive with a quarterback sneak to cut the Bengals lead to 31-24. Patterson missed the following extra points.

It was a tough day passing overall for Willis, who threw two interceptions, while Burrow and the Bengals offense continued to test the Dolphins linebackers and eat up yards in the middle of the field.

Burrow completed passes to at least nine different players.

Up next

Miami (0-5) will look to end its winless start next Sunday on the road against the New York Jets (1-3). Cincinnati (3-2) enters its bye week after the victory.

Burrow completó 23 de 32 pases para 190 yardas sin intercepciones, mientras Cincinnati mejoró su marca a 3-2 frente a un equipo de Miami que sigue buscando su primera victoria. Malik Willis lanzó para 113 yardas y un touchdown, pero sufrió dos intercepciones, ambas a manos del safety de los Bengals Jordan Battle.

Los Bengals tomaron una ventaja temprana después de que el receptor abierto Dohnte Meyers abrió el partido con un regreso de patada inicial de 81 yardas. Burrow aprovechó la buena posición de campo y conectó con el ex Dolphin Mike Gesicki para un touchdown de 4 yardas que puso a Cincinnati arriba 7-0.

Miami respondió en su siguiente serie ofensiva cuando el corredor novato Ollie Gordon II avanzó con fuerza hasta la zona de anotación desde la yarda uno para empatar el partido 7-7. Gordon, quien hacía la segunda titularidad de su carrera, añadió una carrera de 22 yardas durante la serie después de correr para un máximo personal de 100 yardas en nueve acarreos contra Minnesota en la Semana 4.

Gordon llegó al domingo con un promedio de 5.1 yardas por acarreo, la octava mejor marca de la NFL, y recibió la oportunidad de ampliar su buena actuación contra los Vikings.

Terminó con

Cincinnati recuperó la ventaja cuando Burrow encontró al corredor Samaje Perine para un touchdown de 6 yardas. Los Bengals continuaron aprovechando la defensa de Miami por el centro del campo, con sus tres alas cerradas registrando recepciones.

El ala cerrada Tanner Hudson atrapó el tercer pase de touchdown de Burrow en el día, ampliando la ventaja de Cincinnati a 21-7.

Miami tuvo dificultades para establecer un ritmo ofensivo durante la primera mitad.

Willis no completó un pase hasta el segundo cuarto y lanzó dos intercepciones a Battle. Terminó la primera mitad con 5 pases completos en 12 intentos para 60 yardas, mientras que el principal receptor de Miami al descanso, el receptor abierto Jalen Tolbert, tenía 22 yardas.

Burrow completó 16 de 21 pases para 111 yardas y tres touchdowns en la primera mitad.

Las dificultades de los Dolphins continuaron después del descanso.

Willis fue capturado por el ala defensiva de los Bengals Boye Mafe, y un castigo por cambio ilegal de formación ayudó a obligar a Miami a despejar después de tres jugadas sin conseguir un primer down.

Burrow lanzó entonces su cuarto pase de touchdown al conectar con Ja’Marr Chase, quien realizó una impresionante recepción después de que el defensivo de los Dolphins Jason Marshall Jr. calculó mal su salto. Chase, quien superó el protocolo de conmoción cerebral antes del partido, completó la jugada en la zona de anotación para darle a Cincinnati una ventaja de 28-7.

Miami finalmente encontró una chispa gracias a la capacidad de Willis para correr.

El quarterback se escapó para una carrera de 39 yardas, la segunda carrera más larga de un quarterback en la historia de los Dolphins, detrás de la carrera de 48 yardas de Ryan Tannehill contra los Arizona Cardinals en 2013.

Más tarde, Willis rodó hacia su derecha y conectó con Kevin Coleman Jr. para un touchdown. Miami convirtió el intento de dos puntos posterior con un pase al ala cerrada Greg Dulcich, reduciendo la ventaja de Cincinnati a 28-18.

Los Dolphins no pudieron completar la remontada.

Miami también enfrentó varias preocupaciones por lesiones.

El linebacker Jordyn Brooks fue descartado después de sufrir una lesión en el pie, mientras que el safety novato Michael Taaffe regresó a la banda tras aparentemente lesionarse el hombro y luego volvió al partido. Inicialmente, los Dolphins incluyeron a Taaffe en el reporte por una lesión en el pecho y lo catalogaron como cuestionable para regresar.

La defensa de los Dolphins tuvo una contribución destacada de Chris Johnson, quien provocó un balón suelto de Chase Brown. El EDGE Chop Robinson recuperó el balón, pero lo perdió durante el regreso antes de que Miami lo recuperara en una secuencia caótica.

Robinson también pareció registrar una captura antes de que un castigo por fuera de lugar anulara la jugada y le diera a Cincinnati un primer down.

Los Bengals lograron provocar un balón suelto cuando faltaban solo unos minutos y añadieron un gol de campo de Evan McPherson para ponerse arriba 31-18.

Willis respondió después de encontrar a Coleman con un pase que llevó a Miami hasta la yarda uno. Luego terminó la serie con una carrera corta del quarterback para reducir la ventaja de los Bengals a 31-24. Patterson falló los puntos extra posteriores.

Fue un día difícil en general para Malik Willis en el juego aéreo, quien lanzó dos intercepciones, mientras Burrow y la ofensiva de los Bengals continuaron poniendo a prueba a los linebackers de los Dolphins y ganando yardas por el centro del campo.

Completó pases con al menos nueve jugadores diferentes.

Lo que viene

Miami (0-5) buscará poner fin a su inicio sin victorias el próximo domingo como visitante contra los New York Jets (1-3). Cincinnati entrará en su semana de descanso después de la victoria.

In excerpts from “The Rest is Politics’’ podcast released Sunday, Burnham said that when he became prime minister in July he asked his advisers whether Russia had interfered with the 2016 referendum. The full podcast is scheduled to drop on Monday.

“I’ve had the clear answer that yes, there was,’’ Burnham said. “These things are important now to put clearly on the record and I believe help voters in Germany and France understand that some of this politics is instigated via our enemies, namely Russia.”

Russia has long said it does not meddle in other countries’ elections or referendums.

Burnham’s comments come as U.K. intelligence agencies warn about the increasing threat of Russian interference in Britain’s democratic institutions. The intervention is believed to be the first time a British prime minister has publicly acknowledged Russian interference in the Brexit vote.

Burnham said he spoke to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz about possible links between Russia and the far-right Alternative for Germany party when the two leaders met last week in Berlin.

“You know he was saying to me that the AfD are clearly linked to Russia, funded I believe,” Burnham said. “There is certainly misinformation, disinformation that is emanating from Russia into German politics,” he added.

Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee found in 2020 that the government failed to fully assess the impact Russian state-run media and “troll” accounts could have had on the EU referendum.

The fiery anti-capitalist Mélenchon also took aim at U.S. President Donald Trump, NATO and the global financial system, in a sweeping speech to thousands of supporters meant to kick his campaign into high gear for next year's two-round election in April and May.

Also Sunday, France's Socialist and allied voters chose European Parliament lawmaker Raphaël Glucksmann as their presidential candidate in a primary election marred by a cyberattack and divisions within the mainstream left.

President Emmanuel Macron is finishing his second term and cannot run again, so next year’s election will be a turning point for France and Europe. France is the EU’s only nuclear power, its second-biggest economy and a linchpin of the shared euro currency zone.

At this stage, polls suggest that Mélenchon and center-right candidate Edouard Philippe are behind far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, but ahead of a range of other hopefuls. It remains to be seen if they will maintain their current level of support.

The nationwide high school protest movement — over deteriorating school buildings, teacher shortages, and inequalities hurting schools in disadvantaged neighborhoods — has energized young voters, who may prove key to the election outcome.

The movement has at times turned violent, and police have made more than 6,600 arrests. Hundreds have been injured, including students, teachers and police.

Mélenchon’s critics say he and his France Unbowed party are fueling the fire for electoral gain; Mélenchon says his party isn’t organizing the movement and wants it to be peaceful.

The party invited student protesters to the stage at Sunday's rally in the southern city of Clermont-Ferrand, and Mélenchon said their protest movement shows ‘’a high level of political and union maturity.''

Many protesters are under 18, and Mélenchon — who is 75 and on his fourth presidential run — nodded to that future electorate by proposing to lower the voting age to 16.

He denounced the national university admissions platform that has frustrated student protesters, saying selective admissions should be scrapped and knowledge shouldn't be turned into ‘’merchandise.''

More protests are planned Tuesday and next Saturday.

The school protests have pushed the government to order urgent hires of substitute teachers and rearrange school schedules to address grievances. Students at the barricades say that’s not enough, but the movement has shown young people the power they can wield, and Mélenchon is hoping it translates into higher youth turnout at the ballot box.

This movement is ‘’marking their entry into politics,'' high school librarian Dounia Georgeon told The Associated Press at a protest this week at her school in eastern Paris. The muscular police reaction is likely to have lasting impact on the students and their politics, she said.

Mélenchon also reached out Sunday to older voters, calling for lowering the retirement age to 60 from 62. And he reiterated his push to cancel France's staggering debt.

He called Trump an ‘’adversary'' because of his tariffs, and said France should lead a more independent foreign policy.

‘’We're not preparing our children and grandchildren to die for some hazardous operation concocted by NATO,'' he said. His campaign platform says NATO membership is ’’against France’s interests,'' calls for better dialogue with Russia, and does not mention Ukraine.

Also this weekend, Philippe and centrist candidate Gabriel Attal, both former prime ministers appointed by the unpopular Macron, held rallies.

So to line up a game-winning kick for the Jaguars in London was something special.

Little connected from 57 yards as time expired and Jacksonville beat the Philadelphia Eagles 19-17 in a wild finish at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday.

“It was the coolest moment of my career,” said Little, who wore a Manchester United jersey at his postgame news conference.

Little sprinted from midfield into the opposite end zone with his teammates in pursuit and struck a Jude Bellingham-style arms wide celebration in tribute to the England and Real Madrid star.

The improbable scenario was made possible by Ameer Abdullah’s 53-yard kickoff return that left 1 second on the clock.

The Eagles had taken a 17-16 lead on Jake Elliott's 48-yard field goal with 8 seconds left — after Little's extra-point attempt was wide left following Parker Washington's 27-yard touchdown reception late in the fourth quarter.

The Jaguars were using backup snapper DaVon Hamilton after Ross Matiscik left the game with an injury.

Philadelphia, which slipped to 2-3 for the first time since 2021, played without leading rusher Saquon Barkley and receiver DeVonta Smith and with a makeshift offensive line. The Eagles rushed for just 22 yards.

Trevor Lawrence completed 24 of 39 passes for 331 yards and two touchdowns — both to Washington — along with an interception for the Jaguars (4-1).

“One of the craziest games, maybe the craziest game I’ve ever been a part of,” Lawrence said, “and I’ve been in some pretty wild ones. Just how cool is this sport? The game’s never over.”

Washington, who caught a 51-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter, had six receptions for 124 yards.

Eagles linebacker Zack Baun ensured his team went into halftime with a 14-7 lead by getting past Chris Rodriguez Jr. and tackling Bhayshul Tuten for a loss when Jacksonville went for it on fourth-and-goal from the 1 with 1 second left in the half. Eagles coach Nick Sirianni jumped and pumped his first in reaction.

Sirianni was asked about not kicking the ball out of bounds at the end.

“I didn’t make the right decision, and I lost us that game,” the Eagles coach said. “That’s what I said to our guys, and what hurts there is that, you know, the guys fought so hard and then I don’t make the decision that, you know, that I should make at the end of the game, and I cost us that game, and I put that fully on me.”

The Baltimore Ravens had used some late-game heroics in Rio de Janeiro last month to beat the Dallas Cowboys, who took heat for coaching decisions.

Earlier, Eagles backup running back Will Shipley scored on a 2-yard run and Darius Cooper caught a 62-yard touchdown pass from Jalen Hurts.

Hurts completed 21 of 40 passes for 220 yards and one touchdown. Jalen Carter had two sacks and two forced fumbles for the Eagles.

Little's 34-yard field goal in the third quarter made it 14-10.

Wild start

Jaguars rookie Josh Cameron returned the opening kickoff 90 yards for a would-be touchdown, but it was called back because of offsetting penalties including a hold by Jacksonville’s Branson Combs.

Meanwhile, there was a scrum at midfield, with pushing and shoving on both sides. Two players were ejected: Jacksonville’s Bryan Thomas Jr. and Philadelphia’s Jeremiah Trotter Jr.

Injuries

Eagles: Edge rusher Jonathan Greenard (ankle) warmed up, but was ruled out ahead of the game... OLB Jalyx Hunt was injured on the last play of the first half and was helped off the field. ... DB Michael Carter was ruled out in the third quarter.... CB Quinyon Mitchell was slow to get up after intercepting a pass in the third quarter but returned... Shipley left the game late in second quarter with a foot injury.

Jaguars: LT Anton Harrison was carted off in the third quarter with what appeared to be a right knee injury... Long snapper Ross Matiscik left the game with an apparent shoulder injury. ... S Eric Murray (concussion) didn’t dress... DB Jaylon Jones (hamstring) had been ruled out Friday.

Up next

Eagles: Host the Carolina Panthers next Sunday.

Jaguars: Stay in London and host the Houston Texans at Wembley Stadium next Sunday.

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The Browns were driving on their second possession and facing first-and-10 from the Jets 25 when Deshaun Watson threw a deep pass to Concepcion. The first-round draft pick appeared to make a catch — just as Fitzpatrick put a crushing hit on the receiver, making contact with his helmet and causing the ball to drop out of his hands.

Concepcion immediately went face down on the turf and appeared to be unconscious, not moving as the Browns' training staff rushed out to him.

Several Browns teammates and Jets defensive players — including Fitzpatrick — stood near Concepcion as he was being looked at on the field.

After a few minutes, Concepcion was turned over and he eventually sat up, stood and walked under his own power to the locker room. The Browns ruled him out for the game a few minutes later.

“I saw him after the game. He was in good spirits,” Browns coach Todd Monken said. “I don’t know exactly what the rules are, but he did miss the game. I would assume he is in concussion protocol.”

Fitzpatrick was penalized for a hit on a defenseless receiver, the second call on the veteran safety on the drive. He drew a face-mask penalty a few plays earlier while dragging Concepcion out of bounds and pulling off his helmet and sending it flying in the process.

“It’s just a bang bang play,” Monken said. “Minkah’s been in this league a long time and he’s not a dirty player. Unfortunately, it happened to our guy. Not having KC is a part of it, but everybody’s missing players.”

Concepcion was the 24th overall pick out of Texas A&M in April. He had a 5-yard catch before the injury. Concepcion has 18 receptions for 149 yards in five games.

“I saw him afterward and he’s doing well,” Watson said. “He definitely was a big part of the game plan.”

The Browns also lost running back Raheim Sanders (hip) and right tackle Tytus Howard (knee) in the fourth quarter.

Jets rookie tight end Kenyon Sadiq was ruled out early in the fourth quarter with a concussion, and coach Aaron Glenn said he's in the protocol.

The first-round pick caught a 6-yard pass from Geno Smith in the third quarter when Quincy Williams slammed into him and forced a fumble that Ronnie Hickman recovered at the Cleveland 7. Sadiq stayed down for a moment before getting up and heading to the sideline to be evaluated for a head injury.

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

After former Chicago coach Mike Ditka died Friday at the age of 86, Hauff figured he had to make a trip to Green Bay to pay respects to the coach who had personified the Bears franchise as much as anybody. Hauff bought a ticket to Sunday’s game the day of Ditka’s death and showed up wearing an 89 jersey, the number Ditka wore while playing tight end for the Bears from 1961-66.

“It’s a very emotional time right now,” the 61-year-old fan from Oak Park, Illinois, said before Sunday’s game.

The Bears wore No. 89 stickers on the backs of their helmets Sunday. The Packers and Bears honored Ditka with a pregame moment of silence. Bears coach Ben Johnson had said Friday that Ditka is “the gold standard in terms of this place” and that the Hall of Famer's impact was still being felt.

Perhaps the most notable tributes to Ditka came in the stands rather than on the sidelines.

No. 89 jerseys were a featured choice of attire among the sizable contingent of Bears fans who made the trip to Green Bay.

Ditka revolutionized the tight end position during a playing career that started in Chicago. He returned to the Bears to coach them from 1982-92. Ditka’s 1985 Bears won the franchise’s lone Super Bowl title and remain one of the most iconic teams in NFL history.

“Ditka’s like (Michael) Jordan,” Hauff said. “He’s Chicago. His passion, his devotion, his no-quit, his toughness. He’s compassionate. We’re a team that sucked for years and he brought us a championship.”

Ditka’s lasting legacy was evident from the fact many of the Bears fans wearing No. 89 jerseys weren’t even born during that 1985 season. The ones who were old enough to experience that title wanted a chance to thank Ditka for helping create an indelible moment.

“I snuck a keg of beer in my dorm room, and me and my college buddy and roommate had the greatest time that day,” said Hauff, a Ball State alum. “That was amazing. It was a wonderful time.”

Other fans arrived wearing the blue Bears sweater vest that Ditka had worn during the Super Bowl blowout of the New England Patriots.

Ryan Tousley of Des Moines, Iowa, said he had bought his sweater vest nearly 20 years ago to dress as Ditka for a Halloween party. He squeezed into it again Sunday for the first time in about 15 years.

“It’s very clear it doesn’t fit, but I had to pay homage to him and get all the good vibes we get,” said the 41-year-old Tousley, who was born during the Bears’ 1985 championship season.

Bob Moretti, a 43-year-old Bears fan from St. Charles, Illinois, had bought a similar sweater vest by coincidence just last week.

“Ditka resembles everything we think about when we think about football,” Moretti said. “You think about hard-nosed, grinding, just hard-working — Chicago. We put the weight on our shoulders and we go.”

Tousley said he wasn’t surprised Ditka had remained enormously popular in Chicago well over three decades after his Bears coaching tenure had ended.

“He did things differently, and he won in Chicago, which hasn’t happened since,” Tousley said. “Chicago’s that type of city, that hangs on to the winners.”

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Trump shocked lawmakers when he announced on social media Friday that he struck a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call. He said Russia will immediately supply more than 300,000 tons of diesel to the American and global market, followed by an additional 500,000 tons in November and 1 million tons “immediately thereafter.” Russia will deliver an additional 3 million tons “within a short period of time” after that, he wrote.

Four Republican senators and two Democratic senators signed onto the statement released Sunday in protesting the deal. They said the administration failed to consult with Congress or submit any explanation to justify its decision as required by statute.

“The United States should not provide Putin with a financial lifeline while Russia continues to kill Ukrainian civilians. The Administration must immediately reverse course,” they wrote.

The Republican senators who signed onto the statement are Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Thom Tillis of North Carolina and John Curtis of Utah. The Democratic senators are Sens. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut.

Tillis, in an interview that aired Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” said there's a legitimate case for saying the president is not following the law if the administration goes through with its diesel purchase plan.

“We were very clear that Russia is the aggressor. Russia is the one who can end this war by backing out of territory that they occupied,” Tillis said.

Trump's announcement came just a few weeks after Congress passed legislation that directed Trump to impose substantial tariffs on the top importers of Russian oil or natural gas, with an exception for countries that import less than 15% of Russia’s natural gas exports and have taken significant steps to reduce those imports.

The congressional effort was aimed at cutting the flow of money Russia receives from oil and gas sales to finance its war against Ukraine.

The lawmakers also noted that Congress explicitly banned Russia energy imports in 2022 to prevent the United States from financing the war.

“Congress was clear: the U.S. should not import oil from Russia until it ends its aggression against Ukraine and ceases threats against our NATO Allies,” the six lawmakers wrote in their statement. “President Trump’s decision to allow Russian diesel imports to the U.S. runs directly counter to that law.”

Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., said Trump is focused on reducing the cost of energy when asked whether the president's action would be in violation of U.S. law.

“The president is balancing and has to make tough decisions,” Barrasso said on CBS's “Face the Nation.”

He also encouraged Trump to enforce the sanctions law that Congress passed last month.

“This is just another point of leverage for the president to use against Putin in an effort to get a long-term solution in that part of the world,” Barrasso said.

Energy experts say the Russia deal is unlikely to make a dent in high prices at the pump.

Richard Nephew, a senior research scholar at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy, noted that the total amount of diesel appears to be less than what the U.S. uses in a day.

Nephew argued that Iran and Russia might benefit more than the U.S.

“The Iranians are probably very excited because it shows that there’s a lot of pressure still on the U.S. And the Russians are excited because it puts a big hole in the sanctions regime,” he said.

Trump has recently sought to blame record U.S. diesel prices on Ukraine rather than the U.S.-led war in Iran, which has elevated world energy prices.

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A senior U.S. official said Sunday that Trump and Rubio are “extremely pissed off” by Guilfoyle’s reported conduct and would likely decide on what action to take this week after Monday’s Columbus Day holiday.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations, said Rubio had been particularly angry, not least because he visited Athens just last week and Guilfoyle attended most, if not all, of his events and greeted him on his arrival with a bear hug as the allegations swirled.

In a series of stories, The Wall Street Journal has reported questionable conduct by Guilfoyle, including an alleged threat to a host country official, accepting improper gifts and services and offering to use her influence inside the administration in return for the payment of a large credit card bill.

Guilfoyle has not addressed the reports directly, but in a statement released late Sunday, her lawyers denied she had done anything wrong and claimed that the money she was seeking from the Trump donor was payment for services — public appearances and speaking engagements that predate her ambassadorial nomination — that had not been paid.

The lawyers, David Schwartz and Jesse Binnall, also rejected allegations of impropriety related to Guilfoyle’s travel on private planes, saying that before every such trip she “sought, obtained and followed State Department guidance and followed the Department’s travel regulations,” they said.

“Ambassador Guilfoyle has served, and will continue to serve, with integrity, honor and distinction. We are evaluating all available legal remedies to collect this debt and any other potential causes of action,” the lawyers said.

After defending Guilfoyle following the first report, Rubio has declined to comment publicly on the growing allegations. On Wednesday, Rubio said: “Our ambassador has been a strong ambassador here.”

But after another report appeared late Wednesday, Rubio on Thursday before leaving Athens berated journalists for asking about the allegations, saying he didn’t know if they were true and that he would not respond if he could not confirm them.

“You guys walk around thinking that because some source told you something and you reported it, it’s the gospel. It’s not the gospel. It’s not the gospel for me. That’s not the way we do things,” Rubio said at the foot of his plane as Guilfoyle, who was there to see him depart, looked on.

The official said that Rubio had grown increasingly frustrated as the reports multiplied.

A second U.S. official, who also spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss personnel matters, said the State Department’s inspector general is looking into the allegations, which first began surfacing in the Journal late last month and have since multiplied.

The second official could not say if a formal IG probe had begun. Inspectors general often conduct informal inquiries into complaints against staffers and many times those inquiries do not result in a full-on investigation, which can result in disciplinary action up to and including dismissal.

The State Department has declined to comment on a potential IG investigation.

The top two Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations committees, Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, as well as the ranking member on the House Committee for Oversight and Government Reform, Robert Garcia, D-Calif., have already called for an investigation into Guilfoyle.

Since late September, the Journal has detailed numerous accounts of questionable conduct by Guilfoyle. Its first report said that she had 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.

While Rubio was in Athens, the Journal reported — citing text messages — that Guilfoyle had asked a Trump donor and supporter to pay a $100,000 credit card bill just before her confirmation hearing, promising him access to administration officials if he did.

The Journal then reported that Guilfoyle had been enraged about not being invited to a Greek-themed event at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, earlier this year and demanded to attend while boasting about luxury travel to France with energy company executives.

Another report, from the British tabloid The Daily Mail, said that Guilfoyle had alienated staff at the U.S. Embassy in Athens and had pushed the bounds of behavior appropriate for the top representative of the U.S. government to Greece.

Guilfoyle is a former Fox News Channel host and California prosecutor who was once engaged to Trump’s son Donald Jr.

Irving got a reverse layup on the game's opening possession Sunday night, setting the tone for him scoring a team-high 17 points in the Mavericks' 132-115 preseason win over the Houston Rockets in Macao, China.

It was Irving's first game action since he tore the ACL in his left knee on March 3, 2025.

“It was just impressive,” Dallas coach Dusty May told reporters in a postgame news conference. “His physical condition, his mental condition, and then — I've said it from the first time I watched him in a workout — he's an artist. He's a jazz musician. ... I didn’t expect him to play this well after being off so long.”

Irving shot 6 for 13 in just under 22 minutes, plus he had three assists and two rebounds. Dallas won the opening tap, and reigning rookie of the year Cooper Flagg set up Irving on the right wing. Irving didn't hesitate, driving toward the baseline and then scoring with the reverse.

The Mavericks' bench immediately started celebrating, and the roar of the crowd in China — where the Rockets are one of the most popular teams, mainly because of Chinese superstar, Rockets great and Basketball Hall of Famer Yao Ming — was noticeable as well.

“Grateful that Dusty called the first play for me,” Irving said. “Had my mind made up, just to attack. ... I was imagining how it was going to go, dreaming about how it was going to go and just glad that I got that out the way. Just incredibly grateful for my teammates as well and their support and just seeing them rise up off the bench to celebrate me as well, that always feels good. And God is truly the greatest. So just being able to perform at a high level, that felt amazing.”

Irving missed all of last season, so it had been just over 20 months since he last played in a game.

The nine-time All-Star was averaging 24.7 points for Dallas when he got hurt late in the 2024-25 season, and anything close to that this season would surely be a welcome boost to a franchise that went to the NBA Finals in 2024 but missed each of the last two postseasons.

“It's always great to see somebody coming from the injury that Ky came from to get back on the court,” Houston guard Marcus Smart said. “I know we compete, but you want to compete against the best and you want everybody to be out there. For him to be back out there, it was great to see. He looked good, but we expected him to look good. Very happy for him.”

Irving played eight minutes in the first quarter, a little more than eight in the second quarter and returned for the first 5 1/2 minutes of the third quarter before getting the rest of the game off.

Irving is enormously popular in China, a place he has visited many times over the years and plans to again in 2027 as part of his annual world tour. He thanked fans who showed up outside the Mavs' hotel to show support or sent good-luck messages on social media.

“It's definitely a lot of emotions that were going into it,” Irving said. “Looking forward to getting back home and continuing to carry on what we learned here from each other.”

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‘Other Mommy’ is another win for horror

“Other Mommy,” released by Universal Pictures, earned $27.5 million in its first few days in 3,365 theaters, according to studio estimates on Sunday. The movie, about a sinister supernatural creature that terrorizes a young girl who thinks it's her mother, got dismal reviews from both critics and audiences. It also joins the ranks of “Megalopolis” and “Hereditary” with a D+ CinemaScore.

But with a production budget of around $19 million, it’s also another win for the horror genre and producer Blumhouse Atomic Monster, which was behind “Backrooms” and “Obsession.” “Other Mommy” opened in 50 international markets as well, boosting its global debut to $45.2 million.

Jim Orr, Universal's head of domestic distribution, noted that the audience gender divide was evenly split and about 2/3 were between 18 and 34 years old.

“No matter how you look at it, everybody turned out for it. It wasn’t just one particular demographic,” Orr said. “That usually is a very good sign.”

‘The Social Reckoning’ fails to connect

“The Social Reckoning,” the weekend’s other big release, was not as lucky, earning an estimated $5.5 million from 2,606 North American theaters. Aaron Sorkin wrote and directed the film about a Facebook whistleblower who leaked incriminating documents to a Wall Street Journal reporter.

Sixteen years ago, “The Social Network,” which Sorkin wrote and David Fincher directed, opened to over $22 million and went on to gross over $224 million worldwide, receiving eight Oscar nominations and winning three. A similar fate might be a stretch for “The Social Reckoning,” which stars Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong and received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics. Audiences gave it a B- CinemaScore. According to reports, the Sony Pictures release cost around $30 million to produce, not accounting for marketing and promotion.

Paul Dergarabedian, Rentrak’s head of marketplace trends, said October is a time when studios take chances and it doesn’t always work out.

“These movies that are topical in nature, sometimes they resonate with the culture, sometimes they don’t,” said Dergarabedian. “You don’t always know what’s going to connect with audiences.”

He compared “The Social Reckoning” to “Digger,” which fell 60% in its second weekend.

The overall box office is still up

“The Social Reckoning” opened behind several holdovers as well. The Anne Hathaway psychological thriller “Verity” took second place with $11.5 million, down 64% from its opening weekend. In third place, “Resident Evil” added $8.4 million, bringing its domestic total to $138.5 million. The Brad Pitt survival thriller “Heart of the Beast” took fourth with $7.1 million.

Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey ” also made an encore appearance in the top 10 in its 13th weekend in theaters where it was back in 12 IMAX 70 mm locations. It added $2 million from 560 North American theaters, bringing its domestic total just shy of $623 million.

Several high-profile films opened in limited release this weekend as well. The Cannes Palme d’Or winner “Fjord” debuted on four screens this weekend where it made $124,000. Alex Gibney’s Elon Musk documentary “Musk,” which runs nearly four hours, made $68,900 from four locations. And Chris Rock’s “Misty Green” made $85,716 from six locations through Sunday.

The annual domestic box office crossed the $8 billion mark on Friday and is up over 19% from last year. According to Rentrak, that’s about 8% behind 2019.

Top 10 movies by domestic box office

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

1. “Other Mommy,” $27.5 million.

2. “Verity,” $11.5 million.

3. “Resident Evil,” $8.4 million.

4. “Heart of the Beast,” $7.1 million.

5. “The Social Reckoning,” $5.5 million.

6. “Forgotten Island,” $4.5 million.

7. “Primetime,” $4 million.

8. “Digger,” $3.2 million.

9. “Angel and the Badman,” $2.1 million.

10. “The Odyssey,” $2 million.

UCLA and Kentucky were the week’s biggest climbers. The Bruins jumped to No. 12 after forcing seven turnovers while upsetting Oregon, and Kentucky returned to the poll at No. 15 after another overtime thriller, beating LSU 35-34 on a two-point conversion. LSU fell from No. 10 to No. 22 as Oregon and Florida dropped out of the rankings.

Today’s live updates have ended. Below, catch the highlights, analysis and voter Q&A from a wild week in college football.

Here’s what to know:

Next week's games to watch

By MARK LONG

There are six games between ranked teams coming up next Saturday, none bigger than No. 4 Ohio State playing at fifth-ranked and defending national champion Indiana in the Big Ten game of the week.

The others are:

No. 2 Notre Dame plays at eighth-ranked BYU.

No. 6 Alabama plays at 14th-ranked Tennessee in the SEC.

No. 13 Missouri plays at ninth-ranked Mississippi in the SEC.

No. 16 Mississippi State plays at 22nd-ranked LSU in the SEC.

No. 18 Oklahoma State plays at 20th-ranked Houston in the Big 12.

Two more notable games:

No. 1 Georgia hosts Auburn in the SEC game known as “the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry.”

No. 3 Miami hosts in-state rival Florida State in ACC action.

CFP bracket watch

By DAVE ZELIO

If the College Football Playoffs were based on the latest AP rankings, they would open like this:

1. No. 9 seed Mississippi at No. 8 BYU. Winner vs. No. 1 Georgia. 2. No. 12 seed Boise State at No. 5 seed Indiana. Winner vs. No. 4 Ohio State. 3. No. 10 seed Texas Tech at No. 7 Texas. Winner vs. No. 2 Notre Dame. 4. No. 11 seed Utah at No. 6 Alabama. Winner vs. No. 3 Miami.

Billy Napier has James Madison ranked higher than Florida

By MARK LONG

Coach Billy Napier’s new team is essentially ranked higher than his previous one.

James Madison is receiving votes in the AP Top 25 and, in theory, is ranked 31st in the latest poll. That’s one spot higher than Florida, which appears to be in a freefall after climbing as high as No. 8 under first-year coach Jon Sumrall two weeks ago.

Napier coached the Gators for four seasons (2022-25) and created little momentum in Gainesville, Florida. He might be better suited for the Group of Six, where he won big at Louisiana-Lafayette.

The Dukes are off to a 6-0 start for the first time since 2023. Former JMU coach Bob Chesney has UCLA 5-0 and ranks 12th.

BYU and Utah are on a top-10 collision course

There’s a Big 12 showdown on the horizon, and it could end up being a top-10 matchup.

BYU remained No. 8 in the latest Top 25 poll, but fellow Big 12 heavyweight Utah made up ground by climbing one spot to No. 11. They play Nov. 7 in Salt Lake City.

It’s looking more and more like a game that will decide a spot in the conference title game. Neither plays 10th-ranked Texas Tech during the regular season, potentially raising the stakes of their head-to-head matchup next month.

Utah is the only Football Bowl Subdivision team that’s won every game this season by 14 or more points. The Utes also have scored at least 30 points in 11 consecutive games.

Ask a voter: Why do some teams swing wildly while others barely move?

By SPENCER RIPCHIK

In the case of Florida and Oregon, they each now have two losses, which makes them really hard to rank over undefeated teams and even one-loss teams at this point. Voters move teams who lost based on a lot of factors. Who’d they lose to? How’d they lose? What did the rest of their resume look like before the loss? The same goes for wins.

Spencer Ripchik is a college football reporter for The Dominion Post and is among the youngest and newest Top 25 voters. You can follow him on X: @ripchikspencer.

Northwestern has its first ranking since 2020

By MARK LONG

Northwestern debuted at No. 25 in the rankings on Sunday after beating Ball State 45-14.

The Wildcats’ real movement started two weeks ago when they had defending national champion Indiana on the ropes on the road. The Hoosiers escaped 29-23, but Northwestern served notice that it was going to be a force in coach David Braun’s fourth season.

The Wildcats followed up that near-miss with a thorough victory against Penn State, 34-13.

Now they’re ranked and looking for more. They play Michigan State and Rutgers next. The real test: a three-game stretch against Oregon, Iowa and Ohio State that begins on Halloween.

Notre Dame and Miami haven’t been ranked this high since 1993

Notre Dame and Miami haven’t been ranked in the top three in any poll since 1993.

The No. 2 Fighting Irish moved up after bullying Stanford 58-7 on Saturday. It was Notre Dame’s 16th consecutive win – all by 10 or more points.

The third-ranked Hurricanes moved up despite being on a bye. They host rival Florida State this Saturday.

Notre Dame and Miami play in South Bend, Indiana, on Nov. 7 – a game that could be used to help the College Football Playoff selection committee determine seeding before the postseason.

Ask AP: What about the Sooners?

By MARK LONG

Friendly reminder: Oklahoma lost at Michigan, got blown out at Georgia and barely beat New Mexico. Not sure what else there is to say. Nonetheless, I will add this: Texas was indeed the No. 1 team, but many saw this coming from the Longhorns. Texas needed close to a miracle to beat Ohio State and really struggled offensively in wins against UTSA and Tennessee.

Ask a voter: Why was Texas barely penalized?

By SPENCER RIPCHIK

Texas did lose to a bad Oklahoma team, but the Longhorns hold one of the best wins this season over Ohio State. Voters are valuing that win so they aren’t plummeting Texas. If the Longhorns didn’t have that win, they’d probably drop significantly further.

Don’t sleep on Kentucky, especially in overtime

By MARK LONG

No. 15 Kentucky might be the best story in college football that no one is talking about.

The Wildcats have won back-to-back Southeastern Conference games in overtime by the same score (35-34) and in similar fashion. That has resulted in their highest ranking since being No. 13 in 2022.

First-year coach Will Stein won the coin toss in the extra frame in both games, scored and called for 2-point conversions. The Wildcats made them both, knocking off South Carolina on the road and upsetting LSU and Lane Kiffin at home.

If you combine Kentucky’s early season success – the Wildcats’ only loss was to Alabama – with Oregon’s slide, Stein might be the common thread. He was Oregon’s offensive coordinator and QBs coach between 2023 and 2025.

He raised eyebrows at SEC Media Day in July when he called himself the No. 1 reason Kentucky was poised for a turnaround.

Ask AP: Why is Notre Dame above Miami?

By MARK LONG

Notre Dame started the year three spots ahead of Miami, and to be honest, both have been stout all season. The Fighting Irish have won 16 consecutive games -- all by at least 10 points or more. Miami certainly has the better win, at Clemson. But the reality is Notre Dame and Miami play next month and will get to settle the debate on the field.

Georgia takes over at No. 1

Georgia is No. 1 in the AP Top 25 for the first time since September 2024.

The Bulldogs moved up one spot in the poll after beating No. 6 Alabama 20-17 on Saturday night. It was Georgia’s first win against Alabama in the regular season since 2007 and coach Kirby Smart’s first victory in Tuscaloosa as the Bulldogs’ coach.

The Bulldogs last claimed the No. 1 spot on Sept. 3, 2024, after beating Clemson 34-3 in a kickoff classic. They stayed there for two weeks and then dropped to No. 2 following a 13-12 win at Kentucky.

How long will this stint last? Georgia’s upcoming schedule: Auburn, then a bye week, then Florida in Atlanta, and a trip to No. 9 Ole Miss followed by No. 13 Missouri.

Ask a voter: Do you weigh the context?

By SPENCER RIPCHIK

You have to consider it. I think a perfect example is Ole Miss against Florida. The Rebels were without star running back Kewan Lacy. In regard to overtime wins, it’s still a win but you have to consider the game went to overtime, meaning it was very close.

Florida and Oregon fall out of the poll

By MARK LONG

Remember when Florida was the flavor of the week in the Southeastern Conference?

The Gators climbed to No. 8 after thumping then-No. 4 Mississippi at home last month. They haven’t looked the same since, getting pummeled at then-No. 25 Missouri and humiliated at home by South Carolina. The Gamecocks ended an eight-game skid in league play with a 38-19 stunner in the Swamp.

Florida (4-2, 2-2 SEC) is now out of the poll after being ranked 16th and faces Texas and Georgia over the next three weeks. The Gators play Oklahoma and Kentucky after that, meaning first-year coach Jon Sumrall’s 4-0 start could be long forgotten by Thanksgiving.

Like Florida, Oregon is now outside the Top 25. UCLA beat the Ducks 17-15 on Saturday night.

Oregon (3-2, 1-1 Big Ten) turned the ball over seven times in the loss and saw its chances for making the College Football Playoff fade.

Texas falls to No. 7

Texas’ loss to Oklahoma in the Red River Rivalry game dropped the Longhorns to No. 7 in the poll.

Arch Manning threw two interceptions in the fourth quarter, leading to 10 points for the underdog Sooners. His first interception was returned 42 yards for a touchdown by Peyton Bowen to give Oklahoma its first lead, 24-17. The second positioned the Sooners for a game-winning field goal on the final play.

Manning was hardly Texas’ only issue. The Longhorns gave up a special teams touchdown when a blocked punt was recovered in the end zone. They also suffered defensive penalties that helped Oklahoma’s sputtering offense score its only TD of the game.

Texas will try to bounce back at home Saturday against reeling Florida, which has been blown out in consecutive games.

Ask AP: What counts as a quality win?

By MARK LONG

No, but it will be considered a “quality loss.” Voters clearly didn’t punish the still sixth-ranked Crimson Tide for losing to then-No. 2 Georgia and it’s likely the College Football Playoff selection committee will do the same when its first ranking drops in early November. Losing home or away to another top-10 team -- and in a close game -- shouldn’t affect a team’s postseason resume other than in the head-to-head column that’s used for seeding.

AP Top 25 rankings

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

1. Georgia

2. Notre Dame

3. Miami (Fla.)

4. Ohio State

5. Indiana

6. Alabama

7. Texas

8. BYU

9. Ole Miss

10. Texas Tech

11. Utah

12. UCLA

13. Missouri

14. Tennessee

15. Kentucky

16. Mississippi State

17. Iowa

18. Oklahoma State

19. USC

20. Houston

21. Wake Forest

22. LSU

23. Boise State

24. SMU

25. Northwestern

Ask a voter: What about the Big 12 and ACC?

By SPENCER RIPCHIK

There could be multiple factors why the SEC and Big Ten get so much attention. Voters could look at past postseason experience, nonconference matchups or simply they just think the teams in the SEC and Big Ten are better. It’s based on voter preference. The Big 12 is a bit more well represented throughout the poll, but neither the Big 12 nor the ACC are represented toward the top of the rankings. That could change after this week’s matchup between Notre Dame and BYU, and then when Notre Dame plays Miami. Miami and BYU seem to be the top teams in their conferences.

Spencer Ripchik is a college football reporter for The Dominion Post and is among the youngest and newest Top 25 voters. You can follow him on X: @ripchikspencer.

Kentucky pulls it off again in overtime

By MAURA CAREY

Kentucky handed No. 10 LSU its second loss in a 35-34 thriller. The Wildcats’ gamble to go for two in overtime paid off for the second straight week, this time at the expense of the Tigers.

Kentucky running back C.J. Baxter scored on a 1-yard run, and quarterback Kenneth Minchey ran untouched for the game-winning 2-point conversion.

Coach Will Stein also opted for the two-point conversion against South Carolina in Week 5, which led to a near identical 35-34 overtime win over the Gamecocks.

Ask a voter: Why is Notre Dame ranked so highly?

By SPENCER RIPCHIK

There are voters who use the “eye test” in their rankings, meaning that based on what they’ve seen on the field, no matter the opponent, they are worthy of a top ranking. Notre Dame is one of the few remaining undefeated teams and hasn’t really come close to losing. Based on the eye-test factor and its perfect record, the Irish are one of the top teams every week. But resume and quality wins are favored more heavily than eye test, which is why Notre Dame hasn’t been ranked No. 1 yet this season.

Indiana improves to 6-0 — barely

By MAURA CAREY

No. 7 Indiana remained unbeaten but needed a fourth-quarter rally and two late defensive stops to escape Nebraska with a 20-17 win.

The defending national champions erased an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit with back-to-back touchdown drives. Quarterback Josh Hoover connected with Nick Marsh on both, first for a 75-yard score, then on a fourth-down conversion for a 44-yard touchdown.

A great day for Venables, Beamer and Smart

It was a bad day for No. 1 Texas and No. 16 Florida. It was, however, a very good day for Brent Venables and Shane Beamer.

It was a pretty good day for Kirby Smart and No. 2 Georgia, too.

Georgia’s 20-17 win against Alabama gave Smart a 3-7 record against the program he could not beat for many years when the stakes were highest.

Venables and Beamer also picked up much-needed wins that could ease the pressure building around their programs. Oklahoma knocked off No. 1 Texas with a 27-24 Red River Rivalry upset, and South Carolina cruised to a 38-19 win against No. 16 Florida on the road.

Ask a voter: Who did you drop this week?

By SPENCER RIPCHIK

This week, I dropped Florida, LSU and Oregon out of the top 25 because I feel like at this point in the season, it’s hard to put two-loss teams in the top 25. I also dropped Pitt, who was on the bubble last week after losing to North Carolina. That left room for new additions, including Wake Forest (5-1), Arizona (5-1), Wisconsin (4-1) and the undefeated James Madison Dukes (6-0). All have worthy resumes for being in the top 25.

Oklahoma didn’t need its offense to take down No. 1 Texas

By MAURA CAREY

It’s been a tough season for Oklahoma’s offense and quarterback John Mateer. The Sooners knocked off No. 1 Texas with a 27-24 Red River Rivalry win, but it wasn’t necessarily the offense that fueled the win.

Oklahoma’s first touchdown was a blocked punt from Danny Okoye, which Dakoda Fields scooped up and returned for a touchdown.

Sooners’ Peyton Bowen later had a 42-yard pick-six to give Oklahoma its first lead of the outing.

Oklahoma’s sole offensive score was a two-yard rushing touchdown from Lloyd Avant on a drive that started near midfield.

How the votes are counted

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

For decades, voters called, emailed and faxed their votes to the AP and ballots were tabulated by hand.

Now voting happens online, and the count is automated first before AP checks for miscues.

The poll operates on a 1-to-25-point system, with the No. 1 team receiving 25 points down to the 25th team receiving 1 point. In between, the poll lists the teams with the most points from 24 down to 2. Teams that receive votes but not enough to make the top 25 are noted separately.

UCLA trumps Oregon

By MAURA CAREY

No. 21 UCLA remained undefeated with a 17-15 win over No. 13 Oregon in a messy, turnover-filled outing. The Ducks threw two interceptions and lost five fumbles, the last coming on their final drive with less than a minute left.

UCLA quarterback Nico Iamaleava had 162 yards and two interceptions before sitting out the second half with a lower leg injury. Ty Dieffenbach took over under center and threw for 43 yards and a touchdown as the Bruins look to move up in the rankings.

Oregon backup quarterback Dylan Raiola’s heroic performance against USC felt like a distant memory as he completed just 6-of-18 passes for 43 yards and two interceptions before being replaced by Brock Thomas.

Who decides the rankings?

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

AP Top 25 voters are writers and broadcasters who cover college football.

AP employees do not vote, but they do choose the voters, and they seek wide representation from all over the country. This season, there are 69 voters.

The focus begins with voter representation in states with a Bowl Subdivision school, and the total number of voters from each state increases with the number of FBS teams. There are also spots reserved for national voters.

The AP allows broad latitude for voters to determine their rankings. They are urged to base their votes on performance, not reputation or preseason speculation (except, of course, for the always provocative preseason poll); to avoid regional bias, for or against; to pay attention to head-to-head results; and to make significant changes if desired.

Upheaval on tap for Top 25

By DAVE ZELIO

Six teams in the AP Top 25 lost over the weekend, which always portends a shakeup in the rankings.

But it’s who lost that suggests today’s poll is going to get an overhaul: No. 1 Texas, No. 6 Alabama and No. 10 LSU all went down, pretty much guaranteeing a new team at the top of the rankings. No. 2 Georgia is a likely candidate.

Amid the intrigue is how far voters will drop Texas (which lost in overtime against its archrival) and Alabama (which lost by 3 points to Georgia after at least one controversial decision by the officiating crew).

There may be some new faces, too. Teams like Wake Forest, Northwestern and Kentucky all have 1 loss each and stirring victories on their resumes already.

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Alvaro Pulido was indicted in Miami federal court in 2019 and again in 2021 as part of an investigation into his longtime business partner, Alex Saab, a one-time ally of ousted President Nicolás Maduro. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the State Department had been offering a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to his arrest.

Pulido, 62, was taken into U.S. custody after an investigation led by the DEA, FBI and Homeland Security Investigations agencies, American officials said Sunday.

It's unclear how Pulido ended up in U.S. custody. He is scheduled to make his initial court appearance Tuesday in Miami.

"His alleged actions show a blatant disregard to the Venezuelan people by corrupting government programs intended to provide critical food, medicine, and housing for personal enrichment and exploiting the American financial system to do it," Attorney General Todd Blanche wrote in a social media post Sunday.

“No amount of time or distance will stop” the Justice Department “from working with our federal law enforcement and international partners to pursue these criminals and bring them to justice in an American courtroom," he wrote.

Venezuelan authorities have so far been silent about the arrest, reflecting the challenge acting President Delcy Rodríguez faces in appeasing elements of the ruling coalition that want her to resist attempts by the Trump administration to round up scores of Venezuelan insiders wanted by the U.S., sometimes for years, for serious crimes ranging from corruption to drug trafficking.

The Colombian-born Pulido was arrested in Venezuela in 2023 as part of a sprawling crackdown on corruption inside state-run oil company PDVSA that was led by Rodríguez while she was serving as Maduro's vice president. She took over as Venezuela's acting president following the U.S. military's ouster of Maduro in January.

Prosecutors allege that Pulido, together with Saab, created a network of offshore shell companies to funnel bribes to top Maduro allies in exchange for more than $2 billion in contracts to import food, medicine and low-cost housing at a time of widespread hardship in the South American country.

Prior to these alleged offenses, Pulido had a prolific history of drug trafficking, including a 1997 conviction in Italy under the alias of German Enrique Rubio, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida said in a statement.

Saab, who also hails from Colombia, was deported to the U.S. by Rodríguez in May. Last month, he pleaded guilty in a related bribery case, agreeing to cooperate against Maduro and other individuals and forfeit $195 million in criminal proceeds from the corruption scheme.

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Durkin Richer reported from Washington.

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But by the end it was the away section, decked out in blue and waving giant inflatable bananas, cheering loudly after a 3-0 win at Anfield in the Premier League.

“In this moment all the organization needs this kind of win,” City coach Enzo Maresca said. “It's good for us as a coaching staff, it’s good for the players, it’s good for the fans, it’s good for the organization. I think this kind of a win is good for all the club.”

It is not yet known what the future holds for City after an independent panel found the club artificially inflated its revenue by more than $1 billion to help sign some of soccer’s biggest stars and dominate the Premier League. But for now it is sitting pretty at the top of the standings with a 100% winning record and looking down on its rivals.

Second-half goals from Erling Haaland, Jeremy Doku and Rayan Cherki saw City take advantage of Liverpool going down to 10 men following a red card for Ryan Gravenberch around the hour mark with the score at 0-0.

City is the early pace-setter this season, three points ahead of defending champion Arsenal in second, with victory a welcome relief for the embattled club after the fallout from the biggest scandal in Premier League history.

After the final whistle, that relief was evident in the smiles on the faces of Haaland and Maresca as City's players and staff went to show their appreciation to their celebrating fans, which included Haaland's father Alfie.

‘Our noise’

“It was not easy for the players after the last two or three weeks,” Maresca said. “We need to learn how to deal with the outside noise because of the situation and the noise will be always there.

“So we need to learn how to deal with that, but at the same time we need to try to make our noise. That is win games like we have done today because at the end of the game, I think our fans they were singing, so the noise was from us.”

City was accused of providing misleading information about its finances over a nine-year period from 2009-18 — a span in which it won three league titles and signed superstar players like Yaya Toure, Sergio Aguero and Kevin De Bruyne.

It has appealed, but potential sanctions could include a massive fine, points deductions or even expulsion from England’s top flight.

Welcome to Anfield

In many ways a trip to Anfield to face fierce rival Liverpool in its first match since the verdicts was among the worst assignments City could have been handed. Yet such an emotionally charged game may have been the perfect way to ensure minds were only focused on the field.

The game swung after Gravenberch was sent off for a second yellow card.

Haaland had already missed a one-on-one, but made no mistake with a first-time finish from Doku's deflected cross in the 65th minute - three minutes after Gravenberch's red.

Doku curled a shot into the top corner three minutes later and Cherki scored the third when shimmying in the box.

“I think we played two different games today. One game until the red card where the players have been very good and we were the best team, but a goal hasn’t materialized. The second game from there, City were better than us," Liverpool coach Andoni Iraola said.

It was a statement win for City - especially after such a hostile reception.

“They should be stripped of everything they’ve won,” Liverpool fan Sav Agathangelo said outside the stadium. “The moment has gone for me to say in the season when we finish second, we’re champions.

“I would strip them of everything but I wouldn’t necessarily award it to runners-up or anyone else.”

City’s team bus has been targeted by Liverpool fans in the past. On this occasion City largely avoided the home fans by taking an alternative route to the stadium.

Inside, however, there was quickly a taste of things to come as the City lineup was jeered and the boos were even louder by kickoff, with chants of “cheat, cheat” and taunts of “going down.”

Yet by the time Cherki scored, many Liverpool fans had seen enough, heading for the exit with still more than 10 minutes left to play.

“This is a lovely moment and the feeling after the game will stay with us for a long time,” Haaland said.

Hull continues to impress

Mohamed Belloumi came off the bench to maintain Hull's impressive start to the season by salvaging a 2-2 draw against Everton.

The newly promoted team has lost just once this season and went ahead shortly after halftime at the MKM Stadium through Joe Gelhardt.

Everton, which faces a potential sale after U.S. owner the Friedkin Group said it was looking for new investment, rallied through goals by Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Thierno Barry to take a 2-1 lead.

But Belloumi, who was a 64th-minute substitute, found the equalizer 10 minutes after coming on.

Unhappy return

Oliver Glasner fell to a 3-1 defeat on his return to Crystal Palace with new club Nottingham Forest.

Glasner is a Palace hero after winning the FA Cup, Community Shield and UEFA Conference League as coach.

He left at the end of last season and took over at Forest.

Palace rallied after Dan Ndoye put Forest in front in the third minute at Selhurst Park.

Daichi Kamada and Jefferson Lerma both struck for the home team at the end of the first half and Yeremy Pino added a third after the break.

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Left-hander Justin Wrobleski also is part of the Dodgers' roster for their matchup with Milwaukee. The Brewers went with the same 26-man group that they had for their NL Division Series against San Diego.

Rojas underwent testing after he left the Dodgers’ 3-1 victory at Atlanta in Game 3 of their NL Division Series. The imaging mostly showed prior back issues.

The veteran infielder worked out with Los Angeles on Saturday at American Family Field, and manager Dave Roberts said Rojas was available for Sunday night's NLCS opener.

“We feel good about where Miggy is at,” Roberts said.

Rojas, 37, hit a tying homer in the ninth inning of Game 7 of the World Series last year at Toronto, helping the Dodgers win their second straight championship. He has said he is leaning toward retiring at the end of the postseason.

The addition of Wrobleski gives the Dodgers 13 pitchers on their NLCS roster after they went with 12 for their matchup with the Braves. The 26-year-old Wrobleski went 12-5 with a 3.66 ERA in 22 starts and six relief appearances this year, making the NL All-Star team for the first time.

“With Justin, it’s certainly there’s a length component,” Roberts said. “There’s a, he’s been there, done that, and had a really good postseason for us last year. So to get him on some lefties in certain parts of the lineup, we feel good about.”

Infielder Hyeseong Kim was left off the Dodgers' NLCS roster. He appeared in one game against Atlanta as a defensive replacement.

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Hockenson's head appeared to hit the Superdome turf hard as he used both arms to protect the football while being gang-tackled at the end of a 7-yard catch.

Hockenson remained prone as other players rose to their feet and received treatment on the field before finally standing up and walking to the sideline.

Meanwhile, Vikings receiver Justin Jefferson was back in the lineup in his return to his hometown and the stadium where he won a national title with LSU.

Fellow New Orleans-area native Odell Beckham Jr. was not — nor was receiver Jordan Addison, who was questionable with a hamstring injury.

Jefferson, a four-time Pro Bowl selection now in his seventh NFL season, had 13 catches for 179 yards and two touchdowns in Minnesota's first three games this season before injuring his ankle and sitting out the Vikings' Week 4 victory over Miami.

Meanwhile, Saints linebacker Jaylan Ford and cornerback Lorenzo Styles made their 2026 regular-season debuts after returning to practice this week and being activated off the injured reserve list. Both had been listed as questionable on the week's final injury report.

Saints rookie defensive tackle Christen Miller, a second-round draft choice out of Georgia, also returned to the lineup for the first time since Week 1. He'd been listed as questionable with an illness.

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

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

La representante de Florida Angie Nixon, quien se postula para el Senado de EE. UU., tiene programado organizar una “conversación comunitaria” de 3:00 p. m. a 4:30 p. m. el domingo en Sweetwater.

Nixon, de 42 años, quien derrotó a Alexander Vindman en las primarias demócratas, se enfrentará a la senadora republicana en el cargo, Ashley Moody, en las elecciones generales del 3 de noviembre.

Entre los invitados al evento que se llevará a cabo en Mi Pueblo, un restaurante colombiano ubicado en 10910 West Flagler St., se encuentran Evelyn DeJesus, de la Federación Estadounidense de Maestros; Karla Hernández Mats, expresidenta de United Teachers of Dade; y las defensoras de los derechos de los inmigrantes Cristina Jiménez y Greisa Martínez.

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• Republicana Moody busca asegurar escaño en Senado; demócratas creen que “cansancio con Trump” podría sacudir la contienda

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Florida Rep. Angie Nixon, who is campaigning for the U.S. Senate, is scheduled to host a “community conversation” from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday in Sweetwater.

Nixon, 42, who defeated Alexander Vindman in the Democratic primary, is challenging the Republican incumbent, Sen. Ashley Moody, in the general election on Nov. 3.

The event’s guests at Mi Pueblo, a Colombian restaurant at 10910 West Flagler St., include Evelyn DeJesus, of the American Federation of Teachers; Karla Hernandez Mats, the former president of United Teachers of Dade; and immigration advocates Cristina Jimenez and Greisa Martinez.

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The fourth annual Plantation Goes Pink 5K presented by Baptist Health took place at Plantation Central Park.

Runners and walkers were dressed in pink as they got their steps in while supporting the fight to cure breast cancer.

Andrea Ivory, executive director and founder of the Woman’s Breast and Heart Initiative, said her organization will receive 100% of the proceeds from Sunday’s event.

“We break down barriers and mobilize people and resources to get this population a fighting chance,” Ivory said.

Added cancer survivor Karen Hefner: “I was forty years old, three kids under ten. It runs in the family and when I was tested, they said you have three spots there and if we don’t do it now, you’re going to die. I said let’s go, I had a double mastectomy and I’m 65 now.”

Local 10’s Samiar Nefzi was there, and his reports can be seen at the top of this page and below this text.

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Isaias, which weakened after landfall, killed at least four people in Florida and Alabama, including a man and a woman in Escambia County, according to officials.

Scott planned to stop at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday at Dewey Destin’s Seafood, a waterfront restaurant at 9 Calhoun Ave., which has a view of the Crab Islands.

Parker Destin, the restaurant’s owner; Bobby Wagner, the mayor of Destin; and Okaloosa County Commissioners Carolyn Ketchel, Trey Goodwin, and Drew Palmer were among the people Scott planned on meeting with.

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• Reporting from Pensacola: Isaias brings flooding, damage
• Florida keeps shelters open in 9 counties after Hurricane Isaias
• Weather Authority: Isaias becomes post-tropical after landfall
• Hurricane Specialist: Isaias slams western Florida Panhandle Friday; heavy rain, winds spread across Southeast today
• National story: 4 dead from storm as Isaias brings threat of floods across the Southeast

Fuertes ráfagas de viento arrancaron el techo del Rest & Relax Inn, ubicado en 7200 Plantation Road en Pensacola. También se registraron daños en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Pensacola.

El primer huracán de la temporada del Atlántico causó la muerte de al menos cuatro personas y dejó sin electricidad a unas 900,000 en Florida y Alabama, según las autoridades.

En el condado de Escambia, una mujer murió después de que un árbol cayera sobre su vivienda, y un hombre murió mientras mantenía un generador en funcionamiento en su garaje durante la tormenta, según el sheriff Chip Simmons.

En Alabama, la caída de árboles fue la causa de dos muertes en Birmingham y el condado de Barbour.

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• Florida mantiene abiertos los refugios en nueve condados después del huracán Isaias
• El senador Rick Scott recorrerá los daños causados por el huracán Isaias en Destin
• Reporte desde Pensacola: Isaias provoca inundaciones y daños en el noroeste de Florida

• Autoridad Meteorológica: Isaias se convierte en ciclón postropical tras tocar tierra
• Especialista en huracanes: Isaias azota el oeste del Panhandle de Florida el viernes; fuertes lluvias y vientos se extienden por el sureste hoy
• Noticia nacional: Cuatro muertos por la tormenta mientras Isaias amenaza con inundaciones en todo el sureste

Los condados de Bay, Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Walton, Washington, Santa Rosa, Gadsden y Wakulla tenían refugios abiertos después de la tormenta, según la División de Manejo de Emergencias de Florida (FDEM).

Isaias, que tocó tierra el viernes por la noche cerca de Destin como tormenta de categoría 2, causó la muerte de al menos cuatro personas en Florida y Alabama, según las autoridades.

En el condado de Escambia, una mujer murió después de que un árbol cayera sobre su vivienda, y un hombre murió por intoxicación con monóxido de carbono procedente de un generador en su garaje, según el sheriff Chip Simmons.

Cuatro centros de vida asistida con unos 280 residentes y un hogar de ancianos con más de 80 residentes fueron evacuados, según la Agencia para la Administración de la Atención Médica de Florida.

Para obtener más información sobre los refugios, visite esta página. Para obtener información sobre el registro para personas con necesidades especiales del Departamento de Salud de Florida, visite esta página.

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• Reporte desde Pensacola: Isaias provoca inundaciones y daños en el noroeste de Florida
• Autoridad Meteorológica: Isaias se convierte en ciclón postropical tras tocar tierra
• Especialista en huracanes: Isaias azota el oeste del Panhandle de Florida el viernes; fuertes lluvias y vientos se extienden por el sureste hoy
• Noticia nacional: Cuatro muertos por la tormenta mientras Isaias amenaza con inundaciones en todo el sureste

Isaías, que se debilitó tras tocar tierra, causó la muerte de al menos cuatro personas en Florida y Alabama, entre ellas un hombre y una mujer en el condado de Escambia, informaron autoridades.

Scott tenía previsto hacer una parada el domingo a la 1:30 p. m. en Dewey Destin’s Seafood, un restaurante frente al mar ubicado en la avenida Calhoun n.º 9, que cuenta con vista a las Islas Crab.

Parker Destin, el dueño del restaurante; Bobby Wagner, el alcalde de Destin; y los comisionados del condado de Okaloosa Carolyn Ketchel, Trey Goodwin y Drew Palmer se encontraban entre las personas con las que Scott tenía previsto reunirse.

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• Reporte desde Pensacola: Isaias provoca inundaciones, Florida mantiene refugios abiertos en nueve condados tras el Huracán Isaías
• Autoridad Meteorológica: Isaias se convierte en ciclón postropical tras tocar tierra
• Especialista en huracanes: Isaias azota el oeste del Panhandle de Florida el viernes; fuertes lluvias y vientos se extienden por el sureste hoy
• Noticia nacional: Cuatro muertos por la tormenta mientras Isaias amenaza con inundaciones en todo el sureste

Meanwhile, Israel’s former attorney general took the witness stand in corruption cases against Benjamin Netanyahu, as the political future of the country's longest-serving prime minister hangs in the balance with elections weeks away.

Here is the latest news from the Middle East on Saturday. Read our full coverage here.

Iran says latest US response is ‘insufficient’

The head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council says Tehran finds the latest response from the United States “insufficient” as efforts at negotiations to end the war and fully open the Strait of Hormuz limp along.

The comments by Mohsen Rezaei, a former Revolutionary Guard commander, were carried by Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency.

Rezaei added that Iran is no longer responding to the U.S. and said Washington must clarify certain issues, without giving details. He said the U.S. has accepted some of the seven conditions but others remain unclear.

Iran’s delegation to the annual U.N. gathering of world leaders last month proposed a sped-up agreement that echoed the memorandum of understanding that collapsed days after the U.S. and Iran signed it in June. The new proposal was rejected, but the two sides have remained in contact via mediation.

Rezaei also threatened “cables, data centers, AI facilities and other sites in the region” if intense fighting breaks out again.

Meanwhile, the Guard's navy warned that any ship on the strait that turns off navigation and identification systems would be “identified as hostile," according to an IRNA report. Attacks on ships transiting the strait have increased since Iran's proposal was rejected. One attack was reported Sunday.

Former legal adviser testifies in Netanyahu corruption case

Israel's former attorney general took the witness stand in Netanyahu's long-running corruption trial.

Avichai Mandelblit indicted the prime minister seven years ago for fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes. The charges were the first-ever against a sitting Israeli prime minister.

Netanyahu was in the courtroom to hear Mandelblit testify. The prime minister handpicked Mandelblit, his former Cabinet secretary, for the attorney general job. His tenure ended in 2022.

Netanyahu has been accused of offering or exchanging favors with wealthy associates and media moguls for political gain. He denies any wrongdoing.

Saudi Arabia on alert as Houthis warn of new strikes

A projectile struck the same passenger terminal at the Riyadh international airport that was hit on Saturday. The airport had been closed after Saturday's attack, which killed 12 people, but Saudi authorities reported injuries in the latest attack.

Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed responsibility for both attacks on King Khalid International Airport, which has been targeted every day since Wednesday. The latest strike in Riyadh came shortly after the Houthis said the airport in the rebel-held Yemeni capital of Sanaa had been struck again, and blamed the Saudis. On Sunday night the Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV channel reported further strikes on Sanaa, blaming Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia has not commented on the strikes.

Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, the Houthis' military spokesperson, urged “everyone to take our warnings seriously" about the risks of flying in Saudi airspace.

The attacks have marked a major escalation in the war between the Houthis and the kingdom, and complicated efforts to halt the U.S.-Iran war.

Gaza residents return to rubble as strikes continue

Residents in central Gaza returned home to assess the damage caused by Israeli strikes after they had been warned to evacuate the day before.

Bassam Abed said at least 10 residences housing some 300 families were reduced to rubble, and families were not given enough time to flee.

“Women slept outdoors. We did not take clothes,” Abed said.

Israel's military said it had targeted militant infrastructure, including a rocket launch site and a command center used by Hamas militants to attack soldiers.

One year after Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire deal, Israel continues to launch near-daily strikes.

Netanyahu wants probe into ‘NAZA’ documentary

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked the attorney general and head of the Shin Bet security service to investigate people who participated in the new documentary “NAZA,” in which Israeli military insiders describe what they say was the reckless killing of civilians in Gaza.

Netanyahu said the film, which debuted at the Venice Film Festival to a record 25-minute standing ovation, tells “a false, misleading and biased story that slanders the State of Israel” and its military.

The documentary has angered and unsettled Israelis, whose view of the war in Gaza differs sharply from that of much of the world, where criticism of Israel’s actions in the Palestinian territory has grown.

Netanyahu is fighting to stay in power in the Oct. 27 election, in which security is a major issue.

Lebanese army says retired officer killed by Israeli shelling

Lebanon’s army said it had recovered the body of a retired army officer who was killed by Israeli artillery fire while checking on his property in the southern town of Yater.

It said Ali Abdul Hassan Sweidan was “directly targeted by a hostile Israeli tank” and called it “a flagrant violation of existing understandings."

An Israeli military spokesperson said they were not aware of the incident.

Israel has occupied a large swath of southern Lebanon since the outbreak of its latest war with the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in March.

La cuarta edición anual de la carrera Plantation Goes Pink 5K, presentada por Baptist Health, se realizó en el Plantation Central Park.

Los corredores y caminantes se vistieron de rosa mientras recorrían la ruta, apoyando así la lucha para curar el cáncer de mama.

Andrea Ivory, directora ejecutiva y fundadora de la Iniciativa para la Salud Mamaria y Cardíaca de la Mujer, dijo que su organización recibirá el 100 % de las recaudaciones del evento del domingo.

Samiar Nefzi, de Local 10, estuvo presente, y sus reportajes se pueden ver en la parte superior de esta página y debajo de este texto.

It was quite a start to the game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Jaguars rookie Josh Cameron returned the opening kickoff 90 yards for a would-be touchdown, but it was called back because of offsetting penalties including a hold by Jacksonville’s Branson Combs.

Meanwhile, there was a scrum at midfield, with pushing and shoving on both sides.

When the dust settled, two players were ejected: Jacksonville’s Bryan Thomas Jr. and Philadelphia’s Jeremiah Trotter Jr.

And then the teams did the kickoff all over again.

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Bay, Escambia, Holmes, Okaloosa, Walton, Washington, Santa Rosa, Gadsden, and Wakulla counties had post-storm shelters open, according to the FDEM.

Isaias, which made landfall on Friday night near Destin as a Category 2 storm, killed at least four people in Florida and Alabama, according to officials.

In Escambia County, a woman died after a tree fell on her home, and a man died of carbon monoxide fumes from a generator in his garage, according to Sheriff Chip Simmons.

Four assisted living facilities with about 280 residents and a nursing home with over 80 residents evacuated, according to the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration.

For more information about shelters, visit this page. For information about the Florida Department of Health’s special needs registry, visit this page.

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• Reporting from Pensacola: Isaias brings flooding, damage
• Weather Authority: Isaias becomes post-tropical after landfall
• Hurricane Specialist: Isaias slams western Florida Panhandle Friday; heavy rain, winds spread across Southeast today
• National story: 4 dead from storm as Isaias brings threat of floods across the Southeast

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Strong wind gusts blew the roof off the Rest & Relax Inn at 7200 Plantation Road in Pensacola. There was also damage at the Pensacola International Airport.

The first hurricane of the Atlantic season caused at least four people to die and some 900,000 to lose power in Florida and Alabama, according to officials.

In Escambia County, a woman died after a tree fell on her home, and a man died while keeping a generator running in his garage during the storm, according to Sheriff Chip Simmons.

In Alabama, downed trees were to blame for two deaths in Birmingham and Barbour County.

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• Florida keeps shelters open in 9 counties after Hurricane Isaias
• Sen. Rick Scott to tour Hurricane Isaias damage in Destin
• Reporting from Pensacola: Isaias brings flooding, damage

• Weather Authority: Isaias becomes post-tropical after landfall
• Hurricane Specialist: Isaias slams western Florida Panhandle Friday; heavy rain, winds spread across Southeast today
• National story: 4 dead from storm as Isaias brings threat of floods across the Southeast

Zheng clinched with her first match point chance, serving an ace to Andreeva’s backhand side, then fell to the court sobbing with emotion.

Zheng’s ranking plummeted due to an elbow injury from a career-high No. 4 last year to 160 this season. She was No. 54 coming into her home tournament as a wild card this week and will now return to the top 30, the WTA said.

“I’ve been through a very tough year,” Zheng said in English in a trophy presentation that had a touch of karaoke. She sang a pop song to roars of appreciation from fans in the arena.

A stellar 2024 saw Zheng reach the final of the Australian Open, win the Paris Olympics singles title at Roland Garros, then in October take a fifth career title on the WTA tour in Japan.

As a qualifier at the U.S. Open in August, Zheng showed her old form was back when she advanced to the quarterfinals, having twice rallied from 5-0 deficits in matches she won against Madison Keys and Iga Swiatek.

Despite the loss, Andreeva is set to rise to a career-high No. 3 ranking. She held three points to win the first set Sunday, leading 5-4, before Zheng reeled off 11 straight points to clinch the set.

“For sure today she played great,” Andreeva said of Zheng. “It’s also very nice to see her playing better and coming back.”

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El inicio del partido está programado para las 8:00 p.m., hora del este.

Miami llega al partido con un récord de 2-0 en la pretemporada, con un promedio de 128.5 puntos por encuentro.

Se espera que el entrenador del Heat, Erik Spoelstra, adopte un enfoque similar al de los primeros dos partidos, dando más minutos de juego a muchos de los jugadores habituales del equipo durante la primera mitad, antes de dar una oportunidad al resto de la plantilla después del medio tiempo.

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El incidente ocurrió poco después de las 12:30 a.m. en la cuadra 1300 de North State Road 7, cerca del centro comercial Lauderhill Mall.

Según el Departamento de Policía de Lauderhill, los agentes acudieron al lugar y encontraron al hombre, un peatón, “con múltiples lesiones”.

El sargento Parys Thomas, portavoz de la policía de Lauderhill, informó en un comunicado de prensa que el hombre “fue trasladado al Broward Health Medical Center, donde permanece en condición crítica, pero estable”.

“El conductor huyó de la escena en un vehículo desconocido y en dirección desconocida”, dijo Thomas.

Se solicita a cualquier persona que tenga información que llame a la Policía de Lauderhill o a Broward Crime Stoppers al 954-493-8477.

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The Herons wasted no time getting on the scoreboard. Just two minutes into the match, Luis Suárez found the back of the net after being played through by Sergio Reguilón, finishing with a clinical strike to give Miami an early 1-0 lead.

Miami continued to push forward in search of a second goal, but D.C. United settled into the match and managed to keep the Herons at bay for much of the next 20 minutes.

In the 35th minute, the momentum briefly shifted as D.C. United pinned Miami deep in its own six-yard box, sending a series of crosses into the penalty area. The Herons weathered the pressure, cleared the danger and regained control of possession.

That patience soon paid off.

A slick passing sequence between Suárez and Lionel Messi opened up the D.C. United defense. Messi’s attempt was stopped, but the rebound fell to Germán Berterame, who headed the ball toward Suárez. The Uruguayan finished with his left foot to double Miami’s advantage.

The Herons carried a 2-0 lead into halftime after controlling the closing stages of the first half. Messi had one more opportunity before the break, stepping up to take a free kick in added time, but D.C. United’s goalkeeper made the save.

Miami picked up right where it left off after halftime, adding a third goal almost immediately.

Suárez and Messi connected again, with Suárez flicking the ball over a D.C. United defender before sending it into the box. Messi met the pass and finished with his first touch to make it 3-0.

Suárez had now recorded two goals and an assist, contributing to all three of Miami’s goals.

D.C. United struggled to maintain possession as Miami pressed aggressively and forced the visitors to work for every opportunity. Messi nearly added another when he fired a left-footed shot off the post, but his second goal of the night was just around the corner.

In the 60th minute, Messi collected the ball near midfield and drove toward goal, weaving his way into the penalty area before calmly slotting his shot into the bottom-right corner. The finish capped off another brilliant individual effort and extended Miami’s lead to 4-0.

The crowd at Nu Stadium erupted into chants of “Messi, Messi, Messi” as the Argentine celebrated with his teammates.

With a four-goal cushion, Miami shifted its focus to managing the game and protecting the clean sheet. D.C. United recorded 10 shots but generated just 0.30 expected goals, underscoring the Herons’ defensive control.

As the match entered its final 20 minutes, the pace slowed, with Miami comfortably managing possession and limiting D.C. United’s opportunities. Five minutes were added in stoppage time, but the visitors could not find a breakthrough.

The final whistle confirmed a convincing 4-0 victory for Miami, a much-needed result as the Herons put their winless streak behind them.

After the match, the entire Miami squad gathered in front of the supporters to celebrate the emphatic win.

Inter Miami will look to build on the result Wednesday when it hosts New York City FC at Nu Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.

Las Garzas no tardaron en abrir el marcador. Apenas dos minutos después del inicio del partido, Luis Suárez encontró el fondo de la red tras recibir un pase de Sergio Reguilón, y definió con un remate preciso para darle a Miami una ventaja temprana de 1-0.

Miami continuó atacando en busca de un segundo gol, pero D.C. United se asentó en el partido y logró mantener a raya a las Garzas durante gran parte de los siguientes 20 minutos.

En el minuto 35, el impulso cambió brevemente cuando D.C. United acorraló a Miami en su propia área chica y envió una serie de centros al área penal. Las Garzas resistieron la presión, despejaron el peligro y recuperaron el control de la posesión.

Esa paciencia pronto dio resultados.

Una combinación de pases precisos entre Suárez y Lionel Messi abrió la defensa de D.C. United. El disparo de Messi fue detenido, pero el rebote le quedó a Germán Berterame, quien cabeceó el balón hacia Suárez. El uruguayo definió con la pierna izquierda para ampliar la ventaja de Miami.

Las Garzas se fueron al descanso con una ventaja de 2-0 después de controlar los minutos finales de la primera mitad. Messi tuvo una oportunidad más antes del descanso al cobrar un tiro libre en el tiempo añadido, pero el portero de D.C. United detuvo el disparo.

Miami retomó el partido después del descanso justo donde lo había dejado y añadió un tercer gol casi de inmediato.

Suárez y Messi volvieron a conectar, con Suárez elevando el balón por encima de un defensor de D.C. United antes de enviarlo al área. Messi recibió el pase y definió de primera intención para poner el marcador 3-0.

Suárez ya había registrado dos goles y una asistencia, participando en los tres goles de Miami.

D.C. United tuvo dificultades para mantener la posesión mientras Miami presionaba agresivamente y obligaba al equipo visitante a esforzarse en cada oportunidad. Messi estuvo cerca de marcar otro gol cuando estrelló un disparo con la pierna izquierda en el poste, pero su segundo tanto de la noche estaba a punto de llegar.

En el minuto 60, Messi recibió el balón cerca de la mitad de la cancha y avanzó hacia la portería, se abrió paso entre los defensores hasta entrar al área penal y colocó tranquilamente su disparo en la esquina inferior derecha. La definición coronó otra brillante acción individual y amplió la ventaja de Miami a 4-0.

La multitud en el Nu Stadium estalló en cánticos de “Messi, Messi, Messi” mientras el argentino celebraba con sus compañeros.

Con una ventaja de cuatro goles, Miami cambió su enfoque a controlar el partido y proteger su portería sin recibir goles. D.C. United registró 10 disparos, pero generó apenas 0.30 goles esperados, lo que destacó el control defensivo de las Garzas.

Cuando el partido entró en sus últimos 20 minutos, el ritmo disminuyó, con Miami controlando cómodamente la posesión y limitando las oportunidades de D.C. United. Se añadieron cinco minutos de tiempo de compensación, pero el equipo visitante no logró encontrar una oportunidad para descontar.

El silbatazo final confirmó una convincente victoria de 4-0 para Miami, un resultado muy necesario mientras las Garzas dejaban atrás su racha sin triunfos.

Después del partido, todo el plantel de Miami se reunió frente a los aficionados para celebrar la contundente victoria.

Inter Miami buscará aprovechar este resultado el miércoles, cuando reciba a New York City FC en el Nu Stadium. El inicio del partido está programado para las 7:30 p.m.

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It happened just after 12:30 a.m. in the 1300 block of North State Road 7, near the Lauderhill Mall.

According to the Lauderhill Police Department, police responded and found the man, a pedestrian, “suffering from multiple injuries.”

Sgt. Parys Thomas, an LPD spokesperson, said in a news release that the man “was transported to Broward Health Medical Center, where he remains in critical, but stable condition.”

“The driver fled the scene in an unknown vehicle and direction of travel,” Thomas said.

Anyone with information is asked to call LPD or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

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Erik Spoelstra, the Heat’s head coach, praised Ryan Conwell, who got the ball down one at the buzzer.

Spoelstra also noticed an aggressive Niko Jovic making the most of his work with 12 points and 6 rebounds in the first half.

Miami entered the game with a 2-0 record in pre-season, averaging 128.5 points per game. Tipoff was at 8 p.m.

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El Miami Heat perdió 125-124 ante los Minnesota Timberwolves en un partido de pretemporada el sábado por la noche en el Kaseya Center, en el centro de Miami.

Erik Spoelstra, entrenador en jefe del Heat, elogió a Ryan Conwell, quien recibió el balón cuando el equipo perdía por un punto al sonar la bocina.

Spoelstra también destacó a un Niko Jovic agresivo, que aprovechó al máximo su trabajo al registrar 12 puntos y seis rebotes en la primera mitad.

Miami llegó al partido con un récord de 2-0 en la pretemporada, con un promedio de 128.5 puntos por partido. El encuentro comenzó a las 8 p.m.

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Hot through Monday before a weak frontal boundary moves through the region. This front will clear out the tropical humidity through the middle of the week with more sunshine and seasonable temperatures.

En el oeste de Carolina del Norte, los ríos se desbordaron mientras las fuertes lluvias aumentaban el riesgo de inundaciones, según el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Indicó sobre la posibilidad de tornados en partes de Virginia y Carolina del Norte, así como condiciones peligrosas de oleaje y corrientes de resaca a lo largo de las costas del sureste del país.

Al menos cuatro muertes estuvieron vinculadas a Isaías, el primer huracán de la temporada del Atlántico, que tocó tierra como huracán de categoría 2 el viernes cerca de Destin, Florida, un destino vacacional de la costa del Golfo lleno de edificios altos y tiendas para turistas. La tormenta luego avanzó con fuerza hacia Alabama con vientos de intensidad tropical antes de dirigirse más al norte.

En el condado de Escambia, Florida, el jefe policial Chip Simmons informó que una mujer murió cuando un árbol cayó sobre su casa y que un hombre falleció por inhalación de monóxido de carbono procedente de un generador que funcionaba en su garaje.

Una persona murió cuando un árbol cayó sobre una casa en Birmingham, indicó Cory Moon, jefe de bomberos de la ciudad. Josh Johnson, de la agencia estatal de gestión de emergencias, atribuyó una segunda muerte relacionada con la tormenta en Alabama a un accidente de vehículo en el que estuvo involucrado un árbol caído en el condado de Barbour.

Fuertes lluvias causan problemas en Carolina del Norte

En el condado Burke de Carolina del Norte, un hombre y una mujer sin hogar estaban acampando cuando las aguas crecidas del río Catawba los tomó desprevenidos. Fueron rescatados, junto con su perro, según un portavoz de la agencia de gestión de emergencias del condado. Por separado, una mujer atrapada dentro de su auto fue liberada en las afueras de Morganton.

En el condado McDowell de Carolina del Norte, justo al oeste del condado Burke, los socorristas relataron que atendieron cinco deslaves y evacuaciones voluntarias durante la noche del sábado al domingo mientras respondían a carreteras inundadas y arroyos crecidos.

Casi una decena de estaciones meteorológicas locales en Carolina del Norte reportaron totales torrenciales de lluvia en 24 horas, desde unos 13 centímetros (unas 5 pulgadas) hasta un máximo de 24 centímetros (9,57 pulgadas) en la estación de bomberos y rescate en Enola. El Servicio Meteorológico Nacional indicó que la lluvia estaba disminuyendo en el área, pero que seguían siendo posibles aumentos rápidos de ríos e inundaciones.

Las secuelas de Isaías en Florida

Los vientos con fuerza de huracán en el noroeste de Florida arrancaron el techo de un hotel en Pensacola. La tormenta aplastó un cobertizo para botes en Destin y arrancó parte de la fachada de un edificio alto en Panama City Beach.

En una iglesia en Pensacola donde la United Cajun Navy distribuía suministros el domingo por la mañana, una fila de cientos de autos se extendía alrededor de la manzana. Yvette Haro relató que llegó a las 5 a.m. después de que el día anterior la rechazaran porque se habían agotado los suministros.

Con un hijo de 10 años y una hija de 5 en casa, dijo que es difícil ir a las tiendas y esperar en filas largas. Buscaba agua, toallas de papel, papel higiénico y suministros de limpieza.

Aunque su casa no sufrió daños, la pérdida de electricidad estaba complicando las cosas, señaló Haro. “Lo más importante es que nuestra comida se está echando a perder”, relató.

Menos de 300.000 clientes seguían sin electricidad en el noroeste de Florida y el sur de Alabama la noche del domingo, según poweroutage.com. El gobernador de Florida, Ron DeSantis, dijo que se prevé que se restablezca el servicio en su totalidad a más tardar el martes por la noche.

Rachel trae viento y lluvia al sur de California y el suroeste

Rachel se convirtió durante la noche en un ciclón postropical, trayendo olas inusualmente grandes al sur de California.

Las olas azotaron un malecón de madera en la península de Long Beach y obligaron a propietarios de viviendas a evacuar. La franja de propiedades multimillonarias frente al mar, junto con gran parte de la costa del sur de California, ya estaba tambaleándose por el huracán Marie en septiembre.

“Esta zona está completamente destrozada y vulnerable”, afirmó Jack Gordon, agente inmobiliario de Long Beach.

El océano Pacífico está anormalmente cálido para esta época del año, debido al patrón meteorológico de El Niño, dijo Joe Sirard, del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional en Oxnard, California.

“Cuando tenemos esta agua cálida, en realidad hace que el océano supere los niveles normales de marea previstos”, explicó Sirard. Eso se ve afectado por el oleaje oceánico y las ráfagas de viento de Rachel. La ciudad de Long Beach colocó decenas de sacos de arena a lo largo del tramo donde las olas destruyeron el malecón y golpearon contra viviendas.

Jazmin Evers, una madre de 37 años que dirige un negocio de cerámica en Long Beach, dijo que la comunidad está en vilo. “Cada vez que baja la marea todos como que respiran —excepto, por supuesto, la gente cuyos edificios están siendo destruidos”, comentó. “Cuando la marea vuelve a subir, los nervios vuelven a aumentar”. Rachel se disipó sobre Las Vegas, donde cayeron 2,4 centímetros (una pulgada) de lluvia, dejando calles inundadas en el Strip de Las Vegas.

En el Pacífico, el huracán Simón era una tormenta de categoría 4 mientras azotaba la costa del Pacífico de México el domingo, con su ojo permaneciendo justo mar adentro mientras sus vientos y lluvias más potentes golpeaban a personas que viven entre la Sierra Madre y el océano.

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Brumback reportó desde Atlanta. Walker desde Nueva York. Kathy McCormack en Concord, Nueva Hampshire, Jack Brook en Nueva Orleans y Josh Kelety en Phoenix también contribuyeron.

In western North Carolina, rivers overflowed as heavy rainfall raised the risk of flash and urban flooding, according to the National Weather Service. It said tornadoes were possible in parts of Virginia and North Carolina as well as dangerous surf and rip current conditions along the Gulf and southeastern Atlantic coasts.

At least four deaths were linked to Isaias, the first hurricane of the Atlantic season, which came ashore as a Category 2 hurricane Friday near Destin, Florida, a Gulf Coast vacation spot filled with high-rises and tourist shops. The storm then roared into Alabama with tropical-force winds before heading farther north.

In Florida’s Escambia County, Sheriff Chip Simmons said a woman was killed when a tree fell on her home and a man died of carbon monoxide fumes from a generator running in his garage.

One person died when a tree fell on a house in Birmingham, said Cory Moon, the city’s fire chief. A second storm-related death in Alabama was attributed to a motor vehicle crash involving a downed tree in Barbour County, said Josh Johnson of the state’s emergency management agency.

Heavy rains cause problems in North Carolina

In Burke County, North Carolina, an unhoused male and female were camping when floodwaters from the Catawba River caught them off guard. They were rescued, along with their dog, according to a spokesperson for the county emergency management agency. Separately, a woman trapped inside her car in floodwaters was freed outside of Morganton.

In McDowell County, North Carolina, just west of Burke County, first responders said they dealt with five landslides and voluntary evacuations overnight Saturday into Sunday as they responded to flooded roads and streams overflowing their banks.

Nearly a dozen local weather stations in the western North Carolina county reported torrential 24-hour rainfall totals from about 5 inches (13 centimeters) to as much as 9.57 inches (24 centimeters) at the fire/rescue station in Enola. The weather service said rainfall was diminishing in the area but that rapid river rises and flooding remained possible.

Dealing with Isaias aftermath in Florida

Hurricane-force winds in the Florida Panhandle blew the roof off a Pensacola hotel. The storm flattened a boathouse in Destin and ripped away part of the facade of a high-rise in Panama City Beach.

At a church in Pensacola where the United Cajun Navy was distributing supplies Sunday morning, a line of hundreds of cars stretched around the block. Yvette Haro said she arrived at 5 a.m. after being turned away the previous day because supplies had run out.

With a 10-year-old son and a 5-year-old daughter at home, she said it's hard to go to stores and wait in long lines. She was looking for water, paper towels, toilet paper and cleaning supplies.

While her home didn't suffer any damage, the loss of electricity was making things difficult, Haro said. “The biggest thing is our food going bad,” she said.

About 226,000 customers remained without power Sunday evening in the Florida Panhandle and southern Alabama, according to poweroutage.com. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he expected nearly everyone to have it restored by Tuesday night.

Rachel brings wind and rain to southern California and the Southwest

Rachel became a post-tropical cyclone overnight, bringing unusually big waves to Southern California.

Waves battered a century-old wooden boardwalk on the Long Beach peninsula and forced homeowners to evacuate. The strip of multimillion-dollar oceanfront properties, along with much of the Southern California coastline, was already reeling from Hurricane Marie in September.

“This area is completely shattered and vulnerable,” Jack Gordon, a Long Beach real estate agent, said.

The Pacific Ocean is abnormally warm, about 7 to 8 degrees F warmer than normal for this time of year, due to the El Niño weather pattern, said Joe Sirard of the weather service in Oxnard, California

“When we have this warm water, it actually causes the ocean to rise above the normal predicted tide levels,” Sirard said. That's affected by Rachel's ocean swells and wind gusts. The City of Long Beach placed dozens of 3,000-pound (1,360-kilogram) sandbags along the stretch of peninsula where waves tore apart the historic boardwalk and smashed against coastal homes.

Jazmin Evers, a 37-year-old mother who runs a pottery business from her Long Beach rental home, said the community is on edge. “Every time the tide goes down everyone just kind of takes a breath — except, of course, the people whose buildings are being destroyed,” she said. “When the tide comes back up, everybody’s nerves kind of ramp back up.” Rachel dissipated over Las Vegas as it drenched deserts across the Southwest. An inch (2.4 centimeters) of rain fell in the city Sunday, leading to gushing water and flooded streets on the Las Vegas Strip.

In the Pacific, Hurricane Simon was a Category 4 storm as it pounded Mexico’s Pacific coast Sunday, its eye remaining just offshore as its most powerful winds and rain slammed people living between the Sierra Madre and the ocean. ___

Brumback reported from Atlanta. Walker reported from New York. Kathy McCormack in Concord, New Hampshire, Jack Brook in New Orleans and Josh Kelety in Phoenix also contributed.

Despite higher prices, criticism from trade experts and displeasure among voters, Trump holds fast to his belief that imposing the highest import duties on U.S. trading partners since the Great Depression is a winner.

A recent poll suggests that is a big gamble with less than a month before the Nov. 3 midterms. Most U.S. adults disapprove of his trade policies, with more than 64% saying he has gone too far with his latest tariffs, compared with 58% in January.

A look at the political, legal and economic challenges to the Republican president's approach to trade.

Where Trump's ever-changing tariffs stand today

The United States has set taxes on imports from most countries in the low double digits, although the rates have gone up and down because of legal setbacks as well as Trump's habit of changing them seemingly on a whim.

In the biggest round last year, Trump levied what he called “reciprocal” tariffs and other duties on dozens of countries. He cited a 1977 law that he said allowed him to act without congressional approval in an economic emergency.

After the Supreme Court struck that down in February, Trump turned to an array of other trade laws to accomplish his goals.

The primary one he is using now, Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, allows him to impose tariffs on countries that he believes are engaging in unfair trade practices, such as not adequately enforcing a ban on forced labor. The new duties range from 10% to 12.5% on imports from 60 economies, including big U.S. trading partners such as the European Union, India, Japan, Canada and Mexico.

Why trade experts think Trump is causing more damage than good

Trump is taking a sledgehammer to a relatively open global trading system that many mainstream economists think has benefited the U.S. enormously. It has helped boost growth, keep prices low and make U.S. businesses more competitive and often dominant in global industries.

The U.S. is the second-largest exporter in the world, after China. It exported $3.4 trillion in goods and services last year, far ahead of third place Germany’s $2.3 trillion.

Although Trump claims foreign exporters are paying tariffs, it is mostly Americans who are footing the bill. Studies, including ones from New York Fed and Harvard, have shown that overseas companies have largely not lowered their prices to offset the tariffs that U.S. businesses pay at the border. Those businesses are absorbing the added costs or passing them along to consumers through higher prices.

The White House responds that the factory boom is already underway and points to statistics showing that manufacturing jobs, after falling last year, are on the upswing and work in certain nonresidential construction trades is rising, too.

“Factory construction jobs of today mean more manufacturing jobs down the road once those factories come online,” said White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers.

Mixed evidence that countries are ‘ripping off’ the US

In the four years after China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001, nearly 3 million U.S. manufacturing jobs were lost, accelerating a shift away from factory work. Even global trade enthusiasts recognize the damage. Many U.S. companies struggled to compete with an influx of discounted products from China, which has suppressed consumption to encourage exports

It also is true that some countries have higher tariffs than the U.S., manipulate their currencies lower to ensure to make their exports to the U.S. cheaper and help industries with subsidies.

But tariffs among U.S. major trading partners are low, often comparable to U.S. rates and sometimes lower.

Before the trade war, the U.S. rate averaged 1.47% for goods from the European Union, slightly above the average 1.35% imposed by the EU on American products, according to the Brussels think tank Bruegel. Europeans are big buyers of what America wants to sell. About 30% of European imports are from U.S.-owned companies, according to the European Central Bank.

The relationship with Canada, America's big trading partner to the north, was also similar before trade talks broke down this summer. Canada's effective tariff rate on U.S. imports was about 2.4%, less than half the 5% that the U.S. had on Canadian imports, according to calculations by Oxford Economics.

Now the countries are mired in a tit-for-tat dispute, with both countries escalating tariffs on each other.

Last year, Vandermeer's premonition came true in a very personal way. The 62-year-old lost his job as a product designer at Howard Miller, a clockmaker that relied on parts produced overseas. After a century in business, the company in Zeeland, Michigan, closed its factory, sold off its inventory and brand name and laid off nearly 200 workers.

“So much for bringing jobs back,” Vandermeer said. Next month, he plans to vote straight Democrat in the midterms.

As if an unpopular war with Iran and persistent inflation were not enough trouble for Republicans, they are confronting a backlash over the tariffs that Trump made a cornerstone of his economic agenda. He promised that charging higher taxes on imports would spur a factory renaissance in the United States, but that has not come to pass. Although the country has added manufacturing jobs so far this year, the sector has fewer employees than when Trump returned to the White House in January 2025.

White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers insisted that a factory boom is underway, citing increases in manufacturing output and more work in certain nonresidential construction trades. “Factory construction jobs of today mean more manufacturing jobs down the road once those factories come online,” she said.

Even before the tariffs, Howard Miller struggled as Americans lost their taste for fancy timepieces such as its signature grandfather and mantel clocks. So the company broadened its offerings years ago to include bar carts, cabinets and consoles.

But those products also depended on glass and other parts from abroad, and diversification did not ensure survival.

“I could still have a job, but now I don’t because of tariffs,” Vandermeer said. “It was like taking a knife to the back.”

Job losses pile up in battleground states

Vandermeer lives in Michigan's 4th Congressional District, which is represented by Republican Bill Huizenga, who is running for a ninth term in the Nov. 3 election.

Before Trump implemented his broadest set of tariffs last year, on what the president called “Liberation Day,” Huizenga was supportive.

“Is it going to be easy? Not necessarily. Is it the right thing to do? Absolutely it is,” he told reporters at the time.

A spokesperson for Huizenga said last week that the congressman “sees a potential role for tariffs” for boosting domestic manufacturing "while recognizing the need to address their broader economic effects.” His Democratic opponent, state Sen. Sean McCann, has criticized the incumbent for opposing legislation that would rein in tariffs that Trump imposed unilaterally.

There are similar issues in competitive races in Kansas, Iowa and Ohio, where Republican acquiescence could hurt the party on Election Day as their constituents face factory layoffs, farm foreclosures and higher prices.

Tracy Chew, 55, voted for Trump in 2016, then for Democrat Joe Biden in 2020 and Democrat Kamala Harris in 2024.

She used to work for Case, a backhoe manufacturer, but the company announced before the tariffs that it would close its plant in Burlington, Iowa. She lost her job in April, as did her daughter, followed by husband and son-in-law over the next few weeks.

Chew is leaning toward voting for Democrats again this year, feeling that Trump let them down.

“I’m furious he isn’t doing enough," she said. “Tariffs are not targeting the right companies, the right amount."

Layoffs in Iowa have piled up elsewhere.

Winnebago Industries, which produces recreational vehicles like campers, cut 200 jobs last year after the cost of importing aluminum, steel and electronics increased by tens of millions of dollars.

“It’s a day to day battle,” said Michael Happe, the company's chief executive.

In the tight race for an open U.S. Senate seat in Iowa, U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson faces Democratic state Rep. Josh Turek. There is a close contest, too, in Kansas, where Democrat Adam Hamilton, the pastor of the largest United Methodist Church in the U.S., is trying to unseat Republican Roger Marshall.

Cole Hoppock, chief executive of appliance maker Vornado Air in Wichita, Kansas, said Trump's tariffs “impacted virtually everything.” The company known for its retro household fans laid off more than 70 factory workers in February, blaming higher prices for imported parts.

Trump's trade policy could force cutbacks soon at another Kansas employer, Canadian jet manufacturer Bombardier. Trump has threatened to ban the company's sales in the U.S. if Bombardier does not start making all its planes in the U.S. Bombardier said it buys parts from 2,800 companies in 47 states, including in Kansas, where it employs more than 1,000 people

Trump's approach to trade is unpopular

Trump has spent years complaining that other countries are ripping off the U.S. when it comes to trade. Most economists say he is wrong and that his remedy — broad universal tariffs — would cause more pain than help.

Now most Americans disagree with Trump's approach, according to The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. A September poll showed only about 3 in 10 U.S. adults approve of Trump's handling of trade negotiations, compared with 4 in 10 in March.

Some of Trump's tariffs have been haphazard.

He targeted Brazil because of political differences and he jacked up tariffs on China to levels so extreme that they risked a recession and forced the president to retreat. The Supreme Court in February ruled against Trump's declaration of an emergency to roll out his “Liberation Day” tariffs last year, leaving foreign trade unsettled as the administration continues to adjust with new levies and threats.

Tariffs are far from the only reason for the lost of manufacturing jobs, and factories have cut workers for decades with or without them. Even some Republicans who dislike Trump's approach will not split with the party.

Bicycle Corp. of America, which closed its factory in South Carolina last year, blamed rising prices for imported parts. Koby Bird, who retired after working in quality control, likes tariffs but was frustrated by Trump's habit of raising and lowering them seemingly at whim.

“It was all over the place,” Bird said. “Businesses couldn't plan.”

Next month, Bird is likely to stick with Republicans, including U.S. Sen. Darline Graham, because tariffs are only one issue and he believes Democrats would spend too much money on the wrong things.

Ernie Goss, an economist at Creighton University in Nebraska, said manufacturing woes may not convert to Democratic victories. He said some people may “think the tariffs in the long run will work.”

Some workers may be turning on Trump

Wendell Young, a union leader in Pennsylvania, where several factories have had layoffs, said he senses a backlash among workers.

Last summer, Young said he got a firestorm of angry responses to his email blaming tariffs for a decision by Post Holdings to cut 160 jobs at a local pet food factory.

“Keep politics out of this," wrote one of workers at the plant in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. "President Trump isn’t the reason.”

“People used to beat me up for not supporting Trump. I haven’t heard that in a year," said Young, president of Local 1776 of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. “Some of these people are red Republicans and they are shocked. They expected more jobs."

Post Holdings ultimately agreed to reduce the head count by offering severance for people to leave, but lower production had a ripple effect.

Local can manufacturer Trivium Packaging decided to cut several jobs because they were getting less orders from Post and other companies, according to Young's union.

“I understand the mindset behind tariffs, but I just don't know if it's working," said former Trivium worker Heather Kingston. She left for another company before the layoffs, and her husband is still working at Trivium. “There doesn’t seem to be many manufacturing jobs moving into the area,” she said.

Kingston said she voted for Republican Dan Meuser in the 9th District last time but is having doubts this year. Meuser's seat is considered safe, but other races in the state are up for grabs, including in the 7th and 8th districts, which are near the Post and Trivium factories.

Now Smith could be sent back to prison for the rest of it.

A federal judge released him in 2024 under rules adopted after Congress passed the First Step Act, a landmark criminal justice law during President Donald Trump’s first term. But the Supreme Court ruled in May that people sentenced under older, harsher laws cannot rely on the disparity between their sentences and current penalties to seek early compassionate release.

“Every time I get a call, I’m hoping it’s some good news. Or, you know, at least not no bad news,” said Smith, a tall, soft-spoken 47-year-old whose beard is now flecked with gray.

Smith is among about a dozen people nationwide who could be returned to prison because of the ruling, according to FAMM, a sentencing reform group formerly Families Against Mandatory Minimums. Without clemency from the White House, the group says, second chances could disappear for those people.

The First Step Act opened a path to freedom

The First Step Act was the most significant rewrite of federal sentencing laws in a generation. Among other changes, it reduced some lengthy mandatory minimum sentences, particularly for nonviolent drug crimes. Trump said the law would “make our communities safer and give former inmates a second chance at life after they have served their time.”

The law was championed by Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser who had a personal connection to the issue: Kushner's his father had spent time in federal prison when Kushner was younger.

Thousands of people have been released from prison in the years since the law was passed, but some recent Supreme Court rulings have made it harder for other people already serving long sentences to argue for their release. For Smith and others like him, competing interpretations have created a high-stakes legal limbo.

“They’re doing everything that they should be doing. They’re reestablishing relationships with families. They’re volunteering in their communities. They’re working,” said Shanna Rifkin, FAMM's general counsel. “Having them reincarcerated is so unjust given that they have demonstrated their rehabilitation.”

Without a grant of clemency from the White House, Rifkin says their second chance could be snatched away.

Trump remains proud of signing the First Step Act, and the administration is actively reviewing developments, said a White House official speaking on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorize to speak publicly on the issue.

Supreme Court ruling narrows options for people serving long sentences

In 2023, the U.S. Sentencing Commission adopted new rules for people serving unusually long sentences. Judges could sometimes consider changes to the law when deciding whether to grant compassionate release to inmates who had served at least 10 years.

Not everyone agreed.

The Department of Justice argued the new rules went beyond what the First Step Act allowed. Judges nevertheless agreed to free dozens of people across the country after considering legal changes and other factors, FAMM found.

The dispute eventually went all the way to the Supreme Court, which handed down a 6-3 decision in May. It found that sentencing disparities from decades past are not “extraordinary and compelling” reasons to grant compassionate release.

“It is hard to see how Congress’s deliberate decision not to extend newly reduced penalties to those already sentenced could be a convincing reason that ‘warrant(s)’ a reduction,” Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote for the conservative majority.

The decision was one of two during the last Supreme Court term that narrowed the options for people serving long sentences, said Daniel Harawa, a law professor at New York University. “I worry a lot about what this means for federal criminal justice reform,” he said.

For Smith and about a dozen other people around the country, it could mean they have to finish serving a sentence that would not be handed down today.

Prior convictions meant a life sentence

Smith grew up in a small town in rural northern Alabama and became addicted to drugs as a teenager, his lawyers said in court documents. At 17 he was arrested for twice selling crack cocaine to an informant. A pair of marijuana convictions followed a few years later. He served about three years in prison. After his release he worked as a construction worker and a janitor.

In 2010, he got involved with a drug ring selling crack cocaine and marijuana on the Tennessee-Alabama line, prosecutors said. Caught on phone calls recorded by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, he was convicted of drug conspiracy and money laundering after he pulled out of a plea deal that called for 12 years to 14 years in prison in exchange for his cooperation.

His lawyers called his involvement “unremarkable,” but the federal conviction combined with his prior record triggered a life sentence.

The judge questioned whether the punishment fit the crime, but said the laws tied her hands. It was the longest sentence linked to the 20-person case, exceeding even the ringleader's.

Smith said he resolved to keep his head down behind bars, working prison jobs and avoiding infractions.

“What kept me sane was that faith, that belief in God,” he said.

He missed little things, like sleeping in a full-sized bed and taking a bath after a long day. He missed big things, too: His mother died during his first year in prison and he couldn't ask his family to shoulder the $1,000 it would cost for him to travel home for the funeral.

After 13 years, Smith got his second chance

After the Sentencing Commission adopted its new compassionate release rules following the First Step Act, Smith asked a judge for a reduction to time served. It took nearly a year, but the court agreed he should go free.

He returned to Alabama and moved in with his sister and her daughter.

Last month, prosecutors filed court documents challenging his release and they pointed to the Supreme Court decision. They argued he would be subject to a mandatory-minimum sentence of 25 years, even under current laws, and called the judge's decision to release him “difficult to justify.”

A Justice Department official speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing case said Rutherford's case means his release is no longer valid, and the department cannot agree to a sentence below what the law requires.

The prospect of a return to prison is a bitter pill for his father, James Smith, a mainstay at the Willow Grove Missionary Baptist Church.

“When you got rapists and murderers and you get this guy on a nonviolent case and you want him for life," he said, “it doesn’t sit well with me.”

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Associated Press video journalist Kristin M. Hall in Nashville, Tenn., contributed to this report.