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According to Fort Lauderdale police, the incident was reported at about 7:30 a.m. in the 1000 block of Northwest Fifth Avenue.

Detective Kerri Hagerty said the mother and son were approached from behind by an unknown person who struck both of them with a “blunt object.”

Hagerty said the woman sustained a cut in the back of the head and the boy sustained an abrasion to his face.

Both victims were transported to Broward Health Medical Center to be treated for their injuries.

Local 10 reporter Roy Ramos spoke with the mother after they arrived home from the hospital. She said she was walking her son, who has special needs, to a bus stop to take him to school when he was targeted.

She said a man struck her son with a stick and then began striking her with the object after she intervened to protect her son.

“Some guy just comes behind us, out the blue. My son is non-verbal, he’s disabled – that’s sad,” the woman identified only as Chrissy said, adding that her son has autism. “He just comes and tells him something and attacks him, and then I had to intercept and get in front (of him) and then he attacks me.”

Hagerty said the suspect fled the scene prior to officers arriving.

Anyone with information about the suspect’s identity is asked to call the Fort Lauderdale Police Department or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

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Both children were in hot cars.

More than 50% of pediatric vehicular heatstroke deaths happen after a caregiver accidentally forgets a child in the back seat, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Some children die of vehicular heatstroke because they gained access to a vehicle and became trapped because an adult failed to keep the keys out of the child’s reach.

Children are at a higher risk of heatstroke than adults since their body temperature rises three to five times faster.

The risk is high even when it isn’t hot outside. Consumer Reports recently reported testing showed that while the outdoor temperature was 61 degrees, the temperature inside a closed car had reached more than 105 degrees in just one hour.

Safety tips

Never leave a child unattended in a vehicle.

If you see a child alone in a locked car, act immediately and call 911.

A child in distress due to heat should be removed from the vehicle as quickly as possible and rapidly cooled.

Store car keys and fobs out of a child’s reach and teach children that a vehicle is not a play area.

Remember that rolling the vehicle’s windows down or parking in the shade does little to change the interior temperature of the vehicle.

Write a note or place a stuffed animal in the passenger’s seat to remind you that a child is in the back seat.

Activate car and app reminders when available

Teach caregivers, sitters and grandparents about the dangers of hot cars

Source: NHTSA, NoHeatstroke.org, Florida Department of Children and Families

Según los registros de la cárcel en línea, el ex candidato a gobernador fue arrestado el jueves por la noche en Daphne, Alabama, por cargos de posesión de drogas peligrosas, parafernalia de drogas y posesión de marihuana.

Desde entonces, fue puesto en libertad.

No se divulgaron de inmediato más detalles sobre el arresto del hombre de 46 años.

Según un comunicado de prensa del Departamento de Policía de Daphne, los agentes detuvieron a Gillum cuando conducía de forma errática alrededor de las 22:45 horas del jueves.

La policía indicó que uno de los agentes vio una pipa de cristal en la consola central del vehículo, lo que les llevó a registrar el coche.

Según la policía, también se incautaron varios porros de marihuana y tres paquetes de una sustancia que dio positivo en metanfetamina.

Enseguida, Gillum fue detenido e ingresado en la cárcel municipal de Daphne antes de ser trasladado al centro penitenciario del condado de Baldwin.

Gillum, quien se postuló como demócrata contra DeSantis en las elecciones de 2018, ya había sido noticia en marzo de 2020 después de que la Policía de Miami Beach informara que lo encontró en el hotel Mondrian South Beach en estado de “ebriedad” junto a otros dos hombres.

Según un informe policial, los agentes encontraron tres pequeñas bolsas transparentes dentro de la habitación del hotel que contenían presunta metanfetamina cristalina, aunque los hombres nunca fueron acusados de ningún delito.

Gillum emitió un comunicado tras el incidente de 2020, en el que afirmó que había asistido a una boda la noche anterior y había estado bebiendo, pero negó haber consumido metanfetamina.

Gillum también fue noticia en 2023 cuando fue absuelto de mentirle al FBI en un caso de corrupción que también involucró el uso ilegal de contribuciones de campaña.

Hasta la mañana del martes, no había publicado un comunicado sobre el más reciente incidente en Alabama.

The Boston University CTE Center, which investigates the long-term consequences of repetitive brain trauma in athletes and others, analyzed Kneeland's brain tissue after his death. Researchers determined Kneeland, who was 24, was in stage one of four of CTE.

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CTE is a degenerative brain disease that has been found in athletes in contact sports, combat veterans and others who experience repetitive head trauma. It has been known to cause violent mood swings, impulsive behavior and depression. It can be diagnosed only after death.

“While this diagnosis does not change the tragedy of his passing, it provides important context about some of the struggles he may have been facing. We share this information to help people understand what NFL and other high contact sport athletes might be struggling with,” Kneeland’s family, including his girlfriend, Catalina Mancera, said in a statement issued through the Concussion and CTE Foundation.

“Raising awareness is important to us. We continue to remember Marshawn with compassion for the person he was, rather than defining him by the final moments of his life. One Love,” the family said.

The abnormality has also been linked to deaths in the National Football League, as well as in hockey and soccer.

Kneeland shot himself after evading authorities in his vehicle and fleeing a car crash on foot.

The chase happened after police said Kneeland didn’t stop for Texas Department of Public Safety troopers over a traffic violation. Authorities lost sight of the vehicle before locating it crashed minutes later.

As authorities were looking for Kneeland after he fled the crash site on foot, a dispatcher told officers that people who knew him had received a group text from Kneeland “saying goodbye,” indicating he might be suicidal.

According to a 2021 study by the Harvard Medical School and the Boston University CTE Center, NFL players are more than four times more likely to develop ALS than other men.

Dr. Chris Nowinski, CEO of the Concussion & CTE Foundation, noted Kneeland's diagnosis comes even amid a modern era of concussion protocols in professional and college athletics and better safety equipment.

Kneeland started playing tackle football when he was 7 years old. He played at Western Michigan University before he was selected by the Cowboys in the second round of the 2024 NFL draft.

“We have no reason to believe the current generation is at a lower risk of CTE than previous generations. Concussion protocols do not prevent CTE, because CTE is caused by repeated head impacts, not just concussions,” Nowinski said. “If we want to reduce CTE risk, we must implement CTE prevention protocols and aggressively reduce the number and strength of head impacts at every level of the game.”

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Ambos niños estaban al interior de autos que tenían altas temperaturas.

Más del 50% de las muertes pediátricas por golpes de calor en vehículos ocurren después de que un cuidador olvida accidentalmente a un niño en el asiento trasero, según la Administración Nacional de Seguridad del Tráfico en las Carreteras.

Algunos niños mueren por golpes de calor en vehículos porque accedieron a un auto y quedaron atrapados, debido a que un adulto no mantuvo las llaves fuera de su alcance.

Los niños tienen un mayor riesgo de sufrir un golpe de calor que los adultos, ya que su temperatura corporal aumenta de tres a cinco veces más rápido.

El riesgo es alto incluso cuando no hace calor afuera. Consumer Reports informó recientemente que pruebas mostraron que, mientras la temperatura exterior era de 61 grados, la temperatura dentro de un auto cerrado alcanzó más de 105 grados en solo una hora.

Consejos de seguridad

Nunca deje a un niño sin supervisión dentro de un vehículo.

Si ve a un niño solo dentro de un auto cerrado, actúe de inmediato y llame al 911.

Un niño en peligro debido al calor debe ser sacado del vehículo lo más rápido posible y enfriado rápidamente.

Guarde las llaves del auto y los controles remotos fuera del alcance de los niños y enséñeles que un vehículo no es un área de juegos.

Recuerde que bajar las ventanas del vehículo o estacionarse a la sombra hace poco para cambiar la temperatura interior del vehículo.

Escriba una nota o coloque un animal de peluche en el asiento del pasajero para recordarle que hay un niño en el asiento trasero.

Active recordatorios del vehículo y de aplicaciones cuando estén disponibles.

Enseñe a cuidadores, niñeras y abuelos sobre los peligros de los autos calientes.

Fuente: NHTSA, NoHeatstroke.org, Departamento de Niños y Familias de Florida

The survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research arrives at a moment when a once-consensus foreign policy issue is increasingly polarizing Americans along partisan and generational lines, driven by criticism for Israel’s conduct nearly three years after the outbreak of its latest war with Hamas in Gaza.

About one-third of U.S. adults — including roughly half of Democrats — believe that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians during the war in Gaza, an accusation that’s been leveled by some human rights organizations and vehemently denied by Israel and the U.S. government. About 2 in 10 Americans say Israel has not and the rest, about half, don’t know enough to say.

A similar share, 30%, of Jewish adults say Israel has committed genocide, although about half, 49%, say it has not.

Harold Kalmus, a 69-year-old Democrat from Arden, Delaware who describes himself as Jewish by birth, said he remembers being proud of Israel when he was younger. Not anymore.

“I realize that there is a threat from Hamas. And I realize they’re in a very difficult situation, but what they have done is just an unspeakable horror,” he said of Israel’s military action against the Palestinians. “They’re trying to wipe out a civilization as far as I’m concerned.”

The findings show sharply eroded views of Israel in the U.S., nearly three years after Hamas’ attack on Oct. 7, 2023, which left 1,200 people dead in Israel, mainly civilians, while 251 hostages were taken back to Gaza. More than 73,000 Palestinians have died in Gaza according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry, which doesn’t distinguish between civilian and militant deaths, including more than 1,000 killed since the beginning of the latest ceasefire. American sympathies had been shifting toward the Palestinians and away from the Israelis since around 2020, according to other polling, but has nose-dived since the latest war in Gaza began.

Many Americans, about 4 in 10, don’t know enough to say whether Israel’s immediate military response to Hamas’ attack or its ongoing military operations were justified. Among those who did have an opinion in each case, most say the initial retaliation was justified — but a majority think its current actions are not.

About three-quarters of Jewish adults said Israel’s initial response was justified, but only about 4 in 10 believe that about its ongoing operations.

Only about one-third of U.S. adults view Israel as an “extremely” or “very” important issue to them personally. But it’s been a searing topic in American politics as the relationship between the two countries remains tense, just four months before high-stakes midterm elections determine the balance of power in Congress for President Donald Trump’s final two years in office. Vice President JD Vance recently criticized Israeli leaders who have expressed frustration with Trump, while vocal critics of Israel recently defeated establishment-backed Democrats in New York and Colorado primaries.

Democrats’ support for Israel drops

The AP-NORC poll reveals a decisive shift within the Democratic Party.

About 58% of Democrats now say the U.S. is “too supportive” of the Israelis, up from 45% in an AP-NORC poll from January 2024 when former President Joe Biden was in office. That includes 51% of Jewish Democrats in the new poll.

Roughly 6 in 10 Democrats, 62%, say the U.S. is “not supportive enough” of the Palestinians, up from 49% in 2024. Younger Democrats — those 45 and younger — are still more likely than older ones to say that the United States is “not supportive enough” of the Palestinians, but older Democrats are catching up to their younger counterparts. About 57% of older Democrats now say the U.S. should do more for the Palestinians, up from 39% two years ago.

Joy Jennik, a 73-year-old Democrat from Brookfield, Wisconsin, said she didn’t have strong opinions about the U.S. relationship with Israel until after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack.

Now, she believes Israel is guilty of genocide.

“The Gaza Strip, there’s not a lot left of it. Those poor people are barely living,” said Jennik, a retired home economics teacher.

GOP stays behind Israel, but less so among young Republicans

Just a sliver of Republicans, 13%, describe Israel’s actions as genocide, although there is an apparent age gap. About 2 in 10 Republicans under 45 say Israel has committed genocide, while about 1 in 10 Republicans ages 45 and older say the same.

Overall, 60% of Republicans describe the U.S. support for Israel as “about right.” Only about 2 in 10 Republicans say that the United States is “too supportive” of the Israelis, although Republicans under 45 are more likely to say this.

The share of Republicans overall who say the U.S. is “too supportive” of Israel has not changed meaningfully since 2024, but the share who say the U.S. is “not supportive enough” has shrunk from 39% to 15%.

Mike Cardona, a 70-year-old Republican from suburban Phoenix, said he’s pleased with the level of support that the U.S. is giving Israel and rejects the notion that Israel has committed genocide.

“I wish they’d gone in harder and better,” Cardona, a retired industrial supply salesperson said of Israel’s military action in Gaza. “Unfortunately, some innocents will be hurt, but Hamas and Hezbollah never took that into consideration when they were killing children and women in Israel.”

Netanyahu is broadly unpopular, while views of Mamdani are split

In interviews, several respondents emphasized that their criticism of Israel was focused on its leaders, especially Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is perceived as closely aligned with Trump after repeated clashes with Democratic presidents.

Overall, only 20% of U.S. adults have a favorable view of the Israeli prime minister, while about twice as many, 38%, have an unfavorable view. About 41% don’t know enough to have an opinion.

Netanyahu is particularly unpopular among Jewish adults: about 6 in 10 view him unfavorably, while about one-third see him positively.

Younger adults, regardless of party, are more likely than older adults to say they don’t have an opinion about Netanyahu. But while older Republicans see Netanyahu more positively than negatively, younger Republicans’ views tilt unfavorably.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has gained prominence as an outspoken critic of Israel, and 27% of U.S. adults have a favorable opinion of the 34-year-old democratic socialist. Another 28% of U.S. adults have an unfavorable opinion, while 44% don’t know enough to say.

Jewish adults, who overwhelmingly identify as Democrats, have a more positive view of Mamdani than of Netanyahu, with 44% viewing the New York City mayor positively, 39% viewing him negatively, and 17% saying they don’t know enough to say.

About half of Democrats overall have a favorable impression of Mamdani and only about 1 in 10 have an unfavorable view of him, while the rest, about 39%, don’t have an opinion.

Meanwhile, the U.S.-Israel relationship is not top of mind for many Americans as they think about the upcoming midterm elections.

For people like Michael Ripka, a 34-year-old stage hand from Casper, Wyoming who typically votes Republican, the economy is by far the most important thing on his mind.

“Everything is mad expensive,” he said. The conflicts in the Middle East, he added, is “100% a very big distraction.”

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The AP-NORC poll of 3,040 adults was conducted June 11-17 using a sample drawn from NORC’s probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The poll included interviews with 1,022 Jewish adults. The margin of sampling error for adults overall is plus or minus 2.8 percentage points and the margin of sampling error for Jewish adults is plus or minus 5.0 percentage points.

Según la Policía de Sunrise, el robo del vehículo ocurrió en la cuadra 2900 de Northwest 60th Av.

La Policía indicó que los agentes establecieron un perímetro y el sospechoso abandonó el vehículo que terminó cayendo a un canal cercano.

Las autoridades informaron que ni el sospechoso ni alguna otra persona cayeron al agua.

La Policía confirmó que el sospechoso fue arrestado.

No se divulgaron de inmediato más detalles.

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According to online jail records, the former politician was arrested Thursday night in Daphne, Alabama on charges of possession of dangerous drugs, drug paraphernalia and possession of marijuana.

He has since been released from jail.

Further details surrounding the 46-year-old’s arrest were not immediately released.

According to a press release from the Daphne Police Department, officers pulled over Gillum as he was driving erratically at about 10:45 p.m. Thursday.

Police said one of the officers spotted a glass pipe on the center console of the vehicle, which led them to search the car.

According to police, several rolled marijuana cigarettes and three packages of a substance that tested positive for methamphetamine were also recovered.

Gillum was then arrested and booked into the Daphne City Jail before being transported to the Baldwin County Correctional Facility.

Gillum, who ran as a Democrat against DeSantis in the 2018 election, previously made headlines in March 2020 after Miami Beach police said they found him at the Mondrian South Beach Hotel in an “inebriated” state with two other men.

According to a police report, officers found three small clear bags inside the hotel room containing suspected crystal meth, although the men were never charged with a crime.

Gillum released a statement after the 2020 incident, saying he was at a wedding the night before the incident and was drinking, but denied taking any methamphetamines.

Gillum also made headlines in 2023 when he was acquitted of lying to the FBI in a corruption case that also involved illegal use of campaign contributions.

He has not publicly released a statement regarding the latest incident in Alabama, as of Tuesday morning.

Según la Policía de Fort Lauderdale, el incidente fue reportado alrededor de las 7:30 a.m. en la cuadra 1000 de Northwest Fifth Avenue.

La detective Kerri Hagerty indicó que la madre y el hijo fueron abordados por detrás por una persona desconocida, que golpeó a ambos con un “objeto contundente”.

Hagerty informó que la mujer sufrió una cortada en la parte posterior de la cabeza y que el menor sufrió una abrasión en el rostro.

Ambas víctimas fueron trasladadas al Broward Health Medical Center. Se informó que sus lesiones no ponen en peligro sus vidas.

El reportero de Local 10 Roy Ramos habló con la madre después del ataque, quien dijo que estaba caminando con su hijo, quien tiene necesidades especiales, hacia una parada de autobús para llevarlo a la escuela cuando fueron atacados.

Dijo que un hombre los golpeó con un palo.

“Un tipo simplemente viene detrás de nosotros, de la nada. Mi hijo no habla, tiene una discapacidad”, dijo la mujer identificada únicamente como Chrissy, agregando que su hijo tiene autismo.

Hagerty indicó que el sospechoso huyó del lugar antes de que llegaran los agentes.

Cualquier persona con información sobre la identidad del sospechoso debe comunicarse con el Departamento de Policía de Fort Lauderdale o con Broward Crime Stoppers al 954-493-8477.

Según la Policía, una persona que caminaba por el puente de Sheridan Street vio el cuerpo en el agua poco antes de las 7:20 a.m. y llamó a las autoridades.

La Policía de Hollywood confirmó que la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward colaboró en la recuperación del cuerpo del agua.

Los agentes identificaron a la víctima únicamente como un hombre blanco, mientras continúan los esfuerzos para determinar su identidad.

Por el momento se desconoce la causa de la muerte y la Policía indicó que no está claro si hubo mano criminal.

“En estos momentos, nuestra Unidad de Homicidios está investigando este caso, tal y como hace con todas las investigaciones por fallecimiento!, afirmó el agente Christian Lata. ”El forense acudirá al lugar y llevará a cabo su investigación junto con nuestros detectives de homicidios, y cuando determinen la causa de la muerte o si hay indicios de acto delictivo, podremos continuar con dicha investigación".

Según los agentes, Wilson Matias Jr., de 19 meses, salió corriendo de su casa en Allen Road poco después de las 2 p.m. del lunes mientras su madre, Ericka Cante Hernandez, de 33 años, sacaba de la entrada un Chevrolet Suburban 2024.

Los agentes dijeron que Hernandez accidentalmente golpeó a su hijo con la camioneta SUV.

Wilson fue trasladado por paramédicos al Hospital Memorial Regional, donde murió.

Aunque los detectives creen que el accidente fue accidental, dijeron que la investigación continúa.

Familiares le dijeron a Local 10 News el lunes que cariñosamente se referían a Wilson como Junior.

Desde entonces crearon una página de GoFundMe para ayudar con los gastos del funeral y los servicios conmemorativos.

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Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue personnel and BSO deputies responded after 2 p.m. to Southwest 56th Avenue and Allen Road, according to BSO.

Fire rescue personnel took the child to Memorial Regional Hospital, according to BSFR Battalion Chief Michael B. Kane.

“Sadly, he was pronounced deceased,” Carey Codd, a BSO spokesman, wrote in a statement, adding that BSO’s traffic homicide unit detectives were investigating the case.

Deputies said the driver remained at the scene after the boy was struck in a driveway.

Family members identified the child as 1-year-old Wilson Alexander, adding that he was called Junior.

They have created a GoFundMe page to help with expenses.

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

Personal de Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue y agentes de BSO respondieron después de las 2 p.m. a la intersección de Southwest 56th Avenue y Allen Road, según BSO.

El personal de bomberos y rescate trasladó al menor al Memorial Regional Hospital, según el jefe de batallón de BSFR, Michael B. Kane.

“Lamentablemente, fue declarado fallecido”, escribió Carey Codd, portavoz de BSO, en un comunicado, y añadió que detectives de la unidad de homicidios de tránsito de BSO investigan el caso.

Los agentes indicaron que el conductor permaneció en el lugar de los hechos después de que el niño fuera atropellado en la entrada de una vivienda.

Los familiares identificaron al niño como Wilson Alexander, de 1 año, y añadieron que le llamaban «Junior».

Han creado una página en GoFundMe para ayudar a sufragar los gastos.

La editora de asignaciones de Local 10 News, Carson Merlo, contribuyó a este reporte.

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According to deputies, Wilson Matias Jr., who was 19 months old, ran out of his home on Allen Road shortly after 2 p.m. Monday as his mother, Ericka Cante Hernandez, 33, was pulling out of the driveway in a 2024 Chevrolet Suburban.

Deputies said Hernandez accidentally struck her son with the SUV.

Wilson was transported by paramedics to Memorial Regional Hospital where he died.

Although detectives believe the crash was accidental, they said the investigation remains ongoing.

Family members told Local 10 News Monday that they affectionately referred to Wilson as Junior.

They have since created a GoFundMe page to assist with funeral and memorial expenses.

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According to Sunrise police, the vehicle burglary occurred in the 2900 block of Northwest 60^th Avenue.

Police said a perimeter was established by officers and the suspect abandoned the vehicle, which rolled into a nearby canal.

The suspect, nor any others, ever entered the water, authorities said.

Police confirmed that the suspect was taken into custody.

No other details were immediately released.

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According to police, someone walking across the Sheridan Street bridge spotted the body in the water just before 7:20 a.m. and called police.

Hollywood police confirmed that the Broward Sheriff’s Office assisted in recovering the body from the water.

The victim was identified by officers only as a white man as they are still working to find out who he was.

His cause of death is unknown at this time and police said it’s unclear whether foul play was involved.

“At this time, our Homicide Unit is investigating this, as they do all death investigations,” Officer Christian Lata said. “The medical examiner will come out and conduct their investigation along with our homicide detectives, and when they determine the cause of death or if they determine there’s any foul play, we can proceed with that investigation.”

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Argentina vs. Egypt started at noon in Atlanta.

Colombia vs. Switzerland is at 4 p.m. in Vancouver.

The winners of the two matches will advance to the quarterfinal match at 9 p.m. on July 11.

The Round of 16‘s eight single-elimination knockout matches started on Saturday.

The U.S., Portugal, Canada, Paraguay, Mexico, and Brazil were eliminated.

Related story: After his suspension was lifted in scrutinized move, Balogun has little impact in US World Cup loss

Qualifications

Morocco and France advanced to a quarterfinal match scheduled at 4 p.m. on July 9th.

Belgium and Spain advanced to the quarterfinal match at 3 p.m. on July 10.

Norway and England advanced to a quarterfinal match scheduled at 5 p.m. on July 11.

The tournament, held every four years, started with 48 teams on June 11.

After matches within 12 groups of four, 16 teams were eliminated. The Round of 32 matches eliminated 16 more from June 28 to Friday.

Related link: View the knockout bracket

TOURNAMENT’S SCHEDULE

Quarterfinals

July 9: Morocco vs. France at 4 p.m.

July 10: Belgium vs. Spain at 3 p.m.

July 11: Norway vs. England is at 5 p.m. There is a quarterfinal match at 9 p.m.

Sunrise watch party: The indoor Amerant Bank Arena is hosting a free watch party for ticket holders at 5 p.m. on July 11. Parking is free.

Semifinals

July 14: The fan festival is closed. There is a semi-final match at 3 p.m.

Miami Beach watch party: Doors open at 3 p.m. on July 14 at The Bandshell, at 7275 Collins Ave., for the semifinal match.

July 15: There is a semi-final match at 3 p.m.

Miami Beach watch party: Doors open at 3 p.m. on July 15 at The Bandshell, at 7275 Collins Ave., for the semifinal match.

Finals

July 18: The third-place play-off match is at 5 p.m. at the Miami Stadium, better known as the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens.

Miami Beach watch party: Doors open at 3 p.m. on July 18 at The Sandbowl, behind The Bandshell, at 7275 Collins Ave., for the 5 p.m. bronze final.

Sunrise ride to stadium: The Amerant Bank Arena has free parking for FIFA World Cup ticket holders who ride Broward County’s free Express bus transportation to the Miami Stadium, also known as Hard Rock, in Miami Gardens.

July 19: The final match is at 3 p.m.

Miami Beach watch party: Doors open at 1 p.m. on July 19 at The Sandbowl, behind The Bandshell, at 7275 Collins Ave., for the 3 p.m. final.

Sunrise watch party: The indoor Amerant Bank Arena is hosting a free watch party for ticket holders for the final on July 19. Parking is free.

El partido entre Argentina y Egipto se disputará al mediodía en Atlanta.

El partido entre Colombia y Suiza será a las 4 de la tarde en Vancouver.

Los ganadores de los dos partidos pasarán a los cuartos de final y se enfretarán el 11 de julio a las 21:00 horas.

Los ocho partidos de la ronda de dieciséis, disputados a un solo partido, comenzaron el sábado.

Estados Unidos, Portugal, Canadá, Paraguay, México y Brasil quedaron eliminados.

Noticia relacionada: Tras el levantamiento de su suspensión, en una decisión muy criticada, Balogun tuvo poca influencia en la derrota de Estados Unidos en el Mundial.

Clasificaciones

Marruecos y Francia se clasificaron para un partido de cuartos de final programado para las 16:00 horas del 9 de julio.

Bélgica y España se clasificaron para el partido de cuartos de final que se disputará a las 15:00 horas del 10 de julio.

Noruega e Inglaterra se clasificaron para un partido de cuartos de final programado para las 17:00 horas del 11 de julio.

El torneo, que se celebra cada cuatro años, comenzó el 11 de junio con 48 selecciones.

Tras los partidos disputados en 12 grupos de cuatro, 16 selecciones quedaron eliminadas. En la ronda de dieciséis, celebrada entre el 28 de junio y el viernes, se eliminaron otras 16.

Tras los partidos disputados en 12 grupos de cuatro, quedaron eliminadas 16 selecciones. En la ronda de dieciséis, disputada entre el 28 de junio y el viernes, quedaron eliminadas otras 16.

Enlace relacionado: Ver el cuadro del torneo

CALENDARIO DEL TORNEO

Cuartos de final

9 de julio: Marruecos contra Francia a las 16:00 h.

10 de julio: Bélgica contra España a las 15:00 h.

11 de julio: Noruega contra Inglaterra a las 17:00 h. Hay un partido de cuartos de final a las 21:00 h.

Fiesta para ver el partido en Sunrise: El pabellón cubierto Amerant Bank Arena acoge una fiesta gratuita para los poseedores de entradas a las 17:00 h del 11 de julio. El aparcamiento es gratuito.

Semifinales

14 de julio: El festival de aficionados permanecerá cerrado. Habrá un partido de semifinales a las 15:00 h.

Fiesta para ver el partido en Miami Beach: Las puertas se abrirán a las 15:00 h del 14 de julio en The Bandshell, en el 7275 de Collins Ave., para el partido de semifinales.

15 de julio: Habrá un partido de semifinales a las 15:00 h.

Fiesta para ver el partido en Miami Beach: Las puertas se abren a las 15:00 horas del 15 de julio en The Bandshell, en el 7275 de Collins Ave., para la semifinal.

Finales

18 de julio: El partido por el tercer puesto es a las 17:00 horas en el Miami Stadium, más conocido como Hard Rock Stadium, en Miami Gardens.

Fiesta para ver el partido en Miami Beach: Las puertas se abren a las 15:00 horas del 18 de julio en The Sandbowl, detrás de The Bandshell, en el 7275 de Collins Ave., para la final por el tercer puesto de las 17:00 horas.

Traslado desde Sunrise al estadio: El Amerant Bank Arena dispone de aparcamiento gratuito para los poseedores de entradas para la Copa del Mundo de la FIFA que utilicen el servicio gratuito de autobuses Express del condado de Broward para desplazarse al Miami Stadium, también conocido como Hard Rock, en Miami Gardens.

19 de julio: La final es a las 15:00 h.

Fiesta para ver el partido en Miami Beach: Las puertas se abren a las 13:00 h del 19 de julio en The Sandbowl, detrás de The Bandshell, en el 7275 de Collins Ave., para la final de las 15:00 h.

Fiesta para ver el partido en Sunrise: El recinto cubierto Amerant Bank Arena acoge una fiesta gratuita para los poseedores de entradas para la final del 19 de julio. El aparcamiento es gratuito.

Former Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and former Jackson City Council President Aaron Banks pleaded guilty Monday to one count of conspiracy. Their pleas came after Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens pleaded guilty last week and resigned. All three are Democrats.

Two other people — Angelique Lee, the Democratic former vice president of the Jackson City Council, and Sherik Marve Smith, a businessman and relative of Owens — had already pleaded guilty to bribery charges.

A November 2024 indictment accused Owens of taking at least $115,000 from two FBI agents posing as real estate developers and facilitating more than $80,000 in bribe payments to Banks, Lumumba and Lee in exchange for their help greenlighting a development project.

Lumumba, Banks and Owens could be sentenced to up to five years in prison. Their sentencing hearings are set for Oct. 15.

Lumumba, who previously called the charges a political prosecution, lost his reelection bid last year. His lawyers did not immediately respond to The Associated Press' requests for comment.

Banks' lawyer declined to comment.

The 1970s-era building was under construction while being converted to luxury apartments, and is the former global headquarters of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. It’s located in a busy corridor about a block from the landmark Chrysler Building and between Grand Central Terminal and the United Nations headquarters.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.

NEW YORK (AP) — Reports of falling bricks and buckling columns have forced evacuations in the area around a Midtown Manhattan high-rise office building that was being converted to luxury apartments, fire officials said Tuesday.

Among the evacuated buildings was a school with about 400 children, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said. There were no reported injuries and all workers inside the building were accounted for, he said. Nearby streets were closed to people and vehicles.

The 1970s-era building is the former global headquarters of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. It's located in a busy corridor about a block from the landmark Chrysler Building and between Grand Central Terminal and the United Nations headquarters.

The New York Fire Department said it received reports of bricks falling at around 8 a.m. from the 38-story tower. Officials found two columns had buckled on the 21st and 22nd floors and that floors were sagging between the 21st and 26th floors.

The office-to-residential conversion has been billed as the largest in the city’s history, according to Gensler, the architectural firm leading the project. The planned complex with more than 1,600 units includes adding more than a dozen stories atop the building’s original tower while also redesigning an adjoining tower. A spokesperson for Gensler did not immediately return a voicemail and email seeking comment.

Asked whether the building was actually at risk of collapse, Mamdani said first responders found “structural issues with the building” and “beyond that, just for those in the immediate area to follow the instructions of those on the ground.”

The city's building department said its inspectors and engineers were on the scene at 235 East 42nd Street.

“Our top priority right now,” the mayor added, “is the safety of those who live in this area and the safety of those who work in this area.”

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Izaguirre reported from Lindenhurst, New York.

Puede que eso sea una exageración televisiva, pero los tornados y otras tormentas peligrosas sí golpean la ciudad con regularidad. Cuando ocurre, mucha gente aquí recurre a Nashville Severe Weather.

Este grupo de voluntarios dedicados se puede encontrar en redes sociales, explicando con calma el desplazamiento de la tormenta, aconsejando cuándo ponerse a cubierto y dando el “todo despejado”. La cobertura de Will Minkoff, Andrew Leeper y Tom Johnstone atrae a decenas de miles de espectadores que interactúan con ellos en tiempo real. Es un servicio que evoca la promesa inicial de internet, antes del auge de los influencers.

Esto ocurre en un momento en que muchas personas ya no ven las noticias locales ni los reportes meteorológicos. Aun así, Kevin Trowbridge, quien enseña comunicación estratégica en la Universidad Belmont en Nashville, comenta que una encuesta informal entre sus estudiantes encontró que muchos sintonizan Nashville Severe Weather.

“Los millennials y la Generación Z —y al enseñar a estudiantes universitarios, lo sé demasiado bien—, su fuente de información es ese dispositivo que llevan en la mano”, afirma. “No es encender un televisor. Y ni siquiera ver las noticias en internet de un medio tradicional. Es encontrar fuentes que les den información rápida cuando la necesitan”.

Están “preparados, no asustados”

El auge de Nashville Severe Weather es un caso de estudio moderno en múltiples áreas: un corredor de tornados que se desplaza, un clima cambiante, la prevalencia de las redes sociales y el valor de la información instantánea e hiperlocal que puede salvar el día o salvar vidas.

La iniciativa ha evolucionado durante más de una década desde sus orígenes como una cuenta de Twitter y un blog. Hoy, los voluntarios transmiten en vivo en su canal de YouTube cada vez que Nashville o los condados aledaños enfrentan clima severo. Como Leeper, Minkoff y Johnstone viven aquí, afrontan las mismas amenazas que su audiencia.

“Hay algo en Nash Severe Weather que es distinto del aficionado entusiasta”, señala Trowbridge. “Creo que por eso la gente los sigue. Por eso confía en ellos. Por eso los sintoniza y recurre a ellos. ... Es auténtico y real”.

Leeper, pastor de una iglesia, tiene una voz tranquilizadora y un letrero en un estante detrás de él que dice “preparados, no asustados”. Ha tenido que dejar la transmisión para despertar a su familia y refugiarse en su espacio seguro. Lo hizo con calma, modelando el comportamiento de su lema. Después de que pasó la amenaza, se reincorporó a la transmisión.

Katherine Moffat, quien trabaja como directora ejecutiva de la Tennessee Academy of Physician Assistants, dice que el clima en la televisión local puede ser “un poco exagerado” cuando las tormentas amenazan. Nashville Severe Weather, sostiene, es diferente.

“Son un poco más calmados y te lo dicen sin rodeos”, explica. “No ponen a la gente demasiado nerviosa”.

El Corredor de los Tornados se desplaza

La necesidad de su servicio nunca ha sido mayor. El “Corredor de los Tornados” se ha ido desplazando de las llanuras del Medio Oeste hacia estados más al este, indica Johnstone, meteorólogo que se unió al grupo el año pasado tras 33 años en el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional.

“En el centro-sur, especialmente bajando por Alabama, Mississippi, y hacia Tennessee y el oeste de Kentucky, ha sido donde los tornados han sido más frecuentes... y donde la gente ha muerto en mayor número”, afirma.

Michelle Stewart obtiene toda su información meteorológica mediante notificaciones push de Nashville Severe Weather en su teléfono. Es un servicio que consideró invaluable durante una tormenta de hielo que dejó a gran parte de la ciudad sin electricidad ni servicio de internet durante días.

“Son muy informativos sobre no solo qué esperar, sino cómo estar preparados, y simplemente le dan a todo el mundo un panorama general sin que sea demasiado científico. Ya sabes, se siente un poco como si estuvieras hablando con tu vecino”, comenta Stewart, gerente de proyectos en una empresa de investigación en salud. “Me tranquilizan muchísimo durante esos eventos en vivo”.

Brett Withers, exconcejal de la ciudad de Nashville que vio morir a dos personas en su distrito durante un tornado en 2020 que mató a 24 personas en Tennessee, considera a Nashville Severe Weather como “una bendición”.

“Tenemos a muchísima gente mudándose a Nashville, y puede que vengan de lugares donde los tornados son raros, si es que ocurren”, explica.

Bajo valor de producción y un “corazón de voluntarios”

La popularidad de Nashville Severe Weather desafía gran parte de la lógica aceptada sobre cómo construir una audiencia en redes sociales. No hay nada sofisticado ni de alta producción en sus transmisiones en vivo. No intentan exagerar el peligro ni la emoción. Desde luego, no intentan perseguir tornados ni correr afuera con vientos de fuerza huracanada.

Sus transmisiones están dominadas visualmente por el radar meteorológico. Minkoff, Leeper y Johnstone, a veces acompañados por otros voluntarios, transmiten cada uno desde su propia casa y aparecen en recuadros pequeños en la parte inferior o lateral de la pantalla. Los gráficos, cuando los tienen, parecen como si los hubiera dibujado un niño de 5 años.

Ahí está el querido “Monstruo de Aire Seco”, una figura de palitos con una cabeza enorme y mandíbulas de Godzilla que mastican.

El cofundador de Nashville Severe Weather, David Drobny, lo dibujó para explicar cómo el aire seco podía “comerse” la nieve que se dirigía hacia Nashville. En una ciudad sureña que por lo general ve nieve en el suelo solo unos pocos días al año, mucha gente la espera como unas minivacaciones. El lema del monstruo es “No hay nieve para ti”.

Su enfoque hiperlocal se mantiene con los pies en la tierra

Su enfoque hiperlocal permite a Nashville Severe Weather llenar un nicho que dejaron los meteorólogos de la televisión local, que tienen que informar sobre decenas de condados.

“Una de las cosas que Nash Severe puede hacer, que incluso a las estaciones de televisión les cuesta, es realmente bajarlo al nivel de la intersección, de la escuela, de la iglesia, para que la gente sepa dónde está el peligro y la amenaza”, explica Johnstone.

Su cobertura es de doble vía. Los miembros de la audiencia aportan fotos y video que muestran las condiciones sobre el terreno y comentan en el chat. Nashville Severe Weather comparte esa información con el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional y con meteorólogos de televisión. También intentan responder las preguntas de la gente mientras transmiten.

Leeper recuerda un día en que enviaron a los escolares a casa por una amenaza de tornado. Cuando un niño comentó en el chat que estaba solo en casa, se le encogió el corazón.

“Simplemente paramos lo que estábamos diciendo en la transmisión, y dije: ‘Hey. Caigo en cuenta de que tenemos a un montón de niños en casa que quizá están solos. Hey. Esto es lo que tienen que hacer’”, rememora Leeper. “Me encantan esos momentos en los que podemos, de algún modo, dejar todo lo demás a un lado para hablar con las personas que están escuchando, sea cual sea la situación en la que estén”.

Son momentos como ese los que les ayudan a mantener los pies en la tierra.

En 2023, un tornado mató aquí a una madre y a su hijo pequeño que vivían en una casa rodante. Leeper no los conocía, pero asistió al velorio.

“Se crea toda otra emoción cuando entras a una visita funeraria de familias que están sufriendo cuando se trata de un evento meteorológico que tú cubriste”, expresa. “No es pura acción y aventura. Realmente afecta la vida de las personas para siempre”.

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The recall affects 10-ounce packages of GreenWise Organic IQF Blueberries that were distributed to Publix stores in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

According to Publix, the recall was initiated by supplier Frutas y Hortalizas del Sur S.A. of San Carlos, Chile, after reports linked the product to illnesses.

The recalled product includes:

• Product: GreenWise Organic IQF Blueberries (Frozen)
• Package size: 10 ounces
• Lot code: 60401
• Best By date: Feb. 9, 2028

Publix said customers should return or discard any affected GreenWise frozen blueberries purchased on or before July 3, 2026. No other lot codes or best-by dates are included in the recall.

According to a news release issued by Publix, there have been 12 confirmed cases of E. coli infections reported between May 11 and June 5, linked to the consumption of the recalled blueberries.

Consumers who have the recalled blueberries should not eat them. Instead, they should throw the product away or return it to the place of purchase for a full refund.

Anyone with questions about the recall can email Info.foodsafety@comfrut.com or call 336-899-5612.

Publix está pidiendo a sus clientes revisar sus congeladores después de que se emitió un retiro del mercado para ciertos arándanos congelados GreenWise que podrían estar contaminados con E. coli, una cepa de bacteria que puede causar enfermedades graves.

El retiro afecta paquetes de 10 onzas de arándanos orgánicos GreenWise IQF que fueron distribuidos a tiendas Publix en Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Carolina del Norte, Carolina del Sur, Tennessee y Virginia.

Según Publix, el retiro fue iniciado por el proveedor Frutas y Hortalizas del Sur S.A. de San Carlos, Chile, después de que reportes vincularan el producto con enfermedades.

El producto retirado incluye:

• Producto: Arándanos orgánicos GreenWise IQF (congelados)
• Tamaño del paquete: 10 onzas
• Código de lote: 60401
• Fecha de consumo preferente: 9 de febrero de 2028

Publix informó que los clientes deben devolver o desechar cualquier arándano congelado GreenWise afectado comprado hasta el 3 de julio de 2026. Ningún otro código de lote o fecha de consumo preferente está incluido en el retiro.

Según un comunicado de prensa emitido por Publix, se han confirmado 12 casos de infecciones por E. coli reportados entre el 11 de mayo y el 5 de junio, vinculados al consumo de los arándanos retirados.

Los consumidores que tengan los arándanos retirados no deben comerlos. En su lugar, deben desechar el producto o devolverlo al lugar de compra para recibir un reembolso completo.

Las personas con preguntas sobre el retiro pueden enviar un correo electrónico a Info.foodsafety@comfrut.com o llamar al 336-899-5612.

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Deputies with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office on Monday arrested Tyquan Lamar Howard, 25, in connection with the shooting that they say occurred on June 18 in the county’s West Little River neighborhood.

According to Howard’s arrest report, deputies responded just before 1:15 p.m. to a ShotSpotter alert indicating that one round had been fired near Northwest 79th Terrace and Northwest 21st Avenue.

While deputies were en route, dispatchers advised that the victim had reported that someone had fired at his vehicle, the report states.

The victim told investigators he was working as an Uber Eats delivery driver when he saw Howard walking south on Northwest 21st Avenue before turning west onto Northwest 79th Terrace, according to the report.

The report states the driver later received a notification directing him to pick up an order from a nearby Church’s Texas Chicken.

According to the report, after making a U-turn on Northwest 79th Terrace and passing Howard a second time, the driver said he saw Howard reach into his waistband, pull out a gun and fire toward his vehicle as he drove away.

Investigators said the bullet struck the vehicle’s front driver’s-side tire, causing it to rapidly deflate. They said the victim was not injured.

According to the report, surveillance video captured the shooting and showed the suspect fleeing on foot toward his home.

Investigators said they also identified Howard as the person seen entering a nearby gas station after the shooting, matching the description provided by the victim.

Deputies executed a search warrant at Howard’s home on Monday, where they seized clothing, shoes and clear eyeglasses matching those worn by the shooter, along with a gun of the same caliber used in the shooting, the report states.

Authorities said Howard was taken into custody at his home and transported to the MDSO’s Northside District Station where he invoked his right to an attorney.

Jail records show he is facing one count each of premeditated attempted murder and criminal mischief.

As of Tuesday morning, he was being held without bond at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. He was also ordered to stay away from the victim.

Authorities have not released a possible motive for the shooting.

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According to an arrest report, officers with the Miami Gardens Police Department responded around 6:10 p.m. to the Exxon gas station at Northwest 167th Street and 17th Avenue after receiving reports about a shooting.

Police identified the suspect as 39-year-old Lawrence Hilbert Morant.

According to the report, the victim, who works as a repossession agent, arrived at Morant’s home in the 16000 block of Northwest 21st Court shortly before 6 p.m. to “lawfully” repossess Morant’s black Ford F-150.

The report states the agent secured the truck to a tow vehicle and began driving away.

Police said Morant “observed the repossession in progress, ran outside and attempted to interfere with the lawful recovery of the vehicle.”

By the time he reached the driveway, the truck had already been secured to the tow truck, according to the report.

The report states Morant chased the tow truck on foot while yelling profanities and threatening the driver.

The repossession agent continued driving away because he feared having a confrontation with the suspect, police said.

A short distance away, the repossession agent stopped to further secure the vehicle when Morant allegedly confronted him again, demanding the return of his truck, the report states.

The victim then reentered the tow truck and drove away because he “feared for his life,” according to police.

Police said Morant then pulled out a handgun and “intentionally fired numerous rounds toward the occupied tow truck.”

Several bullets struck the vehicle, causing damage, according to the report. The repossession agent told investigators he believed he was about to be killed or seriously injured as he fled, the report stated.

Police said the victim drove to a nearby Exxon gas station to seek help and call 911.

According to the report, the victim exited the tow truck and took cover after seeing Morant had followed him to the gas station.

Officers arrived at the gas station and arrested Morant at the scene, the report states.

Police said they recovered the handgun that was allegedly used in the shooting.

According to the report, surveillance video from nearby homes captured a large portion of the incident and showed Morant firing multiple rounds at the occupied tow truck as the victim drove away.

Investigators said they also recovered spent shell casings and other physical evidence that police said corroborated the victim’s account. They said the tow truck sustained multiple bullet strikes.

Authorities said Morant later waived his Miranda rights and was interviewed by investigators. Police said he made a confession that was redacted from the publicly released report.

Jail records show Morant is facing one count each of aggravated assault with a firearm, shooting or throwing a deadly missile and criminal mischief while armed.

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

Según un informe de arresto, agentes del Departamento de Policía de Miami Gardens respondieron alrededor de las 6:10 p.m. a la gasolinera Exxon ubicada en Northwest 167th Street y 17th Avenue luego de recibir reportes sobre una balacera.

La policía identificó al sospechoso como Lawrence Hilbert Morant, de 39 años.

Según el informe, la víctima, quien trabaja como agente de recuperación de vehículos, llegó a la vivienda de Morant en la cuadra 16000 de Northwest 21st Court poco antes de las 6 p.m. para recuperar “legalmente” la camioneta Ford F-150 negra de Morant.

El informe indica que el agente aseguró la camioneta al vehículo de remolque y comenzó a alejarse.

La policía dijo que Morant “observó la recuperación en curso, salió corriendo e intentó interferir con la recuperación legal del vehículo”.

Para cuando llegó al camino de entrada, la camioneta ya había sido asegurada a la grúa, según el informe.

El informe indica que Morant persiguió la grúa a pie mientras gritaba insultos y amenazaba al conductor.

El agente de recuperación continuó conduciendo porque temía tener una confrontación con el sospechoso, dijo la policía.

A poca distancia, el agente de recuperación se detuvo para asegurar más el vehículo cuando Morant presuntamente volvió a confrontarlo, exigiendo que le devolvieran su camioneta, según el informe.

La víctima volvió a entrar a la grúa y se alejó porque “temía por su vida”, según la policía.

La policía dijo que Morant sacó una pistola y “disparó intencionalmente numerosas rondas hacia la grúa ocupada”.

Varios disparos impactaron el vehículo, causando daños, según el informe. El agente de recuperación dijo a los investigadores que creyó que estaba a punto de morir o sufrir lesiones graves mientras escapaba, indicó el informe.

La policía dijo que la víctima condujo hasta una gasolinera Exxon cercana para buscar ayuda y llamar al 911.

Según el informe, la víctima salió de la grúa y se puso a cubierto después de ver que Morant lo había seguido hasta la gasolinera.

Los agentes llegaron a la gasolinera y arrestaron a Morant en la escena, indicó el informe.

La policía dijo que recuperó la pistola que presuntamente fue utilizada en la balacera.

Según el informe, un video de vigilancia de viviendas cercanas captó gran parte del incidente y mostró a Morant disparando varias veces contra la grúa ocupada mientras la víctima se alejaba.

Los investigadores dijeron que también recuperaron casquillos de bala y otras pruebas físicas que, según la policía, corroboraron la versión de la víctima. Dijeron que la grúa sufrió múltiples impactos de bala.

Las autoridades dijeron que Morant posteriormente renunció a sus derechos Miranda y fue entrevistado por investigadores. La policía dijo que hizo una confesión que fue eliminada del informe publicado.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que Morant enfrenta un cargo de agresión agravada con un arma de fuego, un cargo de disparar o lanzar un proyectil mortal y un cargo de daño criminal mientras estaba armado.

Hasta la mañana del martes, permanecía detenido en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight, donde su fianza figuraba como “por establecer”.

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Franklin Davis and the woman had recently ended a 42-year-old relationship when they got into an argument on Friday in Oakland Park, according to Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies.

Davis was under the influence of alcohol when he poured a flammable liquid and set the fire in the parking lot of the 7-Eleven at 3100 NW 9th Ave., according to BSO deputies.

The woman suffered third-degree burns to her left leg, and Davis suffered burns to his hands and face, according to BSO deputies.

Davis, who used a wheelchair in court, faced three charges: Premeditated attempted murder; arson causing bodily harm; and criminal attempt, solicitation, and conspiracy to commit a capital felony.

A judge denied Davis bond. Corrections held him at the Broward County Main Jail in Fort Lauderdale.

Franklin Davis y la mujer habían terminado recientemente una relación de 42 años cuando tuvieron una discusión el viernes en Oakland Park, según agentes de la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward.

Davis se encontraba bajo los efectos del alcohol cuando vertió un líquido inflamable y provocó el incendio en el aparcamiento del 7-Eleven situado en el 3100 de la NW 9th Ave., según los agentes de la Oficina del Sheriff del condado de Broward (BSO).

La mujer sufrió quemaduras de tercer grado en la pierna izquierda y Davis sufrió quemaduras en las manos y la cara, según los agentes de la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward (BSO).

Davis, quien acudió al juicio en silla de ruedas, se enfrentaba a tres cargos: intento de asesinato premeditado; incendio provocado con lesiones corporales; e intento delictivo, incitación y conspiración para cometer un delito grave punible con la pena capital.

Un juez denegó la libertad bajo fianza a Davis. Los servicios penitenciarios lo mantuvieron recluido en la cárcel principal del condado de Broward, en Fort Lauderdale.

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A spokesperson for the Miramar Police Department said Brianna Johnson, known online as influencer DreamDoll Bri, was killed in the shooting, which happened at around 5:30 a.m. in the 2700 block of Sunshine Boulevard.

Two other victims, both men, were critically wounded when a shooter or shooters opened fire on the fluorescent green Lamborghini SUV they were driving in through the neighborhood; the driver subsequently crashed after being shot.

Police said they did not immediately have information on the conditions of the two other victims Monday morning.

Carlos Regueiro, who lives nearby, told Local 10 that he heard shots being fired that morning.

“Me and my family heard what sounded like gunshots around five, six in the morning, something like that,” he said. “Especially my grandma, (she’s of) older age, (and) she’s always outside. Stray bullets can catch anybody. It’s not something that’s good to think about.”

Authorities believe the shooting was targeted and said afterward that they had “limited suspect information” to go off of.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the Miramar Police Department or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

Loved ones created a GoFundMe page to help with expenses.

The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the extension had not been announced. Tuesday was the first day that the Cavaliers could offer Mitchell the extension. The seven-time All-Star had two seasons remaining on his contract and could have waited to re-sign until next summer, when he would be eligible for a five-year supermax deal worth $350 million.

The extension includes a $76 million player option for the 2030-31 season and a full trade kicker, the person said.

“I love it here. I don’t know how else to say it. I have no doubt these guys can get there. We have unfinished business," Mitchell said on May 25 after the Cavaliers were swept by the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference finals.

For now, it is the fourth-biggest contract in terms of total value in NBA history behind the $314 million contract Boston gave to Jayson Tatum, the $285 million deal that the Celtics gave to Jaylen Brown -- who now plays for Philadelphia -- and the $276 million deal that Nikola Jokic currently has with Denver.

That assumes Mitchell will pick up a player option worth nearly $76 million for 2030-31. The average annual value of just over $68 million is, for now, an NBA record, barely passing the $67.9 million average value of the deal that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has with Oklahoma City.

“When we have a superstar of his caliber that wants to be in Cleveland, that’s our best ambassador, that’s our best recruiter. There’s guys that are here that wouldn’t be here without him, quite frankly,” Cavaliers’ president of basketball operation Koby Altman said about Mitchell and an extension on May 29. “So I think the bigger question is, the one that’s been answered is, does he want be here and does he want to be here long term? And I think he’s answered that.”

The 29-year-old Mitchell led the Cavaliers this past season to their first conference final since 2018. He averaged 27.9 points, 5.7 assists and 4.5 rebounds during the regular season, along with 26 points in the playoffs.

Mitchell is averaging 26.7 points in four seasons with Cleveland since he was traded by the Utah Jazz in 2022.

Mitchell's extension is the first in what is likely to be a series of moves for the Cavaliers. There is the possibility LeBron James could return to his hometown franchise, which he led to its first championship in 2016. James Harden — whom the Cavaliers acquired at the trade deadline — also is considering a new deal to remain with Cleveland after turning down his player option for 2026-27.

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AP Basketball Writer Tim Reynolds in Miami contributed to this report.

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El restablecimiento parcial ya ha logrado conectar desde la localidad de Mariel, en las afueras de La Habana, hasta la provincia oriental de Sancti Spíritus, por lo que aún faltan los extremos este y oeste de la isla.

El director del Despacho Nacional de Carga de la estatal Unión Eléctrica, Félix Estrada, indicó a medios de prensa locales que se ha logrado dar electricidad a “centros vitales de esos territorios” como hospitales, centrales de telefonía e industrias prioritarias.

El apagón nacional —cuyas causas aún no se han informado— comenzó al mediodía del lunes y dejó sin luz a casi 10 millones de personas. También afectó servicios básicos como el abastecimiento de agua y dificultó la cocción de alimentos, pues cientos de miles de familias dependen de la electricidad para ello.

Las autoridades indicaron que el objetivo del martes es consolidar el sistema energético desde La Habana hasta Sancti Spíritus e incorporar paulatinamente las unidades termoeléctricas a lo largo del país. Provincias como Villa Clara todavía tienen poblados sin luz y en Las Tunas hay “microislas” de generación para brindar fluido a algunas poblaciones.

En la capital isleña lugares como Habana del Este, la Plaza de la Revolución o Cerro tuvieron electricidad desde la madrugada, pero el suministro era intermitente, constató The Associated Press.

Desde hace meses los cubanos sufren interrupciones del servicio de más de 20 horas diarias debido a la falta de generación asociada al cerco energético impuesto por Estados Unidos en enero.

El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump amenazó con sanciones a quienes vendan petróleo a la isla. La consecuencia fue una semiparalización de la nación caribeña que ya transitaba una severa crisis.

Trump aseguró que su política busca presionar cambios en el modelo político y económico de la isla. Cuba sostuvo que está siendo sometida a un “castigo colectivo” contra sus ciudadanos.

Sanders, a Vermont independent who caucuses with Democrats, has long backed Platner in the high-stakes race against Republican Sen. Susan Collins, but he said in a statement that he spoke with the candidate and “in light of these very serious allegations, I have recommended that he step aside.”

Platner, who denies the allegation, has not heeded the wave of calls to resign as the nominee. Instead, he posted a video on Monday saying he’s considering the next steps for his campaign while canceling town hall events.

Platner posted the video after reports that a woman who previously dated the first-time candidate said he drunkenly forced her to have sex after she told him to stop.

The allegation is the latest in a string a controversies Platner has faced and so far weathered since the oyster farmer and Marine veteran entered the race. But the seriousness of the assault claim has put the Maine contest — and Democrats' ability to win control of the Senate — at risk, with even some of his strongest supporters questioning whether Platner should continue his campaign.

A Platner voter is ‘heartbroken’

Joanie Monteith, a passionate supporter from the southern Maine town of York who organized a trivia night about Platner in March, said through tears Tuesday that she was “numb” and “heartbroken” at the news. She was waiting for another public statement from Platner before making a decision about whether she could keep supporting him.

“I’m in tears. I’m numb and I’m waiting for what Graham has to say. I’m trying not to be a part of this public trial. And I’m heartbroken. And I’m heartbroken for him and his wife.”

She added she believes the allegations are serious.

“I’m not going to blame a victim. Because if this is true I feel very bad for the woman,” she said. “You just don’t know how to feel.”

Jenny Racicot, who lives in Maine, told Politico that Platner entered her home in 2021 while drunk and assaulted her. Racicot said she had been in an on-and-off relationship with Platner, but she cut off contact with him after that night and told him the incident wasn’t consensual. She said in a CNN interview on Monday evening that she opted not to fight back for fear of Platner, a former Marine, becoming more violent.

Another Maine voter, Lee Holman, said she wants Platner to stay in the race.

“I feel like the people of Maine have spoken,” the Democrat said. “If they wanted Janet Mills, they could have voted for her.”

She said the allegation against Platner may be legitimate, but she questions the timing. Democrats, she added, can be too quick to “throw the baby out with the bathwater” by calling on politicians facing allegations to resign.

“Every time we think we have a chance to snatch our democracy back, something gets in the way,” she said.

Replacing Platner may further divide Democrats

The pressure for Platner to withdraw from the Senate race has only increased given the short deadlines Maine law allows for replacing general election candidates. There is no mechanism for Democrats to remove Platner from the ballot, meaning Platner must first opt to drop out of the general election before a replacement can be selected. The deadline to withdraw is 5 p.m. on July 13.

Just who should replace Platner if he drops out appeared to already be further splintering Democrats. Some argued the next Democrat should echo Platner's progressive messaging, pointing to his success at rallying voters across the state. Others cautioned that having ties to Platner will only doom an already uphill campaign against Collins.

Joe Baldacci, a Democratic state senator, said he’s concerned about what the latest allegations will do to the voter excitement over the past year.

“I think the major concern, even with a nominee, a new replacement, is that person is going to start very much behind the eight ball,” Baldacci added.

Gov. Janet Mills, who sought the Democratic nomination but dropped out before the June 9 primary, could be considered as a nominee. Mills was supported by Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer but abandoned her campaign saying she couldn't raise the money needed to compete.

Another possible replacement is Troy Jackson, Maine’s former state Senate President, who unsuccessfully ran to be the Democratic gubernatorial nominee earlier this year with the backing of Platner and Sanders.

While he hasn’t publicly said he’d run for the Maine Senate seat, U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna threw out his name as someone who stands up for “progressive values” after the California Democrat withdrew his support for Platner.

Other names include Nirav Shah, the former director of Maine’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Shah came in second in this year’s Maine Democratic gubernatorial primary, where he was considered more moderate compared with Jackson.

In a statement Tuesday, Shah said he's “evaluating” whether he should enter the race should Platner step aside.

Shenna Bellows, the current Maine Secretary of State; Dan Kleban, founder of Maine Beer Company; Maine U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, who is not running for reelection, as well as Hannah Pingree, currently Maine's Democratic gubernatorial nominee.

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Kruesi reported from Providence, R.I.

Un portavoz del Departamento de Policía de Miramar dijo que Brianna Johnson, conocida en redes sociales como la influencer DreamDoll Bri, murió en el tiroteo, ocurrido alrededor de las 5:30 a.m. en la cuadra 2700 de Sunshine Boulevard.

Otras dos víctimas, ambos hombres, resultaron gravemente heridas cuando uno o varios tiradores abrieron fuego contra la camioneta Lamborghini SUV verde fluorescente en la que circulaban por el vecindario; el conductor se estrelló posteriormente tras recibir los disparos.

La policía dijo que no contaba de inmediato con información sobre las condiciones de las otras dos víctimas la mañana del lunes.

Las autoridades creen que el tiroteo fue dirigido y señalaron que, hasta el momento, cuentan con “información limitada sobre el sospechoso”.

Cualquier persona con información sobre el tiroteo puede llamar al Departamento de Policía de Miramar o a Broward Crime Stoppers al 954-493-8477.

Sus seres queridos crearon una página en GoFundMe para ayudar con los gastos.

Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Chinese nationals Yuping Li, Junrong He, Xun Ou, Qingxiang Zhu, and Youdi Zhuge on Monday.

Deputies arrested Li, 60, at 10471 SW 40 St. in the Westwood Lakes neighborhood. She listed an apartment in Flushing, New York, as her permanent address.

Deputies arrested Zhuge, 58, and He, 52, at 11760 SW 88 St. in Kendall, and listed the massage parlor as their permanent address.

Deputies arrested Zhu, 57, at 16938 South Dixie Highway in West Perrine, and listed her as homeless.

Deputies arrested Ou, 36, at 7375 SW 24 St., in the Coral Terrace neighborhood, and listed her permanent address in San Bernardino County, California.

The five women each faced a third-degree felony charge of operating a health care practice or profession without an active, valid license.

They also each faced misdemeanor charges of practicing massage therapy without a license, engaging in prostitution, and committing an unnatural and lascivious act.

Local 10 News Assignment Editor Mercedes Cevallos contributed to this report.

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According to an arrest report from the Sunny Isles Beach Police Department, officers responded to the Trump International Beach Resort, located at 18001 Collins Ave., on Sunday after a guest reported her suitcase had been stolen from her hotel room.

The victim told investigators she had not given anyone, including hotel staff, permission to remove it.

Police said surveillance video from the hotel showed Jerome Leon Garrett-Hudson, 38, who worked as a housekeeper at the resort, leaving the floor where the victim’s room was located before exiting the hotel with a suitcase matching the description of the missing luggage.

According to the arrest report, a hotel security advisor questioned Garrett-Hudson, who is from North Miami, before police arrived and asked whether he had entered the room or found any lost or abandoned property. Police said Garrett-Hudson denied entering the room.

Investigators later reviewed the hotel’s electronic key-card access logs, which showed Garrett-Hudson’s assigned key card was used twice to enter the victim’s room, according to the report.

Police said Garrett-Hudson was interviewed by detectives and initially denied entering the room before later acknowledging that he had accessed it, claiming he left after seeing suitcases inside because he believed the room was not ready to be cleaned.

When investigators asked what property he had with him when he left work that day, Garrett-Hudson told them he left with only his personal backpack, the report states.

Investigators said they then showed him a still image captured from the hotel’s surveillance system that allegedly showed him leaving the property with the victim’s suitcase. According to the arrest report, Garrett-Hudson then provided some kind of admission, although his full statement was redacted from the publicly released report.

Police said the stolen suitcase was later recovered and returned to the victim.

Garrett-Hudson was arrested on a charge of theft of personal property by a hotel employee, a third-degree felony.

Another hotel employee, Monica Latesha Peterson, 33, of Miami Gardens, was arrested Saturday after police said she stole $6,500 in cash from a guest’s hotel room Friday while the guest was attending a soccer match.

As of Tuesday morning, Garrett-Hudson was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $2,500 bond.

The Constitutional Court ruled that Tokayev can run again when his term expires in 2029 because his current tenure does not count under amendments to the constitution that were approved in a nationwide vote in March and came into force this month.

Leaders of several former Soviet republics, including Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, have replaced or amended their countries’ constitutions to strengthen their executive powers and extend their time in office.

The 73-year-old Tokayev, a former Soviet official and diplomat who previously served at the United Nations, has led the oil-rich Central Asian country of 20 million people since 2019.

The constitutional amendments, which won overwhelming approval in the referendum, strengthened Tokayev’s grip on power in Kazakhstan.

Tokayev, who has maintained a delicate balance between Russia and the West since the imposition of sanctions on Moscow over its 4-year-old war in Ukraine, has explained that the constitution needed to be amended in order to make quick decisions in a rapidly changing world.

The changes merged Kazakhstan's parliament’s two chambers into one and gave the president the right to appoint key government officials with the approval of lawmakers, including restoring the ​post of vice president.

They also envisioned the creation of a new body, the People’s Council, alongside parliament to initiate legislation and referendums. The council's members are appointed by the president.

The opposition in Kazakhstan is not represented in government structures and has been unable to significantly influence public sentiment.

Tokayev became acting president in 2019 after the resignation of Nursultan Nazarbayev, an autocrat who held power for nearly three decades and led Kazakhstan’s transition as an independent country following the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union.

Seen as Nazarbayev’s handpicked successor, Tokayev harshly suppressed protests in 2022 that left 238 people dead and thousands injured and were dubbed by some in Kazakhstan as “Bloody January.” Tokayev sought to reinvent himself as a reformer and called an early presidential vote, which he won overwhelmingly later that year.

Según un informe de arresto del Departamento de Policía de Sunny Isles Beach, los agentes respondieron el domingo al Trump International Beach Resort, ubicado en el 18001 de Collins Ave., después de que una huésped reportara que su maleta había sido robada de su habitación.

La víctima dijo a los investigadores que no había autorizado a nadie, incluido el personal del hotel, a retirar la maleta.

La Policía informó que un video de vigilancia del hotel mostró a Jerome Leon Garrett-Hudson, de 38 años, quien trabajaba como empleado de limpieza en el resort, saliendo del piso donde se encontraba la habitación de la víctima antes de abandonar el hotel con una maleta que coincidía con la descripción del equipaje robado.

Según el informe de arresto, un asesor de seguridad del hotel interrogó a Garrett-Hudson, residente de North Miami, antes de la llegada de la Policía y le preguntó si había entrado a la habitación o si había encontrado algún objeto perdido o abandonado. La Policía indicó que Garrett-Hudson negó haber entrado a la habitación.

Posteriormente, los investigadores revisaron los registros electrónicos de acceso con tarjetas del hotel, los cuales mostraron que la tarjeta asignada a Garrett-Hudson fue utilizada en dos ocasiones para ingresar a la habitación de la víctima, según el informe.

La Policía indicó que Garrett-Hudson fue interrogado por detectives y al principio negó haber entrado a la habitación, pero después reconoció que sí ingresó, asegurando que se retiró al ver maletas en el interior porque creyó que la habitación aún no estaba lista para ser limpiada.

Cuando los investigadores le preguntaron qué pertenencias llevaba consigo al salir del trabajo ese día, Garrett-Hudson respondió que solo llevaba su mochila personal, señala el informe.

Los investigadores dijeron que luego le mostraron una imagen captada por el sistema de vigilancia del hotel en la que presuntamente aparece saliendo del establecimiento con la maleta de la víctima. Según el informe de arresto, Garrett-Hudson hizo una admisión sobre el caso, aunque el contenido completo de su declaración fue censurado en el informe divulgado públicamente.

La Policía informó que la maleta robada fue recuperada posteriormente y devuelta a la víctima.

Garrett-Hudson fue arrestado por un cargo de robo de propiedad personal por parte de un empleado de hotel, un delito grave de tercer grado.

Otra empleada del hotel, Monica Latesha Peterson, de 33 años y residente de Miami Gardens, fue arrestada el sábado después de que la Policía informara que robó $6,500 USD en efectivo de la habitación de un huésped el viernes, mientras este asistía a un partido de fútbol.

Hasta la mañana del martes, Garrett-Hudson permanecía detenido en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight con una fianza de $2,500 USD.

Down a set after untimely double-faults, Gauff rallied past Jessica Pegula 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 on Tuesday to reach the Wimbledon semifinals for the first time.

The two-time major champion raised her arms in the air after Pegula sent a weak backhand into the net on the first match point in an all-American quarterfinal on Centre Court.

“I’ve been going three sets almost every match. I feel like when you have that faith in yourself as a competitor, when the match goes a distance, you know when you lose one set, you’re not panicking,” Gauff said in an on-court interview.

With the victory, the 22-year-old Gauff became the youngest player to reach the semifinals at all four Grand Slams since Maria Sharapova, who completed the feat at the 2007 French Open.

Gauff will face either Naomi Osaka or Karolina Muchova for a spot in Saturday’s final.

In Gauff's six previous appearances at the All England Club, she had never gotten past the fourth round. But perhaps the experience at the grass-court major is starting to pay off.

“I think after seven years playing this tournament it’s finally the first time I can walk on Centre Court and I didn’t feel nervous,” she said. “So I don’t know if I’m becoming a vet.”

The “vet” was undone by early double-faults, though, putting herself in a hole to start the match. She led 40-0 right away but lost the next five points — including two on double-faults — to go down 1-0. After breaking Pegula in the sixth game, Gauff was immediately broken to love with two more double-faults.

Gauff called the last two sets “really great tennis.”

“Jess' ball is so flat and low. So I think I just needed to address that ... be in there in the rallies and just play the tennis that I wanted to play. And I think I started to land more first serves in the court,” said Gauff, who cranked up one serve to 126 mph in the third game of the second set. “So I think that also helped and just trusting my shots.”

Sinner beats Struff

On No. 1 Court, defending champion Jannik Sinner kept his title defense on track by beating Jan-Lennard Struff 7-5, 7-6 (4), 6-3 to advance to the semifinals.

The top-ranked Sinner continues to put his French Open meltdown behind him. He needed five sets to get past 50th-ranked Miomir Kecmanovic in the first round, but since then they've been straight-set victories, allowing the 24-year-old Italian to avoid marathon sessions.

Sinner will next face either seven-time Wimbledon singles champion Novak Djokovic or third-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime. The men's final is on Sunday.

Heating up at Wimbledon

Under a sunny sky, the early afternoon matches started with the temperature at 29 Celsius degrees (84 Fahrenheit) and expected to rise to 31 C (88 F).

Sinner, who lost in the second round at the French Open amid a heat wave in Paris, used an ice towel around his neck on changeovers.

Early in her match, Gauff asked the chair umpire: “Do you guys have an ice pack?” The American dabbed what appeared to be a blue ice pack to her cheeks and top of her thighs.

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AP Sports Writer Andrew Dampf contributed to this report.

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Agentes de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade arrestaron el lunes a Tyquan Lamar Howard, de 25 años, en relación con la balacera que, según las autoridades, ocurrió el 18 de junio en el vecindario de West Little River.

Según el informe de arresto de Howard, los agentes respondieron poco antes de la 1:15 p.m. a una alerta de ShotSpotter que indicaba que se había disparado una bala cerca de Northwest 79th Terrace y Northwest 21st Avenue.

Mientras los agentes se dirigían al lugar, los despachadores les informaron que la víctima había reportado que alguien había disparado contra su vehículo, señala el informe.

La víctima dijo a los investigadores que trabajaba como repartidor de Uber Eats cuando vio a Howard caminando hacia el sur por Northwest 21st Avenue antes de girar hacia el oeste en Northwest 79th Terrace, según el informe.

El informe indica que el conductor recibió posteriormente una notificación para recoger un pedido en un restaurante Church’s Texas Chicken cercano.

Según el informe, después de hacer un giro en U en Northwest 79th Terrace y pasar por segunda vez junto a Howard, el conductor dijo que vio a Howard meter la mano en la cintura, sacar un arma y disparar hacia su vehículo mientras se alejaba.

Los investigadores informaron que la bala impactó el neumático delantero del lado del conductor, provocando que se desinflara rápidamente. Indicaron que la víctima no resultó herida.

Según el informe, un video de vigilancia captó la balacera y mostró al sospechoso huyendo a pie hacia su casa.

Los investigadores también identificaron a Howard como la persona que apareció entrando a una gasolinera cercana después de la balacera, coincidiendo con la descripción proporcionada por la víctima.

Los agentes ejecutaron una orden de allanamiento en la vivienda de Howard el lunes, donde incautaron ropa, zapatos y unos lentes transparentes que coincidían con los que llevaba el tirador, además de un arma del mismo calibre que la utilizada en la balacera, señala el informe.

Las autoridades informaron que Howard fue arrestado en su vivienda y trasladado a la estación Northside District de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade, donde ejerció su derecho a contar con un abogado.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que enfrenta un cargo de intento de asesinato premeditado y otro de daños criminales.

Hasta la mañana del martes, permanecía detenido en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight, donde su fianza figuraba como “pendiente de fijarse”.

Las autoridades no han divulgado un posible motivo de la balacera.

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El Niño’s most prominent mark on the hurricane season is to ratchet up vertical wind shear – the scissor-like wind pattern that lops off the tops of organizing storm seedlings before they can develop into strong hurricanes. The increase in wind shear is highest in the western part of the tropical Atlantic, especially across the Caribbean, which also helps to reduce the number of U.S. landfalls during El Niño years.

Typically, however, it takes a little time for the abnormal warming of the waters in the eastern Pacific – the ocean phenomenon that defines El Niño – to link arms with the atmosphere and change global circulation patterns that ultimately reshape winds over the tropical Atlantic. Since El Niño peaks in the late fall and winter, we usually start to see the atmospheric response by August and September, as the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season hits.

This year, however, it appears we’re seeing that atmospheric feedback to the strengthening El Niño earlier than usual, which could be a result of the record-setting pace of the warming so far in the eastern equatorial Pacific.

Wind shear in the bellwether Caribbean has shot up like a skyscraper since mid-June and is the second highest to start July (second only behind 2015, another strong El Niño year) since satellite records began in 1979.

As we’ve discussed in previous newsletters, by July the wind shear load across the Caribbean becomes one of the most reliable predictors of future seasonal hurricane activity. The more shear we see in the Caribbean in July, generally the less overall tropical activity we should expect in August, September, and October.

It’s still early in the month, but forecast models show no signs of the shear surrendering its Caribbean stronghold. If anything, the shear looks to only increase over the coming weeks, with a bullseye of exceptionally strong wind shear centered squarely over the Caribbean.

If this is any indication, the tropical Atlantic will have some heavy lifting to do to churn out much activity in the months ahead. Of course, in any given week, the winds can relax enough for a hurricane to slip through the cracks (hurricanes are a given every season, even in strong El Niño years), and we’ll want to watch the subtropics a little more closely, especially east of Florida, but overall these trends bode well for a noticeably less active hurricane season.

And as we would expect, forecast models continue to advertise a very sleepy Atlantic, with no signs of life into at least late July.

La huella más notable de El Niño en la temporada de huracanes es el aumento de la cizalladura vertical del viento, el patrón de vientos similar a unas tijeras que corta la parte superior de los sistemas tropicales en formación antes de que puedan convertirse en huracanes intensos. El aumento de la cizalladura del viento es mayor en la parte occidental del Atlántico tropical, especialmente sobre el Caribe, lo que también ayuda a reducir la cantidad de huracanes que tocan tierra en Estados Unidos durante los años de El Niño.

Sin embargo, normalmente toma algo de tiempo para que el calentamiento anormal de las aguas del Pacífico oriental, el fenómeno oceánico que define a El Niño, interactúe con la atmósfera y modifique los patrones de circulación global que, en última instancia, cambian los vientos sobre el Atlántico tropical. Como El Niño alcanza su punto máximo a finales del otoño y durante el invierno, por lo general comenzamos a ver esa respuesta atmosférica en agosto y septiembre, cuando llega el pico de la temporada de huracanes del Atlántico.

Este año, sin embargo, parece que estamos viendo esa respuesta atmosférica al fortalecimiento de El Niño antes de lo habitual, lo que podría ser consecuencia del ritmo récord del calentamiento observado hasta ahora en el Pacífico ecuatorial oriental.

La cizalladura del viento en el Caribe, una región clave para monitorear la temporada, se ha disparado desde mediados de junio y registra el segundo nivel más alto para comienzos de julio desde que iniciaron los registros satelitales en 1979, solo por detrás de 2015, otro año con un fuerte fenómeno de El Niño.

Como hemos explicado en boletines anteriores, para julio la cizalladura del viento sobre el Caribe se convierte en uno de los indicadores más confiables para predecir la actividad de la temporada de huracanes. Cuanta más cizalladura del viento haya en el Caribe durante julio, por lo general menor será la actividad tropical que se espera en agosto, septiembre y octubre.

Aún es temprano en el mes, pero los modelos de pronóstico no muestran señales de que la cizalladura del viento vaya a perder su dominio sobre el Caribe. Por el contrario, todo indica que la cizalladura del viento seguirá aumentando en las próximas semanas, con un área de cizalladura excepcionalmente fuerte centrada sobre el Caribe.

Si esto sirve como indicio, el Atlántico tropical tendrá que superar condiciones muy desfavorables para generar una actividad significativa en los próximos meses. Por supuesto, en cualquier semana los vientos pueden debilitarse lo suficiente como para permitir que un huracán logre desarrollarse (los huracanes son parte de cada temporada, incluso durante años con un fuerte fenómeno de El Niño), y será importante vigilar más de cerca la región subtropical, especialmente al este de Florida. Sin embargo, en términos generales, estas tendencias apuntan a una temporada de huracanes notablemente menos activa.

Como era de esperarse, los modelos de pronóstico siguen mostrando un Atlántico muy tranquilo, sin señales de actividad al menos hasta finales de julio.

The actor and producer is making her Broadway debut starting Tuesday in “Every Brilliant Thing,” one of the more uplifting and joyful plays this summer, even if it delves into the subject of depression.

It's the story of a narrator who compiles a list of the things to prove to his or her depressed mother that life is worth living — like ducklings, spaghetti Bolognese and dancing in public. No. 999,996 is: “Peeling off a sheet of wallpaper in one intact piece.”

“What is incredible when you start doing this is that you really do start to notice things that you never thought of before,” says Ross. “They’re everywhere and that’s why this piece is so beautiful: It changes the way you see the world.”

Ross will convince audience members to join in

Ross steps into the Broadway role originated by Daniel Radcliffe and then held by Mariska Hargitay. It's a solo show, but the audience helps, with some asked to read items from scraps of paper and others pretend to drive a car, craft a sock puppet or act as the narrator's parent.

Ross will be helping select and convince audience members to join her in the show, wandering the aisles to chat as patrons first file in. She'll be looking for kindness — and even some resistance.

“It is a sense of being of service to the material and a little bit of reluctance is actually a special quality in the roles that we need to cast,” she says.

Written by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe, “Every Brilliant Thing” allows its narrator to ad-lib and changes some of the brilliant things to fit their background. So “wearing a cape ” for Radcliffe can be turned to “tutus” in Ross' case.

“The list has to feel authentic to them,” says Macmillan. “What they would have found brilliant at different stages of their life, that’s changed from person to person.”

The play gets a rewrite for the new performer and is adjusted according to their age and background — a favorite cereal or cartoon — who they may have had a crush on as a teen and what movies they might have found brilliant along the way.

“They have their own personal reasons for connecting with material, but they are also incredibly funny, open, generous, humble people that we root for,” Macmillan says.

The play runs only 70 minutes, but Ross never takes a break, does crowd work and she's basically been asked to memorize a 40-page monologue during just a three-week rehearsal period.

“It felt like I was swallowing a whale and learning how to digest it through my fingers and through my body and through my voice and through my heart,” she says.

Ross has had Broadway on her bucket list

Ross, who graduated from Brown University and studied acting at The William Esper Studio, started her career auditioning for theater, films and TV. She's become best-known for roles in shows like “black-ish” and “Girlfriends.”

Broadway was always on her bucket list, but she says starring in a play that connects with other people in a hopeful way hits “my sweet spot.”

“It's a story that is about something real that so much of us are struggling with, but yet it is told through the lens of the lifeline of what makes life worth living — just everything that could be on a bucket list for me,” she says.

“Sometimes hope can feel like a daunting idea in the face of feelings and also facts, but I do think that having the ability and the map to reach for other things can balance out those moments in a way that gives you an opening to the next.”

She resisted the temptation of watching Radcliffe or Hargitay in the role: “It’s hard for me once I get somebody else’s performance or idea in my head.”

Asked for one more personal brilliant thing and Ross, one of five children, is quick with an answer: “That moment when you and your siblings glance at each other because you know exactly what’s happening and only the five of us know but nobody else does.”

Festival organizers announced Tuesday that “Being Heumann,” starring Ruth Madeley as Heumann, will make its world premiere on the opening night of the Canadian festival Sept. 10. The festival runs through Sept. 20.

Heumann, who died in 2023, has been called the “mother of the disability rights movement” for her longtime advocacy and for lobbying for what eventually led to the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. Heumann, who lost the ability to walk at age 2, was also a central figure in the Oscar-nominated 2000 film “Crip Camp.”

“Being Heumann” is Heder's follow-up to the 2021 film “CODA,” which won best picture at the Academy Awards. The win marked a milestone for the deaf community and signaled the first time a streamer, Apple, won Hollywood's top award. Apple is also releasing “Being Heumann.”

“We’re thrilled to open this year’s Festival with Siân Heder’s inspiring follow-up to her Oscar winning ‘CODA,’” Cameron Bailey, chief executive of TIFF, said in a statement. “'Being Heumann' features an electric performance from Ruth Madeley in the story of Judy Heumann, a world-changing advocate for accessibility.”

The festival, one of the premiere launching pads of fall movies, also announced gala world premieres of Susanna White's legal thriller “Prima Facie,” starring Cynthia Erivo, and of Hur Jin-ho's Korean thriller “The Assassin(s).”

The lawsuit depicts a coordinated campaign between the U.S. and Iranian governments to identify Iranians in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody and pressure them to return to Iran — a marked departure from decades of diplomatic hostility between the two governments and an ongoing war.

Roughly 600 Iranians were put in immigration detention last year, according to public records obtained by the National Iranian American Council. In June, an Iranian woman was among the two dozen migrants the U.S. deported to the Central African Republic — in a marked departure from a decades-long practice by the U.S. of welcoming Iranian dissidents, exiles and others since the 1979 Islamic Revolution forced a large number of Iranians to flee.

The U.S. government is allowed to work with government officials of foreign countries to coordinate deportation logistics. However, federal regulations passed in the late 1990s prohibit the government from sharing information that could reveal that the individual getting deported applied for asylum.

“Congress made these confidentiality protections mandatory precisely because lives depend on them, and no agency and no administration, of either party, may set them aside,” said Ali Rahnama, the interim executive director of Iranian American Legal Defense Fund.

Starting in March 2025, the U.S. State Department arranged monthly meetings with Iranian officials, using the Pakistani embassy as an intermediary, in which U.S. officials shared detailed, sensitive information about detained Iranian immigrants who the U.S. government hoped to deport, lawyers for the Iranian American Legal Defense Fund and the Public Citizen Litigation Group wrote in a complaint.

The information included details about asylum applications filed by people who say they were persecuted for converting to Christianity, for their sexuality or for participating in the Women, Life, Freedom protests against the Iranian government in 2022, according to the lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.

ICE forced Iranian asylum applicants who had been detained in numerous facilities, mostly southern states, to meet with an Iranian government official who had extensive and specific knowledge about their applications, according to the complaint. The information was shared even after the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran started the Iran war in February 2026.

The lawsuit is seeking to halt sharing information about asylum seekers with the Iranian government and appoint an independent monitor to prevent future disclosures.

“Despite the U.S.’s ongoing war with Iran, the administration seems more committed to mass deportation than protecting human lives,” Michael Kirkpatrick, attorney at Public Citizen Litigation Group said in a statement.

The complaint names the Department of Homeland Security, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin and the Department of State as some of the defendants. The Department of Homeland Security and the State Department didn’t respond to an emailed request for comment on Tuesday morning.

The allegations come amid President Donald Trump’s ambitious and aggressive immigration crackdown that involved over 600,000 deportations and causing roughly 1.9 million immigrants to voluntarily leave in 2025 alone, according to an announcement made by DHS.

Iranian officials acknowledged in September 2025 that as many as 400 Iranians could be returned under an agreement with the Trump's administration. That month, the first of three deportation flights brought dozens of Iranians back to Iran. The second deportation flight was in December 2025, and the final recorded deportation flight departed at the end of January 2026, roughly a month before the war on Iran started, and just weeks after the Iranian government killed thousands of citizens as part of a brutal crackdown on protests. The New York Times reported at the time that some of those deported in the flights in September, December and January were asylum seekers.

Prosecutors were expected to present a recorded statement from Robinson's roommate and more videos from law enforcement on Tuesday.

Robinson, 23, is charged with aggravated murder in Kirk’s Sept. 10 assassination on the Utah Valley University campus, for which prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. Robinson’s attorneys have not commented on his guilt or innocence.

Here's the latest:

Spectators camp out overnight to attend the hearing

Denae Branch and Jean Rivera were among the first people lined up outside the courthouse around midnight, trying to snag one of the 14 seats available to the public. The Utah County residents camped out overnight Tuesday, both wearing “FREEDOM” merchandise from Charlie Kirk’s podcast, after they did not get seats inside on Monday.

They were in the crowd at Kirk’s event at Utah Valley University when he was shot, and both said they think about it every day.

“It feels like a lot of the world just kept spinning and we’re still dealing with the trauma of it,” Branch said. “Our hearts and minds are still trying to process it and, yeah, it kind of helps being here.”

Rivera said she hoped to hear testimony about defendant Tyler Robinson’s alleged confession note.

Some courthouse windows are shrouded

The windows on the fourth floor of the courthouse, where the preliminary hearing is taking place, have been covered with black plastic sheeting.

They were not covered yesterday.

Defense questions investigator about the day of the shooting

Defense attorney Kathryn Nester is asking former State Bureau of Investigation agent David Hull about how he handled the crime scene at Utah Valley University on the day of the shooting.

Hull says he arrived on campus about 1:30 p.m., after Charlie Kirk had been rushed to a nearby hospital. He learned around 2:30 p.m. that he was going to be in charge of the investigation, Hull says.

He says he was made aware that the amphitheater area had been cordoned off and preserved as best as possible given the large number of people present when the shooting occurred.

He says a bullet found on scene was attributed to a law enforcement officer who had “cleared” his weapon, ejecting an unused bullet.

Hull says there was another firearm found at the scene: a handgun in a backpack.

Court is back in session

Defense attorney Kathryn Nester is cross-examining former State Bureau of Investigation agent David Hull.

A second video with ‘enhancements’ is introduced as evidence

Deputy Utah County Attorney David Sturgill has introduced a video with circled highlights, zooming and other alterations apparently designed to help viewers understand what they are seeing.

Defense attorney Kathryn Nester objected to the video being introduced as evidence, saying she is concerned about its authenticity and that it will be unduly prejudicial against her client.

State District Judge Tony Graf agrees to admit the video as evidence, but says he’ll view it without showing it to the public or the media since it’s essentially the same footage as the previous video.

Compilation video continues with a vehicle Hull says belongs to Robinson

Hull says a Spanish Fork police officer had an interaction with the vehicle early on Sept. 11. When Hull spoke with that officer later, the officer was able to look up vehicle records via a partial license plate number.

The plates showed Robinson was one of the registered owners of the vehicle, Hull says, and the Spanish Fork police officer said the driver was a male whom he believed to be Robinson.

Hull says video shows Robinson walking with a ‘limp’ and climbing to rooftop

Former State Bureau of Investigation agent David Hull says Robinson is shown in another video returning to campus in different clothing and walking with a limp, with one leg held mostly straight.

Video clips show him walking in front of the Losee building, Hull says, and then to the area where he could access the building’s roof.

Yesterday, former Utah Valley University Officer Chris Bagley testified that he saw a “sniper pad” in the gravel atop the Losee building roof.

Additional clips show an individual climbing onto the roof, running across it and then laying prone in the corner of the building. Hull says he believes the person to be Robinson.

The individual then lowers himself off the roof and leaves the area while carrying something in his hand, Hull says. The time stamp is 12:44 p.m.

Compilation video shows Robinson’s movements on Sept. 10

Former State Bureau of Investigation agent David Hull is narrating the video as it plays in court.

Some clips from various Utah Valley University surveillance cameras show Tyler Robinson driving into a parking garage, walking away, returning and leaving, Hull says.

Other clips show Robinson walking with a backpack. Robinson purchased a meal from Chick-fil-A at one point in the day, Hull says. Later, as Robinson moves across campus, he is no longer carrying a backpack.

He leaves campus for a second time around 11 a.m., Hull says.

Judge says the compilation video can be shown publicly

The defense team wanted the video published only to the court and not to the press videographer in the courtroom. Allowing news coverage of the video would taint the jury pool for any future trial, violating Tyler Robinson’s constitutional rights, defense attorney Michael Burt said.

But David Reymann, an attorney representing news organizations, asked the judge to allow this and other non-graphic videos in evidence to be shown to people in the courtroom and in media coverage of the case.

“The spectators in the courtroom have a right to know what the court is viewing, so they can understand how you’re making your decisions,” Reymann says.

The compilation video is expected to show Tyler Robinson walking around the Utah Valley University campus on the day of the shooting. That’s relevant, Reymann says.

Judge Tony Graf says he recognizes the importance of balancing Robinson’s constitutional rights as well as the importance of transparency. He says this video is different from the three videos of the shooting introduced as evidence yesterday, and so it can be shown publicly.

Former lead investigator David Hull is on the stand

Deputy Utah County Attorney David Sturgill is questioning Hull, the former Utah State Bureau of Investigations agent who testified yesterday about surveillance videos and other footage gathered during the shooting investigation.

Sturgill is asking Hull about a compilation video that includes clips from several different videos. The prosecution team wanted to introduce the compilation as evidence yesterday, but the judge declined after the defense team said the prosecution had not established “foundation.”

The process of establishing “foundation” for evidence generally includes having someone testify about exactly what an item is, including its authenticity and relevance.

Erika Kirk is back in the courtroom today

Tyler Robinson’s parents were also seen entering the courthouse this morning.

State District Judge Tony Graf is giving attendees a reminder of his rules for behavior, including “maintaining a courtroom environment that is safe, respectful, orderly and faithful to the rights and dignity of every person involved.”

It’s warm in the courtroom, so the judge says everyone should feel free to drink from their water bottles.

The defense frequently objected to the introduction of evidence

Defense attorney Kathryn Nester’s attempts were largely overruled by the judge Monday.

When Nester asked Bagley about finding an empty pistol holster on the ground after the crowd fled, he acknowledged he never took custody of the holster and didn’t know whether it had been fingerprinted.

Utah is an open carry state, meaning people can carry guns openly or conceal them without a permit.

Graf sided with the defense to block the introduction of a compilation of surveillance videos from Utah Valley University because some had been altered to zoom in on individuals or had circles drawn around them.

Prosecutors said they would try again Tuesday to introduce that video with the alterations removed.

Prosecutors must pass a low bar to advance Robinson to trial

The proceeding resembles a minitrial, but prosecutors need only demonstrate that there are reasonable grounds to believe Robinson killed Kirk and should stand trial. The standard is lower than for a trial, where prosecutors must prove guilt “beyond a reasonable doubt.”

Prosecutors, as a result, should have little trouble advancing their case, said Mark Kouris, a former prosecutor and state judge in Salt Lake City.

“This standard is extremely low, and the chances of them not getting through it are, quite frankly, almost nothing,” said Kouris, now an adjunct professor at the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law.

Robinson’s demeanor in the courtroom

The defendant sat quietly between his attorneys throughout the hearing, looking at the prosecution’s exhibits on a monitor and occasionally taking notes. His wrists were shackled to a chain around his waist.

Kirk and Robinson’s families were in the courtroom Monday

Monday marked the first time Kirk’s parents, Kathryn and Robert, and his widow, Erika, were in the courtroom since the case began. Robinson’s parents also were present, sitting a few rows behind the Kirks.

Prosecutors showed several graphic videos of Kirk’s shooting, including the moment he was shot and security administering first aid, as they made their case.

Kirk’s family briefly walked out of the courtroom twice — when Bagley, the university officer, started testifying about Kirk’s arrival on campus and again when prosecutors introduced the videos. Each time, they returned.

The court will hear a statement from Robinson’s roommate

If prosecutors follow the order of an exhibit list they submitted earlier this year, they will present a video from the Washington County sheriff’s office from Sept. 11 — the day Robinson turned himself in — and recorded testimony from Robinson’s roommate.

Prosecutors allege Robinson confessed in a note left for his roommate, who was also his romantic partner, that read: “I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I’m going to take it.”

Robinson also reportedly texted his roommate that he targeted Kirk because he “had enough of his hatred,” prosecutors have said.

Prosecutors have also said they plan to present DNA evidence linking Robinson to the suspected murder weapon, autopsy findings, witness statements and video of Kirk’s killing. In addition, they are expected to argue the shooting endangered others at Kirk’s campus event — an aggravating circumstance that could make the crime punishable by death under Utah law.

What happened during the first day of the hearing?

The court proceedings on Monday produced no major revelations but marked the most significant presentation of evidence to date in the case against Robinson, who is charged with aggravated murder in the assassination of Kirk.

Former Utah Valley University Officer Christopher Bagley testified that he witnessed the shooting while the conservative activist was speaking to a campus crowd of thousands on Sept. 10. Soon after, Bagley went to a nearby gravel rooftop, where it appeared someone had been lying prone with a clear sightline to Kirk’s location, he said.

“It looks like a sniper pad,” Bagley told the court.

More video is expected during the hearing

Prosecutors seeking to convince a Utah judge to put the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk on trial are expected to present more law enforcement video and a recorded statement from the defendant’s roommate as a weeklong preliminary hearing continues Tuesday.

The court proceedings began Monday and so far have produced no major revelations but marked the most significant presentation of evidence to date in the case against defendant Tyler Robinson, 23, who is charged with aggravated murder in the assassination of Kirk, an ally of President Donald Trump.

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Sus apartamentos —unos pocos con acceso directo a la marina y cientos en torres de vivienda pública— se alzaban en la misma calle y ofrecían vistas idílicas de playas de arena blanca y aguas cristalinas.

Los dueños de yates y los usuarios del transporte público que compartían esa vía encarnaban la integración social que el gobierno se propuso lograr. Muchos de ellos, que disfrutaban de un día festivo o descansaban en casa el 24 de junio, corrieron la misma suerte cuando el suelo se sacudió con tal violencia que sus viviendas quedaron reducidas a escombros en segundos.

Ahora, unas 17.000 personas que sobrevivieron también comparten la condición poco común de estar sin hogar en Venezuela. Mientras la cifra oficial de muertos supera los 3.500, muchos deben depender del gobierno --que ha sido duramente criticado por su respuesta a la tragedia y que en el pasado ha politizado la vivienda-- para resolver dónde vivirán, si es que tendrán un nuevo hogar.

La vivienda sigue siendo una constante incluso en tiempos de crisis

La vivienda, por lo general, ha sido la primera aspiración de los adultos venezolanos desde la segunda mitad del siglo XX, cuando un auge petrolero permitió al gobierno financiar complejos habitacionales, a los pobres construir chozas de ladrillo y cemento conocidas localmente como “ranchos”, y a los ricos comprar segundas y terceras moradas.

Incluso cuando la economía del país se desmoronó en 2013, la mayoría de los venezolanos aún tenía un techo, ya fuera porque el gobierno, que se autodefine socialista, les asignó una vivienda; porque compraron una con un gran descuento a personas desesperadas por conseguir dinero para migrar; porque levantaron ranchos unos encima de otros; e incluso porque ocuparon casas abandonadas.

Quienes viven en viviendas construidas por el partido gobernante desde hace 27 años —actualmente encabezado por la presidenta interina Delcy Rodríguez— no tienen los títulos de propiedad, pero esas casas les permitieron ahorrar y mantener a familias enteras fuera de las calles.

"Era su hogar, su casa. Era una felicidad enorme cuando le asignaron estas casas aquí", manifestó Carlos Ortega sobre los 12 apartamentos en Caraballeda que a sus familiares les asignaron hace más de una década, tras años de dificultades económicas después de un deslave.

"Imagínese, le dieron su casa después de perderlo todo, pero ahora lo perdieron todo, hasta la vida".

Solo uno de los hermanos de Ortega sobrevivió al colapso de las torres de vivienda pública, mientras que su hijo, que vivía en un apartamento del noveno piso pero estaba trabajando en una tienda de conveniencia cuando ocurrieron los terremotos, sigue desaparecido a más de una semana del desastre. Ortega esperaba encontrarlo en un hospital, un refugio o en alguno de los campamentos de tiendas erigidos en espacios públicos y estacionamientos privados.

No muy lejos de donde hizo una pausa tras retirar escombros que sepultaron a su familia, la gente evaluaba viviendas aplastadas junto a un club náutico y algunos remolcaban motos acuáticas. Allí, a los rescatistas les ofrecían galletas y otros alimentos en una bandeja de plástico mientras permanecían de pie sobre los restos donde la esposa de un general militar esperaba que él y sus hijos fueran encontrados.

Esfuerzos del gobierno para integrar a distintas clases socioeconómicas

Ronal Rodríguez, investigador del Observatorio de Venezuela de la Universidad del Rosario, en Colombia, explicó que los gobiernos venezolanos, incluso antes de la llegada de Hugo Chávez a la presidencia en 1999, habían intentado evitar la segregación socioeconómica construyendo proyectos de vivienda en o cerca de zonas exclusivas. Esa estrategia, señaló, también les daba una ventaja política al diversificar la base de votantes en barrios más acomodados que tienden a votar por la oposición.

Pero las viviendas construidas bajo la "Gran Misión Vivienda" de Chávez, continuada por su sucesor Nicolás Maduro hasta que el ejército de Estados Unidos lo derrocó en enero, tenían una condición: la gente nunca recibía un título de propiedad.

"El chavismo lo que trata es de mantener una dependencia política", dijo Rodríguez sobre el movimiento político de Chávez. "Es decir, si tú en algún momento te me volteas y ya no me apoyas, pues entonces el techo que te he dado te lo quito".

Esto vuelve a estos residentes vulnerables a los caprichos del gobierno, en particular cuando los sobrevivientes han sido explícitos al denunciar la falta de apoyo gubernamental en las labores de búsqueda y rescate.

El gobierno de la presidenta Rodríguez, cuya respuesta a la catástrofe ha sido denunciada por residentes de todos los sectores, aún no ha dado plazos para los esfuerzos de recuperación de vivienda.

La magnitud de los daños todavía no está clara, pero al menos 10.000 estructuras, o cerca de un tercio, resultaron dañadas en Catia La Mar, una ciudad al oeste de Caraballeda también en el estado La Guaira, según imágenes satelitales analizadas por AI for Good Lab de Microsoft. Edificios antiguos, construcciones deficientes y la geografía dejaron a muchos vecindarios de Venezuela vulnerables a terremotos fuertes.

Recoger los pedazos

Benito Mantilla, de 68 años, ahora vive en una tienda instalada en el estacionamiento de una farmacia en Catia La Mar después de que su casa resultara dañada. Su esposa se fue a República Dominicana la semana pasada, pero él decidió quedarse e intentar encontrar trabajo a unos 40 minutos, en la capital, Caracas, ya que los terremotos también dañaron su taller de reparación de autos y el de su hermano.

Otra mujer que también vive en el estacionamiento aún esperaba que el gobierno le diera una vivienda pronto. Su hija, contó, forma parte de los organizadores locales del partido gobernante.

Mientras tanto, Caryudedi González, que compró su propia casa cuando tenía 21 años, esperaba que su vivienda de clase trabajadora —la mitad de la cual se desplomó por un barranco— pudiera repararse de alguna manera.

"En muchos países es muy difícil tener una casa propia y aquí nos esforzamos tanto por tener lo nuestro", expresó González, de 44 años.

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

The case has been wending its way through the courts for years and stems from attempts by conservatives to overturn President Joe Biden's victory in Wisconsin over President Donald Trump in 2020.

Here’s what to know:

A conservative activist brought the case

The case tested the line between protecting personal privacy rights and ensuring that ineligible people can’t vote.

Former travel executive Ron Heuer and a group he leads, the Wisconsin Voter Alliance, brought the lawsuit in 2022 alleging that the number of ineligible voters doesn’t match the count on Wisconsin’s voter registration list. The lawsuit doesn't specify how many people could be affected.

In Wisconsin, a guardianship order is granted by a court giving a person certain legal rights over another who is determined to be unable to make decisions about their life. A court has the power to remove the right to vote from a person under a guardianship order if the person is determined to be unable to understand “the objective of the election process.”

Heuer asked the state Supreme Court to rule that counties must release records filed when a judge determines that someone isn’t competent to vote so that those names can be compared to the voter registration list.

Heuer’s attorney, Erick Kaardal, argued that privacy concerns could be balanced with the public’s right to access government records by redacting identifying or sensitive information on the forms.

But the attorney for Walworth County said those seeking access to the records wanted to cross-check ineligible voters against the names of those registered. They can’t do that, attorney Sam Hall said during oral arguments, without releasing the person’s name and address.

Hall praised the ruling, saying it “protects the privacy of vulnerable individuals while preserving their dignity.”

Kaardal did not immediately return an email seeking comment.

The Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, which advocates for public access to documents but did not take a position on this case, said the court’s decision was “narrowly tailored and should not have a huge impact.”

The council praised the court for clarifying the standard for deciding similar cases in the future, but that “it’s always disappointing when access to public information is curtailed.”

Liberal justices who control Wisconsin Supreme Court reject the cas

e

In the 5-2 ruling on Tuesday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority along with conservative Justice Brian Hagedorn ruled that the records are not public as the conservative activist had claimed.

The court took the case after two lower state appeals courts issued divergent rulings. One appeals court, based in Madison, denied access to the records while another appeals court, based in Waukesha, said in 2023 that the records should be made public.

It ordered Walworth County to release them with birth dates and case numbers redacted.

The Supreme Court overturned the appeals court ruling that the records should be made public.

State law is clear that the records being sought are not public and “the Alliance has no right to the records,” Justice Janet Protasiewicz wrote for the majority.

Conservative justices Annette Ziegler and Rebecca Bradley dissented, saying the court adopted “an overbroad and unworkable definition of what records pertain to a finding of incompetency” to include the forms that indicate a person has been found ineligible to vote.

Those forms are not pertinent to the finding of incompetency and are therefore subject to the open records law, Ziegler and Bradley wrote.

The case was one of several targeting the 2020 election

The case was an attempt by those who questioned the outcome of the 2020 presidential race to cast doubt on the integrity of elections in the presidential swing state. Heuer and the WVA filed lawsuits in 13 Wisconsin counties in 2022 seeking guardianship records.

Heuer and the WVA have pushed conspiracy theories about the 2020 election in a failed attempt to overturn Biden’s win in Wisconsin. Heuer was hired as an investigator in the discredited 2020 election probe led by former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman. The probe found no evidence of fraud or abuse that would have changed the election results.

The WVA also filed two unsuccessful lawsuits that sought to overturn Biden’s win in Wisconsin.

Trump won Wisconsin in 2024 after losing in 2020

Biden defeated Trump by nearly 21,000 votes in Wisconsin in 2020, a result that has withstood independent and partisan audits and reviews, as well as lawsuits and the recounts Trump requested. Trump won Wisconsin in 2024 by about 29,000 votes.

There are no pending lawsuits challenging the results of the 2024 election or calls to investigate the outcome.

Here are the key steps to take.

Step 1: Find a qualified attorney

Because your estate plan will likely need to be updated as the years go by, it makes sense to find an attorney who practices in the community where you live.

Start by asking other financial professionals who you work with for recommendations. If you have a specific situation that is likely to affect your estate plan—for example, if you’re a  small-business owner  or if you have a child with a disability —ask for referrals to attorneys well-versed in those areas.

Conduct a basic informational interview with prospective attorneys (it should be free), and ask the following:

1. How long have you been practicing law? 2. How long have you been practicing this type of law? 3. How many estates have you settled? 4. What is the typical asset level for your clients? 5. Do you have experience with situations like mine? (Blended/divorced family, business owner, child with addiction issue, etc.) 6. How do you charge for your services? What is an estimate of the charges for my estate plan? 7. Do you have experience with tax planning? (Particularly important for large estates)

Remember to weigh the intangibles: Do you like this person, and would you be comfortable supplying them with personal information about your finances and family situation?

Step 2: Take stock of your assets

List your assets and their value: investment accounts, life insurance, your home, your share of any businesses you own. Gather current information about any  debts outstanding. Your estate-planning attorney is likely to provide you with a worksheet for this.

Step 3: Identify key individuals

Who do you trust to ensure that your wishes are carried out in case of your death or incapacity? You’ll need individuals to fill the following key roles. Note that the same individual can fulfill more than one role.

8. Executor: A person who gathers your assets and makes sure they are distributed as spelled out in your will. The executor must be detail-oriented and comfortable with numbers. The executor can be a family member or a professional (such as a bank trust officer). 9. Durable (or Financial) Power of Attorney: A document that grants an individual the legal authority to make financial decisions on your behalf if you can’t. This person must understand your wishes about your financial affairs. They should also be detail-oriented and adept with financial matters. 10. Power of Attorney for Healthcare: A document that specifies whom you entrust with making healthcare decisions on your behalf if you can’t. Ideally, this person lives reasonably close and understands your general wishes about healthcare. 11. Guardian: A person who is willing and financially able to look after and/or raise your minor children if you and your partner die. You want your child’s guardian to share your values and views on parenting.

Step 4: Know the key documents you need

At a minimum, ask your attorney to draft:

12. Last Will and Testament: Tells everyone how you would like your assets distributed after you’re gone. 13. Living Will: Tells your loved ones and healthcare providers how you would like to be cared for if you become terminally ill. It usually includes your wishes on the use of life-support equipment. 14. Healthcare Power of Attorney: Gives an individual the power to make healthcare decisions on your behalf. 15. Durable (Financial) Power of Attorney

Step 5: Manage your documents

Once your estate-planning documents are drafted, destroy any older versions. Keep the current ones in a secure place and tell the executor where they are.

Provide copies to your executor, agents for powers of attorney, and the guardian for your children, and discuss your wishes with them.

Step 6: Plan to keep your plan current

One of the biggest estate-planning pitfalls is drafting a plan but not keeping it up to date. Plan to notify your estate-planning attorney, and possibly revise your documents, in these situations:

16. A change in marital or family status (marriage, divorce, birth, adoption) 17. A major change in assets (sale or purchase) 18. A major change in financial status 19. The death or ill health of a beneficiary 20. The death or ill health of the executor, power of attorney, or guardian.

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The unexpected resignation is an effort by the anti-immigration politician to preempt a standards investigation that could have seen him ejected as a lawmaker, and to present himself as the victim of a witch hunt by the media and his political foes.

“I have done nothing wrong. I have not broken the law in any way at all. I have not misused public money,” Farage, a prominent ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, said in a statement broadcast by his party. Media outlets were not allowed to attend the broadcast and he did not take questions.

Farage faces a parliamentary standards investigation about undeclared and potentially rule-breaking donations, including a 5 million pound ($6.7 million) gift he received from a Thailand-based cryptocurrency billionaire. A finding of wrongdoing could lead to Farage being suspended or expelled from Parliament. But he has made the first move by triggering an election for his seaside seat of Clacton in eastern England.

“The people of Clacton should be the judges of my actions,” Farage said. “This will be a people versus the establishment by-election.”

And, he said: “I will fight to win.”

Farage won Clacton comfortably in the 2024 election, taking 46.2% of the vote, and stands a good chance of winning reelection. Reform UK said it was willing to pay for the special election, which may deflect claims it is wasting taxpayers’ money.

Farage’s opponents were unimpressed. Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the announcement “a desperate stunt” from a man “up to his neck in sleaze.” Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch claimed Farage was having a “hissy fit” and triggering an “ego by-election.”

The gambit may only postpone Farage’s problems. Even if he wins, the standards inquiry is likely to resume.

Farage tipped by some as a future prime minister

Scrutiny of Farage’s finances has spurred speculation about the future of a politician some considered the favorite to be prime minister after the next national election.

One of the most high-profile and controversial figures in British politics, Farage has had an outsized impact as a champion of leaving the European Union and foe of large-scale immigration. He was key in securing victory for the “leave” side in the 2016 EU membership referendum.

His rise has echoes of Trump’s nationalist, anti-immigration playbook. Farage has capitalized on — critics say stoked — concerns about migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats, which he has called an invasion, and alleges that white people face discrimination from police.

He also rails against “the establishment” and the media, which he claimed are using “foul means” to stop him.

A skilled communicator whose supporters see a beer-drinking plain-speaker, and whose critics see a populist rabble-rouser, Farage has had a checkered political career and was only elected to Parliament in 2024 after seven failed attempts. Farage also has a history of walking away from parties he led, stepping down from both the UK Independence Party and its successor, the Brexit Party, in the last decade.

Reform UK has only eight of the 650 seats in the House of Commons but consistently leads opinion polls over the governing Labour Party and the main opposition Conservatives.

Farage’s party was the big winner in local and regional elections in May that led to the ouster of Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the hands of his own Labour Party.

But Reform UK has lost three consecutive special elections that it hoped to win, a possible sign its support may be sagging. The most recent loss was to Labour’s Andy Burnham, who is likely to succeed Starmer as prime minister within weeks.

Donors include a crypto billionaire and a fraudster

Parliamentary standards commissioner Daniel Greenberg is investigating the 5 million pound donation to Farage from Christopher Harborne, a British businessman based in Thailand. Farage says the money was a personal gift that he used to fund security and came before he was elected to the House of Commons.

U.K. rules state that newly elected lawmakers must declare gifts worth more than 300 pounds ($400) they received in the previous 12 months, except where the gift “could not be reasonably thought by others” to relate to their political activities.

Farage is also facing questions about claims, reported by the Sunday Times, over his financial relationship with George Cottrell, an aristocratic crypto-gambling entrepreneur, convicted fraudster and on-off aide to the Reform UK leader.

Cottrell was arrested at Chicago’s O’Hare airport in 2016, while traveling with Farage, over allegations he offered to launder money for undercover agents posing as drug traffickers. Indicted on 21 counts relating to money laundering, fraud, blackmail and extortion, he agreed to plead guilty to a single charge of wire fraud, admitting attempting to defraud criminals on the dark web by masquerading as a money launderer. He served eight months in prison.

Cottrell, 32, remains close to Farage, and The Sunday Times said he gave the politician funding for staffing and security before Britain’s 2024 general election, as well as the use of a London townhouse near Buckingham Palace.

El conservador De la Espriella dijo en un video en sus redes sociales que al desconocer su victoria, Petro y el excandidato oficialista Iván Cepeda iniciaron un plan para “quedarse a como diera lugar en el poder y lo quieren hacer a través de un golpe de Estado”, del que no dio pruebas.

“Le pido como presidente electo a las Fuerzas Armadas de Colombia que cumplan con su juramento: proteger la Constitución y la democracia y no obedecer ninguna orden que Petro esté dando en sentido contrario”, aseguró De la Espriella, quien pidió a la comunidad internacional vigilar el traspaso de gobierno y a sus votantes “resistencia” hasta el 7 de agosto, cuando tomará posesión del cargo.

Horas antes Petro había publicado en X que aunque algunos le piden “permanecer en el poder sabiendo que los que vienen no ganaron las elecciones”, no lo hará porque el “mandato popular que se me otorgó tiene un final y soy un demócrata”.

La transición de gobierno o empalme, como se conoce en Colombia, suele ser un trámite formal para recibir a la nueva administración. Sin embargo, el proceso entre Petro y De la Espriella, opuestos políticamente, ha estado rodeado de cuestionamientos mutuos.

El ministro de Hacienda y coordinador del empalme del gobierno de Petro, Germán Ávila, ordenó a su equipo suspender el proceso como una medida recíproca. Durante una declaración televisada reprochó las declaraciones de Carlos Alfonso Lucio, parte del equipo de De la Espriella, quien dijo en entrevista a un medio local que el nuevo gobierno llevaría ante la justicia los hallazgos del proceso de transición “anti-corrupción”.

“El empalme no es una investigación penal, no es un juicio”, aseguró Ávila, quien anunció una denuncia penal contra Lucio. “No tenemos absolutamente nada que ocultar”.

De la Espriella aseguró que está dispuesto a “enfrentar, a derrotar y a castigar” a Petro, por lo que lo hará “pagar en el marco de la ley todos sus delitos”.

La víspera Petro fue explícito en no reconocer la legitimidad de De la Espriella al asegurar que “no ganó las elecciones” en el reñido balotaje del 21 de junio contra el progresista Iván Cepeda, su aliado político, pese a que el Consejo Nacional Electoral declaró ganador a De la Espriella.

El procurador general Gregorio Eljach ha dicho a la prensa que los cuestionamientos del mandatario sobre los resultados de la elección no tienen incidencia jurídica, por lo que De la Espriella tomará posesión del cargo el 7 de agosto.

Petro insistió en X en que se gestó un presunto fraude electoral porque los software usados en el escrutinio “utilizaron algoritmos que variaron la votación sustancialmente a favor de Abelardo”.

El día del balotaje Petro aseguró que reconocería los resultados del escrutinio, el cual realizan jueces y luego avala la autoridad electoral. Sin embargo, no lo hizo expresamente y lo que siguieron fueron declaraciones sujetas a interpretación, como un comunicado en el que dijo que haría la “transición democrática del gobierno” y acataría “las decisiones de los jueces”.

Una misión de observadores de la Unión Europea subrayó tras el balotaje la transparencia y eficiencia del proceso de recuento de votos. El Centro Carter indicó que el sistema de gestión de resultados fue “confiable, transparente y plenamente trazable”.

Varias zonas del este de la provincia de Hubei fueron golpeadas por tormentas eléctricas la noche del lunes y el mal tiempo afectaba a 14.600 personas, informó la agencia oficial de noticias Xinhua. Más de 330 personas resultaron heridas y una estaba desaparecida, mientras que más de 20 viviendas se derrumbaron y otras más de 4.800 sufrieron daños, indicó.

Un inusual tornado EF2 barrió la ciudad de Huanggang, donde varios edificios resultaron dañados. Una empresa de logística y un complejo de almacenes fueron duramente afectados; varios camiones fueron levantados y desplazados por vientos hasta de 30 metros (98 pies), reportó Xinhua.

Un video publicado por Shanghai Daily en X parecía mostrar a algunas personas en la planta baja de un edificio gritando mientras los fuertes vientos abrían a la fuerza las puertas de vidrio, haciendo añicos una de ellas.

Los tornados suelen registrarse en provincias del sur y costeras como Guangdong y Jiangsu, según China Weather News, que depende de la Administración Meteorológica de China.

Son poco frecuentes en la provincia de Hubei y múltiples factores, incluidos los remanentes de la tormenta tropical Maysak, contribuyeron a los que golpearon la región la noche del lunes, declaró el experto meteorológico Wang Xiaoling al periódico Hubei Daily.

En el sur de China, funcionarios informaron que cuatro personas habían muerto en la ciudad de Hengzhou y otras ocho estaban desaparecidas, mientras lluvias récord asociadas a Maysak provocaban inundaciones generalizadas en la región de Guangxi, reportó Xinhua.

Más de 53.000 personas han sido evacuadas en Hengzhou, y otras 8.000 fueron evacuadas en el condado de Binyang, señaló Xinhua.

Guangxi emitió una alerta roja, el nivel más alto, por inundaciones el martes. Los niveles de los ríos subieron hasta 7,5 metros (24 pies) por encima de los niveles de advertencia, según Xinhua.

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

The blackout in the country of nearly 10 million people was reported by the state-run Electric Union, which said on X that the cause is under investigation. The Ministry of Energy and Mines wrote on X that it has activated protocols to restore electricity.

Fuel has been running out across Cuba since January, when U.S. President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on any country that sells or provides oil to the island, deepening the island’s ongoing economic and financial crisis. Public transportation has largely been halted, and officials have canceled tens of thousands of surgeries.

Energy Minister Vicente de la O Levy said microsystems were already operating throughout Cuba a couple of hours after the outage: “Vital services continue to be protected, amidst this complex situation exacerbated by the energy blockade we face.”

Meanwhile, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel accused the U.S. of trying to “incite social unrest by strangling Cuba’s fuel supply.”

“The actions of electrical workers in the midst of a genocidal energy blockade are heroic,” he wrote on X.

The outage sparked concern across Havana, with 36-year-old Lina May wondering when the power would come back on so she could cook some rice.

“I just told my dad that we have to buy charcoal because otherwise we won’t eat and we’ll starve,” she said.

Richard Valdés, 40, said the outage is just the latest hit of many. “We’re without power again,” he said. “Now we have no water, no gas, nothing until they restore it.”

Cuba produces only 40% of the fuel it needs, while the 730,000 barrels of oil delivered by a Russian tanker in late March ran out by the end of April.

The government also has been rationing power with intentional outages that can stretch to more than 24 consecutive hours.

A blackout in mid-May affected the island’s eastern provinces, while a blackout in mid-March struck the entire island.

Like many Cubans, Mario Pedroso, a 33-year-old Havana resident, was resigned about Monday’s total blackout.

“Oil hasn’t come in here for a while, and we have no way to solve the problem,” he said. “We have to resist, as we Cubans say. That’s all.”

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Associated Press writer Dánica Coto in San Juan, Puerto Rico contributed.

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The Fort Lauderdale institution, located right on the water, is receiving a massive makeover to welcome tourists and residents alike.

Animal activists are furious about animals being taken from the ocean to fill the tank while Fort Lauderdale leaders claim it’s a done deal.

The bulldozers are on the property and phase one of construction is underway, expected to be finished this summer.

There are a total of four phases coming to the $220 million expansion project for the new Fort Lauderdale water district.

Renderings feature a new aquatic center, a waterfront promenade, a restaurant, a museum and the state-of-the-art marine aquarium.

Ana Campos is an animal activist who took part in the 2019 lawsuit against the city when Seaquest was attempting to build an aquarium at the Galleria Mall.

“It’s shocking to learn after the city of Fort Lauderdale was actually sued over an aquarium that they went ahead and they approved an aquarium in a worse location,” she said. “As if the Miami Seaquarium issue wasn’t enough to scare cities away from animal captivity and touch tanks and any types of tanks with animals.”

As the city moves forward with its approved plans from 2023, many are just hearing about the proposed aquarium three years later.

“We have thousands of members in the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida and we never heard about it,” said James Wildman, with the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida.

Playing catchup included watching previous Fort Lauderdale commission meetings.

Rich Waltzer, the Fort Lauderdale Aquarium founder and CEO, spoke at an April 21 commission meeting.

“The aquarium was a dream of mine and it’s actually finally come true,” he said. “I really want to thank Commissioner Herbst for really helping me make this happen.”

Local 10 News reached out to Waltzer to be interviewed for this story, but he refused. Local 10 also reached out to Commissioner John Herbst, a huge proponent to bring the aquarium to life, but he also declined our requests three different times over email.

Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis agreed to sit down for an interview.

“It sounds really exciting and the commission agreed and that’s why we voted for it,” he said. “We have had exhibits like that already in our science museum. We’ve had it for many, many years, so this is just basically an expansion of that experience, and it’s now going to be done at the aquatic center.”

When looking at the plans, bringing the ocean experience, like corals and animals to human hands, is a big part of this aquarium.

“Touch tanks are a very visceral way of getting information across to people,” aquarium developer John Whitehead said during the April 21 commission meeting. “If I give you a sea star and put it in your hand, you can tell how it moves across the bottom of the ocean.”

Aquarium supporters claim they are building an educational experience, while activists are concerned the animals will be unethically trafficked from our oceans.

“What you’re teaching a child by confining an animal in captivity is that it’s acceptable for humans to do what we like to animals simply for entertainment purposes,” said Wildman.

Added Campos: “Building this is a death sentence, period.”

In the meeting with the developers, examples of corals, crabs and fish were displayed, along with pictures of what appeared to be an endangered bonnethead shark and an endangered spotted eagle ray.

The aquarium is in a mandatory evacuation zone; the mayor said generators will be ready.

Backup power, however, failed at an aquarium during Hurricane Katrina and thousands of marine animals died as a result.

“You know, it’s not an easy life being in the open ocean and a lot of the wildlife get eaten by bigger wildlife, so we’re saving their lives too, let’s keep that in mind,” said Trantalis.

The city owns the property and the operators will be leasing with the expectation to open the new facility in 2028, but the fight is far from over.

“There’s nothing preventing the commission from caring about the welfare of the animals, regardless if it’s a done deal and we’re too late. It’s never too late, as far as I’m concerned, to care about animals,” said Campos.

Added Wildman: “I think with enough pressure, with enough people speaking out, things will change, and so that’s what we’re going to continue to do.”

“It cannot stand or survive as it has been,” Emanuel will say at Tel Aviv University on Wednesday, according to remarks obtained by The Associated Press. “To maintain the strength of our ties, we need significant changes and a new direction.”

In an interview ahead of his speech, Emanuel said Israel’s continued military response to Hamas’ attack on Oct. 7, 2023, has been “reckless and careless in the treatment of Palestinian life — not only the military campaign but using food and medicine as an instrument of your military goals.”

Asked whether Israel had committed genocide, an accusation leveled by some human rights organizations and rejected by the Israeli and U.S. governments, Emanuel said the question should not be considered in isolation without also examining conflicts in Ukraine and Sudan.

“I’m ready to have that discussion,” he said, “but I don’t think it should be politicized, and then dilute the power of what genocide means.”

Taken together, the interview and upcoming speech from a stalwart of Democrats’ centrist wing are another demonstration of how far the party has shifted away from its historic support of Israel almost three years after the war in Gaza began.

About 58% of Democrats say the U.S. is “too supportive” of the Israelis, according to a new survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, up from 45% in January 2024. Roughly half of Democrats believe that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians during the war with Hamas.

Emanuel's proposals will include sanctions on Israelis who attack Palestinian civilians and property along with companies and banks that support settlements considered illegal by most of the international community. He also wants to end U.S. subsidies to Israel's defense budget, arguing the country “should be able to buy American arms under the same financial terms, the same restrictions, and the same requirements as every other trusted ally that abides by our laws.”

In addition, Emanuel will blame Netanyahu for driving Israel to a “dead end,” emboldened by poor decisions from American leaders.

“For too long, American policy toward Israel operated under the assumption that the best thing Washington could do for Jerusalem was to blindly and silently stand behind your government, without conditions, without demands, and without consequences when we disagreed,” he will say. “That has been our mistake. Unconditional support has produced a prime minister who has presumed that his strategic interests would incur no cost if he ignored America’s concerns.”

There's little precedent for an American with presidential ambitions to travel to another country, much less one as fraught as Israel, to deliver such a stinging rebuke of its political leadership. Centrist figures like Emanuel have been more reluctant than Democrats' progressive base to question longtime U.S. support for Israel in recent years.

How will Netanyahu react?

His remarks could prompt a similarly fiery response from Netanyahu, who famously once called Emanuel, who had ambitions of being the first Jewish speaker of the U.S. House, a “self-hating Jew.” Netanyahu faces his own battle for reelection in October, and the veteran leader may try to use a confrontation with Emanuel for political gain by appearing to stand strong in the face of international criticism.

Emanuel, who arrived in Tel Aviv on Sunday ahead of the Wednesday speech, told the AP that he's intentionally avoiding interactions with Israeli elected officials during his visit to not interfere with the country's upcoming elections. Instead, his agenda includes visiting a hospital that serves Israelis and Palestinians and meeting with the family of an Oct. 7 hostage.

For possible Democratic presidential contenders gauging how to address the fallout from Israel's war in Gaza and Netanyahu's perceived tilt toward the Republican Party, led by President Donald Trump, the speech represents an especially frontal strategy. The war has disrupted political coalitions in both major political parties in the U.S., with younger voters recoiling at Israel's approach to the conflict pressing American leaders to take a tougher stand. The issue has roiled some Democratic congressional primaries this year and could continue to be a dividing line in the contest for the party's presidential nomination in 2028.

Castigating Netanyahu for doing little to advance diplomatic efforts to end the war, Emanuel will note that “support for Israel is plummeting around the world.”

“You’ve lost Europe,” he will say. “Your scientists face exclusion from international research networks. Your artists and academics are shut out of exhibits and conferences.”

Support for Israel has waned

While Netanyahu has forged generally strong ties with Trump and the Republican Party, Israel's support among Democrats has slipped in recent years. But in portraying Israel as increasingly isolated, Emanuel's comments have echoes of recent remarks from Vice President JD Vance, a sign of how criticism of the country is taking hold in both parties. Speaking recently from the White House briefing room as the U.S. worked to close a deal to end the war with Iran, Vance said Trump was “the only head of state in the entire world who is sympathetic to the nation of Israel at this moment in time.”

For all his tough words, Emanuel, who is Jewish and whose father was born in Jerusalem, will offer notes of sympathy and understanding. He acknowledged the toll of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in which Hamas-led militants launched air and ground strikes on Israel, killing nearly 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages. He noted disappointments from previous rounds of peace talks with Palestinian leaders.

“But even while acknowledging that history, the path forward cannot be held hostage to a past defined exclusively by recriminations,” he will say.

He will call the two-state solution “discredited” and instead push for a “23-state solution” that includes Israel, the Palestinians and the 21 other members of the Arab League in a peace deal.

“The 21 Arab nations that have exploited Palestinian rights as a slogan for decades now need to roll up their sleeves and stand up a governing authority capable of accepting the historic Jewish connection to this land,” he will say.

While no prominent Democrat has formally entered the 2028 contest, that could change soon after the November midterms with a field that could ultimately swell into the dozens. Few have been as open about their intentions as Emanuel, a former White House chief of staff, congressman, Chicago mayor and U.S. ambassador who has spent much of the past three decades holding one public office or another. Absent such a post now, he’s gained attention by releasing a string of policy proposals, biking through the early voting state of New Hampshire, appearing on podcasts and stepping up his social media presence.

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Peoples reported from New York.

A Ukrainian military intelligence officer confessed to killing the bombing suspect, Anastasiia Berezovska, with the help of a former law enforcement officer, said the security service, known as the SBU. The military intelligence officer said he acted on his own and without the knowledge of his superiors, the SBU said.

Both men were detained on suspicion of premeditated murder.

Last week’s bombing attack at an apartment building entrance in Monaco reportedly injured Vadym Yermolaiev, a tycoon with links to Russia. A woman and a child with him were also injured. The attack shocked Monaco, a coastal playground for the rich and famous known for its tax-friendly incentives, royal family and Formula 1 Grand Prix.

Authorities have not disclosed possible motives for the bombing attack, or the killing of Berezovska.

In Kyiv, the mysterious events have raised concerns among some lawmakers about how Ukraine’s Western allies are reacting to a possible assassination attempt in Monaco that is now linked to at least one member of Ukraine’s military intelligence agency.

“I hope it will not have a serious impact. But our allies deserve an explanation,” said Oleksandr Merezhko, a lawmaker from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s party.

“The unusual thing is that the perpetrators were caught so quickly. That could be interpreted as evidence of a swift and effective operation by our law enforcement agencies,” he added.

Ukraine is believed to have carried out attacks and targeted killings of Russian figures in the course of the war, although those attacks have largely been confined to Ukrainian or Russian territory.

Monaco's head of state, Prince Albert II, described last week's bombing as “an odious act.” The 39-year-old Berezovska was identified as the main suspect by Interpol, which issued a so-called Red Notice seeking her arrest on charges of attempted murder and criminal conspiracy.

Yermolaiev built his fortune through the Alef Group, a diversified business that includes commercial real estate, manufacturing and agriculture. Sanctioned by Ukraine in 2023 for his Russia ties, Yermolaiev has said he renounced his Ukrainian citizenship nearly a decade ago.

Interpol on Tuesday said it had no immediate comment on the arrests of the Ukrainian military intelligence officer and former law enforcement officer.

The SBU said investigators had focused on the two men after discovering they had repeatedly transferred cryptocurrency and money through bank accounts to Berezovska.

Investigators said they found Berezovska’s body during a reconstruction of the crime based on one suspect’s testimony. Investigators recovered spent pistol casings at the scene, the SBU said.

Authorities said the basement of the former law enforcement officer’s home appeared to be used as a torture chamber. It was not immediately clear if this is where Berezovska’s body was found.

The SBU said it had shared all available information with authorities in Monaco and was continuing to investigate those who ordered and organized the bombing in Monaco.

According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, the incident occurred around 4:28 p.m. Monday in the area of U.S. 1 and Sombrero Beach Road in Marathon.

Deputies said they responded to the scene after receiving reports about a woman with a knife harassing a man.

Upon arrival, deputies said the suspect, identified as Jennifer Lynn Secrest, 35, “pulled out the knife and began waving it around while threatening them.”

Deputies said they were eventually able to take away the knife and took Secrest into custody.

She is facing two felony charges of aggravated assault with a weapon, a felony charge of resisting arrest, three misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest and a charge of disorderly intoxication.

No injuries were reported in the incident.

It happened Saturday evening near the intersection of Dania Beach Boulevard and Southeast Second Avenue in Dania Beach.

On Sunday, Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Vladimir Mushenko, 38, in connection with the crash.

Video obtained by Local 10 News showed a white BMW convertible going east on Dania Beach Boulevard before losing control near Second Avenue.

The vehicle traveled over the median and struck a Mercedes-Benz that was traveling westbound.

According to an arrest report, a responding deputy smelled an alcoholic beverage on Mushenko’s breath and noticed that he had glassy eyes and appeared disoriented.

Mushenko was transported to Broward Health Medical Center to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.

At the hospital, medical staff drew blood from him, which showed he had a blood-alcohol level of .197%

Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue officials said one person died at the scene and six others were hospitalized, including four adults and two minors.

One of the victims who was hospitalized has since died, bringing the death toll to two, the report stated.

Authorities have not publicly identified any of the victims.

Mushenko is facing a bevy of charges that includes two counts of DUI causing death, two counts of vehicular homicide and two counts of DUI with damage to a person or property.

Fad diets come and go, but the underlying message almost always follows a simple equation. If you consume fewer calories than you burn, the weight will melt away.

In principle, it’s true. And counting calories can be a useful tool for managing weight. But it only works if you know what numbers you’re counting. And what’s been billed as basic math can sometimes look more like Einstein’s theory of relativity.

That’s because a complex web of factors influences how or even if our bodies process calories. And it turns out diet quality is just as important as quantity, and possibly more.

“Different foods have very different effects on the brain, liver, fat cells, muscle function, pancreas and all organs related to metabolism and body weight,” said Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, a cardiologist and director of the Food is Medicine Institute at Tufts University.

Counting calories could burn you

A calorie is the unit of energy used to count what the body can get from carbohydrates, proteins and fats. That sounds simple, but the complexity of counting calories went mainstream recently, when a lawsuit accused the maker of David protein bars of affixing labels that misrepresent how many calories and how much fat the products contain. The lawsuit has since been dropped.

The allegations were based on an analysis of the bars using bomb calorimetry, which measures calories by burning food and calculating the amount of heat released, a method that counts every potential calorie. But our bodies aren’t combustion chambers and don’t treat all calories the same. The company’s numbers, like many food labels, are based only on the calories our bodies can actually use. Technically, both are correct, but only the latter matters for diet.

“You could put sawdust into a bomb calorimeter and you would get basically 4 calories per gram,” said Dr. David Ludwig, an endocrinologist and researcher at Boston Children’s Hospital. “If you’re a termite, yes, you’ll get calories from it. But humans won’t.”

The calorie counts on most nutrition labels reflect the total our bodies are likely to metabolize, not their burn rate. But they still can be misleading. Because of permitted rounding, the tallies can be off by as much as 20%. Additionally, the digestibility of an ingredient, whether and how it is cooked, to what extent it was processed, variations in processing, even quirks in our own DNA — all of these things influence whether and how our bodies use the calories we eat. Even that is just the start of the complications.

Calories are simple. How your body uses them is not

Our bodies determine how to process calories — either burning them or storing them — depending in part on our energy needs. But the quality of the calories matters, too. High-glycemic foods, such as white breads, pastas and sugars, are easily converted to usable energy and trigger our bodies to store calories, Ludwig said.

Foods containing resistant starches, including some beans, whole grains and seeds, resist easy conversion into usable energy and don’t trigger that same storage response. They also are more difficult to process, so we absorb fewer of the total calories contained in them.

“Having a snack of 8 ounces of sugary beverage, 100 calories, should be better for your weight than 1 ounce of nuts at 200 calories, right?” Ludwig said. “That’s the opposite of what actually happens because those 100 calories, even if they’re fewer at that moment, they shift your body toward storing fat and leave you hungrier sooner.”

Which of course triggers you to eat more, well, calories.

Even cooking and ripeness influence the equation. The calories in cooked foods are more easily absorbed than from raw ingredients, while the calories in unripe produce, such as bananas, are less easily absorbed. This means the number of calories you get from eating a medium banana, which is listed at 105 calories, can depend on how ripe it is.

As for processing, including something as simple as grinding a food, can change caloric impact.

“One classic example is that the calories in whole almonds are absorbed substantially less well than the calories in almond butter,” Ludwig said. “Just processing the almonds into almond butter causes a change in how much they will be absorbed.”

Ultra-processed foods introduce another challenge. Diets high in such foods have been found to decrease the number of calories we burn at rest, Mozaffarian said. That means a higher proportion of those calories will stick to your ribs.

Then there’s just plain old variation between people. Genetics lead our bodies to treat calories differently, said Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford, a Harvard Medical School obesity specialist. Even something as simple as a bad night’s sleep can change how the body processes calories. So you might absorb more or fewer calories from the same food on different days.

Should you even bother to count calories?

So what’s a weight watcher to do? Calorie counts can be a rough guideline; many people otherwise struggle to make healthy choices or determine appropriate portions, Ludwig said.

But the evidence indicates people should focus on diet quality, not just calorie quantity. Avoid ultra-processed foods, particularly refined starches, and build your diet around whole, minimally processed foods with an emphasis on plant-based ingredients rich in fiber.

“We need to think about calories in a much more sophisticated fashion than the number on the package,” Ludwig said. “The number on the package can do more harm than good by misleading people into thinking that it’s simply an accounting problem.”

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J.M. Hirsch is a food and travel journalist and the former food editor for The Associated Press.

Trump also criticized NATO’s abilities to function without American leadership and power, expressing disappointment at the refusal of some NATO allies to join the Iran war he launched alongside Israel without consulting them. And he insisted again that Greenland should be “controlled by the United States, not by Denmark.” Of all of his threats to NATO and its member countries, this has posed the greatest danger to the organization.

Alliance leaders meanwhile are trying to show increased military capabilities as the American focus shifts from defending Europe. The two-day summit will showcase military projects worth billions of dollars aimed at persuading Trump they’re making a stronger Europe for a stronger NATO.

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Turkey’s opposition leader criticizes Trump for not visiting Ataturk tomb

Ozgur Ozel said Trump would be the only visiting U.S. president not to pay his respects at the mausoleum of Turkey’s founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.

He said every visiting U.S. president since Eisenhower in 1959 had gone to the monument to honor Ataturk, who remains a revered figure in Turkey.

Talking about Trump’s welcome, Ozel said the president should be greeted by children “holding pictures of the 165 girls killed in Iran” – a reference to an airstrike on a school at the start of the Iran war.

Ozel was removed as head of the Republican People’s Party by court order last May. However, many believe the ruling was politically motivated and still consider him the de facto opposition leader.

Trump’s predecessor Joe Biden did not visit Turkey but he did lay a wreath at Ataturk’s tomb as vice-president in 2011.

Explosions rock Damascus as France’s Macron visits Syria

The explosions in Syria’s capital on Tuesday injured at least 18 people, the interior ministry said, as France’s president met with his counterpart in a landmark visit. Both leaders later announced the reappointment of ambassadors, marking a major restoration of diplomatic ties after years of civil war.

It was the second attack in Damascus in a week and a setback for President Ahmad al-Sharaa as he welcomed the first major Western leader to visit since the ouster of longtime dictator Bashar Assad in late 2024. But French President Emmanuel Macron was safe in the presidential palace when the explosions happened, and voiced support for the country’s new direction.

“Nothing can smother the aspiration of Syrian women and men to live in a fully sovereign, safe, pluralistic, and united Syria,” Macron said on X hours later. Both he and Al-Sharaa will next appear in Ankara, Turkey for the NATO summit.

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Three tankers hit in the Strait of Hormuz, British military says

The British military now says three tankers were struck Tuesday in the Strait of Hormuz. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said a third ship was hit by a drone in the critical oil-shipping waterway, where two other tankers had been attacked earlier in the day.

The third ship sustained minor damage, with no one injured, and continued on its way, the UKMTO said.

Iran and the United States agreed as part of an interim deal to allow ships to pass without paying charges for 60 days. But Tehran insisted it must control the routes and later charge fees, which would upend decades of practice in the waterway.

The U.S. and many Gulf Arab states say they will not agree to Iran charging for passage through the strait. An effort by Oman and a United Nations agency to launch a new route near Oman’s shore earlier sparked attacks across the Mideast.

Security is tight in the Turkish capital

Air defenses are on alert, and tens of thousands of police will be on duty.

Neighborhoods around the summit site are closed to traffic, and some state workers have been given time off to help keep roads unclogged.

Public gatherings are banned; however, Turkish police detained more than 20 protestors at a demonstration in central Ankara against the NATO summit on Tuesday.

Erdogan’s government has prioritized security, and authorities have carried out raids on people allegedly linked to extremist groups ahead of the summit.

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Trump says US will lift sanctions that prevented sales of F-35 jets to Turkey

Trump said on Tuesday that the U.S. will lift sanctions on Turkey that were issued after Ankara purchased a Russian missile defense system that led to the country being kicked out of the F-35 fighter jet program.

There are still a number of legal hurdles before Turkey could be fully admitted back to the U.S. program, but the removal of the sanctions — issued under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act — would help ease the process for Ankara to regain access to the F-35s, a top goal of Erdogan.

“We’re going to be taking the sanctions off, OK?” Trump said in response to a question at the presidential palace in Ankara. He said Cabinet officials were working on the matter.

Earlier, he said that the possibility of selling the F-35s to Turkey is “certainly something we will consider.”

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Erdogan hopeful over US defense sales

Erdogan expressed hope that the U.S. will sell F-35 planes to Turkey, saying the U.S. president always stands by his word.

At a joint news conference with Trump, Erdogan also said the two leaders would take up the issue of the sale of jet engines to power Turkey’s domestically-produced KAAN fighter planes.

He said Turkey expects Trump to “repeat the positive news” he previously gave about supporting Turkey’s defense projects.

Trump repeats his insistence that the US should control Greenland

Trump says the semiautonomous island, which is part of NATO ally Denmark, is “an important part for the United States,” and that he does not intend to let Greenland be threatened by China and Russia. He repeated the false claim that it’s surrounded by Chinese and Russian ships.

“That should be controlled by the United States, not by Denmark,” Trump told reporters during a meeting with Erdogan.

Of all Trump’s threats to NATO and its member countries, Trump’s repeated insistence that the U.S. should acquire Greenland has posed the greatest danger to the organization. NATO is founded on the principle that its 32 members will defend each other’s territory and not threaten to seize it.

The British military says a second ship has been hit in the Strait of Hormuz

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center made the announcement Tuesday, hours after it said a tanker traveling off the coast of Oman in the strait was struck by a projectile and caught fire.

Iranian state television reported on the earlier attack, saying the liquefied natural gas tanker came under attack after ignoring warnings, while not directly claiming responsibility. Tehran has repeatedly declared that only its approved route through the strait is safe, and is suspected of attacking other ships that have tried to transit the strait close to the Omani shore.

Talks between Iran and the U.S. appeared to be on hold until after the burial of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed during the initial attacks by the U.S. and Israel that launched the war. Iranian mourners have called for the death of Trump.

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NATO official dismisses fears of a Russian attack on alliance members

A senior NATO official speaking on the sidelines of the summit in Ankara Tuesday said that despite some “reckless” actions by Russia, including airspace violations over Poland, Romania and Estonia, he believes the alliance has been successful in deterring Russia from any potential attack on a member country.

“I see absolutely no indications whatsoever that Russia is interested in any sort of conflict with NATO,” the official said.

He said Moscow is overstretched by its war in Ukraine and knows NATO would respond to any attack on a member.

“I would say now that Russia is deterred, but Russia is deterred because of the actions that we are taking,” he said.

Rahm Emanuel will assail Netanyahu in Tel Aviv speech as American politics shift against Israel

While Trump is in Turkey demanding loyalty from NATO allies, a leading Democrat will be in Tel Aviv, directly accusing the president’s military partner of driving Israel into a “dead end.”

Potential presidential candidate Rahm Emanuel plans to denounce Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and call for an end to U.S. subsidies of Israel’s defense budget in a speech Wednesday at Tel Aviv University.

“You’ve lost Europe,” Emanuel will say, according to remarks obtained by The Associated Press. Castigating Netanyahu for doing little to end the Iran war, he’ll note that “support for Israel is plummeting around the world.”

About 58% of Democrats now say the U.S. is “too supportive” of Israel, according to a new survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, up from 45% in January 2024. Roughly half of Democrats believe Israel’s government has committed genocide against Palestinians during the war in Gaza, an accusation leveled by some human rights organizations and vehemently denied by Israel and the U.S. government.

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Trump says he thinks Russia-Ukraine war will be settled ‘hopefully soon’

The U.S. leader was asked about his meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy scheduled for Wednesday on the sidelines of the NATO summit, and responded by saying he’s had great recent phone conversations with both the Ukrainian president and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“They both want to get it settled now,” he said.

He added later that Erdogan is “helping us get it settled.”

Trump refreshes complaints against European allies

At his bilateral meeting with Erdogan, Trump said he was testing European allies when he asked for their help with the Iran war.

“Italy turned us down and Germany turned us down and France turned us down,” Trump said. “And that’s OK. But, you know, why are we spending hundreds of billions of dollars and they’re not there for us?”

The complaint has been a central point of conflict between Trump and NATO, which he has described as a “paper tiger."

Trump says he has great chemistry with Erdogan

As they sat down for a bilateral meeting, Trump showered praise on Erdogan, saying they have a “very special relationship” that benefits both countries.

Asked about what makes their relationship so strong, Trump said there’s “a chemistry that works between us.”

“Sometimes you get along with the toughest people, like him,” Trump said, gesturing to Erdogan. “Sometimes you don’t get along with the weakest, most pathetic people.”

Trump says he’s going to consider selling F-35 jets to Turkey

The president was asked by a reporter as he met with Erdogan whether he’ll allow the sale of the American fighter jets to Turkey, which had been banned from the program after purchasing Russian missile defense systems.

“It’s certainly something we will consider,” Trump said as he sat with his Turkish counterpart.

He said that “Turkey has been in many ways much more loyal than other countries.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly urged the U.S. not to sell the jets to Turkey, saying it would upset the balance of power in the Middle East.

Trump arrives at Erdogan’s presidential compound

The president was greeted by Erdogan and an honor guard flanking a turquoise carpet. Trump shook hands with Erdogan and patted his shoulder before they walked together toward the guard. The men paused and Trump saluted as the band began playing the Star Spangled Banner, accompanied by cannon fire.

They continued down the carpet toward the presidential compound as a flyover left a trail of red, white and blue in the sky.

Trump was scheduled to have a bilateral meeting with Erdogan, a close ally who helped secure Trump’s presence at the two-day summit.

FIFA praises World Cup referee who Trump claimed was ‘suspect’ after red card for Balogun

FIFA has defended the reputation of World Cup referee Raphael Claus in rare pushback on comments by Trump, who questioned his integrity for sending off Folarin Balogun.

Trump suggested on Monday at the White House, without elaborating, that the 46-year-old Brazilian referee was “a little bit suspect if you check his past.”

Trump set off a furor by successfully intervening with FIFA to ensure the United States forward could play against Belgium despite his red-card penalty. FIFA praised Claus, now working at his second World Cup, in a statement published before the U.S. lost 4-1 Monday night.

“Throughout his career, he has consistently demonstrated the highest standards of professionalism and integrity,” FIFA said, calling Claus “one of the world’s leading professional referees and a valued member” of its team of World Cup match officials.

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Zelenskyy reiterates call for Ukraine to join NATO

Zelenskyy made a fresh appeal for Ukraine to be allowed to join NATO, saying that his country’s armed forces are highly experienced and resilient would only boost the alliance’s defense capabilities.

“Ukraine belongs in NATO,” Zelenskyy said at a defense industry forum, near where NATO leaders were due to gather later on Tuesday.

Zelenskyy highlighted Ukraine’s adaptability and its ability to strike deep inside Russia, hit oil refineries and other energy targets. He said that Ukraine’s armed forces are “eliminating” on average 30,000 Russian troops every month.

“Do you believe it would be right to live outside NATO, a country and a people with this level of defense capability?” he said.

Trump and Erdogan greet each other with arm squeezes

The Turkish leader was waiting on the blue carpet for Trump as he descended from Air Force One. They shook hands and Trump squeezed Edrogan’s shoulder.

Erdogan was wearing sunglasses as they posed for pictures in the bright sun.

He then tapped and squeezed Trump’s arms, and they walked the carpet together, inspecting the Turkish troops, with Erdogan gently guiding Trump by the arms at times.

They did not make comments to reporters, but Trump could be heard speaking to Erdogan and his wife about the new airplane he’s using as Air Force One.

Ukraine seeks continued funding in war

Another top agenda item is continued support to Ukraine, now in a fifth year of full-scale war with Russia. European allies and Canada are funding most of Ukraine’s needs, including paying for about 90% of the country’s air defenses.

With European countries fearing what Moscow’s territorial ambitions might lie beyond Ukraine, leaders have described Kyiv as a bulwark against Russian advances.

Trump is expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday.

The Netherlands announces more and smarter defense spending

The Dutch defense ministry says it is investing together with the United Kingdom in new amphibious transport vessels and with other NATO allies in replacing aging AWACS surveillance planes.

The government announced the plans on the first day of the NATO summit in Ankara to underscore its commitment to ramping up defense spending.

The ministry says the Dutch also are playing a leading role in a European initiative to co-produce and maintain American arms such as Stinger, Amraam, and PAC-3 missiles.

Defense Minister Dilan Yesilgöz-Zegerius says the Netherlands and European allies “are investing much more in strengthening European defense” with extra money “but also by working together smarter.”

Trump arrives in Ankara

Trump arrived in Ankara Tuesday afternoon for the NATO summit, as the transatlantic military alliance was announcing billions in arms deals in an attempt to appease the mercurial U.S. leader.

The U.S. president was expected to head first to the presidential compound of Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, a close ally to Trump who is hosting this year’s gathering.

Just before Air Force One touched down in Ankara, NATO hosted a defense forum that spotlighted billions of dollars in military projects aimed at demonstrating to Trump that European allies are investing more of their own money in defense.

NATO summits are highly symbolic

The 32 member countries of the world’s biggest military alliance will underline their unshakeable commitment to each other’s security, although the transatlantic bond has rarely seemed shakier. Still, the meeting is being organized around the theme of a stronger Europe in a stronger NATO.

Trump insists on loyalty

Trump has repeatedly slammed NATO, arguing the U.S. carries more than its fair share of military spending.

His grievances have been louder since the Iran war, as he has fumed over the fact that some member countries restricted the use of their bases to U.S. forces during the war and have not helped to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Pressed last month on what key U.S. allies could do to get back on his good side, Trump responded, “Just be loyal.”

German leader wants ‘signal of strength and unity’ in Ankara

Chancellor Friedrich Merz stressed before leaving Berlin that his country has doubled its defense spending since 2022.

He said that “we are not making this effort to do anyone a favor; we are making this effort because it is necessary for our defense, for our security.”

Merz said that “Russia remains a serious threat” and is “testing our determination every day.” He added that “it is all the more important that we send a signal of strength and unity in Ankara.”

Merz said: “This summit should send the message that we are building a more European NATO so that NATO can remain trans-Atlantic.”

Kremlin says it will keep a close watch of NATO summit

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Moscow will closely watch the NATO summit in Ankara.

Asked about Ukraine urging its Western allies to deliver air defense assets, Peskov said that Kyiv’s push for more weapons wouldn’t prevent Russia from reaching the goals of what the Kremlin calls its “special military operation.”

Asked about the prospects for reaching a peaceful settlement in Ukraine, Peskov told reporters that “we maintain contact with the Americans via working-level channels, and we hope that their efforts to steer the situation onto a peaceful track will ultimately succeed.”

He reaffirmed that the hostilities could end once Kyiv “demonstrates goodwill and shows a readiness to make those important decisions that need to be made.”

Czech leaders divided over NATO spending

The bitterly divided leaders of the Czech Republic travelled separately to Turkey to attend the NATO summit on Tuesday.

Populist Prime Minister Andrej Babiš was flying with his Foreign Minister Petr Macinka and Defense Minister Jaromír Zůna, while President Petr Pavel followed them separately later.

Babiš returned to power after his ANO, or YES, movement won big in an October election, forming a governing coalition whose agenda includes steering the country away from supporting Ukraine.

The country’s budget for this year falls short of a NATO target for defense spending (less than 1.8% of GDP), despite pressure from the United States and repeated complaints from the president.

Before his departure for Ankara on Tuesday, Babiš said the government would meet at least the minimum of 2% next year but no increase.

Unlike the government, Pavel, a retired army general, is a staunch supporter of Ukraine in its fight against the Russian invasion.

The government originally refused to include Pavel in the delegation for the summit and did it it only after an intervention from the Constitutional Court.

Anti-NATO protestors detained in Ankara

Turkish police detained more than 20 protestors at a demonstration in central Ankara against the NATO summit.

Officers raised their riots shields to prevent media from filming and photographing the protest by supporters of left-wing political parties.

A legal association said 22 students affiliated with the Turkish Workers’ Party and three lawyers had been detained.

Turkish foreign minister says defense cooperation checks are liability

Hakan Fidan has warned against restrictions on defense industry cooperation among NATO members on the opening day of the alliance’s summit in Ankara.

In a social media post, he said trade barriers “undermine efficiency and slow response,” adding that “these constraints have become strategic liabilities.” The United States and several European countries have imposed restrictions on selling military and dual-use goods to Turkey in recent years.

“European defense initiatives must remain fully inclusive of all NATO Allies,” Fidan said.

NATO unveils billions in arms deals to prove its firepower to Trump

NATO on Tuesday showcased a series of military projects worth billions of dollars in an attempt to persuade President Donald Trump that U.S. allies are converting fresh defense spending into real firepower.

“It’s money well spent,” an energized NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte told government ministers and defense industry officials on the sidelines of a summit in Turkey. He was speaking at a defense industry forum billed as NATO’s “big reveal,” to the thrum of techno music and a slick video display.

Trump, who is slated to arrive in Ankara later Tuesday, has branded NATO a “paper tiger” that would cease to function without American arms and leadership.

NATO as an organization does not own any weapons — these are the property of the 32 member countries — but it does have a fleet of 14 AWACS early warning radar surveillance planes that are about 50 years old, along with some newer surveillance drones.

A deal to replace the aging planes was announced Tuesday. Swedish manufacturer Saab will be supplying up to 10 new GlobalEye surveillance aircraft for a 10-nation consortium, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced.

Seven students say they were targeted and disciplined after wearing anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement T-shirts to a school event.

The students say the university is forcing them to record a video about a policy they violated in order to register for classes.

The shirts in question read “ICE OFF FIU.”

“We felt very betrayed by this action,” said student Reinier Luna.

For more than a year, those students said they have expressed concerns to the administration that they say fell on deaf ears.

“The most notable one for the past year and a half was the increasing occupancy of ICE on our campus,” said student and protest organizer Carlton Daley.

In order to get the message across, the students assembled during an event on campus that FIU President Jeanette Nunez was hosting with former MLB baseball star Alex Rodriguez back in March.

At one point, they say, they stood up and revealed their shirts.

“After about a minute or so facing the audience, we then turned around to face the stage where Nunez and A-Rod were having their conversation,” said student Andrew Caro. “Shortly after that, about a minute of just standing, we then peacefully, silently, not disruptively, all left together.”

Added student Kaitlyn Daley: “I was shocked by how little she reacted because she did not flinch -- she kept going.”

The students said nothing happened after they left the event, but then they received an email a month later saying they were responsible for violating Regulation 110 of the FIU Student Conduct and Honor Code, which states: “Failure to comply with a request or directive of a university official.”

“Even the whole time we were standing, there was never an FIU official, officer, absolutely no one came up to any one of us saying that we were causing a disruption,” said Luna.

Last month, a hearing was held and the students were reprimanded.

“All their testimonies kind of went against the evidence that was provided,” said student Caleb Dean.

The students were told they had to record videos about FIU policies they allegedly violated or be forced to have a hold on their accounts, where they won’t be able to sign up for classes or receive a diploma.

“When we are going to make these videos, we are going to express how unconstitutional it is, how it violates our First Amendment (rights),” said Caro.

FIU released a statement to Local 10 News regarding the incident, which read:

“Federal law prohibits the university from disclosing details of students’ academic or disciplinary records. All student conduct cases at FIU are administered, reviewed, and adjudicated in accordance with federal and state laws and university policy and regulation. https://dasa.fiu.edu/all-departments/student-conduct-and-academic-integrity/. Case law and Florida statutes allow public universities like FIU to establish and enforce limitations on the time, place and manner of expressive activities. FIU applies its rules consistently, regardless of viewpoint, to ensure that classes, research, and academic spaces can function without interference or disruption."

Maydel Santana, FIU Associate Vice President, Communications and Media Relations

The island’s government-run electric company announced a “total disconnection of the national electric power system,” of which the cause is under investigation.

The blackout in the country of 10 million comes as fuel has been running out since January.

Cuba has experienced several nationwide blackouts over the past few years as an aging infrastructure has struggled to meet demand.

The Trump administration threatened tariffs on any country that sells or provides oil to Cuba, but questions remain about whether the mounting pressure from the U.S. will force the regime to allow foreign investment or make any type of deal with the U.S.

Power outages have been a part of life for years on the communist island, where the electric system, composed mainly of aging Soviet-era plants, is in shambles.

The regime has been imposing harsh power cuts across the country, sometimes for more than a day at a time in Havana.

There has been no word yet on a fix for the current blackout.

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“Some people need involuntary commitment,” said Leifman who has been advocating for a new Mental Health Center to treat people suffering from severe mental health illnesses to keep them off the street and out of jail.

“The problem is, community mental health only deals with the immediate crisis,” Leifman said earlier this year. “There is no long-term care after that, and these are chronic illnesses, and the system is so fragmented you can’t even get people to the other parts of the system that they need to maintain recovery.”

Miami-Dade County commissioners voted unanimously in support of the center during a public meeting on Tuesday.

After the vote, Leifman said access can be both voluntary or involuntary.

“You just have to be a high user of these very acute services that consistently cycle through these deep-ended systems of homelessness, incarceration, hospitalization,” Leifman said. “And it doesn’t have to be all, it could be and, or. And, so we have a list. We know who they are.”

Leifman said the top 1,049 are in the list, and 600 of them are in the Homeless Management Information System.

“So they’re both homeless with mental illness, and cycling through jail. They spent 317,000 days in the Dade County Jail over the last five years, these 1,049 people,” Leifman said. “And so we will start with that group and we will get them in recovery. We will gently reintegrate them back to the street. They will not be kicked to the curb, like we’ve done in the past.”

Leifman said the facility will have a full continuum of care under one roof for the most acutely ill.

“We believe by bringing these services to them under one roof, we will break the cycle and we will gently reintegrate them with housing, peer support, treatments, supportive employment opportunities, everything that they need to support,” Leifman said. “There’s systems and pieces around the world that work, but no one has put all of it under one roof.”

Commissioner Raquel Regalado released a statement.

“This is a victory built on compassion, teamwork and common sense,” Regalado said. “For two decades, too many of our neighbors with severe mental illness have cycled through jails instead of getting the treatment they need, at enormous cost to taxpayers.”

Leifman has secured funds, including opioid settlement dollars, to launch a two-year pilot program and a location at 2200 NW 74th Ave., in Miami.

“The building has every service under one roof so that it is seamless,” said Leifman. “There is a crisis stabilization unit, a short-term residential facility, there is housing, there is psychological treatment, primary, dental, there is a courtroom in there so we can have a hearing right there so we don’t break the chain and people get they need the services they need.”

During a Miami-Dade County Intergovernmental and Economic Impact meeting earlier this year, an agenda item sponsored by Regalado didn’t make it out of committee.

“It is very said that it has been deferred without a time certain,” Regalado said after the vote. “We have people who are bipolar and schizophrenic, and they need to be put into a facility like this in order to receive the care. Some ‘want’ to live on the street because of their mental health.

“We have a need, I think the board understands the need, I just don’t think they understand the Center and the work that has been done, this is important to the community,” she added.

Some of the commissioners are concerned about what the long-term costs will be to run the facility with programming partners once the one-time installment of funds is exhausted. Others wanted to learn more about eligibility requirements.

Commissioners decided to defer the item without a time certain date of return. The committee’s Chairwoman Vicki Lopez, of District 5, is calling for a workshop to gather a variety of community stakeholders together before the item comes back.

“And every day that goes by we are not providing the service, and that is really the sad part,” said Regalado, “so I ask that everyone reach out to the commissioners, this should go before the full Board of County Commission, this has no reason to be continue to be stuck in committee, it needs to go to the full board so the full board can have this conversation and vote it up or down once and for all.”

“We are not asking them to allocate one penny at this point,” said Leifman, “I don’t know what the politics are that got involved with this, it is a little frustrating candidly, but I do believe if we do a workshop and we can show the all the dollars, how we got to all of the numbers, they should be quite comfortable getting this project opened.”

Lidija Elezovic, a psychologist and school counselor at Education World Wide, told Local 10 News in a statement that the mental health center “at the county level sends a powerful signal to young people and families that their struggles are being taken seriously.”

“In my work as a school counselor, I see regularly how students who lack access to consistent mental health support fall further behind — not just academically, but socially and emotionally,“ she said. ”Community-based resources like this can genuinely bridge the gap between what schools are able to provide and what many students urgently need. This kind of investment matters enormously for long-term outcomes."

BY THE NUMBERS:

The Homeless Trust tells Local 10 News 25% of its population self-reports having a mental health illness and 10% report having substance use.

Leifman says about two-thirds of Miami-Dade’s jail population suffers from mental health problems.

“Why do you want to keep doing the same thing?” asked Leifman. “It doesn’t make sense to me. This building pays for itself and you know what, if it doesn’t, you can repurpose the building in 2-3 years.”

You can read through the budget breakdown for the center at appendix a of this document by clicking here.

MAYOR’S MARCH 3 MEMO:

Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava told commissioners in a memo dated March 3 that the “mission of the Center is to divert individuals with severe mental illnesses from the criminal justice system into appropriate mental health treatment, offering both essential clinical care and wraparound services.”

She said the priority population will be individuals “who meet criteria for jail diversion as well as those individuals in need of treatment for co-occurring substance use disorders, such as Opioid Use Disorders. The Center will also accept individuals experiencing homelessness and other clients from the community.”

When it comes to operations plan, Levine Cava said “contracted providers will leverage their existing resources in an in-kind manner to support the Center at no cost to the County.”

Back in 2024 County Commissioners approved a resolution to “negotiate agreements with Village South for the provision of the core behavioral health services and its parent company, WestCare Foundation, Inc.”

Ten years before that, in 2004, the mayor wrote that “voters in Miami-Dade County approved the issuance of $22,100,000.00 in general obligation bonds as part of the Building Better Communities General Obligation Bond (“Bond”) Program to fund Bond Program Project No. 193 - “Mental Health Facility” located at 2200 NW 7th Ave., Miami, Florida in order to fund capital improvements to free up jail space and provide an effective and cost-efficient alternative facility to house the individuals who have mental illnesses as they await a trial date.“

The operating agreements she said provides for a 75-bed capacity initial phase:

• 10 beds for crisis stabilization/detoxification services
• 20 beds for short-term rehabilitation treatment services
• 45 beds for residential level-2 treatment services

“Based on the five-year Master Budget depicting contractual commitments and approximate operational costs,” the mayor wrote. “There remains a program shortfall of approximately $6.1 million in the last two years of the five-year forecast. Accordingly, prior Board approval shall be required to exercise the options to renew the contracts with both WestCare and Advocate Program. This will ensure that funding sources to support those expenses can first be identified and approved by the Board.”

“In some ways they should be chasing us to get it open, not the other way around,” said Leifman. “Because the greatest beneficiary of this project is the county of Miami-Dade County.”

The mayor said it should be only a matter of months now before opening day.

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Chinese state-media and online commentators are questioning if the four-petal flower design in the fashion house’s 130-year-old signature monogram is derived from patterns dating back to ancient China. Some are accusing the company of “monopolizing” traditional Chinese patterns.

A court in the eastern city of Suzhou recently ruled that the logo of the Molly Tea, whose signature drinks are based on jasmine and other floral-based teas, infringed on Louis Vuitton’s trademark monogram. It ordered the tea company to pay 10.3 million yuan ($1.5 million) to the French company, according to local media reports that carried copies or details of what they said was the ruling.

Intellectual property fights between Western and Chinese brands are not uncommon. International brands like American sneaker maker New Balance have taken Chinese firms to local courts and sometimes prevailed in intellectual property and trademark cases.

The judgement has been trending online in China.

The state owned newspaper Beijing Daily said Tuesday in a post on the popular online platform Weibo that the ruling exposed a gap in protections of ancient Chinese heritage and symbols.

“Why did a Chinese enterprise end up paying more than 10 million yuan in damages to a French company for using a design that resonated with the spirit of China’s centuries-old patterns?” it said.

“Chinese netizens accuse LV of attempting to monopolize ancient motifs after lawsuit against tea brand,” said a headline in the Global Times, a state-owned English language newspaper. It asserted there was “widespread frustration” over a foreign brand controlling a design believed to be part of China's cultural heritage.

A photo and caption accompanying the article showed patterns on a Tang Dynasty rosewood “pipa,” a kind of Chinese traditional lute, side-by-side with the Louis Vuitton monogram pattern.

Louis Vuitton is celebrating the 130th anniversary of its monogram designed in 1896, which it has called a “universal symbol of creativity.” The monogram was “inspired by neo-gothic ornamentation and the influence of Japonism,” its parent LVMH's website says.

LVMH and Molly Tea did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Molly Tea, founded in 2021, was still displaying its four-petal flower logo on its official website as of Tuesday. The company told local media it was planning to appeal.

It was the second attack in Damascus in a week and a setback for President Ahmad al-Sharaa as he welcomed the first major Western leader to visit since the ouster of longtime dictator Bashar Assad by insurgent groups in late 2024. Syria’s new rulers have wrestled with outbreaks of violence as they assert control, but the capital had been been largely peaceful.

French President Emmanuel Macron was in the presidential palace when the explosions happened. An official from the Elysee Palace said he was safe and the meeting with al-Sharaa continued, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss Macron’s security.

No group immediately claimed responsibility.

“Nothing can smother the aspiration of Syrian women and men to live in a fully sovereign, safe, pluralistic, and united Syria,” Macron said on X hours later. “This morning I met Syria in all its diversity. I saw dignity, courage and determination.”

Later, al-Sharaa and Macron announced they have agreed to reappoint ambassadors after more than a decade, marking a major restoration of diplomatic ties.

“Our meeting marks a historical milestone,” al-Sharaa said. France had closed its embassy in 2012 but symbolically reopened it in early 2025.

Macron, who played a major role in pushing Europe and the United States to drop most sanctions that were imposed on Syria under Assad, was in Syria before heading to Ankara, Turkey, later Tuesday for a NATO summit.

A large plume of smoke was seen at the site of the blast near the Four Seasons Hotel, where Syrian media reported Macron was staying. Footage on social media showed a van and a motorcycle on fire and bloodstains on a busy street near the headquarters of the Tourism Ministry and the Damascus National Museum.

The Interior Ministry in a statement reported by Syrian state media said one bomb had been placed in a garbage bin and the other in a parked car. It said four of the wounded were police officers, and no deaths were immediately reported.

On Thursday, an explosive device detonated in a cafe near the Justice Palace, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than 20.

Syria's government sees Macron's visit and the signing of over a dozen agreements with Paris and large French companies as a major boost for the country's new authorities in their bid to rebuild the country battered by a 14-year uprising-turned-civil war under Assad.

One agreement was to kick off the process of returning some 51 million euros ($58.3 million) in illicit assets that belonged to Rifaat Assad, the late uncle of Assad. Other agreements included rebuilding the destroyed water and electricity infrastructure in the city of Homs, providing technical assistance to Syria's Central Bank as it undergoes financial reforms and bolstering cargo infrastructure at the Damascus airport.

“The outcome of this visit confirms that Syria is steadily moving toward a new phase of international partnerships based on shared interests and mutual respect," a Syrian foreign ministry official told The Associated Press, who said the perpetrators of the attack will be brought to justice. "Attempts to destabilize the country will not alter this trajectory.” The official spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.

The explosions represent a challenge for al-Sharaa, who has pushed to assert full control over Syria, appeal to minorities skeptical of his Islamist-led rule and win the support of Western governments who were concerned about his past leadership of the formerly al-Qaida-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group. His government has promised political and economic reform after decades of autocratic rule.

The conflict in Syria killed nearly half a million people and displaced millions. Infrastructure lies in ruins. While other nations and businesses have made large investment pledges, the country still needs hundreds of billions of dollars to rebuild and lift millions out of poverty.

Before arriving at the presidential palace, Macron met with members of Syrian civil society, though his office did not give details.

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Chehayeb reported from Beirut. Associated Press writers John Leicester and Sylvie Corbet in Paris and Sam McNeil in Brussels contributed.

Journalists and civil liberties groups say the vaguely worded law fails to clearly define what information it prohibits and lacks adequate safeguards for the media, warning it could potentially discourage critical reporting about government officials, politicians and large businesses.

The law allows courts to award damages of up to five times the proven losses against news organizations and large social media channels, including YouTube creators, that circulate illegal, false or manipulated information to cause harm or generate profit.

In addition, those who distribute information more than twice after a court has confirmed it to be false or manipulated could be fined up to 1 billion won ($656,000) by the country’s media regulator. Internet companies operating large social media platforms with more than 1 million daily users are required to take measures such as removing content or suspending user accounts when they receive reports of false or fabricated information.

The law was backed by President Lee Jae Myung’s liberal Democratic Party and passed by the National Assembly in December over a boycott by the conservative opposition. The liberals, who unsuccessfully sought to pass similar legislation under previous governments, say the law is necessary to combat fake news and disinformation, which they argue is posing a growing threat to democracy by fueling division and hate speech.

The Journalists Association of Korea said the mere prospect of news organizations repeatedly facing massive damage claims or legal disputes could have an “unavoidable chilling effect.”

“Even if a law’s objective is legitimate, it could erode the foundations of democracy if it’s enforced in a way that discourages the media and ordinary citizens from freely criticizing and scrutinizing those in power,” the group said in a statement.

The Seoul Foreign Correspondents’ Club also expressed concern about the potential impact on the work of the media and the free flow of information.

Concerns about murky online discourse

The push for the law came as Lee expressed concern about South Korea’s online discourse and information environment after then-President Yoon Suk Yeol briefly imposed martial law in 2024. He was later impeached and removed from office. He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for rebellion, a ruling that he appealed in February.

Yoon, who faces other criminal cases as well, has promoted unsubstantiated election fraud claims circulated on YouTube to defend his botched power grab and rally conservative supporters against the Democrats. Critics say Yoon’s campaign further polarized the country by injecting falsehoods into already bitter political disputes and making compromise increasingly difficult.

The Korea Media and Communications Commission has downplayed concerns that the law could be used as a tool for state censorship. It would be private operators of online platforms, not the government, deciding whether reported content qualifies as false or manipulated information, and the law exempts reporting conducted in the public interest from damages claims, the commission said last week.

But Kim Hong-yeol, a professor at Seoul’s Duksung Women’s University, said the law could encourage widespread self-censorship and discourage reporting or discussions on sensitive issues. Internet companies could end up acting as online censors, adopting overly aggressive moderation policies to avoid liability and removing legitimate content in the process, Kim wrote in an article for the news website Medius.

While major South Korean internet companies like Naver and Kakao have reportedly been updating their systems for reporting and handling false information in line with guidelines from the Korea Internet Self-Governance Organization, it’s unclear how major foreign platforms, like Google’s YouTube, would comply.

In a statement to The Associated Press, YouTube said it strives to balance its commitment to openness with its responsibility to protect users and will “continue to engage with relevant parties and share our longstanding investments we have in this critical work.” The company did not specify how the South Korean law would affect its policies, but encouraged users to report “potentially violative content” directly on YouTube or through its legal web form.

After the law was passed in December, U.S. Under Secretary of State Sarah B. Rogers criticized it in a post on X, writing that the revised law endangers tech cooperation and that “it’s better to give victims civil remedies than give regulators invasive license for viewpoint-based censorship.”

Le Pen previously said campaigning while wearing a monitor wouldn't be possible. She now has the option of changing her mind, in light of the verdict that her lawyer described as a partial victory.

“It's a good start,” said the lawyer, Rodolphe Bosselut.

The court ruled that Le Pen oversaw years of misuse by her National Rally party of European Parliament funds by paying staff with money intended for European Union parliamentary assistants. She had denied criminal wrongdoing but said during the trial that the party had made a “mistake.”

Le Pen, 57, left the courtroom without addressing television cameras. She’s expected to share her thoughts Tuesday evening in a television interview.

Both prison sentence and ban have been shortened

The appeals court upheld guilty verdicts for all 11 accused, including Le Pen and other party members. The party itself also was declared guilty.

However, the court scaled back the punishments handed down by a lower court last year.

Crucially for Le Pen's presidential ambitions, it reduced her ban on seeking elected office. She previously said that not being able to make a fourth run in 2027 would amount to “political death.”

From five years handed down in March 2025, the ban was cut to 45 months, with two-thirds of it suspended. Le Pen has already served 15 months of the ban, meaning that the potential obstacle is effectively removed.

The verdict also cut her prison sentence from four years, two of them suspended, to three years with two suspended.

Still, the remaining year of prison time, to be served at home with an electronic monitor, remains a potential hurdle.

How often Le Pen will be allowed to go out wearing it, and other details about the monitoring, aren't yet known. Conditions will be determined by another judge in the coming weeks or months.

After at least six months of wearing it, the judge could allow Le Pen to remove it as a reward for good behavior that would include her paying the 100 million euro ($114 million) fine the appeals court included in her sentence.

Le Pen went straight to her party's office

Le Pen previously said that electronic monitoring could bar her pathway to the presidency.

“If I’m allowed to be a candidate but am effectively prevented from campaigning freely, then you understand that wouldn’t be possible,” she said in an interview last week.

If she decides that she cannot run, her protege Jordan Bardella would replace her. Bardella, 30, is the president of the anti-immigration National Rally party that Le Pen previously led.

From the courthouse, Le Pen went to the National Rally's headquarters in Paris, where Bardella was seen earlier in the day. The party faces a potentially difficult decision choosing which might be better placed to run in 2027.

Bardella, a European Parliament lawmaker, lacks Le Pen's experience and it would be his first presidential election campaign.

A Le Pen has been on the ballot papers at every presidential election since 1988: four times for her father and three times for her.

The party was called the National Front when her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, founded it in 1972. It ditched that name in 2018, part of Marine Le Pen’s efforts to broaden her appeal by moving away from her polarizing father’s legacy. His associations with people who collaborated with France’s Nazi occupiers in World II and his multiple hate-speech convictions, including Holocaust denial, made the National Front anathema to many voters.

Le Pen has steered her party’s growth in popularity as it sought to become more mainstream. It has been the largest single party in parliament’s National Assembly since 2024, although it doesn't have a majority in that sharply divided lower house.

But her embezzlement conviction would leave her open to criticism from potential election opponents.

The court noted ‘the principle of freedom to stand for election’

The court said Le Pen’s party embezzled 2.8 million euros ($3.2 million) over more than 11 years.

“The facts are serious,” said the chief judge, Michèle Agi.

But the court, in written notes detailing the verdict, pointed out “the voter’s freedom of choice” and said the 15 months of ban from seeking elected office that Le Pen has served have repaired harm done to public integrity by her wrongdoing.

“Disregarding this would undermine the principle of freedom to stand for election, an essential condition for the democratic expression of universal suffrage,” the court said.

The judge had been expected to spend several hours reading out the full verdict. Instead, the proceedings were over in less than 40 minutes in the courtroom without air conditioning, on a day when Paris temperatures surpassed 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit). Table fans provided a slight breeze.

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Associated Press journalists Nicolas Vaux-Montagny in Paris and Samuel Petrequin in London contributed to this report.

The yacht owners and public transit riders who shared this road epitomized the social integration that the government set out to accomplish. Many of them enjoying a holiday or resting at home on June 24 met the same fate when the ground shook so violently that their homes flattened in seconds.

Now, about 17,000 who survived also share the uncommon status of being homeless in Venezuela. As the official death toll climbs above 3,500, many must rely on a government that has been excoriated for its response to the tragedy and that has politicized housing in the past to figure out where they will live — if they will have a new home at all.

Housing is still a constant even in times of crisis

Housing has generally been the first aspiration for Venezuelan adults since the second half of the 20th century, when an oil bonanza allowed the government to fund housing complexes, the poor to build brick and cement shacks locally known as “ranchos,” and the rich to buy second and third homes.

Even when the country’s economy came undone in 2013, most Venezuelans still had a roof over their heads, be it by getting one handed out by the country’s self-described socialist government, buying one at a deep discount from people desperate for cash to migrate, building ranchos on top of each other, and even invading abandoned homes.

Those in housing built by the ruling party of 27 years — currently helmed by acting President Delcy Rodríguez — do not hold the deeds to the property, but the homes allowed them to save and keep entire families off the streets.

“It was their home, their house. It was an immense joy when they were assigned these houses here,” Carlos Ortega said of the 12 apartments in Caraballeda that his relatives were assigned to more than a decade ago following years of financial struggles after a mudslide.

“Imagine, they were given a home after losing everything, but now they’ve lost everything, even their lives.”

Only one of Ortega’s siblings survived the collapse of the public housing towers, while his son, who lived in a ninth-floor apartment but was working at a convenience store when the earthquakes struck, is still missing more than a week after the disaster. Ortega hoped he might find him at a hospital, a shelter or one of the tent camps that have taken over public spaces and private parking lots.

Not far from where he took a break from removing the rubble that buried his family, people were assessing flattened homes adjacent to a yacht club and some towed Jet Skis. There, rescuers were being handed cookies and other food on a plastic tray while standing on the rubble where the wife of a military general hoped he and their children would be found.

Government efforts to integrate different socioeconomic classes

Ronal Rodríguez, a researcher at the Venezuela Observatory at Colombia's Universidad del Rosario, explained that Venezuelan governments, even before the arrival of the fiery Hugo Chávez to the presidency in 1999, had tried to prevent socioeconomic segregation by building housing projects in or near areas that were considered exclusive. The strategy, he said, also gave them a political edge by diversifying the voter base in wealthier neighborhoods that tend to vote for the opposition.

But the homes built under Chávez’s “Grand Housing Mission,” which his successor, Nicolás Maduro, continued until the U.S. military deposed him in January, came with a caveat: People never received a deed.

“What Chavismo tries to do is maintain political dependence,” Rodríguez said of Chávez’s political movement. “That is, if at any point you turn against me and stop supporting me, then I’ll take away the roof I’ve given you.”

This makes these residents vulnerable to the whims of the government once again, particularly when survivors have been vocal about the lack of government support in search and rescue efforts.

The government of Rodríguez, whose dismal response to the catastrophe has been decried by residents across the board, has not yet given any timelines for long-term housing recovery efforts.

The extent of damage is still unclear, but at least 10,000 structures, or about one-third, were damaged in Catia La Mar, a city west of Caraballeda also in La Guaira state, based on satellite imagery analyzed by Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab. Older buildings, substandard construction and geography left many neighborhoods in Venezuela vulnerable to strong earthquakes.

Picking up the pieces

Benito Mantilla, 68, now lives in a tent set up in a pharmacy parking lot in Catia La Mar after his privately owned home was damaged. His wife left for the Dominican Republic last week, but he decided to stay and try to find a job about 40 minutes away in the capital, Caracas, as the earthquakes also damaged his and his brother's car repair shop.

Another woman also living in the parking lot was still hoping that the government would give her a home soon. Her daughter, she said, is part of the local organizers for the ruling party.

Meanwhile, Caryudedi González, who bought her own home when she was 21, was hoping that her working-class home, half of which went down a ravine, could somehow be repaired.

“In many countries, it’s very difficult to own a home, and here, we work so hard to have what’s ours,” González, 44, said.

Trump said that the semiautonomous island is “an important part" for the United States, as he repeated the false claim that it’s surrounded by Chinese and Russian ships and said he won't let Greenland be threatened by those countries.

“That should be controlled by the United States, not by Denmark,” Trump told reporters during a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the presidential palace in Ankara.

The comments are likely to rattle countries in the NATO alliance, which was founded on the principle that its 32 members will defend each others' territory and not threaten to seize it. At this year's summit, European countries and the alliance's secretary-general, Mark Rutte, were already working overtime to address another longstanding complaint from Trump about NATO: that European allies do not spend enough on their own defense.

Separately, Trump announced Tuesday that the U.S. will lift sanctions on Turkey that were issued after Ankara purchased a Russian missile defense system that led to the country being kicked out of the F-35 fighter jet program — in a nod to his warm ties with Erdogan, the summit's host.

Trump cites Erdogan ‘chemistry’ as he lifts one obstacle on F-35s

Turkey was barred from the F-35 fighter jet program in 2019 after it purchased Russian-made S-400 missile defense systems. That unfurled years of tensions between the U.S. and Turkey, despite the warm personal relationship between Trump and Erdogan dating back to the U.S. president's first term.

There are still a number of legal hurdles before Turkey could be fully admitted back to the U.S. F-35 program, but the removal of sanctions issued under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act would help ease that process. Regaining access to the F-35s is a top goal of Erdogan, and Trump has hinted for some time that that will eventually happen.

“We’re going to be taking the sanctions off, OK?” Trump said in response to a question as he sat alongside Erdogan, saying Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were working on the issue.

Trump said the possibility of selling F-35s to Turkey is “something certainly we’d consider,” given the U.S.'s relationship with Turkey and that “Turkey’s been, in many ways, much more loyal than other countries that we think would be loyal.” For his part, Erdogan expressed hope that the U.S. will sell F-35 planes to Turkey, saying the U.S. president always stands by his word.

Trump and Erdogan repeatedly showed off their fondness for each other after Air Force One touched down in Ankara. Erdogan greeted the U.S. president with an elaborate welcome ceremony involving cannons, military officials on horseback and jets flying overhead emitting red, white and blue smoke.

Asked about what makes their relationship so strong, Trump said there’s “a chemistry that works between us.”

“Sometimes you get along with the toughest people, like him,” Trump said, gesturing to Erdogan.

Turkey's access to any of the U.S. F-35s could complicate relationships elsewhere. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged the Trump administration not to sell the fighter jets to Turkey, saying Erdogan “calls openly for the annihilation of Israel," and there is deep opposition among U.S. lawmakers to Turkey having the F-35s as long as the Russian missile defense system remains in its possession.

Even if sanctions are no longer an issue, the Trump administration still faces restrictions under U.S. law that prevents Turkey from being able to purchase the fighter jets if it still owns the S-400s.

NATO has ‘moment of great pride’ on defense

Earlier in the day, NATO showcased a series of military projects worth billions of dollars — an investment Rutte called “money well spent" and that was clearly meant to try to satisfy Trump.

An energized Rutte was speaking to government ministers and defense industry officials at a forum billed as NATO’s “big reveal,” to the thrum of techno music and a slick video display.

NATO as an organization does not own any weapons — these are the property of the 32 member countries — but it does have a fleet of 14 AWACS early warning radar surveillance planes that are about 50 years old, along with some newer surveillance drones.

A deal to replace the aging planes was announced Tuesday. Swedish manufacturer Saab will be supplying up to 10 new GlobalEye surveillance aircraft for a 10-nation consortium, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced.

“It’s a moment of great pride,” he said, noting that the twin-engine aircraft would be “made within the alliance for all the alliance.”

Some of the projects will be paid for with funds from a system of cheap loans for defense purposes set up by the European Union, comprising up to $170 billion raised on capital markets.

“We need to ensure that we are translating our economic might into military capabilities, putting the cash to work from defense plans to drones, from money to missiles and interceptors,” Rutte said.

Representatives from 15 nations shook hands and patted shoulders on a vast podium under the NATO logo as they announced a multinational effort to buy air-to-air refueling and transport planes from Airbus. Then Rutte announced a four-country effort to purchase as many as five new Triton surveillance drones to add to NATO’s small fleet.

Rutte told reporters on the eve of the military alliance’s two-day summit in Turkey that “we will announce tens of billions in new contracts that will provide the crucial kit we need to deter and defend.”

However, at Tuesday's event, no dollar figures were given and the display included some projects long since agreed.

Ukraine's Zelenskyy pushes for NATO entry

Separately on Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a fresh appeal for his country to be allowed to join the alliance, saying its armed forces are highly experienced and would only boost the alliance’s defense capabilities.

He highlighted Ukraine’s adaptability and its ability to strike deep inside Russia, hit oil refineries and other energy targets. He said that Ukraine’s armed forces are “eliminating” on average 30,000 Russian troops every month. He is slated to meet with Trump on Wednesday in Ankara.

“Frankly we take no pride in this,” Zelenskyy said, noting that the war with Russia — now in its fifth year — is “a war we did not seek but one we are forced to fight.”

Concern is mounting among some northern and central eastern countries that Russia might be preparing a hybrid attack — a combination of conventional warfare with tactics like cyberattacks — on the continent as Russian President Vladimir Putin struggles to secure victory in Ukraine.

Yet a senior NATO official, speaking on the sidelines of the summit, said Tuesday that despite some “reckless” actions by Russia, including airspace violations over Poland, Romania and Estonia, the alliance has been successful in deterring Russia from any potential attack on a member country. The official insisted on anonymity to brief reporters.

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Associated Press writers Jill Lawless in London, Andy Wilks in Istanbul and Michelle L. Price and Collin Binkley in Washington contributed to this report.

El deslizamiento poco antes de las 7 de la mañana sepultó a 33 personas en el municipio de Nanhe, en la ciudad de Longnan de la provincia de Gansu, según la agencia oficial china de noticias Xinhua.

La causa no estaba clara. Fotos y video publicados en línea por la televisora estatal CCTV mostraron tres excavadoras y rescatistas sobre montículos de tierra en un área verde por lo demás densamente boscosa. El cielo parecía soleado y despejado.

Las autoridades reubicaron a los residentes mientras se llevaban a cabo las labores de rescate.

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

The S&P 500 fell 0.3% even though the majority of stocks within the index rose. The drops for stocks in the artificial-intelligence industry dragged the Nasdaq down 0.7%, as of 12:45 p.m. Eastern time, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 173 points, or 0.3%.

The weakness began in Asia, where Samsung Electronics tumbled 6.9% in Seoul. The tech giant gave a preliminary look at its performance for the second quarter, and the numbers were strong. Samsung Electronics said it expects to say its operating profit surged roughly 1,800% from a year earlier.

Analysts called the numbers surprisingly good, but they still weren’t enough for investors after its stock came into the day having well more than doubled in the year so far.

On Wall Street, AI stocks have been under similar pressure in recent weeks on worries that their prices shot too high and that AI may not produce enough productivity and profits to make all the investments in chips and data centers worth it.

Micron Technology fell 6.1% and was the heaviest weight on the S&P 500. Intel sank 9.2% and also weighed heavily on the market. Nvidia, which is the largest stock on Wall Street by value because of the AI boom, rose 0.9% after slipping earlier in trading. That helped ease some pressure on the broader market.

SpaceX, which owns the xAI business, fell 5.2% in its first trading after getting included in the Nasdaq 100 index.

Outside of tech, Vertex Pharmaceuticals fell 0.5% after saying it agreed to buy Crinetics Pharmaceuticals for $85 per share in cash. Crinetics, which develops therapeutics for endocrine diseases, soared 98.8%.

Rivian Automotive dropped 14.5% after the electric vehicle company said it's selling 75 million shares of its stock, which dilutes the ownership stakes of earlier shareholders.

Stocks also felt pressure from a rise in oil prices after the British military said three tankers were struck by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz. That hurt hopes that the war in Iran may be winding down and that the Strait of Hormuz may fully reopen to oil tankers carrying crude to customers worldwide from the Persian Gulf.

Brent crude, the international standard, rose 3% to $74.12.

Higher oil prices put upward pressure on inflation, and Treasury yields climbed in the bond market. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 4.52% from 4.48%

High yields worldwide have been rattling investors after oil prices burst above $100 per barrel earlier in the summer because of the war. The worry is that high inflation may force the Federal Reserve and other central banks to hike interest rates. High rates can keep a lid on inflation, but they also slow the economy and hurt prices for all kinds of investments.

In stock markets abroad, South Korea’s Kospi tumbled 4.9% because Samsung Electronics alone makes up more than a quarter of the index.

Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 2.1%, and Germany's DAX lost 1.4% for two of the world's bigger moves.

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AP Business Writers Matt Ott and Elaine Kurtenbach contributed to this report.

It was Kepler’s first home run since returning from an 80-game suspension after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance. Kepler was activated by the Diamondbacks on June 25.

The Padres are in freefall, losing nine of their past 10 games and 28 of their last 43.

The teams came into the game with identical 44-45 records. The win moved the Diamondbacks into second place in the NL West, while the Padres dropped to third place.

Diamondbacks starter Brando Pfaadt (2-1) worked five innings, allowing four hits and striking out six.

San Diego starter Walker Buehler (5-5) — whose 18th start of the season is tied for the most on the Padres — got hit hard in his second consecutive loss. He gave up seven runs and seven hits in five innings. In his previous start on July 1 at Wrigley Field versus the Cubs, Buehler allowed nine runs in four innings.

Buehler is the first major league pitcher this season to give up 16 earned runs over two consecutive outings.

With the Diamondbacks leading 3-0 in the third inning, Kepler hit a three-run homer to right field. He drove in a run in his previous at-bat with a single in the first.

Arizona tacked on two more runs on solo homers. Geraldo Perdomo homered in the fourth off Buehler and Nolan Arenado in the sixth off Padres’ reliever Alek Jacob for an 8-0 Diamondbacks lead.

Ryan Thompson pitched two innings of scoreless relief for the Diamondbacks.

Up next

Diamondbacks RHP Zac Gallen (3-8, 6.36) takes the mound in the second game of the four-game set on Tuesday night. The Padres have not announced their starter.

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Justice Matthew Nicklin rejected the broad inferences the Duke of Sussex relied on to try to show that Associated Newspapers Ltd. engaged in unlawful activities. He said there was a shortage of evidence to support the claims and found a possibility that the news stories came from legitimate sources.

“In substance, the claimants’ case invites the Court to conclude that, because the information was private and because Associated cannot positively explain how it was sourced, the article must have been unlawfully sourced,” Nicklin wrote. “That is not a permissible approach.”

The ruling scuttles a bid by Harry and six others, including singer Elton John and actor-model Elizabeth Hurley, which sought substantial damages but could leave them with massive legal bills. Updated estimates by ANL put legal costs for both sides above 50 million pounds ($67 million) for years of case preparation and an 11-week trial.

The publisher called it an “overwhelming victory” and a “magnificent vindication” of the Mail's journalism.

The newspapers had denied the allegations as “preposterous,” insisting the roughly 50 articles at issue were based on lawful sources including friends, royal aides and publicists who offered information to reporters.

Harry's campaign against the press yields mixed results

The 436-page decision leaves a mixed legacy for Harry's trio of lawsuits accusing tabloid publishers of using unlawful tactics, such as phone hacking, or hiring private detectives to dig up dirt to snoop on his life.

Harry won a judgment in 2023 that condemned the publishers of the Daily Mirror for “widespread and habitual” phone hacking. Last year, Rupert Murdoch’s flagship U.K. tabloid, The Sun, made an unprecedented apology for intruding on his life for years and agreed to pay substantial damages to settle his privacy invasion lawsuit.

Mark Stephens, a media lawyer not involved in the case, said Harry's first significant loss was due to a lack of evidence such as admissions of culpability that he had in previous lawsuits.

“This was always a mosaic case where little inferences from different things were being put together by the lawyers for Prince Harry,” Stephens said. “Associated Newspapers' lawyers cleverly rearranged the tiles to show an innocent picture as opposed to the culpable picture that the claimants' lawyers were trying to demonstrate.”

The verdict, released remotely with no court hearing, coincided with Harry’s visit home to the United Kingdom, which has been dominated by headlines over his latest efforts to repair a rift with his father, King Charles III.

Harry has said his litigation — in which he broke with royal family tradition to seek relief in the courts — was a primary source of his falling out with his father and brother, Prince William.

His grudge with the press runs deep. He blames it for the death of his mother, Princess Diana, who was killed in a car crash in 1997 while being pursued by paparazzi in Paris, and for attacks on his wife, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, that led the couple to abandon royal life and move to the United States in 2020.

“They continue to come after me, they have made my wife’s life an absolute misery,” he testified as he choked back tears in the witness box during the trial in January.

Newspaper editor says Harry is a hypocrite

Associated Newspapers' Editor-in-Chief Paul Dacre called Harry “a confused and angry young man” and said he felt sorry he had been drawn into the case. He mocked Harry’s tell-all memoir, “Spare,” which included details of drug use, losing his virginity, and dishing dirt on his kin.

“There isn’t a laundry in the cosmos big enough to wash all the dirty linen he has aired about his own family,” Dacre said. “For him to complain about his privacy being invaded takes not just the biscuit but the whole tin. Poor Harry.”

Attorney David Sherborne said at trial that the Daily Mail and its sister publication, Mail on Sunday, used their journalists, freelance reporters and private eyes for “clear, systematic and sustained use of unlawful information gathering” to snoop on his clients.

Defense lawyer Antony White said the case relied on conjecture and inferences when the more likely source of information was “ordinary, legitimate journalism.” He said Harry was “inclined to see unlawful evidence gathering, in particular voicemail interception, everywhere.”

Other claimants in the case were actor Sadie Frost, anti‑racism activist Doreen Lawrence, former politician Simon Hughes and John’s husband, David Furnish.

The Mail trial played out differently from the Mirror case, with many more journalists defending their work in court. Some Mail reporters pointed to official mouthpieces, such as a palace spokesperson, and others named their sources to dispute Harry’s assertion that his “social circles were not leaky.”

“They were not all tight-lipped,” Katie Nicholl, a former Mail on Sunday editor, said about Harry’s associates. “I had very good sources in the inner circle.” ___

Associated Press writer Jill Lawless contributed to this report.

That may be a TV exaggeration, but tornadoes and other dangerous storms do hit the city regularly. When they do, many people here turn to Nashville Severe Weather.

This group of dedicated volunteers can be found on social media, calmly explaining the storm movement, advising when to take cover and giving the “all clear.” The coverage by Will Minkoff, Andrew Leeper and Tom Johnstone draws tens of thousands of viewers who interact with them in real time. It’s a service that evokes the early promise of the internet, before the rise of the influencer.

This is happening at a time when many people no longer watch local news and weather reports. Yet Kevin Trowbridge, who teaches strategic communication at Belmont University in Nashville, says an informal survey of his students found many are tuning in to Nashville Severe Weather.

“The millennials and Gen Z — and teaching college students, I know this all too well — their source of information is that handheld device,” he says. “It’s not turning on a TV. And it’s not even looking at a traditional media outlet’s online presence. It’s finding sources that provide them quick information when they need it.”

They are ‘prepared, not scared’

The rise of Nashville Severe Weather is a modern case study in multiple areas — a shifting tornado alley, a changing climate, the prevalence of social media and the value of instantaneous, hyperlocal information that can save the day or save lives.

The initiative has evolved over more than a decade from its origins as a Twitter feed and blog. Today, volunteers livestream on their YouTube channel whenever Nashville or surrounding counties face severe weather. Because Leeper, Minkoff and Johnstone all live here, they are facing the same threats as their audience.

“There’s something about Nash Severe Weather that’s different from the hobbyist enthusiast,” Trowbridge says. “I think that’s why people are following them. That’s why they are trusting them. That’s why they’re tuning in and turning to them. ... It is authentic and real.”

Leeper, a church pastor, has a soothing voice and a sign on a shelf behind him that reads “prepared not scared.” He has had to leave the stream to wake up his family and hunker down in their safe space. He did so calmly, modeling the behavior of his motto. After the threat passed, he rejoined the stream.

Katherine Moffat, who works as the executive director of the Tennessee Academy of Physician Assistants, says local TV weather can be “a little over-the-top” when storms are threatening. Nashville Severe Weather, she says, is different.

“They’re a little more calm and telling it to you straight,” she says. “They don’t get people overly excited.”

Tornado Alley has shifted

The need for their service has never been greater. “Tornado Alley” has been shifting from the Midwest plains to states further east, says Johnstone, a meteorologist who joined the group last year after 33 years with the National Weather Service.

“The mid-South, especially down through Alabama, Mississippi, and into Tennessee and western Kentucky, has been where tornadoes have been most frequent ... and people have been dying in the highest numbers,” he says.

Michelle Stewart gets all her weather information via push notifications from Nashville Severe Weather on her phone. It's a service she found invaluable during an ice storm that left much of the city without power or internet service for days.

“They are very informative about, not just what to expect, but how to be prepared, and just giving everybody the lay of the land without it being too science-y. You know, it kind of feels like you’re talking to your neighbor,” says Stewart, a project manager at a healthcare research company. “They are so calming to me during those live events.”

Brett Withers, a former Nashville city councilman who saw two people die in his district during a 2020 tornado that killed 24 people in Tennessee, calls Nashville Severe Weather a “godsend.”

“We have so many people moving to Nashville, and they might move from places where tornadoes are rare, if they ever happen,” he says.

Low production value with a ‘volunteer heart’

The popularity of Nashville Severe Weather defies much of the received logic about how to build an audience on social media. There's nothing fancy or highly produced about their livestreams. They don't try to play up danger or excitement. They certainly don't try to chase down tornadoes or run around outside in hurricane-force winds.

Their streams are visually dominated by weather radar. Minkoff, Leeper and Johnstone, sometimes joined by other volunteers, each stream from their own homes and appear in little boxes at the bottom or side of the screen. Graphics, when they have them at all, look like they could have been drawn by a 5-year-old.

Take the beloved “Dry Air Monster,” a stick figure with an huge head and chomping Godzilla jaws.

Nashville Severe Weather co-founder David Drobny drew this to explain how dry air could “eat” snow that was headed toward Nashville. In a Southern town that usually sees snow on the ground only a few days each year, many people look forward to it as a mini-vacation. The monster's motto is “No Snow for You.”

Its hyperlocal focus stays grounded

Their hyperlocal focus allows Nashville Severe Weather to fill a niche left open by the local TV meteorologists who have to report on dozens of counties.

“One of the things that Nash Severe can do that even the TV stations have trouble doing is really bring it down to intersection level, school level, church level to let people know where the danger and the threat is,” Johnstone says.

Their coverage is a two-way street. Audience members provide photos and video showing on-the-ground conditions and comment in the chat. Nashville Severe Weather shares that information with the National Weather Service and TV meteorologists. They also try to answer people's questions as they stream.

Leeper remembers a day when schoolchildren were sent home because of a tornado threat. When one child commented in the chat about being home alone, his heart sank.

“We just stopped what we were saying on the stream, and I said, ‘Hey. It dawns on me that we’ve got a bunch of kiddos at home that are maybe by themselves. Hey. Here’s what you do’,” Leeper recalls. “I love those moments where we can just sort of put everything else aside to talk to the people who are listening, in whatever situation they’re in.”

It's moments like that that help them stay grounded.

In 2023, a tornado killed a mother and young child here who lived in a trailer. Leeper didn't know them, but he attended the visitation.

“It just creates a whole other emotion when you walk into a funeral visitation for hurting families when it’s a weather event that you covered,” he says. “It’s not all action and adventure. It really affects people’s lives forever.”

The court proceedings mark the most significant presentation of evidence to date in the case against Tyler Robinson, 23. Investigators believe he shot Kirk from a rooftop while the conservative activist and ally of President Donald Trump was speaking to a crowd of thousands at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10.

Officer Christopher Bagley testified Monday that he witnessed the shooting then went to a nearby gravel rooftop, where it appeared someone had been lying prone with a clear sightline to Kirk’s location.

“It looks like a sniper pad,” Bagley told the court.

Robinson is charged with aggravated murder and has not yet entered a plea. His attorneys have not commented on his guilt or innocence. They have, however, sought to get the death penalty taken off the table, so far unsuccessfully.

Court will hear statement from defendant's roommate

If prosecutors follow the order of an exhibit list they submitted earlier this year, they will present a video from the Washington County sheriff’s office from Sept. 11 — the day Robinson turned himself in — and recorded testimony from Robinson’s roommate.

Prosecutors allege Robinson confessed in a note left for his roommate, who was also his romantic partner, that read: “I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I’m going to take it.”

Robinson also reportedly texted his roommate that he targeted Kirk because he “had enough of his hatred,” prosecutors have said.

Prosecutors have also said they plan to present DNA evidence linking Robinson to the suspected murder weapon, autopsy findings, witness statements and video of Kirk’s killing. In addition, they are expected to argue the shooting endangered others at Kirk’s campus event — an aggravating circumstance that could make the crime punishable by death under Utah law.

Kirk's family briefly left the courtroom

This week marks the first time Kirk’s parents, Kathryn and Robert, and widow, Erika, have been in the courtroom since the case began.

Robinson’s parents also have been present and sat a few rows behind the Kirks on Monday. Robinson sat quietly between his attorneys, looking at the prosecution’s exhibits on a monitor and occasionally taking notes. His wrists were shackled to a chain around his waist.

Prosecutors showed several graphic videos of Kirk's shooting, including of the moment he was shot and security administering first aid, as they made their case to state District Judge Tony Graf.

Kirk's family briefly walked out of the courtroom twice — when Bagley started testifying about Charlie Kirk’s arrival on campus and again when prosecutors introduced the videos. Each time, they returned.

Prosecutors have a low bar

The proceeding resembles a minitrial, but prosecutors need only demonstrate that there are reasonable grounds to believe Robinson killed Kirk and should stand trial. The standard is lower than for a trial, where prosecutors must prove guilt “beyond a reasonable doubt.”

Legal experts say that means prosecutors should have little trouble advancing their case.

Defense attorney Kathryn Nester repeatedly objected to evidence introduced by prosecutors. She was mostly overruled by the judge.

When she asked Bagley about finding an empty pistol holster on the ground after the crowd fled, he acknowledged he never took custody of the holster and didn’t know whether it had been fingerprinted.

Utah is an open carry state, meaning people can carry guns openly or conceal them without a permit.

Graf sided with the defense to block the introduction of a compilation of surveillance videos from Utah Valley University because some had been altered to zoom in or had circles drawn around individuals. Prosecutors said they would try again Tuesday to introduce that video with the alterations removed.

Erika Kirk says court proceedings are a 'painful reminder'

Before his death, Kirk and the organization he co-founded, Turning Point USA, galvanized the conservative youth vote to help Trump win a second term.

The Republican president has said he hopes Robinson receives the death penalty.

Erika Kirk said during her husband's memorial service that she forgives Robinson.

Ahead of Monday's hearing, she thanked supporters in a statement for their kindness and prayers.

“Every court proceeding serves as a painful reminder of his death,” she wrote, “and the loss that has irrevocably impacted our lives and the lives of his children.”

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Brown reported from Billings, Montana.

One traveler breezes through a priority security lane and heads straight to an invite-only lounge for craft cocktails and a chef-prepared meal before boarding early. A flight attendant offering a glass of champagne and a warm hand towel welcomes the passenger to a spacious seat at the front of the plane.

The other traveler stands in a line at every step — security screening, a café selling $16 sandwiches, a crowded gate — then boards with one of the final groups, hoping there’s still room for a carry-on in the overhead bin before folding into a cramped middle seat. After the cabin lights dim, sleep comes in fragments, and a travel pillow does little to ease a stiff neck.

The contrasting journeys are no accident. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the largest U.S. airlines have pulled out all the stops to court premium passengers who are willing to pay for comfort, convenience and exclusivity. Budget-conscious travelers may notice a widening gap between the back of the plane and up front as the carriers increasingly build their businesses around selling first-class, business-class and premium-economy seats.

“We can’t win by trying to provide the cheapest. We have to be able to win by providing the best," Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said in a recent Fortune podcast interview.

The strategy embraced by Delta and rivals American Airlines and United Airlines marks a notable evolution for an industry that spent decades making air travel more accessible. Now, the nation's largest carriers are reconfiguring aircraft to expand premium seating, designing new fleets with larger premium cabins and investing billions in amenities that extend the top-tier travel treatment beyond their jetliners.

But United CEO Scott Kirby has pushed back on the idea that the industry has become solely focused on chasing big spenders. He said United’s premium investments are part of a broader strategy to boost the experience of every traveler, pointing to initiatives such as seatback entertainment and improvements to the airline’s mobile app.

“We’re investing nose to tail for all customers,” Kirby said last month on financial firm Morgan Stanley’s Exceptional Leaders podcast.

Premium cabins have become airlines’ most valuable real estate

The premium playbook didn’t emerge overnight.

Airlines used to fill empty first-class seats mainly by giving their most loyal frequent flyers free upgrades. Delta rewrote the rules in the early 2010s by using sophisticated pricing tools to offer more of those seats to coach passengers who were willing to pay a little more, said Henry Harteveldt, president of travel advisory firm Atmosphere Research Group.

The strategy unlocked demand airlines hadn’t fully recognized, encouraging more travelers to trade up and laying the groundwork for today’s broader premium push.

“Travelers could and would pay for noticeably more comfort, noticeably better service, noticeably more amenities, if the price was right,” Harteveldt said.

Then came the pandemic. When business travel collapsed and Zoom replaced many corporate trips, airline analysts wondered whether carriers would once again have to lure travelers with cheap fares. Instead, eager leisure travelers proved willing to splurge on premium seats and perks, convincing airlines that demand extended well beyond the traditional business road warrior, Harteveldt said.

That confidence has only grown. Premium demand is now a fixture of quarterly earnings calls, with airline executives regularly touting premium revenue as they compete for higher-spending travelers.

“When you think about what’s different and what’s changed over the last 10 or 15 years, the premium products used to be loss leaders, and now they’re the highest-margin products," former Delta President Glen Hauenstein said last summer. “That’s really the headline.”

Analysts say premium cabins — a category that expanded with the introduction of premium economy seats featuring more legroom and amenities at a fraction of the cost — now generate a disproportionate share of airline revenue compared with the space they take up on commercial aircraft.

On heavily trafficked transatlantic routes, business-class tickets can bring in nearly as much revenue as fares and fees paid by passengers in the much larger economy cabin, according to an analysis by consulting firm McKinsey & Company.

Airlines are competing with chef-designed menus and high-end skin care

The premiumization of air travel has become impossible to miss, even for travelers who only get a glimpse through an airport lounge door or while walking down an airplane aisle.

Delta’s new first-class lounges resemble upscale restaurants, with open kitchens plating dishes such as hamachi crudo, cocktail bars serving made-to-order drinks, soundproof relaxation pods and outdoor decks overlooking the tarmac.

American has partnered with the James Beard Foundation to refresh its lounge menus with dishes like Thai basil and chili crispy shrimp. The airline also redesigned its newest Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners for long-haul international flights around individual business-class compartments with sliding privacy doors, lie-flat seats longer than a standard twin mattress and amenity kits that might include a celebrity facialist's brand of sheet masks and under-eye patches.

United’s newest business-class cubicles add oversized 27-inch entertainment screens, caviar service, luxury skincare products and multi-course dining on long-haul international services. The airline said its revamped menus “feature flavors and dishes” inspired by cities across its network.

“Marie Antoinette would feel very comfortable on any of the big three airlines these days,” said William J. McGee, senior fellow for aviation at the American Economic Liberties Project. “But instead of saying, ‘Let them eat cake’ in the back of the plane, she would say, ‘Let them eat Biscoffs.’”

Air travel is getting more stratified as fuel costs increase fares

The airlines' pursuit of higher-paying passengers shows no loss of momentum. On board Delta's next-generation Airbus A350-1000 aircraft arriving in 2027, nearly half the cabin will be devoted to premium seating. American has said it plans to expand premium cabins by 50% by the end of the decade.

Yet the new era of luxury in the skies is unfolding alongside a very different reality for other U.S. travelers as broader inflationary pressures have added to the strain on household budgets.

New York-based travel advisor Mary Auteri said more of her clients are “experiencing sticker shock” as fares and add-on fees have gotten more expensive since the Iran war broke out and pushed up the price of jet fuel, one of the largest operating costs for airlines.

A group of friends in their 20s recently asked Auteri to price out flights to the sugar-white sand beaches of Punta Cana, a resort town in the Dominican Republic. After she sent them an itinerary, they said they had found what looked like the same flights on Google Flights for more than $100 less.

But the cheaper fares were basic economy tickets that excluded seat assignments, checked bags and flexibility to change plans. Once those costs were added back in, the trip no longer fit their budget.

Baggage fees, seat-selection charges and other add-on costs fall heaviest on economy travelers, McGee said. For wealthier travelers, those fees may amount to little more than an inconvenience. For budget-conscious travelers, they can determine whether a trip happens at all.

“The idea that we’re all created equal? Not in the airlines’ eyes," McGee said. “Not by any means.”

The U.S. played Belgium on Monday in Seattle, with the winner reaching the World Cup quarterfinals.

For the U.S., it would have meant just the second trip to the Round of 8 ever.

Local 10’s Jason Carter was at a big World Cup watch party at Mickey Byrne’s Irish Pub in Hollywood, and his full report can be seen at the top of this page.

The 25-year-old striker, who had three goals in this World Cup, was shown a red card during the U.S. victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina, but FIFA lifted his suspension for Monday's match after U.S. President Donald Trump intervened on Balogun's behalf.

FIFA's decision prompted soccer leaders to question the integrity of the World Cup, with European soccer body UEFA saying FIFA “crossed a red line” and Belgium's soccer federation contesting Balogun's eligibility.

“I accepted the decision when I was given the red card, and I accepted the decision when I was told I was allowed to play,” Balogun said. “I didn't have any involvement in the process, and that's not something that has anything to do with me personally.”

Balogun did not score on Monday. He helped set up Malik Tillman's goal in the 31st minute when he was fouled by Belgium defender Brandon Mechele roughly 25 yards outside the Red Devils’ goal.

Tillman scored on the ensuing free kick. Just before the goal, Balogun waved his arms and pumped up the American fans.

The U.S. tried to set up Balogun multiple times. He made use of his speed on several runs but could not get past Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. His best chance came in the 82nd minute, when Courtois got in front of a left-footed attempt. Balogun was replaced by Haji Wright in the 92nd minute.

To a suggestion that Balogun wasn’t a major presence on the field, U.S. midfielder Tyler Adams responded: “Was anyone a major presence on the field today?”

“We were happy that we had the opportunity for him to play,” Adams said. “He tried today to be a presence and a nuisance, and at times he was — getting the ball in behind and doing what he does. Just didn’t have too many opportunities.”

Balogun said it was difficult to understand why the U.S. didn't play with the intensity the team brought to its earlier games.

“Today we didn't give the crowd a lot to cheer for,” he said. “That's the most disappointing thing, and that's the part that hurts the most for me personally.”

Last Wednesday during the Americans’ 2-0 win over Bosnia-Herzegovina, Balogun was shown a red card by Brazilian referee Raphael Claus for stepping on an opponent’s ankle, triggering an automatic one-game suspension.

After Trump spoke by phone to FIFA president Gianni Infantino, FIFA’s disciplinary committee suspended the discipline for a year on Sunday.

Infantino said he did not play a role in the decision by the disciplinary committee, which also fined Balogun $40,000, a penalty that can be paid by the U.S. Soccer Federation.

The FIFA president was in attendance for the match, watching from a suite with Pascale Van Damme, chair of the Belgian Football Association, and Cindy Parlow Cone, president of the USSF. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin was seated nearby.

Belgium fans chanted “FIFA Mafia!” during their pregame march to Lumen Field.

Balogun's three goals matched Landon Donovan in 2010 for the second most by an American in a World Cup. Bert Patenaude holds the U.S. record with four in the initial tournament in 1930.

Balogun, who was playing in his first World Cup for the Americans, became the first U.S. player to score two goals in a match in the tournament since 1930. But he failed to lead the U.S. to what would have been its first consecutive knockout-stage wins. The best performance by the Americans since 1930 remains their run to the quarterfinals in 2002.

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Associated Press writer Gene Johnson contributed to this report.

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See more of AP’s World Cup coverage here

The 2-year-old child was under the care of a babysitter when police officers responded to a parked car on Sunday at Northwest Seventh Avenue and Ninth Court, according to the Hallandale Beach Police Department.

Fire rescue personnel and police officers responded shortly after 1:35 p.m., and the child was pronounced dead at the hospital, according to police.

More than 50% of pediatric vehicular heatstroke deaths happen after a caregiver accidentally forgets a child in the back seat, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Children are at a higher risk of heatstroke than adults since their body temperature rises three to five times faster.

Safety tips

Never leave a child unattended in a vehicle.

If you see a child alone in a locked car, act immediately and call 911.

A child in distress due to heat should be removed from the vehicle as quickly as possible and rapidly cooled.

Store car keys and fobs out of a child’s reach and teach children that a vehicle is not a play area.

Remember that rolling the vehicle’s windows down or parking in the shade does little to change the interior temperature of the vehicle.

Write a note or place a stuffed animal in the passenger’s seat to remind you that a child is in the back seat.

Source: NHTSA

The new assaults were the most in a single day since late April, according to U.N. International Maritime Organization figures. The fresh attacks threatened to choke off the flow of traffic in the strait just as countries hoped to restore normal shipping practices and ease the global economic strain of the war.

One tanker was traveling off the coast of Oman and caught fire, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center. Iranian state television said the liquefied natural gas tanker came under attack after ignoring warnings but did not directly claim the assault.

Two other tankers were also hit, including one that was struck by a drone. It was not immediately clear where they were at the time of the attacks. Both of those ships sustained some damage, but no one was injured, the maritime agency said. At least one of the vessels continued on its way.

Tehran, which has repeatedly declared that only its approved route through the strait is safe, is suspected of attacking other ships that have used another route close to the Omani shore.

U.S. Central Command did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Tuesday's attacks.

Talks between US and Iran are on hold

The U.S. is eager to press ahead with negotiations with Iran aimed at fully reopening the strait, rolling back Tehran’s disputed nuclear program and reaching a permanent end to the war launched Feb. 28. An interim deal has been strained.

Previous attacks in the strait have sparked retaliatory strikes by the U.S. Iran then attacked Gulf Arab states.

In peacetime, a fifth of all traded oil and natural gas passed through the channel.

Meanwhile, talks between Iran and the U.S. appeared to be on hold until after the burial of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed at the beginning of the war. Mourners at his funeral have called for the death of U.S. President Donald Trump.

Authorities flew Khamenei's body to the Shiite seminary city of Qom, where mourners honored him Tuesday.

Tanker struck in latest attack in strait

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said the first tanker to be struck was hit near Limah, Oman, in the strait. The agency said the projectile hit the port side of the vessel as it tried to travel south out of the strait toward the Gulf of Oman.

Iranian state TV, quoting anonymous sources, implied that Tehran carried out the assault on a tanker it said was carrying natural gas from Qatar. However, there was no official claim from the Islamic Republic for the attack.

Majed Al-Ansari, a spokesperson for the Qatari Foreign Ministry, said the Qatari tanker Al Rekayyat was targeted in an “unacceptable attack” on international navigation and global energy security. He called it a “serious and explicit violation” of international law.

In a post on X, he said Qatar holds Iran “fully legally responsible” for the attack.

Iran’s joint military command warned last Thursday that all oil tankers moving through the strait must use its approved routes. It also said that interference by U.S. forces in the strait “will be met with a rapid and decisive reaction.”

But the Joint Maritime Information Center, a multinational body overseen by the U.S. Navy, told shippers Monday that the route around Oman “has been expanded and remains available for all traffic.”

Ships going to the north on the Iranian route must register with Tehran. Those going south work with Oman and the U.S.

Speaking Monday at the White House, Trump warned Iran that it would need to “make a deal, or we're going to finish the job.”

“I'd rather make a deal, because I don’t want to affect 91 million people,” Trump said. “We can knock down their bridges in one hour. We can knock out their energy supply.”

Iran and the United States agreed as part of an interim deal to allow ships to pass without paying charges for 60 days. But Tehran insisted it must control the vessels' routes and later charge fees for passage, which would upend decades of practice in the waterway.

The U.S. and many Gulf Arab states say they will not agree to Iran charging for passage through the strait. An effort by Oman and the U.N. to launch a new route near Oman’s shore earlier sparked attacks across the Mideast.

The data firm Kpler reported that over last weekend at least 108 ships crossed through the strait using various routes.

Mourners gather in Qom for Khamenei's funeral

Iranian state television aired live images Tuesday of hundreds of thousands of people walking toward Jamkaran Mosque, just south of Qom, for a funeral service for Khamenei. Shiites believe the mosque once hosted the Muhammad al-Mahdi, the 12th and last Shiite imam, who disappeared in the 9th century and is supposed to one day reappear to bring justice to the world.

Images of Khamenei and his son, Iran's new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, were displayed on banners and posters held by mourners. Mojtaba Khamenei has yet to make an appearance at the funeral ceremonies, which are unfolding over several days. He is believed to be in hiding after reportedly being wounded in the airstrike that killed his father.

Authorities have shut down streets, airspace and daily life for the mourning, which began Saturday. Khamenei’s body will be taken next to Iraq, where processions are planned for Wednesday in Najaf and Karbala, the two holy cities of Iraqi Shiism.

Khamenei, who was 86, is to be buried Thursday at the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, his birthplace.

En una presentación ante la prensa de ambos, donde no se admitieron preguntas, Velarde, de 74 años, indicó que, “si en otras circunstancias no hubiera tal vez aceptado, quisiera hacerlo con mucho gusto y pienso dedicarme lo más rápido posible a cumplir con la tarea que me está encargando”.

Fujimori, de 51 años, comentó que le alegraba “muchísimo” la decisión de Velarde. “Es una gran noticia para el Perú”, dijo la dirigente conservadora, que iniciará su gestión el 28 de julio. Velarde había indicado en 2025 que no tenía intenciones de continuar en el cargo, pero su decisión final había permanecido en suspenso.

Según la ley peruana, tras la propuesta del Ejecutivo, el Parlamento bicameral deberá ratificar al presidente del Banco Central y a los otros seis miembros de su directorio. Del total cuatro son propuestos por el Ejecutivo y tres por el Senado.

El Banco Central tiene una función clave que implica mantener una inflación baja y estable.

Los expertos explican que una inflación baja ayuda a que las familias y empresas planifiquen el futuro con mayor seguridad. En cambio, cuando los precios suben rápidamente, se dispara la incertidumbre y es más difícil calcular cuánto costarán los insumos, salarios o servicios. Este escenario provoca que las empresas posterguen inversiones o nuevos proyectos, lo cual afecta el crecimiento de la economía.

Los bancos de inversión y agencias calificadoras de riesgo han sugerido que un factor clave para la confianza de los mercados y la estabilidad macroeconómica implica preservar la autonomía del Banco Central, así como la continuidad de Velarde, un economista que preside le entidad desde 2006.

Perú ha mantenido la inflación dentro o muy cerca de su meta anual de entre 1% y 3% durante la mayor parte de los últimos años, según el Banco Central. Esto ha contribuido a preservar el poder adquisitivo y la confianza en la moneda peruana, que es una de las más estables de América Latina frente al dólar.

The three-time NBA MVP spoke to reporters after helping Serbia to a win over Bosnia-Herzegovina during a FIBA World Cup qualifying game in Belgrade, Serbia. Jokic finished with 20 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds. He then reaffirmed his desire to remain in the Mile High City.

By waiting until next summer, Jokic can sign a five-year supermax contract that would be worth around $350 million.

The 31-year-old Jokic is coming off a season in which he made All-NBA for an eighth time. He averaged 27.7 points, a league-best 12.9 rebounds and a league-best 10.7 assists as he finished runner-up in the MVP voting to Oklahoma City's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

Jokic and the Nuggets were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by Minnesota. After another early round exit, Jokic said: “I still want to be (with the) Nuggets forever.”

It's been a quiet offseason so far for the Nuggets. A big decision facing the team is what to do about Peyton Watson, the high-flying guard/forward who will command a lucrative contract to remain in town.

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Dos personas quedaron atrapadas brevemente entre los escombros en el BJ’s Wholesale Club de Ocean Township, pero lograron salir, y no se reportaron heridos, según la policía del condado de Monmouth.

Se reportaron lluvias con inundaciones en partes de la ciudad de Nueva York, Filadelfia y Nueva Jersey, mientras varias rondas de tormentas atravesaban la zona el lunes, poniendo fin a una ola de calor que afectó a gran parte del área la semana pasada.

El alcalde de la ciudad de Nueva York, Zohran Mamdani, advirtió el domingo sobre el golpe de calor y compartió ubicaciones de piscinas y centros de enfriamiento. Pero para el lunes, instaba a la gente a abandonar de inmediato los apartamentos en sótanos si veían que el agua subía en sus viviendas.

Las fuertes lluvias dejaron autos varados en caminos inundados en todo el norte de Nueva Jersey, y el agua se metió en negocios y al menos un hospital.

“No es nada demasiado serio”, comentó el capitán de la policía de Lakewood, Leroy Marshall.

La lluvia y las tormentas rompieron el domo de calor que se instaló sobre gran parte del noreste de Estados Unidos la semana pasada.

El aeropuerto LaGuardia, en Nueva York, estableció el jueves un récord de 40 grados Celsius (104 grados Fahrenheit). Las temperaturas mínimas en muchos lugares apenas bajaron de 27 °C (80 °F), lo que impidió que la gente se refrescara incluso por la noche.

La temperatura en LaGuardia se mantuvo el lunes con la lluvia apenas por debajo de 21 °C (70 °F).

Las autoridades de Nueva Jersey investigaban al menos 29 muertes la semana pasada que posiblemente estuvieron relacionadas con el calor. Las personas fueron halladas muertas en la calle o en viviendas sin aire acondicionado. Tenían entre 30 y 80 y tantos años, indicó el comisionado del Departamento de Salud de Nueva Jersey, Raynard Washington.

Se necesitarán autopsias y otras investigaciones antes de que las muertes se atribuyan oficialmente al calor, señaló Washington.

Otros estados no han anunciado posibles muertes por el calor.

También tormentas severas se desplazaron desde Michigan hasta la costa este mientras la ola de calor cedía durante el fin de semana.

En Michigan, dos niños, de 8 y 12 años, fueron encontrados muertos el sábado en un garaje después de que, al parecer, se intoxicaran con los gases de escape de un generador durante un corte de energía relacionado con una tormenta, informó la policía de Sumpter Township.

Alrededor de 370.000 personas seguían sin electricidad en todo el país, en su mayoría por los daños de las tormentas, según poweroutage.com.

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

Plan for another day with morning showers to start and inland showers and storms by the afternoon. Some storms could bring heavy rain, gusty winds and a lot of lightning. Look for highs in the lower 90s with feels like about 100 degrees.Saharan dust is on the move. It will be prominent throughout the region on Wednesday and Thursday.

Saharan dust coupled with a ridge of high pressure will limit rainfall by the middle of the week. It will remain hot. Feels like temperatures will soar above 100 degrees.

Trump’s unprecedented dismissal of Jocelyn Samuels and another Democrat from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission cleared the way for his shake-up of civil rights enforcement, which has prioritized rooting out diversity and inclusion practices, weakening protections for transgender workers and championing discrimination claims against white workers and U.S.-born workers.

The EEOC moved forward with aspects of that plan Monday, releasing a regulatory agenda that includes proposals to end its annual collection of workplace demographic data and rescind longstanding guidance warning it may be discriminatory to require workers to exclusively use English on the job, among other changes.

One of Trump's first acts as president was demolishing the Democratic majority on the normally five-member EEOC, sweeping away what would have been a major obstacle to his civil rights agenda. His dismissal of Samuels and Charlotte Burrows before the end of their five-year terms was unprecedented in the history of the EEOC, which was created by Congress through the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

The EEOC commission now consists of two Republicans and one Democrat. Trump has yet to nominate candidates to fill two open seats on the commission.

In her lawsuit, Samuels had argued that Congress established that the EEOC commissioners, who are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate, would serve staggered terms to ensure “continuity, stability and insulation from political pressure.”

But in a statement Monday, Samuels said she was dismissing her lawsuit because the Supreme Court's ruling in a separate case “leaves me without a viable path forward to continue contesting my termination.”

Last week, the Supreme Court upheld Trump's firing of the heads of independent agencies, with the exception of the Federal Reserve, jettisoning a 91-year-old decision that had limited when presidents can fire board members of independent agencies.

EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas applauded the Supreme Court's ruling in a LinkedIn post last week, saying that it reinforced that the “EEOC is an executive branch agency.”

In a statement Monday about the new regulatory agenda, an EEOC spokesperson said the agency is “committed to implementing President Trump’s landmark civil rights agenda, dedicated to evenhanded enforcement of federal civil rights laws.”

The EEOC’s sole Democratic commissioner, Kalpana Kotagal, voted against the agenda, saying in a statement that “the proposed changes weaken civil rights protections for workers and undermine the agency’s investigative and enforcement efforts.”

The regulatory agenda includes a proposal to end a 40-year requirement for companies with 100 or more employees, or federal contractors with at least 50 workers, to submit workforce demographic data to the EEOC.

Lucas has publicly warned companies not to use such demographic data to justify what she describes as potentially discriminatory practices to bolster the diversity for their workforce. In its proposed rescission, the EEOC said requirements impose “significant financial and administrative burdens on the nation’s employers.” The rescission will almost certainly be approved by the EEOC commission but it will then be subject to a public commentary period before final passage.

Conservative critics have said demographic data encourages the EEOC to assume that discrimination is behind any gender or racial imbalance in a company's workforce. Supporters say the EEOC has used the annual surveys to help identify discriminatory patterns, guide its priorities and help track how women and minorities have fared since the passage of the Civil Rights Act.

"The EEOC has collected this data from employers for six decades. It’s difficult to understand why the agency would kneecap its ability to investigate discrimination, particularly at a time when the EEOC is chronically understaffed and underfunded,” Kotagal said.

The EEOC also announced its intent to rescind 1980 guidelines defining national origin-based discrimination, which warns employers that any requirement for workers to exclusively speak English may “create an atmosphere of inferiority, isolation and intimidation based on national origin which could result in a discriminatory working environment.” The EEOC argued that the guidelines are outdated and incorrectly established a “presumption that English-only rules violate Title VII in some circumstances.”

Last week, the EEOC voted to toss out longstanding guidelines on what sort of voluntary affirmative action employers can take to improve job opportunities for women and minorities without violating Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibits employers from making employment decisions based on race, color, national origin, sex and religion. The EEOC reversed its stance that employers could pursue some programs, such as training for women and minorities or steps to expand recruitment pools, without running afoul of Title VII.

Also on the EEOC's agenda is revising regulations for enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, a law that entitles women to seek workplace accommodations for pregnancy and related medical conditions. Lucas opposed the Biden-era regulations for including abortion as a circumstance allowing accommodations, such as time off for medical appointments.

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During a Round of 32 match, Balogun stepped on the ankle of Bosnian defender Tarik Muharemovic. After a slow-motion review, Brazilian referee Raphael Claus handed him a red card

President Donald Trump said he asked FIFA President Gianni Infantino to review the call. A FIFA committee decided to suspend the one-game ban and rejected the Belgian soccer federation’s appeal.

“I am really excited. Hopefully, we can get a result. We need some revenge for 2014 here. It’s great to have him back,“ said Sam Goldfarb, a Mickey Byrne’s Irish Pub patron.

The winner of the Round of 16 direct-knockout match between the U.S. and Belgium will play against Spain at 3 p.m. on July 10 during the FIFA World Cup 2026 quarterfinals.

“They should have just let the game be the game and not interfere,“ said Francisco Alarco, a Mickey Byrne’s Irish Pub patron.

Related story: Historic World Cup furor at ‘incomprehensible’ FIFA decision to let U.S. forward Balogun play

The last two Round of 16 matches are on Tuesday: Argentina vs. Egypt at noon in Atlanta, and Colombia vs. Switzerland at 4 p.m. in Vancouver.

The winners of the two matches will advance to the quarterfinal match at 9 p.m. on July 11.

The Round of 16‘s eight single-elimination knockout matches started on Saturday. Portugal, Canada, Paraguay, Mexico, and Brazil were eliminated.

Morocco and France advanced to a quarterfinal match scheduled at 4 p.m. on July 9th.

Norway and England advanced to a quarterfinal match scheduled at 5 p.m. on July 11.

The tournament, held every four years, started with 48 teams on June 11.

After matches within 12 groups of four, 16 teams were eliminated. The Round of 32 matches eliminated 16 more from June 28 to Friday.

Related link: View the knockout bracket

TOURNAMENT’S SCHEDULE

Quarterfinals

July 9: Morocco vs. France at 4 p.m.

July 10: There is a quarterfinal match at 3 p.m.

July 11: Norway vs. England is at 5 p.m. There is a quarterfinal match at 9 p.m.

Sunrise watch party: The indoor Amerant Bank Arena is hosting a free watch party for ticket holders at 5 p.m. on July 11. Parking is free.

Semifinals

July 14: The fan festival is closed. There is a semi-final match at 3 p.m.

Miami Beach watch party: Doors open at 3 p.m. on July 14 at The Bandshell, at 7275 Collins Ave., for the semifinal match.

July 15: There is a semi-final match at 3 p.m.

Miami Beach watch party: Doors open at 3 p.m. on July 15 at The Bandshell, at 7275 Collins Ave., for the semifinal match.

Finals

July 18: The third-place play-off match is at 5 p.m. at the Miami Stadium, better known as the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens.

Miami Beach watch party: Doors open at 3 p.m. on July 18 at The Sandbowl, behind The Bandshell, at 7275 Collins Ave., for the 5 p.m. bronze final.

Sunrise ride to stadium: The Amerant Bank Arena has free parking for FIFA World Cup ticket holders who ride Broward County’s free Express bus transportation to the Miami Stadium, also known as Hard Rock, in Miami Gardens.

July 19: The final match is at 3 p.m.

Miami Beach watch party: Doors open at 1 p.m. on July 19 at The Sandbowl, behind The Bandshell, at 7275 Collins Ave., for the 3 p.m. final.

Sunrise watch party: The indoor Amerant Bank Arena is hosting a free watch party for ticket holders for the final on July 19. Parking is free.

The president has faced public backlash over inflation rising during his watch, as prices climbed initially in the aftermath of his tariffs and later with the start of the Iran war in late February. Trump described a recent bipartisan measure to trim housing costs as "a yawn” and tried to blame the Democrats for inflation staying elevated.

Going into the November midterm elections for control of Congress, Trump has sought to deride Democrats as communists who would have the government interfere with private companies. But in his social media post about Walmart, he said the business had trimmed prices at the specific request of his administration.

“I have just been informed that one of the biggest, best, and smartest Retailers in America, Walmart, will be lowering prices, by a lot, at my Administration’s request to celebrate our great Country’s 250th birthday,” Trump said. “Walmart will, in particular, be dropping the price for a pound of ground beef by almost 15%, among many other products.”

Walmart has benefited in part from higher inflation under Trump, as consumers have turned to its stores and website in search of lower prices, according to its quarterly earnings released in May.

The company, in a statement issued Monday after the president's post, said its price rollbacks at Walmart and Sam's Club “are designed to help customers and members make the most” of the summer season. There was no mention of any interaction with the administration and the company did not publicly comment on Trump's claims.

The statement noted price cuts for ground beef, corn, red cherries, ice cream, potato chips and Coca-Cola and Pepsi products.

Inflation for consumer prices has climbed 4.2% over the past 12 months, meaningfully higher than the 3% rate Trump inherited, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Some inflationary pressures may ease as the interim ceasefire deal with Iran has led to lower oil prices as more tankers can travel through the Strait of Hormuz.

Trump has famously used Walmart as a barometer of the American consumer, telling the company in May 2025 that it needed to “eat” the cost of tariffs that he had unilaterally imposed.

“Walmart should STOP trying to blame Tariffs as the reason for raising prices throughout the chain,” Trump posted a little over a year ago. “Walmart made BILLIONS OF DOLLARS last year, far more than expected. Between Walmart and China they should, as is said, ‘EAT THE TARIFFS,’ and not charge valued customers ANYTHING. I’ll be watching, and so will your customers!!!”

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Volunteers at the Global Empowerment Mission in Doral unpacked trucks, buses and vans filled with donations of critical supplies for those in need.

Earlier on Monday, groups like ProKel Mobility and Latinos in Transit were in Kendall loading up one of those buses to send to GEM.

“So, our connection is to at least give them some peace that their families are receiving the essentials so they can do what they do best, which is move people, move goods so that the building of the country starts up,” Lina Aragon, with Latinos in Transit, said.

Cristhian Mancera Mejia, with the Miami-Dade Community Council, said, “I was really touched by the whole situation. Just understanding how that feeling of those members of our community, some of them who have TPS or have some immigration situation pending, they’re going through that stress here locally and then they have to worry about a family member who either died or is trying to survive because they made it out of these buildings that collapsed.”

Meanwhile, in Miami, city and county officials teamed up with the Miami Marlins to collect supplies at loanDepot Park.

Miami relief drive:

The drive will run for at least a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Fans are even encouraged to contribute items on game days.

“In addition to the drop off here until 5 p.m., we will also be accepting donation at the gates at Marlins games this week and we welcome the community to come out in support in Venezuela,” said Marlins President of Business Caroline O’Connor.

“We will get them to the right people,” Miami Mayor Eileen Higgins said. “We all know there is a regime in Venezuela that we cannot trust, but we are working with our Department of State to make sure that the supplies get to where they need to go.”

Miami-Dade Commissioner Vicki Lopez said that it’s “critically important that everyone turn out for the Venezuelan people.”

“There is nothing more important than being there for your brothers and your sisters, and since we have so many of them living in Miami-Dade, it only makes sense for the entire community to please whatever you can do, because a lot of people are asking me, ‘What can I do?’ Well, here’s your chance to act,” she said. “Bring whatever supplies are on the list.”

Local 10 News has a list of needed supplies and other resources to help Venezuela.

Christian Pulisic sprawled on the field in agony after hurting an ankle.

Matt Freese holding his hands on his head after his gaffe gifted a goal.

Chris Richards crumpling to the ground, his face pressed on the grass.

Mauricio Pochettino kicking a rack in front of the American bench, sending four water bottles flying.

American hopes for a deep World Cup run at home ended when Charles De Ketelaere scored twice and assisted on another goal, helping Belgium expose the U.S. defensive liabilities in a 4-1 win Monday night that earned a quarterfinal berth.

“It stinks,” Tyler Adams said. “This was a moment to have an opportunity to advance and really try and do something special. We fell short.”

While the U.S. was boosted by the presence of star forward Folarin Balogun, whose one-game red-card suspension was controversially lifted by FIFA, American defenders were at fault in a pair of first-half goals and Freese’s howler gave the Red Devils a third early in the second half.

Second-half substitute Romelu Lukaku added Belgium’s final goal in the third minute of stoppage time after Richards’ giveaway. The U.S. hadn’t allowed that many goals in a World Cup game since a 5-1 loss to Czechoslovakia in the Americans’ 1990 opener, when they returned to soccer’s biggest stage after a 40-year absence.

“A very bad day,” said Pochettino, the U.S. coach. “It’s not like you are in a rocket and you improve and you grow. ... It’s not linear.”

This loss was a painful reckoning for a team that hoped to boost the sport but instead failed to shake a quarter-century of stagnation since 20-year-old Landon Donovan led the Americans to the 2002 quarterfinals. Since then, the U.S. has lost four times in the round of 16.

“Everyone had nerves, right, because we knew how much this meant for the whole country, not just our team,” said 21-year-old defender Alex Freeman, the youngest U.S. player.

Belgium knocked out the U.S. in the round of 16 for the second time in 12 years and extended its unbeaten streak to 18 games. The Red Devils play 2010 champion Spain on Friday at Inglewood, California, for a semifinal berth against France or Morocco.

“We showed that we’re ready and we want to perform,” captain Youri Tielemans said.

All six CONCACAF nations have been eliminated, with the three co-hosts falling in the round of 16.

Malik Tillman tied the score 1-1 midway through the first half when he became the first player since France's Bernard Genghini in 1982 to have two free kick goals in a World Cup, but the Americans conceded less than a minute after the ensuing kickoff.

American star Christian Pulisic could only watch the end from the bench after injuring his right ankle when he hit Tielemans' boot on a 52nd-minute shot attempt. Pulisic was replaced seven minutes later, finishing the tournament with no goals.

“I didn’t quite have the moments I was hoping to and to try to help us to really push and get over this next step of beating a really good team,” he said. “I’m disappointed with myself, of course, but I’m going to try and stay positive. I did a lot of good things and the team did, as well.”

After winning three World Cup games for the first time in this expanded 48-nation tournament, the U.S. lost its seventh straight match to Belgium. The Americans have dropped 11 of their last 12 games against European opponents, winning only their round of 32 match against Bosnia-Herzegovina.

A heralded generation led by Pulisic, Adams and Weston McKennie only partially accomplished their mission of lifting soccer’s stature closer to that of the NFL, MLB and the NBA.

“A goal was obviously to inspire people that the sport was growing in the U.S., which I think we saw. The support was unbelievable,” Adams said. “In this moment we let them down.”

De Ketelaere put Belgium ahead in the eighth minute and Tillman’s goal in the 31st energized a largely red-white-and-blue crowd of 66,925 at Lumen Field. De Ketelaere damped that and assisted on Hans Vanaken’s 57th-minute goal after Freese lost control of the ball in front of his net.

“Obviously disappointed for my involvement and error in judgment on the third goal,” Freese said.

Belgium, which didn't start stars Jérémy Doku as and Kevin De Bruyne, pressed from the start and exposed a defense regarded as the Americans’ weak spot.

Dodi Lukébakio made a long diagonal pass to the opposite corner, leading to the opening goal. Leandro Troussard controlled the ball and his cross was blocked by Freeman and popped into the air. Freeman headed the ball into the penalty area and Timothy Castagne charged after it and hooked a centering pass around Richards. De Ketelaere split Antonee Robinson and Tim Ream, at 38 the oldest American ever in a World Cup, then with his right foot redirected the ball into an open net.

Pochettino held out his arms, as if to ask: What was going on?

Tillman scored after Brandon Mechele knocked down Balogun about 25 yards from goal. Tillman’s kick deflected off Vanaken’s head and deflected to the left of goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who had dived right.

Troussard got around Sergiño Dest for a cross and De Ketelaere outjumped Ream and headed the ball past Freese in the 33rd minute for his eighth international goal.

Belgium built a two-goal lead when Mechele lofted a long ball that Freese chested after two hops. Freese hesitated with a touch, then scrambled and kicked the ball off De Ketelaere. Vanaken one-timed a shot from 35 yards that deflected in off Ream.

Lukaku entered in the 67th minute and scored his 93rd international goal.

Pochettino replaced Gregg Berhalter after first-round elimination at the 2024 Copa America. His contract expires this summer and he hasn't decided whether to stay through the 2030 World Cup.

Instead of focusing on Spain, Pochettino has a different near-term agenda.

“To rest a little bit, to think, to have conversation,” he said, “and then see what the decision is from the federation and from us.”

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AP Sports Writer Andrew Destin and Associated Press writer Eugene Johnson contributed to this report.

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El Niño events – the abnormal warming of waters around the equator in the eastern Pacific – typically peak from November to January, but this one – only officially declared last month by NOAA – is warming at a clip not previously observed.

Forecast models are in near-unanimous agreement that we’ll observe one of the strongest El Niños on record – if not the strongest – by this winter.

As we’ve detailed in previous newsletters, El Niño events – particularly strong ones – are notorious for dampening hurricane activity in the Atlantic, largely due to changing wind patterns that increase hostile, storm-busting wind shear across the basin. But strong El Niños can also shift around the distribution of seasonal storm activity across the Gulf, Caribbean and wider Atlantic, condensing activity and often leading to an earlier-than-usual end to the season.

In the chart above, you can see how seasonal activity during the peak months of August, September and October gets “pinched” in strong El Niño years relative to all years of the satellite era (since 1966). This means when activity ramps up, it may come a little later in August and feel a little steeper, but peaking around the same time in early September, then tailing off more quickly in October into early November.

Interestingly, Atlantic hurricane seasons in strong El Niño years also tend to see relatively busier Junes and quieter Julys compared to what we might expect in a typical season.

The quieting of late season (October-November) hurricane activity is well documented in previous research and makes sense physically, with wind shear ramping up deeper into the season as El Niño strengthens into the fall and winter months.

Of course, every hurricane season is unique and none ever follows the seasonal activity charts exactly as we might expect (see the mid-season lulls of 2024 and 2025), but given the backloaded seasons of recent years, none of us would complain if 2026 packs it up early.

For now, the Atlantic is following the El Niño script nicely, with tropical tumbleweeds blowing through the basin at least for the next week or two. Even deeper into July, long-range models continue to show very little to speak of, so enjoy the quiet stretch ahead.

“Sad — it’s normal after being eliminated like this,” said Ronaldo, who briefly shielded his eyes with his right hand after the match.

The sixth and final World Cup for the 41-year-old superstar ended with a 1-0 loss to border rival Spain in a round of 16 game on Monday.

“I’ve given everything, I’ve given my best, and I leave with a clear conscience,” he said. “This is soccer, this is life for a soccer player. Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose.”

Ronaldo, the only player to score goals in six World Cups in a row and the career leader in international goals with 146, said the day before that he hoped it wouldn't be his final match in this run and wanted to enjoy it to the fullest.

But he reiterated then — and again after the loss to Spain — that this was his last time in the tournament that's played every four years. The deepest he ever went in the World Cup was the semifinals in his 2006 debut.

As for his other future plans, he wasn't ready to say.

“Yes, it was my last World Cup, but everything else I’ll have time to think about, to be with my family, and not make any decision hot-headed and move on with life,” he said.

Ronaldo was denied a goal in the first half against Spain when record-setting goalkeeper Unai Simón made an impressive leaping stop. That was one of his three shots.

Two of those were on target, including the one on which Simón was still in midair when he reached back to grab the ball with both hands. Ronaldo got off a backward kick with his right foot after a header by teammate João Félix bounced off Simón’s shoulder.

“He is an example, a role model to follow. This is somebody that we need to celebrate. We’re talking about a football icon,” Portugal coach Roberto Martínez said in translated remarks. “There aren’t too many Cristiano Ronaldos out there. I think we need to thank him. His dream was to win the World Cup and he did this as an amazing example in the locker room.”

Portugal had never won a major international tournament before Ronaldo. The first was the 2016 European Championship, before adding Nations League titles in 2019 and 2025.

Ronaldo's finale on soccer’s biggest stage came eight years after he recorded a World Cup hat trick at age 33. That made him the oldest to have one, and that stood until then-38-year-old Lionel Messi scored three goals for Argentina in a 3-0 win over Algeria on June 16.

The hat trick for Ronaldo came in a 3-3 draw with Spain in a group stage opener that's considered one of the tournament's best matches, although both powers didn’t reach the knockout stage.

He scored three goals in this World Cup, and his 11 overall are tied for ninth on the career list.

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La fiscalía de La Paz acusó en una audiencia a Salazar de los delitos de terrorismo, atentado a los servicios e instigación pública a delinquir. El acusado cumplirá prisión preventiva por seis meses y asumirá su defensa desde la principal cárcel de La Paz, informó la fiscalía.

El abogado del acusado, René Salazar, declaró a los medios de prensa que “no hay pruebas documentales, sino publicaciones de redes sociales” en contra de su defendido, máximo dirigente de la Federación Sindical de Campesinos Túpac Katari de La Paz. Indicó que apelará la medida.

Sectores empresariales y organizaciones cívicas anunciaron demandas penales en contra de los tres líderes de las protestas que cesaron el 23 de junio dejando 22 fallecidos, 19 de ellos afectados por los bloqueos carreteros y tres pertenecientes a los sectores movilizados, según un informe divulgado el lunes por la Defensoría del Pueblo. Empresarios señalan que las pérdidas superaron los 2.500 millones de dólares.

Los otros demandados son el expresidente Evo Morales (2006-2019) y el líder de la Central Obrera Boliviana (COB) Mario Argollo. Ninguno ha sido detenido.

Los movilizados exigían la renuncia de Paz, a quien culparon de la falta de respuesta a la peor crisis en 40 años que afronta Bolivia, la escasez de combustible y el desabastecimiento de alimentos.

El mandatario, quien asumió hace ocho meses, denunció que las protestas fueron impulsadas y financiadas por grupos “narcoterroristas” con el objetivo de desestabilizar a su gobierno. Paz dijo que los cocaleros afines a Morales buscaron impunidad para el exmandatario, que desde la región del Chapare se resiste a una investigación judicial acusado por el presunto abuso de una menor cuando era gobernante.

Los movilizados alegaron que sus protestas eran para impedir medidas de ajuste liberal y la presunta privatización de empresas públicas. La policía denunció por su lado el decomiso de grandes cantidades de dinero que supuestamente financiaron las movilizaciones.

El gobierno acordó con la COB revisar los procesos legales en contra de casi un centenar de detenidos. Las autoridades no aclararon si beneficiará a Argollo.

Las protestas han debilitado más a los sindicatos y a la izquierda, que resultó derrotada en las urnas en noviembre del año pasado marcando un viraje político para el país tras casi 20 años de gobierno del Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) de Morales y Luis Arce (2020-2025). Arce está en la cárcel acusado de supuesta corrupción.

The prosecutors said Monday in a sentencing memorandum to a New York federal judge that international gold trader Reza Zarrab provided substantial help to the U.S. when he revealed paying millions of dollars in bribes to government and banking officials in Turkey and provided key testimony at the December 2017 trial.

His testimony preceded the conviction of Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla and a sentence of over two years in prison for the banker. After the trial, Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called the verdict “scandalous.”

In a presentence memorandum, prosecutors wrote that Zarrab's October 2017 guilty plea to conspiracy, bank fraud and money laundering charges and the cooperation that followed had been “truthful, complete and reliable” and significant, useful and timely. They also noted that he had suffered “danger or risk” as a result of his help.

During a week on the witness stand at the 2017 trial, Zarrab said he was attacked in prison by a knife-wielding fellow inmate who claimed he was told to kill him for cooperating with U.S. authorities.

In their memorandum Monday, prosecutors referenced the threat, which resulted in Zarrab being moved from prison and into FBI custody.

According to prosecutors, the inmate at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn who threatened Zarrab told him that he would be killed because he was cooperating against “big people in Turkey.”

Prosecutors also said that the government of Turkey imposed broad freezes and seizures of Zarrab's assets after he began cooperating.

The lengthy delay for Zarrab's sentencing is not uncommon in a complex prosecution that carried the potential for multiple trials in which Zarrab's testimony might be necessary.

Last month, Judge Richard M. Berman in Manhattan approved the dismissal of a criminal case the U.S. government had brought against Halkbank, a state-owned bank in Turkey. The U.S. government's request to drop the charges came amid warm ties between Erdogan and President Donald Trump.

After meeting with Trump last year at the NATO summit in The Hague, Erdogan told reporters that the U.S. president is quick to return his calls, an anecdote that signaled their close ties.

“With my friend Trump, we are opening the door to a new era in Turkish‑American relations,” said Erdogan, who has been president of Turkey for 13 years.

Evaniel Johnson said he is waiting to see if video footage supports the police narrative that his 20-year-old grandson, Tyrin Johnson, turned toward U.S. guard members with a gun while running from them early Sunday. Memphis police say the guard members were responding to a report of gunfire.

The National Guard members had been assigned to a crime-fighting patrol in Memphis created last year by President Donald Trump, who has sent troops and federal agents to Democratic-run cities he described as crime-ridden.

“Show me the video,” Evaniel Johnson told The Associated Press. “Please show me that — and then I’m OK. Until you show me that, I’m gonna fight and advocate for my grandson until there’s no breath in me.”

Johnson, a former correctional officer with the Davidson County Sheriff's Office in Nashville, disputes that his grandson would have tried to fire a gun at U.S. guard members and that deadly force would be needed if he was running away. His grandson, he said, was “no hoodlum.”

According to his grandfather, Tyrin Johnson carried a gun for protection after being “jumped” recently in Nashville and was likely wary about being attacked again over a murky social media feud.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says it is reviewing the shooting and that two guard members fired their weapons. Johnson’s family says they were told by the TBI that he was shot twice in the chest. The Memphis Police Department declined to comment on what footage existed and when it would be released.

The National Guard did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether the two members involved in the shooting had been placed on leave.

Democrats call for a transparent investigation

Tennessee Senate Democratic Leader Raumesh Akbari and Chairwoman London Lamar, both of Memphis, issued joint statement expressing their sympathy and emphasizing the need for transparency during the investigation. They asked the TBI to release any available video as soon as it is possible to do so without jeopardizing the investigation.

“Transparency serves everyone — the Johnson family, the members of the National Guard involved, and a community that deserves confidence in the outcome, whatever the facts ultimately show,” they wrote.

State Rep. Justin Pearson, a Democrat running for the U.S. House, echoed the call for a transparent investigation and demanded the disbanding of the federal task force.

“Memphis does not need armed soldiers in our streets terrifying our people,” he said in a statement.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee also called for the task force to be shut down. “We demand a transparent investigation, not a closed-door ruse that leaves our community in the dark,” the ACLU said in a statement.

Trump's decision to send Tennessee National Guard troops to Memphis to combat crime was met with a mixed response from residents and was the subject of a lawsuit. However, it was never the subject of widespread protests.

TBI data shows that at least three people have died in four shootings by officers tied to the federal task force.

Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee embraced federal intervention, while Democratic Memphis Mayor Paul Young took a pragmatic approach. Young said he never asked for National Guard troops but recognized they were coming regardless of his opinion.

Evaniel Johnson wishes his grandson stayed home that weekend

Tyrin Johnson did not appear to have a criminal history besides a handful of traffic violations, according to a review of online federal and state court records and Memphis and Nashville courts. In May, he was arrested for failing to appear at a 2025 hearing for driving without a license in Wilson County, just outside Nashville. He bonded out, records show.

He was enrolled in Tennessee State University from August 2023 to May 2024, according to university spokesperson Angel Higgins.

Evaniel Johnson said he had hoped his grandson would return to university and he was training him to take on a bigger role in the family's real estate development business, including lining up a project for him in Nashville to oversee in the coming weeks.

On the Fourth of July, Evaniel Johnson said his family had gathered on his back porch in Nashville to play cards. He wished his grandson had stayed with them. Instead, Tyrin Johnson ended up in Memphis.

“He was down there like all the rest of the people trying to enjoy the Fourth of July,” Johnson said. “His future was buying homes, living life, taking care of his little baby. He had a future. It’s gone now.”

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Brook reported from New Orleans.

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Brook is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.

Two of the matches are on Monday: Spain vs. Portugal at 3 p.m. in Dallas. The U.S. vs. Belgium at 8 p.m. in Seattle. The winners will advance to the quarterfinal match at 3 p.m. on July 10.

The FIFA Fan Festival Miami was scheduled to end on Sunday at Bayfront Park, but organizers extended it from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Monday. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump caused controversy.

“All I did was ask for a review,” Trump said about FIFA’s decision to allow U.S. star Folarin Balogun to play despite his red card ban. “I didn’t say, ‘You have to do this!’”

Related story: Historic World Cup furor at ‘incomprehensible’ FIFA decision to let U.S. forward Balogun play

The last two Round of 16 matches are on Tuesday: Argentina vs. Egypt at noon in Atlanta, and Colombia vs. Switzerland at 4 p.m. in Vancouver. The winners will advance to the quarterfinal match at 9 p.m. on July 11.

The Round of 16‘s eight single-elimination knockout matches started on Saturday. In two days, Canada, Paraguay, Mexico, and Brazil were eliminated.

Morocco and France advanced to a quarterfinal match scheduled at 4 p.m. on July 9th.

Norway and England advanced to a quarterfinal match scheduled at 5 p.m. on July 11.

The tournament, held every four years, started with 48 teams on June 11.

After matches within 12 groups of four, 16 teams were eliminated. The Round of 32 matches eliminated 16 more from June 28 to Friday.

Related link: View the knockout bracket

TOURNAMENT’S SCHEDULE

Quarterfinals

July 9: Morocco vs. France at 4 p.m.

July 10: There is a quarterfinal match at 3 p.m.

July 11: Norway vs. England is at 5 p.m. There is a quarterfinal match at 9 p.m.

Sunrise watch party: The indoor Amerant Bank Arena is hosting a free watch party for ticket holders at 5 p.m. on July 11. Parking is free.

Semifinals

July 14: The fan festival is closed. There is a semi-final match at 3 p.m.

Miami Beach watch party: Doors open at 3 p.m. on July 14 at The Bandshell, at 7275 Collins Ave., for the semifinal match.

July 15: There is a semi-final match at 3 p.m.

Miami Beach watch party: Doors open at 3 p.m. on July 15 at The Bandshell, at 7275 Collins Ave., for the semifinal match.

Finals

July 18: The third-place play-off match is at 5 p.m. at the Miami Stadium, better known as the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens.

Miami Beach watch party: Doors open at 3 p.m. on July 18 at The Sandbowl, behind The Bandshell, at 7275 Collins Ave., for the 5 p.m. bronze final.

Sunrise ride to stadium: The Amerant Bank Arena has free parking for FIFA World Cup ticket holders who ride Broward County’s free Express bus transportation to the Miami Stadium, also known as Hard Rock, in Miami Gardens.

July 19: The final match is at 3 p.m.

Miami Beach watch party: Doors open at 1 p.m. on July 19 at The Sandbowl, behind The Bandshell, at 7275 Collins Ave., for the 3 p.m. final.

Sunrise watch party: The indoor Amerant Bank Arena is hosting a free watch party for ticket holders for the final on July 19. Parking is free.

U.S. District Judge Amir Ali refused to dismiss the case against Brian J. Cole Jr., concluding that Trump's blanket pardons for Jan. 6 rioters explicitly applied only to people who were convicted of crimes related to the Jan. 6 attack. Cole hadn't been charged, let alone convicted, when Trump issued the pardons, Ali noted in his three-page order.

On the first day of his second term in the White House, Trump erased the largest criminal investigation in Justice Department history when he pardoned, commuted the prison sentences and ordered the dismissal of cases for all 1,500-plus people charged in the Jan. 6 attack.

Cole was arrested nearly a year after Trump's sweeping act of clemency. He is accused of placing two pipe bombs outside the Republican National Committee and the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., on the night before the riot. The devices didn’t detonate before law enforcement officers discovered them on Jan. 6.

Prosecutors have said that Cole gave a confession after his arrest, telling FBI agents that he felt “bewildered” by conspiracy theories related to the 2020 presidential election and “something just snapped." Investigators also used phone records and other evidence to identify him as a suspect.

Cole's attorneys argued that he qualifies for a pardon because his alleged actions are “inextricably and demonstrably tethered” to the events near the Capitol on Jan. 6.

“By the government’s own telling, this is exactly the kind of case that President Trump’s January 20, 2025 Presidential Pardon was invoked to reach,” defense lawyers wrote.

Prosecutors countered that Trump's pardons have no bearing on Cole's case since the president's proclamation applies only to people who been convicted of or had a pending indictment for Capitol riot-related crimes.

“And even if the proclamation somehow could apply to this case, the Department of Justice’s contrary position is entitled to deference as a reasonable interpretation taken by the Executive Branch agency expressly charged with administering the proclamation,” they wrote.

Ali was nominated to the bench by President Joe Biden, a Democrat.

Trump, a Republican, spread baseless conspiracy theories that Democrats stole the 2020 presidential election from him. Supporters who attended Trump's “Stop the Steal” rally near the White House on Jan. 6 joined a mob's attack on the Capitol, disrupting the joint session of Congress for certifying Biden's electoral victory.

Cole is due back in court on Wednesday for a status hearing in his case. A trial date for his case hasn't been scheduled yet.

But ending his career with regrets seemed equally frightening to the two-time NBA MVP.

As his trade to the Miami Heat was finalized on Monday, Antetokounmpo posted a video on YouTube in which he discussed his mixed emotions with former Bucks broadcaster Jim Paschke. He posted a shorter video on social media bidding farewell to Milwaukee.

“I’m scared that the grass is not always greener. … People love me here,” Antetokounmpo said in the interview with Paschke, which lasted nearly 37 minutes. “People respect me here. People allow me to be myself here in the city. And I’m scared that I might never find that ever again.”

But the same unwavering drive that helped him deliver the Bucks their first title in half a century caused him to decide five years later that it was time to move on.

The Bucks haven’t advanced beyond the second round of the playoffs since their 2021 championship and last won a postseason series in 2022. Antetokounmpo, who will turn 32 in December, said he’d wake up each day wondering if he needed a change of scenery to have a better shot at winning another championship.

“I’m scared that maybe if I don’t take that decision, that when I’m going to be 37, 38 years old, hopefully and I’m retiring, I’m going to say: ‘Why? Why didn’t you take that risk?’" Antetokounmpo said.

He made a home in Milwaukee

Antetokounmpo is one of the most beloved sports figures in the history of Wisconsin. After the Bucks selected him with the 15th pick in the 2013 draft, fans watched the skinny 18-year-old mature into the “Greek Freak,” a two-time MVP who became the most impactful player in franchise history.

He established roots here. Antetokounmpo, who had grown up in poverty, brought his whole family with him for a new beginning. He’d eventually start a family of his own here as well.

“The city of Milwaukee will always be in my heart,” Antetokounmpo said. “This is my home.”

During the interview, Paschke asked Antetokounmpo what advice his father might have offered about this move. Antetokounmpo's father, Charles, died in 2017 and is buried in Milwaukee.

“My father would tell me go to an uncomfortable situation that can allow you to grow and chase your dream, no matter what," Antetokounmpo replied.

Antetokounmpo leaves Milwaukee as the Bucks’ career leader in virtually every statistical category, including points, rebounds, assists, blocks, games and minutes played.

He showcased his tenacity while leading the Bucks to their 2021 title.

Antetokounmpo hyperextended his knee during Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals but missed only two games before returning to earn NBA Finals MVP honors. He scored 50 points in Milwaukee’s title-clinching Game 6 victory over the Phoenix Suns.

During the interview with Paschke, Antetokounmpo spoke about how grateful he felt for providing that championship to the city of Milwaukee. Fans loved him for his willingness to sign multiple contract extensions to stay here.

“You don’t understand it,” Antetokounmpo said. “Until you take a break, take a pause and walk out on the street and people approach you and talk to you about it,” Antetokounmpo said. “That’s when you start realizing, ‘Man, man, man, man.’ It’s bigger than basketball. You made people feel something.”

His impact was immeasurable

Paschke, who broadcast Bucks games for 35 years before retiring at the end of the 2020-21 season, emphasized how much Antetokounmpo meant to the city.

“I think I need you to know that you’ve had such an impact on everyone,” Paschke told him. “I don’t even know if you realize the impact you’ve had.”

Bucks general manager Jon Horst noted that in a statement announcing the trade, in which Milwaukee acquired Tyler Herro, Jaime Jaquez, Kasparas Jakucionis, the draft rights to rookie Nate Ament and multiple other draft picks.

Horst said it was the right move for both Antetokounmpo and the Bucks, but he added that “there are few players in the history of professional sports who have elevated a franchise, a city and a fan base the way Giannis Antetokounmpo has for Milwaukee and the Bucks."

“He became an ambassador for our city around the world and a source of pride for our entire state,” Horst said. “Through his generosity, authenticity and commitment to helping others, he touched lives throughout our community and inspired people across generations.”

Part of the disappointment about Antetokounmpo’s exit stems from Milwaukee fans never really getting to say goodbye to him.

Antetokounmpo landed awkwardly on a dunk in a March 15 victory over Indiana and didn’t play again, missing the Bucks’ final 15 games. He said late in the season that he was healthy and wanted to play, while the Bucks said he had a left knee hyperextension and bone bruise. That kept Bucks fans from getting one last chance to show their appreciation.

Of course, there’s always the possibility this isn’t a final farewell.

When Paschke noted that Antetokounmpo would always be welcome in Milwaukee, the 10-time All-Star replied that it “would be awesome if I could go and play and maybe come back.” Antetokounmpo even noted that Kevin Garnett did that by starting and finishing his career in Minnesota.

“I saw this clip of him walking into the arena, and they gave him a standing ovation, and people to this day love him,” Antetokounmpo recalled.

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The Arsenal forward made all that fretting moot.

Merino scored in the first minute of second-half stoppage time, and Spain beat Portugal 1-0 on Monday to end the World Cup career of superstar Cristiano Ronaldo.

Merino had just been knocked down, and a foul was called. While Portugal's Bernardo Silva argued, Merino played the ball back in, ran toward the goal and easily beat goalkeeper Diogo Costa after a series of passes capped by Ferran Torres' nifty ball through the middle.

“He's one of the best in his position worldwide, and he has given us a fantastic result and a fantastic goal,” de la Fuente said through a translator. “I want to express the importance of substitutes that came in later in the game. Not just today, but the contribution in other games has been enormous.”

Spain, which has a 35-game unbeaten streak, advanced to the quarterfinals for the first time since winning its only World Cup title in 2010. La Roja will play Belgium, a 4-1 winner over the United States, on Friday in Inglewood, California.

Ronaldo was trying to get Portugal to the quarterfinals in a second consecutive tournament for the first time. Instead, the career on soccer's biggest stage is over for the all-time leader in international goals (146) and appearances (233).

Merino didn't enter until the 85th minute, and his heads-up play showed some of the versatility that helped Arsenal win its first Premier League title in more than 20 years this spring.

The World Cup was in doubt for Merino, who turned 30 during the tournament, after right foot surgery cut short his Arsenal season.

In the biggest moment of the year for Spain, there he was with fresh legs, finishing with his left foot into the left corner of the net. After emerging from a group hug with his teammates, Merino made a circle around the flag in a corner before letting out a guttural scream while clenching both fists.

That's how his father, Miguel Merino, celebrated more than three decades ago during his club career in Spain. And his son first emulated it after a late goal to beat host Germany to send Spain to the semifinals of the European championship two years ago.

This was Mikel Merino's first World Cup goal, and 11th for the national team.

“What better way to celebrate,” Merino said. “You remember all the good and the bad, and there have been difficult moments for me this year.”

The latest meeting of Iberian Peninsula rivals that first played in a friendly in Madrid 105 years ago was quite the contrast to their most recent World Cup match.

It was eight years ago that Ronaldo had his only World Cup hat trick in a 3-3 draw with Spain in a group stage opener that is considered one of the tournament's best games.

The 41-year-old superstar scored three times in this tournament, but didn't have many chances against Spain's Unai Simón, who extended his World Cup record to 609 minutes without conceding a goal. Spain became the first team to record six straight shutouts at the World Cup.

The best chance was Ronaldo's nifty backward kick in the 37th minute when Joao Felix’s header deflected off Simón’s left shoulder and popped in the air to Ronaldo. He flicked the ball with his right foot, but it was soft enough to give Simón time to recover and make a leaping grab.

“I’ll wake up tomorrow like I woke up today, with a clear conscience,” said Ronaldo, who a day earlier had repeated his previous declaration that his sixth World Cup would be his last. “I gave my best. I won three titles with Portugal. Before Cristiano, Portugal hadn’t won any title. So, I’m happy. The biggest title that I won with the national team was in 2016 (European Championship), which for me had the same dimension as a World Cup, honestly.”

Portugal desperately pushed for an equalizer in the final eight minutes of stoppage time. Silva had a header that went just over the top of the net.

The defensive struggle came just two days shy of a year since Portugal beat Spain in a riveting UEFA Nations League final that went to penalty kicks following a 2-2 draw.

The other World Cup meeting was Spain's 1-0 victory — also in the round of 16 — when La Roja won the title in South Africa.

“It was a great match. Two superb teams,” de la Fuente said. “As we had said it, it was like an anticipated final. As it was expected, we had to suffer until the very end.”

Until Spain didn't have to suffer anymore — thanks to its super sub.

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He grew up only five minutes away from the All England Club.

On Monday, the tables were turned when Federer was in attendance watching Fery on the sport's most famous court as he became the first British wild card to reach the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam in the professional era (since 1968).

Fery beat fellow wild Grigor Dimitrov — a former top-five player — 7-5, 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7).

When it was over Fery, dropped his racket to the grass and held his hands up in disbelief.

“We’ve got probably the greatest of all time watching in the front row over there,” Fery said, nodding in Federer’s direction. “And now playing here in front of all you guys, having the support and winning, it’s unbelievable.”

Fery’s quarterfinal opponent will be Flavio Cobolli, who beat Alex de Minaur.

Fery beat Cobolli in straight sets in the first round of this year’s Australian Open after coming through qualifying.

“(In) Australia I was sick,” Cobolli said. “Of course, Arthur is amazing player, but that match I couldn’t play.”

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