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The annual event, hosted by Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida, recognized four women and the strides they’ve made in healthcare and non-profit organizations, including Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward County.

Local 10’s Linnie Supall served as the emcee for the event, which also recognized Girl Scouts who plan on launching future careers in media and marketing.

El evento anual, organizado por Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida, reconoció a cuatro mujeres por sus logros y contribuciones en el sector de la salud y en organizaciones sin fines de lucro, entre ellas Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward County.

Linnie Supall, de Local 10, fue la maestra de ceremonias del evento, que también reconoció a integrantes de Girl Scouts que planean desarrollar futuras carreras en los campos de los medios de comunicación y el marketing.

The meeting is scheduled for Monday and at Gracie Mansion, the official mayoral residence, according to Anna Bahr, Mamdani’s communications director.

Bahr said the two will discuss issues affecting the city and New Yorkers. The White House confirmed the meeting will take place but did not offer more details.

Mamdani, a democratic socialist who upset former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary before winning the general election in November, has been a favorite and frequent political foil for Republicans.

But Trump has often been warm to Mamdani and seemed charmed by the young mayor. Their first meeting after Mamdani’s election was quite cordial, with Trump saying at the White House that the then-mayor-elect would “surprise some conservative people.” The Republican president had called Mamdani a “100% Communist Lunatic” during the 2025 campaign.

During a February meeting, Mamdani gave Trump a mock New York Daily News front page that said “Trump to City: Let’s Build.” That was riff on the famous front-page headline from 1975, “ FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD,” referring to President Gerald Ford’s promise to veto financial assistance to the city.

Mamdani’s aides said at the time that it was meant to show Trump the reaction and support that new federal investments in housing could have in the city.

Miles was tied with Clark with 769 points coming into the game and moved atop the list when she made a free throw in the second quarter. The Lynx rookie came into the game averaging 19.7 points, 6.0 assists and 4.7 rebounds, and was a big reason the team had the best record in the WNBA.

Miles, who was selected second overall in the draft after playing at Notre Dame and TCU, got off to a slow start against the Sun, going scoreless in the first quarter before getting going in the second. Her record-breaking free throw came 29 seconds into the second quarter.

Miles and Clark both accomplished their feats in 40 games.

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Patrick Clancy is expected to talk about the grief of losing his children and address social media conspiracy theories surrounding the case, which have included unfounded claims he was connected to the death of his children. His new wife, Dr. Rachel Danis, will also join him in the interview.

Earlier this month, 11 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 in 2023. But a lone juror sided with the prosecutors, who had argued that Clancy knew what she was doing. The deadlock forced a judge to declare a mistrial on Sept. 4.

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In a clip posted on social media ahead of the scheduled interview, Patrick Clancy is asked if he's angry with himself or felt like he failed in some way.

“I think I did the best I could with what I had at the time,” Clancy says. “And I live with the outcome. I live with it every day.”

Danis says in a separate clip that Patrick Clancy is the “most selfless and supportive partner.”

“I don’t understand how the story has been so twisted,” she said. “I was just a girl that met a guy running in Central Park on a really cold Saturday. And I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that.”

During the trial, neither side disputed that Clancy strangled her children, Cora, Dawson and Callan, in the family’s home 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.

The Plymouth County district attorney has yet to say whether he’ll seek to put Clancy on trial again.

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Broward County Regional Communications received a report of a possible stabbing near the 200 block of northwest 14th Street around 7 p.m., according to the Broward Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies responded and made contact with a man suffering from a stab wound. Pompano Beach Fire Rescue also responded and transported the victim to an area hospital. His injuries were listed as not life threatening.

According to investigators, the victim was involved in an altercation with a woman when the stabbing occurred.

BSO’s Special Victims and Crime Scene units are investigating.

El Centro Regional de Comunicaciones del condado Broward recibió alrededor de las 7 p.m. un reporte sobre un posible apuñalamiento cerca de la cuadra 200 de Northwest 14th Street, informó la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward (BSO).

Los agentes acudieron al lugar y encontraron a un hombre con una herida de arma blanca. Equipos de Pompano Beach Fire Rescue también respondieron y trasladaron a la víctima a un hospital de la zona. Sus heridas no ponen en riesgo su vida.

Según los investigadores, la víctima se encontraba involucrada en un altercado con una mujer cuando ocurrió el apuñalamiento.

Las unidades de Víctimas Especiales y de la Escena del Crimen de BSO están a cargo de la investigación.

The Giants and Accorsi’s family announced Sunday that he died Saturday. A cause of death and where Accorsi was when he died were not provided.

Accorsi was general manager of the Giants from 1998-2006 and received championship rings from their title runs in the ’07 and ’11 seasons. He also became the second GM enshrined in the franchise’s ring of honor.

“Ernie helped shape the course of New York Giants history through his vision, leadership and unwavering belief in building a championship organization,” owner John Mara said in a statement. “Beyond his accomplishments as a football executive, he was a trusted advisor and dear friend. His legacy will forever be part of the Giants, and he will be greatly missed.”

Accorsi was in charge when New York hired Tom Coughlin as coach and traded for quarterback Eli Manning after the Chargers took him with the first pick in the 2004 draft. The Giants made the playoffs four out of six seasons from ’05-11.

“I call Ernie every draft week for the last 12 years, maybe longer than that, and just thank him for making the trade and believing in me and bringing me to the New York Giants," Manning said in a statement. "I know he was the believer in me and kind of the reason I got here. I appreciated him so much for building such great teams and giving us the opportunity to win some championships here.”

Accorsi, a native of Hershey, Pennsylvania, got a communications degree from Wake Forest, served in the U.S. Army and was a sportswriter before working in public relations at Penn State and for the Baltimore Colts. He spent time at the league office before rejoining the Colts as assistant general manager.

“Ernie Accorsi was one of the most respected football minds in NFL history and a dear friend whose wisdom and perspective I valued tremendously,” Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement. “Throughout his remarkable career, he shaped championship-caliber clubs and earned the admiration of everyone who worked with him.”

Accorsi was promoted to Baltimore’s GM in 1982, then served in that role with the Cleveland Browns from 1985-92 before going to the Giants. They won two NFC East titles during his tenure with them before breaking through with Manning, Amani Toomer, Antonio Pierce and Michael Strahan.

“Ernie was very decisive, very opinionated,” Coughlin said in a statement. “His mind was as sharp as a tack. He loved to laugh. He was a great storyteller, great storyteller. He loved to have an audience and laugh, and then everyone else would laugh with him.”

Accorsi’s family said the Giants were more than a team to him and expressed gratitude to the Mara family for its loyalty and friendship.

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The suspects will face trial in Florida, according to Jason Reding Quiñones, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida.

“Today marks the next major phase in our pursuit of accountability for the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse,” he wrote on X. “We will follow the evidence wherever it leads, to those who financed it, facilitated it, supported it or committed crimes to make it possible. Five years later, we are still bringing defendants before American courts, and we are not finished.”

Quiñones did not identify the suspects, but those who remain in Haiti awaiting trial include more than a dozen Colombian soldiers, a former Haitian police officer and a former Haiti Ministry of Justice employee who was part of an anti-corruption unit.

Quiñones said that 30 people have been indicted in Moïse’s killing, with FBI Special Agent in Charge Brett Skiles noting that there were multiple arrests in the U.S. and abroad on Sunday.

He said that the FBI and others “remain steadfast in ensuring that all individuals who allegedly sought profit from the assassination of a head of state are held fully accountable.”

Relatives of some of the Colombian soldiers didn't immediately respond to requests for comment on Sunday.

They had previously complained about the repeated delays in the Haitian judicial process following their arrest in 2021, with the investigation stalled by gang violence, death threats and a crumbling judicial system.

In October 2025, justice officials in Haiti asked the U.S. and Canada for help after a local court of appeals ordered a new investigation into Moïse's killing, the third inquiry of its kind since he was fatally shot at his private residence in July 2021. The previous investigations were stalled because Haitian judges kept resigning from the case, fearing for their lives, and gangs seized control of the downtown Port-au-Prince courthouse where the judges were interrogating suspects.

The extradition comes as the U.S. continues to prosecute and sentence multiple other suspects in the case.

In May, a jury in Florida convicted four men in the killing, and at least five others have pleaded guilty and are serving life sentences.

Those recently convicted include Arcángel Pretel Ortiz, Antonio Intriago, Walter Veintemilla and James Solages, all of whom pleaded not guilty. A jury found them guilty of conspiring to kill or kidnap Haiti’s elected leader and providing material support for the plot.

Still awaiting trial is Christian Sanon, a Haitian-American citizen whom authorities said was initially picked by the alleged conspirators to replace Moïse. Once in power, the plan was for him to award contracts to a company known as CTU for infrastructure projects, security forces and military equipment.

Ortiz and Intriago were principals for CTU, which stood for Counter Terrorist Unit Federal Academy and Counter Terrorist Unit Security. Meanwhile, Veintemilla was a principal of Worldwide Capital Lending Group. Both companies were based in South Florida.

Suspects who previously pleaded guilty in U.S. federal court include a retired Colombian army officer and a Haitian-Chilean businessman who was once an informant for the U.S. government.

Authorities said that key fugitives in the case include Dimitri Hérard, ex-head of security at Haiti’s National Palace, who escaped last year after a powerful gang federation stormed Haiti’s two biggest prisons.

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The Packers announced Reed has a neck injury, while Bewele hurt a knee. Both were ruled out for the rest of the game.

On the Packers' second offensive play, Reed caught a short pass from Jordan Love and was hit hard by Demario Davis, whose left shoulder pad appeared to hit the receiver flush in the helmet, after a 4-yard gain. The Packers wide receiver went down quickly and was face down on the turf and writhing in pain.

Packers trainers and medical personnel immediately rushed onto the field to check on Reed, who was turned over onto his back. After a few minutes, Reed was strapped on a back board and loaded onto the cart as the entire Packers sideline surrounded him — many of them on a knee and praying. Several Jets defensive players, including Davis, also remained near Reed.

After a delay of several minutes, play resumed and Love threw an incompletion on third down. Bako-Bewele, who was blocking Jets rookie pass rusher David Bailey, was down and punching the turf.

The medical staff came out again — along with the entire Packers sideline — and Bako-Bewele was helped onto a cart. He was sitting up, slapped hands with teammates wishing him well and waved as he was driven inside the stadium.

Anthony Belton replaced Bako-Bewele at right tackle.

Packers guard Aaron Banks (toe) and defensive tackle Anthony Campbell (ankle) were questionable to return after being hurt in the first half. Banks missed the season opener with a knee injury.

Jets linebackers Marcelino McCrary-Ball (ankle) and Kiko Mauigoa (quadriceps) and defensive lineman David Onyemata (groin) were all ruled out after halftime.

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Spaun, last year's U.S. Open champion at Oakmont, made it three Americans winning at Wentworth in the last six years. It was his second victory of the year, having won the Texas Open in April.

“I played with a huge chip on my shoulder,” Spaun said of being overlooked as a captain's pick for the Presidents Cup next week outside Chicago. “I definitely had something to prove this week, but everything happens for a reason.”

As well as he finished, Spaun needed plenty of help from Manuel Elvira.

The 30-year-old Spaniard made a 9-foot eagle on the par-5 17th to tie Spaun for the lead and head to the par-5 closing hole needing birdie to win. Elvira chose iron off the tee, leaving him 254 yards from the green. He decided to lay up, but hit that into a bunker. He hit his next shot over the green, dumped a chip into a bunker and finished with a double bogey for a 70.

“Devastating that I hit the wrong shot at the right time on the lay up and left myself the toughest shot in the fairway bunker, and wasn’t able to pull it off,” Elvira said.

Elvira wound up in a four-way tie for second with Rory McIlroy (68), Adam Scott (68) and PGA champion Aaron Rai (66).

The final hour

All of them were in the mix in the final hour at Wentworth until Spaun raced to the top. It started with a tee shot to 3 feet on the par-3 14th. He holed a pair of 15-foot birdie putts on the 15th and 16th, and then two-putted for birdie on the 18th to post a 17-under 271.

Spaun loves bringing his family to London, though the 36-year-old Californian wasn't planning on coming to the BMW PGA Championship this year because of travel getting to the Presidents Cup.

U.S. captain Brandt Snedeker used the final two picks on Jacob Bridgeman, who won at Riviera earlier in the year, and 21-year-old Jackson Koivun, who won in his third start as a pro in July.

It was surprising to Spaun, particularly since he was one of the rare bright spots for the Americans in his Ryder Cup debut the previous September, going 2-1-0. Spaun had to withdraw from the Tour Championship last month because of a shoulder injury.

He looked healthy as can be against a strong field with so many top contenders.

Taking care of business

“Extra motivation, I think that's the will power you have,” Spaun said. “Being left off the Presidents Cup team was very disappointing. I wanted to prove that I deserve to be on the team. I took care of my business.”

McIlroy couldn't quite get over the hump. He was in a four-way tie for the lead at 15 under going to the 18th, but he drove into a bunker, had to lay up and missed an 8-foot birdie chance from the fringe that effectively ended his chances.

“I had my chances out there,” McIlroy said. “Wish I had some of those putts back, but I have to be encouraged with where my game is at.”

Race to Dubai

His runner-up finish — his best result since winning the Masters — allowed McIlroy to cut into Patrick Reed's lead in the Race to Dubai as he chases an eighth season title in a bid to tie Colin Montgomerie's record.

Spaun now has four career victories, three of them in the last 15 months that will move him just outside the top 10 in the world.

“I blossomed into this player I never thought I could be,” he said. “I've always wanted to be a global player. I'm really happy my schedule worked out the way it did.”

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Mohamed al-Bukhaiti, a member of the Houthis’ political bureau, said Washington reached out to the rebels after their rapid advance down Yemen’s western coast to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait earlier this month.

“We confirmed that we are not targeting the United States, or any other nation, in the strait, with the sole exception of the Saudi enemy,” he told the AP in a Zoom interview from the rebel-held Yemeni capital, Sanaa. “That remains the case.”

U.S. President Donald Trump last weekend said his administration has “had discussions” with the Houthis, but did not say when. “The Houthis called us, and they don’t want to fight with us,” he said. “They would much prefer not having us involved, and they’re letting most ships go through.”

The AP later reported that Oman hosted a meeting between U.S. and Houthi representatives last weekend, citing a Houthi official and another individual familiar with the talks. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media.

However, al-Bukhaiti only confirmed indirect contacts with U.S. officials through longtime mediator Oman, which brokered a 2025 ceasefire between the Houthis and the Trump administration. That ended a weekslong U.S. bombing campaign against the rebels in return for them ceasing attacks on U.S. vessels in the Red Sea.

“The goal of our military operations is not to close the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, but rather to ensure freedom of navigation through it for everyone, including Yemen,” he said.

The Houthis claim they can fight a war on multiple fronts

Al-Bukhaiti said the rebels have the capacity to fight a war on multiple fronts “should any nation become implicated in the aggression against Yemen alongside Saudi Arabia.”

“Today, Yemen is capable of waging battle — not merely an internal conflict, but an international one as well,” he said.

He said the Houthi attacks against neighboring Saudi Arabia will persist until Riyadh ends its decade-long blockade on rebel-held areas in Yemen and allows vessels to reach Houthi-controlled ports on the Red Sea. Then they will be ready to negotiate, he said.

Al-Bukhaiti blamed Saudi Arabia for the latest escalation of violence in Yemen, which he said erupted after an airstrike blamed on the Saudi-led coalition fighting the rebels hit the Sanaa international airport. The strike prevented an Iranian flight carrying a Houthi delegation to land. The flight was a Houthi attempt to challenge the coalition's air and naval blockade.

The Houthis responded with missile and drone strikes on Saudi Arabia, including one that targeted Riyadh on Saturday before being intercepted. Saudi officials said debris from a Houthi drone also killed one civilian and injured others.

The Houthis also declared a blockade on Saudi shipping in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and the Red Sea, attacking Saudi-linked vessels and oil facilities inside the kingdom, the world's top oil exporter.

The Saudis and their allies have long struggled to contain the Houthis, and may be tempted to seek a diplomatic solution to halt attacks. That might ultimately require U.S. concessions to Iran, the only country with leverage over the Houthis. But Washington's negotiations with Tehran over their own war fell apart weeks ago.

“We have not closed the door to peace," Mahdi al-Mashat, president of the Houthis’ Supreme Political Council, the top executive body, said in a speech Sunday marking the anniversary of their 2014 takeover of Sanaa.

The U.S., which bombed the Houthis under the Biden and Trump administrations, has shown no interest in getting involved militarily this time around.

The rebels believe power has shifted in their favor

The rebels' advance inside Yemen seized the crucial port city of Mokha and key Red Sea islands that allow them to better monitor shipping traffic through the Bab el-Mandeb, through which some 12% of world trade normally passes.

The Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces, long divided into factions, withdrew but have vowed to regroup.

The escalation ended a 2022 ceasefire that largely ended fighting in Yemen's civil war, which started when the Houthis swept in from their mountainous heartland and seized much of northern and central Yemen, including Sanaa, 12 years ago.

The Saudi-led coalition entered the war the following year on behalf of the internationally recognized government. The civil war killed at least 150,000 people, according to U.N. estimates, and pushed the country to the brink of famine.

Now, with Houthis in control of Yemen's western coast overlooking the Red Sea shipping corridor, “the balance of power has shifted in favor of the Sanaa government,” al-Bukhaiti said, referring to the rebels' de facto authorities there.

“Ultimately, (Saudi Arabia) lost its most critical card: the west coast,” he said.

TIFF's top award is voted on by festivalgoers, and it's become known as one of the most iron-clad Academy Awards predictors. Since 2012, all but one winner of the People's Choice Award has gone on to score a best-picture nomination at the Oscars. The lone exception was in 2024, when Mike Flanagan's Stephen King adaptation “The Life of Chuck” won the award. Last year, “Hamnet” won it and later landed eight Oscar nominations.

“La Bola Negra” is directed by the duo known as Los Javis — Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo. It was already a hit at the Cannes Film Festival, where “La Bola Negra” split the best director award with Paweł Pawlikowski for “Fatherland.”

Netflix acquired “La Bola Negra” out of Cannes and has launched a full awards campaign for the film. Netflix is also giving the film its longest theatrical release yet for the streamer. “La Bola Negra” opens in theaters Oct. 16 and begins streaming Dec. 2.

“This is a deeply personal film but it also carries a message of the importance and necessity of expressing who you are,” the Javis said in a statement Sunday. “Knowing that audiences connected with it and made it their own is the greatest gift we could receive.”

The first runner-up for the TIFF award was “I Play Rocky,” Peter Farrelly's comedy about the making of “Rocky.” Second runner-up was “Being Heumann,” Siân Heder's drama about disability rights pioneer Judy Heumann.

The festival also awards a People's Choice Award for international films. That went to “Elsinore,” starring Andrew Scott as Ian Charleson, the Scottish actor who performed “Hamlet” in London while suffering from AIDS. The first runner-up was “Possible Love,” Lee Chang-dong’s Korean drama about the trauma of mass layoffs. Second runner-up was “The Assassin(s),” a Korean procedural by Hur Jin-ho.

“Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been,” a portrait of the 85-year-old vocalist, won TIFF's People's Choice Award for documentary. The festival's audience award for its Midnight Madness section went to “Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney,” a so-called “gonzo documentary” by Matthew Rankin about the former Canadian prime minister.

The 51st edition of TIFF draws to a close Sunday.

Alejandro Grimaldo and Jonathan David scored second-half goals for Atletico, which moved to second place behind Barcelona.

Man City beat Sunderland 5-3 to open a three-point lead over defending champion Arsenal in England.

Atletico takes advantage of 10-man Madrid

Atletico scored twice in the second half to beat its city rival, which played a man down nearly the entire second half at the Metropolitano stadium. Dean Huijsen was sent off in the 52nd for a foul that prompted the penalty kick converted by Grimaldo.

David added to the lead in the 59th, before Antonio Rüdiger scored for Madrid in the 89th.

Madrid wanted a red card for Atletico’s Cristian “Cuti” Romero in the first half after he stepped on Jude Bellingham's leg. The incident was reviewed by VAR but Romero was only shown a yellow card. Madrid also wanted a red card for Kang Lee-in for a hard foul on Federico Valverde.

Madrid coach José Mourinho lashed out at the refereeing after the match, saying there were “two clear red cards” for Atletico's players.

“The first half was tough,” Mourinho said. “It should have been nine (players) against 11, but in the second half it ended being 10 against 11 for them.”

The result moved Atletico within five points of Barcelona, which won 3-1 at Sevilla on Saturday with a hat trick by Raphinha.

Real Madrid dropped to third. It's six points behind Baracelona, which has won seven in a row to start the season.

Vinícius Júnior had a lackluster performance and was substituted in the 54th by Yan Diomande.

Man City outlasts Sunderland in Premier League

Man City extended its perfect winning start to the season to five games after City twice relinquished the lead and Sunderland striker Brian Brobbey outshone Erling Haaland with a hat trick.

Haaland eventually ended the visitors’ brave fight with City’s fifth goal in the 81st minute.

Manchester United salvaged a 1-1 draw at Fulham to avoid three straight defeats in all competitions after Matheus Cunha scored in the 89th.

Alexander Isak scored his fourth goal of the season as Liverpool beat Bournemouth 1-0, and Leeds drew 0-0 with Crystal Palace.

Elversberg held in Bundesliga

After two straight wins to start the Bundesliga season, newcomer Elversberg followed its loss to Bayern Munich with a 0-0 draw at promoted Schalke.

Also Sunday, Miguel Gutierrez scored and assisted on Patrik Schick's goal as Bayer Leverkusen beat Leipzig 2-0 at home to move to fifth.

Napoli stalls again in Italy, Juventus wins

Napoli's mediocre start under Massimiliano Allegri continued after a 1-1 draw at Fiorentina. Napoli has only two wins from six matches in all competitions so far. Fiorentina had picked up its first points last week in its first match under Paolo Vanoli.

Juventus beat Atalanta 2-0 with goals from Francisco Conceição and Gleison Bremer ending a two-game winless streak in Serie A.

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Survivors, families and supporters showed up at Miami Dade College’s Kendall Campus for the 10th annual Pink Walk on Sunday.

The 5K, put on by the Women’s Breast and Heart Initiative, raises money for early detection, health education and support for patients.

Among those out at the walk was a couple who knows firsthand why that work matters.

“My wife had breast cancer 22 years ago she was diagnosed. Who would have thought husband and wife would be diagnosed with the same disease,” said Willie Ivory, a breast cancer survivor.

When Willie’s wife, Andrea, who is the CEO of the Women’s Breast and Heart Initiative, was diagnosed with breast cancer, he went door to door spreading awareness about early detection.

But years later, their story took an unexpected turn — Willie was diagnosed with breast cancer too.

“Less than 3,000 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer, and who would have thought I would be in that 1%,” he said.

Today, husband and wife are both survivors. And Willie is still spreading that same message, now with a story of his own.

Now in its 10th year, the Pink Walk is hoping to raise $100,000 to keep that work going year-round.

And despite a rainy start, the people who showed up did so for a mission that, for many, is personal.

That’s a best for the video game inspired franchise, of which there have been seven prior movies dating back to 2002, and for the filmmaker behind “Weapons” and “Barbarian.” It’s also more than most of the previous films made in their entire domestic runs. The only exception is “Resident Evil: Afterlife,” which was released in 2010 and netted out with $60.1 million, not accounting for inflation.

Cregger’s “Resident Evil” stars Austin Abrams (who also played a pivotal role in “Weapons”) as a medical courier whose last job of the night finds him battling infected creatures in Raccoon City. Reviews were overwhelmingly positive; it currently boasts a 95% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The audience was primarily male (66%) and under 35 (75%), according to PostTrak exit polls, and gave it a B+ CinemaScore. Cregger’s previous films have defied a lot of box office logic when it comes to horror movies, whose earnings tend to be front-loaded and drop sharply after the first weekend. “Barbarian” grossed over $46 million on a budget under $5 million. “Weapons” made $270 million on a $38 million budget.

“Zach Cregger is a household name in the world of horror,” said Paul Dergarabedian, the head of marketplace trends for Rentrak. “There are certain directors who become the star of the movie.”

“Resident Evil” cost a reported $75 million to produce, which does not include marketing and promotion expenses. Internationally, it earned $48.3 million, bringing its global launch to $108.3 million.

“Zach Cregger plus big franchise equals big bucks,” Dergarabedian said. “And he made it feel fresh and new.”

According to Rentrak, horror movies this year, including hits like “Obsession” and “Backrooms,” have generated over $1.1 billion at the domestic box office.

Second place went to “Practical Magic 2,” which fell about 59% from its lackluster opening weekend with $12.2 million from 4,163 theaters in North America. An additional $7 million from international showings brings its running global total to $76.8 million.

“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” landed in third place with $6.5 million in its eighth weekend, pushing its domestic total to $944.5 million. “The Odyssey,” in its 10th weekend in theaters, added another $4.9 million to take fourth place. “Coyote vs. Acme” rounded out the top five with $4.5 million.

One notable limited release was “The History of Concrete,” a documentary from comedian John Wilson, which earned $90,000 from one screen (the IFC Center in New York). The only film to make more in a single weekend at that venue was “Parasite,” which made $119,407.

Top 10 movies by domestic box office

With final domestic figures being released Monday, this list factors in the estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Rentrak:

1. “Resident Evil,” $60 million.

2. “Practical Magic 2,” $12.2 million.

3. “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” $6.5 million.

4. “The Odyssey,” $4.9 million.

5. “Coyote vs. Acme,” $4.5 million.

6. “Runner,” $3.2 million.

7. “Daniel and the Fiery Furnace,” $3.1 million.

8. “Transformers: The Movie” (40th anniversary re-release), $3.1 million.

9. “The Weight,” $2.3 million.

10. “Buddy,” $1.9 million.

He joined host Glenna Milberg on the latest episode of “This Week in South Florida”, and their conversation can be seen at the top of this page.

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No U.S. women's club is set to play. Mexico's Club America will represent CONCACAF after defeating the Washington Spirit in the confederation's W Champions Cup in May.

Spanish powerhouse Barcelona also has qualified for the four-team final round as the representative for UEFA. The winner of October's Copa Libertadores Femenina will qualify for CONMEBOL.

The Champions Cup was created to give women’s professional club teams greater opportunities for global competition, while building on the success of the game's marquee national team tournament, the Women’s World Cup.

“You’re just seeing a lot more attention and growth to the sport, and I think that’s really what we’re trying to do, is not just focus on national teams, but now help and grow and develop and stimulate the players' week-in and week-out environment, and that’s again through minimum standards. It’s through financial investment. It’s through creating competitions,” FIFA Chief Football Officer Jill Ellis said.

Ellis, former coach of the U.S. women's national team, told The Associated Press that Nu Stadium was chosen because it is a soccer-specific venue and a suitable size (26,700) for the competition.

FIFA previously announced it was targeting the Miami area, which has demonstrated community support for soccer through a variety of competitions in recent years, Ellis said. The time zone and mild winter temperatures also were considered, as well as the fact that the United States has a strong domestic pro league, the National Women's Soccer League.

In addition to Club America, Barcelona and the CONMEBOL representative, teams from Africa, Asia and Oceania will compete for the fourth spot in Miami.

Auckland United FC, which won the OFC Champions League, will face AFC Champions League winners Naegohyang Women’s FC in October. The winner of that match will advance to face Africa’s representative from the CAF Women’s Champions League tournament in December.

Arsenal won the inaugural Women’s Champions Cup with a 3-2 victory over Brazil’s Corinthians in February. Arsenal earned $2.3 million for winning the intercontinental tournament. Corinthians took home $1 million as the runner-up.

The Champions Cup also builds on the growing number of regional club competitions, led by the success of the UEFA Women’s Champions League.

“Part of building out a club competition is also with that will come club minimum standards,” Ellis said. “We’re working with the confederations now to make sure that there are minimum standards for you to be able to compete. So when you try and create a competition, it’s not just creating a competition that brings global recognition to clubs and helps promote players, etc. There’s also the incentive of stimulating growth in leagues and in confederations that obviously host the leagues.”

FIFA also is introducing a 16-team Women’s Club World Cup, which will launch in 2028 and be played every four years. The new Champions Cup will be held every year, except years when the Club World Cup takes place.

Ellis said when FIFA was considering the Champions Cup, there were only two confederations that had competitions for a confederation winner: UEFA and CONMEBOL.

“Once we announced this competition, we’ve seen now we have all six of our confederations that have a competition,” she said. “So sometimes when you build a competition, it actually drives investment in people wanting to participate and people wanting to invest in club football.”

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Not yet anyway for Manchester City after moving clear at the top of the Premier League on Sunday with a 5-3 win over Sunderland.

New coach Enzo Maresca extended his perfect winning start to the season to five games and goes into the international break three points ahead of defending champion Arsenal in second place.

But that doesn't tell half the story of a chaotic match at the Etihad Stadium that saw City twice squander the lead and Sunderland striker Brian Brobbey outshine Erling Haaland with a hat trick.

Eventually it was Haaland who ended the visitors' brave fight with City's fifth goal in the 81st minute.

Manchester United left it even later to salvage a 1-1 draw at Fulham and avoid three straight defeats in all competitions. Matheus Cunha's heavily deflected shot in the 89th earned Michael Carrick's team a point at Craven Cottage.

Alexander Isak scored his fourth goal of the season as Liverpool beat Bournemouth 1-0, and Leeds drew 0-0 with Crystal Palace.

Perfect Enzo

Maresca’s 100% record continues after taking on arguably the most daunting task in soccer when stepping into Guardiola’s shoes over the summer. Charged with the responsibility of continuing City’s unprecedented era of success, which included six league titles and the Champions League among 17 major trophies, he has made the best possible start in terms of results.

But City will likely have to tighten up defensively if it is to end a two-year title drought.

“I would prefer to win 1-0 than 5-3,” Maresca said. “I’m always trying to see what we can do better. Two of the three goals that we concede, they have been too easy."

Sunderland repeatedly cut City open, scoring three goals and creating numerous chances to add more.

City twice squandered leads in the first half before going in at the break 3-2 up.

Enzo Fernandez opened the scoring in the ninth minute with a free kick that curled into the near post, but Brobbey got in behind City’s defense to quickly level.

Rayan Cherki restored the home team’s advantage with a low effort from inside the area before Brobbey equalized for a second time as Sunderland again took advantage of slack City defending.

Antoine Semenyo drilled a low shot past Sunderland goalkeeper Robin Roefs shortly before halftime and lashed home his second in the 57th to give City breathing room.

Brobbey completed his hat trick by forcing the ball over the line from close range and Ruben Dias had to clear off the line to avoid the game being leveled again with an own-goal.

Haaland's seventh goal in his last five games avoided a tense finish and ensured that City sits clear at the top after Arsenal's surprise loss to Brighton on Saturday.

“It is much better to win games. It is better to have three points more than not, but it is quite early (in the season),” Maresca said.

Man United relief

After back-to-back losses, United really needed a win to ease the pressure going into the international break.

By full-time at Craven Cottage there was relief all around just to pick up a draw against winless Fulham.

Lisandro Martinez’s own-goal shortly after the hour looked like piling more misery on United coach Carrick after defeats to Man City and Brighton over the past week.

United twice hit the post in the first half but rarely looked like finding an equalizer until Cunha’s long-range shot deflected off David Affengruber and wrong-footed Fulham 'keeper Bernd Leno.

“In the second half it was like they put in more energy than us. We cannot accept this. We always play better after conceding a goal, and it cannot be like this,” Cunha said. “We were a little bit unlucky. Me and Bruno (Fernandes) hit the post, but we have to keep creating things and hope they come to more things.

"It is the same as last season where there was a bit of noise around and we finished third. This season we need to improve further."

The point for Fulham leaves big-spending Tottenham at the bottom of the standings on goal difference.

Isak on target again

It was a winning return to Bournemouth for Liverpool coach Andoni Iraola after leaving the south coast club at the end of last season.

The Spanish coach had three successful seasons at the Vitality Stadium before taking over at Anfield.

He had Isak to thank for Liverpool's second league win of the campaign with the Sweden international providing a composed finish from close range in the 57th.

The $170 million striker endured a difficult first season at Liverpool which was disrupted by injury. But he has started impressively this season with four goals in five league appearances.

Leeds maintained its unbeaten start to the season with a 0-0 draw at home to Crystal Palace and, after battling relegation last term, is fifth in the standings.

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Zverev took just 77 minutes to ease to a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Prizmic, who was ranked more than 100 places below the U.S. Open and French Open champion.

Just like in Saturday’s victory over Matej Dodig, the second-ranked Zverev dominated on the indoor hardcourt in Halle, Germany, with Prizmic having no break-point chances.

Earlier Sunday, Kevin Krawietz and Tim Puetz overcame Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic 7-5, 6-2 to hand Zverev the opportunity to send Germany to the Final 8 in Bologna, Italy, in November.

Britain also advanced on Sunday, with doubles pair Henry Patten and Neal Skupski beating Gonzalo Escobar and Diego Hidalgo 6-3, 6-4 to secure a 3-0 win over Ecuador.

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Un video obtenido por Local 10 muestra la embarcación, identificada como “Promiscuous”, completamente envuelta en llamas. El fuego parecía concentrarse en la parte trasera del catamarán.

El incendio ocurrió en la cuadra 100 de Hendricks Isles, en Fort Lauderdale. Según los bomberos, residentes de la zona reportaron el fuego alrededor de las 6:05 a.m.

Una densa columna de humo podía verse a varios kilómetros de distancia mientras los equipos de emergencia acudían al lugar.

Residentes dijeron a Local 10 que se despertaron al notar un pequeño incendio que se propagó en cuestión de segundos. En un momento dado, aseguraron haber escuchado lo que parecía ser una explosión mientras las llamas consumían la embarcación.

Casi 20 unidades de Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue respondieron a la emergencia, según las autoridades.

Videos grabados en el lugar muestran a los bomberos utilizando herramientas para abrir partes de la embarcación y llegar a zonas donde el fuego seguía activo.

Según residentes, el “Promiscuous” estaba a la venta por aproximadamente un millón de dólares.

No se reportaron heridos.

Las autoridades continúan investigando la causa del incendio.

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Video obtained by Local 10 shows the vessel, identified as the “Promiscuous,” fully engulfed in flames. The fire appeared to be concentrated toward the stern.

The fire unfolded in the 100 block of Hendricks Isles in Fort Lauderdale. According to fire rescue, residents called in the fire around 6:05 a.m.

Smoke could be seen billowing into the air for miles as crews rushed to the scene.

Residents told Local 10 they woke up to a small fire that grew within seconds. At one point, they said they heard what sounded like an explosion as the vessel was consumed by flames.

Nearly 20 Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue units responded, according to officials.

Video from the scene shows crews using tools to cut into the vessel and access hotspots that continued to smolder.

According to residents, the “Promiscuous” was up for sale for about $1 million.

No injuries were reported.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

The vote began Friday for 111 million eligible voters, and included residents of four Ukrainian regions that Moscow illegally annexed after the war began, but still doesn’t fully control, as well as those in Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014.

Authorities in Kyiv denounced the voting in the Russian-held areas as illegal and urged foreign governments not to recognize the result. The European Union on Friday called the action a “blatant violation of international law.”

As the polls closed in Russia and Russian-held areas of Ukraine, voting continued at embassies and consulates in timezones further west, including in the United States.

Kremlin expected to keep control

The Kremlin wants the parliamentary election — the first since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 — to showcase popular support for the war and legitimize its action. It has sought to avoid political risks by stamping out any dissent.

A massive state media campaign and tight control over the election in the absence of genuine opposition all but assure the Kremlin will keep tight control of Russian politics amid mounting economic costs and increasing Ukrainian drone attacks deep inside the country.

Voters cast two separate ballots, filling half of the Duma’s 450 seats by selecting political parties listed on the ballot. The rest are contested in single-seat constituencies, with voters choosing individual candidates.

Preliminary results are expected within hours of voting ending in the country’s west.

The main Kremlin party, United Russia, is widely expected to retain its overwhelming control of the lower house, the State Duma. Several smaller parties of the “systemic opposition” that vote in sync with Putin's views on all key issues also are expected to maintain their presence.

Opposition sidelined as observers report violations

The liberal Yabloko party, the only registered political entity that dared to publicly criticize the war, was removed from the ballot last month by Russia’s Supreme Court, and only has a few dozen candidates in the single-constituency races. Additionally, some anti-war politicians were imprisoned or forced to flee abroad ahead of the campaign.

Yabloko and the Communist Party, which has criticized some aspects of government policy but carefully avoided any criticism of Putin, said many of their observers were turned away from polling stations.

Russia didn’t invite observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, with the Russian Foreign Ministry accusing the body of “double standards” for its criticism of Russia. OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Pere Joan Pons said that the decision was a breach of Russia’s commitments as a member state of the organization.

Yabloko reported that one of its observers lost consciousness while being arrested by police at a St. Petersburg polling station on Saturday, after officials accused him of trying to “disrupt the elections” and called police.

The parties reported violations including sealed ballot boxes being opened, doors to polling stations not being secured overnight, and a refusal to issue paper ballots. The claims could not be independently verified.

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.

Issues with electronic voting in Moscow

Ella Pamfilova, head of Russia’s Central Election Commission, said Sunday that the electronic voting system in Moscow was targeted by cyberattacks. She blamed one of the “systemic parties” — meaning one of those taking part in the vote, without specifying which one.

SotaVision, an independent Russian news outlet, said Sunday that voters were reporting glitches in the electronic registry systems at polling stations across Moscow. People were not issued paper ballots and instead were asked to vote via an electronic terminal, the outlet said on Telegram.

Leonid Volkov, a close associate of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, suggested the supposed breakdown of the system used to issue paper ballots in Moscow may have been deliberate, aimed at pushing voters toward electronic voting.

“Demand a paper ballot!” he wrote on X on Sunday.

Lines formed outside polling stations as many voters refused to vote electronically.

Having urged supporters to spoil party-list ballots, Yabloko party leader Nikolai Rybakov cast a ballot in St. Petersburg on Sunday, covered in bright green writing declaring “For freedom," “For peace,” and “Yabloko.”

Russian opposition abroad holds protests

Russia’s exiled opposition, including the widow of Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya, called on anti-war Russians to cast their votes at noon on Sunday.

Thousands of Russians living in Armenia took part in the vote, lining up outside the Russian Embassy in the capital, Yerevan. Some of them joined the “Noon for a Peaceful Russia” anti-war demonstration, holding anti-war and anti-Putin posters.

Mark Podberezin, a journalist, said members of the election commission in Yerevan made remarks that felt like “outright intimidation.” He said he had heard comments "along the lines of, ‘You’ll have to return to Russia sooner or later, keep that in mind.’”

Lidiya Klimenko said she did not think her vote would have any real impact. The most useful thing to do, she said, was “to see other people who are also against the war, to be together in a shared cause.”

In Germany, voters cast their ballots at the Russian Embassy in Berlin. Andrei Pivovarov, a dissident and former head of the Open Russia group, addressed a protest gathered outside the building.

Ukraine fires over 1,000 drones at Russia

The election's last day came against a backdrop of a major wave of Ukrainian attacks. Russia’s Defense Ministry said Sunday that its forces shot down a total of 1,110 Ukrainian drones across Russia, as well as over the annexed Crimea and the Black Sea.

Two people were killed and 20 wounded across the wider Moscow region, local Gov. Andrei Vorobyov said.

The election follows a summer of Ukraine’s long-range drone strikes on oil refineries that triggered a widespread fuel crisis. Warehouses belonging to online retailers Wildberries and Ozon also were attacked. Those attacks have exacerbated economic problems and brought the war home for millions.

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The crash happened around 5:20 a.m. along northwest 7th Street, between 18th Place and 19th Avenue, according to Miami Fire Rescue.

A 28-year-old woman riding a scooter collided with a 30-year-old man riding a motorcycle, fire rescue officials said. Both were taken to Ryder Trauma Center for treatment.

The woman is in serious condition, while the man was described as being in extremely critical condition, according to firefighters.

Police blocked off the roadway as investigators worked to determine what led up to the crash. Debris remained scattered across the street, and the motorcycle involved was still at the scene hours later. No traffic was being allowed through the area in either direction.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

El choque ocurrió alrededor de las 5:20 a.m. en Northwest 7th Street, entre 18th Place y 19th Avenue, según Miami Fire Rescue.

Una mujer de 28 años que conducía un scooter chocó con un hombre de 30 años que conducía una motocicleta, informaron los equipos de rescate. Ambos fueron trasladados al Ryder Trauma Center para recibir tratamiento.

La mujer se encuentra en estado grave, mientras que el hombre fue reportado en estado extremadamente crítico, según los bomberos.

La policía cerró la vía mientras los investigadores trabajaban para determinar qué provocó el accidente.

Restos del choque permanecían esparcidos sobre la calle y la motocicleta involucrada continuaba en el lugar varias horas después. No se permitía el paso de vehículos en ninguna de las dos direcciones.

La causa del accidente continúa bajo investigación.

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One resident said she heard the gunfire from inside her home.

“We were all sitting in the house and then we just heard loud shots. It was like bow, bow, bow, and we were like, what’s going on outside? It’s big outside, like it’s a big thing going on,” she said.

Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies say the shooting left one man hospitalized with a gunshot wound. A second man was rushed to the hospital by someone who was at the scene when the shots rang out. That man has since died from his injuries.

Deputies were also seen escorting a man in handcuffs toward an ambulance. First responders treated an injury to his hand before he was placed into a cruiser and driven away for questioning.

Another resident described the shock of learning what happened.

“We came out here and the police here said two people ended up shot, and we were like, what!” she said.

As deputies worked the scene, residents were asked to wait outside while investigators continued their work.

The identities of both men are still unknown.

Una residente dijo que escuchó los disparos desde el interior de su vivienda.

“Estábamos todos sentados en la casa y de repente escuchamos disparos muy fuertes. Era como ‘¡pum, pum, pum!’, y nos preguntamos: ‘¿Qué está pasando afuera?’. Hay mucho movimiento, parece que está ocurriendo algo grande”, dijo.

Agentes de la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward dijeron que el tiroteo dejó a un hombre hospitalizado con una herida de bala. Un segundo hombre fue trasladado de emergencia al hospital por una persona que se encontraba en el lugar cuando se produjeron los disparos. Ese hombre murió posteriormente a causa de sus heridas.

También se observó a agentes escoltando a un hombre esposado hacia una ambulancia. Los equipos de emergencia atendieron una lesión que tenía en una mano antes de que fuera colocado en una patrulla y trasladado para ser interrogado.

Otra residente describió su sorpresa al enterarse de lo ocurrido.

“Salimos y la policía que estaba aquí nos dijo que dos personas habían recibido disparos, y nosotros dijimos: ‘¡¿Qué?!’”, relató.

Mientras los agentes trabajaban en el lugar, se pidió a los residentes que permanecieran afuera mientras los investigadores continuaban con sus labores.

Las identidades de ambos hombres aún no han sido reveladas.

And how would we even know?

They can anchor us in a place or help us get somewhere else. They can show us global political realities via the drawing of contested country borders.

We take it as truth that not only does X mark the spot, it shows us the size of the spot, what the spot's name is and how the spot compares with other spots.

But while the physical geography of our world can be set in stone, the reality is that maps are not. There are choices involved in everything from which countries are centered to their size relative to each other and what the objects on the map are called. The choices create the perspective and they affect the way we assume the world looks.

Where there are choices, there can be contention.

That was evident this month at the United Nations when a General Assembly vote endorsed a map with a different way of looking at the world than has more commonly been used. This map showed Africa more accurately and larger. The vote was 164 countries in favor of the change, six abstaining and one — the United States — against.

In August, President Donald Trump signed an order directing the federal government to rename Lake Ontario to “Lake America” as a trade war with Canada continues. In January 2025, he signed an order renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America.” Some tech companies such as Google and Apple followed along with the changes for U.S. users. MapQuest did not, nor did Canada.

“To the extent that maps come to shape the way that we think about different places and people who inhabit them, maps structure our politics in ways that then have consequences,” said Alex Moulton, assistant professor in the geography and environmental science department at Hunter College.

Distortions are inevitable

There is never going to be a flat map that is 100% accurate to the physical geography it is showing. That is because taking something in 3D, like Earth, and drawing it in flat 2D as a map is always going to result in distortions. Think about trying to flatten an orange's peel.

What mapmakers do is decide which distortions they are going to allow, depending on a map's purpose. Those decisions can be invisible to the general public, who see the map as absolute reality and a foundation for how they think of the world.

Take the Mercator map of Earth. It has been in use for some centuries and is familiar to most of us. It was created in Europe as a navigational tool, with the longitudes and latitudes structured in such a way that ships could get from one place to another.

In order to do that, though, the size of the world's land masses had to be altered. Those nearer the poles, like Greenland, appear bigger. Those nearer the equator, like the countries of Africa, were made smaller. In reality, the African continent is massively larger than Greenland.

It was that distortion that pushed the efforts leading to the U.N.'s vote in support of the Equal Earth projection map, which supporters say is more accurate in terms of size.

Why does that matter? Because the way we see things can impact how we relate to them, with political and economic implications, said Nerve Macaspac, a political geographer and assistant professor at Queens College.

“If you see Africa as a smaller land mass, there’s a political implication to that. If we see it larger or it’s in true size, then there is economic and political implications to it,” Macaspac said. “What’s being foregrounded and what’s been hidden or obscured or neglected or ignored or reduced?"

Maps as moments

What is included on maps can also make them snapshots of a particular period.

What was considered the “United States” would look different depending on what point in its 250-year history was being put to paper.

Maps “really are a time capsule of how that cartographer saw the world,” said Tony Rodono, owner of The Map Shop, based in Charlotte, North Carolina. “That was their understanding of world at the particular time with everything that surrounding that person’s human experience.”

Trump's orders to change the names of bodies of water are examples of this as well, as his order renaming the mountain in Alaska that had been called Denali during the Obama administration back to its previous moniker of Mount McKinley. It's the tallest peak in North America.

“Map-making is world-making," Moulton said. “It is apprehending our world as we observe it and then putting that down as the truth of those things and that is an inherently political practice.”

It is one more example of how Trump is insisting that his initiatives to beautify the White House and the city are also serving a defensive purpose. Trump has been calling the new White House ballroom a “military complex” and arguing it is necessary for national security purposes.

The Pentagon said it had no information beyond the president's statement.

Trump's announcement also comes as the arch, like his other projects, faces legal challenges. Though the arch has received early approval from the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, whose members were all tapped by Trump, a group of three veterans and an architectural historian sued, saying the project needs to be approved by Congress.

“The President’s belated efforts to manufacture a national security justification for this project do nothing to cure its fundamental illegality,” Nicolas Sansone, one of the attorneys representing the litigants, said Sunday. “Congress has not authorized the arch and unless and until Congress does so, the project should not be permitted to move forward.”

The Republican president said in a social media post that he had agreed, at the “strong request” of the military, to convert the planned 250-foot-tall (76-meter) memorial arch “into a top grade Military Complex/Triumphal Arch, to house, store, and have the rapid ability to use large numbers of drones, plus Snipers, on both the roof and plaza areas, and additionally have and hold large quantities of sniper ammunition in storage.”

The arch is proposed for a circle adjacent to the Memorial Bridge, which is a heavy traffic area as one of a handful of connecting bridges between the nation's capital and northern Virginia.

The project is one of several projects that the Republican president is pursuing to leave his lasting imprint on Washington. Among the others are the White House ballroom, renaming and renovating the Kennedy Center, refurbishing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and rebuilding a golf course in East Potomac Park that could significantly reduce the public’s access to running and biking paths.

The groundbreaking for the arch was to have happened sometime this month. The project has not yet received final approval from the National Capital Area Planning Commission, which greenlit the site and preliminary plans at its July meeting. The commission is expected to take up the matter again this fall.

The economy is growing steadily despite being hit with repeated shocks — and may even be accelerating — while inflation remains stubbornly high. And big tech firms are borrowing huge amounts of cash to plow into data center construction while the federal government is still running large yearly budget deficits. All these trends point to higher interest rates regardless of what the Fed does, analysts say.

As a result, the low interest-rate, low-inflation world that lasted for nearly 15 years after the Great Recession is over and a higher-priced, higher-rate world is taking its place. Mortgage rates fell into the 3% range in the 2010s and even lower during COVID-19, but such deals are long gone. The average 30-year mortgage rate reached 6.95% last week, the highest in more than a year and a half.

Joe Brusuelas, chief economist at RSM, a tax consulting firm, said that a big reason for the change is a shift from the pre-pandemic economy in which consumer and business demand was weak, to the current economy in which healthy consumer and business spending is colliding with supply shocks and bottlenecks. In addition to higher oil and gas prices because of the Iran war, the AI buildout has struggled with an insufficient supply of computer chips, electronic equipment, and workers to put it all together.

“We’ve undergone a structural transformation of the economy,” Brusuelas said. “The regime change in inflation and interest rates is the outcome.”

Companies and government are competing for bonds

The shift, in many ways, returns the economy to where it was before the financial crisis in December 2007 that lasted through June 2009.

But even after the downturn ended, consumer and business spending remained weak. Millions of Americans in the 2010s focused on paying down outsized mortgages and credit card debt instead. Businesses saw few investment opportunities, and many big tech firms such as Alphabet’s Google and Meta’s Facebook piled up cash.

Now those companies are using those stockpiles to build out AI data centers, and are borrowing even more money to do so. And American consumers — despite surveys finding they are pessimistic about the economy — are still spending at a healthy pace. A recent report showing that retail sales picked up last month led economists at Bank of America to forecast growth will reach a healthy 3% at an annual rate in the July-September quarter.

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh highlighted the shift in a speech at the central bank's annual conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming last month.

After 2008, “it was a widely held view that an excess of capital would sit on the sidelines for a long, long time, because there just wouldn’t be enough compelling investment opportunities,” Warsh said. “All the good stuff had been invented. So growth would be low and slow.

“Well, times sure have changed,” he continued. “Ever-expanding pools of capital are pouring into AI-related infrastructure of all sorts.”

The additional spending and investment has contributed to higher longer-term interest rates on government bonds that are competing for lenders. The yield on the 10-year Treasury bond topped 5% this year for the first time since 2023, even before the Fed raised its benchmark short-term rate Wednesday.

At the same time, political polling and consumer sentiment surveys continue to find that many Americans are struggling to keep up with rising prices, and affordability remains a top concern heading into the midterm elections. Even as the economy expands, inflation has outpaced the annual growth in average wages for the past five months.

Brusuelas said the U.S. economy's expansion is “imbalanced” with growth “entirely dependent” on the AI buildout and strong spending by wealthier consumers, who have benefited from rising stock prices driven by hopes that AI will lift profits.

Higher inflation leads to higher rates

After the Fed lifted its rate to 3.9% Wednesday, Trump said on Truth Social that U.S. rates should be 1% instead.

Yet many of Trump's policies have contributed to higher borrowing costs, in particular the Iran war that has driven up gas prices. When inflation persists, investors demand higher interest rates on longer-term Treasury bonds, such as the 10-year, which strongly influences mortgage rates.

“The president can say he wants interest rates lower all he wants, and yet he continues to push the button on all the policies that raise rates," said Elizabeth Pancotti, vice president of policy, advocacy and research at the progressive Groundwork Collaborative.

This system will finally lift out to the north and move away, but it’ll be followed by a cold front moving down the peninsula later in the week. That front will bring more rain and storms to close out the workweek.

There’s uncertainty as to whether or not this first front of the season will make it all the way through South Florida, but there’s an outside chance we’ll see some drier air, finally, by next weekend. In the meantime, highs will average around 90 degrees through the week, with possibly some slightly cooler air by next weekend.

Late withdrawals shook up the races for governor, U.S. Senate and U.S. House, leaving many voters upset with candidates who dropped out after winning a spot in November's general election or cursing others who stayed in.

Some were quick to blame the upheaval on Alaska's unique elections system that combines open primaries, where the top four vote-getters advance, with general elections run under a ranked choice system.

The August primary revealed some of the headaches related to a major change in how Alaska voters select their candidates and was the latest example of how the real-world experience of state voting changes don't always line up neatly with expectations. California Democrats earlier this year worried they might get shut out of the state's top-two primary for governor out of fears they were running too many candidates.

Alaska voters will once again be asked to decide whether to keep or scrap their election method this fall. Maine is the only other state using ranked choice voting for its statewide races.

“We need to make things much more transparent and predictable and understandable by the general public so that we can truly have trust in our democracy again," said Matt Schultz, a Democrat who suspended his U.S. House bid before the primary.

He plans to support keeping the system in place but said it is a complicated decision. He thinks adjustments can be made and sees the role big money plays in elections as a major factor that discourages candidates.

Decision to drop out after primary disappoints some voters

Alaska first used the voter-approved top-four primary and ranked choice general election system four years ago, and two years ago narrowly rejected an effort to repeal it. Supporters have credited the system with having a moderating effect on the Legislature in what has long been a Republican-led state, with both chambers controlled the past two years by bipartisan coalitions.

That was one of the intentions when supporters originally placed ranked choice on the ballot, to introduce a voting system that could reduce partisanship by opening a door to more candidates who would need to work beyond their traditional bases for support.

An unintended consequence is what happened after voting ended in this summer's primary. At least five candidates between the races for the U.S. Senate, U.S. House and governor dropped out after advancing.

Tom Begich was among them. After a one-two finish by Democrats in the governor's primary, some voters were angry when Begich, who finished second, withdrew and endorsed leading vote-getter Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins.

The race is now a matchup with Kreiss-Tomkins and Republicans Bernadette Wilson, Dave Bronson and Treg Taylor. Some Begich supporters said they felt their votes didn't matter and that they were robbed of a chance to rank the candidates in the general election. Others said they trusted Begich's judgment.

Begich’s campaign said staying in the race would have required millions of dollars. It said information the campaign reviewed showed the best path forward was to unite behind one candidate. Begich said he and Kreiss-Tomkins, both former state lawmakers, share many of the same priorities.

He said the decision to withdraw was difficult, and he knows it disappointed some voters. He said the Democratic Party wasn't involved in his final decision.

“Do I feel great about the decision? Of course not. How could I?” he said. “But is it the right decision? Absolutely.”

Ranked voting is 'a game and we need to play,' GOP activist says

Many Republicans, including President Donald Trump, have criticized Alaska's ranked voting, which is seen as giving Democrats and moderate candidates a boost in the traditionally GOP-friendly state compared with the traditional party primary system.

In the 2022 and 2024 U.S. House races, pressure to drop out was applied with mixed success on Republican candidates who finished behind the party’s top vote-getter in the top-four primary. In special and regular elections in 2022, Democrat Mary Peltola beat Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich for Alaska's only House seat. In 2024, Nick Begich, a nephew of Tom Begich, beat Peltola after the other major Republican in the race quit following the primary.

Republicans this year remain divided over whether to encourage a “rank the red” strategy in November. The state party chair, Carmela Warfield, frequently refers on social media to ranked voting as a “mess.”

David Boyle, who has long been involved in the state's conservative politics, said ranked voting involves “game theory." While he supports the repeal effort, he thinks Republican voters should rank GOP candidates this fall to give the party its best chance in the governor's race.

“Ranked choice voting shouldn’t be an obstacle,” he said. “It’s a game and we need to play that same game.”

Support of open primaries and ranked voting is part of the Democratic Party platform. Alaska's last Democratic governor left office in 2002, but the party sees an opportunity to win the office this year.

Republicans uncertain over ranked strategy in state's biggest race

Alaska's most prominent race, for U.S. Senate, features three Republicans and a Democrat in the general election.

The incumbent, Republican Dan S. Sullivan, and Peltola headline the race that also includes Republicans Dan J. Sullivan, a retired teacher, and Gerald Heikes. Heikes advanced when the fourth-place finisher, Democrat David Leslie, withdrew. Peltola and Sen. Sullivan won a combined 91% of the primary vote.

Some Republican voters plan to simply vote for the incumbent and not rank in that race.

“In November, our campaign’s strategy is simple: vote for Senator Dan S. Sullivan and fill out the ballot completely, so no game and no gimmick decides this race instead of Alaskans," Nate Adams, a spokesman for the senator’s campaign, said in a statement. He did not clarify if that meant Sullivan favored voters ranking in his or other races.

The senator and his Republican allies, including Trump, have spent months blasting Dan J. Sullivan as a ”sham" candidate intent on sowing confusion, a charge the challenger denies.

Elijah Verhagen, a Republican from the interior community of Nenana, worries about GOP voters getting mixed messaging about whether they should use the ranked choice system for the midterms.

“I just very much fear that a lot of people will not rank because they’ve distrusted it for so long and they’re going to be voting — most of them — to get rid of it on the same day,” he said. “So it just seems kind of bizarre that we’ve come down to that.”

Advocates say the current system expands voters' choices

Advocates of the current system, such as Alaskans for Better Elections, have been holding events to help voters better understand how it works. Juli Lucky, the group's executive director, said consolidating behind one candidate seems “shortsighted” and doesn't honor “the complexity of voters.”

But she also realizes the decision to carry on is the candidate's. And not all voters use the ranking system.

Democrat John Williams withdrew from the U.S. House race after advancing with less than 3% of the vote. He said Democrats urged him to drop out of the race, which features Nick Begich and independent Bill Hill, whom Democrats recently endorsed.

Williams said he wasn't “bullied” and blamed himself for not campaigning or raising money.

He said the current system gives options to voters who “are looking at other people that are down ballot."

“The reason they’re looking," he said, "is because they don’t like what they’re seeing” in the major candidates.

Tropical Storm Fay, which formed early Sunday, was located about 450 miles (730 kilometers) southwest of the Azores. There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Fay will likely dissipate by the end of the week.

Separately, Tropical Storm Odalys has formed southwest of Mexico's west coast and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane by Monday.

The National Hurricane Center said the storm's center is about 1,245 miles (2,005 kilometers) southwest of the southern tip of Baja California, with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph). It was moving northwest at 8 mph (13 kph).

There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect for either tropical storm.

Fay's maximum sustained winds were clocked at 45 mph (75 kph) at 5 a.m. EDT. Additional strengthening is expected in the short term. It was moving north-northeast at 5 mph (7 kph). The Azores are an autonomous region of Portugal about 800 miles (1,287 kilometers) off the coast of mainland Portugal.

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Miami Fire Rescue said crews were dispatched at about 1:52 a.m. to the 3700 block of Northwest 23rd Court for a report of a person with an “alleged gunshot wound.”

They said the boy was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center in “extremely critical condition.”

The boy later died from his injuries Saturday night.

Authorities said a 45-year-old woman was also transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital for evaluation. Miami Fire Rescue said she had no reported injuries.

Police closed Northwest 23rd Court near 38th Street as officers and detectives investigated. Several Miami police cruisers could be seen at the scene with emergency lights flashing, while police tape surrounded a home investigator appeared to be focusing on.

Crime scene investigators were also seen entering and leaving the area with equipment. A clear evidence bag containing what appeared to be a gun was also visible at the scene.

Neighbors told Local 10 News they heard multiple gunshots followed by yelling and the sound of people running through the area.

One neighbor said he heard about seven gunshots. Another said security-camera footage captured activity in the area, but he later claimed that footage had been deleted and could not be shared.

The investigation remained active on Saturday evening, and police had not immediately released additional details about what led to the shooting.

“This is the civil rights issue of our lifetime,” said the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in the open-seat race in November.

It had the look and sound of a Democratic campaign policy event, set in one of the nation’s Democratic-voting strongholds.

The contest has quickly become a focal point in the fight for Senate control, and Rogers is working to appeal to segments of Michigan's Democratic electorate. It's a key to what the former congressman sees as his path to defeating progressive Democrat Abdul El-Sayed this fall.

Rogers lost his first bid for Senate two years ago by barely 19,000 votes out of more than 5.5 million cast. This time, he is betting he can win over some Democrats and independents, particularly Black and Jewish voters who may be turned off by El-Sayed's positions, which are to the left of his party’s establishment, notably on U.S.-Israel relations. At the same time, Rogers must rally Donald Trump loyalists to turn out to vote, even though the president isn't on the ballot.

“He is threading a needle,” said Bobby Schostak, Rogers' campaign finance chairman.

Rogers is reaching into heavily Democratic Detroit

Rogers' event outside Cody was part of his promotion of a nonprofit program to boost literacy in Michigan's largest city. A few days later, he promoted a home construction plan in downtown Detroit, where many thousands of lots remain vacant almost 20 years after the Great Recession.

Rogers' campaign sees opportunity in racially and culturally diverse Wayne County, home to Detroit, where roughly three-quarters of the population is Black.

In the 2024 Senate race, then-U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat, won the county by more than a 2-to-1 margin over Rogers, or 264,000 votes. Squeezing even a couple more percentage points there in November could be enough for Rogers to win. His team is optimistic in part because in this year's Democratic primary, U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens beat El-Sayed in the county.

El-Sayed has faced resistance from some of Detroit’s older and more establishment-aligned Black Democrats, who favored Stevens' longer-standing ties to Black churches and work on the Obama administration's auto industry rescue plan.

Some local Black activists also faulted El-Sayed, who if elected would be the first Muslim senator, for supporting the “uncommitted” campaign in the 2024 Democratic presidential primary. Some Black Michigan Democrats believe the effort, aimed at pressuring the Biden administration over Gaza, cost then-Vice President Kamala Harris in her campaign as the first Black woman to be a major party presidential nominee. Trump beat Harris by 1.4 percentage points in the state.

Harris plans to campaign with El-Sayed in Michigan on Tuesday, and the Congressional Black Caucus has endorsed El-Sayed.

Democratic leaders have dismissed Rogers' efforts at inroads.

"I don’t think anyone’s buying it,” the state party chair, Curtis Hertel, said of Rogers' efforts to court Black voters in Detroit. “I don’t think (Rogers) has a connection in those communities, I think he’s going to have a hard time.”

Some Jewish Democrats are siding with Rogers

Rogers has also leaned into the defections by some Democratic Jewish voters, an influential group particularly in Oakland County, Michigan's second most-populous county.

A day after the August primary, a prominent Democrat, Detroit-area business leader Brian Hermelin, called Schostak, Rogers' campaign finance chairman, asking how he could help. Within 10 days, Rogers was headlining a fundraiser hosted by the Hermelin family and attended by about 130 people, mostly Democrats, Schostak said.

El-Sayed opposes U.S. military aid to Israel and has called the U.S. ally's military campaign in Gaza a "genocide,” an accusation rejected by the Israeli and U.S. governments. The former public health official also has angered some Jewish Democrats with statements he made after the March attack on Temple Israel, Michigan’s largest Jewish congregation.

El-Sayed's suggestion that “hurt people hurt people” was interpreted by some as justification for the attack. El-Sayed later apologized for his response, but the remark helped push some influential Jewish Democrats toward Rogers.

Oakland County commercial real estate broker Benji Rosenzweig, who is Jewish and tends to vote for Democrats, plans to vote for the Republican.

“As a Jew, my family doesn't feel safe with Abdul El-Sayed,” Rosenzweig said.

Michigan is a potential Republican firewall

The seat is open because Democrat Gary Peters is not seeking reelection. If Rogers wins, Republicans would retain their Senate majority even if Democrats pick up as many as four GOP-held seats in November.

Ad spending reflects the stakes. More money has been spent in Michigan — almost $125 million since the Aug. 4 primary — than in any other state where Republicans have a chance at gaining a seat, according to the advertising-tracking firm AdImpact. That is spending by El-Sayed, Rogers and allied groups.

The race has jumped to the top of the Trump political team's priority list.

No Going Back, a new entity linked to Trump's MAGA Inc. super PAC, early this month spent $18.5 million to air ads and reserve advertising time in Michigan, the most the group has committed to any 2026 Senate race so far, according to AdImpact.

The ads show the split-screen tack Rogers and his allies are taking in reaching out to atypical Republican voters while working to inspire the Trump base.

Rogers' campaign organization is airing ads, many of them with him direct to camera, promoting him as the son of a middle-class family, a collaborator during his time in Congress and interested in bringing down costs, notably for healthcare.

The super PACs supporting his candidacy are swinging the hammer. For instance, the super PAC associated with GOP Senate leadership is airing ads noting El-Sayed's past association with left-wing streamer Hasan Piker and the candidate's support for abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Rogers has walked a fine line on Trump

The division of messaging reflects that Rogers' team is wary of Trump's low approval, especially on handling the economy, and wants to be seen among the broad swath of Michigan voters as not beholden to the president.

As he says in one ad, “Michigan comes first.”

Yet he has shifted closer to Trump.

After the 2020 election, Rogers was unequivocal that Democrat Joe Biden defeated Trump for the White House, and Rogers he criticized Trump's unfounded claims of widespread fraud. But in July, after Trump's primetime address recycling the disproven claims, Rogers praised Trump's “commitment to transparency."

He has not shied away from the rhetoric that appeals to Trump's supporters, but delivers it in a less edgy tone.

Speaking to the Republican midterm convention in Dallas on the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Rogers referenced “radical Islamic terrorism.” He also said El-Sayed had “chosen Hasan Piker as his running mate."

Piker, who in 2019 said the U.S. “deserved 9/11,” had hosted El-Sayed on his livestream and later campaigned with him at rallies during the primary. El-Sayed has since disavowed Piker’s controversial statements and ended plans for joint campaigning, but has not categorically repudiated him nor apologized for appearing with him.

Not once during Rogers' convention speech did he mention Trump, as so many speakers did over the two-night event.

Instead, Rogers closed by echoing a quote attributed to Michigan native Todd Beamer, among the passengers aboard United Flight 93 before its crash in Pennsylvania on Sept. 11.

Jabbing a finger toward the audience, Rogers said, “America, let's roll."

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Beaumont reported from Des Moines, Iowa. Associated Press writer Nicholas Riccardi in Grand Rapids, Mich., contributed to this report.

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“Is it going to be groceries this week?" asked the 28-year-old Amazon delivery driver as he watched the numbers tick higher. "Is it gonna be getting gas in our tank to go to work?”

He shook his head when asked about President Donald Trump's assertion last week that higher gas prices are a small price to pay for the war with Iran.

“I don’t feel like it’s a good trade-off,” Martinez said. “I don’t feel like this is good for anyone.”

Voters across the country, and across the political spectrum, tend to agree.

Interviews with voters in several states, along with a fresh round of national polling, reveal an overwhelming sense of frustration that skyrocketing gas prices — a direct result of Trump's war — are creating serious and sustained financial hardships for America's working class.

The acute concerns are adding to a bad political environment that may be worsening for Trump and his Republican Party as early voting gets underway in the November midterm elections.

Historically, the party holding the White House has suffered major losses in midterms. Today, seven weeks before Election Day, Republican candidates at all levels are struggling with the additional burden of Trump's weak approval ratings, an unpopular foreign conflict and an affordability crisis that Trump and his congressional allies had promised to fix.

But when Trump campaigned in North Carolina on Wednesday, he played down the impact of surging gas prices.

“You have a little higher. It’s a very inexpensive price to pay for what we’ve done," Trump said of the war, which he describes as critical to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. "Remember that. It's a little more. Frankly, even if it was a lot more.”

‘Gas prices matter,’ Republican strategist says

Despite what Trump says, there are few things that may matter more this election year than the price of a gallon of gasoline, according to political operatives in both parties.

Gas prices are moving sharply in the wrong direction at a time of year when drivers typically get some relief. The national average for a gallon of gas reached $4.48 on Friday, according to AAA, up roughly 17 cents over the last week, 40 cents in a month and $1.27 from a year ago.

“Gas prices matter because they’re one of the few economic indicators voters experience and see in real time,” said veteran Republican strategist Chris Wilson. “The price is literally staring them in the face several times a week. So I wouldn’t minimize the frustration we’re seeing, particularly among working- and middle-class voters.”

Interviews with voters this week found bipartisan frustration and disappointment.

Democrats and independents were especially motivated to punish Republicans at the ballot box for their economic hardship, while some of Trump's working-class supporters pledged to support Republicans this fall, even if they weren't happy with the president's leadership on the economy.

Some Republicans say they're disappointed

Dan Lloyd, who voted for Trump, lamented the president's leadership as the 63-year-old carpenter paid $4.39 a gallon to fill up his pickup truck in Mesa, Arizona.

“He hurt himself stepping into this,” Lloyd said of Trump. “Where’s all this oil from Venezuela? I thought we were flush with gas and everything, but no. The American people eat it every time, whether it’s interest rates, food, gasoline.”

Still, he expects to vote Republican in the midterms.

“I think the Democratic Party has lost its way,” Lloyd said. "I just feel like the whole system’s on the verge of collapse.”

In sweltering Edinburg, Texas, 52-year-old Kristin Jimenez shrugged off the rising price of gas after filling up her Mercedes.

“We’ve paid the same price under Republican presidents, we’ve paid this price under Democrat presidents,” said Jimenez, a mother who runs a small business. She plans to vote for a Republican in because they’re the “lesser of two evils.”

She said gas prices aren’t part of her calculation.

“We don’t mind paying $8 for a cup of coffee at Starbucks, but we have a problem paying four bucks at the pump?” she said. “Make it make sense.”

More than 1,500 miles to the north in central Michigan, 35-year-old Garth Johnson is trying to make ends meet running a deep-cleaning business with several gas-powered vehicles and one machine fueled by diesel, which was $6.79 a gallon as he filled up his SUV.

Johnson voted for Trump, but doesn’t know what he’s going to do in November. Johnson doesn’t feel qualified to second-guess the president’s evaluation of the war, but he's feeling financial pressure in his own life.

“I like a lot of the things he’s done,” Johnson said, but added “I’m a little guy and I’ve got to live my life.”

Other voters are not so forgiving

Midterm voting was already underway on Friday in Virginia, where 60-year-old engineer Alan Johnson said Trump seems to have “no empathy” for Americans who are struggling financially.

“With the gas prices being what they are and continuing to grow, we’ve got to do something. Hopefully the Democrats can get into office and turn the ship around,” said Johnson, who cast ballots in the morning for Democrats for the U.S. Senate and U.S. House.

In Raleigh, North Carolina, teacher Brittney Bivins sees surging gas prices as evidence that Trump and his Republican Party aren't dealing with the issues that matter most to people like her.

“He really doesn’t care about everyday people,” the 45-year-old said. “He can afford the gas, but most of us can’t. So it feels like he’s not even connected to his own people.”

Bivins, who described herself as an independent, said she's eager to support Democrats this fall — especially the party's emerging democratic socialist wing.

At a gas station in Lansing, Michigan, Rina Risper spent $50 on 8 gallons of premium gas.

“When I rolled up I was in shock, actually, and said, well, maybe I should drink water instead of having that $4.99 bottle of whatever it was I was gonna get,” Risper said. She thinks Trump's tariffs will make affordability even worse.

“We’re not in Miami. We’re in Lansing, Michigan,” she said. “It’s really going to impact our people.”

Most voters think Trump's administration has made economy worse, poll shows

Nationwide, more than three times as many voters say they are falling behind financially as getting ahead, according to a Fox News survey released Wednesday. By a 15 percentage point margin, Democrats are considered the party that would better handle inflation and prices at a time when the cost of living and the economy are voters’ top concerns.

The Fox poll found that 61% of voters say gas prices are a major problem for their household, compared with 48% two years ago, while 52% say the same for healthcare costs, compared with 44% in 2024. Majorities also view housing costs and grocery prices as major problems, although neither has increased.

Overall, nearly two-thirds of voters (63%) say the administration has made the economy worse, compared with 52% in September 2025, including one-quarter of Republicans. Only 46% of Republicans say the administration has improved the economy, while about one-quarter don’t see an impact.

Back in rural South Texas, an area where Trump's GOP made gains in recent elections, Martinez, the Amazon delivery driver, could not contain his frustration.

Trump “likes to tout that we are the best economy in the world,” said Martinez, but in more rural towns, “you don’t see any of the winning, you don’t see any of the ups that he’s talking about."

"You just see struggles for day to day life," he said.

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Peoples reported from New York and Cooper from Mesa, Ariz. Associated Press writers Allen G. Breed in Raleigh, N.C., Jacqueline GaNun in Lansing, Mich., Sarah Rankin in Richmond, Va., and Nicholas Riccardi in Mason, Mich., contributed to this report.

Yu easily won the 200-meter butterfly on Sunday at the Olympic pool in Tokyo, and Pan took the 100 free, where he holds the world record (46.40 seconds) set two years ago in Paris.

Yu swam a personal-best time of 2:05.08 and fellow Chinese Chang Mohan took silver (2:08.44) with bronze for Misa Okuzono (2:09.97) of Japan.

And the next goal is clear.

“This is to step onto the podium of the Olympic Games,” Yu said. “The top podium. I train hard day after day.

“Success never arrives overnight. I am very excited and proud."

Teammate Li Bingjie a former Olympic and world champion who won the 1,500 freestyle, is from the same area in China — the city of Baoding in Hebei province. She suggested that made the victory even more special.

“I am very happy for her,” Li said. “I was very excited to see her win the gold while I was waiting for my race.”

Yu is a swimmer the world is watching heading to next year's world championships in Budapest, Hungary, and the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028. She turns 14 in October.

Yu defeated American Regan Smith earlier this year

Yu defeated American Regan Smith earlier this year in the 200 fly in a meet in China. She swam a personal best in that race (2:05.71), which she eclipsed on Sunday.

Smith took silver in the 2024 Paris Olympics behind the dominant swimmer in the event — Summer McIntosh of Canada.

McIntosh holds the world record in the 200 fly (2:01.65) and also holds the marks in Yu's two other dominant races — the 200 individual medley (2:05.70) and the 400 IM (4:23.65). Yu will swim all three events in Japan.

Pan Zhanle chasing his Olympic form

Pan was more than a second off his world-record time and finished in 47.61, barely beating Kim Youngbeom of South Korea (47.65). Another South Korean, Hwang Sunwoo, took bronze (47.79).

Leon Marchand, who won four Olympic gold medals two years ago, was on the pool deck in Tokyo handing out medals.

The Asian games opened officially on Saturday with the first full-day of competition on Sunday. They end Oct. 4.

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For decades, the country’s version of the hot dog has been one of the most affordable foods enjoyed across social classes. But as the cost of living rises and the economy struggles, even the humble snack is feeling the impact.

"Not long ago, I used to pay 2,500 pesos ($2.60) for a completo," said Antonia Bravo, a 21-year-old student. “Now, they cost 3,500 or 4,000 pesos ($3.60 or $4.10).”

Official data released this month confirmed that Chile is on the brink of recession after two consecutive quarters of economic contraction. Unemployment rose to 9.5% — the highest level in five years — while annual inflation accelerated to 4.1% in the past 12 months as food and transportation prices increased.

The weak outlook prompted Chile's Central Bank to cut its 2026 growth forecast — from the previously projected 1%–1.75% range to 0.25%–0.75%.

“We cannot rule out the possibility that the current weakness may prove more persistent than anticipated,” Central Bank President Rosanna Costa warned at a news conference last week.

Eating out has become a luxury for many

The completo was born in one of those small shops in downtown Santiago in the early 1930s. Chile’s take on the hot dog features a sausage topped with sauerkraut, tomato and homemade potato-based mayonnaise. Avocado and other ingredients were added over time, turning it into a complete meal. Hence its name, “completo.”

“Back then, people weren’t well-off; they didn’t have many resources and would come here for completos,” said Guillermo Cid, manager of the restaurant credited with creating the dish. “It is the same today. Instead of sitting down for a full meal, many people just stop by for a completo."

Chile's monthly basic food basket cost just under $100 in August, up 5% from a year earlier, according to the Ministry of Social Development. The country's monthly minimum wage is about $580. Chile has also faced rising fuel prices resulting from the U.S.-Iran war.

Together, these pressures "feed into inflation and erode household purchasing power,” creating a scenario where “confidence... deteriorates,” the Central Bank president said.

As the cost of living rises and household budgets tighten, Chileans are looking for ways to stretch their incomes by cutting spending on key areas, including food.

“The price of basic products just keeps going up and up,” said Mauricio Aravena, a 30-year-old teacher. “Eating out has always been somewhat of a luxury, but now even more so.”

Even a get-together with friends has become synonymous with extravagance.

“Compared to last year, when my friends and I could plan more outings, these days it’s more about staying in and cooking at home,” said Tabata Martinich, 31, also a teacher. “You have to watch your spending more closely; everything is way more expensive.”

Workers also say wages aren’t keeping pace with inflation.

“Bills are more expensive overall, and pay raises aren’t keeping up with those costs,” Aravena added. “We are lagging about five years behind.”

Frustration is on the rise

Since taking office in March, President José Antonio Kast has pursued an economic recovery agenda aimed at boosting investment and employment, as Chile's economy and labor market weaken. His challenge is ensuring that these reforms not only translate into stronger economic indicators but also reach citizens’ pockets.

“Expectations are turning into frustration,” analyst Guillermo Holzmann said. “Despite progress in approving major projects, the investments have not materialized at the pace needed.”

Kast recently acknowledged the situation, saying Chile is “facing higher inflation than expected and lower growth than projected.”

At a meeting Tuesday with ministers and leaders of parties in the ruling coalition, Kast instructed his team to draft a “labor emergency plan” that should be presented in the coming weeks — although he did not provide details. The plan follows several other measures announced recently — including the economic and tax overhaul, which was approved by Congress but has yet to be ratified as the Constitutional Court reviews complaints filed by opposition parties.

The proposed reform includes initiatives such as tax cuts for large corporations, the elimination of double taxation to encourage more private investment, and the implementation of financial compensation for companies whose projects are rejected due to environmental concerns. It also establishes the “right to financial oblivion” for old debts in new credit assessments and bans the charging of interest on interest.

Holzmann said the worsening economic conditions are pushing the Kast administration to race against the clock to translate medium- and long-term initiatives into concrete actions that have a direct impact on citizens’ pockets. “Making ends meet is becoming increasingly difficult,” he said.

“There is a disconnect between consumers’ income levels and the prices of products in stores,” he added. “Social frustration is the primary breeding ground for unrest in a country.”

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Meanwhile, Iran's top diplomat will stop in Qatar on his way to the United Nations' annual gathering of world leaders. And the head of the CIA has been in Egypt meeting with its president.

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

An Israeli is shot dead in the West Bank

A 30-year-old Israeli man was killed near the Neve Tzuf settlement north of Ramallah, hours before the Yom Kippur holiday, widely considered the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.

Israel's military said the suspected attacker opened fire from a vehicle and fled on foot. After a search by security forces, the military said the man, who was injured while fleeing, was detained at a hospital where he had sought care.

The Samaria regional council said the killed man, Netanel Shakron, was a settler who had been bathing at a spring ahead of Yom Kippur.

It was the second time an Israeli civilian had been killed in a confrontation with a Palestinian this year in the West Bank, according to the U.N.

Separately, the military said it killed a Palestinian man who attempted to carry out a ramming attack against soldiers at an intersection near Jenin in the northern West Bank, less than an hour later. The military said it was searching for another man who was in the car.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a statement called the attacks “despicable" and instructed the military to expand operations in the West Bank.

Tensions have surged in the West Bank, and extremist Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians have increased exponentially, emboldened by right-wing, ultra-nationalist politicians in Israel's government. Earlier Sunday, Israeli troops carried out a large counterterrorism operation in the northern West Bank town of Al-Mughayyir. Palestinian officials said at least 28 people were detained.

Iran's top diplomat will stop in Qatar on way to US

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will stop briefly in Qatar before going to New York for the United Nations General Assembly, the state-run IRNA news agency reported.

Tehran has said it is awaiting a U.S. response to conditions it conveyed through Qatar for ending the war. Iran’s Supreme National Security Council chief Mohsen Rezaei told Al Jazeera on Saturday the conditions include ending the war on all fronts, releasing Iranian assets seized by the U.S. and ending the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports.

Araghchi is among Iran’s senior officials given visas by Washington to attend the U.N. gathering, along with President Masoud Pezeshkian, despite the war.

CIA chief visits Egypt and meets with its president

Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe was in Egypt meeting with President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, the president's office said.

The statement said el-Sissi expressed support for a deal to resolve the Iranian crisis and ensure the freedom of shipping navigation. He also rejected any aggression against Arab countries. Last week, Egypt's president hosted Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, who was seeking support against attacks by neighboring Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels.

El-Sissi also urged for the full implementation of the second phase of the U.S. ceasefire plan for Gaza. Egypt has been a key mediator and borders the Palestinian territory.

Iran closes a French language center in Tehran

Iranian authorities said they closed a French language center affiliated with the French Embassy in Tehran, accusing it of operating without a license and engaging in activities against national security.

The Iranian judiciary’s Mizan news agency said the Tehran prosecutor’s office ordered the closure after repeated warnings. It alleged the center used language courses as a cover for projects including identifying and networking with Iranian elites and facilitating their departure from the country. It offered no evidence.

There was no immediate embassy comment.

6 French nationals on trial in Iraq over alleged IS ties

Six French nationals in Iraq suspected of being members of the extremist Islamic State group have stood trial, Iraqi judicial and security officials told The Associated Press.

The officials, who said it could take several proceedings before a verdict is issued, spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak with the media.

The six are among 47 French nationals held in Iraq who were among thousands of people with suspected IS links and who were repatriated from neighboring Syria early this year.

— By Qassim Abdul-Zahra in Baghdad

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This report will be updated throughout the day as new developments emerge.

American restaurant and beverage chains are expanding rapidly in China, drawn by the potential customer pool in a country with four times the U.S. population. China's languishing economy and cutthroat industry competition, meanwhile, have Chinese chains trying their luck in the U.S., turning crumbs and straws into a two-way cultural bridge between the two superpowers.

The bilateral trade in burgers and bubble tea is business- and consumer-led gastrodiplomacy in action, said Yaling Jiang, the founder of ApertureChina, a market research company with headquarters in Shanghai and London. In China, recent American arrivals like Popeyes and Five Guys are seen as a guilty pleasure, she said, while the increasingly international palates of Americans have created space for Chinese brands to serve as their nation's unofficial ambassadors.

“Consumerism builds a safe, introductory channel for contemporary Chinese culture and can be a great way to elevate China’s soft power,” Jiang said.

The White House has not revealed the menu for the state dinner that U.S. President Donald Trump is hosting for Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday. But a taste for a cheap, crowd-pleasing meal may be something the two leaders share.

In 2013, Xi made a rare public visit to a steamed-bun restaurant in Beijing. He waited in line and ordered a 21-yuan ($3) meal featuring six pork-and-scallion buns, vegetables, and a bowl of stewed pork liver and intestines. Trump’s love of fast food is legendary; he even manned a fry station at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s during his 2024 campaign.

American fast-food companies are expanding their presence in China

Last month, Chinese customers lined up in the rain for the opening of the first Church’s Texas Chicken in Shanghai. Church’s plans at least 600 more across China. Wendy’s says it anticipates opening 1,000 restaurants there over the next decade.

Established players are deepening their reach as well. McDonald’s plans 1,000 new Chinese restaurants this year and 10,000 total by 2028. Burger King, which arrived in China in 2005, says it expects to triple its store count to 4,000 by 2035.

“Despite political tensions between the U.S. and China, Chinese actually still go crazy for American brands,” said Shaun Rein, founder and managing director of the Shanghai-based China Market Research Group.

KFC became the first major American fast-food chain to enter mainland China when it opened a Beijing restaurant in 1987. At the time, it was viewed as a premium destination worth taking a date to, Rein said. McDonald's and Pizza Hut arrived in 1990.

“McDonald’s and KFC were a beacon of health and hygiene compared to what you had in the rest of the market,” Rein said.

China is now KFC’s largest market by far. The Kentucky-born fried chicken chain counts about 13,000 restaurants in China, compared with around 3,750 in the U.S. American brands see room for further growth.

Much of China’s population lives in the smaller, inland cities where brands like McDonald’s and Starbucks are rolling out stores, said Sory Park, a project manager at China-focused market research and strategy firm Daxue Consulting.

That doesn't make China a cakewalk for foreign restaurant companies. Most American chains now rely on Chinese partners to find locations and share the financial risk. Earlier this year, a Chinese investment firm acquired a 60% stake in Starbucks' China operation after several years of falling store traffic.

American chains trade on their brand names and signature products, but many tailor their menus to appeal to Chinese customers. KFC restaurants in China, for example, serve french fries and Original Recipe chicken alongside custardy egg tarts and congee, a savory rice porridge.

“They need to operate like a Chinese company but deliver American menus that incorporate Chinese values, eating habits, and tastes,” Park said.

Chinese fast-food chains seek new opportunities in the US

Mixue, one of the world’s largest fast-food chains with more than 53,000 locations, opened its first three U.S. stores in December. Mirroring the Shanghai crowd outside Church's Texas Chicken, New York customers waited in the cold to sample soft-serve ice cream, fruit teas and milk tea with toppings like coconut jelly and taro balls at a store in Herald Square.

Mixue has announced at least two dozen more planned locations across four states. At least nine other mainland Chinese chains have made their U.S. debuts since 2023, all but one specializing primarily in drinks and snacks. They include Heytea, with 40 U.S. locations, and Luckin Coffee, which overtook Starbucks as China’s biggest coffee brand and has 20 stores in New York.

Wallace, a chain founded in 2000, grew to more than 20,000 restaurants by selling American-style chicken and hamburgers in China. In California, where the second U.S. Wallace opened last month, the company tweaked its chicken sandwich recipe to appeal to American diners.

Before entering the U.S., many major Chinese food-and-beverage chains expanded in Southeast Asia. A real estate slump and weak consumer spending made growth harder to find at home. The average life span of China's 16 million restaurants and chains was expected to fall to 15 months last year, according to a U.S. government report.

The American restaurant industry is considerably smaller, with 1 million locations, according to the National Restaurant Association. Jiang, of ApertureChina, sees another advantage for Chinese brands: a social media trend called “Chinamaxxing,” in which Westerners adopt Chinese lifestyle habits or wellness practices.

Not every brand makes its origins clear. Wallace's U.S. website and social media pages do not mention the brand's Chinese ownership or headquarters in southeastern China’s Fujian province. The company didn’t respond to an email from The Associated Press.

The U.S. carries both potential rewards and risks for Chinese chains

American and Chinese chains alike have an appetite for opportunities across the Pacific. But Chinese brands remain largely unproven stateside. Even chains with thousands of locations elsewhere are testing whether novelty can translate into loyalty.

The U.S. is too lucrative a market to ignore, said Aaron Allen, founder of restaurant consulting firm Aaron Allen and Associates. It accounts for one-third of global restaurant revenue despite having only around 4% of the world’s population, he said.

“The grass is always greener somewhere else in the world,” Allen said.

While American brands can carry a premium image in China, many Chinese brands compete heavily on price. At a Mixue in Hollywood this week, a medium matcha latte cost $6.83; a nearby Starbucks sold the same drink for almost $1 more. Wallace sells three full-size chicken sandwiches for $10.

“The Chinese can build stuff cheaper and faster. Why would that not apply to food?” Allen said.

But Allen said Chinese brands could face customer backlash or higher tariffs if they undercut U.S. rivals with low-cost Chinese imports. Like other Chinese companies, restaurant brands also could face U.S. scrutiny over their collection and use of customer data, he said.

Luckin Coffee co-founder and CEO Jinyi Guo told investors in February that the U.S. “represents one of our important long-term opportunities” and the company was proceeding “with great patience and discipline.”

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Durbin reported from Detroit. Chan reported from Hong Kong. Associated Press writer Fu Ting contributed from Washington.

He said Sulieman was a motorcycle mechanic in Niger state and was on his way home when he and some friends were arrested by personnel from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, or NSCDC.

“I went there the following morning to give him food, only to hear that he was dead,” Mohammed said.

On Thursday, Sulieman was found dead in a cell of the NSCDC along with 36 other detainees. A total of 67 people suspected of being miners working illegally were held in a cell, and 37 of them probably died of suffocation, Niger state Gov. Umar Bago said Friday. The suspects were arrested between Tuesday and Wednesday.

The security agency on Thursday blamed the deaths on a possible disease outbreak. An investigation is underway to determine what caused the deaths.

On Saturday, the Nigerian government named a 10-member committee drawn from the legal, security, mining and medical professions, and announced the suspension of 20 more NSCDC personnel. The head of the security agency in Niger state had been suspended on Friday.

“Any attempt to destroy or conceal evidence, intimidate witnesses or obstruct the investigation will be treated as a serious offense,” interior minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo said in a statement.

Mohammed said: “I had a lot of expectations for my son, but now (they have) been shattered completely. I am really hurt. They chose to beat him up, burst his head open. His teeth were even falling out. I want the government to make sure that justice prevails.”

Concerns about the treatment of detainees

There have long been concerns about the treatment of suspects in Nigerian detention centers. In 2025, the National Human Rights Commission said it received 371,622 complaints of rights violations, including unlawful arrest and detention, denial of justice and torture.

“It raises serious questions about detention standards, operational planning, accountability and respect for due process,” Kehinde Giwa, a security analyst at Lagos-based SBM Intelligence, said about the deaths of the suspects.

“Even when arrests are lawful, suspects must be kept in safe conditions and given timely medical attention.”

Parent says his child was maltreated in custody

Saba Usman alleged that his son Usman Whalid, who was a student and did menial work to survive, was mistreated while in custody before he died.

“When I saw him, he was really in a bad shape because he was beaten and was (stepped) on with boots, so I knew they really mistreated him while he was in their custody,” he said.

“I even have his videos and pictures on my phone of how he was being stepped on, and how his mouth was also stepped on and his teeth broken,” he added.

Usman said his son and others who were arrested did not commit a crime but “were framed," adding that “I have nothing else to say but to give God thanks because he knows why this really happened.”

A survivor recounts his ordeal in detention

Mubarak Dahiru, a survivor who appeared traumatized by his ordeal, said while in detention they were sweating profusely and pleaded with NSCDC officials for water and food, but their requests were ignored.

“They beat us as if we were thieves. They also used their guns and hit us with them," Dahiru said.

Nigerian Bar Association president Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya said the death of 37 people while in the custody of a government agency is an “event of the utmost gravity and demands a thorough, independent, transparent and credible investigation.”

Illegal mining remains a challenge in Nigeria. Analysts have linked illegal mining activities in Nigeria’s north-central and northwest regions to armed gangs involved in kidnappings for ransom, claiming the groups receive funding from the illicit trade.

Competition wrapped up Sunday in the sport — the official opening day of the games. Several other new sports in the Asian Games also got early start days before the games officially opened on Saturday. This helped accommodate a crowded schedule.

More than 11,-000 athletes from 45 countries and regions will compete in 43 sports before the games close on Oct. 4.

Teqball combines football skills with a soccer-like ball that bounces on a curved table resembling a table tennis table. Teqball was created in 2014 in Hungary.

Teqball resembles, very roughly, the game of sepaktakraw, which is popular in Southeast Asia. In that game, players kick a ball over a net and show off their skills as acrobats.

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Moscow’s mayor described the wave of drones as the “largest ever” drone attack on the Russian capital and said there had been damage to the Moscow Oil Refinery, which is among several sites that supply the Russian capital, and a residential building.

Across the wider Moscow region, the attack killed two people and wounded 20, local Gov. Andrei Vorobyov said. The dead were a 74-year-old man and a 44-year-old woman, he said.

Since Russia’s invasion more than four years ago, Ukraine has become a global leader in military drone technology, deploying domestically produced long-range drones alongside missiles for strikes deep inside Russia. Its drone technology has impressed governments and defense manufacturers around the world.

Kyiv is aiming to make the Russian public feel the war’s consequences and pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin into negotiating a peace settlement. Putin has so far shown no signs he intends to stop the invasion.

Instead, Moscow and Kyiv have been drawn into an escalating duel of long-range aerial strikes as fighting along the roughly 1,250-kilometer (780-mile) front line in eastern and southern Ukraine has slowed, restricted by large numbers of drones and ground robots threatening troop movements.

Ukraine says it has targeted infrastructure to damage Russia's war machine

Writing on social media, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Kyiv had used a range of missiles and drones in the attack — including Ukraine’s domestically made Flamingo and Pelican missiles — to hit oil and logistics facilities.

"These are billions of dollars that sustain the war machine," Zelenskyy said, referring to the financial pressure that Kyiv hopes to put on Russia's economy.

Ukraine also continued to fend off Russian attacks, Zelenskyy said. A Russian drone strike hit a monastery in Ukraine's Kherson region Saturday, killing a member of the clergy and wounding four people, he said.

A Russian attack on the Ukrainian capital also killed two children and their mother on Saturday evening, said Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv regional state administration. He later said that another child wounded in the same attack had died in hospital on Sunday.

Separately, Zelenskyy said he spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday. Writing on X, Zelenskyy said they agreed they would meet next week at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Russia votes in an election devoid of opposition

The attack took place on the final day of Russia's first wartime parliamentary election — balloting that has been virtually devoid of opposition to President Vladimir Putin’s policies and is all but certain to cement the Kremlin’s dominance.

Russia was also holding the vote in the four Ukrainian regions that Moscow illegally annexed after the war began but still doesn’t fully control, and in Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014. Kyiv has denounced the action as illegal.

In a Russian-occupied area of Ukraine's Kherson region, a Ukrainian attack killed a member of the local electoral committee, Russia's Central Election Commission said in a statement.

Russia’s Ministry of Defense said Sunday that its forces shot down a total of 1,110 Ukrainian drones across Russia, as well as over the annexed Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea and the waters of the Black Sea.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that 450 drones had been destroyed en route to the Russian capital, and that the attack had damaged the Moscow Oil Refinery and a residential building.

He said the “unprecedented attack” on Moscow was an attempt to disrupt the elections. "The enemy failed in this regard," he said.

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An earlier version of this story was corrected to show that the Russian defense ministry said the total number of destroyed drones was 1,110, not 1,100.

Projections by public broadcaster ARD on Sunday night indicated that Merz's center-right Christian Democratic Union, or CDU, came in with just 5% in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania — the lowest result since World War II for the party in any state. The anti-migration, Russia-friendly Alternative for Germany, or AfD, party made significant gains Sunday. The projections were based on exit polls and partial counting for ARD television.

Merz acknowledged his party's result as a “disaster,” but struck a defiant note, rejecting any retreat from his government’s reform agenda. He argued that Germany’s economic and political problems made difficult and potentially unpopular reforms more urgent, not less so, and pledged to press ahead.

“What needs to be done now requires backbone, steadfastness, and patience,” Merz said in a statement shortly after the exit polls were announced on public television. “I will demonstrate these qualities as chairman of the CDU and, above all, as chancellor of our country.”

In Berlin, projections showed the CDU was to come in second with 19.1%, behind the Left party at 25.3%, according to ARD.

Merz’s authority was already damaged by CDU's stinging defeat to AfD in the Sept. 6 election in the small eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. That result shocked many Germans who had believed their country had developed an immunity to nationalism and assertions of racial superiority after confronting the horrors of its Nazi past through education and laws to outlaw persecution.

On Sunday, AfD also made big gains in both states. In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, it garnered 37.9% of the vote, and in Berlin it achieved 16.2%, according to ARD. But it was nowhere close to being able to form a regional government.

AfD's national co-leader, Alice Weidel, said on ZDF television that "we have displaced the CDU as the people’s party.”

She added that “we have a great deal to offer our voters, namely political change in this country."

However, in an apparent reference to the far-right party, Merz said that his government’s reforms would be “the antidote to the poison of authoritarianism, which is penetrating ever deeper into our society as the fascination with authoritarianism grows.”

The government’s reforms include cuts to income tax for low- and middle-income families, an overhaul of the creaking pension system and a reduction of Germany's stifling bureaucracy.

Merz, 70, became Germany’s leader 16 months ago with promises to turn around an economy that has barely grown in years. But he has failed to lift a sullen national mood and become deeply unpopular.

The strong showing of AfD in the Saxony-Anhalt election, where it has the best chance yet of forming the country’s first far-right regional government since World War II, had further weakened the chancellor's standing on the national level as well.

In the past two weeks, there had been calls, even from within his own party, for him to be replaced as chancellor, although no top-level allies have called publicly for his departure, and many warned against “personnel debates.”

Philipp Amthor, a prominent CDU figure from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania who now manages relations between the federal and state governments at the chancellery, said Sunday night that one problem in the campaign had been “the difficult personnel discussions” of recent weeks — an apparent reference to the speculation about Merz.

“It is good and right for these personnel discussions not to be continued now,” he said.

The launches were the latest in a series of weapons demonstrations by North Korea even after U.S. President Donald Trump scaled back a joint military exercise with South Korea last month in an apparent effort to revive diplomacy with the North's leader, Kim Jong Un.

The two missile launches — about three hours apart — were conducted from North Korea's eastern coastal Wonsan area. The first missile flew about 450 kilometers (280 miles) while the second one flew more than 600 kilometers (370 miles), both toward the North’s eastern waters, South Korea's military said.

The missiles eventually ended up in the sea. South Korea’s presidential office urged North Korea to immediately halt ballistic missile launches that are banned by U.N. Security Council resolutions. The South's military said it maintains readiness to repel any provocations by the North under a solid alliance with the United States.

Japan's Defense Ministry said it detected a suspected North Korean missile earlier Sunday but that the weapon did not land in its territorial waters.

North Korea escalates pressure on the US

Kim's sister and senior official, Kim Yo Jong, earlier shrugged off Trump’s overture, saying that shortening the drill wouldn’t change its “provocative, aggressive nature.” North Korea’s military later launched about 10 short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea, apparently following through with a previous threat to respond to the U.S.-South Korean drill.

On Friday, Kim's sister slammed another recent U.S.-led multilateral maritime exercise in the region as a “frantic military move” by the Americans meant to prolong their hegemony in the Asia-Pacific area. The “Pacific Vanguard” exercise brought together the U.S., South Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.

She claimed that “regular U.S.-led war rehearsals” are the main source of worsening tensions in the Korean Peninsula and the region.

“Our will to defend our sovereignty will be expressed in clearer action and there will be never ever change in the course of intensifying the nuclear war deterrence,” she said.

Earlier this month, North Korea conducted what it called a joint live-fire drill involving missiles, artillery and drones, a day after the United States, South Korea and Japan wrapped their five-day trilateral military drill that North Korea described as a provocation. North Korea said its drill included firing different types of weapons simultaneously, likely aiming at developing the ability to overwhelm South Korean and U.S. air defenses.

Chances of a swift resumption of US-North Korea talks are unclear

Kim Jong Un has been focusing on expanding his nuclear arsenal after his earlier high-stakes diplomacy with Trump collapsed in 2019.

When Trump ordered the Pentagon to “substantially reduce” the annual Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise with South Korea, he cited what he called a good relationship with Kim, who has called such drills invasion rehearsals.

Emboldened by his advancing nuclear arsenal and deepening ties with Russia and China, experts say Kim likely thinks he now has greater leverage in possible fresh diplomacy with Trump. Earlier this year, Kim said he could return to talks if the U.S. drops its “hostile policy” against his country and respects what he calls the North’s status as a nuclear state.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, a liberal who advocates improved ties with the North, said on Friday that a resumption of U.S.-North Korea talks would be “an important starting point” toward boosting chances for peace on the Korean Peninsula.

“What is clear is that President Trump wants dialogue and I’ve also been encouraging President Trump to seek dialogue” with Kim, Lee told reporters.

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In the day's other National Women's Soccer League matches, the Portland Thorns beat the Orlando Pride 4-1 and the Denver Summit topped the Seattle Reign 2-1.

Gotham (15-4-6) opened the scoring in the 8th minute with Sam Kerr providing the assist to Dudley for the goal.

North Carolina, playing in front of a sold-out crowd of 10,551 at WakeMed Soccer Park, appeared to equalize in the 15th minute and 47th minute on goals from Evelyn Ijeh and Ashley Sanchez, but both of them were ruled offside.

On a corner kick in the 69th minute, the Courage had multiple shots on goal before Natalia Staude finally put one away to tie the game 1-1. But then Gotham midfielder Rose Lavelle headed the ball in front of goal, and Dudley knocked it home for the winner in stoppage time.

North Carolina (12-10-3) has now dropped consecutive matches.

Wilson converts a penalty for the Thorns

Sophia Wilson tallied a goal and two assists in her 100th NWSL regular-season appearance, leading the Thorns (12-7-6) to a decisive road win over Orlando that snapped a three-match winless streak.

In the third minute, Wilson drove toward the endline and laid it off at the top of the box to Nina Nijstad, who calmly finished for the 1-0 lead — the first NWSL goal for the Dutch international. Then, Thorns forward Caiya Hanks drew a foul on Oihane Hernández in the 27th minute, and Wilson converted the penalty kick to double the lead.

Orlando midfielder Ally Lemos scored her first NWSL goal on a long-range strike that trimmed the lead to 2-1 in the 30th minute, but Morgan Weaver answered with a shot from well outside the box in the 74th minute made it 3-1.

It was Weaver's first goal since Nov. 1, 2024, after missing last season with injury.

Wilson delivered her second assist in the 88th minute to Renee Lyles for the final margin.

It was interim head coach Yolanda Thomas' first loss since taking over the Pride (9-13-3).

Summit’s Flint scores winner against Reign

Delanie Sheehan and Tash Flint each scored to lead the expansion Summit (9-8-8) to a home victory over the Reign in a game that was delayed for more than an hour because of the weather.

In the 44th minute, Sheehan’s curling shot hit off the post into the back of the net to make it 1-0. Then, off a forced turnover by defender Janine Sonis, she found Flint to double the lead in the 50th minute.

Summit goalkeeper Abby Smith was unable to corral the ball in the 55th minute, and Reign forward Brittany Ratcliffe scored to trim the lead to 2-1. But they were unable to find the equalizer the rest of the way.

The Reign (11-10-4) have now dropped two straight matches after a three-game win streak.

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The Rebels, who held off Lane Kiffin and LSU 32-24 on Saturday night, jumped over the Tigers and three other teams to land at No. 4 for their first top-five ranking since they were No. 3 in the final poll last season. LSU slipped three spots to No. 10.

Texas was No. 1 for the second straight week and followed by Georgia, Notre Dame, Ole Miss and Indiana. Miami, Ohio State, Alabama, BYU and LSU completed the top 10.

The Longhorns followed up their win over Ohio State with a solid 30-6 victory over UTSA and topped the ballots of 58 of the 69 media members on the Top 25 voting panel. Indiana got four first-place votes, Georgia and Ole Miss three apiece and Miami one.

Louisville was the biggest gainer, rising seven spots to No. 16 after its 41-31 victory over SMU, which dropped six rungs to No. 22. Texas A&M took the biggest fall, going from No. 9 to No. 23 after its 31-21 home loss to unranked Kentucky.

This week's Top 25 marked the seventh time in the poll's history the SEC has had at least 10 teams ranked in a regular-season poll. The SEC had a record 11 ranked teams in back-to-back polls last September.

In and out

No. 21 Florida made its season debut in the rankings following a 44-39 road win over Auburn. The Gators are 3-0 for the first time since 2019 under first-year coach Jon Sumrall and in the Top 25 for the first time since Sept. 2, 2025.

No. 24 Mississippi State is in the Top 25 for the first time since 2022, when its coach was Mike Leach. That team was No. 20 in the final poll. Jeff Lebby's Bulldogs, led by rising star quarterback Kamario Taylor, has won back-to-back road games for the first time since 2014, erasing a 16-point deficit to beat South Carolina 41-34.

Oklahoma struggled offensively for a second straight game in its 14-6 win over New Mexico and went from No. 24 to out of the Top 25. Virginia, which had been No. 25 two straight weeks, was knocked out after losing 38-27 to West Virginia.

Poll points

— No. 7 Ohio State has been ranked in 100 straight Top 25s, third among active streaks behind Alabama’s 299 and Georgia’s 152. The Buckeyes have their lowest ranking since Dec. 1, 2024.

— No. 9 BYU hadn't been ranked in the top 10 so early in a season since 2009.

— No. 24 Mississippi State has its highest September ranking since it was No. 23 on Sept. 23, 2018. That doesn't include a No. 16 ranking on Sept. 27, 2020, when the Big Ten was not yet playing because of the pandemic.

Conference call

SEC (10 ranked teams): No. 1 Texas, No. 2 Georgia, No. 4 Mississippi, No. 8 Alabama, No. 10 LSU, No. 14 Tennessee, No. 19 Missouri, No. 21 Florida, No. 23 Texas A&M, No. 24 Mississippi State.

Big Ten (7): No. 5 Indiana, No. 7 Ohio State, No. 12 USC, No. 13 Penn State, No. 17 Iowa, No. 18 Michigan, No. 20 Oregon.

Big 12 (4): No. 9 BYU, No. 11 Texas Tech, No. 15 Utah, No. 25 Houston.

ACC (3): No. 6 Miami, No. 16 Louisville, No. 22 SMU.

Independent (1): No. 3 Notre Dame.

Ranked vs. ranked

No. 1 Texas at No. 14 Tennessee: First meeting since the 1969 Cotton Bowl.

No. 4 Mississippi at No. 21 Florida: Kewan Lacy ran for 224 yards and three touchdowns in Rebels' come-from-behind win last year. Will Lacy be health for this one?

No. 17 Iowa at No. 18 Michigan: Iowa's 111 points through three games are its most since 2003.

No. 19 Missouri at No. 24 Mississippi State: Bulldogs go for their first 2-0 SEC start since 2014.

No. 20 Oregon at No. 12 Southern California: Ducks playing for a fifth straight win in the series.

No. 23 Texas A&M at No. 10 LSU: Aggies look to win two straight years at Death Valley.

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That tough talk helped Trump get to the White House a decade ago, but since then, he increasingly speaks in glowing terms about Chinese President Xi Jinping, the geopolitical rival Trump will fete on Thursday with a state dinner.

“He’s a great gentleman; we get along great,” Trump said this month. “We have a very good trading relationship and, you know, they’re a competitor and all of that, but we have a very good relationship with President Xi."

On issue after issue, the Republican president has given Xi a pass.

Trump shrugged off reports that China had provided Iran with satellite imagery, saying, “I think he’s behaved reasonably well.” After accusing Beijing of accessing U.S. voter files back in 2020, Trump indicated he was hesitant to retaliate: “I think China is maybe a little bit different today than it was then.”

Trump's magnanimity comes as China and the United States are in a contest for global leadership, with some of America's traditional allies rethinking their strategies. China has expanded its dominance in manufacturing and pushed into new technologies such as artificial intelligence and electric vehicles that create risks for the economies of the U.S., Germany, Italy, France, South Korea and Japan, among others.

Trump tried to confront China with tariffs, but that backfired

Unable to change Chinese behavior, Trump has resorted to hospitality.

He traveled to Beijing in May, and the two leaders could meet again two more times this year at international summits. Trump has readied a helipad on the White House South Lawn before Xi’s arrival and has lamented that his ballroom will not be ready to host the Chinese leader.

Trump has insisted that the U.S. is comfortably ahead of China, but his efforts last year to confront China with a mounting set of tariffs backfired. China holds a relative monopoly on the rare earths used in electronics and deployed that to help force a trade armistice with Trump.

“Trump has dramatically shifted his approach to China because his initial attempt to use super-high tariffs and export restrictions was unsuccessful,” said Michael Kovrig, a senior adviser at the International Crisis Group. “Xi and Trump got into a contest of leverage, and Xi came out on top.”

Meanwhile, Trump has largely undermined the economic and national security alliances that could previously apply pressure on China, said Kovrig, a former Canadian diplomat who was detained by China during Trump's first term.

Trump has mocked French President Emmanuel Macron in speeches. He has run hot and cold on NATO after several of its members did not fully support his choice to start a war with Iran. Trump has launched a potentially brutal trade fight with Canada, a longtime ally he has trolled as becoming the 51st American state.

"He’s executing Xi’s wedge tactics for him, and along the way, helping Xi to tell a story about China as the more stable and responsible power," Kovrig said. “It’s led to a wave of Western leaders visiting Beijing and seeking to stabilize and improve their relations with Xi so they can focus more on dealing with problems Trump is causing them.”

Trump's relationship with Xi has led to some symbolic wins

Trump can point to some symbolic wins from having a pleasant relationship with Xi.

While Xi met three times on the sidelines of international summits with Democratic President Joe Biden, Trump will have achieved a pair of reciprocal state visits in a sign that the leaders of the world's two largest economies feel comfortable speaking to each other.

The trade imbalance with China in goods has declined relative to the same period in 2025, according to Census Bureau figures, though the administration has noted that China appears to be routing more goods through other nations such as Vietnam to minimize the tariffs.

Trump's continued tariffs on China have not curbed its manufacturing sector. China has found new markets and boxed out competition from other industrialized countries. China is exporting more of its goods to the rest of the world with a $1.2 trillion global trade surplus last year as its low-priced EVs undercut the auto sectors in Germany, Japan and South Korea.

It's unclear whether Thursday's visit will have a policy ‘deliverable’

Both China and the U.S. are using their trade truce to retrench. China is building up its military and AI capabilities despite limited access to advanced computer chips. The Trump administration has pursued partnerships to develop rare earths.

Trump is also banking on America going full throttle on AI development despite voter resistance to data centers and recent alarming safety warnings from the leading AI companies. He said this week on social media that anyone slowing down AI development was helping China because the technology will be “the Greatest Economic Development Engine in History ­­— Bigger than Oil, Gold, Diamonds, or even the Internet.”

But China has also been accused of having its AI companies train on U.S. models, a problem for Trump and the economy if AI is the key to global dominance.

Still, Attorney General Todd Blanche told reporters at the White House last week that it's “unfair to just label China as a country” as being a "bad actor" on AI.

Asked if Trump would bring up the issue with Xi, Blanche said, “Those two presidents have a great relationship. ... They get along, they make deals together.”

Usually, state visits come with “deliverables” on policy or trade. It's not yet clear what Thursday's visit will bring, and it's possible that the main deliverable will be the relationship itself, rather than clear and measurable goals, said Evan Medeiros, a professor at Georgetown University.

That means the U.S. might not be positioning itself to compete against China as it should be, said Medeiros, a former National Security Council director on China for the Obama White House.

“We have this idiosyncratic president who believes in personal relationships and just wants to get along with Xi Jinping for the optics of getting along with him,” Medeiros said. “The problem is that this idiosyncratic approach is coming at precisely the time when we really need to be amping up all dimensions of our competition.”

The school said that “mocking anyone’s faith has no place at CSU.” BYU is the flagship school for what's widely known as the Mormon church. The chants were predominantly pregame and coming from the student section.

“It runs counter to our community’s values and to who we are. BYU’s players, coaches and fans deserved better,” Colorado State said in a statement issued late in the fourth quarter as the 11th-ranked Cougars beat the Rams 41-23. “We are addressing this with our students.”

BYU coach Kalani Sitake was asked if the chants provided more fuel for his players as they took the field following a weather delay.

“I think the chants, mostly a minority of people and fans. There’s some amazing fans here in Fort Collins, so not too worried about that,” Sitake said. “The guys are motivated to play football, no matter what. We’re not going to judge an entire fan base on a few — a few of the ones that made their chants.”

Running back LJ Martin said he was focused on the game. He added that any sort of noise raining down from the crowd doesn't add extra motivation.

“We're self-motivated,” said Martin, who rushed for 176 yards and three touchdowns. “Of course, you just hear them talking. It makes it a lot funner when you do go out there and perform the way you do. It makes it a lot funner just to see them go from real loud just to real quiet.”

Colorado was issued a $50,000 fine last September for expletives and religious slurs directed at Mormons when BYU beat Colorado at Folsom Field. Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark condemned the chants at the time in a statement announcing the penalty.

Cincinnati athletic director John Cunningham also issued an apology in November to BYU and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for derogatory chants by fans during the Bearcats’ game against the Cougars. Videos shared on social media showed fans repeatedly chanting “(expletive) the Mormons.”

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Chambliss passed for 363 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a tiebreaking score in the fourth quarter, and No. 8 Ole Miss delighted a crowd that was already revved up about Kiffin's return, beating the seventh-ranked Tigers 32-24 on Saturday night.

“I’m glad it’s over. This was an emotional game for a lot of reasons,” Kiffin said. “A lot of life-changing experiences here. A lot of really good people that helped me through some really hard times.

“Sometimes I don't act like it, but I'm a human, too,” Kiffin added. “Congrats to those guys. They played really well. They deserved to win.”

LSU stormed back from a 24-7 halftime deficit to tie the game before Chambliss engineered a 75-yard touchdown drive without the services of top running back Kewan Lacy, who left the game with an injured left shoulder.

Chambliss faked a handoff and ran 14 yards against the grain, outracing LSU safety Ty Benefield to the left pylon, and Ole Miss (3-0, 1-0 Southeastern Conference) added a 2-point conversion to take an eight-point lead with 6:14 to go.

Ole Miss drew LSU offside twice while lining up for the conversion before converting it from a half-yard out on a direct snap to JT Lindsey.

LSU answered by driving 69 yards to the Ole Miss 6 before Sam Leavitt missed open tight end Zach Grace along the goal line with a third-down pass, and then had his fourth-down pass deflect off the helmet of defensive end Kam Franklin. Jaylon Braxton intercepted the ball in the end zone to seal it as Kiffin sank into a low crouch with both hands on his white LSU visor.

As time expired, Ole Miss celebrated by charging from the sideline across the field. Rebels defensive tackle Will Echoles said he and a number of his teammates were just trying to find former coaches who'd joined Kiffin at LSU.

Chambliss, meanwhile, conceded that beating the Tigers with Kiffin on the opposing sideline was the most meaningful victory for Ole Miss since the coach left Oxford on Nov. 30 on a private jet sent by LSU.

At the end of a postgame television interview, he shouted out the common Ole Miss refrain, “Hotty Toddy,” but with an expletive mixed in. He later apologized for the profanity — but not the emotion behind it.

“Emotions were high,” Chambliss said. “I got kind of caught up in the moment.

“This one meant a lot more than other games — the coaches that were here, now at LSU, some players as well,” Chambliss said. “I wanted this one bad and our team did, too.”

Leavitt passed for 153 yards and a touchdown and ran for 63 yards and a score for LSU (2-1, 0-1).

The Tigers' comeback bid began in earnest with pressure by Benefield, whose blitz forced Chambliss into a rushed throw that was intercepted by Ja’Keem Jackson and returned 10 yards to the Rebels 33.

Leavitt took it from there, gaining 10 yards on a scramble up the middle that ended with the QB being flipped upside down by multiple tacklers before crashing down hard on the 4-yard line. Leavitt followed that with a tackle-slipping scoring run on the next play to make it 24-14.

LSU pulled within 24-21 on Leavitt’s 26-yard pass to Ole Miss transfer Winston Watkins Jr. and was threatening to potentially take the lead when star tight end Trey’Dez Green injured his right knee on a first-down catch in Ole Miss territory. The Tigers wound up tying it with a field goal before Ole Miss drove for the decisive score.

“I was proud of the way our guys battled back,” Kiffin said. “I thought we had them on the ropes.”

Ole Miss has defeated LSU in consecutive seasons, with Chambliss starring in both games — the first with Kiffin as his coach.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, who was instrumental in an LSU athletic department shake-up last fall that precipitated Kiffin’s hiring, smiled widely as he posed for a picture with Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill on the field during pregame warmups.

But they couldn’t have been happy about how the game began.

Chambliss sparked Ole Miss to a 17-0 lead, highlighted by Lacy’s 5-yard power run through the middle of the line and Chambliss’ 21-yard pass to Traylon Ray.

Ray, who finished with seven catches for 115 yards, was instrumental on the first touchdown drive, outleaping two defenders for a 36-yard catch along the right sideline.

LSU trimmed the Rebels’ lead to 17-7 on Dilin Jones’ 2-yard run with 1:57 left in the half — enough time for Chambliss to direct another scoring drive.

After eluding the LSU pass rush, Chambliss rifled a 20 yard pass to Deuce Alexander in the middle of the end zone to make it 24-7 just 7 seconds before halftime.

“We walked into a storm. Trinidad was on fire early,” Kiffin said. “You can see that he’s hard to beat.”

The takeaway

LSU: The Tigers will be disappointed by their slow start but encouraged by a strong second half that took a tough road game down to the wire in Kiffin’s third game in charge. But Green’s injury could loom large. The Tigers also lost linebacker-safety Dashawn Spears to a lower left leg injury in the first half.

Ole Miss: Chambliss’ calm under pressure and dynamic play made the difference, especially after Lacy had to leave the game in the third quarter. Rebels coach Pete Golding said Lacy's X-rays were negative.

Up next

LSU: Hosts current No. 9 Texas A&M next Saturday.

Mississippi: Visits Florida next Saturday.

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Texas (3-0) vaulted to No. 1 after its thrilling 24-23 victory over Ohio State last week when Manning led a 21-point rally in the fourth quarter.

But little came very easy Saturday night against the Roadrunners (2-1). Manning was just 16-of-32 passing for 161 yards, took several hard hits, and left the game with about six minutes to play with the game finally under control.

Texas next heads to No. 15 Tennessee to start SEC play.

“I didn't play well,” Manning said. “The offense has to play better if we're going to beat Tennessee.”

Coleman's first touchdown came after a Texas interception by Rasheem Biles on the first play of the game. His second, on a leaping catch in the corner of the end zone, put Texas ahead 17-3 in the second quarter.

Gianni Spetic kicked field goals of 52, 34 and 23 yards and Texas led 23-6 to start the fourth quarter. Freshman Derrick Cooper's tacked on his first career touchdown run with 8:57 to play.

Manning’s poor game came after a week when he issued a public apology to ESPN reporter Holly Rowe for publicly laughing about a fake AI-generated video that showed coach Steve Sarkisian slapping Rowe.

Back on the field, Manning missed open receivers and wildly overthrew others. He took several hard hits on scrambles and had his helmet knocked off by a violent collision in the second quarter.

Texas also suspended linebackers coach and co-defensive coordinator Johnny Nansen for the game after his arrest on a misdemeanor driving while intoxicated charge.

Coach Steve Sarkisian said it is understandable that his team would have a “choppy” game after the week of problems off the field.

“Not an easy week, you know, from the highs of last week's game to some of the stuff we had to deal with this week,” Sarkisian said. “That's human nature.”

The Texas defense picked up where it left off after its dominant second half against Ohio State. The Longhorns allowed just 143 total yards and kept the Roadrunners out of the end zone.

The struggles on offense will overshadow and dominant defensive effort, Sarkisian said.

“I'm never going to apologize for good defense,” Sarkisian said.

The takeaway

UTSA: The Roadrunners will be happy with a defense that disrupted Manning's night. But UTSA could not match Texas' physical defensive front and tried to use a lot of misdirection and quick throws by quarterback Owen McCown.

Texas: The pass protection that kept Manning upright against Ohio State all but disappeared, forcing him on the run time and again. The Longhorns also got sloppy. After just six penalties in the first two games, Texas had eight for 88 yards against UTSA.

Star pass rusher Simmons sat out second half

Texas pre-season All-American edge rusher Colin Simmons sat out the second half and was seen leaving the field after the game in street clothes and wearing a medical boot on his right leg.

Sarkisian said he did not think the injury was serious and that Simmons was taken out as a precuation.

Cutting down the Manning runs

Manning ran nine times for 50 yards. None of them were called runs, he said.

“Arch kind of fell in love with his legs a little bit tonight. His legs are a weapon,” Sarkisian said. “(But) we don’t’ want to make a living with him running the ball as much as he did tonight.”

Up next

UTSA: Hosts Colorado State on Sept. 26.

Texas: At No. 15 Tennessee on Sept. 26

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Carson Hocevar, a brash 23-year-old who has earned the ire of veteranswith his aggressive driving, traded punches in the pits with Ryan Blaney after they were involved in an incident while racing for second with 41 laps left.

Hocevar stopped his car after finishing third and was greeted by a shove from Blaney.

The 6-foot-4 Hocevar, who stands several inches taller than Blaney, responded with two overhand rights. The first knocked off Blaney’s hat, and the second connected with Blaney’s left cheek.

Blaney fell to the pavement and then scrambled to his feet and out of a crew member’s hold while Hocevar raised his arms and pointed at him. Blaney charged and threw a wild left that knocked off Hocevar’s hat. They then were separated by team members as Blaney continued to yell at Hocevar.

“There wasn’t a whole lot of talking,” Hocevar said. “He just kind of said one thing and then went after me, and I wasn’t going to take it. I got ran into a lot for the win. That was for second, and he wants to come fight. They got an old-school Bristol show here.”

The contact between the drivers started shortly after Blaney took second with an outside pass of Hocevar, who immediately slid his No. 77 Chevrolet down the track. Blaney moved low to block, and Hocevar stayed in the accelerator to knock the No. 12 Ford into a spin that ended in the inside wall.

“I don’t know what I did wrong there," Hocevar said. "I crossed him over and looked like he spun himself, and then he wants to instigate a fight. I was going to finish that, and it seemed like the crowd was pretty pumped up, so I was going to play the audience for a second.”

Blaney, who led a race-high 202 laps despite starting 29th, was already frustrated after falling into heavy traffic because of a penalty for a pit lane violation with just over 100 laps remaining. His rally was cut short by the crash that dropped him to sixth in the Chase standings with his second consecutive finish outside the top 30.

In an interview during the race, Blaney said, “I tried to protect the bottom, he crossed and never lifted, and I got crashed.”

When asked which driver was at fault, Blaney said, “I don’t (expletive) know. Each person is going to say they did nothing wrong.”

Kyle Larson finished second to move into the Chase lead by a point over Denny Hamlin. Christopher Bell was fourth, followed by Ty Gibbs, who led 120 laps before finishing fifth.

Gibbs and Hocevar exchanged the lead four times in the final 100 laps. Their battle for first after a restart with nine laps remaining opened the door for Logano, who zipped past Hocevar and led the final seven laps.

With his 40th career victory and third this season, Logano became the winningest NASCAR driver for Team Penske and moved into third place in the Chase points standings.

But he realized all of those accomplishments would be eclipsed by videos of the Blaney-Hocevar fight that he still had yet to see.

“I’m sure I’ll see it all week long,” Logano said, pausing to add with a laugh. “They’ll probably forget who won the race.”

Remembering Kyle Busch

Gibbs was driving a No. 54 Toyota that sported a paint scheme honoring the late Kyle Busch, who had a record 23 wins in NASCAR national series at Bristol. It was among multiple tributes to the Richard Childress Racing driver who died in May.

Fans waved yellow towels on the 18th lap in honor of Busch, who won two Cup Series championships in the No. 18 Toyota. His widow, Samantha, addressed the crowd before the race.

“Bristol was always so special to Kyle,” Samantha Busch said. “He loved racing under the lights, the energy of this place, and most of all, the fans. For 20 years, this sport was our life. It’s where we raised our babies and made some of our very best memories. I never imagined we’d be standing here without him. But looking out at all of you reminds me that we aren’t walking this alone.”

Legal battle continues

In its federal lawsuit that accuses Spire Motorsports of cheating by using stolen intellectual property, Joe Gibbs Racing filed a motion Thursday claiming that Spire and chief motorsports officer Chris Gabehart violated a temporary restraining order and should be held in contempt. A federal judge ruled in March that Gabehart can work for Spire but not in the competition director role he was in while with Joe Gibbs Racing last season.

Spire co-owner Jeff Dickerson responded to the motion in a statement Friday night. “JGR does not get to control what other race teams do through court cases,” Dickerson said. “JGR does not own tire pressures, JGR does not own the people who work in this industry, and JGR does not own Spire. Spire looks forward to responding to JGR’s motion in court. To be clear, months of discovery have shown that Spire Motorsports has done nothing wrong.”

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The NASCAR Cup Series will begin a stretch of three consecutive races on 1.5-mile ovals with Kansas Speedway on Sunday, Sept. 27. Tyler Reddick won the April 19 race at the track in Kansas City, Kansas.

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Chinese officials from Beijing joined Hong Kong political leaders for the service in what was the third state funeral in the former British colony since the 1997 handover.

Tung, a shipping magnate who was the city's chief executive from 1997 to 2005, died on Sept. 8 at the age of 89. He grappled with the Asian financial crisis, the SARS epidemic and public protests during his nearly eight years in office.

Visiting official Shi Taifeng, a member of the Politburo of the ruling Communist Party, referred to Tung in a eulogy as a close friend of the party and a renowned patriot, according to China's official Xinhua News Agency.

He said that Tung was an outstanding contributor to the one-country, two-systems framework that governs Hong Kong and nearby Macao, a former Portuguese colony returned to China in 1999.

Flower wreaths lined the wall outside the Hong Kong Funeral Home and Tung's casket was draped in a Chinese flag when it was brought out after the service. The media were not allowed inside.

Other visiting officials included Xia Baolong, the director of China's Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office. About 200 people were invited to the service, according to Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post newspaper. Members of the public paid condolences at three venues set up around the city.

Not long after Tung took office in 1997, Hong Kong’s economy was battered by a financial crisis that swept across Asia. In 2003, SARS — or severe acute respiratory syndrome — killed nearly 300 people in the city and dealt another blow to the economy.

The same year, an estimated half a million people took to the streets to protest the government’s plan to enact an anti-treason law that was seen as a threat to civil liberties. The government shelved the plan, and Tung resigned in 2005, citing health reasons.

The 2003 protest marked the start of years of pro-democracy protests that came to a head in 2019 and were followed by a crackdown and a Beijing-imposed national security law in 2020.

After stepping down, Tung was elected to the post of vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the country’s top political advisory body. He was among 42 people who received national medals and honors in 2019 for their contributions to the country.

Miami Fire Rescue informó que sus equipos fueron enviados alrededor de la 1:52 a.m. a la cuadra 3700 de Northwest 23rd Court tras recibir un reporte sobre una persona con una “aparente herida de bala”.

El adolescente fue trasladado al Ryder Trauma Center del Jackson Memorial Hospital en “estado extremadamente crítico”.

El joven murió posteriormente a causa de sus heridas la noche del sábado.

Las autoridades informaron que una mujer de 45 años también fue trasladada al Jackson Memorial Hospital para ser evaluada. Miami Fire Rescue indicó que no presentaba lesiones reportadas.

La policía cerró Northwest 23rd Court cerca de 38th Street mientras agentes y detectives investigaban. Varias patrullas de la Policía de Miami podían verse en el lugar con las luces de emergencia encendidas, mientras cinta policial rodeaba una vivienda en la que los investigadores parecían estar concentrando su atención.

Investigadores de la escena del crimen también fueron vistos entrando y saliendo del área con equipo. En el lugar también se observó una bolsa transparente para evidencias que contenía lo que parecía ser un arma de fuego.

Vecinos dijeron a Local 10 News que escucharon múltiples disparos, seguidos de gritos y del sonido de personas corriendo por la zona.

Un vecino dijo haber escuchado unos siete disparos. Otro señaló que las cámaras de seguridad habían captado actividad en el área, pero posteriormente afirmó que las imágenes habían sido eliminadas y que no podía compartirlas.

La investigación continuaba activa la noche del sábado y la policía no había revelado de inmediato más detalles sobre lo que provocó el tiroteo.

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The dogs are Belgian Malinois, according to Animal Care. Officials also confirmed the dogs belong to the mother’s fiancé.

Broward County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called around 6:30 p.m. Friday to an apartment complex near Southwest 28th Avenue and Griffin Road for a severe dog attack.

Animal Care officials said officers tried to contact the dogs’ owner Friday evening, but he did not return to the scene.

On Saturday, after Animal Care officers completed their investigation at the hospital, they went back to the apartment and confiscated both dogs, according to officials.

The dogs are now at the animal shelter as officials look into their histories. Deputies are continuing their investigation.

The police presence drew attention from neighbors, who were shocked by what happened.

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

As of the latest update, shelter officials said the baby remains in the ICU.

The mother was also injured while trying to protect her child.

Los perros son pastores belgas malinois, de acuerdo con Animal Care. Las autoridades también confirmaron que pertenecen al prometido de la madre.

Agentes de la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward fueron llamados alrededor de las 6:30 p.m. del viernes a un complejo de apartamentos cerca de Southwest 28th Avenue y Griffin Road debido a un grave ataque de perros.

Funcionarios de Animal Care dijeron que sus agentes intentaron comunicarse con el dueño de los perros el viernes por la noche, pero este no regresó al lugar.

El sábado, después de que los agentes de Animal Care completaran su investigación en el hospital, regresaron al apartamento y confiscaron a ambos perros, según las autoridades.

Los perros se encuentran ahora en el refugio de animales mientras las autoridades investigan sus antecedentes. Los agentes de la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward continúan con la investigación.

La presencia policial llamó la atención de los vecinos, quienes se mostraron conmocionados por lo ocurrido.

“Eso es terrible”, dijo Corey Clemson, quien vive cerca. “Tengo un hijo de tres años y sé que con los perros, a veces, cualquier cosa puede pasar en cualquier momento”.

Según la información más reciente, funcionarios del refugio dijeron que el bebé permanece en la unidad de cuidados intensivos.

La madre también resultó herida mientras intentaba proteger a su hijo.

“There’s no positives,” the third-year coach said. “Not an ounce of a positive anywhere. There’s a product that’s not good enough. That starts with me.”

The ninth-ranked Aggies gave up 21 straight points after halftime to turn a tie game into a 28-7 deficit that proved too big to overcome as they dropped their Southeastern Conference opener.

The announced crowd at Kyle Field was 105,186. But as the last few minutes of the fourth quarter ticked away, large swaths of the upper deck were empty as many fans left early rather than watch the Wildcats celebrate on their field.

The game pitted Texas A&M’s offense against Kentucky defensive coordinator Jay Bateman, who spent the last two years in the same position with the Aggies. He seemed to have Texas A&M’s number, keeping the Aggies off-balance all day and limiting Marcel Reed to 26 of 49 passing for 236 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions.

Reed didn’t think Bateman’s familiarity with the Aggies' offense helped the Wildcats on Saturday.

“I just don’t think we executed the way we needed to,” Reed said. “That’s a defense that I’ve seen a lot. So, we should have been able to execute pretty well. So, yeah, we have just got to do better.”

The Aggies had punted on their previous two possessions when they went for it on fourth-and-2 from their own 33 when they were down 14 in the third quarter. But Reed’s pass fell incomplete to give the Wildcats great field position.

The Wildcats took advantage of the short field when CJ Baxter scored his second touchdown on a 2-yard run near the end of a third quarter in which they outgained A&M 196 yards to 20.

Elko said he thinks Reed is struggling because he’s pressing.

“There’s a lot of noise. He feels like he’s got to defend himself a lot,” Elko said. “That’s not an excuse, but that’s a reality. I think you can see him pressing. You can see the stress in him when he’s trying to throw, because he’s trying to be perfect.”

Elko has been working with his QB to try and get him to play more relaxed and said he’ll continue to try and help him do that.

“I’ve got to get him mentally to a place where he can really cut it loose and feel free and play,” he said. “I think that, more than anything, right now is the issue with him. It’s like a pitcher sometimes who struggles to throw strikes. It’s just growing on him. And he’s got to be able to relax and play the way he’s capable of.”

Reed, who is in his third year as A&M’s starter, agreed that his issues are more mental than physical.

“So, I’ve got to fix that immediately, and just build my confidence back up,” he said. “It’s not like I lost it or anything, but this one definitely hurt. It’s not fun losing, and that’s a conference game. But I can make those throws and I will make those throws down the stretch.”

Reed and the Aggies will must try to fix their problems quickly with a trip to Death Valley to face No. 7 LSU coming next Saturday night.

“We’ve got to get right back to work starting tomorrow and prepare our minds for going to Baton Rouge,” Reed said.

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The latest attack brings the number of people who have been killed in boat strikes by the U.S. military to at least 231 in 69 strikes since the Trump administration began targeting those it calls “narcoterrorists” almost a year ago. As with most of the military’s statements on strikes in the eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, U.S. Southern Command said it targeted the alleged drug traffickers along known smuggling routes.

The military did not provide evidence that the vessel was ferrying drugs. A video posted on X showed an image of what appeared to be a moving boat followed by a flash.

The Trump administration is pursuing deals with allied nations to extend its offensive to land across multiple Latin American countries. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said during a visit to Panama last month that Colombia, Guatemala and Honduras had agreed to allow the U.S. to carry out joint military operations against criminal groups on their soil. Guatemala denied reaching such a deal. Ecuador launched similar missions with the U.S. in March.

President Donald Trump has said the U.S. is in “armed conflict” with cartels in Latin America and has justified the attacks as a necessary escalation to stem the flow of drugs into the United States and fatal overdoses claiming American lives. But his administration has offered little evidence to support its claims of killing smugglers.

Police responded to the crash near northeast 170th Street and northeast 6th Avenue.

Multiple people were taken to area hospitals in critical condition, according to the North Miami Beach Police Department.

Traffic Homicide investigators responded to the scene. The investigation remains active.

N.C. State quarterback CJ Bailey fumbled in the end zone while trying to take an intentional safety in the final seconds and essentially handed Vanderbilt a 35-31 victory no one saw coming in Nashville.

It was as improbable a finish as the Music City Miracle, the famous last-second kickoff return in January 2000 that gave the NFL’s Tennessee Titans a 22–16 playoff win over the Buffalo Bills.

“I can’t put into words what I felt. ... You get one of those in a lifetime,” Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea said. “We cheated the football gods today and got away with it.”

According to ESPN, college football teams were 1,046-1 over the last 20 seasons when having the ball and the lead with 10 seconds to go in a game. The lone loss: Michigan falling to rival Michigan State in 2015.

Leading 31-28, Bailey and the Wolfpack (1-2) were attempting to milk the clock on the final snap. They faced a fourth-and-3 play from their 5-yard line with six seconds remaining. Bailey could have taken a knee, scrambled out of the end zone or even tossed the ball high into the air as the clock expired.

Instead, he paused and then did the unthinkable — coughed it up.

Miles Capers knocked the ball out of Bailey’s hands, and Cayden Van Daniels recovered it in the end zone for a touchdown. It capped Vanderbilt’s rally from a 17-0 deficit in the first half.

“It’s having true brotherhood,” Capers said. “We trust each other, we’re going to play for each other, and we know that we not out of the fight no matter what.”

The ending was reminiscent of Miami’s debacle against Georgia Tech in October 2023, when Hurricanes coach Mario Cristobal chose to run the ball instead of taking a knee with 26 seconds left and no timeouts remaining for Georgia Tech. Miami’s Donald Chaney Jr. fumbled, Georgia Tech’s Kyle Canard recovered and the Yellow Jackets won on a 44-yard touchdown pass from Haynes King to Christian Leary.

N.C. State coach Dave Doeren surely will lament his decision. The Wolfpack could have simply punted and played defense for a play or had Bailey do anything else.

“It’s just a play where you roll out, and you don’t get tackled," Doeren said. "You try to burn as much time as you can and then fall to the ground and protect the football. He got hit and didn’t protect the football. The plan was to take a safety, and you’re trying to run out the clock if you can.”

N.C. State, still reeling from a 34-8 loss at Virginia to open the season, was looking for its first road win against a Southeastern Conference opponent since 1977. Vanderbilt (3-0) matched its largest comeback victory since beating Ole Miss in 2012. Vandy's fumble recovery in the end zone ended up being the team's only lead of the game.

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Tonight, scattered showers will linger into Sunday morning, especially along the coast.

Sunday afternoon will feature showers and storms energized by daytime heating. Some storms could produce heavy rain and cause localized flooding. Significant heating will be limited, with highs in the upper 80s.

Showers could persist into the week. More than 4 inches of rain cannot be ruled out through Tuesday.

The preseason media picks to finish second (SMU) and third (Louisville) in the Atlantic Coast Conference put on a back-and-forth affair, trading the lead eight times before the Cardinals sealed it on Isaac Brown’s 27-yard touchdown with 5:32 remaining to finish the scoring.

The Cardinals (2-1, 1-0 ACC) then stripped SMU quarterback Kevin Jennings of the ball just before the goal line on the Mustangs’ ensuing drive, turning what would have been a 19-yard touchdown into a touchback as the ball rolled out of the end zone with 2:43 remaining.

“We scrapped, and we played hard to the end and found a way to make more plays than them,” Louisville coach Jeff Brohm said. “That shows the toughness and the makeup of the team.”

Louisville’s Lincoln Kienholz threw for 177 yards on 14-for-23 passing. He threw for two scores and added another on the ground as Louisville amassed 442 yards of offense.

Trailing 17-14 at halftime, Louisville regained the lead in the opening minute of the third quarter on Keyjuan Brown’s 58-yard run. His 53-yarder with 10:02 left put the Cardinals ahead for good, 35-31.

Kendrick Raphael rushed for a career-best 197 yards and tied a personal high with three scores to lead the Mustangs (2-1, 1-1). His 12-yard touchdown run with 11:33 left put SMU ahead 31-28.

Jennings completed 24 of 35 passes for 222 yards and a touchdown, but he also threw a pair of interceptions, both by Kaleb Beasley.

The takeaway

SMU: The Mustangs had 479 yards, ran 20 more plays and held the ball for nearly four minutes longer than Louisville. However, several mistakes cost them dearly. Louisville stopped them twice on fourth downs, and both times the Cardinals countered with touchdowns. SMU also lost the turnover battle 3-0.

“We won everything but the score and the turnover battle, and that’s kind of the story today,” SMU coach Rhett Lashlee said.

Louisville: The Cardinals’ running game wasn’t nonexistent in their first two games of the season, but it lacked the big-play explosiveness it had shown in recent seasons. That finally emerged Saturday as Louisville finished with 265 yards on 37 carries, with eight plays of at least 12 yards.

Hot, hot, hot

The temperature at kickoff in Louisville was 95 degrees Fahrenheit, making it the second hottest Cardinals home game in history behind only the Sept. 1, 2011, contest against Murray State when the temperature reached 98 degrees.

Give and take

Penalties continue to be an issue for the Cardinals, who committed 11 for 110 yards, the most yardage they’ve surrendered since losing 121 in a loss at Miami on Nov. 9, 2019. Seven of the flags were for personal fouls, unsportsmanlike conduct or unnecessary roughness.

On the brighter side, Louisville matched the 2024 squad by starting the season with three turnover-free games.

Rare loss for SMU

Before Saturday, SMU was 16-1 in games under Lashlee where it amassed at least 475 yards and outgained its opponent. The only other defeat happened on last Nov. 29 at California.

Up next

SMU hosts Missouri State next Saturday.

Louisville hosts Wake Forest next Saturday.

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The annual event, hosted by the city of Sunrise, brought together children of all ages for a morning of competition, strategy and learning.

Organizers say the tournament continues to grow each year, drawing young players eager to test their skills across the chessboard.

“The kids who learn how to play chess develop confidence, they develop their own smarts, they begin to look at life a few steps ahead,” said mayor of Sunrise Michael Ryan. “And so for us this is a youth development program that our city commission and our city has been behind from the beginning.”

The Mayor’s Chess Challenge gives children an opportunity to put those skills into practice while connecting with other young players in the community.

And for many of the participants, the early morning start was well worth it for a chance to make their next move.

Led by rookie coach Will Stein in his first road game, Kentucky beat a ranked opponent for the first time since downing No. 6 Mississippi 20-17 on Sept. 28, 2024.

“This was a giant victory for us,” a beaming Stein said.

Stein had vowed to do better after Kentucky (2-1, 1-1 Southeastern Conference) led then-No. 12 Alabama 17-13 at halftime last week before being outscored 32-0 in the second half of a 45-17 loss.

After being tied at halftime on Saturday, Minchey said the Wildcats were determined not to have a repeat of last week.

“We just basically put our foot down and said we’re not going to be denied,” he said. “We’re going to take it.”

The game pitted Texas A&M’s offense against Kentucky defensive coordinator Jay Bateman, who spent the last two years in the same position with the Aggies. He seemed to have Texas A&M’s number, keeping the Aggies off-balance all day and limiting Marcel Reed to 26 of 49 passing for 236 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions.

“He kind of hid it, but I know it was personal,” Kentucky defensive back Jordan Castell said. “He did a good job of just staying calm, but I could tell that he really wanted this game and we all played hard for him.”

Minchey, a transfer from Notre Dame, found Kenny Darby wide open for a 42-yard touchdown on the first drive of the second half to break a 7-all tie.

Baxter’s two touchdown runs came on the next two possessions to extend Kentucky’s lead to 28-7.

“I don’t think it was a shocker to us because we all know what talent we have and what we’re capable of doing,” Baxter said. “But it helps definitely with confidence for sure.”

The Aggies had been stopped on three straight possessions when Reed scored on a 5-yard touchdown run to cut the lead to 28-14 with about 11 1/2 minutes remaining.

The Wildcats made it 31-14 on a 52-yard field goal by Adam Zouagui that deflected off the upright and through with less than nine minutes remaining.

Texas A&M (2-1, 0-1) was driving after that, but Castell intercepted Reed on a the 7-yard line.

“I did not do a good enough job of coaching this team and preparing this team,” Texas A&M coach Mike Elko said. “I don’t take any positives from this game. I don’t want to take away anything from Kentucky. ... Kentucky came in here and whopped us.”

The Aggies cut the lead to 31-21 when Reed connected with Micah Riley for a 5-yard score with less than four minutes to go.

Minchey was 14 of 18 for 252 yards and Baxter had 19 carries for 87 yards.

“This is what I expect us to do,” Stein said. “That’s how I expect us to play. That is the physicality, that’s the toughness, that’s the competitiveness, that’s the grit that I expect us to play with every single Saturday.”

The Aggies had punted on their previous two possessions when they went for it on fourth-and-2 from their own 33. But Reed’s pass fell incomplete to give the Wildcats great field position.

“It’s a learning experience, and we have to come back even stronger next week,” Reed said.

The Wildcats took advantage of the failed fourth down when Baxter scored his second touchdown on a 2-yard run near the end of a third quarter in which they outgained A&M 196 yards to 20.

The Aggies took a 7-0 lead when Carsyn Baker’s 2-yard touchdown run capped a 14-play, 79-yard drive with about five minutes left in the first half.

Minchey found Henry Boyer wide open for a 3-yard touchdown pass that tied it with about two minutes until halftime. That score was set up by a 53-yard reception by DJ Miller two plays earlier.

The takeaway

Kentucky: The Wildcats could get a spot in the AP Top 25 for the first time since 2023.

Texas A&M: The Aggies are certain to plummet in the poll after losing to an unranked opponent at home.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins were introduced on the field about 15 minutes before the game. Hegseth, who wore an A&M shirt, also spoke to the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets and worked out with some of them on Saturday morning.

Up next

Kentucky: Hosts South Alabama next Saturday.

Texas A&M: Visits No. 7 LSU next Saturday night.

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Farrington died Friday at his home in Tallahassee following a brief illness, said Steve Schale, a close friend of the family.

Based in the state capital, he was regarded as well-sourced, fair and kind, with a good sense of humor. He also was a big sports fan who boasted of having visited every major league ballpark.

Many reporters called him a mentor and friend. They said he was trusted by politicians on both side of the aisle.

“I was amazed by the many calls he would get from everyone from big-name politicians and their aides to back-office workers telling him what was going on behind the scenes,” said Terry Spencer, former Florida news editor for the AP.

Among the politicians paying tribute to Farrington was former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.

“Brendan was an old school journalist,” Bush posted on X. “He was a real pro.”

From Massachusetts beginnings, he became a Florida fixture

Originally from Wilbraham, Massachusetts, Farrington began his career as a general assignment reporter at The Patriot Ledger, the daily newspaper in Quincy, in 1988. He joined the AP in Miami in the late 1990s and transferred to Tallahassee in 2001.

Spencer said one of his favorite memories of Farrington was when he assigned him on election night 2014 to be with Charlie Crist, who was running for governor against Rick Scott in a tight race. Crist decided to concede, connecting with Scott over Farrington's phone.

Gary Fineout, a reporter at Politico who formerly worked for the AP in Tallahassee with Farrington, said he was a beautiful writer who could handle a multitude of subjects. “He was always very willing to go out and to cover hurricanes, be prepared for natural disasters," Fineout said. “He would always jump into that coverage as soon as it was needed.”

Schale said Farrington would try to frame what was happening through the lives of the people impacted by a hurricane or other event.

"Brendan was a great journalist and even better colleague and mentor to AP journalists in Florida and beyond, and we could always count on him to jump into a big story," said AP Global Sports Editor Josh Hoffner, the organization's former director of U.S. news. “I’ll always remember and appreciate the role he played as a watchdog and champion of government transparency, press access and accountability journalism.”

Farrington also enjoyed collecting stories that he would turn into an annual “weird Florida” roundup in years past.

“Some stories were gruesome, but bizarre. Like the man who injured his finger during a fight then cut it off, cooked it with scrambled eggs and ate it,” his story from 1999 read. “Apparently he didn't consider other options, like the Orlando-area man who lost a chunk of a finger while slicing a frozen pig then underwent leech treatment to save the digit.”

In 2021, the press secretary for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was suspended from what was then called Twitter after excoriating Farrington for journalism that pointed out that one of DeSantis’ multimillion-dollar donors invested in a company that was making the COVID-19 treatment drug Regeneron.

In one tweet, she wrote that if Farrington didn’t change the story, she would “put you on blast.” She also retweeted a message that said “Light. Them. Up.” in reference to the AP, whose president had interceded. Farrington said he received lots of abuse online after the press secretary's comments, tweeting to his followers: “For your sake, I hope government doesn’t threaten your safety. I’ll be fine, I hope. Freedom. Just please don’t kill me.”

He was a creator of good stories and ‘selfies with a stranger’

Farrington left the AP in January 2025 after he was one of a group of employees who accepted voluntary buyouts.

Spencer said one of Farrington's favorite stories, from 2011, was about the then-new president of the Florida Senate who had written a book on politics for Brevard Community College, where he had taught. Mike Haridopolos received $152,000 in taxpayer money for the effort in lieu of teaching — but the single available copy of the 175-page, double-spaced manuscript called “Florida Legislative History and Processes” could only be read at the school.

College administrators swore that that would change, but they also acknowledged the arrangement negotiated by the college president with Haridopolos at the time was unusual and expensive. The president defended it. Haridopolos, a Republican who was later elected to the U.S. House in 2024 representing Florida's 8th Congressional District, did not respond to requests for comment at the time.

Farrington enjoyed talking to people and posted "selfies with a stranger” with people he had just met at a bar, restaurant or on the street, Spencer said.

“Brendan loved everyone he met, and made friends everywhere he went,” his wife, Amy Farrington, said in a statement. “He believed in the decency that lives inside every one of us.”

Marta Lavandier, an AP photographer based in Miami, first knew Farrington when the two worked at the Patriot-Ledger together. He attended her wedding. When she got to Miami, she would photograph the start or end of the legislative session in Tallahassee.

“He was always a lot of fun, almost like the center of attention," she said. “He was always happy, had a good, great wit to him, a good friend, a mentor to many.”

In addition to his wife, Farrington is survived by a son, Cullen Farrington; his mother, Ethel Farrington; three brothers and a sister.

Music played as hundreds of customized cars bounced, tilted and otherwise made their way along the annual King of the Streets event, part of National Hispanic Heritage Month. Spectators and participants of all ages celebrated the culture, which once was the target of police crackdowns and is now commemorated on U.S. Postal Service stamps.

“We finally got our stamp of approval,” said Roberto Hernandez, founder of the San Francisco Lowrider Council. In addition to this year’s rollout of stamps featuring five classic lowriders, California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently announced a specialized state lowrider license plate.

“We have a lot to celebrate this year,” Hernandez said.

Lowriding has deep roots in Mexican American and Chicano communities in the U.S. Southwest, with California widely credited as the birthplace of the modern lowrider movement. States including Texas and Arizona have their own long histories that contributed to the culture.

Hernandez calls lowriding an art form and each vehicle an art piece. Cars are transformed with lowered suspensions, elaborate paint, chrome, custom interiors and hydraulics capable of making the vehicles bounce and hop.

For many participants, it is also an expression of Mexican American identity, family and craftsmanship.

“It’s about driving low, being seen and going slow,” said Johnny Castro, who was participating Saturday, adding: “We go slow so people can see us, see our art that we put together here, because it does take time and money to put these cars together.”

The road to acceptance for lowriding has been long. Hernandez recalls a time when police issued citations, made arrests and shut down Mission Street. He ultimately sued the city and police department, arguing for the right to cruise. But the fight wasn't unique to San Francisco.

Beginning in the 1980s, other California cities adopted anti-cruising rules. Critics of those laws argued enforcement disproportionately affected Latino communities and stigmatized a cultural tradition.

In 2023, Newsom signed legislation removing California’s restrictions on cruising and stripping local governments of the ability to enact bans based on repeatedly driving through an area.

Lowriding has become a family affair for Castro.

“Rolling with my wife and my kids. We all have our own little rides, and it’s great,” he said.

Las autoridades informaron que el accidente fue reportado en la cuadra 500 de Southwest 27th Avenue. Indicaron que el niño estaba siendo trasladado al Broward Health Medical Center para recibir tratamiento adicional.

Las autoridades no habían divulgado de inmediato la edad, el sexo ni el estado de salud del niño, ni detalles adicionales sobre cómo ocurrió el accidente.

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Police said the crash was reported in the 500 block of Southwest 27th Avenue. They said the boy was transported by Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue medics to Broward Health Medical Center for further treatment.

Detectives said he lives on the block and was trying to cross the street to get to a nearby convenience store.

The driver stayed at the scene and cooperated with investigators, police said. Authorities ultimately ruled the crash an accident and decided not to file any charges.

They said the northbound and southbound lanes in the 500 block of Southwest 27th Avenue were closed due to the crash.

Authorities said the boy was in stable condition as of Saturday afternoon.

The boy’s identify has yet to be released.

The statement by the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthis came long after the dawn attempt, which the coalition said was intercepted. Some residents in Riyadh heard an explosion. Later, some saw a plume of smoke near the airport. There were no reports of casualties or damage.

The statement also said the Houthis tried to attack civilian infrastructure in the Red Sea port city of Yanbu — where a key Saudi pipeline ends — and in Taif, Baysh and Farasan but they were thwarted, giving no further details.

The Houthis earlier claimed, without providing evidence, that they had targeted “sensitive sites” in Riyadh and facilities of Saudi oil giant Aramco in Yanbu, causing “massive fires.” Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, did not respond to a request for comment.

The growing conflict near another important global shipping corridor has brought new pressures for markets.

Houthi military spokesperson Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree claimed they attacked with cruise and ballistic missiles as well as drones. He said Saudi Arabia had attempted to target the rebel-held city of Sanaa in neighboring Yemen, without giving details. The Associated Press couldn’t independently verify the claims.

Recent days have seen one escalation after another. On Thursday, the first civilian casualty was reported as the Saudi civil defense said debris from an intercepted Houthi drone killed a Yemeni resident of Saudi Arabia.

And on Wednesday, Saudi Arabia said the Houthis had tried to attack Mecca, Islam’s holiest city, with a drone that it said was intercepted, calling the security of the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad a “red line.” The Houthis fiercely denied the accusation.

The United States, a close Saudi ally, has signaled it has no current fight with the Houthis. Regional officials have told The Associated Press that Saudi Arabia is running low on missile interceptors and instead has asked France, Britain, Pakistan and Egypt for air defense support.

Meanwhile, fighting has surged inside Yemen between the Houthis and the Saudi-backed, internationally recognized government. The rebels raced down the country's Red Sea coast over a week ago, seizing the key port city of Mokha and islands on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait at the southern end of the Red Sea.

That has improved their surveillance of passing ships, though the Houthis have said they are only targeting Saudi ones.

The fighting in Yemen also marks a return to a devastating civil war after four years of relative calm.

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En un acto protocolar, Peña —que arribó acompañado de su esposa— y el canciller paraguayo Rubén Ramírez fueron recibidos por Rodríguez en el Palacio de Miraflores.

Durante la cita, se dialogó sobre el intercambio comercial, la atención consular a los ciudadanos de ambos países, así como temas energéticos y “compromisos financieros pendientes”, informó la presidencia venezolana en un comunicado.

La suscripción de un comunicado conjunto por parte de los cancilleres, selló la visita oficial de Peña que “permite avanzar hacia una nueva etapa y fijar una hoja de ruta” entre ambos países.

Según mencionó la víspera el canciller paraguayo, el encuentro constituye el “inicio de un diálogo” orientado al restablecimiento de relaciones diplomáticas o consulares. No se ha fijado una fecha para la eventual reapertura de embajadas.

Los lazos entre Caracas y Asunción se fracturaron en enero de 2025, luego que el gobierno paraguayo reconoció a Edmundo González como presidente electo en los comicios de 2024, y el organismo electoral declaró ganador al ahora defenestrado expresidente Nicolás Maduro, en medio de las denuncias de la oposición de un supuesto “fraude electoral”.

Uno de los temas álgidos entre ambas naciones se relaciona con una deuda pendiente del gobierno paraguayo con la estatal Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) por la compra de crudo por unos 300 millones de dólares. Aunque Paraguay admite la deuda, el monto sobre los intereses está en litigio en un tribunal arbitral internacional con sede en París.

Es la segunda visita de un presidente latinoamericano a Venezuela desde que Rodríguez asumió la presidencia encargada tras la detención de Maduro, capturado el 3 de enero en una intervención militar estadounidense. En abril, Rodríguez recibió al entonces mandatario colombiano Gustavo Petro.

Officials cleared the field for the second weather delay of the day. The kickoff, originally scheduled for 2:30 p.m. local time, had been pushed back nearly two hours by thunderstorms in the area.

Alabama had just cut into Florida State’s lead with Keelon Russell’s 21-yard touchdown pass to Cedarian Morgan. The score capped a 12-play, 75-yard drive that took 7:06. The Seminoles were set to receive the ensuing kickoff when play stopped.

Florida State quarterback Ashton Daniels had thrown for 156 yards and a touchdown while rushing for another score. Ousmane Kromah added a 12-yard touchdown run as the Seminoles built a 21-6 lead.

Russell had completed 14 of 19 passes for 142 yards and a touchdown. Connor Talty made 32- and 43-yard field goals for Alabama’s first six points.

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Nacua did not practice Saturday, sidelined for the second straight day with an injury that is not related to a core muscle injury the fourth-year standout sustained during a joint practice with the Dallas Cowboys in August, coach Sean McVay said.

“This is a different thing,” McVay said. “Had a really good practice, I guess it was our (game week) Wednesday, but it was Thursday. Felt good, but didn't feel totally like himself, his ability to be able to kind of open up and really hit full speed. He had some soreness in there, and so that's why we've kind of been smart with him the last couple days.”

Nacua had five receptions for 74 yards in the season-opening loss to the San Francisco 49ers in Melbourne, Australia. He set career highs with 129 receptions for 1,715 yards and 10 touchdowns last season.

Nacua's backup, Jordan Whittington, is doubtful because of a quad injury, which means the Rams (0-1) could be without two of their key run-blocking wideouts. Undersized speedsters Xavier Smith and Tutu Atwell would be the next players up at that specific receiver spot in McVay's offense.

McVay did confirm that three-time AP Defensive Player of the Year Aaron Donald is set to play after the lineman ended his retirement last month.

Donald said Friday he was planning to go against the Giants (1-0) after spending the previous two seasons out of football.

“He said it, he's going,” McVay said. “Whatever Aaron says, I support.”

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A statement from the Detroit suburb issued by a spokesperson came in response to a lawsuit on Thursday that accused the city and its mayor of spending thousands of dollars to celebrate Muslim holidays while ignoring Christian and Jewish holidays.

The lawsuit in federal court revived complaints about city government that arose a year ago after the Dearborn mayor, Abdullah Hammoud, told Ted Barham, a local pastor, that he was not welcome in the city and he would stage a parade when he left.

The lawsuit by Margot Cleveland, a journalist for The Federalist, accused the city and its mayor, a Democrat, of favoring the Muslim faith over other religious beliefs in a city with a population of over 100,000 people that is majority Arab American.

It said the city for too long “has been a hostile place for Christians and Jews.”

And it added that “Hammoud has taken this hostility to the next level, openly conveying the message that Christians and Jews are not welcome in the city and are, indeed, second-class citizens.”

In its statement Saturday, the city responded by saying it "has a longstanding commitment to serving all residents fairly and equitably, regardless of faith or background.

“Our city has increasingly come under attack precisely because of its welcoming nature and the diversity of the people who proudly call Dearborn home,” the statement said.

It added: "That will not change who we are. Dearborn will continue to uphold the rights and dignity of every resident and remain a city where everyone is treated with fairness, respect, and equal protection under the law.”

The lawsuit sought unspecified damages and asked a judge to find that the city had violated the Constitution and order it to comply with the First Amendment and the Fourteenth Amendment.

According to the lawsuit, the city of Dearborn last year spent $1,500 of public money on Ramadan banners and $5,000 on a crescent-moon symbol displayed in its Peace Park while its police department sold Ramadan-themed shirts bearing the official department emblem.

Yet, the lawsuit said, the city failed to mark the approach of the Christian holiday of Easter and the Jewish holiday of Passover in similar fashion.

When Cleveland complained and asked that other religious holidays be honored, she was repeatedly ignored, the lawsuit said.

The lawsuit noted the September 2025 clash at a City Council meeting between Hammoud and Barham, saying the mayor spoke against the pastor after Barham criticized the city for naming a street after Osama Siblani, who it said had supported organizations designated as terrorist by the U.S. government.

Barham said it was “quite inappropriate” and that it would be like naming a street “Hezbollah Street or Hamas Street.”

Media reports about the City Council clash led to a November rally in Dearborn that attracted conservative influencers.

Hammoud told The Guardian for an article published in November: “People misconstrue my words and my frustration with an individual who is a bad faith actor in our community, and apply it to a whole faith, when everyone knows the city of Dearborn is a place where everyone is welcome — Christian or Jew or whatever your background.”

Elor Azaria's conviction in 2017 for manslaughter and his release after serving two-thirds of his 18-month sentence drew enormous attention in Israel, where military service is compulsory for most Jewish men. In his first interview after his release, Azaria said that “I would act exactly the same, because that’s how I needed to act.”

Azaria had approached Abdel Fattah al-Sharif as he lay on the ground, unarmed and badly hurt, after stabbing a soldier in the city of Hebron. A cellphone video captured Azaria shooting al-Sharif in the head.

The office of President Isaac Herzog said in a statement that he acted on the recommendation of Defense Minister Israel Katz. The statement cited the time that had passed, and the spirit of the approaching Yom Kippur, or Day of Atonement, as among the factors in the decision.

Herzog's office also said Azaria, who was 20 when he was sentenced, had “expressed his sorrow” in his request. The statement noted that in an earlier request, he called his gunshot an “operational error.”

In a separate statement, Katz called it a “right, humane, and fitting decision” and said Azaria had been in a “complex operational mission.” But the military’s chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, in a letter to the defense minister had said the pardon shouldn't be granted, Israeli media reported.

The conviction was a rare case of a military court ruling against a soldier for deadly action taken in the field. Top generals had pressed for his prosecution, while many in the Israeli public supported Azaria at a time when there had been a series of stabbings and car-ramming attacks by Palestinians or Israeli Arabs. Some supporters protested outside the trial.

On Saturday, Israel's hard-line National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said in a statement that “canceling the criminal record of someone who killed a terrorist makes me emotional and very happy.”

Some Palestinians and human rights groups had described Azaria's sentence as far too lenient. Prosecutors had sought a sentence of three to five years.

The statement by Herzog's office on Saturday said that his decision “does not constitute a reassessment of the case.”

The divisions over Azaria's case led to public polling and political pressures that led the defense minister at the time, Moshe Yaalon, to resign.

After the verdict, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for Azaria to be pardoned.

After the sentencing, the Palestinian government minister in charge of prisoner affairs, Issa Karaka, called it a “joke.”

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Approbato celebrated with loved ones at 60 Vines Restaurant last Saturday, where she blew out her birthday candles and took part in a celebration honoring more than a century of life.

Born in Brooklyn in 1921, Approbato moved to Boca Raton in 1980. She spent years working at Manufacturers Hanover Bank in New York and was married to her late husband, Albert, for 50 years.

Approbato has lived at Edgewater in Boca Raton for the past 15 years. Her family says they wanted to make sure her 105th birthday was a celebration she would never forget.

With family and friends gathered around her, Kay marked the milestone with a smile — celebrating 105 years of memories, family and life.

Happy 105th birthday, Kay.

Approbato celebró con sus seres queridos en el restaurante 60 Vines el sábado pasado, donde apagó las velas de su cumpleaños y participó en una celebración en honor a más de un siglo de vida.

Nacida en Brooklyn en 1921, Approbato se mudó a Boca Ratón en 1980. Trabajó durante años en Manufacturers Hanover Bank en Nueva York y estuvo casada con su difunto esposo, Albert, durante 50 años.

Approbato ha vivido en Edgewater en Boca Ratón durante los últimos 15 años. Su familia dice que quería asegurarse de que su cumpleaños número 105 fuera una celebración que nunca olvidaría.

Con familiares y amigos reunidos a su alrededor, Kay conmemoró el hito con una sonrisa, celebrando 105 años de recuerdos, familia y vida.

Feliz cumpleaños número 105, Kay.

Health workers and other front-line workers in the Ebola response are being prioritized to receive the Ervebo vaccine that was effective in past Ebola outbreaks caused by a different, more common type of virus. Clinical trials are ongoing to find a licensed vaccine for the current outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo virus, which has no licensed vaccine or treatment.

The rollout is targeting the Bunia and Mongbwalu zones in Ituri province, health authorities said Saturday. Both areas are among the hardest-hit by the virus.

“Our collective duty is to protect life. Launching this vaccination drive for front-line staff in Ituri is not an arbitrary choice, as these workers are particularly exposed and deeply involved in the response,” the military governor of Ituri, Maj. Gen. Gaby Kasongo Mulumba, said Saturday.

The campaign in Ituri and North Kivu is expected to cover 20,000 front-line workers over a period of six to nine months.

As of Saturday, the country had recorded 7,541 confirmed cases, including 3,639 deaths, according to government figures, while 1,823 people have recovered. The outbreak is concentrated in Ituri province and is known to be the deadliest of all past 17 Ebola outbreaks in the country.

The outbreak is spreading under extremely difficult conditions, fueled by insecurity, displacement, a health workers’ strike and intense population movements. The World Health Organization has said it remains out of control and is on track to surpass the 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak, the deadliest on record, which killed more than 11,000 people, primarily in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Dr. Jeannot Elua, whom The Associated Press met at a health facility in Bunia, said the vaccine was “beneficial.”

“We healthcare workers don’t really have a choice: we are going to receive it,” he said. “Some people here had already received the previous vaccine. I received it myself, because it was mandatory.”

Another front-line health worker, Dr. Jean Paul Uzele, who was vaccinated with Ervebo during the 10th Ebola outbreak, said it was unclear to him whether he should get vaccinated again.

“If it arrives, we will receive it too," he said. “But the question is whether we need to be vaccinated a second time."

Last month, the Ervebo vaccine was rolled out in Kisangani in the Tshopo province. The campaign was expected to cover 14 health zones in Tshopo, Bas-Uele and Haut-Uele provinces.

The use of Ervebo is taking place in a specific scientific context. The vaccine is licensed for use against Ebola virus disease caused by the Zaire strain — a different, more common type of Ebola virus.

The World Health Organization said last month that 70,000 doses of Ervebo were approved for use in Congo.

About 50,000 doses are intended for front-line and health workers, while 20,000 doses will be used in a clinical trial to study whether the vaccine protects against Bundibugyo virus, which is causing the current outbreak and has no licensed vaccine or treatment.

The vaccine is being used under a compassionate-use program, which allows a medical product to be used in a serious disease situation even though it has not been specifically approved for that particular use.

Health authorities said Ervebo could offer some protection against the Bundibugyo virus because the two viruses are related. But whether the vaccine can actually prevent illness in people infected with Bundibugyo Ebola is still being studied.

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The 40-pound puppy recently arrived at the Humane Society of Broward, where staff have been working with him on commands and behavior. Shelter officials describe Bourbon as smart, treat-motivated and affectionate.

The shelter is currently near capacity, with dogs and cats waiting for adoptive families. Another featured animal, Mel, is a 3-year-old calico cat who has become more affectionate with staff after initially being hesitant around people.

The HSBC is open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and no appointment is required to meet available animals. Click here for more information on how you can adopt a pet.

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Justin Bieber and Harry Styles are among the artists reportedly being considered, with Miley Cyrus also mentioned as a possibility.

The game will be played at SoFi Stadium, marking the second time the Super Bowl has been held in Los Angeles since the NFL returned to the region.

The city’s last Super Bowl featured a West Coast hip-hop lineup headlined by Dr. Dre, with Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar also performing.

Fans can weigh in on who they want to see take the stage at Super Bowl LXI in the comment section below.

The No. 2-ranked McIlroy's birdie- eagle finish on the back-to-back closing par 5s at Wentworth left him on 11-under 205 after the third round, just two strokes off the lead held by Manuel Elvira and Filippo Cello on a crowded leaderboard.

There are 15 players within three shots of the lead — but one name stands out.

“I feel like I’ve given myself a real opportunity tomorrow,” said McIlroy, who won the European tour's flagship event in 2014 — in the same summer he captured two major titles, the British Open and the PGA Championship.

On a day when second-round leader Ryan Gerard went backward with a 75, many others took a big step forward — even if the top of the leaderboard doesn't contain too many household names.

Neither Celli (69) nor Elvira (68) have won a title on the European tour, while two of the three players tied for third place a shot back — Johannes Veerman (64) and Alejandro Del Rey (64) — are ranked No. 357 and No. 236, respectively.

The other player on 12 under is J.J. Spaun, the former U.S. Open winner who shot 68 as he looks to prove a point after missing out on selection for next week's Presidents Cup.

“It’s a bummer to miss out on the team events, whether it’s Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup,” Spaun said. “Definitely carrying a bit of a chip on my shoulder this week.”

McIlroy is in a five-man group in a tie for sixth place that also includes Adam Scott (71) and LIV Golf star Joaquin Niemann (67).

“It’s going to be an interesting day,” McIlroy said, looking ahead to the final round. “There’s a lot of people around the lead. I think the conditions the last couple of days, that’s the reason it hasn’t let anyone get away from the pack just because it has played so tricky and difficult.”

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El cachorro de 40 libras llegó recientemente a la Sociedad Protectora de Animales de Broward, donde el personal ha estado trabajando con él en órdenes y comportamiento. Los funcionarios del refugio describen a Bourbon como inteligente, motivado por las golosinas y cariñoso.

El refugio se encuentra actualmente casi al límite de su capacidad, con perros y gatos esperando familias que los adopten. Otro animal destacado, Mel, es una gata calicó de 3 años que se ha vuelto más cariñosa con el personal después de mostrarse inicialmente reacia a estar cerca de las personas.

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Justin Bieber y Harry Styles se encuentran entre los artistas que, según reportes, están siendo considerados, mientras que Miley Cyrus también ha sido mencionada como una posibilidad.

El partido se disputará en el SoFi Stadium, lo que marcará la segunda vez que el Super Bowl se celebra en Los Ángeles desde que la NFL regresó a la región.

El último Super Bowl de la ciudad contó con una alineación de hip-hop de la Costa Oeste encabezada por Dr. Dre, con Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige y Kendrick Lamar también presentándose.

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On Saturday, as the No. 8 Rebels prepared to host No. 7 LSU, Ole Miss fans were eager to mock and heckle Kiffin in myriad ways — and did so amid abundant security measures designed to ensure any expressions of betrayal, resentment or anger didn’t get out of hand as the lightning-rod coach returned to campus, this time with the Tigers.

The scene made Jessica Perkins, a 47-year-old Oxford-area dentist and Ole Miss graduate, a bit nervous as she stood under a tent on the edge of the university's famous, tree-lined tailgating area known as The Grove.

She noted lightheartedly that “absolutely nothing good” can happen when “the added animosity of the Kiffin situation” is layered upon longstanding rivals indulging in a full day of alcohol consumption in oppressively hot weather — mostly sunny and in the mid-90s Fahrenheit.

“Let's just play football and ignore the whole elephant in the room,” Perkins said. “We're the hospitality people. So, we're also praying that everybody stays safe, doesn't act stupid and we just show everybody a good time. Ole Miss is always going to win the party.”

The Rebels went on to win, 32-24, handing Kiffin his first loss in three games at LSU.

“I’m glad it’s over,” Kiffin said. “This was an emotional game for a lot of reasons.”

Security is tight in Oxford but pregame activities go smoothly

The Tigers got into the stadium without incident, as Ole Miss took the unusual step of setting up tall chain-link fences with a blue covering to obscure the view. Some fans still waited until they could see the tops of LSU's buses and unloaded insults, some including obscenities, as the team made the short walk to the visitors' locker room.

When Kiffin took the field, he was booed by red-and-blue clad Ole Miss fans, many of whom also had their phones held high to capture video.

A handful of LSU dignitaries stood along the sideline during warmups, including Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill. The coach's daughter, Landry Kiffin — an Ole Miss student who is finishing her degree online from Baton Rouge — also stood near the LSU bench during warmups, wearing a gold dress. Kiffin's agent, Jimmy Sexton, was on the field speaking with LSU president Wade Rouse when a practice punt took an odd bounce and struck Rousse in the side of the head.

For the most part, though, the atmosphere was festive, and some fans wearing LSU gear, having braced for the worst, found themselves “underwhelmed” by the level of hostility they faced as they walked through the Grove and made their way to the stadium.

“It's not as bad as I thought it would be,” said Jackson Dreffs, 23, an LSU graduate who lives in Houston and wore a white LSU jersey. “It's actually the best time I've had in Oxford.”

LSU fans are regularly referred to as “corndogs” (because of the deep-fried aroma at their stadium) by fans at rival Southeastern Conference schools, and art posted at tailgate tents last year portrayed Kiffin riding one like a rodeo cowboy.

Predictably, Kiffin is now an object of sometimes creative derision in Oxford.

Makeshift signs held aloft by members of the crowd behind the set referred to Kiffin as a traitor and portrayed him sticking corndogs up his nose and in his mouth. Some called him “Lame Kiffin.” One read, “This sign was listed as ‘doubtful,’” poking fun at Kiffin’s apparent act of gamesmanship when he listed LSU quarterback Sam Leavitt as doubtful on Wednesday before ultimately taking his name off the injury report by Friday night.

Ole Miss fans bothered by the way Kiffin handled his departure

Matt Garrett, a 49-year-old Oxford resident and Ole Miss graduate, said a lot of the heckling was in good fun and that many in Mississippi were not “truly angry” at Kiffin because “he's done a lot for northern Mississippi and a lot for this program.”

Garrett said Ole Miss fans were just annoyed at the timing of his departure, right before the Rebels entered the College Football Playoff, and were bothered by how Kiffin abruptly left Oxford aboard a private jet sent to fetch him by LSU.

“How they kind of handled everything in the process was very unprofessional,” Garrett said. “There is going to be some anger, I'm sure, but hopefully with the Southern hospitality we have, we'll keep everything under control.”

Social media video late this week showed that Kiffin invited LSU fraternities and sororities to LSU's football facility to heckle the Tigers — an effort to provide a taste of what they would face on Saturday.

“We just try to do everything to simulate the game, simulate the day,” Kiffin said when asked about it during his morning TV appearance as boos and chants laced with vulgarities emanated from the crowd in The Grove. “There’s going to be a lot of emotion all through the stadium obviously that you’re feeling there right now.”

Mississippi state officials have said they were assembling the state’s largest law enforcement presence ever for a college football game this weekend in Oxford, a town of about 26,000 permanent residents, where authorities expected around 100,000 people to converge — many of them without tickets for 64,000-seat Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.

“Our priority is making sure everyone can enjoy the game and surrounding events safely,” said Sean Tindell, commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety. “This enhanced presence is about being prepared, staying proactive and working together.

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 pelted the field with objects. Kiffin said he was hit by golf balls and liquor bottles.

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The lawsuit, which was filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, argues that the leading AI companies violated antitrust laws when they agreed to coordinate slowdown efforts, and that doing so would reduce the value consumers get for paid AI subscriptions.

The coordination largely took place on Sept. 12, the lawsuit argues, when Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay urging for industrywide cooperation on decelerating advancements in favor of enhanced safety measures. That same day, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, SpaceXAI CEO Elon Musk and Google DeepMind's co-founder and chair Demis Hassabis each publicly responded to Amodei's proposals in agreement.

But the lawsuit also alleges that the coordination began to take shape months earlier. It points to a statement from July 2026 that high-ranking employees from several of the leading AI labs signed that acknowledged the "intense competitive pressure not to unilaterally slow” development. That statement called on the government to support a global effort to slow automated AI development.

It is clear that an agreement among the chief rivals in AI that their progress “should be slower than competition would otherwise produce has an anticompetitive effect on consumers,” the plaintiffs argue.

Lawyers representing four named plaintiffs, who pay for subscriptions to ChatGPT, Claude, Grok or Gemini, are bringing the lawsuit on behalf of a proposed nationwide class of other paid subscribers to those services.

The plaintiffs don't object to the companies individually deciding to slow their own progress in favor of safety. They instead argue in the complaint that antitrust laws forbid them from taking the “shortcut” of agreeing to “substitute collective restraint for individual accountability.” A competitive market allows for responsibility and genuine progress, the lawsuit argues.

“AI will quickly spin out of human control and could kill us all if we allow AI safety and protocol ... to be controlled by private self-serving agreements between the world’s most powerful ‘for profit’ technology companies,” said Nick Rowley, the lead attorney for the plaintiffs.

Representatives for Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and SpaceXAI did not immediately respond to a request for comment Saturday.

In his initial essay proposing the slowdown, Amodei acknowledged potential antitrust challenges, writing that it would be helpful for the U.S. government to mediate “or at least enable” these cross-lab discussions. The government wouldn't need to participate, he wrote, but it would need to “issue a narrow waiver for certain kinds of safety conversations.”

In response, Altman said on social media that OpenAI welcomes the idea of a “federal framework that sets consistent safety requirements,” but said “we do not believe we need to wait for an antitrust exemption or legislation to begin the work of providing this confidence.”

While the recent conversations about pacing development were spurred by increasing concerns about AI evading human control, several leaders in the AI space have long talked about developing a shared set of standards or otherwise coordinating to ensure safety efforts remain paramount.

The plaintiffs in the lawsuit contend they are not against the AI companies asking Congress, the White House or any other agency to develop AI regulation, nor are they against the companies asking for an antitrust exemption.

But achieving that kind of collaboration with the federal government could be an uphill battle.

President Donald Trump rejected the calls for regulation on social media. He has claimed that any efforts to limit the technology are part of a “conspiracy." He called into question why the industry leaders would be calling for regulation that, he says, “if strongly implemented, will drive them into oblivion and bankruptcy.” Trump said Saturday on social media that he is forming an AI task force and will appoint an “AI czar,” but he provided scant detail.

The Trump administration has been vocal about wanting American AI labs to outpace and excel against Chinese competition. While several Democratic leaders and candidates have called for sweeping action on AI regulation, Republicans have largely mirrored Trump's position.

Sen. Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, said in a recent Senate hearing that “there is no world” in which he would agree to give “the most powerful companies in the history of the world” an exemption from antitrust laws to collaborate, arguing that they could collude together and stifle competition.

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The depression has maximum sustained winds of 35 mph and is slowly moving to the north at 2 mph.

Tropical Depression Six is forecast to strengthen over the next 24 hours into a tropical storm before gradually weakening early next week.

If it does become a tropical storm, the next name of the season is Fay.

This system is not a threat to land or the United States. The rest of the Atlantic remains quiet with no new tropical development expected over the next seven days.

Hurricane season ends on Nov. 30. So far this season there’s been five named storms and no hurricanes. This is the latest the Atlantic has ever gone without a hurricane.

La depresión tiene vientos máximos sostenidos de 35 mph y se desplaza lentamente hacia el norte a 2 mph.

Se pronostica que la Depresión Tropical Seis se fortalecerá durante las próximas 24 horas hasta convertirse en tormenta tropical antes de debilitarse gradualmente a principios de la próxima semana.

Si se convierte en tormenta tropical, el próximo nombre de la temporada será Fay.

Este sistema no representa una amenaza para tierra firme ni para Estados Unidos. El resto del Atlántico permanece tranquilo, sin que se espere nuevo desarrollo tropical durante los próximos siete días.

La temporada de huracanes termina el 30 de noviembre. Hasta ahora esta temporada se han registrado cinco tormentas con nombre y ningún huracán. Esta es la fecha más tardía en que el Atlántico ha llegado sin registrar un huracán.

Police officers made several arrests after some protesters started throwing fireworks and other projectiles at them.

Justice Minister David van Weel called on X for an “extremely firm” response to what he described as “disgusting scenes” at the protest. He said that demonstrators made Nazi salutes, chanted antisemitic slogans, attacked police and threw fireworks at riot officers.

“Thanks to all the police officers who are once again standing up for our democratic rule of law,” he wrote.

The Hague municipality banned the march after violence broke out among demonstrators gathered at the Malieveld, a park in the city center, and later ordered the crowd to disperse.

Saturday’s unrest came a year after rioting erupted around a right-wing demonstration. A police car was set on fire during clashes between black-clad protesters and police, and the headquarters of the centrist D66 party — whose leader, Rob Jetten, is now prime minister — was attacked.

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The Explorers pulled away for a 45-7 victory despite rainy conditions, improving their record to 4-1.

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Los Explorers se despegaron para lograr una victoria de 45-7 a pesar de las condiciones lluviosas, mejorando su récord a 4-1.

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The sixth annual Celebrate Your Life 5K got underway around 7 a.m. at Tradewinds Park. The event supports Tony’s Tribe, a nonprofit focused on suicide prevention, awareness and mental health education.

“This is not just a 5K, this is a movement,” said Judy Albelo of Tony’s Tribe. “We feel that it takes a village to support people. So, we create this safe space, and everyone feels very supportive.”

Organizers say the event is designed to bring the community together while encouraging conversations about mental health and suicide prevention.

Tony’s Tribe is also launching a scholarship for students pursuing careers in the mental health field.

More information about Tony’s Tribe and ways to get involved is available at tonystribe.org.

If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health or suicide crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Help is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

La sexta edición anual de Celebrate Your Life 5K comenzó alrededor de las 7 a.m. en Tradewinds Park. El evento apoya a Tony’s Tribe, una organización sin fines de lucro enfocada en la prevención del suicidio, la concientización y la educación sobre salud mental.

“Esto no es solo una carrera 5K, es un movimiento”, dijo Judy Albelo, de Tony’s Tribe. “Creemos que se necesita una comunidad para apoyar a las personas. Por eso, creamos este espacio seguro y todos se sienten muy apoyados”.

Los organizadores dicen que el evento está diseñado para unir a la comunidad mientras fomenta conversaciones sobre la salud mental y la prevención del suicidio.

Tony’s Tribe también está lanzando una beca para estudiantes que buscan carreras en el campo de la salud mental.

Más información sobre Tony’s Tribe y las formas de participar está disponible en tonystribe.org.

Si usted o alguien que conoce está atravesando una crisis de salud mental o suicidio, llame o envíe un mensaje de texto al 988 para comunicarse con la Línea de Prevención del Suicidio y Crisis. Hay ayuda disponible las 24 horas del día, los siete días de la semana.

Narges Mohammadi, 54, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023, was temporarily released from prison for medical reasons earlier this year after falling unconscious and being transferred to a hospital.

Her memoir — titled “A Woman Never Stops Fighting” — was written behind bars, with parts of it smuggled out by fellow inmates. Editions in French, German and nine other languages are being released this month. The English and Farsi editions will be released next year.

In an interview conducted Friday by The Associated Press from outside Iran, Mohammadi said that Iranians are grappling with multiple crises stemming from the ongoing war and deepening economic pressure, and the brutal crackdowns on protests.

“I am sorry to say, but since the outbreak of war, in the past months and last year and a half, we have seen that repression in society has severely increased and now, with these economic pressures and with the repression that really has left no room for people to breathe, it’s the people who are paying an extremely heavy price,” she said.

But she said that many Iranians continue to resist, a change she traces back to the 2022 protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died in a hospital after being detained for violating authorities' strict Islamic dress code.

The release of Mohammadi's book this month coincides with Amini's death to honor her memory, her representatives said. The English and Farsi editions will be released in September 2027 for the same reason.

“If you go out into the streets, you see a wave of resistance among the people, a wave of awareness, and their determination to stand up for their rights,” Mohammadi said. She said that government repression has intensified, but that many in a new younger generation “know their rights” and were standing firm. “And that gives us reason for hope,” she said.

The AP agreed not to ask Mohammadi specific questions about the political situation and leadership in Iran, because of concerns for her safety, though she commented generally about the cost of war.

Mohammadi says her detention was ‘life-threatening’

In her interview with the AP, Mohammadi — who has been jailed repeatedly over decades of advocating for human rights and was behind bars when she was awarded the Nobel Prize — described her most recent arrest, detention and health.

She said that she was severely beaten by security forces when detained in December, in the northeastern city of Mashhad. She and a group of activists were attending a memorial ceremony for human rights lawyer Khosrow Alikordi, who was found dead in his office.

She was arrested while giving a public speech. She was sentenced to 7½ years for attending that rally. She is now facing a total of 16 years and more than 100 lashes. She hasn’t been flogged, but spent long periods in solitary confinement.

“My detention was really life-threatening,” she said. “My head was severely hurt, because most of the hits were to my head, and despite being in that condition, they kept me for two months in solitary confinement during which my condition was really concerning.”

She lost consciousness on May 1 and was released on bail nearly 10 days later and transferred to a hospital in Tehran, where she remained for another two weeks.

She smuggled out fragments of her memoir, which she had started writing in 2019 during an earlier stint in Iran's notorious Evin prison in Tehran, where many political prisoners are held. She had lost her handwritten notes that year when they moved her to another site.

This time, “with the help of fellow inmates, we got a few pages out, a few pages at a time,” she said. “If it weren’t for them, I couldn’t have done it.”

As for her health, “I am recovering,” Mohammadi said.

Mohammadi says other women inspired her

Mohammadi said that she took inspiration from other women’s stories growing up, beginning with her own mother.

“I tried to put an image to each of these — how these women really managed to change their world, their society, themselves, the next generation — make them aware, make them resist,” she said.

She also recalled “terrifying memories” from her childhood during the 1980s Iran-Iraq war and how she developed “a hatred for war.”

“I wasn’t more than a child when the Iran-Iraq war happened, but I remember a lot of the repression, repression of many political currents and forces, many executions that happened in the silence and darkness of Evin and prisons around the country,” she said.

She risks return to prison

She recalled her concern when she learned that Evin prison had been bombed during the 12-day war between Israel and Iran in 2025, a period when she was out of prison.

“At that moment, I felt that, in this country, we are at the intersection of injustice, discrimination, war, authoritarianism,” she said. “All of those are trampling on our people’s human rights.”

Mohammadi has been handed down sentences totaling 44 years. She has already spent 10 years in prison, including 161 days in solitary confinement. She has been banned from traveling abroad since 2009, and is unable to join her husband and two children who live in exile in France.

“My sentence is currently suspended, and I must return whenever the judiciary issues the order,” Mohammadi later said in a text message shared by her team.

The voting to elect members of the State Duma is Russia's first parliamentary election since Moscow launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. The three-day election, which began Friday and ends Sunday, features virtually no opposition and is all but certain to secure the Kremlin’s political dominance.

Yabloko said that officials at the polling station accused a party election observer of attempting to “disrupt the elections” and called the police, which “used force” against him.

It was unclear whether he received prompt medical attention after falling unconscious, the party said in a statement on Telegram Saturday, adding that he was taken to a police station and charged with disobeying police orders.

Russian officials didn't immediately comment on the incident.

Yabloko, the only registered political entity that dared to criticize Russia's war with Ukraine, was removed from the ballot last month by Russia’s Supreme Court, and only has a few dozen candidates in the single-constituency races. Additionally, some anti-war politicians have been imprisoned or forced to flee abroad before the campaign.

Yabloko and the Communist Party, which has criticized some aspects of government policy but carefully avoided any criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said that many of their election observers were turned away from polling stations.

The parties also reported various violations, including sealed ballot boxes being opened, the refusal to issue paper ballots and provide turnout data for verification, and doors to polling stations not being secured overnight.

On Friday, Yabloko’s leader appealed to Ella Pamfilova, head of the Central Election Commission, over what the party said were numerous denials of entry to its observers and pressure on them.

“The scale of what’s happening does not allow us to view this as a misunderstanding,” Yabloko chairman Nikolai Rybakov said.

Russia didn't invite observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to monitor the election, with the Russian Foreign Ministry accusing the body of “double standards” for its criticism of Russia.

It said that it had invited other international organizations, as well as observers from OSCE member states, in its place.

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Pere Joan Pons said that the decision was a breach of Russia’s commitments as a member state of the organization.

“This persistent rejection of independent scrutiny follows a deeply worrying pattern of disregard for the principles of transparency, democratic accountability and the rule of law,” he said.

Russia’s Central Election Commission said that more than 380,000 electoral observers had been registered before the vote, including representatives from 11 political parties. Of those registered, 97,040 observers were linked to the United Russia party, with the next largest group, 42,743 observers, representing Russia’s Communist Party.

It also said that 1,126 international election observers and “electoral experts” have been registered from 133 countries and 13 international organizations.

Russia also tightened restrictions on election observers in the lead-up to the parliamentary vote. Under a new code of ethics, observers are banned from making statements “that could be construed as undermining confidence in the electoral system.”

Russian authorities spread the parliamentary election over the weekend in a bid to boost turnout among the 111 million eligible voters, and they allowed electronic balloting.

For the first time, the parliamentary election includes residents of four Ukrainian regions that Moscow illegally annexed after the war began, but still doesn’t fully control. Voting also is taking place in Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014.

The Kremlin wants the vote to underline public support for the war in Ukraine and give a veneer of legitimacy to it. It has sought to avoid any political risks by stamping out even the slightest sign of dissent.

The main Kremlin party, United Russia, is all but assured to retain its overwhelming control of the lower house, the State Duma. Several smaller parties of the “systemic opposition” that vote in sync with the government on all key issues also are expected to retain their presence.

Mensah terminó con 30 pases completos en 34 intentos, sin intercepciones, y los Hurricanes de Miami sumaron su tercera victoria de la temporada, todavía invictos. Sus 24 pases completos consecutivos superaron el récord de la ACC para un solo partido, que era de 15. Contando el encuentro anterior de Miami contra Florida A&M, su racha llegó a 35 pases completos seguidos.

Mensah, quien llegó al encuentro con ocho pases de touchdown y 62 pases completos en 65 intentos durante la temporada, acertó sus primeros nueve lanzamientos del viernes para sumar 65 yardas. Entre ellos estuvo un pase de touchdown de nueve yardas a Josh Moore. En su primera posesión, Miami recorrió 93 yardas en 14 jugadas y consumió siete minutos y 33 segundos.

Los Hurricanes mantuvieron la presión durante la primera mitad. En su segunda serie ofensiva de anotación, Mensah encontró completamente desmarcado al ala cerrada Elija Lofton para un touchdown de 21 yardas que puso a Miami al frente por 14-7.

Después, Miami se apoyó en su ataque terrestre.

Los corredores Mark Fletcher Jr. y Marty Brown ayudaron a los Hurricanes a avanzar por el campo. Brown logró una carrera de 32 yardas que dejó el balón a una yarda de la zona de anotación de Wake Forest. Sin embargo, aparentemente se lesionó la rodilla derecha en esa jugada y más tarde fue retirado del campo en un carrito de asistencia médica. Dos jugadas después, Fletcher anotó con una carrera de una yarda para ampliar la ventaja a 21-7.

Antes del descanso, Mensah continuó su actuación histórica al completar su vigésimo pase consecutivo, esta vez a Malachi Toney. Toney cerró la primera mitad con diez recepciones para 111 yardas, mientras que Jake Weinberg añadió un gol de campo de 27 yardas para que Miami se fuera al descanso con ventaja de 24-7.

Wake Forest, con un balance de dos victorias y una derrota, había respondido al touchdown inicial de Miami con una buena primera serie ofensiva. Su quarterback, Gio Lopez, completó cuatro de cinco pases para 55 yardas. Conectó con Kam Shanks y Kamrean Johnson antes de encontrar nuevamente a Johnson, completamente desmarcado, para un touchdown de diez yardas.

Lopez terminó con tres pases de touchdown, incluidos uno de 23 yardas al receptor Jack Foley y otro de 17 yardas al receptor Carlos Hernandez en el tercer cuarto.

La defensa de Miami tuvo dificultades, especialmente para contener el ataque aéreo de los Demon Deacons de Wake Forest. Los Hurricanes ya habían comenzado el encuentro sin sus esquineros titulares, Xavier Lucas y O.J. Frederique, y también perdieron temporalmente al liniero defensivo Ahmad Moten por una lesión en el brazo izquierdo. Moten regresó más tarde, mientras que Keona Davis y Justin Scott cubrieron su ausencia en la línea defensiva.

Aun así, la defensa de Miami respondió con jugadas clave en momentos importantes.

Marquis Lightfoot, defensor encargado de presionar por el extremo de la línea, abrió la segunda mitad derribando a Lopez detrás de la línea de golpeo, una jugada conocida como sack. Después, Bryce Fitzgerald realizó una contundente tacleada sobre Shanks en campo abierto y obligó a Wake Forest a despejar.

Más adelante, Mensah condujo otra serie ofensiva de touchdown. Varias carreras de Javian Mallory ayudaron a Miami a avanzar antes de que Mensah conectara con Toney para la anotación. Fue su pase completo número 23 de manera consecutiva en el partido y extendió su racha a 31 contando el encuentro de la semana anterior.

Tras completar 24 pases seguidos, Mensah finalmente falló un lanzamiento cuando quedaban poco más de tres minutos del tercer cuarto. Así terminó su racha récord de la ACC y Miami tuvo que despejar.

Wake Forest respondió con dos series ofensivas de touchdown. Lopez encontró a Foley para una anotación de 23 yardas y después conectó con Hernandez en un pase de 17 yardas hacia un costado de la zona de anotación, en una ruta conocida como slot fade, para recortar la ventaja de Miami.

En su siguiente posesión, Wake Forest llegó a territorio de Miami gracias a un pase de Lopez a Foley que produjo un avance de 49 yardas. Sin embargo, en cuarta oportunidad y con cinco yardas por avanzar, la presión del liniero defensivo Damon Wilson provocó que Lopez fallara su pase a Hernandez. Los Hurricanes recuperaron así la posesión del balón.

Los Demon Deacons tuvieron otra oportunidad más adelante, pero la defensa de Miami consiguió su jugada más importante de la noche. La presión del liniero defensivo Damon Wilson II provocó que un jugador rival cometiera un sujetando ilegal, o holding, dentro de su propia zona de anotación. La infracción dio lugar a un safety, que otorgó dos puntos a Miami y amplió su ventaja a 33-20 cuando quedaban poco más de 13 minutos de juego.

Wake Forest generó pocas amenazas importantes después de eso, y Miami salió de Winston-Salem con la victoria.

Mensah ha comenzado la temporada 2026 con 71 pases completos en 79 intentos, 873 yardas, 11 touchdowns y ninguna intercepción. En tres partidos, apenas ha lanzado siete pases incompletos.

Toney terminó el encuentro del viernes con 12 recepciones para 114 yardas y un touchdown. Fletcher sumó 85 yardas y una anotación en 16 acarreos.

Los Hurricanes también se marcharon preocupados por Brown, quien sufrió lo que parecía ser una lesión grave de rodilla durante su carrera de 32 yardas.

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Miami, con tres victorias y ninguna derrota, recibirá el próximo sábado a Central Michigan, que tiene una victoria y una derrota.

Wake Forest, con dos victorias y una derrota, visitará el próximo sábado a Louisville, equipo que ocupa el puesto 23 del ranking nacional y tiene una victoria y una derrota.

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Mensah finished 30 of 34 without an interception as the Hurricanes improved to 3-0. His 24 straight completions broke the ACC single-game record of 15, and his streak reached 35 consecutive completions dating to Miami’s previous game against Florida A&M.

Mensah, who entered the game with eight touchdowns and had completed 62 of 65 passes on the season, opened Friday night by completing his first nine attempts for 65 yards, including a 9-yard touchdown pass to Josh Moore. Miami drove 93 yards in 14 plays over 7:33 on its opening possession.

The Hurricanes kept the pressure on through the first half. Mensah found tight end Elija Lofton for a wide-open 21-yard touchdown on Miami’s second scoring drive, giving the Hurricanes a 14-7 lead.

Miami then leaned on its running game.

Running backs Mark Fletcher Jr. and Marty Brown helped move the Hurricanes down the field, with Brown breaking through for a 32-yard run to the Wake Forest 1-yard line. Brown appeared to injure his right knee on the play and was later carted from the field. Fletcher scored from a yard out two plays later to make it 21-7.

Mensah continued his record-setting night before halftime, connecting on his 20th straight pass to Malachi Toney. Toney finished the half with 10 catches for 111 yards, while Jake Weinberg added a 27-yard field goal to give Miami a 24-7 lead at halftime.

Wake Forest answered Miami’s opening touchdown with a strong first drive of its own. Quarterback Gio Lopez completed four of five passes for 55 yards, finding Kam Shanks and Kamrean Johnson before hitting Johnson for a wide-open 10-yard touchdown.

Lopez finished with three touchdown passes, including a 23-yard score to wide receiver Jack Foley and a 17-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Carlos Hernandez in the third quarter.

Miami’s defense had its share of problems, particularly against the Demon Deacons’ passing game. The Hurricanes entered the game already without starting cornerbacks Xavier Lucas and O.J. Frederique and also briefly lost defensive tackle Ahmad Moten to a left arm injury. Moten later returned, while Keona Davis and Justin Scott filled in along the defensive front during his absence.

Miami’s defense did come up with key plays when it mattered.

Hurricanes EDGE Marquis Lightfoot opened the second half with a sack of Lopez, and Bryce Fitzgerald made a strong open-field tackle on Shanks to force a punt.

Mensah later led another touchdown drive, with several runs by Javian Mallory helping Miami move down the field before Mensah found Toney for a touchdown. The completion was Mensah’s 23rd straight of the game and extended his streak to 31 dating to the previous week.

After 24 consecutive completions, Mensah finally threw an incompletion with just over three minutes remaining in the third quarter, ending the ACC-record streak and forcing Miami to punt.

Wake Forest responded with two touchdown drives. Lopez found Foley for a 23-yard score before connecting with Hernandez on a 17-yard slot-fade touchdown to cut Miami’s lead.

Wake Forest moved into Miami territory on its next possession, with Lopez connecting with Foley for a 49-yard gain. But on fourth-and-5, pressure from Miami defensive lineman Damon Wilson forced Lopez to miss Hernandez, and the Hurricanes took over on downs.

The Demon Deacons had another chance late, but Miami’s defense made its biggest play of the night. A holding penalty in the end zone forced by defensive lineman Damon Wilson II resulted in a safety, extending the Hurricanes’ lead to 33-20 with just over 13 minutes remaining.

That proved to be one of the final significant threats as Miami escaped Winston-Salem with the victory.

Mensah has opened the 2026 season with 71 completions on 79 attempts for 873 yards, 11 touchdowns and no interceptions. He has thrown just seven incompletions through three games.

Toney finished Friday with 12 catches for 114 yards and a touchdown. Fletcher carried 16 times for 85 yards and a score.

The Hurricanes also left the game concerned about Brown, who sustained what appeared to be a serious knee injury on his 32-yard run.

Up next:

Miami (3-0) hosts Central Michigan (1-1) next Saturday.

Wake Forest (2-1) travels to No. 23 Louisville (1-1) next Saturday

After four straight wins for the champions, the 3-0 defeat at Amex Stadium on Saturday came out of nowhere, and conceding the third goal from a corner — typically an area of strength for Arsenal — summed up an unusually sloppy performance from Mikel Arteta’s team.

Pascal Gross and Charalampos Kostoulas scored in the first half with shots from outside the penalty area, before Chema Andres completed the win with a header at the back post from Gross’ corner.

“There are certain basics that you need to accomplish in football, especially in the Premier League, that we were very far from," said Arteta, who described it as a “big lesson.”

“The amount of technical errors that we did, and we didn’t respect any principle of play that you have to, to get out of man-to-man situations. That put us always on the back foot.”

The victory will have been especially sweet for Brighton manager Fabian Hurzeler, who said “only one team tried to play football” after his team’s narrow home loss to Arsenal last season.

Arsenal has often struggled against Brighton, which was the last team to inflict such a heavy defeat on the Gunners in any competition — winning 3-0 at Emirates Stadium in May 2023.

It completed a brilliant week for Brighton, which beat Coventry 5-0 in the league last weekend and came from two goals down in midweek to beat Manchester United 3-2 away in the English League Cup.

“We have to have the belief to compete with the best teams in the league,” Hurzeler said.

Manchester City — the other team to win its first four games — can now move three points clear in the standings by beating Sunderland on Sunday.

More misery for big-spending Tottenham

Fresh off a $400 million summer spend, Tottenham remains without a win in five league games this season after losing 3-2 at home to Aston Villa.

Johan Manzambi, a 20-year-old attacking midfielder who starred for Switzerland at the World Cup, made his first start for Villa and scored the opening goal against the run of play in first-half-stoppage time. He set up another for fellow new signing Nicolas Jackson, before Emi Buendia’s long-range strike in the 79th sent Villa on its way to a first league win of the campaign.

Conor Gallagher and Jan Paul van Hecke grabbed late consolations for Spurs — its first league goals this season — but it is now two draws and three defeats in the league for Roberto De Zerbi's team, which also lost in the English League Cup this week.

After back-to-back 17th-place finishes in the 20-team Premier League, Tottenham’s leadership oversaw a huge squad rebuild in the offseason in a show of confidence in De Zerbi.

There’s been no payback so far in terms of results and De Zerbi — a combustible Italian coach — is under growing pressure heading into a long international break.

He said he didn't speak to his players after the game “because I didn’t want to say anything.”

“I was very disappointed, very sad, very frustrated for the performance," De Zerbi said, “because we can’t lose this game in this way.”

To make matters worse for Tottenham, World Cup-winning Spain right back Pedro Porro was forced off midway through the first half with an injury.

Wins for Newcastle and Everton

Fast starts helped Newcastle and Everton claim wins over promoted teams.

Newcastle scored twice in the first seven minutes — through Lewis Hall and Joe Willock — to set up a 2-1 victory over previously unbeaten Hull.

Thierno Barry's 11th-minute goal was enough for Everton to beat Ipswich 1-0.

The league's other promoted club, Coventry, got a first win since coming up, beating Nottingham Forest 1-0 away.

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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.