The incident happened around 10 p.m. Saturday at the McDonald’s located at 265 W. Oakland Park Blvd. in Oakland Park.

According to deputies, the victim and her boyfriend were inside the McDonald’s when she told investigators that the suspect, identified as Jerimiah Williams, continued to look at her because “she believed that he was trying to flirt or cause a rise” out of the couple.

That’s when the victim said Williams got up from the table he was seated at and tried signaling the victim to follow him as he walked toward the bathroom, and when she did not, deputies said Williams then went to the couple and brushed up against the victim before telling her, “You’re going to die and I’m going to shoot your boyfriend,” according to an arrest report.

Deputies said Williams then walked outside the McDonald’s and put down his backpack, which was described by authorities as a “military style digital camo backpack,” reached inside and showed the victims what they believed to be a black pistol.

When the victims called 911, deputies said Williams took off running down Oakland Park Boulevard, but they were able to bring him into custody a short distance away.

It was noted in his arrest repot that deputies did not find a gun after searching Williams.

He is now facing two charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill and a charge of battery. As of Monday night, Williams was being held at the Broward Main Jail on a $5,500 bond.

According to the Homestead Police Department, 74-year-old Marie Rose Guerrier was reported missing from the area of 174 NE 13th Circle.

She was last seen leaving the are on foot around 5 p.m. Monday, police said.

Guerrier suffers from Alzheimer’s, diabetes and has high blood pressure, authorities said.

She is described as approximately 5-foot-2, weighing around 130 pounds with a medium build and brown eyes, and police said she was last seen wearing a black and brown wig, a black sweater with a red and gold patterned shirt, black pants and gold sandals.

Anyone who thinks they have seen her or who has information on her whereabouts is urged to contact Homestead police at 305-247-1535 or anonymous tips can be made by calling Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TiPS.

Mahomes didn't appear to be affected by the knee, or the brace he wore on it, throwing for 184 yards and two scores while running for another to help the Chiefs snap a three-game skid against the rival that ended their nine-year run as division champs.

Walker carried 23 times to finish with the most yards rushing by a Chiefs player since Jamaal Charles ran for 226 against the Colts in 2012, the year before Andy Reid became their coach. The ex-Seahawks star also had three catches for 18 yards.

The Broncos, meanwhile, were abysmal on offense in their first game with coordinator Davis Webb calling the plays.

Bo Nix threw for 131 yards with an interception and a lost fumble, and the Broncos finished with 176 yards of offense, all despite the offseason splash they made by trading a package of draft picks to Miami for wide receiver Jaylen Waddle.

Waddle had one catch for 2 yards. Evan Engram led the Broncos with four catches for 43 yards and their lone TD.

The big question, even after Mahomes participated in the entire offseason program and every practice of training camp, was how his surgically repaired left knee would hold up nine months to the day since he was hurt in a game against the Chargers.

He erased any doubts when he capped the Chiefs' opening drive with a 15-yard touchdown run.

It was Walker who did most of the running, though. The Super Bowl MVP for Seattle, who signed a three-year, $43.05 million deal in free agency, had 14 carries for 89 yards in the first half alone, along with a couple of catches out of the backfield.

The Broncos tied the game on Nix's 19-yard touchdown pass to Engram, but Walker carried the load as the Chiefs pieced together a 10-play, 80-yard drive late in the half. It ended when Mahomes found Rashee Rice, fresh off a knee injury of his own, and he caromed off a couple of Broncos defenders and into the end zone to make it 14-7 at the break.

Then it was Walker's turn to bounce off a defender, turning a fourth-and-1 carry into a 60-yard TD run to start the third quarter.

The teams traded field goals later in the quarter thanks to big plays by each side: Brandon Jones intercepted Mahomes deep in Chiefs territory, setting up Wil Lutz's chip shot, and then Mahomes connected with Travis Kelce for 59 yards to set up Harrison Butker's field goal.

Nix's fumble on the ensuing possession allowed the Chiefs to put the game away.

Mahomes hit rookie running back Emmett Johnson on third down for a 26-yard gain, setting up first-and-goal at the Denver 2. And in the kind of creative — dare say, fun? — play that was reminiscent of the Chiefs' banner years, Mahomes lined up in a three-point stance alongside backup QB Justin Fields, took the snap and shoveled the ball to Walker, who scooted untouched for the score.

Arrowhead over Emmys

Taylor Swift chose Arrowhead Stadium over the Emmy Awards to cheer on Kelce. The pop star married the Chiefs tight end on July 3. Swift, who watched alongside Tom Cruise, had been nominated for outstanding variety special (pre-recorded) for “The Eras Tour: The Final Show,” but the category winner — “The Muppet Show” — had been announced earlier this month.

Injuries

Broncos: WR Marvin Mims left briefly with a hip injury but returned.

Chiefs: CB Mansoor Delane landed on his right shoulder after an interception on the third play of the game. The No. 6 pick in the NFL draft was helped to the locker room and did not return. ... LB Cooper McDonald (knee) left in the first half and did not return.

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Denver plays its home opener against Jacksonville on Sunday.

Kansas City hosts Indianapolis on Sunday night.

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The U.S. Supreme Court lifted much of that uncertainty late Monday when it rejected President Donald Trump’s push to have the U.S. Postal Service play a central role in deciding who would be able to receive a mail ballot.

The decision is a win for the status quo. The thousands of election offices around the country can send out mail ballots as they had intended without worrying about complying with new Postal Service rules imposed at the 11th hour.

“Now, we can finally move forward and get back to what we do best: conducting our elections without a dark cloud hanging over us — fairly, openly, for the people, by the people,” California Secretary of State Shirley Weber, a Democrat who oversees voting in a state where all voters receive a mail ballot, said in a statement after the decision.

Executive order and ongoing litigation had created confusion

The case before the court stemmed from an executive order Trump signed in March.

The administration developed a plan that would require states to adopt a uniform envelope style for mailed ballots and submit lists of eligible voters to an online portal it was developing. The Postal Service could refuse to deliver ballots to states that didn’t comply.

A whistleblower report said the postal system’s requirements could lead to millions of mail ballots never being sent, disenfranchising many of the country's voters during an election that will decide control of Congress during the final two years of Trump's term.

A tangle of legal challenges, rapid-fire rulings and appeals left election officials uncertain about what rules would ultimately be in place. But they agreed on one thing: Introducing such massive changes so close to a general election would be chaotic and nearly impossible to pull off in a country where roughly a third of voters use mail ballots.

The Supreme Court's decision comes as mail voting is already in progress in some states. Some election officials have said they were worried that the dispute, coming late in the election cycle, would leave voters confused about what’s allowed.

Voting rights advocates and state election officials moved swiftly after Monday's decision to make clear that elections will function as they always have in each state.

“Utahns can have confidence that the 2026 election will proceed as normal,” said Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, a Republican serving as the state’s chief election officer.

The uncertainty was most pressing in the states that rely on mail voting

The concern was particularly acute in the eight states where voters cast ballots almost entirely by mail: California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Vermont and Washington.

They had faced the daunting challenge of adapting in short order without an extensive network of polling places.

“This is a victory for Oregonians, the right to vote, and the rule of law," said Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read, a Democrat. "This provides voters and elections officials with the certainty they need ahead of a major, federal election, and it sends a clear message to this country: Presidents don’t run elections, the people do.”

Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar said his reaction to the Supreme Court’s decision is “one of relief, but also excitement, because today the voters really won across America.”

In Nevada’s June primary, more than half of voters cast ballots by mail. It’s a state where mail voting is “critical” to voter voices being heard, Aguilar said.

But the Democrat said “some of the damage has already been done,” with false claims about mail ballots affecting people’s confidence in the voting method.

“You can trust the process,” Aguilar urged voters. “Please participate.”

What about future elections?

Lower courts had blocked the Trump administration from implementing its rules. The Supreme Court rejected the its attempt to stay those decisions, even as three justices — Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas — expressed various levels of willingness to let Trump carry out his plan in current or future elections.

Yet a majority of the justices noted in the decision that the administration was “unlikely to succeed on the merits" in defending its plan. It was heartening to some voting rights experts to see that language inserted.

“The court didn’t have to explain that it was disinclined to side with the government on the merits, but it did that, and that is a sign for the future,” said Derek Muller, a Notre Dame law professor.

David Becker, a former U.S. Justice Department lawyer who is now executive director of the Center for Election Innovation & Research, said implementing Trump's executive order “would have done nothing for election integrity but would have imposed a vast and expensive new bureaucracy on the states” and disenfranchised voters.

He said the majority's language about the merits of the case meant “it is unlikely these rules will ever apply to any election.”

He added, “Thanks to the rule of law, voters will not need to worry about this.”

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Associated Press writers Sophie Austin in Sacramento, California, Nicholas Riccardi in Mason, Michigan, Ali Swenson in New York, Lindsay Whitehurst in Washington, D.C., and Wufei Yu in Phoenix contributed to this report.

Peyton Williams and her 15-year-old brother were riding an e-bike together when a driver struck them on Sep. 9 at Northwest Seventh Avenue and 177 Street, according to deputies.

Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies searched for the driver on Monday night. Peyton’s brother Willbrent survived and was at Jackson Memorial Hospital, where Peyton died.

“He’s doing well,” said Shaniq, the children’s mother. “He’s in recovery right now. He’s up, he’s talking, he’s stable, and that’s it. We just fighting, we still day-by-day recovering.”

She said that the family has yet to tell the boy that his sister did not survive the crash.

“No, we didn’t tell him yet,” she said. “It’s going to be the trauma all over, like from the first time it happened because they were very close. They did everything together.”

Mourners remembered Peyton as a member of the Gwen Cherry Park Bulls cheer team, a youth sports program with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade.

“It’s like a spiritual feeling to know that they’re so loved and that so many people came forward just to show support for our family, for their mom,” said Katrina Kearse, the victim’s aunt.

On Sunday, deputies reported finding the Nissan Versa that they suspect struck and killed Peyton.

“Our hearts are broken ... 10 years was not long enough. Her life mattered. Her story matters. Her family needs our support,” Destiny Reeves wrote in a Support Now fundraising page.

Spencer Jones was batting with two outs in the eighth inning of an 8-3 win against Minnesota when Toronto lost to Detroit, assuring the Yankees of at least an AL wild card berth

Judge, who returned last week after missing more than three months because of a fractured rib, hit a three-run homer off A.J. Minter earlier in the six-run eighth to give the Yankees a 7-2 lead. Before the homer, the Yankees captain had been 3 for 20 with 11 strikeouts since returning.

“I’ve actually been pleased,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Monday afternoon. “Even right away, I felt like this looked better than I anticipated. I feel like he just missed a handful of pitches, but I feel like for the most part, like swinging at the right pitches, taking pitches that he should, not chasing a lot. I think it’s just a matter of that last level of fine tuning, that we know he’ll get to.”

New York (87-63) closed within 3 1/2 games of AL East leader Tampa Bay (90-59), which clinched a postseason berth on Friday.

The Yankees are seeking their first World Series title since 2009.

“You work very hard to get that opportunity to go to postseason,” Boone said.

Eighteen Yankees have landed on the injured list, including second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. last week with a sprained right thumb. Judge, a three-time AL MVP, missed 84 games due to a right rib stress fracture.

New York entered Monday 40-24 in games with Judge, averaging 5.17 runs per game, and hitting .243 with 86 home runs. Without him they were 46-39, averaging 3.93 runs per game while hitting .228 with 107 home runs.

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The bigger celebrations will come later.

“It’s hard to say it ever feels routine, but it is the expectation here," third baseman Max Muncy said. “I always laugh whenever we clinch a postseason spot, we just do a nice little toast. The guys that haven’t been here, they kind of see that and they expect a little bit more. That happens when you clinch the division.”

The two-time defending World Series champions, who joined Milwaukee and Tampa Bay as teams who have secured playoff spots, cut their magic number to three for a fifth straight NL West title and 13th in 14 seasons.

Los Angeles tied the Atlanta Braves' postseason run from 1991 through 2005. The Braves made five World Series trips during that span, but won only in 1995.

“Thankfully we’re doing a little bit better than that," Muncy said of the Dodgers three titles and five trips to the Fall Classic during their run.

Tarik Skubal — who pitched seven shutout innings and allowed only three hits — said the way the Dodgers handled clinching a postseason spot was definitely different compared to clinching situations he encountered the past two seasons with Detroit.

“I think it just speaks to the people in this room and what they expect out of this team. That was cool. A little toast and move on. Forget it happened. We’ve got more to accomplish this season,” he said.

Dave Roberts, who is in his 11th season as manager, said his message during the toast was that the Dodgers have accomplished a lot to this point but haven't come close to playing their best baseball yet.

“We go through a lot of players every year, and guys find a way to step up, and so that’s the thing I’m probably most proud of, is the consistency of winning over the long term,” he said. "Any team, any organization can win in a given year where things line up, but to do it every single year when you’re expected to do this says something about the entire organization.”

The Dodgers (91-59) currently are the second seed in the NL. They are 2 1/2 games ahead of Atlanta and trail Milwaukee by 2 games for the top seed.

A first-round bye is important any time but especially this year for the Dodgers, who are not at full strength. First baseman Freddie Freeman has been plagued by right knee soreness and two-time NL MVP Shohei Ohtani is on the 15-day injured list due to right biceps inflammation.

“Given where our guys are health wise, to get that week would be huge. We’ve still got to play well to finish out the season to get to that point,” Roberts said before Monday's game.

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Laura Reece, the director of the city’s office of management and budget, said the 2027 budget included about $12 million in reductions.

“For somebody who has a $640,000 [home,] which is the average single-family value in this city, it was $180 a year or $15 per month,” Reece told commissioners before the vote about the impact on the city’s residents for the upcoming year.

Dean J. Trantalis, the mayor; Ben Sorensen, the vice mayor; and Commissioners Steven Glassman and Pamela Beasley-Pittman voted to pass the proposed budget.

“The increases that we see in our budget are often reflected in the increases that we provide in the salaries and benefits to our employees,“ Trantalis said.

The budget included an increase of about $14 million in salaries and wages. It also included $6.1 million in employee benefits, such as health insurance and pension contributions.

“To maintain and attract good people to serve in public safety, we need to be able to be competitive in what we offer,” Trantalis said.

Commissioner John C. Herbst, who had supported a rollback rate of about 3.9, was the dissenting vote.

“We can support our public safety personnel,” Herbst said. “We can support our employees, and at the same time, we can also ask, ‘Are we right-sizing our staff? Are we right-sizing our government?’”

Christopher Cooper, the acting city manager, said the millage rate remained at 4.11 per $1,000 of taxable value. The fire assessment fee is $444 per residential dwelling.

Fire Chief Stephen W. Gollan said the budget will cover the cost of a new station in the Flagler Village neighborhood. The capital improvement plan also includes a new station at Holiday Park.

In June, Broward County’s property appraiser estimated the city’s increase in property value at 7.16%, or $4.5 billion, including $1.7 billion attributed to new construction.

“The property tax on homestead properties makes up about 45% of our budget. It will definitely have an impact on us if that amendment were to pass,” Trantalis said about constitutional Amendment 3, which is on the ballot in Florida on Nov. 3rd to support an increase in the homestead tax exemption.

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Infrastructure projects

Here are some of the projects included in the city’s capital improvement plan (2027-2031):

• $8.1 million for seawall replacements
• $6.5 million for bridge replacements
• $4.1 million for roadways and sidewalks
• $1.5 million for traffic mobility improvements such as bike lanes and flashing beacons

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“He lived his 87 years to the fullest, fulfilling his dream of being a Fashion and Costume Designer, which is all he ever wanted to do,” read a statement on his social media accounts. Mackie died in Palm Springs, California, from pneumonia, his publicist said.

Dubbed the “Designer to the Stars,” Mackie won nine Emmy Awards, a Tony Award and was nominated for three Oscars, including one for Barbra Streisand’s “Funny Lady,” in which she wore a sheer batwing gown. He was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ Hall of Fame in 2002.

He designed gowns for Madonna, Streisand, Sharon Stone, Diana Ross and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and concert costumes for Pink. When Marilyn Monroe delivered a breathy, seductive take on “Happy Birthday” at a fundraiser for President John F. Kennedy and the Democratic National Committee, she did it in a sheer, beaded gown that Mackie dreamed up in a sketch.

Bob Mackie’s style influences Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift

His influence can be seen in the styles of Kendall Jenner and Bella Hadid. His archival pieces are worn today by the likes of Anya Taylor-Joy, Miley Cyrus and Zendaya, the latter who wore a Mackie gown to honor Cher at the 2024 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. When Taylor Swift wanted to look like a showgirl on the cover of her 2025 album “The Life of a Showgirl,” she turned to some Mackie originals.

Sequins and embellishment were natural tools — other nicknames were the Sultan of Sequins, the Rajah of Rhinestones and the Guru of Glitter — but he had a simple motto: “You don’t try to change anybody, you just try to make them look better than ever,” he told The Associated Press in 2018.

Tributes came from fellow designers and those lucky enough to wear his outfits. Actor Kristin Chenoweth called him a “legend” and designer Isaac Mizrahi wrote, simply, “heartbroken.” Actor Alyssa Milano called him “one of the best that ever was.”

On Broadway, Mackie dressed the casts of “On the Town” in 1971 and “Moon Over Buffalo” in 1995. He also created costumes for Burnett in the revue “Putting It Together,” Debbie Reynolds in “Debbie” in 1976, Liza Minnelli in “Minnelli on Minnelli” in 1999 and, most recently, the cast of “The Cher Show,” winning his Tony Award.

Mackie was a Southern California native and embraced the idea of Hollywood movie glamour as a young child, inspired by Technicolor musicals. He would dream elaborate costumes for his mother and sister and sketch them, and he was active in costume and set design of his high school plays. He went to Pasadena City College to study advertising and illustration, and then costume design at LA’s Chouinard Art Institute.

He also grew up a fan of all the variety-show and pop stars of the 1950s and ’60s and especially their glitzy wardrobes. He went to work for costume designer Edith Head, then got the gig for “The Carol Burnett Show.”

Bob Mackie’s close relationships with Cher and Carol Burnett

He and Burnett had a close friendship and collaborated on memorable characters such as Nora Desmond, Eunice and her take on Scarlett O’Hara in “Gone With the Wind” — called Starlet O’Hara — wearing her green curtain dress on its rods. “I love doing funny things,” Mackie said in a 1999 interview with the AP. “One week I’d have to make Carol an unattractive postal worker, and who knows what I’d have to do the next.” (Starlet’s dress is now part of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.)

Mackie’s TV work continued on “The Sonny and Cher Show,” after Cher had guest-starred on Burnett’s show and took a liking to him. He had said that her Laverne character, with her leopard-print jumpsuit and dangling earrings, was one of his favorites.

He and Cher took a much sexier turn when she moved to movies and was invited to the Academy Awards. All those beaded, belly-baring numbers she’d wear on the stuffy red carpets came from Mackie.

Mackie attended the 1974 Met Gala with Cher on his arm dressed in what is perhaps one of the most famous so-called naked dresses of all time: a sheer beaded gown with white feathered sleeves and a white feathered skirt. She and the dress ended up on the cover of Time magazine.

Looks such as the 1986 beaded spiderweb — worn with complementary Mohawk — and the barely-there gown she wore for her best actress win in 1988 turned heads and set tongues wagging at the time.

“The outfits are sometimes mistaken for fashion, but they’re costumes like for a character in a play,” Mackie told the AP in 1999. “I want people to have fun. I want people to say ‘Wasn’t that interesting?’ or ‘Wasn’t that wild?’”

Bob Mackie had mixed feelings on the naked dresses of today

Mackie had some retail success in the 1980s and ’90s, launching a ready-to-wear line in 1982 that would ultimately land on the runway at New York Fashion Week, and he was an early partner of QVC.

Naked dresses only got more popular but Mackie later in life was unimpressed. “You watch awards shows and say, ‘Oh, cover up! Put it away! Honey, I don’t need to see all of that!’ It gets to be so vulgar, you don’t even want to look at it anymore,” he told The Hollywood Reporter in 2024. “I was so bored watching The Met Ball — everyone exposing everything, the same look-alike dress — I shut it off. If you’ve seen one Kardashian, you’ve seen them all. And we have seen all of them.”

Mackie also created dozens of different Barbie dolls for Mattel, with a wide variety of face sculpts, body types and storylines. He is credited as the first designer to create a complete doll. One was Lady Dracula Cher, with little baby fangs and her box resembling a coffin.

The documentary “Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion” debuted in 2024. A Mackie dress Cher wore in 1975 was auctioned off in 2024 for $101,600, 25 times its original estimate.

Mackie was married to showgirl Lulu Porter from 1960 until 1963; their son, makeup artist Robert Gordon Mackie Jr., died from AIDS at age 35. Costume designer Ray Aghayan, his longtime partner, died in 2011.

He had said practicality was never a driving force in his design: “It’s all about looking good and living your fantasies.”

In 2017, a 71-year-old Cher once again turned heads, dressed in two Bob Mackie specials at the Billboard Music Awards. It was a blast from a different era, unlike the boring fashion world he saw.

“Nothing is very interesting anymore,” he told Vogue in 2017. “You just keep seeing the same thing over and over again and there are no surprises. Unfortunately, you don’t see much fashion anymore.”

The Raoni Institute said the cancer diagnosis in the chief's digestive system was confirmed after he was hospitalized in Sao Paulo in June due to a severe intestinal obstruction. He underwent surgery then and returned to the region of the city of Peixoto de Azevedo, in Brazil's Mato Grosso state.

“At this moment, our priority is ensuring that Chief Raoni is well cared for, comfortable, and close to his family and his people. We wish to share this information transparently, but we also ask for respect regarding his privacy, his need for rest, and his family’s decisions,” the institute said in a statement.

Raoni, one of the most renowned advocates for the protection of the Amazon rainforest and for Indigenous rights, traveled the world for decades to raise awareness about environmental preservation.

Doctors opted for palliative care given Raoni's advanced age, overall clinical condition, and the high risks associated with aggressive oncological treatments, the institute said.

“Palliative care does not mean an absence of treatment. The goal is to control pain and other symptoms, prevent complications, and ensure nutrition, hydration, medical supervision, nursing care, physical therapy, and the best possible quality of life,” it added.

Raoni is currently resting at home, surrounded by his family, community, and specialized health teams. The care plan also incorporates intercultural and spiritual support, the institute added, which honors his Indigenous heritage and allows traditional healers alongside medical professionals.

Smart completed an undefeated run Monday night, winning lead actress in a comedy series for every season of the acclaimed HBO Max comedy and becoming the first woman to win an acting Emmy for every season of a television series.

The audience rose for a standing ovation as Smart, 75, made her way to the stage for her fifth victory as legendary Las Vegas comedian Deborah Vance. Smart immediately turned the moment into material.

“Just the men stay standing. The girls get to sit down,” she joked.

It’s her eighth trophy overall, which ties the all-time performer record shared by Cloris Leachman and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Smart also becomes the first to win best actress for each season of a show’s run.

Smart, who first got noticed in the CBS comedy “Designing Women,” won her first Emmys for guest appearances on “Frasier” and then another for a supporting role on “Samantha Who.”

The victory gave Smart her fifth lead comedy actress Emmy for “Hacks,” which debuted in 2021 and ended its five-season run in May.

Smart dedicated the award to the creative team behind the series: Lucia Aniello, Jen Statsky and Paul W. Downs.

“It all begins and ends with them,” Smart said. “I love you guys so much.”

She also thanked HBO, Universal, her representatives and her children, Forrest and Connor, whom she called her “anchor.”

Then, with the clock counting down on both her speech and a remarkable five-season run, Smart summed it up simply: “What a ride!”

She punctuated the moment by tossing her Emmy into the air and catching it before leaving the stage.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus came close to accomplishing the same feat with “Veep,” winning lead comedy actress six consecutive times. But Louis-Dreyfus lost for the show’s seventh and final season to “Fleabag” star Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

Smart had played down the significance of the potential record before Monday’s ceremony. During an August appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” she called the distinction a “technicality” and pointed to Louis-Dreyfus’ larger collection of Emmy victories.

“I’ve got to give it to Julia Louis-Dreyfus,” Smart said.

Her three Emmys outside “Hacks” came for two guest appearances on “Frasier” and a supporting comedy actress victory for “Samantha Who?” Smart has received 15 Emmy nominations during her career.

“Hacks” follows the unlikely partnership between Vance and Ava Daniels, the younger comedy writer played by Hannah Einbinder. The series became an Emmy fixture during its run, with previous victories including outstanding comedy series and supporting comedy actress for Einbinder.

Since “Hacks” premiered, the only performer other than Smart to win lead comedy actress was Quinta Brunson for “Abbott Elementary” at the January 2024 ceremony, when “Hacks” did not have a new season in contention.

For her final turn as Deborah Vance, Smart prevailed over a field that included Elle Fanning for “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” and Lisa Kudrow for “The Comeback.”

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According to an arrest report from the Miami-Dade Schools Police Department, the case revolves around Cesar Oriol Cardoso, who taught at Sunset Park Elementary School, located at 10235 SW 84th St. in the Kendall area.

The report states that Cardoso had at least five victims. Police said the investigation into the 53-year-old, who lives in Miami’s Flagami neighborhood, began in mid-April. The M-DSPD report does not list what Cardoso’s position was at the time.

Police said he would pull girls from physical education, other classes, or lunch to come back to his classroom to “complete classwork if they were behind” and then show them “inappropriate images or videos.”

Many of the images showed naked women, according to the M-DSPD report. At least two students reported Cardoso showing them what they believed to be nude photos of himself, it states. Authorities said one image depicted child sexual abuse, showing a boy between 12 and 14 with a woman.

In one case, police said he once asked a girl if she “was scared” as “he showed her an inappropriate picture.”

Cardoso is also accused of touching or slapping multiple girls on the buttocks or thighs and making inappropriate comments towards them, including one instance where he had his “hand over his clothing on his crotch” and asked a girl if she wanted to “squish it.”

Police said he also tried or expressed a desire to kiss at least two of them.

The girls’ ages weren’t listed; one of them, however, was identified as being in the third grade and said the behavior continued as she went into the fourth grade.

Police said that M-DSPD detectives interviewed Cardoso at their headquarters on Friday, where he invoked his right to remain silent.

He faces charges of offenses against students by authority figures, showing obscene material to a minor and lewd and lascivious conduct on a child under 16.

As of Monday morning, he was being held without bond in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, jail records show.

“I think it’s atrocious. I think we need to do a better job and have people better vetted,” Adrian Marin, a parent at the school, said of the allegations. “Talk to your little ones, your children to help them to discern what is right and what is wrong in person ― and to talk and speak up."

In a statement, a spokesperson for Miami-Dade County Public Schools said administrators “acted swiftly upon learning of these allegations” in April and “removed the teacher from the school setting on the next business day.”

They said Cardoso “separated” from the district in May.

“Behavior of this nature will not be tolerated under any circumstances,” the statement reads in part.

The spokesperson said Cardoso is now “permanently precluded from seeking or obtaining future employment” with M-DCPS.

Los Angeles tied the record set by Atlanta from 1991 through 2005.

The two-time defending World Series champions cut their magic number to three for a fifth straight NL West title and 13th in 14 seasons. The Dodgers became the third team assured of a playoff spot after Milwaukee and Tampa Bay.

Skubal (10-7) allowed three hits, struck out nine and walked one as he gained his second win against Cincinnati in seven days. Skubal allowed two runs in 7 1/3 innings in a 3-2 victory on Sept. 8.

He is 3-2 with a 2.52 ERA in eight starts since the Dodgers (91-59) acquired him from Detroit Tigers on Aug. 2.

Elly de la Cruz hit a 457-foot homer to center off Evan Phillips in the ninth, the longest homer by a Cincinnati player this season and the longest this year at Great American Ballpark.

All three of Los Angeles' hits ended up resulting in runs.

Tucker led off the second by driving an upper inside fastball from Nick Lodolo (3-5) into the right-field stands, his third home run in five games.

Tucker walked with two outs in the fourth and Hernández homered to right-center. Kiké Hernández added an RBI single in the seventh.

Lodolo allowed four runs and three hits in seven innings.

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Los Angeles sends RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8, 2.62 ERA) to the mound on Tuesday. LHP Rhett Lowder (6-10, 5.81 ERA) goes for Cincinnati.

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It was the first time Swift has seen Kelce play since they were married over the summer.

The 14-time Grammy Award winner decided to skip the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, though it wasn't necessarily a big surprise. Even though “The Eras Tour: The Final Show” was nominated for outstanding variety special (pre-recorded), the category winner already was announced at the Creative Arts Emmys earlier this month, with “The Muppet Show” taking top honors.

The Emmys had fun with the possibility of Swift's attendance, airing a recorded bit where the “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” cast, led by host Mariska Hargitay, is trying to figure out whether she will be there. Swift herself appears at the end, though not as herself.

“Maybe she’ll do one those cool, pre-taped sketch things to support the host,” Swift's character says.

Rather than spend the evening at the Peacock Theater, Swift was in the theater that first brought her and Kelce together.

Their romance began after she performed at Arrowhead Stadium, and Kelce tried and failed to deliver her a friendship bracelet as a fan. Kelce took to social media to invite her to watch him play, Swift took him up on the offer for a 2023 game against the Bears, and their relationship blossomed from there, ultimately leading up to their star-studded wedding on July 3 at Madison Square Garden.

Adam Sandler served as the surprise officiant that night, while Stevie Nicks performed to a crowd of sports and entertainment icons, including actors Bradley Cooper, Zoë Kravitz, Hugh Grant and Ethan Hawke; models Gigi Hadid and Karlie Kloss; comic Chris Rock; film director Steven Spielberg; and plenty of NFL players, including retired quarterback Tom Brady and several of Kelce’s teammates.

“The ceremony was gorgeous,” Kelce's brother and retired Eagles center Jason Kelce said on ESPN's pregame show. “They did such an incredible job, Adam Sandler officiated it in a very Adam Sandler, beautiful way. From then on, it was a party.”

It has been a busy summer for the newlyweds, even though Swift is not on tour. Kelce has been building his business portfolio, which includes his decision to buy a small share of David Blitzer’s stake in his hometown Cleveland Guardians.

Some thought Kelce might retire after last season, when the Chiefs struggled to a 6-11 finish and his good friend and quarterback Patrick Mahomes tore ligaments in his left knee. Instead, he decided to return for a 14th season, and Mahomes rehabbed in time to be on the field against the Broncos as the Chiefs try to rebound from their first losing season since 2012.

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According to Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue officials, a 911 call came in just after 12:30 p.m. reporting a house fire in the 1800 block of Northwest 16th Court.

Firefighters arrived within six minutes and encountered “heavy fire conditions,” FLFR officials said in a news release.

Officials said crews were told someone might be trapped inside the home and immediately entered the house to search for that person.

Firefighters then located a man inside a bathroom and rescued him from the home, officials said.

The man was transported to Broward Health Medical Center with what officials said were “life-threatening injuries.”

FLFR officials confirmed that one firefighter suffered minor burns and is receiving treatment.

The cause of the fire is under investigation. According to Fort Lauderdale police, its detectives are “conducting an arson investigation to determine if the circumstances surrounding this fire are suspicious in nature.”

Officials with the American Red Cross said they are assisting residents affected by the fire.

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Miami police said Brickell Bay Drive is currently closed between Southeast 12th Street and 13th Street.

SKY 10 over piling rig collapse scene in Miami:

Witnesses told Local 10’s Samiar Nefzi that the piling rig, which looks similar to a crane, collapsed onto three vehicles, sparking a fire.

Miami Fire Rescue officials confirmed that four people were transported to local hospitals after a “complex rescue operation.”

According to MFR Chief Robert Hevia, the victims included three workers -- a 47-year-old man operating the rig and a 27-year-old man and 29-year-old man who became trapped in a container after the rig smashed into it. The fourth victim was a woman who backed up her white BMW just enough as the rig was falling that she wasn’t killed.

“The female driver was driving southbound on Brickell Bay Drive, saw the (rig) collapsing right in front of her, was able to pull her car in reverse just slightly enough to be able to get out of the vehicle while the vehicle also caught on fire when the (rig) landed on the car,” Hevia said.

The rig operator reportedly jumped from it as it fell.

“The (rig) landed on the hood of her car,” witness Christina Lardon told Local 10 News.

Hevia said all 18 workers at the scene have been accounted for.

“I’ve been on the fire department for 28 years,” he said at a press conference after the collapse. “When you see the scene, it’s really impressive -- when you see that we had four victims and they were all able to be extricated or self-extricate with minor injuries, it’s a remarkable day for them.”

According to first responders, the injured workers were transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center with minor injuries. The woman was taken to HCA Florida Mercy Hospital, also with minor injuries.

“Luckily she escaped, she was not harmed, but mentally she was devastated and the flames were shooting up 30 feet in the air,” Lardon said.

Family members of those hurt were declining interview requests at JMH.

But construction worker Victor Rodriguez spoke to Local 10 News. He was there to visit one of the injured, an acquaintance and fellow worker.

“I think he’s hurt inside,” Rodriguez said in Spanish.

Rodriguez said he’d recently been in a construction accident of his own, saying, “It’s a miracle from God. Thank God I was given another opportunity to go on. But a month ago, I nearly lost my life.”

He called for more oversight at construction sites.

“The supervisor needs to be watching and sometimes that does not happen,” Rodriguez said. “Sometimes they bring some clown that does not know anything.”

Drivers were being urged to avoid the area, use alternate routes and expect delays.

Real estate firm Related Companies released the following statement after the collapse:

“This morning, a drill rig at 1201 Brickell fell over and damaged three cars and a construction shed, resulting in four people requiring medical attention. We and our construction partners are tremendously grateful to Miami emergency services for their quick response and support.

“Our number one priority is the health and safety of our workers and the community. We are working in full cooperation with City and County building departments to secure the site and conduct a full investigation of today’s incident.”

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The cause of the rig collapse remains under investigation.

*Editor’s note: While first responders initially referred to the incident as a “crane collapse,” they later confirmed that the machinery was actually a piling rig, used to drill deep into the ground.

The injury is believed to be short-term and Darnold's hip joint was unaffected, the team said. He has not been placed on injured reserve.

It appears unlikely that Darnold will be able to play Sunday at the Arizona Cardinals. He did not practice on Monday.

Darnold was injured on Seattle’s first series against the New England Patriots last week. He was sacked by Dre’Mont Jones and limped off the field.

Backup Drew Lock replaced him and went 16 of 22 for 187 yards and a touchdown as the Seahawks rallied for a 13-10 victory.

Darnold, 29, did not miss a game last season as he led the Seahawks to a Super Bowl title. He threw for 4,048 yards with 25 touchdowns and 14 interceptions as Seattle won a franchise-record 14 games.

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Here are some highlights as the show roars into the night.

The host with the mostest

Mariska Hargitay kicked off the show with New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson in an exuberant and looney pre-taped bit that had her sing a version of “I Love Rock ’n’ Roll” by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, renamed “I Love TV Screens” as she flew from New York to Los Angeles.

The first-time Emmy host was then seen relaxed in bed with “Hacks” star Jean Smart, ate a burger in a nod to “Beef,” rode a horse and drank bubble tea with Jennifer Coolidge.

On stage, she reveled in the fact that she was the first woman to host in 15 years. The star of “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” entering its 28th season, also joked that she's never had to pronounce the word “finale” and even tried to swipe the script for Nicole Kidman’s kitschy AMC ad, which drew Kidman's mock ire.

She said she got two pieces of advice: “No. 1, don’t do it, and No. 2, whatever you do, don’t go for sincerity,” she said. “I clearly ignored the first, so please join me as I ignore the second.”

“She crushed it,” said Amy Poehler, who took the stage after the opening.

Taylor Swift was there, kind of

In a pre-taped sketch, Taylor Swift played a rookie in the “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” office as the cops got a bit looney.

Hargitay’s Olivia Benson went through two large crime boards to make connections between Swift's songs and Emmy nominations to see if she'd attend the telecast. One of the detectives called it a “rabbit hole.”

“Now, in order to crack a Swifty case, you’ve got to think like a Swifty, because the Swifties think that everything is a clue to what she’ll do next,” Benson said.

“Why would she be showing up to the ceremony tonight? She’s probably going to be sitting at home playing with those cats she’s named after TV show characters,” Swift’s unnamed character scoffs.

Hargitay concludes: “Taylor Swift will not be at the Emmys.” Swift offers another option: “Maybe she’ll do one those cool, pre-taped sketch things to support the host.”

The sketch ends with Hargitay posing with Swift — both glaring into the camera, very seriously — bookmarking Swift’s cat, named in tribute of Olivia Benson.

In reality, Swift was at Arrowhead Stadium on Monday night, and sitting alongside Tom Cruise, to watch new husband Travis Kelce and his Kansas City Chiefs open the NFL season against the Denver Broncos.

The Smart money

Jean Smart was predicted to win her fifth straight Emmy for “Hacks” and did it early and with style. “What a ride this has been,” she said.

It’s her eighth trophy overall, which ties the all-time performer record shared by Cloris Leachman, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Allison Janney, who also won her eighth Monday. Smart becomes the first woman to win the best actress trophy for each season of a show’s run.

Smart, 75, who first got noticed in the CBS comedy “Designing Women,” won her first Emmys for guest appearances on “Frasier” and then another for a supporting role on “Samantha Who.”

On Monday, she kept a special thank you to the end — to “Hacks” creators Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky: “It all begins and ends with them,” she said.

They like Sally

One of the night’s most popular winners was 79-year-old Sally Field.

The entire Peacock Theater audience was on its feet, and their applause drowned out Fields’ first few words. It was the two-time Oscar winner’s fourth career Emmy and first since 2007.

She is the oldest Emmy winner in her category — lead actress in a limited or anthology series or TV movie for the Netflix's “Remarkably Bright Creatures.”

“Wow, wow. This is not supposed to happen,” said Field. “I love this project from page one.”

Among those Field thanked — including the team that crafted her co-star, an octopus named Marcellus — she gave a shoutout to Canada, where the film was made and which is involved in a trade war with the U.S. “Blessed Canada, our neighbors, our friends,” she said.

Field later returned to honor her “Steel Magnolias” co-star, Dolly Parton. “I adored her from Day One,” she said. “I am not the only one on earth who will love you forever.”

Dolly Parton mourned

The Emmys were the first major award show to air since the death late last month of Dolly Parton, and the Television Academy crafted a separate segment to say goodbye.

Field talked of Parton's bawdy sense of humor and her humanitarian impulse. Parton’s longtime friend and fellow country music icon Reba McEntire then performed Parton's “Appalachian Memories.”

“I’ll keep looking to the Father / Keep my head above the water / Appalachian memories keep me strong,” McEntire sang. “I love you, Dolly,” she said in a coda.

“Schitt’s Creek” alums Dan Levy and Annie Murphy and “Home Alone” star Macaulay Culkin honored their late co-star Catherine O’Hara. “She was all our mom,” Culkin said.

Musician Noah Kahan performed “Bridge Over Troubled Water” during the show’s In Memoriam segment, which honored James Van Der Beek, Ted Turner, Eric Dane and Diane Ladd, among others.

‘Buffy’ turns 30

Just six months after the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” reboot was scrapped, stars Sarah Michelle Gellar and David Boreanaz reunited onstage to celebrate the show’s 30th anniversary.

After Boreanaz mused whether their characters, Buffy and Angel, would ever get together, Gellar had a sharp retort referencing the cancellation.

“Guess we’ll never find out!” Gellar said.

She also acknowledged it had been a tough two years for the show’s cast and crew, implicitly acknowledging the recent deaths of actors Anthony Head (Giles), Nicholas Brendon (Xavier) and Michelle Trachtenberg (Dawn).

Past Emmy nights have been chocked full of reunions — “The Golden Girls,” “Gilmore Girls” and “Law & Order” were just a few last year. This time, not so much. Other than “Buffy,” there was only one other — Kate Jackson, Cheryl Ladd and Jaclyn Smith teamed up for the 50th anniversary of “Charlie’s Angels.”

Welcome back, Sofia

Sofia Vergara made it to the Emmys this year to present supporting actor in a comedy, bypassing the emergency room. Last year, she had to bow out of presenting at the last minute after suffering an eye allergy just before the show.

Pre-show chaos

In the hour before the show opens, the Peacock Theater lobby was as jammed as an LA freeway.

Women wearing long trains attempt to protect them from an errant shoe as guests bump elbows and brush backs trying to make their way across the lobby. It’s time to gird for the three-hour show ahead, which means buying $9 cups of popcorn, $8 hot dogs and $23 beers and cocktails to carry to seats. It doesn’t appear nachos are a popular item — too messy for folks in tuxes and gowns

One person dressed appropriately

Meg Stalter, a nominee for best supporting actress for “Hacks,” was dressed as an Emmy statuette, complete with wings and a coat of gold makeup. She even held up a sphere like the real trophy itself.

It was Stalter’s first time attending the Emmys as a nominee. She earned her first career nod for supporting actress in a comedy series for playing Kayla Schaeffer in the fifth and final season of “Hacks.”

Small tables and lamps

Similar to the Grammys held across the street, this year the Emmys are having the biggest names seated at small tables with lamps on them in front of the stage.

Typically, the guests are seated in long rows like a movie theater. There’s still the same pre-show hobnobbing. It seems no one wants to sit down early, knowing they’ll be in those seats for the next three hours.

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The decision allows states to continue sending out mail ballots under the same processes they’ve used for years and have accounted for nearly a third of votes cast.

It represented a stark defeat for Trump on an issue he consistently has emphasized as vital to ensuring election integrity even though there is virtually no evidence of fraud with mail ballots.

The Supreme Court majority wrote that the administration's push to implement the restrictions this year is likely to lose in court, though the brief emergency order didn't detail its reasoning. Two justices, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, publicly dissented.

The Trump administration had asked the justices, once again at the center of a roiling political controversy, to clear the way for restrictions before the pivotal November contests for control of Congress.

Alito wrote in his dissent that the Postal Service “has broad authority to regulate the mail” and likely does have the power to enforce Trump's restrictions.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh, meanwhile, agreed that the restrictions should not go into effect for the midterms but indicated he might rule in favor of the Trump administration if the issue comes back before the court at a later time.

Mail ballots are already being sent to voters

Election officials have said there was simply no way to carry out a complete overhaul in the weeks before the midterms. Indeed, Alabama, North Carolina and Wisconsin began sending mail ballots to voters over the past week while the new system was still not active.

The Trump administration plan would require states to adopt a uniform envelope style and submit lists of eligible voters to an online portal. The Postal Service could refuse to deliver ballots to states that didn’t comply.

The administration’s efforts had the potential to be especially disruptive in states that send out ballots entirely by mail. Washington's Secretary of State Steve Hobbs, a Democrat, said the decision means work “to carry out a safe, secure, and accurate election" can continue ”without having to upend our election processes to meet unrealistic ballot mail requirements.”

In Arizona, another largely vote-by-mail state, Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes said “it is crucial for us to continue rejecting the notion that access and security are mutually exclusive when it comes to running strong elections.”

Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, a Republican serving as the state’s chief election officer, said on social media that the Supreme Court’s decision means “Utahns can have confidence that the 2026 election will proceed as normal."

The White House and Justice Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment, but have in the past framed the restrictions as commonsense changes aimed at keeping elections secure.

State officials and voting rights groups pushed back

Democratic state officials and voting rights groups challenged the restrictions in court, arguing that the president has no constitutional authority to set election rules that would “virtually eliminate mail voting on the eve of a major election."

A whistleblower report, meanwhile, said the postal system’s requirements could lead to millions of mail ballots never being sent, because problems with the not-yet-operational portal meant a single bar code error could result in an entire batch of ballots being tossed out.

Some states don't have the infrastructure to quickly pivot back to in-person voting, according to court documents.

The League of Women Voters, a plaintiff in the case, called the proposed restrictions “an extraordinary attempt to interfere with voting” and said it would have thrown elections into chaos. “Voters should never be caught in the middle of a political power warfare,” said CEO Celina Stewart.

Lower courts agreed to block Trump’s plan, including a preliminary injunction issued by a judge nominated by the president.

But the Trump administration appealed to the Supreme Court, arguing that federal control of the Postal Service allows them to set rules for mail ballot handling and that compliance was possible.

The federal government won an early procedural decision at the Supreme Court, but the justices pointedly did not decide the legality of the plan.

Trump has long opposed mail voting and falsely blamed it for his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden, even though he often uses that method to cast his own ballot, including as recently as this year.

A report by the Brookings Institution published in 2025 found that mail voting fraud occurred in only about four cases out of every 10 million mail ballots cast.

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Associated Press writers Nicholas Riccardi in Mason, Michigan; Ali Swenson in New York; Gene Johnson in Seattle; and Jacques Billeaud and Wufei Yu in Phoenix contributed to this report.

According to an arrest report, Cornelius Douglas, 26, posed as a buyer for a $2,200 Cuban link chain.

Police said that when he met up with the seller off Northwest 15th Avenue, Douglas showed the victim a fake Cash App payment confirmation.

“The victim then placed the chain around the defendant’s neck, believing he was already paid. The defendant asked the victim to record video of him on his phone wearing the chain,” the report states.

After that, he ran off with it, and it was then that the victim realized the payment was fake.

Douglas was later identified in a photo lineup.

According to North Miami police, Douglas did the same thing back in June.

The report says he contacted a seller on Facebook for an Audemars Piguet watch. Police said he did the same thing and ran off with the watch.

Police said “he sold the watch to a pawn shop for $300.”

Local 10 News checked into Douglas’ background and found he has a criminal history, including a child abuse charge in Broward County. He has since been released on bond and is facing a grand theft charge.

Police recommend that if you are buying something online, you meet in a public place. Most police departments have a safe zone to meet.

Much of the information has been previously reported over the past six months, but the Pentagon inspector general's report offered the fullest official accounting so far of the conflict's costs in American lives, taxpayer dollars and physical damage. It included information from the watchdogs for the Defense and State departments as well as the U.S. Agency for International Development.

The report, whose publication was first reported by NBC News, noted that the U.S. war with Iran “has resulted in strategic inventory shortfalls and revealed industrial base bottlenecks for munitions resupply” in regard to advanced weapons. Experts have previously said it will take about three years for military contractors to replenish advanced missiles and defensive missile interceptors to prewar levels.

The Pentagon has repeatedly pushed back against reports of any munitions shortage, saying the U.S. military has all the weapons it needs to fight any conflict. President Donald Trump said in a social media post Monday that the U.S. is “producing more Exquisite and Elite Weapons than at any time in our History.”

“They are being delivered on a daily basis to our Forces in the Middle East, and beyond,” he wrote.

Iran destroyed hundreds of buildings at US bases

The watchdog report, which covers April 1 to June 30, also acknowledged that Iranian strikes damaged and destroyed hundreds of buildings and other structures at U.S. bases in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman and Jordan.

It noted that the U.S. naval base in Bahrain, a Navy logistics hub in the region, was targeted with Iranian drones and ballistic missiles. U.S. Central Command had to shift to supply lines to alternate hubs that were much farther away, including Diego Garcia, a U.S.-U.K. base on an island in the Indian Ocean. It required “14- to 18-day logistics cycles" to support operations in the Middle East, the report said.

Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao acknowledged in an interview with The Epoch Times last week that “they blew the hell out of Bahrain” and said he has a task force looking into whether the Navy would need to repair the base in Bahrain to sustain its forces in the region.

Dozens of American aircraft and drones also were destroyed or damaged by Iran, including the destruction of as many as 30 MQ-9 Reaper drones that cost around $30 million apiece, the report said. Seven KC-135 refueling aircraft were damaged or destroyed, including five that were struck by Iranian munitions while on the ground in Saudi Arabia.

Another KC-135 crashed in Iraq, killing six service members, following a collision with another KC-135. Those deaths, and the death of a pilot of a helicopter that crashed into the Arabian Sea, are listed as occurring during non-hostile events. Eleven other service members are listed as “killed in action” in Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

State Department details costs of damage to diplomatic facilities

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Congress in late July that the war had cost $37.5 billion so far.

The costs in physical damage to U.S. diplomatic facilities, however, had not been previously publicly released. Such outposts in Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the UAE were damaged by Iranian strikes, with an estimated cost of $184 million, according to the report.

The State Department reported in early June that its other costs from the conflict came to $113 million, with nearly $80 million used to respond to contingency plans, including evacuation expenses for U.S. personnel and their families as well as other American citizens and eligible third-country nationals.

The State Department reported that in the weeks and months after the U.S. and Israel first struck Iran on Feb. 28, the Trump administration evacuated about 9,000 U.S. citizens from countries in the Middle East and Europe. Through private and commercial flights as well as land and water travel, the cost of the department’s evacuation operation was more than $11 million as of late June.

“State determined that consular officers would not be able to fully document travel itineraries required to seek reimbursement from evacuees and therefore it would be impracticable to seek reimbursement from them,” the report states.

The majority of the evacuations were made from Israel, with Iraq and Jordan following shortly behind. While the U.S. only evacuated 1,200 Americans from the United Arab Emirates, those trips to Istanbul, Athens and Washington cost the most, at more than $4 million.

The State Department reported that more than $44 billion in emergency and non-emergency military sales also were made in that span of time, with the majority of sales going to Saudi Arabia. Sales included military helicopters, munitions and munitions support as well as advanced precision weapons system.

Other regional countries, including Qatar, Kuwait, UAE and Israel, also received billions in sales, as Iran retaliated against nearly every country in the region that hosted a U.S. military base.

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Robertson, of Dogi-Fi Dog Trainer in Pompano Beach, witnessed a crash while traveling southbound on Interstate 95.

“The car spun out and just crashed right into the wall,” Robertson said. “From there, I immediately pulled my truck over, and I jumped over the wall in the Express Lane.”

The woman who was driving was injured, but a seatbelt kept her 120-pound Alaskan Malamute safe.

“The whole car was smashed in, the windshield cracked,” Robertson said. “Like everything, all the airbags deployed. To see this dog come out of the car completely untouched is really unbelievable.”

Without the seatbelt, Robertson said it was likely the dog would have flown straight through the windshield. He recommends buying a piece of equipment that costs less than $10 and clips to a harness that goes into the car’s buckle.

“It’s super durable and it also has this bungee cord, kind of like a shock absorber,” Robertson said.

He also recommends a crash-tested crate with doors on both sides, so that emergency crews can reach it.

Ukraine has for months been targeting Russia’s oil and gas industry with long-range strikes, prompting fuel rationing across the country and causing Moscow to ban diesel exports in July, removing supplies from the already tight global market.

But the global crunch also came after the war on Iran curtailed oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.

Fuel prices are weighing on Americans as they prepare to vote in midterm elections in November.

Trump was asked by a reporter if he had spoken with Zelenskyy following his recent conversation with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. He responded by calling on Zelenskyy to halt strikes against Russia.

“Mr. Zelenskyy has to do one thing. He has to stop knocking out diesel fuel in Russia,” Trump told reporters on the sidelines of the Irish Open, which is being played at his Doonbeg golf club.

“We spoke to Mr. Zelenskyy about it. There are plenty of other targets. Don’t hit diesel fuel, because that’s hurting, that’s hurting the world,” he said.

Diesel exports from Gulf countries way down since Iran war began

According to a report published Friday by the International Energy Agency, net exports of diesel and gasoil from the Gulf countries in August stood at “just over a quarter” of what they were before the war on Iran began in February.

“Disruptions to Russia’s refining system and a near-halt to product exports following intensified Ukrainian attacks have compounded these losses,” the IEA wrote. It added that in February, combined next exports of diesel and gasoil from the Gulf and Russia “accounted for almost 45% of global seaborne trade.”

Kyiv says Russia’s oil industry both funds and directly fuels Moscow’s more than four-year-old invasion of Ukraine.

Russia has ramped up its air campaign against Ukraine in recent weeks, using ballistic missiles and jet-powered drones to pierce Ukraine’s defenses. Moscow’s attacks have targeted Ukraine’s power grid ahead of winter in what officials say is meant to demoralize civilians.

Civilians were killed and injured overnight into Sunday as Russia and Ukraine exchanged large-scale drone strikes.

Two people were killed and 14 more wounded near an oil and industrial hub in Russia’s Tatarstan, according to local officials, while Ukrainian authorities reported on Russian drones pummeling the Black Sea port of Odesa and starting a fire near a border crossing with Poland.

Ukraine targets more Russian oil facilities

The two Russian civilians died after a drone slammed into a tree near their parked car in the city of Nizhnekamsk, according to the office of regional head Rustam Minnikhanov. Nizhnekamsk houses a key cluster of oil refineries and other industrial plants. Mayor Radmir Belyaev said that a fire had broken out at an unspecified “enterprise.”

Ukraine also claimed to have hit a major oil refinery in Slavyansk-on-Kuban, in Russia’s Krasnodar region near Crimea. The Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) agency said its drones struck a key oil processing unit and the refinery’s tank farm overnight into Sunday.

Krasnodar authorities said the strike on “an enterprise” in Slavyansk-on-Kuban injured three people and damaged an oil pipeline.

Russian forces shot down 389 Ukrainian drones during the night, Russia’s defense ministry said Sunday.

Russia targets Odesa and western Ukraine

In Ukraine, at least nine people were injured in a “massive” Russian nighttime attack on Odesa, according to Serhii Lysak from the city’s military administration. Odesa is home to Ukraine’s main port hub on the Black Sea and has faced sustained drone and missile strikes, with Kyiv accusing Moscow of trying to choke off its exports.

A Russian drone attack on Saturday struck a residential high-rise in Odesa, killing two people and injuring 26 others, Ukrainian officials said.

Russian overnight strikes also pounded western Ukraine, though there were no immediate reports of casualties. One drone set fire to a gas station near the Yahodyn-Dorohusk border crossing with Poland, according to Ukraine’s top diplomat and a spokesperson for the local customs force.

“This is Putin’s terror ‘knocking’ directly on the doors of the EU and NATO. Russian barbarians are at your gate, dear partners,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote on X.

Ukraine’s border crossings with Poland are a conduit for much of the military and humanitarian aid sent by Western allies.

Valentyna Chernysh, a spokesperson for the Volyn Customs Office, told The Associated Press that the Yahodyn crossing was intact and no one was harmed.

Earlier this week, two people died when Russian drones hit the Starokozache border crossing between Ukraine and Moldova on Tuesday. The following day a “direct threat” to a Polish-Ukrainian crossing point was avoided due to the cooperation between Warsaw and Kyiv, according to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

Ukraine’s air force said its air defenses shot down or suppressed 409 Russian drones of various types overnight, including a newer jet-powered version that is faster and more difficult to intercept. It said Russia had attacked Ukraine with 453 drones in total.

The Office of the Inspector General, mandated by Congress, conducted an unannounced inspection of the facility in January.

Inspectors examined housing facilities, the kitchen, and showers, and they interviewed facility staff and detainees.

Overall, the agency found the facility complied with intake and use of force standards, but did not comply with standards related to environmental health and safety, medical care, food services and hygiene, among other standards.

The report detailed that detainees were not provided with sufficient living space, given less than half of what is required, which creating cramped conditions for detainees who spent most of their time in their housing units.

Between July 2025 and this January, 79 detainees were confined in small metal enclosures which offered 18 square feet of floor space for periods ranging from several minutes to two hours, according to the report.

Officials said the use of small metal enclosures is unprecedented among detention facilities that the OIG has inspected, presenting a significant risk to detainee health and safety.

Inspectors recommended to discontinue the use of those small metal enclosures.

The communication director for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis provided Local 10 News the following statement:

“At least ten million illegal aliens entered our country under the Biden administration. Florida decided to do something about it. The left-wing media wants to focus on a confinement area for violent criminal aliens who have proven they cannot remain peaceful while awaiting deportation. While it adheres to all federal standards for criminal confinement, we’d make it even smaller if we could.”

The Department of Homeland Security did provide a response that inspectors included in the report, with the federal agency saying the state, and not the department, maintained authority over the facility’s day-to-day operations.

Since the facility closed in June, all ten recommendations inspectors made to improve oversight have now been closed.

The Department of Homeland Security probe known as the “Unlawful Voter Initiative” also asks employees to create federal law enforcement records about voters based on unreliable data, the account warns. That could potentially wrongly implicate U.S. citizens in official documentation that could spur further investigation.

The anonymous, nearly 30-page disclosure was published Monday by Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla of California, the ranking member of a Senate committee overseeing federal elections.

It features screenshots and transcripts of a DHS training for a group of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services staffers, who it says were forced in late August to drop their other work, complete a less than two-hour training session and begin running DHS-provided lists of individuals through state voter registration systems to find “unlawful voters."

The whistleblower contends that agents have been asked to review 40 individuals per day, giving them about 12 minutes to determine whether each person is a legal voter and create federal records of anyone who is not.

Padilla and Schumer said Monday the initiative was an example of President Donald Trump attempting to interfere in elections and the short timelines would impede officials from conducting proper investigations. They noted that the data DHS has on voters can be unreliable and differ from state records, making any federal findings based on that data potentially problematic.

“We just got more proof of Trump’s vile schemes to rig our elections,” Schumer told reporters in a news conference. “The lengths Trump will go to cheat, lie and steal in this upcoming election are simply beyond the pale.”

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

The Trump administration has been targeting noncitizen voting to allege it could be a source of significant fraud during the midterm elections, even as research shows voting by people who are not citizens is extremely rare. Trump has been pushing for the U.S. Postal Service to send mail ballots only to voters verified as U.S. citizens, and his Justice Department has sued to force the release of detailed voter data in 30 states and the District of Columbia, though it has not yet succeeded in those cases.

The whistleblower report details an effort by the federal government to work around a lack of data from the states by directing Citizenship and Immigration Services employees to pose as individual voters to access their state voter records.

Some states, such as Virginia, explicitly limit their voter lookup tools to individuals who attest under penalty of law that they are looking up their own records. In other states, like California, personally identifiable information such as a driver's license number or partial Social Security number is needed to look up individual voter records.

The whistleblower said that when officers raised concerns about liability for searching the tools against state guidance, agency leaders told them to proceed with the searches anyway.

Schumer and Padilla on Sunday sent a letter to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin requesting more information about the initiative and demanding that it be stopped.

Asked about the whistleblower report, a DHS spokesperson said it is “laser focused on prosecuting and removing aliens who vote and preventing the dilution of the votes of U.S. citizens.”

“The department accessed publicly available data from states’ voter rolls and cross referenced them with known aliens in our systems," the spokesperson said in an emailed statement. "It’s not rocket science; it’s an easy step to secure our elections.”

In response to complaints about the timing, limited training and quotas for agents, the spokesperson said that “far from being rushed or untrained, these investigative efforts are conducted diligently and professionally.”

The New York Times first reported on the DHS initiative in early September.

The whistleblower account released Monday was produced by the watchdog group Democracy Defenders Fund. The group, which said it represents the whistleblower as a client, said the person is anonymous because of “an extreme fear of retaliation but they feel an obligation to speak up about the misconduct and gross mismanagement they have witnessed.”

In the end, the deal was the same as what was agreed to 2 1/2 months ago: Leonard returns to the Raptors, with the Clippers getting Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick, two first-round draft picks, two second-round picks and a pick swap.

“We’re thrilled to welcome Kawhi back to Toronto,” Raptors general manager and executive vice president Bobby Webster said. “His impact on our organization, our city, and our country is undeniable, and he embodies the competitiveness and championship mindset that we value. We believe his leadership, experience and talent will help us as we continue building toward our next championship.”

It's a huge move for Toronto, which won the 2019 NBA title with Leonard leading the way and is expecting to contend in the Eastern Conference. But the sides put the agreement on hold in early July pending any resolution of NBA’s investigation into whether the Clippers circumvented salary cap rules with regard to Leonard’s compensation.

The NBA hit the Clippers earlier this month with massive penalties as a result of that probe, suspending owner Steve Ballmer for one year, fining the team $30 million and forcing it to forfeit five first-round draft picks, among other sanctions.

Leonard, a two-time NBA Finals MVP, was hit with a $700,000 penalty as a result of that investigation. But he was not suspended and his contract was not voided, and the Raptors evidently are certain that his status will not be affected.

Leonard, 35, spent one season in Toronto — and led the Raptors to their lone title. He is coming off the highest-scoring season of his career, averaging 27.9 points for the Clippers in 65 games.

Leonard is a seven-time All-Star, seven-time All-NBA selection, a two-time NBA champion (also winning in 2014 with San Antonio) and is considered one of the game’s top defensive players. He is expected to sign an extension with the Raptors once the trade is finalized.

Toronto visits the Clippers on Nov. 2 and hosts the Clippers on Jan. 1. The teams are also scheduled to meet at Vancouver in a preseason game on Oct. 10.

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It’s a game of strategy, precision and timing.

At the center of it all is host Ken Jennings, once the show’s most dominant champion with his record-breaking 74-game winning streak.

He now steps behind the legendary podium to guide a new generation of contestants.

“To be here for six months, now to be here today, it was always my favorite show as a kid, so it’s a huge honor to still be part of the Jeopardy Story,” said Jennings.

Taking the helm from the late Alex Trebek and performing from the Alex Trebek Stage, Ken knows these are big shoes to fill.

“Having to do this job, those are pretty big shoes,” said Jennings. “Alex Trebek was a legend, and I really have that in mind, you know, like it kind of feels like Alex is still here. He was so perfect at this job that if there’s ever a moment where I kind of wonder, ‘What’s the right thing to do here? How should a game show host be?’ I can just kind of think about Alex. What would Alex do here? And I can hear that voice, you know, because we all grew up watching him.”

When fans watched these two men share the screen, Jennings was the ultimate student, spending years in the quiet grace of Trebek’s orbit, preparing him for a role he never expected: carrying the torch.

Guided by Trebek’s steady hand, Jeopardy! transcended television. It became a sacred American ritual, a trusted evening companion in millions of living rooms.

“Everybody has happy memories of when they’re a kid watching it with grandma, or they’re home sick, or Dad loved it, or they watched it in the dorm in college,” said Jennings. “Everybody has some like warm, nostalgic memory of Jeopardy. It’s really, it’s not even a TV show anymore, it’s like an institution, it’s like a ritual for a lot of people every night. You gotta watch Jeopardy.”

Today, Jennins commands the floor with his own unique rhythm, but that presence was undeniably forged in the contestant’s chair — a front-row seat to a masterclass by the absolute best. He isn’t trying to replace Alex Trebek, he’s protecting his legacy.

“I hope the legacy is, you know, I was always skeptical that there could be Jeopardy without Alex, you know?” Jennings said. “He was so synonymous with the show for me. So I hope the legacy is always like, Ken was never Alex, but like, thank goodness the show kept running because I think we need a smart show like this right now where facts are important and we admire people who have knowledge and have expertise. I think that’s really good to have on TV and to have it be such a popular show. It makes”

There may be a hint of Saharan dust passing over the area on Tuesday. Otherwise, the day offers a sun/cloud mix, east-northeast winds (sustained 5 to 15 mph) and the possibility for showers and storms, particularly mid-morning and early afternoon. Temperatures will be seasonable with highs forecast to peak near 90°F.

Quiñones es la primera de un conjunto de comerciantes atentos a las tendencias que han incluido en sus catálogos más de 38 modelos de camisetas con el rostro del Sumo Pontífice junto a temas que lo unen con Perú, donde trabajó 22 años en varias ciudades del Pacífico, incluida Chiclayo y el antiguo puerto del Callao.

“Nos genera muchas bendiciones y también puestos de trabajo”, comentó Quiñones a The Associated Press en su taller mientras imprimía una banderola por el cumpleaños de Prevost.

Quiñones, quien también produce banderas gigantes que se ven en los estadios de fútbol o polos para simpatizantes de partidos políticos, comenta que cada día ve aumentar los clientes que llegan interesados por comprar una camiseta del papa.

Una de las clientes durante la jornada fue Sor María Agripina, de la congregación Hermanitas de los Ancianos Desamparados que administran un asilo en El Callao. “Vengo a buscar unos polos para nuestros viejitos”, dijo a la AP la religiosa de hábito blanco y negro mientras observaba la variedad de camisetas frente a sus ojos.

Los modelos de camisetas incluyen los nombres de Chiclayo, Pucallpa, Lima y Cusco, las ciudades que Prevost visitará entre el 11 y 16 de noviembre. También, los ruegos por una atención de salud como “el papa ora para que te den tu cita (médica) rápido”.

Pero lo que más abunda son las referencias a la gastronomía local, como “el papa y el ceviche son peruanos”, “el papa y la papa (patata) son de Perú” o una imagen de Prevost entregando un “chifle” —una rodaja tostada de plátano popular en Perú— en vez de una hostia en una misa. “Teníamos temor de que se pueda molestar el papa, pero lo hacemos con mucho cariño y respeto”, dijo Quiñones.

La visita de Prevost podría convocar a enormes grupos de creyentes en Lima y otras ciudades de Perú. Las autoridades locales calculan que más de un millón de personas podrían asistir a cada una de las misas programadas donde estará Prevost.

“Nos estamos preparando para un mar de gente", indicó Quiñones.

Cuando Prevost fue elegido papa el 8 de mayo de 2025, Quiñones comenzó a elaborar camisetas con el rostro de León XIV y la frase “el papa tiene DNI”, en referencia al documento nacional de identidad que certifica la nacionalidad peruana y que Prevost obtuvo en 2015 para convertirse en obispo de Chiclayo.

“El representante de Dios en la tierra es peruano”, dijo María Martínez, una vendedora callejera de café.

León XIV realizará su primera gira por Latinoamérica del 6 al 16 de noviembre. Visitará Uruguay, Argentina y finalizará en Perú.

Kimberly Greenwood was among a list of nominees the Trump administration sent to the U.S. Senate for confirmation.

Later Monday, Kimberly Greenwood posted on Instagram a picture with her husband and Trump as she thanked the president for the nomination.

“Mr. President, thank you for believing in me and entrusting me with this extraordinary opportunity to serve,” she wrote.

Her husband, Lee Greenwood, is one of Trump's favorite singers, whose signature patriotic anthem has been his chosen walk-on song at political events for years. Trump even went into business with Lee Greenwood, selling a $59.99 "God Bless the USA Bible,” with him.

In his own Instagram post praising his wife and her nomination, Lee Greenwood said his wife had worked with Trump for 18 years while the president owned the Miss Universe Organization and Kimberly Greenwood directed state pageants.

Kimberly Greenwood's nomination, which must be confirmed by the Senate, calls for her to serve concurrently as U.S. ambassador to Barbados and, without additional compensation, as ambassador to the Caribbean countries of St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

Presidents on both sides of the aisle have rewarded donors and key supporters with a significant slice of sought-after ambassadorships.

Democratic President Joe Biden selected prominent Seattle business leader and Democratic donor Roger Nyhus to serve in the same role for which Trump has nominated Kimberly Greenwood.

Most political appointees from the donor-and-supporter class have little impact on foreign policy. Occasionally, they have been the source of presidential headaches.

Trump on Monday also nominated outgoing U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, to serve as his top envoy to Riyadh.

Hunt is near the end of his second term representing his Houston-area district. He finished third in the March 2026 Texas Republican primary for the U.S. Senate behind Ken Paxton and John Cornyn.

If confirmed, Hunt will head to Riyadh a difficult moment in the Middle East as the U.S. and Israel's war against Iran continues with no end in sight and as fighting between the Saudis and Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen intensifies.

Before politics, Hunt was a U.S. Army officer who served as a diplomatic liaison in Saudi Arabia.

Hunt in a posting on X said he understood “the strategic importance of the partnership between the United States and Saudi Arabia and the profound responsibility of this position."

The White House on Monday also announced Trump’s nominees for vacant ambassadorial roles in Haiti, Somalia, Djibouti and Suriname.

During his first term, Trump’s appointees included hotelier and $1 million inaugural contributor Gordon Sondland, who served as chief envoy to the European Union. Sondland provided unflattering testimony about Trump during his first impeachment, which centered on allegations Trump sought help from Ukrainian authorities to undermine Biden ahead of the 2020 presidential election. Sondland was later fired by Trump.

Trump donor-turned-envoy Jeffrey Ross Gunter left locals in relatively crime-free Reykjavik, Iceland, aghast over his request to hire armed bodyguards.

In Britain, Ambassador Robert “Woody” Johnson faced accusations he tried to steer golf’s British Open toward a Trump resort in Scotland and made racist and sexist comments.

The new documentary, “Darlene Love: I Know Where I’ve Been,” is punctuated by Love's performances of some of her classic songs, including “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” and “He’s a Rebel.” The performances feel Love reclaiming songs from an up-and-down past. But they also just sound good. Even in her mid-80s, one of the greatest American vocalists of the 20th century sounds amazing.

“I always took care of my voice,” Love said, speaking in an interview the day before the film's premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. “People don’t realize but talking puts more strain on your voice than singing.”

Love sat in a quiet corner of a Toronto hotel with a scarf draped around her neck — one of many tricks she’s picked up over the years to preserve her voice. She quit smoking decades ago and made a habit of not going out after a concert. Her husband, Alton Allison, keeps a glass of wine waiting for her.

Love still performs regularly performs, especially around Christmas, but she takes breaks during concerts to rest her voice, sit down and tell the audience a story.

“And I have a lot of stories to tell,” she said with a laugh.

“Darlene Love: I Know Where I’ve Been,” which premiered Monday at TIFF, isn’t the first documentary to chronicle Love’s life, but it is the first to focus entirely on her. The acclaimed 2013 documentary “20 Feet From Stardom” was about often-unheralded backup singers and heavily featured Love. It won the Oscar for best documentary feature. At the podium, Love belted out a few lines from the gospel hymn “His Eye Is on the Sparrow.”

“I sing because I’m happy,” Love sang. “I sing because I’m free.”

But Love getting a spotlight entirely of her own in “I Know Where I’ve Been” is meaningful. For so long Love was denied center stage. The film, directed by Barry Avrich and produced by Taraji P. Henson, is a lavish tribute to a music icon.

“There was no bigger talent,” Bruce Springsteen says in the film. “If you want proof of God, just listen to Darlene Love,” says Lou Adler.

The documentary spans all of Love’s life, from the Christian upbringing where secular music was “the devil’s music,” to her fraught recordings with producer Phil Spector, to her comeback in the early 1980s. Spector, who gave Love (born Darlene Wright) her name, recorded some of Love’s most beloved records. But he also undercut her career by, among other things, releasing the song “He’s Sure the Boy I Love” as a single for the Crystals, another act of his.

By the late ’70s, Love had fallen out of show business altogether. For a 10-month stint, she even cleaned houses to support her family.

“I just couldn’t find any work. ‘Christmas’ came on while I was cleaning houses to take care of my family, to get some cash flowing,” she recalls. “I just looked in the mirror and I said, ‘This is not what I’m supposed to be doing. I’m supposed to be singing.’

Despite all the reasons Love has to be jaded about the music business, she doesn’t speak particularly ill of Spector, who died in prison in 2021, 11 years after being convicted of murdering Lana Clarkson. She never felt victimized. She enjoyed singing backup for years, including with her close friend Dionne Warwick. And she knows those songs she recorded in the ‘60s — a pinnacle of 20th century American culture — endure.

“We long for hearing that kind of music. The kids have different music. Everybody has different music. My parents’ music is different from ours,” says Love. “But there’s something about our music that everyone likes. And you can sing it. A lot of the music today, you can’t sing.”

McConnell's lengthy absence from the Senate generated a flood of criticism and online speculation, as he initially remained quiet for weeks about his condition. The 84-year-old senator eventually disclosed a month later that he had been “briefly unconscious” due to the fall and had also been treated for mild pneumonia in the hospital.

He briefly addressed reporters Monday from a wheelchair outside the Senate chamber, smiling but speaking slowly and with some difficulty. McConnell joked that he wasn’t sure how many reporters would be there after dodging so many questions during his almost two decades as leader.

He said he was back in the Senate to work on a pending farm bill and because he has an ongoing interest in NATO and “backing up our good friends who are totally in the fight against the Russians.”

Reporters and photographers were told by Senate staff not to take video of his remarks in the second-floor hallway, even though video is often permitted in that area. Still images were allowed.

McConnell, who holds the distinction of being the longest-serving Senate leader, is in his final months of his four decades in office. He is retiring at the end of January after one of the most consequential careers in modern politics.

Republicans have nominated U.S. Rep. Andy Barr to replace him, while Democrats have nominated former state lawmaker Charles Booker. McConnell has said he is determined to finish out his term.

McConnell suggests he's still recovering

In a statement issued before his remarks, McConnell made clear that he may still miss some votes due to his health issues.

He said that he is "still not quite back to 100%, but I’ve assured Leader (John) Thune that, as I continue with physical therapy on the advice of my doctors, I will do my best to be present for tough votes when our Conference needs me.”

“My recovery has been a long and often frustrating process, and the lingering effects of childhood polio haven’t made it any easier,” McConnell said in the statement.

The senator's extended leave highlighted increasing public concern about the age of lawmakers and their capacity to carry out their duties. Speculation about his condition grew so intense at one point that Kentucky’s Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear took the extraordinary step of issuing a public letter asking McConnell to update the public in a “transparent manner.”

McConnell’s absence was also felt over the summer as Republicans were unable to advance a farm bill out of committee. His return could give GOP leaders a needed vote as they try to advance legislation on cryptocurrency regulation and college sports.

A history of health problems

McConnell had polio in his early childhood and has long acknowledged difficulty as an adult in walking and climbing stairs.

A statement from the Capitol physician that was included with McConnell's July release said that the senator has “experienced several falls through the year” due to his “post-polio condition.” The office said his physical therapy was aimed at reducing the risk of him falling again.

“A comprehensive evaluation by a multidisciplinary team determined that he had no fractures, cardiac abnormalities, stroke, tumor, or hemorrhage,” the physician’s office said.

McConnell was first elected to the Senate in 1984 and was the Republican leader from 2007 until last year, serving as both majority and minority leader during that period.

Toward the end of his time as leader and in the last two years as a rank and file senator, McConnell's health has visibly declined.

He was hospitalized with a concussion in March 2023 and missed several weeks of work after falling in a Washington hotel. He twice froze up during news conferences after he returned, staring vacantly ahead before colleagues and staff. A year later, he fell and sprained his wrist while walking out of a GOP luncheon.

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That is especially true for cold-chain perishables that require more refrigeration, like dairy, meats and produce.

Diesel engines power about three-quarters of the 17 million commercial vehicles registered in the U.S.

“The first time ever we have ever seen diesel in Florida above $6 dollars a gallon and in Miami even higher at $6.25 a gallon,” said GasBuddy petroleum analyst Patrick De Haan. “You can really say the U.S. economy runs on diesel.”

Transportation, storage and energy costs contribute more than 7% of total food costs, so when diesel prices rise, those costs get higher and trickle down to the consumer at check-out.

What makes up a food dollar?

From farms and processing to retail and restaurants, every $1 Americans spend on food is divided among industries across the supply chain.

7.2¢

of every $1 spent on food went to transportation, storage and energy

7.2¢

2024 food dollar

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Transportation and storage + energy

7.2¢

Together, transportation, storage and energy account for 7.2¢ of every $1 spent on food.

Source: USDA Economic Research Service, Food Dollar, 2024 industry group data. View USDA source. Values sum up to $1.

That is in addition to upward pressure that remains on gas prices.

Small business owner Xavier Miranda of Top Florida Roofing told Local 10 News his business also being hit by suppliers adding fuel surcharges as all businesses along the global supply chain work to offset rising costs.

“Miranda said what federal lawmakers should know is that “their decisions impact us, which in return impacts the entire community.”

Said De Haan: “The two biggest geopolitical tensions that are weighing at the pump (are the) US-Iran Conflict (and) Russian and Ukraine. There is not really a date when things will suddenly improve spontaneously. It is going to take work to mend the fences, restoring ties and deescalating the situation, for Americans to see any drastic improvement in what they are paying at the pump.”

De Haan added that the brewing trade war between the U.S. and Canada could also place upward pressure on prices since more than 60% of our imported crude oil comes from Canada.

Esto es especialmente cierto para los productos perecederos de la cadena de frío que requieren más refrigeración, como productos lácteos, carnes y productos agrícolas.

Los motores diésel impulsan aproximadamente tres cuartas partes de los 17 millones de vehículos comerciales registrados en Estados Unidos.

“Es la primera vez que vemos el diésel en Florida por encima de $6 USD por galón y en Miami incluso más alto, a $6.25 USD por galón”, dijo Patrick De Haan, analista de petróleo de GasBuddy. “Realmente se puede decir que la economía de Estados Unidos funciona con diésel”.

Los costos de transporte, almacenamiento y energía representan más del 7% de los costos totales de los alimentos, por lo que cuando los precios del diésel aumentan, esos costos suben y se transfieren al consumidor al momento de pagar.

What makes up a food dollar?

From farms and processing to retail and restaurants, every $1 Americans spend on food is divided among industries across the supply chain.

7.2¢

of every $1 spent on food went to transportation, storage and energy

7.2¢

2024 food dollar

Tap a section of the dollar to explore.

Transportation and storage + energy

7.2¢

Together, transportation, storage and energy account for 7.2¢ of every $1 spent on food.

Source: USDA Economic Research Service, Food Dollar, 2024 industry group data. View USDA source. Values sum up to $1.

Esto se suma a la presión al alza que persiste sobre los precios de la gasolina.

El propietario de un pequeño negocio Xavier Miranda, de Top Florida Roofing, dijo a Local 10 News que su negocio también está siendo afectado por proveedores que agregan recargos por combustible, mientras todas las empresas a lo largo de la cadena de suministro global trabajan para compensar el aumento de los costos.

Miranda dijo que lo que los legisladores federales deberían saber es que “sus decisiones nos impactan, lo que a su vez impacta a toda la comunidad”.

De Haan dijo: “Las dos mayores tensiones geopolíticas que están afectando los precios en las gasolineras son el conflicto entre Estados Unidos e Irán y Rusia y Ucrania. Realmente no hay una fecha en la que las cosas vayan a mejorar repentinamente de manera espontánea. Será necesario trabajar para reparar las relaciones, restablecer los vínculos y reducir las tensiones para que los estadounidenses vean una mejora drástica en lo que están pagando en las gasolineras”.

De Haan agregó que la creciente guerra comercial entre Estados Unidos y Canadá también podría ejercer presión al alza sobre los precios, ya que más del 60% del petróleo crudo que importamos proviene de Canadá.

La policía de Miami informó que Brickell Bay Drive está actualmente cerrada entre Southeast 12th Street y Southeast 13th Street.

SKY 10 EN VIVO sobre la escena del colapso de la grúa en Miami:

Witnesses told Local 10’s Samiar Nefzi that the crane collapsed onto three vehicles, sparking a fire.

Funcionarios de Miami-Dade Fire Rescue confirmaron que cuatro personas fueron trasladadas al hospital después de una “compleja operación de rescate”.

Se recomienda a los conductores evitar el área, utilizar rutas alternas y anticipar demoras.

Los conductores deben tener precaución y seguir las indicaciones de los agentes en la escena, informó la policía.

No se divulgaron de inmediato más detalles.

“Esta mañana, una perforadora en 1201 Brickell se volcó y dañó tres automóviles y una caseta de construcción, lo que provocó que cuatro personas necesitaran atención médica. Nosotros y nuestros socios de construcción estamos sumamente agradecidos con los servicios de emergencia de Miami por su rápida respuesta y apoyo.

“Nuestra prioridad número uno es la salud y la seguridad de nuestros trabajadores y de la comunidad. Estamos trabajando en plena cooperación con los departamentos de construcción de la ciudad y el condado para asegurar el lugar y llevar a cabo una investigación completa del incidente de hoy”.

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*Nota del editor: Aunque los socorristas inicialmente se refirieron al incidente como un “colapso de grúa”, posteriormente confirmaron que la maquinaria era en realidad una perforadora de pilotes, utilizada para perforar profundamente en el suelo.

“En este momento, simplemente estamos recibiendo golpes por todos lados”, dijo Miranda.

Como techador, uno de los aumentos se siente en los propios materiales. Tomemos, por ejemplo, las tejas de asfalto.

“Quizás la mayoría de la gente no lo sepa, pero muchos de los productos para techos que utilizamos están hechos a base de petróleo”, dijo Miranda. “Así que, a medida que estos precios suben, aumenta el costo de nuestros materiales. Muchas de las capas de base que se colocan están hechas a base de petróleo, así que todo en su techo, el 90% de las cosas en su techo, está hecho a base de petróleo”.

Ahora considere a los proveedores de materiales para techos, que han estado agregando recargos por combustible, mientras todas las empresas a lo largo de la cadena de suministro global buscan compensar el aumento de los costos de energía.

“Constantemente recibimos actualizaciones de nuestros proveedores de que los precios van a aumentar debido a sus gastos de combustible. Así que nos pasan ese costo a nosotros”, dijo Miranda.

Estos incluyen, según dice, a sus proveedores de metal y tejas, y estima que los costos probablemente han aumentado un 30% tan solo en los últimos tres meses.

“Creo que cada vez que recibimos un correo electrónico, es como un recargo del 10% por combustible que estamos recibiendo”, dijo Miranda. “Y recibiremos varios de esos, a veces en un mes, a veces los recibiremos cada dos meses. Así que eso no es normal para nosotros. Antes de todos estos problemas, quizás veíamos algo así una vez al año. Cada dos trimestres, ahora es como si todos los meses los estuvieras viendo y los estuvieras viendo varias veces al mes”.

Luego, al igual que la mayoría de las empresas en Estados Unidos, su flota de vehículos comerciales funciona con diésel, lo que hace que trasladarse hacia y desde los lugares de trabajo sea más costoso.

“Los gastos de diésel prácticamente casi se han duplicado. Todos lo vemos. Vas a la gasolinera, lo ves, vas al supermercado, lo ves”, dijo Miranda.

Los costos, al igual que lo que quizás ya esté experimentando desde tiendas minoristas hasta cadenas de supermercados, se transfieren al consumidor.

“Tratamos de hacer todo lo posible para no hacerlo, pero en ciertos momentos no es viable. A veces recibimos propuestas con 30 días de anticipación, luego ven algunos aumentos en los precios, y tratamos de explicarles que estamos enfrentando gastos adicionales, así que tratamos de no transferirlos, pero en algún momento, como pequeño negocio, simplemente no podemos continuar asumiendo la carga”, dijo Miranda.

Esto se debe a que, en el caso de un pequeño negocio, aumentar los precios es una decisión especialmente difícil de tomar mientras trabajan para conservar a sus clientes locales. Sin embargo, enfrentan una dura realidad: el aumento de los costos del diésel es más difícil de absorber para los pequeños negocios debido a sus ya reducidos márgenes.

“Cada vez que nuestro costo aumenta, eventualmente tenemos que transferirlo al cliente y algunos clientes también están cuidando sus presupuestos, así que no estamos teniendo tantas ventas, lo que impacta al negocio, lo que afecta a las personas que conforman el negocio, a los individuos, y hay familias vinculadas a eso, así que es un gran efecto en cadena”, dijo Miranda.

Lo que, según él, los legisladores federales deberían saber es que “nosotros somos quienes construimos en la comunidad, gastamos en la comunidad, vivimos en la comunidad. Sus decisiones nos impactan, lo que a su vez impacta a toda la comunidad”.

Un informe del condado Miami-Dade encontró que “según el Centro Metropolitano Jorge M. Pérez de FIU, el 96% de los negocios de nuestra región tienen 49 empleados o menos”.

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“We just kind of get hit from all angles right now,” said Miranda.

As a roofer, one increase is felt on the actual materials themselves. Take, for example, asphalt shingles.

“Most people may not know, but a lot of the roofing products that we use, they’re petroleum based,” said Miranda. “So as these prices go up, our material cost goes up. A lot of the underlayments that go down, they’re all petroleum based, so everything on your roof, 90% of the stuff on your roof is petroleum based.”

Now consider roofing suppliers, who have been adding fuel surcharges, as all businesses along the global supply chain seek to offset rising energy costs.

“We are constantly getting updates from our suppliers that prices are going to increase because of their fuel expense. So they pass it on to us,” said Miranda.

These include, he says, their metal and shingle suppliers, and he estimates the costs have probably increased by 30% in just the past three months.

“I think every time we get an email, it’s like a 10% [fuel] surcharge that we’re getting,” said Miranda. “And we’ll get multiple of those, sometimes a month, sometimes we’ll get them every other month. So that’s not the normal for us. Prior to all of these issues, I mean, maybe once a year we were seeing something like that. Every other quarter, now it’s like every month you’re seeing them and you’re seeing them multiple times a month.”

Then, like the majority of companies across the U.S., his commercial vehicle fleet runs on diesel, making his cost to get to and from job sites more expensive.

“Diesel expenses has pretty much almost doubled. We all see it. You go to the gas station, you see it, you go to the supermarket, you see it,” said Miranda.

Costs, much like what you might already be experiencing from retail to grocery store chains, get passed down.

“We try our best not to, but it’s not feasible at certain points. Sometimes we get proposals 30 days in advance, they see it later on, they see some increases in the prices, and we try to explain to them we’re being hit with additional expenses, so we try not to pass it on, but at some point, as a small business, we just can’t continue to front the burden,” said Miranda.

That is because, in the case of a small business, raising prices is an especially difficult decision to make as they work to retain their local clients. Yet they are up against a tough reality: rising diesel costs are harder for small businesses to absorb given their already slim margins.

“Every time our cost goes up we have to pass it on eventually to the customer and some customers, they are also watching their budgets, so we are not having as many sales which impacts the business, which affects the people who make up the business, the individuals, and there are families tied to that, so it is a big trickle,” said Miranda.

What he says federal lawmakers should know is that “we are the ones building in the community, spending in the community, living in the community. Their decisions impact us which in return impacts the entire community.”

A Miami-Dade County report found that “according to Jorge M. Pérez FIU’s Metropolitan Center, 96% of businesses in our region have 49 employees or less.”

The broad area of low pressure – situated smack dab over the open subtropical Atlantic, an area of the basin we’ve featured in newsletters this season due to its advantageous positioning away from El Niño’s suppressing influence – was accompanied by disorganized storminess early Monday.

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NHC indicated low odds of development later this week as it moves toward an area of lighter and more conducive upper-level winds.

AI models versus legacy physics-based models

The newer machine learning-based AI camp of models have been gradually dialing up development odds for this area since late last week but their legacy physics-based counterparts – like the Euro and American GFS – have stayed notably silent.

As of early Monday the conventional Euro ensemble system showed only a handful of development outcomes of the 50 or so scenarios run, taking the under on NHC’s 30%.

In stark contrast, however, Google’s DeepMind machine learning-based ensemble system was taking a very aggressive stance toward development later this week, with odds above 70% for the week, most of which suggest the system could peak as a strong hurricane into early next week.

Though not as bullish on strengthening as DeepMind – perhaps due to a known systematic low-intensity bias that we detailed in our post last Thursday – the Euro AI ensembles are similarly aggressive on overall development odds this week.

The answer is probably somewhere in between but given the thunderstorm activity already building around the broad low-pressure area and the general setup ahead with some alley-oops from a series of jet-stream dips, I’d favor development in this instance.

It’s noteworthy that even in the few physics-based Euro scenarios that show development, the forecast intensities are strong which is likely indicative of an environment supportive of strengthening if a storm gets going.

Nevertheless, this will be an interesting case to see which of our modeling camps – the newer AI models or the conventional physics-based models – handle the potential development (or lack thereof) better.

Interests in Bermuda will want to monitor the progress of the system but otherwise it isn’t expected to pose a threat to land areas in the week ahead.

Eaton’s claims were at the heart of his insanity defense as he went on trial Monday on attempted murder charges in a case that shook Burlington, Vermont, and reverberated in the West Bank, where the three wounded men grew up and became friends as schoolmates in Ramallah before moving to the U.S. for college.

The November 2023 shooting, weeks after the start of the Israel-Hamas war, spawned calls for a hate crime investigation. But no hate crime charges were filed as questions persisted about whether anti-Palestinian animus, an altered mental state or something else had compelled Eaton to open fire on Hisham Awartani, Tahseen Aliahmad and Kinnan Abdalhamid, who were all 20 at the time.

The men testified one after another as Eaton, now 51, watched stoically from the defense table in a Burlington courtroom. He has pleaded not guilty but doesn't dispute that he was the shooter. If convicted, he faces up to life in prison. If found not guilty by reason of insanity, he could be ordered to undergo mental health treatment.

Defense lawyer Joshua O’Hara, previewing testimony from a defense psychiatrist, told jurors in an opening statement that Eaton was suffering from a delusional, psychotic disorder after losing his job at a credit union two weeks before the shooting.

While listening to a local NPR affiliate, Eaton believed he was hearing messages that he attributed to the CIA, O’Hara said. At first, the messages were encouraging and validating, the lawyer said, but subsequent messages turned dark, insisting that Eaton “has to go out and shoot somebody.”

Prosecutor Sally Adams told jurors that a state psychiatrist who is slated to testify concluded that Eaton did not have a mental disease or defect. Evidence will show he intended to kill the men, was not legally justified in shooting them, and does not meet the test of legal insanity, Adams said.

Authorities found three shotguns in Eaton's apartment and a Ruger .380-caliber handgun that crime lab testing concluded was the gun used in the shooting, Adams said. Eaton had purchased the gun seven months earlier from a Vermont gun store.

“If the defense tries to focus on the story that Mr. Eaton tells about why he intended to kill these three young men, that story is only part of the whole picture,” said Adams, the chief administrative deputy at the Chittenden County State’s Attorney's Office.

Awartani, Aliahmad and Abdalhamid, all of whom are now 23, told jurors of their holiday weekend visit to Awartani’s grandmother's house, a trip to a bowling alley to celebrate his twin cousins' birthday, and the walk they took near the University of Vermont campus after dusk that ended in bloodshed.

Awartani, who was studying at Brown University in Rhode Island at the time, said they were smoking cigarettes and speaking a mix of English and Arabic. Two of them said they were wearing traditional Palestinian scarves known as keffiyehs. Awartani said he first noticed Eaton standing on a porch as they approached the apartment house where he lived.

Within seconds, Awartani said, Eaton was off the porch and walking toward them. His face was expressionless and he didn't say anything. As Eaton got to about five to 10 feet (1.5 to 3 meters) away, “he pulled out a handgun and started shooting at us,” said Awartani, who was paralyzed from the waist down in the shooting and now uses a wheelchair.

Jacob Pyne, who lived in a different apartment in the same house as Eaton, testified that he heard four to six gunshots, followed by footsteps going up the stairs of the apartment house. He said he ran outside and heard two men speaking, one of whom was more vocal and yelling, “I’ve been shot, help me." He then brought the men blankets and called 911.

Abdalhamid, a student at Haverford College near Philadelphia, said he fled and hid behind another home after seeing Aliahmad fall to the ground. He said he only realized later when he sat down that he had also been wounded. Awartani was shot in the chest and the bullet ricocheted off his scapula, causing paraplegia in his spinal cord. Aliahmad, who was a student at Trinity College in Connecticut, was struck in the collarbone, and Abdalhamid was shot in the right buttock.

O’Hara, the supervising attorney at the Chittenden County Public Defender Office, told jurors that Eaton was confused by the messages he said he was receiving, and became convinced that the CIA and Mossad were enlisting him into “overwatch duty” to protect a Jewish family living across the street.

“These were delusions,” O’Hara said. “He believed in the moment that he was doing something that was right. He had been commanded to do this. And that he did not have the ability to appreciate the wrongfulness of his conduct in the moment because he believed he’d been instructed to do this by a government agency or God.”

Emotions are bound to run as high as ever in Mississippi's Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on Saturday evening, when the No. 8 Rebels (2-0) host the coach who spurned them late last season and now has No. 7 LSU (2-0) off to a strong start.

“I guess there’s real safety issues and stuff. So, there’s people that have a plan for that. It is what it is,” Kiffin said. “But I told the players today, man, like, ‘You don’t have anything to worry about as far as, like, attention on you all week. There’s just going to be so much attention, hatred — everything — on me.’”

“Really, the pressure is on them,” Kiffin continued, alluding to Ole Miss' appearance in last year's national semifinals, and the fact that quarterback Trinidad Chambliss and running back Kewan Lacy — both viewed as 2026 Heisman Trophy candidates — are back with the Rebels.

“We won seven games last year; they won 13,” Kiffin said. “They return two Heisman candidates. How often does that ever happen in the same backfield?”

It's rare, but Kiffin knew of at least once instance. That was back in 2005, when he was an assistant under Pete Carroll at Southern California. The Trojans had Matt Leinart at QB and Reggie Bush at running back.

By mentioning Chambliss and Lacy, Kiffin was in a sense touting his own legacy at Ole Miss, where he coached for the previous five years. And Kiffin seemed to wish that instead of spewing vitriol at him, Mississippi fans would reflect more on how much better off their program was when he left than when he arrived. Similarly, Kiffin mentioned that he was the one who sought out and hired his Ole Miss successor, Pete Golding, as defensive coordinator in 2023.

“There’s not always a winner and a loser,” Kiffin said while referring to his decision to leave for LSU last Nov. 30, when the Rebels were about to enter the College Football Playoff.

Kiffin pointed out that Saturday's Magnolia Bowl between LSU and Ole Miss will be the first since 1962 to take place when both teams were ranked in the top 10 of the AP poll.

“That says to me it’s the most relevant matchup of these two teams in 64 years,” Kiffin said. “So, I think that’s a really neat thing that we were able to be part of building a program (in Mississippi) that Pete's doing a great job of continuing it as a top-10 program.

“When we got there, they had won four games (in 2019). And when we got here eight months ago, (the Tigers) were 7-6,” Kiffin said. “So, I think it’s a really good thing that I think a lot of people could look at it and say, ’Hey, both sides are doing really well, and both sides won.'”

There can be only one winner this weekend, and Kiffin acknowledged the novelty of a participating in a matchup featuring “one team that you built and now a new team that you're building — probably a really unusual situation that way.”

And Kiffin figures paranoia is running high within each program because of how much each staff knows about the other.

“I’m sure both places are already worried about leaks within the building getting game plans out,” Kiffin said, perhaps in reference to recent revelations that Ole Miss conducted a sweep of its facility for recording devices after Kiffin left Oxford.

“I know, obviously, a lot's going to be made about me,” Kiffin said. “But this is about the players being prepared really well and playing really well. I'm not going to tackle anybody. I'm not going to throw any touchdowns.”

No, he won't. But he'll have plenty to do with what happens on the field, and off, during a game that will be widely watched and long remembered.

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He never expected to be taken into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.

Pourrain, 34, an Argentine center midfielder for Miami United FC, a professional club in the United Premier Soccer League, is now back in South Florida, reliving what he calls some of the worst weeks of his life.

“It’s really a horrible situation, horrible situation,” Pourrain said.

He spent more than three weeks in ICE custody across three different facilities, including one in Miramar that he described as having inhumane conditions.

“Miramar was the worst thing that happened to me in my life,” he said.

Pourrain has lived in South Florida since 2019. He said he has had a work permit for years and renewed his Florida driver’s license in July.

“It hurts because I love this country and I’ve lived here seven years,” he said. “I don’t deserve any of this. I never got any criminal records. I never had any kind of problem.”

On Aug. 6, Pourrain was flying out of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport for a semifinal match in Los Angeles. After passing through security, he said ICE took him into custody.

At a detention facility in Miramar, Pourrain said he was shackled to a chair for the first 24 hours.

“Handcuffs on the hands and the feet. A chain all over my body here,” he said.

He said he was then moved into a small room that was overcrowded with inmates.

Pourrain said the food was moldy, so he did not eat for days.

“It was a little room. It was 68 of us inside there -- I couldn’t even move. I was just like this, trying to put my head on the wall, tried to sleep a little bit. There was no bed,” he said.

Eventually, Pourrain was moved to another facility in Florida and then to Texas.

He was released on a $20,000 bond on Aug. 28, more than three weeks after he was taken into custody.

The Department of Homeland Security told Local 10 that Pourrain only had permission to stay in the U.S. for six months and overstayed his welcome.

DHS also denied his claims of inhumane treatment.

“Claims that there are subprime conditions at ICE detention centers are FALSE. ICE has higher detention standards than most U.S. prisons that hold actual U.S. citizens. All detainees are provided with 3 meals a day, clean water, clothing, bedding, showers, soap, and toiletries,” the agency said in a statement.

For Pourrain, he said he knows what he saw and worries about those still inside.

“It’s inhumane what happens inside. They don’t deserve it either,” he said.

While his court proceedings continue, Pourrain is back training with his team and teaching kids soccer.

But the memories have not gone away.

“I think I’ll never forget about this. Because it was tough on me, it was tough on my wife,” he said.

Macklemore said on Instagram that several U.S. venues told the promoter they would prohibit him from performing as Sheeran's opening act for the Loop tour.

As a result, he wrote, Sheeran's team decided to remove him from the tour. That's despite the fact that the rapper — best known for his breakout hit “Thrift Shop” and the same-sex marriage anthem “Same Love” — has been making similar comments about the plight of Palestinians for years.

“So why is it an issue now? Because I’m sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America,” Macklemore wrote. “At a certain level of exposure, ‘Free Palestine’ becomes too much of a risk.”

A growing chorus of organizations and experts say Israel’s wartime actions in Gaza amount to genocide — an accusation Israel vehemently rejects.

Sheeran has not commented and representatives for the singer did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment.

The promoter, Messina Touring Group, confirmed in a statement to Rolling Stone that it had been notified by venues that “they will not allow a concert to take place with Macklemore on the lineup, which would result in the cancellation of the tour and impact hundreds of thousands of fans.”

Among the venues is Gillette Stadium, home to the NFL's New England Patriots. Owner Robert Kraft said the decision to cancel Macklemore was a result of his recent comments “and a broader history of antisemitic rhetoric and imagery that we believe has been deeply offensive and hurtful to the Jewish community.”

“This decision is not about diminishing the suffering of innocent Palestinians or denying anyone the right to advocate on their behalf. Their pain and loss are real,” Kraft said in a statement Monday.

Macklemore’s advocacy “should not come at the expense of the Jewish community or obscure the responsibility of Hamas,” Kraft said.

The rapper, born Benjamin Hammond Haggerty in Washington state, exclaimed “Free Palestine” during the Sept. 5 date of the tour while introducing his protest song “Hind’s Hall.” Written following the 2024 campus protests in support of Palestinians, it's named for Hind Rajab, a 5-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed after Israeli forces fired on her family’s car in Gaza City.

“To all of my Jewish brothers and sisters, criticism of Israel, criticism of apartheid, being against genocide, it in no way is criticism of you,” he said during the New Jersey concert. “This message is for peace, love, for all human beings to be treated with dignity, respect, and equality.”

His comments drew criticism from fellow singer Pink, who herself then drew backlash.

Macklemore said he holds no ill will toward Sheeran, who he considers a friend.

“But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can’t change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened,” Macklemore wrote.

The Loop Tour is scheduled to appear in venues including Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia; Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia; Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis; Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina; AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas; and Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.

Según un informe de arresto del Departamento de Policía de las Escuelas de Miami-Dade, el caso gira en torno a Cesar Oriol Cardoso, quien trabajaba en Sunset Park Elementary School, ubicada en 10235 SW 84th St., en el área de Kendall.

El informe señala que Cardoso tuvo al menos cinco víctimas. La policía dijo que la investigación sobre el hombre de 53 años, quien vive en el vecindario Flagami de Miami, comenzó a mediados de abril. El informe de M-DSPD no indica qué puesto ocupaba Cardoso en ese momento.

La policía dijo que sacaba a las niñas de educación física, otras clases o del almuerzo para llevarlas de regreso a su salón de clases para “completar el trabajo de clase si estaban atrasadas” y luego les mostraba “imágenes o videos inapropiados”.

Muchas de las imágenes mostraban a mujeres desnudas, según el informe de M-DSPD. Al menos dos estudiantes reportaron que Cardoso les mostró lo que creían que eran fotos de él mismo desnudo, señala el informe. Las autoridades dijeron que una imagen mostraba abuso sexual infantil, en la que aparecía un niño de entre 12 y 14 años con una mujer.

Cardoso también está acusado de tocar o dar palmadas a varias niñas en los glúteos o muslos y hacerles comentarios inapropiados, incluido un incidente en el que tenía la “mano sobre la ropa en la entrepierna” y le preguntó a una niña si quería “apretarlo”.

La policía dijo que también intentó besar o expresó su deseo de besar al menos a dos de ellas.

No se indicaron las edades de las denunciantes; sin embargo, una de las niñas fue identificada como estudiante de tercer grado y dijo que el comportamiento continuó cuando pasó a cuarto grado.

La policía dijo que detectives de M-DSPD entrevistaron a Cardoso en su sede el viernes, donde invocó su derecho a permanecer en silencio.

Enfrenta cargos por delitos contra estudiantes cometidos por figuras de autoridad, mostrar material obsceno a un menor y conducta lasciva e indecente con un menor de 16 años.

Hasta la mañana del lunes, permanecía detenido sin derecho a fianza en el Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, según muestran los registros de la cárcel.

El informe de arresto de Cardoso indica que su ocupación es “hospitalidad”, por lo que no quedó claro de inmediato si todavía trabajaba para las Escuelas Públicas del Condado Miami-Dade al momento de su arresto.

Local 10 News se comunicó con M-DCPS para solicitar comentarios sobre el arresto.

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It happened on Thursday at the Denny’s located at 650 N. State Road 7 in Margate.

According to the Margate Police Department, officers responded to the restaurant after receiving reports of a man making threats with a knife.

Upon arrival, officers detained the suspect, who was later identified as Robert Henion.

Witnesses told investigators that Henion entered the restaurant and began pacing back and forth near a table of people who were eating, and when someone asked him to sit down, he “brandished a knife, raised it, pointed it at them” and then threatened to kill them, according to an arrest report.

When a manager of the restaurant was alerted to the situation, she told Henion to leave while calling 911, but police said he then put the knife down and told her to get off the phone because he was going to rape her, the report stated.

Henion is facing two charges of aggravated assault with intent to commit a felony.

As of Monday afternoon, he remained behind bars at the Broward Main Jail on a $10,000 bond.

Ocurrió el jueves en el Denny’s ubicado en 650 N. State Road 7 en Margate.

Según el Departamento de Policía de Margate, los agentes respondieron al restaurante después de recibir reportes de un hombre que hacía amenazas con un cuchillo.

Al llegar, los agentes detuvieron al sospechoso, quien posteriormente fue identificado como Robert Henion.

Testigos dijeron a los investigadores que Henion entró al restaurante y comenzó a caminar de un lado a otro cerca de una mesa donde varias personas estaban comiendo, y cuando alguien le pidió que se sentara, “sacó un cuchillo, lo levantó, apuntó hacia ellos” y luego amenazó con matarlos, según un informe de arresto.

Cuando una gerente del restaurante fue alertada sobre la situación, le dijo a Henion que se fuera mientras llamaba al 911, pero la policía dijo que él dejó el cuchillo y le dijo que colgara el teléfono porque iba a violarla, señala el informe.

Henion enfrenta dos cargos de agresión agravada con intención de cometer un delito grave.

Hasta la tarde del lunes, permanecía detenido en la cárcel principal de Broward con una fianza de $10,000 USD.

“Esta validación refleja décadas de compromiso con la protección de las comunidades frente a la rabia y demuestra el impacto de una inversión sostenida en salud pública”, destacó el director general de la OMS, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, en un comunicado. "El éxito de Chile ofrece valiosas enseñanzas para los países que trabajan para poner fin a las muertes humanas causadas por esta enfermedad prevenible”.

De acuerdo al organismo, el último caso notificado en Chile de rabia, una enfermedad altamente letal una vez aparecen los primeros síntomas, transmitida por perros a humanos, fue en 1972.

Causada por un virus, la rabia en humanos tiene un nivel de mortalidad cercano al 100% tras la aparición de las primeras manifestaciones posteriores a la infección. Sin embargo, puede prevenirse a través de la vacunación, una vigilancia eficaz y el acceso oportuno a la profilaxis posexposición.

La OMS destacó que, en los últimos 50 años, Chile ha apostado por una política sostenida de salud pública enfocada en la prevención y vigilancia para combatir la enfermedad, incluidos una extensa campaña de vacunación de perros y gatos y la administración de vacunas a las personas potencialmente expuestas al virus. que suele ocurrir a través de mordeduras, arañazos o contacto con saliva de perros.

“Estas acciones se complementaron con campañas de vacunación canina puerta a puerta, medidas específicas de manejo de la población canina e iniciativas de sensibilización y educación comunitaria”, agregó el organismo.

En una ceremonia realizada en Santiago, la ministra de Salud de Chile, May Chomali, recibió formalmente el reconocimiento otorgado por la OMS, que evalúa no solo la ausencia de casos sino también la existencia de sistemas sólidos de vigilancia, prevención y respuestas para prevenir que la transmisión canina vuelva a establecerse.

“La política pública de erradicación de la rabia ha dado el efecto que nosotros queríamos como comunidad, como país”, dijo Chomali. Igualmente explicó que la erradicación de esta forma de contagio obedece no solo a las políticas públicas del Ministerio de Salud, sino al trabajo conjunto con otras instituciones, en especial los municipios.

"Ellos hacen el trabajo en terreno, están a cargo de las comunidades donde hace educación, vacunación, control de las mascotas”, agregó.

El director de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS), Jarbas Barbosa, alabó a su vez que el hito alcanzado por Chile "demuestra lo que puede lograrse mediante una cooperación regional sostenida” cuando los países invierten en "vacunación, vigilancia y acceso a la atención”.

En las Américas, los casos humanos de rabia transmitida por perros se han reducido en más de un 98% desde 1983, con tan solo unos pocos casos notificados cada año actualmente. Sin embargo, estos resultados contrastan con la situación mundial, donde la rabia transmitida por perros sigue provocando “decenas de miles de muertes cada año, principalmente en Asia y África”, destacó el organismo.

A Boeing 767-300 cargo jet overran a runway and struck and killed five people who were in a van working for a cleaning company at MIA.

Julio Pineda, the 75-year-old father of Jachel and Junior Pineda, was seated in the white 2012 Ford E-150 Econoline van, working for Professional Ocean Service Corp., according to the Pineda siblings’ lawsuit.

“He was given no warning, had nowhere to go, had no ability to protect himself, and bore no responsibility whatsoever for what happened to him,” Attorney Joshua Padron wrote, according to the 73-page lawsuit seeking damages in excess of $50,000.

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The crash involving the jet operating as Prime Air Flight 7598 was “foreseeable and preventable,” according to the lawsuit, which also names Amazon Services, 21 Air, Avia Acquisition, Avia Investments, Andromeda Leasing, Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Titan Aviation Leasing, and the jet’s two pilots as defendants.

The four others who were with Pineda in the van and died were Rolando Aleman Leon, 55; Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, 53; Carlos Acosta Fajardo, 53; and Javierkys Reyes Quevedo, 47, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.

Two others who were in the van with Pineda survived and were injured: Roosevelt Perdomo, 36, and Ridoel Averhoff, 32, who were at the Jackson Memorial Hospital’s intensive care unit.

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The Boeing 767-300 cargo jet also struck a Toyota Corolla Cross SUV on Northwest 67th Avenue outside of MIA. Eugenio Corredor, 79, was the driver who survived and was also at JMH’s ICU.

The jet, registered as N1997A, traveled for 1,300 feet “past the paved surface,” according to NTSB Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy.

Miami-Dade Fire Chief Ray Jadallah said a “complex fire” followed. About 60 units responded.

Joseph Carroll and Jaime Silva, the pilot and the co-pilot of the Boeing 767-300, who suffered minor injuries, remained under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.

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The jet remained at the crash site on Monday, as crews worked to dismantle it to collect evidence. One of four runways remained closed at MIA.

Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz asked travelers to check with airlines for the status of their flights. She also warned drivers that 67th Avenue was closed to the public from 25th to 32nd streets.

Homendy asked witnesses to share photos and videos with the NTSB team via e-mail at witness@ntsb.gov.

Cordero-Stutz asked the victims’ relatives to contact MDSO victims’ advocates at 305-471-1900.

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In the ad for the sports prediction market platform Novig, Sweeney appears with little or no clothing, covering parts of her body with strategically placed footballs and other sports apparel.

Many female athletes criticized the ad on social media and called it disrespectful to women.

“I can’t describe how infuriated I feel when I watch this,” four-time Olympic swimming gold medalist Ariarne Titmus wrote on Instagram. “How do we live in a world where monetizing a woman’s body and sexualizing women’s sport is still a thing?”

British sprinter Amy Hunt addressed the actor in a post-race interview with the BBC on Sunday after finishing fourth in the 200 meters at the Ultimate Championship in Budapest, Hungary.

“Sydney Sweeney, this is what women in sport look like,” she said, looking at the camera. “Muscles, hard work, sweat, blood, tears.”

Former U.S. gymnast Gracie Kramer called the ad infuriating.

“I’ve spent my entire life competing in a sport where female athletes have been oversexualized, reduced to our bodies, and forced to fight to be taken seriously for what we can actually do,” she said on Instagram.

Kramer posted stories featuring female athletes training with the caption: “What a woman in sports looks like.”

Sofie Fella, a Chinese-German rugby player, said female athletes can be role models for girls and women because they manage to “untangle” from society’s ideals of beauty and femininity.

“And that’s why that Sydney Sweeney ad is so disrespectful to every female athlete in the world,” she said in an Instagram post.

Novig didn’t immediately answer an email seeking comment. A publicist for Sweeney also didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

In an apparent reference to the criticism, Sweeney over the weekend posted a series of covers from ESPN The Magazine’s “Body Issue,” an annual special edition that showed athletes posing nude or semi-nude in a celebration of the diversity of bodies.

Sweeney, a two-time Emmy nominee, starred in and produced last year’s “Christy,” a biopic of American professional boxer Christy Martin.

This is not the first time her brand partnerships have sparked debate; her 2025 American Eagle campaign, which played on the homophones “jeans” and “genes,” previously triggered widespread online discussion.

Murray arrived on Monday at Vikings headquarters “feeling pretty good,” according to coach Kevin O'Connell, but it was far too soon to assess his chance of playing on Sunday at Chicago.

“We'll defer to the medical folks and that protocol for how the week goes,” O'Connell said. “We'll just take it a day at a time.”

Murray's debut with Minnesota lasted 11 plays. At the end of a third down run that ended well short of the sticks, Murray had the right side of his helmet smacked hard by Green Bay safety Javon Bullard's lowered shoulder with the quarterback already ducking toward the turf to try to avoid contact. Bullard was penalized for unnecessary roughness, but the Vikings weren't concerned about further punishment. Murray hadn't initiated a feet-first slide, so he was a live target.

“It was a violent, physical play,” O’Connell said. “But I don’t put any fault on anybody there.”

Murray eventually walked off slowly under his own power, but Carson Wentz took the rest of the afternoon and helped lead the Vikings to a comeback victory by scoring the last 29 points of the game.

Murray had three of his last four seasons with Arizona cut short by significant lower-body injuries, a torn ACL in his knee in late 2022 and a mid-foot sprain in 2025.

As for how long the Vikings are willing to wait this week for Murray to exit the concussion protocol before determining whether he can start or if Wentz will, that's not yet clear. Because quarterbacks already wear red non-contact jerseys, Murray could potentially get significant practice repetitions before he's fully cleared.

Murray took part in team meetings and video review of the Green Bay game on Monday.

“We'll just see how he's doing and take it a day at a time and make that determination when the time comes,” O'Connell said.

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The bill aims to put guardrails around escalating spending in college sports as the industry struggles to adapt to a new model in which schools can pay players. Major conferences, Senate leadership and President Donald Trump have backed the bipartisan bill, yet it still faces pushback that could sink it before the chamber breaks this fall.

“This bill protects the billions of dollars that coaches and sports industry executives are making over the suppression of compensation for some of the most highly valued athletes in the world,” Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut said on a call with reporters Monday. “What we’re being asked to do is to basically allow colleges and conferences and the NCAA to illegally collude.”

Murphy’s opposition followed a high-profile weekend push by Sen. Ted Cruz, a co-sponsor of the bill, who appeared Saturday on ESPN’s “College GameDay” to make the case for its passage. Cruz, a Texas Republican, spent nearly 10 minutes explaining why he thinks the legislation is important as loud boos rang out from the University of Texas crowd behind him.

Launched by Cruz and Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington in late May, the bill that has been discussed all summer is back in focus with a vote possible before Congress goes back into recess for the midterm elections.

Cruz, at a news conference in Washington alongside Cantwell, college athletes, coaches and other members of Congress, said he expects the Senate to vote on the bill this week or next. He is hoping it passes with resounding support from both sides of the aisle.

“I believe we are going to get this done,” Cruz said. “I have a very high level of confidence that the House will pass this bill, and one of the best ways to do that is get a big bipartisan vote coming off the Senate.”

From high-profile coaches to boosters, supporters are lining up

High-profile supporters include billionaire Texas Tech alumnus Cody Campbell, former Alabama coach Nick Saban and current Colorado coach Deion Sanders, who have been featured in commercials across the country as football season begins.

“The Protect College Sports Act ends the NIL chaos in college athletics by protecting our student-athletes and teams and safeguarding women’s sports and Olympic programs,” Saban says in an ad.

Basketball coaches John Calipari of Arkansas, Mark Few of Gonzaga and Kelvin Sampson of Houston are also among those in favor.

“I think this clears up about 75-80% of our issues,” Calipari said in Washington. “Nothing is perfect. This is a bite out of the apple.”

Echoing Calipari, Few said: “This bill might not be perfect, but it’s far, far away the best thing we got out there right now.”

The bill still faces a tight timeline and high vote threshold

High-profile support hasn’t been the issue for the bill since it was introduced months ago. After months of negotiations, the Big Ten and Southeastern conferences got on board with the bill in late July. But it remains unclear whether the legislation has the support needed to clear the Senate’s 60-vote threshold.

Republicans currently hold a 53-47 majority in the chamber. Democrats are trying to flip the Senate in November's midterms, which can complicate the legislative agenda.

Murphy has been among the most outspoken, saying he will work with those in the Senate who oppose the bill to do everything in their power to ask colleagues to step back and take another shot at legislation that would institute reforms but not make the current system permanent at the expense of athletes’ health and safety.

“This bill doesn’t stop billionaires from spending money on athletic facilities,” Murphy said. “This money doesn’t stop billionaires from directly subsidizing the salaries of coaches. No, the only thing this bill does is to limit the relatively small slice of money in the system that goes to athletes.”

Murphy took issue with the concept of the situation being chaotic, now that athletes are getting paid for name, image and likeness rights. He said coaches and colleges are the ones most primarily affected, arguing the bill would not fix any of the broader problems when it comes to spending.

Joined by NAACP CEO Derrick Johnson, Murphy pointed out that many of the most valuable athletes are Black and those protecting the billions of dollars in the system are white. The Congressional Black Caucus opposes the bill.

“This bill has nothing to do with protecting college sports,” Johnson said. “Any college sports legislation must protect the whole ecosystem, including student-athletes, universities, conferences and historically Black colleges and universities by guaranteeing athletes have a real voice, fair economic rights, long-term health and educational security.”

In a separate effort by Congress to regulate college athletics, two Republicans – Rep. Tim Walberg of Michigan and Sen. Jon Husted of Ohio -- introduced a bill Monday that would limit international athletes to no more than 20% of each varsity sports team.

“American colleges and universities should first and foremost provide opportunities for American students,” Walberg said.“America has built the strongest collegiate athletic system in the world, and we should make sure it continues to develop the next generation of American students and American Olympians.”

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The goal now is to make sure they get more than a fleeting glimpse from the top.

Texas (2-0) jumped to No. 1 after a wild 24-23 victory over Ohio State, which knocked the Buckeyes from No. 1 to No. 6. The Longhorns play UTSA this week before starting Southeastern Conference play Sept. 26 at No. 15 Tennessee.

“A week ago, the narrative was we can’t win the big game,” Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said Monday. “The opinion now is we’re the best team in the country, allegedly, and so everybody is patting us on the back."

And he cautioned his team about getting carried away with it.

“This is the third straight year we’ve been ranked No. 1 at some part of the season,” Sarkisian said. “I don’t know how we handled it. And I don't know how worthy we were of those rankings, of the opinions of others.”

The Longhorns look worthy of the top spot for now. How things shake out by season's end is yet to be seen.

In 2024, Texas rose to No. 1 for the first time since 2008. The Longhorns stayed there for a month before losing to Georgia. They wouldn't get back to No. 1, but made it all the way to the College Football Playoff semifinals before losing to eventual national champion Ohio State.

The fall last year was much farther and much harder.

Texas started the season No. 1 only to lose the first game at Ohio State. They were 3-2 a few weeks later and unranked. A 9-3 regular season left the Longhorns out of the playoff.

Senior linebacker Justin Cryer, a transfer from Florida State, seemed unimpressed with life at No. 1.

“It’s cool to post on Instagram or whatever,” Cryer said. “We have 10 more games to play.”

That's where quarterback Arch Manning said the focus should be. He remembers the quick fall from No. 1 last season and getting left out of the postseason.

“The rankings don't really matter until the playoffs,” Manning said. “We've got a lot to prove.”

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Poco antes de las 9:30 p.m., Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue recibió múltiples llamadas al 911 reportando un incendio en una vivienda.

Las cuadrillas llegaron unos tres minutos después y encontraron una gran cantidad de humo y llamas saliendo de un lado de la vivienda unifamiliar cerca de la cuadra 1100 de Northwest 15th Street.

Las personas que estaban en el interior pudieron salir de manera segura por sus propios medios, según las autoridades.

Unos 20 minutos después de llegar, las cuadrillas habían controlado la mayor parte del incendio y trabajaban para ingresar al ático a través del techo, según los bomberos.

Un total de ocho residentes serán desplazados debido al incendio.

Un investigador de incendios determinará la causa del incendio.

Según funcionarios de Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue, una llamada al 911 se recibió poco después de las 12:30 p.m. reportando un incendio en una vivienda en la cuadra 1800 de Northwest 16th Court.

Los bomberos llegaron en seis minutos y encontraron “condiciones de incendio intenso”, dijeron funcionarios de FLFR en un comunicado de prensa.

Los funcionarios dijeron que las cuadrillas fueron informadas de que una persona podría estar atrapada dentro de la vivienda e inmediatamente ingresaron para buscarla.

Los bomberos localizaron entonces a un hombre dentro de un baño y lo rescataron de la vivienda, dijeron los funcionarios.

El hombre fue trasladado a Broward Health Medical Center con lo que los funcionarios describieron como “heridas que ponen en riesgo su vida”.

Funcionarios de FLFR confirmaron que un bombero sufrió quemaduras menores y está recibiendo tratamiento.

La causa del incendio está bajo investigación.

The lawsuit by Nicholas La Strada, a Republican, also asserts that Hoskins' office illegally directed local election officials to change the results of a city council race and used state funds for a politically oriented mailing.

Hoskins “will not be able to comment on pending litigation involving a personnel matter,” spokesperson Anne Marie Moy said.

Hoskins already faces scrutiny for his actions in Missouri's congressional redistricting saga. Last Thursday, the state Supreme Court found Hoskins temporarily in contempt of its order not to take steps to use new U.S. House districts backed by President Donald Trump in the November election. On Friday, several voters who signed a referendum petition putting the new congressional district map to a statewide vote in November filed suit seeking class-action status for monetary damages against Hoskins.

The latest lawsuit, though unrelated to redistricting, calls into question Hoskins' role overseeing the November election.

“How can you trust a secretary of state’s office when they fired the man who was telling them what they cannot do,” said attorney Erin N. Vernon, of Independence, the lead lawyer in the lawsuit.

La Strada had served for 14 years as the Pettis County clerk, overseeing local elections, when Hoskins hired him as the state's election integrity director in January 2025. The suit says La Strada was stripped of his administrative access to the state's voter registration system after several months on the job. That came after he raised concerns that the office may have illegally spent funds to mail information in opposition to a St. Louis County ballot measure, the lawsuit says.

The lawsuit contends Hoskins' office illegally intervened in an April municipal election. After the results of a close Marshall City Council race in central Missouri had been certified, Hoskins' office received a complaint about the tallying of write-in votes, recounted them itself and instructed city officials to change the results. The suit says only a judge can order such action.

“If you’ve done it once, what’s to stop them from doing it on bigger elections in November and coming right in and changing it to who they want, their preferred candidate,” Vernon said.

Also in April, La Strada alleges in his lawsuit that he was present for a conversation in which several members of Hoskins' staff discussed the possible use of a “burner phone” and internet protocol address scrambler to file a fake whistleblower complaint as part of a federal administrative proceeding involving the state's voter registration database. The suit says La Strada twice raised concerns with Hoskins, but his Capitol security badge then was deactivated before a hearing in the case and he was fired effective May 1.

The state election integrity director post remains vacant, Moy said.

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Just before 9:30 p.m., Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue received multiple 911 calls reporting a house fire.

Crews arrived about three minutes later and found heavy smoke and flames coming from one side of the single-family home near the 1100 block of Northwest 15th Street.

The people inside were able to get out safely on their own, according to authorities.

About 20 minutes after arriving, crews had knocked down most of the fire and were working to get into the attic through the roof, according to fire rescue.

A total of eight residents will be displaced because of the fire.

A fire investigator will determine the cause of the fire.

The probe centers on the absence of a promotion and relegation system. Second-division teams and players have been protesting for weeks, demanding the right to go up to the top flight as they did in the past.

Several lower-tier clubs even appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) last year.

Although the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) suspended promotion in 2019 with an agreement to restore it by 2026, no active plans exist to reinstate the system.

Owners of the 18 first-division teams voted to suspend promotion and relegation for six seasons, arguing that it would help stabilize second-division clubs.

The FMF maintains that lower-tier teams are eligible for promotion, but it enforces strict operational criteria — including stadium capacity thresholds that even some top-flight clubs fail to meet.

“After analyzing events over the past few months, the Investigative Authority determined there is sufficient evidence to formally launch an ex-officio investigation into possible monopolistic practices within the Mexican professional soccer market,” the CNA stated.

The agency emphasized that the inquiry does not predetermine guilt. However, it warned that if anti-competitive liability is established, the FMF could face fines of up to 10 percent of its annual revenue.

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Kelsey said he is friends with Northern Kentucky coach Darrin Horn, who gushes about Wells' character, work ethic and coachability. Wells spent the past four seasons at Northern Kentucky and started 33 games for the Norse as a senior averaging 15 points and 7.3 rebounds.

“He was arguably NKU’s best and most valuable player,” Kelsey said. "We are excited to add someone like LJ that fits our culture perfectly. He’s one of us before he even arrives.”

The Cardinals also have guard Seth Trimble, who transferred from North Carolina by taking advantage of the recent preliminary injunction from a Colorado judge giving student-athletes who graduated from high school in 2022 a fifth season of eligibility for the upcoming year.

Trimble and Wells both are among a group of athletes that sought the right to play a fifth season from a Kentucky county court.

A 6-foot-8, 220-pound forward, Wells also was named to the Horizon League tournament team after scoring 22.3 points and grabbing 8.7 rebounds over three tournament games in March. He started 16 of 32 games as a junior, 27 of 33 as a sophomore and played in 18 games as a freshman.

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The youth movement submitted their election list to the state election authorities after a joyful march through downtown Belgrade, the capital of the Balkan country. A few thousand people joined the noisy gathering, clapping in support.

The Oct. 25 vote is seen as a major test for Vucic, whose Serbian Progressive Party, or SNS, has held a tight grip on power since taking office 14 years ago. The election will be held against the backdrop of heightened political tensions as the governing populists seek to remain in office despite widespread popular discontent.

The protests were triggered by a train station tragedy on Nov. 1, 2024, that killed 16 people in northern Serbia. The students demanded accountability for the concrete canopy collapse in the city of Novi Sad, alleging that corruption led to flawed renovation work on the building.

Almost daily demonstrations, sometimes drawing hundreds of thousands of people, shook Vucic more than at any time since his party came to power in 2012. Vucic has been Serbia's prime minister or president since 2014.

Protesting students have demanded an early parliamentary election for more than a year, but Vucic has apparently waited until he felt strong enough to run.

Students believe in victory

Milica Popovic told the crowd on Monday that her fellow students will show that “the law exists in Serbia and that justice is not the privilege of the chosen few.”

“You have told us not to give up and we haven't,” she said. “It is now time for us to take over the institutions of this country.”

Vucic said he would resign the presidency on Sept. 27 so that he can lead his Serbian Progressive Party's campaign, and become the prime minister if they win. He can't run for president again since Serbia's constitution sets a two-term limit. An early presidential election will be held separately.

The student-backed list includes university professors, teachers, experts and other individuals from all walks of life.

The crowd on Monday in Belgrade chanted “Victory,” before heading toward Serbia's national electoral commission headquarters. Participants carried a huge banner reading “Students win,” along with a copy of Belgrade's landmark Victor monument.

Vucic blasts opponents

Vucic on Monday described his chief opponents as a “nameless list, a list without a program, without plans, without anything.” He alleged an elaborate campaign of lies against his government, including reports that authorities used a sonic weapon against peaceful protesters at a huge gathering last March in Belgrade.

Vucic's SNS party and allied Socialist Party already have submitted their tickets for the election. Several right-wing and centrist opposition parties will also run.

Vucic has pushed back hard against the protesters, sparking international concern over police violence and arbitrary detentions. He has accused the students and their professors of intending to “destroy the state” under unspecified foreign guidance.

Serbia’s bid to join the European Union has stalled under Vucic, who has maintained close ties with both Russia and China. Previous elections in Serbia have been marred by multiple irregularities and violence.

A los problemas que ya había en los centros educativos se sumaron los daños provocados por los sismos de 7,2 y 7,5 de magnitud del 24 de junio que dejaron más de 6.500 muertos y unas 17.900 personas sin vivienda.

Los terremotos fueron los más fuertes registrados en el país sudamericano en más de un siglo y ocurrieron con 39 segundos de diferencia a lo largo de la cordillera de la costa, donde se encuentran los mayores centros poblados del país. Los sismos provocaron severos daños en Caracas y en los estados centro occidentales de La Guaira, Carabobo, Miranda, Aragua y Yaracuy.

La mayoría de las muertes ocurrieron en La Guaira, a unos 20 kilómetros al norte de Caracas, el segundo estado más pequeño de Venezuela. Su población de 440.000 habitantes es mayoritariamente pobre y vive del turismo, el comercio y las actividades en torno a la terminal aérea y el puerto.

Al comenzar un nuevo año escolar la afluencia de estudiantes en localidades como Caraballeda, en La Guaira, fue baja, pero los docentes confían en la incorporación progresiva de niños y jóvenes.

“Hay evidentemente un poco de temor que es comprensible por los eventos que sucedieron, pero poco a poco… vamos a ir aumentando la matrícula, día por día, hasta que todos entiendan que estamos en un sitio seguro”, dijo Marcos Payo, director de la escuela Congreso de Angostura de Caraballeda.

Algunas madres como Darioska Hernández tienen dudas de enviar a sus hijos a sus antiguas escuelas por considerar que fueron reparadas demasiado rápido, algo inusual en el país.

“Tengo mucho, mucho miedo. Nosotros vimos que las columnas (de la escuela) estaban explotadas y la repararon muy rápido y de verdad no me siento segura”, dijo Hernández a The Associated Press mientras preparaba a su pequeño hijo que de momento asiste a clases en una escuela improvisada en una tienda de campaña en La Guaira.

La escuela provisional fue idea de la maestra Yasmily Urimare. “Si anteriormente estaba difícil la educación... imagínate después del terremoto”, dijo la maestra a AP.

Antes de los sismos las condiciones en muchas escuelas públicas no eran las mejores por el deterioro de la infraestructura. La mayoría sufría además escasez de servicios esenciales como el agua, apagones frecuentes y la deserción de maestros ahuyentados por los bajos salarios.

De acuerdo con la Federación Venezolana de Maestros, el 40% de los 370.000 docentes activos han abandonado las escuelas desde 2017. El salario mensual —que obtiene la mayoría de los educadores de primaria y los liceos— es el más bajo de la región y oscila entre 30 centavos y 1,5 dólares mensuales, según la Federación.

Los maestros, como la mayoría de los 3,5 millones de trabajadores del sector público, subsisten con aproximadamente 190 dólares al mes, casi en su totalidad en bonos, que no tienen incidencia en otros beneficios laborales como las vacaciones.

De acuerdo con el Observatorio Venezolano de Finanzas, un organismo independiente, un empleado promedio del sector privado ganaba el año pasado alrededor de 237 dólares mensuales.

Según estadísticas oficiales, en Venezuela hay unos seis millones de estudiantes de primaria y enseñanza secundaria.

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Already the president of hockey operations, Sakic added the title of GM in June when the Nashville Predators hired away Chris MacFarland to lead their front office. The person spoke of Sakic's dual responsibilities on condition of anonymity because the team hasn't announced the decision.

Sakic was the architect behind building the Avalanche squad that captured the 2022 Stanley Cup title. He turned the responsibilities over to MacFarland soon after the celebratory parade that summer. It's a position MacFarland held until the Predators made him their president of hockey operations/general manager.

As a player, Sakic led the Avalanche to Stanley Cup titles in 1996 — their first season in Denver — and 2001. The Hall of Fame forward is the only one in league history to win a title as a captain and GM with the same franchise.

It's been a busy offseason for Sakic that's included several trades with MacFarland ( Ross Colton was sent to the Predators and later Jack Drury ).

Sakic created quite a bit of buzz around the league in late August by making standout defenseman Cale Makar the highest paid player in NHL history. Makar, a two-time Norris Trophy winner, signed a $163.2 million, eight-year extension that kicks in next season. As a way to free up space to negotiate the extension, Sakic dealt Valeri Nichushkin to the Columbus Blue Jackets for draft picks.

Colorado is coming off a season in which the team won the Presidents' Trophy with the best record in hockey before being swept by Vegas in the Western Conference Final. Among the moves made by Sakic was bringing in forward Jaden Schwartz on a three-year contract. Schwartz had 11 goals and 15 assists over 50 games with the Seattle Kraken last season.

The Avalanche assembled Monday for a charity golf tournament. They start training camp later this week.

“A very talented group,” Schwartz said of the Avalanche before teeing off. “They're a team that's been up there in the standings every year and have a good chance every year. I feel pretty fortunate to be part of it now.”

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Según funcionarios de Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue, alrededor de las 11:53 a.m., recibieron reportes de humo y llamas provenientes de una vivienda unifamiliar en la cuadra 600 de Northwest Ninth Court.

Las primeras unidades de bomberos llegaron en tres minutos e inmediatamente comenzaron un “ataque agresivo desde el interior”, dijeron los funcionarios, quienes agregaron que alrededor de 60 bomberos respondieron finalmente a la escena.

Las cuadrillas registraron la vivienda, aseguraron los servicios públicos y controlaron el incendio, dijeron los funcionarios.

La Cruz Roja Americana está ayudando ahora a dos mujeres que viven en la vivienda.

La causa del incendio continúa bajo investigación.

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According to Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue officials, at about 11:53 a.m., they received reports about smoke and flames coming from a single-family home in the 600 block of Northwest Ninth Court.

The first fire rescue units arrived within three minutes and immediately began an “aggressive interior attack,” officials said, adding that about 60 firefighters ultimately responded to the scene.

Crews searched the home, secured the utilities and brought the fire under control, officials said.

The American Red Cross is now assisting two women who live at the home.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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Bezos attended jury duty at the Richard E. Gerstein Justice building.

Local 10 News cameras captured Bezos as he was leaving the courthouse.

Bezos is a South Florida native who attended Miami Palmetto Senior High School.

He did not respond to questions about last week’s Amazon cargo plane crash as he headed to an awaiting vehicle.

On Sunday evening, Amazon confirmed it has paused operations with cargo carrier 21 Air following the crash that killed five people and injured five others.

Bezos se presentó para servir como jurado en el edificio de justicia Richard E. Gerstein.

Las cámaras de Local 10 News captaron a Bezos mientras salía del tribunal.

Bezos es originario del sur de Florida y asistió a Miami Palmetto Senior High School.

No respondió a preguntas sobre el accidente del avión de carga de Amazon de la semana pasada mientras se dirigía a un vehículo que lo esperaba.

La noche del domingo, Amazon confirmó que suspendió las operaciones con la aerolínea de carga 21 Air tras el accidente que dejó cinco personas muertas y otras cinco heridas.

In a post on her Instagram page Monday morning signed by the couple, Bettina Trump wrote that the man, Umar Kremlev, was a “dear friend,” who “very generously hosted two incredible nights of celebrations for us AFTER our wedding.”

“It was an extraordinarily generous wedding gift from a friend, and something for which we were and remain incredibly grateful,” it went on.

ProPublica, a nonprofit investigative website, reported earlier Monday that the wedding between Trump Jr. and socialite Bettina Anderson in the Bahamas was heavily funded by Kremlev, a Russian oligarch who heads the International Boxing Association. ProPublica reported that Kremlev “footed the bill for hundreds of thousands of dollars of wedding expenses,” including paying to rent out one of two private islands where the three-day party was held and a fireworks show.

In the post, Bettina Trump said that she and the president's son were married in a private ceremony “surrounded ONLY by our family,”

“The weekend that followed had actually been planned well in advance as a fun weekend with friends. It was never intended to be our wedding weekend. When our original wedding plans changed, we simply decided to get married before it and arrived at an already planned weekend as newlyweds,” it went on. “It’s unfortunate that something so personal and happy can be recast as something political or sinister simply because of who someone is or where they come from. Friendship doesn’t require a political motive. Generosity doesn’t automatically come with an agenda. And sometimes a wedding gift is simply a wedding gift."

That gift comes as Russia remains at war following its invasion of Ukraine and as the president has failed to broker a promised peace deal between the nations.

Kremlev was recently honored with the Order of Friendship by Putin, according to the International Boxing Association, and accompanied Putin to China as part of a Russian delegation, according to the Chinese state media cited by the outlet.

Trump Jr. has previously been scrutinized over his Russian ties. During the 2016 campaign, his meeting with Russian attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya in Trump Tower was the subject of intense scrutiny by federal and congressional investigators probing whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia to meddle in the election.

The meeting had been billed as an opportunity to discuss potentially incriminating information about the president's then-Democrat opponent, Hillary Rodham Clinton, as part of the Russian government’s efforts to help Trump Jr.'s father win the White House.

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The Dolphins had trouble protecting Willis throughout the game, with Raiders EDGE Maxx Crosby repeatedly creating pressure. Miami’s offense also was hurt by penalties and turnovers as the Raiders controlled much of the game physically.

Las Vegas scored on its opening possession after forcing Miami to punt, moving the ball with a combination of Ashton Jeanty’s running game and short passing from quarterback Kirk Cousins. The drive ended when Cousins found Jack Bech for a touchdown, giving the Raiders an early 7-0 lead.

A questionable taunting penalty on cornerback JuJu Brents after a hit by Dolphins safety Zayne Anderson extended another Las Vegas drive. The Raiders took advantage and eventually built a 10-0 lead.

The Dolphins struggled to sustain drives in the first half.

Back-to-back holding penalties on center Aaron Brewer and tackle Patrick Paul pushed Miami back, but Willis responded with a 25-yard completion on second-and-26 to set up a third-and-1. The Raiders stopped running back De’Von Achane on the next play, and Riley Patterson kicked a 35-yard field goal.

Cousins continued to rely on the short passing game, finding Jeanty in the flat for a touchdown that extended the Raiders’ lead.

Willis and Caleb Douglas then provided Miami with a much-needed spark. Willis found Douglas in the slot for a 30-yard gain, setting up Patterson’s second field goal of the game.

Douglas had four catches for 81 yards by halftime as Miami went into the break trailing 13-6.

The Dolphins defense gave the offense another opportunity early in the second half when rookie safety Michael Taaffe intercepted Cousins.

Willis then found rookie wide receiver Chris Bell for his first career catch, a 25-yard reception, before connecting with Douglas for another 13 yards.

Miami eventually reached the end zone when Willis scrambled to the left and rookie tight end Will Kacmarek led the way as Willis scored on a 14-yard run, cutting the Raiders’ lead to 17-13.

However, Las Vegas answered immediately.

Cousins connected with wide receiver Tre Tucker on a deep completion before finding Jeanty for another touchdown. Jeanty finished with 102 yards rushing and 147 all-purpose yards.

Willis later threw a deep pass toward the middle of the field for Douglas, but Raiders safety Treydan Stukes intercepted the pass.

Miami’s special teams nearly provided another opportunity when running back Jaylen Wright broke loose for a 79-yard kickoff return. The Dolphins couldn’t capitalize, however, as Patterson missed wide left on his third field-goal attempt.

The Dolphins defense came up with another turnover when safety Dante Trader Jr. intercepted Cousins after the Raiders quarterback double-clutched and threw his second turnover of the game.

Again, Miami couldn’t turn the takeaway into points.

Crosby got through tackle Austin Jackson on the right side of the Dolphins’ offensive line and recorded his second sack of the game. He later drew a hands-to-the-face penalty.

Crosby added another sack with just under three minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, bull-rushing through Paul after getting pressure up the middle.

Hafley said throughout training camp that he wanted to give Achane as many touches as possible, but the Pro Bowl running back was held in check for much of the afternoon, finishing with 11 carries for 36 yards and four catches for 30 yards. Miami’s offense struggled to create room against a physical Raiders defense.

Willis showed flashes as both a passer and runner but at times held onto the ball too long, allowing the Raiders’ pass rush to get home as Crosby led the way with two sacks in the game.

Douglas was one of the few consistent bright spots for Miami. The 2026 third-round pick finished his NFL debut with five catches for 94 yards.

Dolphins linebacker Jacob Rodriguez also had a strong showing, recording a game-high 14 tackles, including five solo stops, along with multiple tackles for loss. The Dolphins’ 2026 second-round pick also served as the team’s defensive playcaller.

Cornerback Chris Johnson struggled at nickel and gave up a touchdown reception to Jeanty. Johnson finished with 11 tackles, second on the team, but the high tackle total also reflected how often he was targeted in passing plays.

Miami’s offensive drought ended with another turnover when Malik Washington fumbled after taking a big hit from Raiders defensive back Jeremy Chinn.

Cousins finished with three touchdown passes and two interceptions, but his ability to sustain drives with short throws helped the Raiders control the game.

The Dolphins will need better play from their offensive line and more production from their playmakers beyond Douglas when they return to action next week.

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The Dolphins (0-1) travel to face the San Francisco 49ers (1-0) next Sunday at Levi’s Stadium.

The Raiders (1-0) visit the Los Angeles Chargers (0-1) at SoFi Stadium.

Los Dolphins tuvieron problemas para proteger a Willis durante todo el partido, con el EDGE Maxx Crosby de los Raiders generando presión repetidamente. La ofensiva de Miami también se vio afectada por castigos y pérdidas de balón, mientras los Raiders controlaron físicamente gran parte del partido.

Las Vegas anotó en su primera posesión después de obligar a Miami a despejar, avanzando el balón con una combinación del juego terrestre de Ashton Jeanty y pases cortos del mariscal de campo Kirk Cousins. La serie terminó cuando Cousins encontró a Jack Bech para un touchdown, dando a los Raiders una ventaja temprana de 7-0.

Un cuestionable castigo por provocación contra el esquinero JuJu Brents después de un golpe del safety de los Dolphins Zayne Anderson prolongó otra serie de Las Vegas. Los Raiders aprovecharon y finalmente ampliaron su ventaja a 10-0.

Los Dolphins tuvieron dificultades para mantener las series ofensivas en la primera mitad.

Castigos consecutivos por sujetar contra el centro Aaron Brewer y el tackle Patrick Paul hicieron retroceder a Miami, pero Willis respondió con un pase completo de 25 yardas en segunda y 26 para preparar una tercera y una. Los Raiders detuvieron al corredor De’Von Achane en la siguiente jugada y Riley Patterson convirtió un gol de campo de 35 yardas.

Cousins continuó recurriendo al juego de pases cortos, encontrando a Jeanty para un touchdown que amplió la ventaja de los Raiders.

Willis y Caleb Douglas dieron entonces a Miami el impulso que tanto necesitaba. Willis encontró a Douglas en el slot para una ganancia de 30 yardas, preparando el segundo gol de campo de Patterson en el partido.

Douglas tenía cuatro recepciones para 81 yardas al medio tiempo, mientras Miami se fue al descanso perdiendo 13-6.

La defensa de los Dolphins dio otra oportunidad a la ofensiva al comienzo de la segunda mitad cuando el safety novato Michael Taaffe interceptó a Cousins.

Willis encontró entonces al receptor abierto novato Chris Bell para la primera recepción de su carrera, una ganancia de 25 yardas, antes de conectar con Douglas para otras 13 yardas.

Miami finalmente llegó a la zona de anotación cuando Willis corrió hacia la izquierda y el ala cerrada novato Will Kacmarek abrió el camino mientras Willis anotó en una carrera de 14 yardas, reduciendo la ventaja de los Raiders a 17-13.

Sin embargo, Las Vegas respondió de inmediato.

Cousins conectó con el receptor abierto Tre Tucker en un pase profundo antes de encontrar a Jeanty para otro touchdown. Jeanty terminó con 102 yardas terrestres y 147 yardas totales.

Más tarde, Willis lanzó un pase profundo hacia el centro del campo para Douglas, pero el safety de los Raiders Treydan Stukes interceptó el pase.

Los equipos especiales de Miami estuvieron cerca de brindar otra oportunidad cuando el corredor Jaylen Wright se escapó para un regreso de patada inicial de 79 yardas. Sin embargo, los Dolphins no pudieron aprovecharlo, ya que Patterson falló por la izquierda en su tercer intento de gol de campo.

La defensa de los Dolphins consiguió otra pérdida de balón cuando el safety Dante Trader Jr. interceptó a Cousins después de que el mariscal de campo de los Raiders dudara antes de lanzar y cometiera su segunda pérdida de balón del partido.

Nuevamente, Miami no pudo convertir la recuperación en puntos.

Crosby superó al tackle Austin Jackson por el lado derecho de la línea ofensiva de los Dolphins y registró su segunda captura del partido. Más tarde provocó un castigo por manos al rostro.

Crosby sumó otra captura cuando quedaban poco menos de tres minutos en el último cuarto, superando con fuerza a Paul después de generar presión por el centro.

Hafley dijo durante todo el campamento de entrenamiento que quería darle a Achane tantas oportunidades con el balón como fuera posible, pero el corredor del Pro Bowl fue contenido durante gran parte de la tarde y terminó con 11 acarreos para 36 yardas y cuatro recepciones para 30 yardas. La ofensiva de Miami tuvo dificultades para encontrar espacios contra una defensa física de los Raiders.

Willis mostró destellos tanto como pasador como corredor, pero en ocasiones retuvo el balón demasiado tiempo, permitiendo que la presión de los Raiders llegara hasta él, mientras Crosby lideró el camino con dos capturas en el partido.

Douglas fue uno de los pocos puntos positivos constantes para Miami. La selección de tercera ronda de 2026 terminó su debut en la NFL con cinco recepciones para 94 yardas.

El linebacker de los Dolphins Jacob Rodriguez también tuvo una sólida actuación, registrando 14 tacleadas, la mayor cantidad del partido, incluidas cinco en solitario, además de varias tacleadas para pérdida. La selección de segunda ronda de los Dolphins en 2026 también fue el encargado de comunicar las jugadas defensivas del equipo.

El esquinero Chris Johnson tuvo dificultades como nickel y permitió una recepción de touchdown de Jeanty. Johnson terminó con 11 tacleadas, segundo en el equipo, pero la elevada cantidad de tacleadas también reflejó la frecuencia con la que fue atacado en jugadas de pase.

La sequía ofensiva de Miami terminó con otra pérdida de balón cuando Malik Washington soltó el balón después de recibir un fuerte golpe del defensivo de los Raiders Jeremy Chinn.

Cousins terminó con tres pases de touchdown y dos intercepciones, pero su capacidad para mantener las series ofensivas con pases cortos ayudó a los Raiders a controlar el partido.

Los Dolphins necesitarán un mejor desempeño de su línea ofensiva y una mayor producción de sus jugadores clave más allá de Douglas cuando regresen a la acción la próxima semana.

Próximo partido

Los Dolphins (0-1) viajarán para enfrentar a los San Francisco 49ers (1-0) el próximo domingo en el Levi’s Stadium.

Los Raiders (1-0) visitarán a los Los Angeles Chargers (0-1) en el SoFi Stadium.

Garrett did not record a tackle or sack while playing 61.5% of the defensive snaps in the Rams' 27-7 defeat in Melbourne, Australia. Coach Sean McVay said Monday that conversations with Garrett immediately after the game last Thursday made it clear he couldn't go on without an operation. The Rams could get some help soon on the defensive line, though it's not clear yet when Aaron Donald will be ready to play.

“We had been aware of this, thought it (Garrett's knee) was something he would be able to work through,” McVay said. “Obviously, being out there and playing in a real game, you learn like, ‘Hey, maybe that’s not the case. So let's change course with that.'”

McVay did not have an updated timeline for Garrett's recovery beyond the four-game minimum that comes with being placed on injured reserve, pending the results of the procedure.

Garrett missed much of training camp because of what had been described as swelling in his knee, but McVay has not elaborated on the exact nature of the injury. The Rams acquired the reigning AP Defensive Player of the Year from the Cleveland Browns in a blockbuster trade for pass rusher Jared Verse and three draft picks in June knowing that Garrett's workload had been carefully managed in recent seasons. That was acceptable to McVay, who has frequently limited practice time for veteran players to maximize their game-day performance.

“The reality is our job is to put our players and our team in positions to have successful outcomes. Thought we would take an approach where he'd be feeling good enough to go contribute positive change and be the player that he's capable of. That wasn't the case, and so the next right thing for us is to be able to get this thing fixed,” McVay said.

Garrett provided no indication he was physically compromised prior to the game, terming himself as “ready” last Tuesday. “I think I can go out there and do what I know I can do," he said.

During that news conference, Garrett embraced the high expectations that came with him joining the Rams, stating his goals for this season were to win the Super Bowl and repeat as AP Defensive Player of the Year.

It was the addition of Garrett that accelerated the idea of the Rams as a super team, in part because his presence helped lure Donald out of retirement last month.

McVay said Garrett's absence would not have any impact on when the standout defensive tackle will return to the field.

Donald, a three-time AP Defensive Player of the year, did not travel with the team to Australia as he works his way back into playing shape following two seasons out of football. McVay said it was too early to know if Donald would play in the Rams' home opener against the New York Giants next Monday.

“He's going to continue to work his process, and we'll see what that looks like,” McVay said.

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The university's “deliberate indifference” led to the doxing of multiple group members and Khalil’s detention by immigration agents, according to the civil rights lawsuit filed in federal court in New York City.

At a news conference announcing the lawsuit, Khalil accused the university of “discrimination aimed at intimidating Palestinian students.”

“We are suing because no student, regardless of their background, should go through the hell that Columbia put us through over all these years,” he said.

The university declined to comment on the lawsuit, but said in an email that “creating a campus environment where every member of our community feels welcome, supported, and safe is fundamental to who we are as a University.”

“Columbia is committed to protecting our community from discrimination and harassment, and responding promptly and appropriately when concerns arise,” it said.

Khalil also sued Columbia last year to block the release of student records to a congressional committee.

A former graduate student at Columbia University, Khalil gained prominence as a spokesperson for student activists protesting Israel's actions in Gaza.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested him at his apartment on campus in March 2025, and he quickly became the face of the Trump administration's crackdown on pro-Palestinian demonstrators.

Khalil spent 104 days in a Louisiana immigration jail, missing the birth of his first child, before a federal judge in New Jersey ordered his release. His deportation case remains active.

Khalil's latest lawsuit says Columbia “refused to correct disinformation” while he was detained, “allowing a false narrative about his conduct and role to persist and further enabling peer-on-peer harassment of other Palestinian students and students with perceived shared Arab and/or Muslim ancestry.”

Instead of investigating reports of harassment, the university retaliated by characterizing events by a pro-Palestinian campus group as security risks and revising disciplinary policy to target criticism of the Israeli government, according to the lawsuit.

At the news conference Monday, Khalil also accused the university of surveilling pro-Palestinian students and hiring private investigators to monitor him.

The lawsuit accuses Columbia of civil rights violations, requests a court order restoring Khalil's access to the campus and ending the Palestinian group's suspension, and seeks damages “to be determined at trial.”

It also names the pro-Palestinian group and its president, Mohammad Zubairi, as plaintiffs.

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Sherman Kemp vanished on Friday after a transfer out of the Federal Correctional Institution Miami’s satellite camp at 15801 SW 137 Ave., according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Kemp, who gained notoriety with a “Stop [Expletive] Snitching” video in Baltimore and was convicted in Maryland and Pennsylvania, was supposed to arrive at 9 p.m. on Friday at the FCI Jesup in Georgia, according to the FBOP.

The U.S. Marshals Service asked anyone with information about Kemp’s whereabouts to call 786-988-6594.

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Maine lobsterman Frank Thompson filed a federal lawsuit against the head of his state's marine resources department over a requirement that he install a GPS tracker on his boat to keep his fishing license.

In 2023, the state, where lobster fishing is a critical and historic industry, required all federally permitted lobstermen to do so to comply with a new U.S. rule aimed at data collection.

Thompson asserted that the monitoring constituted unreasonable search and seizure, but a federal appeals court denied his claim last year. He appealed to the Supreme Court, which is set to review the claim on Sept. 28.

“The petition asks whether Maine can force lobstermen to carry government GPS trackers on their private boats, even when they are off the job,” said Matt Gilliam, Thompson's lead attorney. "We are hopeful that the court will grant review and address this important Fourth Amendment question.”

Many U.S. commercial fishermen are monitored at sea by human observers and electronic devices to collect data that regulators say is crucial to keeping the industry and fish populations sustainable and healthy. Fishing groups have used the courts over the years to try to curtail monitoring requirements with mixed results. Authorities have said the lobster boat monitoring program is important to improve understanding of the valuable crustacean's population at a time when it appears to be declining in New England.

A spokesperson for the Maine Department of Marine Resources declined to comment on Monday. Carl Wilson, the department's commissioner, said last year that the data from lobster boats is important to “mitigate economic harm to the industry” as well as to inform regulations.

Conservation groups have opposed efforts to scale back monitoring fishing boats at sea, which they see as important to protecting the broader ocean.

“Efforts to overturn a federal appeals court ruling don’t change the fact that New England’s lobster population has declined and fishery managers urgently need reliable and detailed data to respond to the complex issues facing our ocean," said Erica Fuller, senior counsel with Conservation Law Foundation.

The U.S. lobster industry is based mostly in Maine, where fishermen caught more than 78 million pounds (35.4 million kilograms) of the crustaceans last year. That was on par with the industry's typical annual catch in the 2000s but a sharp decline from a decade ago, when catches routinely topped 120 million pounds (54.4 million kilograms) a year.

El choque ocurrió en los carriles expresos en dirección norte de la I-95, cerca de la salida hacia Northwest 25th Street, en North Miami, informaron las autoridades.

Según Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, varios vehículos estuvieron involucrados en el accidente.

Dos personas fueron trasladadas de emergencia a centros de trauma cercanos para recibir tratamiento, informaron las autoridades de rescate.

Hasta el momento no se ha informado qué provocó el accidente.

Alex Saab is scheduled to appear before Judge Kathleen Williams in Miami on Tuesday for a change of plea hearing, according to court records. The details of the plea were not immediately made public and Saab’s attorney, Neil Schuster, declined to comment.

Saab was deported in May by Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodriguez in response to pressure from the United States, which has been targeting the Colombian-born businessman for more than a decade. He was charged with a single count of money laundering tied to an alleged conspiracy to create fake companies, falsify shipping records and skim from government contracts to import food from Colombia and Mexico.

Saab, 54, was previously charged during the first Trump administration in 2019 and then arrested during a refueling stop in Cape Verde on what the Venezuelan government described as a high-level humanitarian mission to Iran.

But President Joe Biden pardoned him in 2023 in exchange for the release of several imprisoned Americans in Venezuela. The deal, part of a failed effort by the Biden White House to lure Maduro into holding a free presidential election, was harshly criticized by Republicans and federal law enforcement officials, who immediately began investigating Saab for other alleged crimes not covered by the narrowly tailored pardon.

U.S. officials have long described Saab as Maduro’s “bag man” and could ask him to serve as a character witness against the former president, who is awaiting trial on drug charges in Manhattan after being captured in a raid by the U.S. military in January.

The new U.S. prosecution of Saab and Maduro is taking place as the Trump administration overhauls relations with Venezuela, focusing its attention on tapping into Venezuela's vast oil reserves. This month, Trump announced what he called the “BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY” in Venezuela, a partnership with Venezuelan oil entrepreneur Alejandro Betancourt in which the U.S. government will gain a stake and access to at-cost crude shipments from oil fields with a potential to produce 65 billion barrels.

Saab was little known even in Venezuela until after his first arrest, in 2020, when Maduro's government invested huge resources rallying public support for his release.

Rodríguez, then serving as Maduro's vice president, helped mount an international campaign in which she referred to Saab as an “innocent Venezuelan diplomat” who had been illegally “kidnapped” by the U.S.

But following Maduro's capture, Rodríguez distanced herself from Saab, firing him from her Cabinet and stripping him of his role as the main conduit for foreign companies looking to invest in Venezuela.

Saab amassed a fortune through Venezuelan government contracts but became even more valuable to Maduro as U.S. sanctions forced Venezuela to conduct much of its oil sales and foreign trade outside of Western financial institutions.

The new indictment accuses Saab and others of setting up a web of companies to bribe top Venezuelan officials controlling contracts for the so-called CLAP program set up by Maduro to provide staples — rice, corn flour, cooking oil — to poor Venezuelans at a time of rampant hyperinflation and a crumbling currency.

As part of the alleged conspiracy, Saab and others allegedly expanded their corrupt influence deep inside the Maduro government, accessing billions of dollars in oil sales from state-run oil company PDVSA, prosecutors allege.

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Durkin Richer reported from Washington.

Recipe from: https://food52.com/recipes/282-simple-summer-peach-cake

6 tablespoons softened, unsalted butter, plus more for the pan

1 cup all-purpose flour, plus more for the pan

3 ripe peaches

¾ teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg

1 cup granulated sugar, divided

1 large egg

½ cup buttermilk

½ teaspoon vanilla extract

¼ teaspoon almond extract

½ cup almond flour or finely ground almonds

1 teaspoon baking powder

¼ teaspoon baking soda

1 pinch turbinado sugar

Heat the oven to 350°F. Butter and flour a 9-inch cake pan.

Cut the peaches into bite-sized pieces. In a medium bowl, toss the peaches with the nutmeg and 2 tablespoons of the granulated sugar.

In a large bowl, mix the butter and remaining ¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar with a hand mixer. Add the egg, buttermilk, vanilla extract and almond extract and mix to combine.

In another medium bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour, almond flour, baking powder, and baking soda. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix until smooth (some lumps may remain). Pour the batter into the prepared pan.

Press the peaches into the top of the cake. Sprinkle the turbinado sugar over the top.

Bake for 10 minutes, then reduce the oven temperature to 325° F and continue to bake for 45 to 55 minutes more, until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean.

The body of Tasia Fortune, 29, was found hanging from a tree behind an abandoned home in Jackson, the state capital, on Aug. 3.

On Friday, police arrested 51-year-old Jarques Ratliff on a murder charge after the state medical examiner deemed her death a homicide. Ratliff is also Black.

During Monday's brief hearing in Municipal Court, a judge denied bond for Ratliff, who told the court he's not guilty. Ratliff's attorney at the hearing left the courthouse without speaking to reporters.

The case has attracted widespread attention because the manner of Fortune's death recalled lynchings in the Southern state, which has a tumultuous civil rights history stained by episodes of racial violence.

Police and prosecutors haven't given a suspected motive or said whether they think race played any role.

Police Chief RaShall Brackney said Friday that Ratliff, 51, had an “association” with Fortune, but she didn't elaborate. The chief also said additional arrests are expected.

Prosecutors on Monday offered few new details in court, though they said Fortune had been hanged with a “black cable cord” and that Ratliff had tried to hide from officers in a vehicle the day of his arrest.

Brackney and other police officials who attended Ratliff's hearing Monday declined to comment afterward.

A Kentucky native, Fortune had a Black father and a white mother, though she identified as Black, said Christy Spivey, the dead woman's mother. Fortune had been living in Jackson for about 10 years, according to relatives. Fortune had four children, Spivey said, adding she rarely saw two of her grandchildren.

Spivey wasn’t sure where Fortune was living when she died, but she said her daughter had struggled with homelessness in recent years. She said Fortune had talked recently about starting a cleaning business and was trying to get her life in order.

Two other Mississippi hanging deaths over the past year — those of a Black student at Delta State University and a homeless white man in Vicksburg — also drew widespread attention. Both of those deaths were deemed to be suicides.

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This story has been corrected to show that Spivey said she rarely saw two of Fortune's four children, not that Fortune rarely saw two of her own children.

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EDITOR’S NOTE: This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988.

1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts

kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

all-purpose flour, for dredging

1 tablespoon butter

2 tablespoons olive oil

juice of 1 lemon

1-2 tablespoons of capers

1 cup cherries, pitted and cut in half

2 tablespoons chopped dill

1 tablespoon finely chopped tarragon leaves

1 tablespoon chopped Italian parsley leaves

Cut the chicken breasts on a slight bias width-wise about half way through. Gently pound out a little until the chicken breasts are about ½ inch thick. Season with salt and pepper.

Dredge the chicken breasts in the all-purpose flour, coating evenly. Shake off any excess flour and set aside.

Heat the butter and the olive oil in a sauté pan until the butter is foaming. Cook the chicken breast until golden brown on both sides and cooked through, about 3-4 minutes on each side.

Remove the chicken cutlets and set aside. In the same pan, add the chicken broth, lemon juice, capers and cherries. Shake until the sauce comes together, add the herbs and add the chicken back into the pan, nestling it into the sauce before serving. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

3 tablespoons olive oil

2 shallots, sliced thin into strips or rings

4 ripe plums (not too soft)

4 cups arugula

2-3 ounces Parmesan cheese, freshly grated

3 tablespoons good quality aged balsamic

juice of 1 lemon

kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

aged balsamic to taste

Heat the olive oil in a small sauté pan. Add the shallots and cook over medium-low heat until soft but not browned. Remove from heat.

Cut the plums into wedges.

Mix the arugula with the oil/shallot mixture; add the lemon juice and place on a plate with the plums. Top with a little good balsamic vinegar, parmesan cheese and taste for seasoning.

It's the latest development in the case revolving around adding the president's name to the exterior of the cultural and arts facility that sits along the Potomac River in Washington and reflects the Trump-aligned board's efforts to honor the president.

The new information came out of a court filing made by Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio, an ex-officio member of the board. Beatty, who has led an effort to block Trump from putting his name on the building, said in a filing she was alerting the court to the proposal because it could implicate a pending decision before the court.

Both the court and the Kennedy Center board are expected to hold meetings Tuesday.

Beatty's filing includes two exhibits. One is a draft vote to shut the center down, asserting the building is unsafe for occupancy. That assertion incorrectly cites a consulting group’s finding, “which expressly disclaimed providing any such opinion," according to Beatty.

The other document asserts the center faces dire financial straits. It specifically calls for Trump’s name to be placed in marble beneath the name of the center on the building’s exterior. It offers 10 options for a possible inscription, including “Renovation and endowment overseen by President Donald J. Trump and the Trump Kennedy Center Fund.” Another proposes: “With Gratitude for Support from President Donald J. Trump and the Trump Kennedy Center Fund.”

“The Board understands that without such appropriate recognition it is unlikely that President Trump will provide the fundamental oversight of the renovation of the main building and lead the fiscal rescue of the Center,” the board wrote in the proposed resolution.

Trump has spent much of his second term reshaping Washington, demolishing the East Wing of the White House to make way for a ballroom and planning a triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery as well as a renovated golf course along the Potomac River.

The Kennedy Center has been a stumbling block in that effort after a judge ruled in May that Trump’s name was added to the building illegally, ordering it to be removed.

Trump and his allies, however, have continued to fight the ruling.

The board voted last month to inscribe his name on the venue’s facade to read “The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Restored and Renovated By President Donald J. Trump.”

If the Trump Kennedy Center Fund reached $100 million, another inscription would be added reading: “Endowed by the Trump Kennedy Center Fund.”

Americans looking to try to save some money by purchasing motor oil to do their own oil changes may consider this yet another blow to their wallets, as they are already contending with high grocery prices and inflation worries.

Costco's Kirkland Signature full-synthetic motor oil 5-quart two pack now costs around $58, well above the approximately $30 it had been selling for just last year. Costco is also only allowing customers to purchase two boxes a week.

The wholesale club operator is also limiting purchases of Mobil 1's full-synthetic motor oil 1-quart six pack, which sells for about $44, to five per membership.

Costco did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

Today's synthetic motor oil is heavily dependent on Group III base oils, which are mostly made from refining crude oil. It's estimated that the United States imports more than 40% of these oils from the Middle East, which has been dealing with disruptions to oil supplies since the start of the Iran war earlier this year.

The price for a barrel of Brent crude went above $109 on Monday morning as fighting in the Middle East keeps squeezing the global flow of oil.

An important Saudi oil pipeline will mostly be out of service for weeks following an attack last week, two regional officials told The Associated Press. The pipeline offered a way for Saudi Arabia to shift exports to the Red Sea and avoid the Persian Gulf’s Strait of Hormuz, where Iranian attacks have stifled the movement of oil tankers.

Brent has jumped from less than $72 in early July as doubts rise that the United States and Iran can come to an agreement that would allow oil tankers to freely exit the Persian Gulf through the strait again.

The rise in oil prices has helped send the average cost of a gallon of regular gasoline across the country to nearly $4.32 from $4.08 a month ago and $3.18 a year ago, according to AAA.

Meanwhile, diesel prices in the U.S. hit yet another record on Friday, soaring past $6 a gallon on average. On Monday, prices were still climbing, with diesel at $6.23 a gallon on average, according to AAA. A week ago, the average was $5.90 a gallon.

Prices at the pump for diesel and regular gasoline closely follow that of crude oil.

With oil prices continuing to rise due to ongoing tension in the Middle East, oil companies stand to profit more from turning refining crude oil into diesel or gasoline than motor oil. There's considerably more demand for diesel and gasoline worldwide than there is for motor oil, and the daily volume is high. So oil companies are likely to put more of their effort into diesel and gasoline and make less motor oil.

It remains to be seen if other motor oil retailers like Walmart, Amazon and AutoZone will boost their prices or set purchase limits. Walmart, Amazon and AutoZone did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Here's what he had to say about this extraordinary photo:

Why this photo

I enjoy shooting events outside the mainstream hard-news agenda. They often offer a more intimate perspective on human nature, and photography is one of the greatest vehicles for exploring it. Photography and other forms of visual journalism are a universal language, accessible to all humans regardless of the things that mislead us into thinking we are different: race, gender, social status, access to education, sexual orientation, or religion. Speak it well and you have a good shot at breaking down the cultural barriers that separate us. This has always been an important mission, and in times of growing division, it is more important than ever.

How I made this photo

I am not a fan of technicalities. The way we “see” our individuality is what makes the photograph. However, the tools we choose help us better convey the ‘soul’ of a fleeting moment. In this case, a wide-aperture lens and its shallow depth of field helped make the subject stand out. I was also very lucky — one must always acknowledge that.

Why it works

It is a simple image, and this is the main reason it is eye-catching. The little girl, wearing an angel costume, is backlit and surrounded by almost dark areas. This contrast, together with capturing her in midair — a posture we’d expect from a little angel — makes the photograph work. She is tiny and beaming with childhood energy as she jumps among adults who seem unaware of her presence.

I choose to see her as hope in a not very happy environment. After all, this is the role of angels.

More about the photographer

Since joining AP in December 1989, Vadim Ghirda's assignments have included the upheaval following communism in Eastern Europe, the Balkan wars, the Middle East, Crimea, and Russia’s war in Ukraine. His work has received recognition, including a World Press Photo award, Prix Bayeux-Calvados and a 2023 Pulitzer Prize as part of AP’s Breaking News Photography team covering Ukraine.

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Las autoridades informaron el domingo que Gael, un labrador beige de 2 años, está de regreso con su manejador de la Policía de Miami Gardens (MGPD).

La buena noticia llega varios días después de que el departamento hiciera un llamado urgente al público para ayudar a encontrarlo.

Todo comenzó el lunes alrededor de las 9:30 p.m., cuando los agentes dijeron que Gael saltó de una patrulla y cruzó corriendo la calle en Northwest Second Avenue.

Local 10 News obtuvo un video de vigilancia que muestra a Gael corriendo por la calle y pasando a toda velocidad frente a varios negocios.

La búsqueda durante toda la semana fue exhaustiva. SKY 10 captó los vehículos del centro de comando móvil del departamento en el lugar, mientras los agentes recorrían la zona puerta por puerta en busca de su compañero de cuatro patas.

“Todos nuestros perros son muy especiales para nuestro departamento”, dijo en ese momento Diana Delgado, portavoz de la Policía de Miami Gardens. “Todos están entrenados al máximo de sus capacidades y por los mejores entrenadores”.

La Policía de Miami Gardens publicó un mensaje de agradecimiento a todas las personas que llamaron para proporcionar información y ayudaron a localizar a Gael.

Aún no se han dado a conocer los detalles sobre cómo ni dónde fue encontrado Gael.

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But authorities said that appears to be the tip of the iceberg.

Broward Sheriff’s Office jail records show Seminole tribal police took Lynda Mae Crouse, 32, of northeast Miami-Dade, into custody on Friday in connection with the case.

It wasn’t immediately clear whether she was taken into custody at one of the tribe’s casino properties. The tribe does not own Gulfstream Park.

Crouse’s arrest stems from an investigation that began in the spring by the Hallandale Beach Police Department.

Investigators said the victim met Crouse at around midnight on April 12 at the Carousel Club event venue located within Gulfstream Park at 901 S. Federal Highway.

Crouse and the victim exchanged Instagram accounts and parted ways, police said, but he later ordered her a rideshare at around 1:20 a.m. and brought her back to his home.

According to an HBPD report, as the morning went on, the two had a few drinks, but the victim began to feel “funny” and heard a “clapping sound” coming from the living room as he changed clothes. Police said Crouse, who appeared to be “acting different,” told the man she was leaving and going home.

“The victim was becoming increasingly more tired and confused and fell asleep within minutes of (Crouse) leaving his residence,” HBPD Detective Kevin Hebert wrote.

Police said he woke up still feeling “funny,” but “remembered the clapping sound he had heard prior to (Crouse) leaving the home and he rushed directly to his Rolex box” to find that his gold 40 mm Presidential watch, “with baguette diamond hour markers, and round diamonds covering the entire bezel,” was gone.

The watch retails at $74,350 and the victim had a signed appraisal for $98,400, Hebert wrote.

The victim, police said, “now believed the clapping sound he heard was the lid on the Rolex box being closed” and believed that Crouse took his watch “and when the lid closed loudly, it caused the sudden change in (her) demeanor,” leading her to suddenly leave.

According to police, the victim was still feeling effects from being drugged at the time of the report, which was authored on April 20.

Hebert wrote that a search for Crouse revealed four active cases with a similar modus operandi out of Miami-Dade County, “where she appears to intentionally drug her victims with a sedative substance in order to incapacitate them and steal their property,” targeting men at nightclubs who wear expensive watches.

Those cases stem from investigations by Miami, Miami Beach and Aventura police, authorities said.

Miami-Dade court records do not list any active charges and Crouse, who lives in that county’s unincorporated Ives Estates area, did not appear in its jail records as of Monday morning.

Following her Broward arrest, the Pennsylvania-born Crouse was booked into jail, but she no longer appeared in BSO’s active inmate roster as of Monday morning.

Pero las autoridades dijeron que eso parece ser solo la punta del iceberg.

Los registros de la cárcel de la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward muestran que la policía tribal Seminole puso bajo custodia el viernes a Lynda Mae Crouse, de 32 años y residente del noreste de Miami-Dade, en relación con el caso.

No quedó claro de inmediato si fue puesta bajo custodia en una de las propiedades de casinos de la tribu. La tribu no es propietaria de Gulfstream Park.

El arresto de Crouse se deriva de una investigación que comenzó en la primavera por parte del Departamento de Policía de Hallandale Beach.

Los investigadores dijeron que la víctima conoció a Crouse alrededor de la medianoche del 12 de abril en el lugar de eventos Carousel Club, ubicado dentro de Gulfstream Park en 901 S. Federal Highway.

Crouse y la víctima intercambiaron cuentas de Instagram y se separaron, dijo la policía, pero más tarde él le pidió un servicio de transporte alrededor de la 1:20 a.m. y la llevó de regreso a su casa.

Según un informe de HBPD, a medida que avanzaba la mañana, ambos tomaron algunas bebidas, pero la víctima comenzó a sentirse “extraña” y escuchó un “sonido de golpe” proveniente de la sala mientras se cambiaba de ropa. La policía dijo que Crouse, quien parecía estar “actuando diferente”, le dijo al hombre que se iba y regresaría a su casa.

“La víctima se sentía cada vez más cansada y confundida y se quedó dormida pocos minutos después de que Crouse saliera de su residencia”, escribió el detective de HBPD Kevin Hebert.

La policía dijo que despertó todavía sintiéndose “extraño”, pero “recordó el sonido de golpe que había escuchado antes de que Crouse saliera de la casa y corrió directamente hacia su caja de Rolex” para descubrir que su reloj Presidential de oro de 40 mm, “con marcadores de hora de diamantes baguette y diamantes redondos cubriendo todo el bisel”, había desaparecido.

El reloj tiene un precio de venta de $74,350 USD y la víctima tenía una tasación firmada por $98,400 USD, escribió Hebert.

La víctima, dijo la policía, “ahora creía que el sonido de golpe que escuchó era la tapa de la caja del Rolex al cerrarse” y creía que Crouse tomó su reloj “y cuando la tapa se cerró fuertemente, provocó el repentino cambio en el comportamiento de ella”, lo que hizo que se marchara repentinamente.

Según la policía, la víctima todavía sentía los efectos de haber sido drogada al momento del informe, que fue redactado el 20 de abril.

Hebert escribió que una búsqueda sobre Crouse reveló cuatro casos activos con un modus operandi similar en el condado Miami-Dade, “donde parece drogar intencionalmente a sus víctimas con una sustancia sedante para incapacitarlas y robar sus pertenencias”, enfocándose en hombres que usan relojes costosos en clubes nocturnos.

Esos casos se derivan de investigaciones de las policías de Miami, Miami Beach y Aventura, dijeron las autoridades.

Los registros judiciales de Miami-Dade no muestran cargos activos y Crouse, quien vive en el área no incorporada de Ives Estates del condado, no aparecía en los registros de la cárcel hasta la mañana del lunes.

Tras su arresto en Broward, Crouse, nacida en Pensilvania, fue ingresada en la cárcel, pero ya no aparecía en la lista de reclusos activos de BSO hasta la mañana del lunes.

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Cody Gray, 34, of Maitland, was taken into custody after the ship ― which authorities did not identify in an arrest report ― returned to PortMiami on Saturday.

According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, Gray met the victim early Saturday morning at sea after she had had a drink at the club.

The report states that Gray gave the woman “three additional drinks” as they “socialized.”

Deputies said the victim told Gray that she did not want to have sex with him, but, while drunk, the two went back to Gray’s cabin, where authorities said he raped her.

“The victim was unconscious after the intercourse, when her parents were located and directed to (Gray’s) cabin,” the report states. “The victim advised the ship staff and her parents that she did not recall the details of what occurred inside (the) cabin but reiterated that she never consented to have any sexual activity with (Gray).”

Gray, appearing in bond court on Sunday, was ordered held without bond pending an additional hearing. In addition to the sexual battery charge, he also faces a charge of giving alcohol to a minor.

As of Monday, he was being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

Cody Gray, de 34 años y residente de Maitland, fue puesto bajo custodia después de que el barco, que las autoridades no identificaron en un informe de arresto, regresara a PortMiami el sábado.

Según la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade, Gray conoció a la víctima la madrugada del sábado en alta mar después de que ella había tomado una bebida en el club.

El informe señala que Gray le dio a la joven “tres bebidas adicionales” mientras “socializaban”.

Los agentes dijeron que la víctima le dijo a Gray que no quería tener relaciones sexuales con él, pero, mientras estaba ebria, ambos regresaron al camarote de Gray, donde las autoridades dijeron que él la violó.

“La víctima estaba inconsciente después de la relación sexual, cuando sus padres fueron localizados y dirigidos al camarote de Gray”, señala el informe. “La víctima informó al personal del barco y a sus padres que no recordaba los detalles de lo ocurrido dentro del camarote, pero reiteró que nunca dio su consentimiento para tener ningún tipo de actividad sexual con Gray”.

Gray, quien compareció ante un tribunal de fianzas el domingo, recibió la orden de permanecer detenido sin derecho a fianza a la espera de una audiencia adicional. Además del cargo de agresión sexual, también enfrenta un cargo por proporcionar alcohol a una menor.

Hasta el lunes, permanecía detenido en el Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

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Brandon Vickers, 40, of Homestead, was identified by two witnesses as one of the shooters in the Oct. 21, 2024 incident, according to a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office arrest report.

Investigators said the shootout between neighbors and several people in a passing vehicle happened at approximately 7:45 p.m. in front of 20151 SW 89th Ave., near Franjo Park.

According to the arrest report, Vickers and several other people arrived in two stolen vehicles with unassigned license plates and began firing multiple times toward the victims.

One victim was struck in the right thigh and another was shot in the right ankle, authorities said. Both were transported by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue to Jackson South Medical Center.

Investigators said two witnesses identified Vickers as a shooter. The witnesses also recorded video of the vehicle Vickers was allegedly in as it fled the area.

The arrest report also states that Vickers had previously been involved in gang-related shootings connected to people with whom the victims were associated.

At the time of the shooting, residents told Local 10 News that a group of people had been having dinner outside shortly before 8 p.m. when the shooting occurred.

A children’s baseball game was also underway at nearby Franjo Park when gunfire erupted, sending families rushing to take cover.

Mickey Lopez, the head coach of one of the teams on the field, described the scene as “total chaos.”

“I don’t know how we ended up behind home plate, but that’s where we hunkered down with the kids — we threw our bodies over them,” Lopez said.

Authorities later found the two shooting victims at a nearby gas station, but said they refused to cooperate with the investigation.

A vehicle belonging to resident Jose Madrid was also struck by more than a dozen bullets.

“I could have lost my life there because look — 18 shots hit that car,” Madrid said.

According to the arrest report, investigators determined that Vickers had previous felony convictions dating to May 2017 for dealing in stolen property, providing false information to a pawn broker and possession of a controlled substance.

He now faces charges of attempted second-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

As of Monday morning, Vickers was being held at the Miami-Dade County Pre-Trial Detention Center.

The search continues for others involved in the shooting.

Anyone with information about their identities or whereabouts is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.

Brandon Vickers, de 40 años y residente de Homestead, fue identificado por dos testigos como uno de los tiradores en el incidente del 21 de octubre de 2024, según un informe de arresto de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade.

Los investigadores dijeron que el intercambio de disparos entre vecinos y varias personas que iban en un vehículo ocurrió aproximadamente a las 7:45 p.m. frente a 20151 SW 89th Ave., cerca de Franjo Park.

Según el informe de arresto, Vickers y varias otras personas llegaron en dos vehículos robados con placas no asignadas y comenzaron a disparar varias veces hacia las víctimas.

Una víctima recibió un disparo en el muslo derecho y otra recibió un disparo en el tobillo derecho, dijeron las autoridades. Ambas fueron trasladadas por Miami-Dade Fire Rescue a Jackson South Medical Center.

Los investigadores dijeron que dos testigos identificaron a Vickers como uno de los tiradores. Los testigos también grabaron un video del vehículo en el que presuntamente se encontraba Vickers mientras huía del área.

El informe de arresto también señala que Vickers había estado involucrado anteriormente en balaceras relacionadas con pandillas vinculadas a personas con las que las víctimas estaban asociadas.

Al momento de la balacera, residentes dijeron a Local 10 News que un grupo de personas había estado cenando afuera poco antes de las 8 p.m. cuando ocurrió la balacera.

También se disputaba un partido de béisbol infantil en el cercano Franjo Park cuando comenzaron los disparos, lo que hizo que las familias corrieran a buscar refugio.

Mickey Lopez, entrenador principal de uno de los equipos que se encontraba en el campo, describió la escena como un “caos total”.

“No sé cómo terminamos detrás del plato, pero fue allí donde nos refugiamos con los niños, pusimos nuestros cuerpos sobre ellos”, dijo Lopez.

Las autoridades encontraron posteriormente a las dos víctimas de la balacera en una gasolinera cercana, pero dijeron que se negaron a cooperar con la investigación.

Un vehículo perteneciente al residente Jose Madrid también recibió más de una docena de impactos de bala.

“Podría haber perdido la vida allí porque mire, 18 disparos impactaron ese automóvil”, dijo Madrid.

Según el informe de arresto, los investigadores determinaron que Vickers tenía condenas previas por delitos graves que se remontan a mayo de 2017 por tráfico de propiedad robada, proporcionar información falsa a un prestamista prendario y posesión de una sustancia controlada.

Ahora enfrenta cargos de intento de asesinato en segundo grado y posesión de un arma de fuego por parte de un delincuente convicto.

Hasta la mañana del lunes, Vickers permanecía detenido en el Miami-Dade County Pre-Trial Detention Center.

Continúa la búsqueda de otras personas involucradas en la balacera.

Se solicita a cualquier persona que tenga información sobre sus identidades o paradero que llame a Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers al 305-471-8477.

The collapse occurred shortly after 8 a.m. in the city’s Brickell neighborhood. Miami Fire Chief Robert Hevia said at a news conference Monday that he was thankful no one was killed in the crane collapse and car fire.

“I’ve been on the fire department for 28 years; when you see the scene, it’s impressive," Hevia said. “The fact that we had four victims, and they were all able to be extricated or self-extricate themselves with minor injuries is a remarkable day for them.”

A woman driving on a street next to the construction site saw the crane begin to fall over, Hevia said.

“To be able to see the crane falling, pull the car in reverse and pop out of the back while the car’s on fire, really incredible,” he said, adding that the crane also crushed two unoccupied parked cars but fell on a storage container with two construction workers inside.

The two workers who had been trapped, along with the crane operator who managed to jump out as the crane was tipping over, were all transported to a nearby trauma center with minor injuries, Hevia said. The woman driving the car also had minor injuries and was taken to a different hospital. Officials haven’t identified the injured.

“It was a very complex scene with a fire that was occurring; our crews were putting out the fire and our technical rescue team working simultaneously to cut through the conex box, the construction box, and they were able to successfully extricate the two victims,” Hevia said, confirming that all other workers at the construction site were accounted for.

Officials have not said what caused the crane, specifically a piling rig, to topple, and Hevia said the collapse is under investigation. A piling rig usually shares the same base as a traditional crane, but its upper part is designed to drive columns deep into the ground to support large structures.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Miami-Dade County Unsafe Structures personnel responded, officials said. Firefighters remained to monitor and control a fuel spill and prevent further spread until a specialized mitigation crew arrived.

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Fischer reported from Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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According to police, the plaza is located at 2209 N. University Drive.

“At this time there are no active safety concerns for the surrounding area, but a portion of the plaza parking lot will be temporarily closed down while we investigate,” the police department posted on social media.

Police said foul play is not suspected at this time.

No other details were immediately released.

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Officials said the crash happened in the northbound express lanes of I-95 near the exit for Northwest 125th Street.

According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a driver made an improper lane change, which caused a chain-reaction crash involving a total of four vehicles.

Two people were rushed to nearby trauma facilities for treatment, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said.

Troopers later confirmed that a passenger in one of the vehicles, who had been transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center, died from their injuries.

It’s unclear whether the driver who caused the crash will be cited or charged.

The identities of those involved in the collision have not been released.

The lawsuit, filed by Conserve Big Bend and six landowners and with the support of dozens more people along the border, comes as the administration is ramping up a $46 billion effort to line the roughly 2,000-mile southern border with a collection of 30-foot (9-meter) steel bollard walls, vehicle barriers, and technology intended to keep out smugglers and migrants.

In Texas, the effort has run up against numerous lawsuits and bipartisan opposition from sheriffs, elected officials, tour guides, environmental groups and landowners.

Officials backing the wall “were woefully unprepared for the hornet’s nest they stirred up because they had no idea how much we love this place,” said David Keller, an archaeologist and historian who specializes in the Big Bend and lives in the region.

“For us, the Big Bend is not an empty place on the map,” he said at a press conference announcing the suit. “It is our home.”

As part of its wall-building efforts, the administration has waived numerous regulations and statutes designed to protect the environment, archaeology or wildlife, on the basis that there's an urgent need to protect the border in what Homeland Security has called areas of “high illegal entry.”

But in the lawsuit announced Monday, the plaintiffs argue that when it comes to the Big Bend region, that's not an accurate description. They've cited historical statistics issued by Customs and Border Protection showing how few people cross the border in Big Bend compared with other areas along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Big Bend has about 500 miles of border __ roughly one quarter of the total length of the border with Mexico from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. But the region only accounted for about 1% of arrests, according to the lawsuit’s stats.

Laura Allen, whose family's ranch would have border wall cut right through it under the plans, noted that illegal border arrests have plunged even further since Trump returned to office.

“Thank you, President Trump. You’ve secured the border,” Allen, a two-time Trump voter and former county judge, said at the press conference. "But now let it go. It’s time.”

The plaintiffs are arguing that the Department of Homeland Security is misusing powers from Congress that allow the secretary broad authority to waive regulations in order to build border walls or other infrastructure in areas where there are large numbers of people trying to cross into the country illegally.

“That determination is legally and factually unsound and unsupported,” the plaintiffs wrote.

The lawsuit filed Monday is the latest in efforts to slow or stop the administration's plans in Texas and elsewhere.

The biggest outcry has come over Customs and Border Protection's plans for the Big Bend National Park, which sits in a far southwestern corner of Texas where the Rio Grande separates the U.S. from Mexico.

The park's remote and rugged location, its steep limestone canyon walls and crystal clear starry night views attract visitors from around the world. The government has said in court hearings that no final plans have been decided for what will be built in the park but plans made public so far have included building a new road, installing detection technology and barriers to stop vehicles from crossing the border.

When bulldozers were spotted clearing land in the park in August, people across the state were outraged. CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott temporarily paused construction-related activity in the park but many activists and local residents would like to see even more changes to the administration's plans in the broader Big Bend region.

Native American groups have argued that the construction could inhibit their ability to practice their faith and is damaging important religious sites while environmentalists worry the wall will cause flooding or keep animals from migrating.

Landowners who've lived and worked along the Rio Grande for years have questioned how they'll feed livestock or water their crops if they can't access the river.

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AP reporter Tim Sullivan in Minneapolis contributed to this story.

Ken Wainstein, an attorney for Brennan, disclosed the existence of the subpoena as he argued for a court order requiring the Justice Department to preserve all records from the investigations. He said those documents would be a “fertile source” of information about the government's determination to indict Brennan, an outspoken Trump critic, and would be needed for the defense to challenge any potential prosecution of the ex-CIA chief as unconstitutionally vindictive and selective.

“The reality is there's no precedent for this situation,” Wainstein said in acknowledging the extraordinarily unusual nature of his preservation request. “I've spent decades in and around the Justice Department. I've never even conceived of a situation like this” in which the Justice Department is “blatantly trying to frame somebody for a crime that is complete fiction.”

In pressing his case to U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb, he cited what he said was “judge-shopping” by the Justice Department, directives by Trump to pursue perceived adversaries like Brennan and the replacement or resignations of prosecutors said to have raised internal doubts or concerns.

“There's a lot of really underhanded stuff going on" in these investigations, Wainstein said.

The subpoena is related to a "far-reaching' investigation

The subpoena was presented last Thursday and requires Brennan to appear Oct. 15 before a grand jury in Fort Pierce, Florida. That's the home court of a Trump-appointed judge named Aileen Cannon, who in 2024 dismissed a Justice Department prosecution charging Trump with illegally retaining classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

Wainstein said he was told that the subpoena relates to a “far-reaching” criminal probe examining a loosely defined theory that the government officials who have investigated Trump over the last decade, including over Russia election interference in 2016 and his more recent retention of top-secret records at Mar-a-Lago, conspired to deprive Trump of his civil rights. The subpoena to Brennan is among a flurry that have been recently issued.

Wainstein said he was informed by a prosecutor that Brennan remains a target in an investigation into whether he lied to Congress about the creation of a U.S. intelligence community assessment detailing Russian interference on Trump's behalf in the 2016 election. Brennan and his lawyers have called that allegation false. Subpoenas demanding testimony before a grand jury in the false statements probe were issued last spring, then abruptly withdrawn in favor of voluntary interviews.

He said that while he could not easily explain what crime the Justice Department could credibly accuse Brennan of committing, it was hardly a speculative or premature concern to believe his client was at substantial risk of being indicted given the Trump administration's efforts to target him.

“The message is very clear to the personnel at DOJ about what needs to happen,” he said.

The prosecutor who'd been leading the probe has resigned

The subpoena was delivered on the same day that Joe diGenova, the prosecutor who had been leading what is casually known as the “grand conspiracy” investigation, abruptly resigned amid what a person familiar with the matter has described as frustration from the Justice Department and White House over the pace and management of the probe.

In an interview with The New York Post, diGenova responded to criticism of his management of the investigation by saying, “If you want indictments where there’s no evidence, you have an ethical problem.”

When reached by The Associated Press, diGenova said the comments were taken out of context, adding: “There’s plenty of evidence in all of these cases to prove the theories of prosecution. It just takes time to get there, and some people want to get there a little faster than others — and you can’t do that.”

The Justice Department has not publicly announced a replacement for diGenova. The member of the investigative team with whom Wainstein spoke was Kurt Olsen, a lawyer who unsuccessfully pushed the Justice Department in 2020 to back Trump's false claims that the 2020 election had been stolen from him.

Brennan's defense team said among the communications they were seeking, and would use in mounting a vindictive prosecution argument, are any messages showing Trump or White House officials directing the Justice Department to pursue their client. They said the preservation order they sought was especially necessary because of what they described as the Trump administration's pattern of failing to preserve records.

The Justice Department called the request premature and speculative and said Brennan had no right to demand the preservation since he was not a criminal defendant and it was not clear that he would ever be charged.

Cobb, a federal judge in Washington, did not immediately rule on Brennan's request.

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Officials said Sunday that the 2-year-old beige Labrador named Gael is back with his MGPD handler.

According to police, someone called the department Sunday to report that he believed he spotted Gael in front of his home near North Miami Avenue and Northwest 191st Street.

Police said officers immediately responded to the area and confirmed the dog was Gael.

The K-9 was transported to VCA Animal Hospital “for treatment and evaluation and remained overnight for further observation,” the police department said in a press release. “Fortunately, Gael appears to be in good health and is continuing to be evaluated as a precaution.”

The positive update comes several days after the department issued a desperate plea to the public.

It started last Monday, Sept. 7, around 9:30 p.m. when officers said Gael jumped out of a police cruiser and ran across the street on Northwest Second Avenue.

Local 10 News obtained surveillance video showing Gael running down the street, sprinting past businesses.

The search throughout the week would be extensive, as Sky 10 captured the department’s mobile command trucks at the scene while officers went door to door, searching for their four-legged colleague.

“All of our canines are very special to our department,” Miami Gardens Police Spokeswoman Diana Delgado said at the time. “They’re all trained to the best of their capacity, and with the best trainers.”

Miami Gardens PD posted a thank you message to all the members of the public who called in tips and helped to locate Gael.

“The Miami Gardens Police Department is grateful for K-9 Gael’s safe recovery and extends its sincere appreciation to the concerned citizen whose attentiveness led to Gael being located,” MGPD said in a statement. “We also thank our law enforcement partners, community members, and everyone who assisted in the search, shared information, and remained vigilant throughout the past several days.

“We are pleased to welcome K-9 Gael home and are thankful for the outpouring of support from our community.”

“Vamos a presentar un decreto ante la Asamblea Legislativa para ampliar el estado de excepción. Una comisión legislativa también ha presentado la misma solicitud”, anticipó el fin de semana el ministro de Gobierno, Marco Antonio Oviedo.

El presidente centroderechista Rodrigo Paz dictó la medida hace tres meses para frenar las duras protestas con cortes de rutas que por 53 días paralizaron gran parte del país entre junio y julio y que reclamaban su renuncia.

La Constitución establece que una vez finalizado el estado de excepción no puede declararse otro en un año, a menos que sea aprobado por La Asamblea.

La semana pasada una comisión de diputados oficialistas aprobó una resolución para ampliar la medida por 90 días ante anuncios de movilización de varios sectores y sindicatos por la escasez de combustible y dólares que están elevando los precios.

“No estamos de acuerdo en ampliar el estado de excepción. De nada sirve, el gobierno no soluciona los problemas de la gente”, dijo la diputada Elena Pachucute del bloque mayoritario de oposición.

“La gente necesita seguridad en las calles y seguridad jurídica para seguir trabajando. La ampliación es necesaria”, sostuvo la oficialista Claudia Bilbao.

Los gremios empresariales están demandando la prorroga de la medida y han planteado una ley contra el corte de rutas. Sólo la Asamblea Legislativa regional de Santa Cruz aprobó una norma contra los bloqueos para su jurisdicción. Transportistas, vendedores informales, maestros y cocaleros, entre otros, anticiparon movilizaciones.

Adiós al subsidio a los combustibles

De ampliarse la medida tendrá vigencia hasta fin de año, cuando el gobierno anunció que quitará totalmente el subsidio a los carburantes que tiene un alto costo fiscal y es una de las condiciones del Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) para desembolsar un crédito de 1.900 millones de dólares. Hace nueve meses se levantó parcialmente el subsidio.

Paz heredó problemas acumulados de gobiernos anteriores como la caída en la producción de hidrocarburos, dificultades para importar combustibles y otros productos, escasez de divisas, inflación y un creciente malestar.

En casi un año de gobierno Paz no ha logrado resolver los problemas heredados y se ha visto salpicado por escándalos que mermaron más su credibilidad, según analistas.

“El gobierno usó el estado de excepción para desmovilizar a los sindicatos, pero no para resolver los problemas y ahora está en mayor fragilidad política”, opinó la analista Jimena Costa a radio Panamericana.

“It said, ‘She’s a really talented actress,’” Eleazar says. “You suddenly feel this extra meta pressure: ‘Right, so I have to do the job. I also have to make sure I’m talented.’”

The good news: Eleazar is, and anyone who sees “Misty Green” will be immediately convinced of that fact. The 38-year-old British actor has been a standout on “Slow Horses” and on London stages. But in “Misty Green,” Eleazar’s first lead role in a film, she’s poised for a much bigger breakthrough.

In the film, which A24 will release Oct. 9, she plays the titular Misty, a well-known actor whose once meteoric rise in Hollywood is now in the distant past. Told to leave the apartment where she’s been crashing, a countdown runs through the film of Misty’s days to find somewhere to live. At the same time, she’s trying to land a part despite directors (Rock plays one) and agents (Topher Grace) who have mostly tired of the turmoil she brings with her. Adam Driver, Daniel Kaluuya and Anna Kendrick also co-star.

The result is plainly one of the best performances of the year, a scintillatingly complex portrait of Hollywood struggle, overflowing with rage and, yes, talent. When Misty, or Eleazar, auditions, we can see how good she is. After the film’s Toronto International Film Festival premiere, Eleazar was immediately hailed as a sure-fire best actress Oscar contender.

“Like in the movie, you never know,” she said in an interview the morning after the premiere. “Things just aren’t linear. I obviously hope people respond to it.”

‘Misty Green’ and ‘Slow Horses’ land simultaneously

Eleazar was also in Toronto with “Slow Horses,” in which she plays Slough House agent Louisa Guy, to debut its sixth season. On Monday, she was flying to Los Angeles for the Emmys, where the Apple TV series is nominated for nine awards.

“It’s been a mad four days,” she said, smiling.

Eleazar’s performance as Misty is impressive partly because she’s unlike her in so many ways. The London-born actor, whose mother is British and whose father is Ghanian, is bright, self-effacing and quick to laugh. To adopt Misty’s confident stride, she worked with a movement coach.

“I like to think I navigate life a little differently than her,” she says, laughing. “But I do empathize with how so many things are out of our control as an actor. You’re constantly on an emotional roller coaster. You think, ‘Am I going to get it?’ ‘No, down to the last two.’ It’s oscillating all the time between these extreme feelings.”

“It can be relentless to somehow find a way to keep yourself open and soft, because you’re an actor,” Eleazar adds. “But Misty has multiple layers of armor on her because she’s been burned. I get that.”

A ‘meta’ audition

Landing the role was, itself, the kind of audition process Misty might have gone through. Eleazar first did a Zoom audition and then got a callback. For the next Zoom audition, she went all out. She got her hair and makeup done and rented a studio. But 10 minutes before starting, live music started blaring from the studio next door. Five minutes beforehand, trains started going past. When she began, the Wi-Fi was glitchy.

“It was so meta,” Eleazar says, shaking her head. “I was so angry with how the whole thing was going, that was probably way better. Chris said it was better because I let it rip.”

After those technical troubles, Eleazar resolved to meet Rock in person. She flew herself to Los Angeles.

“I knew I was going to do whatever I could to get it,” she says. “Whatever was in my control.”

A quick but not overnight ascent

Eleazar’s first movie role was in Armando Iannucci’s 1999 film “The Personal History of David Copperfield.” Much of her rise has come on stage, including in Kenneth Lonergan’s “The Starry Messenger” and in “Uncle Vanya” at the National Theatre. Earlier this year, she breathed remarkable depth into a small role in Mark Jenkin’s “Rose of Nevada,” a bewildering time-travel drama shot on 16mm.

“When I was young, I was very shy,” Eleazar says. “I was always, like, in a corner and watching people. And I found people really fascinating. I experienced many different cultures growing up, and it was fascinating how different cultures communicated. I think I could have been very happy pursuing a career as a psychologist. In some ways for me, acting is that. I’m studying the human mind in 3D form. It’s a full-body experience.”

“I let go maybe more in acting than I do in my private life,” she adds. “Maybe that’s why I’m attracted to volatility.”

“Misty Green” was Eleazar’s first time atop the call sheet of a movie. At the movie’s TIFF premiere, where Eleazar’s mother joined her, she almost looked like Misty Green walking the red carpet. But not quite. She was more composed, humble and evidently happy.

“What drew me to her is that I find people who are seemingly unlovable fascinating,” says Eleazar. “I read this quote — it’s a bit cheesy — whilst I was in prep: ‘The children that need the most love in the world ask for it in the most unloving ways.’ That, to me, sums Misty up.”

Eleazar pauses and smiles. “Even now, I still think about her.”

Biólogos de la Comisión de Conservación de Pesca y Vida Silvestre de Florida (FWC) captaron a la familia de panteras con cámaras de rastreo en Babcock Ranch Preserve en marzo.

La pantera hembra y uno de sus cachorros fueron vistos nuevamente en julio.

Según la FWC, los avistamientos muestran que las panteras de Florida son capaces de ampliar su área de reproducción al norte del río Caloosahatchee.

Los funcionarios dijeron que esa expansión natural podría ser un paso importante para ayudar a recuperar la población de panteras de Florida.

El desarrollo excesivo y los atropellos de vehículos han mantenido a la especie al borde de la extinción durante décadas.

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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologists captured the panther family on trail cameras at Babcock Ranch Preserve in March.

The female panther and one of her kittens were spotted again in July.

According to the FWC, the sightings show that Florida panthers are capable of expanding their breeding range north of the Caloosahatchee River.

Officials said that natural expansion could be an important step toward helping the Florida panther population recover.

Overdevelopment and vehicle strikes have kept the species close to extinction for decades.

Según la policía, la plaza está ubicada en 2209 N. University Drive.

“En este momento no hay preocupaciones activas de seguridad para el área circundante, pero una parte del estacionamiento de la plaza permanecerá cerrada temporalmente mientras investigamos”, publicó el departamento de policía en redes sociales.

No se divulgaron de inmediato más detalles.

Former youth counselor Jeffrey Buskey, 60, of Litchfield, faces allegations involving four boys held at the Youth Development Center in Manchester in the late 1990s. In the first of his cases to go to trial, he is charged with 21 counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault involving David Meehan, who was 14 when he arrived at the facility now called the Sununu Youth Services Center in 1995.

Meehan filed the first of more than 1,100 lawsuits alleging physical, sexual or emotional abuse spanning six decades. His allegations led to the arrest of Buskey and another former worker in 2019, an unprecedented criminal investigation, nine additional arrests, and the establishment of a settlement fund to compensate victims.

As testimony got underway Monday, prosecutor Audriana Mekula asked Meehan, “What is YDC to you?”

“Hell,” he answered.

During his civil trial, Meehan described Buskey's transformation from trusted father figure to horrific abuser, testifying that he gave him soda and snacks and let him play basketball with a local high school team before subjecting him to near-daily rapes.

“It went from being somebody I trusted, that I thought was not just there to help me, but somebody I thought cared for me, to hurt,” he said.

The Associated Press generally does not identify those who say they were victims of sexual assault unless they have come forward publicly, as Meehan has done. A jury awarded him $38 million in May 2024, though that verdict remains in dispute as the state seeks to reduce the amount to $475,000.

In his opening statement Monday, Associate Attorney General Thomas Velardi told jurors that Meehan had intended to take his experiences to the grave but finally told his wife in 2017 when he feared one of their sons might get sent to the facility.

“What you’re going to hear is a true horror story of what a 16-year-old boy was put through,” he told jurors. “The very thought of his own flesh and blood being sent to this same place where he was terrorized finally broke the seal for him on keeping this secret.”

He said Buskey used violence and the threat of it to overpower or coerce Meehan, who he said eventually stopped fighting back.

“It just became a way of life, whether he was fighting or he was just trying to survive,” he said.

In a police interview transcript recently filed in court, Buskey couldn’t remember his home address from the 1990s and struggled to spell his then-fiancée’s last name, but brought up Meehan’s name unprompted. He denied abusing him, saying they had a “great relationship.”

“I was always nice to the kid; I was always trying to help him," he said.

In her opening statement, defense attorney Delia McCarthy told jurors there is no evidence to corroborate Meehan’s allegations. Meehan’s room was in a central hallway in a building that was “like an echo chamber,” she said, making it impossible that he could have been violently assaulted without anyone else noticing.

McCarthy also said the trial will highlight inconsistencies in Meehan’s claims. He has suffered from mental illness since childhood and as an adult, experienced delusions and hallucinations, she said.

“This is an unbelievable story, contradicted by the records and the people who were there and told by an unreliable, deeply troubled storyteller,” she said.

Meehan was the first witness called to testify after the jury was selected Monday morning.

The youth center, which once housed upward of 100 children but now typically serves fewer than a dozen, is named for former Gov. John H. Sununu. Lawmakers have approved closing the facility, which now only houses those accused or convicted of the most serious violent crimes, and replacing it with a much smaller building in a new location.

In the other criminal cases, three men have been convicted: Bradley Asbury, Stanley Watson and James Woodlock. Jurors acquitted Jonathan Brand and deadlocked in the case of Victor Malavet, leading to a mistrial. Charges were dropped against Trevor Middleton; Frank Davis was declared incompetent to stand trial, and Gordon Searles died while awaiting trial. Stephen Murphy, who has pending charges, had one trial end in a mistrial and another end with an acquittal on three charges and a hung jury on five others. Lucien Poulette is awaiting trial.

La amplia zona de baja presión, situada justo sobre el Atlántico subtropical abierto, una zona de la cuenca que hemos destacado en nuestros boletines informativos esta temporada debido a su ventajosa ubicación lejos de la influencia supresora de El Niño, estuvo acompañada de tormentas desorganizadas a primera hora del lunes.

El NHC indicó que hay pocas probabilidades de que se produzca un desarrollo a finales de esta semana, a medida que se desplaza hacia una zona de vientos en altura más suaves y favorables.

Modelos de IA frente a modelos tradicionales basados ​​en la física.

Los modelos de IA más recientes, basados ​​en el aprendizaje automático, han ido aumentando gradualmente las probabilidades de desarrollo en este ámbito desde finales de la semana pasada, pero sus homólogos tradicionales basados ​​en la física, como el GFS europeo y el estadounidense, se han mantenido notablemente en silencio.

A primera hora del lunes, el sistema de predicción convencional europeo mostraba solo un puñado de resultados de desarrollo de los aproximadamente 50 escenarios analizados, quedando por debajo del 30% previsto por el NHC.

En marcado contraste, sin embargo, el sistema de aprendizaje automático DeepMind de Google adoptó una postura muy agresiva respecto al desarrollo a finales de esta semana, con probabilidades superiores al 70% para la semana, la mayoría de las cuales sugieren que el sistema podría alcanzar su punto máximo como un fuerte huracán a principios de la próxima semana.

Aunque no son tan optimistas respecto al fortalecimiento como DeepMind —quizás debido a un conocido sesgo sistemático de baja intensidad que detallamos en nuestra publicación del jueves pasado—, los conjuntos de IA europeos se muestran igualmente agresivos en cuanto a las probabilidades de desarrollo general esta semana.

La respuesta probablemente se encuentre en algún punto intermedio, pero dada la actividad de tormentas eléctricas que ya se está gestando alrededor de la amplia zona de baja presión y la configuración general que se avecina, con algunos desvíos inesperados debido a una serie de descensos de la corriente en chorro, me inclinaría por el desarrollo en este caso.

Cabe destacar que, incluso en los pocos escenarios europeos basados ​​en la física que muestran desarrollo, las intensidades pronosticadas son elevadas, lo que probablemente indica un entorno propicio para el fortalecimiento de la tormenta si esta se desarrolla.

Sin embargo, será interesante observar cuál de nuestros enfoques de modelado —los modelos de IA más recientes o los modelos convencionales basados ​​en la física— maneja mejor el desarrollo potencial (o la falta del mismo).

Los interesados ​​en Bermudas querrán seguir de cerca el progreso del sistema, pero, por lo demás, no se espera que suponga una amenaza para las zonas terrestres durante la próxima semana.