On Monday, Leonie M. Hermantin, an advocate at the center, met with a woman affected by the expiration of the Temporary Protected Status.

“We are really urging people to, yes, have faith, but also to be prepared,” Hermantin said.

Hermantin said parents of U.S.-born minor children need to plan for the possibility of a family separation with the change of immigration status.

“We ask parents to sign, to prepare a temporary affidavit that provides guardianship that lets someone be a temporary guardian,” Hermantin said.

Hermantin, who is fluent in Haitian Creole, translated for a woman who told Local 10 News that she and her mother were both victims of violence in Haiti before they fled to the U.S.

“I love my country, but this current situation does not make it safe for me to return to my country,” the woman said, according to Hermantin. “I don’t have asylum yet, I just submitted the application, so today feels like I am losing everything.”

Last year, the Department of Homeland Security determined that “the environmental situation in Haiti has improved enough that it is safe for Haitian citizens to return home.” Hermantin said Haiti isn’t safe.

“Gang violence has metastasized from Port-au-Prince to other parts of the country — making it unsafe for folks to return,” Hermantin said.

Earlier this year, a federal district court judge issued an order temporarily blocking the termination, but the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on June 25 cleared the path for DHS to end TPS.

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued a court-order extension for Employment Authorization Documents that expired on Monday.

“It’s a really tough reality to face,” Hermantin said. “Some are still waiting for a last-minute reprieve. They are still waiting for hopefully an extension ... people were praying really hard at church yesterday.”

DHS also ended the Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program, which allowed eligible U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to apply to help family members in Haiti before visas were available.“Girls were raped, burned, their homes were burned, taken over,” Hermantin said about some of the migrants who benefited from the program. “They have no home to return to. They have nothing to return to.”

ICE plans to extend the no-bid contract of the firm that runs Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas, through Sept. 30, 2027, at a potential additional cost to taxpayers of $776 million, the notice says. This is on top of a $452 million initial contract that the firm, Amentum Services Inc., was awarded in March when it was hastily installed to take over the camp’s operation from a contractor removed for poor performance.

For months, Democratic members of Congress and several advocacy organizations have called for Camp East Montana to be closed, citing reports that detainees have been routinely mistreated since its opening in August 2025.

A report released earlier this month by Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union alleged that staff routinely beat detainees, denied them medical care, made them live in filthy conditions and fed them inedible meals. Reports by federal agencies have also found unsafe detention conditions and that the Army and ICE have wasted millions of dollars paying for unnecessary services. At least three Camp East Montana detainees have died.

The facility at Fort Bliss, an Army base near the U.S.-Mexico border, has housed an average of more than 2,000 male and female detainees a day since Oct. 1, though its population has declined significantly in recent months, according to ICE data.

“Extending Amentum’s contract while ignoring well-documented abuses is reckless and demonstrates the Trump administration’s full-scale assault on human rights,” said Angélica César, a fellow at Human Rights Watch and the ACLU who was a lead researcher for the report. “Instead of holding private contractors accountable, DHS is choosing to perpetuate a system of harm and abuse.”

Chanel Mann, a spokesperson for Amentum, referred questions to ICE and its parent agency, the Department of Homeland Security, which didn’t immediately return messages seeking comment.

ICE's notice was a justification for extending Amentum Services’ contract for a year without a competitive bidding process.

The agency argued that relocating detainees to other facilities would be “impracticable” due to a lack of available bed space elsewhere. Transitioning to a different contractor would require replacing Amentum’s “proprietary infrastructure” and finding new workers, which would lead to duplicative costs, it said.

“Any lapse in contract coverage would directly threaten the life, safety, and well-being of detainees, severely disrupt law enforcement operations, and expose the government to substantial operational, legal, and humanitarian risks,” the notice says.

ICE's notice said the Army's initial contract, awarded to Acquisition Logistics LLC, “did not accurately reflect ICE's operational needs or the actual usage of the facility.” Acquisition Logistics had no prior experience operating detention facilities.

In all, Virginia-based Amentum stands to be paid more than $1.2 billion if it operates the camp from March 2026 through September 2027, the notice says.

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According to the Miami Beach Police Department, the burglaries happened at around 4:15 a.m. at the Eden Roc Miami Beach, located at 4525 Collins Ave. in the Mid-Beach area.

Police said hotel staff called police to alert them that Patrick Lee Bryant, who “had previously been arrested” there, was back and “attempting to gain unauthorized access to guest rooms.”

Bryant, 37, of northwest Miami-Dade, had gained access to the fourth-floor balconies “by climbing toward guest rooms,” an MBPD arrest report states.

In the first room, he stole and drank the two apple juices, worth $10, police said. They said he was unsuccessful trying to get into the second, managed to get into the third but stole nothing, and was again foiled by a locked door on the fourth balcony.

Police said officers encountered Bryant at the top of the hotel’s pool terrace and took him into custody after a brief foot chase in which he resisted arrest.

Authorities said Bryant had warrants for burglary, theft and two probation violations and has “multiple previous theft convictions.”

He was set to be off probation on Aug. 18.

Additionally, they said he “has previously been charged as a prisoner escapee and should be considered a risk to escape and/or flee if released.”

Bryant, facing multiple new burglary charges, was being held without bond in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center as of Monday afternoon.

The Czech capital has one of the few dozen movie theaters in the world, and three on the European continent, that is equipped with the coveted 70 mm IMAX screen to watch the first feature made entirely with IMAX cameras.

“It completely changed my experience about the movie," said Nicolas Walak from Poland, who also saw the movie before on a normal screen before viewing it in Prague. "Everything was great. It was a great movie.”

Czech cinema adapts to meet demand for rare IMAX format

There are only 41 IMAX screens worldwide, with most in North America. Montpellier in France and the Belgian capital, Brussels, are the only other two in the European Union countries. Britain has another three.

To meet massive demand, the Czech branch of the Cinema City offers four to five screenings a day, one starting after midnight, and the majority are sold out.

Film fans from about 15 European countries, from Scandinavia to Spain, have been coming to watch “The Odyssey” in Prague, Cinema City said. Their number reached 22,000 by Monday, it said.

The IMAX 70 mm film presentation is Nolan's preferred format. The Oscar-winning filmmaker calls it the “best possible experience.”

Moviegoers travel up to three days to Prague

Daniel Jung drove with his two teenage sons, Felix and Leo, for three days from Norway through Denmark and Germany "just to see this movie. Tomorrow, we’re going back.”

Leo was in touch with Cinema City by email half a year before the July 16 premiere and followed the cinema operator on Instagram. He managed to book the tickets immediately after they became available.

“We were in the 11th row, right in the middle. We had the very best seats,” Leo said, calling the effort “absolutely worth it.”

“It’s just so big. We come from Norway, the screens we have are much smaller,” he said. “Now, we watched it in this huge format. I will always remember this experience.”

Felix said they had a good time on the way, visiting some places in Germany, but it would be worth it even if they just drove straight there.

Few IMAX left because of costs and other challenges

Due to the cost and other challenges, productions for the 70 mm IMAX are rare. The IMAX cameras are heavy and new versions with reduced noise had to be developed to be usable for making “The Odyssey.”

The film print sent to theaters is so big — weighing some 300 kilograms (661 pounds) and 18 kilometers (11 miles) long — that it has to be delivered to theaters in parts. The movie and the projector have to be in a climatized room and the projectionists need to be approved by IMAX for the job.

As movie theaters around the globe were acquiring digital IMAX equipment around 2008, the Cinema City decided not to get rid of the original analogue projector in Prague. It was placed in a corner for three years until 2012 to screen Nolan’s “The Dark Knight Rises.”

It was used to show several others, including Nolan's “Interstellar” in 2014 and “Oppenheimer” three years ago.

“We’re really grateful to him for that,” projectionist Tomáš Vyšinský said about his predecessor who saved the equipment.

The texts were shown in court on the fifth and likely final day of a Los Angeles hearing to determine whether he'll go to trial in her killing.

As she neared his Hollywood home shortly after 10 a.m. on April 23, 2025, in an Uber he had sent to pick her up, she sent her final text: “girly pop i’m almost there open ur door if ur home.”

Prosecutors allege D4vd, whose legal name is David Burke, stabbed her to death when she came through the door.

The night before, the two argued via text about his relationship with a woman. She sent him an angry and profane text saying she will tell her dad so many lies about him and “i will end ur career and ur life.”

Detective Corey Farrell of the Los Angeles Police Department, under questioning from the prosecution, read the texts that were obtained from warrants on Burke's iPhone and iCloud accounts.

The hearing will end with a decision from Judge Charlaine Olmedo on whether to put the 21-year-old Burke on trial on charges of murder, sexual abuse of a child under 14 and mutilation of a body.

He has pleaded not guilty and his lawyers have said he didn’t cause her death.

Defense attorneys established that no witnesses saw and no cameras captured Rivas Hernandez entering the house or Burke being at the house in the time frame prosecutors say she was killed.

The defense showed several other texts from Rivas Hernandez threatening him about their relationship, and saying she would go to Burke's mother, talk to his friends and “leak” information about them.

Under questioning from defense attorney Blair Berk, Farrell said he saw no indication that she ever threatened to go to police or pursue any legal action against him.

The defense also established that she had asked seven times to come to see him in the days before her death, and he agreed only after she demanded it.

Farrell also said under questioning from Berk that the parents of both Burke and Rivas Hernandez knew about their relationship, that he had attended church with members of her family and that her parents had given their consent to go to London with him for a week.

The detective also agreed that Rivas Hernandez in her earliest conversations with Burke when he was 17 and she was 11, she had told him she was 16, and at other times said in messages she was 18.

After her phone went silent, Burke sent her several other messages that night asking where she was, and expressing concern. Prosecutors allege those messages were sent as cover after he had killed her.

Both sides finished their questioning of Farrell, the hearing's final witness, and were preparing for closing arguments before Olmedo makes her decision.

Prosecutors allege Burke dismembered the body in his garage. A police analyst testified earlier in the hearing that samples pulled from apparent blood stains there matched her DNA.

Her body was found in a Tesla registered to him nearly five months later.

On his first day on the stand Friday, Farrell recounted dozens of sexually explicit photos of Burke and Rivas Hernandez and years of text messages that described the same things, along with conversations that indicated she had gotten an abortion in 2024 at 13 after he got her pregnant.

Prosecutors showed some of the less graphic photos from his phone, which showed the two of them kissing and showed she had a tattoo of “David” on a finger, one of two that had been cut off when her body was found.

Farrell described the photos that could not be shown in court, material so graphic that it left Rivas Hernandez's mother in tears and prompted both parents to leave the courtroom on Friday. They were back in court Monday.

D4vd (pronounced “David”) became an online musical phenomenon as a teen with a blend of indie rock, R&B and lo-fi pop. He had huge followings on TikTok, Soundcloud and Spotify, where his top songs, including his 2022 breakthrough “Romantic Homicide,” have more than a billion plays.

In 2024 he played the Coachella music festival and released his first full-length album, “Withered,” two days after when authorities say Rivas Hernandez was killed.

Georgieva, la primera máxima autoridad del FMI en visitar Buenos Aires en ocho años, también despejó dudas sobre la capacidad del país sudamericano para cumplir sus abultados compromisos de deuda y afirmó que la economía argentina está “sólida” para enfrentar eventuales turbulencias financieras que podrían desatarse el próximo año por la campaña electoral para las elecciones generales, en las que Milei buscará la reelección.

“Argentina está en una posición mucho más sólida y esto es resultado de un trabajo arduo del gobierno y de la perseverancia y el sacrificio del pueblo argentino”, destacó la funcionaria del FMI en una conferencia de prensa en la estuvo acompañada por el ministro de Economía argentino, Luis Caputo.

Georgieva recordó que al asumir al frente del FMI en 2019 en su primera reunión se abordó el caso de Argentina y “discutíamos si el país podría mantenerse al día con el servicio de sus obligaciones de deuda para todos. Esta no es la pregunta que debemos hacernos hoy”.

Argentina sigue siendo el mayor deudor del Fondo, con obligaciones pendientes que rondan los 58.000 millones de dólares.

La titular del FMI ponderó “el progreso macroeconómico y estabilidad financiera” que alcanzó Argentina tras la llegada de Milei al poder en 2023.

“Lo que tenemos es una escena más saludable... déficit primario que cambió a superávit primario, la inflación ha disminuido de 210% a un aproximado de 30% hoy en día y se han acumulado reservas” en el Banco Central, enumeró Georgieva.

“La confianza del mercado ha regresado”, sentenció. “Estamos en un buen camino para que Argentina se una al club de los mercados emergentes que han pedido prestado al FMI, reformaron sus economías y luego dejaron de pedir prestado. Ese momento va a llegar”.

Cara y ceca del modelo

Tras ser considerado por el mercado un país incumplidor serial de sus deudas, la llegada al gobierno de Milei con su ambicioso plan de reformas y políticas de austeridad recibió rápidamente el respaldo del FMI y de los inversores.

El éxito de Milei para contener una inflación desbocada --la tasa interanual, ahora en 33%, superaba el 200% cuando asumió el cargo—, la disciplina fiscal y las medidas de desregulación tienen como contrapartida un estancamiento del consumo por el congelamiento de salarios, familias endeudadas y un leve repunte del desempleo.

La caída en el respaldo popular del mandatario plantea interrogantes sobre sus chances de ser reelecto en 2027 y abre un escenario de incertidumbre para los inversores que podría generar turbulencias financieras como sucedió en 2025, en coincidencia con las elecciones de medio término.

Consultada al respecto, Georgieva admitió que “los riesgos siempre están allí, los riesgos tienen que gestionarse. ¿Cómo se gestionan? Construyendo políticas fuertes en el período que tenemos ahora… que brinden confianza a las personas en el país y a la comunidad internacional”.

Aunque el escenario para el próximo año se plantea desafiante, la titular del FMI descartó nuevos desembolsos para asistir a Argentina.

“Mi convicción es que el país está por un buen camino, no va a haber necesidad de financiamiento externo por parte de FMI. Tenemos capacidad de respaldar a nuestros miembros, ese no es un problema. Somos prestamistas de última instancia, pero no veo que deba utilizarse en el futuro inmediato”, indicó.

Más tarde, la máxima autoridad del FMI se reunirá con Milei y sus ministros en la Casa Rosada, la sede del gobierno.

El martes Georgieva visitará Vaca Muerta, en la Patagonia argentina, una de las principales reservas de petróleo y gas no convencional del planeta. Por su potencial podría convertirse en los próximos años en una de las principales fuentes de divisas para el país sudamericano.

Según el Departamento de Policía de Miami Beach (MBPD), los robos ocurrieron alrededor de las 4:15 a.m. en el hotel Eden Roc Miami Beach, ubicado en el 4525 de Collins Ave., en el área de Mid-Beach.

La Policía informó que el personal del hotel llamó a las autoridades para alertar que Patrick Lee Bryant, quien “había sido arrestado anteriormente” en ese lugar, había regresado y estaba “intentando obtener acceso no autorizado a habitaciones de huéspedes”.

Bryant, de 37 años y residente del noroeste de Miami-Dade, logró acceder a los balcones del cuarto piso “escalando hacia las habitaciones de los huéspedes”, según un informe de arresto del MBPD.

En la primera habitación robó y bebió los dos envases de jugo de manzana, valorados en $10 USD, informó la Policía. Las autoridades indicaron que no logró entrar a la segunda habitación, consiguió acceder a la tercera pero no robó nada y nuevamente fue frustrado por una puerta cerrada con llave en el cuarto balcón.

La Policía informó que los agentes encontraron a Bryant en la parte superior de la terraza de la piscina del hotel y lo pusieron bajo custodia tras una breve persecución a pie durante la cual se resistió al arresto.

Las autoridades indicaron que Bryant tenía órdenes de arresto por robo a una propiedad, hurto y dos violaciones de libertad condicional, además de contar con “múltiples condenas previas por hurto”.

Estaba previsto que terminara su libertad condicional el 18 de agosto.

Además, las autoridades señalaron que “anteriormente fue acusado de fuga mientras estaba bajo custodia y debe ser considerado un riesgo de fuga si es liberado”.

Bryant, quien enfrenta múltiples cargos nuevos por robo a una propiedad, permanecía detenido sin derecho a fianza en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight hasta la tarde del lunes.

Según un informe de arresto, Chrisshonda Douglas fue arrestada la madrugada de este lunes tras la investigación del choque, que ocurrió poco después de las 12:20 a.m. del 13 de julio en los carriles hacia el sur de la Interestatal 95, cerca de Northwest 79th Street.

Los investigadores indicaron que un Nissan Altima negro conducido por Douglas chocó por detrás contra un camión Road Ranger que se había detenido para asistir al conductor de un vehículo averiado en el carril derecho.

El conductor del camión Road Ranger presenció el choque e identificó a Douglas como la conductora del Nissan, según el informe.

Tras el choque, Douglas y sus tres hijos fueron trasladados al Ryder Trauma Center del Hospital Jackson Memorial, informaron las autoridades.

Los investigadores dijeron que un niño de 9 años sufrió las lesiones más graves, entre ellas una fractura de cráneo con hundimiento y una hemorragia cerebral severa que requirió una cirugía de emergencia.

Un segundo menor, de 10 años, sufrió una fractura de cráneo, mientras que un tercer menor, que cumplió 12 años el sábado, sufrió lesiones leves en una pierna, según el informe.

Mientras Douglas recibía tratamiento en el hospital, los investigadores indicaron que mostró varios signos de deterioro, entre ellos escribir mal su propio nombre al personal médico.

Según el informe de arresto, los agentes detectaron un fuerte olor a alcohol en su aliento y observaron ojos enrojecidos, habla arrastrada, declaraciones repetitivas y dificultad para completar oraciones.

Cuando le preguntaron sobre el choque, Douglas les dijo repetidamente a los investigadores: “No me importa yo, solo me importan mis hijos”, lo que obligó a los agentes a repetir las preguntas varias veces porque dejaba de hablar a mitad de una oración o perdía el hilo de lo que decía, señala el informe.

Debido a que Douglas estaba recibiendo tratamiento médico, los investigadores indicaron que no era práctico realizar una investigación por conducir bajo la influencia en el lugar.

En su lugar, se obtuvieron muestras de sangre mientras permanecía en el hospital.

Según el informe, los análisis mostraron que Douglas tenía una concentración de alcohol en sangre de 0.222 en la primera muestra y de 0.176 en la segunda, ambas superiores al doble del límite legal de Florida de 0.08.

Tras ser puesta bajo custodia el lunes, Douglas fue trasladada al Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight.

Enfrenta los siguientes cargos:

• Conducir bajo la influencia del alcohol.
• Conducir bajo la influencia del alcohol causando lesiones corporales graves.
• Conducción temeraria causando lesiones corporales graves.
• Conducir bajo la influencia del alcohol causando daños a la propiedad o lesiones.

Hasta la tarde del lunes, Douglas permanecía detenida en el TGK con una fianza de $15,000 USD.

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According to an arrest report, Chrisshonda Douglas was arrested early Monday morning following the investigation into the crash, which occurred shortly after 12:20 a.m. on July 13 on southbound Interstate 95 near Northwest 79th Street.

Investigators said a black Nissan Altima driven by Douglas rear-ended a Road Ranger truck that had stopped to assist the driver of a disabled vehicle in the right lane.

The driver of the Road Ranger witnessed the crash and identified Douglas as the driver of the Nissan, according to the report.

After the crash, Douglas and her three children were transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center, authorities said.

Investigators said a 9-year-old child suffered the most severe injuries, including a depressed skull fracture and severe bleeding on the brain that required emergency surgery.

A second child, age 10, suffered a fractured skull, while a third child, who turned 12 on Saturday, sustained minor leg injuries, according to the report.

While Douglas was being treated at the hospital, investigators said she displayed several signs of impairment, including misspelling her name for medical staff.

According to the arrest report, troopers detected a strong odor of alcohol on her breath and observed bloodshot eyes, slurred speech, repetitive statements and difficulty completing sentences.

When asked about the crash, Douglas repeatedly told investigators, “I don’t care about myself, I only care about my kids,” causing troopers to ask questions multiple times because she would stop speaking mid-sentence or trail off, the report stated.

Because Douglas was receiving medical treatment, investigators said it was not practical to conduct a roadside DUI investigation.

Instead, blood samples were obtained while she was at the hospital.

According to the report, testing showed Douglas had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.222 in the first sample and 0.176 in the second sample—both more than twice Florida’s legal limit of 0.08.

After being taken into custody Monday, Douglas was transported to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

She faces the following charges:

• Driving under the influence
• Driving under the influence causing serious bodily injury
• Reckless driving causing serious bodily injury
• Driving under the influence causing property damage or injury

As of Monday afternoon, Douglas remained at TGK on a $15,000 bond.

“Es manejar las relaciones internacionales en función de consideraciones ideológicas, reforzándolas con gobiernos que se perciben como aliados a su proyecto político y tomando distancia con países de izquierda”, dijo el lunes a The Associated Press Yann Basset, profesor de Ciencia Política de la Universidad del Rosario.

El conservador De la Espriella, apoyado por el presidente estadounidense Donald Trump, se posesionará el 7 de agosto.

El cierre de 14 embajadas —incluidas las de Haití, Barbados, Argelia, Rumania, Cuba, Nicaragua, Senegal y Sudáfrica— y 15 consulados forma parte de un plan de austeridad y reducción del Estado, explicó De la Espriella la víspera en sus redes sociales.

Sin embargo, aclaró que esto no significará romper relaciones diplomáticas con esos países, a excepción de Cuba y Nicaragua, porque “en mi gobierno no habrá vínculo alguno con tiranías”.

Para Manuel Camilo González, profesor del Departamento de Relaciones Internacionales de la Universidad Javeriana, el rompimiento de relaciones con Cuba y Nicaragua significará que se suspenden de manera indefinida las comunicaciones entre ambos gobiernos, lo que podría afectar otras áreas de cooperación internacional con esos países y la atención a connacionales.

El presidente saliente Gustavo Petro pretendió durante su gobierno fortalecer las relaciones con Cuba, país al que le ha reconocido su colaboración con procesos de paz con grupos armados ilegales colombianos. En junio, Colombia envió a Cuba un barco con ayuda humanitaria en medio del cerco energético estadounidense.

Con Nicaragua Petro también intentó mantener un diálogo cordial pese a que la relación en los últimos años estuvo marcada por un litigio marítimo que el país centroamericano interpuso ante la Corte Internacional de Justicia.

Sin embargo, actualmente Colombia no tiene embajador en Nicaragua. La tensión entre ambos gobiernos se elevó en 2024, luego de que Petro se solidarizara con la poetisa nicaragüense Gioconda Belli, quien denunció ser perseguida por el gobierno de Daniel Ortega.

Rafael Piñeros, profesor de Relaciones Internacionales de la Universidad Externado de Colombia, dijo a AP que los gobiernos tanto de Cuba como de Nicaragua pueden tomar una decisión recíproca y retirar a sus embajadores en caso de que se materialice la ruptura de relaciones por parte del gobierno electo.

De la Espriella insistió en que retomará la relación diplomática con Israel, suspendida por Petro desde 2024 como reproche al “genocidio” en la Franja de Gaza, para lo que suspenderá la apertura de la embajada en territorio palestino que propuso Petro y abrirá una en Jerusalén.

“Supone tomar una postura frente al conflicto palestino-israelí y ponerse, de alguna forma, del lado de Israel y desconocer la existencia de un Estado palestino”, indicó González.

El experto señaló que con lo anunciado por De la Espriella, Colombia se suma a “ese patrón de gobiernos de las nuevas derechas en América Latina que están en un alineamiento activo hacia Washington”.

Terms of the settlement were not made public.

“The recent resolution of this matter allows everyone to move forward, and I welcome that opportunity,” Agugua-Hamilton said in a statement provided to The Associated Press on Monday. "I am proud of my career, grateful to every player and coach whose path has crossed mine, and excited for what is to come next. My passion for coaching has always been less about wins and losses and more about making a positive difference in the lives of young people. That passion remains as strong as ever.”

Agugua-Hamilton was fired on April 4, a week after she led the Cavaliers to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2000. She went 70-58, including a 29-42 mark in ACC play. Virginia became the first double-digit seed to reach the regional semifinals since 2022 and pulled off the upset of the tournament, knocking off No. 2 seed Iowa on the road in double overtime in the second round.

They became the first First Four team to advance that far before falling to TCU.

“It was a privilege to coach the remarkable young women who wore the Virginia jersey," Agugua-Hamilton said. "Thank you for your commitment, your resilience, and allowing me to be a part of your journey. The relationships we built and the memories we created will always hold a special place in my heart.”

The school declined to comment on the matter.

Before coaching at Virginia, Agugua-Hamilton led Missouri State to a 74-15 record from 2020-22, which featured two NCAA Tournament appearances.

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"Vamos a sentarnos a negociar con los Estados Unidos el problema de las tasas, como también los bienes que han sido excluidos de esta nueva realidad, en la que llevamos aproximadamente el 60% de bienes excluidos pero queremos negociar la ampliación de esa figura”, dijo el ministro en una rueda de prensa tras reunirse con representantes de distintos gremios empresariales a fin de trazar estrategias conjuntas para hacer frente a las tarifas.

El pasado jueves el presidente estadounidense Donald Trump anunció una nueva ronda de aranceles de entre 10% y 12,5% a las importaciones procedentes de 60 naciones, que suman el 99% de los productos que llegan al país desde el extranjero, después de acusarlos de no hacer lo suficiente para evitar el trabajo forzoso en sus producciones.

En el caso de Chile se aplicará la sobretasa del 12,5% a cerca de 40% de las manufacturas del país, entre ellas las industrias del salmón, la fruta, el vino y productos derivados de la madera. El cobre, principal producto de exportación enviado a Estados Unidos, quedó exento.

Representantes de los gremios empresariales coincidieron en que el arancel anunciado impactará a la industria chilena, aunque se mostraron optimistas de que ambos países, que tienen un tratado de libre comercio desde 2003, podrán llegar a un acuerdo próximamente.

"Para el sector agrícola este arancel del 12,5% es duro, nos hace menos competitivos”, señaló el presidente de la Sociedad Nacional de Agricultura, Antonio Walker. “Estamos muy confiados en que esta negociación que va a hacer la cancillería va a ser exitosa; creemos que tenemos que respetar el tratado de libre comercio que tenemos con Estados Unidos”.

La subsecretaria de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales, Paula Estévez, indicó a su vez que se inicia ahora un proceso de negociaciones bilaterales y que está prevista una visita para agosto de una comitiva estadounidense para seguir con las conversaciones.

"Desde Chile hemos enviado cuáles son la listas de productos y también las informaciones necesarias económicas de por qué estos productos son complementarios a la economía estadounidense”, explicó.

Las exportaciones chilenas alcanzaron los 106.498 millones de dólares en el primer semestre de 2026, lo que supone una expansión de 9,6% respecto de igual período de 2025 y con China y Estados Unidos a la cabeza de los principales destinos, según datos del Ministerio de Economía.

No obstante el país sudamericano confía en eludir los aranceles, el canciller destacó la necesidad de redoblar los esfuerzos para expandir mercados y ampliar los socios comerciales. Pérez Mackenna destacó recientes conversaciones con economías del Sudeste Asiático, así como Bangladesh y la India, para potenciales acuerdos comerciales.

“Nosotros vamos a seguir, obviamente, comerciando con el mundo: con China, con Estados Unidos, con la India, con el Sudeste Asiático y con Europa. Es muy importante recordar que tenemos que aumentar la diversificación de nuestras exportaciones”, comentó.

Volker Türk spoke to The Associated Press as he wrapped up a visit to Lebanon, his second in just over a year. He met with government officials, civil society representatives and Lebanese people displaced by the war between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group.

The visit came about a week before Lebanese and Israeli officials are to meet in Rome for talks on implementing a framework deal reached June 26. It laid out a plan for the deployment of Lebanese military forces in areas in southern Lebanon and the withdrawal of Israeli forces, alongside the disarmament of Hezbollah.

Hezbollah has rejected the direct talks and says it will not disarm.

Türk said some Israeli actions in Lebanon could amount to war crimes, echoing criticism from other human rights groups over the widespread destruction of towns and villages, and the dozens of medical workers and journalists killed.

“Demolition of this type raises huge flags about compliance with international humanitarian law,” Türk said, describing what has happened as a “wholesale destruction” of civilian homes.

Israel has said that its attacks target Hezbollah personnel and infrastructure. It accuses the group of hiding among civilians, and says its troops in occupied parts of southern Lebanon have revealed weapons warehouses and tunnel networks belonging to the group.

The latest conflict started March 2, when Hezbollah fired rockets toward Israel after the U.S.-Israeli February attacks that set off the Iran war. Israel launched an aerial campaign and ground invasion in Lebanon, killing more than 4,000 people and displacing 1.2 million others. The Israeli military still occupies dozens of towns and villages in southern Lebanon.

Türk, who is based in Geneva, also met with a visiting team from his office investigating attacks in Lebanon during the war.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, who met with Türk on Monday, said Lebanon remains committed to the agreement, but warned that Israel’s continued military presence and demolitions may “undermine its effectiveness.”

Lebanon "will not accept ongoing violations of its provisions,” Aoun was quoted as saying during the meeting from his office.

The agreement controversially includes both sides withholding from pursuing any form of legal accountability, a move widely criticized in Lebanon.

Türk, who has also criticized Hezbollah for its attacks on northern Israeli towns, called for an end to Israel's occupation in southern Lebanon, and for displaced people to return safely to their homes.

“I met yesterday a man who told me that he returned to his village in this zone ... south of this so-called yellow line,” he said. "The Israelis were there, they prevented him from going anywhere close to it, and he saw how the village was demolished.”

Türk said he had contacted Israeli authorities hoping to conduct a similar visit, but had received no reply. Israel was among 10 countries that voted against appointing Türk to a second term, alongside the United States and Russia, at the United Nations General Assembly.

El choque ocurrió en la cuadra 6200 de Northwest 12th Street.

El impacto atravesó múltiples habitaciones de la vivienda, dejando escombros esparcidos por un dormitorio, la cocina y el baño. Partes del Mercedes quedaron mezcladas entre pertenencias personales dentro de la residencia dañada.

El vecino Alexis Almonte, quien vive al lado, dijo que la colisión sonó como una explosión.

“Sonó como una bomba”, dijo Almonte a Local 10 News.

El propietario de la vivienda y Almonte dijeron que el exceso de velocidad ha sido un problema durante mucho tiempo en la cercana Northwest 63rd Avenue.

Almonte indicó que salió corriendo tras escuchar el choque y encontró al propietario herido.

“Veo el carro allá. Veo a la señora en el suelo”, dijo. “Está cortada. Tiene suerte de estar viva”.

Desde entonces se ha instalado una viga de soporte temporal dentro de la casa para ayudar a mantener la estructura dañada en pie.

Según los vecinos, no es la primera vez que un vehículo choca contra la vivienda.

“Es la tercera vez que alguien golpea la casa”, dijo Almonte, agregando que los residentes han pedido previamente a la Ciudad de Sunrise que instale un reductor de velocidad u otras medidas para calmar el tráfico.

Mientras Local 10 estaba en la escena la mañana del viernes, varios vehículos fueron vistos pasando a alta velocidad por el área.

Almonte instó a los conductores a reducir la velocidad y recordar que hay familias que viven en el vecindario.

“Hay gente viviendo aquí — niños”, dijo. “Tenemos que cuidarnos unos a otros”.

Los investigadores no han indicado qué causó el choque ni si el conductor enfrentará cargos.

No había marcas visibles de frenado en la carretera, lo que sugiere que el conductor podría no haber frenado antes del impacto.

La gravedad de las lesiones del propietario no ha sido revelada.

El choque fue reportado poco antes de la medianoche en la cuadra 900 de Northeast Flagler Drive mientras el tren se dirigía hacia el sur, confirmaron los equipos de emergencia.

Funcionarios de Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue indicaron que el automóvil fue arrastrado por el tren hasta la cuadra 400 de Northeast Flagler Drive.

El esposo de la mujer que conducía el auto rojo dijo a Local 10 News que el vehículo quedó atascado debajo del tren tras el choque.

Funcionarios de FLFR indicaron que la mujer pudo salir del vehículo por sí sola y los equipos la encontraron en el suelo junto al automóvil cuando llegaron.

Según el esposo de la mujer, ella sufrió una mano rota y un labio partido, pero se espera que esté bien.

Funcionarios de FLFR confirmaron que la mujer fue trasladada al Broward Health Medical Center con lesiones graves, pero no potencialmente mortales.

Una estilista en una barbería cercana dijo a Local 10 News que nunca había visto algo así antes.

“El tren Brightline está detenido justo frente a mí, y el auto está completamente atascado debajo. De hecho, por un milagro, el asiento del conductor, donde estaba la conductora, fue el único que no fue completamente golpeado por el tren”, dijo la estilista.

Las circunstancias que llevaron al choque siguen bajo investigación.

El Servicio Secreto confirmó que Marquez Christopher Pinder, de 29 años, es un agente actual asignado al sur de Florida.

“El Servicio Secreto de Estados Unidos toma en serio cualquier alegación de conducta criminal que involucre a uno de nuestros empleados.

“Como el Agente a Cargo de la Oficina de Campo de Miami, he sido informado de que una agencia local de cumplimiento de la ley está investigando a uno de nuestros empleados. Estamos cooperando plenamente con la investigación. No puedo comentar sobre detalles de la investigación en curso, sin embargo, puedo decir que el empleado está en licencia administrativa y ha estado así desde el momento en que fuimos notificados.

“El Servicio Secreto se construye sobre la confianza depositada en nosotros por las personas que protegemos y el pueblo estadounidense. Mantenemos a nuestros empleados bajo los más altos estándares. El Servicio Secreto sigue comprometido con la rendición de cuentas, el profesionalismo y la integridad, y cualquier conducta indebida será abordada de manera rápida y apropiada tras la finalización del proceso investigativo y judicial.”

Michael Townsend, Special Agent in Charge, Miami Field Office

La fiscal estatal de Miami-Dade, Katherine Fernandez Rundle, la alguacil de Miami-Dade, Rosie Cordero-Stutz, y el jefe de policía de Sweetwater, Sergio Diez, anunciaron los arrestos de Pinder, Jared Lamar James, de 26 años, y Elijah Delano Dyous, de 29 años, durante el fin de semana.

Los registros carcelarios en línea muestran que James fue arrestado el viernes y Pinder fue detenido el domingo. Dyous no aparecía en los registros carcelarios hasta la mañana del lunes.

Las autoridades indicaron que una investigación descubrió evidencia de presuntos incidentes de novatadas que involucraban golpizas prolongadas y repetidas con bastones y paletas. Indicaron que no responder correctamente preguntas sobre la fraternidad presuntamente conducía a las golpizas.

Según los investigadores, las novatadas comenzaron el 1 de abril en un apartamento en Sweetwater y continuaron el 2 y 3 de abril en el mismo lugar. El 4 de abril, las autoridades indicaron que las novatadas continuaron en una vivienda en una zona no incorporada del condado Miami-Dade.

Las autoridades indicaron que las golpizas fueron llevadas a cabo por los tres sospechosos.

Pinder, James y Dyous enfrentan cada uno dos cargos de homicidio involuntario en grado de tentativa con arma mortal, agresión agravada con arma mortal causando gran daño corporal y novatadas con arma mortal.

“Para algunos, las novatadas de fraternidad pueden ser vistas como una tradición que crea un sentido de pertenencia y hermandad, pero desde 2001, las novatadas en Florida han causado la muerte de Chad Meredith, Robert Champion y Andrew Coffey, mientras han dejado a otros gravemente heridos. Este caso, con las víctimas requiriendo hospitalización, proporciona ejemplos claros del peligro de las novatadas”, dijo Fernandez Rundle. “En Florida, las novatadas son abuso y son un delito. Sus víctimas con demasiada frecuencia yacen en sus tumbas y en camas de hospital”.

Hasta la mañana del lunes, las autoridades no han identificado públicamente la universidad con la que están afiliados los sospechosos.

Although the Democratic Socialists of America’s Workers Deserve More platform doesn’t necessarily line up exactly with the candidates’ own agendas, prominent Republicans over the weekend decried it. The DSA platform proposes drafting "a new constitution” with significant changes to the structure of the U.S. government, including abolishing the Senate, replacing the president and the Supreme Court with leaders picked by Congress and allowing all permanent U.S. residents to vote. Alongside those changes, the platform, published earlier this month, calls for a number of social reforms.

“The barbarians are inside the gate — and Democrats are WELCOMING them in,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., wrote on X. “Communism is no longer a far fetched threat. It is here on our SHORES!”

The Wall Street Journal’s conservative-leaning editorial board also warned about the agenda, calling it radical and writing that the job of Republicans and willing Democrats is to educate the country about it. But it cautioned Republicans to avoid communism attack lines, saying they wouldn't resonate with younger generations.

Progressive and DSA-backed candidates running in Democratic primaries across the country don’t all subscribe to the group’s full agenda. The left is also split between progressive and moderate wings that have different ideas about the best policies to carry the Democratic Party forward. But the DSA platform has created an opening for Republicans to attack Democrats with a broad brush as they look for an edge in races that will determine which party has a majority in Congress next year.

President Donald Trump this year has returned to an old habit of calling Democrats communists, saying they want to “destroy the traditional American way of life.” Other Republicans have followed suit, turning to more comfortable territory after months spent defending their party as disgruntled Americans fume about foreign wars and the high cost of living.

DSA agenda calls for dramatic overhaul of government and society

The DSA’s vision for the country laid out in mid-July proposes major changes that the group says can in part be achieved under the current system but ultimately would require “building a new society from the ground up.”

Among the suggested changes are expanding voting rights, publicly financing all elections, replacing the two-party system with a multi-party democracy, establishing public ownership of large corporations and expanding rights for immigrants while ending Immigration and Customs Enforcement detentions and deportations.

In a recent Fox News Channel appearance, the group’s co-chair Megan Romer confirmed various aspects of the agenda while acknowledging that some of the proposals, like abolishing borders and prisons, would be considered parts of a long-term plan.

The Republican National Committee over the weekend called attention to the platform in a post that several GOP lawmakers seized on to raise alarm.

“These people are insane,” Texas Sen. Ted Cruz replied on X.

“Watch this clip closely,” wrote Rep. Steve Scalise, the No. 2 House Republican. “These ideas could be coming to your community sooner than you think.”

Progressive candidates have succeeded in recent races

The DSA's agenda comes as aligned candidates have triumphed in several recent Democratic primaries. They’ve capitalized on voter anger at the party establishment and rising skepticism of the U.S. alliance with Israel to edge out moderates in House races in New York and Colorado.

Democratic socialist candidates also have succeeded in mayoral elections in major U.S. cities, including Washington, D.C., New York and Seattle. An upcoming Missouri primary pitting a DSA-backed former congresswoman against the moderate Democratic incumbent will further test the movement’s momentum.

In other elections, progressive candidates have outlined where they differ from the DSA's agenda. In an upcoming Michigan Senate primary, for example, progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed has distanced himself from socialism, saying that he believes in capitalism but that it needs to be regulated.

Meanwhile, establishment Democrats including former Democratic National Committee chair Jaime Harrison have forcefully pushed back against DSA candidates who run in the party’s primaries while criticizing the way the party is going.

“I say this with no ill will or animosity: if you hate the Democratic Party, then please don’t run for our nomination,” Harrison wrote in a social media post in June. “Don’t use our resources. Don’t rely on our volunteers. Don’t use our infrastructure. Don’t ask Democrats to invest their time, money, and energy in your campaign. Focus on building the party you actually support.”

Lopes Cabral’s curling shot into the far top corner of the Argentina net was a standout moment at the World Cup where the unheralded African team made a stellar debut.

His goal tied defending champion Argentina at 2-2 in extra time of their thrilling round of 32 game in Miami Gardens. Cape Verde would eventually lose 3-2.

Lopes Cabral’s goal was voted best of the 308 goals scored at the tournament, ahead of Eldor Shomurodov's delicate lob for Uzbekistan against Congo and Wilson Isidor of Haiti scoring with a powerful rising shot against Morocco.

FIFA drew up a shortlist of 12 goals for public voting that closed Monday.

Lopes Cabral’s celebration also entered World Cup lore as he broke free of teammates reaching to grab him before climbing into the tribune to hug his girlfriend and look for his mother.

“Before the game, I’d told my mom and my girlfriend that if I scored, I’d run over to them,” he said. “When I got there, I saw my mom crying. She hadn’t even realized I was right there. Everyone was busy tending to her because she had fainted when I scored.”

Cape Verde defied both World Cup finalists in its four games, after goalkeeper Vozinha’s standout display saw his team open with a 0-0 draw to stun eventual champion Spain.

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The update comes shortly before his home state's annual Fancy Farm picnic, which features speeches from politicians throughout the state seeking elected office. McConnell said in a written statement that he won't be able to attend the event.

“There’s no place I’d rather be on the first Saturday in August than with the good people of western Kentucky, feasting on pork and mutton," McConnell said.

He said that when he first attended the event 42 years ago, Fancy Farm was a lonely place for Republicans, but times have changed.

“So I hate that I’ll miss the fun this year, but I’m sending my best wishes to the St. Jerome community for a successful picnic,” McConnell said.

McConnell, 84, was admitted to the hospital on June 14 and revealed weeks later that it was due to a fall. He had polio in his early childhood and has long acknowledged some difficulty as an adult in walking and climbing stairs.

The statement from the Office of the Attending Physician said McConnell has maintained a strenuous course of physical therapy and rehabilitation since he left the hospital, which includes multiple sessions a day designed to rebuild strength and reduce the risk of future falls.

“His bout with childhood polio continues to be a significant factor in his mobility. He is not yet medically cleared to leave the rehab facility and return to the office,” said the statement from the physician’s office in Congress.

McConnell said he appreciated the well wishes he has received in recent weeks, and "I’m looking forward to getting back to the Senate and to Kentucky soon.” McConnell is not seeking reelection but intends to finish out his term.

Trump has repeatedly urged Thune to scrap the legislative filibuster, which effectively sets a 60-vote threshold for most legislation in the 100-member Senate, or find another workaround to pass the voting bill, known as the SAVE America Act. But Republicans hold only a 53-47 majority, and Thune has consistently said they don’t have the votes to pass the bill or change the rules to get around the filibuster.

“John Thune should not allow the United States Senate to ‘leave town’ until it passes The Save America Act or, far better still, TERMINATES THE FILIBUSTER,” Trump wrote on social media.

He later insisted to reporters Monday that he has a good relationship with the Senate majority leader but said Thune has “got to get his job done.”

It's the latest escalation in a monthslong pressure campaign by Trump and others in the GOP base to pass the SAVE Act ahead of the midterms. A small but vocal group of Republican senators has also increasingly pressed Thune to find a way forward.

House Republicans have also attempted to create another path for the legislation through the budget reconciliation process, which would allow grant money associated with voting rules to pass the Senate with a simple majority.

The House last week approved a budget framework that included $10 billion for voting-related changes aligned with the SAVE America Act. But Thune has said Republicans don’t currently have the votes for that approach, either.

Trump's pressure comes during an important period

The fight threatens to complicate the Senate's final legislative sprint before the August break, when Thune had hoped to focus on a long list of priorities that includes government funding, cryptocurrency legislation and sanctions on Russia. The August break, scheduled to start on Aug. 7, is a pivotal stretch for senators to return home and campaign ahead of the midterm elections.

Several Republican senators are facing competitive races, including Maine Sen. Susan Collins, Ohio Sen. Jon Husted and Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan. Republicans currently hold a 53-47 Senate majority. Republicans are confronting broader political headwinds as well, including an unpopular war in Iran, surging gas prices and costs that remain high for voters.

Thune has enjoyed broad support from his GOP conference all year as he’s pushed back on Trump’s demands. He previously kept the SAVE Act on the Senate floor for weeks in an effort to build additional support, but was unable to secure the votes needed to advance it.

Utah Sen. Mike Lee, who has led the push for the bill in the Senate, escalated his pressure late last week, warning that how Republicans handle the SAVE America Act “could impact not only the November midterm elections, but also the Senate GOP leadership elections.”

“Leaders must lead. And if they don’t, they’re not leaders,” Lee wrote on social media Friday.

Frustrated by the pressure when he doesn’t have a route to pass the bill, Thune has urged Trump, Lee and others to help him find the votes. Trump on Friday said he'd “certainly be willing” to help call senators.

Asked last week if Trump is frustrated with Thune, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that "his patience is running out.” But Trump told reporters on Air Force Once Monday while traveling to an event in Michigan, that he hasn’t “even thought” about potential replacements for Thune.

The late-summer dispute echoes a similar fight before last year’s August recess, when Trump pressed Thune to keep senators in Washington to clear a backlog of his nominees. The Senate ultimately left town without a deal after negotiations with Democrats collapsed.

The SAVE America Act would create new national rules

The SAVE America Act, which stands for Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, would require Americans to prove they are citizens when they register to vote, mostly through a valid U.S. passport or birth certificate. It would also require a valid photo identification before voters can cast ballots, which some states already demand.

Voting experts have said the bill could disenfranchise some 20 million American voters who don’t have birth certificates or other documents readily available.

Trump has made it his legislative priority in 2026, saying it would “guarantee the midterms" and falsely claimed that election cheating is “rampant.” He previously declined to sign any other legislation until it was passed.

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The Secret Service confirmed that Marquez Christopher Pinder, 29, is a current agent assigned to South Florida.

“The United States Secret Service takes seriously any criminal misconduct allegations involving one of our employees.

“As the Agent in Charge of the Miami Field Office, I have been informed that a local law enforcement agency is investigating one of our employees. We are fully cooperating with the investigation. I am unable to comment on details about the ongoing investigation however, I can say that the employee is on administrative leave and has been since the moment we were notified.

“The Secret Service is built upon the trust and confidence placed in us by our protectees and the American people. We hold our employees to the highest standards. The Secret Service remains committed to accountability, professionalism, and integrity, and any misconduct will be addressed swiftly and appropriately upon completion of the investigative and judicial process.”

Michael Townsend, Special Agent in Charge, Miami Field Office

Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle, Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz and Sweetwater Police Chief Sergio Diez announced the arrests of Pinder, 26-year-old Jared Lamar James and 29-year-old Elijah Delano Dyous over the weekend.

An arrest warrant states that one of the victims was an undergraduate student at UM when he attended interest group meetings to become a member of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. Because he is now a graduate law student at UM, he is a member of the alumni chapter, authorities said.

A second victim is currently employed by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.

Online jail records show James was arrested Friday and Pinder was taken into custody on Sunday. Dyous, of West Park, was arrested Friday in Broward County.

Authorities said an investigation uncovered evidence of alleged hazing incidents involving prolonged and repeated beatings with canes and paddles.

According to investigators, the hazing began April 1 inside an apartment unit at IDENTITY Miami, located at 400 SW 107th Ave., in Sweetwater and continued through April 2 and April 3 at the same location. On April 4, authorities said the hazing continued at a home in unincorporated Miami-Dade County.

Authorities said the beatings were carried out by the three suspects.

According to an arrest warrant, one of the victims identified Pinder as the “dean of pledges” and James as the “vice dean of pledges.”

The warrant states that part of the pledging process involved “getting down,” in which they were placed into the “KUT,” which stands for “Knowledge, Understanding, Teaching.”

According to the warrant, the victims were asked questions about the fraternity’s history and if they got an answer wrong, they would be placed in a “stress position,” described as “a half squat with one arm pointed forward.”

Detectives said while they were in that position, the victims would be struck on their buttocks with a paddle, and canes would also be used on the victims.

According to the warrant, two victims were subjected to hours of these “sessions” each day and were told to tell the suspects if they felt they were reaching their “physical limit,” including by urinating blood or feeling like they would pass out.

Detectives said one of the pledges did urinate blood during a bathroom break, which another pledge witnessed, but after informing the suspects, he was told it was too soon for anything like that to occur.

According to the warrant, the beatings intensified on April 4 when one of the victims bled through his underwear and pants.

When the other pledge notified Pinder of the injuries, all present fraternity members -- which included several men who did not participate in the beatings, but engaged in “acts of intimidation” -- became upset and instructed the two pledges to strip their clothing and throw it in the garbage, the warrant stated.

Detectives said the health of one of the victims began deteriorating following the April 4 beating and he began to suffer from “vomiting, fevers and immense pain on his buttocks.”

The warrant states that he went to an urgent care facility, but was transported to Jackson South Medical Center, due to large portions of his buttocks becoming necrotic.

The victim had to get substantial portions of skin and soft tissue surgically removed and receive extensive skin grafts to cover the areas that were removed, the warrant stated.

“Had (the victim) not received necessary emergency medical care, his injuries would have resulted in renal failure leading to death,” the warrant stated.

Detectives said the second victim also had to seek medical care for wounds to his backside, although he denied that he had been subjected to paddling.

According to the warrant, a search warrant was obtained for that victim’s medical records, which revealed that he had extensive medical treatment from April 6 to April 24 and had even been intubated.

Detectives said despite his denials, his injuries were consistent with the statements provided by the first victim that they had both been subjected to severe beatings to their backsides.

Pinder, James and Dyous are each charged with two counts of attempted manslaughter with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon causing great bodily harm and hazing with a deadly weapon.

Pinder appeared in bond court Monday, where he was ordered held on a $75,000 bond. If he posts bond, he will be placed on house arrest with a GPS monitor and he is not allowed to have any contact with the victims or his fraternity brothers.

“Among some, fraternity hazing might be seen as a tradition creating a sense of belonging and brotherhood, but since 2001, hazing in Florida has killed Chad Meredith, Robert Champion and Andrew Coffey while seriously injuring others. This case, with the victims requiring hospitalization, provide clear-cut examples of hazing’s danger,” Fernandez Rundle said. “In Florida, hazing is abuse and it is a crime. Its victims too often lie in their graves and in hospital beds.”

The U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles filed a motion Monday to dismiss its case against David Huerta, president of Service Employees International Union California, which has more than 750,000 members including janitors, security officers and other workers. The government will seek to have the case permanently withdrawn within weeks if Huerta continues to comply with the terms of his pretrial release and stays out of trouble, prosecutors said.

Huerta said in a statement that he was tackled, pepper-sprayed and detained for exercising his constitutional rights to protest and cast the case against him as part of a broader “weaponization of the judicial system.”

“There was never a real case, only an attempt to punish and silence me for exercising my constitutional rights,” he said in a statement. “I will keep exercising my constitutional rights and protest every abuse this administration commits, and I will keep working to build a country that treats immigrant families and all workers with the dignity they deserve.”

The Justice Department had earlier reduced the felony obstruction charge to a misdemeanor, and in moving to dismiss it entirely, is now backing away entirely from a prosecution that had been announced with fanfare on social media after Huerta's arrest more than a year ago. It's the latest courtroom setback for a department that has struggled, in offices across the country, in its prosecutions of people accused of assaulting or hindering federal officers while protesting President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

The U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles said in its own statement that the department doesn't arrest people for peacefully protesting. The office said that Huerta was charged with interfering with a judicial search warrant and has complied with the terms of his bond for more than a year.

“Pursuant to an agreement entered into with our office, if Mr. Huerta continues to comply with his pretrial release terms, we expect the criminal case against him to be fully dismissed by the end of next month,” the statement said.

Huerta was arrested in June 2025 while protesting outside a business in Los Angeles where federal agents were investigating suspected immigration violations. The incident occurred amid widespread protests over the federal immigration crackdown that drove Trump to take the extraordinary move of deploying the National Guard to the nation’s second-largest city.

Authorities said Huerta sat down in front of a vehicular gate and encouraged others to walk in circles to try to prevent law enforcement from going in or out, and he pushed back when an officer told him to leave and put his hands on Huerta to move him out of the way of a vehicle.

Union leaders and immigrant advocates rallied in cities across the country demanding Huerta's release and he became the face of the pushback against the Republican president's effort to drive up immigration arrests. Top Democrats also fired back. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and California’s two Democratic senators wrote a letter to federal officials demanding answers regarding Huerta’s arrest. California Sen. Adam Schiff attended Huerta’s bond hearing.

“It is deeply troubling that a U.S. citizen, union leader, and upstanding member of the Los Angeles community continues to be detained by the federal government for exercising his rights to observe immigration enforcement,” the senators wrote.

Federal prosecutors initially charged Huerta with felony obstruction. Bill Essayli, the top U.S. prosecutor in Los Angeles, said it didn't matter who was protesting "if you impede federal agents, you will be arrested and prosecuted.”

In October, prosecutors reduced the charge against Huerta to a misdemeanor. The same month, Essayli was disqualified from several cases by a judge who concluded the Trump appointee stayed on as acting U.S. attorney longer than allowed by law. Essayli, who was previously a California state legislator, is now technically the first assistant U.S. attorney in Los Angeles.

Huerta’s lawyers, Abbe Lowell and Marilyn Bednarski, said in a statement that the case against their client had no legal basis.

“This case, like others, sought to silence criticism of the administration’s improper immigration actions. Today’s filing is proof that David and other critics will not be silenced,” the lawyers said.

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The crash happened in the 6200 block of Northwest 12th Street.

The impact tore through multiple rooms of the home, leaving debris scattered throughout a bedroom, kitchen and bathroom. Car parts from the Mercedes were mixed among personal belongings inside the damaged residence.

Neighbors said the homeowner was inside her bedroom when the car came plowing in.

Neighbor Alexis Almonte, who lives next door, said the collision sounded like an explosion.

“It sounded like a bomb,” Almonte told Local 10 News.

The homeowner and Almonte said speeding has long been a problem along nearby Northwest 63rd Avenue.

Almonte said he rushed outside after hearing the crash and found the homeowner injured.

“I see the car over there. I see the lady on the floor,” he said. “She got cut. She’s lucky to be alive.”

A temporary support beam has since been installed inside the home to help keep the damaged structure standing.

According to neighbors, this is not the first vehicle to crash into the home.

“It’s the third time someone hit the house,” Almonte said, adding that residents have previously asked the City of Sunrise to install a speed bump or other traffic-calming measures.

While Local 10 was at the scene Friday morning, several vehicles were seen speeding through the area.

Almonte urged drivers to slow down and remember families live in the neighborhood.

“There’s people living over here — children,” he said. “We have to take care of each other.”

Investigators have not said what caused the crash or whether the driver will face any charges.

There were no visible skid marks on the roadway, suggesting the driver may not have braked before impact.

The extent of the homeowner’s injuries has not been released.

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The crash was reported just before midnight in the area of North Flagler Drive and East Sunrise Boulevard as the train was heading south, first responders confirmed.

Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue officials said the car was dragged by the train to the 400 block of Northeast Flagler Drive.

The husband of the woman who was driving the red car told Local 10 News that the car became lodged underneath the train after the collision.

Surveillance video shows the moments after the train struck the car. You can see sparks flying as the Genesis is dragged down the tracks beneath the Brightline train.

FLFR officials said the woman was able to exit the car by herself and crews found her on the ground next to the vehicle when they arrived.

According to the woman’s husband, she suffered a broken hand and busted lip, but is expected to be OK.

FLFR officials confirmed that the woman was transported to Broward Health Medical Center with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.

A hair stylist at a nearby barbershop told Local 10 News that she’s never seen anything like this before.

“The Brightline train is just stopped right in front of me, and the car is just jammed right underneath. Actually, by a miracle, the driver’s seat where the driver was, was the only seat that wasn’t completely smacked by the train,” Madeline Abreu said.

The circumstances leading up to the collision remain under investigation.

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Deputies arrested Cassandra Thompson, also known as Cassandra Costentine, at 10:20 p.m. on Friday at Miami International Airport on a pending Miami-Dade arrest warrant, records show.

A man had reported meeting Thompson on Dec. 11, 2024, at Gekko in Miami’s Brickell area, and welcoming her to his apartment, where she served him vodka, according to the arrest warrant.

“The victim recalled feeling unwell after he was served the beverage prepared by the subject,” a police officer wrote, according to the warrant. “He believed he lost consciousness or was so impaired that it caused him to be unresponsive.”

Surveillance video provided by the man showed Thompson “taking the victim’s phone and walking into the bedroom,” a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office detective wrote, according to the arrest warrant.

The victim accused Thompson of stealing $10,000 in cash from his bedroom and of using his cell phone to steal more than $72,840 in cryptocurrency and $1,225 from Venmo, according to the warrant.

Miami-Dade corrections booked Thompson shortly after 12:25 a.m. on Saturday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, according to inmate records.

Thompson faced four charges: Third-degree grand theft, money laundering unlawful proceeds, unlawful use of a communications device, and a computer offense involving fraud.

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

Los agentes arrestaron a Cassandra Thompson, también conocida como Cassandra Costentine, a las 10:20 p.m. del viernes en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Miami por una orden de arresto pendiente de Miami-Dade, según los registros.

Un hombre reportó haber conocido a Thompson el 11 de diciembre de 2024 en Gekko, en el área de Brickell en Miami, y haberla invitado a su apartamento, donde ella le sirvió vodka, según la orden de arresto.

“La víctima recordó sentirse mal después de que le sirvieran la bebida preparada por la sospechosa”, escribió un oficial de policía, según la orden. “Creyó que perdió el conocimiento o que estaba tan afectado que quedó inconsciente.”

Un video de vigilancia proporcionado por el hombre mostró a Thompson “tomando el teléfono de la víctima y caminando hacia el dormitorio”, escribió un detective de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade, según la orden de arresto.

La víctima acusó a Thompson de robar $10,000 USD en efectivo de su dormitorio y de usar su teléfono celular para robar más de $72,840 USD en criptomonedas y $1,225 USD de Venmo, según la orden.

El sistema correccional de Miami-Dade ingresó a Thompson poco después de las 12:25 a.m. del sábado en el Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, según los registros de reclusos.

Thompson enfrenta cuatro cargos: hurto mayor en tercer grado, lavado de dinero de ganancias ilícitas, uso ilegal de un dispositivo de comunicación y un delito informático relacionado con fraude.

El editor de asignaciones de Local 10 News, Carson Merlo, contribuyó a este informe.

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Records show that Doral police took Nicolas Xiviller, 27, into custody on Sunday in connection with the incident, which happened on Friday.

Authorities said surveillance video showed Xiviller going into Tennis Plaza, located at 2600 NW 87th Ave., just before 6:30 p.m. and “selecting a racket and swinging it aggressively as to simulate striking a tennis ball.”

“While doing so, the racket becomes hung up on a metal clothing rack and (Xiviller) forcefully pulls the racket to dislodge it causing it to break,” Doral police said in an arrest report, describing the video. “(He) proceeds to select another racket and begins swinging it aggressively again.”

Police said a Tennis Plaza employee told him to “stop misusing the equipment” and tried to “peacefully escort” him out of the store.

Authorities said Xiviller turned around and told the worker, “If you touch me again, I’ll kill you” while still wielding a racket, and “then walked towards the front door of the business and purposely smashed the racquet on the floor numerous times, permanently damaging it.”

According to the report, he told a store manager, “Te voy a romper la cara” ― Spanish for “I am going to break your face.”

Police said before leaving, video shows Xiviller as “he punches and headbutts the door forcefully before walking towards his vehicle and fleeing” on Northwest 87th Avenue.

All told, he caused a little less than $600 in damage, authorities said.

They said they later spotted him at the Wawa at 3300 NW 87th Ave. just before midnight on Sunday and took him into custody on charges including aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and three misdemeanors, including criminal mischief.

Records show Xiviller, a native of Montevideo, Uruguay, who was listed on his arrest report as homeless, was being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $5,900 bond as of around noon on Monday.

Los registros muestran que la policía de Doral detuvo a Nicolas Xiviller, de 27 años, el domingo en relación con el incidente, que ocurrió el viernes.

Las autoridades indicaron que un video de vigilancia muestra a Xiviller entrando a Tennis Plaza, ubicado en 2600 NW 87th Ave., poco antes de las 6:30 p.m. y “seleccionando una raqueta y agitándola de manera agresiva como para simular golpear una pelota de tenis”.

“Mientras hacía eso, la raqueta se engancha en un estante metálico de ropa y (Xiviller) tira con fuerza para desengancharla, causando que se rompa”, indicó la policía de Doral en un informe de arresto, describiendo el video. “(Él) procede a seleccionar otra raqueta y comienza a agitarla de manera agresiva nuevamente”.

La policía indicó que un empleado de Tennis Plaza le dijo que “dejara de usar incorrectamente el equipo” e intentó “escoltarlo pacíficamente” fuera de la tienda.

Las autoridades indicaron que Xiviller se dio la vuelta y le dijo al trabajador: “Si me vuelves a tocar, te mato”, mientras aún sostenía una raqueta, y “luego caminó hacia la puerta principal del negocio y deliberadamente estrelló la raqueta contra el piso numerosas veces, dañándola permanentemente”.

Según el informe, le dijo a un gerente de la tienda: “Te voy a romper la cara”.

La policía indicó que antes de irse, el video muestra a Xiviller “golpeando con los puños y dando cabezazos a la puerta con fuerza antes de caminar hacia su vehículo y huir” por Northwest 87th Avenue.

En total, causó un poco menos de $600 USD en daños, indicaron las autoridades.

Indicaron que posteriormente lo vieron en el Wawa en 3300 NW 87th Ave. poco antes de la medianoche del domingo y lo detuvieron por cargos que incluyen agresión agravada con un arma mortal y tres delitos menores, incluido daño criminal.

Los registros muestran que Xiviller, originario de Montevideo, Uruguay, quien fue listado en su informe de arresto como sin hogar, permanecía detenido en el Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center con una fianza de $5,900 USD hasta alrededor del mediodía del lunes.

Comey's lawyers argue the government cannot prove the Instagram photo of seashells in the numerical arrangement of “86 47" constituted a “true threat" against the Republican president, who fired Comey in 2017 and has publicly called for his prosecution. The slogan — which has long meant to "get rid of" or “eject" — has been featured on thousands of items sold online and regularly displayed at protests, defense lawyers wrote.

"But the government now singles out Mr. Comey to prosecute one of the President’s most prominent critics for publishing another person’s statement of political opposition over a social media photo of seashells arranged on a beach," his attorney's wrote. “That attempt to suppress core political speech contravenes both the statutes at issue and the First Amendment.”

The seashells case against Comey was the second in months targeting the ex-FBI director, a long-running Trump foe whom the president over the years has called a “corrupt piece of garbage” and other pejorative names.

An earlier case in Virginia accusing Comey of lying to Congress was dismissed last November after a judge concluded that the prosecutor who charged him and another Trump adversary, New York Attorney General Letitia James, was illegally appointed to the job.

More broadly, the case is part of a retribution campaign by the Trump administration Justice Department, which has initiated investigations across the country into individuals the president does not like.

Comey was interviewed by the Secret Service last year over the post after Trump administration officials asserted that he was advocating the assassination of Trump, the 47th president.

The two-count indictment charges Comey with “knowingly and willfully” making a threat to “take the life of, and to inflict bodily harm upon” Trump and with transmitting a threat in interstate commerce. It does not provide evidence that Comey knowingly threatened Trump, especially since Comey has said the opposite, but suggested a “reasonable recipient who is familiar with the circumstances would interpret” the message as a threat.

The Justice Department has not elaborated on any evidence of intent the government has. But acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said earlier this year that prosecutors in every case prove intent with “witnesses, with documents, with the defendant himself to the extent it’s appropriate.”

“And that’s how we’ll prove intent in this case,” Blanche said in April, shortly after he was elevated to lead the department after Pam Bondi's firing.

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According to online jail records, Valentino Nathaniel Berry was booked into TGK Friday on charges of possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, resisting an officer without violence and possession of cannabis.

Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz confirmed that deputies were serving a search warrant Friday morning at an apartment building in the 700 block of 81^st Street in Miami Beach, in connection with possession of firearms violations by a 17-year-old and an 18-year-old.

Cordero-Stutz said the 17-year-old came out of a bedroom when deputies arrived, waving a gun, at which time a deputy fired at the teen, killing him.

According to an arrest report, the warrant was obtained after Berry posted a story to his Instagram page showing him holding an AR-pistol in his waistband. Another animated photo showed him holding a tan and black rifle with the text, “POV: I’m a cartoon,” the report stated.

A detective assigned to the case said that he believed the photo was a real picture that had a cartoon filter on it.

Another Instagram story showed two packages of marijuana covering part of a Glock handgun, the report stated.

According to the report, Berry fled out of the back door of the apartment after the shooting and was taken into custody.

Deputies said they found marijuana on Berry, and a loaded Glock handgun inside of a bedroom.

A records check of the gun revealed that it had been reported stolen in Broward County on June 28, the report stated.

“These two subjects have extensive criminal pasts for firearms violations. They are currently on probation, they are registered gang members and are wearing ankle monitors,” Cordero-Stutz said. “Search warrants are always one of our most dangerous actions that we and all law enforcement face.”

Authorities have not released the identity of the teen who was killed, however a woman named Yvonne Warner told Local 10 News that she believed the teen was her son, Darrell Young.

Jail records show that Young had previously been arrested on an attempted murder charge in Florida City. Records also show he faced separate weapons charges in 2024.

MDSO has not identified the deputy who fired the fatal shots.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is investigating the shooting.

Although jail records show that Berry remains at TGK on an immigration hold, his arrest report lists him as a U.S. citizen.

Según los registros carcelarios en línea, Valentino Nathaniel Berry fue ingresado en TGK el viernes por cargos de posesión de un arma por un delincuente convicto, resistirse a un oficial sin violencia y posesión de cannabis.

La alguacil de Miami-Dade, Rosie Cordero-Stutz, confirmó que los agentes estaban ejecutando una orden de allanamiento el viernes por la mañana en un edificio de apartamentos en la cuadra 700 de la calle 81 en Miami Beach, en relación con violaciones por posesión de armas de fuego por parte de un joven de 17 años y un hombre de 18 años.

Cordero-Stutz indicó que el joven de 17 años salió de un dormitorio cuando llegaron los agentes, blandiendo un arma, momento en el cual un agente disparó contra el adolescente, matándolo.

Según un informe de arresto, la orden fue obtenida después de que Berry publicara una historia en su página de Instagram mostrándolo sosteniendo una pistola tipo AR en la cintura. Otra imagen animada lo mostraba sosteniendo un rifle color beige y negro con el texto, “POV: soy un dibujo animado”, indica el informe.

Un detective asignado al caso indicó que creía que la foto era real y que tenía un filtro de caricatura aplicado.

Otra historia de Instagram mostraba dos paquetes de marihuana cubriendo parte de una pistola Glock, según el informe.

De acuerdo con el informe, Berry huyó por la puerta trasera del apartamento después del tiroteo y fue detenido.

Los agentes indicaron que encontraron marihuana en Berry y una pistola Glock cargada dentro de un dormitorio.

Una verificación de registros del arma reveló que había sido reportada como robada en el condado Broward el 28 de junio, indica el informe.

“Estos dos sujetos tienen amplios antecedentes criminales por violaciones relacionadas con armas de fuego. Actualmente están en libertad condicional, son miembros registrados de pandillas y llevan monitores de tobillo”, dijo Cordero-Stutz. “Las órdenes de allanamiento siempre son una de las acciones más peligrosas que enfrentamos nosotros y todas las fuerzas del orden”.

Las autoridades no han revelado la identidad del adolescente que murió, sin embargo, una mujer llamada Yvonne Warner dijo a Local 10 News que creía que el joven era su hijo, Darrell Young.

Los registros carcelarios muestran que Young había sido arrestado previamente por un cargo de intento de asesinato en Florida City. Los registros también muestran que enfrentó cargos separados por armas en 2024.

La Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade no ha identificado al agente que disparó los tiros fatales.

El Departamento de Cumplimiento de la Ley de Florida está investigando el tiroteo.

Aunque los registros carcelarios muestran que Berry permanece en TGK bajo una retención migratoria, su informe de arresto lo lista como ciudadano estadounidense.

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Investigators with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said the crash happened at around 1:15 a.m. Saturday in the Intracoastal Waterway, off Haulover Sandbar.

An FWC arrest report states that Daniel Lawson, 42, was operating the 38-foot Donzi at 55 mph in a 30 mph zone when he hit a 20-foot Angler traveling the opposite direction.

Two people on that boat were seriously hurt: Investigators said a boy “sustained a hairline skull fracture” while a woman “sustained a collapsed lung, multiple fractured ribs, blood surrounding the lung and a lacerated spleen.”

Two others aboard Lawson’s boat were hurt as well, according to FWC.

Authorities said Lawson fled south before heading back north to anchor his boat at Haulover Sandbar, but never returned to the collision site, instead contacting a towing company.

“Evidence obtained during the investigation established that Lawson attempted to have his vessel removed from the water before law enforcement could conduct a complete examination and process the vessel as evidence in a criminal investigation,” the FWC report states.

Investigators said Lawson claimed his boat had been anchored the whole time, which they said was “contradicted by multiple independent witness statements, physical evidence, electronic vessel data and the overall findings of the investigation.”

Officers arrested Lawson Sunday afternoon on charges of reckless operation of a vessel causing serious injury, leaving the scene of a boating accident causing injuries and attempted evidence tampering.

Records show he was being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $45,000 bond as of late Monday morning.

Investigadores de la Comisión de Conservación de Pesca y Vida Silvestre de Florida indicaron que el choque ocurrió alrededor de la 1:15 a.m. del sábado en la vía navegable Intracoastal, frente a Haulover Sandbar.

Un informe de arresto de FWC indica que Daniel Lawson, de 42 años, operaba la embarcación Donzi de 38 pies a 55 mph en una zona de 30 mph cuando chocó contra una embarcación Angler de 20 pies que viajaba en dirección opuesta.

Dos personas en esa embarcación resultaron gravemente heridas: los investigadores indicaron que un niño “sufrió una fractura lineal de cráneo”, mientras que una mujer “sufrió un pulmón colapsado, múltiples costillas fracturadas, sangre alrededor del pulmón y un bazo lacerado”.

Otras dos personas a bordo de la embarcación de Lawson también resultaron heridas, según FWC.

Las autoridades indicaron que Lawson huyó hacia el sur antes de regresar hacia el norte para anclar su embarcación en Haulover Sandbar, pero nunca regresó al lugar del choque, en su lugar contactó a una compañía de remolque.

“La evidencia obtenida durante la investigación estableció que Lawson intentó sacar su embarcación del agua antes de que las autoridades pudieran realizar un examen completo y procesarla como evidencia en una investigación criminal”, indica el informe de FWC.

Los investigadores indicaron que Lawson afirmó que su embarcación había estado anclada todo el tiempo, lo cual fue “contradicho por múltiples declaraciones independientes de testigos, evidencia física, datos electrónicos de la embarcación y los hallazgos generales de la investigación”.

Los oficiales arrestaron a Lawson la tarde del domingo por cargos de operación imprudente de una embarcación causando lesiones graves, abandonar la escena de un accidente marítimo con lesionados e intento de manipulación de evidencia.

Los registros muestran que permanecía detenido en el Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center con una fianza de $45,000 USD hasta la mañana del lunes.

CFBPA executive director Jason Stahl said the goal is for other Atlantic Coast Conference schools join Stanford in forming chapters. That would create momentum for unionization and the ability for players to bargain with conferences over working conditions.

Stanford players elected offensive lineman Fisher Anderson and linebacker Ernest Cooper as their representatives.

“Stanford has been a pioneer and innovator not just in football but as a school in general,” Cooper said “This first-ever current player-led chapter at Stanford is just another example of this innovation. We want to be leaders in college football and show other schools how they can create a chapter on their campus because we believe this is the future of college football.”

Anderson said the CFBPA will play a role in giving players a voice in all aspects of governing college football.

“Over the past five years, college football has been rocked back and forth by the waves,” he said. “When a CFBPA chapter becomes a reality on every college football team, it would put down an anchor where there isn't one right now for the sport. The chapters can then become the building blocks for conference-wide collective bargaining agreements, which would bring sustainability, transparency and player protections to a sport in need of all three.”

The NCAA and conferences have been working with federal legislators on a Senate bill that would grant the NCAA an antitrust exemption to be able to enforce rules such as a salary cap and transfer restrictions. Some athletic directors have suggested collective bargaining as an alternative if federal legislation is not passed, but a number of obstacles related to giving college athletes employee status would have to be cleared.

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The candidates running to succeed U.S. Rep. Frederica Wilson, who has represented the 24th Congressional District for about 13 years, include two Haitian Americans and a member of a local political dynasty.

As of Wednesday, campaign finance records showed retired U.S. Air Force Col. Dr. Rudolph “Rudy” Moise, who was born in Port-au-Prince, leads the crowded field with over $631,000 in total receipts.

The physician, who has a practice in North Miami and also earned a juris doctor and a master of business administration from the University of Miami, said he wants to change the Medicare eligibility age to 55.

“The difficulty that they are experiencing right now, rising, also, costs, groceries, gasoline, medicine, health care,” said Moise, 71, a Haitian American.

Miami-Dade Commissioner Oliver G. Gilbert II, a former Miami Gardens mayor, followed with over $524,000 in receipts, according to campaign finance records. Wilson formally endorsed him on June 22.

“Whether you are in District 24 in Florida or District 24 in Texas, you need healthcare, you need food security, you need affordable housing, you need to be able to go to the store if your check didn’t get bigger, but prices got bigger. That’s a problem for real Americans, and I want to help with that,” said Gilbert, 53, who also earned a J.D. from UM.

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniela Levine Cava also endorsed Gilbert. A St. Pete Polls survey commissioned by Florida Politics showed Gilbert had the support of 27% of Democrats.

At 29 years old, Kendrick Meek Jr., who also earned a J.D. from UM, follows Gilbert with more than $486,500, according to campaign finance records.

“I’m the only candidate in this race that has experience working on Capitol Hill and at the White House. I’m very proud of that,” Meek said about his internships at the House Administration Committee in 2015 and the House Judiciary Committee in 2021, and his work as an aide on healthcare policy initiatives under the Biden administration.

Meek said he wants to follow in the footsteps of his father, former U.S. Rep. Kendrick B. Meek, who served Florida’s 17th Congressional District from 2003 to 2011, and his grandmother, the late former U.S. Rep. Carrie Meek, who served Florida’s 17th Congressional District from 1993 to 2003.

“I know that I’m going to be able to bring resources... on behalf of this community from day one,” Meek said.

Former U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson endorsed Meek. A St. Pete Polls survey commissioned by Florida Politics showed Meek had the support of 10% of Democrats.

Florida Sen. Shevrin Jones follows Meek with over $148,000 in total receipts, according to campaign finance records.

On Wednesday, the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida endorsed Jones, 42, who earned a doctorate in education from Florida Atlantic University.

“You look at the cost of healthcare and people having to choose to pay their rent or even getting their prescription drugs. That is a broken system. That is a government that is working against the people and not for the people,” Jones said.

Broward County Commissioner Alexandra Davis, and former Miami-Dade Commissioners Betty Ferguson and Barbara Jordan endorsed Jones.

A St. Pete Polls survey commissioned by Florida Politics showed Jones had the support of 24% of Democrats.

Jean Monestime, a former Miami-Dade County commissioner, follows with more than $57,000 in receipts, according to campaign finance records.

“We can do a lot building people up, instead of pushing people down, and we do so by providing them with an opportunity. I’m a candidate for Congress because these are the opportunities this community gave to me a little over 45 years ago when I arrived here,” said Monestime, 63, a Haitian-American businessman and former real estate broker.

Roderick D. Vereen, a criminal defense attorney who was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1990, had $15,000 in receipts, according to campaign finance records.

“When I look at the other candidates, I think I’m the most qualified. Congress is the lawmaking body of the government, and I’m a lawyer, so I think I have a better grasp of the law,” Vereen, 64, said. “I think I can be a better voice of the people in Washington D.C. This is the right time for me to take that opportunity.”

Marshal L. Davis, Sr., the director of the Marshal L. Davis, Sr. African Heritage Cultural Arts Center in Miami’s Liberty City since 1963, had more than $13,000 in receipts, according to campaign finance records.

“We’ve got to look at what we consider to be the problem because with any problem, there is a solution,” Davis, 76, said. “We have to look at our potential and be expansive, and we’ve got to govern ourselves by principles.”

The mail-in ballot request deadline is Aug. 6, the Democratic primary is Aug. 18, and the general election is Nov. 3.

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James' blue No. 23 jersey hangs in a locker with a crown as a nod to his King nickname on the shelf.

The 76ers and James announced Monday their two-year deal on the veteran's minimum for $8 million total was official and that the four-time NBA MVP was indeed a Sixer.

“There is no doubt LeBron is one of the greatest players to ever play the game of basketball and there are no words to measure the impact he’ll have on this organization," team president Mike Gansey said.

The NBA’s career scoring leader, James revealed his choice on social media Friday, saying it will be his “last decision” and that it came after he strongly considered retirement.

“I believe I can help make the Philadelphia 76ers a championship team and I am so excited to energize a new fan base and start this incredible journey one last time,” James said.

James posted videos on his Instagram story Monday morning with the caption: “It's that time again. 4:12 AM. Let's get it.” He posed workout videos from the gym throughout the weekend.

A four-time NBA champion, James wrote he was “done” when his 23rd NBA season ended and that it was his last with the Los Angeles Lakers.

He instead reversed course and signed with a Sixers franchise that's loaded with All-Star starters in Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and Jaylen Brown yet has failed to win an NBA championship since 1983 or even advance out of the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs since 2001.

James, who turns 42 in December, appears up for the challenge of turning the Sixers into champions much as he did when he ended a 56-year championship drought for Cleveland by leading the Cavaliers to the title in 2016.

“I cannot wait to see LeBron alongside Jaylen Brown, VJ Edgecombe, Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and our talented roster as we work to deliver a championship for Philly," team owner Josh Harris said.

The Sixers went 45-37 last season and were swept in the second round by the eventual NBA champion New York Knicks.

James’ resume is beyond compare in NBA history. He is a 22-time All-Star, a 21-time All-NBA selection, a four-time Most Valuable Player, a four-time NBA Finals MVP, a three-time All-Star Game MVP and a member of the NBA’s 75th anniversary team.

He also is coming off a season in which he averaged 20.9 points, 6.1 rebounds and 7.2 assists per game. For his career, he has averaged 26.8 points, 7.5 rebounds and 7.4 assists in more than 1,600 games.

James started his career in Cleveland in 2003 and spent seven seasons with the Cavaliers before heading to Miami for four seasons — where he won his first two NBA titles. He then returned to Cleveland for four more seasons, including that title run in 2016, and left in 2018 for the Lakers and won a championship in 2020.

James is the first player in NBA history to be named an NBA Finals MVP with three different franchises.

James is set for a reunion with Gansey, who was hired in late May after the Sixers fired Daryl Morey.

Gansey joined the Cavaliers in 2011 and had worked as their general manager since 2022. His and James' ties were first forged as Ohio basketball stars more than two decades ago. Gansey at Olmsted Falls High School was runner-up in 2001 for Ohio's Mr. Basketball award to James — who won it three times for St. Vincent–St. Mary High School before bypassing college and going straight to the NBA.

“I have had the pleasure of knowing LeBron since high school and have seen the high-level impact he’s produced at every stop of his basketball journey," Gansey said. “He is a consummate professional, the ultimate competitor and a tireless worker. But he is also an incredible person with natural leadership traits, a family man, and someone who possesses unwavering commitment to community and those around him.”

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Cracker Barrel said Monday that CEO Julie Masino will step down next month but remain with the company until Oct. 9 in an advisory capacity.

David Deno will succeed Masino on Aug. 10 as CEO. Deno served as the CEO of Bloomin' Brands, which owns Outback Steakhouse and other chains, from 2019 until he retired in 2024. He has also held executive roles as Best Buy and Yum Brands, which is the parent company of KFC and Taco Bell.

Lebanon, Tennessee-based Cracker Barrel hired Masino, a longtime Taco Bell and Starbucks executive, in July 2023. She was chosen for her record as an innovator with the hope that she would attract new customers to Cracker Barrel, which operates nearly 660 restaurants in 43 states.

Masino introduced updated menu items, like Hashbrown Casserole Shepherd’s Pie, to increase Cracker Barrel’s dinnertime traffic. She also started remodeling the company’s dark, antique-filled restaurants, lightening the walls and installing more comfortable seating.

Then, last August, Cracker Barrel announced plans to ditch its longtime logo, which features an older, overall-clad man leaning on a barrel as well as the words “Old Country Store.” The company said it would continue to honor Uncle Herschel — the man in its logo, who represents the uncle of Cracker Barrel’s founder — on its menu and on items sold in its stores. But the new logo would be simpler and easier to read on road signs and in phone apps.

The backlash was immediate. Fans didn’t like the new logo and also rebelled against the store redesigns. Even President Donald Trump weighed in, saying in a Truth Social post that Cracker Barrel “should go back to the old logo, admit a mistake based on customer response (the ultimate Poll), and manage the company better than ever before.”

Masino reversed course within a few days, but the damage was done. Cracker Barrel's same-store restaurant sales plunged 5% last fall and 7% in the quarter ending Jan. 30, 2026. Same-store sales at the retail stores connected to its restaurants dropped even further.

Still, the company's shareholders voted in November to keep Masino in place as CEO, and sales trends had begun to improve in recent months. In the quarter ending May 1, same-store restaurant sales were down 2.6% and the company raised its full-year revenue and profit forecast.

Masino also helped sharpen the company's focus on the Cracker Barrel brand with the sale of the company's Maple Street Biscuit Co. stores. Cracker Barrel acquired Maple Street in 2019 and operated 50 locations around the country.

Citi analyst Jon Tower said in a research note Monday that the news of Masino's departure was surprising given those recent improvements.

Cracker Barrel shares fell 2.7% in early afternoon trading.

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Alejandro Leon was booked into the Broward Main Jail on Sunday. Authorities in Rockingham, North Carolina arrested him, along with Samantha Feliz, on Wednesday after a judge signed an arrest warrant earlier this month.

Leon, 21, and Feliz, 20, are suspected of allowing their baby daughter, Angelina, to die through neglect not long after she was born, and then claiming the little girl was a “hoax” who never existed.

Police said they still have not found Angelina’s body, but compiled circumstantial evidence, including a photo of the baby “showing no signs of life“ and blood found on baby clothing and towels in a Hollywood storage unit, that led them to conclude that she is dead.

During Monday’s court appearance, a Broward judge reset Leon’s hearing to Tuesday after his attorney asked for time to review evidence.

Meanwhile, records show that Feliz remains behind bars in North Carolina, awaiting extradition to South Florida.

Records from the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office in the Tar Heel State show that she has a court appearance there scheduled for Thursday.

Alejandro Leon fue ingresado en la cárcel principal de Broward el domingo. Las autoridades en Rockingham, Carolina del Norte, lo arrestaron, junto con Samantha Feliz, el miércoles después de que un juez firmara una orden de arresto a principios de este mes.

Leon, de 21 años, y Feliz, de 20, son sospechosos de permitir que su hija bebé, Angelina, muriera por negligencia poco después de nacer, y luego afirmar que la niña era un “engaño” que nunca existió.

La policía indicó que aún no ha encontrado el cuerpo de Angelina, pero recopiló evidencia circunstancial, incluida una foto de la bebé “sin señales de vida” y sangre encontrada en ropa de bebé y toallas en una unidad de almacenamiento en Hollywood, lo que los llevó a concluir que está muerta.

Durante la comparecencia del lunes, un juez de Broward reprogramó la audiencia de Leon para el martes después de que su abogado solicitara tiempo para revisar la evidencia.

Mientras tanto, los registros muestran que Feliz permanece detenida en Carolina del Norte, en espera de ser extraditada al sur de Florida.

Registros de la Oficina del Sheriff del condado Richmond en ese estado muestran que tiene una audiencia judicial programada allí para el jueves.

The Loudon County Sheriff's Office said deputies responded late Sunday to a shooting in Ashburn, Virginia, where the couple still had a home from Bieniemy's time coaching the Washington Commanders. They found the 57-year-old Mia Bieniemy with multiple gunshot wounds, and she was transported to a hospital where she was in stable condition Monday.

Elijah Zion Bieniemy, the 27-year-old son of the couple, was arrested early Monday in connection with the shooting. He has been charged with malicious wounding, use of a firearm in commission of a felony and discharge of a firearm inside a dwelling, and is being held without bond at the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center.

The sheriff's office said the investigation was ongoing.

Eric Bieniemy was with the Chiefs at training camp in St. Joseph, Missouri, earlier Sunday. He was not present for Monday's workout involving rookies, quarterbacks and a few veterans, which was closed to the public.

“Our hearts go out to Eric Bieniemy and his family. Thoughts and prayers with them,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said afterward. “I can't get into details on it, but things happen sometimes, and Eric will work through it. He has a great support group here, as does his family, as needed, and we'll just let time take care of it from there. But Mia is stable, which is a plus.

“She's a saint, we all know that, those of you that know her. One of God's great blessings,” Reid added. “But things happen. And you have to work through it. That's where we're at right now. Time will have to be involved in this to help heal."

Reid did not know how long Bieniemy would be away from the team. Pass game coordinator Joe Bleymaier and offensive line coach Andy Heck will take over his duties as the Chiefs continue with offensive installations during training camp.

“On these things, real life. So you take care of that,” Reid said. “We'll be able to keep it moving here, but the most important thing is EB has an opportunity to spend some time there are take care of that business."

Eric Bieniemy was part of Reid's initial staff in Kansas City in 2013, and spent five seasons as the running backs coach before he was promoted to offensive coordinator. Over the next five seasons, the demanding but popular Bieniemy helped the Chiefs to reach three Super Bowls and win two of them while directing one of the NFL's best offenses.

He interviewed for several head-coaching jobs but was continually skipped over, so Bieniemy went to the Commanders in 2023 in hopes of burnishing his resume. But the team struggled and coach Ron Rivera's staff was let go, and Bieniemy spent one season as the offensive coordinator at UCLA before spending last season as the running backs coach with the Bears.

Bieniemy returned to the Chiefs this season to replace Matt Nagy as the offensive coordinator. He was present for offseason workouts in Kansas City over the summer, and he was with the team when it began to report to training camp last week.

The Chiefs are off Tuesday. The first full-squad workout at Missouri Western State University is Wednesday.

“It's great to have (Bieniemy) back in the building,” Reid said last week. “He always brings great energy. I've told you, he's one of the more phenomenal guys I have been around at being a leader of men. He is doing that. He's in there cranking — works his tail off, and I appreciate that. Doesn't let anything slide by. Does a good job with that.”

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Agents had been looking for Elaine Escoe, of Palm Beach County, for nearly two months.

They accuse her of submitting more than 90 fake applications for COVID relief funds through the Paycheck Protection Program.

The applications totaled $32 million.

Escoe was arrested back in May, but agents said she never showed up for her June court appearance.

Agents said they got a tip that she flew to Jamaica.

Authorities there helped with her arrest before she was brought back to the United States, agents confirmed.

Los agentes habían estado buscando a Elaine Escoe, del condado Palm Beach, durante casi dos meses.

La acusan de presentar más de 90 solicitudes falsas para fondos de alivio por COVID a través del Programa de Protección de Nómina.

Las solicitudes totalizaron $32,000,000 USD.

Escoe fue arrestada en mayo, pero los agentes indicaron que nunca se presentó a su audiencia judicial en junio.

Los agentes dijeron que recibieron una pista de que voló a Jamaica.

Las autoridades allí ayudaron con su arresto antes de que fuera traída de regreso a Estados Unidos, confirmaron los agentes.

La Policía informó que Jerry Saint Vil, de 26 años, huyó antes de que los agentes llegaran a la gasolinera Mobil ubicada en el 16961 de Miramar Parkway.

Según la Policía, Saint Vil está acusado de apuñalar a un hombre tras un altercado.

La víctima sufrió heridas graves y fue trasladada en helicóptero a un hospital cercano, donde posteriormente murió.

Cualquier persona que tenga información adicional debe comunicarse con el Departamento de Policía de Miramar o con Broward Crime Stoppers al 954-493-8477.

Oficiales del SWAT rodearon una casa en Fort Lauderdale, cerca de Northeast 16th Avenue y Third Court, la mañana del domingo.

Según las autoridades, los oficiales recibieron alrededor de las 5:30 a.m. un reporte de una mujer que pedía ayuda a la policía.

Cuando llegaron, los oficiales determinaron que dentro de un Airbnb había ocurrido un violento incidente doméstico, en el que la víctima fue golpeada por su novio, identificado como Andrew Green, dijeron las autoridades.

La policía dijo que Green, de 42 años, se negó entonces a salir de la casa.

Las autoridades indicaron que dentro de la vivienda, junto a Green, estaba uno de sus hijos. Un segundo menor ya había salido de la casa, dijo la policía.

Los oficiales agregaron que los niños eran hijos de Green, pero no de la mujer a la que, según la policía, golpeó.

Una vez que el menor salió de la casa sin lesiones, la policía dijo que Green seguía negándose a salir, por lo que usaron un “irritante en aerosol” dentro de la vivienda para obligarlo a salir.

Green fue entonces puesto bajo custodia, dijo la policía.

“So many people have written to me, kindly wondering about my relative silence, asking how I am and what I have been doing. The truth is, I’ve been learning how to live with Parkinson’s disease,” Simon's statement on Monday read.

The singer, 83, had been experiencing arthritis in one of her hips and both her knees, resulting in replacement surgeries for those three joints. But her mobility continued to decline. At times, she said, she could not walk without “considerable help.”

“My family and I knew that something more was going on. After an extensive evaluation at the Mayo Clinic, I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s,” she said.

“It has taken me some time to understand the diagnosis, to adjust to it, and to decide how much I wanted to say about it publicly,” she explained. “Parkinson’s is different for everyone, and it can be unpredictable. Some days I’m so tired I can’t get the day moving at all. On others, it gives me a little more room to move, think, work, and feel like myself.”

Parkinson’s is a neurologic disease that robs people of control over their movements. It typically starts with tremors and is characterized by slow movement, a shuffling gait, stiff limbs, balance problems and slurred speech.

About 1 million Americans are living with Parkinson’s, and 10 million people worldwide, the Parkinson’s Foundation estimates. It usually appears after age 60, though it sometimes develops before age 50.

The exact cause isn’t known, but Parkinson’s develops when cells that produce one of the brain’s chemical messengers — dopamine — begin to deteriorate and die.

There is no cure, but there are treatments including medications that affect dopamine levels and a surgically implanted tremor-blocking device. Patients also can benefit from physical and occupational therapy.

“I began treatment, including taking medication to help with stiffness and other symptoms,” Simon said. “There is no tidy or predictable schedule to the illness. It does not consult my calendar before deciding what kind of day I am going to have.”

She also shared that she was treated for basal cell carcinoma, a common form of skin cancer, on her face at the same time. She had surgery, and the cancer was removed, “but the surgery affected my appearance and made me more self-conscious about being seen in public,” she said.

She said music has been a salve, and on Aug. 14, she will release “Comes in Waves,” her first album of original songs since 2008.

“Working on the music gave shape to days that did not always have much shape. It gave me somewhere to go without having to leave the room,” she continued. “It reminded me that illness can change your life without becoming the whole of your life.”

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SWAT officers surrounded a home in Fort Lauderdale off Northeast 16th Avenue and Third Court in the city’s Victoria Park neighborhood on Sunday morning.

Some residents along the street were woken up to a chaotic scene and a woman frantically searching for help.

“Banging on my neighbor’s door, my door, blood all over the door,” said one resident, who asked not to be identified. “We called 911.”

According to authorities, officers received a report of a woman requesting help from police around 5:30 a.m.

When they arrived, responding officers determined a violent domestic incident had occurred inside an Airbnb in which the victim was battered by her boyfriend, who they identified as Andrew Green, authorities said.

Police said Green, 42, then refused to come out of the house.

Authorities said inside the home along with Green was one of his children. A second child had already left the house, police said.

Officers added that the children were Green’s, but not the victim’s.

Once the remaining child left the house unharmed, police said Green still refused to come out, so they sent an “aerosol irritant” into the house, forcing him to exit.

He was then taken into custody, police said.

Green is facing charges of domestic battery, domestic battery by strangulation and false imprisonment.

Following Green’s arrest, Airbnb released a statement to Local 10 News about the SWAT situation.

“The kind of behavior being reported has no place on Airbnb, and we’ve suspended the accused’s account while we look into the incident,” the company said. “We stand ready to support Fort Lauderdale Police in their investigation.”

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The unsavory surprises included roaches in the rice, rodent droppings, flies contaminating food, a sewage backup in a food prep area, and even a restaurant with no sink or dishwasher to clean its dishes. Inspectors ordered the kitchens to clean up and fix the problems.

No kitchens in Broward or the Florida Keys were ordered shut last week.

All the places listed were allowed to re-open following an ordered cleanup and then a re-inspection.

**LAS DELICIAS RESTAURANT

748 WEST 49TH ST.

HIALEAH

ORDERED SHUT 7/24

18 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Observed approximately 3 live roaches inside rice container at kitchen area."

“Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. Observed approximately 3 live roaches inside rice container at kitchen area. Also observed approximately 3 live roaches under chest freezer at kitchen area.”

“Dead roaches on premises. Observed 1 dead roach on preparation table at kitchen area. Observed approximately 7 dead roaches under preparation table at kitchen area. Repeat Violation.”

“Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin.”

“Food stored in a prohibited area. Observed raw pork uncovered container inside mop sink at kitchen area. Operator removed during inspection.”

“Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Observed cooked pork (48F - Cooling); cooked rice (46F - Cooling); beans (43F - Cold Holding); cooked yuca (43F - Cold Holding); chicken soup (43F - Cold Holding); chicken wings (43F - Cold Holding) ground beef (43F - Cold Holding) on reach in cooler, as per operator from previous day.”

“No currently certified food service manager on duty with four or more employees engaged in food preparation/handling.”

**KELLY’S CAJUN GRILL

1635 WEST 49TH ST.

HIALEAH

ORDERED SHUT 7/20

23 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. Observed approximately 4 rodent droppings under preparation table at kitchen area."

“Dead roaches on premises. Observed approximately 10 dead roaches inside reach in freezer at cook line. Observed approximately 3 dead roaches under equipment at cook line. Observed approximately 6 dead roaches inside walk in cooler.”

“Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin.”

“Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed food stored on dirty plastic containers at walk in cooler.”

“Floor not cleaned when the least amount of food is exposed. Observed throughout kitchen.”

“Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed breaded fish (46F - Cold Holding); cooked chicken (46F - Cold Holding); raw chicken (48F - Cold Holding) on walk in cooler, as per operator less than 2 hours.”

“Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Observed raw chicken (frozen) in standing water at 3 compartment sink. Employee moved to walk in cooler.”

“Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Observed employee coming from bathroom and begin work without washing their hands.”

**PUBBELLY SUSHI

8970 SW 72ND PLACE

DADELAND

ORDERED SHUT 7/20

8 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Live, small flying insects found. Observed approximately 20 live flies inside of plastic bin touching potatoes; on rack outside of walk in cooler and ice machine. Observed 3 live flies on kitchen cooking equipment on dry dish rack in ware wash area. Observed 1 live fly on wall in mop sink next to ware wash area. Observed 2 live flies on box of parchment paper outside of walk in freezer. Observed 2 live flies in air outside of walk in freezer.”

“Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Observed 1 case of potatoes with approximately 20 live flies inside touching product.”

**SUBWAY

20505 SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY

CUTLER BAY

ORDERED SHUT 7/24

9 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“Sewage/wastewater backing up through floor drain. Sewage water coming up from the floor drain once I start the water in hand wash sink in the preparation area by the 3 compartment sink. The area where the water is backing up cannot be contained. Backup is in the preparation area by the 3 compartment sink.”

“Objectionable odors in bathroom or other areas of the establishment. Observed odor at the kitchen area once the water sewage backed up from the floor.”

“Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Observed standing water in the floor next to 3 compartment sink.”

“Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Repeat Violation.”

“Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Observed manager with no hair restraint while engaged in food preparation.”

**JUST4FUN

5701 SUNSET DR.

SOUTH MIAMI

ORDERED SHUT 7/24

1 VIOLATIONS FOUND

“No dishwashing facilities of any kind provided. Observed triple sink removed from establishment, no dishwasher available for proper wash rinse and sanitizing. As per operator, mall had them remove all ware washing equipment and drain was sealed.”

Las sorpresas desagradables incluyeron cucarachas en el arroz, excremento de roedores, moscas contaminando alimentos, un respaldo de aguas residuales en un área de preparación de comida, e incluso un restaurante sin fregadero ni lavavajillas para limpiar sus platos. Los inspectores ordenaron a las cocinas limpiar y corregir los problemas.

Ninguna cocina en Broward o los Cayos de Florida fue ordenada a cerrar la semana pasada.

Todos los lugares listados pudieron reabrir tras una limpieza ordenada y luego una reinspección.

**LAS DELICIAS RESTAURANT

748 WEST 49TH ST.

HIALEAH

ORDENADO A CERRAR 7/24

18 VIOLACIONES ENCONTRADAS

“Se emitió orden de suspensión de venta debido a que los alimentos no estaban en condiciones sanas y aptas. Se observaron aproximadamente 3 cucarachas vivas dentro del contenedor de arroz en el área de la cocina.”

“Actividad de cucarachas presente según evidencia de cucarachas vivas encontradas. Se observaron aproximadamente 3 cucarachas vivas dentro del contenedor de arroz en el área de la cocina. También se observaron aproximadamente 3 cucarachas vivas debajo del congelador horizontal en el área de la cocina.”

“Cucarachas muertas en el establecimiento. Se observó 1 cucaracha muerta sobre la mesa de preparación en el área de la cocina. Se observaron aproximadamente 7 cucarachas muertas debajo de la mesa de preparación en el área de la cocina. Violación repetida.”

“Acumulación de sustancia tipo moho negro/verde en el interior de la máquina o contenedor de hielo.”

“Alimentos almacenados en un área prohibida. Se observó carne de cerdo cruda en un recipiente sin cubrir dentro del fregadero para trapeadores en el área de la cocina. El operador la retiró durante la inspección.”

“Se emitió orden de suspensión de venta de alimentos controlados por tiempo/temperatura por razones de seguridad debido a abuso de temperatura. Se observó cerdo cocido (48F - Enfriamiento), arroz cocido (46F - Enfriamiento), frijoles (43F - Conservación en frío), yuca cocida (43F - Conservación en frío), sopa de pollo (43F - Conservación en frío), alitas de pollo (43F - Conservación en frío), carne molida (43F - Conservación en frío) en refrigerador, según el operador del día anterior.”

“No había un gerente de servicio de alimentos certificado en servicio con cuatro o más empleados involucrados en la preparación/manipulación de alimentos.”

**KELLY’S CAJUN GRILL

1635 WEST 49TH ST.

HIALEAH

ORDENADO A CERRAR 7/20

23 VIOLACIONES ENCONTRADAS

“Actividad de roedores presente según evidencia de excremento de roedores encontrado. Se observaron aproximadamente 4 excrementos de roedores debajo de la mesa de preparación en el área de la cocina.”

“Cucarachas muertas en el establecimiento. Se observaron aproximadamente 10 cucarachas muertas dentro del congelador en la línea de cocina. Se observaron aproximadamente 3 cucarachas muertas debajo del equipo en la línea de cocina. Se observaron aproximadamente 6 cucarachas muertas dentro del refrigerador tipo walk-in.”

“Acumulación de sustancia tipo moho negro/verde en el interior de la máquina o contenedor de hielo.”

“Superficie en contacto con alimentos sucia con residuos de comida, sustancia tipo moho o baba. Se observó comida almacenada sobre recipientes plásticos sucios en el refrigerador walk-in.”

“El piso no fue limpiado cuando la menor cantidad de alimentos está expuesta. Se observó en toda la cocina.”

“Alimentos controlados por tiempo/temperatura mantenidos en frío a más de 41 grados Fahrenheit. Se observó pescado empanizado (46F - Conservación en frío), pollo cocido (46F - Conservación en frío), pollo crudo (48F - Conservación en frío) en refrigerador walk-in, según el operador por menos de 2 horas.”

“Alimentos controlados por tiempo/temperatura descongelados de manera incorrecta. Se observó pollo crudo (congelado) en agua estancada en fregadero de 3 compartimentos. Empleado lo movió al refrigerador walk-in.”

“Empleado comenzó a trabajar con alimentos, manipular equipo o utensilios limpios, o tocar artículos de un solo uso sin envolver sin lavarse las manos primero. Se observó empleado saliendo del baño y comenzando a trabajar sin lavarse las manos.”

**PUBBELLY SUSHI

8970 SW 72ND PLACE

DADELAND

ORDENADO A CERRAR 7/20

8 VIOLACIONES ENCONTRADAS

“Insectos voladores pequeños vivos encontrados. Se observaron aproximadamente 20 moscas vivas dentro de un recipiente plástico tocando papas, en un estante fuera del refrigerador walk-in y máquina de hielo. Se observaron 3 moscas vivas sobre equipo de cocina en el área de lavado. Se observó 1 mosca viva en la pared en el fregadero de trapeadores junto al área de lavado. Se observaron 2 moscas vivas sobre una caja de papel pergamino fuera del congelador walk-in. Se observaron 2 moscas vivas en el aire fuera del congelador walk-in.”

“Se emitió orden de suspensión de venta debido a que los alimentos no estaban en condiciones sanas y aptas. Se observó 1 caja de papas con aproximadamente 20 moscas vivas dentro tocando el producto.”

**SUBWAY

20505 SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY

CUTLER BAY

ORDENADO A CERRAR 7/24

9 VIOLACIONES ENCONTRADAS

“Aguas residuales regresando a través del drenaje del piso. Agua de alcantarillado saliendo del drenaje del piso al abrir el agua en el fregadero de lavado de manos en el área de preparación junto al fregadero de 3 compartimentos. El área donde el agua regresa no puede ser contenida. El respaldo está en el área de preparación junto al fregadero de 3 compartimentos.”

“Olores desagradables en el baño u otras áreas del establecimiento. Se observó olor en el área de la cocina una vez que el agua residual salió del drenaje del piso.”

“Áreas del piso cubiertas con agua estancada. Se observó agua estancada en el piso junto al fregadero de 3 compartimentos.”

“Acumulación de sustancia tipo moho negro/verde en el interior de la máquina o contenedor de hielo. Violación repetida.”

“Empleado sin restricción de cabello mientras participa en la preparación de alimentos. Se observó al gerente sin restricción de cabello mientras participaba en la preparación de alimentos.”

**JUST4FUN

5701 SUNSET DR.

SOUTH MIAMI

ORDENADO A CERRAR 7/24

1 VIOLACIÓN ENCONTRADA

“No se proporcionan instalaciones para lavar utensilios de ningún tipo. Se observó que el fregadero triple fue retirado del establecimiento, sin lavavajillas disponible para un lavado, enjuague y desinfección adecuados. Según el operador, el centro comercial les hizo retirar todo el equipo de lavado y el drenaje fue sellado.”

Put another way, that means the inferno was no longer simply being propelled by the weather. It was making its own. The thundercloud also produced violent, erratic winds capable of driving the flames in new directions.

The phenomenon, called a pyrocumulonimbus, or pyroCb, is rare in Europe and more commonly documented in North America and Australia, where it occurs only over some of the most extreme fires. France’s national firefighters federation said it had never before recorded one in the country.

The blaze erupted near Saumos on July 22 and has since burned more than 420 square kilometers (162 square miles) of forests and scrubland, damaged or destroyed more than 240 homes and forced 220,000 people to evacuate in Gironde.

At about 6:20 p.m. Friday, two days after the fire began, the departmental fire and rescue service said it had generated a pyrocumulonimbus. The cloud weakened overnight as humidity rose, then formed again several times.

An electrified black thundercloud

Repeatedly, heat and smoke have surged upward into a vast black thundercloud, electrified and lit from within.

“Imagine a campfire so large and hot that the smoke rising off it turns into a storm-like cloud,” said Theodore M. Giannaros, a fire meteorologist at the National Observatory of Athens.

“That is a pyroCb — a storm cloud born from the intense heat that a wildfire produces.”

It takes more than a big fire.

There is no set temperature at which one forms, Giannaros said; what is needed is the kind of atmosphere that breeds dry thunderstorms — very hot, very dry air near the ground, with cooler and moister air above it.

Hot air loaded with smoke and moisture then rises rapidly from the flames. As it climbs and cools, water vapor condenses around particles of ash.

Above the freezing level, droplets become ice crystals whose collisions separate electrical charges, as in an ordinary thunderstorm.

Lightning and more destruction follow

Beneath this storm lies a landscape already primed to burn. The cloud then amplifies the disaster that created it.

Rising air pulls powerful winds toward the fire, while downdrafts punch gusts back to the surface.

Those shifts can turn the flames, divide them into several fronts or send them racing in a new direction.

“It’s a feedback loop, not a one-way effect,” Giannaros said. “Once it forms, the cloud becomes its own weather system, sitting on top of the fire and making it harder to predict.”

The systems can also spin up whirling columns of flame — usually a fire whirl, which Giannaros describes as a dust devil made of fire and heat instead of dust.

True tornadoes are rarer, though one struck Redding, California, during the 2018 Carr Fire with winds equivalent to an EF-3, killing a fire inspector.

For firefighters, escape routes can close without warning as fresh outbreaks appear beyond their crews and equipment.

Direct attack may become impossible, forcing crews to retreat and defend communities.

The danger, Giannaros said, is fire moving faster than evacuations can be organized.

Until now, pyroCbs have been essentially an Australian and North American phenomenon. Canada alone produced a record 142 of them in 2023.

In Europe, pyroCbs have been rare

Portugal recorded one during its deadly 2017 fire season. France has now joined the list.

The continent is heating faster than any other on Earth — at roughly twice the global average since the 1980s, according to the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service and the World Meteorological Organization — with heat waves growing more frequent and severe and drought spreading across the south, curing forests into fuel.

Hotter and drier conditions give extreme fires more opportunity to form them, Giannaros said, but scientists still lack enough long-term data to establish a trend.

The European research project ROSETTA aims to close that gap.

The most common misunderstanding, he said, is that the cloud is merely a side effect. As long as it hangs above the flames, it is helping decide where the fire goes next.

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We’ve looked at how El Niño condenses hurricane season activity and often shuts down the season early. We’ve written about the rapid pace of the current El Niño and how it’s having an earlier-than-usual influence on wind shear across the Caribbean, where El Niño’s influence is most noticeable during the peak months of the hurricane season. We’ve also examined how the odds of a hurricane hit change for each state in a relative sense in El Niño years like this one. We’ve even singled out the subtropics as a hotspot in seasons when El Niño comes to town.

Where might we see increased or reduced tropical activity this season?

Today we’ll analyze how strong El Niños like this one transform the typical pattern of tropical activity across the Atlantic. When we isolate only the strongest El Niño years of the modern satellite record (since around 1966), we find a stark reduction in tropical activity – as measured by the Accumulated Cyclone Energy or ACE – across most of the Gulf and Caribbean and around South Florida compared to the typical 30-year averages. This reduction in tropical activity is statistically significant and consistent with previous research that shows significantly less damage to the mainland U.S. during El Niño years.

Also the increase in tropical activity east of the U.S. in the subtropics around Bermuda, though not statistically significant, is consistent with other research finding storms tend to recurve over the open Atlantic more frequently during El Niño years.

During strong La Niña years, the pattern is essentially flipped, with a statistically significant increase in tropical activity across nearly the entire belt from Africa through the Caribbean – the primary hurricane thoroughfare known as the Main Development Region or MDR – and across the Gulf. It’s no surprise that these years are often the busiest and most destructive of our hurricane seasons.

That said, the wiggles and wobbles of activity during El Niño years are smoothed out in these analyses to show the overall effect of El Niño or La Niña on the season. Hurricanes – even big, strong hurricanes – can still happen during strong El Niños and nothing in these analyses suggests one can’t hit this year. What this does tell us is the strike risk is reduced to the U.S. this season and we should expect overall fewer storms closer to home than what we might expect in a non-El-Niño season.

Cold brew kind of summer

Even with Arthur in June and Bertha last week (two weak, short-lived storms), overall tropical activity across the Atlantic – as measured by the strength and duration of storms – continues to run well below average.

Forecast models are muted through at least the first week of August, which would keep 2026 on pace as the slowest start to a hurricane season since 2009. We’ll have more details of the longer-range picture in future newsletters this week, but in brief, the Atlantic is in rough shape headed into the peak weeks of the hurricane season, which bodes well for noticeably less activity this season.

The school announced July 20 that it would buy out the remaining three years on Manuel's contract and he will step down at the end of 2026. Manuel agreed to step down following investigations into former football coach Sherrone Moore’s relationship with his executive assistant and a probe into the athletic department.

In addition to the payout, Manuel will receive former athletic director perks such as being eligible for tickets to Michigan games and having golf privileges. The university also agreed to make a $108,000 contribution to his retirement account and pay his attorney fees of $82,000.

Manuel agreed to remain employed by the university until he voluntary resigns Dec. 31, and his personnel record will reflect a resignation. He also agreed to not be an athletic director or senior athletic adviser for any Big Ten school for two years from the date of his resignation. Manuel is allowed to accept employment outside the Big Ten with no penalty.

The agreement was obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.

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Hemos analizado cómo El Niño condensa la actividad de la temporada de huracanes y, a menudo, la pone fin prematuramente. Hemos escrito sobre el ritmo acelerado del actual fenómeno de El Niño y cómo está influyendo antes de lo habitual en la cizalladura del viento en el Caribe, donde su influencia es más notoria durante los meses de mayor actividad de la temporada de huracanes. También hemos examinado cómo cambian las probabilidades de que un huracán azote cada estado en términos relativos durante años de El Niño como este. Incluso hemos señalado a las zonas subtropicales como un punto crítico en las temporadas en que El Niño se hace presente.

¿Dónde podríamos observar un aumento o una disminución de la actividad tropical esta temporada?

Hoy analizaremos cómo fenómenos de El Niño tan intensos como este transforman el patrón típico de actividad tropical en el Atlántico. Al aislar únicamente los años de El Niño más intensos registrados por satélite (desde aproximadamente 1966), observamos una marcada reducción de la actividad tropical —medida por la Energía Ciclónica Acumulada o ACE— en la mayor parte del Golfo de México y el Caribe, así como en el sur de Florida, en comparación con los promedios típicos de 30 años. Esta reducción de la actividad tropical es estadísticamente significativa y concuerda con investigaciones previas que demuestran daños significativamente menores en el territorio continental de Estados Unidos durante los años de El Niño.

Asimismo, el aumento de la actividad tropical al este de los EE. UU., en las zonas subtropicales alrededor de las Bermudas, aunque no sea estadísticamente significativo, coincide con otras investigaciones que demuestran que las tormentas tienden a cambiar de rumbo sobre el Atlántico abierto con mayor frecuencia durante los años de El Niño.

Durante los años de La Niña intensa, el patrón se invierte prácticamente por completo, registrándose un aumento estadísticamente significativo de la actividad tropical en casi toda la franja que se extiende desde África hasta el Caribe —la principal ruta de huracanes conocida como Región Principal de Desarrollo o RPD— y a través del Golfo Pérsico. No es de extrañar que estos años suelan ser los más activos y destructivos de nuestras temporadas de huracanes.

Dicho esto, las fluctuaciones de la actividad durante los años de El Niño se suavizan en estos análisis para mostrar el efecto general de El Niño o La Niña en la temporada. Los huracanes, incluso los grandes y fuertes, pueden ocurrir durante un El Niño intenso, y nada en estos análisis sugiere que no pueda ocurrir uno este año. Lo que sí nos indica es que el riesgo de impacto en Estados Unidos se reduce esta temporada y que, en general, deberíamos esperar menos tormentas cerca de casa que en una temporada sin El Niño.

Verano de café frío

Incluso con Arthur en junio y Bertha la semana pasada (dos tormentas débiles y de corta duración), la actividad tropical general en el Atlántico, medida por la fuerza y ​​la duración de las tormentas, continúa estando muy por debajo del promedio.

Los modelos de pronóstico se mantienen poco optimistas al menos hasta la primera semana de agosto, lo que mantendría a 2026 como el inicio de temporada de huracanes más lento desde 2009. Tendremos más detalles sobre el panorama a largo plazo en futuros boletines informativos esta semana, pero en resumen, el Atlántico se encuentra en malas condiciones de cara a las semanas de mayor actividad de la temporada de huracanes, lo que augura una actividad notablemente menor esta temporada.

We will have at least some showers and thunderstorms each day this week, but there will be fewer of them. Rain chances fall as slightly drier air moves in for the rest of the week. So not completely dry, but plenty of sunny weather throughout the day. This will mean hotter than average temperatures in the middle 90s.

Von Hagens' family and the Institute for Plastination, which he founded, said he died on Friday. A statement they issued on Monday gave no further details. Von Hagens had announced in 2010 that he was living with Parkinson’s disease.

Von Hagens trod a fine line between science, entertainment and commerce with his touring exhibits, as well as headline-grabbing actions such as a public autopsy.

At the heart of von Hagens’ work was the so-called plastination process — replacing body fluids with liquid plastic that then hardens. That technique, which he started developing in the 1970s, prevented decay, left tissues intact and allowed him to display preserved corpses and their inner organs.

The resulting exhibition, “Body Worlds,” first went on show in Japan in 1995.

Two years later, the collection of partly skinless corpses went on display in von Hagens’ homeland, overcoming an attempt by local church leaders to block its opening on the grounds that it was disrespectful. Von Hagens said he was helping viewers understand how their bodies work.

The anatomist “is forced in his daily work to reject the taboos and convictions that people have about death and the dead,” von Hagens said of his work.

“I touch here a taboo, which is our body, and nothing is so near as our body is to us,” he said.

The shows used the corpses of people who agreed to donate their bodies for plastination. Critics argued that von Hagens bordered on sensationalism with his works, which included a corpse riding a plastinated horse, and a pregnant woman with an eight-month-old fetus inside.

Von Hagens “plays with the corpses like a child plays with dolls,” the Rev. Ernst Pulsfort, spiritual rector of Berlin’s Catholic Academy, said when the show first opened in the German capital in 2001. He argued that it catered to a “public lust for sensation.”

During a “Body Worlds” show in London in 2002, the anatomist — wearing, as ever, his trademark black fedora — conducted Britain’s first public autopsy in 170 years before a sellout crowd of hundreds, defying government warnings that it might be illegal.

Von Hagens declared it a “huge success.” The British Medical Association’s head of ethics, Dr. Michael Wilkes, said it was “degrading and disrespectful.”

The “Body Worlds” exhibits were shown in several American cities after making their U.S. debut in Los Angeles in 2004.

Von Hagens' “Plastinarium,” where bodies are prepared, opened in the eastern German town of Guben in 2006.

The anatomist was born Gunther Liebchen on Jan. 10, 1945, in what is now western Poland.

He went to medical school in Jena in East Germany, but increasingly questioned the communist system and made a failed attempt to flee to the West. He was detained before West Germany bought his freedom in 1970, a regular practice at the time.

He continued his medical studies at the University of Luebeck and, in the 1970s, began working at Heidelberg University’s pathology and anatomy institute. He married a former classmate, Cornelia von Hagens, and took her surname.

His second wife, Angelina Whalley, heads his Heidelberg-based Institute for Plastination and curates his exhibitions, and he had three children from his first marriage.

Monday's statement said it was von Hagens' wish that his body be made available for plastination and “his family will respect and carry out this wish.”

Abdul Ballout, a German citizen with Lebanese roots, was killed following a search that lasted nearly 24 hours after the attack in downtown Berlin. Prosecutors said he had previously sought to join the militant Islamic State group.

Ballout was suspected of driving a van into a crowd near Berlin’s Pride festival Saturday night before apparently stabbing others with a machete in what authorities believe was an Islamic extremist terror attack.

Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said the attack occurred a few hundred meters (yards) from a party near the Brandenburg Gate that was supposed to close out the city’s Pride festival.

Ballout was tracked down around 6 p.m. Sunday at a garden in Spandau, a Berlin suburb, the city’s police department wrote on X. They said he apparently ran toward officers with a sharp instrument, and police fired at least one shot. He died at the scene.

Ballout was born in Germany, the minister said. His mother was naturalized in 2002, three years before he was born.

Ashley Jump, a 26-year-old U.K. resident, had traveled to Berlin for Saturday’s Pride parade but had left the celebrations before the attack. They returned Sunday to leave flowers at a memorial near the crime scene in support of the LGBTQ+ community.

“They’ll never erase us, we’ll never be gone,” they said. “As long as humanity has existed, we’ve existed. And as long as humanity exists, we will exist. We will not be removed.”

Suspect convicted of ties to Islamic extremism

Ballout traveled to Lebanon in 2025 with the goal of going to Syria to join the Islamic State group, Berlin prosecutors said Sunday.

There, he made contact with several people who were presumed members of the militant group — or at least he believed them to be, prosecutors said. He was arrested in Lebanon last year and sentenced by a military court to three months’ imprisonment for offenses including incitement to religious and sectarian conflict.

He returned to Germany after completing his sentence, where he was arrested at the Berlin airport.

In May, a juvenile court in Berlin convicted Ballout of preparing a serious act of violence endangering the state, as well as publishing Islamic State propaganda on his Instagram account and other charges, prosecutors said.

The court handed down a suspended sentence of 1 year and 10 months in youth custody, which Berlin prosecutors had appealed.

The court said it took Ballout’s months of pre-trial detention in Germany and Lebanon into account. It also said it considered that Ballout had confessed to the crimes, appeared to distance himself from the militant group and no actual threat had ever materialized.

He was released from detention pending the appeal.

Berlin’s Pride festival is one of Europe’s largest LGBTQ+ celebrations

According to police, a white van drove into the Tiergarten park around 10 p.m. and hit several people before colliding with a tree. The closing party at the Pride festival, known as Christopher Street Day, was ongoing at the time next to the Brandenburg Gate, a short distance away. The party followed a parade with some 80 trucks that had made its way through downtown Berlin earlier in the day.

The attack did not occur at the festival, along its route or at the closing party. Rather, the violence took place a few hundred meters (yards) away on a track in the Tiergarten park. The van drove into a crowd that was likely a mix of festivalgoers and other locals or visitors.

Police said a woman was killed.

On Sunday afternoon, hundreds of mourners gathered at a memorial at the iconic gate. They hugged each other and laid down flowers, candles, rainbow flags and homemade signs, including a cardboard one that said: “the only thing more powerful than hate is love.”

Hundreds of thousands had come to Berlin to celebrate on Saturday, though it’s unclear how many were still at the festival by late evening. It’s one of Europe’s largest LGBTQ+ celebrations.

“We are simply stunned by what happened,” said Andre Lehmann, a top official with the main national LGBTQ+ association, LSVD+. “This suspected attack hits the heart of the queer community.”

Amsterdam says it will celebrate freedom in the wake of Berlin attack

Chancellor Friedrich Merz urged the nation to remain united in the aftermath of the attack.

“I would like to say this to Christopher Street Day participants here in Berlin but also across Germany: Don’t let yourselves, let us not let ourselves, be intimidated,” he said. ”These acts have only one purpose: They aim to divide our society. They want to take away from us the most important thing we have: Namely our openness and our freedom.”

Dobrindt said he expected security measures at other major events in Germany, including Pride events elsewhere, to be reviewed and if necessary significantly boosted.

Berlin has seen Islamic extremist attacks before. In December, 2016, a rejected asylum seeker from Tunisia plowed a hijacked truck into a Christmas market, killing 13 people and injuring dozens. He was killed days later in a shootout in Italy.

In February last year, a Spanish tourist was stabbed and seriously wounded at Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial, an attack that saw a Syrian man convicted in March and sentenced to 13 years.

This week, Amsterdam will be hosting World Pride alongside its own annual Pride celebrations. Mayor Femke Halsema said authorities and organizers “are closely monitoring the security situation” after the Berlin attack but aim to prevent any extra measures getting in the way of celebrating freedom and love.

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Associated Press reporters Fanny Brodersen and Pietro De Cristofaro in Berlin, and Mike Corder in The Hague, Netherlands, contributed to this report.

The school announced the move with a statement Monday morning, coming days before the Tar Heels open preseason camp. The school didn't provide details as to the reason, noting that employees and athletes aren't permitted to address the topic “as is standard procedure with personnel matters.”

Lombardi joined Bill Belichick in making the NFL-to-college move when the school hired the former New England Patriots coach in December 2024. Lombardi's career as an NFL executive had included being the GM of the Cleveland Browns in 2013, and he was an immediate hire by the six-time Super Bowl-winning coach in Chapel Hill.

The school had hired Belichick to jolt a football program that had largely been an Atlantic Coast Conference also-ran while making periodic but unsustained climbs into national relevance.

A few months into Belichick's tenure, Lombardi said the goal was running a college program in a way similar to the NFL, saying the Tar Heels “consider ourselves the 33rd (NFL) team” due to the staff connections to the pros.

The Tar Heels went just 4-8 in Belichick's first season. They open his second against TCU in Dublin, Ireland, on Aug. 29.

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The ruling over the weekend rejected the Trump administration’s effort to move forward with the mail-in voting restrictions in 23 U.S. states that sued ahead of November’s midterm elections.

Also, the Trump administration has acknowledged in court documents that it canceled $7.6 billion in grants for hundreds of clean energy projects “based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient’s state” — in this case, 16 states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.

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Trump says no one tells him what the US should be selling

Trump hasn’t ruled out selling F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, which is not a friend of Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump are meeting at the White House on Tuesday, and the prime minister has made clear he does not want Turkey to get the American-made jets.

Trump was asked about such a sale to Turkey as he flew to Michigan and said, in an apparent rebuff of Netanyahu, that “nobody tells me what we should be selling.”

“Turkey’s been a great ally for me,” he said of the country’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “I think he’s done a very good job, did a good job with Syria. He’s a friend of mine,”

Asked if he and Netanyahu are on the same page when it comes to the war against Iran, Trump replied, “We have a little difference but pretty close, yeah.”

Trump says US and Iran are having ‘good talks’ but keeps strikes on the table

The president insisted that new meetings were requested directly by Iranian officials, saying they reached out directly “because we’ve been hitting them very hard.”

“We’re having good talks, so we’ll see what happens,” Trump told reporters Monday on Air Force One. “I think there’s a good chance that something could happen. And if it does, good. if it doesn’t, we go back to doing what we were doing two days ago.”

Trump rejected a suggestion that his patience with negotiations could be wearing thin.

“I have plenty of time,” he said.

Trump continues to needle Thune

The president insisted that he has a good relationship with the Senate majority leader — but that he’s just “got to get his job done.”

Trump has been escalating pressure on Thune to pass his voting restrictions bill before senators leave Washington for the August recess.

“The SAVE Act has to be done,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One. “They shouldn’t leave town.”

Trump also insisted that he hasn’t “even thought” about potential replacements for Thune.

US walks out of UN meeting when France is speaking to protest its criticism of US human rights

The United States has stood by France in every conflict where “their freedom has been imperiled,” U.S. deputy ambassador Dan Negrea told the U.N. Security Council meeting on Ukraine after the brief U.S. walkout Monday, accusing France of “disingenuous grandstanding.”

He was apparently responding to a post from France’s U.N. Mission in Geneva on Friday criticizing U.S. opposition to a second four-year term for U.N. human rights chief Volker Türk. The General Assembly voted 144-10 with 13 abstentions to extend his term with the U.S. voting “no.”

The French Mission said: “The US used to be a beacon of human rights. Not anymore. Today, it stands alongside North Korea, Nicaragua, Mali & Russia, isolated. And the world no longer listens to it.”

Negrea shot back, calling the U.S. “the beacon of liberty for the world” and dismissing France’s ”political drivel.”

Trump says US stockpile is in ‘very good shape’ but he wants more

Asked about suggestions that the U.S. munitions are running low, Trump said stockpiles are in good shape and production needs to ramp up.

“We have a lot. I’d like to have more, to be honest,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.

He blamed former President Joe Biden for giving U.S. technology to Ukraine. Trump said some more “sophisticated” weapons have been in shorter supply but he added that production has been accelerating.

“Every one of our contractors is building four to five plans right now, and we’re in very good shape,” he said.

Trump dismisses Russian efforts to help Iran in war

Ahead of his visit to Washington, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asserted that Russia has been offering satellite images of U.S. bases in the Gulf region to Iran.

Asked about that Monday, Trump downplayed the impact of that assistance, saying the Russian help hasn’t had much impact.

“They may be giving, but if they are, it hasn’t worked out,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One, en route to Michigan.

Trump also said he would ask Russian President Vladimir Putin about it. Zelenskyy is set to meet with Trump on Tuesday.

A large crowd of supporters waits for Trump speech

The president was set to address a crowd of more than 1,000 at a General Motors proving ground in suburban Detroit, where the company tests vehicles before they are sold.

Some GM employees joined larger groups of Trump supporters, many wearing red “Make America Great Again” caps or t-shirts celebrating the president.

Behind the stage where Trump will speak later hung blue and white banners reading “American Cars. American Jobs.” Various models of cars and SUVs were parked nearby.

GM says the proving ground in Milford Township has more than 150 miles of test roads and was opened in 1924. That makes it the world’s oldest dedicated vehicle testing facility.

Trump’s new Canada tariffs could hurt Michigan

Michigan was one of the 2024 battlegrounds Trump flipped after it backed Democrat Joe Biden in 2020. But the state has also seen parts of its economy affected by the president’s tariffs, including on imported cars and auto parts.

A new round of steep import levies is taking effect on dozens of U.S. trading partners. But Trump has singled out Canada with tariffs as high as 50% on a wide array of its products, including cars.

The president is visiting Oakland County, which encompasses much of Detroit’s northern suburbs. Once a Republican stronghold, it has increasingly leaned Democratic, backing Biden against Trump in 2020 and Vice President Kamala Harris against Trump four years later.

Stocks open higher on Wall Street and crude oil prices drop 5% as Mideast tensions cool

The S&P 500 rose 0.6%. The index is coming off two weekly losses in a row. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 518 points, or 1%, as of 9:55 a.m. Eastern time. The Nasdaq composite rose 0.7%.

Oil prices reversed course from a week ago, when a sharp escalation in fighting between the U.S. and Iran worsened worries about global oil supplies. The price of Brent crude, the international standard, dropped 5.4% to $86.74 a barrel for October delivery. Prices surged to over $100 a barrel last week before easing.

The war between the U.S. and Iran has sharply curtailed, and at a times halted, traffic through the vital Strait of Hormuz. That has had a ripple effect throughout the world’s economy.

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Mediators see progress in efforts to halt Iran war as drone attacks rattle region

Mediators have achieved progress in getting the United States and Iran back to negotiations, regional officials said Monday, after both sides paused attacks following a period of rapidly escalating tensions. But scattered attacks by armed groups across the region underscored the lingering tensions.

Saudi Arabia said it had shot down drones fired by Iran-backed militias in Iraq that had targeted its petroleum facilities.

Two drone attacks were reported against a Kurdish Iranian dissident group in Iraq, and Jordan said it had shot down two drones, without saying where they originated. There were no reports of casualties or damage.

Neither the U.S. nor Iran reported carrying out any attacks for three days — a respite after about two weeks of sustained bombardments that had led to increasing fears of a return to all-out war.

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Trump is set to defend his economic policies in Michigan, where new Canadian tariffs may sting

President Trump plans to tout his handling of the economy during a visit to suburban Detroit on Monday, defending sweeping tariffs in a swing state where their effects have hurt many businesses as midterm election season heats up.

Trump is visiting a General Motors facility in Milford, home to tracks and proving grounds for new models and vehicles. Early voting is underway for Michigan’s Aug. 4 primary, which features fierce nomination fights in both major political parties.

Republican Mike Rogers is unopposed in the Senate primary, but the GOP gubernatorial contest pits Trump-backed Rep. John James against Perry Johnson, a businessman turned politician who’s launched unsuccessful campaigns before, including for president in 2024.

Johnson is now trying to style himself in the president’s mold — despite missing out on his endorsement. He’s even holding a “Trump Tailgate” outside the president’s GM event.

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Pentagon’s official Iran war death toll no longer lists 4 troops killed during renewed fighting

The four American troops killed during renewed fighting between the U.S. and Iran in recent weeks are no longer listed as part of the Iran war death toll in the Pentagon’s official casualty count but have been placed in a new, separate category.

It's raising questions about properly counting the impact to U.S. service members as the Trump administration has escalated strikes on Iran in a bid to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, while providing little indication of how it intends to wind down a conflict that's unpopular with many Americans.

The Defense Casualty Analysis System, which Pentagon officials have repeatedly pointed to as the definitive source on the numbers of dead and wounded from the conflict, removed the four fallen soldiers as well as dozens of wounded troops from its Iran war tally last week.

On Sunday, a new category called “Overseas Operations” emerged on the system’s website, listing the four Army deaths by name as well as 207 wounded. It was unclear if all of the wounded were injured in the Iran conflict.

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Trump administration admits grants for clean energy were canceled based on politics

The Trump administration has acknowledged in court documents that it canceled $7.6 billion in grants for hundreds of clean energy projects “based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient’s state” — in this case, 16 states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.

The statement contradicts repeated assertions by Energy Secretary Chris Wright and other officials that the projects were canceled because they did not adequately advance the nation’s energy needs or had other problems that made them a poor investment of taxpayer dollars.

Democrats and environmental groups seized on the court filing Friday, saying the administration had “weaponized” the federal government to kill good jobs and punish working families because of their political views.

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US appeals court upholds injunction that blocks Trump’s order to create a federal voter list

A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that halted Trump’s executive order to create a federal list of eligible voters and limit delivery of mail ballots only to people on that list.

The ruling Saturday by judges of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Trump administration’s effort to move forward with the mail-in voting restrictions in 23 U.S. states that sued ahead of November’s midterm elections.

Trump issued an executive order in March for the director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the commissioner of the Social Security Administration to create a “state citizenship list” of eligible voters. It also ordered the U.S. Postal Service to deliver mail ballots only to people on that list.

While Trump touted the proposed changes as safeguards to keep non-U.S. citizens from voting, state election officials argued they were ripe for abuse and could cause chaos.

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Those people will be fearing deportation.

They include Farah Larrieux, who has been living in South Florida since 2005, coming from Haiti in search of a better life.

“I feel like I’m living a nightmare. It’s unjust because I have dreams,” she said. “I felt Haiti was too small for my dreams. I was tired with the situation, political instability, crime, injustice, poverty.”

Larrieux has been a news personality, public relations and communications professional and advocate for South Florida’s Haitian community.

Since 2010, she has been a TPS holder.

The change comes after the U.S. Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration, ending TPS programs for Haitians and thousands of Syrians.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security claims Haiti is now safe to return to while the United Nations and U.S. State Department warn of frequent gang violence and kidnappings.

Larrieux says she has a clean record and she’s built an entire life in South Florida which could be ripped away from her at any moment.

“It’s every day, it’s like a struggle to live,” she said. “It’s an injustice. I’m wondering why I have to face that.”

She is now talking with an attorney to try and get asylum, but like hundreds of thousands of others, all she can do is wait.

Yesterday marked the 73^rd anniversary since Fidel Castro, Raul Castro and their group of rebels attacked the Moncada Military Barracks in Santiago de Cuba. July 26, 1953 is considered the start of the Cuban Revolution.

Like Robert Frost’s poem, “The Road Not Taken”, the Cuban revolution took a path that destroyed the country and “never looked back.” Today, Cuba is at the end of what Fidel called its glory days.

July 24 update: Trump Administration announces series of new sanctions against Cuba

On Thursday, the Trump Administration announced a series of new sanctions against Cuba targeting the government’s military conglomerate Gaesa. However, this time it includes companies like Coral S. A. that took over operations from some sectors of GAESA to avoid U.S. sanctions and keep import operations in Cuba functioning.

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The question many academics that follow Cuba like me are asking is whether the U.S. strategy moving forward is to force Cuba to eventually sell some of GAESA’s assets to the U.S.

July 23 update: US continues to send mixed signals as to what will be done with Cuba

This past Monday, the U.S. Department of State issued a 100-page report entitled “Cuba: The Capital of 21^st Century Communism” that outlined why Cuba is a national security threat not only to the U.S., but to the entire world. The Cuban government reacted at once and not only criticized the report but blamed Secretary of State Marco Rubio with threatening the island nation.

On Wednesday at a press conference in the Philippines, Rubio, when asked by a reporter what the U.S. plan was for Cuba, used a much more diplomatic tone and said the U.S. is still willing to negotiate with Cuba.

Washington continues to send mixed signals as to what will be done with Cuba. What we do know is that the strategy used in Venezuela did not bring about regime change.

July 21 update: First humanitarian aid from US will arrive in Cuba

Today, the first humanitarian aid will arrive in Cuba as part of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s offer to help the Cuban people as they experience the worst economic situation since the early 1990’s. Today’s cargo includes 700 hygiene kits and 700 food items to be distributed directly to the Cuban people by Catholic Relief Services Caritas Cuba and other faith-based organizations.

Secretary Rubio wants to let the Cuban people clearly know that the U.S. stands behind them and is willing to continue to help them as part of the U.S. commitment of $100 million in humanitarian aid.

July 20 update: Cuba releases artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara

This past Saturday, Cuba released artist and opposition leader Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara after serving five years in jail. Otero Alcantara was one of the leaders of the San Isidro movement that led to large protests across the island nation five years ago.

Upon arriving in Miami, Otero Alcantara thanked the Cuban American community for its support and asked Cuba to release all political prisoners in jail.

July 16 update: US Department of Defense pays $3 million to US personnel affected by Havana Syndrome

The U.S. Department of Defense has paid $3 million in compensation to U.S. personnel affected by the mysterious condition known as Havana Syndrome, making the first payment under the 2021 Havana Act.

Havana Syndrome first appeared in 2016 when U.S. diplomats and intelligence officers in Havana, Cuba reported unusual symptoms, including intense head pressure, dizziness, nausea, hearing disturbances and memory problems.

July 14 update: New U.S. sanctions increase pressure on Cuba’s military-run economy

The United States on Monday introduced new sanctions targeting companies controlled by GAESA, Cuba’s military economic conglomerate, as well as some of the military brigades responsible for suppressing protests like the ones we saw the other day.

How much longer can the Cuban government hold on? Information continues to reach U.S. officials indicating that there are sectors within the Cuban government that are increasingly concerned about how much longer they can survive without negotiating with the U.S. government before facing a complete collapse of their system.

July 10 update: Does Raul Castro’s grandson have the full authority to negotiate for the Cuban government?

As I expected, there seems to be a small crack within the inner circle of the Cuban government. Some have criticized Raulito (Raul Castro’s grandson) for offering to negotiate directly with President Trump. The criticism comes as to whether he has the full authority to negotiate for the Cuban government or is he just negotiating for the Castro family?

Yesterday, the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) backed Raulito’s efforts, but the military leadership has remained quiet.

July 8 update: United Nations has no legal right to lift U.S. embargo on Cuba

Every year, Cuba argues in front of the United Nations that the U.S. economic embargo is the cause for their economic problems. Each year, Cuba loses more support for their argument. The United Nations has no legitimate or legal right to lift the embargo. The U.S. Congress can only lift the embargo.

The Cuban government propaganda machine has failed. Most Cubans on the island, including economists on the island, blame the Cuban government for their current poor economic conditions.

July 6 update: Raul Castro’s grandson says Cuba is willing to negotiate with US

Reuters reported earlier this morning that Raul Castro’s grandson Raulito, known as “El Cangrejo,” announced that Cuba is willing to negotiate with the U.S. The question we need to ask ourselves is whether Raulito is negotiating on behalf of the Castro family or the Cuban government?

We know that Cuba has been selling some of their assets, including some belonging to the military economic conglomerate GAESA in the last couple of weeks. Cuba’s attempt to invite foreign investment has not attracted many takers for the fear of losing their money.

July 2 update: Cuba’s culture of fear complicates a Democratic transition

When we talk about Cuba, we usually concentrate on their centralized political and economic system. However, we fail to recognize that individuals that have lived under totalitarian regimes have had to survive under a culture of fear. Such system of government creates a psychological set of attitudes and values that help define the daily behavior in order to align the people’s wants and needs to the restrictions imposed by the government.

To break such behaviors could take years of psychological training and change. Therefore, transitioning a totalitarian state to support a transition to some form of a Democratic government could take time.

Dr. Andy S. Gomez’s June updates can be viewed by clicking here.

Dr. Andy S. Gomez is Local 10’s Cuba Analyst. Gomez is considered one of the leading scholars on Cuba. He worked in higher education for 32 years before retiring from the University of Miami in 2012.

The winner of the runoff will enter the general election against Democratic former state Sen. Dan Ahlers with a significant advantage in the reliably Republican state that hasn’t had a Democratic governor since the 1970s.

Rhoden was lieutenant governor when he assumed the top job in early 2025 after then-Gov. Kristi Noem stepped down to join President Donald Trump’s Cabinet. In addition to Rhoden and Doeden, the primary field included U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson and state House Speaker Jon Hansen.

Doeden placed first in the primary with about 31% of the vote with a close three-way race for the second runoff slot. Rhoden received about 25% of the vote, followed by Johnson at 23% and Hansen at about 21%.

Two key counties to watch are on opposite ends of the state. Minnehaha County on the eastern border is home to Sioux Falls. Pennington County on the western border is home to Rapid City. Together, they are home to a third of the state’s registered Republicans and helped Doeden secure his first-place primary showing.

Doeden narrowly edged Johnson in Minnehaha County and had about a 7-point lead over second-place Rhoden in Pennington County. Doeden also carried most of the small, rural counties across eastern South Dakota.

Rhoden helped secure a runoff berth with his wins across central and northwestern South Dakota, including key leads in Meade, Lawrence and Hughes County, which includes Pierre, the state capital. The three counties combined are home to about 10% of the state’s registered Republicans.

Lincoln County in the suburbs south of Sioux Falls could be another key battleground in the runoff. It’s the state’s third-most populous county and has the highest population of any county where neither Doeden nor Rhoden placed first or second.

Here are some of the key facts about the election and data points the AP Decision Team will monitor as the votes are tallied:

When do polls close?

Polls close at 7 p.m. local time, which is 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. ET. Polls in most of the state are in Central time and close at 8 p.m. ET, but some polls are in Mountain time and close at 9 p.m. ET.

What’s on the ballot?

The Associated Press will provide vote results and declare winners in the Republican primary runoff for governor.

Who gets to vote?

Only registered Republicans may vote in the Republican primary runoff for governor. Republicans who did not vote in the June 2 state primary may still vote in the runoff.

How many voters are there?

As of June 1, there were about 676,000 registered voters in South Dakota, including about 322,000 active registered Republicans, about 137,000 active registered Democrats, about 157,000 active independent voters or those not affiliated with any political party, and about 57,000 inactive voters not identifiable by party. The rest were affiliated with other parties.

How many people actually vote?

About 136,000 votes were cast in the Republican gubernatorial primary on June 2.

How much of the vote is cast early or by absentee ballot?

About 19% of the 2024 primary vote and about 20% of the 2022 primary vote was cast before primary day.

When are early and absentee votes released?

In South Dakota, counties tend to release results from all voting methods together over the course of the night. Roughly four out of every five counties in South Dakota release at least some in-person Election Day results in their first vote updates, along with results from mail voting and early in-person voting.

How long does vote-counting usually take?

In the June 2 Republican primary for governor, the AP first reported results at 9:01 p.m. ET, or one minute after polls closed. About half the total vote had been counted by 10:57 p.m. ET. The last vote update of the night was at 3:36 a.m. ET with almost every vote counted.

When will the AP declare a winner?

The AP does not make projections and will declare a winner only when it’s determined there is no scenario that would allow a trailing candidate to close the gap. If a race has not been called, the AP will continue to cover any newsworthy developments, such as candidate concessions or declarations of victory. In doing so, the AP will make clear that it has not yet declared a winner and explain why.

How do recounts work?

Recounts in South Dakota are automatic only in cases of tie votes. Losing candidates for statewide office may request a recount if the vote margin is 0.25% or less of the total votes cast. The AP may declare a winner in a race that is subject to a recount if it can determine the lead is too large for a recount or legal challenge to change the outcome.

Are we there yet?

As of Tuesday, there will be 98 days until the 2026 midterm elections.

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Cellphone video showed heavy flames and thick smoke billowing near U.S. 27 on Sunday.

Officials told Local 10 News that the fire has burned 116 acres.

The cause of the brush fire is unclear.

The foundation’s first new initiative in more than a decade, the Clinton Policy Institute has already begun convening political leaders from both parties, research experts, and Americans affected by the issues being studied to create new approaches to long-existing problems.

“Rising costs, economic uncertainty, rapid technological change, and growing pressures on our public institutions are making it harder for families to get ahead,” former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said in a statement to The Associated Press. “We created CPI because we believe there are still practical, evidence-based solutions that can improve people’s lives.”

CPI is building on its work with New York state in banning cellphones from schools in the past academic year. Though the institute did not technically exist last year when it teamed with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration on creating distraction-free schools in the state, the Clinton Foundation saw promise in its approach and decided to expand it before publicly announcing CPI’s creation. It’s a strategy that the foundation, also led by former President Bill Clinton and public health expert Chelsea Clinton, used when it launched the Clinton Health Access Initiative in 2004.

Zayn Siddique, former principal deputy director of the Domestic Policy Council, will serve as CPI’s chief executive officer. Jennifer Klein, who was director of the White House Gender Policy Council under former President Joe Biden, will be CPI’s chair.

In New York, CPI helped create the Teen Tech Council so that students could help make the phone-ban program more effective. The result, according to Hochul’s office, was that educators found a marked improvement in classroom behavior and engagement.

“CPI is bringing together policymakers, researchers, business leaders, and community organizations to identify what works, build stronger policy networks, and help turn those ideas into policy,” Hillary Clinton said. “We’re taking a particular focus on states and local communities, where so much innovation is happening.”

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly praises CPI's nonpartisan approach

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly said a CPI conference on improving the lives of children earlier this month was “the best roundtable I’ve been involved with since becoming governor.”

Kelly, who will leave office in January due to term limits after serving two consecutive terms, said she was inspired by CPI’s nonpartisan approach to solving problems affecting children.

“I am a Democrat governor in what is considered a very red state,” Kelly told The Associated Press in an interview. “It became very clear to me that if I wanted to accomplish anything in my political life, I was going to need to do it in a bipartisan way.”

Kelly believes that, despite political polarization, CPI can succeed in finding nonpartisan solutions – especially to issues involving children and healthcare – and giving state leaders the research and other support to implement them.

“Every once in a while, you get people from both sides of the aisle who come together and crafted, maybe not sexy legislation, but something that really needed to be done,” Kelly said. “And they get it through.”

Dr. Jerome Adams, former U.S. Surgeon General in President Donald Trump’s first administration, agrees that nonpartisan solutions are possible to find. But he says the nonpartisan nature of the solutions has to be intentional.

“Health is inherently political,” said Adams. “When you talk about access to healthcare coverage, when you talk women’s health issues, particularly around the issue of abortion and contraception, when you talk about drug policy and whether you’re in favor of harm reduction, when you talk of firearm safety -- all of these are inherently political issues.”

Former Surgeon General Adams sees broad support for children's issues

That is complicated further, Adams said, because “we live in a country that is very binary, so every issue, no matter how nuanced, is, for purposes of elections, turned into black/white, yes/no, all or none.”

However, Adams said CPI has already found a way to get bipartisan buy-in for some of its solutions to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). In 2020, the state of California launched the ACEs Aware initiative to begin screening for ACEs – which include abuse, neglect and household challenges – and treating them early to reduce the impact and the cost to the state later.

Through CPI, Adams was asked to become the co-chair of the National Leadership Council for the ACE Resource Network in June in an effort to bring California’s work treating ACEs to other states.

“I’m very interested in work that has proven and practical solutions,” he said. “We bring in states and say, ‘Hey, let’s look at the best evidence in terms of what works around adverse childhood experiences and state level policy and then try to implement it in your state’.”

That strategy has led Republican-led states like Utah and Georgia to consider parts of Democrat-led California’s work on the issue, Adams said.

He said it’s a sign that CPI’s approach works and can be expanded to other areas.

The Clinton Foundation hopes that will be the case.

“Too many people have lost faith that progress is possible,” Hillary Clinton said. “But across the country, leaders are developing innovative policies that are strengthening families and communities. Those ideas deserve to be shared and scaled.”

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There are a lot of changes parents and students need to know before heading back

Starting with free and reduced school lunch eligibility, the county is participating in the federal Community Eligibility Provision Program.

That means students at 141 schools are automatically eligible for free lunch.

The remaining 80 schools will determine lunch eligibility through a meal benefits application process.

All Broward schools will continue to offer free breakfast.

“There are 80 schools where the kids will get free breakfast only, and their lunch status is determined once the parents fill out a meal application,” said Dr. Valerie Wanza, Broward Schools’ chief strategy and innovation officer.

The district’s Redefining Plan is also top of mind, with six campuses closed this year and as many as 10 schools that could be on the chopping block because of lower enrollment.

Those closures would be for the 2027-28 school year. It is unclear which schools are on the list, but factors such as enrollment, campus condition and projected enrollment are being considered.

Wanza said parents need to make sure their child is registered at the correct school.

“So the thing that they need to know is make sure that they are registered at their child’s school, that they’re receiving the appropriate parent messages, and all of the great things that schools are sending out to welcome them to their new school,” Wanza said.

The county is launching a school bus camera program with 1,300 buses equipped with AI-powered camera technology.

Officials are warning drivers about tough penalties for passing a bus while students are getting off.

Violators could receive a $225 citation.

The Redefining Plan will be finalized on Aug. 25.

The contest in the heavily Democratic district could have an immediate impact on the balance of power in the U.S. House, where Republicans cling to a thin majority.

Under Georgia law, the four Democrats and two Republicans running to succeed Scott will appear on the same ballot, and any of them could secure the seat outright by winning a majority of the special election vote. Otherwise, the top two vote-getters regardless of party will advance to an Aug. 25 special runoff election.

The winner will serve out the remaining few months of Scott’s current term.

Among the Democrats vying for the seat are former Gwinnett County School Board Chair Everton Blair and Marcye Scott, daughter of the late congressman. Democrats Tony Brown and Carlos Moore and Republicans Caesar Gonzales and Fayth Park are also on the ballot.

Blair is the only candidate in the field who also ran for the full-term seat set to begin in January 2027. He placed third in the May 19 Democratic primary with about 12% of the vote. State Rep. Jasmine Clark won the primary with 56% of the vote and will face Republican Jonathan Chavez in November. Chavez, who ran unopposed for the GOP nomination, challenged David Scott in the 2024 general election and received about 28% of the vote.

Clark did not file to compete in the special election. Doing so would have required her to resign from her seat in the state Legislature just as Republican Gov. Brian Kemp was calling for a special session to redraw the state’s congressional boundaries in time for the 2028 elections. The state constitution bars state officeholders from seeking a different office with a start date more than 30 days before the end of the officeholder’s current term. The special session did convene, but Republican leaders opted not to take up redistricting.

In recent years, congressman Scott had faced questions over his age and health. At the time of his death at age 80, he was facing a tough primary challenge from Clark and others as he sought a 13th term.

Georgia’s 13th Congressional District is east and southeast of Atlanta and includes parts of six heavily Democratic counties: Clayton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton and Rockdale. Of the six, the district’s portion of Gwinnett County has the lion’s share of voters, about 46% of the district electorate in the 2024 general election. The district includes only a small sliver of DeKalb County, which plays a much bigger role in the 4th and 5th Congressional Districts.

Scott won his 2024 reelection bid with about 72% of the vote. That night, Democratic then-Vice President Kamala Harris received about 71% in the district, compared with about 28% for Republican Donald Trump, in the presidential election. Trump had his best performance in the district in Gwinnett County, although that still only amounted to about 35% of the vote.

Here are some of the key facts about the election and data points the AP Decision Team will monitor as the votes are tallied:

When do polls close?

Polls close at 7 p.m. ET.

What’s on the ballot?

The Associated Press will provide vote results and declare winners in the special election for the 13th Congressional District.

Who gets to vote?

Any voter registered in the 13th Congressional District may participate in the special election.

How many voters are there?

As of July 21, there were about 584,000 registered voters in the 13th Congressional District. Georgia voters do not register by party.

How many people actually vote?

About 358,000 votes were cast in the 2024 U.S. House general election in the 13th District. Turnout in special elections tends to be significantly lower than in regularly scheduled November general elections.

How much of the vote is cast early or by absentee ballot?

About 78% of the total vote in the 13th District general election in 2024 was cast early in person or by mail.

As of Friday, nearly 8,700 ballots had already been cast in Tuesday’s election, with the largest share coming from Gwinnett County, followed by Clayton County.

When are early and absentee votes released?

All six counties in the 13th Congressional District tend to release most or all of their results from early in-person and mail voting in the first vote update of the night, usually before any in-person Election Day results are released.

How long does vote-counting usually take?

In the 2024 general election, the AP first reported results in the 13th District U.S. House race at 7:10 p.m. ET, or 10 minutes after polls closed. About half of the total vote had been counted by 9:31 p.m. ET. The last vote update of the night was at 2:21 a.m. ET, with about 99.9% of total votes counted.

When will the AP declare a winner?

The AP does not make projections and will declare a winner only when it’s determined there is no scenario that would allow a trailing candidate to close the gap. If a race has not been called, the AP will continue to cover any newsworthy developments, such as candidate concessions or declarations of victory. In doing so, the AP will make clear that it has not yet declared a winner and explain why.

How do recounts work?

There is no automatic recount provision in Georgia, but a losing candidate may request a recount if the margin is less than or equal to 0.5% of the total vote. The AP may declare a winner in a race that is subject to a recount if it can determine the lead is too large for a recount or legal challenge to change the outcome.

Are we there yet?

As of Tuesday, there will be 28 days until the Aug. 25 special runoff election, if needed, and 98 days until the 2026 midterm elections on Nov. 3.

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Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle, Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz and Sweetwater Police Chief Sergio Diez announced the arrests of 29-year-old Marquez Christopher Pinder, 26-year-old Jared Lamar James and 29-year-old Elijah Delano Dyous.

Authorities said an investigation uncovered evidence of alleged hazing incidents involving prolonged and repeated beatings with canes and paddles. They said failing to correctly answer questions about the fraternity allegedly led to the beatings.

According to investigators, the alleged hazing began April 1 at an apartment in Sweetwater and continued through April 2 and April 3 at the same location. On April 4, authorities said the alleged hazing continued at a home in unincorporated Miami-Dade County.

Pinder, James and Dyous are each charged with two counts of attempted manslaughter with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon causing great bodily harm and hazing with a deadly weapon.

Authorities said the alleged hazing was carried out by the three men.

“Among some, fraternity hazing might be seen as a tradition creating a sense of belonging and brotherhood, but since 2001, hazing in Florida has killed Chad Meredith, Robert Champion and Andrew Coffey while seriously injuring others. This case, with the victims requiring hospitalization, provide clear-cut examples of hazing’s danger,” Fernandez Rundle said. “In Florida, hazing is abuse and it is a crime. Its victims too often lie in their graves and in hospital beds.”

Infantino praised FIFA for “delivering the best show in the world” and spoke of the World Cup bringing “joy and togetherness,” in a 900-word statement published across a 15-page post on his Instagram account and on FIFA’s website late Sunday.

“Sorry that you were so consumed by hate and criticism that you missed it all,” the FIFA leader wrote, addressing his comments to “those behind their pens and papers, behind their screens spreading hate and false rumors.”

FIFA and Infantino faced criticism during the World Cup for Iran team officials, a Somali referee and fans being denied entry to the United States; alleged political influence by U.S. President Donald Trump in letting Folarin Balogun avoid a ban for a red card; unprecedented high ticket prices and commercialized breaks in play midway through each half of all 104 games.

“Every city was packed with fans from all around the globe,” Infantino wrote. “While they celebrated, you were busy planting seeds of hate.”

“While you hide, we are exploring the streets of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, talking with fans, engaging with people, and ensuring everyone’s safety.”

Testy media relations

Infantino has an increasingly testy relationship with media during the 11th year of his presidency. His eve-of-tournament news conference in Mexico City was his first with a full gathering of international media since March 2023.

The previous such news conference in Rwanda, after his reelection by acclaim from FIFA member federations, saw Infantino ask his audience: “Why are you so mean?”

In Mexico City last month, Infantino suggested critics should “chill, relax.”

FIFA uniting the U.S. and Iran

Iran’s ability to play at least three games in the U.S. was a key pretournament issue, and the squad made a late switch to a training camp in Tijuana, Mexico instead of Tucson, Arizona.

“Iran entered the United States without incident or conflict,” Infantino noted in his statement. “While you spread hatred, we worked tirelessly to unite two countries at war.”

Fans denied visas to enter the U.S. included Michel Nkuka Mboladinga, the celebrated statue supporter of Congo which was dealing with an Ebola virus outbreak. He attended one game in Mexico.

“You mentioned the few people denied visas and overlooked the millions who were approved, from all parts of the world,” Infantino wrote. “Countries facing serious health issues or other challenges were granted visas.”

Infantino defends Balogun decision

On fallout from the red card for U.S. forward Balogun, Infantino claimed “subsequent decisions not to ban players in certain situations are routine.”

FIFA did not overturn Balogun’s red card, which does occur in domestic club competitions, but instead took the more unusual step of deferring the one-game ban for a probationary period. FIFA has yet to publish the written verdict of its disciplinary judge.

“To those spending their time and energy hating us, please take a moment to reflect, meditate, pray, or watch a football match and truly observe the faces, the eyes, the emotions,” Infantino wrote.

He signed off his statement: “Much love to all.”

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Oddie first found fame as a member of The Goodies, a comedy trio that also featured Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden. The team starred in an off-beat comedy series of the same name that aired from 1970 to 1982 on the BBC. He went on to host BBC wildlife programs, including “Birding With Bill Oddie,” “Bill Oddie Goes Wild" and “Springwatch."

“Bill was a multi-talented celebrity — wildlife presenter, broadcaster, comedian, writer, songwriter, musician and conservationist," his agent, David Foster, said in a statement. “Yet it was never fame that he valued. Instead he encouraged us to respect and protect the environment."

Born in 1941 in Rochdale, northwestern England, Oddie went on to study English literature at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He appeared in several productions of the Cambridge Footlights, a prestigious student sketch comedy troupe, alongside future stars such as John Cleese and Graham Chapman of Monty Python.

Those student productions led to work in London's West End and on Broadway, persuading Oddie to abandon plans to become an English teacher or warden of a bird observatory.

Oddie later transformed his birding hobby into a job, presenting multiple wildlife shows and writing books such as “Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book,” “Birdwatching with Bill Oddie" and “Follow That Bird.”

He is survived by his wife, Laura, and daughters Bonnie, Kate and Rosie.

Four years ago, George P. Bush went after Paxton by putting up billboards that said “he's a crook” next to his mugshot from when he was charged with securities fraud.

And earlier this year, U.S. Sen John Cornyn said “judgment day is coming” as he tried to fend off a Republican primary challenge from Paxton.

All of them lost. Now the question is whether James Talarico, who topped Rep. Jasmine Crockett in an expensive and fiercely contested Democratic primary, will have any more luck as he faces off against Paxton in one of the country's most closely watched U.S. Senate races.

“The guy’s ability to take shots and just keep moving on and stay in elected office is unlike anything I’ve ever seen in my career, in 25 years of running campaigns,” said Ash Wright, who worked as a senior adviser to Bush.

Paxton has never been convicted, and he's survived by championing conservative legal battles over immigration, abortion and transgender issues in a Republican-dominated state. Much like President Donald Trump, he's long portrayed himself as the victim of political persecution.

Former Paxton challengers and a half dozen campaign strategists who worked against him warned that Texans may tune out any attempt to revive scandals that they've heard about for years, especially when rigid partisanship has convinced voters to be extraordinarily forgiving of candidates’ trespasses.

However, Talarico's team has studied the previous races and is attempting its own version of the playbook by trying to paint Paxton as part of a broader culture of corruption that has failed to improve people's lives.

Paxton’s campaign suggested Talarico's claims were aimed at distracting voters from a record of “out-of-touch views.”

“Every time a fighter, like President Donald Trump and now Ken Paxton, stands up to the permanent political class, even after they are completely acquitted of wrongdoing, people like James Talarico continue pushing the same accusations and claiming corruption,” Paxton campaign spokesperson Madison Cercy said.

Paxton won first reelection narrowly, despite indictment

Paxton was first elected as Texas attorney general in 2014, and Nelson ran against him in 2018. A Democratic lawyer from Austin, Nelson made Paxton's indictment on charges of securities fraud central to his campaign, and he poked fun at him for picking up another lawyer's $1,000 pen after finding it at a courthouse security checkpoint.

“Vote Justin Nelson for Texas attorney general,” the narrator said. “He will fight on behalf of all Texans. And he won’t steal your pen.”

Nelson argued that his approach was effective, reflected in Paxton's narrow margin of 3.6 percentage points in a year when Republican Greg Abbott was reelected as Texas governor by more than 13 percentage points. Nelson's campaign spent roughly $6.5 million, about half of what Paxton's campaign spent.

“My message was working," Nelson said. “I just needed to go louder and longer.”

In 2022, Paxton faced a Republican primary challenge from George P. Bush, the Texas land commissioner and the grandson and nephew of two former presidents from the state.

The securities fraud case was ongoing, and Paxton was also under federal investigation over accusations that he abused his position to benefit an Austin real estate developer, took bribes and retaliated against whistleblower employees.

Paxton responded by portraying himself as a Trump-era Republican and Bush as the heir to a privileged political legacy.

Pro-Paxton organizations spent more than $20 million, about twice as much as Bush and his allies. The race went to a runoff, in which Paxton defeated Bush by 34 percentage points.

Paxton ran against Rochelle Garza, a Democratic civil rights lawyer from Brownsville, in the general election. She said her campaign had a 300-page opposition research file on Paxton but it was difficult to figure out how to approach his past because voters had heard about it for years.

“The amount of potential hits on Paxton can make message discipline challenging,” Garza said.

Paxton ran as the leading legal opponent of President Joe Biden, promoting a string of lawsuits against Biden's Democratic administration on immigration, abortion and gender policy.

Overwhelmingly outspent, Garza lost by roughly 10 percentage points.

Some supporters see Paxton as a ‘flawed’ fighter

There was more trouble ahead for Paxton.

He split with his wife, who later filed for divorce “on biblical grounds.” He was also impeached by the Texas House, although the Senate acquitted him in 2023 and allowed him to remain in office. The securities fraud case ended in 2024, and Paxton was directed to pay nearly $300,000 in restitution.

Throughout the years, he's maintained strong support from Republican voters like David and Nancy Lapp, a retired couple from the small town of Wolfforth. They described him as a conservative warrior who has been a victim of persecution.

“He’s had his share of scandals, and almost all of them have, so it’s not necessarily disqualifying anymore,” said David Lapp, 76. “He’s a flawed person, no doubt about it, but he fights for traditional American ideals.”

He added that "nowadays, as long as you’re not in jail, they’ll elect you.”

Biden's Justice Department in 2024 decided not to prosecute Paxton after the yearslong federal investigation, and Paxton went on to challenge Cornyn for his Senate seat.

Cornyn and his allies vastly outspent Paxton, blanketing the state with more than $90 million in advertising. After the race went to a runoff, Trump endorsed Paxton, and he won decisively.

Talarico hopes Waco case sparks new scrutiny

Talarico promised at a rally in Houston the day after the Republican runoff to “prosecute the case” against Paxton, whom he called “the most corrupt politician in America."

Since then, he has sought to introduce a newer question about Paxton, one that involves his office's handling of a child sexual abuse case this year.

The attorney general's office was assigned the felony case involving Waco lawyer Adam Hoffman after the county district attorney recused himself over a potential conflict of interest. After a hung jury trial last year, Hoffman agreed to state lawyers' offer in April to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge. Prosecutors said the victim did not want to testify a second time. Hoffman served 60 days in jail and was not required to register as a sex offender.

Talarico said the plea agreement shows Paxton is willing to allow preferential treatment at Texans' expense.

“He is everything that’s wrong with this broken, corrupt political system,” Talarico said of Paxton at a rally in Del Rio last week. “This is the rot at the core of this broken political system. It’s why we can’t get ahead, no matter how hard we work, no matter how much we save, because the system is rigged against us."

Talarico reported having $21.5 million available last week, while Paxton reported having $7.5 million.

The Democrat's fundraising advantage could help him broadcast his message further than Paxton's previous opponents have been able to do, Nelson said.

“Even a little bit more money would have helped me,” he said. “I think James has a legitimate shot.”

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Associated Press reporters Jesse Bedayn in Del Rio, Texas, and Marc Levy in Wolfforth, Texas, contributed to this report.

Trump is visiting a General Motors facility in Milford, that's a testing and proving grounds for its vehicles. Before he speaks in front of a crowd of more than 1,000 people, Trump watched Cadillacs, Corvettes and Hummers compete in a drag race demonstration ahead of an IndyCar race in Washington next month. Trump has promoted the IndyCar race as part of America's 250th birthday celebrations.

“Today it’s all America First power,” the announcer said before the vehicles fired up their engines. Trump watched from a riser, sitting alongside Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Mary Barra, GM's chair and chief executive officer.

Early voting is underway for Michigan's Aug. 4 primary, which features fierce nomination fights in both major political parties.

Republican Mike Rogers is unopposed in the Senate primary, but the GOP gubernatorial contest pits Trump-backed Rep. John James against Perry Johnson, a businessman turned politician who has launched unsuccessful campaigns before, including for president in 2024.

Johnson is now trying to style himself in the president's mold — despite missing out on his endorsement. The Democratic Senate primary between Rep. Haley Stevens and progressive Abdul El-Sayed has drawn national attention for the right to face Rogers, who was narrowly defeated by Democrat Sen. Elissa Slotkin in 2024.

Trump's new Canada tariffs could hurt Michigan

Michigan was one of the 2024 battlegrounds Trump flipped after it backed Democrat Joe Biden in 2020. But the state has also seen parts of its economy affected by the president's tariffs, including on imported cars and auto parts.

A new round of steep import levies is taking effect on dozens of U.S. trading partners. But Trump has singled out Canada with tariffs as high as 50% on a wide array of its products, including cars.

The president is visiting Oakland County, which encompasses much of Detroit's northern suburbs. Once a Republican stronghold, it has increasingly leaned Democratic, backing Biden against Trump in 2020 and Vice President Kamala Harris against Trump four years later.

The Milford area home to the GM testing area is suburban enough that, in a wooded space nearby, a convincing wood cutout painted all in black and shaped like bigfoot seems to be emerging toward a major road. GM says its facility is the oldest dedicated vehicle testing operation in the U.S. where 4,200 employees work to refine nearly every vehicle the company makes before they reach consumers.

It is situated between GM hubs in Detroit, Flint and elsewhere, has more than 150 miles of test roads and is where many early innovations were tested -- including the first mass-produced automatic transmission, known as the Hydra-Matic.

The White House says Trump will talk up having generated manufacturing jobs and foreign investment in the U.S. while making the case that his policies and leadership have boosted the auto industry.

“The President pledged to put Michigan workers back to work, and he’s doing it,” White House spokesperson Liz Huston said in a statement.

Michigan's economy relies heavily on Canada, however, meaning the new tariffs — coupled with inflation still running high and gas prices rising again as the already unpopular war in Iran escalates — have created additional economic concerns statewide.

Those come at a time when voters across the country were already increasingly dissatisfied with Trump's handling of the economy.

Jason Roe, a former executive director of the Michigan Republican Party who tried unsuccessfully to distance it from Trump's “Make America Great Again” movement in 2021, said that more than coinciding with his new round of tariffs, Trump's visit is a function of Michigan's relatively late primary and is meant to ensure that James secures the nomination.

But Roe also predicted that it was a risk for the president to tie himself too closely to top Republicans before the general election, calling it “kryptonite to November voters.”

Trump, who won the White House on a promise to lower the cost of living, also has seen his approval ratings sag, meaning kitchen table issues could be a liability for Republicans trying to hold control of Congress in the Nov. 3 elections.

“We’re happy to have the president here, campaigning with Republicans. We think it highlights the fact that the only thing they care about is Donald Trump and refuse to stand up to him," said Curtis Hertel, chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party. "It’s good for us every time the president is here because he’s incredibly unpopular.”

The US and Canada have squabbled over a new border bridge

The Supreme Court struck down many of Trump’s sweeping tariffs, but his administration has tried to find ways around that, including by arguing that he can impose them on Canada because that country is discriminating against American exports of products including automobiles.

But Trump’s latest round of tariffs came after he voiced frustration with Canada for having retaliated and imposed its own levies on U.S. imports in response to Trump’s initial tariffs last year. Trump launched the first round after alleging Canada should do more to stop fentanyl smuggling.

It is Trump's third trip to Michigan in his second term.

In January, he visited a Ford plant in Dearborn and addressed the Detroit Economic Club, offering a defense of tariffs even as auto industry leaders blamed them for increasing the cost of doing business. The outcry is part of the reason Trump extended rebates to domestic car companies on some tariffs on imported auto parts.

The president marked his second term's first 100 days with a rally in Warren, where he mostly mentioned grievances left over from the 2024 campaign, even scoffing at what Biden might look like in a bathing suit.

His latest visit coincides with tensions between his administration and Canada that have marred the opening of a new bridge linking Detroit and Windsor, Ontario.

Canada on Friday held its own event hailing the opening of the $4.7 billion Gordie Howe International Bridge instead of a planned celebration with officials in the U.S. after Trump announced the new Canadian tariffs.

An earlier, joint ceremony had been set for June but was scrapped after Trump suggested the U.S. wanted a “better” deal on the bridge it co-owns with Canada.

That eventually led to an agreement on splitting tolls that was supposed to allow for the rescheduled joint U.S.-Canada celebration — until the new tariffs derailed that, too.

Authorities are still looking for a second suspect.

Investigators believe the two suspects were shooting at each other and, although one remained on the loose, Seattle Assistant Police Chief Tyrone Davis told a news conference Sunday night that there was no ongoing threat to the public.

Police did not have a description of the outstanding suspect, he said.

“We’re still trying to figure this out,” Davis said. Police did not immediately respond to phone and email messages early Monday.

Two people died at the scene and a third died at a hospital. They were described as two men, ages 19 and 44, and a 56-year-old woman.

The four wounded, including a 2-year-old boy, were hospitalized. The boy was in satisfactory condition Monday. The others — two men, ages 23 and 27, and a woman, 39, were discharged, a hospital spokesperson said.

Davis couldn't say Sunday night whether any of the victims were involved in the confrontation.

Vendors who fled, abandoning their food booths, were cleaning up Monday. A candlelight vigil was planned Monday night at the center’s International Fountain.

The gunfire erupted around 6 p.m. Sunday in the waning hours of the Bite of Seattle, an annual three-day festival that draws hundreds of food and retail vendors and performers.

Dozens of officers were providing security at the event and some saw one of the suspects firing, Davis said. One suspect surrendered at the scene, but the other fled.

A large number of police and emergency crews responded and began evacuating the area around the sprawling Seattle Center campus.

Faith Adia Hunter said she and her friends had just gotten food from a crepe vendor when gunfire broke out.

“We were about to start eating, then heard someone yell something, then we saw people start to run,” Hunter said. “So we took off running, too.”

“We were right next to him when it started, so we took off running,” Hunter added.

Hunter said that in the scramble to find safety, she and others ran into the nearby Seattle Children’s Museum.

In the chaos, many vendors bolted toward the exits, abandoning their food stands. Hours later, some milled outside the police tape, wondering when they would be allowed to collect their tents, food and cooking gear.

Roberto Ramirez, a vendor at the event, said he heard what sounded like firecrackers before people began yelling “shooter” and frantically running.

“Suddenly everything was empty,” he said. “People were freaked out.”

After the initial panic, new guests continued to arrive unaware of what had happened and were told by police to leave, he said.

Estan Wakonabo said he and his girlfriend were waiting in line for a photo booth when he was shoved from behind and turned to see a rush of people fleeing.

“People were hiding, were pushing, people were falling on the ground, baby strollers were falling,” Wakonabo said, adding that was when he heard gunshots.

“Once I heard a ‘pop, pop, pop,’ that’s when I knew it was a shooter,” he said.

After he escorted his girlfriend to safety, he returned to the scene to take photos and saw multiple victims on the ground, Wakonabo said.

The festival started in 1982 and draws 350,000 attendees, according to its website.

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Associated Press journalists Manuel Valdes and Lindsey Wasson in Seattle, Annika Wolters in Bangkok and Christopher Weber in Los Angeles contributed to this report.

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Saudi Arabia said it had shot down drones fired by Iran-backed militias in Iraq that had targeted its petroleum facilities. Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen meanwhile claimed to have attacked Saudi oil facilities as part of a separate but related conflict. It was unclear if they referred to the same attack.

Neither the U.S. nor Iran reported carrying out any attacks for three days — a respite after about two weeks of sustained bombardments that had led to increasing fears of a return to all-out war.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran had asked for more discussions, reaching out directly “because we’ve been hitting them very hard.” Iran has said there are no direct talks underway.

“We’re having good talks, so we’ll see what happens,” Trump told reporters Monday on Air Force One. “I think there’s a good chance that something could happen. And if it does, good. if it doesn’t, we go back to doing what we were doing two days ago.”

The two regional officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the closed-door talks, said mediators led by Qatar and Pakistan were working to bridge the gap between Washington and Tehran to return to an interim ceasefire deal that had collapsed after the exchanges of fire.

No strikes over the weekend

In addition to the attack on Saudi Arabia, two drone attacks were reported against a Kurdish Iranian dissident group in Iraq on Monday, and Jordan said it had shot down two drones, without saying where they originated. There were no reports of casualties or damage.

Iran and Ukraine, meanwhile, have been publicly feuding since Ukraine fired on at least one Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea over the weekend. Iran, which said a sailor had been killed in the attack, is an important ally of Russia in its war against Ukraine and helped Moscow build up its drone expertise.

The U.S. paused attacks after targeting Iranian coastal areas and infrastructure in a nearly two-week escalation sparked by Iran’s firing at ships trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial waterway for global oil shipments. Iran had responded to the strikes with missile and drone attacks on countries hosting U.S. troops, killing at least three service members at a base in Jordan and one in Iraq.

Asked if the U.S. munitions stockpile was running low, Trump said both that it was “in very good shape,” and “I’d like to have more, to be honest.” Experts have questioned how long both the U.S. and Iran can afford to keep up attacks.

Iran halted its attacks following the American pause, Tehran's army spokesperson told Iranian state TV on Sunday.

Regional officials cite progress in talks

One of the regional officials who spoke to AP on Monday described the progress made in mediation efforts as “significant.” He said mediators were working with Iran and Oman on a mechanism for managing vessels’ transit through the Strait of Hormuz, the flashpoint for the latest strikes and counterstrikes.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Esmail Baghaei, said during a news conference in Tehran on Monday that “mediators may convey messages to us from the American side” but that there were no direct negotiations.

He said Iran and Oman, which lies on the other side of the Strait of Hormuz, had already held talks on Friday and Saturday on how to manage ship traffic through the waterway.

Their aim is to “develop mechanisms to ensure safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz while respecting the sovereign rights and sovereignty of both coastal states, as well as Iran’s security and national interests” Baghaei said. He stressed that the waterway remains closed.

Tehran has asserted that the interim deal with the U.S. allows it to manage shipping on the waterway and potentially charge fees, and it has objected to U.S. efforts to support an alternative route that passes close to Oman. The strait was open to all without fees before the war.

The U.S. military on Monday said its recently reimposed naval blockade against Iran continued, with 17 commercial ships redirected, two disabled and two boarded.

The 60-day period established by the interim deal in mid-June is now well into its second half, and major issues that were meant to be negotiated — notably Iran’s nuclear program at the heart of tensions — have been set aside as mediators try to keep both sides talking.

Shipping traffic on the strait is at a 3-week low

Concerns have grown about shipping through another crucial waterway in the region, the Bab al-Mandeb strait to the Red Sea. The Houthis last week threatened a blockade of Saudi shipping there, and fired on at least one Saudi tanker, setting it alight.

Global energy supplies and the economy remain in the balance as gasoline prices have risen again.

Commercial shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz was at a three-week low, a maritime body overseen by the U.S. Navy said Sunday, adding that no new attacks had been confirmed in the past 72 hours. It said traffic remained steady through Bab el-Mandeb.

Netanyahu says he ‘fully’ backs Trump’s efforts

Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he plans to meet with Trump in Washington on Tuesday. They last met in Washington in February, weeks before they launched the war on Iran that killed senior leaders, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon fired at Israel two days after the war began, and Israel responded with airstrikes and a ground invasion. Since then, the U.S. has supported landmark direct talks between Lebanon and Israel to try to calm that front and find a way to disarm Hezbollah.

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Becatoros reported from Athens, Greece. Associated Press reporters Cara Anna in Lowville, New York; Darlene Superville and Ben Finley in Washington; and Jill Lawless and Emma Burrows in London contributed.

Genevieve se convirtió en un huracán de categoría 5 a primera hora del lunes, el primero en la región del Pacífico oriental en dos años, según el Centro Nacional de Huracanes en Miami. Está previsto a permanecer mar adentro en una trayectoria aproximadamente paralela a la costa de México.

Genevieve registraba vientos máximos sostenidos de 250 km/h (155 mph), según el Centro Nacional de Huracanes. El centro de Genevieve se ubicaba unos 835 kilómetros (520 millas) al sur- suroeste del extremo sur de la península de Baja California y avanzaba hacia el noroeste a 20 km/h (13 mph).

No había avisos costeros en vigor, pero el centro de huracanes indicó que el oleaje de la tormenta estaba afectando partes de la costa suroeste de México y la península de Baja California, y podría ser peligroso.

Genevieve fluctuará en intensidad antes de debilitarse más adelante en la semana, según los pronósticos.

Más al noroeste en el Pacífico, el huracán Fausto era una tormenta de categoría 1 mientras continuaba en la dirección general de las islas hawaianas. Parece dirigirse al norte de Hawai, pero los residentes deben monitorear el progreso de la tormenta por posibles impactos, dijeron los expertos.

El centro de huracanes apuntó que el oleaje y las corrientes estaban aumentando en las costas orientadas al este a lo largo de las islas de Hawai. Fausto registraba vientos máximos sostenidos de 130 km/h (80 mph). Su centro se ubicaba unos 935 kilómetros (580 millas) al este de Hilo, Hawai, y avanzaba hacia el oeste-noroeste a 22 km/h (14 mph).

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

Genevieve was briefly a Category 5 hurricane early Monday, the first in the East Pacific region in two years, the National Hurricane Center said. It was expected to stay far out to sea on a course roughly parallel with the Mexico coast.

Genevieve had maximum sustained winds of 155 mph (250 kph), according to the Miami-based hurricane center. Genevieve’s center was located about 520 miles (835 kilometers) south-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula and was headed northwest at 13 mph (20 kph).

No coastal watches or warnings were in effect, but the hurricane center said that swells from the storm — likely causing “life-threatening surf and rip current conditions” — were affecting parts of Mexico’s southwestern coast and the Baja California peninsula.

Genevieve was expected to fluctuate in intensity before weakening later in the week.

Farther northwest in the Pacific, Hurricane Fausto was a Category 1 storm as it continued on a path in the general direction of the Hawaiian Islands. Forecasters said Fausto is expected to pass north of Hawaii, but residents should still monitor the progress of the storm for impacts.

Large surf and strong currents were increasing on east-facing shores along Hawaii's islands, the hurricane center said. Fausto had maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 kph). It was centered about 580 miles (935 kilometers) east of Hilo, Hawaii and traveling west-northwest at 14 mph (22 kph).

Zelenskyy’s visit was the first by a foreign leader since Burnham took office a week ago, and the prime minister said it signaled the U.K.'s “unwavering” support for Kyiv to defend itself against Russia's 4-year-old, full-scale invasion.

His predecessor, Keir Starmer, was in the Ukrainian capital less than two weeks ago in his last overseas trip before leaving office, and Burnham said he planned to visit soon.

Burnham is the fifth British prime minister Zelenskyy has dealt with since Russia launched the war in 2022.

"You are the first leader I have welcomed in person since taking office, and that is no accident,” Burnham told Zelenskyy. “It is intended to send a very clear message: we are with Ukraine 100%, I am personally with you 100%, and I will honor every commitment this country has made to Ukraine in full.”

Zelenskyy said the two countries' relationship was “stronger than ever.”

The meeting, aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth docked at Portsmouth on England’s south coast, came a day before Zelenskyy is expected to visit U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington.

Burnham said they had “talked at length” about Kyiv's need for more interceptors to shoot down Russian ballistic missiles, “particularly in terms of Ukraine protecting critical national infrastructure during the winters.”

“We’ve taken away some things that we will now follow up with our partners,” Burnham said after the meeting.

Russia has intensified strikes on gas stations, power facilities and other infrastructure this year in a broad campaign to strain Ukraine’s logistics and energy networks.

Zelenskyy said on X that the leaders also discussed “joint defense production.” Britain and Ukraine already have a deal to work together on new drones, and Zelenskyy told Sky News beforehand that he hoped to build a “big, big factory” in Britain.

They also met more than 200 Ukrainian military personnel who have spent three weeks in Britain for an exercise aimed at strengthening their fighting capabilities and measures to counter mines in the Black Sea, the U.K. government said.

Burnham announced that the U.K. will give Ukraine the intellectual property behind its new “Stone Cloak” electronic warfare system, which is capable of jamming Russian air defenses to stop drones from being detected.

Ukraine has expanded its campaign of frequent drone attacks deep inside Russia that have targeted oil facilities, military factories and, most recently, logistical centers, bringing the war home to millions of Russians and raising pressure on President Vladimir Putin.

The raids have shattered Putin’s narrative of the conflict as something that doesn’t affect the lives of ordinary people in his country. But he has remained undeterred and Russia has ramped up its aerial campaign, regularly bombarding Ukraine with missiles and drones.

Russia and Ukraine trade drone attacks

Russia again attacked Ukraine overnight with 147 long-range drones, according to Ukraine's air force, which said it intercepted or jammed 123 of them.

In Zaporizhzhia, one person was killed and two injured in attacks on the city that damaged a residential high-rise and several private homes overnight, according to regional administration head Ivan Fedorov.

A Russian strike on the town of Balakliia in the Kharkiv region killed one person and wounded eight, according to Vitalii Karabanov, head of the city military administration.

In the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, Russian strikes damaged a kindergarten, residential buildings and infrastructure, injuring a woman and a 6-year-old boy, according to administration head Oleksandr Hanzha.

In the eastern Kharkiv region, regional council member Oleksandr Skoryk said Russian forces destroyed every gas station along the highway between Kharkiv and Poltava, a distance of about 150 kilometers (93 miles). The highway is a key supply route linking Kharkiv, the country’s second-largest city and a regional hub close to the Russian border, with central Ukraine.

Romania’s Ministry of National Defense said a drone briefly entered its airspace before crossing the river border into Ukraine, where explosions were subsequently reported. It said two F-16 fighter jets were deployed to monitor airspace.

The drone’s incursion into Romanian airspace marked the fourth such incident in as many days. The three previous drones were all shot down by the NATO member.

In Moscow, Russia’s Defense Ministry said air defenses downed 276 Ukrainian drones overnight.

Rostov regional Gov. Yuri Slyusar said five people, including a child, were killed when a Ukrainian drone hit an apartment building in Rostov-on-Don. Ukraine’s military General Staff said Ukrainian forces struck an export terminal in Rostov-on-Don, setting it ablaze.

The Ukrainian military said other strikes in the Moscow-held part of the Kherson region targeted a ground relay station used to control drones and a bridge over the Henichesk Strait that Russia uses for military logistics. Russian fuel and supply depots were also hit.

In the city of Belgorod in southwestern Russia near the border with Ukraine, a Ukrainian drone attack injured 12, including two children, according to regional emergency officials.

Iran vows retaliation after Ukrainian attack on a ship

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Ukraine struck an Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea, killing a sailor.

In a statement on X on Sunday, Araghchi denounced the attack as a “blatant U.N. Charter violation done at Israel’s behest to drag Europe into its war.” He said he made it clear in calls with the European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that the attack “can't go unanswered.”

Zelenskyy said on X that Ukrainian long-range strikes in the Caspian Sea over the weekend achieved “very good results,” adding the targets included “vessels involved in transporting military cargo linked to Iran, as well as a warship.”

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha rejected Iran’s threats of retaliation as unjustified and groundless, saying Tehran's weapons supplies to Russia have made it a direct accomplice to Moscow's aggression. “Iran has no standing to pretend to be a victim,” he posted on X, and called its references to the U.N. Charter “absurd.”

Sybiha said Iran’s statements were an attempt to divert attention from Russia’s attacks on civilian shipping in the Black Sea, which would be a focus of an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting Monday.

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Hanna Arhirova and Illia Novikov in Kyiv, Ukraine, and Stephen McGrath in Bucharest, Romania, contributed.

The flap over Pirlo reportedly has Paolo Maldini considering stepping down just 16 days into his new job as the technical director charged with restoring order for the Azzurri.

This after Pep Guardiola and Carlo Ancelotti had already turned down offers to coach a national team that has failed to qualify for three straight World Cups.

The crisis surrounding Italy’s once-proud squad is expanding to new dimensions four months after the four-time World Cup champion was beaten by Bosnia and Herzegovina in a qualifying playoff.

Pirlo himself confirmed that he was out in an Instagram post Monday, saying he “heard last night that I’m no longer the candidate for the Italy national team job.”

Several Italian politicians had raised concerns about Pirlo’s contract to be an ambassador for Fonbet, saying the national team coach should not have conflicting views on Italy’s support for Ukraine in the war with Russia.

Pirlo, who had been prepared to leave his current job as coach of Dubai United, was an unpopular choice after unsuccessful stints coaching Juventus and Sampdoria — despite having been one of the standout players when Italy last won the World Cup in 2006.

Pirlo said the Fonbet deal was linked to his job in the United Arab Emirates and is “exclusively for commercial and sports” purposes.

“Attributing a political significance to that collaboration means attributing beliefs to me that I have never expressed and don't belong to me,” Pirlo added. “My love for Italy doesn’t depend on a job. It’s part of my history, my identity and it will remain forever.”

Pirlo was a 3rd choice

Pirlo was at best a third choice after Brazil coach Ancelotti and former Manchester City manager Guardiola turned down offers from Maldini and special adviser Leonardo.

But Pirlo was preferred by his former AC Milan teammate Maldini ahead of figures like former Italy coaches Roberto Mancini and Antonio Conte because he was seen as someone more willing to adapt to new policies and promote younger players in an attack-minded system.

Gennaro Gattuso, another former Milan player, left as Italy’s coach by mutual consent in April after the defeat in Bosnia.

Now Mancini and Conte are back being discussed for the job, while Maldini is reportedly upset that Pirlo was turned down.

The final decision lies with Italian soccer federation president Giovanni Malagò, who was elected in June after leading the Milan Cortina Olympics organizing committee and, previously, the Italian Olympic Committee.

Mancini and Conte

Mancini coached Italy to the European Championship title in 2021 then failed to get the Azzurri to the following year’s World Cup before bolting to take over Saudi Arabia’s national team. He left Saudi Arabia in 2024 and was most recently coach at Al-Sadd in Qatar.

Conte coached Italy to the quarterfinals of the 2016 European Championship and was most recently at Napoli.

Another option could be former Inter Milan coach Simone Inzaghi, who is currently coaching in the Saudi league.

Whoever gets hired will be Italy's fourth coach in as many years.

When Luciano Spalletti was fired after Italy lost its opening qualifier to Norway last year, Claudio Ranieri turned down an offer to replace him and the much less experienced Gattuso was hired instead.

Italy next plays in September and October, when it will face Belgium, Turkey and France in the Nations League.

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On domestic issues, Marcos disclosed that a special anti-graft prosecutor would soon file charges against former House of Representatives Speaker Martin Romualdez, who has been implicated in a corruption scandal that the president exposed in his state of the nation speech last year.

Marcos highlighted China after media editorial he called racist

Marcos did not mention China by name or elaborate on his criticism of Beijing, which was applauded by many lawmakers. He said that “of late, our very humanity has been called into question” and reminded detractors that “Filipinos are a noble … and a great race. We are not greedy. We are not racists. We are not liars.”

Marcos summoned Chinese Ambassador Jing Quan to his office in Manila last week after the China Daily, a Chinese state-owned media outlet, depicted Filipinos as monkeys in an editorial video and cartoons. The animations centered on Beijing’s rejection of the arbitration ruling that invalidated China’s claims in the South China Sea.

The Philippine government strongly condemned the AI-generated images as “racist and dehumanizing” and demanded that they be taken down.

In Beijing, however, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said last week that the video “does not represent the official position and I have no comment on it.”

He said, however, that China viewed the South China Sea arbitration as “a political farce disguised as a legal proceeding.” He added that “the so-called award is illegal, null and void and has no binding force,” reiterating China’s longstanding position.

Marcos said the ruling, which he said was final and binding, was a “definitive benchmark for the interpretation and application” of the 1982 U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, which was the basis of the decision. The Philippines initiated the arbitration in 2013 after a tense standoff between Chinese and Philippine ships in a disputed shoal, but China refused to participate and rejected the decision as a sham.

“Your government will do all that is necessary to continue upholding this award, utilizing every peaceful and legal means available to the republic against any attempt, foreign or domestic, to undermine this achievement,” Marcos said, adding that Filipinos “do not yield.”

Territorial confrontations in the disputed waters have become more prevalent in recent years, particularly among Chinese, Philippine and Vietnamese forces and fishing fleets. The long-simmering disputes in the strategic waterway, a key global trade route, also involve Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan.

Marcos says being family won't protect his cousin and ally

Marcos did not identify Romualdez, his cousin and key political ally, by name but was obviously referring to him when speaking about the corruption charges to be filed.

“This is painful to me, but we have to do the right thing,” Marcos said. “I’m not a president for my family. I’m not a president for my friend.”

Romualdez, who resigned as House speaker last year but remains as a member of Congress, reiterated in a statement that he did not violate the law and he was ready to prove it.

Romualdez, along with several House members and senators, was accused of pocketing huge kickbacks from flood control projects in government and congressional investigations. Others have been charged and detained for large-scale corruption, including an incumbent and a former senator, a former public works secretary, who served under Marcos, and several government engineers and construction company executives, but to date not Romualdez.

Nearly 25 billion pesos' ($410 million) worth of cash and properties belonging to some of the suspects have been recovered or frozen by the government and some have been returned to the national treasury, Marcos said.

Marcos suggested Philippines should now reconsider nuclear power

Marcos also spoke at length about his administration’s efforts to cushion the impact of fuel price hikes caused by the war in Iran for ordinary Filipinos. In a bid to boost energy security, Marcos said that “perhaps it is time for us to revisit nuclear energy production.”

“We will make sure it’s safe,” Marcos said, without elaborating. “We will also make sure that we can explain well to the public the good benefits of nuclear power.”

The Philippines built its first and only nuclear power plant in Bataan, a coastal province in an earthquake-prone region about 120 kilometers (75 miles) northwest of Manila, in the 1970s but it was left idle due to safety concerns and corruption.

En una visita a un centro de coordinación del enorme esfuerzo de extinción en el suroeste de Francia, Macron escuchó cómo el incendio que arde desde la semana pasada ha sido tremendamente impredecible, transformándose a veces en una tormenta de fuego autoalimentada mientras quemaba un área cuatro veces mayor que París y obligó a 220.000 personas a huir de sus hogares.

“Nos enfrentamos a un incendio completamente sin precedentes” , dijo Macron, describiendo la situación como la peor crisis relacionada con incendios en Francia desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

Elogió a los equipos de bomberos que detuvieron el avance del infierno el lunes después de días sucesivos de propagación de las llamas. Pero con los bosques aún humeantes, advirtió que la batalla aún no está ganada.

“Las próximas semanas serán duras”, dijo.

Con miles de bomberos en tierra y rotaciones de aeronaves que arrojan agua y retardante, el lunes había una carrera contra el tiempo antes de una ola de calor prevista que podría dificultar el combate contra las llamas. El servicio meteorológico nacional pronosticó temperaturas por encima de 35 °C (95 °F) en el suroeste el martes y probablemente más altas el miércoles.

Las autoridades regionales dijeron que la situación durante la noche hasta el lunes se había mantenido “globalmente estable” —un cambio respecto a días anteriores, cuando las autoridades dijeron que las llamas se habían acercado hasta 15 kilómetros (10 millas) de las afueras de Burdeos, una ciudad histórica de 268.000 habitantes, y generaron tormentas de fuego autoalimentadas con rayos que provocaron más incendios.

No se anunciaron nuevas evacuaciones el lunes. Pero con Francia a punto de entrar en su temporada turística de mayor afluencia en agosto, las autoridades de la región de Gironda alrededor de Burdeos trabajaron para mantener alejados a los veraneantes, al prohibir los campamentos de vacaciones para niños y para personas con discapacidad.

Los bomberos tratan de adelantarse a la próxima ola de calor

Equipos con maquinaria pesada arramplaron con franjas de bosque y matorral para crear espacios estériles, destinados a impedir que los incendios se propagaran. Los agricultores mantenían a los equipos de bomberos abastecidos de agua, transportándola en tanques.

Alrededor de una docena de países han proporcionado aviones, helicópteros, bomberos y otra asistencia tanto a Francia como a España, que también combate incendios sin precedentes. En total, los incendios en ambos países han obligado a más de 330.000 personas a huir.

En España, los incendios forestales han ardido fuera de control en los alrededores de Madrid y en la región de Valencia. Las autoridades han evacuado a 79.000 personas y confinaron a otras 30.000 en sus hogares.

Tanto en España como en Francia, la escala excepcional de los incendios —alimentados por olas de calor que golpearon especialmente fuerte y temprano este año, dejando bosques y matorrales secos como yesca— está impulsando llamados a una acción más contundente contra el cambio climático.

“Lo que estamos viviendo no es una sucesión de episodios aislados, es la expresión más dolorosa de una emergencia climática que hace de los incendios (...) más voraces, las olas de calor más frecuentes, y nuestros territorios como consecuencia más vulnerables”, dijo el presidente del gobierno español, Pedro Sánchez.

Un incendio que arde en un terreno montañoso y rural en Ávila, al oeste de Madrid, se ha convertido en el mayor registrado en España, según el gobierno, al calcinar 500 kilómetros cuadrados (193 millas cuadradas). Eso es cinco veces el tamaño de Barcelona.

David Gonzalez, un jardinero de 48 años que usó su furgoneta para llevar suministros a los bomberos en Ávila, dijo que sienten mucha rabia e impotencia por ver el valle y las casas quemadas.

En total, los incendios han quemado 1.530 kilómetros cuadrados (590 millas cuadradas) este año en España —seis veces la superficie arrasada por los incendios en la primera mitad de 2025—, dijo Sara Aagesen, la ministra de Ecología.

La ministra dijo que otra ola de calor prevista a partir del martes —que sería la cuarta en lo que va de año en España— podría aumentar el peligro de incendios. La agencia meteorológica de España pronosticó temperaturas por encima de 40 °C (104 °F).

Aviones que arrojan agua combaten un incendio en Italia

Un incendio forestal impulsado por fuertes vientos se declaró el domingo por la tarde cerca de Peschici, en la región meridional italiana de Puglia, quemando pinares y matorral y obligando a evacuar a unos 300 turistas de playas y campamentos, informaron las autoridades.

La Guardia Costera evacuó a los turistas por mar hasta la cercana Vieste, donde las autoridades abrieron refugios temporales.

Tres aviones Canadair de descarga de agua y equipos de bomberos en tierra continuaron el lunes combatiendo el incendio, que reavivó recuerdos de los devastadores incendios forestales que golpearon la misma zona costera en 2007.

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Leicester informó desde París; Joseph Wilson en Barcelona, Iain Sullivan en El Tiemblo, España, y Giada Zampano en Roma.

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

On a visit to a coordination center for the massive firefighting effort in southwest France, Macron heard how the blaze raging since last week has been wildly unpredictable, transforming at times into a self-feeding fire storm as it burned through an area four times the size of Paris and forced 220,000 people to flee their homes.

“We're facing a completely unprecedented fire,” Macron said, describing the situation as France's worst fire-related crisis since World War II.

He praised firefighting teams who stopped the inferno's progression Monday after successive days of spreading flames. But with woodlands still smoldering, he cautioned that the battle isn’t yet won.

“The weeks ahead will be hard,” he said.

With thousands of firefighters on the ground and rotations of water- and retardant-dropping aircraft, it became a race against time Monday before an expected heat wave that could make fighting flames more difficult. The national weather service forecast temperatures above 35 C (95 F) in the southwest on Tuesday and likely higher on Wednesday.

Regional authorities said the situation overnight to Monday had remained “globally stable” — a change from previous days when officials said flames had crept to within 15 kilometers (10 miles) of the outskirts of Bordeaux, a historic city of 268,000 people, and generated self-feeding firestorms with lightning bolts that ignited more blazes.

No new evacuations were announced Monday. But with France about to enter its peak August tourist season, authorities for the Gironde region around Bordeaux worked to keep vacationers away, banning holiday camps for children and for people with disabilities.

Fire crews racing against feared next heat wave

Crews using earth movers tore up strips of forest and scrubland to create barren spaces, intended to stop fires from spreading. Farmers were keeping fire crews supplied with water, transporting it to them in tanks.

Around a dozen countries have provided planes, helicopters, firefighters and other assistance to both France and Spain, which is also fighting unprecedented blazes. All told, fires in the two countries have forced more than 330,000 people to flee.

In Spain, wildfires have burned out of control around Madrid and in the Valencia region. Authorities evacuated 79,000 people and confined 30,000 others to their homes.

In both Spain and France, the exceptional scale of the fires — fueled by heat waves that hit especially hard and early this year, making forests and scrubland tinder-dry — are driving calls for stronger action against climate change.

“What we are experiencing is not a series of isolated incidents. It is the consequence of a climate emergency that is making wildfires even more violent, heat waves more frequent,” Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said.

A fire raging in hilly, rural terrain in Ávila, west of Madrid, has become Spain’s largest on record, scorching 500 square kilometers (193 square miles), the government said. That's five times the size of Barcelona.

“Look at how the valley is burned. Look at the houses, the people," said David Gonzalez, a 48-year-old gardener who used his van to run supplies to firefighters in Ávila.

"We are feeling lot of anger and helplessness. It’s something inhuman,” he said.

Fires have burned 1,530 square kilometers (590 square miles) this year in Spain — six times the area scorched by blazes in the first half of 2025, said Sara Aagesen, the ecology minister.

The minister said that another heat wave forecast from Tuesday — which would be Spain’s fourth so far this year — could ratchet up the fire danger. Spain’s weather agency forecast temperatures above 40 C (104 F).

Water-dropping planes combat fire in Italy

A wildfire driven by strong winds broke out on Sunday afternoon near Peschici, in Italy’s southern Puglia region, burning pine forest and scrub and forcing the evacuation of about 300 tourists from beaches and campgrounds, authorities said.

The Coast Guard evacuated tourists by sea to nearby Vieste, where authorities opened temporary shelters.

Three Canadair water-bombing planes and fire crews on the ground continued Monday to battle the blaze, which revived memories of devastating wildfires that hit the same coastal area in 2007.

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Leicester reported from Paris. Associated Press writers Joseph Wilson in Barcelona, Iain Sullivan in El Tiemblo, Spain, and Giada Zampano in Rome contributed.

The S&P 500 fell 0.2%. The index is coming off two weekly losses in a row. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 155 points, or 0.3%, as of 2:25 p.m. Eastern time. The Nasdaq composite fell 0.4%.

Oil prices reversed course from a week ago, when a sharp escalation in fighting between the U.S. and Iran worsened worries about global oil supplies. The price of Brent crude, the international standard, dropped 6.6% to $85.63 a barrel for October delivery. Prices surged to over $100 a barrel last week before easing.

The war between the U.S. and Iran has sharply curtailed, and at a times halted, traffic through the vital Strait of Hormuz. That has had a ripple effect throughout the world’s economy. Gasoline prices have surged and shipping costs for most goods are rising, with businesses typically passing those costs along to households.

Markets rose in Europe after closing higher in Asia.

Bond yields fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 4.65% from 4.69% late Friday.

Technology companies were behind much of the shifts in the market, with gains and declines for a mix of big companies resulting in uncertain trading.

Nvidia fell 5.1% and Micron Technology slumped 4%. At the same time, Microsoft rose 3% and Apple rose 0.8%. They are all among the most valuable companies in the world and those market values give them more influence over the direction of the broader market.

The mix of gains and losses from a variety of those companies had more impact in pushing and pulling the market, even as the majority of companies in the S&P 500 gained ground.

In Asia, Chinese memory chipmaker CXMT soared in its debut in Shanghai. The company jumped to become China’s most valuable listed company with an estimated market capitalization of 3.3 trillion yuan (nearly $490 billion).

Wall Street has a busy week ahead with several potentially mark-moving updates on the economy and company earnings. Reports are due out on consumer confidence Tuesday and inflation on Thursday.

“This is a week with more than its fair share of potential surprises, good and bad," said Chris Larkin, managing director, trading and investing, at E-Trade from Morgan Stanley.

The big focus will be on the Federal Reserve, which will give an update Wednesday on its interest rate policy. The central bank has been grappling with the impact from rising inflation because of the ongoing U.S. war with Iran. It also has to contend with a fresh round of U.S.-imposed tariffs globally, which could further worsen inflation.

Wall Street anticipates a nearly 36% chance that the Fed will raise interest rates at its meeting this week. Higher rates can help cool inflation by making borrowing more expensive and slowing economic growth.

The central bank has been holding rates steady throughout the year as it monitors inflation’s direction and impact, but Wall Street expects at least one rate hike by the end of the year.

Stubbornly high inflation has been squeezing households and fuel costs have hit budgets and spending particularly hard. Gasoline costs are taking a bigger chunk out of household budgets, and that could mean tighter spending on other things like clothing and travel.

Investors are monitoring the latest round of corporate earnings for signs of consumer stress along with whether the yearlong jump in stock values throughout Wall Street is justified by profits and forecasts for profit growth.

Investors also have a heavy round of corporate earnings to review this week. Many of those reports could provide more clues into the health of different areas of the economy. Paint and coatings maker Sherwin-Williams, aircraft maker Boeing and payments processor Visa will report their latest results on Tuesday.

Starbucks and Chipotle will report results on Wednesday.

Technology companies are being especially watched because their sharp gains throughout the year have been behind the Wall Street's record run. Microsoft will report results Wednesday. Amazon, with its growing cloud services business and AI-focus, will report results on Thursday, along with Apple.

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After Sunday's 21st and final stage in Paris, the 27-year-old Slovenian joined Belgian Eddy Merckx, Spaniard Miguel Indurain, and Frenchmen Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Hinault as the only riders to win five Tour titles.

Pogacar finished 6 minutes, 26 seconds ahead of Belgian rider Remco Evenepoel, a time trial great, in the overall standings.

Jonas Vingegaard, who was once Pogacar's big rival, crashed out of the race on the 15th stage. Vingegaard, a former fish factory worker from Denmark, won the Tour in 2022 and ' 23. For his second title, he beat Pogacar by more than seven minutes in a result that put them level at 2-2 for Tour titles.

Pogacar has since won the Tour three straight times. Vingegaard, despite clinching the Spanish Vuelta last September and the Giro d'Italia earlier this year, barely mustered a challenge at this Tour. He did briefly wear the yellow jersey, but that was thanks to a team effort after Visma-Lease a Bike team won the opening-day team time trial in Barcelona.

Pogacar won five stages and now has 26 overall. He still needs 10 stage wins to break Mark Cavendish’s Tour record of 35. That may take two years given that Pogacar’s best in a single edition is six, during the 2024 Tour.

Can anyone challenge Pogacar?

Vingegaard is 29 and has time to win more Tours, but needs to find a way to challenge Pogacar again in the high climbs.

Otherwise, the list of contenders is slim.

Paul Seixas carries the renewed hopes of French supporters, 41 years after the last of Hinault's wins. The 19-year-old Seixas placed fourth on his Tour debut and fellow Frenchman Lenny Martinez, who is an excellent climber, placed fifth overall.

Both are riders of the future.

Martinez, 23, blew the chance of a stage win on the iconic Alpe d'Huez when he didn't work properly with Richard Carapaz to distance Pogacar lower down the climb.

Carapaz won two mountain stages but the 33-year-old Ecuadorian was not a threat for the title and Pogacar didn't need to chase him. The 2019 Giro d'Italia winner is an attacking rider, but advancing years — and the fact he placed 20 minutes behind Pogacar overall — diminish the challenge he poses to Pogacar in future.

Only the 26-year-old Evenepoel appears to have an outside chance of toppling Pogacar. The two-time Olympic champion can beat Pogacar in time trials and is young enough to improve in the mountains. He rode well to win the 15th stage, albeit after Vingegaard had crashed.

He is part of an ambitious Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe team which has big financial backing and could yet build a winning team around him. However, the team must decide who to back as No. 1 rider between Evenepoel and German climber Florian Lipowitz, who was third on last year's Tour.

Pogacar’s UAE Team Emirates teammate Isaac Del Toro, a 22-year-old Mexican making his Tour debut, placed third overall but remains under Pogacar's wing as his elite support rider.

Spanish Vuelta?

It has been a great year for Pogacar.

He won stage races at the Tour de Suisse and the Tour de Romandie, as well as stunning victories in one-day classics.

Pogacar won the Giro d’Italia by a huge margin in 2024.

But unlike Vingegaard, Hinault, Anquetil, and Merckx, he has not won the Spanish Vuelta for a hat trick of Grand Tours wins.

“Will I be at La Vuelta in a few weeks?” Pogacar said teasingly on Sunday. “Let’s see.”

Early-morning tests

This year's race made headlines when Pogacar and Vingegaard had unannounced anti-doping tests in the early hours: 5 a.m. for Pogacar and 2 a.m. for Vingegaard.

Some fans were outraged, and Evenepoel described the timing as “very disrespectful” to riders during an exhausting race.

Pogacar suggested fatigue may have played a factor in Vingegaard's crash later that day. However, Pogacar later accepted that random-hour testing helps improve transparency.

Cycling’s governing body, the UCI, has entrusted Tour testing since 2021 to the Swiss-based International Testing Agency, which said correct procedures were followed.

Armstrong's damage

The sport's reputation was badly hit when Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour titles (1999-2005) after confessing in 2013 to having used performance-enhancing drugs. Two years later, a 227-page report detailed cycling’s historic culture of drug use.

British rider Chris Froome, who won the Tour four times (2013 and 2015-17) when trust in cycling overall was very low following the Armstrong scandal, said he agreed with the early-morning tests.

“It is something that, as riders, I just think we have to embrace,” he said in an interview with British newspaper The Telegraph. “Our doors always have to be open, regardless of how inconvenient it is ... to inspire confidence and to act as a deterrent.”

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The inside of the mound was tightly stacked with beech wood which smolders for weeks until it's been turned into charcoal — a craft that's been practiced in the Harz mountain region in eastern Germany for hundreds of years.

“We are making charcoal in traditional earthen kilns, just as it was done here in the Harz Mountains over 1,000 years ago,” Feldmer told The Associated Press in a recent interview as he stood between the mounds in the middle of the Harz forest near the small town of Hasselfelde.

Feldmer and his brother Sascha took over the Harzköhlerei Stemberghaus business of producing charcoal from their father. They also have a handful of workers as the smoldering wood inside the mounds needs to be attended to and carefully watched day and night so it won't start catching fire and burn down to useless ashes.

Once covered in earth, the beech wood — which is known for its high density and the high temperatures it creates once it's been turned into charcoal — burns from top to bottom with the help of air holes. The charcoal is then swept clean of soil, and when it has cooled down, it's packed into 10-kilogram (22-pound) bags for sale.

Charcoal production was essential for mining ore in the Harz Mountains. To extract valuable metals such as silver, lead, copper, and zinc from the hard rock, the ore was crushed and then smelted in a furnace using intense heat. The extremely high temperatures required could only be achieved using charcoal.

Over the centuries, hundreds of families in the Harz region earned their living as charcoal burners. These days ore is no longer mined there and only a few coal burners are left in Germany. The Feldmers mostly sell their charcoal to people using it for barbecues at home.

“Our charcoal is, first and foremost, made from pure beech wood,” Feldmer said, adding that most of the charcoal sold at hardware stores in the country is imported and made of “mixed woods, scrap wood, and waste wood so it can be produced cheaply.”

As Feldmer and his brother would not be able to live from the coal burning business alone — they produce around 40 tons annually — they've also opened a museum about the history of coal burning, a small store and a restaurant where guests can get local specialties including steaks grilled over homemade birch charcoal.

Though the craft of char burning has essentially died out in Germany, Feldmer hopes that his family will keep the tradition alive.

“Of course, we hope ... that our business here will be taken over by our children, that it will continue to operate, and that the traditional craft of charcoal burning will be preserved here," he said.

Park, the first Korean major league player who pitched 17 seasons (1994-2010), going 124-98, also will take on the title of senior adviser to owner John Fisher.

The investment group, Team61, announced Sunday night its investment will total $70 million, of which $55 million is committed with another $15 million if Major League Baseball approves the deal.

Actors Ken Jeong and Daniel Dae Kim also are part of the investment group.

“During my playing career, I introduced Korea to Major League Baseball and Major League Baseball to Korean fans, and I saw firsthand how even a small point of connection can create meaningful change,” Park said in a statement. “Korea is now a baseball powerhouse with outstanding fans and a strong player-development system.

"Through exchanges with Las Vegas, which is opening a new era in Major League Baseball, I hope more opportunities will be created for the next generation of players. We are grateful for this opportunity to collaborate with the Athletics to lift up Korean baseball to the next level.”

Fisher, in a statement, touted the international benefits to the club.

“South Korea is an exciting country for baseball, and we are thrilled to partner with Chan Ho Park and Team61 to support their continued future success,” Fisher said. “Just as he pioneered and broke ground for Korean and Asian baseball players in America, we believe that this partnership with Chan Ho to pioneer Korean ownership in baseball will have long and lasting positive impacts.”

Harbinger Sports Group, which includes former Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, announced Thursday that it bought a minority stake in the A's, though details were not released. But Harbinger said it has raised more than $460 million in less than six months.

The A's are building a $2 billion, 33,000-person domed stadium on the Las Vegas Strip. They are currently playing the second of three planned seasons in West Sacramento, California.

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After throwing three scoreless innings in relief and earning the win at Baltimore, he was immediately designated for assignment.

“I hate it, to be honest with you,” Braves manager Walt Weiss said. “I wish the rules were different.”

What Atlanta did is fairly common now. If a pitcher works several innings of relief — even if he does so effectively — keeping him is essentially wasting a roster spot for the next couple days. So a fresher arm is brought in to replace him.

Baseball's union is proposing rule changes related to this type of roster churn. The players want pitchers optioned shortly after an outing of at least nine outs or 50 pitches to get major league pay and service time for the four days following the appearance. The union is also proposing to reduce the number of optional assignments to the minors from a maximum of five per season to three.

That wouldn't necessarily have helped Hernández, since he was designated for assignment, not optioned. Weiss didn't mention the option rules but instead took aim at the limit of 13 pitchers on a roster.

“I wish the number of pitchers weren't restricted,” Weiss said Saturday. “I think if you were able to carry an extra pitcher here and there, you wouldn't have to do those things — have to DFA a guy that was one of the heroes of the game last night. We want to be able to reward those guys, not DFA them.”

Trivia time

Jacob Misiorowski of the Milwaukee Brewers struck out the first seven hitters he faced — and 12 of the first 13 — on Sunday against Colorado. He's now up to 185 strikeouts this year, an average of 13.88 per nine innings.

The single-season record for strikeouts per nine innings (with a minimum of 100 innings) is 13.82. Who holds it?

Performance of the week

Dylan Cease threw a one-hitter in Toronto's 6-0 win over Boston on Saturday. He was the first Toronto pitcher to throw a one-hit shutout since Brandon Morrow in 2010.

Cease threw a no-hitter two years ago, but he was with San Diego then.

Earlier this month, he took a no-hitter into the ninth at San Francisco, but he was pulled after it was broken up.

Comeback of the week

Houston trailed the Chicago White Sox 5-0 before scoring eight runs in the top of the sixth Friday night. The Astros went on to win 9-5.

Christian Walker hit a three-run double to make it 5-4, and one out later Cam Smith hit a two-run homer that put Houston ahead to stay.

Team of the week

(This honor goes to the team with the best record over the past seven days, using run differential as a tiebreaker if need be. A tiny sample, yes, but this is basically the amount of time it takes to win a playoff series.)

The Tampa Bay Rays went 6-1 this past week and are still holding off the New York Yankees atop the AL East. The Rays lead by three games.

Tampa Bay took three of four at Toronto before sweeping three against Cleveland, shutting out the Guardians in the final two games.

The Rays are extremely likely to make the playoffs in some fashion for the first time since 2023. The question now is whether they can pull off a deadline deal that helps them outlast the Yankees and the surging Red Sox for a division title and first-round bye.

Trivia answer

Gerrit Cole of the Houston Astros struck out 326 in 212 1/3 innings in 2019.

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CXMT's shares surged 466% in their first day of trading. The company has become the most valuable one listed on a mainland Chinese exchange, with an estimated market capitalization of about 3.3 trillion yuan (more than $487 billion). But that's still smaller than those of South Korean and American memory chipmakers like Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron Technology.

CXMT, or ChangXin Memory Technologies, is among many chipmakers that have profited mightily from the boom in artificial intelligence. Its business is thriving as China pushes for greater self-sufficiency in leading edge technologies while contending with limited access to advanced chipmaking machines due to American-led restrictions.

The company raised at least $8.6 billion with the offering, priced at 8.66 yuan ($1.3) per share, in its listing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange’s Nasdaq-like STAR market, also known as the Science and Technology Innovation Board.

It was mainland China's second largest IPO after the $22.1 billion share offering of Agricultural Bank of China in Shanghai and Hong Kong in 2010.

Founded in 2016 in the eastern city of Hefei, CXMT is one of the world’s largest makers of DRAM, or “dynamic random access” memory chips, a kind of semiconductor used in everything from AI servers to autos and consumer electronics like smartphones and personal computers.

“CXMT plays a critical role in China’s AI push, particularly in the face of U.S. export controls,” said Kyle Chan, a fellow at the Brookings Institution and an expert in China’s technology policies. U.S. restrictions have also barred China from importing powerful HBM, or high-bandwidth memory chips – a high-performance type of DRAM.

The company’s revenue surged to 50.8 billion yuan ($7.5 billion) on jumping demand from the rapid rise of AI in the first three months of 2026, a more than 700% rise year-on-year.

Soaring use of AI has led to a global memory chip shortage, driving up prices for some computers and smartphones. One big question, Chan said, is whether CXMT could help with the broader shortage.

CXMT is seen as China's best shot at developing its own cutting-edge HBM chips to power Chinese AI models, Chan said. But it also faces many challenges, including supply chain bottlenecks in scaling up manufacturing capacity, since its access to the world’s most best chipmaking tools is highly restricted, forcing it to depend on Chinese equipment makers.

According to Counterpoint Research, a technology research firm, CXMT was the world's fourth biggest DRAM memory chipmaker in 2025 by shipments, taking up roughly 8% of the global market. Samsung Electronics accounted for 36%, SK Hynix 29% and Micron about 24%.

In the first three months of this year CXMT accounted for approximately 9% of global shipments. By 2028, its market share is forecast by Counterpoint Research to reach about 11%. But the research firm estimated CXMT will likely need at least a 15% global market share to be competitive in the long term.

“Trade restrictions on tools are remaining as the key challenge for CXMT,” said MS Hwang, a research director at Counterpoint who specializes in memory semiconductors. Some U.S. lawmakers have also recently called for President Donald Trump’s administration to block American companies from buying CXMT’s memory chips over national and economic security concerns.

CXMT is one of many Chinese companies the Pentagon says have links to the Chinese military. Beijing has rejected such designations in most cases.

CXMT's public share offering followed a $26.5 billion IPO by South Korea’s SK Hynix on the Nasdaq earlier this month.

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The regular season is still more than six weeks away, but some coaches already face questions about their job security.

For a few, such as the New York Jets’ Aaron Glenn, Tampa Bay’s Todd Bowles and Cincinnati’s Zac Taylor, slow starts could make their seats pretty toasty early in make-or-break seasons. For some others, such as Green Bay's Matt LaFleur and Philadelphia's Nick Sirianni, there's not immediate pressure, but that could change if their squads don't live up to lofty expectations and team owners ponder franchise-altering decisions.

Todd Bowles, Buccaneers

Through four seasons with Tampa Bay, Bowles is 35-33 in the regular season and has won three NFC South titles. But last season's collapse, during which the Buccaneers went 2-7 down the stretch to finish 8-9 and miss the playoffs, had some thinking Bowles' days with the team were done.

Instead, the Bucs opted to stick with him. He'll likely need double-digit wins, a rebound performance from quarterback Baker Mayfield under new coordinator Zac Robinson and some postseason success to stay around. The Bucs' defense — which Bowles calls himself — also must be much improved.

Dave Canales, Panthers

Carolina made the playoffs for the first time since the 2017 season, but did so with an 8-9 record. The Panthers started 1-3 before three straight victories, and then alternated losses and wins over the next eight games before dropping its last two and backing into the playoffs, where the Panthers lost in the wild-card round.

Canales is 13-21 in his first two seasons in Carolina, which hired him in large part to develop Bryce Young into a quarterback worthy of his No. 1 overall selection in the 2023 draft. But Young has been up and down. Canales handed off play-calling duties to offensive coordinator Brad Idzik and his job could depend on Young finally showing consistent progress this season.

Aaron Glenn, Jets

The former Pro Bowl cornerback returned to New York as a head coach to lead the Jets back to respectability. Instead, Glenn became the first in team history to lose his first seven games in his debut season with the team, which went 3-14 and missed the playoffs for the 15th straight year.

Glenn overhauled his coaching staff and hired Frank Reich to run the offense and Brian Duker was brought in as the defensive coordinator, but Glenn will now make the play calls for a subpar defense that became the first to not get an interception for an entire season. New York traded for Geno Smith as a bridge to the team's future QB. Another losing season will put the Jets in play to draft one early next year, but Glenn might not be around in that scenario.

Matt LaFleur, Packers

Wait, how's he on this list? LaFleur has made the playoffs six times in seven seasons, is 76-40-1 in the regular season and got a multiyear contract extension in January.

But he has only one playoff win since 2021 and his 3-6 record in the postseason has some Packers fans getting restless. A four-game losing streak to end the regular season and a first-round playoff exit at Chicago — during which Green Bay blew a 15-point lead in the fourth quarter — didn't help.

With the Packers expected to again be playoff contenders with quarterback Jordan Love leading the way, LaFleur's job status likely won't be an issue until January. Things could go from lukewarm to sizzling, though, if Green Bay doesn't win at least one postseason game.

Nick Sirianni, Eagles

Similar to LaFleur, Sirianni's job would seem to be in no immediate danger. He has a Super Bowl victory, two NFC championship wins, three NFC East titles and a 59-26 regular-season record in his five years.

There was major disappointment last season, though, after the Eagles lost at home to San Francisco in the wild-card round. A bounceback performance, including a solid postseason run, is expected, even without A.J. Brown as Jalen Hurts' go-to receiver in new coordinator Sean Mannion's offense.

Sirianni was on the hot seat entering the 2024 season after the Eagles started 10-2, faded down the stretch and got blown out by Tampa Bay in the wild-card round. He followed that by leading Philadelphia to a Super Bowl victory. Sirianni and the Eagles — and their fans — would certainly sign for a repeat of that rebound.

Shane Steichen, Colts

Steichen was mentioned as a potential AP Coach of the Year as the Colts got off to an 8-2 start. Then, quarterback Daniel Jones was lost for the season with a torn Achilles tendon and Indianapolis lost its last seven games — even after bringing Philip Rivers out of retirement — to miss the playoffs.

Owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon was encouraged by the team's strong first half, though, and decided to keep the coach in place. Steichen is 25-26 in his three seasons with the Colts, who have missed the playoffs the past five years. With Jones healthy and signed to a two-year extension, Steichen would feel a lot more secure if the Colts resemble the promising team through 10 games last season.

Zac Taylor, Bengals

The Bengals have been notoriously slow starters in September under Taylor, but opened last season 2-0 and appeared on their way to putting that narrative to rest. A turf toe injury sidelined quarterback Joe Burrow for nine games and Cincinnati crawled to a 6-11 finish and a third straight season without a playoff appearance.

A healthy Burrow is paramount to the success of the Bengals, whose Super Bowl trip in the 2021 season is becoming a distant memory. A revamped defense, including acquiring defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence, should help. So it'll be on Taylor, in his eighth season with Cincinnati, to break the playoff slump or that might be someone else's task next year.

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Descendants of Gordie Howe, the hockey legend whose name is on the bridge, were among the first to cross over the Detroit River, which separates the Motor City from Windsor, Ontario.

The span, which was built by Canada at a cost of $6.4 billion Canadian, now becomes a less-expensive alternative to the privately owned Ambassador Bridge, which had a monopoly on big trucks carrying goods worth billions between the two countries, especially in service to the auto industry.

“There are thousands of trucks that go over" daily, said Kevin Ketels, a business professor who teaches supply chain management at Wayne State University.

Freddie Garrett, 81, said he regularly watched construction “ever since they put the foundation in” back in 2018. So naturally he showed up at Delray Park in Detroit to see the first vehicles moving overhead.

"It was amazing to see how they did it,” Garrett said. “They put up one section at a time and then they met together in the middle. I'm sure it will be there longer than I'll be around.”

Last week, Canada celebrated the Gordie Howe International Bridge with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Windsor. U.S. and Michigan representatives were uninvited after President Donald Trump suddenly announced 50% tariffs on Canadian goods entering America.

More than 70% of Canada’s exports go to the U.S., making America its largest trade partner, and Detroit is the No. 1 port for truck traffic on the U.S.-Canada border, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.

The span is 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) long and rises 151 feet (46 meters) above the river at its highest point. Pedestrians and bicyclists will be able to cross it for free, starting Aug. 5.

Howe is a Canadian icon known as “Mr. Hockey” who wore No. 9 while playing for the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings. He died in 2016.

A recent agreement between Canada and the Trump administration says Canada will share some toll revenue with the U.S. government for 15 years. Michigan separately negotiated a share in 2012, but it won't be paid until Canada’s costs are recovered, likely decades from now.

Nineteen days after she was discharged, she strangled her three children at their Massachusetts home.

A jury heard opening statements Monday in Clancy’s murder trial, which is expected to feature dueling views in the coming weeks about her culpability and mental state. Jurors also heard testimony from Patrick Clancy, her former husband, who found the children after returning to the house on the day of their killings in January 2023. He has said in interviews that he forgives his wife.

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He also found his wife, who had used multiple methods to try to end her own life. She remains paralyzed from the waist down after jumping from the home’s second-story window.

Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, said she was suffering from postpartum psychosis, a rare mental illness linked to the stress, sleep deprivation and hormonal changes that follow childbirth. He described walls decorated with alphabet letters, colors and cartoon characters and a home filled with toys, saying jurors would hear testimony from family, friends, neighbors and teachers about Clancy’s devotion to her children.

“These children were loved, nurtured and cared for,” he told jurors. “She loved those children right up to the time of their death.”

Prosecutor Shanan Buckingham argued that Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital, “acted intentionally, rationally and swiftly” and bore full responsibility for the deaths.

“This was not a woman in the throes of psychosis," Buckingham said, urging jurors to focus on Clancy’s actions rather than broader questions about maternal mental health. “This is not a public debate about women’s mental health and how the medical system treats women. This case is about this defendant, Lindsay Clancy.”

The trial will hinge on Clancy's mental state

Both sides agree she killed her children. They disagree over whether she should be held criminally responsible for their deaths.

Elyse Hershon, a Boston criminal defense attorney and legal analyst, said the verdict will likely depend on how the jury views Clancy’s “intent and mental capacity.”

“Whenever there are deaths of children, it rattles emotions. Because these actions are incomprehensible and the outcome so horrific, people tend to want to hold someone responsible,” Hershon said. “Some people naturally will identify and sympathize with Clancy and her postpartum depression, and others will not be able to understand how one could end their children’s lives, and demand responsibility.”

While postpartum depression is fairly common among women who have given birth, postpartum psychosis is estimated to afflict only 1 to 2 per 1,000 women after delivery. Symptoms include hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, mood changes and thoughts of harming yourself or others. Most women who have the condition, however, do not wind up harming their children.

Prosecutors say Clancy strangled her children — Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months — on Jan. 24, 2023, after sending her then-husband, Patrick, out for some errands. She then used multiple methods to try to end her own life and was paralyzed from the waist down after jumping from the home’s second-story window.

At the time, she had been getting psychiatric care for about four months. On the day of the killings, she said she heard voices telling her, “This is your last chance. Kill the children so you can kill yourself,” according to her lawyer.

If convicted of murder, Clancy faces life in prison without parole. If found not guilty due to a lack of criminal responsibility, she would be committed to a state mental health facility.

Similar cases have led to insanity verdicts

The case has parallels to several other mothers accused of killing their children.

In 2001, Andrea Yates drowned her five children in a bathtub in Texas. Her attorneys said she suffered from severe postpartum psychosis and, in a delusional state, believed Satan was inside her and that killing the youngsters would save them from hell.

Her initial murder conviction was overturned, and in a retrial she was found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to a state mental hospital.

Another Texas mother, Dena Schlosser, was found not guilty by reason of insanity in 2006 after she killed her 10-month-old daughter by cutting off her arms.

Dr. Nicole Cirino, the director of the division of reproductive psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine, who has been an expert defense witness in infanticide cases, said many of the women who harm their children while in the grip of postpartum psychosis believe their actions are helping the child.

In their own minds, “they may be saving their children from damnation,” Cirino said.

Experts say postpartum psychosis is still poorly understood in the legal system

Clancy and her former husband, Patrick Clancy, filed lawsuits accusing her medical providers of failing to properly diagnose and treat her condition.

Awareness about postpartum psychosis has grown since the Yates case, but Cirino and other maternal mental health advocates said prosecutors rarely consider a mother's mental state. Illinois is the only state with a law allowing for undiagnosed or untreated postpartum depression or postpartum psychosis to be a mitigating factor in sentencing.

“Women who kill their children in the throes of this medical illness, postpartum psychosis, are seriously and profoundly mentally ill. They are not evil,” said Dr. Catherine Birndorf, the CEO and founder of The Motherhood Center in New York City, which treats mothers with perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.

“To me it’s illness until proven otherwise,” she continued. “The fact that we consider it criminal until proven otherwise is problematic.”

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U.S. Magistrate Lauren Louis set a detention hearing for Aug. 13 to determine whether the Tates should stay in jail or be released during what could be a monthslong extradition process.

The brothers weren’t in court Monday or required to be there and have remained in jail since making a brief court appearance two days after their July 18 arrest.

The Tates have become among the world’s most polarizing internet personalities with their promotion of wealth, male dominance and misogyny through their social media empire. The new allegations are the latest in a long-running international legal saga involving the Tates that has spanned the U.S., Britain and Romania. The brothers have repeatedly denied wrongdoing.

Attorneys for the brothers said Monday that they want the U.S. government to turn over documents that U.K. officials submitted to secure their arrest.

“They don't have anything but the accusations,” attorney Joseph McBride said after the hearing. “It’s just their word against our word right now.”

The U.K. has until mid-September to turn over all of its materials to the State Department, U.S. attorney Alejandra Lopez said in court.

The brothers have long claimed that their violent and misogynistic statements have been taken out of context or were intended as jokes.

Jackie Perczek, another one of their attorneys, said the Tates have shown they are not a flight risk by returning to Romania every month after they were accused there of luring women for sexual exploitation.

“For three years they have not fled,” she said. “They've traveled the world and every month they return to Romania.”

The former professional kickboxers, who have dual U.S. and U.K. citizenship, have millions of social media followers and are vocal supporters of President Donald Trump. The White House has said the brothers shouldn't expect any help from the president.

McBride said shortly after the Tates were arrested that "they’ve never done nothing wrong. They shouldn’t be extradited for crimes they did not commit," he said.

McBride said the extradition attempt was politically motivated, though he provided no details.

Prosecutors in Britain said the new charges relate to four new accusers and were brought after authorities received evidence from police in Bedfordshire, in southeastern England. The allegations, which span from 2010 to 2017, include rape, assault, trafficking and offenses relating to “indecent images of a child and extreme pornography.”

The brothers are already charged with rape, bodily harm, human trafficking and controlling prostitution for gain relating to three other accusers in the U.K. between 2012 and 2015.

The brothers moved to Romania in 2016 and were arrested there in 2022, accused of participating in schemes to lure women for sexual exploitation. They denied those allegations, and the Romanian case hasn't gone forward because of legal and procedural problems.

Andrew Tate, 39, became known a decade ago when he was a contestant on the U.K. reality television show “Big Brother.” He was booted from the show when a video appeared to show him assaulting a woman.

He has amassed over 10 million followers on X but has been banned from other platforms, including YouTube, TikTok and Instagram, for violating hate speech guidelines. He has made widely condemned comments, such as saying women who are sexually assaulted should bear some responsibility for the attacks and sharing graphic descriptions of how he might attack women.

The experience left everybody on the field excited about what could be possible this season for the Rams.

“We’ve been looking forward to this day for a long time, and it definitely lived up to it,” defensive coordinator Chris Shula said.

Garrett is still in the process of getting settled in with his new team less than two months after the blockbuster trade that sent him from the Browns to the West Coast. But even with the Rams going less than full speed in shorts and no pads, Garrett's presence was unmissable — whether he was breaking into the backfield for a simulated sack or gracefully leaping to swat down a screen pass.

Even the highest-paid cornerback in the league was marveling.

“When he’s out there, you can just feel his aura,” Trent McDuffie said. “(It's just) this aura that this guy has. I mean, he’s gigantic. He’s a monster. But I’m just excited to get him out here and get him loose and get him going, because I know he has a little chip on his shoulder, and I know he’s excited about being here, so I think that just fires everybody else up.”

One year after winning 12 games and reaching the NFC championship game, the Rams added Garrett, McDuffie and cornerback Jaylen Watson to a defense that started last season strong, but faded down the stretch and ultimately couldn't match the performance of the NFL's top-ranked offense.

With three proven veterans installed as starters, the Rams are optimistic their revamped defense will allow them to live up to their preseason status as a serious Super Bowl contender. Los Angeles gave up significant assets and will be paying top dollar for all three newcomers, but the players and coaches see only positives in general manager Les Snead's aggressive moves.

“Honestly, I don’t know if many guys feel the expectation that everybody claims that we have,” McDuffie said. “For us, we’re here to play football, to enjoy the locker room, just to get to know each other. I feel like all the expectation, all that, we leave to you guys hyping us up. Whoever is on this field, whoever is on the team, whoever is in the locker room, I feel like we do a good job just enjoying each other’s presence and living in the moment.”

"Expectations are all the same,” Watson added. “All 32 teams have the same goal right now, and that’s to hold the Lombardi up at the end of the year.”

Even after winning two Super Bowl rings as teammates in Kansas City, McDuffie and Watson both said they haven't arrived in Los Angeles with a need to change the Rams' defensive culture. They think their new team already knows how to win in the culture set by coach Sean McVay, and they are attempting to build on it.

“The way we’re looking at it, it’s their team, and we’ve just got to learn the way they do things,” Watson said. “We can tell them things we did to be successful, get integrated, and hope it works out.”

Notes: NFL MVP Matthew Stafford skipped the opening practice as part of the Rams' plan to keep him fresh through camp. McVay says Stafford is fully healthy this summer after starting camp last season with a back injury that kept him out for weeks. Stafford is scheduled to practice Monday. ... Rookie QB Ty Simpson and backup Stetson Bennett appeared to split the snaps while the Rams went into 11-on-11 work on the first day of camp.

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Investigators believe the two suspects were shooting at each other and, although one remained on the loose, Assistant Seattle Police Chief Tyrone Davis told a news conference Sunday night that there was no ongoing threat to the public.

Police did not have a description of the outstanding suspect, he said.

“We’re still trying to figure this out,” Davis said.

Two people died at the scene and a third died at a hospital. The four wounded, including a 2-year-old boy, were hospitalized and in stable condition, said Grace Nuñez, spokesperson for the Seattle Fire Department. The rest of the injured were adults. Davis couldn't say if any of the victims were involved in the confrontation.

The gunfire erupted around 6 p.m. in the waning hours of the Bite of Seattle, an annual three-day festival that draws hundreds of food and retail vendors and performers.

Dozens of officers were providing security at the event and some saw one of the suspects firing, Davis said. One suspect surrendered at the scene, but the other fled. Law enforcement searched the grounds to no avail.

A large number of police and emergency crews responded and began evacuating the area around the sprawling Seattle Center campus.

Faith Adia Hunter said she and her friends had just gotten food from a crepe vendor when gunfire broke out. She realized a shooter was near them. She and others found shelter in the nearby Seattle Children’s Museum.

“We were right next to him when it started so we took off running,” Hunter said. “So we took off running too into the building with the crowd.”

In the chaos, many vendors bolted toward the exits, abandoning their food stands. Hours afterward, some milled outside the police tape, wondering when they would be allowed to return to collect their tents, food and cooking gear.

Roberto Ramirez, a vendor at the event, said he heard what sounded like firecrackers before people began yelling “shooter” and frantically running.

“Suddenly everything was empty,” he said. “People were freaked out.”

After the initial panic, new guests continued to arrive unaware of what had happened and were told by police to leave, he said.

Estan Wakonabo said he and his girlfriend were at the festival waiting in line for a photo booth when he was shoved from behind and he turned to see a rush of people fleeing.

“People were hiding, were pushing, people were falling on the ground, baby strollers were falling,” Wakonabo said, adding that was when he heard gunshots.

“Once I heard a ‘pop, pop, pop,’ that’s when I knew it was a shooter,” he said.

After he escorted his girlfriend to safety, he returned to the scene to make photos and saw multiple victims on the ground, Wakonabo said.

The annual festival started in 1982 and draws 350,000 attendees over “three days of food, drink, and community celebration,” according to its website.

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The 35-year-old widow has worked at the site on Jakarta’s eastern edge for two decades, following her parents, who still earn a living there. The Bantargebang landfill has paid for food and rent while helping her two teenage daughters living with a relative in a rural village. She hopes her daughters will never have to follow the same path.

Living alone in a rented room near the landfill, Wencih earns about 200,000 rupiah ($12) on a good day collecting discarded toys, cardboard and plastic bottles before bulldozers bury them beneath fresh waste. Occasionally, she finds gold jewelry.

“It feels like hitting a jackpot,” Wencih said while taking a break from the sweltering July heat.

But those lucky finds, and perhaps her livelihood, may soon become far rarer.

Beginning Aug. 1, Indonesia plans to start transforming the site from open dumping to a more controlled system as part of a national waste management plan. The government last month announced it will shut down open-dumping operations at 343 of Indonesia’s 550 disposal sites, requiring them to transition to controlled or sanitary landfill systems and gradually accept only garbage that cannot be recycled or composted, such as diapers, dirty paper towels and stickers.

Meanwhile, residents are being asked to set aside organic waste and recyclables for separate processing, a practice many households have never been taught to do on a large scale.

Dudi Gardesi Asikin, head of Jakarta’s Environment Agency, said the policy aims to improve environmental health, reduce pollution and curb emissions of methane generated by decomposing waste.

Methane is responsible for roughly one-third of global warming and traps more heat than carbon dioxide, making it a key focus of worldwide climate efforts. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, for example, is urging governments to sharply reduce methane emissions, calling it one of the fastest ways to slow global warming.

A landfill at the center of the methane debate

Researchers say Bantargebang emits more methane than nearly any other landfill in the world, placing it at the center of Indonesia’s waste management reforms.

Asikin said Bantargebang opened in 1989 as a sanitary landfill equipped to collect methane. Unlike open dumps, sanitary landfills also cover waste with soil.

But after a private-sector contract ended in 2016, the facility gradually drifted toward open dumping.

"What was never intended to be open dumping became full open dumping,” Asikin said.

Only two of the landfill’s original 12 methane extraction wells remain operational, Asikin said.

Under the new plan, parts of Bantargebang are already being covered with tarps, and officials hope to cover much more. Asikin estimated that covering the rest of the disposal area could cost as much as 200 billion rupiah ($12 million).

Uncertain future for waste pickers

Indonesia faces a dilemma as it attempts one of its biggest waste-management reforms in decades while also protecting the livelihoods of an estimated 600,000 waste pickers.

At Bantargebang alone, officials estimate more than 4,000 registered waste pickers work among trucks, excavators and mountains of garbage each day. The materials they recover are sorted and sold to a network of traders and recycling businesses that have grown around the landfill.

“What worries me most is how I will feed my family,” Wencih said of the new plan, while excavators behind her pushed fresh waste onto exposed slopes.

Asikin said the government wants to improve conditions for waste pickers, who already receive some workplace protections and healthcare through a national social security program.

He believes the new policy will eventually create safer formal jobs in recycling and composting.

“Today they are practically racing against our excavators to grab recyclable materials. It is extremely dangerous," he said.

Bunin, a 53-year-old neighborhood chief who lives nearby, said while the landfill causes pollution, it also creates business opportunities including rental housing and food stalls catering to waste pickers.

“The landfill not only brings negative impacts, there are also economic benefits,” said Bunin, who like many Indonesians uses a single name.

A landfill at its limits

Covering roughly 110 hectares (272 acres), Bantargebang has grown into a human-made mountain reaching as high as 60 meters (196 feet), roughly the height of a 20-story building. About 7,500 tons of waste arrive daily from the capital city.

“The waste people produce does not disappear. It is gathered in one place and has become a mountain," said Agung Pujo Winarko, who heads the facility.

A collapse triggered by heavy rain in Bantargebang in March killed seven people, underscoring the risks posed by the landfill’s sheer scale.

“This situation is extremely urgent,” Winarko said. “Its carrying capacity is reaching, or even exceeding, its limits.”

Satellite data analyzed by UCLA’s STOP Methane initiative ranked Bantargebang in 2025 as the world’s second-largest landfill methane emitter after a site in Argentina.

Evan George from UCLA’s Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment said reducing organic waste entering landfills could lower emissions, but that existing landfills will still require decades of monitoring and gas collection.

Changing Jakarta’s throwaway culture

Under the new approach, Jakarta residents are expected to separate food scraps and other organic waste from recyclables and residual trash before collection. New refuse-derived fuel plants are also part of the plan.

“What we are doing is somewhat revolutionary," Asikin said. "For decades, people were never asked to separate their waste.”

But many households are only beginning to learn the system, raising questions about whether enough public education has taken place.

“All we know is to throw the trash in the bin, not to sort it,” said Rukasih Wanti, a Central Jakarta resident. “The new rule is confusing us. It’s inconvenient, creates extra work and wastes our time."

Asikin said multiple government institutions, including education and health ministries, are supporting the efforts.

Environmental advocates say new recycling and composting infrastructure is also needed. The transition is daunting because government data shows only about one-quarter of Indonesia’s daily waste is currently handled by formal systems, with the remainder dumped, burned or otherwise unmanaged.

David Sutasurya, executive director of the environmental organization YPBB, said about half of Jakarta’s waste is compostable and another 30% recyclable, meaning up to 80% could be kept out of landfills.

“We delayed transforming our waste-management system for too long, and only realized the problem when landfills were already close to full,” Sutasurya said.

In a West Jakarta neighborhood, Monica T. Anggriani has spent more than a decade persuading neighbors to separate household waste, building a community waste bank that now processes about one ton of organic waste daily through composting, maggot cultivation and urban farming.

“Our generation was never taught to separate waste,” Anggriani said. “If we don’t start now, nothing will change in the future.”

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Associated Press writer Jennifer McDermott in Providence, Rhode Island, contributed to this report.

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Esas personas vivirán con el temor a ser deportadas.

Entre ellas está Farah Larrieux, quien vive en el sur de Florida desde 2005, tras haber llegado desde Haití en busca de una vida mejor.

“Siento que estoy viviendo una pesadilla. Es injusto, porque tengo sueños”, dijo. “Sentía que Haití era demasiado pequeño para mis sueños. Estaba cansada de la situación, la inestabilidad política, el crimen, la injusticia, la pobreza”.

Larrieux ha sido figura de los medios, profesional de relaciones públicas y comunicaciones, y defensora de la comunidad haitiana del sur de Florida.

Desde 2010 es beneficiaria del TPS.

El cambio llega después de que la Corte Suprema de EE.UU. le diera la razón al gobierno de Trump, poniendo fin a los programas de TPS para haitianos y para miles de sirios.

El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional de EE.UU. (DHS) sostiene que ya es seguro regresar a Haití, mientras que las Naciones Unidas y el Departamento de Estado de EE.UU. advierten sobre la frecuente violencia de pandillas y los secuestros.

Larrieux dice que tiene un historial limpio y que ha construido toda una vida en el sur de Florida que podría serle arrebatada en cualquier momento.

“Es todos los días, es como una lucha por vivir”, dijo. “Es una injusticia, me pregunto por qué tengo que enfrentar esto”.

Está hablando con un abogado para intentar obtener asilo pero, como cientos de miles de personas más, lo único que puede hacer es esperar.

Los agentes llevaban casi dos meses buscando a Elaine Escoe.

La acusan de presentar más de 90 solicitudes falsas de fondos de alivio por COVID a través del Programa de Protección de Cheques de Pago (PPP).

Las solicitudes sumaban $32 millones.

Escoe fue arrestada en mayo, pero los agentes dijeron que nunca se presentó a su audiencia judicial de junio.

Los agentes dijeron que recibieron un aviso de que había volado a Jamaica.

Las autoridades de ese país ayudaron con su arresto antes de que fuera traída de vuelta a Estados Unidos.

El hecho ocurrió el domingo alrededor de las 12:20 p.m. en la cuadra 3900 de Davie Blvd., en Fort Lauderdale.

Según el Departamento de Policía de Fort Lauderdale (FLPD), uno de los hombres usó un destornillador para apuñalar al otro antes de darse a la fuga.

Los oficiales que respondieron recibieron la descripción del hombre y lo encontraron a poca distancia, donde fue detenido, dijo la policía.

La víctima fue atendida en el lugar por los equipos de rescate y no requirió hospitalización, según las autoridades.

Los oficiales dijeron que estaban investigando las circunstancias que llevaron al apuñalamiento.

Both joined slugging second baseman Jeff Kent as the newest members before an estimated crowd of 12,000 fans at the Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown, with 57 other Hall of Famers on stage — creating the largest gathering of current Hall of Famers.

Jones’ speech was almost like a love letter to his home country of Curaçao.

“There’s no easy way to get here from the small island of Curaçao, more than 2,000 miles away,” Jones said. “But today Cooperstown and Curaçao are forever joined together.”

The longtime Atlanta Braves outfielder, a 10-time Gold Glove winner and five-time All-Star, is the first player from Curaçao to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. But he said he doesn't plan on being the last. He pointed to players who have followed him, including Ozzie Albies and Kenley Jansen, as part of the Curaçao legacy started by Hensley “Bam Bam” Meulens.

Among the highlights, Jones’ tribute to his late father, Henry Jones, stood out. He said his father used to hit him flyballs from foul pole to foul pole to teach him how to track the ball, and how to build strong wrists by rolling a sledgehammer.

“Everything he taught me had a purpose,” Jones said. “Henry Jones was a legend in Curaçao, a great player in his own right. And I’m not standing here in Cooperstown without his constant coaching. Dad, we did it.”

Chants of “Puerto Rico” broke out before Beltrán even uttered a word. And whenever he mentioned his home island, the crowd cheered for him and waved flags.

“Everywhere I played baseball, I always tried to represent my island,” Beltrán said. “I tried to do the best I could for the organizations that I played, but also I wanted to represent Puerto Rico.”

The 20-year veteran and 1999 AL Rookie of the Year ran through each organization he played for, thanking them for the different lessons each provided. The New York Mets received the most praise.

“When people ask me about why I chose (the Mets) cap, I have to say this,” he said. “Guys, it’s simple. Every organization shapes your career. New York shaped my life.”

When discussing the teams he played for, Beltrán gave specific examples from some of his stops, including watching teammates Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell “play with pain” in Houston. But he did not mention winning the World Series with the Astros in 2017. That title carries controversy because of an illegal sign-stealing scheme and Beltrán's involvement in it.

Beltrán did not directly address the scandal, but did comment on those who may or may not have voted for him for whatever reasons.

“To the Baseball Writers' Association of America, I want to say thank you for making me a Hall of Famer. ... And for those that didn’t (vote for me) — that saw things different — I want to say also thank you. I appreciate your perspective,” he said. “If baseball has really taught me something, I want to say is that I hope in life, we continue to measure ourselves by the same standard we have used to measure others.”

Beltrán earned 84.2% of the vote from the BBWAA to make the Hall on his fourth try. Jones garnered 78.4% in his ninth year of eligibility, eclipsing the 75% needed for induction. Kent was elected by a much smaller panel last December, the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee, after dropping off the BBWAA ballot when his eligibility ran out in 2023.

The 2000 NL MVP with the San Francisco Giants played for six teams over his 17-year career and set the all-time home run mark for second basemen. A hard-nosed player, Kent showed a softer side during induction weekend.

Before even speaking, Kent needed tissues to wipe the tears from his eyes after looking at his parents in the crowd, he said in a post-ceremony news conference.

“I was more emotional for the 35, 40 minutes of sitting down than I was for the speech,” he said. “I thought I was going to be a wreck and I’m glad it was only a half a wreck.”

In his speech, Kent told a story of how his baseball career turned when his father offered him a deal: if he earned a college scholarship, he would buy him a pickup truck. Kent quit racing motorcycles and shifted his focus to school and baseball and eventually earned a scholarship to the University of California, Berkeley.

In turn, he got a pickup truck he still has.

“It sits in my garage as a simple reminder that some of the simplest things can change the entire direction of your life,” Kent said.

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Our atmosphere is charged with a ton of moisture; some storms could bring heavy rainfall that could lead to localized flooding. Temperatures will be hot again, highs will peak in the lower 90s and feels like temperatures will reach the triple digits.

The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil to be delivered in September dropped 4.9% to $92.02 shortly after trading resumed. The decline followed a 3.9% drop on Friday.

Brent crude, the international standard, briefly hit $102 a barrel last week. That was $30 more than the most actively traded contract in the Brent market was going for early in the month, and the highest it had been since May.

Oil prices surged this month because of increased fighting in the Middle East and worries a return to all-out war would further slow the global flow of crude.

The ability of tankers to pass safely through the Strait of Hormuz has been the central concern for the oil market since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran in late February. The narrow strip of water off Iran’s coast is the route through which a fifth of the world’s oil typically leaves the Persian Gulf and heads to customers worldwide, and the conflict has largely halted shipping traffic.

Oil producers have since searched for alternative routes, but those are under pressure too. Last week, attacks hit Saudi oil tankers that were using the Red Sea to leave the region. When less oil is available for customers to buy, the price goes up and fuel prices do as well.

In the United States, the average price for a gallon of regular gasoline on Sunday was $4.11, up from $3.90 a month ago and just $3.15 a year ago, according to motor club AAA.

If oil prices stay elevated, it could lead to higher prices for every product that gets shipped, trucked or flown around the world, including groceries. Although the U.S. economy continues to grow, the ongoing conflict with Iran has dragged consumer confidence in it lower.

The reacceleration of oil prices this month took place just as inflation had begun to slow more than economists expected. Now, traders believe inflation pressures have grown enough that they’re betting on a 36% chance the Federal Reserve will hike its main interest rate at an upcoming meeting, according to data from CME Group.

Higher interest rates would help keep a lid on inflation, but they could also slow the economy by making it more expensive for all kinds of Americans and businesses to borrow.

Long-term U.S. mortgage rates have already hit their highest levels in nearly a year, for example, chilling the housing industry. And more expensive borrowing could slow the boom in building artificial-intelligence data centers, which have become a big engine for the U.S. economy's growth.

While oil prices have given back some of their big July gains, much uncertainty still remains.

The price for a barrel of benchmark U.S. oil to be delivered in September fell 5.6% to $84.34 on Sunday. It dropped 3.1% on Friday.

In the oil market, traders are buying and selling contracts for barrels of oil to be delivered many months in the future. The price for a barrel of Brent crude to be delivered in October, which is now the most actively traded part of the market, fell 4.6% to $87.48.