Officials in Kyiv vigorously denounced the action as illegal, and a human rights activist described residents there as being coerced to participate in the election.

While the vote across Russia started Friday and lasts until Sunday to help boost turnout, balloting actually has been underway in the annexed parts of Ukraine and some areas on the Russian side of the border since the end of last month. Officials cited security reasons for the extended period.

Russian authorities say the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia territories, often referred to by Moscow officials as the “new regions,” have over 3.5 million voters. They were annexed by Russia in September 2022, despite not fully being under Moscow's control. The move has not been recognized internationally.

At one polling station in the Russian-held part of the Donetsk region, voters dropped their ballots in a box as an armed Russian soldier stood nearby and watched.

Putin stressed the importance of voting in the regions

In a speech Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized the importance of balloting in those regions for the State Duma, the lower house of parliament. Residents there will be voting for the Duma “for the first time since their reunification with Russia.”

He noted that Russian soldiers involved in the fighting also will vote.

Voting also is taking place in Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that was illegally annexed by Moscow in 2014.

The first wartime election to the State Duma is intended to secure the Kremlin’s political dominance and showcase public support for the war.

“Your choice and resolve will once again demonstrate that millions of people stand behind our fighters, that we are a united people, bound by shared values, historical memory, and love for the Motherland and that nobody can divide or intimidate us, undermine our statehood and political system,” Putin said.

Ukraine urges other countries not to recognize the vote

Authorities in Kyiv called the voting in those territories illegal and urged foreign governments and international organizations not to recognize the election. They warned Ukrainians that taking part in organizing the vote could carry criminal liability.

A coalition of nine Ukrainian human rights groups called on residents of the Russia-held territories to stay away from the polls.

“We urge residents of the temporarily occupied territories, above all, to protect their lives and health and to look after their own safety,” the coalition said in a statement. “Holding Russian elections in the temporarily occupied territories is an attempt to use the electoral process to legitimize the Russian occupation and the attempted annexation of Ukrainian territories.”

European Commission spokesperson Christian Wigand said the voting in Russian-held regions represented "another blatant violation of international law. The European Union does not, and will never recognize either the holding of these, so-called elections, sham elections, in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine or their results.”

Activists describ

e coercion to vote

Violeta Artemchuk, coordinator of the Donbas SOS human rights group who was among those who signed the statement, said members of local election commissions were going house to house, escorted by Russian troops and security agents, to force people to vote.

Moscow-appointed authorities exert pressure on residents, threatening those who work in the public sector with dismissal if they fail to vote and making pensions and other social payments conditional on participating, Artemchuk said.

“For instance, if a person with a disability or a pensioner relies on social assistance and does not take part in the ‘voting,’ they could be added to a list of individuals deemed ‘disloyal’ to the so-called authorities and subsequently deprived of their benefits or humanitarian assistance,” she said.

Volodymyr Fesenko, a political analyst with the Kyiv-based Penta Center, emphasized that "elections held at gunpoint are a farce.”

“The very fact that voting takes place amid endless shelling and bombing reflects the Kremlin’s attitude toward the people and the electoral process in the occupied territories," Fesenko told The Associated Press.

"It’s nothing short of a mockery. Any electoral procedures conducted by the Russian occupation authorities have nothing to do with democracy,” he said.

When President Donald Trump launched his war against Iran in late February, energy analysts issued dire warnings that oil prices could more than double during a protracted conflict and urged investors and motorists to buckle up for a bumpy ride.

The war grinds on and oil prices certainly remain volatile. But the most dire projections have not yet come to pass six months into a conflict that has no end in sight.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is making a much-anticipated state visit to Washington next week, could make a credible argument that the world has his country's energy strategy to thank for that.

It's unclear how much the two leaders will discuss Iran during the visit, which comes as Trump's Republican Party faces pressure from voters over high gasoline prices, and as China's buffer is being further tested as the conflict in the Middle East spreads. Trump, who has sought to keep a fragile trade truce with Beijing intact, has been careful in public comments about differences with Xi over the country’s relationship with Iran.

“We’ve been free-riding off Beijing in a weird way,” said Rosemary Kelanic, director of the Middle East program at Defense Priorities, a Washington think tank. “China’s doing it because they understand that they’re on the train that Trump is driving off a cliff. If oil prices go way up, that hurts the global economy. If it hurts the global economy, it hurts them.”

China's stockpiles helped Xi weather the storm — so far

Beijing spent years and billions of dollars amassing the world’s largest oil stockpile, building its strategic reserve to about 1.4 billion barrels by the end of last year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's estimates. To protect China from foreign supply risks, Xi made energy self-reliance a part of the country’s latest five-year plan.

Drawing from the massive stockpile allowed China, the world's second-biggest oil consumer and Iran's top buyer, to dramatically cut crude imports once the U.S. and Israel began their bombardment and Tehran effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz. The country was also helped by its shift toward electric vehicles in recent years and increasingly tapping into other energy alternatives.

China's oil import diet in turn helped ease global demand, softening the upward price effects for the United States, Europe and beyond.

“The Chinese deserve credit,” said retired U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery, an analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a hawkish Washington think tank. “They did in 10 years what took us 25 years after the 1973 oil crisis to do: really build a kind of strategic petroleum reserve that could allow you to weather this.”

But that resilience faces new challenges. Attacks by Iran-backed militias this month led Saudi Arabia to temporarily shut a vital pipeline that transports crude across the kingdom to ports on the Red Sea.

The Yemen-based Houthis have also seized two strategic islands in the southern Red Sea, bolstering the Iran-backed rebels’ ability to disrupt a key maritime shipping route. Planned talks among Gulf nations focused on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, which were supposed to take place earlier this week, have also been put on hold.

Before he meets Xi, Trump is set to meet Tuesday with leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council in New York, on the sidelines of the annual United Nations General Assembly. The group includes Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain.

Oil industry experts say the moment remains tenuous

Analysts at Bank of America last week forecast oil at $83 a barrel for the second half of the year “in light of more persistent disruptions to Hormuz,” but said they still expected shipping through the strait to gradually pick up.

But if violence escalates and keeps a chokehold on traffic, prices could reach $95 to $120 a barrel, while damage to major energy infrastructure could produce spikes of up to $150 a barrel, the analysts wrote.

Brent crude averaged about $69 per barrel last year and currently is hovering around $100. Brent crude briefly peaked in late April, touching $126.

How China has weathered the volatile oil market caused by Trump's war is ultimately seen by Beijing as “a vindication of Xi’s last five-year plan and his focus on self-reliance,” said Jonathan Czin, a former senior CIA analyst who is now at the Brookings Institution.

Deep differences between Trump and Xi on Iran persist

The war in Iran — and its impact on the global economy — is expected to be on the agenda for the Trump-Xi talks. But the prospects of the world's two biggest powers coming up with a breakthrough appear dim.

Over the course of the conflict, the Trump administration has faced resistance when urging Beijing to use its considerable economic leverage to press the Islamic Republic to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Chinese officials, who have expressed strong opposition to the U.S. war, also have bristled at more recent administration threats to ratchet up economic pressure on nations and entities still doing business with Iran.

To be certain, analysts say there's little altruism in how China came to sit on its massive stockpile of oil.

Experts believe Beijing was driven by contingency planning for potential military action to take over the self-ruled island of Taiwan, which China considers its own territory. Tapping the reserves now has been far from ideal for Beijing — but seeing global oil prices skyrocket was not ideal, either.

Trump treads carefully on differences with China over Iran

The leaders last met in Beijing just four months ago, and could meet twice more later this year.

After the talks in May, Trump claimed Xi agreed with him that a nuclear-armed Iran is a bad idea and that the Strait of Hormuz must be reopened. Chinese officials have neither affirmed nor denied Trump's telling of the private conversation.

The U.S. administration has also warned China not to aid Iran's military effort. But earlier this week, Trump downplayed a Wall Street Journal report that Chinese entities had supplied Tehran with satellite images of a Jordanian military base ahead of an Iran strike in July that killed three U.S. soldiers working there.

“You know, when they say that China spies on us, I say you’re right, and we spy on them too,” Trump told reporters.

Trump at the outset of the war called the conflict a “little excursion” that would last a matter of weeks.

He also has repeatedly predicted that oil prices will quickly plummet once the conflict ends. Less than three months into the conflict, he even declared “everybody was wrong” because the most dire projections for oil prices didn't come to pass.

The White House did not respond to queries on whether Trump credits China's actions with helping keep oil prices from hitting the worst-case levels.

But energy analysts credit Beijing's slashing imports as having the single greatest impact on moderating prices since the start of the war. China's crude imports averaged just 8.1 million barrels per day in the second quarter. That's almost 4 million barrels per day, or 32% lower than in the first three months of the year, according to U.S. data.

“It's remarkable how China managed the market,” said Michael Lynch, president of Strategic Energy and Economic Research, a firm providing consulting services and analysis in the oil and gas industry. “They didn't panic and by turning to their inventories they kept the price down for everybody.”

As chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett became famous for his unwavering and methodical investing style: Buy good businesses when their prices are low, stay on the sidelines when prices are too high and be patient with well-chosen picks. He rode that to decades of beating the rest of the U.S. stock market before he retired as Berkshire's chairman on Friday, less than a year after giving up his role as CEO.

The formula of buying good things at low prices sounds simple, and it’s the foundation of a style of investing called “value” hunting. But it periodically comes under criticism when the hot new thing is enthralling Wall Street, whether it's dot-com stocks in the late 1990s or gold when its price was setting records early this year. (Buffett is famously skeptical of gold as an investment, saying it “has two significant shortcomings, being neither of much use nor procreative.”)

The investing world has had other celebrities. J.P. Morgan built his reputation by investing in railroads during the 19th century. Andrew Carnegie helped build the U.S. steel industry and became famous for his philanthropy. Jim Cramer and Kevin O'Leary are on TV shows. But few ever cracked into the national consciousness like Buffett, and none did so from near the geographic center of the country in Omaha, Nebraska.

Buffett offers enduring lessons on life and investing

Many professional investors also adhere to Buffett's style of bargain-hunting. But none have had the kind of folksy humor and candor that can draw hordes of investors each year, like those attending Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder meeting.

More than 40,000 people would pack an Omaha arena on the first Saturday in May to hear from Buffett and his longtime investing partner, Charlie Munger, who died in 2023 and espoused a similar take-it-slow and make-it-right approach to investing. Besides talking about how they hunted for well-run businesses and the news of the day, they would also regularly confess to their own mistakes and crack wise.

“Not a day goes by where what I've learned about Warren doesn't affect me positively, both personally and financially,” said Todd Finkle, a retired professor. He grew up in Omaha, knows Buffett's children and wrote the book, “Warren Buffett: Investor and Entrepreneur.”

When Finkle would bring students to visit the “Oracle of Omaha” for extended Q-and-A meetings, Finkle said the first topic Buffett would discuss was never financial.

“He didn’t say anything about money. The first topic that he would always bring up is that the most important thing you’ll do in your life is to pick who to marry.”

He built a reputation for honesty and trust

Following a scandal at Salomon Brothers, in which Berkshire Hathaway had an ownership stake, Buffett became chairman and testified in Congress. He said all employees were told, “After they first obey all rules, I then want employees to ask themselves whether they are willing to have any contemplated act appear the next day on the front page of their local paper to be read by their spouses, children and friends with the reporting done by an informed and critical reporter.”

That reputation for honesty, along with his famed patience for investments, helped Buffett stay famous even in this “post-truth” era where people scroll through feeds at finger-flicking speed. He's such an icon that scammers would use him in AI-generated videos that appeared to show him endorsing questionable investments or political candidates.

On Reddit's WallStreetBets forum, traders share picks for potential get-rich-quick opportunities in day-trading stocks and options. The discussion jumps from idea to idea, but even the denizens there know Buffett and his famous advice to “be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful.”

His reputation is so strong and his advice so well-known that some memes on the forum ironically joke about doing the opposite, with a picture of Buffett suggesting that everyone freak out and sell in a panic.

Buffett's lessons go well beyond business

Bob Miles, who has taught a college course about Buffett for 16 years, said that people might initially get attracted to Buffett because he is rich and has made many Berkshire shareholders wealthy. But their interest deepens after reading Buffett’s annual letters, which became required reading for many investors, and hearing him speak in interviews.

Through reading and listening, people would glean nuggets from Buffett like his core rules for investing: “Rule No. 1: Never lose money. Rule No. 2: Never forget Rule No. 1.” Or that “you only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out,” referencing how tough times will quickly show who has been taking too much risk. He also suggested that “who you associate with is just enormously important. Don’t expect that you’ll make every decision right on that. But you are going to have your life progress in the general direction of the people you work with, that you admire, that become your friends.”

“People associate him with successful investing, but I look at him more and more as kind of a guide toward how to live a successful life, whatever your talents happen to be,” Miles said.

Few investors have broad appeal like Buffett

At the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of business, trips for students to Berkshire's annual meetings were always a hot ticket. “I don’t know of any time that it wasn’t popular,” said David Musto, a finance professor at the school and faculty director of the Jacobs Master of Science in Quantitative Finance.

With Buffett’s departure from the stage, the obvious question is whether anyone else could replace him as the world’s most famous value investor.

Musto said some other big names still exist in the investing world, such as Will Danoff at Fidelity Investments, who is retiring from day-to-day management at the end of the year. But it's difficult to find someone with as strong and as long a track record as Buffett's. Or the wit and personality.

Musto said it's important for value investing to remain a force in the market, particularly when traders are jumping into meme stocks, obscure cryptocurrencies and other bets built more on hope that their prices will go up than belief that it's a good business trading at a good price.

“It certainly helps to have people in the middle,” Musto said, “thinking about the value of a stock.”

More than 650 infections have been reported in Italy so far this year, accounting for roughly half of all cases recorded in Europe, according to local health authorities.

“Higher temperatures linked to climate change help mosquitoes reproduce and extend the transmission season, increasing the chances that infected mosquitoes will spread the virus to people,” said Antonino Bella, researcher at Italy’s National Institute of Health, or ISS.

West Nile has been considered endemic in Italy since 2020, when cases started to surge, and is now reported every summer and early fall. About 80% of infected people develop no symptoms, while most others experience a mild flu-like illness. Severe neurological complications occur in a small minority of cases, mainly among older adults and people with underlying health conditions.

Experts say this year’s case numbers are broadly in line with recent seasons.

But warmer temperatures favor mosquito reproduction and can mean the transmission season sometimes lasts as late as November, Bella explained. Areas once largely unaffected are increasingly reporting infections, reflecting a gradual expansion of the virus across the country.

Italy’s experience with the virus is drawing attention from European countries located farther north. A Belgian research team visited the ISS last May to study Italy’s research and surveillance system after the country began recording locally acquired West Nile cases.

The Netherlands this year has reported more than two dozen West Nile cases, the first since 2020, as well as several deaths, according to its public health institute.

“There’s no doubt that warming weather will expand the period of replication for the virus and the vector in more countries,” said Marc-Alain Widdowson, who leads the Pandemic Threats, Communicable Diseases, and AMR Division at the World Health Organization’s Europe office.

“You’ve got to be careful not to say that climate change is all of it, but certainly a warming climate means that we have a longer mosquito season, so that the vectors can survive for longer. Warm temperatures also mean that the virus itself will survive better,” he added.

Experts note that Italy’s extensive monitoring network, which tracks mosquitoes, birds, blood donors and human infections, also helps explain why the country detects so many cases.

“There are definitely trends which we think are contributing to increased activity,” Widdowson said, citing a warming climate, loss of biodiversity and changes in land use. A longer mosquito season creates more opportunities for transmission, he added, while declines in bird diversity may favor species that are efficient reservoirs of the virus.

In June, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control, or ECDC, warned that because Europe is experiencing a warming trend — with heat waves and flooding becoming more frequent and severe, and summers getting longer and warmer — the conditions are more favorable for invasive mosquito species such as Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti.

Aedes aegypti — known to transmit dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya, zika and West Nile viruses — has been established in Cyprus since 2022 and may spread to other European countries.

A decade ago, the Aedes albopictus mosquito was established in eight European countries, with 114 regions affected. This year, the mosquito is established in 13 countries and 337 regions, the ECDC said.

Hyde, 70, a farmer and former construction worker, said he is supporting 36-year-old Will Lawrence, a longtime liberal activist who until recently was a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, instead of incumbent Rep. Tom Barrett, a Republican who has not flatly opposed the Mason project.

“He's been out to my house several times,” Hyde said of Lawrence.

Ewart, 43, a fellow opponent of the data center project, was startled to hear that. After all, Republicans have tried to turn Lawrence into a national symbol of Democratic radicalism because he once called for an end to fossil fuels, defunding the police and maintaining open borders. “Lawrence has said a lot of crazy stuff,” Ewart said. “I don't trust him.”

Hyde wasn't convinced. “Right now, what's a bigger fight — a data center or socialism?”

Data centers are the leading example of how Lawrence is trying to defy expectations in a classic swing district by harnessing unease over the rapid pace of artificial intelligence's development, which has created anxieties that hopscotch ideological lines and could upend the nation's politics. It's also created an opening for a wave of leftist Democrats like Lawrence who have long argued that their outsider, anticorporate message can have broader appeal than the moderate establishment.

Lawrence has widened his aim to the entire AI industry, calling for a pause on AI development in the wake of fears from some at the companies that the technology could eliminate humanity.

“We need to put a stop to this, because right now the whole thing is out of control and alarm bells are going off,” Lawrence said at a press conference where he also urged the halting of data center construction.

Democrat lets DSA membership lapse, rejects ‘ideological label’

The co-founder of the aggressive environmental group The Sunrise Movement, Lawrence is not like the candidates who normally triumph in Michigan's evenly-divided 7th Congressional District. The previous Democrat to have represented the district is currently Michigan's junior senator, Elissa Slotkin, a former CIA analyst and steadfast moderate. Lawrence once pleaded online for moderate Democrats to “hurry up and die.”

“He wants to show up and talk about data centers all day to distract from the vulnerability he has on abolishing the police and the border,” Barrett, who is seeking a second term, said in an interview.

Lawrence bristled at that charge, noting that he's been protesting data centers since last fall when a wave of new projects was proposed across the district and the state.

“I'm talking about it because I give a damn about the people of this district,” Lawrence said in an interview. “My whole career is about fighting back against corporate power, standing with regular working people who are getting screwed over.”

Lawrence says he's moved on from many of his previous stances and online postings, including defunding the police or having open borders — a suggestion he said was made during more of a “performance.” He declines to identify himself anymore as a socialist, saying an “ideological label” leads to division. He let his membership in the DSA, whose Lansing chapter a member has said was founded in the living room of the building where Lawrence lived after college, lapse this summer. Lawrence's campaign said he was not present at the founding.

Some Republicans could not believe their luck when Lawrence beat two more traditional candidates in August's Democratic primary.

“We think it's a comical mistake by the Democratic establishment to let somebody like him slip through,” said Ty Bommarito, chair of the Michigan College Republicans and a senior at Michigan State University, the 51,000-student institution in Lawrence's hometown of East Lansing.

But other observers warned against underestimating Lawrence, who made a mark in the primary by energetically stumping across the district, which stretches from Detroit's furthest exurbs to farming communities west of the state capital of Lansing, and has continued at a frenetic pace leading into the general election.

“There's more energy in this Lawrence campaign than I've seen for a very, very long time,” said Lingg Brewer, an 81-year-old former Democratic state lawmaker in Lansing. “The excitement in this town I think equals that for Obama when he first ran.”

'Right now I'm kind of a one-issue voter'

Lawrence has spent plenty of time with students on Michigan State's sprawling campus, but he's also become a staple at meetings of residents — often farmers or other rural denizens — fighting data center proposals. Water-rich Michigan, whose Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer embraced the industry initially, has seen a wave of potential projects over the past year.

On the night of the Mason council meeting, Lawrence had to pass on appearing at a simultaneous township council meeting on the opposite side of his district to stand against a different potential project there.

Lawrence wore a cap in the same shade of red as President Donald Trump's campaign hats, but with the phrase “No Data Centers in Mason” instead of “Make America Great Again.” The standing-room-only meeting was full of people wearing identical caps.

Lawrence's reliable opposition to data centers has won him support from some unexpected quarters in the town of 8,000. “I'm sure I disagree with a whole lot of his policies,” Zach Bartels, 48, who identified himself as a conservative independent, said of Lawrence, “but right now I'm kind of a one-issue voter.”

Patrick Lind, 51, regularly votes Republican, but he's not sure if he will this year. “The partisan issue is going to be a lot less important than the data center issue,” Lind said.

Ashley Wickham, 38, says she's never been involved in politics and hadn't voted in a congressional primary before last month's, which was open to any voter regardless of party affiliation. She cast her ballot for Lawrence, noting that he's been to almost every anti-data center event over the past year.

“I'm definitely going to support him, because he supported me,” said Wickham, who bought a house in Mason just before the potential data center was announced last November.

At the time, the city said there was not an official proposed project but disclosed it was in discussions to annex 405 neighboring acres where a company could build a $1 billion hyperscale facility. The community has been convulsed with opposition ever since.

Both candidates say they want AI limits, but to different degrees

Lawrence scolded the council members, who sat stoically through dozens of speeches. “They say there's a significant chance that all human beings may be killed by what they're building — what they want to build in Mason,” Lawrence said. “How hard is it to just listen to the residents and just say ‘No’?”

Lawrence threw barbs at Barrett, whom he has slammed for accepting donations from technology firms and voting last year for a version of Trump's tax-and-budget bill that would have banned any state from regulating AI for 10 years. The provision was removed from the final version of the bill.

A representative of Barrett's office read a statement from the congressman, who was in Washington and could not attend the meeting. The statement reiterated Barrett's view that local officials should decide on data centers rather than the federal government. In the interview, Barrett said he also favors limits on AI, and the 22-year Army veteran noted that he's proposed legislation banning its use on the battlefield.

Outside the Mason City Council chamber, Ewart said he's urged Barrett to come out more forcefully against the project and warned the congressman about local disappointment with him.

Ewart narrowly lost a Republican primary last month to represent the area in the state legislature, and he warned that voters shouldn't gamble on Lawrence even if they oppose data centers.

“The question is how fast the socialism comes in,” Ewart said.

It remains to be seen how Sheeran will handle the performance at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field given the departure of his opening acts and supporting band. Sheeran has performed much of his Loop Tour concerts solo, but he had been joined for several songs at each stop by the Irish folk band Beoga. Macklemore, Sheeran’s original U.S. opener, had been replaced by Danish band Lukas Graham and Irish singer Aaron Rowe before they backed out.

Finneas, Billie Eilish’s brother and musical collaborator, was due to tour with Sheeran in South America later this year before he too dropped out earlier this week.

Sheeran has not said anything publicly since losing the artists' support. As of Friday, tickets were still available for Saturday's show, and his website did not list any replacement acts. A coalition of pro-Palestinian organizations plans to protest outside the show Saturday afternoon.

The show comes after a tumultuous week that opened with Macklemore being dropped in response to exclaiming “Free Palestine” during a Sept. 5 show in New Jersey. Sheeran has said he was not responsible for the decision, which came at the urging of New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft. His company owns a stadium where Sheeran’s tour was scheduled to play on Friday.

Within hours of Sheeran's statement Tuesday, his supporting acts withdrew.

Macklemore said Wednesday he is donating $1 million to support Palestinian relief efforts and called on Kraft to match the gift; a spokesperson for Kraft has said the billionaire and Sheeran have each agreed to donate $2 million but have not specified where the money will be directed. Sheeran's representatives have not responded to multiple requests for comment.

Sheeran’s Loop Tour was the highest-grossing in the world, with an average box office gross of over $7 million per city, Pollstar said in May. Through the end of 2025, Sheeran was the No. 3 top-earning concert act since 2021.

Sheeran has said the tour promoter was ultimately responsible for the decision to drop Macklemore.

The Grammy winner was adamant in his Tuesday statement that he wouldn't be drawn into discussion of the war in Gaza, arguing that his fans don’t come to his shows to hear about these issues.

He also said he “spoke with the venues at length all week to try to build a bridge” before Macklemore was dropped. He insisted he would never willingly let down his fans or abandon the touring crew and others who rely on him to make a living.

While promoters and venues wield great power over concert tours, experts say an artist of Sheeran's magnitude generally has the final say about what happens concerning the shows.

Weigman's third TD pass, a 10-yarder to Patrick Overmyer with 49 seconds left, gave the Cougars (2-1, 0-1) a chance to tie in the conference opener for both teams. On the try for 2, Weigman took off to the left and lunged forward with the ball extended, though his knee came down before the ball broke the plane of the end zone.

“There’s no moral victories,” Houston coach Willie Fritz said. “We came here to win. And we didn’t win.”

The audience viewing on Fox Sports was able to watch and listen to the Big 12 replay officials at the conference headquarters reviewing and discussing that play before ruling that Weigman was short. That was one of several replays on which viewers got an inside look.

Will Hammond was 17-of-27 passing for 257 yards and a touchdown for the Red Raiders (3-0, 1-0), who were down 10-0 and had only one offensive snap 9 1/2 minutes into their first Friday home game since 1941.

“It just shows the resilience of this team and the belief they have in each other. There was never a time that those guys got down. They just kept fighting,” Tech coach Joey McGuire said. “I just continue to believe that as the season goes, we’ll keep getting better and better again.”

Weigman finished 27 of 38 for 282 yards.

After only two carries for 5 yards before halftime, Williams had consecutive runs of 19, 5 and 29 yards — the last a burst through the left side and pretty much untouched to the end zone to make it 21-17 only 2 1/2 minutes into the second half. Dickey had a 1-yard scoring run with 7:36 left.

Houston led 17-14 just before halftime after Koby Young made an over-the-shoulder catch and pinned the ball against his shoulder pads while falling over the pylon for a 46-yard touchdown.

Hammond had a 28-yard pass to Kenny Johnson to convert third-and-12 before they also hooked up for a 35-yard touchdown a minute into the second quarter. Johnson finished with four catches for 113 yards.

After a field goal on the game's opening drive, the Cougars immediately got the ball back on Will James’ nifty interception along the sideline when Tommy Castellanos, who started instead of Hammond, was trying to throw away the ball while under pressure.

That led to Amare Thomas’ 11-yard TD reception when he twisted and extended the ball lunging forward toward the end zone while being knocked down for a 10-0 lead. He was initially marked short, but it became a score after a replay review.

Hammond is Tech's No. 1 quarterback

Castellanos, the former Florida State and Boston College QB, didn’t join the Red Raiders until a week before the season opener. After the interception, he didn't take another snap until his 3-yard TD run with 3:39 left in the first half.

“Will Hammond is our starting quarterback. We have packages for Tommy and those packages will continue to grow,” McGuire said. “We had two plays we're going to run right there. If we don’t get pressure, then I think we have a huge play starting right off the bat. ... The plan was two plays and Will come into the game."

Hammond had been expected to be the starter this year before an ACL injury last October. But there was also the offseason saga surrounding departed transfer quarterback Brendan Sorsby, who would have started but was declared ineligible after an NCAA gambling investigation. Hammond, meanwhile, had no setbacks in his recovery and was ready for the start of this season.

The Takeaway

Houston: The Cougars were 6-0 in road games last season on way to a 10-win season. ... Houston had 104 yards rushing by halftime, and finished with 176 against a Texas Tech defense whose seven-game streak not allowing 100 in a game was the longest in FBS.

Texas Tech: The Red Raiders won their 10th consecutive home game, though they gave up more than 17 points for the first time in that stretch. It is their longest home winning streak since 12 in a row from 2007-09.

Up Next

Both teams play their final nonconference game at home Sept. 26. Houston hosts Georgia Southern, and Texas Tech takes on Sam Houston.

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The first-place Braves beat the Houston Astros 6-2 to punch their ticket to the postseason for the eighth time in nine years. They secured at least a National League wild card and reduced their magic number to three for winning the NL East.

Afterward there was no wild celebration, but rather a simple toast with bubbly before they began looking ahead.

“We've got our eyes on bigger and better things,” outfielder Michael Harris II said. “We’re trying to win the East. So got to go out there and do what we know we can do and hopefully we can celebrate big for that.”

First-year manager Walt Weiss echoed the sentiment shared by Harris.

“Everything you get in this league is earned,” Weiss said. “I’ve said it a few times this year, but great group, what they’ve overcome this year, and hopefully some bigger celebrations ahead.”

Harris, Ronald Acuña Jr. and Matt Olson each hit a two-run homer to help the Braves bounce back after dropping two of three games to the Chicago Cubs this week.

Atlanta is trying to hold off the Philadelphia Phillies for the NL East title and could wrap up the division crown as soon as Sunday. Atlanta’s win Friday night coupled with Philadelphia’s 6-3 loss to the Mets gave the Braves a five-game lead over the Phillies with eight to play.

Weiss was asked about helping the team back to the playoffs in his first season as manager after spending eight seasons as Brian Snitker’s bench coach.

“I always say it’s always about the players,” Weiss said. “They’re the ones out there performing. We've got a good staff. When you accomplish things, it’s an organizational effort. ... It takes everybody and we've got a really good group.”

If the Braves take the division, it will be their seventh NL East championship in nine years.

Atlanta's return to the playoffs comes after a disappointing 2025 season in which the team went 76-86 and finished fourth in the division, snapping a streak of seven straight playoff appearances that included six consecutive NL East titles from 2018-23. That run was highlighted by beating the Astros to win the 2021 World Series.

Friday’s victory gave the Braves 90 wins, marking the fifth time in the last eight full seasons that they’ve reached the mark. The only teams with more 90-win seasons in that stretch are the Dodgers with eight and the Brewers and Yankees with six apiece.

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In the fourth quarter, the Hurricanes' defense had to take the lead.

Mensah connected on his first 24 passes on the way to setting Atlantic Coast Conference records for consecutive completions, while Miami's defense came up with four straight fourth-quarter stops to beat Wake Forest 33-20 on Friday night.

“I think a ton of credit goes to the defense for just bowing up and executing at a high level,” Hurricanes coach Mario Cristobal said.

The defense carried the Hurricanes home on a night that started with the offense rolling along with a vibe of near inevitability, starting with Mensah putting pass after pass on the numbers and hitting receivers in perfect stride to make big plays downfield.

Mensah completed 30 of 34 passes for 220 yards and three touchdowns, including a 9-yarder to Joshua Moore on the game's first possession and a perfect-execution throw back to the left side on Elija Lofton's 21-yard score.

Menah added a short TD throw to star sophomore receiver Malachi Toney as Miami (3-0, 2-0) took a 31-7 lead midway through the third quarter, only to see its prolific offense grind to an abrupt halt with four straight three-and-outs while seeing multiple players get banged up.

That ultimately gave the Hurricanes' defense its chance to step up as Wake Forest tried to rally.

“I have a lot of faith in our defense, they give us some trouble in practice,” Mensah said. “So for them to go out there, it's no surprise. Them dudes over there are all ballers."

Gio Lopez threw for 312 yards and three touchdowns for the Demon Deacons (2-1, 0-1), including a perfect throw to the back right corner of the end zone for Carlos Hernandez on a 17-yard strike that pulled Wake Forest to 31-20 with 14:56 left.

But from there, Miami pressured Lopez in the end zone to draw a holding penalty for a safety. Then, after Wake Forest drove all the way to the 13, the Hurricanes again pressured Lopez into an inaccurate throw on fourth down in the end zone.

Miami freshman JJ Dunnigan followed by rushing around the end to harass Lopez into another hurried and off-target throw on fourth down with 5:24 left. Then Ethan O'Connor picked off Lopez's pass at the 2:24 mark in the red zone, effectively ending this one.

“We had some opportunities to really get back in that game in the foruth quarter, just could never quite get over the hump,” Wake Forest coach Jake Dickert said.

The takeaway

Miami: The Hurricanes had been nothing short of dominant while leading the country in total offense (702.5) and ranking second in the Bowl Subdivision ranks in scoring (61.0), which had been part of their jump. The defense's play late offered a positive on a night when Miami was tested with a relatively close game compared to a pair of blowouts to open the year.

“It's a good feeling, but we're all one team," said defensive lineman Marquise Lightfoot, who had a third-quarter sack of Lopez. "So they've got our back when we need them, and we've got their back when they need us."

Wake Forest: The Demon Deacons were chasing a rare win against the nation's elite. They entered Friday with a 1-68 mark against teams in the top 10 of The Associated Press college football poll, with the only win coming against No. 4 Tennessee in 1946. One culprit in this setback: 13 penalties for 137 yards, including two that negated big fourth-quarter punt returns.

“We need to learn from this and get better,” Dickert said. “Our execution wasn't at a high enough level.”

Mensah's marks

Mensah ultimately completed 35 straight passes going back to last week against Florida A&M, breaking the ACC mark of 30 consecutive completions over multiple games set by North Carolina's Mitch Trubisky in September 2016. His 24-for-24 start broke the ACC single-game record of 18, held by three players.

Injury list

Miami had multiple players banged up, including Toney and top running back Mark Fletcher Jr. The Hurricanes also saw defensive lineman Ahmad Moten Sr. briefly exit the game in the first quarter with his left arm hanging by his side, though he returned ot the game.

The list also included running back CharMar Brown, who went down in the second quarter on the heels of a 32-yard run to just shy of the goal line. He stayed down in the end zone with team medical staff examining his right knee, then was helped to the sideline and later carted to the tunnel.

Up next

Miami: Hosts Central Michigan next Saturday.

Wake Forest: At No. 23 Louisville next Saturday.

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BSO deputies responded to an animal bite call around 6:30 p.m. at the Koosh Living apartments near Southwest 28th Avenue and Griffin Road.

The circumstances of the attack, including how many dogs were involved and the ages of the people involved, were not immediately clear.

Investigators said the dogs have been located. Broward County Animal Care was also called to the scene.

Authorities were working to learn the conditions of the child and woman.

Corey Clemson, who lives nearby, said the incident was concerning, especially as a parent.

“That’s terrible, man. I have a 3-year-old son and I know dogs sometimes, anything can happen at any moment,” Clemson said.

Clemson said people need to be vigilant about their surroundings and avoid certain situations when possible.

“If you can’t keep your dog away from children if they’re not friendly, just do that,” he said.

Detectives remained on scene as they gathered evidence.

Clemson said he hopes everyone involved will be OK.

Rubio Rivera, who lives in southern Miami-Dade, said therapy helped the boy to understand that what happened was not his fault and healing was possible. It also helped the girl to get support as she faced her abuser in court and testified.

Rubio Rivera, the executive director of Homestead-based nonprofit Mujeres Unidas En Justicia Educacion Y Reforma, or MUJER, said the organization has been helping victims like them for about 21 years.

“These are not just statistics. They are real people. They are our neighbors, and their stories were changed because Miami-Dade County chose to invest,” Rubio Rivera said about the county’s community-based organization, or CBO, grants program, which the county’s office of management and budget runs.

Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s proposed budget did not increase funding for CBOs. Rubio Rivera was among the members of the Advocacy Collective, a group of more than 60 organizations asking commissioners to increase funding for CBOs by 3%.

“Last year was being proposed to cut all CBOs at one point, and we fully funded them last year, and we are fully funding them this year,” Anthony Rodriguez, the commission’s chairman, said during the meeting. “We are in a real financial deficit guys, and I keep hearing like asking for increases ... We kind of got to be realistic here with ourselves.”

Hours later, Rodriguez was pushing for the commission to allocate $5 million to the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau, a marketing organization that works to attract tourism. The Miami Herald reported that GMCVB gave Rodriguez’s political committee free skybox seats for a FIFA World Cup match.

The $5 million boost for GMCVB was a decision that Commissioners Oliver G. Gilbert, III, Danielle Cohen Higgins, and René Garcia supported. Commissioners Raquel A. Regalado, Micky Steinberg, and Juan Carlos “JC” Bermudez opposed it.

“There are no guardrails on conflicts of interest,” Bermudez said.

Like Rubio Rivera, Tina Brown, the chief executive officer of the Overtown Youth Center in Miami, also wore the Advocacy Collective’s blue and white “Caring for Our Community’s Most Vulnerable Members” T-shirt to ask commissioners to invest in needy children and families.

“As needs continue to grow in Miami-Dade County, we have deployed more than $1.6 million in rental assistance to help families remain safe,” Brown told commissioners. “CBO funding is not just another line item. It puts resources directly into communities through organizations that are already on the ground, already trusted, and already doing the work.”

Commissioners did not increase funding for CBOs. They did include the $5 million for the GMCVB in the approved $14.26 billion budget, while keeping operating property tax rates flat at 4.57 mills, during the meeting at the Stephen P. Clark Government Center in downtown that ended on Friday morning.

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During the budget process, there was a gap between what Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz requested, what Mayor Daniella Levine Cava proposed, and what commissioners passed before sunrise.

“What was approved last night was general fund of $66 million additional, which is almost $1 billion in total, but on top of that, her total budget is $1.2 billion,” Levine Cava said Friday.

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Cordero-Stutz told commissioners that she would consider appealing to the Florida Cabinet’s Administration Commission if the agency’s needs aren’t met.

“My starting salaries are a problem. They are not where they need to be,” Cordero-Stutz told commissioners about deputies’ pay.

The sheriff told commissioners that she had an inherited 7.5% cost increase and needed an additional 4.97% to go above and beyond. She also said the MDSO was “woefully” understaffed, there was a need to increase the starting salary for new recruits, and the training center needed repairs.

“You have all seen our stations,” Cordero-Stutz told commissioners. “They are in terrible shape.”

Cordero-Stutz told commissioners that there was a need for $62.5 million in collective-bargaining “obligated” funds, as part of the third year of the bill.

“The sheriff’s office has no control over that dollar amount, none,” Cordero-Stutz said. “I must pay it.”

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Cordero-Stutz said the MDSO was going to gradually move towards having an independent IT department.

Levine Cava said Cordero-Stutz asked for an additional $45 million, and the commission has “the ability” to work on budget amendments in the future.

“It would not be really fair of me to stand here and say that I will take that off the table. I can’t do that,” Cordero-Stutz told commissioners about appealing to the state. “At the end of the day, I need a budget of my needs. I need to be able to pay the bill. I need to be able to move this agency forward.”

Gov. Ron DeSantis chairs the Florida Cabinet’s Administration Commission, which is tasked by state law to “resolve state agency personnel matters.”

The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office also has other revenue streams and separate contracts with the airport, seaport, and the parks department, according to Levine Cava.

“If the cabinet directs that we need to increase the sheriff’s budget, then, of course, the commission will meet again, and we will prepare recommendations on what services must be cut,” Levine Cava said.

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“I am enormously proud of what we have built together and believe this is the right moment for both me and the organization to begin a new chapter,” Steven Kolb said in a statement.

Kolb is stepping down after two decades leading the council, which is known as the fashion industry’s main trade organization.

The incident Sunday involved the top fashion executive forcibly restraining two employees of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and putting his hands over their mouths at the runway show for Cos, a brand owned by H&M. It quickly stunned many in the fashion world.

Kolb, who is well known and respected in the New York fashion world, earlier apologized for his actions. He also had announced he was taking a leave from his job pending an investigation.

CFDA described Kolb as a “dedicated leader and tireless champion of American fashion.”

“We respect Steven’s decision to step down and are grateful for his many years of leadership and service to the CFDA and our industry,” the association said in a statement on social media.

Moira Colley, senior director of media relations for PETA in New York, said earlier in the week that the group planned to meet with Kolb to discuss ending the use of wool and animal skins in clothing. The organization had initially planned on filing a police report against Kolb, but changed course after visiting police and consulting attorneys.

PETA issued a statement after Kolb’s announcement Friday, saying the group still planned to meet with him and “hopefully others in the industry will meet and take meaningful steps to stop this epidemic of cruelty to animals.”

The group has also recognized Kolb’s previous involvement in getting fur banned from runway shows on the CFDA schedule.

Andrija Barak had been trying to disrupt the runway show on Sunday, calling out slogans about the use of wool. In the video, Kolb is seen covering her mouth with his hands and restraining her with both his arms and a leg over her body as he seeks to let the show continue.

Separately he is seen pushing Mason Melito and also putting his hands over his mouth.

The crowd streamed in from the nearest subway stop, crowding streets in the Foggy Bottom area of Washington and locking down traffic as they walked, many carrying signs, as they joined in “Hands Around the Kennedy Center.” At one point some held hands and formed a human chain around the center.

Chris Raleigh, co-founder of Hands Off the Arts, which set up the gathering, said in an interview that he hoped the event would show that people are willing to fight to keep Trump's plans for the building at bay.

One of the most iconic buildings on the Potomac River waterfront, the Kennedy Center has been a focus of Trump’s remake of Washington since 2025, when he began installing favorites onto its governing board. Late last year, he had his named placed on the center. A judge ruled that Trump’s name was illegally added and ordered it removed.

The Kennedy Center board, which is aligned with the president, voted Tuesday to close the center indefinitely for repairs hours after U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper blocked their plans to return Trump’s name to the building. On Thursday, the judge ordered the Kennedy Center to provide 30 days’ notice before making any major physical changes to the building, including demolishing it.

Raleigh said he, like others, is concerned that Trump could take the step without notifying the court. “Look at the East Wing,” he said. “We got up one morning and there was a giant hole there.”

Raleigh said the Kennedy Center is more in the public eye than the East Wing was. He added he doesn’t believe the president fully understands why people are so upset “but that’s our job right? This may be the line that no one expected but this is where the line is going to be.”

A landmark of the performing arts has gone silent

Protesters talked about the importance of the center as the pinnacle of the nation's performing arts world.

Bud Wilkinson, a local member of the arts community, set up a chalkboard with Trump's name written on it hundreds of times. Protesters flocked to him to erase the names and replace them with hearts.

“The Kennedy Center is vital to the arts in Washington. We need it. We need this,” Wilkinson said. “This is not just about putting the president’s name on the Kennedy Center. It’s about censoring the performances and the programming. That’s what started all this. So that’s what the nitty-gritty really is about this. So I want to replace all of this with love. That’s why there’s a heart.”

Alina Baciu talked about the opportunities and relationships that students at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts have with the center and how those relationships might be impacted by what's going on.

Her daughter had numerous opportunities to take advantage of all the center had to offer as a student at Duke Ellington, she said. “I mean, they borrowed the beautiful costumes and the beautiful dresses from the Washington National Opera for their performances at Duke Ellington,” she said. They also performed on the center's Millennium Stage.

"All of those things have gone away because of this craziness. And it just hurts my heart,” Baciu said.

Laura Steinberg, a volunteer for the last 10 years, said the loss of performances has already been heart- wrenching. “This reminds me of that picture from Tiananmen Square, where that young man stood in front of the tank,” she said of the throngs present. “This was my visceral response to this. I’ll stand in front of the wrecking ball if it’s going to come to that. My guess is many of these people would come down because we saw what he did to the East Wing. Nobody thought he would actually do it. So I think the shock has mobilized people.”

Friday's event followed a tumultuous week in federal courts in Washington where filings and counter-filings flooded the courts as the administration continues pushing for the president’s vanity projects. The administration has made substantive steps to begin work on a number of projects, despite the fact they are still being litigated. Such projects include Trump's triumphal arch and the administration’s takeover of East Potomac Golf Links and the U.S. Institute of Peace.

Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump said he was willing to save the center, which he said was losing money. He did not address a question about demolishing it.

“We have a lot of people working very hard on it to save it," he said. "I can save it easily, but why should we be doing that and then raise money for the rest of our lives to keep it afloat? Because that’s what you have to do, if we get no recognition. I think the Trump administration should be recognized as having saved the Kennedy Center.”

La alcaldía de Buenos Aires anunció el viernes que no autorizará la realización de “eventos, diversiones o actos en el espacio público” de la capital argentina entre el 6 y el 13 de noviembre por la organización de la visita papal, una decisión que afecta la 35ª Marcha del Orgullo prevista para el 7 de noviembre.

El colectivo LGBT+ rechazó la resolución y ratificó la movilización para el día previsto, lo cual abre un frente de conflicto justo en la antesala de la primera visita de un papa al país sudamericano después de casi cuatro décadas.

“Comprendemos la relevancia institucional de la visita de un jefe de Estado y máximo representante de la Iglesia Católica… Lo que no comprendemos es que esa circunstancia sea presentada como una razón suficiente para plantear la suspensión de uno de los acontecimientos públicos más importantes, históricos y multitudinarios de la ciudad, aún más teniendo en cuenta que el papa llega a nuestro país recién al día siguiente”, expresaron en un comunicado los organizadores de la Marcha del Orgullo.

León XIV iniciará el 8 de noviembre una visita de cuatro días en Argentina, como parte de su primera gira por Latinoamérica que también incluirá Uruguay y Perú. El último líder de la Iglesia católica que pisó suelo argentino fue Juan Pablo II en abril de 1987.

Los argumentos de Buenos Aires

En una resolución publicada el viernes, la alcaldía de Buenos Aires sostuvo que la visita papal “constituye un acontecimiento de trascendencia institucional, religiosa y social de carácter excepcional y de una magnitud extraordinaria” y que por tal motivo demanda “la adopción de medidas preventivas orientadas a garantizar la seguridad del visitante ilustre, de los asistentes y de la población en general”.

Entre ellas mencionó “un esquema especial de ordenamiento del tránsito, que comprenderá cortes, restricciones temporarias, desvíos” y una afectación “extraordinaria” de recursos humanos y materiales de las fuerzas de Seguridad y de otras áreas.

“La realización de otros eventos en el espacio público durante el mismo periodo resultaría incompatible con las condiciones de seguridad, orden y movilidad que el gobierno de la ciudad debe garantizar a la población, y podría comprometer el normal y seguro desenvolvimiento de la visita del Sumo Pontífice”, argumentó la alcaldía.

Una marcha con historia

En las últimas décadas, Argentina se ha puesto a la vanguardia en la región con la ampliación de derechos a favor de la comunidad LGTB. Fue el primer país de Latinoamérica en habilitar el matrimonio entre personas del mismo sexo en 2010 y dos años después sancionó una inédita ley de identidad de género que consagró el derecho de toda persona a solicitar la rectificación registral del sexo y el cambio de nombre de pila e imagen en el documento cuando no coincidan con su identidad de género autopercibida.

Estas conquistas se lograron en gran medida por el impulso de una activa comunidad LGTB que desde hace más de 30 años realiza la Marcha del Orgullo en Buenos Aires.

“La suspensión de la marcha del 7 de noviembre no puede ser presentada como una decisión operativa menor”, advirtieron los organizadores en respuesta a la decisión de las autoridades capitalinas. “Cambiar su fecha no significa mover una actividad en una agenda: significa alterar una organización federal ya desplegada, compromisos asumidos desde hace meses y decisiones concretas tomadas por miles de personas para poder participar”.

Los convocantes aclararon que no recibieron un pedido formal de las autoridades del gobierno nacional de Javier Milei ni del Vaticano para cambiar la fecha y que se trata de una decisión del alcalde de centro-derecha Jorge Macri que se inscribe en el marco de un retroceso en las políticas a favor de las minorías sexuales.

“El planteo del Gobierno de la Ciudad parece una excusa más para postergar a la diversidad”, denunciaron.

Tras ratificar la Marcha del Orgullo para el 7 de noviembre, reclamaron a la alcaldía “acompañarla, garantizarla y cuidarla”.

“Acompañar la diversidad no consiste solamente en reivindicarla discursivamente o cuando no genera dificultades. Gobernar una ciudad diversa significa garantizar efectivamente esa diversidad”, concluyeron.

Mia Dio, Miss Universe Cuba, visited the Local 10 News studios as she prepares for the big event.

“Miss Universe as a platform is incredibly important, but just representing Cuba, that’s a story,” Dio said.

Dio calls herself a digital activist and has more than 1 million followers on Instagram.

The 25-year-old FIU graduate studied international relations and political science. She’s also known for being open about one of pageantry’s worst-kept secrets: plastic surgery.

Dio has openly discussed her own procedures on social media and says she isn’t afraid to address her critics.

Some have questioned why the Miss Universe Cuba pageant is held in Miami instead of Cuba.

“The exile community here in Miami was able to bring back this pageant in order for Cuba to finally have representation,” Dio said.

She’s also faced criticism over her appearance and whether she represents what people consider to be a Cuban look.

“First of all, I look just like my mom,” Dio said. “Cuba is incredibly diverse.”

Dio said she believes actions speak louder than words, and she’s using her platform to shine a light on the island she now represents.

She said she wants to put human rights at the forefront and recognize the tough reality people on the island are still living.

Asked what her message about Cuba would be if she were asked about it during the final question at Miss Universe, Dio said: “Regime change. What does that look like? Opportunity for the people.”

She also discussed medical diplomacy and its impact on Cuba.

“We can talk about things like how medical diplomacy makes the Cuban regime look really good to the outside world, but in reality it’s almost like slave labor,” Dio said.

Dio said the most powerful tool Cuban people have is their word.

The 75th diamond edition of Miss Universe will be held in Puerto Rico later this year, which will be a sort of homecoming for Dio.

The South Florida native representing Cuba actually lives in Puerto Rico.

“OK, don’t judge me for this, but originally it was for love,” Dio said.

She said she fell in love with the people and the island’s proximity to an experience she might have had in Cuba if it had more access to opportunities.

And when asked one more pressing question — croquetas or ropa vieja? — Dio chose ropa vieja.

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A Local 10 News crew was at the intersection of Southeast Second Avenue and Seventh Street in Dania Beach, where vehicles moved cautiously through standing water. Some cars appeared partially submerged, while a school bus navigated the flooded roadway.

The conditions extended to the airport, where video showed flooding in areas used by travelers and motorists. Drivers were advised to use caution and expect delays, particularly on side streets.

In Oakland Park, a Local 10 News crew visited flooded streets along Oakland Park Boulevard, Northeast Sixth Avenue and Prospect Road. Water accumulated along both sides of the roadway, with motorists driving slowly through flooded sections.

One driver was left stranded and had to push his own vehicle out of the floodwaters.

Others took the risk of driving through the moving water, while some parked vehicles had water rising above their tires.

A crash involving a white pickup truck and a blue car was reported near the flooded roadway. It was not immediately clear whether the weather contributed to the collision or whether either vehicle became disabled because of the flooding.

In Dania Beach, vehicles moved cautiously through standing water near Southeast Second Avenue and Seventh Street. Some cars appeared partially submerged, while a school bus navigated the flooded roadway.

Flooding extended to Pompano Beach, where a resident shared surveillance video showing water surrounding his property. The water rose high enough for orange barricades to be seen floating in the flooded area.

There was a ground stop at the airport, but it was later lifted.

The weather also disrupted school transportation across Broward County. School bus drop-offs were delayed, and some drivers took additional precautions by avoiding areas where flooding was too severe.

Broward County Public Schools Superintendent Howard Hepburn warned parents that students could be dropped off later than usual because of the weather.

Some drivers became stuck in floodwaters, prompting nearby residents to come out and help push vehicles to safety.

As the rain continued Friday afternoon, motorists were urged to avoid driving through flooded roadways when possible and to proceed slowly where water had accumulated.

No road closures had been reported in the Oakland Park area at the time, despite flooding in several locations.

When Xi’s plan lands at Joint Base Andrews just outside Washington on Wednesday, Trump will be there to welcome Xi for the state visit, senior administration officials told reporters. That’s unusual -- Trump typically meets foreign leaders at the White House.

The heart of the visit comes Thursday when Trump and first lady Melania Trump welcome Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan at an arrival ceremony held indoors on the State Floor of the White House. Trump and Xi will also participate in a review of troops in the Rose Garden before they retreat behind closed doors for their talks.

The first lady and Peng Liyuan will hold a separate engagement while their spouses get down to business. Details were not released during a call the officials held Friday to brief reporters on Xi's visit.

Xi and his wife will also be the guests of honor Thursday as Trump and the first lady host the Chinese delegation for a state dinner in the East Room. Trump described the dinner as an event everyone wants to attend. Both leaders will deliver remarks.

“Thousands of people would love to be at that dinner,” Trump told reporters Friday in the Oval Office. He appeared to lament that the 1,000-person ballroom he is adding onto the White House will not be available for the soiree because it is still under construction. “This is a very tough ticket for me.”

“I've told a lot of very good friends of mine, ‘you just can’t come,'" Trump said.

White House shares some names on the state dinner guest list

But some of the Republican president's tech industry friends have been invited.

Among the executives scheduled to attend the state dinner are Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Tesla and SpaceX’s Elon Musk, Sundar Pichai of Google and Michael Dell, the CEO of Dell Technologies, the White House said.

Also on the guest list are Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Jane Fraser, the CEO of Citigroup, and Tim Cook, who recently stepped down as the CEO of Apple.

Next Friday, Xi and Peng Liyuan are scheduled to return to the White House for a private tea with the Trumps, who will then take them on a tour of the National Archives, the home of some of the United States’ most important founding documents as the nation celebrates its 250th anniversary.

Xi will head for Joint Base Andrews after the tour.

Tariffs, artificial intelligence, rare earths on the agenda

As for other substantive parts of the visit, U.S. officials said Washington and Beijing may be ready to ease some tariffs on some nonstrategic goods.

Discussing the visit during a call with reporters, senior U.S. officials said such a move might affect a narrow band of goods that would advantage both sides. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the White House, did not elaborate.

But they said they did not expect the United States would be ready to ease export controls to allow for a greater flow of rare earth minerals, critical components in a wide range of products, into the global market.

The officials said China maintaining an acceptable flow of such minerals would be discussed, but there was unlikely to be an exchange involving reduced U.S. export controls.

Separately, Treasury Secretary Bessent will meet over the weekend in New York with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng to discuss a range of economic issues, according to a person familiar with the plans who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the details publicly.

Artificial intelligence will be a focus of the talks, the person said.

In Beijing, China’s commerce ministry announced that He would lead a delegation to the U.S. from Saturday to Wednesday for economic and trade consultations.

Also on the agenda will be China’s stockpiles of rare earth minerals, essential to everything from smartphones to fighter jets. Beijing has used its near-monopoly on the minerals to bring the United States to the negotiating table in a trade war started by Trump’s tariffs and other sanctions on China. The talks might continue at the working level into Monday, the person said.

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will join Bessent on Sunday for the meeting with He, Greer’s office announced Friday evening.

Trump visited China in May, as well as in his first term, for talks with Xi, who rolled out the red carpet for his American counterpart.

Xi was last in the United States for a state visit in September 2015 during the administration of Democrat Barack Obama.

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Associated Press writers Seung Min Kim, Will Weissert, Paul Wiseman and Ken Moritsugu contributed to this report.

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Deputies with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office said the shooting happened around 9:10 a.m. in the area of the 15700 block of Southwest 140th Street.

Investigators said the FDLE agent was inside his vehicle when a man standing in the street approached and began striking the vehicle’s window.

They said the agent got out of his car, and an altercation began. Video obtained by Local 10 News shows a man wearing red, who appears to have a gun in his right hand, being body-slammed onto the pavement by a man wearing black shorts.

Investigators said the man who was body-slammed was the FDLE agent.

The video shows the two men continuing to struggle before the man who tackled the agent gets on top of him. A gunshot is then heard.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue crews responded and pronounced the man dead at the scene, according to investigators.

They said the FDLE agent was taken to a hospital. The agency said he was placed on administrative leave, as is standard procedure following an officer-involved shooting.

“I heard some commotion,” said Julyana Adam, who was in the area when she heard that “a single gunshot went off.”

“By the time we all made it downstairs, there was somebody laying on the floor,” she added. “He was five steps away from being home and didn’t make it in.”

The man’s death was especially difficult for those who knew him.

His roommate and close friend of five years, Mauricio Salinas, identified him as 28-year-old Daniel Shand. However, investigators have not yet publicly identified him.

“He was nice a good person,” Salinas said when describing Shand to Local 10 News “I don’t think he deserved what happened to him.“

Salinas said he would often try to keep Shand calm when he became angry and said his friend had been working to improve himself. He said Shand was driving home from the gym in a red Toyota when he got into the altercation with the FDLE agent.

“I don’t know why the altercation happened. All I know is (when) I came out, he was already gone,” he said. “I think he was a person that was looking for redemption. (To) do better than he was yesterday.”

Deputies spent much of Thursday investigating the area. A body covered by a tarp could be seen in the roadway as investigators processed the scene.

A nearby school, Jorge Mas Canosa Middle School, was temporarily placed on lockdown because of what Miami-Dade County Public Schools described as “non-school related police activity in the area.” The lockdown was later lifted.

Authorities have not released additional details about what led to the confrontation.

The investigation remains ongoing.

Just hours after Congress approved the loan, President Rodrigo Paz announced an immediate end to subsidies for the diesel powering Bolivia’s trucks, buses and tractors — a step toward meeting IMF demands. Gasoline, used mainly in private cars, would remain subsidized for now, though Paz had already scaled back that support in recent months.

The Senate ratified the IMF agreement a day after the lower house approved it, clearing the final legislative hurdle for the three-year financing program aimed at replenishing dwindling foreign reserves and stabilizing the ailing economy marked by high inflation and weak growth. The IMF first announced the staff-level agreement in July after months of negotiations with Paz’s market-friendly government, which took power last year after nearly two decades of socialist rule as part of a wave of new Latin American leaders allied with the Trump administration.

The program still requires approval from the IMF’s executive board before funds can be disbursed. Economy Minister Christian Morales told senators that the deal would give other lenders, including the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank, greater confidence in the government and help it secure about $5 billion in additional financing.

But the assistance is conditioned on tough economic measures, including the elimination of fuel subsidies, that threaten to reignite unrest in Bolivia, where weeks of road blockades in June and July paralyzed much of the South American nation as demonstrators demanded Paz’s resignation. Congress on Thursday extended for another 90 days a state of emergency that Paz had declared to clear roads during the protests. It allows for military intervention and the suspension of some civil liberties.

The Bolivian Workers’ Central, the country’s main labor federation, and other unions have voiced fierce opposition to the IMF loan, warning that the government spending cuts required under the deal would drive up living costs and deepen hardship for struggling families.

Although Paz’s Christian Democratic Party lacks a majority in Congress, the centrist and right-wing lawmakers that dominate both chambers rallied behind the deal. The Movement Toward Socialism, the party that dominated Bolivian politics after the former coca growers’ union leader Evo Morales won the presidency in 2005, now holds just two of the 130 seats in the lower house and none in the 36-member Senate.

Declining natural gas exports have deprived Bolivia of dollars needed to import gasoline and diesel, contributing to chronic fuel shortages that began in 2023 and have persisted under Paz. The Iran war has pushed up global fuel costs, making fuel subsidies an even greater burden on public finances.

“No one can buy something expensive and sell it cheap,” Paz said in his late-night declaration that diesel in Bolivia would now be sold at international prices.

To cushion the blow, he announced about $79 million in cash assistance for 2.9 million Bolivians, along with loans on preferential terms for truckers, small businesses and producers facing higher diesel costs. He pledged to redirect subsidy spending toward schools, hospitals and roads.

He promised the change would end the country’s persistent diesel shortages, which have disrupted harvests and delayed deliveries of imported goods. “With this measure, we guarantee supplies 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” he said.

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The lawsuit lists Walter, Delaware Life Insurance Co., Clear Spring Life and Annuity, TWG Global Holdings and Walter’s Guggenheim Partners investment firm as defendants.

Ira Rosner, a 67-year-old Florida man, brought the class-action lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Miami on Wednesday. He purchased a policy from Delaware Life in April and he had until late May to withdraw his money without penalty. However, the company did not disclose the investigation to him until June,

Rosner is seeking a jury trial in the lawsuit that seeks damages for negligent misrepresentation, breach of contract and aiding and abetting fraud.

TWG Global didn't immediately respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit.

Walter has been under investigation since last year by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan and the Securities and Exchange Commission following a whistleblower complaint regarding alleged misrepresented loans made between companies within his business portfolio.

TWG Global Holdings is the holding company through which Walter controls Delaware Life, Clear Spring Life and Annuity Co. and his stake in Guggenheim Partners. TWG Global denied any wrongdoing involving the probe in a statement last month.

Walter and co-owner Todd Boehly sold their stakes in English Premier League club Chelsea this week. Last month, Walter agreed to sell the Los Angeles Lakers in a surprise move less than a year after buying the NBA franchise from the Buss family. The deal is under review by the league.

The Dodgers have been adamant that Walter has no plans to sell the baseball team.

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La gasolina seguirá subsidiada hasta fin de año, según un decreto anterior, y dejará de estarlo definitivamente en enero del año próximo.

En un mensaje al país, el mandatario centroderechista explicó que el gobierno gasta semanalmente 55 millones de dólares en el subsidio a los combustibles, lo cual es insostenible para la economía. Anunció también que el gobierno compensará a las familias de menores ingresos con un bono, créditos para la vivienda, reprogramación de deudas tributarias y la eliminación de gravámenes para la importación de maquinaria y equipos para los gremios y la industria.

“Es la decisión más responsable con el país. Subsidio o futuro. Hay que tomar medidas, por muy duras que sean”, manifestó Paz en su mensaje, difundido en la televisora estatal.

“Se están cerrando acuerdos trascendentales para Bolivia”, había declarado previamente el mismo día, y agregó que su gobierno “tomará decisiones. Algunas serán difíciles porque los precios internacionales nos están obligando a decisiones complejas”.

Dijo que el dinero destinado a las subvenciones se asignará a la exploración y producción de hidrocarburos.

Su gobierno ya había anunciado un alza en el precio del diésel para grandes consumidores a mediados de agosto, pero la medida no mejoró el abastecimiento de ese carburante, que se ha convertido en el más escaso y ello ha afectado gravemente la producción agropecuaria. Los transportistas deben hacer fila hasta por tres días para abastecerse.

A pesar de que Paz no tiene una mayoría legislativa sólida, el crédito fue aprobado por legisladores de centro y de derecha, que dominan las dos cámaras. La izquierda gobernó el país durante casi 20 años, con los presidentes Evo Morales (2006-2019) y Luis Arce (2020-2025).

Por su parte, el ministro de Economía, Christian Morales, dijo en la sesión del Senado que también se viabilizarán “otros créditos por unos 5.000 millones de dólares, que estarán destinados a inversiones, infraestructura y educación”.

La aprobación se da un día después de que el poder legislativo votara a favor de ampliar por 90 días el estado de excepción, establecido por Paz tras las duras protestas de 53 días que paralizaron gran parte del país andino entre junio y julio, y en las que se pedía la renuncia del mandatario.

Es el crédito más alto concedido a Bolivia por el Fondo Monetario Internacional en los últimos años y ayudará a “blindar nuestras reservas y estabilizar la economía”, declaró Paz previamente en la red social X tras la aprobación.

Las exigencias del FMI han puesto en alerta a los sindicatos, que no se han pronunciado sobre la nueva medida de Paz, pero anticiparon su rechazo a cualquier incremento de precios y amenazan con reactivar las protestas.

La escasez de diésel es más grave que la de la gasolina, ya que el país debe importar casi el 85% de lo que se consume, mientras que la importación de la gasolina ronda el 55% del consumo interno. Los dos carburantes son escasos. El contrabando, la corrupción y el mercado negro agravaron más la situación, ya que buena parte del combustible subsidiado se desvía a dicho mercado, donde se vende a mayor precio o sale del país, según las autoridades.

La Central Obrera Boliviana (COB) y otros sindicatos han rechazado el endeudamiento externo por su impacto directo en la economía del país, y han advertido que las exigencias del FMI tendrán efecto en la inflación —que el año pasado cerró en 20%— y en la economía de las familias.

Paz heredó una serie de problemas acumulados durante los gobiernos anteriores, entre ellos el deterioro de la producción de gas natural, la reducción de la generación de divisas, las dificultades para importar productos, la inflación y el creciente malestar social.

La escasez de combustibles que el país importa para vender a precio subvencionado es crónica y está disparando el malestar social. La subvención significa una sangría de las finanzas públicas y es una de las causas de la peor crisis que vive el país en 40 años, según expertos.

Lindberg, the son-in-law of Senate Majority Leader John Thune, is now the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s undersecretary for trade and foreign agricultural affairs. He will replace Cindy McCain as executive director of the Rome-based World Food Program.

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres and Food and Agriculture Organization Director-General Qu Dongyu made the joint announcement after WFP’s board confirmed it agreed with the appointment.

Lindberg, 37, will take the helm of WFP as it struggles to raise money to help feed tens of millions of people in need. The agency, which relies on donations, says as many as 266 million people are facing acute hunger, but it is aiming to help just 110 million this year because of funding cuts.

The United States has for many years been the largest donor to the U.N. food agency, and the job heading it has gone to an American since the early 1990s.

Lindberg has been in his USDA role for just over a year, and President Donald Trump nominated him to head the World Food Program.

A native of South Dakota, Lindberg founded and served as president of the South Dakota Trade Association, overseeing the expansion of exports from the state. He also served as chief of staff and chief strategy officer of the U.S. Export-Import Bank in the first Trump administration.

Guterres and Qu expressed deep appreciation to McCain, widow of late Arizona senator and Republican presidential nominee John McCain, “for her leadership and dedicated service to WFP.” She stepped down in February after suffering a mild stroke in October 2025.

“She has led the program through one of the most demanding periods in its history, serving as a steadfast voice for people affected by conflict, disaster and severe hunger — and for the courageous personnel serving them on the front lines,” they said in a joint statement.

Guterres and Qu also expressed appreciation to Carl Skau, the food agency’s deputy executive director who has been acting executive director since McCain left and will remain in that position until Lindberg takes over.

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They also knew they didn't have time to fix them before playing on Thursday against the Buffalo Bills — a game they lost 41-31.

Now, Dan Campbell is hoping to solve two games worth of issues before the Lions play again on Sept. 27 against the New York Jets.

“With a short week, we know we can't really make all the adjustments that we need right now,” Campbell said after his team survived two Saints plays that would have won the game. “After we play Buffalo, we're going to be making two weeks worth of fixes.”

It's a long list. Since taking a 21-0 lead early in the third quarter against New Orleans, the Lions have been outscored 71-41. It could have been worse — Buffalo led 21-0 in the second quarter and scored six touchdowns on their first seven drives.

“We stalled out early, and that hurt us,” Campbell said. “You're down three scores and, really, we haven't done anything offensively. So we needed a lot of help to come on offense to be able to answer back, and we fell short.”

Lions quarterback Jared Goff agreed. He threw for 327 yards and four touchdowns without turning the ball over, but the slow start meant Detroit never got back within one score.

The Lions also struggled in the first half against the Saints, only leading 7-0 before two turnovers by Tyler Shough led to 14 quick points at the start of the second half.

“I think for the last two games, really, we’ve had good moments, but I think we need to really understand that we need to start good,” Goff said. “We need to start on that momentum and ignite some of those plays in the first drive and not allow ourselves to get in these holes.”

Of course, it is hard to blame the offense on a night where Josh Allen tore Detroit's defense to shreds. He put up five touchdowns — three passing and two running — and more than 350 yards of offense. When the Bills decided to run the ball in the second half with the lead, James Cook III added 135 yards and a touchdown.

“We knew we were going to give up some plays to (Allen) — we can live with that,” Lions defensive end Aidan Hutchinson said. “But we've got to be able to stop the running back. That's what we have to do.”

That didn't happen against Buffalo, and the Lions have nine days to fix it before New York arrives.

What's working

Goff has 533 yards passing and six touchdowns in the first two games of the season without a turnover. As usual, Amon-Ra St. Brown has done much of the damage, catching 19 passes for 209 yards and four touchdowns, but tight end Sam LaPorta and running back Jahmyr Gibbs each have 11 catches.

What needs help

The Lions started the season with both starting safeties — Brian Branch and Kerby Joseph — on the physically unable to perform (PUP) list, meaning they will miss at least the first four games. Without them, the Lions have given up 658 passing yards and six touchdowns to Shough and Allen.

Things got worse against Buffalo, as replacement starter Avonte Maddox missed the second half with a foot injury and left the stadium on crutches and in a walking boot.

"Maddox is pretty tough, so when he didn’t come back, that makes me nervous,” Campbell said. “But I won’t know (the full extent of the injury) until Tuesday.”

Stock up

The Lions offense badly missed LaPorta when he was limited to nine games last year by a back injury, but he's made 11 catches for 100 yards in the first two games of 2026.

His average catch has only come 3.6 yards downfield, but he has added another 5.5 yards after the catch.

Stock down

Detroit is down three starting offensive linemen — center Cade Mays is on injured reserve, while guard Christian Mahogany and tackle Blake Miller got hurt against the Saints — and the Bills took advantage. Goff was sacked four times while Gibbs only gained 52 yards on 16 carries.

Injuries

With the extra rest before playing the Jets, Campbell is hoping to have Mahogany and Miller back in the lineup, but Maddox missing games would be a massive problem. Chuck Clark would probably move into the starting lineup, but he's already playing most defensive snaps as a fifth defensive back, so they would have to move someone into that role.

Key number

7.2 — the number of yards Allen averaged on 44 touches. That's fewer than the last time they faced him, when he averaged 9.8 yards on 44 touches in a 45-41 Bills win, but it will be tough for the Lions to win many games if quarterbacks keep slashing them to pieces.

Next steps

Use the time off to find reinforcements for the offensive line and secondary — either by getting injured players back onto the field or with players off the current 53-man roster.

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Thunderstorms could soak parts of the Florida Keys Friday evening while Broward and Miami-Dade counties catch a reprieve from downpours. However, a random shower or two is not out of the question overnight.

As Saturday unfolds, more showers and storms will develop across the region, especially during the afternoon.

Sunday also will offer a hefty dose of afternoon storms.

Seasonable temperatures are forecast for the weekend, with lows in the mid- and upper 70s and highs in the upper 80s.

Ilian Flores and his 11-year-old brother, Benji, were playing scientists in a bathroom at their home when they mixed several household items.

The brothers mixed hand sanitizer, soap and rubbing alcohol. Then, a lighter came into the picture.

Seconds later, Ilian’s shirt caught fire.

The frantic 911 call came into a nearby fire station, and emergency responders headed to the boy’s home. They were only a couple of minutes away.

Ilian was taken to Ryder Trauma Center, nearly two hours away.

Family members surrounded him with love and prayers as he was discharged from Ryder.

His family said Ilian was covered in blisters after the fire, including on his face and body.

“It was a lot,” his brother Donnie Flores said. “Like every day he had to go through the cleaning, changing of bandages.”

The fire caused burns to Ilian’s face, chest, right arm and knee.

As his younger brother was on fire, Donnie Flores knew to get him into the shower as quickly as possible.

Now, Ilian is back home and still finding ways to thank the people supporting him.

“Thank you for the love and support,” he said from his hospital room.

His family has started a GoFundMe to help with his recovery, including bandages, medicine and treatment for his burns.

Ilian is expected to make a full recovery, though he has a lot of physical therapy ahead.

The scientists issued their warning in Togo's capital, Lome, where they have gathered this week to discuss the region's level of preparation for disease outbreaks and dependence on vaccines from Western countries.

They said governments in the region have to cooperate to strengthen disease detection and invest in diagnostic capacities, citing lessons from Ebola and COVID-19 outbreaks that the region has grappled with in the past decade.

Between 2014 and 2016, an Ebola outbreak killed at least 11,000 people across West Africa, overwhelmingly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

“We need to anticipate these outbreaks,” said Kossi Kabo, the head of the Association of Medical Biologists of Togo and a co-chair of the congress. “We shouldn’t wait for an epidemic to emerge somewhere before responding. By then, it would be too late.”

Africa as a whole remains at risk for outbreaks. The rare Bundibugyo virus has killed over 3,600 people among nearly 7,500 cases in Congo since mid-May, when Congolese authorities announced a fresh deadly Ebola outbreak. The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the tolls are likely three times the official figures and the outbreak is already history's fastest-spreading Ebola outbreak. The virus spread without detection for several weeks. Also, Hantavirus was detected on a cruise ship that docked in the Atlantic off Cape Verde in May.

Scientists are worried that in the absence of a major outbreak threatening the region, maintenance of the health systems has waned, leaving them unprepared for potential future epidemics.

Arthur Bodurie Calvin Garber, president of the Sierra Leone Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists, said the governments must also invest in people as much as infrastructure.

“It’s totally allowed. And a lot of people have parties and all,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, before adding, “But, as I understand it, he paid them back.” He also said, “I hear he paid them back” without elaborating.

ProPublica first reported this week that Umar Kremlev, who has close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, helped pay to rent a private island and for a fireworks show when Donald Trump Jr. and socialite Bettina Anderson were married in the Bahamas in May.

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

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

Still, the president — who did not attend the wedding, saying at the time he was too busy — defended Kremlev's involvement as part of the festivities. Without providing details he said of his son, “a person that he knows — I guess a friend of his — gave him a wedding party.”

“That's very common,” Trump said, adding, “I've given wedding parties to numerous people,” while also seeming to suggest that there was no background check done for these kinds of gifts.

“With all of that being said, I understand that Don's paying him back,” Trump said.

The president also divulged for the first time that he'd previously heard about Kremlev's involvement, saying of his son, “I asked about it."

"He said, ‘No, I’m paying him back, Dad,"’ Trump said as he recalled their past conversation, which he noted had occurred “a while ago.”

“So I heard he's paying him,” Trump said.

ProPublica reported that the wedding was heavily funded by Kremlev, including that he “footed the bill for hundreds of thousands of dollars" in expenses like renting out one of two private islands where the three-day party was held.

The gift came as Russia remains at war with Ukraine following its invasion more than four years ago, and as Trump has failed to broker a promised peace deal between both sides.

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

El plan amplía las operaciones conjuntas ya existentes entre autoridades federales, estatales y municipales a lo largo de las principales autopistas de Río y en territorios seleccionados, con énfasis en un mayor intercambio de inteligencia, una labor policial coordinada y operativos de inspección.

El senador Flávio Bolsonaro, principal rival de Lula e hijo del expresidente Jair Bolsonaro, y el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, han acusado a Lula de actuar de manera insuficiente para frenar a los grupos de crimen organizado que controlan amplias zonas de Río y áreas remotas, tales como franjas de la Amazonia.

“Este es un nuevo comienzo para crear un nuevo modelo de seguridad pública en este país”, manifestó Lula. “Dios quiso que empezáramos por Río de Janeiro, porque si funciona en Río, funcionará en todo el país”.

Las medidas incluyen ampliar la labor policial coordinada, las inspecciones, la inteligencia y la vigilancia a lo largo de los principales corredores logísticos del estado para combatir el robo de cargamento y el tráfico de armas y drogas, al tiempo que también se persigue a las redes financieras del crimen organizado.

“Muchas personas preguntan por qué Lula, que ha sido presidente tres veces, no se ha hecho ya cargo de la seguridad pública”, expresó el mandatario. Señaló que, desde la Constitución de 1988, la mayor parte de la seguridad pública ha estado en manos de los gobiernos estatales, un error que, según dijo, su gobierno desea corregir.

Algunos observadores sostienen que el gobierno de Lula aceleró los empeños para combatir el crimen organizado tras la operación policial más letal en la historia de Río el año pasado, en la que murieron más de 120 personas. Las encuestas posteriores mostraron un aumento en el índice de aprobación del entonces gobernador Claudio Castro y un fuerte respaldo a la redada letal.

En mayo, Lula lanzó un proyecto contra el crimen organizado de 2.000 millones de dólares, el cual incluyó reforzar la lucha contra el tráfico de armas, atacar las finanzas de las organizaciones criminales, elevar la calidad de las investigaciones de homicidios e invertir en el sistema penitenciario del país.

El viernes, el mandatario volvió a criticar la decisión de Trump, tomada a comienzos de este año, de clasificar al Primer Comando de la Capital, o PCC, y al Comando Vermelho, o CV, como organizaciones terroristas extranjeras. Dijo que, si bien esos grupos aterrorizan a las poblaciones locales, no son organizaciones terroristas porque buscan ganancias y no un cambio político.

Algunos analistas y políticos han dicho que dicha clasificación del PCC y el CV es un intento de entrometerse en las cruciales elecciones de Brasil al hacer que Lula parezca blando frente al crimen.

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Deputies said they responded shortly after 6 p.m. to the area of Northwest 145th Street and 11th Court in the Mitchell Lake area after receiving a report of a woman in her 30s being attacked by at least four dogs.

When deputies arrived, they found the woman being treated by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue medics. Deputies said they also saw multiple dogs in the front yard of a home.

Surveillance video obtained by Local 10 on Friday shows the woman getting out of a vehicle and walking away before a group of dogs runs toward her. The dogs appear to attack the woman and drag her to the ground.

As deputies attempted to close and secure a gate to contain the dogs, the animals tried to attack one of the deputies, according to MDSO officials. Authorities said a deputy then fired their service weapon, causing the dogs to retreat and flee in an unknown direction.

They said the woman, who has not been identified at this time, was transported by MDFR medics to a nearby hospital in critical condition.

It was unclear whether any of the dogs were struck by gunfire.

A woman who did not want to be identified or show her face told Local 10 the dogs belong to her ex-husband and have been an ongoing concern. She said she had previously tried to create barriers to keep the dogs from escaping and had contacted animal control about the animals.

A neighbor who helped during Thursday’s attack described the incident as “terrifying.”

The woman said she used wires, cables and anything else she could find to get the dogs to leave. She also said she tried to get an animal services organization to take in the dogs but was told it was full and could not accept any more animals.

“It’s very sad,” she said. “It broke my heart because before I tried to call shelter to come pick up the dog, but they don’t want to come pick up the dog.”

A Miami-Dade Animal Services spokesperson told Local 10 News that the agency has one dog in its custody and is searching for three others believed to have been involved in the attack. It was unclear whether any charges had been filed or whether any would be filed.

No deputies or other civilians were injured in the incident, according to investigators.

“That is the plan,” Donald said Friday.

”I think that's all of our plan. We can have a conversation, we'll figure it out, but I'm feeling really good."

A three-time AP Defensive Player of the Year and eight-time All-Pro defensive lineman, Donald had been out of football for two seasons before rejoining the Rams (0-1) last month. However, he was around the organization enough that it never really felt to him like a prolonged absence. The only uncertainty was how long it would take him to feel physically ready to step back on the field in an NFL game.

After skipping the trip to Melbourne, Australia for the season opener, instead remaining in Southern California to continue his preparations, another week of practice seems to have given Donald the answer he wanted.

“Feel a lot better now that I got more practices under my belt instead of one, so kind of getting in a groove of things, understanding everything a lot better," Donald said. “I've been playing a lot more free, a lot more loose, and looking more like myself to me.”

Defensive tackle Kobie Turner called Donald's likely return an extra jolt of enthusiasm for a team looking to shake off a 27-7 loss to the San Francisco 49ers.

“I mean, AD is AD," Turner said. “So, excited for him to have the opportunity to go and put it on display on Monday, and excited to be out there with him.”

Donald's presence would give the defense a great pass rusher to help offset the loss of Myles Garrett for at least four games because of knee surgery. It was the seismic trade for Garrett in June that got Donald thinking about rejoining the Rams, but the 35-year-old will have to wait a little longer to play alongside Garrett.

“He won't be gone forever, so let him rest up, get healthy, and he'll be back soon,” Donald said. “So, hold it down while he's gone, and then when he's back, we'll get rolling.”

Donald doesn't feel any pressure to make up for Garrett's absence because of teammates such as Turner, Braden Fiske and outside linebacker Byron Young. But not having Garrett could open up Donald to the frequent double or triple teams from opposing blocking schemes he faced while amassing 111 sacks in 154 career games.

The Giants (1-0) came into this week believing Donald would be available.

“Expect him to play like Aaron Donald, which is a game-wrecking type player inside,” New York coach John Harbaugh said Wednesday. “Penetrating, active movement player who can wreck the game, really any particular play in a lot of different ways, run and pass.”

Donald is also likely to be on a significantly reduced snap count compared to 2023 when he was used 81% of the time. He expects that to work in his favor, particularly since it should have him being prioritized in obvious situations to go after the quarterback.

“I'm gonna go out there, play hard,” Donald said. “When I need a break, tap out, let the next guy go out there and eat, and I'll be right back. ... So, whatever that role is, I'm ready for it.”

The Rams will welcome whatever Donald can give them as they are already facing mounting adversity.

Star wide receiver Puka Nacua did not practice because of a hip injury, and his backup, Jordan Whittington, was not available due to a quadriceps injury.

Nacua missed practice time leading up to the regular season because of soreness in the psoas muscle that runs from the back through the pelvis to the legs. He sustained the injury during a joint practice with the Dallas Cowboys on Aug. 11.

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He will participate in a “pull-aside” meeting — a more casual meeting than a formal bilateral sit-down — with acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez, according to Mike Waltz, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

Waltz also told reporters on a Friday call that Trump will be meeting with Andy Burnham, the United Kingdom prime minister, and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

Trump also will meet with leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council.

The measure was a final legacy item for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a close ally and friend of the president who had just returned from Ukraine when he unexpectedly died in July. In the works for more than a year, the bill passed with large bipartisan margins: 86-11 in the Senate and 262-159 in the House.

It’s meant to starve Russian President Vladimir Putin of the resources Moscow needs to continue its war in Ukraine after invading its neighbor more than four years ago. The bill, also drafted by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., sanctions Russian officials, banks and a shadow fleet of tankers that keeps Russian energy moving.

It also directs Trump to impose up to 100% tariffs on the top five importers of Russian oil or natural gas, with an exception for countries that import less than 15% of Russia’s natural gas exports and have taken significant steps to reduce those imports.

Sen. Darline Graham, Lindsey Graham's sister, said in a statement Friday: “I wish Lindsey were here to celebrate this historic day. I know he would be so proud. Lindsey believed this bill, which he worked on for well over a year, would help end the war through squeezing Putin economically and forcing his customers to reevaluate their relationship with Russia.”

Darline Graham was appointed to complete her late brother's Senate term.

“If he were here today, he would be jubilant about our bill’s passage — and already thinking about the next one,” Blumenthal said of Graham after the House passed the legislation Wednesday evening. Blumenthal added, “Putin is a thug who understands only force and strength, which is what we must show clearly and unequivocally.”

Despite overwhelming support on Capitol Hill, the legislation faced criticism from a vocal set of Democratic lawmakers who warned that Trump could use his new expanded tariff powers to impose fresh levies in the European Union and elsewhere.

“Why in the world would this Congress or the People’s House give this president unfettered authority to visit more tariffs on the world that will have an adverse economic impact on the American people?” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said as he laid out his opposition to the bill. “I can’t do it.”

Graham’s journey to getting Trump’s sign-off on the bill had been full of fits and starts, as the White House had to be convinced that the president would be able to retain sufficient flexibility on sanctions. Eventually, Trump gave a nod to the bill after it included his push for a five-year extension of existing sanctions on Iran.

With its upscale homes and historic bayfront setting, it’s easy to overlook the plight of hunger in this community, but the Coconut Grove Crisis Food Pantry stands as a reminder that the need is real and ongoing.

Many special services take place at Christ Episcopal Church, and they extend beyond Sunday.

Every Monday and Tuesday, the Coconut Grove Crisis Food Pantry is there serving the most needy and vulnerable in the 33133 zip code.

“The pantry has been here since 1984, so 42 years, and it was started by parishioners here at Christ Episcopal Church,” said director of outreach Deb Dolson.

Parnice Lee’s mom, Fredericka Simmons Brown, was one of the founding members.

“She was 94 years old and still working every Tuesday with the Pantry,” she said.

Lee, who grew up in west Coconut Grove, has continued the tradition, giving her time for the past 13 years.

“I have to come whether it’s raining or not because she would always tell me come serve the Lord,” said Lee.

She’s one of 50 volunteers who show up faithfully every week to receive deliveries and then meticulously sort and pack the grocery bags, labeling some with the names and special needs of family members.

“We send out about 235 bags of groceries every week,” she said.

Roughly 80% are delivered to nearby homes while the rest are picked up at the pantry.

The pantry had one of their prayers answered this week when, as part of Local 10’s annual Food for Thought program, Publix donated volunteer hours and hundreds of pounds of food.

“Being part of Food for Thought program is so important to us at Publix, because we get a chance to bring a light to organizations that mean so much to these communities, and Coconut Grove Crisis Food Pantry is a great example of that,” said Publix Media Relations Manager Lindsey Willis.

And as long as the people of the 33133 need it, the pantry at the pink church will provide it.

To date, the Coconut Grove Crisis Food Pantry has distributed more than 8,000 bags of groceries.

They’re also good citizens of the Earth, composting more than three tons of organic material.

The nonprofit relies on private donations to keep its doors open.

Trump did not directly respond when a reporter asked whether he planned to demolish the theater, as he's threatened to do, but said “the place is a dump” and he would “do a better job building it than anybody else.”

He said the Kennedy Center would require an ongoing subsidy to stay open and suggested it would be his burden to raise money to fill that gap.

“Why should I do everything and then for the rest of my life, have to go out and raise money?” Trump said.

He said only he could have secured the $257 million that Congress has approved for Kennedy Center repairs.

“I think the Trump administration should be recognized as having saved the Kennedy Center because nobody else could do it,” he added, repeating a comment he made days earlier while campaigning in North Carolina.

The Kennedy Center board, which is aligned with the president, voted Tuesday to close the center indefinitely for repairs hours after a judge blocked their plans to return Trump's name to the building. On Thursday, the judge ordered the Kennedy Center to provide 30 days’ notice before making any major physical changes to the building, including demolishing it.

Trump on Friday called U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper “a very hostile judge."

He spoke in the Oval Office during a health care event as his Health and Human Services Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., looked on. The venue was designated by Congress as a memorial for the secretary's uncle, President John F. Kennedy.

“I should be very careful because Bobby is standing right behind me," Trump said. “And I cherish that, too. I actually like the name of Kennedy and Trump, Trump and Kennedy, because it showed bipartisanship. It showed a Republican Party and a Democrat party working together.”

A wave of artists have canceled their Kennedy Center appearances in that past year after the Trump-loyal board added his name to the building's facade, renaming it The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.

Cooper ruled that Trump's name was illegally added and ordered it removed.

The policy, announced Friday, is the second revision this year in what has long been one of the most controversial and distinctive teachings of the religious organization.

The new policy says that individuals can receive products derived from blood donated by other people. It says they can receive medical treatments that involve the use of the four main components of whole blood: plasma, platelets and red and white blood cells.

“Each Christian must make his own personal decision about the use of these four primary components in all medical and surgical care,” said Geoffrey W. Jackson, a member of the Governing Body of the organization, based in New York State.

The new announcement also allows members to decide as a matter of individual conscience whether to donate blood to be used for blood products for the medical treatment of others.

But the organization continues to oppose members receiving transfusions of whole blood or donating blood for that purpose.

In March, the Governing Body also announced a revised policy, authorizing members to have their blood stored for their own future medical treatment, but not for others’.

Critics have faulted the organization for prohibiting the use of a proven treatment that can be lifesaving in replenishing blood lost in surgeries, accidents or violence. Critics, including former church members, say that the teaching has led to deaths that could have been prevented.

The Jehovah's Witnesses' longtime opposition to blood transfusions derives from their interpretation of Bible passages requiring believers to “abstain” from blood. While Jewish and other Christian religious traditions have interpreted this as a dietary law, Jehovah's Witnesses have extended that prohibition to transfusions.

Blood components are often used for specific treatments.

Plasma, the liquid component of blood, is often used for those suffering from trauma or certain diseases, according to the American Red Cross. Red cells can be used to treat conditions such as anemia and white cells to treat certain infections. Platelets are used in some cancer and other treatments.

Members shouldn’t make the decision on using blood products lightly, Paul Gillies, international spokesperson for the Jehovah’s Witnesses, said in an interview.

“What we’re saying is you have to pray about it, you have to study it, you have to see what the Bible has to say about it, because blood in the Bible represents life,” Gillies said. Members need to consider all these factors before reaching “a decision that you feel happy about with your God.”

Jehovah’s Witnesses, who emerged in 19th century America, share many Christian beliefs with other churches but diverge on key theological issues, such as the nature of Jesus and biblical prophecy. They are almost alone in their beliefs about blood transfusions. Jehovah’s Witnesses reported a U.S. membership of 1.3 million in 2025, with a worldwide membership of 9.2 million in more than 200 countries and territories.

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Agentes de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade dijeron que la balacera ocurrió alrededor de las 9:10 a.m. en el área de la cuadra 15700 de Southwest 140th Street.

Los investigadores dijeron que el agente de FDLE estaba dentro de su vehículo cuando un hombre que estaba parado en la calle se acercó y comenzó a golpear la ventana del vehículo.

Dijeron que el agente salió de su automóvil y comenzó un altercado. Un video obtenido por Local 10 News muestra a un hombre vestido de rojo, quien parece tener un arma en la mano derecha, siendo derribado contra el pavimento por un hombre que vestía pantalones cortos negros.

Los investigadores dijeron que el hombre que fue derribado era el agente de FDLE.

El video muestra a los dos hombres continuando el forcejeo antes de que el hombre que derribó al agente se coloque encima de él. Luego se escucha un disparo.

Equipos del Departamento de Bomberos y Rescate de Miami-Dade respondieron y declararon al hombre muerto en el lugar, según los investigadores.

Dijeron que el agente de FDLE fue trasladado a un hospital. La agencia dijo que fue puesto en licencia administrativa, como es el procedimiento estándar después de una balacera en la que está involucrado un agente.

Vecinos dijeron a Local 10 que escucharon a los dos hombres discutir por una situación relacionada con estacionamiento antes de escuchar un solo disparo.

“Escuché un alboroto”, dijo Julyana Adam, quien estaba en el área cuando escuchó que “se produjo un solo disparo”.

“Para cuando todos bajamos, había alguien tendido en el suelo”, agregó. “Es bastante devastador enterarse de que estaba suplicando ‘solo quiero llegar a casa’. Estaba a cinco pasos de llegar a su casa y no lo logró”.

La muerte del hombre fue especialmente difícil para quienes lo conocían.

Su compañero de vivienda y amigo cercano desde hace cinco años, Mauricio Salinas, lo identificó como Daniel Thomas Shand, de 27 años, y lo describió como una buena persona. Sin embargo, los investigadores aún no lo han identificado públicamente.

“Era amable, una buena persona”, dijo Salinas. “No creo que mereciera lo que le pasó”.

Salinas dijo que a menudo ayudaba a calmar a Shand cuando se enojaba y dijo que su amigo había estado trabajando para mejorar como persona.

“No sé por qué ocurrió el altercado. Lo único que sé es que cuando salí, él ya había muerto”, dijo. “Creo que era una persona que esperaba encontrar redención y ser mejor de lo que era ayer”.

Los agentes pasaron gran parte del jueves investigando el área. Se podía ver un cuerpo cubierto con una lona en la carretera mientras los investigadores procesaban la escena.

Una escuela cercana, Jorge Mas Canosa Middle School, fue puesta temporalmente bajo cierre preventivo debido a lo que las Escuelas Públicas del Condado Miami-Dade describieron como “actividad policial en el área no relacionada con la escuela”. El cierre preventivo fue levantado posteriormente.

Las autoridades no han divulgado detalles adicionales sobre lo que provocó el enfrentamiento.

La investigación continúa.

Glover saw the whale surfacing on Wednesday while he was fishing for salmon and striped bass from a 21-foot (6.4-meter) boat, less than half the length of the animal. He shot a few videos as the whale broke the surface of the water in California's largest river, about 60 miles (97 kilometers) from its more typical home of the Pacific Ocean.

“One of the guys on the boat, he said, ‘I see a whale.’ He saw the spout,” Glover said. “At first we didn't believe it. We thought he had mistaken a dolphin or a porpoise. Then we saw the spout again, and there's no mistaking a whale spout.”

The rare inland visit from a whale has attracted the attention of scientists who want to know what kind of condition it's in and how it wound up so far from the sea. The whale entered San Francisco Bay earlier in the week and has been traveling east in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California's largest river delta, The Marine Mammal Center said in a statement.

The center, which is in Sausalito, said its cetacean team is planning to assess and monitor the animal. The public should avoid interacting with the whale and trying to change its course, said Kathi George, the center's director of cetacean conservation biology.

“While it’s unknown whether this whale is just passing through or if there is an underlying, unknown ailment, the best thing people can do is experience this adult whale’s presence from a respectful distance,” George said.

The whale is known to researchers through a photo identification catalog and has been documented 15 times over the past 24 years, the center said. The most recent documented sighting before this week was in Baja California in February, the center said. Researchers don't know whether the whale is male or female.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration both declined to comment about this week's sighting.

The whale isn't the first to travel so far inland. In 1985, a humpback whale known as Humphrey spent several weeks in the Rio Vista area before returning to the ocean, The Marine Mammal Center said. A mother-calf pair known as Delta and Dawn spent nearly three weeks in the Sacramento River Delta in 2007 before returning, the center said. The whales eventually made their way back to the ocean, the center said.

Humpback whales are among the largest animals on Earth and can weigh up to 80,000 pounds (35,287 kilograms). They are known for their dramatic lunges at the water's surface, an activity called breaching, and their complex underwater songs.

Seeing the whale so far upriver was a thrill, Glover said. The animal seemed in good shape despite being far from home, he added.

“It came up and went down in fairly regular intervals,” he said. “It was moving along at a fair clip. It wasn't acting erratically other than that it was upstream in a freshwater river.”

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On Friday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order to accelerate implementation of a California law that calls for independent oversight of AI companies and the use of “kill switches” so developers have the ability to shut down their systems.

“California will do what it can. But this nation needs to get in the game. Washington, D.C. needs to do its job,” Newsom said on his podcast Friday.

The order came a day after Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, also expected to be a leading Democratic presidential prospect, delivered a speech outlining the steps he’s taking locally to confront AI risk. Like Newson, he conceded that states have obvious limitations in regulating a global technology.

The efforts come as AI leaders have issued dire warnings about the potentially catastrophic threat posed by rogue AI agents. The country has begun grappling with the impact of a technology that could bring both tremendous gains in areas like medical research and automation but also unleash deadly viruses, cause widespread economic upheaval and help terrorists inflict harm.

While Trump has angrily dismissed the warnings as a “HOAX,” Democratic lawmakers and candidates across the country are delivering speeches and proposing legislation as they sense a political opening heading into the midterms and the next presidential race.

Trump dismisses warnings

Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and SpaceXAI’s Elon Musk have all called for greater government oversight of the industry after a series of hacks revealed AI agents conspiring to deceive humans.

Trump has responded by saying that he is “the only control or ‘guardrails’ that AI needs.”

Democrats quickly pounced.

Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff, a Democrat who is seeking reelection in a state Trump won two years ago, said at a campaign rally last weekend that “a capable president would move swiftly to secure and reassure the American people, rush inspectors into frontier labs, fortify the nation against bioterrorism, demand legislation from Congress, and lead the world toward an AI treaty.”

Ossoff, seen as a potential 2028 contender, said geriatric politicians have little comprehension of AI technology.

“An ancient establishment, barely capable of email, sleepwalks into a technological revolution while the president dismantles precautions and calls us fools for worrying,” he said.

Another potential White House contender, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, told Politico he will introduce legislation next week to create a fund that AI companies would contribute to support workers affected by the disruption.

Shapiro, in his speech, called for new federal rules to require independent, third-party oversight, increased transparency, and to “prioritize safety above all else.” In his state, he noted that he has already signed an executive order to establish “real guardrails governing how Pennsylvania uses generative AI.” But he acknowledged that states have obvious limits.

“It’s going to require national and, in fact, international, leadership and collaboration,” he said.

Alex Bores, a soon-to-be-former New York State lawmaker who lost his congressional primary this summer after AI companies angry over an AI safety bill he championed spent millions to defeat him, said: “The salience of this issue has climbed dramatically.”

“People want there to be real action on it,” he said. “Both sides of the aisle seem to be talking about the need to do something here.”

Bores, who recently launched a political advocacy group aimed at influencing how his party responds to the technology, said he was encouraged by governors who seemed to be pivoting from calling on the federal government to act to working on their own regulations.

“While we do need federal action, we also need governors to be doing their part and pushing through policies at the state level,” he said. “I’ve been encouraged by the vibe shift” over the last few days.

A divide is emerging along party lines

While it remains early, polling suggests a growing ideological divide over AI, with Democrats becoming more alarmed over the last few years, while Republicans have become less concerned.

Democrats are more likely than Republicans to be “more concerned than excited” about the growing use of AI in daily life, according to a June Pew Research Center poll.

About half of U.S. adults overall say the increased use of AI in daily life makes them “more concerned than excited.” Another Pew Research Center poll from June found that about 7 in 10 U.S. adults think that AI will cause job losses in the U.S. over the next 20 years, up 7 percentage points since 2024.

Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego, a Democrat, has been calling on Republican Senate leadership to establish a select committee on A.I. as soon as possible.

“I worry about this as a true existential threat. This is the first time that we’ve created technology to destroy humanity that could be controlled by not humans,” he said on MSNOW.

The concern has not filtered down to some local races

While potential 2028 candidates have been eager to weigh in on AI, the issue has been less potent in many local races, where some fear the kind of spending that Bores faced.

At a rally in New York's highly competitive 17th Congressional district on Wednesday, the audience cheered as Democratic candidate Cait Conley vowed to ban data centers that power AI and cloud computing. But no direct mention was made of the broader technology or its risks.

There have been exceptions.

In Michigan, both candidates for a tightly contested Senate seat have called for some level of slowdown. At a town hall on Sept. 11, Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed said AI was keeping him up at night, describing it as an existential risk.

“We need to all hit pause,” said El-Sayed, who wants to halt frontier research and mandate new public oversight, including turning AI companies into public benefit corporations, creating a new regulatory agency and banning the use of AI to deny medical care, make hiring or firing decisions — or fire a weapon.

On Monday, Republican nominee Mike Rogers called for an AI slowdown in an X post after Amodei’s warning.

“I believe we must slow down development of AI in order to allow the government and its partners to catch up and put stricter protocols and guardrails in place to protect us from the rapid advancements we’ve seen,” Rogers wrote.

Bores said that data centers had fueled such backlash not only because of concerns over their immediate local impact, but also because, “It is the first time that AI is meeting democracy.”

“Of course they're channeling all of their concerns about it into the fight against data centers,” he said. ____

Steve Peoples in New York, Linley Sanders in Washington and Jacqueline GaNun in Lansing, Michigan contributed to this report.

New York said it will make the roster move on Saturday. The placement could be backdated to Thursday, meaning it is possible Judge could return for New York’s regular-season finale on Sept. 27.

Boone didn't offer any guarantees that would happen.

“I don’t know,” Boone said. “I don’t have a timeline on him. He’s on the IL now. I’m not going to predict anything. He’s getting treated and we’ll see what transpires.”

Judge was removed for a pinch hitter in the sixth inning Wednesday during a game against the Minnesota Twins because of the discomfort in his leg. Judge said at the time it was a precautionary move, but Boone said symptoms persisted and an MRI showed the strain.

Judge was 4 for 23 with 13 strikeouts and one extra-base hit in seven games since returning last week from a broken rib, which kept him out of the lineup for more than three months.

Boone said utilityman Max Schuemann will be recalled from Triple-A to take Judge's place on the roster. Schuemann is batting .194 with two homers and eight RBIs in 87 big league plate appearances this season.

Three-time All-Star Cody Bellinger said he was frustrated for Judge because he knows how hard the 34-year-old has worked to get back into the lineup.

“It hurts. We all know he's the best hitter in the game,” Bellinger said. “But for us in here, the mindset is that we're going to have to find a way. I think the talent in this locker room speaks for itself, and I'm fully confident that we have enough talent in here to go out and beat anybody.”

Judge is hitting .241 with 18 homers and 41 RBIs over 66 games this season. The Yankees have already clinched a playoff spot but entered Friday five games behind the first-place Tampa Bay Rays in the AL East.

Boone echoed Bellinger's sentiment that the Yankees have enough talent to weather another Judge injury. Ben Rice leads New York with 38 homers while Bellinger is hitting .276 with a team-high 25 doubles, 16 homers and 71 RBIs.

The Yankees entered with 47-39 record in the games Judge has missed this season and a 41-25 mark in games that he's played.

“We've got a lot of really good offensive players,” Boone said. “A lot of good players, guys who are playing really well now. The reality is we've had to play a lot of this year without him. There's no replacing a player like Aaron Judge, but we have high expectations that don't change.”

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The opinion from the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel says the law aimed at making it harder for 18- to 20-year-olds to get handguns violates the Second Amendment. The opinion indicates the Trump administration will not defend or prosecute cases under the law that has been the subject of competing court rulings in the wake of a landmark Supreme Court decision that transformed the legal landscape around firearms.

“Eighteen-year-olds may vote, serve on juries, be drafted, and face adult criminal penalties, including capital punishment,” Assistant Attorney General Elliot Gaiser, who leads the Office of Legal Counsel, said in a statement. “The Constitution protects the people’s right to keep and bear arms. The Department of Justice may not constitutionally seek to impose criminal penalties on dealers who sell handguns to law-abiding adults who, in nearly every other relevant respect, are members of the political community.”

Under the federal law, people must be 21 to purchase a handgun from a licensed federal firearms dealer, though 18- to 20-year-olds can buy handguns from private sellers. There is an 18-year-old minimum for purchases of long guns from licensed dealers.

Federal appeals courts have split on whether handgun age limits are constitutional, and the U.S. Supreme Court has yet to weigh in on the federal law in the wake of the 2022 landmark decision that changed the test used to evaluate challenges to firearm restrictions.

It's the latest victory for gun rights groups under the second Trump administration, which has rolled back some firearms regulations and created a new pathway for people who’ve been barred from owning firearms because of criminal convictions to apply to have their gun rights reinstated.

Gun control groups called the Justice Department's opinion misguided and dangerous.

"Federal prosecutors nationwide will stop holding illegal sellers of handguns to 18- to 20-year-olds accountable if they know the DOJ has pulled the rug out from under them,” Eric Tirschwell, executive director of Everytown Law, said in an emailed statement. “Abandoning protections that target the highest-risk age group for handgun violence isn’t just an unconscionable surrender of public safety — it is a dangerous dereliction of duty.”

Trump in a social media post announcing the deal said the emerging agreement “gives the United States permanent control over security, and all other needs, in Greenland, completely addressing ALL of our many U.S. concerns.”

He added that with the agreement his administration would “immediately” begin the process of developing a larger military presence on the mineral-rich Danish territory.

The deal came after officials from U.S., Greenland and Denmark quietly negotiated for months behind the scenes, searching for solutions to address some of Trump’s security concerns about a territory of roughly 56,000 residents.

For Trump, the Greenland issue had largely been put on the back burner as he launched a military operation to oust former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from power and joined with Israel to start a war against Iran.

With the announcement of the pact, Trump is able to tout a foreign policy achievement ahead of the midterm elections. The six-month-old Iran conflict has reshaped the race, undermining Trump’s campaign pledge to steer clear of foreign conflicts and challenging Republicans as they cling to narrow majorities in Congress.

The office of Denmark's prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, said the deal will be signed by all three governments next week during the United Nations General Assembly, but parliamentary action is still needed by the Danish and Greenland governments before it can be enforced.

In a statement she said “the agreement recognizes the sovereignty and territorial integrity” of Greenland and Denmark and upholds both people's right "to self-determination.”

Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said the emerging deal benefits all three governments and “recognizes Greenland’s interests."

Allies pushed back on Trump's call for the US to acquire Greenland

With his return to the White House last year, Trump called on Denmark to sell the island to the United States, while insisting Greenland is crucial for U.S. security. He pointedly wouldn't rule out taking the island by military force, even though Denmark is a NATO ally of the U.S.

Denmark and Greenland repeatedly said the island is not for sale and condemned reports of the U.S. gathering intelligence there. The U.S. push for Greenland was also fiercely opposed by Russia and much of Europe.

But Trump with the announcement Friday suggested an understanding may have been reached that could bring an end to what was viewed as an existential crisis by Denmark.

“We look forward to working with the wonderful people of Denmark and Greenland toward a magnificent future with respect to this large, and highly strategic, parcel of land,” Trump said in his post. “We will be very protective of it!”

Trump had claimed the U.S. needs Greenland to deter threats from Russia and China, and has repeatedly made false claims of Chinese and Russian military forces lurking off the island’s coastline.

The agreement bans any non-NATO base in Greenland, limits adversaries from being able to make investments in Greenland and guarantees that China and Russia cannot have a base in Greenland, according to a State Department official who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio cheered the statement as a “historic deal” and “huge win” for the United States.

“Greenland will forever be part of the strategic defense area of North America and exclude any adversary from it and the surrounding area,” Rubio said. “This deal permanently and completely addresses our national security concerns in Greenland.”

The island is crucial to North America's defense

But the U.S. has long had a military presence in Greenland, holding several bases and installations through the Cold War before dialing back its presence.

The U.S. still operates the remote Pituffik Space Base in northwestern Greenland, which was built after the U.S. and Denmark signed the Defense of Greenland Treaty in 1951. It supports missile warning, missile defense and space surveillance operations for the U.S. and NATO.

Greenland sits off the northeastern coast of Canada, with more than two-thirds of its territory lying within the Arctic Circle. That has made it crucial to the defense of North America since World War II, when the U.S. occupied Greenland to ensure it didn’t fall into the hands of Nazi Germany and to protect vital North Atlantic shipping lanes.

Despite Trump's repeated aggressive comments toward Denmark about Greenland, Danish officials had repeatedly made clear that they stood ready to work with the U.S. to expand the American military presence and strengthen U.S. commercial interests in Greenland.

Still, Trump’s repeated demands for Greenland and threats to take it by force rattled the NATO alliance and discomfited European allies, said Imran Bayoumi, an associate director at the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security.

“I think Americans really underestimate how damaging it was for the image of the United States in Europe,” he said. “I think Greenlanders, Danes, Europeans saw this as a real attack on their sovereignty, and it’s going to take a lot of work to repair.”

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The Florida Department of Health confirmed the death Friday, though it didn't provide further details. It's one of more than 130 locally acquired dengue cases reported so far this year in Hillsborough County, which typically sees only a handful.

“This is wildly unusual for us,” said Chris Wilkerson, a spokesperson for the county.

The Tampa Bay Times first reported the death, described as an elderly Tampa woman who died Sept. 4.

Dengue is caused by a virus spread by a type of warm weather mosquito that is expanding its geographic reach because of climate change, experts say. The current Florida outbreak is likely due to recent weather conditions that allowed the virus-spreading mosquitoes to multiply.

For decades in the U.S., most reported dengue cases were in travelers infected in other countries, along with locally acquired cases in Puerto Rico.

But in 2009-2010, Key West, Florida, reported the first dengue cases acquired in the continental U.S. outside of the Texas-Mexico border since 1945.

The state's largest number — nearly 200 — was reported in 2023. But this year’s total so far already ranks second, with 152 cases of locally acquired dengue cases so far, according to the Florida Department of Health.

Many infected people don’t get sick, meaning the number of cases reported in an outbreak can be an undercount of the real number of infections.

But some experience headache, fever and flu-like symptoms. Severe cases can cause serious bleeding, shock and death.

Across the world, more than 2.2 million infections have been reported so far this year, according to the World Health Organization, and nearly 1,200 have died.

In the United States, there have been nearly 1,500 locally acquired U.S. cases, most of them in Puerto Rico, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The current outbreak is centered just north of Tampa, and workers have been spraying to kill mosquitoes day and night. They also have been checking properties for pooled water, including in tires, where mosquitoes might breed, said Paolo Pecora, senior environmental scientist for Hillsborough County Mosquito Management Services.

Recent sampling of mosquitoes has not been finding the virus, a sign that the likelihood of new infections is waning, Pecora said.

Outbreaks can start when a person travels, gets infected and then is bitten back in the U.S. by a mosquito capable of spreading the virus. It can mushroom from there, said Michael von Fricken, a University of Florida associate professor of environmental and global health.

Given the recurring abundance of those kinds of mosquitoes in Florida, the threat of dengue is not likely to tail off, he added. “I do think it’s going to be somewhat the new normal,” he said.

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It was a puzzling display by Xabi Alonso's Chelsea side, which has now gone three league games without a win.

Jaidon Anthony, Igor Thiago and Fabio Carvalho all scored in the second half for Brentford.

“Disappointed with the second half, disappointed with the result," Chelsea manager Alonso said. "This is not how to compete in the Premier League. We were punished.

“At the moment we are not being consistent enough to compete during the whole game, 45 minutes is not enough, you need to compete for the whole game. It’s about everything, it’s about tactical things that we need to keep improving and do much better.”

This was a Chelsea lineup containing all the elements of its offseason transfer rethink, with a solid, experienced spine which saw Jordan Henderson and Danny Welbeck make their first league starts for the club.

Something appeared to have clicked. The visitors did not look half as chaotic defensively in the first half as they have done at times this season, standing up physically to Brentford, winning duels and not allowing Keith Andrews’ side to dominate second balls.

But old habits crept back in after the break. The marking from Mikkel Damsgaard’s 61st-minute corner was poor, Jannik Schuster headed on and Anthony finished it off.

Thiago was then left free to score after Kevin Schade’s shot was saved, and a low cross was whacked in during stoppage time by Carvalho to send Brentford fans into dreamland.

“It was a really good evening,” said Brentford manager Andrews. "It’s important that you enjoy evenings like this because you work so hard and there are so many tough days in this game.

"When you play against a west London rival, you build up to a game and you go on a bit of a journey with the team. There are always bumps along the way, but we were in a really good place and it’s nice to see it come into fruition tonight.”

Brentford has nine points from five games and is three points behind co-leaders Arsenal and Manchester City, who play on Saturday and Sunday respectively.

Chelsea is down to seventh with seven points from five games.

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Traded to the New York Rangers, who signed him to a seven-year, $77 million contract, Dorofeyev will be counted on to lead the way. The shoot-first winger has no fear of being the guy.

“You just have to be a man and accept the challenge and do your best,” he said.

Dorofeyev, who turns 26 in late October, is one of several familiar faces in a new place this NHL season.

Brady Tkachuk joins brother Matthew with Florida

After spending his first eight years in the league in Ottawa, Brady Tkachuk asked for a trade and ended up with the Panthers and brother Matthew. As if a team with one Tkachuk and Sam Bennett needed more toughness, but Florida got it.

“It’s way better to have them on the same team than playing against you,” said captain Aleksander Barkov, who is returning after missing all of last season with a torn ACL and medial collateral ligament in his right knee. “Knowing how tough it always was to play against Brady, he’s one of the guys you always circle from the lineup. You need to be aware of him. Literally anything he does is dangerous, and he can score, he can make you pay, he plays physical, aggressive and he has that skill, too, so I’m really excited to have him on the same team.”

After winning the Stanley Cup back to back in 2024 and '25 and missing the playoffs last season, the rejuvenated Panthers are favored to hoist the trophy again.

Sergei Bobrovsky goes to Toronto

The goalie known as “Bob” who backstopped Florida to those titles left in free agency to sign a three-year, $21 million contract with the Maple Leafs, who are banking on him at 38 to bounce back from a subpar season.

“As he’s aged and how he takes care himself, it’s become kind of legendary,” Toronto center John Tavares said. “Really excited to be around him because of, I think, the skillset, the pedigree, what he’s going to bring to the team and then the quality of goaltenders he is.”

Bobrovsky is one of several additions made by new general manager John Chayka, who also did a sign-and-trade for defenseman Darren Raddysh and acquired forward Nick Paul from Tampa Bay.

Alex Tuch cashes in with the Capitals

After helping Buffalo end the longest playoff drought in league history, Alex Tuch worked out an eight-year, $84 million deal with Washington as part of a sign-and-trade. Tuch is coming off a 66-point season.

The Capitals also dealt for winger Jordan Kyrou from St. Louis and signed forward Boone Jenner and defenseman Vincent Desharnais to load up for what may be Alex Ovechkin's final chance at making another deep run.

“As a player, if you see your organization going out and trying to get the best players available, it’s a really good feeling,” winger Tom Wilson said. “It’s our team, our organization saying 'We’re here. We want to win now. Let’s try and go get this thing.' And as a player, that’s all you can ask for.”

Vincent Trocheck goes West to Utah

The Rangers' summer of changes included sending center Vincent Trocheck to the Mammoth. Trocheck and Anders Lee, signed in free agency after the Islanders let their longtime captain go, could be key role players for Utah as it looks to become a perennial contender.

“We have a young core, but I think it’s good to have some guys that have been in a lot of different situations where us young guys could kind of lean on them,” forward Logan Cooley said.

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Cecilia Richardson said she heard people arguing before hearing several gunshots.

“We just heard like two or three gunshots. They were just back to back,” Richardson said.

The sound of gunfire was captured on a Ring camera near Southwest 129th Avenue and 203rd Street. Residents soon learned someone had been shot outside their homes.

Richardson said a deputy blocked off the street as deputies investigated.

Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies said they responded to reports of shots fired in the area just before 6:30 p.m. When they arrived, they found a teenager who had been shot.

The victim, who has only been identified as a 16-year-old boy, was airlifted to Jackson South Medical Center for treatment. Deputies say they canvassed the neighborhood as they searched for the shooter.

“It is really scary. I have a 14-year-old and a 10-year-old. We are always out doing stuff in the neighborhood,” Richardson said. “We have been here over 10 years and close to 15 years, and we have never had anything like this happen.”

Surveillance video obtained by Local 10 shows what witnesses said was the suspect’s black truck speeding away moments after the shooting.

Investigators said the victim was sitting in a vehicle with another person when the two started arguing.

When the boy got out of the truck, deputies said 18-year-old Misael Aguilar Santurio opened fire, hitting the boy in the leg.

Deputies said Santurio was later found and arrested. Jail records show he is facing two counts each of attempted second-degree murder with a deadly weapon and aggravated assault with a firearm.

As of Friday, he was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, where his bond was listed as “to be set.”

Cecilia Richardson dijo que escuchó a varias personas discutiendo antes de escuchar varios disparos.

“Solo escuchamos como dos o tres disparos. Fueron uno tras otro”, dijo Richardson.

El sonido de los disparos fue captado por una cámara Ring cerca de Southwest 129th Avenue y 203rd Street. Los residentes pronto se enteraron de que alguien había sido baleado frente a sus casas.

Richardson dijo que un agente bloqueó la calle mientras los agentes investigaban.

Agentes de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade dijeron que respondieron a reportes de disparos en el área poco antes de las 6:30 p.m. Cuando llegaron, encontraron a un adolescente que había sido baleado.

La víctima, quien solo ha sido identificada como un adolescente de 16 años, fue trasladada en helicóptero al Jackson South Medical Center para recibir tratamiento. Los agentes dijeron que recorrieron el vecindario mientras buscaban al atacante.

“Es realmente aterrador. Tengo un hijo de 14 años y otro de 10. Siempre estamos afuera haciendo cosas en el vecindario”, dijo Richardson. “Hemos estado aquí más de 10 años, cerca de 15 años, y nunca habíamos tenido algo así”.

Un video de vigilancia obtenido por Local 10 muestra lo que testigos dijeron que era la camioneta negra del sospechoso alejándose a toda velocidad momentos después de la balacera.

Los investigadores dijeron que la víctima estaba sentada en un vehículo con otra persona cuando ambos comenzaron a discutir.

Cuando el adolescente salió de la camioneta, los agentes dijeron que Misael Aguilar Santurio, de 18 años, abrió fuego y baleó al adolescente en la pierna.

Los agentes dijeron que Santurio fue localizado posteriormente y arrestado. Los registros de la cárcel muestran que enfrenta dos cargos de intento de asesinato en segundo grado con un arma mortal y dos cargos de agresión agravada con un arma de fuego.

Hasta el viernes, permanecía detenido en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight, donde su fianza figuraba como “por determinar”.

Un equipo de Local 10 News estuvo en la intersección de Southeast Second Avenue y Seventh Street en Dania Beach, donde los vehículos circulaban con precaución por el agua acumulada. Algunos automóviles parecían estar parcialmente sumergidos, mientras un autobús escolar transitaba por la carretera inundada.

Las condiciones se extendieron hasta el aeropuerto, donde un video mostró inundaciones en áreas utilizadas por viajeros y conductores. Se recomendó a los conductores tener precaución y esperar retrasos, especialmente en calles secundarias.

En Oakland Park, un equipo de Local 10 News visitó calles inundadas a lo largo de Oakland Park Boulevard, Northeast Sixth Avenue y Prospect Road. El agua se acumuló a ambos lados de la carretera, mientras los conductores circulaban lentamente por los tramos inundados.

Se reportó un accidente que involucró una camioneta blanca y un automóvil azul cerca de la carretera inundada. No estaba claro de inmediato si las condiciones del tiempo contribuyeron al choque o si alguno de los vehículos quedó averiado debido a las inundaciones.

El superintendente de las Escuelas Públicas del Condado Broward, Howard Hepburn, envió un mensaje a los padres advirtiendo que los estudiantes podrían ser dejados en sus hogares más tarde de lo habitual debido a las condiciones del tiempo. Los conductores de autobuses escolares también estaban tomando precauciones adicionales y evitando áreas donde las inundaciones eran demasiado severas.

También se reportaron inundaciones en Pompano Beach, donde un residente dijo a Local 10 que el agua rodeaba su casa y le impedía regresar.

Mientras la lluvia continuaba el viernes por la tarde, se recomendó a los conductores evitar transitar por carreteras inundadas cuando fuera posible y avanzar lentamente donde se hubiera acumulado agua.

Hasta el momento, no se habían reportado cierres de carreteras en el área de Oakland Park, aunque el agua había subido por encima de los neumáticos de algunos vehículos estacionados.

The plan expands existing joint operations among federal, state and municipal authorities along Rio’s key highways and in selected territories, with a focus on increased shared intelligence, coordinated policing and inspections.

Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, Lula’s main rival and son of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, and U.S. President Donald Trump have accused Lula of insufficient action to curb organized crime groups that control large swaths of Rio and remote areas such as the Amazon.

“This is a new beginning to create a new template for public security in this country,” Lula said. “God wanted us to begin with Rio de Janeiro, because if it works in Rio, it will work across the country.”

Efforts include expanding coordinated policing, inspections, intelligence and surveillance along the state’s main logistics corridors to target cargo theft and weapons and drug trafficking, while also going after the financial networks of organized crime.

“Lots of people ask why Lula, who has been president three times, hasn’t already taken responsibility for public security,” Lula said. He said most of the public security has been in the hands of state governments since the 1988 Constitution, a mistake he said his government wishes to rectify.

Some observers say Lula’s government accelerated efforts to combat organized crime after Rio’s deadliest police operation last year, when more than 120 people were killed. Polls afterward showed an increase in then-Gov. Claudio Castro’s approval rating and strong support for the deadly raid.

In May, Lula launched a $2 billion anti-organized crime project that included beefing up the fight against arms trafficking, attacking the finances of criminal organizations, raising the quality of homicide investigations and investing in the country’s prison system.

On Friday, Lula again criticized Trump’s decision earlier this year to classify the First Command of the Capital, or PCC, and the Red Command, or CV, as foreign terrorist organizations, saying that while the groups terrorize local populations they are not terrorist organizations because they seek profit rather than political change.

Some analysts and politicians have said the classification of the PCC and CV is an attempt to meddle in Brazil's crucial election by making Lula look soft on crime.

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The Ministry of Energy and Mines announced the islandwide power outage on its official X account and added that officials had begun “activating service-restoration protocols.”

“No one can stand these constant blackouts. There isn’t enough food, there’s no water, there’s no electricity -- you have no idea,” Mercedes Rodriguez, a 60-year-old worker in Havana, told The Associated Press as she waited for public transportation to return home. “The country is in such a sad state, and there are no words for what we’re going through.”

According to Cuban authorities, a failure reportedly occurred in transmission lines in the western part of the country, causing the system to collapse in that area — as far as Matanzas province — and the eastern section of the island was subsequently disconnected.

The official newspaper Granma reported that “unstable” weather conditions further aggravated the grid’s situation.

By dusk, power had been restored to 5% of users in Havana, which has a total of about 862,000 customers, according to official data. Small power-distribution “micro-islands” were being established in the provinces of Camagüey, Pinar del Río and Granma. Some systems serving hospitals and other emergency facilities were being reactivated.

Power grid collapses have become increasingly common over the past two years because of the severe economic crisis gripping the island. They have worsened since January, after the United States imposed an energy blockade aimed at forcing a change in Cuba’s political system.

The restrictions prevent Cuba from importing the fuel needed to operate its thermoelectric power plants, as well as replacement parts required to maintain infrastructure that in many cases has become obsolete. Just one tanker of fuel has been delivered since, by a Russian tanker in March.

The two most recent nationwide blackouts occurred in early August, following others in July and March, as well as several regional outages.

Even when the national power grid is working, Cubans regularly endure outages lasting more than 30 consecutive hours.

The blackouts have had a significant impact on the population and, combined with the energy embargo, have led to transportation limitations, reduced work hours and flight cancellations, in addition to serious public health consequences.

The power outages also affect basic activities such as cooking, water supply, and internet and telephone service.

Abilén Marrero, a homemaker, sat resignedly at the entrance to her building in central Havana on Friday.

“Maybe it’ll come back this afternoon or tomorrow—there’s no way to know. We just have to wait," she said.

The figure from U.S. Central Command, which oversees operations in the Middle East, offers the most up-to-date cost for the conflict since it was launched by the United States and Israel on Feb. 28. A Congressional Budget Office report released Tuesday said the war had cost $38 billion through Aug. 1 and will continue to rack up expenses of around $3 billion a month depending on the conflict's intensity.

The new breakdown, seen by The Associated Press and reported earlier by Bloomberg and Punchbowl News, also showed the continued use of expensive munitions by American forces. Weapons costs jumped by more than $6 billion in just over a month, from $21.7 billion listed in the CBO report to $28.1 billion in U.S. Central Command’s estimate.

The financial cost is just one measure of the impact of the Iran war, which also is affecting oil prices and the stock market and has led to deaths and injuries of American troops. The political costs will be calculated in November's midterm congressional elections, with Republicans facing increasing headwinds from the war's unpopularity.

The latest cost estimate has emerged as the Trump administration pushes for a historic $1.5 trillion military budget proposal. The White House also is asking Congress to approve a $95 billion package that would help fund the Iran war and other priorities.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called for the budget's passage during a speech Friday in Austin, Texas, at Saronic Technologies, which makes drones for the Navy.

“We’re asking for $1.5 trillion in the current budget to make generational investments to keep our country strong and sustain good, high-paying jobs for American manufacturers like Saronic,” Hegseth said. “We will deliver on this generational investment. We will fund this department.”

Meanwhile, Democratic senators are demanding that Hegseth provide a full accounting of the costs of the Iran war. In a letter to the Pentagon chief, the lawmakers criticized the Defense Department for withholding basic budget information from Congress and the American public even as U.S. casualties and taxpayer costs increase.

The U.S. military's one-page breakdown to Congress this week includes costs for operating warships, planes and bases as well as for equipment losses and medical support for troops. Casualties tallied by the Pentagon have included 18 dead and more than 830 wounded, according to the Defense Casualty Analysis System.

The report does not include damage to U.S. bases in the Middle East, which the Islamic Republic has attacked with ballistic missiles and drones. A report from the Pentagon inspector general released Monday said Iranian strikes have 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.

In the new report to Congress, the figure for munitions was by far the largest, constituting well over half of all costs. The advanced weapons that have been in the most demand are defensive missile interceptors, such as those launched by the Army's Patriot and THAAD systems.

The diminished stockpiles also have caused alarm in Europe, where U.S. and NATO officials have told the AP that there is a “beyond critical” shortage of missile interceptors. Saudi Arabia also is running low on interceptors and has turned to regional and Western allies for assistance as its standoff with Houthi rebels in Yemen drags on.

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

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

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

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

Las estadísticas son preocupantes, pero hay buenas noticias. Cuando el cáncer de mama se detecta a tiempo, no solo es tratable. Se puede vencer.

Durante el Mes de Concientización sobre el Cáncer de Mama en octubre, Kristi Krueger de Local 10 presentará reportes de salud enfocados en la detección y prevención del cáncer de mama.

Todo forma parte de una nueva campaña de Local 10 llamada “Proactivamente de rosa”. El objetivo es crear conciencia de que la detección temprana salva vidas y mejora significativamente los resultados del tratamiento. Adoptar un estilo de vida más saludable que incluya mantener un peso saludable y hacer ejercicio regularmente puede reducir el riesgo de la enfermedad.

“Proactivamente de rosa” se transmitirá todos los jueves de octubre, a partir del 1 de octubre, durante el noticiero de las 5:30 p.m.

Ole Miss students were warned this week that nobody wearing an opposing team's apparel will be allowed to enter the student section at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium and that anyone spotted by security in opponent gear or colors during the game will be removed.

This unusually strict protocol was enacted with tensions between the Southeastern Conference rivals as high as ever, following Kiffin's departure for LSU late last year at the end of the regular season, just before Ole Miss entered the College Football Playoff. The Tigers are ranked seventh and the Rebels are eighth in the latest Associated Press poll.

Sean Tindell, commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, announced earlier this week that between 65 and 70 troopers and officers from the highway patrol and commercial transportation enforcement division would be in Oxford to “maintain a highly visible and proactive presence through the conclusion of the weekend.” The operation also will include a helicopter and a mobile command center to coordinate surveillance of the scene, not for a specific threat but rather to be proactive.

Louisiana State Police have sent 15 officers to work with Mississippi law enforcement, Tindell said, to help ensure safe and efficient transportation and operations for LSU's traveling party.

“Our priority is making sure everyone can enjoy the game and surrounding events safely,” Tindell said. “This enhanced presence is about being prepared, staying proactive and working together."

The operation also includes officers with the university and the city. Oxford, which has a non-student population of about 27,000, has six horses for officers on mounted patrol and will increase that on Saturday to at least 10, with officers from Mobile, Alabama, coming to help, Oxford police spokesman Breck Jones said.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, in an interview this week with ESPN, raised the question of sending the National Guard with the traveling party to protect Kiffin and his players.

“But I’m hoping that we can go there and play in complete Southern hospitality and have a great, great game," Landry told ESPN.

When Ole Miss played at Tennessee in 2021, bringing Kiffin back to another one of his previous coaching stops, play was halted for about 20 minutes after Volunteers fans upset about a fourth-down spot of the ball in the closing minutes of a close game pelted the field with objects. Kiffin said he was hit by golf balls and liquor bottles.

“As an administrator, that’s your worst nightmare,” Ole Miss athletic director Keith Carter said this week in an interview with CBS Sports, referencing that game. "It gives your university an image that isn’t who you are. That’s a concern for this weekend, too.”

Ole Miss coach Pete Golding echoed the calls for restraint from Rebels fans.

“About Oxford, the first thing you talk about is the people there. Let’s not lose that over a game, over a person or anything else like that,” Golding said this week at his regular news conference. “There’s nothing wrong with being competitive, being in the moment, being really loud and being an unbelievable fan. At the end of the day, don’t lose what we’ve created.”

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Jail records show Husain Maki Habib is facing one count of child abuse without great bodily harm.

Doral police said the incident occurred Wednesday night after Habib instructed the girl to turn off her tablet and get ready for bed.

According to an arrest report, Habib became upset when she did not immediately comply, took her iPad and struck it with a hammer, breaking the screen.

The girl told police that Habib then threatened to “smash her head and throw her off the balcony” if she did not listen, the report states

Police said Habib later entered the bedroom the girl shared with her older sister and allegedly pushed her to the floor and kicked her several times.

The girl also told investigators that Habib pushed her head into the floor multiple times, according to the report.

Police said girl was taken to a local hospital for evaluation. They said medical staff observed minor contusions on her lower back and near her shin, but no head injuries. The injuries were documented by crime scene personnel, according to the report.

Investigators said the victim’s 14-year-old sibling, who witnessed part of the incident, told detectives that Habib became upset over the girl’s continued use of the iPad and broke it with a hammer.

The victim’s sister said Habib then took the girl toward the bedroom, where she fell to the floor, and struck her arm with an open hand and kicked her about three times near her lower back or shin area, according to the report.

Authorities said Habib was detained at his home at about 1:43 p.m. Thursday and taken to the Doral Police Department headquarters for questioning.

Investigators said he was advised of his Miranda rights and declined to provide a statement without an attorney present.

As of Friday, he was being held on a $2,500 bond at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que Husain Maki Habib enfrenta un cargo de abuso infantil sin lesiones corporales graves.

La policía de Doral dijo que el incidente ocurrió el miércoles por la noche después de que Habib le indicara a la niña que apagara su tableta y se preparara para dormir.

Según un reporte de arresto, Habib se molestó cuando ella no obedeció de inmediato, tomó su iPad y lo golpeó con un martillo, rompiendo la pantalla.

La niña dijo a la policía que Habib luego amenazó con “romperle la cabeza y lanzarla desde el balcón” si no obedecía, indica el reporte.

La policía dijo que Habib posteriormente entró al dormitorio que la niña compartía con su hermana mayor y presuntamente la empujó al suelo y la pateó varias veces.

La niña también dijo a los investigadores que Habib le empujó la cabeza contra el suelo varias veces, según el reporte.

La policía dijo que la niña fue trasladada a un hospital local para ser evaluada. Dijeron que el personal médico observó contusiones menores en la parte baja de la espalda y cerca de la espinilla, pero ninguna lesión en la cabeza. Las lesiones fueron documentadas por personal de la escena del crimen, según el reporte.

Los investigadores dijeron que la hermana de 14 años de la víctima, quien presenció parte del incidente, dijo a los detectives que Habib se molestó porque la niña continuaba usando el iPad y lo rompió con un martillo.

La hermana de la víctima dijo que Habib luego llevó a la niña hacia el dormitorio, donde cayó al suelo, y la golpeó en el brazo con la mano abierta y la pateó unas tres veces cerca de la parte baja de la espalda o el área de la espinilla, según el reporte.

Las autoridades dijeron que Habib fue detenido en su casa alrededor de la 1:43 p.m. del jueves y llevado a la sede del Departamento de Policía de Doral para ser interrogado.

Los investigadores dijeron que fue informado de sus derechos Miranda y se negó a dar una declaración sin la presencia de un abogado.

Hasta el viernes, permanecía detenido con una fianza de $2,500 USD en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight.

Carney, who returned from Europe on Thursday night, said Canada and Europe had “launched a process for a new alliance.” He also called the latest U.S. tariffs a “miscalculation” and repeated that suspending trade talks with Washington last month was the right decision.

“Amidst this global rupture, we must move forward,” Carney said.

He spoke Friday to Liberal lawmakers gathered in Ottawa ahead of a new session of Parliament, his first public remarks since returning Thursday evening from Strasbourg.

A day after telling the European Parliament that Canada and Europe needed greater resilience so no country could control their markets, impair their sovereignty or dictate their choices, Carney pointed Friday to Canada’s fiscal position as another source of strength.

Carney, a former head of the central banks of both Canada and England, also appeared to contrast Canada with the United States as U.S. government borrowing costs remain significantly higher than Canada’s.

“We’re now seeing financial markets starting to change the pricing ... to separate the strong from the weak,” Carney said. “We are the strong. We are Canada strong.”

The remarks capped a seven-day stretch in which he hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, convened major global investors in Toronto, met new U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham in Liverpool and addressed the European Parliament.

In Strasbourg, Carney embraced a shift toward Europe, calling for a far deeper alliance spanning energy, critical minerals, defense, artificial intelligence, research and other strategic sectors where he says Canada can no longer afford to depend on a single country.

The next major step is an Oct. 29-30 Canada-EU summit in Montreal.

President Donald Trump has imposed tariffs on Canadian goods, repeatedly talked about making Canada the 51st state and threatened additional economic measures. Trade negotiations collapsed last month and remain suspended.

Carney also touted a business tax break announced at this week’s Canada Investment Summit that is expected to cut the effective tax rate on new investment to 6.4%, less than half the U.S. rate.

“We didn’t need a big beautiful bill. We needed a targeted initiative,” Carney said, drawing laughter with an apparent jab at Trump’s signature tax-and-spending law.

Carney also appeared to mimic Trump while boasting that a major clean-energy project would produce the equivalent of “18 Hoover Dams,” repeating the phrase as he twice used the president’s familiar accordionlike hand gesture.

The government announced nearly half a trillion dollars in investment commitments around the summit.

“In the last seven days, we have stood shoulder to shoulder with an ally, we’ve catalyzed record investment into our country, we’ve deepened our ties with Europe,” Carney said.

“It’s a lot, but that was the warm-up.”

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While the county’s new budget kept public bus service before 6 a.m., it did not bridge the gap between Miami-Dade’s Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz’s request and Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s proposal for commissioners.

Related story: Miami-Dade sheriff asks commissioners for bigger budget: ‘Anything less is defunding the police’

Cordero-Stutz told commissioners that she was concerned that Levine Cava’s proposal, which includes about $1 billion to fund the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, did not meet the county’s law enforcement agency’s staffing needs.

“The proposed budget is not a responsible investment in public safety,” Cordero-Stutz said, adding MDSO currently operates below the Florida average.

During the process, Levine Cava told commissioners that property value growth had “returned to more moderate levels,” the cost of living continued to rise, and the county needed to prepare for the possibility of statewide property tax reform.

“At least these $11.5 million gets them to their contractual obligations,” Anthony Rodriguez, the commission’s chairman, said about adding to the sheriff’s budget.

Commissioners Vicki L. Lopez and René Garcia said they fully supported finding additional dollars for the sheriff’s budget.

Commissioner Keon Hardemon said it was likely the sheriff was still going to appeal to the state’s cabinet.

“I want to be supportive, but I just think that the money could be better served in other ways,“ said Hardemon, who represents District 3.

Related story: Miami-Dade commissioners raise concerns about county’s ‘Welcome to Vice City’ deal with Rockstar Games

Rodriguez said he wanted commissioners to allocate $5 million to the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau, a marketing organization, to “reinvest” in the community.

Commissioners Danielle Cohen Higgins, Oliver G. Gilbert, III, and Garcia supported it. Commissioners Raquel A. Regalado, Micky Steinberg, and Juan Carlos “JC” Bermudez opposed it.

Commissioners plan to reconsider raising funds to avoid the budget’s cuts on the late-night public bus service.

Related link: Miami-Dade approves $14B budget, late-night buses cut, Miami Herald reports

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The Environmental Protection Agency rescinded the Solar for All funds in August 2025 after President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending law passed in Congress a month earlier, with Administrator Lee Zeldin calling the Biden-era grant program a “boondoggle.”

District Judge Mary McElroy wrote in the ruling that Congress clearly intended the EPA to continue administering the Solar for All grants that were already obligated. The EPA acted contrary to this intent and without any other statutory authority when it terminated the program, McElroy wrote. She vacated the termination.

The EPA said Friday it is reviewing the decision and considering options for appeal.

The lawsuit filed in Rhode Island by the Rhode Island AFL-CIO labor organization and others — including the public interest law center Rhode Island Center for Justice and the nonprofit Solar United Neighbors — highlighted the importance of the program for local workforces and lower-income communities seeking access to clean-energy project funding.

Patrick Crowley, president of the Rhode Island AFL-CIO, called the decision “a big victory” for states across the country.

“If and when the program does get up and running, there will be thousands and thousands of union jobs created across the United States,” he said Friday. “We were proud to be the lead plaintiff.”

Clean, affordable power like solar shouldn’t be a luxury, said Alex St. Pierre, vice president for environmental justice at Conservation Law Foundation, one of the nonprofit legal advocacy groups representing the plaintiffs.

“Communities have waited long enough,” St. Pierre said in a statement. "Nearly every family is looking for ways to cut their energy bill. These dollars should go where Congress intended: toward lower energy bills, less climate pollution, good jobs and cleaner air.”

In May, for the first time, solar supplied more of the nation’s electricity than coal.

The Trump administration has targeted a host of programs and policies dedicated to clean energy. The $7 billion Solar for All program was part of the $27 billion “green bank,” formally known as the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. It was established in the Democratic-backed climate law passed in 2022 under former President Joe Biden. The attorneys general of more than a dozen states also sued over the canceled solar program funding. A federal judge in Washington dismissed the case for lack of jurisdiction in June. The plaintiffs have appealed.

The other $20 billion, also canceled by the Trump administration, was slated for eight community development banks and nonprofit organizations for tens of thousands of projects to combat the effects of climate change, such as residential energy efficiency projects to larger-scale investments such as community cooling. A divided federal appeals court said last month that the Trump administration improperly terminated the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, handing a win to a coalition of nonprofits picked to run the effort.

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Murray was a limited participant in practice all week and simply ran out of time to make more more progress after taking an illegal hit to the head in the first quarter of his debut for Minnesota in the season opener.

Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell said he expects Murray to clear the protocol early next week and be able to play at Tampa Bay on Sept. 27.

“Kyler showed a lot of progress,” O’Connell said. “He’s doing well.”

Murray took a jarring hit to the side of his helmet that drew an unnecessary roughness penalty on Green Bay safety Javon Bullard, leaving Murray in the type of defensive pose that can accompany brain trauma.

Because Murray didn't slide feet first and forward, he left himself open to contact, even though Bullard's lowered shoulder was deemed excessive as Murray ducked toward the turf.

“He plays with such explosiveness that he was trying to go feet-first, but he ended up going kind of sideways,” O'Connell said. “The game speed and the velocity of the play ended up putting him in a risk-worthy opportunity there for him to get hurt, and luckily it seems to be we avoided anything serious. Just how he’s feeling, I’m very encouraged about what next week looks for him.”

The eighth-year player — who signed with the Vikings after being released by Arizona — was eventually able to slowly walk off the field under his own power. He was alert and interacting with teammates in the locker room afterward and looked spry on the practice field this week.

Wentz threw three touchdown passes in relief of Murray to help the Vikings close the game with 29 consecutive points in their 39-22 victory. J.J. McCarthy will be the No. 2 quarterback at Chicago. Against Green Bay, McCarthy was the emergency No. 3 quarterback who can only enter the game if the first two are injured.

The Vikings also ruled out wide receiver Jauan Jennings, who hasn't practiced all week because of a personal family matter. Running back Jordan Mason is also out for at least four games because of a broken thumb. Right tackle Brian O'Neill was listed as questionable with a knee injury that occurred in practice on Wednesday, but O'Connell said he was encouraged by how O'Neill looked on the field on Friday.

Missing Murray, Mason and Jennings will be a challenge in a game the Vikings will likely need a high score to win against a Bears team that put up 59 points last week, but Wentz will at least be more prepared this time than having to come in cold against the Packers.

“It was good to get a lot of reps in, and even just building the game plan and being part of those conversations a little bit more attentively this week,” Wentz said. “It was a good week.”

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Like many of Trump's other confrontations with news organizations — some of which are playing out in the legal arena — this threat has potential First Amendment implications. There was no immediate indication, though, that he was following through.

Trump wrote on his social media site that effective immediately, “I am banning” CNN, MS NOW and Politico “from the White House as a result of their constant ‘reporting’ FAKE NEWS!” Minutes later, speaking at an event in the Oval Office, Trump was asked to explain his statement.

“Because they’re fake news,” he said. “You get so tired of reading and seeing fake news. When you look at CNN, it’s just fake. That’s why their ratings are no good. When you look at MS NOW … , it’s fake news.”

“And when you look at Politico ... the stories they wrote are fake. So there’s a lot of news and there may be others to join them, and maybe they can get better," he said. "But our country has to have honest news.”

He gave no further details on how the ban would be implemented. Journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico were still on the White House grounds as of late Friday afternoon with no signs of being removed.

CNN denounced the move, saying it stands behind its White House team and their “fair and accurate reporting.”

“We have a right under the U.S. Constitution to do that reporting without hindrance or interference from the government,” it said in a statement posted on X. “Should the ban which President Trump threatened go ahead, it would be an illegal assault on that fundamental and constitutionally-protected right.”

Politico said it would “continue to fairly report on this White House and future ones. We will vigorously defend our First Amendment rights against any attempt to restrict them.” MS NOW did not immediately return an email asking about the ban.

The White House has confronted the media more in Trump's second term

In his second term, Trump and his administration have upped the ante and punished certain media outlets, both in the courtroom and through regulatory action. Trump has also lashed out at individual reporters in person or over social media, sometimes in strikingly personal terms.

The move follows the president's decision last year to bar Associated Press reporters from the Oval Office, Air Force One and other events in retaliation for the news outlet’s decision not to follow his lead in changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico, which lies partially in Mexican and other waters. The AP said that it would note when appropriate that Trump had ordered it renamed the "Gulf of America."

The AP filed suit and the case is ongoing. Since returning to office, Trump has pursued other legal action against a variety of different outlets, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and the BBC. His administration is also involved in a long-simmering confrontation involving ABC over renewal of its broadcast licenses.

Trump seeking to block White House access for CNN is especially notable, as it could upend the traditional five-network television pool that travels with the president and tracks his every move — meant to provide independent coverage of his actions and interactions for the Americans who elected him and for the world. CNN was traveling with the vice president on Friday to Iowa.

The National Press Club was one of several groups immediately criticizing Trump's threatened action. “Banning news organizations from the White House based on the administration’s disapproval of their coverage is a clear attempt to control which voices are allowed to witness and report on the exercise of presidential power,” said the group's president, Mark Schoeff.

In legal terms, that's called “viewpoint discrimination” — the government singling out specific media outlets for the content of what they say or publish. That legal principle is at issue in many of the court cases around Trump's treatment of the media,.

“Someone needs to explain to President Trump how the First Amendment works,” said Tim Richardson, journalism and disinformation director at PEN America. “As we’ve seen time and time again, this administration’s hostility toward the press is never about the accuracy of news stories, but about its inability to withstand scrutiny of its actions."

And Seth Stern, chief of advocacy at Freedom of the Press Foundation, said it was “difficult to imagine a more blatant violation of the First Amendment than Trump banning news outlets from the People’s House for criticizing the government.”

He added: "These outrageous attacks only demonstrate how scared he is of an informed public.”

Trump provided no details

In his social media announcement, Trump did not provide details on how the ban would be implemented.

It came moments before he spoke to reporters in the Oval Office as part of a health care event. He later planned to take the press pool to his golf club in Virginia for a meeting and dinner sponsored by his Super PAC before spending the weekend at Camp David — one of the few places reporters don’t follow him.

“Media Outlets shouldn’t be able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES when they’re covering the President of the United States, the Trump Administration, or the United States of America,” Trump wrote. “Other Fake News Media Outlets to follow.”

At the event, Trump doubled down on his opinions about various media outlets.

"The New York Times is so fake. Washington Post is disgusting,” he said.

Trump's defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, applauded the decision in a post on X. “The Department of War fully supports President Trump’s decision to kick CNN, MS NOW and Politico to the curb so they can publish their Fake News from outside the White House,” Hegseth wrote.

In the 1977 case Sherrill v. Knight, a federal appeals court ruled that although the White House is not required to open its doors to the news media, once it establishes press facilities for credentialed journalists, it cannot deny access based on the content of a journalist’s coverage.

The court held that any denial must serve a compelling government interest and that the journalist must receive notice, the chance to respond and a final answer in writing.

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“We’ve gone 100 years past what was one of the most monumental moments in early Miami history. This storm,” said Dr. Paul George, resident historian at the Museum of Miami.

The hurricane struck in mid-September 1926, bringing a 12-hour weather event with two storm phases that would kill hundreds of people and leave more than 40,000 homeless — nearly half of Miami’s population at the time.

George said the storm was devastating even when compared with Hurricane Andrew.

“Even Andrew, as bad as it was, it was in some ways much more spread out in terms of the areas that it hit,” George said.

The 1926 hurricane also destroyed Miami’s first building boom.

The temporary exhibit at the Museum of Miami, described as the city’s oldest cultural institution, uses photographs, newspapers, letters and other materials to tell the story of the storm and its impact.

“We have a huge collection of photographs, newspapers, letters, all that reflect the influence of this hurricane,” George said.

The exhibit also includes an interactive component. Visitors can pick up phones and listen to accounts describing what it was like to live through the hurricane.

The storm struck long before modern weather technology, and most Miami residents did not know it was coming, leaving them without the ability to prepare.

George hopes the exhibit serves as more than a history lesson and reminds visitors of the dangers hurricanes can pose.

“I guess illuminate people further on how lethal these storms can be and how we need to be ready for them,” he said.

The temporary exhibit will remain on display through April 11.

“Han pasado 100 años desde lo que fue uno de los momentos más monumentales de la historia temprana de Miami. Esta tormenta”, dijo el Dr. Paul George, historiador residente del Museo de Miami.

El huracán azotó a mediados de septiembre de 1926, provocando un evento meteorológico de 12 horas con dos fases de la tormenta que causaría la muerte de cientos de personas y dejaría a más de 40,000 sin hogar, casi la mitad de la población de Miami en ese momento.

George dijo que la tormenta fue devastadora incluso en comparación con el huracán Andrew.

“Incluso Andrew, por malo que fue, en algunos aspectos estuvo mucho más extendido en términos de las áreas que afectó”, dijo George.

El huracán de 1926 también destruyó el primer auge de construcción de Miami.

La exhibición temporal en el Museo de Miami, descrito como la institución cultural más antigua de la ciudad, utiliza fotografías, periódicos, cartas y otros materiales para contar la historia de la tormenta y su impacto.

“Tenemos una enorme colección de fotografías, periódicos, cartas, todo lo cual refleja la influencia de este huracán”, dijo George.

La exhibición también incluye un componente interactivo. Los visitantes pueden tomar teléfonos y escuchar relatos que describen cómo fue vivir el huracán.

La tormenta azotó mucho antes de la tecnología meteorológica moderna, y la mayoría de los residentes de Miami no sabían que se acercaba, dejándolos sin la posibilidad de prepararse.

George espera que la exhibición sirva para algo más que una lección de historia y recuerde a los visitantes los peligros que pueden representar los huracanes.

“Supongo que para informar aún más a las personas sobre lo mortales que pueden ser estas tormentas y cómo debemos estar preparados para ellas”, dijo.

La exhibición temporal permanecerá abierta hasta el 11 de abril.

Fans in the sellout crowd of 6,000 cheered before a field of 10 left the starting gate just after 1:30 p.m. at the home of the Belmont Stakes, the third leg of the Triple Crown. Lisa Joy, a filly ridden by jockey Antonio Fresu, won the first race there since July 9, 2023.

“It’s an amazing feeling to be part of this historical track and historical reopening of Belmont Park,” Fresu said afterward. “They seem to be doing a tremendous job. The track is fantastic. The grandstand looks fantastic, all the facilities, so I’m really, really happy to be part of it.”

The new facility is futuristic and white, a departure from the massive brick grandstand that occupied the space from 1968 until its demolition. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul before a ribbon- cutting ceremony in the expanded paddock area called it the start of a whole new era of racing in a state that has Belmont Park on the border of Queens and Long Island to go with venerable Saratoga Race Course upstate.

“With the new Belmont Park, New York enters into a league of its own,” Hochul said. “All eyes of the racing world are on this place. Everybody’s paying attention to what we’re unveiling here."

For now, the first two floors are open to the public while work is completed on the third, fourth and fifth in time for the spring. They are expected to be ready for the Wood Memorial, a key prep race for the Kentucky Derby that takes place in early April.

"We’ll show off the whole facility that day," New York Racing Association President and CEO David O'Rourke told The Associated Press. "The bones are here. Now we’re going to flesh this out."

The Belmont Stakes returns June 5 after a three-year run at Saratoga. The Breeders' Cup is back next fall, with the sport's world championship weekend taking place in New York for the first time since 2005.

“If you build it, we will come,” said Dora Delgado, the Breeders' Cup executive vice president and chief racing officer. “We knew they had the capability. They knew what we needed from a facility, so it was just perfect."

Delgado likened the new Belmont Park to Ascot Racecourse in England and what Arlington Park outside Chicago used to look like before closing in 2021.

"It’s state of the art," Delgado said. “They have created something here that’s just astonishing, and it’s a first for New York racing to have this kind of facility.”

Fresu called the track one of the best turf courses he had ever ridden on. Hall of Fame Trainer Shug McGaughey, who won Races 1 and 2, made sure he got in the winner's circle photo after the first because it was a piece of history.

“It’s a beautiful place,” McGaughey said. “It’s different than what I expected. ... It’s a lot more modern than old Belmont.”

Country artist Dierks Bentley performed as part of the celebration and told fans he was betting on the Japanese horse in the headline race, the Grade 1, $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup. That horse from Japan is Forever Young, the reigning Breeders' Cup Classic champion who blew away the competition in impressive fashion.

“Hats off to the operations team,” O'Rourke said. “I don’t think my folks have slept the last two weeks. We pulled off a big race, a big day. I can’t be more thrilled.”

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El Ministerio de Energía y Minas informó en su cuenta oficial de X el colapso del servicio a inicios de la tarde y que comenzaron a “activarse los protocolos de recuperación”.

Según las autoridades del sector, se habría producido un fallo inicial en líneas de transmisión del occidente del país que ocasionó la caída del sistema en esta área —hasta la provincia de Matanzas— y posteriormente se desconectó la parte oriental. Además, algunas condiciones meteorológicas “inestables” terminaron por agravar la situación de la red, indicó el periódico oficial Granma.

De acuerdo con datos oficiales, al atardecer ya se reportaban con servicio el 5% de los usuarios de La Habana, la capital del país —con unos 862.000 clientes totales— y se forman pequeñas “microislas” de distribución de corriente en las provincias de Camagüey, Pinar del Río y Granma. Mientras se revitalizaban los circuitos de hospitales y otros centros de emergencias.

Las caídas del sistema energético se han vuelto recurrentes en los últimos dos años por la severa crisis económica que atraviesa la isla y se agudizaron desde enero luego de que Estados Unidos impusiera un bloqueo energético para forzar un cambio de modelo político.

El cerco impide a Cuba importar el combustible necesario para poner en marcha sus centrales termoeléctricas, pero también los repuestos para el mantenimiento de la infraestructura que en muchos casos ha quedado obsoleta.

Los dos últimos apagones nacionales se produjeron a comienzos de agosto y se sumaron a otros en julio y marzo; así como algunos más de tipo regional.

Pero incluso sin caídas del sistema nacional los cubanos sufren apagones de más de 30 horas seguidas, con devastadoras consecuencias para la población y en todos los ámbitos de la economía.

“Estos apagones constantes no hay quien los aguante. La comida no alcanza, no hay agua, no hay luz, no te puedo explicar”, dijo a The Associated Press Mercedes Rodríguez, una trabajadora habanera de 60 años mientras esperaba el transporte público para volver a su casa. “Es una tristeza el país y lo que estamos viviendo no tiene nombre”.

Mientras otros como Abilén Marrero, una ama de casa, se sentaba resignada en el portal de su edificio de Centro Habana. “Tal vez venga hoy por la tarde o mañana, eso no se sabe. Hay que esperar".

En los últimos días se había reportado una leve mejoría en el déficit de generación, según informó en cada jornada la Unión Eléctrica. En las horas pico en las que la demanda suele ser sobre los 3.200 megavatios, la insuficiencia alcanzaba los 2.300 en agosto contra un mejor desempeño de 1.900 esta semana.

Las autoridades explicaron que esto obedeció a la entrada de unidades de generación que estaban en mantenimiento, un incremento del uso de crudo nacional y los programas de cientos de miles de paneles solares —granjas fotovoltaicas y equipos colocados por las familias— instalados en estos meses.

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The FCC cleared the way on Thursday, granting sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to hold indirect equity interests in a Paramount-Warner combo, but no voting stakes.

Skydance-owned Paramount — whose $81 billion merger with Warner is still on hold amid a separate antitrust battle with twelve states and Hollywood writers — welcomed the FCC's ruling. Paramount maintained that these funds won't have any governance rights and the family of its CEO David Ellison and RedBird Capital would still be the majority owners of the combined company, which it said “will have the scale and resources necessary” to compete worldwide.

Still, critics have called the move unprecedented — and argue that amount of money exchanging hands still opens the door to behind-the-scenes influence, particularly when it comes to core news operations like Paramount's CBS and Warner's CNN.

Paramount comes under the FCC's purview because its owns CBS and numerous broadcast TV affiliates across the U.S. And Saudi’s Public Investment Fund, L’imad Holding Company in the UAE and the Qatar Investment Authority reportedly committed a combined $24 billion to help fund the company's Warner acquisition. In its spring petition to the FCC, Paramount disclosed that it expected those funds to indirectly own nearly 50% of equity interests when and if the merger closes.

That already well surpasses a 25% foreign ownership threshold that requires the FCC's greenlight, but the company asked for clearance of up to 100% indirect equity interests to account for potential future investments — which the regulator granted.

David Brown, chief of video division in the FCC’s Media Bureau, concluded Thursday that giving Paramount access to more capital would strengthen the broadcast industry and was therefore “in the public interest.” He added that his team was persuaded by Paramount's assertions that the foreign investors would “not be able to wield any influence, let alone control, over decisions” regarding its broadcast stations.

But others quickly decried the move and warned of future ramifications — including Anna Gomez, the FCC's sole Democratic Commissioner.

“The FCC just let some of the most repressive governments in the world indirectly control nearly all of a combined Paramount-Warner Bros,” Gomez wrote on social media shortly after Thursday's ruling. She added that an investment of this size “doesn’t just buy equity, it secures influence over what gets said and made.”

Gomez sounded the alarm about Paramount's Gulf funding earlier this year, warning of potential influence from "foreign governments with documented records of press suppression.” She pointed in particular Saudi’s Public Investment Fund controlled by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who U.S. intelligence previously found ordered the 2018 killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

On Thursday, Gomez noted she had called for a full Commission vote — but that the FCC had instead “snuck this ruling out as a staff-level decision" with “no accountability for a call of this magnitude.” She indicated she would share more soon.

A handful of lawmakers have also scrutinized the sovereign funds’ involvement in recent months, including Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren and Maria Cantwell — among those who wrote a May letter to FCC chairman Brendan Carr to raise “serious concerns" as well.

Carr, who was appointed by Republican President Donald Trump, had been broadly supportive of the Paramount-Warner tie-up since it was announced. In March, he told CNBC that the FCC’s regulatory role, if any, would be minimal — but that he thought it was a “good deal” that should get through “pretty quickly.”

Even if the company hadn't received the FCC’s sign off for the Gulf funds' equity stakes, the Warner merger wouldn’t necessarily be knocked of the table (the Ellisons and RedBird might just be on the hook for more money). But the funding still secures a sizeable cash infusion for the deal — which, including billions of dollars in debt, is currently valued at nearly $111 billion based on outstanding shares.

Thursday's ruling arrives after Paramount has already touted foreign investment clearances from other countries, as well required greenlights for the core antitrust reviews on its Warner merger — including from the Trump administration's Justice Department in the U.S.

But California and 11 other states sued to block the deal, arguing that a Paramount-Warner combo “extinguish competition” in Hollywood and lead to fewer choices for consumers, particularly cinemagoers and cable customers. The Writers Guild of America also filed suit.

Those challenges are set to go to trial in March. Paramount has agreed to not close the merger until the case makes its way through court, although the company been pushing for a settlement as it braces for costs to pile up.

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Ejiofor Emmanuel Onyechi, whose was listed as homeless in the arrest report, had initially been arrested Wednesday after officers responded to a Burger King regarding reports of a man repeatedly harassing employees and asking them for money, police said.

According to the first arrest report, an employee told officers Onyechi had asked her for money that he claimed he intended to give to a homeless woman at the restaurant. The employee said she was afraid of Onyechi and asked officers to trespass him from the property.

Police said Onyechi initially identified himself as Emmanuel Onyechi but repeatedly refused to provide identification or legal documents confirming his legal name.

Officers eventually arrested him. During a search of his belongings, police said they found a Florida identification card bearing the name Ejiofor Emmanuel Onyechi, along with two debit cards under the same name.

Police also reported finding a black stun gun and a pink can of pepper spray in his possession. Both items were impounded as evidence.

A records check revealed Onyechi had multiple felony convictions, according to the report.

He was taken to the Miami Beach Police Department’s holding facility before being transported to Mount Sinai Medical Center for medical clearance.

Police say prisoner ran from hospital room

According to a second arrest report, officers were dispatched to the hospital Thursday after Onyechi escaped from custody.

Police said an officer assigned to watch Onyechi at the hospital removed his handcuffs after Onyechi said he needed to use the restroom.

Onyechi then walked in front of the officer before suddenly running toward the front door, according to the report.

The officer grabbed Onyechi by the arm, but police said Onyechi broke free and slammed the hospital room door on the officer before fleeing.

The officer chased him and saw Onyechi exit through a loading dock on the south side of the Skolnick Building, but then lost sight of him, the report stated.

Police issued a description of Onyechi and began searching for him.

Investigators reviewing hospital surveillance footage later saw Onyechi double back into the building, the report stated. Security personnel could not find footage showing him leaving again, leading officers to believe he was still somewhere inside.

Multiple officers and a K-9 entered the Skolnick Building to search for him, authorities said.

During the search, officers located a shoe believed to belong to Onyechi and checked several rooms without finding him, the report stated.

Police said officers eventually searched another room after a K-9 began scratching near an area covered by a tarp.

When the K-9 officer moved the tarp, she found Onyechi concealed underneath it with only his head exposed, police said.

The K-9 “engaged Onyechi in the exposed area” before the officer removed the dog, and Onyechi was taken back into custody, the report stated.

Crime scene personnel photographed Onyechi before Miami Beach Fire Rescue medically cleared him. He was then transported to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

Multiple agencies involved in search

According to police, multiple officers established a perimeter and canvassed the hospital during the search.

The operation involved resources from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida Highway Patrol, City of Miami Marine Patrol, Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office Marine Patrol and Aviation, Miami Beach Marine Patrol and City of Miami K-9.

Several Miami Beach drones were also deployed, and Miami Beach SWAT and K-9 units were called out, according to the report.

According to the arrest reports, Onyechi faces charges of escape, possession of a weapon by a convicted felon and resisting an officer without violence.

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According to Florida City police, the stabbing was reported at about 9 p.m. at the Southpoint Crossing Apartments on West Lucy Street.

“I just heard a lot of screaming last night, and then I actually had someone, like, try to jiggle my handle, like try to come in the door,” one neighbor, who didn’t want to be identified, said.

That neighbor said her Ring camera captured the suspect trying to get inside her apartment before police showed up.

According to an arrest report from the Florida City Police Department, an officer arrived at the complex and found the male victim standing shirtless in the parking lot and holding a piece of cloth against his left side underneath his arm.

The officer reported seeing what appeared to be three puncture wounds on the left side of the man’s body.

As the officer walked toward a nearby stairwell, he found a woman lying in the grass and bleeding from her arms and upper body, the report stated.

According to the report, the woman was awake and speaking with officers, but was incoherent and going in and out of consciousness.

Police said both victims were airlifted to Jackson South Trauma where they remain in stable condition.

According to the arrest report, police spoke with two men at the scene who identified the victims as mother and son.

The witnesses told investigators that the suspect, James Edward Brock, 57, was the woman’s on-and-off boyfriend and that she had been having problems with him and was trying to leave him.

According to the report, one of the witnesses said the woman had called her son and told him not to allow Brock into the apartment if he showed up.

The witness alleged Brock came to the apartment anyway, entered without the woman’s permission and began fighting with her son.

According to the report, Brock told police that he lived at the apartment with the woman and her son and had a key. He repeatedly told officers at the scene and later at the police station that he lived there, but said he was not listed on the lease, authorities said.

One of the witnesses told police he saw Brock stab both victims, the report stated.

According to the report, the witness said Brock only stopped stabbing them after the witness fought him and managed to get the knife out of his hand.

Responding officers found Brock on the second floor, where two men were holding him down, according to the report.

Brock was detained and placed in a patrol vehicle.

Police said one of the men inside the apartment was holding the knife that investigators believe was used in the stabbing. An officer collected the knife and later impounded it as evidence.

Brock was transported to the Florida City Police station and later to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

He faces charges two counts of attempted murder.

The Trump administration claims that Medicaid will save billions on prescription drug costs as a result of the plan, dubbed the Medicaid “GENEROUS” model. Experts say the savings are unclear since the content of the deals isn't public.

“This one thing alone should win us the midterms,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Friday, flanked by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz and others.

Friday's announcement comes as cost-of-living issues are at the forefront of voters’ concerns ahead of the midterm elections in November. In a way to address affordability concerns, Trump has cut deals with pharmaceutical companies so that the cost of some drugs in the U.S. would not be dramatically higher than in other affluent nations. But critics say his administration has not presented a viable plan for broadly addressing rising health costs, especially after Republicans let expire Affordable Care Act subsidies earlier this year that sent plan costs soaring.

Last year, Trump signed an executive order instituting a “Most Favored Nations” policy, where the U.S. would commit to paying the same price for medications as the nation that pays the lowest price anywhere in the world.

The White House in May estimated that Trump’s deals with pharmaceutical companies to lower some of their U.S. prescription drug prices to levels charged in other countries could save $529 billion over the next 10 years.

Patients in Medicaid, the state and federally funded program for people with low incomes, already pay a nominal co-payment of a few dollars to fill their prescriptions, but lower prices could help state budgets that fund the programs.

Trump said “every state will have the ability to use those extra billions of dollars to invest in other healthcare improvements or something else.”

The true cost of the claimed savings is unclear since few details of the deals struck by the Trump administration and participating pharmaceutical companies have been made public, making it hard to independently verify the projected savings.

Kathy Hempstead, a senior policy adviser at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, told The Associated Press that there is significant pressure on the administration to provide more granular data to justify its cost-savings claims, and that the lack of information creates a barrier to legislative action.

“He is saying Congress should codify all of his MFN arrangements,” Hempstead said. “But it’s kind of unreasonable because it’s not clear what Congress would actually do. No one knows what is in these deals.”

She added that there is concern about whether the current administration’s tenure will affect the longevity of these price cuts and whether prices will revert once the administration leaves.

Some want to see more people benefit from lower drug pricing.

JD Hayworth, a former Republican congressman and spokesperson for the Pharmaceutical Reform Alliance, said in a statement that Friday's announcement reflects “meaningful progress, but that progress remains incomplete,” as millions of Americans not enrolled in government healthcare want lower drug prices.

Drug prices for patients in the U.S. can depend on a number of factors, including the competition a treatment faces and insurance coverage. Most people have coverage through work, the individual insurance market or government programs like Medicaid and Medicare, which shield them from much of the cost.

Rush threw two interceptions, including T.J. Watt’s pick-6 in the fourth quarter, in last week's 20-13 opening loss at Pittsburgh. Rush completed 12 of 22 passes for 143 yards and a touchdown.

“It’s the National Football League, so you’re gonna have some plays, you’re going to have some moments, you’re going to have some times that you don’t play your best or you’re not at your best and you bounce back,” Stefanski said when asked about Rush's potential for better results. “So I expect nothing less from our football team, not just one person.”

Rookie Jack Strand will be Atlanta's backup.

Rush, who is in his ninth season, will be making his 18th start. He was 4-4 in eight starts with Dallas in 2024 before going 0-2 in two starts with Baltimore last season.

“If you take the totality of his work, he’s been an efficient quarterback and a guy that I really respect his game,” Panthers coach Dave Canales said Friday when asked about Rush starting. “He has been in this role at different times throughout his career where he is asked to step in and keep the ship moving. He did that in Dallas for a while. So what I expect is a guy who is going to be ready.”

Tua Tagovailoa was named the starter at the beginning of last week but was ruled out after suffering an oblique injury three days before the game. Michael Penix Jr. also was inactive against the Steelers as he continues his recovery from a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee that ended his 2025 season.

Rush played the full game at Pittsburgh despite suffering back spasms on Saturday. It was a difficult starting assignment after not having the normal practice-week snaps with the starters. Rush downplayed the challenge as the normal life of a backup quarterback but acknowledged he's had more time to prepare this week.

“It’s just having a better feel for some of the reads and things like that,” he said Wednesday. "It’s stuff you work on week to week. It never changes. So definitely, as you get in a groove, Week 1, you get in the next week. The next week, you try to get in a groove, and that stuff sometimes just irons itself out.”

Stefanski said Wednesday that Tagovailoa was “getting better.” Tagovailoa did not practice Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, leaving his status uncertain for Atlanta's Week 3 game at Green Bay on Thursday night.

Rush and Penix shared snaps with the No. 1 offense in practice this week, but Penix was listed as out on Friday's injury report and Tagovailoa was listed as doubtful.

Penix said Wednesday there are “just a couple technical things that I want to hit, some goals that I have” before he feels ready to play in a game. He did not rule out the possibility of reaching those goals before Sunday.

Panthers WR Jalen Coker set to start

Panthers wide receiver Jalen Coker had no injury designation for Sunday’s game after being in a walking boot earlier this week because of an ankle issue. Coker practiced fully on Friday and is set to start, according to Canales.

Coker is coming off a huge performance in the season opener, catching eight passes for 138 yards and two touchdowns in Carolina’s 59-37 loss to Chicago.

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El incidente ocurrió en los apartamentos Southpoint Crossing, en West Lucy Street.

Funcionarios de MDFR dijeron que la llamada inicialmente se recibió como un reporte de agresión y apuñalamiento.

Dos pacientes fueron designados como alertas de trauma y trasladados a un hospital por rescate aéreo.

Sus condiciones no se conocieron de inmediato.

Un vecino dijo a Local 10 News que una madre y su hijo fueron apuñalados, pero la policía aún no ha confirmado esa información.

Funcionarios de bomberos y rescate dijeron que otras dos personas también fueron atendidas en el lugar. Sus lesiones y condiciones no se conocieron de inmediato.

La escena ya había sido despejada para la mañana del viernes.

Local 10 News se ha comunicado con la policía de Florida City para obtener información adicional, incluyendo si un sospechoso ha sido detenido, pero aún no ha recibido respuesta.

Casi 3,3 metros de agua blanca fueron izados desde el Océano Atlántico y arrojados en olas a lo largo de toda la recién inundada playa de Miami.

Un anemómetro Robinson de 3 tazas, completamente nuevo e instalado en lo alto del Hospital Allison de tres pisos en lo que hoy es Mid-Beach, registró ráfagas de viento de 128 mph a las 7:30 AM del sábado 18 de septiembre ^de 1926, antes de ser arrancado por el viento menos de una hora después.

Cuando el gran ojo del huracán, de 69 kilómetros de ancho, envolvió la Ciudad Mágica poco antes del amanecer, extendiéndose desde la actual calle 63 oeste en Mid-Beach hasta justo al sur de Homestead, una calma repentina se apoderó de la ciudad, haciendo que los supervivientes, conmocionados, salieran a las calles creyendo que la tormenta había pasado.

Al divisar tierra firme al otro lado de la calzada del condado recientemente terminada (actualmente la calzada MacArthur), los que se encontraban varados en Miami Beach se amontonaron en sus coches para escapar de los escombros que los rodeaban, pero los coches que circulaban por la calzada nunca llegaron al otro lado antes de que la “segunda tormenta” azotara minutos después.

De las casi 400 muertes oficiales reportadas por la Cruz Roja Americana a causa de la tormenta —un recuento que excluyó a decenas de trabajadores agrícolas negros que perecieron en el huracán— la mayoría falleció durante su infernal segunda mitad. En aquel entonces, la mayoría desconocía las fuerzas rotacionales de un huracán y se maravillaba de cómo la tormenta había logrado detenerse y luego “cambiar de dirección”.

El gran huracán de Miami de 1926 marcó un punto de inflexión para la vibrante ciudad, inmersa en un desenfrenado desarrollo inmobiliario. El auge inmobiliario de Florida de principios del siglo ^XX fue arrasado por la marejada ciclónica y el viento. El mismo terreno que en 1925 se vendía por 60.000 dólares, un año después estaba disponible por 600. Legendarios promotores inmobiliarios del sur de Florida, como George Merrick, Carl Fisher y D.P. Davis, quienes amasaron fortunas con la especulación inmobiliaria y cuyos nombres aún adornan lugares emblemáticos de Miami, quedaron en la ruina financiera y personal tras el huracán.

Si bien el colapso del mercado inmobiliario de Florida provocado por el huracán de Miami de 1926 puede no haber causado directamente la Gran Depresión, sí pinchó la burbuja inmobiliaria nacional de los locos años veinte, sirviendo como catalizador para la prolongada contracción económica que siguió.

El huracán más costoso de todos los tiempos

En aquel entonces, el Gran Huracán de Miami de 1926 causó daños por valor de unos 100 millones de dólares, convirtiéndose en el huracán más costoso que ha azotado Estados Unidos hasta la fecha y en el desastre más costoso que ha afectado al país desde el gran terremoto e incendios de San Francisco de 1906.

Dado el aumento de la población, el valor de las propiedades y el costo de vida en el sur de Florida durante los últimos 100 años, si el mismo huracán azotara hoy, los investigadores estiman que las pérdidas económicas totales superarían los 200 mil millones de dólares , lo que convertiría al Gran Huracán de Miami de 1926 en la tormenta más costosa registrada.

Cabe destacar que, si bien el huracán de Miami de 1926, de categoría 4, tuvo vientos máximos inferiores a los del huracán Andrew de 1992, de categoría 5 (vientos máximos sostenidos de 233 km/h frente a los vientos máximos de 265 km/h de Andrew), Andrew fue un huracán mucho más pequeño, aproximadamente la mitad del tamaño del gran huracán de Miami de 1926, medido por la extensión de sus vientos más fuertes.

Andrew también impactó unas 10 millas más al sur que el huracán de 1926, lo que evitó que el centro de Miami y Miami Beach sufrieran las condiciones climáticas más catastróficas.

Mi amigo, colega y antiguo especialista en huracanes de WPLG-TV y director del Centro Nacional de Huracanes, Max Mayfield, dijo célebremente: “El huracán Andrew no fue el más grande”. Sabremos cuál es el más grande cuando llegue, pero el gran huracán de Miami de 1926 es probablemente lo más parecido que habrá para el sur de Florida.

Florida comienza a construir mejor

Florida cuenta hoy con algunos de los códigos de construcción más estrictos del mundo, pero no siempre fue así. En 1926, los códigos de construcción, la zonificación y los requisitos de inspección eran prácticamente inexistentes en Miami Beach y el área metropolitana de Miami. Tras los incendios de Chicago de 1871 y los incendios generalizados causados ​​por el terremoto de San Francisco de 1906, los escasos requisitos de construcción de la época se limitaban a cuestiones de seguridad contra incendios y saneamiento, sin contemplar la protección contra fuertes vientos.

La frenética actividad constructora durante el auge inmobiliario de Florida no iba a permitir que se descuidara la supervisión de las obras. La única excepción fue la nueva comunidad planificada de Coral Gables, diseñada por George Merrick, que sí implementó códigos de construcción relativamente estrictos para la época. Si bien Coral Gables sufrió daños considerables durante el huracán, no se registró ninguna pérdida de vidas.

Tras el huracán, la ciudad de Miami nombró a John Farrey como su primer inspector jefe de obras, encargándole el desarrollo y la aplicación del primer código de construcción universal, no solo en Miami sino en todo Estados Unidos. Este código, conocido como el Estándar de Miami, fue adoptado posteriormente por más de 5000 ciudades. El código de construcción estatal se ha actualizado y mejorado en numerosas ocasiones desde entonces, siendo la más destacada la aprobación del histórico Código de Construcción de Florida de 2002 tras el huracán Andrew en 1992, y otra importante actualización en 2017.

Además, el control de la erosión costera que comenzó en la década de 1960, seguido de la restauración de dunas en la década de 1970, fortaleció la costa frente a las tormentas. Hoy en día, Miami Beach cuenta con 11 kilómetros de dunas costeras, que se reponen continuamente y están diseñadas para reducir los daños causados ​​por el próximo huracán.

En lugar de derrumbarse, Miami sigue adelante.

Miami no fue la primera ciudad costera en auge de Estados Unidos en ser azotada por un gran huracán. A finales del siglo XIX, el puerto de Indianola, Texas, que se expandía rápidamente y prosperaba, fue devastado por poderosos huracanes en 1875 y 1886, sumergiendo la mayor parte de la ciudad bajo las profundidades de la bahía de Matagorda.

Asimismo, la vecina Galveston, que se convirtió en el principal puerto de Texas tras Indianola, era una metrópolis en pleno auge a principios del siglo XX y estaba en camino de convertirse en una de las ciudades más importantes de Estados Unidos y la más grande de Texas. El gran huracán de Galveston de 1900 puso fin a su época dorada y la ciudad portuaria jamás recuperaría sus anteriores niveles de prominencia nacional ni de prosperidad.

No se puede decir lo mismo de Miami, que tiene un historial de recuperación tras grandes huracanes, en gran medida aprendiendo y adaptándose para coexistir mejor con ellos.

Actualización tropical: La línea 98L se pliega mientras la línea 99L toma forma al suroeste de las Azores.

Casi todos los modelos informáticos, incluido el sector de la IA, que antes era optimista, han reducido las probabilidades de desarrollo de Invest 98L, la zona de baja presión que gira sobre el Atlántico central, en las últimas 24 horas. A su vez, el Centro Nacional de Huracanes (NHC) retiró este sistema de su pronóstico meteorológico tropical durante la noche.

Mientras tanto, una pequeña pero tenaz zona de baja presión al suroeste de las Azores, en el extremo noreste del Atlántico, ahora denominada Invest 99L, se ha organizado rápidamente, lo que ha llevado al NHC a emitir un pronóstico tropical especial a última hora de la mañana del viernes.

Aunque no se espera que el sistema se fortalezca mucho, podría convertirse en depresión tropical o tormenta tropical hoy mismo. El siguiente nombre en la lista es Fay.

La perturbación 99L, o cualquier sistema que se forme a partir de ella, se dirigirá hacia el suroeste y permanecerá sobre el Atlántico abierto. Por lo demás, no se prevé ningún desarrollo en otras partes de la cuenca al menos hasta principios de la próxima semana.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced in July that a new program to screen troops for “testosterone deficiency” was necessary to allow them to operate at their “absolute best.” The new clinical guidance, released late Thursday, outlines how the program would work.

The Pentagon's efforts to test for low testosterone coincide with growing interest in the hormone that has been driven by men’s health influencers and podcasters, many of whom recommend the drug as a way to boost energy, muscle and feel younger.

However, many experts say those far-reaching benefits aren’t supported by the science. Hegseth's messaging on the hormone has blended established scientific facts with broader, and less substantiated, claims.

The new guidance clarifies that the mandatory testing would initially apply to only male service members. Hegseth's initial memo in July directed mandatory testosterone deficiency screenings for all troops, but the clinical guidance released Thursday says it is for “testosterone deficiency in the male service member.”

The guidance says “the female clinical practice guideline is being reviewed and will be posted upon approval.” The Pentagon has not said whether female troops would be able to be evaluated for estrogen-based therapy as they enter perimenopause.

Testosterone declines naturally with age and can affect sexual function, mood, bone density and other measures. But experts have long debated how to diagnose those problems and whether to treat them by replacing the hormone.

In the last decade, federal studies have shown that boosting testosterone improves erectile dysfunction, low libido and other issues in men.

The Pentagon's top spokesman, Sean Parnell, said Thursday that “by proactively identifying and treating suboptimal hormone levels,” the Pentagon aims to “invest in the health of its warfighters, strengthen their performance, and maximize force readiness.”

Medical groups generally don’t recommend automatic screening of testosterone levels. Instead, medical guidelines typically recommend testosterone for men who report symptoms — including low libido and depressed mood — and have two blood tests confirming low levels of the hormone.

The Pentagon’s policy breaks from that approach, requiring testosterone screening for all male personnel 30 and older and allowing younger members also to request screenings.

Otherwise, the new guidelines mostly conform to medical standards, including acknowledging the limited benefits of replacing the hormone.

For instance, the guidelines say, “Evidence does not support its use to improve energy, vitality, physical function, or cognition.” Instead, the document mentions “demonstrated benefits” for sexual function and certain body measures, including bone density.

The policy does not make replacement therapy mandatory should a service member be found eligible, while the guidelines flag long-established side effects of boosting testosterone, including the potential for a drop in sperm count. When men receive testosterone externally, the body typically reduces — or even stops — its natural sperm production.

As a result, military doctors are instructed not to prescribe testosterone therapy to anyone hoping to have children in the near future.

Another complicating factor for troops is the controlled nature of testosterone itself. The memo notes that its "use in the deployed environment raises supply, custody, storage, and continuity considerations that should be resolved before departure rather than in theater.”

The new guidance makes clear that injectable testosterone “requires controlled room temperature storage and controlled substance accountability” and that troops who are on replacement therapies need to ensure they have enough of a supply despite the fact that federal law limits prescriptions on controlled substances like testosterone.

The caution and practical hurdles within the documentation over the use of testosterone while on deployment stand in contrast to remarks from Hegseth in July, when he argued that the rigors of the modern battlefield demand “maximum psychological and mental readiness" and that testosterone therapy was part of the solution.

Eleven of 12 jurors were ready to clear Clancy of criminal responsibility, with the majority feeling that the Massachusetts mom was in the grip of a rare condition called postpartum psychosis when she strangled her kids. But juror Michael Desronvil sided with the prosecutors, who had argued that Clancy knew what she was doing.

“I didn’t have any doubts,” Desronvil said in a statement released on X by his lawyer, Edward Paltzik.

The jury's foreperson had claimed in an earlier media interview that Desronvil had admitted having “reasonable doubt” about Clancy's guilt, but wanted to convict her anyway. Desronvil said that wasn't true.

“As I tried to explain different possible theories during deliberation, I kept getting cut off as if I had doubts based on the evidence presented,” he wrote. “Based on all the physical evidence, key witnesses, and what the prosecution presented, I thought it was enough proof that she (Clancy) knew exactly what she was doing and planned.”

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The jury's deadlock forced the judge to declare a mistrial on Sept. 4, leaving the case unresolved. The Plymouth County district attorney has yet to say whether he'll seek to put Clancy on trial again.

Neither side disputed that Clancy strangled her children, Cora, Dawson and Callan, in the family’s home in 2023 before trying to end her own life. But her attorney said she was a loving mother experiencing deep delusions and other mental health problems, for which she had been getting treatment.

Since the trial ended, Desronvil has been both publicly praised and scorned for his actions, and his personal life and past financial and legal problems have become the subject of scrutiny by the news media and amateur sleuths.

Among the public revelations: He had a restraining order against him at the time of jury selection and was facing eviction from his apartment due to over $12,000 in unpaid rent. He also was accused of domestic violence in 2021, a charge that was later dismissed.

Some of the opinion has fallen along political lines, with Desronvil being praised by some conservative pundits as a hero.

Paltzik, whose past clients have included President Donald Trump and Martin Shkreli, said on X that Desronvil was in “an undisclosed secure location” in a rural part of northern New England and would not be giving interviews.

“As a devoted father and man of God, he will not be defeated or shattered by the wicked who wish harm upon him,” Paltzik wrote.

A fundraiser to cover what organizers say are costs of “security, lawyers, and lost work” for Desronvil has raised over $289,000.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has rolled out the welcome mat for him, saying that if he is being harassed, “Florida will provide asylum.”

“I’m sure he’d be welcomed and appreciated,” DeSantis wrote on X.

The start of construction marks an important milestone in the administration's $46 billion plan to line the border with walls, barriers, roads and technology as it seeks to make good on a key campaign promise by President Donald Trump to finish the wall. And it comes as Customs and Border Protection says it has doubled the pace at which it is building the wall across the U.S.-Mexico border.

Customs and Border Protection said in a statement to The Associated Press that “border wall panel installation is underway” in a 47-mile stretch of Hudspeth County in west Texas known as Big Bend 1. There are a total of five project areas that make up the roughly 500-mile Big Bend region stretching from an area of Hudspeth County south of El Paso to Lake Amistad.

CBP said the first panels were erected on September 15. On a map on the agency’s website where the agency posts updates of wall construction across the entire southern border, a photo showed a crane lifting one of the 30-foot-tall steel wall panels into place while construction workers looked on.

The new activity was separate from a border infrastructure project in the nearby Big Bend National Park, where the administration has temporarily suspended construction in an attempt to reach out to opponents.

Activist plan to keep up their fight

In the broader Big Bend region of Texas, CBP has run up against concerted opposition from landowners, environmental groups, business owners and ranchers who say the remote region isn't a high-traffic area for illegal immigration.

Activists said Friday they would continue opposing the border infrastructure projects in the rest of the Big Bend region, even as the panels were being installed.

Clara Benson, one of the founders of the No Big Bend Wall Coalition which has been fighting against CBP’s plans, said in an interview Friday that the organization had been receiving reports of trucks moving supplies into the remote area along the Rio Grande and that contractors had been clearing yards to stage supplies.

But speaking from Washington, D.C. where she and others in the coalition were meeting with lawmakers, she said that the organization and others would continue to fight the wall-building plans across the region.

“We will continue to fight for this land no matter what the outcome is. We will continue fighting to the end,” said Benson. “You talk to people in west Texas and they say even if they put it up, we’ll fight for them to take it down. So this fight is not over.”

Trump has vowed to complete the border wall

The news comes as the administration is speeding forward with a plan to line the entire border with a combination of 30-foot-tall steel bollard walls, barriers designed to stop vehicles from crossing the border, new patrol roads, and various technologies to deter and detect migrants or smugglers from crossing the border.

Customs and Border Protection said it is building an average of 12 miles of barriers per week along the 2,000-mile border with Mexico and recently reached a milestone of 200 miles of new barriers built since the second Trump administration took office.

The 12-miles-a-week average is double the pace that the agency's head, Rodney Scott, cited earlier this year.

The agency has faced opposition from environmental groups, a small town that worries the wall will cause flooding in its area, Native Americans who say the construction is disturbing sacred sites and landowners who say the construction will infringe on their land.

In Texas, much of the opposition has centered on the agency's plans for Big Bend National Park, in the state's southwest on the Rio Grande that is a draw for tourists from around the world. But up and downriver outside the park, much of the land is owned by private landowners, many of whom have pushed back against the government's efforts.

Earlier this week, landowners, ranchers and business owners in the Big Bend region along with a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the region’s landscape and heritage sued to stop the administration’s plans.

Activists and landowners have also shown up at county meetings to push their elected officials not to cooperate with contractors hired by CBP to build the wall, and many landowners have refused to allow government officials or contractors onto their land to survey it.

Agentes dijeron que acudieron poco después de las 6 p.m. al área de Northwest 145th Street y 11th Court después de recibir un reporte de una mujer que estaba siendo atacada por varios perros.

Cuando los agentes llegaron, encontraron a la mujer siendo atendida por paramédicos del Departamento de Bomberos y Rescate de Miami-Dade. Los agentes dijeron que también vieron a varios perros en el patio delantero de una casa.

Mientras los agentes intentaban cerrar y asegurar una puerta para contener a los perros, los animales intentaron atacar a uno de los agentes, según funcionarios de MDSO. Las autoridades dijeron que un agente entonces disparó su arma de servicio, provocando que los perros retrocedieran y huyeran en dirección desconocida.

Dijeron que la mujer, quien no ha sido identificada hasta el momento, fue trasladada por paramédicos de MDFR a un hospital cercano en condición crítica.

No estaba claro si alguno de los perros fue alcanzado por los disparos.

Ningún agente ni otros civiles resultaron heridos en el incidente, según los investigadores.

Los agentes no han divulgado información adicional sobre los perros involucrados en el ataque hasta el momento.

Los agentes dijeron que Pope, de 27 años y residente del suroeste de Miami-Dade, fue detenido por la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade el jueves.

Según el reporte, Pope y la mujer se conocían por su vecindario y recientemente habían retomado el contacto a través de las redes sociales. El reporte indica que ambos acordaron reunirse el jueves por “motivos personales” en el área de Goulds del condado.

La mujer dijo a los investigadores que Pope entró en su vehículo después de que ella llegó al lugar de la reunión, donde comenzaron a discutir, según el reporte.

Durante la disputa, Pope presuntamente sacó un arma, “golpeó a la mujer en el rostro con ella y le quitó por la fuerza el teléfono celular de la mano”, indica el reporte.

La mujer entonces salió del vehículo y huyó a una gasolinera cercana, donde llamó al 911, según los investigadores.

Los agentes dijeron que poco después de detener a Pope, la mujer lo identificó mediante una fotografía.

Dijeron que Pope hizo una confesión que fue censurada en el reporte de arresto divulgado públicamente.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que enfrenta un cargo de robo a mano armada con arma de fuego o arma mortal y un cargo de agresión agravada.

Pope es nativo de Hialeah y jugó como receptor en UM de 2018 a 2021. Durante su carrera con los Hurricanes, participó en 34 partidos y registró 52 recepciones para 680 yardas y cuatro touchdowns.

Después de no ser seleccionado en el draft de 2024, Pope firmó con los Toronto Argonauts de la CFL en diciembre de ese año. Posteriormente dejó el equipo y continuó su carrera en el extranjero, incluyendo una etapa con Rhein Fire de la Liga Europea de Fútbol Americano.

Pope compareció ante un tribunal de fianzas el viernes ante la jueza de circuito de Miami-Dade Mindy Glazer. Glazer ordenó que permaneciera detenido sin derecho a fianza y dijo que tendría que usar un monitor GPS si finalmente es liberado de la cárcel.

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Nearly 11 feet of whitewater was hoisted from the Atlantic Ocean and heaved in waves across the entirety of newly filled Miami Beach.

A brand new 3-cup Robinson anemometer installed atop the three-story Allison Hospital in present-day Mid-Beach gusted to 128 mph by 7:30 AM on Saturday, September 18^th, 1926, before blowing away less than an hour later.

As the hurricane’s large, 43-mile-wide eye engulfed the Magic City shortly before daybreak – stretching from present-day west 63rd street on Mid-Beach to just south of Homestead – a sudden calm fell over the city, sending shell-shocked survivors into streets, believing the storm to have passed.

Seeing the mainland across the recently-completed County Causeway (present-day MacArthur Causeway), those stranded on Miami Beach piled into their cars to escape the wreckage surrounding them, but cars on the Causeway never made it to the other side before the “second storm” struck minutes later.

Of the nearly 400 official deaths reported by the American Red Cross from the storm – a count which excluded scores of Black farmworkers lost in the hurricane – most died during its hellish second half. At the time, most had no concept of the rotational forces of a hurricane and marveled at how the storm had managed to stop then “change direction.”

The Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 was an inflection point for the vibrant city awash in unrestrained real estate development. The great Florida land boom of the early 20^th century was washed away with the storm surge and whisked away with the wind. The same land in 1925 that sold for $60,000 was available for $600 a year later. Legendary South Florida developers like George Merrick, Carl Fisher, and D.P. Davis – who made fortunes off the land speculation frenzy and whose names still adorn familiar spots across Miami – were left in financial and personal ruin in the wake of the hurricane.

Though the Florida real estate collapse triggered by the 1926 Miami Hurricane may not have directly caused the Great Depression, it pricked the national real estate bubble of the Roaring Twenties, serving as a catalyst for the protracted economic contraction that followed.

Costliest hurricane of all time

At the time, the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 caused around $100 million in damage, making it the costliest U.S. hurricane to date and the costliest disaster to hit the country since the Great 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and fires.

Given the increase in population, property, and living costs in South Florida over the past 100 years, if the same hurricane were to hit today, researchers estimate total economic losses would exceed $200 billion, making the Great 1926 Miami Hurricane the costliest storm on record.

It’s worth noting that while the Category 4 1926 Miami Hurricane had lower peak winds than Category 5 Hurricane Andrew in 1992 (145 mph maximum sustained winds versus Andrew’s 165 mph peak winds), Andrew was a much smaller hurricane – about half the size of the Great 1926 Miami Hurricane as measured by the extent of its strongest winds.

Andrew also struck about 10 miles farther south than the 1926 hurricane, sparing downtown Miami and Miami Beach its most catastrophic weather.

Friend, colleague, and former WPLG-TV hurricane specialist and National Hurricane Center Director Max Mayfield famously said “Hurricane Andrew was not the big one.” We’ll know the big one when it hits, but the Great 1926 Miami Hurricane is probably as close as it gets for South Florida.

Florida’s start to better building

Florida has some of the most stringent building codes in the world today, but it didn’t start out that way. In 1926, building codes, zoning, and inspection requirements were virtually nonexistent across Miami Beach and Greater Miami. In the wake of the Chicago fires of 1871 and the widespread fires caused by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, meager building requirements at the time were limited to fire and sanitation concerns, not to guard against strong winds.

The frenzied construction during Florida’s land boom wasn’t about to slow for building oversight. The one exception was around George Merrick’s new planned community of Coral Gables, which did implement relatively strict building codes for the period. While Coral Gables suffered considerable damage during the hurricane, not a single life was lost.

After the hurricane, the city of Miami appointed John Farrey its first chief building inspector, tasking him with developing and enforcing the first universal building code not just in Miami but in the U.S. It became known as the Miami Standard and was adopted in over 5,000 other cities thereafter. The state’s building code has been updated and improved numerous times since, including most famously after Hurricane Andrew in 1992, with the passage of the landmark 2002 Florida Building Code and another major update in 2017.

Additionally beach erosion control starting in the 1960s followed by dune restoration in the 1970s hardened the shoreline against approaching storms. Today Miami Beach has 7 miles of shoreline dunes, continually replenished and designed to reduce damage from the next hurricane.

Instead of crumbling, Miami marches ahead

Miami wasn’t the first coastal boomtown in the U.S. to be hit by a big hurricane. In the late 1800s, the rapidly expanding and thriving port of Indianola, Texas, was decimated by powerful hurricanes in 1875 and 1886, submerging most of the town deep under Matagorda Bay.

Likewise, neighboring Galveston, which took over as the major port of Texas after Indianola was a booming metropolis by the turn of the 20th century and was on pace to become one of the most important cities in the U.S. and largest in Texas. The Great 1900 Galveston Hurricane ended its Golden Era and the port city would never recover to its previous levels of national prominence or prosperity.

The same can’t be said about Miami, which has a history of recovering from big hurricanes, largely by learning and adapting to better co-exist with hurricanes.

Tropical Update: 98L folds as 99L takes shape southwest of the Azores

Nearly all computer models – including the formerly bullish AI camp – have dropped development chances for Invest 98L, the low-pressure area spinning over the open central Atlantic, over the past 24 hours. Overnight NHC in turn dropped the system from its tropical weather outlook.

Meanwhile, a small but tenacious area of low-pressure southwest of the Azores in the far northeast Atlantic – now designated Invest 99L – has quickly organized, leading NHC to issue a special tropical outlook late Friday morning.

Though the system isn’t expected to strengthen much, it could become a tropical depression or named storm by as early as today. The next name on the list is Fay.

99L or what forms from it will head southwest and remain over the open Atlantic. Otherwise, no development is expected elsewhere across the basin into at least early next week.

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The shooting happened just before 6:30 p.m. along Southwest 203rd Street near 123rd Avenue.

Neighbors described hearing several gunshots.

“All I heard was a ‘pop, pop, pop’ -- that was it. I didn’t pay any mind to it, because nothing ever happens,” said Ivonne Aguilar, who lives in the neighborhood.

Investigators said the victim was sitting in a car with another person when the two got into some sort of dispute.

“The victim and the subject were both inside the vehicle. They were having a verbal altercation, at which point the victim decided to leave the vehicle, and that’s when the subject took out his firearm and began to discharge several rounds towards the victim’s direction, and ended up striking the victim,” said Daniel Castillo, with MDSO.

The shooter later drove away, while the victim was airlifted to Jackson South Medical Center, according to deputies.

Several neighbors told Local 10 the victim is a teenager.

“I talked to a lot of my neighbors here and supposedly one of my friend’s sons in this neighborhood got shot. So he got airlifted out of here ... we’re just trying to figure out the situation,” neighbor Frank Miranda said.

Sky 10 captured deputies arriving at a second location about a mile away along Southwest 117th Court.

Deputies were seen standing outside an efficiency behind a home with their guns drawn. So far, detectives have not confirmed whether that second scene is related to the shooting.

No arrests have been made and the shooter has not been found as of Thursday night.

His new film, “If I Go Will They Miss Me," stars Oscar nominee Danielle Brooks and opened in U.S. theaters Friday. It follows a family searching for connection in the LA neighborhood of Watts.

​“There’s 800 airplanes that fly into LAX every single day. What that does for us is it gives us 800 opportunities to dream, right? But with that dream also comes a terror,” said the filmmaker, citing his own asthma.

“This movie is about how we juxtapose so many different things, like love and pain, healing and hurt … how the same person that can help you to grow can also strip you of your innocence.”

The new film expands on the former journalist's award-winning short film of the same title, which he began writing shortly after a Delta Air Lines jet traveling from Los Angeles to Shanghai in 2020 dumped 15,000 gallons of fuel over the city of Cudahy and nearby neighborhoods because it was experiencing engine trouble. A lawsuit filed by teachers at Park Avenue Elementary School against the airline said the jet fuel drizzled down like raindrops, causing skin and lung irritation for both teachers and children. Delta last year agreed to a $79 million settlement.

​“For me, what that did was it just reminded me of how complicated and how beautiful and how heartbreaking it is to exist and to love under the LAX flight path,” Thompson-Hernández said.

The film transforms Thompson-Hernández’s childhood longing for his father into myth

The film follows a young boy named Lil Ant, played by newcomer Bodhi Jordan Dell, who views his distant father with a reverent admiration, likening him to Poseidon and Odysseus. Brooks and J. Alphonse Nicholson play Lil Ant’s parents, Lozita and Big Ant — loosely based on Thompson-Hernández’s real-life friends.

Lil Ant is a version of the filmmaker. He remembers growing up not knowing his father and creating mythologies about where and who he was.

“I created this like larger-than-life figure,” he said. "And what I found was that I wasn’t the only one in my neighborhood who was doing that ... I think that’s what’s universal about this movie is that we have a boy here who wants so deeply to be loved by a father who doesn’t have the tools to love him. And in spite of that, he still sees him as a Greek god. You know, how beautiful is that? How tragic is that?”

“If I Go Will They Miss Me” is a meditative film layered in symbolism from Greek mythology, as well as recurring images of planes, ocean waves and hues of purple and blue. It's a love letter to Los Angeles, both visually and sonically, as Thompson-Hernández bookends the film with the city's rich blue sky, which he says serves as a representation of hope and an ode to his hometown.

Brooks, who earned an Oscar nomination for her supporting role in the 2023 musical “The Color Purple,” says working on Thompson-Hernández's film was a “breath of fresh air" that allowed her to showcase a different side of her craft.

“I want to see it win,” she said about the project. “I just want people to know that there’s something out there in this art form that can help you see yourself. And also help you reflect on yourself.”

The filmmaker has spent his career chronicling Southern California communities

​Thompson-Hernández's short film earned him a jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 2022. In his previous work as a journalist for The New York Times, he showcased Southern California subcultures, highlighting his own dual Black American and Mexican-American identity. His 2020 nonfiction book “The Compton Cowboys” focused on a group of Black American cowboys keeping Black Western heritage alive in the city.

The filmmaker says some might look at his work as a “highlight of overlooked communities,” but to him, he is simply documenting the families he grew up seeing every day.

“My world is full of people who are loving and beautiful and complicated, and in need of stories that reflect how multifaceted they are and how they’re able to dream and love and repair,” he said.

Repair is at the center of the story in “If I Go Will They Miss Me,” which Thompson-Hernández hopes will offer audiences a chance to explore what it looks like for a younger generation to create a future that includes hope and healing.

​Thompson-Hernández recalls a scene where Lozita apologizes to Lil Ant for not protecting him during a tense interaction between him and his father.

​“I just didn’t grow up in a home where people apologized to each other," he said. “How do we not just break the chain, but create a new chain that feels healthy? ... How lucky am I to explore these questions that I’ve had my entire life that now are able to come out in a movie.”

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Deputies said Pope, 27, of southwest Miami-Dade, was taken into custody by the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office on Thursday.

According to the report, Pope and the woman knew each other through their neighborhood and had recently reconnected through social media. The report states that the two agreed to meet Thursday for “personal reasons” in the county’s Goulds area.

The woman told investigators that Pope entered her vehicle after she arrived at the meeting location, where they began to argue, according to the report.

During the dispute, Pope allegedly pulled out a gun, “struck the woman in the face with it and forcibly removed her cellular phone from her hand,” the report states.

The woman then got out of the vehicle and fled to a nearby gas station, where she called 911, according to investigators.

Deputies said shortly after taking Pope into custody, the woman identified him though a photo.

They said Pope made a confession that was redacted in his publicly released arrest report.

Jail records show he is facing one count of armed robbery with a firearm or deadly weapon and one count of aggravated battery.

Pope is a Hialeah native who played wide receiver at UM from 2018 through 2021. During his Hurricanes career, he appeared in 34 games and recorded 52 receptions for 680 yards and four touchdowns.

After going undrafted in 2024, Pope signed with the CFL’s Toronto Argonauts in December of that year. He later moved on from the team and continued his career overseas, including a stint with the European League of Football’s Rhein Fire.

Pope appeared in bond court Friday before Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Mindy Glazer. Glazer ordered him to be held without bond and said he would be required to wear a GPS monitor if eventually released from jail.

U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Virginia didn't rule from the bench on the government's request for her to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the fund's formation and operation. But the judge rejected the notion that the case's claims are moot because the Trump administration says the fund is dead and won't go forward.

“The issues that underlie this case are still alive and kicking, in my view,” Brinkema said.

The fund for compensating Trump’s political allies encountered a fierce bipartisan backlash and threatened to derail Attorney General Todd Blanche’s Senate confirmation. On Aug. 2, Blanche issued a formal order terminating the fund after negotiating for weeks with two Republican senators who wanted to see the promise in writing before they endorsed his nomination.

“The case is moot,” Justice Department attorney Andrew Block told Brinkema. “The mootness has been addressed at every stage.”

But the judge noted that Blanche's assurances have been undercut by the president and other administration officials. Trump, a Republican, continued to publicly express support for the fund even as Blanche insisted it was dead.

“They contradict themselves all the time,” Brinkema said.

The administration created the settlement fund to resolve Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his tax returns. The plan stoked outrage over the notion that Trump supporters who attacked police officers while storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, could be eligible for payments.

Attorneys from the legal advocacy group Democracy Forward sued in May, asking the Alexandria, Virginia, court to suspend the fund’s implementation temporarily and stop the Trump administration from disbursing any payouts. Plaintiffs’ attorneys argued the government can’t divert taxpayer money to a slush fund for enriching Trump’s allies.

Brinkema, who was nominated to the bench by Democratic President Bill Clinton, agreed in June to extend an order blocking the fund until further notice from the court.

Democracy Forward attorney Pooja Boisture told the judge on Friday that the administration will most likely move forward with the fund — “either in its current iteration or a new one” — if her order is lifted.

The Virginia lawsuit’s plaintiffs include a fired prosecutor and a college professor acquitted of assaulting federal agents at a protest. Also named as plaintiffs are the government watchdog Common Cause; the city of New Haven, Connecticut; and the National Abortion Federation, an association of abortion providers.

“This scheme is an unprecedented, unlawful, and corrupt attempt to manipulate the legal process and laws intended to prevent political interference to achieve benefits that President Trump and his political allies could not have obtained lawfully,” the plaintiffs’ attorneys wrote.

Justice Department attorneys argue the plaintiffs don’t have a legal basis for claims challenging a fund that “has never existed and will not exist.”

“The time has come to stop this inquisition,” they wrote.

The sides have struck a 10-year deal that will exceed $200 million in total value, said the person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because neither side currently plans any public announcement.

The Miami Herald first reported the agreement.

Miami has been an Adidas school since 2015, but that 12-year agreement expires June 30, 2027, and the Hurricanes spent months essentially being recruited on what to do going forward. The deal with Nike will include cash, apparel and marketing elements, as is standard for such agreements.

Miami has a long history with Nike, going back to when the apparel giant first signed the Hurricanes in the 1980s in what was considered a groundbreaking, first-of-its-kind deal between a school and a sneaker company.

That relationship lasted until Miami struck its deal with Adidas more than a quarter-century later.

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La balacera ocurrió poco antes de las 6:30 p.m. a lo largo de Southwest 203rd Street, cerca de 123rd Avenue.

Vecinos describieron haber escuchado varios disparos.

“Todo lo que escuché fue ‘pop, pop, pop’, eso fue todo. No le presté atención porque aquí nunca pasa nada”, dijo Ivonne Aguilar, quien vive en el vecindario.

Los investigadores dijeron que la víctima estaba sentada en un automóvil con otra persona cuando ambos tuvieron algún tipo de disputa.

“La víctima y el sujeto estaban dentro del vehículo. Estaban teniendo un altercado verbal, momento en el que la víctima decidió salir del vehículo, y fue entonces cuando el sujeto sacó su arma de fuego y comenzó a disparar varias veces en dirección a la víctima, terminando por impactarla”, dijo Daniel Castillo, de MDSO.

El atacante luego se alejó en el vehículo, mientras que la víctima fue trasladada en helicóptero al Jackson South Medical Center, según los agentes.

Varios vecinos dijeron a Local 10 que la víctima es un adolescente.

“Hablé con muchos de mis vecinos aquí y supuestamente uno de los hijos de mis amigos en este vecindario recibió un disparo. Así que fue trasladado en helicóptero desde aquí, estamos tratando de averiguar qué ocurrió”, dijo el vecino Frank Miranda.

Sky 10 captó a agentes llegando a un segundo lugar aproximadamente a una milla de distancia, a lo largo de Southwest 117th Court.

Se vio a los agentes de pie frente a una vivienda independiente detrás de una casa con sus armas desenfundadas. Hasta el momento, los detectives no han confirmado si esa segunda escena está relacionada con la balacera.

No se han realizado arrestos y el atacante no había sido localizado hasta la noche del jueves.

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Alvarez, a South Florida native and the son of Cuban immigrants, was a U.S. Navy lieutenant when he was assigned to an exchange tour with a special operations unit with the Air Force.

On Sept. 19, 1996, Alvarez was in Ecuador on what he described as a counter-narcotics training mission. He was a passenger aboard a Gazelle helicopter when it crashed into a dense jungle river.

The helicopter’s pilot died on impact. Alvarez said he and a United States Navy SEAL’s member aboard the aircraft were engulfed by the fast-flowing water.

Seriously injured, Alvarez prayed for his life.

“You can have my legs, Lord. Take both of my legs, but just bring me back to my girls,” Alvarez said.

His prayer was followed by a rescue effort that pulled him from the river and transported him to Quito, Ecuador’s capital, for emergency surgery. Days later, he was flown to Lackland Air Force Base in Texas.

During the flight, Alvarez saw a U.S. flag covering him.

“When the flight nurse, when they put me onto the C-141, I see the big U.S. flag hanging on me. Yes, I’m going home. Thank you, God,” Alvarez said.

But he soon learned the flag carried a more sobering meaning.

“I didn’t realize that the flag was there to drape my body if I died on the flight home,” he said.

To help calm his fears, an Air Force captain gave Alvarez three items and told him to deliver them to his family.

“He brought me two teddy bears, one for each of my daughters, and a rose for Shelley,” Alvarez said.

Alvarez recalled the captain’s instructions.

“He said, ‘you hand deliver this to your kids,’ do you understand?”' Alvarez said.

It was the first thing Alvarez did after arriving at the base.

His wife, Shelley, was waiting for him. She clutched the rose in one hand and placed her other hand on his forehead.

The crash left Alvarez with devastating injuries. His left leg was amputated, while his right leg was held together with screws.

Despite the injuries, Alvarez said his faith remained intact.

“I got the two for one deal,” he said. “He let me keep one leg and I got my daughters and my wife back.”

For Alvarez, the experience became a story of loss, faith and newfound purpose — one that would ultimately lead him to defy expectations and pursue his goal of returning to flight.

“There are things that are more powerful than you know, and it’s the power of prayer and faith,” Alvarez said.

His journey continues beyond the crash and recovery.

Part two of Alvarez’s story includes his return to the cockpit, a new addition to his family and a special tribute from his daughter, Lisette.

If you‘d like to read about Colonel John Alvarez’s courageous journey, the book “Walk, Run, Fly Again” is available for purchase.

Alvarez, nativo del sur de Florida e hijo de inmigrantes cubanos, era teniente de la Marina de Estados Unidos cuando fue asignado a un programa de intercambio con una unidad de operaciones especiales de la Fuerza Aérea.

El 19 de septiembre de 1996, Alvarez se encontraba en Ecuador en lo que describió como una misión de entrenamiento antinarcóticos. Era pasajero a bordo de un helicóptero Gazelle cuando este se estrelló en un río de una densa selva.

El piloto del helicóptero murió en el impacto. Alvarez dijo que él y un miembro de los Navy SEALs de Estados Unidos que estaba a bordo de la aeronave quedaron envueltos por las rápidas corrientes de agua.

Gravemente herido, Alvarez rezó por su vida.

“Puedes quedarte con mis piernas, Señor. Llévate mis dos piernas, pero solo llévame de regreso con mis niñas”, dijo Alvarez.

A su oración le siguió un operativo de rescate que lo sacó del río y lo trasladó a Quito, la capital de Ecuador, para una cirugía de emergencia. Días después, fue trasladado en avión a la Base de la Fuerza Aérea Lackland en Texas.

Durante el vuelo, Alvarez vio una bandera de Estados Unidos cubriéndolo.

“Cuando la enfermera de vuelo, cuando me subieron al C-141, veo la gran bandera de Estados Unidos sobre mí. Sí, voy a casa. Gracias, Dios”, dijo Alvarez.

Pero pronto se enteró de que la bandera tenía un significado más sombrío.

“No me di cuenta de que la bandera estaba allí para cubrir mi cuerpo si moría durante el vuelo de regreso a casa”, dijo.

Para ayudar a calmar sus temores, un capitán de la Fuerza Aérea le dio a Alvarez tres artículos y le dijo que se los entregara a su familia.

“Me trajo dos osos de peluche, uno para cada una de mis hijas, y una rosa para Shelley”, dijo Alvarez.

Alvarez recordó las instrucciones del capitán.

“Él dijo, ‘tú mismo les entregas esto a tus hijas’, ¿entiendes?”, dijo Alvarez.

Fue lo primero que hizo Alvarez después de llegar a la base.

Su esposa, Shelley, lo estaba esperando. Sostenía la rosa con una mano y colocó la otra sobre su frente.

El accidente dejó a Alvarez con lesiones devastadoras. Le amputaron la pierna izquierda, mientras que su pierna derecha quedó unida con tornillos.

A pesar de las lesiones, Alvarez dijo que su fe permaneció intacta.

“Conseguí una oferta de dos por uno”, dijo. “Me dejó conservar una pierna y recuperé a mis hijas y a mi esposa”.

Para Alvarez, la experiencia se convirtió en una historia de pérdida, fe y un nuevo propósito, una que finalmente lo llevaría a desafiar las expectativas y perseguir su meta de volver a volar.

“Hay cosas que son más poderosas de lo que uno imagina, y es el poder de la oración y la fe”, dijo Alvarez.

Su trayectoria continúa más allá del accidente y la recuperación.

La segunda parte de la historia de Alvarez incluye su regreso a la cabina, una nueva integrante de su familia y un homenaje especial de su hija, Lisette.

Si desea leer sobre la valiente trayectoria del coronel John Alvarez, el libro “Walk, Run, Fly Again” está disponible para su compra.

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Alvarez, a South Florida native born at Jackson Memorial Hospital and a University of Miami graduate, suffered severe injuries in a helicopter crash during a joint training mission in the jungles of Ecuador nearly 30 years ago.

“I was a Navy pilot on an exchange tour with a special operations unit with the Air Force,” he said.

The crash left Alvarez fighting for his life. He was rescued from a river by local residents before doctors amputated his left leg. He later worked with specialists who continued perfecting his prosthetic.

Through each step of his recovery, Alvarez said, he remembered words from his mother, Carmen.

“She said, God puts people in places for you,” he added.

Those people helped Alvarez survive and eventually accomplish goals that once seemed out of reach.

His daughter, Lisette Alvarez, said her father’s recovery was about more than determination.

“It was very important to have that, not just the grit and determination, but the grace and the love as a part of this story,” she said.

This Saturday marks 30 years since the crash, a date John Alvarez calls his “My Alive Day.”

Lisette Alvarez, his first-born daughter, documented her father’s journey in the book “Walk, Run, Fly Again.”

John Alvarez’s first goal was to leave his wheelchair and walk again.

“My first and foremost important goal that I wanted to do was to stand up and walk, be out of my wheelchair, to dance with my daughters and my wife,” he said.

He set a goal of walking again by Thanksgiving 1996, just two months after the crash.

He accomplished it.

His next goal was to run.

Lisette Alvarez said her father accomplished that goal before her birthday.

“I feel incredible pride for that, and the fact that he actually managed to complete it three weeks before my birthday,” she said.

Then came his third goal: flying again.

John Alvarez said returning to the cockpit was not simply a personal challenge. He had a deadline to maintain his qualifications as a pilot.

“The issue is if you are grounded for 365 days consecutively, you lose your qualification as a pilot,” he said.

On Sept. 5, 1997 — less than two weeks before the one-year anniversary of the crash — John Alvarez returned to flying.

“I was the first pilot to return to full combat unrestricted waiver,’ he said. “I was the first one in, in the U.S.,” he said.

Since then, John Alvarez has continued to mentor others in the military. As an amputee aviator, he commanded special operations missions in Serbia, Kosovo and Iraq.

Now 63, he is also a father of three and grandfather. His priorities have shifted from military missions to family.

“That’s our priority in life right now is raising our grandchild,” he said.

His journey is captured in Walk, Run, Fly Again, a story centered on faith, family and perseverance.

The book closes with Isaiah 40:31:

“Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not be faint,” he said.

John and Lisette Alvarez are marking the 30th anniversary of the crash with several events.

On Thursday, the pair are scheduled to attend a book signing in Ohio at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.

On Friday, John Alvarez and his family are scheduled to run the U.S. Air Force Half Marathon to commemorate the anniversary.

The race is not his first major distance event. He has participated in several distance runs and sprint triathlons.

Lisette Alvarez is also working on an accompanying audiobook, which is scheduled to be released in spring 2027.

Walk, Run, Fly Again is available for purchase. More information about Alvarez’s journey is available through Local 10’s Good News South Florida page.

Alvarez, nativo del sur de Florida, nacido en el Jackson Memorial Hospital y graduado de la Universidad de Miami, sufrió graves lesiones en un accidente de helicóptero durante una misión de entrenamiento conjunta en las selvas de Ecuador hace casi 30 años.

“Yo era piloto de la Marina en una asignación de intercambio con una unidad de operaciones especiales de la Fuerza Aérea”, dijo.

El accidente dejó a Alvarez luchando por su vida. Fue rescatado de un río por residentes locales antes de que los médicos le amputaran la pierna izquierda. Posteriormente trabajó con especialistas que continuaron perfeccionando su prótesis.

En cada etapa de su recuperación, dijo Alvarez, recordó las palabras de su madre, Carmen.

“Ella decía, Dios pone a personas en lugares para ti”, agregó.

Esas personas ayudaron a Alvarez a sobrevivir y finalmente alcanzar metas que alguna vez parecieron fuera de su alcance.

Su hija, Lisette Alvarez, dijo que la recuperación de su padre fue más que determinación.

“Era muy importante tener eso, no solo el coraje y la determinación, sino también la gracia y el amor como parte de esta historia”, dijo.

Este sábado se cumplen 30 años del accidente, una fecha que John Alvarez llama su “Día de estar vivo”.

Lisette Alvarez, su hija primogénita, documentó la trayectoria de su padre en el libro “Walk, Run, Fly Again”.

La primera meta de John Alvarez era dejar su silla de ruedas y volver a caminar.

“Mi primera y principal meta, la más importante que quería lograr, era ponerme de pie y caminar, dejar mi silla de ruedas, bailar con mis hijas y mi esposa”, dijo.

Se fijó la meta de volver a caminar para el Día de Acción de Gracias de 1996, apenas dos meses después del accidente.

Lo logró.

Su siguiente meta era correr.

Lisette Alvarez dijo que su padre alcanzó esa meta antes de su cumpleaños.

“Siento un orgullo increíble por eso y por el hecho de que realmente logró completarlo tres semanas antes de mi cumpleaños”, dijo.

Luego llegó su tercera meta: volver a volar.

John Alvarez dijo que regresar a la cabina no era simplemente un desafío personal. Tenía un plazo para mantener sus calificaciones como piloto.

“El problema es que si estás en tierra durante 365 días consecutivos, pierdes tu calificación como piloto”, dijo.

El 5 de septiembre de 1997, menos de dos semanas antes del primer aniversario del accidente, John Alvarez volvió a volar.

“Fui el primer piloto en regresar al servicio de combate completo con una exención sin restricciones”, dijo. “Fui el primero en Estados Unidos”, dijo.

Desde entonces, John Alvarez ha continuado orientando a otras personas en las fuerzas armadas. Como aviador amputado, comandó misiones de operaciones especiales en Serbia, Kosovo e Irak.

Ahora, a los 63 años, también es padre de tres hijos y abuelo. Sus prioridades han cambiado de las misiones militares a la familia.

“Esa es nuestra prioridad en la vida en este momento, criar a nuestro nieto”, dijo.

Su trayectoria está plasmada en Walk, Run, Fly Again, una historia centrada en la fe, la familia y la perseverancia.

El libro concluye con Isaías 40:31:

“Los que esperan en el Señor renovarán sus fuerzas. Se elevarán con alas como las águilas. Correrán y no se cansarán. Caminarán y no desfallecerán”, dijo.

John y Lisette Alvarez conmemoran el 30 aniversario del accidente con varios eventos.

El jueves, ambos tienen previsto asistir a una firma de libros en Ohio en el Museo Nacional de la Fuerza Aérea de Estados Unidos.

El viernes, John Alvarez y su familia tienen previsto correr el Medio Maratón de la Fuerza Aérea de Estados Unidos para conmemorar el aniversario.

La carrera no es su primer evento importante de larga distancia. Ha participado en varias carreras de larga distancia y triatlones de velocidad.

Lisette Alvarez también está trabajando en un audiolibro complementario, cuyo lanzamiento está previsto para la primavera de 2027.

Walk, Run, Fly Again está disponible para su compra. Más información sobre la trayectoria de Alvarez está disponible a través de la página Good News South Florida de Local 10.

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Cesar Oriol Cardoso, 53, previously taught at Sunset Park Elementary School in Miami-Dade County’s Kendall area. He has been behind bars since Sept. 11 and was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

According to a new Miami-Dade Schools Police Department arrest report, detectives were notified Wednesday that another current elementary school student had allegedly been inappropriately touched by Cardoso during the 2025-26 school year.

The girl participated in a recorded forensic interview at Kristi House on Thursday.

She told investigators that Cardoso was her math teacher during the 2025-26 school year.

According to the report, the girl recalled approaching Cardoso’s desk on one occasion to ask for help with a math question.

She said Cardoso was scrolling through his cellphone and that the screen displayed a photograph of a fully nude woman with her breasts and genitalia exposed. The girl told investigators Cardoso turned off the phone’s screen after she stood next to him.

Student describes other encounters

The girl also described an occasion when she and five other students were removed from either music or physical education class to complete additional reading or math work in Cardoso’s classroom, the report stated.

According to the report, the girl said Cardoso tapped her on the buttocks as she walked away from him.

During another incident in which students were removed from class to complete schoolwork, the girl said Cardoso picked her up by the waist, making her feel uncomfortable.

According to the report, the girl also told investigators that she was in Cardoso’s classroom before school began on another occasion when he asked her for a kiss.

The girl declined, and Cardoso told her he was joking, according to the arrest report.

Cardoso already facing multiple charges

The new allegations come as Cardoso already faces charges stemming from accusations involving other girls who were his students at Sunset Park Elementary.

Miami-Dade Schools Police previously accused Cardoso of pulling girls from physical education, other classes or lunch to complete schoolwork in his classroom and showing them inappropriate images or videos. Police also previously accused him of inappropriately touching students and making inappropriate comments.

As of Thursday night, court records showed Cardoso faced 13 charges: five counts of dissemination of obscene material to a minor, five counts of offenses against students by authority figures, two counts of lewd or lascivious molestation involving a victim under 12 by a defendant 18 or older, and one count of lewd or lascivious conduct with a person under 16.

His attorney, Michael Mirer, previously said Cardoso maintains his innocence.

“My client is adamant that he is not guilty, the allegations are false, and he will look forward to his day in court,” Mirer said.

A judge denied Cardoso bail on the two lewd or lascivious molestation counts and ordered him to stay away from five victims.

Miami-Dade County Public Schools previously told Local 10 News that Cardoso was removed from the school setting after administrators learned of the allegations in April and separated from the district in May. The district said he is “permanently precluded from seeking or obtaining future employment” with M-DCPS.

The new arrest report obtained Friday by Local 10 News shows that Cardoso now faces an additional count of offenses against students by authority figures and lewd and lascivious conduct on a child.

Cesar Oriol Cardoso, de 53 años, anteriormente enseñaba en Sunset Park Elementary School, en el área de Kendall del condado Miami-Dade. Permanece tras las rejas desde el 11 de septiembre y estaba detenido en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight.

Según un nuevo reporte de arresto del Departamento de Policía de las Escuelas de Miami-Dade, los detectives fueron notificados el miércoles de que otra estudiante que actualmente asiste a una escuela primaria presuntamente había sido tocada de manera inapropiada por Cardoso durante el año escolar 2025-26.

La niña participó en una entrevista forense grabada en Kristi House el jueves.

Dijo a los investigadores que Cardoso fue su maestro de matemáticas durante el año escolar 2025-26.

Según el reporte, la niña recordó que en una ocasión se acercó al escritorio de Cardoso para pedirle ayuda con una pregunta de matemáticas.

Dijo que Cardoso estaba revisando su teléfono celular y que la pantalla mostraba una fotografía de una mujer completamente desnuda, con los senos y genitales expuestos. La niña dijo a los investigadores que Cardoso apagó la pantalla del teléfono después de que ella se colocó a su lado.

Estudiante describe otros encuentros

La niña también describió una ocasión en la que ella y otros cinco estudiantes fueron sacados de una clase de música o educación física para completar trabajos adicionales de lectura o matemáticas en el salón de Cardoso, indicó el reporte.

Según el reporte, la niña dijo que Cardoso le dio una palmada en los glúteos mientras ella se alejaba de él.

Durante otro incidente en el que los estudiantes fueron sacados de clase para completar trabajos escolares, la niña dijo que Cardoso la levantó por la cintura, haciéndola sentir incómoda.

Según el reporte, la niña también dijo a los investigadores que estaba en el salón de Cardoso antes de que comenzaran las clases en otra ocasión cuando él le pidió un beso.

La niña se negó y Cardoso le dijo que estaba bromeando, según el reporte de arresto.

Cardoso ya enfrenta múltiples cargos

Las nuevas acusaciones surgen mientras Cardoso ya enfrenta cargos derivados de acusaciones relacionadas con otras niñas que fueron sus estudiantes en Sunset Park Elementary.

La Policía de las Escuelas de Miami-Dade acusó previamente a Cardoso de sacar a niñas de educación física, otras clases o del almuerzo para que completaran trabajos escolares en su salón y mostrarles imágenes o videos inapropiados. La policía también lo acusó previamente de tocar de manera inapropiada a estudiantes y hacer comentarios inapropiados.

Hasta la noche del jueves, los registros judiciales mostraban que Cardoso enfrentaba 13 cargos: cinco cargos de difusión de material obsceno a un menor, cinco cargos de delitos contra estudiantes por parte de figuras de autoridad, dos cargos de abuso lascivo contra una víctima menor de 12 años por parte de un acusado de 18 años o más y un cargo de conducta lasciva con una persona menor de 16 años.

Su abogado, Michael Mirer, dijo previamente que Cardoso sostiene que es inocente.

“Mi cliente insiste en que no es culpable, que las acusaciones son falsas y espera con interés su día en la corte”, dijo Mirer.

Un juez negó la fianza a Cardoso por los dos cargos de abuso lascivo y le ordenó mantenerse alejado de cinco víctimas.

Las Escuelas Públicas del Condado Miami-Dade dijeron previamente a Local 10 News que Cardoso fue retirado del entorno escolar después de que los administradores se enteraron de las acusaciones en abril y dejó de formar parte del distrito en mayo. El distrito dijo que tiene “prohibido permanentemente solicitar u obtener empleo en el futuro” con M-DCPS.

El nuevo reporte de arresto obtenido el viernes por Local 10 News muestra que Cardoso ahora enfrenta un cargo adicional de delitos contra estudiantes por parte de figuras de autoridad y conducta lasciva con un menor.

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Jail records show Juan Dominguez, 34, and Yamika Poulard, 30, were arrested Thursday by the Coral Springs Police Department.

According to the arrest reports, the alleged credit card use occurred between July 29 and Aug. 10. The victim told investigators that her business credit card had been “compromised” and used 26 times in Coral Springs. She immediately provided investigators with seven transactions totaling $1,894.95 that she said were unauthorized, according to police.

Authorities said the couple allegedly used the victim’s card at a Metro by T-Mobile store in Coral Springs on July 29 and at a Kohl’s department store in Coral Springs the following day.

Coral Springs police said officers witnessed the couple using their phones to make more than $500 worth of clothing purchases at Kohl’s, located at 9001 W. Atlantic Blvd., in the Coral Square Mall.

Investigators said the couple was accompanied by Poulard’s daughter when they allegedly used the card’s tap-to-pay feature at Kohl’s. They said officers saw the couple in an elevator at the store with shopping carts filled with clothing. Surveillance footage also captured the license plate of Poulard’s gray Tesla, according to the report.

The report states that the victim’s card was also used at a Caribbean restaurant in Margate, a Zumiez store in the Coral Square Mall and at a nearby 7-Eleven.

Police said investigators reviewed surveillance footage from Kohl’s and the 7-Eleven and used the footage to help identify and arrest the couple.

Police said they tracked the stolen card to the couple’s neighborhood and verified their identities.

Jail records show Dominguez and Poulard each face one count of grand theft from a person 65 or older, credit card fraud, organized scheme to defraud and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Authorities said the victim told police she wanted to press charges. It was not immediately known whether there were additional victims in the case.

As of Friday morning, Dominguez and Poulard were being held at the Broward County Main Jail. Their bond amounts were not immediately available.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que Juan Dominguez, de 34 años, y Yamika Poulard, de 30, fueron arrestados el jueves por el Departamento de Policía de Coral Springs.

Según los reportes de arresto, el presunto uso de las tarjetas de crédito ocurrió entre el 29 de julio y el 10 de agosto. La víctima dijo a los investigadores que su tarjeta de crédito comercial había sido “comprometida” y utilizada 26 veces en Coral Springs. De inmediato proporcionó a los investigadores siete transacciones por un total de $1,894.95 USD que, según dijo, no había autorizado, de acuerdo con la policía.

Las autoridades dijeron que la pareja presuntamente utilizó la tarjeta de la víctima en una tienda Metro by T-Mobile en Coral Springs el 29 de julio y en una tienda por departamentos Kohl’s en Coral Springs al día siguiente.

La policía de Coral Springs dijo que los agentes vieron a la pareja usando sus teléfonos para realizar compras de ropa por más de $500 USD en Kohl’s, ubicada en 9001 W. Atlantic Blvd., en el centro comercial Coral Square Mall.

Los investigadores dijeron que la pareja estaba acompañada por la hija de Poulard cuando presuntamente utilizaron la función de pago sin contacto de la tarjeta en Kohl’s. Dijeron que los agentes vieron a la pareja en un ascensor de la tienda con carritos de compras llenos de ropa. Las imágenes de vigilancia también captaron la placa del Tesla gris de Poulard, según el reporte.

El reporte indica que la tarjeta de la víctima también fue utilizada en un restaurante caribeño en Margate, una tienda Zumiez en Coral Square Mall y un 7-Eleven cercano.

La policía dijo que los investigadores revisaron imágenes de vigilancia de Kohl’s y del 7-Eleven y utilizaron las grabaciones para ayudar a identificar y arrestar a la pareja.

La policía dijo que los investigadores rastrearon la tarjeta robada hasta el vecindario de la pareja y verificaron sus identidades.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que Dominguez y Poulard enfrentan cada uno un cargo de hurto mayor a una persona de 65 años o más, fraude con tarjeta de crédito, esquema organizado para defraudar y contribuir a la delincuencia de un menor.

Las autoridades dijeron que la víctima informó a la policía que quería presentar cargos. No se supo de inmediato si había víctimas adicionales en el caso.

Hasta la mañana del viernes, Dominguez y Poulard permanecían detenidos en la cárcel principal del condado Broward. Los montos de sus fianzas no estaban disponibles de inmediato.

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From dirty equipment and food-contact surfaces, to improper food temperatures, pest problems and handwashing violations, these restaurants have some serious work to do.

Legendary Shorty’s BBQ racked up a staggering 40 violations and this inspection was prompted by a complaint.

These businesses need to do better.

We’re putting their violations on the Dirty 30 list so you can see exactly what inspectors found.

**SHORTY’S BAR-B-Q

9200 SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY

SOUTH MIAMI/DADELAND

INSPECTION BASED ON COMPLAINT

INSPECTION DATE 9/15

40 VIOLATIONS FOUND

Accumulation of dead or trapped birds, insects, rodents, or other pests, in control devices. “Observed dead flies on sticky tape in office.”

Accumulation of debris inside ware washing machine. “Observed interior soiled.”

Bathroom facility not clean. “Observed urinal in men’s restroom with urine stains and hair.”

Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. — Repeat Violation “Observed soiled equipment handles.”

Ceiling/ceiling tile shows damage or is in disrepair. — Repeat Violation “Observed water damage to multiple tiles in restroom.”

Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. — Repeat Violation “Observed dusty vents.”

Cold holding equipment not maintained in good repair. “Observed small reach-in cooler in storage area with ambient temperature of 67°F. Cheese slices stored inside for more than 4 hours at 67°F.”

Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. “Observed phone on top of dish machine.”

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

Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried — wet nesting. “Observed in back of kitchen on rack.”

Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. “Observed at back door next to ice machine.”

Floor area(s) covered with standing water. — Repeat Violation “Observed throughout kitchen and smoker room. Observed in walk-in cooler.”

Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. “Observed above prep sink in back; cracked containers.”

Food stored on floor. “Observed soda syrup on floor in back of kitchen. Observed oil on floor of cook line next to chest freezer.”

Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. — Repeat Violation “Observed in chest freezer.”

In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. “Observed at prep sink.”

No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. “Observed no handwashing sign at sink in kitchen.”

Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. — Repeat Violation “Observed gaskets soiled in multiple coolers. Observed exterior of equipment heavily soiled.”

Open dumpster lid. — Repeat Violation “Observed open lid at time of inspection.”

Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. “Observed employee cup on rack in walk-in cooler. Observed water bottle in chest freezer.”

Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. “Observed in walk-in cooler. Observed in reach-in cooler; soiled shelves.”

Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. “Observed in reach-in.”

Standing water in bottom of reach-in cooler. “Observed at reach-in at front counter where coleslaw is stored.”

Stored food not covered. “Observed in walk-in cooler.”

Unsealed concrete floor in food preparation, food storage, ware washing area or bathroom. — Repeat Violation “Observed in smoker room and walk-in cooler.”

Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. — Repeat Violation “Observed rust on shelves in walk-in and reach-in.”

Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. — Repeat Violation “Observed throughout establishment.”

Chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual ware washing. “Observed less than 50 ppm at triple sink.”

Employee handled soiled equipment or utensils and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. “Observed employee on phone at ware wash area, then continue work with no handwash.”

Employee touched face/hair and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. “Observed employee at dish machine rubbing sweat off face and continue handling clean utensils.”

Hose attached to faucet at three-compartment/food preparation/handwash sink eliminating required air gap. “Observed at prep sink in back.”

Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. “Observed in mini cooler in storage area: cheese slices at 67°F. As per cook, more than 4 hours.”

Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41°F. “Observed in mini cooler in storage area: cheese slices at 67°F. As per cook, more than 4 hours. Observed at front counter: coleslaw at 70°F. Operator placed product in ice to rapidly chill.”

Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135°F. “Observed in warmer across cook line: ribs at 112°F; steak at 122°F. As per operator, less than 2 hours. Ribs were thrown out and steaks were reheated to 165°F. Observed on cook line: chicken at 97°F; wings at 89°F. Operator threw into oven to be reheated, less than 4 hours on line.”

Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. “Observed soiled food shelves in dry storage.”

Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. — Repeat Violation “Observed hand sink with container inside at waiter station.”

No currently certified food service manager on duty with four or more employees engaged in food preparation/handling. “Observed no CFM present at time of inspection; more than 4 employees on site.”

No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. — Repeat Violation “Observed in men’s restroom; no paper towels and device not working. Observed no paper towels at hand sink in kitchen or at waiter station.”

Non-pitting surface rust on food-contact equipment. — Repeat Violation “Observed on shelves where dry goods are stored.”

Paper towel dispenser at handwash sink not working/unable to dispense paper towels. “Observed at back kitchen hand sink; paper towels unable to dispense.”

**TRAN AN VIETNAMESE FOOD

215 NE 82ND ST.

MIAMI (LITTLE RIVER)

INSPECTION DATE 9/16

30 VIOLATIONS FOUND

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

Ceiling not smooth, nonabsorbent and easily cleanable in food preparation, food storage, or ware washing areas. “Observed above prep area front counter.”

Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. “Observed ceiling tiles dusty above kitchen cook line and ware washing areas.”

Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. “Observed an employee drink cup stored on tray rack by cook line.”

Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. “Observed personal phone stored on prep area front counter.”

Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. “While preparing food.”

Equipment in poor repair. “Observed reach-in coolers gaskets torn by front counter.”

Floor area(s) covered with standing water. “Observed standing water under RIC front counter and hand sink.”

Food stored on floor. “Observed cooking oil containers and fish sauce stored on floor by back exit door and storage room outside.”

In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. — Repeat Violation “Observed utensils inside standing water at 93°F by cook line.”

Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. “Observed reach-in coolers gaskets soiled at front counter prep area.”

Outer openings not protected with self-closing doors. “Observed a service window by front counter for To-Go orders open during inspection and observed back door exit door open during inspection.”

Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. “Observed reach-in freezer interior have accumulation of soil residues by storage room.”

Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. — Repeat Violation “Observed reach-in coolers rusted front counter and storage across cook line.”

Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. “Observed wall dusty by hoods back exit door.”

Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. “Observed wet mop stored inside mop bucket by back exit door.”

Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. “Observed employee coming from outside door and proceeded to grab clean containers and go to kitchen.”

Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. “Observed employee put new gloves on without washing hands.”

Live, small flying insects found. “Observed 2 live flying insects flying around dining room area. Observed 2 live flying insects flying by storage room by freezer. Observed 2 live flying insects flying around ware washing areas.”

Non-food grade paper/paper towel used as liner for food container. “Observed in contact with lettuce inside reach-in coolers prep area front counter.”

Quaternary ammonium sanitizer in spray bottle not at proper minimum strength. “Observed spray at 0 ppm; employee prepared new solution.”

Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. “Observed raw tray with beef stored over cooked meatballs container at reach-in coolers front counter.”

Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. “Observed raw chicken at 63°F, raw ground sausage at 55°F, and cooked pork with crab mix at 57°F at reach-in coolers across cook line. As per chef, from a day prior.”

Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. “Observed raw chicken at 63°F, raw ground sausage at 55°F, and cooked pork with crab mix at 57°F at reach-in coolers across cook line. As per chef, from a day prior.”

Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. “Observed cutting boards at prep area front counter.”

Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. “Observed tongs stored inside hand sink front counter.”

Manager or person in charge lacking proof of food manager certification. “Observed person in charge Ashley Benfield not manager certified.”

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

No proof of required state-approved employee training provided for any employees. “Observed employee Kevin Marenco hired almost 2 years and Dyna Aubert hired about six months.”

Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. “Observed spray plastic bottle with sanitizer not labeled front counter by ice machine.”

**CASA JUAN RESTAURANT

5755 NW 7TH ST.

BLUE LAGOON/MIA AREA

INSPECTION DATE 9/14

35 VIOLATIONS FOUND

Accumulation of dead or trapped birds, insects, rodents, or other pests, in control devices. “Observed 1 sticky tape with dead flies hanging from the ceiling over clean kitchen equipment.”

Accumulation of debris inside ware washing machine. “Observed.”

Accumulation of debris on exterior of ware washing machine. “Observed.”

Clean utensils and equipment stored on dirty wall at mop sink. “Observed.”

Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. “Observed.”

Dead roaches on premises. “Observed 1 dead roach on the floor at dry storage area. Manager removed and discarded dead roach.”

Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. “Observed.”

Interior of oven and microwaves has accumulation of old food debris. — Repeat Violation “Observed.”

Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. “Observed reach-in cooler fans guard soiled.”

Objectionable odors in cooler. “Observed.”

Plumbing system in disrepair. “Observed.”

Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. “Observed.”

Stored food not covered. — Repeat Violation “Observed several aluminum containers with cooked food not covered in reach-in cooler, located at cooking line and walk-in cooler.”

Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. “Observed several raw fish stored in standing water at preparation table. Employee removed fish from water and placed it in reach-in cooler.”

Walk-in cooler interior and shelves have heavy accumulation of old food debris. — Repeat Violation “Observed.”

Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. “Observed.”

Wall inside walk-in cooler soiled. “Observed plastic curtains at walk-in cooler heavily soiled with black mold-like substance. Observed wall at mop sink soiled.”

Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. “Observed an employee handling raw food and subsequently putting on gloves without washing hands beforehand.”

Employee handled soiled equipment or utensils and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. “Observed employee cleaning cooking pot at 3-compartment sink and then began handling clean containers, no hand wash.”

Food preparation sink has soil/old food residue. “Observed.”

Food-contact surfaces not sanitized after cleaning, before use. “Observed employee washing and rinsing vegetable dicer with no sanitizer.”

Live, small flying insects found. “Observed more than 30 small flies actively flying throughout the dry storage area. Approximately 5 flies were observed landing on raw potatoes. Additionally, approximately 10 flies were observed landing on clean blender glasses and maple syrup containers located at the front counter preparation area.”

Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. — Repeat Violation “Observed raw chicken stored over raw pork at walk-in cooler.”

Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food marked with a date that exceeds 7 days after opening/preparation. “Observed container of pork soup with dates exceeding 7 days at walk-in cooler.”

Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. “Observed an employee washing their hands while wearing gloves.”

Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. “Observed container of pork soup with dates exceeding 7 days at walk-in cooler. Observed 5 live flies land on raw potatoes at dry storage area.”

Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. “Observed beef pastry at 71°F and cheese pastry at 68°F at room temperature at front counter. As per manager, for more than 4 hours.”

Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41°F. “Observed beef pastry at 71°F and cheese pastry at 68°F at room temperature at front counter. As per manager, for more than 4 hours. Observed raw fish at 71°F at room temperature at cook line. As per employee, for less than 30 minutes.”

Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135°F. “Observed beef stew at 120°F and ground beef at 125°F in steam table. As per operator, food was placed on the steam table 2 hours before the inspection.”

Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. “Observed.”

Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. — Repeat Violation “Observed preparation table soiled with old food debris at cook line. Observed wall-mounted vegetable dicer heavily soiled with old food debris. Observed fryer baskets soiled with old food debris at cook line. Observed interior of rice and flour containers soiled with old food debris at back storage area. Observed interior of toaster soiled at front counter.”

Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. “Observed employee washing and disposing dirty water in hand sink, located at cooking line.”

No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. “Observed at hand sink located at cooking line.”

Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. “Observed cooked chicken prepared 2 days prior to the inspection with no date mark.”

Toxic substance/chemical on premise that is not required for the operation of establishment. “Observed sanitizer spray stored next to clean knives and forks, located at front counter.”

**LAS FLORES MEXICAN

12384 QUAIL ROOST DR.

SOUTH MIAMI HEIGHTS/SW MIAMI-DADE

INSPECTION DATE 9/14

31 VIOLATIONS FOUND

Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. — Repeat Violation “Observed plastic cup with no handle used to dispense cheese at reach-in cooler at kitchen entrance.”

Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. “Observed reach-in freezer door in kitchen.”

Ceiling/ceiling tile shows damage or is in disrepair. “Observed some ceiling tiles in the lobby soiled with water damage.”

Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. “Observed interior white fan stored at prep table soiled with heavy accumulation of dust.”

Cove molding at floor/wall juncture broken/missing. “Observed cove molding at handwash sink in the kitchen broken.”

Equipment in poor repair. “Observed black reach-in freezer door handles in disrepair.”

Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. — Repeat Violation “Observed floor soiled under cold holding equipment. Also observed under cooking equipment.”

Food stored in a prohibited area. “Observed red chili peppers container stored inside of the bathroom located near exterior door.”

No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted. “Observed.”

No copy of latest inspection report available. “Observed.”

Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. — Repeat Violation “Observed cove molding at the triple sink soiled with mold-like substance. Also observed exterior of flat grill heavily soiled.”

Objectionable odors in bathroom or other areas of the establishment. “Observed objectionable odor at white reach-in freezer.”

Bathroom near kitchen exterior used as dry storage/drinks. “Observed bathroom near kitchen exterior used as dry storage/drinks.”

Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. — Repeat Violation “Observed employee open water stored at reach-in cooler near exit door.”

Reach-in cooler/freezer interior have accumulation of soil residues. “Observed reach-in cooler near exterior door have accumulation of soil residues. Also observed black reach-in freezer near cook line have accumulation of soil residues.”

Screen in door torn/in poor repair. “Observed exterior door.”

Standing water or very slow draining water in handwash sink, three-compartment sink, or mop sink. “Observed slow draining water at handwash sink in the kitchen.”

Three-compartment sink used for ware washing not cleaned before use as a food preparation sink. “Observed.”

Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. “Observed wall soiled near handwash sink in the kitchen. Also one wall soiled at mop sink and triple sink.”

Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. “Observed.”

Employee washed hands with no soap. “Observed.”

Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. “Observed raw shell eggs stored over bell peppers and tomatoes at reach-in cooler near exterior door.”

Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. “Observed cooked onions at 127°F at flat grill, as per cook for less than an hour.”

Water misting device not maintained/cleaned as required. “Observed water misting at triple sink soiled heavily with mold-like substance.”

Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. “Observed employee washed hands inside of the triple sink.”

Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. “Observed frying baskets at fryer soiled with old debris.”

Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. — Repeat Violation “Observed handwashing sink blocked by trash can.”

Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. “Observed handwashing sink at front counter used to store wiping cloths and sanitizer buckets.”

No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. “Observed at front counter.”

No probe thermometer provided to measure temperature of food products. “Observed.”

No soap provided at handwash sink. “Observed at handwash sink in the kitchen. Also observed at front counter.”

**TRIGO CAFE TAPAS

839 WEST 49TH ST.

HIALEAH

INSPECTION DATE 9/9

30 VIOLATIONS FOUND

Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. “Observed on salt, sugar, rice and bread crumbs containers at dry storage.”

Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. “Observed dust and grease accumulated on ceiling tiles.”

Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. “Observed raw salmon and raw mahi filets no longer frozen still on ROP package. Operator segregated to be discarded.”

Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. “Observed.”

Equipment in poor repair. “Observed no lid on ice machine, machine is covered with a plastic bag at front counter.”

Establishment did not report seating change that affects the license fee, Clean Indoor Air Act, sewage system approval or other related requirements. “Observed.”

Establishment increased seating without providing written approval from the local fire authority and wastewater provider. — Repeat Violation “Observed establishment licensed with 16 seats, observed 50 seats.”

Floor not cleaned when the least amount of food is exposed. “Observed by dry storage area and kitchen area.”

Food stored on floor. — Repeat Violation “Observed sugar bag and vinegar bottle stored on floor by dry storage area.”

In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135°F. “Observed utensil in standing water at 99°F next to stove.”

Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. “Observed.”

No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. “Observed no ambient thermometer on units throughout establishment.”

No copy of latest inspection report available. “Observed.”

Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. “Observed soiled gaskets on reach-in cooler across 3-compartment sink. Observed soiled reach-in cooler interior by dry storage area.”

Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. “Observed soiled with food debris reach-in cooler interior across 3-compartment sink.”

Single-service articles improperly stored. “Observed To-Go cardboard inserts case stored on floor by dry storage area.”

Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. “Observed.”

Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. — Repeat Violation “Observed salt and sugar containers not identified with common name at dry storage.”

Container of medicine improperly stored. “Observed a bottle of acetaminophen on shelves above food preparation at kitchen area. Operator removed.”

Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. “Observed food stored on nonfood-grade bags on standing freezer.”

Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food marked with a date that exceeds 7 days after opening/preparation. “Observed cooked black beans dated on 08/28 in standing unit at kitchen area. Operator segregated to be discarded.”

Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. “Observed raw salmon and raw mahi filets no longer frozen still on ROP package. Operator segregated to be discarded.”

Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. “Observed cooked black beans dated on 08/28 in standing unit at kitchen area. Operator segregated to be discarded.”

Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41°F. “Observed seafood ceviche at 44°F and sliced ham at 47°F on standing unit at kitchen. As per operator, less than 1 hour.”

Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment. “Observed.”

Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. “Observed slicer next to stove at kitchen area soiled with food debris.”

No proof of required state-approved employee training provided for any employees. “Observed.”

No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. “Observed.”

Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. “Observed cooked white rice and congri rice prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked on standing unit by dry storage.”

Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. — Repeat Violation “Observed degreaser spray bottle not identified with name.”

**CONCH HEAVEN

11275 NW 27TH AVE.

MIAMI

INSPECTION DATE 9/17

31 VIOLATIONS FOUND

ORDERED SHUT 6/29/26 (ROACH ISSUE)

Bathroom located inside establishment not completely enclosed with tight-fitting, self-closing doors. — Repeat Violation “Restrooms doors not self-closing.”

Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. “Bowl with no handle used to scoop rice.”

Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. “Walk-in freezer door handle soiled with food debris.”

Ceiling/ceiling tile shows damage or is in disrepair. “Ceiling tiles water damaged in dry storage.”

Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. — Repeat Violation “Grease on A/C vents and throughout the ceiling in the kitchen area.”

Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. “Observed pots and pans not inverted.”

Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. — Repeat Violation “Grooved cutting board.”

Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. “iPad and battery charger on top of the preparation table.”

Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. “Kitchen employees not wearing hair restraints.”

Equipment in poor repair. “Chest freezer lid rusted.”

Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. “Under the shelves in dry storage, and grease under the fryer.”

Fly sticky tape hanging over food/food preparation area/food-contact equipment. “Observed over food preparation table.”

Food not stored at least 6 inches off of the floor. — Repeat Violation “Box of tomatoes on the floor inside the walk-in cooler.”

Hole in or other damage to wall. — Repeat Violation “Hole on wall by triple sink.”

Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. “Ice in walk-in freezer and reach-in freezer.”

Improper storage of maintenance equipment that interferes with cleaning. “Around kitchen area.”

Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. — Repeat Violation “Observed the oven soiled.”

No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. “No handwashing sign in the restroom and front counter.”

Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. — Repeat Violation “Reach-in cooler gasket soiled. Hood filters soiled, and the bottom of the preparation table.”

Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. “Reach-in cooler interior soiled.”

Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. “Observed seafood being thawed at room temperature.”

Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. — Repeat Violation “Walk-in freezer shelves rusted.”

Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. — Repeat Violation “Wall soiled throughout the kitchen.”

Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. “Observed.”

Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. “Plastic bottles with sauces not labeled. Food storage containers not labeled.”

Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. “Thank-you bags in direct contact with food.”

Pesticide/insecticide labeled for household use only present in establishment. “Observed bug spray on preparation table.”

Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135°F. “Observed cooked chicken at 119°F, cabbage at 95°F and pork at 109°F. Manager started to reheat them to 165°F.”

Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. “Mixer head soiled.”

No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. “No paper towels in the hand sink.”

Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. — Repeat Violation “All cooked food items in the walk-in cooler from more than 24 hours, as per employee, not date marked.”

**HONORABLE MENTION**

**LA JULIANA LJ

3001 WEST 12TH AVE.

HIALEAH

INSPECTION DATE 9/8

29 VIOLATIONS FOUND

Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. “Observed.”

Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food. “Observed employee engaging food preparation at cook line wearing a watch.”

Equipment in poor repair. “Observed broken door on reach-in cooler at cook line by steam table.”

Food stored in a room/shed that is not fully enclosed. “Observed a chest freezer storing food at the back of the establishment not covered or secured.”

Hot water at mop sink does not reach 85°F. “Observed.”

In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135°F. “Observed ice cream scoop in standing water at 97°F at kitchen area.”

In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board. “Observed under cutting board, employee removed.”

No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. “Observed no ambient thermometer in all units at kitchen.”

Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. “Observed soiled with food debris drawers interior at cook line.”

Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. “Observed multiple personal drinks inside reach-in cooler at kitchen area. Operator removed.”

Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. “Observed raw shrimp (frozen) inside 3-compartment sink at kitchen. Operator moved to reach-in cooler.”

Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. “Observed leaking from handwash sink pipe at kitchen.”

Wet wiping cloths used for occasional spills on equipment food- and nonfood-contact surfaces not clean. “Observed multiple wiping cloths at kitchen area.”

Employee washed hands with cold water. “Observed no hot water at establishment.”

Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. “Observed cut cheese stored on To-Go bags. Operator changed.”

Pesticide/insecticide labeled for household use only present in establishment. “Observed a Raid spray bottle at front counter and observed one stored above 3-compartment sink at kitchen.”

Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. “Observed raw chicken stored above cooked rice on drawers at cook line. Employee stored properly.”

Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41°F. “Observed cut ham at 45°F and shredded cheese at 45°F on preparation table at kitchen area, as per operator less than 3 hours. Operator moved to reach-in cooler across grill.”

Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135°F. “Observed cooked onions at 94°F next to flat grill, as per operator less than 3 hours.”

Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. “Observed employee wash their hands at 3-compartment sink.”

Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. “Observed soiled with food debris can opener blade. Also observed soiled white cutting board at cook line.”

Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. “Observed a case of bananas stored on top of handwash sink at kitchen area. Employee removed.”

No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment ware washing machine or wiping cloths. “Observed no chlorine test strips available.”

No handwash sink for employees. “Observed no handwash sink on preparation area at the back of the establishment.”

No hot running water at three-compartment sink. “Hot water running for approximately 10 minutes, reached 84°F.”

No plan review submitted and approved — renovations were made or are in progress. “Observed 1 reach-in cooler and 1 preparation/container located at the back of the establishment. Plans were not submitted at the time of the inspection. Observed food stored and food preparation during inspection.”

No probe thermometer provided to measure temperature of food products. “Observed.”

No soap provided at handwash sink. “Observed at kitchen area. Operator provided during inspection.”

Water with a temperature of at least 85°F not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. “Hot water running for approximately 10 minutes, reached.”

Desde equipos sucios y superficies en contacto con los alimentos sucias, hasta temperaturas inadecuadas de los alimentos, problemas de plagas e incumplimiento de las normas de higiene de manos, estos restaurantes tienen mucho trabajo por delante.

El legendario restaurante Shorty’s BBQ acumuló la asombrosa cifra de 40 infracciones, y esta inspección fue motivada por una queja.

Estas empresas tienen que mejorar.

Estamos incluyendo sus infracciones en la lista de los 30 casos más graves para que puedan ver exactamente lo que encontraron los inspectores.

**SHORTY’S BAR-BQ

9200 SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY

SUR DE MIAMI/DADELAND

INSPECCIÓN BASADA EN UNA DENUNCIA

FECHA DE INSPECCIÓN 15/9

40 VIOLACIONES ENCONTRADAS

Acumulación de aves, insectos, roedores u otras plagas muertas o atrapadas en dispositivos de control. «Se observaron moscas muertas en cinta adhesiva en la oficina».

Acumulación de residuos en el interior de la lavadora de vajilla. “Se observó suciedad en el interior”.

Los baños no estaban limpios. “Se observó un urinario en el baño de hombres con manchas de orina y cabello”.

Acumulación de restos de comida/residuos de tierra en las manijas de las puertas de los equipos. — Infracción reiterada: “Se observaron manijas de equipos sucias”.

El techo/las baldosas del techo presentan daños o están en mal estado. — Infracción reiterada: “Se observaron daños por agua en varias baldosas del baño”.

Techo/baldosas/rejillas de ventilación sucias con restos de comida acumulados, grasa, polvo o una sustancia similar al moho. — Infracción reiterada: “Se observaron rejillas de ventilación polvorientas”.

El equipo de refrigeración no se mantenía en buen estado. “Se observó un refrigerador pequeño en el área de almacenamiento con una temperatura ambiente de 67 °F. Las rebanadas de queso se almacenaron en su interior durante más de 4 horas a 67 °F.”

Artículos personales de los empleados almacenados en o encima de un área de preparación de alimentos, alimentos, equipos y utensilios limpios o artículos de un solo uso. “Se observó un teléfono encima del lavavajillas”.

Empleado sin sujeción para el cabello mientras preparaba alimentos. “Se observó a varios empleados sin sujeción para el cabello mientras preparaban alimentos”.

Equipos y utensilios que no se secaron correctamente al aire: acumulación de humedad. “Observado en la parte trasera de la cocina, en un estante”.

La puerta exterior tiene una abertura en el umbral que da al exterior. “Observado en la puerta trasera junto a la máquina de hielo”.

Área(s) del piso cubiertas con agua estancada. — Infracción reiterada: “Observado en toda la cocina y la sala de ahumado. Observado en la cámara frigorífica”.

Recipiente para almacenar alimentos/tapa del recipiente agrietada o rota. “Observado encima del fregadero de preparación en la parte trasera; recipientes agrietados”.

Alimentos almacenados en el suelo. “Se observó jarabe de soda en el suelo en la parte trasera de la cocina. Se observó aceite en el suelo de la línea de cocción junto al congelador horizontal.”

Acumulación de hielo en el congelador vertical y/o en el congelador horizontal. — Infracción reiterada: “Observado en el congelador horizontal”.

Cuchillo(s) en uso guardado(s) en las grietas entre las piezas del equipo. “Observado en el fregadero de preparación”.

No se encontró ningún letrero que indicara la prohibición de lavarse las manos en el lavamanos utilizado por los empleados de la cocina. “Observé un letrero que indicaba que no se debía lavarse las manos en el lavamanos de la cocina”.

Superficie que no entra en contacto con alimentos sucia con grasa, restos de comida, suciedad, lodo o polvo. — Infracción reiterada: “Se observaron juntas sucias en varios refrigeradores. Se observó el exterior del equipo muy sucio”.

Tapa del contenedor abierta. — Infracción reiterada: “Se observó la tapa abierta en el momento de la inspección”.

Se encontró un recipiente de bebida de un empleado abierto en una unidad de refrigeración con alimentos destinados a ser servidos a los clientes. “Se observó una taza de un empleado en un estante dentro de la cámara frigorífica. Se observó una botella de agua en el congelador horizontal”.

El interior y los estantes del refrigerador presentan acumulación de residuos de suciedad. “Observado en la cámara frigorífica. Observado en el refrigerador; estantes sucios.”

Estantes de refrigerador con óxido que ha corroído la superficie. “Observado en el refrigerador”.

Agua estancada en el fondo del refrigerador. “Observado en el refrigerador del mostrador donde se guarda la ensalada de col”.

Alimentos almacenados sin tapar. “Observado en la cámara frigorífica”.

Piso de concreto sin sellar en área de preparación de alimentos, almacenamiento de alimentos, área de lavado de utensilios o baño. — Infracción reiterada: “Observado en sala de ahumado y cámara frigorífica”.

Estantes de la cámara frigorífica/congelador con óxido que ha corroído la superficie. — Infracción reiterada: “Se observó óxido en los estantes de la cámara frigorífica y del congelador”.

Pared sucia con grasa acumulada, restos de comida y/o polvo. — Infracción reiterada “Observada en todo el establecimiento”.

El desinfectante de cloro no tiene la concentración mínima adecuada para el lavado manual de vajilla. “Se observó una concentración inferior a 50 ppm en el fregadero triple”.

El empleado manipuló equipo o utensilios sucios y luego participó en la preparación de alimentos, manipuló equipo o utensilios limpios o tocó artículos desechables sin envolver sin lavarse las manos. “Se observó al empleado hablando por teléfono en el área de lavado de utensilios y luego continuó trabajando sin lavarse las manos”.

El empleado se tocó la cara o el cabello y luego preparó alimentos, manipuló equipos o utensilios limpios o tocó artículos desechables sin envolver sin lavarse las manos. “Se observó al empleado en el lavavajillas secándose el sudor de la cara y continuando manipulando utensilios limpios”.

Manguera conectada al grifo del fregadero de tres compartimentos para preparación de alimentos y lavado de manos, eliminando el espacio de aire necesario. “Observado en el fregadero de preparación en la parte trasera”.

Se emitió una orden de cese de venta para alimentos que requerían control de tiempo/temperatura debido a un manejo inadecuado de la temperatura. “Se observaron rebanadas de queso en el mini refrigerador del área de almacenamiento a 67 °F. Según el cocinero, durante más de 4 horas”.

Control de tiempo/temperatura para la seguridad de los alimentos refrigerados a más de 5 °C. “Observado en el mini refrigerador del área de almacenamiento: rebanadas de queso a 19 °C. Según el cocinero, más de 4 horas. Observado en el mostrador: ensalada de col a 21 °C. El operario colocó el producto en hielo para enfriarlo rápidamente.”

Control de tiempo/temperatura para alimentos seguros, excepto asados ​​de carne entera, mantenidos calientes a menos de 57 °C. “Observado en el calentador en la línea de cocción: costillas a 44 °C; bistec a 50 °C. Según el operador, menos de 2 horas. Las costillas se desecharon y los bistecs se recalentaron a 74 °C. Observado en la línea de cocción: pollo a 36 °C; alitas a 32 °C. El operador las puso en el horno para recalentarlas, menos de 4 horas en la línea.”

Superficie en contacto con alimentos sucia con restos de comida, una sustancia similar al moho o una sustancia viscosa. “Se observaron estantes de alimentos sucios en el almacén de alimentos secos”.

Lavamanos usado para fines distintos al lavado de manos. — Infracción reiterada: “Se observó un lavamanos con un recipiente dentro en la estación de camareros”.

No había ningún gerente de servicio de alimentos certificado de turno con cuatro o más empleados dedicados a la preparación/manipulación de alimentos. “No se observó ningún gerente de servicio de alimentos certificado presente al momento de la inspección; había más de 4 empleados en el lugar”.

No se proporcionaron toallas de papel ni secadores de manos mecánicos en el lavamanos. — Infracción reiterada: “Observado en el baño de hombres; no había toallas de papel y el secador no funcionaba. Tampoco se observaron toallas de papel en el lavamanos de la cocina ni en la estación de camareros”.

Óxido superficial no corrosivo en equipos en contacto con alimentos. — Infracción reiterada: “Observado en estantes donde se almacenan productos secos”.

El dispensador de toallas de papel del lavamanos no funciona/no dispensa toallas de papel. “Observado en el lavamanos de la cocina trasera; no se pueden dispensar toallas de papel.”

**TRAN AN VIETNAMESE FOOD

215 NE CALLE 82.

MIAMI (LITTLE RIVER)

FECHA DE INSPECCIÓN 16/9

Se detectaron 30 infracciones.

Acumulación de una sustancia negra/verdosa similar al moho en el interior de la máquina/contenedor de hielo. “Observado”.

Techo irregular, no absorbente y fácil de limpiar en áreas de preparación, almacenamiento o lavado de utensilios de alimentos. “Observado sobre el mostrador principal del área de preparación”.

Techo/baldosas/rejillas de ventilación sucias con restos de comida acumulados, grasa, polvo o una sustancia similar al moho. “Se observaron baldosas de techo polvorientas sobre la línea de cocción de la cocina y las áreas de lavado de utensilios”.

Recipiente de bebida de un empleado sobre una mesa de preparación de alimentos o encima/al lado de equipos/utensilios limpios. “Se observó un vaso de bebida de un empleado guardado en un estante para bandejas junto a la línea de cocina”.

Artículos personales de los empleados almacenados en o sobre un área de preparación de alimentos, alimentos, equipos y utensilios limpios, o artículos de un solo uso. “Se observó un teléfono personal almacenado en el mostrador frontal del área de preparación”.

Empleado sin sujeción para el cabello mientras prepara alimentos. “Mientras prepara alimentos”.

Equipo en mal estado. “Se observaron juntas de refrigeradores rotas cerca del mostrador frontal”.

Áreas del piso cubiertas de agua estancada. “Se observó agua estancada debajo del mostrador de recepción y el lavamanos de RIC.”

Alimentos almacenados en el suelo. “Se observaron recipientes de aceite de cocina y salsa de pescado almacenados en el suelo junto a la puerta de salida trasera y en el trastero exterior.”

Utensilio en uso almacenado en agua estancada a menos de 135 grados Fahrenheit. — Infracción reiterada: “Se observaron utensilios dentro de agua estancada a 93 °F cerca de la línea de cocción”.

Superficie que no entra en contacto con alimentos sucia de grasa, restos de comida, suciedad, lodo o polvo. “Se observaron juntas de refrigeradores empotrados sucias en el área de preparación del mostrador frontal”.

Las aberturas exteriores no estaban protegidas con puertas de cierre automático. “Durante la inspección, se observó que la ventanilla de servicio junto al mostrador para pedidos para llevar estaba abierta, al igual que la puerta de salida trasera”.

El interior/estantes del refrigerador tienen acumulación de residuos de tierra. “Se observó acumulación de residuos de tierra en el interior del congelador ubicado en el cuarto de almacenamiento”.

Estantes de refrigeradores con óxido que ha corroído la superficie. — Infracción reiterada: “Se observaron refrigeradores con mostrador frontal oxidado y almacenamiento a lo largo de la línea de cocción”.

Pared sucia con grasa acumulada, restos de comida y/o polvo. “Se observó polvo en la pared junto a la puerta de salida trasera de la campana extractora”.

La fregona mojada no se guarda de forma que permita que se seque. «Se observó una fregona mojada guardada dentro de un cubo junto a la puerta de salida trasera».

El empleado comenzó a manipular alimentos, equipos o utensilios limpios, o a tocar artículos desechables sin envolver sin lavarse las manos previamente. “Observé al empleado entrar por la puerta exterior y tomar recipientes limpios para dirigirse a la cocina”.

El empleado no se lavó las manos antes de ponerse los guantes para comenzar una tarea que implicaba manipular alimentos. “Se observó al empleado ponerse guantes nuevos sin lavarse las manos”.

Se encontraron pequeños insectos voladores vivos. “Se observaron 2 insectos voladores vivos revoloteando alrededor del comedor. Se observaron 2 insectos voladores vivos cerca del congelador, en el cuarto de almacenamiento. Se observaron 2 insectos voladores vivos cerca de las áreas de lavado de vajilla.”

Papel/toalla de papel no apto para uso alimentario utilizado como revestimiento para un recipiente de alimentos. “Observado en contacto con lechuga dentro del mostrador frontal del área de preparación de refrigeradores con acceso directo”.

El desinfectante de amonio cuaternario en el frasco pulverizador no tenía la concentración mínima adecuada. “Se observó que el pulverizador tenía 0 ppm; el empleado preparó una nueva solución”.

Alimentos crudos de origen animal almacenados encima de alimentos listos para el consumo o sin la separación adecuada de estos. “Se observó una bandeja con carne cruda almacenada encima de un recipiente con albóndigas cocidas en el mostrador de los refrigeradores”.

Se emitió una orden de cese de venta para alimentos que requerían control de tiempo y temperatura debido a un manejo inadecuado de la temperatura. “Se observó pollo crudo a 63 °F, salchicha molida cruda a 55 °F y cerdo cocido con mezcla de cangrejo a 57 °F en refrigeradores ubicados en la línea de cocción. Según el chef, esto ocurrió el día anterior”.

Control de tiempo/temperatura para la seguridad alimentaria: alimentos refrigerados a más de 5 °C (41 °F). “Se observó pollo crudo a 17 °C (63 °F), salchicha molida cruda a 13 °C (55 °F) y cerdo cocido con mezcla de cangrejo a 14 °C (57 °F) en refrigeradores de acceso directo en la línea de cocción. Según el chef, desde el día anterior.”

Superficie en contacto con alimentos sucia con restos de comida, una sustancia parecida al moho o una sustancia viscosa. “Se observaron tablas de cortar en el mostrador frontal del área de preparación”.

El lavamanos se utilizaba para fines distintos al lavado de manos. «Se observaron pinzas guardadas dentro del mostrador del lavamanos».

El gerente o la persona a cargo no presenta comprobante de certificación de gerente de alimentos. “Se observó que la persona a cargo, Ashley Benfield, no cuenta con la certificación de gerente”.

No se observó ningún gerente de servicio de alimentos certificado en servicio con cuatro o más empleados dedicados a la preparación/manipulación de alimentos.

No se proporcionó ninguna prueba de que los empleados hubieran recibido la capacitación obligatoria aprobada por el estado. “Se observó que Kevin Marenco fue contratado hace casi dos años y Dyna Aubert hace aproximadamente seis meses”.

Botella pulverizadora que contiene una sustancia tóxica sin etiquetar. “Se observó una botella de plástico pulverizadora con desinfectante sin etiquetar en el mostrador junto a la máquina de hielo.”

**CASA JUAN RESTAURANT

5755 CALLE 7 NO.

LAGUNA AZUL/ZONA DE MIA

FECHA DE INSPECCIÓN 14/9

Se detectaron 35 infracciones.

Acumulación de aves, insectos, roedores u otras plagas muertas o atrapadas en los dispositivos de control. “Se observó una cinta adhesiva con moscas muertas colgando del techo sobre equipos de cocina limpios”.

Acumulación de residuos dentro de la lavadora de vajilla. “Observado”.

Acumulación de residuos en el exterior de la lavadora de vajilla. “Observado”.

Utensilios y equipos limpios guardados en la pared sucia junto al fregadero. “Observado”.

La tabla de cortar tiene marcas de cortes y ya no se puede limpiar. “Observado”.

Cucarachas muertas en las instalaciones. “Se observó una cucaracha muerta en el suelo del área de almacenamiento en seco. El gerente la retiró y la desechó”.

Acumulación de hielo en el congelador vertical y/o en el congelador industrial. “Observado”.

El interior del horno y del microondas presenta acumulación de restos de comida. — Infracción reiterada “Observada”.

Superficie que no entra en contacto con alimentos sucia de grasa, restos de comida, suciedad, lodo o polvo. “Se observó que la rejilla protectora del ventilador del refrigerador estaba sucia”.

Olores desagradables en la cámara frigorífica. “Observado.”

Sistema de plomería en mal estado. “Observado.”

Estantes de refrigerador con óxido que ha corroído la superficie. “Observado”.

Alimentos almacenados sin tapar. — Infracción reiterada: “Se observaron varios recipientes de aluminio con alimentos cocinados sin tapar en el refrigerador ubicado en la línea de cocción y en la cámara frigorífica”.

Control de tiempo/temperatura para la seguridad de los alimentos descongelados de forma inadecuada. “Se observaron varios pescados crudos almacenados en agua estancada en la mesa de preparación. El empleado retiró el pescado del agua y lo colocó en el refrigerador.”

El interior y los estantes de la cámara frigorífica presentan una gran acumulación de restos de comida vieja. — Infracción reiterada “Observada”.

Estantes de la cámara frigorífica/congelador con óxido que ha corroído la superficie. “Observado”.

Pared interior de la cámara frigorífica sucia. “Se observaron cortinas de plástico en la cámara frigorífica muy sucias con una sustancia negra parecida al moho. Se observó la pared del fregadero para fregar sucia.”

El empleado no se lavó las manos antes de ponerse los guantes para comenzar una tarea que implicaba manipular alimentos. «Observé a un empleado manipulando alimentos crudos y, posteriormente, poniéndose los guantes sin lavarse las manos previamente».

El empleado manipuló equipo o utensilios sucios y luego participó en la preparación de alimentos, manipuló equipo o utensilios limpios o tocó artículos desechables sin envolver sin lavarse las manos. “Se observó al empleado limpiando una olla en un fregadero de tres compartimentos y luego comenzó a manipular recipientes limpios, sin lavarse las manos”.

El fregadero para preparar alimentos tiene suciedad/restos de comida vieja. “Observado”.

Las superficies en contacto con los alimentos no se desinfectan después de la limpieza, antes de su uso. “Se observó a un empleado lavando y enjuagando la picadora de verduras sin desinfectante”.

Se encontraron pequeños insectos voladores vivos. “Se observaron más de 30 moscas pequeñas volando activamente en el área de almacenamiento en seco. Aproximadamente 5 moscas se posaron sobre papas crudas. Además, aproximadamente 10 moscas se posaron sobre vasos de licuadora limpios y recipientes de jarabe de arce ubicados en el área de preparación del mostrador”.

Alimentos animales crudos no separados adecuadamente entre sí en la unidad de almacenamiento según la temperatura mínima de cocción requerida. — Infracción reiterada: “Se observó pollo crudo almacenado encima de carne de cerdo cruda en la cámara frigorífica”.

Alimentos listos para el consumo, que requieren control de tiempo y temperatura para su seguridad, con fecha de caducidad superior a 7 días después de su apertura o preparación. «Se observó un recipiente de sopa de cerdo con fechas de caducidad superiores a 7 días en la cámara frigorífica».

Guantes desechables que no se cambian según sea necesario después de cambiar de tarea o cuando están dañados o sucios. “Observé a un empleado lavándose las manos con los guantes puestos”.

Se emitió una orden de cese de venta debido a que los alimentos no se encontraban en condiciones insalubres. “Se observó un recipiente de sopa de cerdo con fechas de caducidad superiores a 7 días en la cámara frigorífica. Se observaron 5 moscas vivas posadas sobre papas crudas en el área de almacenamiento en seco.”

Se emitió una orden de cese de venta por manipulación inadecuada de alimentos que requerían control de temperatura. “Se observó una empanada de carne a 22 °C y una empanada de queso a 20 °C a temperatura ambiente en el mostrador. Según el gerente, esto ocurrió durante más de 4 horas”.

Control de tiempo/temperatura para la seguridad de los alimentos refrigerados a más de 5 °C. “Se observó pastel de carne a 22 °C y pastel de queso a 20 °C a temperatura ambiente en el mostrador. Según el gerente, durante más de 4 horas. Se observó pescado crudo a 22 °C a temperatura ambiente en la línea de cocina. Según un empleado, durante menos de 30 minutos.”

Control de tiempo/temperatura para alimentos seguros, excepto asados ​​de carne entera, mantenidos calientes a menos de 57 °C. “Se observó estofado de ternera a 49 °C y carne picada a 52 °C en la mesa de vapor. Según el operador, los alimentos se colocaron en la mesa de vapor dos horas antes de la inspección”.

Falta el interruptor de vacío en la llave de paso o en el conector/divisor añadido a la llave de paso. “Observado”.

Superficie en contacto con alimentos sucia con restos de comida, moho o una sustancia viscosa. — Infracción reiterada: “Se observó una mesa de preparación sucia con restos de comida vieja en la línea de cocción. Se observó una picadora de verduras montada en la pared muy sucia con restos de comida vieja. Se observaron cestas de freidora sucias con restos de comida vieja en la línea de cocción. Se observó el interior de los recipientes de arroz y harina sucio con restos de comida vieja en el área de almacenamiento trasera. Se observó el interior de la tostadora sucio en el mostrador delantero”.

Lavamanos utilizado para fines distintos al lavado de manos. “Se observó a un empleado lavando y desechando agua sucia en el lavamanos, ubicado en la línea de cocina”.

No se proporcionan toallas de papel ni secadores de manos mecánicos en el lavamanos. “Observado en el lavamanos ubicado en la línea de cocina”.

Alimentos listos para el consumo, que requieren control de tiempo y temperatura para su seguridad, preparados en el establecimiento y conservados durante más de 24 horas, no estaban debidamente fechados. «Se observó pollo cocido preparado dos días antes de la inspección sin fecha de caducidad».

Sustancia tóxica/química en el local que no es necesaria para el funcionamiento del establecimiento. “Se observó un aerosol desinfectante almacenado junto a cuchillos y tenedores limpios, ubicado en el mostrador principal”.

**LAS FLORES MEXICAN

12384 QUAIL ROOST DR.

SUR DE MIAMI HEIGHTS/SUROESTE DE MIAMI-DADE

FECHA DE INSPECCIÓN 14/9

Se detectaron 31 infracciones.

Tazón u otro recipiente sin asa utilizado para servir comida. — Infracción reiterada: “Se observó un vaso de plástico sin asa utilizado para servir queso en el refrigerador ubicado en la entrada de la cocina”.

Acumulación de restos de comida/residuos de tierra en las manijas de las puertas de los equipos. “Se observó la puerta del congelador vertical en la cocina”.

El techo/las baldosas del techo presentan daños o están en mal estado. “Se observaron algunas baldosas del techo en el vestíbulo sucias y dañadas por el agua”.

Techo/baldosas/rejillas de ventilación sucias con restos de comida acumulados, grasa, polvo o una sustancia similar al moho. “Se observó un ventilador blanco interior guardado en la mesa de preparación sucio con una gran acumulación de polvo.”

Moldura de cornisa en la unión del piso y la pared rota/faltante. “Se observó que la moldura de cornisa del lavamanos en la cocina estaba rota”.

Equipo en mal estado. “Se observaron manijas negras de la puerta del congelador vertical en mal estado”.

Piso sucio/con acumulación de residuos. — Infracción reiterada: “Se observó piso sucio debajo del equipo de refrigeración. También se observó debajo del equipo de cocción”.

Alimentos almacenados en una zona prohibida. “Se observó un recipiente con chiles rojos dentro del baño, cerca de la puerta exterior.”

No había ninguna señal de maniobra de Heimlich/asfixia colocada. “Observado”.

No se dispone de copia del último informe de inspección. “Observado”.

Superficie que no entra en contacto con alimentos sucia con grasa, restos de comida, suciedad, moho o polvo. — Infracción reiterada: “Se observó la moldura del fregadero triple sucia con una sustancia similar al moho. También se observó el exterior de la plancha muy sucio”.

Olores desagradables en el baño u otras áreas del establecimiento. “Se observó un olor desagradable en el congelador blanco”.

Baño cerca del exterior de la cocina utilizado como almacén de productos secos/bebidas. “Se observó que el baño cerca del exterior de la cocina se utilizaba como almacén de productos secos/bebidas.”

Se abrió un recipiente de bebida de un empleado en una unidad de refrigeración con alimentos destinados a ser servidos a los clientes. — Infracción reiterada: “Se observó a un empleado con agua abierta almacenada en un refrigerador cerca de la puerta de salida”.

El interior del refrigerador/congelador presenta acumulación de residuos de tierra. “Se observó acumulación de residuos de tierra en el refrigerador cerca de la puerta exterior. También se observó acumulación de residuos de tierra en el congelador negro cerca de la línea de cocción.”

La mosquitera de la puerta está rota o en mal estado. “Se observó la puerta exterior”.

Agua estancada o drenaje muy lento en el lavamanos, fregadero de tres compartimentos o fregadero para fregar. “Se observó drenaje lento del agua en el lavamanos de la cocina”.

Fregadero de tres compartimentos utilizado para lavar vajilla que no se limpió antes de usarlo para preparar alimentos. “Observado”.

Pared sucia con grasa acumulada, restos de comida y/o polvo. “Se observó una pared sucia cerca del lavamanos en la cocina. También una pared sucia en el fregadero para fregar y en el fregadero triple.”

La fregona mojada no se guardó de forma que permitiera que se secara. “Observado”.

El empleado se lavó las manos sin jabón. “Observado”.

Alimentos crudos de origen animal almacenados encima de alimentos listos para el consumo o sin la separación adecuada de estos. “Se observaron huevos crudos con cáscara almacenados encima de pimientos y tomates en el refrigerador ubicado cerca de la puerta exterior”.

Control de tiempo/temperatura para la seguridad alimentaria, excepto asados ​​de carne enteros, mantenidos calientes a menos de 135 grados Fahrenheit. “Se observaron cebollas cocidas a 127 °F en una plancha, según el procedimiento de cocción de menos de una hora”.

El dispositivo de nebulización de agua no recibe el mantenimiento ni la limpieza necesarios. “Se observó que el sistema de nebulización de agua del fregadero triple estaba muy sucio con una sustancia similar al moho”.

El empleado se lavó las manos en un lavabo distinto al autorizado. “Se observó al empleado lavándose las manos dentro del lavabo triple”.

Superficie en contacto con alimentos sucia con restos de comida, una sustancia similar al moho o una sustancia viscosa. “Se observaron cestas de freír sucias con restos de comida vieja.”

El lavamanos no está accesible para el uso de los empleados en todo momento. — Infracción reiterada: “Se observó que el lavamanos estaba bloqueado por un cubo de basura”.

Lavamanos utilizado para fines distintos al lavado de manos. “Se observó que el lavamanos del mostrador principal se utilizaba para guardar paños de limpieza y cubos de desinfectante”.

No se proporcionan toallas de papel ni secadores de manos mecánicos en el lavamanos. “Observado en el mostrador principal”.

No se proporcionó termómetro de sonda para medir la temperatura de los productos alimenticios. “Observado”.

No había jabón en el lavamanos. “Observado en el lavamanos de la cocina. También observado en el mostrador principal.”

**TRIGO CAFE TAPAS

839 CALLE 49 OESTE

HIALEAH

FECHA DE INSPECCIÓN 9/9

Se detectaron 30 infracciones.

Bol u otro recipiente sin asa utilizado para servir alimentos. “Observado en recipientes de sal, azúcar, arroz y pan rallado en el almacén de productos secos.”

Techo/baldosas/rejillas de ventilación sucias con restos de comida acumulados, grasa, polvo o una sustancia similar al moho. “Se observó polvo y grasa acumulados en las baldosas del techo”.

Pescado procesado comercialmente envasado en atmósfera reducida con una etiqueta que indica que debe permanecer congelado hasta su consumo, ya no congelado y sin haber sido retirado del envase. Se observaron filetes de salmón crudo y mahi-mahi crudos, aún sin congelar, en su envase de atmósfera reducida. El operario los separó para su desecho.

No se muestra la licencia actual del hotel y restaurante. “Observado”.

Equipo en mal estado. “Observamos que la máquina de hielo no tenía tapa y estaba cubierta con una bolsa de plástico en el mostrador”.

El establecimiento no informó sobre cambios en la distribución de los asientos que afecten la tarifa de la licencia, la Ley de Aire Limpio en Interiores, la aprobación del sistema de alcantarillado u otros requisitos relacionados. “Observado”.

El establecimiento aumentó su capacidad sin presentar la autorización por escrito de la autoridad local de bomberos y del proveedor de aguas residuales. — Infracción reiterada: “Se observó un establecimiento con licencia para 16 asientos, pero con capacidad para 50”.

El suelo no se limpia cuando hay poca comida expuesta. “Observado en la zona de almacenamiento en seco y en la zona de cocina”.

Alimentos almacenados en el suelo. — Infracción reiterada: “Se observó una bolsa de azúcar y una botella de vinagre almacenadas en el suelo junto al área de almacenamiento de productos secos”.

Utensilio en uso almacenado en agua estancada a menos de 57 °C. “Se observó un utensilio en agua estancada a 37 °C junto a la estufa”.

El interior del horno/microondas presenta acumulación de una sustancia negra/grasa/restos de comida. “Observado”.

No se observó ningún termómetro de temperatura ambiente en una ubicación visible en la unidad de espera. “No se observó ningún termómetro ambiental en las unidades de todo el establecimiento”.

No se dispone de copia del último informe de inspección. “Observado”.

Superficie que no entra en contacto con alimentos sucia de grasa, restos de comida, suciedad, lodo o polvo. «Se observaron juntas sucias en el refrigerador vertical frente al fregadero de tres compartimentos. Se observó el interior del refrigerador vertical sucio junto al área de almacenamiento en seco».

El interior y los estantes del refrigerador presentan acumulación de residuos de suciedad. «Se observó suciedad con restos de comida en el interior del refrigerador, a la altura del fregadero de tres compartimentos».

Artículos de un solo uso almacenados incorrectamente. “Se observó una caja de insertos de cartón para llevar almacenada en el suelo junto al área de almacenamiento en seco”.

La fregona mojada no se guardó de forma que permitiera que se secara. “Observado”.

Envases de alimentos usados, retirados de su envase original, no identificados con su nombre común. — Infracción reiterada: “Se observaron envases de sal y azúcar sin identificar con su nombre común en el almacén de productos secos”.

Envase de medicamento almacenado incorrectamente. “Se observó un frasco de paracetamol en los estantes superiores a la zona de preparación de alimentos en la cocina. El operario lo retiró.”

Bolsas no aptas para uso alimentario utilizadas en contacto directo con los alimentos. “Se observaron alimentos almacenados en bolsas no aptas para uso alimentario en un congelador vertical”.

Alimentos listos para consumir, que requieren control de tiempo y temperatura para su seguridad, con fecha de caducidad superior a 7 días después de su apertura o preparación. «Se observaron frijoles negros cocidos con fecha del 28/08 en un recipiente en la zona de la cocina. El operario los separó para su posterior desecho».

Se emitió una orden de cese de venta debido a que los alimentos no se encontraban en condiciones higiénicas ni seguras. “Se observaron filetes de salmón crudo y mahi-mahi crudo, aún sin congelar y en su envase original. El operador los separó para su posterior desecho”.

Se emitió una orden de cese de venta para alimentos que requerían control de tiempo y temperatura debido a un manejo inadecuado de la temperatura. “Se observaron frijoles negros cocidos con fecha del 28/08 en un recipiente en el área de la cocina. El operador los separó para su posterior desecho”.

Control de tiempo/temperatura para la seguridad de los alimentos refrigerados a más de 5 °C. “Se observó ceviche de mariscos a 7 °C y jamón en lonchas a 8 °C en una unidad de refrigeración en la cocina. Según el operador, menos de 1 hora”.

El establecimiento no cuenta con procedimientos escritos que los empleados deban seguir en caso de vómito o diarrea, cuando estos se derraman sobre las superficies del establecimiento. “Observado”.

Superficie en contacto con alimentos sucia con restos de comida, moho o una sustancia viscosa. “Se observó una rebanadora junto a la estufa en el área de la cocina sucia con restos de comida”.

No se proporcionó ninguna prueba de que los empleados recibieran la capacitación obligatoria aprobada por el estado. “Observado”.

No se presentó prueba alguna de que los empleados de alimentos estén informados de su responsabilidad de reportar a la persona a cargo información sobre su salud y actividades relacionadas con enfermedades transmitidas por los alimentos. “Observado”.

Alimentos listos para consumir, que requieren control de tiempo y temperatura para su seguridad, preparados en el lugar y almacenados durante más de 24 horas, no estaban debidamente fechados. “Se observó arroz blanco cocido y arroz congri preparados en el lugar y almacenados durante más de 24 horas, sin la fecha debidamente marcada en una unidad de almacenamiento en seco”.

Botella de aerosol que contiene una sustancia tóxica sin etiquetar. — Infracción reiterada: “Se observó una botella de aerosol desengrasante sin identificar con su nombre”.

**CONCH HEAVEN

11275 NW 27TH AVE.

MIAMI

FECHA DE INSPECCIÓN 17/09

Se detectaron 31 infracciones.

CIERRE ORDENADO 29/06/2026 (PROBLEMA DE CUCARACHAS)

Baño ubicado dentro del establecimiento sin puertas completamente cerradas y con cierre automático. — Infracción reiterada: “Las puertas de los baños no tienen cierre automático”.

Bol u otro recipiente sin asa que se usa para servir la comida. “Bol sin asa que se usa para servir el arroz.”

Acumulación de restos de comida/suciedad en las manijas de las puertas de los equipos. “Manija de la puerta del congelador industrial sucia con restos de comida”.

El techo/las baldosas del techo presentan daños o están deterioradas. “Las baldosas del techo sufrieron daños por agua durante el almacenamiento en seco”.

Techo/baldosas/rejillas de ventilación sucias con restos de comida acumulados, grasa, polvo o una sustancia similar al moho. — Infracción reiterada: “Grasa en las rejillas de ventilación del aire acondicionado y en todo el techo del área de la cocina”.

Vasos, tazas, cuencos, platos, ollas y sartenes limpios, sin guardar boca abajo ni protegidos. «Se observaron ollas y sartenes sin guardar boca abajo».

La tabla de cortar tiene marcas de cortes y ya no se puede limpiar. — Infracción reiterada: “Tabla de cortar ranurada”.

Artículos personales de los empleados almacenados en o encima de un área de preparación de alimentos, alimentos, equipos y utensilios limpios, o artículos de un solo uso. “iPad y cargador de batería encima de la mesa de preparación”.

Empleado sin sujeción para el cabello mientras prepara alimentos. “Los empleados de cocina no usan sujeción para el cabello”.

Equipo en mal estado. “La tapa del congelador horizontal está oxidada”.

El suelo está sucio/tiene acumulación de residuos. “Debajo de los estantes en el almacén de productos secos y grasa debajo de la freidora”.

Cinta adhesiva para moscas colgando sobre alimentos/área de preparación de alimentos/equipos en contacto con alimentos. “Observada sobre la mesa de preparación de alimentos”.

Alimentos no almacenados a una altura mínima de 15 cm del suelo. — Infracción reiterada: «Caja de tomates en el suelo dentro de la cámara frigorífica».

Agujero u otro daño en la pared. — Infracción reiterada: “Agujero en la pared junto al fregadero triple”.

Acumulación de hielo en el congelador vertical y/o en el congelador industrial. “Hielo en el congelador industrial y en el congelador vertical.”

Almacenamiento inadecuado de equipos de mantenimiento que dificultan la limpieza. “Alrededor del área de la cocina”.

El interior del horno/microondas presenta acumulación de una sustancia negra/grasa/restos de comida. — Infracción reiterada: “Se observó que el horno estaba sucio”.

No se colocó un letrero que indicara que no se debían lavar las manos en el lavamanos utilizado por los empleados de la cocina. “No se debe lavar las manos en el baño ni en el mostrador principal”.

Superficie que no está en contacto con alimentos sucia con grasa, restos de comida, suciedad, lodo o polvo. — Infracción reiterada: “Junta del refrigerador vertical sucia. Filtros de la campana extractora sucios, al igual que la parte inferior de la mesa de preparación”.

El interior/estantes del refrigerador tienen acumulación de residuos de tierra. “El interior del refrigerador está sucio.”

Control de tiempo/temperatura para la seguridad de los alimentos descongelados de forma inadecuada. “Se observó que se estaba descongelando marisco a temperatura ambiente”.

Estantes de la cámara frigorífica/congeladora con óxido que ha corroído la superficie. — Infracción reiterada: “Estantes del congelador oxidados”.

Pared sucia con grasa acumulada, restos de comida y/o polvo. — Infracción reiterada: «Pared sucia en toda la cocina».

La fregona mojada no se guardó de forma que permitiera que se secara. “Observado”.

Envases de alimentos usados, retirados de su envase original, sin identificar por su nombre común. Botellas de plástico con salsas sin etiquetar. Recipientes para almacenar alimentos sin etiquetar.

Bolsas no aptas para uso alimentario que se utilizan en contacto directo con alimentos. «Bolsas de agradecimiento en contacto directo con alimentos».

En el establecimiento se encontró un pesticida/insecticida etiquetado para uso doméstico únicamente. “Se observó insecticida en aerosol sobre la mesa de preparación”.

Control de tiempo/temperatura para alimentos seguros, excepto asados ​​de carne enteros, mantenidos calientes a menos de 57 °C. “Se observó pollo cocido a 48 °C, repollo a 35 °C y cerdo a 43 °C. El gerente comenzó a recalentarlos a 74 °C”.

Superficie en contacto con alimentos sucia con restos de comida, moho o una sustancia viscosa. “Cabezal de la batidora sucio”.

No se proporcionan toallas de papel ni secadores de manos mecánicos en el lavamanos. “No hay toallas de papel en el lavamanos”.

Alimentos listos para consumir, que requieren control de tiempo/temperatura para su seguridad, preparados en el establecimiento y conservados durante más de 24 horas sin la fecha de caducidad debidamente marcada. — Infracción reiterada: «Todos los alimentos cocinados en la cámara frigorífica, con más de 24 horas de antigüedad, según el empleado, no tienen la fecha de caducidad marcada».

**HONORABLE MENTION**

**LA JULIANA LJ

3001 AVENIDA 12 OESTE.

HIALEAH

FECHA DE INSPECCIÓN 9/8

Se detectaron 29 infracciones.

No se muestra la licencia actual del hotel y restaurante. “Observado”.

Empleado que llevaba joyas distintas a un simple anillo en las manos o brazos mientras preparaba la comida. “Se observó a un empleado preparando comida en la línea de cocina con un reloj puesto”.

Equipo en mal estado. “Se observó una puerta rota en el refrigerador ubicado en la línea de cocción, junto a la mesa de vapor.”

Alimentos almacenados en una habitación/cobertizo que no está completamente cerrado. “Se observó un congelador horizontal que almacenaba alimentos en la parte trasera del establecimiento, sin tapar ni asegurar”.

El agua caliente en el fregadero para fregar no alcanza los 85 °F. “Observado”.

Utensilio en uso almacenado en agua estancada a menos de 57 °C. “Se observó una cuchara para helado en agua estancada a 36 °C en el área de la cocina”.

Se observó un paño/toalla húmeda debajo de la tabla de cortar. “Se encontró debajo de la tabla de cortar y el empleado la retiró”.

No se encontró ningún termómetro de temperatura ambiente en un lugar visible de la unidad de almacenamiento. «No se observó ningún termómetro ambiental en ninguna de las unidades de la cocina».

Superficie que no entra en contacto con alimentos sucia con grasa, restos de comida, suciedad, lodo o polvo. “Se observó suciedad en el interior de los cajones de la línea de cocción”.

Se encontró un recipiente de bebida de un empleado abierto en una unidad de refrigeración con alimentos destinados a los clientes. “Se observaron varias bebidas personales dentro del refrigerador en el área de la cocina. El operador fue retirado”.

Control de tiempo/temperatura para la seguridad de los alimentos descongelados de forma inadecuada. “Se observaron camarones crudos (congelados) dentro del fregadero de tres compartimentos en la cocina. El operador los trasladó al refrigerador.”

Fuga de agua en la tubería y/o grifo/manija. “Se observó una fuga en la tubería del lavamanos de la cocina”.

Los paños húmedos utilizados para limpiar derrames ocasionales en superficies de equipos que entran en contacto con alimentos y otras superficies no estaban limpios. “Se observaron varios paños en el área de la cocina”.

El empleado se lavó las manos con agua fría. “No se observó agua caliente en el establecimiento”.

Bolsas no aptas para alimentos usadas en contacto directo con los alimentos. “Se observó queso cortado almacenado en bolsas para llevar. Se cambió al operador.”

Se encontró en el establecimiento un pesticida/insecticida etiquetado para uso doméstico únicamente. “Se observó un frasco de aerosol Raid en el mostrador principal y otro almacenado encima del fregadero de tres compartimentos en la cocina”.

Alimentos crudos de origen animal almacenados encima de alimentos listos para el consumo o sin la separación adecuada de estos. “Se observó pollo crudo almacenado encima de arroz cocido en cajones en la línea de cocción. El empleado lo almacenó correctamente.”

Control de tiempo/temperatura para la seguridad de los alimentos refrigerados a más de 5 °C. “Se observó jamón cortado a 7 °C y queso rallado a 7 °C en la mesa de preparación en el área de la cocina, según el operador, durante menos de 3 horas. El operador lo trasladó al refrigerador ubicado frente a la parrilla”.

Control de tiempo/temperatura para alimentos seguros, excepto asados ​​de carne enteros, mantenidos calientes a menos de 57 °C. “Se observaron cebollas cocidas a 34 °C junto a la plancha, según el operador, durante menos de 3 horas”.

El empleado se lavó las manos en un lavabo distinto al autorizado para ello. “Se observó al empleado lavándose las manos en un lavabo de tres compartimentos”.

Superficie en contacto con alimentos sucia con restos de comida, moho o una sustancia viscosa. “Se observó la hoja del abrelatas sucia con restos de comida. También se observó una tabla de cortar blanca sucia en la línea de cocción.”

El lavamanos no está siempre accesible para los empleados. “Se observó una caja de plátanos encima del lavamanos en la zona de la cocina. El empleado la retiró.”

No se proporcionó ningún kit de prueba química al usar desinfectante en el lavavajillas de tres compartimentos ni paños de limpieza. “No se observaron tiras reactivas para cloro disponibles”.

No hay lavamanos para los empleados. “No se observó ningún lavamanos en la zona de preparación, en la parte trasera del establecimiento.”

No sale agua caliente del fregadero de tres compartimentos. “El agua caliente estuvo corriendo durante aproximadamente 10 minutos y alcanzó los 84 °F”.

No se presentó ni aprobó ninguna revisión del plan; se realizaron o están en curso renovaciones. “Se observó un refrigerador vertical y un área de preparación/contenedor ubicados en la parte trasera del establecimiento. No se presentaron planos al momento de la inspección. Se observó almacenamiento y preparación de alimentos durante la inspección.”

No se proporcionó termómetro de sonda para medir la temperatura de los productos alimenticios. “Observado”.

No había jabón en el lavamanos. “Observado en la zona de la cocina. El operador lo proporcionó durante la inspección.”

No se suministró agua a una temperatura mínima de 85 °F/el suministro se cortó en el lavamanos para empleados. “Se alcanzó el límite de agua caliente que salió durante aproximadamente 10 minutos”.

The letter says FIFA should have cash reserves of $6 billion after the World Cup and can afford such a “one-off release" — which would total $2.1 billion to the 211 federations — UEFA's president Aleksander Ceferin and CONCACAF’s leader Victor Montagliani tell Infantino in a letter seen by The Associated Press.

UEFA and CONCACAF want to remove Infantino — either before or at the FIFA presidential election next March — after leading a global backlash in July against his World Cup sell-off plan to investors led by Joshua Kushner.

He is the young brother of Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump. Infantino built close ties to Trump ahead of this year's World Cup held in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, and was a regular visitor to the White House.

The call for $10-million payments to the national federations — who will elect the next president — is a clear counter to Infantino's offer of $20 million for each to support his now-failed project.

The message in Friday’s letter appears to be reassuring FIFA members they will get increased funding even without Infantino in the office he has occupied since 2016.

The letter says already promised FIFA funding — $20 million for each of the 211 through 2030 — “would continue in full as already committed.”

FIFA was approached for comment.

Ceferin and Montagliani told Infantino they want a full and independent analysis of FIFA's finances ahead of an Oct. 15 meeting in Zurich, to help decide how much money can responsibly be given to member federations.

The UEFA and CONCACAF leaders shape as key players at the scheduled meeting next month of the Infantino-chaired FIFA Council — its first since his secretive private equity plan was revealed by press reports in late July.

“Lastly, please note we will be informing the other four confederation presidents to support this motion,” Ceferin and Montagliani wrote.

The Asian Football Confederation also has been critical of Infantino in recent weeks. The soccer bodies in South America and Africa have backed Infantino, who traveled to the Caribbean last month trying to shore up support from CONCACAF members there, despite Montagliani asking him not to visit.

FIFA's election timetable

FIFA has set a Nov. 18 deadline for candidates to enter the election that is decided four months later in Rabat in Morocco, a key ally of Infantino and 2030 World Cup co-host with UEFA members Spain and Portugal.

After a profitable World Cup in North America, Infantino looked set to be re-elected unopposed for a fourth and final term through 2031 until the private investment furor.

It is unclear who could emerge as a rival candidate, though European soccer leaders are due to gather at a UEFA-hosted event before the FIFA Council meeting.

Past speculation has typically landed on Canada's Montagliani and the Qatari president of Paris Saint-Germain, Nasser al-Khelaifi. He is both a member of the Qatari government and UEFA’s executive committee. Neither has said they want to challenge Infantino, who has been publicly supported by the Qatar soccer federation.

UEFA's pursuit of Infantino in U.S. courts

UEFA has asked courts in Manhattan and Florida to authorize discovery of evidence from, respectively, Kushner’s investment firm in New York and FIFA around the $20 billion commercial spinoff project, that was to be known as FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE).

The European soccer body said last month it wanted documents and communication for a potential criminal complaint against Infantino in FIFA's home country Switzerland, for possible financial mismanagement.

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Ejiofor Emmanuel Onyechi, quien figuraba como persona sin hogar en el reporte de arresto, había sido arrestado inicialmente el miércoles después de que agentes respondieran a un Burger King por reportes de un hombre que acosaba repetidamente a los empleados y les pedía dinero, dijo la policía.

Según el primer reporte de arresto, una empleada dijo a los agentes que Onyechi le había pedido dinero que, según afirmó, tenía la intención de darle a una mujer sin hogar que estaba en el restaurante. La empleada dijo que tenía miedo de Onyechi y pidió a los agentes que le prohibieran el ingreso a la propiedad.

La policía dijo que Onyechi inicialmente se identificó como Emmanuel Onyechi, pero se negó repetidamente a proporcionar una identificación o documentos legales que confirmaran su nombre legal.

Los agentes finalmente lo arrestaron. Durante una revisión de sus pertenencias, la policía dijo que encontró una tarjeta de identificación de Florida con el nombre Ejiofor Emmanuel Onyechi, junto con dos tarjetas de débito bajo el mismo nombre.

La policía también reportó haber encontrado en su poder una pistola eléctrica negra y una lata rosa de gas pimienta. Ambos artículos fueron incautados como evidencia.

Una revisión de registros reveló que Onyechi tenía múltiples condenas por delitos graves, según el reporte.

Fue llevado al centro de detención del Departamento de Policía de Miami Beach antes de ser trasladado al Centro Médico Mount Sinai para recibir autorización médica.

Policía dice que prisionero huyó de habitación de hospital

Según un segundo reporte de arresto, los agentes fueron enviados al hospital el jueves después de que Onyechi escapara de custodia.

La policía dijo que un agente asignado a vigilar a Onyechi en el hospital le quitó las esposas después de que Onyechi dijera que necesitaba usar el baño.

Onyechi entonces caminó delante del agente antes de correr repentinamente hacia la puerta principal, según el reporte.

El agente agarró a Onyechi por el brazo, pero la policía dijo que Onyechi logró soltarse y cerró de golpe la puerta de la habitación del hospital contra el agente antes de huir.

El agente lo persiguió y vio a Onyechi salir por un muelle de carga en el lado sur del edificio Skolnick, pero luego lo perdió de vista, indicó el reporte.

La policía difundió una descripción de Onyechi y comenzó a buscarlo.

Investigadores que revisaban las imágenes de las cámaras de vigilancia del hospital vieron posteriormente a Onyechi regresar al edificio, indicó el reporte. El personal de seguridad no pudo encontrar imágenes que mostraran que había vuelto a salir, lo que llevó a los agentes a creer que todavía se encontraba en algún lugar dentro del edificio.

Varios agentes y una unidad K-9 ingresaron al edificio Skolnick para buscarlo, dijeron las autoridades.

Durante la búsqueda, los agentes encontraron un zapato que se cree pertenecía a Onyechi y revisaron varias habitaciones sin encontrarlo, indicó el reporte.

La policía dijo que los agentes finalmente registraron otra habitación después de que una unidad K-9 comenzara a rascar cerca de un área cubierta por una lona.

Cuando la agente de la unidad K-9 movió la lona, encontró a Onyechi escondido debajo de ella con solo la cabeza expuesta, dijo la policía.

La unidad K-9 “atacó a Onyechi en el área expuesta” antes de que la agente retirara al perro, y Onyechi fue detenido nuevamente, indicó el reporte.

Personal de la escena del crimen fotografió a Onyechi antes de que el Departamento de Bomberos y Rescate de Miami Beach le diera autorización médica. Luego fue trasladado al Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight.

Múltiples agencias involucradas en la búsqueda

Según la policía, varios agentes establecieron un perímetro y recorrieron el hospital durante la búsqueda.

La operación involucró recursos de la Comisión de Conservación de Pesca y Vida Silvestre de Florida, la Patrulla de Carreteras de Florida, la Patrulla Marina de la Ciudad de Miami, la Patrulla Marina y la unidad de Aviación de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade, la Patrulla Marina de Miami Beach y la unidad K-9 de la Ciudad de Miami.

También se desplegaron varios drones de Miami Beach y fueron movilizadas las unidades SWAT y K-9 de Miami Beach, según el reporte.

Según los reportes de arresto, Onyechi enfrenta cargos de fuga, posesión de un arma por parte de un delincuente convicto y resistencia a un agente sin violencia.

De Caluwe takes a position once held by one of his mentors, Gerard Mortier, who revolutionized the festival in the 1990s following the long reign of Herbert van Karajan. De Caluwe replaces Markus Hinterhäuser, forced out in March after a decade in charge.

“Opera is not a museum. It definitely never has been or it shouldn’t be," de Caluwe said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press on Friday following a news conference in Salzburg, Austria.

Karin Bergmann, whose background is in theater, was hired in April as interim artistic director for this year and next. Much of the 2027 planning was put in place by Hinterhäuser, and de Caluwe will work with Bergmann in a preparatory period starting next month. He starts a five-year term on Oct. 1, 2027, and his first mostly programmed summer will be in 2029.

Kristina Hammer, a lawyer who took over as festival president in 2022 from Helga Rabl-Stadler, was given a second five-year term that starts Jan. 1.

De Caluwe speaks 5 languages

A 63-year-old Belgian, de Caluwe speaks French, Dutch, English, German and Italian. He first attended the Salzburg Festival in 1980 for a performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and has regularly returned.

“The first thing he said to me is: `I’m a team player. I will be listening,’” Hammer said in a separate telephone interview. “That’s something that I find quite beautiful, if somebody starts like this and doesn’t start lecturing about everything.”

During de Caluwe's time running La Monnaie, the company staged 160 productions that included 23 world premieres. Among the new works were Philippe Boesmans’ “Au monde,” Pascal Dusapin’s “Penthesilea” and “Macbeth Underworld” and Mikael Karlsson’s “Fanny and Alexander.”

Andrea Breth’s 2012 staging of Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Traviata” focused on prostitution and included seminaked women, some dressed in sadomasochism gear, one masked and led by a leash as she crawled across the stage. De Caluwe said that was among only about five productions during his tenure that caused a stir.

“That’s too little,” he said. “I would have liked more to be controversy in the way that they cause so much discussion that people really almost felt like a revolution.”

Festival acknowledged talks with Barrie Kosky

Karoline Edtstadler, provincial governor of the Province of Salzburg and a member of the festival’s supervisory board, acknowledged that before hiring de Caluwe the festival also negotiated with Australian director Barrie Kosky and current Dutch National Opera director Sophie de Lint to form a joint leadership team.

This year’s festival drew more than 261,000 ticketholders for 209 performances filled to 99% capacity from mid-July through August.

De Caluwe becomes the sixth artistic director since Karajan reigned from 1956-89, following Mortier (1992-2001), Peter Ruzicka (2002-06), Jürgen Flimm (2007-10), Alexander Pereira (2012-14) and Hinterhäuser.

Gerard Mortier and Pierre Audi were mentors

De Caluwe worked at La Monnaie under Mortier in the 1980s, shifted to Dutch National Opera from 1990-2006, then returned to La Monnaie as its general and artistic director from 2007-25. He also was mentored at the Dutch company by Pierre Audi, who became artistic head of France’s Aix-en-Provence Festival and New York’s Park Avenue Armory.

“What has inspired me is their constant existence of excellence,” de Caluwe said.

Because the Grosses Festspielhaus is scheduled to be closed for reconstruction during the festivals in 2029 and ‘30, an interim venue in the old city is envisioned for those years. De Caluwe said a staging of Richard Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier” is possible for the Grosses Festspielhaus' reopening in 2031.

“We are not bound to a building," Hammer said. "We are bound to a DNA, a vision.”

Sheik died Thursday night, according to a post on his Instagram page. “The world has a lost a singular talent, and deeply influential voice in music and theater,” the post reads. “His musical legacy will continue to inspire generations to come.”

Sheik had been best known for his lasting radio hit “Barely Breathing” when he turned his sights on Broadway with “Spring Awakening,” resulting in the envelope-pushing show that musicalized teenage angst.

“With the exception of our director, we are all kind of Broadway outsiders. We wanted to shake things up a bit. And we just set out to make this really cool piece of theater,” Sheik told The Associated Press in 2007, as the show swept Tony nominations.

Sheik also tackled musicals based on “American Psycho” and “Alice in Wonderland,” and “Barely Breathing” spent 55 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 16. But he was probably best known for “Spring Awakening,” which ran for over 860 performances on Broadway starting in 2006.

“His deep feeling and his delight gave us so much beauty,” playwright and actor Eisa Davis wrote. “Duncan, thank you for your friendship and for the sublime music.”

‘Spring Awakening’ roused a new side of Sheik — and Broadway

The musical — adapted from a 19th-century play by German playwright Frank Wedekind, with music by Sheik and lyrics by playwright Steven Sater — is frank in its portrayals of incest, abortion and suicide. It's intended partly as a warning that teens need good information about sex to avoid tragic mistakes.

“I don’t mean to be disrespectful to more traditional theater composers,” he told the Los Angeles Times in 2015. “I love Stephen Sondheim. But it’s my mission to make sure that the theater is paying attention to what the rest of the world is listening to.”

Sheik and Sater were practicing Buddhists who met while chanting. They were collaborating on Sheik's third album, “Phantom Moon,” when Sater mentioned he was working on a new production. Neither had written a musical before.

“I said to Steven, ‘I’m happy to do this musical, but I only want to do it if the music in the play is the kind that I and my peers can get behind stylistically and relate to and enjoy,’” Sheik told the AP in 2006.

They made a pact: They'd retain the provincial, 19th-century Germany setting but with, as Sater put it, “the characters breaking into pop-contemporary when they sing.”

“Spring Awakening” won eight Tony Awards, including best musical, as well as the Grammy for best musical show album.

“Sheik’s music, spare in its simple orchestrations, lush in the lapping reach of its seductive choruses, embodies the shadowy air of longing that infuses the show, the excitement shading into fear, the joy that comes with a chaser of despair,” The New York Times said in its review.

The show is beloved in the musical theater community for breaking ground in staging and content, alongside the likes of “Rent” and “Hamilton.” It returned to Broadway in 2015 in a well-received production by Deaf West Theatre. An off-Broadway version is slated to open this fall, as is his musical “Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen,” based on Moyoco Anno’s manga of the same name.

The cast of the original show was loaded with breakthrough actors like Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele, Lilli Cooper, Jennifer Damiano, Gideon Glick, John Gallagher Jr., Lauren Pritchard and Krysta Rodriguez, who have each gone on to fame in TV, film and stage. Groff would go on to earn a Tony with “Merrily We Roll Along,” and Michele became a superstar with “Glee.”

Sheik blended musical theater with pop music

Sheik next channeled the music he heard getting past the velvet ropes of trendy, late-1980s Manhattan clubs for a Broadway adaptation of the Bret Easton Ellis novel “American Psycho.”

The 1991 novel — later made into a 2000 movie starring Christian Bale — chronicles a homicidal New York yuppie named Patrick Bateman who is obsessed with high-end clothes and beauty products even as he slashes his way through Manhattan. Sheik, who also supplied lyrics, recalled only getting halfway through the book before throwing it across the room as a Brown University student.

For one standout song, “You Are What You Wear,” he reached out to old girlfriends to ask a question: What were you really into wearing in the late ’80s? He put the answers in the tune about high fashion: “Chanel, Gaultier, or Giorgio Armani/Moschino, Alaïa, or Norma Kamali/Should I rock/The Betsey Johnson/Or stick with classic/Comme des Garçons?”

“Duncan is really a genius and an intellectual and brings something both uniquely his but importantly of this period to the stage,” producer Jesse Singer told the AP at the time.

Because Bateman, played onstage by Benjamin Walker, fancies himself a bit of a music critic — spewing mostly inane ruminations about Phil Collins and Huey Lewis and the News — Sheik also peppered his score with sly reworkings of “In the Air Tonight” and “Hip to Be Square.”

“There’s definitely an art to be able to write a song that on one level is a pop song and one that also has to tell a story and keep an audience engaged in terms of a larger narrative arc,” Sheik told the AP in 2013. “When you’re writing a song for the theater, it has to accomplish all this other stuff. It has to work in tandem with all these other agendas and creative impulses.”

The show, directed by Rupert Goold and with a story by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, made its premiere in 2013 in London. On Broadway in 2016, it bombed, lasting less than 90 performances.

“We were all sort of worried that it might be too violent for people and it might seem too misogynist,” Sheik told the AP on the eve of the opening. “But, in fact, the truth is this piece is a critique of a certain way of thinking about things. So in truth it’s better to go all-in.”

‘Barely Breathing’ was nominated for a Grammy

Growing up between South Carolina and New Jersey, Sheik learned guitar as a child and got his first synthesizer when he was 12. He was heavily influenced by Talk Talk, David Sylvian and Nick Drake. His self-titled debut album was released in 1996 and Rolling Stone gave it a four-star review, calling it “a defiant debut — beautiful and benevolent of spirit.”

“Barely Breathing,” from that album, was nominated for best pop vocal performance in 1998 and would be kept alive on TV shows like “Glee” and “Girls.”

Other projects include “Whisper House,” an album and musical — a ghost story that ran in 2010 at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego — and “Legerdemain,” an album that explored the tension between art and commerce. His most recent album was 2022's “Claptrap.”

But for someone who had once been a total stranger to Broadway, he told AP in 2016 that he had a sense of mission.

“I feel like it’s become my project to kind of drag different people who might not normally go to musical theater pieces to come see a piece of musical theater,” he said.

He is survived by his parents; his wife, Nora Ariffin; and a daughter, Ines.

El Departamento de Policía de Miami Beach dijo que se había establecido un perímetro cerca de Mount Sinai Medical Center.

Se pudo observar una gran presencia policial cerca del hospital durante la hora de las 4 p.m. del jueves.

Los agentes no proporcionaron información sobre el sospechoso ni indicaron si existía algún peligro para el público.

Esta es una noticia de última hora que será actualizada a medida que haya nueva información disponible.