The person talked to the AP on condition of anonymity because the decision has not been publicly announced.

The Athletic was the first to report on Fox Sports' decision.

The Barstool Sports founder said on social media that it was Ohio State and coach Ryan Day who forced Fox Sports to take them off the show.

“Juice wasn't worth the squeeze and frankly I don't blame them. Huge dollars at stake and you have Cryin Ryan throwing temper tantrums and making threats every few days on something I said,” Portnoy said in his post.

Fox Sports had no comment. Ohio State referred all questions about Portnoy to Fox Sports.

The Associated Press sent Portnoy an email seeking comment.

Fox pays the most in a seven-year, multinetwork deal with the Big Ten that also includes NBC and CBS. Fox also owns 61% of the Big Ten Network.

Portnoy started making appearances on the show last fall after Barstool and Fox Sports announced a partnership. “Big Noon Kickoff” also features host Rob Stone and analysts Brady Quinn, Matt Leinart, Mark Ingram and Chris “The Bear” Fallica.

Portnoy graduated from Michigan and has used Ohio State as a punching bag. The Barstool Sports founder said last year that Ohio State banned him from going inside Ohio Stadium before the season opener between the Buckeyes and Texas.

Ohio State said that during planning meetings with Fox, the only talent coming into the stadium would be their main desk crew, which did not include Portnoy.

Barstool still has a live two-hour weekday morning show on FS1.

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The announcement, made late Friday night by Trump on social media, comes after the president last month said about 1 million people would get rebate checks of $500 for Affordable Care Act premiums. He has also promised on the campaign trail to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections.

That pledge — which would require approval from Congress — would likely cost more than $1 trillion, adding to the deficit and worsening inflation.

Polls show Americans increasingly blame Trump for the high cost of gasoline and groceries with just 17% approving of his handling of inflation. Trump has sought to shrug off concerns about affordability, saying the economy is booming.

The White House said the $90 payments for seniors will come from the Medicare Improvement Fund, established by Congress in 2008 as flexible funding to improve program operations and payments to health care providers.

Medicare Part B enrollees can expect to receive a one-time payment in October, either through direct deposit or by check, the White House said. Total monthly costs for the program — which covers costs like doctor's visits, ambulance services and lab tests — start around $200 and vary with income.

To be eligible, seniors must be living in the U.S. and not be already receiving premium assistance from Medicaid or paying adjusted monthly premiums based on income, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Seniors enrolled in Medicare Advantage, a private plan alternative to traditional Medicare coverage, are not eligible for the payment. More than half of eligible Medicare beneficiaries have Medicare Advantage, according to healthcare research nonprofit KFF.

Previous administrations have not used the Medicare Improvement Fund in this way, although Congress has periodically taken out money from the fund to pay for other priorities, said Larry Levitt, KFF's executive vice president for health policy. For example, $20.74 billion was used for the creation of the Affordable Care Act in 2010.

“The Medicare Improvement Fund language is quite broad and gives substantial discretion to the administration,” Levitt said.

El presidente Luíz Inácio Lula da Silva, que busca su cuarto mandato no consecutivo, realizó su tradicional desfile del sábado previo a las elecciones en la metrópolis de Sao Paulo. El candidato opositor, el senador Flávio Bolsonaro, hijo del expresidente Jair Bolsonaro, viajó a las ciudades del interior de Santa Barbara d’Oeste y Americana.

Sao Paulo es el estado de mayor peso de Brasil, con 46 millones de habitantes y un producto interno bruto anual de 3,4 billones de reales brasileños (650.000 millones de dólares). Argentina tiene una cifra similar. Unos 34 millones de “paulistas”, como se conoce a quienes nacieron en el estado, están habilitados para votar.

Lula les dijo a sus simpatizantes cerca de la Avenida Paulista, la principal arteria de Sao Paulo, que estas elecciones representan una batalla existencial por el futuro de la nación.

“Por un lado, tenemos democracia y soberanía; por el otro, barbarie y corrupción”, afirmó Lula, haciendo eco de temas clave de su campaña.

El año pasado, el Supremo Tribunal Federal de Brasil condenó a Jair Bolsonaro a 27 años de prisión por intentar un golpe de Estado tras su derrota electoral de 2022 frente a Lula. Observadores señalan que probablemente saldría de prisión si su hijo gana las elecciones.

El equipo de Lula también ha presentado repetidamente a Flávio Bolsonaro como una amenaza para la soberanía de Brasil, al señalar su cercanía con el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump. El año pasado, el mandatario estadounidense impuso un arancel del 50% a las importaciones brasileñas debido al juicio contra Jair Bolsonaro, que Trump calificó de “cacería de brujas”.

“Brasil es un país conservador”

Daniella Fernandes, de 32 años, que trabaja como secretaria en una escuela pública de Sao Paulo, dijo que, al principio, quería que se postulara otro político del Partido de los Trabajadores en lugar de Lula. Pero cambió de opinión durante la campaña.

“Quería una renovación, pero Lula es el único que puede llegar a todos, incluso a quienes no son de izquierda”, expresó Fernandes, que llevaba varios pines de Lula en su camisa blanca. “Los Bolsonaro siguen fuertes, Brasil es un país conservador. Solo Lula puede ganar esta”.

A unos 140 kilómetros (87 millas) de Lula, en el centro de Sao Paulo, Flávio Bolsonaro avanzaba seguido por una larga fila de simpatizantes vestidos de amarillo y verde en motocicletas, mientras se desplazaba sobre un camión con altavoces desde Santa Barbara d’Oeste hasta Americana.

“Estoy convencido de que podemos ganar en la primera vuelta”, manifestó el senador Bolsonaro, quien besó un retrato de su padre mientras la multitud gritaba “mito”, que en portugués significa “leyenda”, y que los simpatizantes de Jair Bolsonaro usan para referirse a él.

“Así que salgamos de nuestras casas a votar (...) porque Bolsonaro va a ser presidente”, declaró Flávio Bolsonaro.

Bolsonaro estuvo acompañado por el gobernador del estado de Sao Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas, a quien en su momento se mencionó como el heredero político de Bolsonaro padre, antes de que Flávio Bolsonaro dijera en diciembre pasado que su padre lo había elegido para postularse en las próximas elecciones.

Los brasileños también elegirán el domingo a representantes estatales y federales, así como a gobernadores y a algunos senadores. En Sao Paulo, de Freitas se postula para la reelección. El principal candidato opositor en esa contienda es Fernando Haddad, a quien Jair Bolsonaro derrotó en 2018 para convertirse en presidente y que se desempeñó como ministro de Hacienda de Lula. De Freitas tiene una amplia ventaja en las encuestas.

Visiones contrapuestas

Doce candidatos figuran en la boleta presidencial, pero se considera que solo Lula y Bolsonaro tienen una posibilidad real de convertirse en el próximo jefe de Estado de Brasil. Si ningún candidato obtiene más del 50% de los votos, los 2 primeros pasarán a una segunda vuelta el 25 de octubre.

Ambos representan lados opuestos del espectro político, con visiones contrapuestas sobre asuntos que van desde cómo enfrentar el crimen organizado hasta la relación que el país más grande de América Latina debería tener con el gobierno de Trump.

Lula, que comenzó como trabajador sindical y tiene un meñique amputado tras un accidente en una fábrica cuando tenía 19 años, ha inspirado en ocasiones una devoción casi de culto. Pasó más de un año en prisión por condenas por corrupción que luego fueron anuladas, antes de ganar un tercer mandato no consecutivo en 2022.

Ha prometido garantizar que sean los brasileños quienes se beneficien de los minerales raros y recursos del país, proteger la selva amazónica y continuar con su programa insignia de asistencia social Bolsa Familia.

Bolsonaro ha adoptado en gran medida la agenda ultraconservadora de su padre, aunque en ocasiones ha intentado proyectar un estilo de comunicación más moderado para atraer a votantes centristas.

Sus políticas de seguridad de línea dura han sido un pilar de su campaña, y las encuestas muestran que estas propuestas son populares entre los brasileños. El senador se ha comprometido a combatir a los grupos criminales del país mediante la construcción de megaprisiones al estilo de El Salvador, siguiendo el ejemplo del gobierno de Trump al designar a las pandillas transnacionales como organizaciones terroristas y reduciendo a 16 años la edad para ser juzgado como adulto.

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“The attacks on our fanbase have no basis in reality, and they need to stop, especially with members of the media," Cox said. “I’m talking about media who have never been to a game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Every organization in the league, every organization throughout professional sports, all the way down to youth rec leagues, have to deal with occasional bad behavior from spectators. And anyone who crosses the line in an arena or online needs to be held accountable. I want to be really clear about that: There is a line, and people need to be held accountable if they cross it.”

Criticism of Fever fans occurred again in Game 2 of Indiana's first-round series with the Las Vegas Aces. Four-time MVP A'ja Wilson had an incident with a fan sitting behind the baseline, who shouted and pointed at her. She did the same to him. The fan was taken to the back of the arena before returning to his seat when it was determined that the fan code of conduct hadn't been broken.

“We did not have one fan pointed out by a player who violated the WNBA code of conduct this season. Not one fan was removed from a game,” Cox said. "Our fans love this team. They’re going to cheer, they’re going to boo and sometimes they might point. It’s a home-court advantage for a reason, and it’s the same for the Pacers. And all of that is within the code of conduct.”

Former Fever player Brianna Turner, who now plays for the Aces, disagreed with Cox's comments.

“This is an unequivocally false statement,” Turner wrote on social media. “Players inside and outside the organization have repeatedly issued complaints with the Fever fanbase. While it’s not all Indy fans, it’s certainly a trend. To say the attacks have ‘no basis in reality’ is disingenuous.”

Kelsey Mitchell, who had a career-best season with the Fever, said in her exit interview that playing in Indiana can be difficult at times because of interactions with some of the fans. She has spent her entire career with the Fever since getting drafted second in 2018.

“I don’t think people really understand how much we endure,” said Mitchell, who is a free agent this offseason. “Like, if I showed y’all my DMs about the hate and all of the stuff that comes with being a professional athlete, but specifically being an Indiana Fever basketball player, it’s a lot that goes into that. And those days are hard as hell."

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Shade was at a premium on Saturday for Game 1 of the National League Division Series, which began at 1 p.m. local time. The game-time temperature of 100 degrees was forecast to reach 101 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius), about 20 degrees warmer than the average for early October.

The highest game-time temperature ever recorded at Dodger Stadium is 103 degrees (39 degrees Celsius) twice. The first time was Oct. 24, 2017, for Game 1 of the World Series against Houston. It was equaled on Sept. 8, 2024, for a regular-season game against Cleveland.

The Braves seemingly were unfazed by the blazing sun, cloudless skies and rising thermometer while taking pre-game batting practice. The two-time defending World Series champion Dodgers? They stayed inside.

“Remember, we're from Atlanta,” Braves manager Walt Weiss said before the game. “It's not that big of a factor.”

Braves center fielder Lane Thomas added, "I feel like this is a little cooler 98 than Atlanta.”

Some of their fans agreed.

“It's hot, but it's not bad,” said Helen Greene of Valdosta, Georgia, who was sitting in the sun nine rows behind the visiting dugout with her long hair arrayed under a Braves cap. “In Atlanta, my hair would have been up by now.”

Greene and her husband, Chad, were hydrating with water.

“I'll have beer later,” she said, smiling.

Tickets for Game 1 were still available early Saturday. The lowest get-in price ranged from $56 to $61, depending on the secondary marketplace.

Fans still gathered in the outfield pavilions in hopes of catching a stray ball off the Braves' bats pre-game. But other seating areas were mostly empty 90 minutes before first pitch.

Christopher Hernández of Long Beach and his girlfriend sat in the sun behind the Dodgers dugout with giveaway towels covering their heads.

“We play sports and we know how it feels to be in the heat and we know how to beat the heat, too,” he said, showing off a blue plastic bottle with a fan attached to spritz water. “It's not as bad as people think it is.”

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts planned to keep an eye on his pitchers and catcher Will Smith, who wears a mask and padding behind the plate.

“It’s the same conditions for both teams,” the manager said, “and you’ve got to just stay hydrated and manage it.”

Braves reliever Brent Suter graduated from Harvard in 2012, having majored in environmental science and public policy.

“In the back of my mind, I’m like 100 degrees in October in L.A., that’s definitely not normal,” he said before the game. “Obviously super El Niño is a big thing to do with that. It’s going to be a challenge for both sides to stay hydrated, especially the position players.”

Short heat spells in October are normal for Los Angeles, but the prolonged extreme heat warning — forecast to last at least a week — is keeping temperatures 10 to 15 degrees above normal. The average high in Los Angeles in early October is 81 degrees (27 degrees Celsius).

“Just making sure everyone is hydrated and staying loose and getting electrolytes in us,” Suter said.

Emergency medical teams were in their usual spots around the stadium, staying alert for anticipated cases of heatstroke, dehydration, excessive sweating caused by heat exposure, and the more typical drunkenness.

The Dodgers encouraged fans to wear hats and sunscreen. They were allowed to bring in non-alcoholic drinks of one liter or less in factory-sealed plastic bottles. Empty refillable water bottles were also allowed. Bottle filling stations and water fountains are scattered around the stadium.

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Georgia scored an opening drive touchdown for the fourth time this season as Stockton found Landon Roldan for a two-yard TD.

A Vanderbilt team led by backup quarterback Blaze Berlowitz showed some fight, answering back two drives later as Berlowitz found Junior Sherrill for a 60-yard touchdown and tied the game 7-all. It was the first first-quarter score for a Georgia opponent all season. The Bulldogs (5-0, 3-0 SEC) had outscored opponents 63-0 in the first quarter through the first four games.

Georgia pulled ahead with back-to-back rushing scores by Chauncey Bowens and Jaden Redell before halftime. The Bulldogs took advantage of good field positioning on the latter after blocking a Vanderbilt field goal attempt midway through the second quarter.

The Commodores (3-2, 0-2) cut into Georgia's lead again before halftime, narrowing the Bulldogs' advantage to 21-14 after a two-yard rushing touchdown by running back Sedrick Alexander.

Georgia extended its lead in the third quarter with an 11-play, 75-yard touchdown drive that took 6:39 off the clock.

Vanderbilt turned the ball over on downs late in the third quarter after a catch by Sherrill was ruled incomplete after a review, and the Bulldogs held Vanderbilt scoreless for the rest of the game.

Iron sharpens iron

Georgia coach Kirby Smart was hungry for his team to face adversity after outscoring opponents by a combined 166 points through the first four weeks — especially while heading into a tough road contest against No. 7 Alabama. Vanderbilt offered that challenge with a first quarter tie and a 7-point lead to start the second half.

“I think to play well in this conference, you’ve got to be able to take as many punches as you give," Smart said. “And I thought our guys really responded well today. We really need this kind of game – tough, physical, hard-fought. Punch, punch back, punch, punch back, 'cause that’s how you play in the SEC.”

Rising to the occasion

With Georgia running backs Nate Frazier and Chauncey Bowens both banged up and seeing limited time, Dwight Phillips Jr. saw his opportunity and went all-in. Phillips had 27 yards on-foot and shined passing game, leading the Bulldogs with five catches for 75 yards and a touchdown.

“Everybody’s trying to find ways to get touches, and he capitalized on a lot of his moments today when he had a chance," Smart said after the game. "That’s what part of being a good player is, you take advantage of the opportunities you’re presented with, and he’s done that.”

Sophomore running back Bo Walker also had a career-high 71 yards on five carries after taking off for a 59-yard run with 1:16 left in the game.

The takeaway

Georgia: Ellis Robinson IV’s first interception of the season came at a good time early in the fourth quarter, putting the game out of reach for Vanderbilt.

Vanderbilt: Berlowitz's stats on paper (12-of-23, 190 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT) didn't quite reflect the signal-caller's knack for keeping drives alive and the Commodores in the game for the first three quarters. He converted on 5-of-9 third-downs in the first half and finished the game with 37 rushing yards on eight carries.

Up next

No. 2 Georgia faces No. 10 Alabama on Saturday night.

Vanderbilt hosts No. 9 Ole Miss on Saturday afternoon.

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Colson Montgomery added an RBI double for the White Sox, who have won nine of their last 11 games dating back to the regular season. Chicago advanced to the division series after sweeping Houston in the wild card series.

Cleveland — which won its third straight AL Central title by one game over the White Sox — had the bases loaded with two outs the third and fourth innings, but couldn’t get any runs across.

The White Sox went with a bullpen game for the second time in three postseason contests. It worked again as the pitchers combined for 12 strikeouts.

Bryan Hudson (1-0) got the win and Grant Taylor got the save, going four innings and striking out six while allowing two hits.

Starter Hagen Smith retired the first eight Cleveland hitters before walking Brayan Rocchio, Steven Kwan and José Ramírez to load the bases with two outs in the third. Bryan Hudson came in and got Chase DeLauter to line out to left.

The Guardians didn’t get their first hit until Travis Bazzana's line-drive double down the right-field line with two outs in the fourth. Austin Hedges drew a walk to load the bases again before Rocchio lined out to right.

After Miguel Vargas lined a base hit to left to lead off the fourth, Murakami drove a first-pitch elevated sinker 440 feet into the right-field stands for his first postseason home run.

Montgomery extended the advantage to 3-0 in the seventh with a double down the left-field line to drive in Kyle Teel.

Cleveland starter Parker Messick (0-1) allowed two runs on four hits in 4 1/3 innings. The rookie left-hander struck out six and walked two.

Game 2 is Monday afternoon at Progressive Field. The series shifts to Chicago for Game 3 on Wednesday.

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Trump has embarked on what he says will be a 32-day blitz ahead of the Nov. 3 elections, hitting the deep red states of Texas, Oklahoma and Alabama this week. Saturday's rally is just outside Dayton, Ohio, where he is stumping for key candidates in competitive races for the House, Senate and the governor’s mansion in Columbus.

Perhaps the most pivotal of these races is the Senate race. GOP Sen. Jon Husted — who was appointed to fill the Senate vacancy left by now-Vice President JD Vance — is running to win the seat outright. There is likely no path to a Senate majority for Democrats without flipping Ohio, where former three-term Sen. Sherrod Brown is trying to return to the Senate after losing to Republican Bernie Moreno two years ago.

“They threw him out of the Senate once before. He’s horrible,” Trump told reporters as he left the White House for Ohio.

Since last year, Democrats have listed Ohio, along with states such as North Carolina and Maine, as key races to win control of the Senate. And this week, the head of the Senate GOP’s campaign arm said Ohio is among 10 battleground races that are “within striking distance.”

“The good news for us is that Jon Husted is a closer,” Sen. Tim Scott, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, told reporters. “We’re seeing the gap that was there between the two candidates, which was just a few points, now it is right at a dead-even race. So this is as tight as ticks, as we say in South Carolina.”

Data centers are a hot issue in the Ohio race

At his rallies, Trump has been trying to convince voters that the economy is better than they feel it is, even though polls show Americans are frustrated with the way he's handled it. The high cost of living, including gas prices elevated by Trump's war on Iran, is a top issue in the Dayton area, too. And just days before Trump's rally, nearly 1,400 people were laid off from a truck factory in nearby Springfield.

Trump's rally comes as Republicans worry that Husted’s campaign has failed to adequately catch fire with voters in the Republican-dominated state. Brown and allied groups have hammered Husted for his role in attracting data centers to the state when he was lieutenant governor, and the NRSC has pinpointed it as a political vulnerability.

The massive warehouse campuses powering artificial intelligence projects have become a toxic political issue, drawing bipartisan opposition in races across the country, with voters concerned about their impact on electricity prices, farmland and water supplies.

The GOP-controlled Senate tried to advance legislation this week sponsored by Husted that would ask utility regulators to effectively charge large power users more, as consumers struggle with high energy costs. But it was blocked by nearly all Democrats.

“You got to remember, Sherrod Brown was for data centers, and Jon Husted is for data centers being responsible,” Scott told reporters this week. “If a community doesn’t want them, he doesn’t want them either.”

But Trump has become one of data centers’ most vocal proponents, shrugging aside voter concerns and arguing that the U.S. cannot cede advancements in AI to China.

“Senator Jon Husted gave billions in tax breaks to Big Tech to make sure they would build their data centers in Ohio,” Brown wrote on X on Friday, ahead of Trump’s visit. “Now, he’s making Ohioans foot the bill.”

Brown’s campaign also has hammered Husted for donations he’s received from retail magnate Les Wexner, who once employed the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Husted has donated remaining Wexner contributions to an anti-human trafficking charity.

Meanwhile, in the governor’s race, Republican Vivek Ramaswamy faces Democrat Dr. Amy Acton, the state’s former COVID-era health director.

A wealthy biotech entrepreneur and 2024 presidential candidate, Ramaswamy’s star appeal among conservatives led to quick backing by Ohio Republicans and hopes of an easy victory in the Republican-dominated state. However, despite a massive fundraising lead and more than $12 million spent in campaign advertising, he is now locked in a close fight with Acton with weeks to go until Election Day.

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President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, seeking his fourth nonconsecutive term, held his traditional preelection Saturday parade in the metropolis of Sao Paulo. Opposition candidate Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, traveled to the countryside cities of Santa Barbara d'Oeste and Americana.

Sao Paulo is Brazil's heavyweight state, with 46 million residents and an annual gross domestic product of 3.4 trillion Brazilian reais ($650 billion). Argentina has around the same. Some 34 million “paulistas,” as those born in the state are known, are eligible to vote.

Lula told his supporters near Paulista Avenue, Sao Paulo's main artery, that this election represents an existential battle for the nation’s future.

“On one side, we have democracy and sovereignty; on the other, barbarism and corruption,” Lula said, echoing key themes of his campaign.

Last year, Brazil's Supreme Court sentenced Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison for attempting a coup after his 2022 electoral defeat to Lula. Observers say he would likely be released from prison if his son wins the election.

Lula's team has also repeatedly cast Flávio Bolsonaro as a threat to Brazil's sovereignty, pointing to his proximity with U.S. President Donald Trump. Last year, the American leader imposed a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports due to Jair Bolsonaro's trial, which Trump called a “witch hunt.”

‘Brazil is a conservative country’

Thirty-two-year-old Daniella Fernandes, who works at a public school in Sao Paulo as a secretary, said that, at first, she wanted another Workers’ Party politician to run instead of Lula. But she changed her mind during the campaign.

“I wanted some renovation, but Lula is the only one who can appeal to everyone — even those who are not on the left,” said Fernandes, who was wearing several Lula badges on her white shirt. “The Bolsonaros are still strong, Brazil is a conservative country. Only Lula can win this one.”

Some 140 kilometers away (87 miles) from Lula in downtown Sao Paulo, Flávio Bolsonaro was trailed by a long line of supporters kitted out in yellow and green on motorbikes as he made his way on top of a sound truck from Santa Barbara d’Oeste to Americana.

“I'm convinced that we can win in the first round,” said Sen. Bolsonaro, who kissed a portrait of his father as the crowd shouted “mito” — a Portuguese word for “legend” that Jair Bolsonaro's supporters use to refer to him.

“So let's get out of our houses to vote (...) because Bolsonaro is going to be president,” Flávio Bolsonaro said.

Bolsonaro was accompanied by Sao Paulo state Gov. Tarcísio de Freitas, who was once floated as Bolsonaro senior's political heir, before Flávio Bolsonaro last December said his father had chosen him to run in the upcoming election.

Brazilians on Sunday will also choose state and federal representatives as well as governors and some senators. In Sao Paulo, de Freitas is running for re-election. The main opposition candidate in that race is Fernando Haddad, who Jair Bolsonaro beat in 2018 to become president and who served as Lula's finance minister. De Freitas has a wide lead in the polls.

Conflicting visions

Twelve candidates are on the presidential ballot, but only Lula and Bolsonaro are thought to have a real chance of becoming Brazil’s next head of state. If no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, the top 2 will advance to a runoff on Oct. 25.

The two represent opposite sides of the political spectrum, with conflicting visions on issues ranging from how to tackle organized crime to the relationship Latin America’s biggest country should have with the Trump administration.

Lula, who got his start as a union worker and has a missing pinky finger following an accident in a factory when he was 19, has at times inspired cult-like devotion. He spent more than a year in prison on corruption convictions that were later annulled before winning a third nonconsecutive term in 2022.

He has promised to ensure Brazilians are the ones to benefit from the country’s rare minerals and resources, protect the Amazon rainforest and continue his flagship welfare program Bolsa Familia.

Bolsonaro has largely embraced his father’s ultra-conservative agenda, while at times trying to strike a more moderate communication style to attract centrist voters.

His hardline security policies have been a pillar of his campaign, and polls show these proposals are popular among Brazilians. The senator has pledged to fight the country’s criminal groups by building El Salvador-style megaprisons, following the Trump administration’s lead by designating transnational gangs terrorist organizations and reducing the age to be tried as an adult to 16.

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“Just going out there, just having fun, understanding the assignment, doing me, playing my game," said the 19-year-old Russell, who turned the ball over three times at Kentucky in his first Southeastern Conference road game but committed none against the Bulldogs.

“You make your mistakes and you learn from it,” Russell said. "And I feel like that’s what I’m doing.”

Trae'shawn Brown ran for two touchdowns, Rico Scott caught two TD passes and Dijon Lee Jr. returned an interception 30 yards for a score during a game that saw Alabama (5-0, 3-0 SEC) reinforce its credentials as contenders.

Alabama outgained Mississippi State (4-1, 2-1) 179-18 in yards rushing in its 17th straight victory in the series — the last seven by 23 or more points.

The game featured two of college football's most dynamic quarterbacks this season, but the mobility of the Bulldogs' Kamario Taylor appeared limited by an ankle injury last week and he struggled Saturday. His early fumble and two interceptions set up Alabama touchdown drives.

“It’s pretty obvious that he wasn’t able to do anything with his legs,” Mississippi State coach Jeff Lebby said. “So, him not being able to do some of those things, it changes it. It makes it harder.”

Taylor was sacked five times and pulled from the game with the Bulldogs down by 26 early in the fourth quarter.

“He did look kind of iffy getting out of the pocket and stuff and we knew that,” Alabama linebacker Caleb Woodson. “So, we knew we had a better chance to contain him.”

Leading Bulldogs receiver Anthony Evans III had 12 catches for 166 yards and two touchdowns, one of his team's few bright spots.

Early mistakes put the Bulldogs in a hole

What was widely seen as the biggest game at Davis Wade Stadium since Dak Prescott starred at QB for the Bulldogs more than a decade ago started poorly for Mississippi State.

Taylor's first two turnovers put the Bulldogs in a 14-0 hole less than seven minutes into the first quarter.

He fumbled five plays into the opening possession when the ball slipped from his throwing hand on an apparent pump fake near midfield and Alabama's London Simmons recovered.

That led to Ryan Coleman-Williams' 15-yard touchdown on Russell's short pass to the right flat. Taylor's next pass resulted in Lee's pick-6.

Taylor finished with 258 yards and three TDs passing, including an 11-yard score to Zion Riggins that pulled the Bulldogs to 21-14 in the second quarter.

But Alabama responded again with Brown's 7-yard scoring run, capping an 88-yard drive highlighted by Russell's third-down completions of 50 yards to Lotzeir Brooks and 22 yards to Coleman-Williams.

“He moves around, throws a shot and they pick up a huge first down," Lebby said. “He’s really accurate, got great anticipation and you continue to see him make big plays with his feet.”

Brooks finished with four catches for 96 yards.

Takeaways

Alabama: Russell continued to improve his Heisman Trophy credentials by playing with composure amid the usual din of ringing cowbells at Mississippi State. He avoided turnovers and had several clutch completions on third down — including connections of 39 and 50 yards, and his touchdown pass to Scott.

“Not really worrying about the Heisman right now. Accolades and stuff will come," Russell said. “I don’t want to spoil myself too much about what I can get and rather (focus on) what am I going to do to make myself better.”

Mississippi State: Top running back Fluff Bothwell, who entered the game nursing a lower-body injury, carried the ball only once for 1 yard on the Bulldogs' opening series and watched the second half with a boot on his left foot. Bothwell had entered the game with 402 yards and three TDs rushing. Lebby did not provide specifics on the injury after the game.

Up next

Alabama: Hosts No. 2 Georgia next Saturday.

Mississippi State: Has a bye before visiting No. 11 LSU on Oct. 17.

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The early election, which polls suggest could be tight between Vucic's party and a group of candidates fielded by a student-led protest movement, was called before Vucic resigned as president on Sept. 27, cutting short his second term by more than seven months.

Vucic, who is constitutionally prohibited from running for a third term as president, declared upon resigning that he would lead his populist Serbian Progressive Party in the parliamentary election. If his party wins a majority of seats, the parliament is expected to elect Vucic as prime minister.

Dozens of buses from across Serbia clogged streets around Belgrade Arena on Saturday as supporters arrived at the rally in the capital carrying Serbian flags and banners bearing Vucic’s picture.

The event, televised by dozens of channels across Serbia, capped a week of Vucic touring towns and villages in an apparent bid to shore up his popularity that's been shaken after almost two years of sustained anti-government protests.

The youth-backed movement that led the protests has demanded accountability for the Nov. 1, 2024 train station canopy collapse that killed 16 people in the northern city of Novi Sad.

The movement's struggle for justice over the tragedy and against corruption has grown into a nationwide political force whose electoral arm, the Student List, will attempt to oust Vucic’s government after 14 years in power.

Vucic himself has been either prime minister or president for the past 12 years.

The Student List includes university professors, teachers, experts and others from across the political spectrum. Yet Vucic has accused those behind the movement of seeking to “bring Serbia to a halt,” and claimed, without providing evidence, that it's backed by unspecified foreign agents.

On Saturday, Vucic told his supporters: “Absent an intervention of some (foreign intelligence) service, we will defeat them. And they know that.”

The election is taking place amid heightened political tensions in Serbia, with reports of incidents and physical altercations at campaign events. International observers have described previous elections in Serbia as marred by multiple irregularities and violence.

While formally a candidate for European Union membership, Serbia’s accession process has stalled under Vucic, who maintains close ties with Russia and China.

European institutions have warned of democratic backsliding in Serbia in successive reports tracking the progress of candidate countries. Rights and media freedom groups have separately warned of police violence, arbitrary detentions, unauthorized surveillance and threats against journalists.

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Jennings, the FBS passing leader at 357 yards per game coming in, had only 160 while going 20 of 30 in a light but steady rain that lasted into the second half. His passing yardage was his lowest since the week Jennings took over as the starter early in the 2024 season.

Marques White had three of SMU's five sacks, including one that forced a fumble by Mason McKenzie and was returned 34 yards by Aakil Washington to the Eagles' 13-yard line. It set up Jennings' 14-yard scoring pass to Randy Pittman Jr.

“Really proud of our defense,” SMU coach Rhett Lashlee said after the Mustangs won despite getting outgained 322-218. “I thought defensively start to finish it was our most complete game.”

Jennings' other TD toss also came on a short drive when SMU (4-1, 2-1 Atlantic Coast Conference) returned a punt to the BC 41. After a roughing the passer penalty on third down, Jennings threw a 20-yard scoring pass to Derrick McFall. Kendrick Raphael had a 2-yard TD run.

The Eagles (2-3, 0-2) had a chance to get within two points early in the fourth quarter, but Cameron Kossmann dropped a pass when he was wide open and probably would have scored easily on fourth-and-inches from the SMU 8.

“Too many mistakes,” said BC coach Bill O'Brien, whose team had 11 penalties for 95 yards. “We work very hard to coach a disciplined team. We weren't a disciplined team today.”

Evan Dickens caught a 43-yard scoring pass from McKenzie, and Danny Edgehille had a 6-yard TD grab before the Eagles' failed 2-point conversion attempt left them nine points down with 2:07 remaining.

The takeaway

Boston College: McKenzie bounced back from a rough passing game in a loss to Virginia Tech to throw for 208 yards and two touchdowns without an interception. His scrambling ability was negated somewhat by the sacks. He had 74 yards rushing — with 33 subtracted by the sacks.

SMU: Lashlee was already annoyed with special teams coming into the game, and that was before the Mustangs botched two PAT attempts. The first was a high snap that was difficult for Wade McSparron to handle, particularly on a wet field. McSparron simply mishandled the snap the second time.

While saying he thought other parts of the special teams were better, Lashlee added, “Obviously, there's guys in Pop Warner that can take a snap and hold better than we can right now.”

Fourth-and-50 is not a typo

The Mustangs faced fourth-and-50 after getting the ball at the Boston College 44-yard line when O'Brien went for it on fourth down in a nine-point game in the third quarter. SMU had three holding penalties, including one that wiped out a 22-yard completion.

Jennings was sacked for a 9-yard loss, and Raphael lost 2 more yards on a run on third-and-48. McSparron's punt was 50 yards — caught right at the first-down marker by Charlie Comella before a 10-yard return.

It's finally fall in Texas

SMU was playing three weeks after a 56-10 victory at home when the temperature was 100 degrees Fahrenheit (36 degrees Celsius) just about from start to finish. The Texas heat finally relented on Thursday, and the third day of the month was all clouds, rain and a pleasant 73 degrees.

Up next

Both teams are off next week before playing at home Oct. 17. Boston College has Pittsburgh, and SMU plays Virginia in the third of four consecutive home games.

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D. Todd Christofferson, one of the top three leaders of what is known widely as the Mormon church, said rampant betting among teenagers and young adults is robbing time from their studies and relationships as smartphones make gambling possible anywhere.

“For us as Latter-day Saints, overarching all other concerns is the fact that gambling is morally wrong. Gambling is built on the desire to obtain something for nothing,” Christofferson said at the faith’s twice-annual general conference.

The declaration that prediction markets are gambling puts the conservative church at odds with President Donald Trump. The Republican's administration has argued platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket don’t constitute gambling and therefore shouldn’t be subjected to restrictions in states such as Utah, where the church is based.

Utah has been at the forefront of the legal dispute over who regulates the markets and whether they should be considered finance or gambling. A federal judge ruled in August that Utah officials can enforce its strict-anti-gambling laws on prediction markets.

Legislation was enacted this year to make Utah’s gambling laws stricter and amend some of the language so that they’d almost certainly apply to prediction markets.

Prediction markets allow wagers on anything from whether it will rain in Los Angeles, to if the United States will go to war.

“Or even, if you can imagine, the timing of the Second Coming,” Christofferson said Saturday. “Where do you go to collect on that bet?”

Opposition to gambling is common among religious organizations. The United Methodist Church refers to it as “a menace to society.” The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in America, has condemned gambling several times and in 2025 declared sports gambling inconsistent with biblical principle.

Gambling is forbidden in Islam and considered a vice among Hindus. In the Catholic Church, gambling is not in itself a sin, but is considered potentially problematic.

For more than a century, Utah kept gambling almost entirely out of the state. There are no casinos, no lotteries and no racetracks that allow bets. The prohibition is rooted in the ideals of members of the Latter-day Saints church who view gambling as a path to selfishness and addiction.

“The rise of predictive markets, and the legalization of sports gambling, this is just really taking off all across the country,” said Matthew Bowman, a professor of religion and history at Claremont Graduate University in California. “And a lot of institutions — religious, state and otherwise — are grappling with this problem.”

Saturday’s speech comes as the church has been wading into political issues under President Dallin Oaks, a former Utah Supreme Court justice who became the faith’s top leader last October. Church leaders this year have opposed state ballot measures that would establish rights to abortion in Idaho and Nevada.

Yet the institution's approach to political issues — using public statements and behind-the-scenes lobbying to convey its message — has become more calculated in recent years, Bowman said.

The shift followed public blowback to the church’s stance against California’s Proposition 8, a 2008 ballot measure that sought to ban gay marriage. In that case, Bowman said church leaders encouraged its members to get directly involved.

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Los Panthers tomaron la medida mientras continúan determinando la gravedad de la lesión en la parte inferior del cuerpo que lo obligó a salir de la derrota del jueves por la noche ante los San Jose Sharks.

La medida obligaría a Barkov a perderse al menos 10 partidos y 24 días, según las reglas de la NHL. Sin embargo, informes indican que los Panthers siguen sin tener certeza sobre el alcance total de la lesión y lo que sigue para su capitán.

Emily Kaplan de ESPN comentó de acuerdo con información de sus fuentes, que hay optimismo de que su lesión no termine con su temporada.

Barkov se lesionó durante el segundo periodo de la derrota de Florida por 4-3 en tiempo extra en San Jose. Su pierna izquierda pareció doblarse mientras disputaba el puck junto a las tablas. Salió del hielo por sus propios medios y no regresó.

El entrenador de los Panthers, Paul Maurice, dijo después del partido que la lesión no estaba relacionada con la lesión en la rodilla derecha que dejó a Barkov fuera durante toda la temporada 2025-26.

Barkov fue sometido a una cirugía la temporada pasada después de sufrir desgarros del LCA y LCM en su rodilla derecha durante el campamento de entrenamiento.

El centro finlandés de 31 años había regresado recientemente a la acción y estaba jugando su segundo partido de la temporada cuando se lesionó el jueves.

Florida no ha anunciado públicamente un diagnóstico específico ni un plazo de recuperación para Barkov. Los Panthers tienen programado jugar contra los Anaheim Ducks el domingo a las 8 p.m. en el Honda Center.

Las ondas Kelvin no son como los tsunamis, y no se curvan ni rompen en la playa. Una imagen mejor es la del agua chapoteando en la bañera o en una piscina durante un terremoto. En el océano, son abultamientos de agua que elevan el nivel del mar a medida que avanzan por la costa. Son comunes durante episodios de El Niño, pero el super El Niño de este año podría intensificar los impactos, según expertos.

El aumento, de entre 15 y 30 centímetros (6 pulgadas a 1 pie), se desplazará hacia el norte a lo largo de la costa de California durante la próxima semana a unos 10 kilómetros por hora (6 millas por hora), o 241 kilómetros (150 millas) por día, aumentando los niveles del mar en Oregon y el estado de Washington. Expertos pronostican que las ondas seguirán pasando desde octubre hasta febrero.

“No es que esta onda Kelvin vaya a llegar e inundar algo por sí sola”, explicó Michael Jacox, oceanógrafo investigador de la División de Ciencia de Ecosistemas de Pesquerías de la Oficina Nacional de Administración Oceánica y Atmosférica (NOAA, por sus siglas en inglés).

En cambio, eleva la línea de base.

Si se parte de niveles del mar 15 centímetros (6 pulgadas) por encima de lo normal, cuando hay mareas realmente altas, grandes tormentas o marejadas ciclónicas, los niveles del agua ahora están 15 centímetros (6 pulgadas) más altos, indicó. “Los efectos pueden amplificarse”, añadió.

Las ondas también aumentan las temperaturas del océano y empujan aguas frías y ricas en nutrientes a mayor profundidad bajo la superficie, lo que afecta a la vida marina.

Esto es lo que hay que saber sobre las ondas Kelvin.

¿Cómo se forma una onda Kelvin?

Las ondas Kelvin son una realidad durante un El Niño, un patrón climático natural que implica el calentamiento de las aguas oceánicas, señaló Dillon Amaya, profesor asistente del Departamento de Ciencias Marinas, de la Tierra y Atmosféricas de la Universidad Estatal de Carolina del Norte.

Se forman cuando los vientos alisios a lo largo del ecuador cambian de dirección.

Jacox explicó que los vientos que soplan de este a oeste a lo largo del ecuador empujan el agua del océano Pacífico hacia el oeste, en dirección a Asia. Cuando esos vientos se debilitan o invierten su dirección, ese abultamiento de agua es empujado de regreso hacia el este a lo largo del ecuador hasta que llega a Sudamérica.

Cuando el aumento de agua golpea la costa en el ecuador, se desplaza hacia el norte y hacia el sur a lo largo de las costas de Norteamérica y Sudamérica.

La onda no es visible a simple vista y no hará que los barcos suban y bajen, dijo Amaya. Se parece más a un gran panqueque. Es más ancha que profunda: el abultamiento se extiende entre 19 y 32 kilómetros (12 a 20 millas) mar adentro desde la costa y tiene unos 200 metros (650 pies) de profundidad, precisó Amaya.

¿Cuáles son los posibles impactos de las ondas Kelvin?

Muchas comunidades costeras ya lidian con los impactos del aumento del nivel del mar, como la erosión costera que va devorando la playa en San Clemente, California. Además, las olas también se están haciendo más grandes, según expertos.

El aumento en el nivel del mar podría agravar esos problemas.

“La gente está en vilo”, señaló Amaya. “Piensa en que ocurran más inundaciones, más erosión de playas, así que cuando se oye hablar de estados del mar elevados y riesgo de inundaciones costeras, creo que eso genera mucha ansiedad”.

El aumento en el nivel del mar, combinado con olas mayores que el promedio por el oleaje del Pacífico Norte —que se prevén durante El Niño—, además de grandes mareas vivas de octubre a febrero, puede causar una erosión excepcional en la Costa Oeste, afirmó Sean Vitousek, oceanógrafo investigador del Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos.

En general, los mayores episodios de El Niño de 1982-1983, 1997-1998 y 2015-2016 hicieron que las playas de la Costa Oeste sufrieran su peor erosión registrada, indicó Vitousek.

“La pérdida de playas protectoras también incrementa el impacto de las olas y las inundaciones costeras sobre propiedades e infraestructura”, sostuvo.

Las cosas podrían intensificarse con el tiempo a medida que lleguen más ondas durante el invierno.

Por lo general, los fenómenos de El Niño se asocian con cinco o seis de estas ondas, dijo Amaya. Durante el último gran El Niño, en 2015-2016, se produjeron cinco ondas Kelvin.

Una ya pasó en mayo o junio y hay indicios de que se está formando una tercera, señaló. Los expertos prevén que continúe avanzando por la costa durante el próximo mes aproximadamente.

¿Cómo responden los estados a las preocupaciones por el aumento en el nivel del mar?

Existe preocupación de que las ondas puedan empeorar los desafíos a lo largo de la costa del sur de California, dijo Alyssa Napuri, subjefa de gabinete de la supervisora del condado de Orange, Katrina Foley. Las olas ya se acercan a una línea ferroviaria junto al mar y varias viviendas frente al océano resultaron dañadas el mes pasado durante marejadas vinculadas al huracán Marie.

Las autoridades están colocando arena de emergencia en las playas lo más rápido posible, indicó Napuri, y agregó que los pronósticos muestran que la onda Kelvin podría elevar los niveles del agua entre 15 y 30 centímetros (6 y 12 pulgadas).

“Ya estamos batallando tal como estamos”, señaló Napuri.

El gobernador demócrata de California, Gavin Newsom, proclamó el estado de emergencia a finales de septiembre para preparar al estado para lo que probablemente será una temporada histórica de El Niño. La proclamación ayudará al estado a “actuar más rápido para proteger a las comunidades, desplegar recursos críticos y reforzar la preparación antes de que se intensifique el clima severo”, señaló el gobernador en un comunicado.

Expertos del Departamento de Recursos Naturales del estado de Washington están listos para responder a cualquier desastre que pudiera venir con las ondas Kelvin, dijo la portavoz Courtney James. Ellos se coordinan regularmente a través de la División de Manejo de Emergencias del estado, pero hasta ahora no se les ha pedido ninguna preparación especial, indicó.

Los daños reales por las ondas Kelvin dependerán de las tormentas y las mareas amplificadas por El Niño, y si son más fuertes, el daño podría ser de gran magnitud, dijo Amaya.

“Es demasiado, demasiado pronto para estar seguros de si esta temporada invernal en particular batirá récords en términos de este El Niño, pero este El Niño en sí ciertamente va en camino de ser uno de los más grandes, si no el más grande, El Niño que hayamos visto”, afirmó.

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Matt Cord introduced LeBron James in the Sixers' starting lineup.

"At 6-9, from St. Vincent-St. Mary’s, No. 23, LeBron James! James!'

Close to 10,000 fans who plunked down $10 a ticket on Saturday to essentially witness a glorified practice at the Sixers’ home arena went wild for James' debut.

No, James didn't wear No. 23. He historically wore No. 6 over his career in practice gear but with that number retired in Philadelphia because of Julius Erving, James went with No. 9.

No, the dunks and 3s and assists didn't count in any official capacity. And no, James wasn't even introduced last. That honor remained reserved for Joel Embiid.

What the new 41-year-old on the block did do was give — along with Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, Jaylen Brown and VJ Edgecombe — a sneak preview that maybe, just maybe, the long underperforming Sixers might finally rise to the moment this season and meet their championship expectations.

“It was a great first step in a direction we're trying to go,” James said. “It was great to hear some cheers from our fans.”

Sixers fans that crammed aisles and stairways trying to catch a first glimpse or a snapshot of James were shooed back to their seats. Vendors hawked James merchandise outside the arena and told fans they could own the first pieces of his merchandise. Sixers fans that inched near the court screamed and outright begged James to stop and turnaround and pose for pictures. They also crammed into team stores buying No. 23 jerseys.

The Sixers started the scrimmage early with what they hope is a familiar sight: Maxey in transition hit James for an alley-oop dunk. James hung and swung on the rim for a few seconds.

James made a nifty behind-the-back pass to Edgecombe (who missed a corner 3) and even squared up and buried a long 3 from about Caitlin Clark range.

James did it all — he even bounced Maxey's baby daughter, Marvel, on his knee for a moment on the bench.

No word yet on James' hourly babysitting rate.

Not a bad first week in Philadelphia for the NBA’s career scoring leader.

“Everybody's been super welcoming,” James said. “I've been able to implement some things with my voice and just my command of how I play the game and my experience playing the game. I'm still getting more and more comfortable off the floor, with travel and without my family and things of that nature. That's going to be a little bit of a challenge, but everything's been good so far. Great first week."

The Sixers traditionally hold the scrimmage in Delaware on the home court of their G League team. The Sixers donated 5,000 tickets to local community groups and Sixers Youth Foundation grantee partners and more than $80,000 was raised for the Sixers Youth Foundation.

The $10 tickets were a deal. They are hovering around $1,000 a ticket for the 100 level on the secondary market for the Sixers' Oct. 22 home opener against Cleveland.

James was expected to play Monday in the first of four preseason games and mark the start of his record 24th NBA season.

“It’d be good to get out there with some of our guys to just get a rhythm," James said. “At the same time, also not overdo it. We're putting a lot into our practices right now. We're fine-tuning what we want to do once the game comes. I think there will be opportunities once we get out there in the preseason."

Philadelphia opens the season Oct. 20 in New York against the NBA champion Knicks.

James and the rest of the Sixers were encouraged that the oft-injured Embiid has been a full participant in camp and seems to be in leaner, lighter shape. Embiid pulled off a driving left-handed dunk in the scrimmage and later joked; it was “probably the last dunk of my career.”

Jerseys flew off the racks, Sixers flew through the air, and excitement swirled around the team and for all that James brings to the city.

“They've welcomed me with open arms,” James said, “and I'm getting more and more comfortable every day.”

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The Panthers reportedly made the move as they continue to determine the severity of the lower body injury that forced him out of Thursday night’s loss to the San Jose Sharks.

The move would require Barkov to miss at least 10 games and 24 days under NHL rules. However, reports indicate the Panthers remain uncertain about the full extent of the injury and what comes next for their captain.

ESPN’s Emily Kaplan reported that sources told her there is optimism that his injury isn’t season ending.

Barkov was injured during the second period of Florida’s 4-3 overtime loss in San Jose. His left leg appeared to buckle while he was battling for the puck along the boards. He left the ice under his own power and did not return.

Panthers head coach Paul Maurice said after the game that the injury was not related to the right knee injury that sidelined Barkov for the entire 2025-26 season.

Barkov underwent surgery last season after tearing the ACL and MCL in his right knee during training camp.

The 31-year-old Finnish center had only recently returned to game action and was playing his second game of the season when he was injured Thursday.

Florida has not publicly announced a specific diagnosis or recovery timeline for Barkov. The Panthers are scheduled to play the Anaheim Ducks at the Honda Center on Sunday at 8 p.m.

The Panthers have not revealed any details of Barkov's injury and it seems like the evaluation process to determine severity is ongoing. Barkov will see Panthers team physicians on Monday, coach Paul Maurice said.

Florida made a pair of roster additions after placing Barkov on the injured list Saturday, bringing up center Sam Lafferty and defenseman Alexander Petrovic.

Barkov was hurt midway through the second period of Florida's 4-3 overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night. He was jostling for the puck along the boards, got pushed by the Sharks' Darnell Nurse and awkwardly fell to the ice with his left leg at an unnatural angle. It appeared his knee buckled on the play.

Barkov remained down for a few moments, then got up and headed toward the tunnel leading to the Florida dressing room. He walked with a bit of a limp and appeared to angrily try to throw off his gloves as he moved toward the room.

Barkov — Florida's captain and a huge part of the Panthers' runs to Stanley Cup championships in 2024 and 2025 — missed the entire 2025-26 season with torn ligaments in his right knee. He went scoreless in his first two appearance of this season for Florida, which plays Sunday at Anaheim.

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The Sunshine Protection Act passed the House in July, but it faces roadblocks in the Senate where some Republicans are strongly opposed. Proponents, including the White House, argue that the change would provide more daylight during the times that Americans are most active. Detractors said permanent daylight saving time would lead to darker and potentially more hazardous winter mornings when children will be waiting for school buses and parents will be driving to work in darkness.

It was a remarkable escalation on Trump's part of a longstanding fixation shared by both men — with Trump supporting making daylight saving time permanent, and Cotton vociferously opposed — at a time just weeks before the midterms, when Republicans would prefer that the president focus on talking about affordability issues and the party's achievements. Cotton is also up for reelection this November, although that race is not expected to be competitive.

Trump calls daylight saving time ‘depressing’

Daylight saving time is that period between spring and fall when clocks in most parts of the United States are set one hour ahead of standard time. Not all states observe it — and under the bill, states can opt out of the change if their respective legislatures act to do so before the bill’s enactment.

“It’s a lot of work for a lot of people, running around for two days, changing all the clocks in the house,” Trump told reporters as his left the White House on Saturday for a rally in Vandalia, Ohio. “It discombobulates everybody," he said.

Trump said the time change gives golfers less time on the greens and tennis players less time on the courts. He blamed Cotton for stopping the bill. “So, everyone in Arkansas, a State I love, and won 3 times, the last by by 34 points, tell Tom to, GET IT DONE! It will be appreciated by all,” Trump said on social media on Saturday morning, kicking off the fight.

Trump included a phone number with an Arkansas area code. The Associated Press called the number, but no one answered and the voicemail box was full.

Cotton, a member of Republican leadership, reiterated his opposition to permanent daylight saving time in a social media post of his own Saturday afternoon. He is not the only GOP senator who opposes the policy, though he has been among the most vocal opponents.

“No one likes changing the clock, me included, but Congress has enacted permanent Daylight Savings Time multiple times before and repealed it each time once Americans experienced absurdly late sunrises in the winter,” Cotton wrote. “Arkansans don’t want their kids going to school in the pitch dark, and I’ll always put Arkansas first.”

The fight over changing the clock went on all Saturday

Trump promptly fired back in another post. “If Tom Cotton were putting Arkansas first, he would give them an extra hour of daylight and, more importantly, they wouldn’t have to run all over their houses, farms, work places, and everywhere else, twice a year, having to change their Clocks, and often forgetting to do so,” Trump said, adding that “that is really putting Arkansas FIRST.”

As his motorcade was rolling back to the White House from his golf course, Trump added that “a table full of very distinguished people just told me that they HATE, immediately after a mandatory time change, going home at night – and it’s DARK.”

“It’s depressing!" Trump continued. "One of the gentleman stated that, ‘I just hate going home in darkness.’ It’s also, in Crime Ridden Blue States, a lot more dangerous to be walking home in the dark!”

A 2025 poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that if forced to choose, most Americans would prefer to keep that extra hour of daylight in the evening. Only 12% of U.S. adults favor the current system of daylight saving time, which requires people in most states to change their clocks twice a year, while 47% oppose it and 40% are neutral.

Members of Congress have long been interested in the potential benefits and costs of daylight saving time since it was first adopted as a wartime measure in 1942. The Senate passed a bill four years ago to make daylight saving time permanent, but it stalled in the House.

This is not the first time Trump has released personal information about a senator

While competing for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, the late Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina described Trump as “unfit for office” after Trump denigrated the military service of Sen. John McCain of Arizona. Trump then released Graham’s personal cellphone number. That prompted a viral video in which the senator dramatically destroyed a series of flip phones.

Graham later became a close ally of Trump. In contrast, although they share many of the same policy positions, Trump and Cotton are not known to be close.

Cotton, one of the Republican Party's most prominent national security voices, has advocated for a more hawkish approach on Iran, particularly as Trump entertains pauses in military strikes amid the seven-month war. In Trump's first term, Cotton was a critic of the president's attempts at overhauling the nation's sentencing laws, calling the proposal a “jailbreak."

Earlier this year, Cotton had temporarily defied Trump's attempts at stalling the confirmation process for his own nominee for director of national intelligence, Jay Clayton. The president had wanted to ensure his interim pick for the intelligence job, Bill Pulte, would be able to serve in that role at least briefly when the former director, Tulsi Gabbard, left the job.

But the appointment of Pulte, who had no known national security credentials, drew bipartisan condemnation from Capitol Hill and Cotton had tried to expedite Clayton's confirmation process, which could have prevented Pulte from being installed as acting director.

But Trump ultimately ordered Clayton to not appear before Cotton's committee for his confirmation hearing, and Pulte served in the job for several weeks this summer. Clayton was eventually confirmed by the Senate in late July.

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It wasn't immediately clear when federal forces recaptured Alula Aba Nega Airport. Those who provided the information declined to be identified for fear of retribution amid uncertainty over who controlled the city.

Severe disruptions to internet and cellphone networks have made gathering and verifying information from Tigray difficult. Details of how the airport changed hands, including whether fighting took place there, remained unclear.

“The military is in full control of the airport. That much I can confirm,” an Ethiopian general said on condition of anonymity.

Neither the Ethiopian government nor the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, or TPLF, had issued an official statement on the airport’s reported capture. It wasn’t clear who controlled Mekelle itself. An AP contributor in the city said residents feared looting amid the uncertainty.

“Many reports indicate that the government and allied forces have begun to control Tigray’s capital,” said Jalale Getachew Birru, an Ethiopia analyst for ACLED, an independent global monitor that collects, analyzes and maps data on conflict.

The AP could not independently verify those reports.

TPLF fighters seized the airport on Sept. 23, prompting Ethiopian Airlines to suspend flights to Mekelle and the Tigrayan cities of Axum and Shire. The African Union urged restraint, warning that renewed tensions threatened the peace agreement signed in 2022.

Federal troops are fighting alongside allied Tigrayan forces against the TPLF. The AP previously reported that the Tigray Peace Force, a breakaway faction of the Tigrayan rebels, was operating alongside federal forces in the neighboring Afar region.

The reported change in control follows a sharp deterioration in relations between Ethiopia and neighboring Eritrea. Ethiopia on Thursday ordered 10 Eritrean diplomats to leave and announced the closure of its embassy in Eritrea. Eritrea said that it would sever diplomatic ties.

Ethiopian authorities have accused Eritrea of supporting the TPLF, an allegation Eritrea has denied.

The U.S. State Department in a statement Saturday urged Ethiopia and Eritrea to show restraint and return to talks.

“Increasing cross-border tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea have the potential to affect the entire region,” State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said. “The Horn of Africa cannot sustain another military conflict and humanitarian crisis. A conflict jeopardizes ongoing U.S. collaboration on shared interests with both countries.”

The government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, if it takes control of Mekelle, is very likely to leave regional security in the hands of the Tigray Peace Force, which comprises former members of the Tigray Defense Forces, Birru said.

Abiy has tried and failed to subdue Tigray’s rebellious leaders in recent months, with TPLF Chairman Debretsion Gebremichael openly challenging him. Renewed fighting has shattered a 2022 peace deal that ended a devastating two-year war between federal troops, backed by Eritrea and allied militias, and the TPLF.

“This is an extraordinary and largely unexpected turn in a war whose direction looked very different only days ago,” Getachew Temare, an independent attorney and human rights defender who is from Ethiopia, said of the possible fall of Mekelle in an analysis posted on X. “But the most consequential question is not whether Mekelle falls. It is what this fall means politically.”

He said the emergence of the Tigray Peace Force makes the current conflict different from the previous one. When Mekelle fell to federal forces in November 2020, the TPLF “retained something far more important. A substantial political and social constituency for armed resistance remained intact. Within months, Tigrayan forces returned to Mekelle and the military balance was dramatically reversed.”

The fighting has brought renewed hardship to civilians still recovering from the previous 2020-2022 war. Residents of Mekelle told the AP earlier this week that communications, banking and other essential services had been disrupted.

In September, residents described fears of renewed isolation following the suspension of flights. They also reported that roads connecting Tigray and Afar had been closed to civilian traffic, although the AP couldn't independently verify the closures.

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Kiyaro reported from Hamburg, Germany. Associated Press writers Khaled Kazziha in Nairobi, Kenya and Matt Lee in Washington contributed to this report.

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A year ago, Gabby Williams played for the Seattle Storm and her now-teammates with Golden State had no way of knowing just how much her addition would matter in the franchise taking its next major step.

“I came here just because I just wanted someone to believe in me, that's really it, in the league at least,” Williams said of proving herself in the WNBA after previous success internationally.

Oh, everybody does now — no doubt about that.

The second-seeded Valkyries are on to the WNBA semifinals for a date with the defending champion Las Vegas Aces, who will have to deal with Golden State's devoted, delirious “sixth man” home crowd in San Francisco.

Game 1 in the best-of-five series is Sunday afternoon at Chase Center, with raucous “Ballhalla” clamoring and ready for another round of playoff basketball.

The Valkyries had to rally from 16 points down to get past Dallas 77-73 in the deciding Game 3 of the first round Friday night.

“Amazing after all that hard work of fighting and clawing back, doing it with this team, it was amazing,” said guard Tiffany Hayes, who scored 18 points off the bench in the first-round clincher. “I can’t think of any other word but amazing. Just proud and grateful to be here with this team.”

No arguing the Aces believe in A'ja Wilson, their do-everything, reigning MVP center and the WNBA's leading scorer this season at 26 points per game. She's the league's top shot blocker, too.

Still, Wilson insists she is determined to do more. She scored 36 points as the Aces eliminated Caitlin Clark and the Fever in their Game 3.

“That's my approach to what I do every single time I step foot on the court," she said. “I know that everyone's going to try to be their best against me. If not they're going to be their best against me because of the resume or because the team that I'm on. And so I can't take any days off. I have to constantly keep my guard up because if I want to continue to be the best and be on the best team with the best players I've got to hold my end of the stick.”

There's plenty of familiarity with these teams: Valkyries coach Natalie Nakase was an assistant under Becky Hammon with the Aces from 2022–24 as Las Vegas captured consecutive titles in 2022 and '23.

In Friday's clincher, Nakase went down to her knees on the court with 1:40 left appearing to not feel well. The team said afterward she was fine and expected to coach Sunday in Game 1 but assistant coach Kasib Powell addressed the media in a postgame news conference where she typically speaks.

Williams can't wait for everything this series will bring her way. She scored 19 points in the clinching win to wrap up the first round against Dallas on Friday night.

“I love these situations, I love high-pressure situations,” she said. “I'm best when I don't have a choice but to do my best so I like being put into that position.”

Williams hit a go-ahead 17-footer with 1:17 remaining Friday and had two 3-pointers late in the third quarter to help fuel the comeback.

“Big shot Gabby,” as Hayes called her. “She's our leader, she's the one we go to, and she showed you exactly why she is who she is.”

With little fanfare, the soft-spoken Williams alongside fellow veterans Veronica Burton and Hayes has taken the Valkyries to another level: They earned the No. 2 seed and energized a diverse Bay Area fan base that has embraced this franchise since Day 1.

"We definitely owe Ballhalla a big thank you for tonight," Williams said.

Williams is clearly thriving in her new surroundings.

Before calling it a night from her postgame news conference, she added a final observation of how she defended Paige Bueckers:

“Also, I blocked Paige's shot at the end and I did not get credited.”

And she knows there will be more stingy defense needed in the next round.

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Los registros de la cárcel muestran que Shaquille Jaray Palmer fue arrestado la noche del viernes por agentes del Departamento de Policía de Miramar y enfrenta un cargo grave de robo mayor en primer grado de $100,000 USD o más.

El arresto ocurre después de que funcionarios del MPD reconocieran que un hombre de 31 años había sido arrestado injustamente en el caso. El hombre fue liberado posteriormente después de que la policía determinara que los investigadores habían arrestado a la persona equivocada.

La policía dijo que la confusión inicial se debió a información relacionada con personas que tenían el mismo nombre.

El jefe de la Policía de Miramar, Delrish Moss, había dicho anteriormente que las autoridades habían emitido una orden bajo el nombre equivocado después de que se proporcionara información a los investigadores en septiembre.

Wellington había dicho a Local 10 News que no tenía dudas sobre quién creía que era responsable de llevarse sus pertenencias.

Dijo que regresó a la policía para proporcionar información adicional e identificar a la persona que creía que se había llevado los artículos.

La policía había dicho anteriormente que cinco bolsos Hermès y una botella de agua Chanel fueron reportados como robados de la casa de Wellington en agosto. El valor inicial de los bienes era de $271,938.60 USD.

Las autoridades dijeron posteriormente que algunos de los artículos fueron encontrados en un negocio de Aventura que revende bolsos de diseñador auténticos y otros artículos de lujo.

Según un informe de arresto, la persona sospechosa de llevarse las pertenencias había llevado los artículos al negocio como parte de un acuerdo de préstamo y no cumplió con el pago, dejando a Wellington sin poder recuperar los bienes.

Wellington ha reportado desde entonces otras pertenencias desaparecidas, incluidos dos bolsos Chanel y un costoso vestido Versace.

Anteriormente dijo que la situación era particularmente frustrante porque creía que la persona responsable era alguien en quien había confiado.

Hasta el sábado, Palmer permanecía detenido en la cárcel principal del condado Broward, donde el monto de su fianza no había sido establecido de inmediato.

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Martha Hernandez went to Baptist Health last year after a rash failed to go away. She also was experiencing high blood pressure and a migraine.

“My blood pressure was high,” Hernandez said. “I had a migraine. And you know, and then I had the hives all over my body.”

Tests at the emergency room revealed a brain aneurysm, a weakened area in a blood vessel in the brain.

Further imaging showed that Hernandez’s aneurysm was growing rapidly and was located in her basilar artery, a major blood vessel at the back of the brain.

“If it gets shut down or if it ruptures, for most of the patients, actually, is fatal,” said interventional neuroradiologist Dr. Guilherme Dabus.

The diagnosis came as a shock to Hernandez.

“I just started crying. I saw my life in a flashback,” she said. “Everything happened so fast, like I just couldn’t believe it. I couldn’t believe that that was happening to me.”

Dabus treated the aneurysm from inside the blood vessel, using tiny catheters to reach the brain, seal off the aneurysm and repair the damaged vessel.

“Basically, what I usually tell the patients, although the risks exist, the chance of success is usually about 95%,” Dabus said.

Today, Hernandez’s aneurysm is completely closed, and she has returned to the activities she loves, including helping children in her native Honduras.

She credits God, Dabus and the medical team with helping save her life.

“I’m just so grateful for him and the entire team that, you know, I’m here and, and I’m blessed to be here, and I know that I was left here for a purpose,” Hernandez said.

Hernandez now hopes her experience will raise awareness about brain aneurysms and their warning signs, including a persistent, painful headache.

Two major risk factors are high blood pressure and smoking, both of which can be addressed to help reduce risk.

Since it is “Aneurysm Awareness Month,” Hernandez wants more people to know the potential warning signs and seek medical attention.

Martha Hernandez acudió a Baptist Health el año pasado después de que un sarpullido no desapareciera. También tenía presión arterial alta y migraña.

“Mi presión arterial estaba alta”, dijo Hernandez. “Tenía migraña. Y sabes, además tenía urticaria por todo el cuerpo”.

Las pruebas en la sala de emergencias revelaron un aneurisma cerebral, un área debilitada en un vaso sanguíneo del cerebro.

Los estudios de imagen posteriores mostraron que el aneurisma de Hernandez estaba creciendo rápidamente y se encontraba en su arteria basilar, un vaso sanguíneo importante en la parte posterior del cerebro.

“Si se obstruye o si se rompe, para la mayoría de los pacientes, en realidad, es fatal”, dijo el neurorradiólogo intervencionista, Dr. Guilherme Dabus.

El diagnóstico fue un shock para Hernandez.

“Simplemente comencé a llorar. Vi mi vida en un flashback”, dijo. “Todo sucedió tan rápido, como que no podía creerlo. No podía creer que eso me estuviera pasando a mí”.

Dabus trató el aneurisma desde el interior del vaso sanguíneo, utilizando pequeños catéteres para llegar al cerebro, sellar el aneurisma y reparar el vaso sanguíneo dañado.

“Básicamente, lo que normalmente les digo a los pacientes es que, aunque existen riesgos, la posibilidad de éxito suele ser de alrededor del 95%”, dijo Dabus.

Hoy, el aneurisma de Hernandez está completamente cerrado y ella ha regresado a las actividades que ama, incluida la ayuda a niños en su natal Honduras.

Ella atribuye a Dios, a Dabus y al equipo médico el haber ayudado a salvarle la vida.

“Estoy muy agradecida con él y con todo el equipo porque, sabes, estoy aquí y, y tengo la bendición de estar aquí, y sé que me dejaron aquí con un propósito”, dijo Hernandez.

Hernandez ahora espera que su experiencia ayude a crear conciencia sobre los aneurismas cerebrales y sus señales de advertencia, incluido un dolor de cabeza persistente y doloroso.

Dos factores de riesgo importantes son la presión arterial alta y fumar, ambos pueden abordarse para ayudar a reducir el riesgo.

Como es el “Mes de Concientización sobre los Aneurismas”, Hernandez quiere que más personas conozcan las posibles señales de advertencia y busquen atención médica.

Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue dijo que equipos respondieron a la colisión alrededor de las 6:19 p.m. en un área al sur de la Interestatal 75 y al oeste de U.S. 27.

Dijeron que el hombre sufrió heridas críticas y fue trasladado en helicóptero al Memorial Regional Hospital en Hollywood como alerta de trauma de Nivel 1. Una segunda persona, que aún no ha sido identificada, sufrió heridas y fue declarada muerta en la escena, dijeron las autoridades.

Las autoridades dijeron que la ubicación remota y el terreno difícil requirieron una extensa respuesta aérea y terrestre. Dijeron que dos helicópteros de la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward fueron desplegados para ayudar a localizar a las víctimas y dirigir a los equipos de rescate hasta el lugar del accidente.

Un helicóptero de las fuerzas del orden de la BSO realizó un reconocimiento aéreo, mientras que un helicóptero de Rescate Aéreo de BSFR fue utilizado para llegar hasta el hombre herido, según funcionarios de rescate.

Funcionarios dijeron que, después de localizar a la víctima, el equipo de Rescate Aéreo realizó una operación de izamiento para sacarlo del terreno remoto de los Everglades. Luego fue trasladado en helicóptero al hospital para recibir tratamiento.

La respuesta requirió coordinación entre recursos de rescate, fuerzas del orden, aviación y aerodeslizadores debido al acceso limitado al área.

Las circunstancias que rodean el accidente continúan bajo investigación.

Since she retired, Trimble, 68, has had more time to work on her quilting hobby and on making costumes for her three granddaughters, who are 3, 5, and 7.

About 12 years ago, Trimble survived ovarian cancer and was treated at Broward Health Imperial Point. About two years ago, she faced a type of breast cancer that often goes undiagnosed.

“I had been getting routine mammograms, but I had started getting a little pain at the left breast,” Trimble said. “It wasn’t horrible, and it wasn’t constant, but it was enough that I took it as an indication that there was something going on.”

Trimble’s mammogram came back negative, but she wasn’t convinced. Trimble’s sister had survived breast cancer. She decided to push for a second opinion. It was a proactive move that likely saved her life.

Dr. Nicholas Tranakas, a surgical oncologist, scheduled a biopsy. Her breast had Invasive Lobular Carcinoma, also known as lobular breast cancer. It had started in the lobules, the milk-producing glands, and it was growing in thin, single fine lines — instead of a hard lump.

“That sums it up: Proactive. You have to be actively seeking what’s best for you,” Trimble said.

Mammography and ultrasound, the standard breast imaging tools, are less reliable for early detection of ILC. Dr. Mehmet Hepgur, a hematologist and medical oncologist at Broward Health, said it’s because tumors form “like flat sheets.”

ILC accounts for about 10% to 15% of all breast cancer cases. It is the second most common type of breast cancer after Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, which begins in the milk ducts, according to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

Since ILC has a high rate of recurrence, Trimble decided to undergo a bilateral mastectomy, surgery to remove both breasts, at Broward Health Imperial Point.

“I feel really good today. I tell everyone I am in pretty good shape for the shape I am in,” Trimble said.

Here are some possible ILC symptoms:

• Hardened or thickened area inside the breast or underarm
• Dimpling, dent, or puckering of the skin of a breast
• Change in the size or shape of a breast
• Changes to the nipple, including inversion or pulling to one side
• A new area of fullness or swelling in the breast
• Unexplained and persistent bone pain, especially in the back, ribs, or thighs
• Unusual pelvic bleeding
• Abdominal pain, distention and/or bloating
• Difficulty eating or digesting food
• Unexplained weight loss
• Unexplained shortness of breath or painful breathing
• Frequent headaches, dizziness, or impaired cognitive function
• Swelling or lumps in the chest, armpit, neck, or groin
• Changes in skin color, lasting rash, or firm nodules on the skin
• New difficulty seeing

Sources: Breast Cancer Research Foundation and Lobular Breast Cancer Alliance

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Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue said crews responded to the collision at about 6:19 p.m. in an area south of Interstate 75 and west of U.S. 27.

They said the man suffered critical injuries and was airlifted to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood as a Level 1 trauma alert. A second person, who has not yet been identified, sustained injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.

Authorities said the remote location and difficult terrain required an extensive air and ground response. They said two Broward Sheriff’s Office helicopters were deployed to help locate the victims and direct rescue crews to the crash site.

A BSO law enforcement helicopter conducted aerial reconnaissance while a BSFR Air Rescue helicopter was used to reach the injured man, according to fire rescue officials.

Officials said after locating the victim, the Air Rescue crew conducted a hoist operation to remove him from the remote Everglades terrain. He was then flown to the hospital for treatment.

The response required coordination among fire rescue, law enforcement, aviation and airboat resources because of the area’s limited access.

The circumstances surrounding the crash remain under investigation.

Los agentes indicaron que acudieron poco después de las 23:00 horas a la zona de la calle Southwest 23rd Street y la avenida 56th Avenue tras recibir un aviso de que había un hombre herido tendido en la calzada.

Según indicaron, una investigación preliminar determinó que el hombre, cuya identidad aún no se ha revelado, había sido atropellado por un vehículo. Las autoridades confirmaron que fue declarado fallecido en el lugar de los hechos.

Las autoridades señalaron que las circunstancias que rodean el accidente siguen siendo objeto de investigación por parte de la Unidad de Homicidios de Tráfico de la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward (BSO).

Los detectives aún no han determinado si el incidente fue un atropello con fuga.

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Deputies said they responded shortly after 11 p.m. to the area of Southwest 23rd Street and 56th Avenue after receiving a report of a man lying injured in the roadway.

They said a preliminary investigation determined that the man, who has not yet been identified, had been struck by a vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities confirmed.

Authorities said the circumstances surrounding the crash remain under investigation by BSO’s Traffic Homicide Unit.

Detectives have not yet determined whether the incident involved a hit-and-run.

Frank Strada, commissioner of the Department of Correction, will step down this month, Lee said. Some of the governor's fellow Republicans and other elected officials had been urging a change in leadership.

It was the second time since May that Tennessee has not been able to execute a prisoner who was seemingly moments away from death.

The governor also announced that former U.S. Attorney Ed Stanton would lead a review of what happened in Pike's death chamber. Stanton previously was named to conduct a review after Lee called off a different execution in 2022; he found in that case that Tennessee had not complied with its own lethal injection process.

Strada said in a statement that resigning was “in the best interest of Tennesseans” while Stanton's review is conducted. The state failed to execute Pike despite administering two doses of a lethal drug, pentobarbital.

Pike, now 50, was 18 when she and her boyfriend tortured and killed a classmate, Colleen Slemmer, in a jealous rage in 1995. She became one of the youngest women to be sent to death row.

Strada defends execution protocol

There was no immediate response from Pike's lawyers for an update Saturday on her condition at a hospital. They had disclosed Friday that she was on a ventilator and unconscious in the hours following the execution attempt and that hospital staff were trying to clear the two doses of pentobarbital.

The shocking failure has left both sides of the death penalty debate demanding answers. Lee has ordered an independent review and halted any new executions. Strada said he believes the state “carried out its responsibilities in accordance with the established protocol.”

Pike's legal team welcomed Strada's departure but said “it does nothing to help Christa now.”

“What happened to her Wednesday reflects a systemic failure that goes far beyond any one person,” the four-lawyer team said. “We hope the governor’s call for a full, independent review will expose the profound problems within Tennessee’s entire death penalty system.”

Second failed execution since May

Pike’s attorneys said they believed problems with the IV lines caused the pentobarbital to flow into her body instead of her bloodstream.

Pike was extraordinarily cooperative with the execution team, even instructing them to “please try here, please try here” as they tried to insert lines, lawyer Randy Spivey told reporters Thursday.

In May, Tennessee stopped the execution of Tony Carruthers after staff placed an IV into his right arm but couldn’t get a secondary IV line. The governor ordered officials to wait at least a year before trying to execute him again.

Strada took over the Correction Department in January 2023 after serving as deputy director of the Arizona Department of Corrections. In late 2024, he announced that Tennessee was changing its lethal injection protocol and would use only pentobarbital.

Four people have been executed in Tennessee since 2025, according to the Correction Department.

Some Arizona executions had snags

Court filings show that Strada's job included overseeing executions in Arizona when they resumed in 2022 following an eight-year break.

Clarence Dixon was the first that year. The medical team had trouble finding a vein to administer the lethal drugs and finally made an incision in his groin area. The process took about 25 minutes.

That same year in Arizona, medical staff preparing Frank Atwood for execution initially could not locate a vein in his right arm but inserted the IV in his right hand — at Atwood’s suggestion, said Henry Brean, an Arizona Daily Star reporter who was a witness.

Strada announced Murray Hooper's execution by lethal injection, the third in 2022. There was an unsuccessful attempt to insert an IV line in his right arm. The IV in Hooper's leg was inserted into his femoral artery.

“When Governor Lee hired Strada to fix execution problems in Tennessee, his problematic history of executions in Arizona was well known,” said Kit Thomas, an attorney who has represented people on Tennessee's death row.

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According to investigators, Immanuel Grant was last seen at approximately 6 p.m. Wednesday, near the 1300 block of S. Federal Highway in Dania Beach. He was last seen wearing a red shirt, pink and blue pants and Crocs.

Deputies said Grant is approximately 6 feet, 2 inches tall, weighs about 200 pounds and has brown hair and brown eyes. Grant has missing front teeth.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts is urged to call BSO Missing Persons Detective Leonard Charla at 954-321-4274 or the BSO non-emergency number at 954-764-4357.

Según los investigadores, Immanuel Grant fue visto por última vez aproximadamente a las 18:00 horas del miércoles, cerca de la manzana 1300 de la S. Federal Highway, en Dania Beach. La última vez que fue visto vestía una camiseta roja, pantalones rosas y azules y unas Crocs.

Los agentes indicaron que Grant mide aproximadamente 6 pies y 2 pulgadas, pesa unas 200 libras y tiene el pelo y los ojos castaños. A Grant le faltan los dientes delanteros.

Se ruega a cualquier persona que tenga información sobre su paradero que llame al detective Leonard Charla, de la Unidad de Personas Desaparecidas de la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward (BSO), al 954-321-4274, o al número de la BSO para casos que no sean de emergencia, al 954-764-4357.

As of Saturday, three days after the uniformed crew members rushed to the cockpit to steady the Israel-bound plane carrying 182 people after a sickening plummet, they still haven't been publicly identified. FlyDubai has called them only on-duty crew members traveling on the plane. It’s not clear why the airline hasn't said more.

One passenger at the front of the plane, though, described the men’s actions in an interview with The Associated Press, giving one of the most detailed accounts of the yet-unsung heroes.

“This is one of the miracles,” said Daniel Schlichter, who was seated in the second row.

“That not in every flight they bring two extra pilots. In this case, they brought them because they should have brought the plane back from Tel Aviv to Dubai, and this is the only reason they were there.” The practice is called deadheading.

The two men responded after screaming passengers discovered what was unfolding in the cockpit. They said the copilot was attacking the captain over and over, and blood was everywhere. The captain, while badly wounded, managed to unlock the cockpit door.

After a passenger grabbed the copilot and pulled him out, and others grappled with the man to subdue him, Schlichter said that one of the traveling pilots practically hurtled the scrum to enter the cockpit and seize the controls.

“He was actually kind of jumping above the guys that were handling the terrorist, and he reached out to the pilot area and started to take over,” Schlichter said. “And then the other guy, the other pilot, joined in and they closed the door because they didn’t want anybody else to be there.”

Schlichter, like others, wasn’t sure where the two men had come from. But whoever the first one was, he moved very quickly.

“He acted really like a hero, taking over the plane and reacted like he understood exactly what is going on, and I think we owe him our lives not less than the other heroes that went on the flight,” Schlichter said.

Once the two entered the cockpit and closed the door, Schlichter wasn’t sure who did what inside. It took “quite a lot of minutes,” maybe 10 or more, to stabilize the plane after a descent so extreme that part of its rudder was torn away.

A mayday call was made as the men frantically sought a place to land.

Meanwhile, some of the frightened and wary passengers wondered about them and whether they could be trusted.

“After they managed to stabilize the airplane, actually they did not have any communication with us, and I have to tell you, I was worried about this,” Schlichter said.

He worried about an even worse situation — that the men might be “hijacking the plane into maybe Iran, or I don’t know where, because we’re actually not too far.”

But after about 45 minutes, he said, the pilots announced that they would be landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, and everything was going to be OK.

With that, Schlichter said, he decided to trust them. And it turned out to be true.

A three-time AL MVP, Judge hasn’t played since Sept. 16.

Giancarlo Stanton, who hasn’t played since April 24 because of strained calf muscles in both legs, remained on the 26-man roster for the best-of-five series starting Saturday.

Stanton was active for the Wild Card Series sweep of Boston but didn’t get in the games, which both turned into blowouts.

“I just feel like he’s not quite ready to do it," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said of Judge. “Like, he wanted to be on, and was willing to do anything. ... But for us to potentially have a version of Aaron back, I feel like he needs this week to continue to hit, continue to ramp up the running and moving and all those things. So, it was very close for me but I just felt like this was the right decision. And that’s ultimately what it came down to.”

Judge was sidelined by a fractured rib from May 31 to Sept. 8 and played in just seven games before straining his right calf. He was limited to 66 games this season and hit .241 with 18 homers, 41 RBIs and an .871 OPS, including .174 with one homer and three RBIs in September.

Left-hander Ryan Weathers, sidelined with a left forearm flexor strain since Aug. 22, was added to the roster as an 11th pitcher.

“I'm excited to have him back," Boone said. “He's been throwing. He looks healthy. He feels healthy. I feel like he's going to be really important for us moving forward.”

Utilityman Amed Rosario was dropped. He had two plate appearances in the Wild Card Series with a walk and a strikeout.

Tampa Bay's 12 pitchers included right-hander Cole Susler and left-hander Steven Matz over right-handers Brody Hopkins, Casey Legumina and Manuel Rodríguez.

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Rhys Hoskins was left off by the Cleveland Guardians. Hoskins had been on the injured list since Aug. 19 with lower back inflammation but was working out in Columbus the past couple of weeks.

The Chicago White Sox made one change to their postseason roster, with right-hander Tyler Davis added and Huascar Brazobán left off. Manager Will Venable said he went with Davis because Cleveland has more switch hitters it its lineup and was better against lefties.

Brazobán appeared in Game 2 of the sweep at Houston, facing three batters. He hit his first, struck out his second and allowed a single to his third.

Padres-Brewers

Pitcher Joe Musgrove was kept on the roster as the San Diego Padres made no changes from their Wild Card sweep over the Chicago Cubs.

Recovered from Tommy John surgery, the right-handed Musgrove pitched for the first time since 2024 when he worked a scoreless ninth inning in the opener.

San Diego did put Walker Buehler on the postseason paternity list for one to three days and replaced him during that period with fellow righty Randy Vásquez.

Left-hander Kyle Harrison’s late-season slide didn’t keep him off the Milwaukee Brewers’ roster.

Harrison was one of the Brewers’ top starting pitchers for much of the season and had a 2.79 ERA in late August before allowing 24 runs — 21 earned — over nine innings in a stretch of four appearances from Aug. 31-Sept. 17. He struck out four over two innings in a Sept. 26 relief appearance that showed he might thrive in a bullpen role and finished 11-5 with a 4.20 ERA.

Milwaukee included 13 pitchers, one more than during the 2025 postseason. Right-hander Dustin May made the roster despite a 5.65 ERA in 10 starts after the Brewers acquired him from St. Louis ahead of the trade deadline.

Infielder Joey Ortiz was included after missing the final two regular-season games with knee and abdominal issues.

Catcher Bo Naylor, utilityman Brandon Lockridge and pitcher Grant Anderson were omitted.

Braves-Dodgers

The Braves added right-handed pitchers JR Ritchie and AJ Smith-Shawver and outfielder Lane Thomas in changes to the roster from their Wild Card Series win over Philadelphia.

The trio replaces infielders Dominic Smith and Luke Williams and outfielder DaShawn Keirsey Jr. Thomas missed the final 18 games of the regular season with a strained left intercostal muscle.

The Dodgers are carrying 12 pitchers and 14 position players as they go for a third consecutive World Series championship.

Rookie outfielder Josue De Paula makes his postseason debut. He hit .323 with a home run and seven RBIs in 11 games after being called up directly from Double-A.

Catcher Dalton Rushing was left off the roster. He's limited to only hitting because of an elbow injury.

Also omitted was outfielder Alex Call in favor of Hyeseong Kim, who rejoined the team this week as a potential pinch runner and defensive replacement.

Among pitchers, the Dodgers left off left-handers Justin Wrobleski and Jack Dreyer and right-handers Emmet Sheehan and Kyle Hurt.

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The Humane Society of Broward County recently featured Spottia as she looks for a forever home. The shelter believes she is a poodle-pointer mix, though a DNA test could provide a more definitive answer.

Spottia is described as sweet, friendly and playful. She gets along well with other dogs, knows how to sit and is highly motivated by treats. Shelter staff say she can become attached to the person giving her attention and would benefit from additional training, particularly to help curb jumping.

Because she showed a strong desire to chase a cat, the shelter recommends a home without cats.

HSBC also highlighted Tyson, a 3-year-old tabby cat looking for a family where he can cuddle and relax.

The shelter recently held its first fall mixer featuring “VIP pets,” animals that have been at the shelter for an extended period. Several found homes, and the shelter is continuing to spotlight pets in hopes of sending more animals home.

People interested in adopting Spottia, Tyson or another animal can visit the shelter’s website at humaneBroward.com or come in for a visit.

La Sociedad Protectora de Animales del condado de Broward ha destacado recientemente a Spottia, que busca un hogar definitivo. El refugio cree que es una mezcla de caniche y pointer, aunque una prueba de ADN podría dar una respuesta más definitiva.

Spottia se describe como dulce, simpática y juguetona. Se lleva bien con otros perros, sabe sentarse y le motivan mucho las golosinas. El personal del refugio afirma que puede encariñarse con la persona que le presta atención y que le vendría bien un poco más de adiestramiento, sobre todo para ayudarla a dejar de saltar.

Dado que ha mostrado un fuerte deseo de perseguir a un gato, el refugio recomienda un hogar sin gatos.

La HSBC también ha destacado a Tyson, un gato atigrado de 3 años que busca una familia en la que pueda acurrucarse y relajarse.

El refugio celebró recientemente su primer encuentro social de otoño con “mascotas VIP”, animales que llevan mucho tiempo en el refugio. Varios encontraron un hogar, y el refugio sigue dando visibilidad a las mascotas con la esperanza de que más animales encuentren un hogar.

Las personas interesadas en adoptar a Spottia, Tyson u otro animal pueden visitar la página web del refugio en humaneBroward.com o acercarse a visitarlo.

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After a physical training camp, the Heat are ready to face another team.

“Man, we’re looking forward to going against somebody else,” said Heat center Bam Adebayo. “We’ve been ultra physical this whole camp, trying to get our tendencies down on the defensive side, so we’re looking to bump against somebody else and try to compete, compete for a W.”

Coverage begins at 6:30 p.m. with “Miami Heat Countdown,” followed by tipoff at 7 p.m.

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Tras una pretemporada muy intensa físicamente, los Heat están listos para enfrentarse a otro equipo.

“Estamos deseando enfrentarnos a otro equipo”, afirmó el pívot de los Heat, Bam Adebayo. “Hemos sido muy intensos físicamente durante toda la pretemporada, intentando afianzar nuestras pautas defensivas, así que estamos deseando enfrentarnos a otro equipo e intentar competir, competir por la victoria”.

La retransmisión comienza a las 18:30 h con “Miami Heat Countdown”, seguido del inicio del partido a las 19:00 h.

Y no lo olvides: también podrás ver la mayoría de los partidos de la temporada regular de los Miami Heat —al menos 68— en Local 10 la próxima temporada, ya que WPLG Local 10 y los Heat han anunciado un acuerdo ampliado sobre derechos de retransmisión, lo que convierte a Local 10 en la cadena de referencia del baloncesto de los HEAT en todo el sur de Florida. HAZ CLIC AQUÍ para obtener más información sobre cómo verlo!

It’s a business he might soon have to give up. America’s multibillion-dollar market for impairing hemp products — from THC seltzers sold at some Target stores to smokable cannabis flowers, and different from the regulated legal marijuana industry — faces potential elimination after Congress voted to close a loophole in federal law that has allowed it to flourish.

Advocates for the industry, along with some lawmakers, are fighting to save it. The short-term government-funding bill signed by President Donald Trump last month delayed the effective date of the “hemp THC ban” from Nov. 12 to Dec. 11, giving Congress more time to consider regulating the products rather than banning them.

“It’s such a weird spot to be in,” said Hohns. “You worked 100 hours a week for the past four years, and, yeah, you made some money. But now you might have nothing to show for it.”

Sen. Mitch McConnell closed a loophole in the hemp law he championed

Marijuana and hemp are the same plant — cannabis. Marijuana is cultivated for high levels of THC in its flowers. Low-THC hemp has historically been grown for its sturdy fibers, food or wellness products. “Rope, not dope” was long the motto of farmers who supported legalizing hemp.

To give farmers a new cash crop, Kentucky Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell successfully pushed the legalization of industrial hemp in the 2018 farm bill.

But the way that law defined hemp — as having less than 0.3% of a specific type of THC, called delta-9, by weight — opened a huge loophole. Beverages or snacks could meet that threshold and still contain more than enough THC to get people high.

Vape oil, gummy candies, chips, sodas and other unregulated, untested products laden with hemp-derived THC spread around the country, including in gas stations or convenience stores, where they were available even to teens. Some businesses started selling marijuana under the theory that raw marijuana’s THC is in a form called THC-A, which only turns into impairing delta-9 when heated or burned.

The products evaded state prohibitions on recreational weed or undercut heavily taxed and regulated cannabis where it is legal.

Dozens of states responded by regulating or banning impairing hemp products.

McConnell finally closed the loophole late last year by inserting a hemp THC ban into a measure that ended the longest government shutdown in history.

The ban, which limits the amount of THC in hemp products to 0.4 milligrams per container, wouldn’t take effect for a year.

An industry tries to save itself

The ban “threatens to reduce retail revenues by $28.3 billion, displacing 225,000 jobs and reducing state sales tax potential by $2.1 billion,” according to a report last month from Whitney Economics, which studies the market.

The industry hopes to save itself by restricting impairing products to people 21 and older, limiting how much THC can be in a package, and banning imported cannabis compounds.

The owners of Kentucky’s Cornbread Hemp, Eric Zipperle and Jim Higdon, are prepared to cap their products at, say, 5 milligrams if that’s what it takes to win support from lawmakers. But the 0.4 milligram limit would destroy their business, they said.

“If it goes through in December, this place is toast — it’s gone,” Zipperle said.

They have 105 employees, sell hemp beverages in 18 states and expect to bring in $65 million this year.

The 0.4-milligram cap is so low that it would ban even some non-impairing CBD products, such as topical lotions, said Jonathan Miller, general counsel of the industry group U.S. Hemp Roundtable.

Some consider other work

Hohns, who runs Deutermann Farms in Clayton, North Carolina, entered the hemp industry after losing his job as a personal trainer during the COVID-19 pandemic. North Carolina has not legalized either medical or recreational marijuana, but many of the edibles Hohns makes are more potent than what's available in states that have.

“When I started seeing THC edibles being sold … I was like, I got 18 months to two years to make money in this industry,” Hohns said. “No way is the government just going to sit here and let us do this when this was supposed to be for fiber, plastics, building materials, rope.”

That was more than four years ago. Hohns kept his capital investments minimal, fearing a shutdown. He has considered making other products, such as creatine gummies, if he has to get out of the hemp THC business.

Things have been more stressful for others. Drinkin' Buds, a cannabis beverage company in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, has mothballed production. Co-founder Matt Swanson took himself off the payroll on Thursday.

“There’s just so much uncertainty,” Swanson said. “I'm actively looking for employment.”

Allies and opponents line up

Among those who have come to the defense of the hemp industry are alcohol retailers, including Total Wine & More. Sales of cannabis seltzers have helped offset falling alcohol sales.

Opponents include people who say the products are dangerous.

“I have sympathy for people losing their jobs, but I also have sympathy for the many, many more people whose lives are affected by this,” said Kevin Sabet, CEO of Smart Approaches to Marijuana.

The regulated legal marijuana industry, which sees hemp THC as unfair competition, also supports the ban. Cory Harris, a lobbyist for state-legal cannabis operators, suggested that dire predictions about its effect on the intoxicating hemp industry are overstated.

While the ban would end interstate sales of products like THC seltzers and gummies, some could find a home in legal in-state markets, he said. It's possible THC drinks could be sold at stores in the states where they were produced. States like North Carolina could adopt legal hemp programs.

“If you go from having virtually no rules to suddenly having an awful lot of rules, that’s a buzzkill,” Harris said. “Welcome to our world. But if you establish your whole business within a legally questionable loophole, that’s just sort of the risk you take.”

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Associated Press reporters Allen G. Breed in Clayton, North Carolina, and Dylan Lovan in Louisville, Kentucky, contributed.

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Every year, it seems the holiday season starts a little earlier. While Black Friday was once considered the unofficial kickoff to holiday shopping, online shopping and early promotions have pushed Christmas displays and deals further into the fall.

Some shoppers say there’s nothing wrong with getting an early start, especially with the convenience of spreading out purchases and avoiding the last-minute rush. Others say there’s a proper order to the holidays: Halloween first, then Thanksgiving, and finally Christmas.

And what about Thanksgiving? Does the early arrival of Christmas decorations take away from a holiday that often gets squeezed between Halloween and the Christmas season?

So, what do you think: Is it too early to start preparing for Christmas, or is October fair game?

Let us know in the comment section below.

Cada año parece que la temporada festiva empieza un poco antes. Aunque antes se consideraba que el «Viernes Negro» marcaba el inicio oficioso de las compras navideñas, las compras por Internet y las promociones anticipadas han adelantado aún más los escaparates y las ofertas navideñas hacia el otoño.

Algunos compradores dicen que no hay nada de malo en empezar pronto, sobre todo por la comodidad de poder repartir las compras y evitar las prisas de última hora. Otros sostienen que hay un orden adecuado para las fiestas: primero Halloween, luego Acción de Gracias y, por último, Navidad.

¿Qué hay de Acción de Gracias? ¿La llegada temprana de los adornos navideños resta protagonismo a una festividad que a menudo queda relegada entre Halloween y la temporada navideña?

Entonces, ¿qué opinas? ¿Es demasiado pronto para empezar a prepararse para la Navidad, u octubre es un buen momento para ello?

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Participants gathered for a 5-kilometer and 1-mile color run, with the event raising money for cancer patients, caregivers and their families. Runners were sprayed with colorful powder as they made their way through the course, leaving bright colors on the ground and on their shirts.

The annual event, which is in its seventh year, drew participants of all ages and was especially meaningful for those with personal connections to cancer.

Participant Stephanie Williams said she attended to honor her grandmother, a breast cancer survivor.

“I think it’s easy to say things, it’s harder to do things,” she said. “Getting up on a Saturday morning bright and early puts action behind my support. I can say anything, but when I’m out here running, I’m showing that I truly feel something about this organization.”

Williams said participating in the race was a way to demonstrate her commitment to the organization and the families it serves.

The fundraiser comes as Gilda’s Club continues providing support and services to cancer patients, caregivers and their families. During Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, the organization highlighted families who benefit from those services.

Los participantes se reunieron para una carrera de cinco kilómetros y una carrera de una milla, con el evento recaudando dinero para pacientes con cáncer, cuidadores y sus familias. Los corredores fueron rociados con polvo de colores mientras avanzaban por el recorrido, dejando colores brillantes en el suelo y en sus camisetas.

El evento anual, que llega a su séptimo año, reunió a participantes de todas las edades y fue especialmente significativo para quienes tienen conexiones personales con el cáncer.

La participante Stephanie Williams dijo que asistió para honrar a su abuela, una sobreviviente de cáncer de mama.

“Creo que es fácil decir cosas, es más difícil hacer cosas”, dijo. “Levantarse temprano un sábado por la mañana pone en acción mi apoyo. Puedo decir cualquier cosa, pero cuando estoy aquí corriendo, estoy demostrando que realmente siento algo por esta organización”.

Williams dijo que participar en la carrera era una manera de demostrar su compromiso con la organización y las familias a las que sirve.

La recaudación de fondos ocurre mientras Gilda’s Club continúa brindando apoyo y servicios a pacientes con cáncer, cuidadores y sus familias. Durante el Mes de Concientización sobre el Cáncer Infantil, la organización destacó a las familias que se benefician de esos servicios.

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Jail records show Shaquille Jaray Palmer was arrested late Friday night by officers with the Miramar Police Department and is facing a felony charge of first-degree grand theft of $100,000 or more.

The arrest comes after MPD officials acknowledged that a 31-year-old man had been wrongfully arrested in the case. That man was later released after police determined investigators had arrested the wrong person.

Police said the initial mix-up stemmed from information involving people with the same first name.

Miramar Police Chief Delrish Moss previously said authorities had issued a warrant under the wrong name after information was provided to investigators in September.

Wellington had told Local 10 News that she was not confused about who she believed was responsible for taking her belongings.

She said she returned to police to provide additional information and identify the person she believed took the items.

Police previously said five Hermès handbags and a Chanel water bottle were reported stolen from Wellington’s home in August. The property was initially valued at $271,938.60.

Authorities later said some of the items were found at an Aventura business that resells authentic designer handbags and other luxury goods.

According to an arrest report, the person suspected of taking the belongings had brought the items to the business as part of a loan arrangement and defaulted, leaving Wellington unable to recover the property.

Wellington has since reported additional missing belongings, including two Chanel bags and an expensive Versace dress.

She previously said the situation was particularly frustrating because she believed the person responsible was someone she had trusted.

As of Saturday, Palmer was being held at the Broward County Main Jail, where his bond amount was not immediately set.

Air traffic control audio posted by LiveATC.net offered a fragmentary and troubling glimpse of the flight’s final communications. “Roger, you said you’re coming in blind. Is that what you said?” a controller can be heard asking the pilot. The pilot’s transmission could not be heard in the recording. The controller later confirmed the pilot was declaring an emergency just before losing contact with the plane.

The controller then asked other aircraft in the area if they showed the Gulfstream jet on their collision avoidance systems or whether they could reach them on the radio, but the medevac plane with the call sign “Heartbeat 104” was never heard from again.

The Canadian-registered air ambulance jet had four crew members and two passengers aboard when it departed Bermuda’s L.F. Wade International Airport overnight for the flight to Massachusetts, according to a statement from the Bermuda airport's operator, Skyport.

Four of the six people on board the flight that went missing early Saturday were Canadian nationals, the country’s Minister of Transport Steven MacKinnon said on X. Transport Canada is closely monitoring and working with authorities on search and rescue efforts, he said.

The Coast Guard said the Federal Aviation Administration reported that the Gulfstream G100 had lost contact very early Saturday morning. The search for the jet included crews in the air and on the water, the Coast Guard said.

The National Transportation Safety Board said it was gathering information about the situation Saturday morning but had no further update to share.

Doce candidatos figuran en la papeleta presidencial, pero se considera que solo Lula y Bolsonaro tienen una posibilidad real de ganar. Si ningún candidato obtiene más del 50% de los votos, los dos primeros pasarán a una segunda vuelta el 25 de octubre.

Lula, que a sus 80 años es uno de los jefes de Estado de mayor edad del mundo, se postula en su séptima elección presidencial. Bolsonaro, de 45 años, compite en la primera y busca devolver el apellido de su familia al poder después de que su padre gobernara Brasil de 2019 a 2022.

Ambos representan lados opuestos del espectro político, con visiones contrapuestas sobre asuntos que van desde cómo enfrentar el crimen organizado hasta la relación que el país más grande de América Latina debería tener con el gobierno de Trump.

Esto es lo que hay que saber sobre las elecciones en Brasil.

Máquinas de votación electrónica

Brasil celebra elecciones generales cada cuatro años, y el voto es obligatorio. Quienes no votan sin justificación deben pagar una pequeña multa.

Los brasileños elegirán el domingo a un presidente, representantes estatales y federales, así como a gobernadores y a algunos senadores. Las elecciones de alcaldes y concejales también se celebran cada cuatro años, pero en años distintos.

Casi 160 millones de votantes habilitados usarán máquinas de votación electrónica para teclear los dígitos correspondientes a sus candidatos, lo que exige preparar listas cargadas de números.

Las autoridades brasileñas adoptaron las máquinas de votación electrónica en la década de 1990 para combatir el fraude. En elecciones locales anteriores, según la autoridad electoral de Brasil, se rellenaban o robaban urnas, y las papeletas de papel se falsificaban de manera habitual. El país no celebró elecciones presidenciales directas entre 1960 y 1989, un periodo que incluyó el régimen militar de 1964 a 1985.

Ahora, los resultados se informan apenas horas después del cierre de las urnas.

En la antesala de la votación de 2022, Jair Bolsonaro sembró repetidamente dudas infundadas sobre el sistema de votación electrónica de Brasil. Nunca se ha detectado un fraude significativo.

Un líder históricamente popular busca un cuarto mandato

Lula, que comenzó como trabajador sindical y tiene el meñique amputado tras un accidente en una fábrica cuando tenía 19 años, en ocasiones ha inspirado una devoción casi de culto. Pasó más de un año en prisión por condenas de corrupción que luego fueron anuladas, antes de ganar en 2022 un tercer mandato no consecutivo.

El expresidente estadounidense Barack Obama lo llamó una vez “el político más popular del mundo”. Pero durante su mandato actual, los índices de aprobación de Lula cayeron hasta el 24%, uno de sus niveles más bajos. Las preocupaciones de los votantes por la delincuencia y el costo de vida podrían perjudicarlo en las urnas. Ha prometido garantizar que sean los brasileños quienes se beneficien de los minerales y recursos del país, proteger la selva amazónica y continuar con su emblemático programa de asistencia social Bolsa Familia.

El senador Bolsonaro promete seguir los pasos de su padre

Con el expresidente Jair Bolsonaro impedido de postularse mientras cumple una condena de 27 años por un intento de golpe de Estado, su hijo mayor ha asumido en gran medida la agenda ultraconservadora de su padre, aunque en ocasiones ha intentado adoptar un estilo de comunicación más moderado para atraer a votantes centristas.

Sus políticas de seguridad de línea dura han sido un pilar de su campaña, y las encuestas muestran que estas propuestas son populares entre los brasileños. El senador se ha comprometido a combatir a los grupos criminales del país construyendo megacárceles al estilo de El Salvador, siguiendo el ejemplo del gobierno de Trump al designar a las pandillas transnacionales como organizaciones terroristas y reduciendo a 16 años la edad para ser juzgado como adulto.

La deforestación en la selva amazónica, que desempeña un papel vital para frenar el cambio climático, alcanzó un máximo histórico bajo el expresidente Bolsonaro. Su hijo también ha negado el cambio climático causado por el ser humano y solo se compromete a detener la deforestación ilegal.

La admisión del senador Bolsonaro de haber aceptado millones de dólares del banquero desacreditado Daniel Vorcaro para producir una película sobre la vida de su padre ha proyectado una sombra sobre su campaña. Está bajo investigación por corrupción, lavado de dinero y evasión fiscal en relación con el caso.

Trump se perfila como un factor clave

Lula ha advertido repetidamente a Estados Unidos que no se entrometa en las elecciones de Brasil. El gobierno de Trump no respondió a una solicitud de comentarios sobre si busca interferir en la votación.

El año pasado, Washington impuso aranceles del 50% a productos brasileños, citando entre otras razones el juicio contra Jair Bolsonaro, un aliado de Trump. A comienzos de este año, Estados Unidos impuso una nueva ronda de aranceles, alegando prácticas comerciales desleales pese a registrar un superávit de Estados Unidos, y clasificó a los mayores grupos de narcotráfico de Brasil como organizaciones terroristas extranjeras poco después de una visita del senador Bolsonaro a la Casa Blanca. Lula se opuso a ambas medidas.

Una victoria del senador Bolsonaro sumaría a Brasil a una lista de países latinoamericanos —entre ellos Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica y Perú— que han elegido gobiernos afines a Trump en los últimos años.

Lula ha convertido la defensa de la soberanía brasileña en un tema central de campaña. En los días previos a las elecciones, su equipo lanzó una versión en portugués de la canción de Bad Bunny “Lo que le pasó a Hawai”, que evoca la colonización de Hawai por parte de Estados Unidos como advertencia.

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Brigida reportó desde Ciudad de México.

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

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Deputies said they received a report of a shooting in the 1500 block of Northwest Seventh Avenue shortly before midnight. They said deputies and Pompano Beach Fire Rescue personnel responded to the scene.

Deputies said they found two men suffering from gunshot wounds after arriving at the scene. They said one man was pronounced dead, while the other was treated for his injuries. Neither individual has been identified at this time.

Investigators said a man, who has also not been identified, was taken into custody in connection with the shooting.

No other details about the shooting or a possible motive were immediately released.

Agentes dijeron que recibieron un reporte de una balacera en la cuadra 1500 de Northwest Seventh Avenue poco antes de la medianoche. Agentes y personal de Pompano Beach Fire Rescue respondieron a la escena.

Mencionaron que encontraron a dos hombres con heridas de bala tras llegar a la escena. Uno de los hombres fue declarado muerto, mientras que el otro recibió tratamiento por sus heridas. Ninguno de los individuos ha sido identificado hasta el momento.

Los investigadores dijeron que un hombre, quien tampoco ha sido identificado, fue puesto bajo custodia en relación con la balacera.

No se dieron a conocer de inmediato más detalles sobre la balacera ni sobre un posible motivo.

“There’s so much turmoil,” said Siever, a former police officer who now guides Civil War battlefield tours. “It really messes up chances of getting anything done. It gets really disgusting.”

Voters are deeply dissatisfied with President Donald Trump and his Republican Party heading into the Nov. 3 midterm elections, according to an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll, and Democrats have built a clear advantage on pressing issues such as the cost of living and healthcare over just a few months.

But the survey also points to a bigger problem for both parties: Few registered voters think either party is able to solve important problems or help Americans like them.

That undercurrent of cynicism will be a challenge for Democrats and the Republicans, no matter which party controls Congress. Frustration with Republicans is growing, but voters do not appear to think Democrats have a long-term solution to the country’s problems, either.

Democrats have gained on key issues, survey shows

Voters give Democrats the advantage when it comes to which party would be better to handle the cost of living, an issue that has proved to be a weak spot for Trump.

The survey finds that 38% of registered voters say the Democrats would be better for costs, compared with 27% who say that about the Republicans. The issue was about evenly split among U.S. adults in February, with about 3 in 10 saying each party would be better.

Democrats have also gained ground on the economy. About 4 in 10 registered voters now pick the Democrats, compared with 26% of U.S. adults in February.

These shifts are good news for Democratic candidates who are hammering an increasingly unpopular president — and by extension, his party. Few Americans approve of Trump’s handling of the cost of living, and views of his performance on the economy are only a little better.

Voters appear to view Republicans, in particular, as focused on the wealthy. The survey finds that about 6 in 10 registered voters say the phrase “focused on helping rich and powerful people” describes the Republican Party “extremely” or “very” well. Only about 3 in 10 registered voters say the same about the Democratic Party.

Few voters think either party is focused on people like them

While voters expressed deep dissatisfaction with Republicans, the survey indicates that voters have relatively little confidence Democrats have their problems in mind.

Democrats are less likely to be described as corrupt or focused on the wealthy than are Republicans, but not more likely to be seen as focused on ordinary people or capable of solving problems.

Only about 2 in 10 registered voters say that “able to solve important problems” or “focused on helping people like me” describes the Democratic Party “extremely” or “very” well. That is similar to the percentages who say this about the GOP.

Democrats are out of power in Washington, and that may contribute to the perception that they are unable to get traction in solving problems.

In the last year alone, the federal government partially shut down twice for weeks because of partisan disputes in Congress over spending on healthcare and immigration enforcement.

But gridlock has not been exclusive to Republican control. Despite Democratic majorities early in Democratic President Joe Biden’s administration, the party did not achieve its goals on key priorities such as abortion rights, voting rights and raising the minimum wage.

Siever is frustrated by what he sees as a commitment to partisanship in Congress at the expense of progress at a time when consumers are paying higher prices for daily necessities such as groceries and gasoline.

Driving around the region to lecture and guide tours, his travel costs have soared and led him to raise his prices.

“I’ve really become tired of the idea that, if you’re in this party, you have to be loyal to this but, if you’re in that party, you have to be loyal to that,” he said. ”There’s big problems and neither side seems able to fix them."

Meanwhile, 55% of registered voters say the Republican Party is “too extreme.” Some 45% say the same about the Democratic Party.

Democrats are divided on their party’s path forward

Voters overall do not see an abundance of moderate sentiment in either party. But they are more likely to say Democrats are “too moderate” than Republicans — a reflection of the lack of unity within Democratic Party about its strategy.

Slightly fewer than half of Democratic voters say their party is “too moderate,” while a similar share say it is “about right.” That is a sharp contrast with Republican voters, who mostly say their party is “about right.”

Voters such as Meagan Ludwig of Milwaukee illustrate the party discontent that has emerged in Wisconsin and other closely contested states this year.

Ludwig, a 41-year-old real estate broker, voted for democratic socialist Francesca Hong in the Democratic primary for governor in August, arguing the candidate seemed more committed to a policy agenda aimed at helping working families than Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley.

Crowley won the primary by a half percentage point — roughly 3,800 votes — illustrating Democrats’ soul-searching in the Upper Midwestern swing state.

In the November general election, Ludwig is “reluctant,” but plans to vote for Crowley rather than Republican Tom Tiffany, a congressman. Ludwig hopes that Crowley, if elected, perceives the discontent about his party.

“We need to seize the opportunity to boldly enact policies that will improve the lives of Americans,” said Ludwig, who is married and has an elementary school-age child. “I’m tired of us pursuing incremental change.”

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Beaumont reported from Des Moines, Iowa.

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The AP-NORC poll of 2,140 adults, including 1,766 registered voters, was conducted Sept. 24-28 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 2.9 percentage points for adults overall and plus or minus 3.1 percentage points for registered voters.

Kelvin waves are not like tsunamis, and they don't curl over and crash on the beach. A better image is water sloshing in the bathtub or a swimming pool during an earthquake. In the ocean, they are bulges of water that lift the sea level as they move along the coast. They're common during El Niño events, but this year’s super El Niño could intensify the impacts, experts say.

Over the next week, the 6-inch to foot-tall surge will move north along the California coast at about 6 miles per hour (9.6 kilometers per hour), or 150 miles per day (241 kilometers per day), bringing higher sea levels to Oregon and Washington state. Experts predict the waves will continue to pass through from October until February.

“It’s not that this Kelvin wave is going to come and flood anything on its own,” said Michael Jacox, a research oceanographer with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries’ Ecosystem Science Division.

Instead, it raises the baseline.

If you start with sea levels that are 6 inches higher than normal, when you have really high tides, big storms or storm surges, the water levels are now 6 inches higher, he said. “The effects can be amplified,” he said.

The waves also increase ocean temperatures and push cold, nutrient-rich waters deeper below the surface, which has an impact on marine life.

Here's what to know about Kelvin waves.

How does a Kelvin wave form?

Kelvin waves are a “fact of life” during an El Niño, a naturally occurring climate pattern involving the warming ocean waters, said Dillon Amaya, an assistant professor in the Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences at North Carolina State University.

They form when the trade winds along the equator change direction.

Winds blowing east to west along the equator push water in the Pacific Ocean west toward Asia, Jacox said. When those winds weaken or reverse direction, that bulge of water gets pushed back toward the east along the equator until it hits South America.

When the surge of water hits the coastline at the equator, it moves north and south along the North and South American coasts.

The wave isn't visible to the naked eye and they won't cause boats to go up and down, Amaya said. It's more like a big pancake. It's wider than it's deep: The bulge extends 12 to 20 miles (19 to 32 kilometers) off the coast and about 200 meters deep, Amaya said.

What are the potential impacts of Kelvin waves?

Many coastal communities are already grappling with the impacts of rising sea levels, like the coastal erosion eating away at the beach in San Clemente, California. Waves are also getting bigger, experts say.

The higher sea levels could exacerbate those problems.

“People are on edge,” Amaya said. “They think about more flooding happening, more beach erosion so when you hear elevated sea states coastal inundation risk, I think that raises a lot of anxiety.”

The higher sea level combined with larger than average waves from North Pacific swell, which are expected during the El Niño, plus large spring tides from October to February, can cause exceptional erosion on the West Coast, said Sean Vitousek, a research oceanographer with the U.S. Geological Survey.

Generally, the largest El Niño events of 1982-83, 1997-98 and 2015-16 caused West Coast beaches to experience their worst erosion on record, Vitousek said.

“The loss of protective beaches also increases wave impacts and coastal flooding on property and infrastructure,” he said.

Things could intensify over time as more waves arrive over the winter.

Typically El Niños are associated with five or six of these waves, Amaya said. During the last major El Niño in 2015-2016 there were five Kelvin waves.

One already came through in May or June and there’s evidence of a third Kelvin wave forming, he said. Experts expect it to continue up the coast over the next month or so.

How are states responding to concerns about higher sea levels?

There's concern the waves could worsen challenges along the Southern California coast, said Alyssa Napuri, deputy chief of staff for Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley. Already, waves are approaching a seaside rail line and oceanfront homes were damaged during swells last month tied to Hurricane Marie.

Authorities are placing emergency sand on beaches as quickly as possible, Napuri said, adding that forecasts show the Kelvin Wave could send water levels between six to 12 inches higher.

“We’re already struggling as it is,” Napuri said.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, proclaimed a state of emergency in late September to prepare the state for what will likely be a historic El Niño season. The proclamation will help the state “move faster to protect communities, stage critical resources, and strengthen readiness before severe weather intensifies,” the governor said in a statement.

Experts with the Washington state Department of Natural Resources are ready to respond to any disasters that might come with the Kelvin waves, said spokesperson Courtney James. They regularly coordinate through the state Emergency Management Division but they have not been asked to do any special preparation so far, she said.

Actual damages from the Kelvin waves will depend on the storms and tides magnified by El Niño, and if they're stronger, the damage could be significant, Amaya said.

“It’s too too early to be sure whether this particular winter season will be a record breaker in terms of this El Niño, but this El Niño itself is certainly on that trajectory of being one of the largest if not the largest El Niño we’ve ever seen," he said.

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Associated Press reporter Amy Taxin contributed to this story from Santa Ana, California.

The Holei Sea Arch, located in the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, was about 90 feet (27.4 meters) high before it collapsed sometime between Sept. 23 and Sept. 27, possibly when the park was temporarily closed during Tropical Storm Nolo.

Its collapse into the Pacific Ocean was not unexpected; however, it marks “the latest transformation of the park’s remote and rugged coastline,” the NPS said in a Facebook post. People reacting to the post called it a sign of nature taking its course.

Officials at the park service warned visitors to stay away from the site since it is unstable and presents a serious falling hazard.

“Photos on social media show people entering the closed area near where the sea arch once stood, putting themselves and first responders at great risk of falling and drowning,” the NPS said.

The popular tourist site was formed about 550 years ago. The name Holei comes from a small endemic plant in the milkweed family.

“He chugged an energy drink — like, just trying to be cool,” said Sean Cripe, recounting the day nearly a decade ago.

The teen's heart soon fell out of rhythm and he died. While such deaths are rare, doctors across the country have warned for years that energy drinks contain high levels of caffeine that can seriously harm children, causing problems such as abnormal heartbeats, increased heart rate, sleep disturbances, dehydration, agitation, high blood pressure and seizures.

A newly formed coalition of doctors is highlighting these risks in the wake of a sponsorship deal between Monster Energy and the Big 12 Conference college athletic organization. The group has asked conference leaders to pause the sponsorship and the NCAA to review energy drink marketing to youths in general, citing the deaths of three children including Davis, a 16-year-old from South Carolina.

The doctors stress that they're not just concerned about Monster but all energy drinks and any similar partnerships.

“Kids are going to see energy drinks now promoted by the universities and the athletes that they admire and want to emulate,” said Dr. Matthew Nelson, an Idaho cardiologist involved with the effort. “The kids will think of them as sports drinks, which they’re not.”

Too much caffeine can harm kids in many ways

Various medical groups, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, say children and teens should avoid energy drinks altogether. Yet many are not. According to the latest results of the federally funded Monitoring the Future survey, run by the University of Michigan, 23% of 12th graders, 20% of 10th graders and 18% of eighth graders reported consuming energy drinks daily.

Depending on the product, caffeine content can range from 80 to 300 mg per serving. By comparison, a typical 8-ounce coffee contains about 80 to 100 mg and some sodas contain 50 mg or less. Overall, the pediatrics academy recommends children ages 12 to 18 limit caffeine to 100 mg a day. Younger kids are discouraged from consuming any caffeine.

Caffeine and other stimulants increase heart rate and the reactivity of the nervous system – basically “how fast things go in the body, which can create an overload of the system,” said Dr. Tamara Hannon, an Indiana pediatrician who chairs the academy’s nutrition committee.

She likened it to running a blender until the motor heats up too much. “The same thing can happen when you deliver stimulants to people,” she said. “The heart can wear out, the nervous system can go haywire and you can have really serious consequences.”

While such cardiovascular dangers are real, Harvard Medical School experts say there's no scientifically valid evidence behind the common belief that caffeine can stunt a person's growth.

Mixing different types of caffeine can be risky

Children with preexisting conditions such as high blood pressure are at especially high risk, Hannon said, but even healthy children who get too much of a stimulant can have serious problems. That includes young athletes.

Another consideration: Kids often drink various types of caffeinated beverages. That was the case with Davis Cripe, who died in 2017. According to the coroner at the time, Davis had no prior heart condition and drank a Mountain Dew and a latte from McDonald’s earlier in the day. He experienced arrhythmia after having the energy drink.

It wasn’t the first time Davis drank one, although he didn’t consume them regularly.

“We had talked to him and let him know that they weren’t healthy,” Sean Cripe said. “We didn’t understand they could be deadly.”

Trade group says the energy drink industry tries to protect kids

The American Beverage Association — which includes Monster and other companies comprising 94% of the energy drink category — said members voluntarily disclose caffeine totals on product labels, which carry advisories such as: “Not intended for children, pregnant or nursing women, or persons sensitive to caffeine.” Members also don’t sell or market energy drinks in K-12 schools.

Monster Energy said in a statement that caffeine and other drink ingredients are found in a broad range of food products. “Mainstream energy drinks have been marketed worldwide for more than 30 years and more than 100 billion energy drinks have been sold and safely consumed globally,” the company added.

The deal between Big 12 and Monster calls for a co-branded logo on football and basketball jerseys, fields and courts, and across digital and social media channels.

“The energy drink category is not new to collegiate athletics,” the Big 12 Conference said in a statement, adding that beverage companies are always looking for ways to reach sports fans.

The NCAA doesn't have the authority to regulate conference or school sponsorship agreements, Dr. Deena Casiero, the association's chief medical officer, told the doctor group in a letter. She said the association offers schools educational resources on caffeine and student-athlete health, and caffeine has been a topic of interest for an NCAA committee, which recently commissioned a cardiac advisory group.

How to educate kids about excess caffeine

To protect children, teachers and coaches can educate them about the dangers of too much caffeine and the difference between energy drinks and sports drinks, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sports drinks are designed to help replace water and electrolytes lost through sweating after activity.

Parents and other adults can also model good behavior by not consuming energy drinks in front of kids.

At well visits, parents should talk with pediatricians about all the beverages their children are consuming, said Hannon, who often advises families to “Rethink your drink.”

Sean Cripe said sharing stories like his could also help children understand that energy drinks are not for them. “We just pray parents will use our stories, our tragedies, our grief, to have an impact on their own kids.”

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She has worked tirelessly for nearly five years to rebuild her house and help ensure her neighborhood can withstand the next blaze. But as climate change contributes to more frequent wildfires, she worries that the careful landscaping, metal fencing and flame-resistant siding are not enough.

“We lost our homes and they left us to figure out for ourselves how to make our neighborhoods safe again,” Somauroo said. “At the end of the day, it comes out of our pockets, you know? And it does feel like maybe the oil and gas industry should have a part in this.”

She lives in Boulder County, one of dozens of jurisdictions across the United States suing oil and gas companies to help pay for damage from disasters linked to climate change.

The case is part of a wave of climate change litigation across the country and the world, with billions of dollars at stake. On Monday, the first day of the Supreme Court's new term, the justices will hear the Boulder case that could decide the fate of others like it.

The city and county of Boulder first sued two oil companies in 2018, years before the fire. They argued that Suncor Energy and ExxonMobil had violated state law by deceiving the public about their contributions to climate change and sought unspecified damages to help cover the cost of worsening disasters.

The companies say that a flood of lawsuits in state courts is not the way to deal with the global issue.

“The problem is that climate change is caused by pretty much everybody living on earth,” said Phil Goldberg, special counsel for the Manufacturers' Accountability Project, an industry group. “We need to figure out how to address that. We need to address it in a very meaningful way. This litigation doesn’t do that.”

The companies have the backing of the Trump administration. Federal government attorneys say the lawsuits are a backdoor way to regulate heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions and amount to an unconstitutional power grab.

“No one state can superimpose its own regulatory preferences on the rest — least of all to address a global problem that exists almost entirely outside its borders and affects the world at large,” they wrote.

The Clean Air Act, they say, allows the federal government, rather than states, to regulate emissions. The Republican administration has largely used that power to roll back environmental regulations.

Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency ceded some of its climate authority by repealing rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas. The move could complicate its argument.

Boulder says it is not trying to regulate emissions beyond its borders, only holding companies accountable for local costs.

“Boulder County and city aren’t trying to change what’s happening in Texas or New York, they’re trying to get compensation for things happening now in Colorado,” said Sam Sankar, senior vice president at Earthjustice, which filed an amicus brief in the case.

Climate change was considered a factor in the 2021 Marshall Fire that destroyed Somauroo’s home, after the county's suit was originally filed. The total damage was estimated at $2 billion. It was the costliest wildfire in Colorado history.

“Local county municipal governments play a very important role in helping front line communities adapt to climate change. This case could very well set a precedent,” said Chris Winter, executive director of the Getches-Wilkinson Center, an environmental research group in Colorado.

The case will come before a conservative-majority Supreme Court where environmental regulations have not always fared well, including a 2022 decision that limited the EPA's authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

Only eight of the nine justices will be on the bench, though. Justice Samuel Alito recused himself just a week before arguments after facing calls to step aside because he owns stock in oil companies.

That creates the possibility of a tie vote in the case, though it's unclear how likely that might be. The court is also weighing a question that experts say is a potential “off-ramp”: whether the justices have jurisdiction to hear the case at this stage.

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Whitehurst reported from Washington.

The 25-year-old man was arrested Thursday in London on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts close to the RAF Fairford air base, which has been used by American bombers to strike Iran. He was the sixth person taken into custody and then released on bail as detectives investigate the incident.

British authorities have linked the incident to Tehran.

The five other men were not named, but police said they are all British nationals in their 20s and from London.

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

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said the U.K. sees “strong indications” that Iran played a part in the incident. He did not provide details about what the suspects were planning or why the U.K. thinks Iran was involved.

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

RAF Fairford, 100 miles (160 kilometers) west of London, has been used by American bombers during decades of conflicts in the Middle East, including this year’s war with Iran.

Top U.S. officials have criticized the decision to grant the five suspects bail, with President Donald Trump saying “I wouldn’t have done that” and Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying a lot of people were “disturbed” by the move.

The arrests came at a time of heightened tensions around the threat from hostile states, with British security services saying Russia and Iran have both used proxies to commit crimes on U.K. soil. British officials have said the number of national security cases involving activity by hostile states, including Iran, increased by 50% in the six months to December 2025.

U.K. officials say proxies linked to Iran have been behind a string of arsons and other attacks in Britain and other countries, many of them targeting the Jewish community and intended to sow fear. They have previously warned that Tehran could expand its targets in the U.K. if conflicts in the Middle East continue.

The strike came after two days of Russian assaults forced the full or partial closure of three of Kyiv’s six road bridges over the Dnipro River. Previously, Russia has hit apartment blocks, supermarket warehouses, gas stations and data centers, among other targets.

Russia's Foreign Ministry said Saturday it would continue to carry out “mass retaliatory strikes" on Kyiv and other Ukrainian ​cities, urging foreign nationals and diplomats to leave ‌the country. It previously issued a similar warning in May.

Russia invaded its neighbor more than 4 ½ years ago, and there are no concrete signs that a peace settlement might be possible. Fighting along the roughly 1,250-kilometer (780-mile) front line snaking through northern, eastern and southern Ukraine has been virtually deadlocked in recent months.

Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said the strike on the bridge damaged the road surface and trolleybus cables, forcing traffic to be suspended. He later said two people were wounded in the attack, one of whom was briefly hospitalized.

Russia’s Defense Ministry on Saturday confirmed it was behind the latest attack, claiming the bridge is used to “facilitate troop movements and the logistics of military cargo deliveries” for Ukraine’s armed forces.

Videos circulating on social media appeared to show the moment of impact as vehicles crossed the bridge, including footage purportedly recorded by a driver's dashcam.

Moldova expresses concern over the war spillover

The aerial war has intensified, with Kyiv striking Russia's oil industry and businesses while Moscow has menaced Ukrainian cities with hard-to-intercept ballistic missiles and jet-powered drones.

Moldovan President Maia Sandu said Saturday that the war is “dangerously reaching” her country, following a spate of airspace incursions.

“I condemn Russia’s attack on Ukraine this morning. Its war is dangerously reaching Moldova,” she said in a post on X, adding that five “Russian air attack weapons, including Banderol missiles and drones, violated our airspace and exploded on our soil.”

“Moscow is putting lives at risk across Europe and must be stopped,” she added.

Ukraine's air force said that Moscow overnight launched Banderol cruise missiles — low-cost, jet-powered loitering munitions that Russia uses to overwhelm Ukrainian air defenses — at the Odesa region, which shares a long land border with Moldova. A loitering munition is designed to hover over an area, searching for targets, and detonate while crashing into them.

Russian, Ukrainian attacks leave 9 dead and scores wounded

Russia attacked Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, and nearby areas with drones and guided bombs on Friday and overnight, killing five people and wounding over 40, according to regional head Oleh Syniehubov.

In nearby Izyum, Russian drone strikes wounded three people, according to the local military administration. It said a drone slammed into an industrial warehouse, while another damaged homes.

In Ukraine’s Odesa region, home to multiple Black Sea ports, a sailor was killed and three others wounded after Russian forces struck a civilian cargo ship on Saturday, the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority reported. It said the ship was flying the Liberian flag.

In eastern Ukraine, in the Russian-occupied Luhansk region, Ukrainian drones killed two people and wounded two others, according to Kremlin-installed regional head Leonid Pasechkin. Pasechkin said the drones attacked a truck and passenger car driving along a highway, adding all victims were civilians.

In Russia, Ukrainian drone strikes killed a civilian and wounded two more in the Belgorod region, in villages just kilometers (miles) from the Ukrainian border, local authorities said Saturday.

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Associated Press writer Stephen McGrath in Coventry, England, contributed to this report.

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Verstappen went fastest by 0.298 of a second from Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton, with Verstappen's Red Bull teammate Isack Hadjar .130 further back in third.

That's a big step toward Verstappen achieving his target of avoiding a first winless season since his 2015 rookie year.

Verstappen's pole ends run for Mercedes-powered cars

It was an “incredible result for us looking at the season,” Verstappen said. “I felt good, felt confident and I hope we can show that again tomorrow.”

Verstappen won the last time F1 raced at the Sepang circuit back in 2017. His pole position is the first this year for a car powered by a non-Mercedes engine after Mercedes, McLaren and Alpine — all with Mercedes power — topped every qualifying session until now.

Antonelli qualified only fourth, with his Mercedes teammate and closest title challenger George Russell only eighth. Both are set to move up a place on the grid for Sunday's race because Hadjar has a five-place grid penalty for changing his engine over the allocation for the season.

Hamilton's second place came as a relief to the seven-time champion amid a slump in results at Ferrari, which has denied speculation over team principal Fred Vasseur's future.

“Let’s go guys, let’s go. Finally,” Hamilton said over the radio.

Russell blames tire trouble for Mercedes' lack of pace

Qualifying so low is another blow to Russell's chances of cutting into Antonelli's 66-point lead, and tire troubles played a role.

The Sepang circuit has an abrasive surface that chews up tires and causes them to overheat. That made it even more challenging than usual to pick the right setup to get the best out of the car in qualifying without compromising pace for Sunday's race.

“It’s a very demanding circuit on the tires, the tarmac is all broke up, it’s extremely rough, it’s so hot out there and the tires are going through hell," Russell told broadcaster Sky Sports. "For whatever reason, it seems to be affecting us far more than others.”

Once again, the weather in Malaysia stayed dry for Saturday's sessions despite predictions of heavy rain earlier in the week.

F1 is racing at Malaysia's Sepang circuit for the first time since 2017. It's a replacement event after the races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia were called off earlier this year due to the Iran war. The race keeps Bahrain Grand Prix branding and Bahraini staff are organizing it on site.

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Samuel, or Samuil in Bulgarian, was a warrior emperor who battled the Byzantine Empire to expand his kingdom but was ultimately defeated and died shortly afterward in 1014. He is considered a symbol of Bulgaria’s national identity.

The remains, discovered at a Greek border area 60 years ago, were flown to the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, aboard a military aircraft that was escorted by Bulgarian air force fighter jets from the country’s border with Greece.

The coffin with the remains arrived at a central square in Sofia, where it was welcomed by thousands of Bulgarians. In a rare show of unity, politicians from all ends of the fragmented political spectrum also paid tribute to the medieval ruler, listening to the national anthem and a 21-gun salute.

“Today we Europeans are learning to read history with a desire to belong not only to our homeland, but also to the culture that unites us across the entire European continent," Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said at the ceremony.

“That is why Europe must not reopen old wounds but must work for peace as the supreme good,” Radev added, referring to the centuries-long history of rivalry between the two neighboring states.

A procession accompanied the remains of Czar Samuel to the nearby Church of Saint Sophia, a sixth-century basilica that gave its name to the Bulgarian capital. According to church officials, Samuel was baptized in this church.

“More than a millennium after his life and historic feat, Czar Samuel returns to his people to remain forever in Bulgaria,” said Patriarch Daniil, the head of Bulgaria's Orthodox Church, in a prayer at the white marble sarcophagus where the remains were laid to rest.

Saturday’s handover in Thessaloniki follows an agreement earlier this week between the two countries’ culture ministers, under which Bulgaria will return religious relics taken from Greek monasteries during World War I.

Several prominent Greek academics and religious leaders have criticized the arrangement as inadequate on the Bulgarian side.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his Bulgarian counterpart Rumen Radev attended a ceremony at Thessaloniki’s Museum of Byzantine Civilization, where the remains were kept, before the handover.

“These are items that belong to both our peoples; they constitute our memory and our bond, and our compatriots and future generations deserve and must have the opportunity to pay tribute to their ancestors,” Radev said.

“If in the past Czar Samuel divided us, I can say that today he unites us. He strengthens our strategic cooperation and makes the historical relations between our states and peoples even stronger,” he said.

Mitsotakis said he hoped Saturday’s ceremony would bolster Greece’s international campaign to return the Parthenon Marbles, a collection of 2,500-year-old marble sculptures taken from the Acropolis in Athens and later displayed in the British Museum.

“The global community is essentially re-evaluating its long-standing stance on protecting cultural heritage,” Mitsotakis said.

“This shift is embodied by today’s initiative, which rests on the obvious principle that monuments and historical heirlooms cannot be treated as spoils of war, nor as the result of circumstances subsequent to their creation," he added.

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Kantouris reported from Thessaloniki, Greece.

Associated Press writer Derek Gatopoulos in Athens contributed to this report.

The crash in the Salama area happened after midnight when a truck driver tried and failed to overtake another truck, police said. That caused a collision with vehicles including a van carrying pilgrims, police said.

The van's driver and 16 passengers, most of them women, died at the scene, police said.

The pilgrims were going to a prayer site in Nakuru County, west of the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, said Martin Kivuva, archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mombasa.

The archbishop said in a statement that he and others were “saddened with lots of grief” over the deaths. President William Ruto offered condolences to the families, friends, parishioners and the entire Catholic community "who are mourning this painful loss.”

Road crashes are a problem across Africa. In Kenya and elsewhere in the region, the crashes often are blamed on poorly maintained vehicles, excess speed and poor road conditions.

Kenya's National Transport and Safety Authority called upon all motorists to exercise extreme caution, avoid dangerous overtaking and strictly observe lane discipline. The government agency said that the stretch where the crash happened was a so-called black spot and that recommendations to address safety concerns had been made.

Before his commute, the 28-year-old air traffic controller lays out a large wing on the road outside his apartment complex, fires up the motor and starts running. Within seconds, his feet leave the ground.

For the next 20 minutes, Hutzler flies at a leisurely 35 mph (56 kph) above the expansive fields around Pueblo, a city near the Front Range mountains. He soars over a highway, a water tower and finally the airport while listening to his favorite music.

Before taking off, Hutzler calls the tower where he works and lets his colleagues know he's coming. Once airborne, he keeps them updated on where he's at and how high he's flying.

“I’m very small and I don’t show up on radar,” Hutzler said, “so they’ll want to kind of keep track of my location and get updates on my progress.”

As the airport comes into view, he waits for the OK to land on the airport’s ramp. Pulling down on toggles to slow down the paramotor, he lets his feet dangle and meets the ground with a brief jog. He packs up the wing, strips off his jacket to reveal his collared work shirt and begins his shift telling planes when it's safe to land and take off.

‘A view that almost nobody gets to experience’

For someone who has been fascinated with flying since childhood, it's a particularly satisfying commute. Hutzler says it's as close as you can get to flying like a bird.

“In a paramotor, you have a view that almost nobody gets to experience,” he said. “You have no cockpit, nothing in front of you. You’re just sitting there in the air and total freedom to go wherever you want.”

His grandfather used to take him up in a small four-seat aircraft. In college, Hutzler put in about 20 hours toward getting a pilot's license, but the costs were too high for him to continue.

Everything changed when he came across a viral video of a man flying a paramotor to McDonald’s and eating his hamburger on the flight home.

“After I saw that, I was like, ‘I’m sold,’” he said. “I gotta do that.”

Flying became a family affair

Hutzler started training to fly the contraption — also known as powered paragliding — in 2021 in Florida and later became an instructor.

Part of the appeal is just how accessible paramotors are. There’s no license required and the price tag is a fraction of the cost of many other forms of flying. However, they're still subject to federal rules on ultralight vehicles, including that they can only be operated during the day and fliers must avoid congested cities and towns.

The sport became a part of Hutzler's life story. He trained the woman he would go on to marry, and when he was ready to propose he used fake engine trouble on his paramotor to lure her to the contraption, where he had left a ring. On their wedding day, their paramotors were with them at the altar. Now he’s looking forward to the day their 2½-year-old daughter is old enough to go on a tandem ride.

But after Hutzler started working in air traffic control earlier this year, his job left him less time to fly.

The solution: Start flying to work.

He approached his manager about commuting by paramotor and they went through the rule book and made sure he'd have two-way communication with the tower when he entered their airspace. He made his first flight to work in June and has been doing it ever since, weather permitting.

But paramotoring is a very fair-weather sport. It only takes about 10 mph (16 kph) of wind — basically a light breeze — to keep Hutzler on the ground. It can also be problematic if the sun heats the ground and causes updrafts — making for an extremely bumpy ride.

The airborne commute isn't actually faster

With the time needed to set up the paramotor and put away all the gear, the trip takes slightly longer than driving to work. But, he said, it’s so much more fun.

“You could be having your favorite song playing in your headphones, and you just can relax and take in this awesome experience,” he said.

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Golden reported from Seattle. Associated Press transportation writer Josh Funk contributed from Omaha, Nebraska.

Meanwhile, a hospital in Gaza says Israeli strikes have killed five people, including two from the Palestinian territory's Christian minority. And a fire broke out at an oil facility in the Saudi capital, with no details released on the cause.

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

Co-pilot is identified as an Omani national

The co-pilot suspected of stabbing the captain of an Israel-bound FlyDubai flight before passengers and others stopped the attack is an Omani national named Hamam al-Hammami, said three people with knowledge of the situation, including a Gulf and a Western diplomat.

All spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak to the media. The Gulf diplomat said that investigations are underway to establish whether he acted alone.

The United Arab Emirates said that the co-pilot attacked the captain with the cockpit’s crash ax and tried to take control of the plane in a “terrorist attack.”

The co-pilot, who officials said nearly crashed the sharply plummeting flight with 182 people aboard, was barred from flying by Oman over concerns he had adopted extremist views, a separate person familiar with the matter said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing investigation.

— By Samy Magdy, Sam Mednick, Anna Johnson

Hospital says 5 people killed in Gaza

Israeli strikes overnight in Gaza killed five people, according to Shifa Hospital, where the casualties were taken. Four women were among those killed. A mother and daughter among them were Christians, a minority in Gaza, the hospital said, and the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, expressed condolences.

A large fire burned at the site, where the strikes tore a gaping hole in the ground floor of a multistory building. The hospital said that people were still reported missing beneath the debris.

Israel's military didn't immediately comment, saying it was checking for information.

Israeli strikes have killed at least 1,439 Palestinians in Gaza since a ceasefire was reached with the Hamas militant group nearly a year ago, according to the territory’s Health Ministry. Its figures are seen as generally reliable by U.N. agencies and independent experts. It doesn't give a breakdown of civilians and militants.

Israel says it is targeting Hamas and other militants who pose a threat, and in response to ceasefire violations, including occasional attacks.

Israel says it killed top aid to Sinwar

Israel's army said Saturday that it killed the most senior Hamas figure in Gaza and the right hand man to Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks on Israel.

Ali Ahmed Al-Amoudi was killed in an apartment used by Hamas, said the army. It said he was the deputy chairman for Hamas' political bureau and that he was involved in decision-making surrounding the group's attacks that sparked the war.

The army said Al-Amoudi took part in an attack in the West Bank in 1993 in which four Israelis were killed and in the killing of an officer the year later in Ramallah.

It said that today he is directly involved in rebuilding Hamas' capabilities to fight.

Fires break out at a Saudi oil facility

A fire broke out at an oil facility in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, sending dense black smoke into the air, a witness said on condition of anonymity for safety reasons.

It wasn’t clear what caused the fire at an Aramco oil refinery. Authorities tightened security in the area and police blocked roads leading to it, the witness said.

The Saudi state-run Aramco oil company and the government-run Center for International Communication, which oversees foreign media in Saudi Arabia, didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.

Saudi oil facilities have recently been hit in missile and drone attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels and Iranian-backed militias in Iraq. A major escalation between Saudi Arabia and the Iran-backed Houthis has revived Yemen’s civil war.

— By Samy Magdy

Houthi rebels in Yemen report airstrikes in Sanaa

Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said that airstrikes hit the capital, Sanaa, as renewed fighting raged between the Houthis on one side and Saudi Arabia and Yemen's internationally recognized government on the other. Residents reported hearing three loud explosions.

The Houthi media office accused Saudi Arabia of launching the strikes but didn’t offer evidence. There was no immediate Saudi comment.

Yemen’s military claimed responsibility. In a social media post, a spokesperson, Col. Majed al-Nazili, said that “legitimate vital military targets” were hit. He didn’t offer details.

Hegseth says US blockade of Strait of Hormuz ‘ironclad’

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said Saturday that the U.S. blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is “ironclad” and that President Donald Trump has “all the options he needs on the table” if Iran continues to “play games” with the strait.

“Iran wants to play games with things like the Strait of Hormuz. They don’t control it, we do,” Hegseth told reporters. “They have literally gotten nothing through. Our blockade has been ironclad and we’re running almost at prewar levels every single night through that, you see that as far as the throughput.”

He added: “So we feel like we’re in a very strong position. Iran ought make the right choice. If they don’t, the president is going to have all the options he needs on the table. But he is not going to let these things extend unnecessarily. He understands what the mission is and we can get it done when called upon.”

Hegseth also said that Trump is “hellbent” on Iran not having a nuclear weapon.

“The message is very simple: Iran will never ever ever have a nuclear weapon. President Trump is hell-bent and determined to ensure that they do not; they will not,” Hegseth said.

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The co-pilot has been identified as Hamam al-Hammami, according to three people with knowledge of the situation, including a Gulf and a Western diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

The United Arab Emirates, which is leading the investigation, said the co-pilot attacked with the cockpit’s crash ax and tried to take control of the plummeting plane in a “terrorist attack" Wednesday. His actions nearly crashed the flight with 182 people on board before passengers and others rushed in and subdued him.

The new details raised questions about how thoroughly FlyDubai vets potential employees, and how the co-pilot's presence on a flight filled with Israeli passengers got past Israel's strict security protocols.

Israel has said it has agreements with foreign carriers to keep pilots of nations without diplomatic ties from flying there. Israel and Oman don’t have formal diplomatic relations. The UAE government has earned a reputation for effective measures against extremist activities but has bristled in the past over criticism of security lapses.

The incident occurred at a sensitive time for Israel, a week before the anniversary of the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023, that sparked the war in Gaza. It also came weeks before a highly contentious election in which security, and Oct. 7 security failures, have been central issues.

FlyDubai hired the co-pilot after Oman Air barred him

Separately, a regional official and a person familiar with the matter said the co-pilot had been barred from flying by Oman over concerns that he had adopted extremist views. The official said he was moved to an administrative job at Oman Air. Both spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing investigation. They gave no details about the alleged extremist views.

The co-pilot was later hired by UAE-based airline FlyDubai, the person said. It wasn't immediately clear to what extent the co-pilot was vetted. The Gulf diplomat said he had undergone standard security checks before being hired, but it appears that the checks focused on whether he had been convicted of criminal charges and didn’t go deeper into examining his background for potential signs of radicalization.

The regional official also said security agencies from four regional countries were working to establish the co-pilot’s motives, aided by the United States and other Western governments. The Gulf diplomat said the investigation, which hasn't concluded, hasn’t found any connections with militant groups, suggesting that the co-pilot acted on his own.

The regional official said the co-pilot was born in the UAE and his mother is Syrian. He obtained Omani nationality from his father, also an Omani national. The regional official also said the co-pilot had traveled to Syria, with no details.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said the co-pilot had undergone “Islamist radicalization,” but provided no evidence. There was no immediate comment Saturday from Israel’s government.

A social media account was deleted the day of the flight

A FlyDubai spokesperson said in an email that the airline could not comment beyond its official statements and acknowledged “there are many questions at this stage.” There was no immediate comment from Oman Air, and Oman’s government has said nothing publicly in response to repeated questions since the incident.

In a statement to The Associated Press, Royal Air Maroc, Morocco's national carrier, said the co-pilot "completed a three-month theoretical training period with the airline in 2025, as part of the pre-employment process. At the end of this training period, his application was not selected for employment.” There were no details.

Keith Coles, a spokesperson for Buckinghamshire New University in England, told the AP that al-Hammami previously completed a distance-learning course in aviation management there but “did not undertake any pilot training.” There were no details on the timing.

Little else was immediately known about the co-pilot’s background. His Instagram account was active until the day of the flight and then deleted.

Philip Baum, a visiting professor of aviation security at Coventry University in England who wrote a book about aircraft hijackings and bombings, said background check systems differ from country to country and there are limits on what types of information can be shared.

“In terms of aviation security itself, obviously we want to have as robust background checks as possible. But there are huge limitations on doing background checks in any case, especially in cross-border checks,” he said.

Captain and passengers have described drama on board

Airlines are generally required to carry crash axes in the cockpit that could be used in an emergency to break open a window to escape or break open a panel to access a fire.

The captain, who was badly wounded, has said he used his remaining energy while being attacked to unlock the cockpit door, allowing people who had noticed alarming sounds to come in, tackle the co-pilot and stabilize the flight while passengers screamed.

In a phone call with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday, the flight's captain, Smit Machchhar, said that before the attack, the co-pilot wanted to pray, and that he turned away out of respect. He said he felt a blow to the back of his head a few minutes later, and then the blows kept coming.

Netanyahu told Machchhar that he was amazed at his courage and his ability to stay cool under impossible conditions. “You saved so many souls. ... You saved the spirit of the world,” he said.

The plane made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after a descent so extreme that part of the rudder was torn away, and aviation experts have marveled that it didn't crash. FlyDubai has said crew traveling on the plane helped to stabilize it and land. They haven't been publicly identified.

The captain and co-pilot were later taken to the UAE. The passengers, most of them Israeli, flew home later Wednesday on a separate plane, to cheers.

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Mednick reported from Tel Aviv, Israel, and Anna from Jerusalem. AP Washington bureau chief Anna Johnson in Washington, Transportation Writer Josh Funk in Omaha, Nebraska, and reporter Sam Metz in Jerusalem contributed.

That's because the 29-year-old left-hander will be starting a postseason game at home for the first time in his career. His first six career playoff starts with the Detroit Tigers in 2024 and '25 all came on the road.

“I’m excited for the opportunity to throw in front of the fans,” Skubal said. “I’m excited to get some cheers in there for us. I think it’s going to be a ton of fun in front of this atmosphere. Hopefully everyone is drinking a lot of water and staying hydrated. It’s going to be a hot one.”

And he's not talking about his own high heat.

Los Angeles is under an extreme heat warning that's expected to last into late next week. Saturday's high is forecast to hit 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) at a time of year when the average temperature is 81 degrees (27 Celsius).

“You're going to drink a lot of water,” Skubal said.

He was chosen as the Game 1 starter over 2025 World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto. The Braves had yet to name a starter.

Manager Dave Roberts informed Skubal last Sunday after his final regular-season start in San Francisco that he would get the ball for the NLDS opener.

“I don’t always get to deliver good messages, and that was a good one, a fun one,” Roberts said. “With this ballclub it’s an easy kind of thought that Yoshi would be the Game 1 starter, absolutely. So Tarik was very respectful of Yoshinobu, but we have thoughts on why we do things, and all these guys are all in for whatever we decide.”

In Detroit, Skubal had a career postseason record of 2-1 with a 2.04 ERA and 56 strikeouts.

The Dodgers acquired Skubal from the Tigers just ahead of the August trade deadline in exchange for three prospects. He is earning a record $32 million this season, won through arbitration while still with Detroit. He'll be an unrestricted free agent after the postseason.

He was warmly welcomed by Dodger fans in his home debut on Aug. 10.

“My first start here was really special to me,” Skubal said. “The ovation I got, I didn't even feel that well, and kind of just to get that reaction and get that kind of interaction with the fans, they've embraced me. I really appreciate that.”

He has spent the last couple of months learning the catchers and getting to know his new teammates while going 5-2 with a 2.61 ERA and 70 strikeouts in 10 appearances during the regular season.

“Just getting more comfortable kind of in my own skin,” Skubal said. “I think that matters and that stuff just takes time, especially when you make a big transition in the middle of the season. I feel confident with where I’m at.”

Skubal and fellow lefty Blake Snell, who will start Game 2 on Sunday, gravitated toward each other, in part because of a shared sense of humor.

“I think the level of respect we have for each other, both being left-handed starters, both accomplishing a lot in the game so far, I think that’s kind of pushed us to the curiosity of how did you get so good? What did you do?” Snell said. “He’s extremely confident in what he’s doing, and it’s almost like a carefree, fearless type of mentality.”

Landing Skubal had the rest of baseball grumbling that the two-time defending World Series champion Dodgers were ruining the sport with their huge payroll and abundance of talent, led by two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani.

“From top to bottom, they’re very much aligned with trying to win championships,” Skubal said. “Everybody’s got one goal at hand. I fit right in with that. Everything that I try to do is try to win as many baseball games as I can. I’m excited to start doing that in October.”

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Gunner Stockton threw for 295 yards and three touchdowns, and the second-ranked Bulldogs pulled away late to beat Vanderbilt 38-14 on Saturday. The Bulldogs led 21-14 at halftime but got a lucky — Luckie, really — bounce in the third quarter to help create some cushion.

Tight end Lawson Luckie grabbed a tipped pass from Stockton that was nearly intercepted and turned it into a 43-yard reception that set up a touchdown. Georgia also benefited from a blocked field goal and a fourth-down stop that came courtesy of an overturned reception.

Meanwhile, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, CJ Carr threw four TD passes, Jonaz Walton ran for 108 yards and the third-ranked Fighting Irish handled the Tar Heels 37-26. It was Notre Dame's 15th consecutive victory — all of them by at least 10 points.

The seventh-ranked Crimson Tide were supposedly on upset alert in Starkville, Mississippi. But Alabama rolled over Kamario Taylor and No. 16 Mississippi State 56-23, sending a clear statement about the team to beat in the Southeastern Conference.

Keelon Russell threw for 285 yards and three touchdowns, Trae'shawn Brown ran for two scores and the Tide scored at least 45 points for the fifth consecutive game to start the season. It's one short of the team record set in 2018. Alabama plays at Georgia next Saturday.

The Alabama-Mississippi State matchup was expected to be a showcase for Taylor, who had been so impressive through four games. But he threw two interceptions, was sacked five times and headed to the locker room with an injury with 12 minutes to play.

No. 4 Miami (at Clemson), No. 5 Ohio State (at Iowa), No. 6 Indiana (at Rutgers) and No. 8 Florida (at Missouri) all faced road tests later Saturday.

Michigan is 0-2 in the Big Ten for the first time since 2014

Quarterback Bryce Underwood failed to get much going, and Michigan lost its second consecutive Big Ten game to fall to 0-2 in conference play for the first time since 2014.

Underwood completed 10 of 21 passes for 101 yards and ran 10 times for 20 yards for the Wolverines (3-2), who have failed to reach the 20-point mark in four of their five games under new coach Kyle Whittingham.

Michigan would be 2-3 if not for a controversial, 13-12 victory over Western Michigan in its season opener.

Syracuse wins a wild one in OT against UConn

Amari Odom’s fifth touchdown pass of the game and successful 2-point conversion run in overtime lifted Syracuse to a 42-41 win over UConn.

UConn scored 27 consecutive points and had a chance to win the game with a fourth-down stop. Odom had other thoughts on the fourth-and-goal play from the 17.

Odom, making his first start for Syracuse, found Umari Hatcher in the end zone. The Huskies were flagged for roughing the passer, prompting the Orange to go for the 2-point conversion.

Hatcher finished with 12 catches for 152 yards and three touchdowns. Odom threw for 335 yards, with two interceptions.

Air Force secures inside track for the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy

Liam Szarka rushed for two touchdowns, and Air Force defeated Navy 14-9 to take an early lead in the round-robin competition for the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy.

Air Force (3-1) can secure its first trophy since 2022 by beating Army (2-1) on Nov. 7. Army plays Louisiana Tech later Saturday.

Navy (1-3) takes on Army on Dec. 12 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Air Force has won the trophy 21 times, with Navy (18) in second and Army (10) in third.

Weigman and No. 20 Houston rally to beat UCF

Quarterback Conner Weigman rushed for three second-half touchdowns, and No. 20 Houston rallied to beat Central Florida 27-17.

Weigman finished with 50 yards rushing and threw for 239 more. The Cougars trailed 17-0 late in the third quarter.

Re’Shaun Sanford II ran for 62 yards, and Patrick Overmyer caught six passes for 76 yards for Houston (4-1, 1-1 Big 12).

The best of the rest

In the Big 12 Conference, Cincinnati tries to improve to 5-0 for the first time since 2021 with a visit to Arizona, where Noah Fifita already has thrown for 11 touchdowns to increase his career total to 84, the most among active FBS quarterbacks.

Since a 28-17 loss at BYU, the Wildcats have come back from early deficits of 10-0 to Northern Illinois and 14-0 at Washington State to win both games by double digits.

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Bos has two daughters, with a third due in January. At the grocery store, five items cost as much as a full cart once did. And on Wednesday, Bos and nearly 1,400 other people were laid off from their jobs at what had been the Navistar truck factory in southwestern Ohio.

The layoffs — occurring just three days before President Donald Trump’s rally on Saturday at a nearby high school — were large enough to basically erase an entire year of job growth in the greater Dayton, Ohio, area. And they are one reason why Bos, 30, plans to spend the final weeks before the November election canvassing votes for Democrats.

Asked how many times he had voted for Trump, Bos held up three tattooed fingers. But he said he’s done with the president.

“Something has to change politically in this country,” said Bos, a member of the United Auto Workers who identifies as a centrist. “Seems like it just kept getting worse and worse and worse.”

Trump is campaigning in this area on Saturday

This year’s election is a test for the working-class coalition that lifted Trump into the White House and gave majorities to Republicans in the House and Senate. The outcome will be decided in places like Dayton, which once sprouted factories because it led America in patents per capita. The Wright brothers’ airplane, the cash register, the stepladder and the electric car starter were all invented in this city of 137,000.

Trump's blunt talk and status as a celebrity businessman initially helped him around Dayton, where voters sensed that politics as usual had failed them. Republicans secured wins in the larger metro area, but this year, the party is vulnerable with voters who are disgruntled about inflation, the Iran war and a president who seems unsympathetic to their struggles.

An Ohio race could help determine control of the Senate. Republican Sen. Jon Husted is facing a challenge from former Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, who is trying to harness that disenchantment as he attempts a comeback two years after losing his seat.

Trump's visit to the Dayton area is part of what he says will be a 32-day marathon of rallies to try to convince the public that the economy is better than they think.

“All over the country, they’re building factories, plants — manufacturing’s coming back,” Trump said on Thursday at a truck plant in Texas. “The only thing we’re doing badly at is public relations.”

Americans increasingly blame Trump for the high cost of living with just 17% approving of his handling of the issue. Trump has largely sneered at concerns about affordability, but he has promised to give people $5,000 checks if Republicans win the House and Senate next month — something Bos said he found offensive.

“It feels like a bribe, a slap in the face, and, like, that we’re all ignorant,” Bos said.

When factory work moved abroad, Republicans gained traction

The Dayton area has shed about half of its 90,000 factory jobs since 1990, according to federal data, after the North American Free Trade Agreement shifted many jobs to Mexico where auto parts could be made more cheaply. That trend accelerated after China joined the World Trade Organization.

As steady paychecks vanished, drug addiction and crime increased. Things seemed to hit bottom after the 2008 financial crisis, prompting Phil Plummer — who was then Montgomery County Sheriff — to enter politics.

“My jail was 40% drug addicts, 50% mental health patients, 10% criminals,” said Plummer, who has been a Republican state representative since 2019. “We got it upside down — that’s what drove me to the state house.”

Plummer, the Montgomery County Republican chairman, is now on the ballot for the Ohio state Senate and stressed that Trump has been what keeps the GOP's coalition of businesses and working-class families together.

In recent years, the local economy has improved as the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base expanded, now directly employing 38,000 people. The base's innovations have attracted new aerospace companies to the area, including Joby Aviation, the Sierra Nevada Corporation and Electra.

The White House pointed to the $850 million investment by aircraft maker Electra — along with announcements in Ohio from Honda, Stellantis and others — as evidence Trump's policies were creating jobs.

Dayton rebounded because Republicans and Democrats alike saw the value coming out of Wright-Patterson over the past two decades, said Jeff Hoagland, CEO of the Dayton Development Coalition.

“In economic development, it takes time, and you have got to give it a little bit of time to bake, and then once it does, then you’re going to have something special,” Hoagland said.

Even as Dayton recovers, its politicians say this election is about inflation

Downtown Dayton has added lofts for housing, and the historic Dayton Arcade complex with its glass dome and mosaic-tiled floors has been renovated into shops, an art gallery and eateries.

On Monday, the gallery echoed with the sounds of an acoustic guitar and flute during a fundraiser for Rose Lounsbury, a former schoolteacher who, for the second time, is running as a Democrat for state representative.

The guests radiated optimism that Democrats might pick up a U.S. Senate seat, a governorship and enough spots in the Ohio House of Representatives to end a Republican supermajority.

“There is a gap between what people want and what they feel is available,” Lounsbury said. “People don’t want to live a life of subsistence. They want to live the middle-class dream and they feel it’s not available like it once was.”

Lounsbury’s Republican opponent, State Rep. Andrea White, was in the state capital, Columbus, during the past week, where she helped lead a push to pass a temporary suspension of the state gas tax of 38.5 cents per gallon to offer some relief at the pump.

White said the Republican-led state government has helped to cushion the blow of inflation by flattening the state income tax and reining in property tax hikes.

“The concept is, put it back in the hands of the people who pay the taxes — so they have more of their own money,” White said.

No tax on overtime doesn't help these factory workers

The White House said Trump's tax cuts and trade deals have helped Ohio. But the experiences at what had been the Navistar plant show that policies that were supposed to help the working class were not enough.

His broad tariffs failed to boost demand and the plant's former owner, International Motors, chose to offload the facility. And Trump's major legislative achievement — the One Big Beautiful Bill — contributed little to people's take-home pay, even as it temporarily stripped taxes from tips and overtime.

“We weren’t getting a lot of overtime because of the economy,” said Marianne Donnelly, who drove a forklift at the factory. “There just wasn’t any to be had, very little to be had.”

Meanwhile, costs have kept climbing. Donnelly said she buys marked-down beef, pork and chicken and stows them in her freezer. She canceled her subscriptions to The Columbus Dispatch and The Washington Post newspapers, along with some streaming services.

Laid-off workers like Donnelly say they expect to be rehired in six to 12 months by Roshel, a Canadian manufacturer of armored vehicles that is buying the plant. Roshel said in a statement that it's “working with everyone involved not only to protect the current workforce, but to more than double it over the coming years through a phased process.”

Laid-off workers are looking for hope

On the Monday before the layoffs, Morgan Hughes and JoJo Burkhard were knocking on doors in Kettering, a Dayton suburb named after the inventor of the electric car starter. They were trying to convince union members and retirees to vote for Democrats.

The Navistar job had helped Hughes, 35, buy a house at age 21 and work alongside her father.

When her hours were first cut, Hughes moonlighted for DoorDash and got a real estate license. On her wrist, she has a tattoo of a cross and the words “Be Still And Know,” a reference to Psalm 46:10, which speaks to how faith in God can overcome fear.

Hughes said that what union members and retirees want is to be heard after feeling ignored by politicians. Burkhard said inflation and the economy have made it easier to swing voters to their side.

“It isn’t a hard pitch at all,” she said. “And even if they don’t want to stay Democratic long-term, they’ll at least give the candidates a chance this election, which could be a turning point for us.”

After a morning of talking to voters, the pair settled down at a Chinese restaurant for some potstickers, and the weight of the week hit them.

Burkhard cracked open a fortune cookie and tears began to well up. The layoffs meant no work for her, her boyfriend and her mother — and the words in small print almost seemed prophetic. She said she needed the hope they conveyed.

Her fortune read: “You’ll find your inner strength to overcome challenges.”

As the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary of independence, Smithsonian leaders are turning to AI to better understand items in its collection tied to the fight that led to the country’s founding.

The goal is to allow the public and scholars to both search the institution's collection and draw connections across the Smithsonian and other organizations, such as the Library of Congress, to gain a deeper sense of how communities formed and functioned at the nation's birth.

Since researchers on the project, known as Revolution Crossroads, began applying AI models in the spring, they have quickly drawn links that would have previously required extensive manual searches across multiple catalogs. They located, for instance, a silversmith who was running newspaper advertisements for a creamer around 1774, similar to one held at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.

The ultimate ambition is to scour records and surface new stories about people whose lives have faded away over the centuries.

“An ideal scenario is that we get to a place where we're actually adding to the public record,” said Becky Kobberod, the chief digital and innovation officer at the Smithsonian. “Maybe they're not Thomas Jefferson or George Washington, but they did live in a community and build that community, and that name is now known.”

Since its founding in 1846, the Smithsonian has curated the nation's history and culture across an operation that now spans 21 museums and galleries, including the National Zoo. It's a role that's taken on new significance as Republican President Donald Trump has questioned some of the institution's portrayals.

Kobberod's team has identified about 10,000 objects centered on people who lived during the 40-year period from 1770 to 1810. They have had to digitize — and in some cases redigitize — the objects to make them more accessible to AI. The public can search the records online.

For Natalie Buda Smith, the director of digital strategy at the Library of Congress, the project is a reminder that these institutions are deeply engaged in rapidly evolving technology. This work, she said, can help people researching materials who don't know whether to begin at the Smithsonian, the Library of Congress or somewhere else.

The creamer example “illustrates that there's a richness out there and you might find part of the story at the Smithsonian and part of the story at the library,” she said. “Open up those doors to people so they can understand, because they found it in the Smithsonian doesn't mean it's the end of the story.”

The work is unfolding at a sensitive time in the debate over how to properly harness AI. Some of the industry's top leaders have issued increasingly dire warnings about the technology's potential harm. Many were in Washington this week, where they met with Trump and signed a voluntary accord for reviews. Democrats and some Republicans are calling for a more robust response, including stronger regulation of AI.

Kobberod, the first person to hold her role at the Smithsonian, acknowledged a “healthy fear” of AI. She said the Smithsonian is not using any of the current frontier models that have received much of the scrutiny in recent weeks. She also emphasized the importance of human oversight in the research, noting that trained historians review the data and can recognize nuance that would be lost on an AI agent.

“What they might say is, ‘actually that is a known nickname for so-and-so’ or ‘that is a generic term that’s used for X, Y, Z,” she said. “That is the nuance that a historian or someone who's spent their whole career studying that time period is going to know that a machine is not.”

Still, she said it is important to embrace the possibilities that surround AI.

“It's not going away,” she said. “We do believe we need to lean in and figure out the part that this technology plays in our work.”

With 13.1 seconds left and Golden State leading by one, Williams jumped back inbounds to corral her own miss on a play that was originally ruled Dallas' ball, but Valkyries coach Natalie Nakase — who moments earlier had fallen to her knees on the sideline before being helped up — successfully challenged the call. Nakase walked off the court escorted by a member of her staff after the final buzzer, holding her face as the team celebrated at midcourt.

The team said afterward she was fine and expected to coach Sunday in Game 1 but assistant coach Kasib Powell addressed the media in a postgame news conference where she typically speaks.

The Valkyries will be back at rocking Ballhalla for the series opener with the team’s deafening, violet-crazed home crowd at Chase Center.

Arike Ogunbowale knocked down an off-balance jumper with 3:13 to play that put Dallas up by five and finished with 30 points to follow up a 45-point performance in the Wings' overtime win Wednesday night at home.

Williams scored all but two of her points after halftime. Veronica Burton had 16 points, 10 rebounds and six assists. Burton’s layup with 8:19 to play pulled the Valkyries within 61-59, Williams hit two 3-pointers late in the third and they both willed Golden State into the best-of-five semifinals against the defending WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces.

Tiffany Hayes scored 18 points off the bench, Kaila Charles hit a tying 3-pointer with 6:51 left and Kiah Stokes pulled down 13 rebounds.

The second-seeded Valkyries won a playoff series for the first time. Last year, they became the first expansion team to reach the playoffs in its inaugural season.

Paige Bueckers had 17 points with six assists but shot only 3 for 14 for Dallas, making all 10 of her free throws.

The Valkyries missed three straight 3s and nine shots in a row overall to start the third quarter as Dallas used a 9-0 run to take its largest lead at 53-37. Golden State pulled within 59-54 heading into the final 10 minutes.

Ogunbowale was 11 for 21 after scoring a playoff-record 45 points in the Wings' 108-100 overtime win Wednesday night.

That prompted Nakase to declare before the game: “We made a promise to ourselves we are going to play the best four quarters of our lives.”

She said the Valkyries didn't recognize themselves that game — even though the team had scored 100 or more points in the first two matchups, including 104-80 in the series opener last Sunday.

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No. 1 St. Thomas, unbeaten coming into the game, faced No. 22 Chaminade, which entered at 4-1, in the week’s High School Spotlight.

Chaminade struck first on its opening possession. Brady Quinn kept the ball and weaved his way into the end zone to give the Lions a 7-0 lead.

St. Thomas answered in the final minute of the first quarter. Blake Calixte rolled out, kept the ball and found the end zone to tie the game at 7.

Chaminade went back in front in the third quarter. Quinn connected with Tromon Issac for a touchdown, making it 20-7 and putting St. Thomas on upset alert.

Former NFL receiver Robby Anderson then dapped up the Chaminade players as the Lions looked to hold on.

But the Raiders came back in the fourth. Cody Conness dumped the ball off to Ryan Mathis for a touchdown, and after the extra point, St. Thomas took a 21-20 lead.

Chaminade had one final chance. Quinn ripped off a big run to help put the Lions in field-goal range, but the attempt was blocked. St. Thomas survived, 21-20.

At West Broward, the Bobcats hosted Cypress Bay.

West Broward got on the board first in the first half. Jayden Miller threw to Mario Agnant for a big gain, setting up Christian Loza for a field goal and a 3-0 lead.

Cypress Bay answered with senior quarterback Kordie Hinch keeping the ball for a touchdown run. The Lightning stayed perfect with a 31-18 win, improving to 7-0.

In another Broward matchup, Coral Glades and South Plantation traded late-game scores in a wild fourth quarter.

South Plantation trailed 3-0 with five minutes left when Nixon Kalish found Carlton Kerr wide open for a 42-yard touchdown. That put South Plantation ahead 6-3.

With 1:20 remaining, Coral Glades answered with a 1-yard touchdown run to take a 10-6 lead.

South Plantation still had one final chance with 23 seconds on the clock. Kalish scrambled, fired a pass and connected for the game-winning touchdown as South Plantation held on, 12-10.

Donalds spoke with voters during a meal at a Caribbean restaurant in Miami Gardens, joined a business owner roundtable in Miami and later headlined a gala at Trump National Doral.

“We’re in good shape, we’re just working hard every single day,” Donalds said.

Donalds’ main opponent is Democrat David Jolly, a former Republican congressman. There is currently no debate scheduled before Election Day.

Jolly said last month that he would not debate Donalds, accusing him of lying in campaign ads and negotiating in bad faith over setting a date.

Donalds said Florida voters deserve a debate.

“I’m ready to debate. That’s up to Jolly. If he changes his mind, I will be ready,” Donalds said.

Affordability is a major issue in the race, with South Floridians continuing to face higher costs for housing, food and health care.

Donalds said his plan would lower insurance premiums by 20%.

“We want to give the people of Florida the relief they need,” he said.

Donalds is also backing Amendment 3, which would significantly lower property taxes for homeowners if approved.

The proposal could mean major cuts for cities and counties, which would have to adjust their spending. Donalds argued that local governments have been spending too much.

“The number one concern I have is making sure seniors can still afford to stay in their homes, that young families have an opportunity to buy a home,” Donalds said. “Local governments, everybody’s gotta learn to live within their means.”

Donalds said property taxes have increased from $32 billion seven years ago to about $56 billion this year.

The RealClearPolitics polling average shows Donalds with a 6-point lead over Jolly. This week, the Cook Political Report upgraded Jolly’s chances, moving the race from solid Republican to lean Republican.

Florida has not elected a Democrat as governor this century. Donalds is hoping that remains the case.

Nixon said the Haitian community holds a special place in her heart and spoke about immigration enforcement during the campaign stop.

“It’s important to come into the Haitian community because they are being attacked right now,” Nixon said. “ICE has been weaponized and they’re tearing families apart, locking people up in cages and that’s not the American way.”

A number of local and state politicians also took the stage, including state Rep. Marie Woodson and state Sen. Annette Taddeo. Some are also on the ballot next month.

Taddeo, a Democrat running for Florida chief financial officer, spoke to the mostly Haitian American crowd about her own experience as an immigrant and criticized her opponent.

“I’m an immigrant myself and I can tell you we need a CFO that’s actually gonna make sure our tax dollars are gonna go towards helping people and not helping their friends,” Taddeo said.

But the focus of the campaign stop was Nixon, a democratic socialist running to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody.

The race also drew attention from Vice President JD Vance, who, at a rally of his own Thursday, said Nixon “does not belong in America.”

Nixon responded by saying Vance does not belong in the White House and that Moody does not belong in the U.S. Senate.

“They can call me whatever they want, but come November 3rd at 9 p.m., they’ll call me U.S. senator,” Nixon said.

“I haven’t been able to get a good grasp of the root cause of all this, so I think that process is going to happen during the offseason when I’m going have a little bit more time to be able to address it,” he said Friday through a translator. “As of now, it’s something I’m just going to have to manage.”

Ohtani's health is key to the Dodgers' hopes of winning a third consecutive World Series championship, starting Saturday against Atlanta in Game 1 of the National League Division Series.

Manager Dave Roberts isn't sure what Ohtani can deliver.

“I know that once the lights turn on, the postseason starts, the focus will be heightened,” he said. “I expect good things. I really do. We just haven’t seen it enough for me to forecast it.”

The two-way superstar came off the IL with just five games remaining in the regular season. He was 5 for 21 with eight strikeouts, a walk and a double.

The Dodgers have said Ohtani is feeling better since his return, and Roberts believes his at-bat quality showed improvement.

“(My body) feels really good overall,” Ohtani said. "I do feel like my swing is in a better place — it feels smooth. Just little tweaks here and there and I’ll be ready.”

Ohtani was single when he went on the IL twice during his six years with the Los Angeles Angels. He's now married and a father of two, with his son arriving in late June to join a daughter born in April 2025.

“If I’d been by myself this time, I probably would have had a lot more time to think about everything, and I imagine it would have been much harder mentally,” he said in Japanese. “But I had a house full of people around me, so that made a big difference in terms of how I felt.”

Ohtani throws right-handed and bats left-handed. He explained that he was better able to use his left arm with his daughter. His infant son, however, requires two arms to hold, which limited him because of the injury to his right biceps.

Ohtani took live batting practice against countryman Yoshinobu Yamamoto earlier in the week. The last time they'd faced each other was in 2017 in Nippon Professional Baseball, when Ohtani struck out and singled off Yamamoto.

“I think it was a valuable experience for both of us in terms of getting some game-like repetitions. I got to take a few at-bats and see all of his different pitches,” Ohtani said in Japanese. "It was a lot of fun. It felt fresh and exciting. His stuff also felt quite different from what I remembered.”

Braves' strained rotation

The Braves' rotation is seriously strained coming into the Division Series.

Their three-game win over the Philadelphia Phillies in the Wild Card Series forced ace Chris Sale into pitching the final four outs on short rest Thursday night. He threw 95 pitches while starting Game 1, leaving his possible start against the Dodgers in Game 2 of the NLDS up in the air.

“A lot of it’s going to depend on how Chris feels. Certainly don’t want to jeopardize him and his health,” manager Walt Weiss said Friday. “He’s had to grind here recently, so we’re going to err on the side of giving him more rest, if it’s even close.”

On Thursday, the Braves ruled out starters Martín Pérez (back) and Bryce Elder (knee) for the NLDS.

“There's a chance we’re going to have to pitch a lot of innings out of our bullpen, especially the first couple games,” Weiss said. “We'll have to add some arms to the roster.”

The Braves had a late night after eliminating the Phillies and then traveling Friday to Los Angeles, where the Dodgers have been resting and preparing for five days.

“My world is spinning right now,” Weiss said.

High heat

Los Angeles is under an extreme heat warning, and it's expected to continue into late next week.

Saturday’s forecast calls for a high temperature of 100 degrees (38 Celsius) for the day game, when Tarik Skubal takes the mound for the Dodgers. The average high in early October is 81 degrees.

“I know the pitchers are going to have a hard time,” Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani said. “I’m wishing all the best for Scooby.”

Skubal grew up in Kingman, Arizona, where the average July temperature is 96 degrees (35 Celsius). He said he'll drink plenty of water Saturday.

“You're just not going to the bathroom because you’re probably sweating it out,” he said.

Sunday’s game begins at 8 p.m. EDT but conditions won’t be much better, with a projected high of 99 degrees.

The highest game-time temperature ever recorded at Dodger Stadium is 103 degrees (39 Celsius), recorded twice. The first time was Oct. 24, 2017, for Game 1 of the World Series against Houston. It was equaled on Sept. 8, 2024, for a regular-season game against Cleveland.

The Dodgers are encouraging fans to wear hats and sunscreen. They’re allowed to bring in non-alcoholic drinks of one liter or less in factory-sealed plastic bottles. Empty refillable water bottles are allowed. Bottle filling stations and water fountains are scattered around the stadium.

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Scott Bales will review Arizona State’s findings and information provided by attorneys for the Mayich family, attorneys for members of the hockey team and law enforcement, James Rund, ASU senior vice president of educational outreach and student services, said in a memo Friday to university President Michael Crow.

The 21-year-old Mayich collapsed during a workout on the first day the NCAA allows official activities. He suffered from exertional heat stroke that reduced flow of oxygen to his brain and is unlikely to recover, according to family attorney Rob Carey.

Rund said Bales will be tasked with making recommendations on multiple topics surrounding the planning, approval, staffing, policies and procedures for outdoor athletic activities. He will also review the use of outside consultants in strength and conditioning practices.

Bales was on the Arizona Supreme Court from 2005 to 2019, serving the last five years as its chief justice. The school has requested that his review be completed by early December.

The Mayich family was pleased the university brought in Bales, but not with the scope of his review.

In a statement made through Carey, the Mayich family said Bales should be looking into why the workout was allowed and why it wasn't stopped when players were in visible distress with no water or rest. They also want to know which school, conference and NCAA rules were broken.

“Justice Bales is a respected choice and he will do an excellent job. But ASU hired him to review policies that may help prevent a tragedy like this in the future. That’s not what’s needed right now,” the statement said. “What is necessary, and what the Mayich family has asked for and deserves, is an investigation of what went wrong on that field and who is responsible. Justice Bales has not been asked to answer those fundamental questions.”

The Mayich family pointed to the death of Maryland football player Jordan McNair after he collapsed during a workout in 2018. The school hired outside investigators and reported to the Maryland Board of Regents, which released the findings publicly.

The family called for Bales to report to the Arizona Board of Regents and “not to the office whose own review has missed too much.”

“There are firms that specialize in exactly this work. Some reconstruct exertional heat stroke cases and evaluate emergency preparedness,” the statement said. “Others investigate institutional and personnel failures. ASU should expand Justice Bales’ mandate to cover the questions that matter and let him bring in the expertise he needs. Otherwise, it should appoint a second independent investigator to examine what ASU’s employees did and failed to do, and the conduct of whomever they allowed to run the workout that left Matthew Mayich in a hospital bed fighting for his life.”

Arizona State’s preliminary report on its investigation said the hockey coaching staff requested permission for Timothy Ziesel, a former Green Beret, to speak with the team during a three-day team-building event. The coaching staff did not “submit a plan of training activities for review by ASU’s strength and conditioning coaches prior to the event,” the report said.

Arizona State placed hockey coach Greg Powers on administrative leave Wednesday as the investigation continues. Powers will not join the team for its season opener at Lindenwood on Friday.

“Our focus continues to be on Matthew and his family, and on our student-athletes to make sure they have the support they need during this time and as the season begins,” ASU athletic director Graham Rossini said in a statement after Powers was placed on leave. “We have continued to collect as much information as possible. After thorough and careful deliberation, I believe this is the best move to provide stability for the hockey program.”

Seven players sent a letter to Crow earlier this week urging the school to place the coaches involved in the workout on administrative leave until an independent investigation is conducted.

The players sent the letter anonymously through an attorney, fearing retribution from the coaching staff. They said several other players didn’t join in sending the letter out of fear of retribution.

Mayich’s parents, John and Christina Mayich, issued a statement on Tuesday agreeing with the players that the coaching staff should be placed on leave.

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The documents, reviewed Friday by The Associated Press, include excerpts of interviews Cornell's investigators did with the woman and the men she accused and shed more light on the university's handling of the case.

While heavily redacted, the records offer a fuller but sometimes conflicting timeline of events and a glimpse at how the men responded to the allegations. Some disputed the woman’s account and said they weren’t involved in any assault.

The woman, identified in court papers only as Jane Doe, sued Cornell and seven former students last month, alleging she was given ketamine and repeatedly assaulted at a fraternity house in October 2024.

She went to campus police three weeks after the encounter and gave a detailed account of what happened, but the local district attorney decided not to file criminal charges or push for more investigation after reviewing a police summary of her interview.

Only the school’s investigation, under the federal Title IX law, persisted, with a goal of deciding discipline for the students involved.

Lawsuit by one of the accused men reveals details on investigation

This week, a lawyer for one of the accused men filed documents from the school’s investigation in a lawsuit that seeks to overturn the university’s punishment and remove it from his academic record. They include a 99-page report on a campus hearing panel’s disciplinary findings and a summary of events submitted by the university's lawyers.

Though only a fraction of the thousands of pages amassed in the investigation, the records show the breadth of the university’s inquiry — including 50 interviews with 32 witnesses and 12 days of hearings.

Late Thursday, Gov. Kathy Hochul appointed Attorney General Letitia James as a special prosecutor to lead a renewed criminal investigation, saying she had lost faith in Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten.

According to the Title IX documents filed in court, which are only a portion of the entire investigation, the woman and several of the men gave investigators similar accounts of drug use and sexual activity that took place at the Chi Phi fraternity house — but differed sharply in how much of it was consensual.

Snapchat messages drew other men

The woman had been invited there by a fraternity member for whom she had long held strong romantic feelings and sexual interest, according to the disciplinary panel’s findings. The panel found that she initially consented to sex with that man and one of his friends, though she later alleged in her lawsuit that she had been pressured into taking ketamine, marijuana and alcohol and was too intoxicated to consent.

Then other men began showing up in the room, some drawn by a message one of the fraternity brothers sent to a Snapchat group at 1:42 a.m. using a vulgar term to advertise that a woman's body was freely available. Later, another person in the chat asked if the “shop” was still open.

The woman told investigators that her intoxication had rendered her partly defenseless. She said she remembered smoking marijuana and said she knew she took ketamine, her first time doing so, but didn’t have an independent memory of it. The drug, she said, left her in a state of “vague consciousness."

“You look like an operating human being," she told school investigators at a hearing in May of 2025. "You don’t look dead or asleep necessarily. So, lights are on, but nobody’s home. Your brain is not functioning at its proper level.”

She said some of the men inhaled drugs off her unclothed body.

“I felt like bait. I felt like lions around me. It just was a totally debilitating place to be in," she told investigators.

Accused student says he only entered room for a wellness check

One of the men the woman accused of snorting drugs off her body — but not participating in other elements of the assault — denied her account.

He told investigators he was in the room for no more than five minutes, and didn’t go there for sex.

“That was not our intentions at all. We were just checking out to see if everything” was OK, he said.

He insisted that he did not see the woman naked at any time — she was under bed coverings, he said — and did not partake in drug use. He said he sat on a couch and chatted for a few minutes, then left after the woman and another man there both indicated they were all right.

A Cornell disciplinary panel later cleared him of sexual assault or exploitation allegations, but found him responsible for attempted sexual exploitation because it didn't believe his claim to have gone to the room for altruistic reasons.

The fraternity member, who is challenging Cornell’s disciplinary process in court, also posted in the Snapchat conversation, saying what was happening in the room was not a joke, adding: “Firsthand pov not a bit.” The student later told investigators he did not remember sending the message, according to Cornell’s account.

Woman's lawsuit seeks tougher penalties

In her lawsuit, Jane Doe accused two of the other men who entered the room of performing sex acts on her without her consent, while she was partially incapacitated. She accused another man of kissing her without her consent. According to the Title IX documents, Jane Doe told investigators two other men stood at the foot of the bed acting “more like voyeurs than anything."

The lawsuit seeks to hold all seven men liable for rape. She is asking for unspecified damages.

Cornell hasn’t detailed the results of its investigation, but said it resulted in some students being expelled.

The man who filed the lawsuit challenging his punishment was allowed to stay at Cornell, but he was ordered to stay away from the woman, take a class on sexual harassment and bystander intervention, and write a paper reflecting on the circumstances for which he was found responsible and include a proposal to train other students on preventing sexual harassment.

A passing shower or two could develop Friday night, but otherwise, Miami-Dade and Broward counties should see mostly cloudy skies with a subtle east-southeast breeze.

Saturday morning could bring a few spotty showers, followed by a mix of clouds and sunshine. East-southeast winds may push an occasional shower across the region during the afternoon and evening, while an isolated thunderstorm also cannot be ruled out.

Sunday should feature partly cloudy skies with southeast winds. A few showers will remain possible, particularly during the morning, with an isolated thunderstorm also possible.

Overall, it will be a warm weekend, with overnight lows near 80 degrees and afternoon highs reaching the low 90s.

For beachgoers, however, conditions will be less tranquil: The National Weather Service is maintaining a high risk of rip currents along South Florida’s Atlantic Coast beaches through Saturday evening.

For decades, Domino Park has welcomed thousands of players and visitors, becoming a centerpiece of Calle Ocho in Little Havana.

But the park is showing its age.

Sources with the city tell Local 10 News that multiple parts of the park are not up to code. Visitors have also raised concerns about leaks and flooding.

The sounds of dominoes, culture and tradition remain a familiar part of the park.

For some regulars, it is like a second home.

“This is my second house,” one player said.

Another described the park as an antique.

The park has come a long way since its floors were dirt. It has also become a destination for domino aficionados, Dutch royals and thousands of tourists from around the world.

But some longtime visitors say they are concerned about what could come with the changes.

Miami City Commissioner Rolando Escalona exclusively shared new renderings with Local 10 News showing plans for a full renovation of the park, which is already in the works.

For Donato Ramos Martinez, who is in his 80s and has spent years at the park, the changes bring some concern.

He does not want outsiders coming in to make money, push people out or change what he considers sacred and home.

Escalona stressed the project is not about selling the park to developers.

He also said that while the park will undergo a full remodel, the design will remain very similar to what visitors see today to respect Domino Park’s cultural identity.

Two million dollars have already been allocated for the project, which is slated to begin early next year.

The money will come from new development fees in the district.

Pike, 50, remained on a ventilator and unconscious at a Nashville-area hospital on Friday, according to her attorneys, who say she was poked with needles at least seven times in the state's death chamber and then hospitalized with burned and blistered arms after being given two doses of lethal drugs.

The unsuccessful attempt was the second failed execution in four months in Tennessee. Since 2022, the state has carried out just four of the more than 140 executions that have taken place nationwide, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

Republican Gov. Bill Lee paused executions in the state following the unsuccessful attempt to put Pike to death and ordered an independent investigation into what went wrong, as both critics and supporters of the death penalty called for changes.

“Number one, I think we need to get better people that are doing these executions because I don’t know that they’re trained well enough to be doing this on difficult patients,” said Republican state Sen. Joey Hensley, a family physician, adding that he suspects the IV line was not properly inserted.

Pike's attorneys say executioners failed to properly set IV lines

Days after the attempt to execute Pike, who received two lethal doses of pentobarbital, she had blisters on her arms from the bleach-like, caustic substance that was injected into her body, her attorneys wrote in an emergency court filing on Friday.

Pike’s attorneys said they believed problems with the IV lines caused the pentobarbital to flow into her body instead of her bloodstream.

“Apparently at no point did any member of the execution team realize that the IV lines were not correctly placed or that the veins had blown and that the pentobarbital was, in whole or in part, entering Ms. Pike’s body,” they wrote.

They wrote that instead of “remedying this failure” prison officials prepared and administered a backup set of pentobarbital syringes.

Tennessee has come under fire before

Pike's case is not the first time Tennessee's execution practices have drawn criticism.

Earlier this year, Tennessee stopped the execution of Tony Carruthers after medical workers placed an IV into his right arm but couldn’t get a secondary IV line, proceeding to attempt to place one into his other arm, his left hand and his left foot, then finally failing to establish a central line.

Lee ordered officials to wait at least a year before trying to execute Carruthers again.

Four years before that, the governor ordered an independent review into capital punishment after abruptly stopping the April 2022 execution of Oscar Smith in the 11th hour when officials became aware of a mishandling of the drugs. Lee paused all executions over a week later after acknowledging the state had failed to ensure its lethal injection drugs were properly tested.

The report he ordered, released in late December 2022, found that the state hadn’t complied with its own lethal injection process since it was revised in 2018.

In that time period, Tennessee put seven inmates to death — two by injection and five in the electric chair. The report said that in none of those, nor in the execution Lee halted, did the pharmacy conduct the required test for endotoxins, and in one of the lethal injections, the drug midazolam was not tested for potency.

At the time, the state's lethal injections were performed through a three-drug series of midazolam, vecuronium bromide and potassium chloride. The state later switched to using just pentobarbital.

The report, conducted by former U.S. Attorney Ed Stanton, also found that the state’s unidentified executioner had no formal healthcare training and learned the role mainly through on-the-job experience.

After the release of the report, the Tennessee Department of Correction fired its longtime top attorney and another employee.

One of Pike’s attorneys, Steve Ferrell, was skeptical of the progress made since those revelations, saying the investigation resulted in “a less detailed protocol and more secrecy."

Executioners often have little medical training, expert says

It's not uncommon for executioners to have minimal medical training, according to Corinna Lain, a law professor at the University of Richmond and author of a book on lethal injections.

Lain said lethal injection has become more popular because it is considered less gruesome and hides the violence of state killing. But she said that, even when states follow protocol, the method still poses risks. A number of attorneys have echoed those concerns in lawsuits, arguing that the method is unconstitutional.

Lain said she has only found about 10 medically licensed doctors in the entire country who work with states on executions. Doctors she interviewed told her that they believed executions to be contrary to their oath to take care of people.

In many ways, executions are shrouded in secrecy. The identity of execution team members, the details about where and how lethal drugs are procured, and in some states even what happens in the death chamber is hidden from public view.

“Tennessee has botched executions so badly that two people this year have survived their own executions,” Lain said. “That’s quite something."

Still, experts like Jordan Steiker, the co-director of the Capital Punishment Center at the University of Texas, say that the method is likely to continue to be an option for states with the death penalty.

That is in large part, Steiker said, because of a deferential judicial approach to the execution process, which has consistently empowered states to carry out executions.

“I think it gives states confidence that even if they take shortcuts, it’s unlikely that the courts will intervene in their ability to carry out executions,” Steiker said.

The decision came after prosecutors and defense attorneys made their cases to a judge.

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Rivera, 61, was found guilty on all counts, including failing to register as a foreign agent with the Justice Department and conspiracy to commit money laundering, in May. An associate, Esther Nuhfer, was also convicted.

Rivera appeared stone-faced as Judge Melissa Damian denounced him for betraying his life’s mission, saying he would surely have been judged harshly his many friends had the millions of dollars come from the Cuban regime instead of its allies in Caracas.

The seven-week trial offered a rare glimpse into Miami’s role as a crossroads for foreign influence campaigns aimed at shaping U.S. policy toward Latin America, highlighting the city’s reputation as a magnet for both anti-communist crusaders and corruption among its sizable exile population.

It included testimony from President Donald Trump’s secretary of state, Rep. Pete Sessions of Texas and a top Washington lobbyist — all of whom testified they felt betrayed when learning of Rivera’s mammoth consulting contract with a U.S.-based affiliate of Venezuela’s state oil company, PDVSA.

Attorneys for Rivera plan to appeal and in June applied for a presidential pardon. Rivera faces additional federal charges in Washington, D.C., in a related foreign lobbying case.

In Friday’s hearing, prosecutors had sought 22 to 30 years in prison, while Rivera’s attorneys, citing a prostate cancer diagnosis and the former lawmaker’s young twin sons, sought eight years.

Attorney Ed Shohat also argued that there was no evidence Rivera personally supported Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro.

The judge pushed back, saying, “For you to stand here and say, ‘The facts don’t support the convictions,’ is not a good place to start.”

Miami-Dade Supervisor of Elections Alina Garcia was also in court. Garcia was among several prominent South Florida figures who previously offered to help back Rivera’s proposed $7 million bond, which a federal judge ultimately denied.

Garcia was among multiple friends of the former congressman, including the former president of Florida International University and Miami-Dade County’s supervisor of elections, who packed the courtroom to show their support.

Sessions, in a letter seeking leniency that was read into the record by his chief of staff, said his former congressional colleague devoted decades to public service, much of it focused on defending liberty and democracy.

“I don’t think it’s productive for society by sending David away for a long, long time,” testified Liliana Ros, a longtime Miami GOP committee member.

During the hearing, Rivera’s attorney objected to several parts of the pre-sentence report, including the government’s calculation of the value of laundered funds and enhancements related to Rivera’s role in national security.

Shohat also took issue with word of a government news conference before sentencing, saying it sent a message that prosecutors were already counting on the outcome.

Shohat called word of the press conference unique and said, “It sounds like the U.S. Attorney’s Office is counting on you. And judge, so am I.”

The judge gave Rivera a 10-year sentence on five counts and a five-year sentence on two counts, but the sentences will run concurrently.

Rivera is set to be back in court next Friday as he faces separate charges in a tax fraud case.

He’s set to remain at the federal jail in downtown Miami until that trial is complete, at which point the judge said she’d recommend he be held in a minimum security prison camp.

Fisher joined host Glenna Milberg on the latest episode of “This Week in South Florida” to discuss the Broward County Commission’s unanimous vote this week to retake fire-rescue services from the Broward Sheriff’s Office. Broward County Commissioners approved a $9.2 billion budget this week. The BSO budget request was $937 million.

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The village, tucked into the heart of South Florida, has a population of about 2,000 people and roughly 900 homes.

Nickerson, who currently serves as mayor, said he wants to remain in office to continue working on projects he has already started.

“I want to do that with road repair,” Nickerson said. “I wanna do that with our tree canopy and with the sewers. I want to do that with flood mitigation, so those are the goals.”

Alvarez, who said he is a third-generation El Portal resident, is emphasizing the village’s character as he campaigns for mayor.

He said development should not come at the expense of what makes the community distinctive.

“El Portal is not Brickell. It’s not Wynwood or South Beach,” Alvarez said. “I love Brickell, Wynwood and I really love South Beach, but we are not them and we shouldn’t try to be them.”

Property taxes and their potential impact on village services are also part of the conversation.

Both candidates said property tax relief, if approved, could lead to changes in services.

“I think holding the line on taxes for our residents is number one,” Nickerson said.

Alvarez said the village would have to closely examine its finances if less revenue were available.

“We would have to really sharpen our pencils to see where we can reduce our services,” he said.

While the two candidates are competing for the mayor’s seat, both expressed a desire to preserve El Portal’s character while allowing the village to move forward.

Alvarez described the community as a “little slice of heaven” and said he wants to make sure it can continue to grow with the market.

Nickerson pointed to El Portal’s natural surroundings as something that sets it apart from more heavily developed areas of South Florida.

“When everywhere else is being built out with all these huge developments, when there’s concrete, when there’s heat indexes, there’s a place you can go and it’s cool and it’s beautiful,” Nickerson said.

El Portal voters will decide between Nickerson and Alvarez in the village’s Nov. 3 election.

La villa, ubicada en el corazón del sur de Florida, tiene una población de aproximadamente 2,000 personas y unas 900 viviendas.

Nickerson, quien actualmente se desempeña como alcalde, dijo que quiere permanecer en el cargo para continuar trabajando en proyectos que ya ha iniciado.

“Quiero hacer eso con la reparación de carreteras”, dijo Nickerson. “Quiero hacer eso con nuestra cobertura arbórea y con las alcantarillas. Quiero hacer eso con la mitigación de inundaciones, así que esas son las metas”.

Alvarez, quien dijo ser residente de El Portal de tercera generación, está haciendo énfasis en el carácter de la villa mientras hace campaña para alcalde.

Dijo que el desarrollo no debería ocurrir a expensas de lo que hace distintiva a la comunidad.

“El Portal no es Brickell. No es Wynwood ni South Beach”, dijo Alvarez. “Me encanta Brickell, Wynwood y realmente me encanta South Beach, pero no somos ellos y no deberíamos intentar ser como ellos”.

Los impuestos a la propiedad y su posible impacto en los servicios de la villa también forman parte de la conversación.

Ambos candidatos dijeron que una reducción de los impuestos a la propiedad, si es aprobada, podría generar cambios en los servicios.

“Creo que mantener los impuestos de nuestros residentes sin cambios es la prioridad número uno”, dijo Nickerson.

Alvarez dijo que la villa tendría que examinar detenidamente sus finanzas si hubiera menos ingresos disponibles.

“Tendríamos que analizar realmente las cifras para ver dónde podemos reducir nuestros servicios”, dijo.

Mientras los dos candidatos compiten por el cargo de alcalde, ambos expresaron su deseo de preservar el carácter de El Portal mientras permiten que la villa avance.

Alvarez describió a la comunidad como “un pequeño pedazo de cielo” y dijo que quiere asegurarse de que pueda continuar creciendo con el mercado.

Nickerson señaló los alrededores naturales de El Portal como algo que lo distingue de las áreas más desarrolladas del sur de Florida.

“Mientras en todas partes se está construyendo con todos estos enormes desarrollos, cuando hay concreto, cuando hay índices de calor, hay un lugar al que puedes ir y está fresco y es hermoso”, dijo Nickerson.

Los votantes de El Portal decidirán entre Nickerson y Alvarez en las elecciones de la villa del 3 de noviembre.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que Jefry Fuentes Acevedo fue arrestado el jueves por el Departamento de Policía de Hialeah bajo cargos de agresión sexual contra una víctima de entre 12 y 17 años y conducta lasciva y libidinosa contra una menor de entre 12 y 16 años.

La víctima dijo a los investigadores que conocía a Acevedo desde hacía aproximadamente tres años, según un informe de arresto. Local 10 News no revela la relación entre sospechoso y víctima para proteger la identidad de esta última.

La Policía dijo que una investigación comenzó la noche del miércoles después de que detectives de la Policía de Hialeah fueran llamados a un apartamento en la cuadra 6200 de West 24th Avenue en Hialeah por un supuesto “delito sexual”.

La víctima dijo a la Policía que Acevedo había abusado sexualmente de ella durante aproximadamente dos años, según el informe. Dijo que había contado a su madre sobre los abusos en marzo y que su madre “no le dio importancia”, señala el informe.

En una entrevista con los investigadores, la víctima describió una agresión sexual que, según dijo, ocurrió unos cinco o seis meses antes, mientras ella y Acevedo estaban solos en la vivienda, informó la Policía. Dijo que ocurrió cuando sus padres habían salido para asistir a una fiesta, según el informe.

La víctima dijo a la Policía que intentó salir de la sala y subir a su habitación cuando Acevedo la agarró y la jaló hacia atrás, diciéndole que “se quedara aquí”, señala el informe.

Según el informe, Acevedo luego acercó a la víctima hacia él y la obligó a practicarle sexo oral.

La víctima también describió otro encuentro ocurrido dos días después.

Dijo a los investigadores que Acevedo se acercó a ella por detrás mientras cocinaba y repetidamente “colocó su cuerpo contra ella a pesar de sus intentos por alejarse”, según el informe. La Policía dijo que finalmente ella entró a un baño hasta que él se alejó.

Un segundo informe de arresto del 1 de octubre de 2025 detalla acusaciones adicionales que se remontan a cuando la víctima tenía entre 13 y 15 años y Acevedo tenía entre 17 y 18 años.

La víctima dijo a los investigadores que ocurrieron aproximadamente ocho incidentes con Acevedo, según el informe.

Al relatar el primer supuesto incidente, la víctima dijo que estaba sola en casa con Acevedo cuando él la llevó a su habitación, señala el informe.

Dijo a la Policía que él cerró la puerta con llave y colocó una mesa contra ella antes de la agresión, lo que le provocó sangrado, según el informe.

El informe del 1 de octubre también detalla una entrevista con el hermano de 11 años de la víctima.

La Policía dijo que el niño fue entrevistado por un equipo de protección infantil y contó a los investigadores que había observado actividad sexual entre la víctima y Acevedo mientras jugaba videojuegos.

Dijeron que posteriormente los investigadores localizaron a Acevedo en su vivienda en Miami Shores y lo detuvieron.

Hasta la tarde del viernes, Fuentes Acevedo permanecía detenido sin derecho a fianza en el Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

La decisión se produjo después de que los fiscales y los abogados defensores presentaran sus argumentos ante una jueza.

Rivera, de 61 años, fue declarado culpable de todos los cargosincluido no registrarse como agente extranjero ante el Departamento de Justicia y conspiración para cometer lavado de dinero, en mayo. Una asociada, Esther Nuhfer, también fue declarada culpable.

Rivera permaneció con el rostro inexpresivo mientras la jueza Melissa Damian lo reprendía por traicionar la misión de su vida, diciendo que seguramente sus muchos amigos lo habrían juzgado duramente si los millones de dólares hubieran provenido del régimen cubano en lugar de sus aliados en Caracas.

El juicio de siete semanas ofreció una rara mirada al papel de Miami como punto de encuentro para campañas de influencia extranjera destinadas a moldear la política de Estados Unidos hacia América Latina, destacando la reputación de la ciudad como un imán tanto para los defensores de las causas anticomunistas como para la corrupción entre su considerable población de exiliados.

Incluyó el testimonio del secretario de Estado del presidente Donald Trump, el representante Pete Sessions de Texas y un importante cabildero de Washington, todos los cuales testificaron que se sintieron traicionados al enterarse del enorme contrato de consultoría de Rivera con una filial con sede en Estados Unidos de la compañía petrolera estatal de Venezuela, PDVSA.

Los abogados de Rivera planean apelar y en junio solicitaron un indulto presidencial. Rivera enfrenta cargos federales adicionales en Washington, D.C., en un caso relacionado de cabildeo extranjero.

En la audiencia del viernes, los fiscales habían solicitado entre 22 y 30 años de prisión, mientras que los abogados de Rivera, citando un diagnóstico de cáncer de próstata y a los hijos gemelos pequeños del ex legislador, solicitaron ocho años.

El abogado Ed Shohat también argumentó que no había evidencia de que Rivera apoyara personalmente al dictador venezolano Nicolás Maduro.

El juez respondió, diciendo: “Que usted se pare aquí y diga: ‘Los hechos no respaldan las condenas’, no es un buen punto de partida”.

La supervisora de Elecciones de Miami-Dade, Alina Garcia, también estuvo en la corte. Garcia estuvo entre varias figuras prominentes del sur de Florida que anteriormente se ofrecieron a ayudar a respaldar la fianza propuesta de $7 millones USD de Rivera, que un juez federal finalmente rechazó.

Garcia estuvo entre los múltiples amigos del ex congresista, incluido el ex presidente de la Universidad Internacional de Florida y el supervisor de elecciones del condado Miami-Dade, que llenaron la sala del tribunal para mostrarle su apoyo.

Sessions, en una carta en la que solicitaba clemencia y que fue leída en el registro por su jefe de gabinete, dijo que su ex colega en el Congreso dedicó décadas al servicio público, gran parte de ellas enfocadas en defender la libertad y la democracia.

“No creo que sea productivo para la sociedad enviar a David a prisión por mucho, mucho tiempo”, testificó Liliana Ros, miembro de larga trayectoria del comité republicano de Miami.

Durante la audiencia, el abogado de Rivera objetó varias partes del informe previo a la sentencia, incluido el cálculo del gobierno sobre el valor de los fondos lavados y los aumentos relacionados con el papel de Rivera en la seguridad nacional.

Shohat también cuestionó la noticia de una conferencia de prensa del gobierno antes de la sentencia, diciendo que enviaba un mensaje de que los fiscales ya contaban con el resultado.

Shohat calificó de inusual la noticia de la conferencia de prensa y dijo: “Suena como si la Fiscalía de Estados Unidos contara con usted. Y juez, yo también”.

La jueza sentenció a Rivera a 10 años por cinco cargos y a cinco años por dos cargos, pero las sentencias se cumplirán simultáneamente.

Rivera deberá regresar a la corte el próximo viernes, ya que enfrenta cargos separados en un caso de fraude fiscal.

Está previsto que permanezca en la cárcel federal del centro de Miami hasta que concluya ese juicio, momento en el que la jueza dijo que recomendaría que fuera recluido en un campamento penitenciario de mínima seguridad.

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Wellington said Thursday that she has since discovered additional items missing from her home, including two Chanel bags and an expensive Versace dress.

“Miramar Police Department made the error,” Wellington said in an interview with Local 10’s Rosh Lowe on Friday. “It was never a mistake or a question who took the bags.”

Miramar police said they previously arrested a 31-year-old fashion stylist in connection with the theft of Wellington’s belongings, which were initially valued at $271,938.60.

Police later determined the wrong person had been arrested because the man they took into custody and the person suspected of taking Wellington’s property had the same first name.

The man was released from jail after police notified the Broward County State Attorney’s Office of the mistake.

Wellington said she went back to provide additional information to authorities about the person she believes took her belongings.

“I went yesterday to do a new deposition to clarify who the person is that actually took my bags,” she said. “I’m not confused.”

Wellington said the person she identifies as the suspected thief was an employee who initially gave police a false name when questioned.

“He intentionally gave them a fake name, so I don’t know if he knew the person,” Wellington said. “I don’t know all of that, but he gave them a fake name.”

Police previously said five Hermès handbags and a Chanel water bottle were reported stolen from Wellington’s home in August.

They said items were later located at an Aventura business that resells authentic designer handbags and other luxury goods.

According to an arrest report the suspected thief had brought the items to the business as a loan and defaulted on the arrangement, leaving Wellington unable to recover the property.

Wellington said she has not recovered her belongings and appealed to anyone who may have them to return them.

“I hope that somebody watches it and doesn’t even want to carry it,” she said. “I hope they feel bad about even carrying another woman’s stolen bag.”

Wellington said the case has been particularly frustrating because she believes the person responsible was someone she once trusted.

The original case involved a mix-up over the suspect’s identity.

Miramar Police Department Chief Delrish Moss said authorities issued a not-in-custody warrant under the wrong name after information was provided to investigators in September.

“The name should have been another person’s last name,” Moss said.

The person Wellington identifies as the suspected thief remains at large, police said.

Anyone with information about the theft is urged to call Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

Wellington dijo el jueves que desde entonces descubrió que faltaban artículos adicionales de su casa, incluidos dos bolsos Chanel y un costoso vestido de Versace.

“El Departamento de Policía de Miramar cometió el error”, dijo Wellington en una entrevista el viernes con Rosh Lowe, de Local 10. “Nunca hubo un error ni una duda sobre quién se llevó los bolsos”.

La Policía de Miramar dijo que previamente arrestó a un estilista de moda de 31 años en relación con el robo de las pertenencias de Wellington, que inicialmente fueron valoradas en $271,938.60 USD.

La Policía determinó posteriormente que habían arrestado a la persona equivocada porque el hombre que detuvieron y la persona sospechosa de llevarse las pertenencias de Wellington tenían el mismo nombre de pila.

El hombre fue liberado de la cárcel después de que la Policía notificara a la Oficina del Fiscal Estatal del Condado Broward sobre el error.

Wellington dijo que regresó para proporcionar información adicional a las autoridades sobre la persona que cree que se llevó sus pertenencias.

“Ayer fui a hacer una nueva declaración para aclarar quién es realmente la persona que se llevó mis bolsos”, dijo. “No estoy confundida”.

Wellington dijo que la persona que identifica como el presunto ladrón era un empleado que inicialmente dio a la Policía un nombre falso cuando fue interrogado.

“Intencionalmente les dio un nombre falso, así que no sé si conocía a la persona”, dijo Wellington. “No sé todo eso, pero les dio un nombre falso”.

La Policía dijo anteriormente que en agosto se reportó el robo de cinco bolsos Hermès y una botella de agua Chanel de la casa de Wellington.

Dijeron que posteriormente los artículos fueron encontrados en un negocio de Aventura que revende bolsos de diseñador auténticos y otros artículos de lujo.

Según un informe de arresto, el presunto ladrón había llevado los artículos al negocio como parte de un préstamo y no cumplió con el acuerdo, lo que dejó a Wellington sin poder recuperar las pertenencias.

Wellington dijo que no ha recuperado sus pertenencias y pidió a cualquier persona que pueda tenerlas que las devuelva.

“Espero que alguien lo vea y ni siquiera quiera llevarlo”, dijo. “Espero que se sienta mal por siquiera llevar el bolso robado de otra mujer”.

Wellington dijo que el caso ha sido particularmente frustrante porque cree que la persona responsable era alguien en quien alguna vez confió.

El caso original involucró una confusión sobre la identidad del sospechoso.

El jefe del Departamento de Policía de Miramar, Delrish Moss, dijo que las autoridades emitieron una orden de arresto para una persona que no estaba bajo custodia con el nombre equivocado después de que se proporcionara información a los investigadores en septiembre.

“El nombre debió haber sido el apellido de otra persona”, dijo Moss.

La persona que Wellington identifica como el presunto ladrón sigue prófuga, dijo la Policía.

Cualquier persona que tenga información sobre el robo debe llamar a Broward Crime Stoppers al 954-493-8477.

Dicen que un informe preliminar de la Junta Nacional de Seguridad en el Transporte sobre el mortal accidente del avión de carga de Amazon les deja más preguntas y más dolor.

Debajo del lenguaje técnico de la aviación y los detalles clínicos de un accidente se encuentran un hermano, una hija y familias que lloran a sus seres queridos.

Aylen Aleman habló en exclusiva con Local 10 desde Brasil sobre su padre, Rolando, una de las cinco personas que murieron en tierra cuando el avión se salió de la pista en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Miami.

Su hermano casi fue a trabajar con su padre ese día. Podría haber estado entre los muertos.

Aleman dijo que su padre era el centro de su mundo, especialmente para su hermano, quien trabajaba con él.

El informe preliminar de la NTSB indica que el avión de carga de Amazon viajaba demasiado rápido cuando golpeó la pista. El copiloto advirtió al capitán sobre la velocidad y, aparentemente, no se dieron advertencias sobre el viento.

Según la NTSB, el capitán intentó abortar el aterrizaje.

El abogado de Miami Judd Rosen se encuentra entre los abogados que ahora demandan por negligencia.

“Creo que el informe revela capas de negligencia que comienzan desde arriba y continúan hasta el final, y terminan con mis clientes perdiendo a su padre”, dijo Rosen.

Rosen dijo que el capitán y el primer oficial apenas habían trabajado juntos y debieron realizar una maniobra de motor y al aire cuando supieron que el aterrizaje estaba en problemas.

Aleman dijo que su padre simplemente trabajaba duro.

Javierkys Reyes Quevedo también murió en el accidente. Se encontraba en uno de los dos vehículos impactados en el aeropuerto y también formaba parte de una empresa de limpieza.

Su hermano, Felix Reyes Quevedo, habló con Local 10 News desde Texas. Habló en español, pero su dolor se transmitió en cualquier idioma.

“Los accidentes ocurren, pero más allá de eso, porque pudieron haber realizado una maniobra de motor y al aire y el avión aterrizó y mató a cinco familias, es simplemente inaceptable”, dijo Felix.

Carlos Silva, un abogado de la familia Reyes Quevedo, lo calificó como un error humano.

“Esto no es, ‘apartaste la vista de la carretera’. No. Esto es, tuviste tiempo, tuviste conocimientos, tuviste experiencia. Sabes lo que estás haciendo. Tienes una licencia”, dijo Silva.

Felix dijo que su hermano le diría que lo extraña mucho y pidió a la gente que rezara por todos ellos.

Aleman dijo que, aunque su padre podría haber sido insignificante para las grandes empresas, él era todo su mundo.

La compañía que operó el vuelo siniestrado para Amazon emitió un comunicado en el que dijo que está revisando la información del informe preliminar de la NTSB, junto con sus protocolos internos de seguridad y operaciones, y que tomará las medidas apropiadas para mejorar la seguridad con base en los hechos conforme sean establecidos.

Para las familias, la pregunta sigue siendo: ¿Cómo un día rutinario de trabajo para sus seres queridos se convirtió en el último día de sus vidas?

Funcionarios de MIA dijeron que no pueden hacer comentarios porque la investigación está en curso.

Un informe final de la NTSB podría tardar aproximadamente un año.

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They say a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board about the deadly Amazon cargo plane crash leaves them with more questions and more heartache.

Buried beneath the technical language of aviation and the clinical details of a crash are a brother, a daughter and families grieving their loved ones.

Aylen Aleman spoke exclusively with Local 10 from Brazil about her father, Rolando, one of five people killed on the ground when the plane went off the runway at Miami International Airport.

Her brother almost went to work with their father that day. He could have been among those killed.

Aleman said her father was the center of their world, especially for her brother, who worked with him.

The NTSB preliminary report says the Amazon cargo plane was traveling too fast when it hit the runway. The co-pilot warned the captain about the speed, and wind warnings apparently were not given.

According to the NTSB, the captain tried to abort the landing.

Miami attorney Judd Rosen is among the attorneys now suing for negligence.

“I think the report reveals layers of neglect that starts at the top and all the way through and ends up with my clients losing their father,” Rosen said.

Rosen said the captain and first officer had barely worked together and should have gone around when they knew the landing was in trouble.

Aleman said her father simply worked hard.

Javierkys Reyes Quevedo was also killed in the crash. He was in one of two vehicles hit at the airport and was also part of a cleaning company.

His brother, Felix Reyes Quevedo, spoke with Local 10 News from Texas. He spoke in Spanish, but his grief came through in any language.

“Accidents happen, but beyond that, because they could have gone around and the plane landed and killed five families, is just unacceptable,” Felix said.

Carlos Silva, an attorney for the Reyes Quevedo family, called it human error.

“This is not, ‘took your eye off the road.’ No. This is, you had time, you had expertise, you had experience. You know what you’re doing. You have a license,” Silva said.

Felix said his brother would tell him he misses him a lot and asked people to pray for all of them.

Aleman said that while her father may have been insignificant to big companies, he was her entire world.

The company that operated the doomed flight for Amazon issued a statement saying it is reviewing the information in the NTSB preliminary report, along with its internal safety and operational protocols, and will take appropriate action to improve safety based on the facts as they are established.

For the families, the question remains: How did a routine day of work for their loved ones turn into the last day of their lives?

Officials from MIA said they cannot comment because the investigation is ongoing.

A final report from the NTSB may take about a year.

Andrei Kuzmenko returned to practice with the Penguins on Friday for the first time since returning from his father's funeral in Moscow.

The 30-year-old Kuzmenko, who signed a one-year, $5 million contract with Pittsburgh over the summer, also offered a brief statement outlining his understanding of what happened to his dad while on a fishing trip in the Tyva section of Siberia.

“My father go permit fishing with friends, and he stayed in the water," Andrei Kuzmenko said. “And bear (stand) behind him and attack. And my father fight (the) bear one hour, 10 minutes and he still lived after two days.”

Kuzmenko, who used to wear No. 10, added that his father's death was a “big shock.” Kuzmenko also noted that his mother was born in 1962.

Pittsburgh plays Montreal in its home opener on Saturday.

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La policía federal de Brasil también informó el viernes que ejecutó órdenes de allanamiento y decomiso en Sao Paulo y el Distrito Federal como parte de una investigación sobre presuntos planes que podrían amenazar instalaciones diplomáticas de Estados Unidos en Brasil.

La policía describió el operativo como preventivo, y señaló que fue resultado de la cooperación continua con agencias de inteligencia extranjeras. Los investigadores no encontraron pruebas que corroboraran los riesgos reportados inicialmente, ni habían identificado a sospechosos como integrantes de organizaciones criminales.

La investigación continúa tras el decomiso de equipos de comunicación, indicó la policía.

En un comunicado fechado el jueves, la embajada de Estados Unidos emitió una alerta de seguridad en la que señaló que suspendería los servicios consulares en la embajada y los consulados a partir del viernes.

La alerta recomendó a los ciudadanos de Estados Unidos que requieran asistencia no visitar la embajada, los consulados u otras instalaciones diplomáticas y, en su lugar, contacten al funcionario de guardia correspondiente.

La embajada de Australia en Brasilia también informó que cerraría el viernes, citando la alerta de Estados Unidos y recomendando a los australianos evitar las instalaciones diplomáticas de Estados Unidos.

Cuando The Associated Press le preguntó sobre la suspensión de los servicios consulares en Brasil, el Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos dijo que estaba trabajando estrechamente con sus homólogos brasileños para atender las preocupaciones de seguridad.

Las embajadas y consulados de Estados Unidos emiten alertas de manera rutinaria para notificar a los ciudadanos de Estados Unidos sobre amenazas, acontecimientos y cambios que ocurren a nivel local, indicó el departamento.

Los brasileños votarán el domingo en elecciones presidenciales. Los favoritos son el presidente en funciones Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva y el senador Flávio Bolsonaro --hijo del expresidente Jair Bolsonaro, quien cumple una condena de 27 años por intento de golpe de Estado--.

Si ninguno obtiene más del 50% de los votos, se celebrará una segunda vuelta el 25 de octubre.

Al ser cuestionado en la Casa Blanca sobre si apoyaría a Bolsonaro en las elecciones, el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, declaró: “Bueno, estamos analizando todo eso y estamos siguiendo esas elecciones muy de cerca”.

Bolsonaro es aliado de Trump.

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Matthew Lee y Collin Binkley contribuyeron a este despacho desde Washington.

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Graphic video obtained by Local 10 News on Friday captures a pet owner repeatedly slapping a small dog inside an elevator.

The same woman is also seen walking toward the Metro Parc apartment building when the dog slips out of its collar. She then jumps onto the animal and picks it up by its hind legs, holding it upside down as the dog appears to be in pain and tries to free itself.

Hialeah police identified the woman as 42-year-old Miriam Yilian De La Rosa. She appeared before a Miami-Dade County judge Friday on three counts of animal cruelty after the building’s front desk employee called 911 to report the alleged abuse she saw on surveillance video.

De La Rosa was also captured on surveillance video in the building’s lobby on a separate occasion, allegedly grabbing the same dog by the neck and striking it aggressively more than a half-dozen times.

Residents said they were shocked that someone could abuse their own pets, which many consider family.

“Those who mistreat animals, small or large. That’s abuse,” one resident said.

Jail records show De La Rosa was being held on a $12,500 bond at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, as of Thursday evening.

All three of her dogs have been taken by Animal Services for a medical evaluation and for their safety, officials say.

Un video gráfico obtenido el viernes por Local 10 News muestra a una dueña de mascota abofeteando repetidamente a un perro pequeño dentro de un ascensor.

La misma mujer también es vista caminando hacia el edificio de apartamentos Metro Parc cuando el perro se sale de su collar. Luego se lanza sobre el animal y lo levanta por las patas traseras, sosteniéndolo boca abajo mientras el perro parece estar sufriendo y trata de liberarse.

La policía de Hialeah identificó a la mujer como Miriam Yilian De La Rosa, de 42 años. Ella compareció ante un juez del condado Miami-Dade el viernes por tres cargos de crueldad animal después de que el empleado de recepción del edificio llamara al 911 para reportar el presunto maltrato que vio en el video de vigilancia.

De La Rosa también fue captada por las cámaras de vigilancia en el vestíbulo del edificio en otra ocasión, presuntamente agarrando al mismo perro por el cuello y golpeándolo agresivamente más de media docena de veces.

Los residentes dijeron estar conmocionados de que alguien pudiera maltratar a sus propias mascotas, a las que muchos consideran parte de la familia.

“Quienes maltratan a los animales, pequeños o grandes. Eso es maltrato”, dijo un residente.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que De La Rosa permanecía detenida con una fianza de $12,500 USD en el Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, hasta la noche del jueves.

Los tres perros de De La Rosa fueron llevados por Servicios para Animales para una evaluación médica y por su seguridad, según funcionarios.

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Jail records show Jefry Fuentes Acevedo was arrested Thursday by the Hialeah Police Department on charges of sexual battery of a victim between 12 and 17 years old and lewd and lascivious molestation of a child between 12 and 16 years old.

The victim told investigators she had known Acevedo for approximately three years, according to an arrest report. Local 10 News is not identifying the relationship between the suspect and victim in an effort to protect her identity.

Police said an investigation began Wednesday night after Hialeah police detectives were called to an apartment in the 6200 block of West 24th Avenue in Hialeah regarding a reported “sex offense.”

The victim told police that Acevedo had been sexually abusing her for approximately two years, according to the report. She said she had told her mother about the abuse back in March and that her mother “did not care,” the report states.

In an interview with investigators, the victim described a sexual assault that she said occurred about five or six months earlier while she and Acevedo were alone at the home, police said. She said it occurred when her parents had left to attend a party, according to the report.

The victim told police that she attempted to leave the living room and go upstairs to her bedroom when Acevedo grabbed her and pulled her back, telling her to “stay here,” the report states.

According to the report, Acevedo then pulled the victim closer to him and forced her to perform oral sex on him.

The victim also described another encounter two days later.

She told investigators that Acevedo approached her from behind while she was cooking and repeatedly “positioned his body against her despite her attempts to move away,” according to the report. Police said she eventually went into a bathroom until he walked away.

A second arrest report from Oct. 1, 2025, details additional allegations dating back to when the victim was between 13 and 15 years old and Acevedo was between 17 and 18.

The victim told investigators that approximately eight incidents involving Acevedo occurred, according to the report.

During her account of the first alleged incident, the victim said she was home alone with Acevedo when he took her into his bedroom, the report states.

She told police that he locked the door and placed a table against it before the assault, which left her bleeding, according to the report.

The Oct. 1 report also details an interview with the victim’s 11-year-old brother.

Police said the boy was interviewed by a child protection team and told investigators that he had observed sexual activity involving the victim and Acevedo while he was playing video games.

They said investigators later located Acevedo at his home in Miami Shores and took him into custody.

As of Friday afternoon, Fuentes Acevedo was being held without bond at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

Coach Jesse Minter said Hendrickson had a procedure to fix the issue and will not play.

“We think it will be very, very short-term,” Minter said Friday. “But just in a quick way to get that fixed and get him back, I think that is going to be best for us moving forward.”

The Ravens signed Hendrickson in the offseason to boost their pass rush. He has one sack through three games.

Centers Jovaughn Gwyn (ankle) and Ethan Pocic (knee) are both out, too. Receiver Zay Flowers (hamstring) is listed as questionable, but he played in Week 3. Tackle Ronnie Stanley (toe) is also questionable after missing last week's game.

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The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office is looking for Armando Lopez, 53, of Key Largo, after he failed to show for his trial on several felonies at the Plantation Key courthouse in Islamorada. He was convicted on 11 counts.

In December 2024, deputies said Lopez, then 52, brutally beat a woman in a domestic violence incident, fought with an MCSO sergeant trying to arrest him, then stole his cruiser and drove away.

Deputies said he then stopped a woman and carjacked her SUV, later wrecking it on U.S. 1 after a high-speed chase.

Video obtained by Local 10 News showed the wild chain of events.

MCSO spokesperson Adam Linhardt said state and federal authorities have joined the search.

“Lopez should be considered dangerous and the public is asked to report any tips regarding his location by calling 911 or the Sheriff’s Office at 305-289-2351,” Linhardt said in a news release on Friday.

Once apprehended, Lopez could spend the rest of his life in prison, prosecutors said.

La Oficina del Sheriff del condado Monroe busca a Armando Lopez, de 53 años, de Key Largo, después de que no se presentó a su juicio por varios delitos graves en el tribunal de Plantation Key, en Islamorada. Fue declarado culpable de 11 cargos.

En diciembre de 2024, agentes dijeron que Lopez, entonces de 52 años, golpeó brutalmente a una mujer durante un incidente de violencia doméstica, se enfrentó a un sargento de la MCSO que intentaba arrestarlo y luego robó su patrulla y huyó.

Los agentes dijeron que luego detuvo a una mujer y le robó su SUV, que posteriormente estrelló en U.S. 1 después de una persecución a alta velocidad.

Un video obtenido por Local 10 News mostró la caótica cadena de acontecimientos.

El portavoz de la MCSO, Adam Linhardt, dijo que autoridades estatales y federales se han unido a la búsqueda.

“Lopez debe ser considerado peligroso y se pide al público que informe cualquier pista sobre su ubicación llamando al 911 o a la Oficina del Sheriff al 305-289-2351”, dijo Linhardt en un comunicado de prensa el viernes.

Una vez detenido, Lopez podría pasar el resto de su vida en prisión, dijeron los fiscales.

The troop movement, which includes a third aircraft carrier, underscores the rapidly evolving dynamic of Trump’s war against Iran as he ponders his next move, with midterm elections in the United States looming large and new signs that the nature of the conflict may be becoming more complex.

Trump has threatened that a post-midterm election escalation — despite his initial promises to Americans of a campaign that would last a matter of weeks — remains a viable option. Further complicating matters, Trump told reporters Thursday that early indications suggest that Iran is linked to the FlyDubai co-pilot who stabbed his captain and tried to crash an Israel-bound flight on Wednesday.

In an exchange with reporters at the White House, Trump raised the connection when asked by a reporter if there were any links between the pilot behind the attack and Tehran.

“I would say the answer, based on what I’m hearing, is ‘yes,’ but we’re working on it right now,” Trump said, without offering details.

Trump added that if the link to Iran is established, the United States would retaliate. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed in a Fox News interview earlier Thursday that investigators believe the FlyDubai suspect underwent “Islamist, radical indoctrination” but did not provide further details.

“Oh, they’ll be hit very hard, don’t worry,” Trump said. “You just ask them. They know what happened. They’ll be hit very hard.”

Thousands of US sailors and Marines head to the Middle East

Meanwhile, the group of ships now en route to the Middle East together carry over 7,000 sailors and 2,000 Marines.

It includes the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group, which recently deployed with the cruiser USS Chosin, and the USS Makin Island amphibious readiness group, which includes the USS John P. Murtha and USS Anchorage amphibious landing ships.

It could mean that three carriers are in the region as early as the end of October, according to the U.S. official, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military operations.

Given the personnel already in place in the Middle East, the move would bring the U.S. naval presence to an unusually high number of more than 20,000 sailors and Marines as well as hundreds of aircraft. The Navy previously had three carrier strike groups in the Middle East in April for the first time since 2003.

The carriers USS George H.W. Bush and the USS George Washington are in the region now, along with the USS Boxer amphibious readiness group. The Washington is typically deployed to the Pacific Ocean, but it was moved to the Middle East to relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln, whose arduous deployment resulted in the crew being at sea for more than 260 days straight.

Trump explains why he rejected Iran’s latest truce proposal

Trump, in a Time magazine interview published Thursday, also raised the prospects of new strikes, saying it is “possible” that he will ramp up bombing in Iran after the Nov. 3 elections in the United States.

When pressed, Trump said he could not go into further detail about his strategy.

“I can’t tell you that because look, you know, you’re asking, where are you going to bomb?” Trump said.

He said in the interview, conducted Monday, that he rejected the latest ceasefire proposal from Iran because “things that I wouldn’t have approved a year ago I wouldn’t have today.”

Trump cited as an example an offer from Iran to “open up” the Strait of Hormuz, the key energy shipping corridor, but said the overall proposal was “not good enough.”

The war shows signs of getting more complicated

Asked if the increasingly unpopular war would threaten Republican Party chances in November, Trump at first responded, “It’s possible.” But then he added, “It should help, because Iran will not have a nuclear weapon.”

The president said “100% of the people” oppose Iran having nuclear attack capabilities “including worldwide.”

“So, when you say it that way, it would help,” Trump added. “If you don’t say that, it could hurt.”

Yet, there’s also growing concern that Tehran might be turning to asymmetrical tactics following the FlyDubai attack and another suspicious incident in the U.K.

Authorities believe that Iran might be looking to shift strategy just as the U.S. finds greater success in loosening Iran’s grip over the Strait of Hormuz and getting Gulf allies’ oil to market, while a Navy blockade is shutting down Iran’s own oil exports.

British authorities announced on Thursday the arrest of a dual U.K.-Iranian national on suspicion of plotting a terror attack following a security incident at a U.S.-run military air base in England that British authorities have linked to Tehran.

The arrest of the 27-year-old man in Central London came after U.K. authorities arrested five men, all British nationals in their 20s and from London, in the early hours of Sunday on suspicion of explosives and terror offenses close to the RAF Fairford air base

The base has been used by American bombers to strike Iran. The suspects have since been released on bail.

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Madhani reported from Jerusalem. Associated Press writers Seung Min Kim and Will Weissert in Washington contributed to this report.

Italy also kept Zinedine Zidane from winning in his home debut as France coach, while Edin Džeko made his last international appearance.

De Bruyne showed he can still dominate a match at age 35 when he scored Belgium's first two goals in a 3-0 win over Turkey in League A.

De Bruyne opened the scoring 10 minutes into the game in Liege when he played a one-two with Dodi Lukébakio and struck from near the edge of the area.

The Napoli playmaker curled home another goal with half an hour to play. Substitute Romelu Lukaku sealed the win over the Turks. Lukébakio hit the post twice.

“I try to lead by example for the younger players, and they follow easily," De Bruyne said. "I feel I can still contribute. I am enjoying myself, and that is the main thing.”

Belgium made it two wins and a loss — which came to France — under new coach Mark van Bommel.

Zidane oversees draw in home debut

When Zidane’s name was read out by the stadium announcer after the teams were announced, a roar filled Stade de France.

Things looked good for the home side when Michael Olise put France ahead in the 55th minute with a curling shot from 20 meters which went in off the crossbar.

But poor defending midway through the second half allowed Italy central defender Alessandro Bastoni to run through and clip a low shot inside the right post to secure a 1-1 draw.

France leads Group 1 with seven points, followed by Belgium with six, Italy with four and Turkey with zero.

Lewandowski hits three

Lewandowski scored a hat trick to lead a 6-0 demolition of 10-man Romania in League B.

The 38-year-old Chicago Fire striker earned and converted a 24-minute penalty when Romania defender Radu Dragusin was sent off for fouling him in the box.

Lewandowski made it 2-0 in the 47th from a pass by Nicola Zalewski and then rounded off the lopsided victory late with his third goal.

Džeko finishes international career

Edin Džeko finished his nearly 20-year-international career for Bosnia-Herzegovina in a 1-1 draw with Sweden also in League B.

Džeko, 40, debuted for his nation in June 2007. He finished with 152 appearances and 73 goals, making him the record holder in both categories for the tiny Balkan nation after helping it reach two World Cups.

Džeko was given an honor guard when he was subbed off in the 63rd, shortly after Viktor Gyökeres scored for Sweden. Kerim Alajbegović equalized in the 80th for the hosts.

Also in League B, Northern Ireland beat Ukraine 3-0 in Slovakia with Ciaron Brown scoring twice.

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The center of the storm was located about 105 miles (165 kilometers) west-southwest of French Frigate Shoals and was heading west at 6 mph (9 kph).

Maximum sustained winds were around 75 mph (120 kph) according to an advisory from the Miami-based hurricane center, which said rapid intensification is possible over the next day or so.

Nolo was forecast to move through the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument — a massive and remote federally protected area of the Pacific with islands, atolls, sea mounts, shoals and coral reefs — but remain south of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

A Tropical Storm warning was in effect for the national monument from French Frigate Shoals to Lisianski Island, including Maro Reef.

Nolo skirted the Hawaiian Islands at hurricane strength on Saturday. A hurricane watch was ultimately canceled, but officials said it still posed a risk for flash floods, dangerous winds and extreme surf in areas recovering from previous storms.

Hawaii officials had told residents to put together emergency kits, and the governor issued an emergency proclamation, activating more than 230 Hawaii National Guard members. Last week President Donald Trump approved an emergency declaration, authorizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate assistance and provide funding support.

Residents are still recovering from Hurricane Lala, which raked Hawaii without making landfall in August, producing heavy rain and winds strong enough to sweep about 100 homes off their foundations on the Big Island.

Also Friday, Hurricane Rachel moved slowly through the Pacific off western Mexico. Rachel was forecast to continue on a generally westward path away from land and remain a hurricane into the early days of the following week.

Northern Mexico and parts of the U.S. Southwest saw flooding and damage from the remnants of Hurricane Polo earlier this week.

For some, the can symbolized childhood autonomy. It was among the first solo purchases a kid made or a reward for satisfactorily completed chores.

With inflation, a 99-cent thirst-quencher is a matter of nostalgia for adults with matured beverage tastes. An AriZona “tallboy” — the printed price on the can serving as a measuring stick for the value of a dollar — remains especially affordable and instructive for American youth with allowance, disposable income from part-time wages or birthday money.

Founded in 1992, AriZona Beverage Company first launched drinks in Brooklyn, New York. The 99-cent cans launched in 1997. Popularity — and profitability — of the drink came soon after. But it was the price sticker that promoted a kind of utilitarianism — a warning to shop owners looking for a higher profit margin.

Countless American preteens and teenagers across class have paired AriZona drinks with their bagged snack of choice and candy — a trifecta downed before reaching the front door and discovering ... dinner. Allowance and childhood disposable income, however, have never been universal. Some could count on receiving a few dollars irregularly or not at all.

Still, when most other prices went up, the AriZona drink’s price permanence was something that didn’t necessitate debit cards or parental approval. Coins and dollar bills sweetened the experience of forging friendships on the journey home.

Just who gets the privilege of experiencing money as freedom makes the AriZona can more than just a bodega staple. It shows how much culture can be concealed in ordinary consumer transactions.

On Feb. 26, 2012, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin left the gated residential community in Sanford, Florida, where his father lived en route to a 7-Eleven. The hoodie-wearing Black teenager was filmed on surveillance purchasing a watermelon-flavored AriZona drink and a pack of Skittles. When he discovered he was being tailed by a neighborhood watch volunteer, Trayvon confronted him. The teen didn’t survive the encounter; George Zimmerman shot him in the chest.

The AriZona drink and Skittles became evidence in a homicide investigation, and soon after became one of the earliest protest symbols in the Black Lives Matter movement sparked by Zimmerman’s acquittal. More than 13 years later, some still associate these items with questions of who in the U.S. is truly free to move through public spaces without being regarded as suspicious.

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Aaron Morrison is the race and ethnicity news editor at AP. This story is part of a recurring series, “ American Objects,” marking the 250th anniversary of the United States. For more stories on the anniversary, click here.

Despite the finding, the FDA said it's unclear how the parasite got into lettuce at Taylor Farms' facility. The agency has now closed its investigation into the outbreak, which led to nearly 13,000 cases of diarrhea and other illnesses across the U.S.

The announcement comes more than six weeks after the agency sent its investigators to the farm in Guanajuato, Mexico. The visit was the agency's first time there in more than seven years following a steep drop in international food safety inspections after the COVID-19 pandemic.

FDA inspectors said Friday they found cyclospora in two places: a wastewater tank and a drainage ditch used for lettuce cultivation. While it's unclear how the contamination took place, the FDA said the samples provide “strong epidemiological data” linking the outbreak to the Taylor Farms site.

In a separate statement, Taylor Farms attributed the contamination cited by FDA to an independent grower “who is no longer part of our supplier program.”

“Our facility remains closed in central Mexico as we work with our research team to implement enhanced safety protocols from the field to the facility,” the company said.

U.S. officials last month declared the outbreak had ended.

Cyclospora is a microscopic parasite that commonly causes watery diarrhea “with frequent and sometimes explosive bowel movements,” according to the CDC. The illness, called cyclosporiasis, is less common than foodborne illnesses caused by other germs, including salmonella and E. coli.

The parasite is spread through human feces, and it still isn’t clear how sewage could have contaminated enough food to sicken so many people.

Regulators from Mexico's food safety authority announced in August that their own investigation did not detect cyclospora in the lettuce or water at the facility. That conclusion came days after the FDA was forced to retract a faulty test result that had incorrectly identified cyclospora in a sample of lettuce from Taylor Farms collected at the border.

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La iniciativa forma parte de los talleres que se realizan en diversas prisiones peruanas para favorecer la reinserción social de los presos y dotarlos de habilidades laborales que les permitan generar ingresos económicos cuando salgan en libertad, según las autoridades.

Yulissa Bazalar, quien cumple una condena por tráfico de drogas, dijo a The Associated Press que “tener la mente ocupada es lo más importante” mientras confeccionaba medallas con el rostro de Robert Prevost en un taller de trabajo voluntario. “Me siento triste de estar en este lugar, pero contenta por la llegada de un papa peruano”, añadió al recordar que tiene cuatro “hijos hermosos” que “la esperan con ansias”.

Muy cerca Zuly Cabanillas tejía con un ganchillo y lana de colores. La mujer de 27 años dijo que Prevost es "una representación lo bastante grande de Dios" y que siente que su llegada a Perú va a motivar a los reos a “levantarse y superar las adversidades”. “No todo es malo en la cárcel, no todo es lo que parece... de todo lo malo debemos sacar algo bueno”, indicó.

La idea de crear adornos relacionados a Prevost surgió en 2025 luego de que el religioso de nacionalidad estadounidense y peruana se convirtió en papa, según las autoridades carcelarias.

En la cárcel de mujeres de Lima trabajan 245 internas de un total de más de 800. En todo Perú más de 29.000 internos trabajan, de acuerdo con datos oficiales.

Pese a que los católicos en Perú han ido disminuyendo desde 98,5% en el censo de 1940 hasta 76% en el de 2017, la llegada de León XIV ha despertado interés en miles de peruanos. Algunos negocios han comenzado a fabricar camisetas, dulces e incluso una cafetería dibuja el rostro del papa en sus tazas de capuchino.

León XIV, de 71 años, trabajó 22 años en Perú donde fue obispo de la ciudad de Chiclayo. El papa visitará Sudamérica por primera vez en noviembre en una gira que incluye Uruguay, Argentina y Perú.