Lauderhill police officers were searching for a suspect who was wearing a blue Nike shirt and blue jeans, according to police scanner traffic.

With the car partially submerged in murky water, Parrish, 30, jumped out and ran away near Hiatus Road and Sunrise Boulevard in Plantation, according to police.

“It never happened here before ... For us, it was a big surprise,” said John Bell, who saw a Broward Sheriff’s Office helicopter with a spotlight searching his neighborhood.

Plantation police officers searched for Parrish in the area of North University Drive and Cleary Boulevard. A witness said police officers ordered area residents to stay inside.

Parrish attempted to break into a house while he was trying to get away from BSO deputies and Plantation police officers, according to police officers.

According to inmate records, Plantation police officers arrested Parrish, who faced four charges: Two counts of unarmed burglary of an occupied dwelling, third-degree grand theft of property valued between $40 and $750, and resisting arrest without violence.

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The 42-year-old veteran and Hialeah lawmaker joins Donalds with a shared goal of keeping Florida red in November.

Ávila has touted himself as the “most conservative member of the Legislature” and has served as a captain in the Florida Army National Guard for nearly a decade.

Donalds says that military service is among the reasons he selected Ávila, pointing to what he described as Ávila’s record as a warrior for the country and for conservative values.

The announcement was made at Miami’s Freedom Tower — a fitting backdrop for Ávila, whose parents fled communist Cuba.

The historic tower now serves as a museum, but it was once used to process Cuban refugees escaping communist rule.

“My parents fled communist Cuba and left behind home and business. They knew what happens when government takes over. Socialism turns opportunity into misery,” Ávila said. “I’m honored to be in Freedom Tower. This is the peak of freedom.”

Donalds echoed that message as he introduced Ávila as his choice for lieutenant governor.

Both Donalds and Ávila also took aim at their Democratic opponents, David Jolly and his lieutenant governor running mate, Gwen Graham, accusing them of pushing socialist ideals.

Jolly responded almost immediately after the announcement, congratulating Ávila while arguing that the race would ultimately be about Donalds’ relationship with President Donald Trump.

“I wish him well. But, let’s be honest: this race won’t come down to Byron Donalds’ relationship with Avila, it will come down to Byron’s relationship with Donald Trump,” Jolly said in a statement.

In a post on X Tuesday, Gov. Ron DeSantis also called Avila “a good dude” and stated that he “appreciated his service in the National Guard.”

Miami-Dade County went for Trump in the 2024 presidential election and for DeSantis in the 2022 gubernatorial race.

But the county remains a key battleground heading into November, amid debates over immigration enforcement and affordability.

With 1.28 million registered voters, Miami-Dade is Florida’s most populous county — making its vote count significant in a statewide race.

According to an arrest report from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, the incident happened at about 9:10 a.m. Monday along Southwest 137^th Avenue near Southwest 120^th Street.

The victim told deputies he was traveling north on Southwest 137th Avenue and attempting to change lanes when traffic caused his vehicle to become stopped at an angle in front of the suspect’s vehicle.

According to the report, the suspect, Carlos Mario Acosta drove extremely close to the rear driver’s side of the victim’s vehicle. When the traffic light turned green, Acosta attempted to pass the victim and sideswiped another vehicle, authorities said.

The victim told investigators he was unsure whether his own vehicle had been involved in the collision, so he looked through the side mirror to check for damage.

According to the report, Acosta then approached the victim’s vehicle and began pulling on the door handle.

Investigators said Acosta then ran in front of the victim’s vehicle, lifted his shirt and revealed a handgun while gripping the weapon. He then returned to his vehicle and put the gun back inside, according to the report.

After being read his Miranda rights, Acosta agreed to speak with investigators and provided a different account of how the confrontation began, the report stated.

According to the report, Acosta told deputies that after the crash, the victim approached his vehicle, so he had his gun ready because he did not know the victim’s intentions.

The report stated that Acosta claimed the victim then returned to his vehicle and attempted to drive away. Acosta said he positioned himself in front of the vehicle to prevent the man from leaving, authorities said.

Investigators also noted in the arrest report that Acosta told responding deputies that he had gripped the gun over his shirt while standing in front of the victim’s car.

Acosta was arrested on a charge of aggravated assault with a firearm and transported to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

His vehicle, meanwhile, was turned over to his wife, Yezenia Acosta, deputies confirmed.

As of Tuesday afternoon, Carlos Acosta remained held at TGK on a $3,000 bond.

The 120 remaining troops completed their final patrol Monday and are set to conclude their mission in the city on Aug. 31, said Lt. Col. Noel Collins, a guard spokesperson.

In late December, 350 troops were deployed to the city to boost public safety in the French Quarter as part of a heavy security presence for New Year’s celebrations a year after an attack on revelers on Bourbon Street killed 14 people. While the troops were initially set to withdraw from the city following Mardi Gras festivities in February, a slimmed-down deployment was extended through August.

The deployment, requested by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry, was authorized by President Donald Trump following high-profile National Guard missions his administration launched in other Democrat-led cities last year, including in Washington and Memphis, Tennessee. But the sight of National Guard troops was not unusual in New Orleans, where troops had already been deployed briefly to bolster security for the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras earlier that year.

According to the Louisiana National Guard, troops conducted more than 4,000 patrols and assisted law enforcement with 171 arrests. They were mainly present in the city's historic French Quarter, a tourist hot spot.

Mayor Helena Moreno, a Democrat who initially opposed the guard's deployment, said in a statement that she was “incredibly grateful to the men and women of the Louisiana National Guard.”

Louisiana's governor, a staunch Trump ally, said the troops' presence had improved safety in the city.

“This mission, though temporary, allowed our great soldiers readiness training that they otherwise would not have experienced,” Landry said in a statement provided by the guard.

Violent crime in New Orleans has been declining for several years in parallel with national trends, according to data compiled by the city's police department.

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The race was part of China’s World Humanoid Robot Games, an Olympic-style competition now in its second year in Beijing. The event is also a showcase for China’s rapid advances in robotics amid an intensifying technology rivalry with the U.S.

The previous robot record of 9.39 seconds had been set just three days earlier, on Saturday.

For comparison, the men’s 100-meter world record is 9.58 seconds, set by Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt in 2009.

The record-breaking robot fell after crossing the finish line and crashing into a padded barrier, with sparks flying from its waist.

The Games features over 1,300 competitions include more than 2,000 robots in 51 events like running, long jump and table tennis, as well as ballroom dancing.

Unlike the traditional Olympics, the robots also compete in teams in real-world scenarios, including household tasks, hotel services and emergency response.

“'Housekeeper' and ‘caregiver’ robots are still in the pilot and validation phase,” China's official newspaper People's Daily said on Monday, “(but) challenges are precisely where the focus of development lies … China's robotics industry is evolving toward higher quality and innovation.”

A person familiar with the situation said it was likely a vote would be taken on whether to bar such players from returning to play in the conference, though it was unclear whether athletic directors or school presidents would be voting. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the Big Ten had not formally announced its plans for addressing the matter.

Former Mississippi tight end Dae’Quan Wright could be heading to LSU thanks to a state-level court order that is creating havoc throughout college sports by allowing Wright and others an unexpected fifth year of eligibility despite a NCAA rule change in June impacting players who graduated from high school in 2022.

Wright’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, told the AP on Monday that the tight end had been waived by the Cleveland Browns and, if he clears waivers, will join Lane Kiffin’s roster at No. 11 LSU. Wright played two seasons for Kiffin at Ole Miss.

Wright was among a group of players who sued in a Louisiana court, saying the new NCAA rule granting five years of eligibility to most athletes should apply to him and others who were not “grandfathered” into the rule, which did not include the high school Class of 2022.

The Southeastern Conference said it firmly opposes professional athletes returning to play college sports.

“College athletes, not professional athletes, have been at the heart of the Southeastern Conference,” according to the SEC statement late Monday. “Individuals who choose to leave college athletics, sign professional playing contracts, and compete professionally should not then be permitted to return to college competition. Allowing that to occur will blur the line between college and professional sports, create significant competitive equity concerns and reduce opportunities for high school and current college athletes.”

The SEC concluded its statement by calling on Congress to pass a bill regulating college sports.

Earlier this summer, a Texas judge cleared the way for quarterback Brendan Sorsby to play at Texas Tech despite admitting to gambling in what usually means an NCAA ban. Other members of the Big 12 Conference and the Big 12 itself indicated strong opposition to the planned move and Sorsby eventually decided against trying to play again in college.

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The uncertainty deepened on Tuesday, after U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent vowed to fully sever the country from the global economy. In recent days, Iranian officials have spoken of a possible reduction in heavy gas subsidies as they seek to endure the tightening blockade.

“Maybe we will face a shortage of fuel,” said Hashem Abadi, a 34-year-old barber. “I rush to the filling stations whenever my tank is down to half or so.”

The latest U.S. measures are aimed at wringing concessions from the Islamic Republic nearly six months into the war launched by President Donald Trump and Israel. The war has already battered Iran's economy and inflicted mounting pain on ordinary people. But there's no sign yet that it has brought Iran's leaders to their knees, or that it will reignite the anti-government protests that convulsed the country in January.

Shelves are full but pockets are empty

The lines had been growing longer well before Bessent's announcement, amid shortages caused by the American blockade and existing sanctions. And with double-digit inflation and the rial currency at a record low, Iranians are struggling to afford more than just fuel.

“I'm filling my car as much as possible since soon it will be sold at higher prices,” said 51-year-old taxi driver Mahmoud Chavoshi. “Everything I buy has grown more expensive over the last week, from milk to pasta.”

There were no such lineups outside banks, and grocery stores and pharmacies are still well-stocked, but customers complained about being able to afford less. Inflation has soared during the war, and the currency hit a record low ahead of Bessent's announcement.

“Some of our regular customers buy now and pay later, since their pockets are not as full as before,” said Morteza Daryani, who runs a grocery store in Tehran.

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian accused the U.S. of resorting to economic pressure after failing to defeat Iran militarily. He said it was trying to create “social problems and economic dissatisfaction in order to throw Iran into chaos.”

“Should we bow down to the problems and surrender? Absolutely not,” he was quoted as saying by the semiofficial Fars and Tasnim news agencies.

No signs of unrest, but resilience has its limits

There are no signs yet that the economic discontent has translated into protests in Iran, where authorities violently crushed demonstrations at the start of the year, killing thousands.

Iran has been under heavy international sanctions for decades due to its nuclear program and support for armed groups. Oil sales to China have long provided a lifeline, and it's unclear if the U.S. can cut them off.

Still, there are “always limits to resistance and resilience,” said Mohammad Farzanegan, a professor of Middle Eastern economics at the University of Marburg in Germany.

“People are losing their purchasing power every day,” he said. “All of this, combined with worsening diplomatic prospects and the psychological burden of mounting pressures, could push frustration to a point where it can no longer be effectively managed by the state.”

Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, who heads the Bourse & Bazaar Foundation, a think tank focused on Iran’s economy, said the sectors that Bessent threatened to target “are not lifelines for the Iranian state, they are lifelines for the Iranian people.”

In an analysis posted on X, Batmanghelidj said digital assets and gold are how Iranians protect their savings, technology keeps them connected with the world, aviation allows them to travel, and shipping is how food and medicine reach Iran.

UAE decision to cut trade ties could hit hard

At the moment, the most effective economic pressure has come from the naval blockade.

But last week's announcement from the United Arab Emirates that it was cutting off all trade and financial transactions with Iran could have longer-term effects if the country follows through, said Sascha Bruchmann, an analyst with the International Institute of Strategic Studies' Middle East office in Bahrain.

Bessent, who on Monday threatened secondary American sanctions on countries doing business with Iran, suggested it was pressure from Washington that led the UAE to its decision.

“Actions that they took last week were not coincident but likely causal, and I would expect that we would see a broad array of countries taking similar actions as we continue our engagement,” he said.

Iran is exerting pressure of its own by largely closing the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway that carried a fifth of the world's oil and gas before the war. It's betting that the impact on the global economy — and U.S. gas prices ahead of midterm elections — will force Trump to back down.

“Trump is betting that their time runs out first due to the naval blockade,” Bruchmann said. “Both clocks are ticking, and no one knows which clock is right.”

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According to Davie police, Tyrone Smith died after being transported to Broward Health Medical Center Monday afternoon.

Police said the incident occurred at a construction site in the 2200 block of Shotgun Road, east of the I-75 interchange with Royal Palm Boulevard.

Officer Julia Ross, a DPD spokesperson, said the agency responded to reports of a “possible drowning,” saw the excavator “submerged” in the pond, and rescuers were able to pull the man from the water.

Officials from Davie Fire Rescue told Local 10 News that the operator was in cardiac arrest when rescuers found him; he was taken to Broward Health Medical Center where he died.

Police said Tuesday that the incident appeared to be accidental. OSHA is now investigating, along with police.

A representative for Downright Engineering confirmed to Local 10 News that Smith was an employee of theirs and was married. They told Local 10 News reporter Hannah Yechivi that the company is also conducting its own investigation into the tragic accident and does not wish to comment further at this time.

Se cree que se trata del mayor secuestro masivo en Haití en años recientes, y un líder de pandilla amenaza con matar a los rehenes si las autoridades matan a algún integrante de la banda mientras intentan asegurar la comunidad, enclavada en las colinas sobre Puerto Príncipe.

El ataque del domingo en Kenscoff rompió la creencia de que la seguridad en el atribulado país caribeño estaba mejorando.

“Esta es una gran prueba política y de seguridad, tanto para el gobierno como para la policía y también para la misión internacional”, señaló Romain Le Cour, jefe del Observatorio de Haití en la Iniciativa Global contra el Crimen Organizado Transnacional.

Indicó que la amenaza de ejecutar a los rehenes es una trampa: si las fuerzas no actúan, habrán fracasado en protegerlos; si actúan y mueren rehenes, las pandillas culparán al Estado.

En un video publicado en redes sociales, el líder de la pandilla amenazó a Vladimir Paraison, director de la Policía Nacional, y le advirtió que debía abstenerse de usar drones para repeler a las pandillas en la zona.

“Paraison, si alguno de nuestros soldados resulta herido, los mataré a todos”, expresó, en referencia a los rehenes.

El pandillero solo se identificó como Izo 2, una referencia a Izo, o Johnson André, uno de los miembros de pandillas más poderosos de Haití.

Le Cour indicó que Izo 2 también es conocido como “Didi” y que encabeza el grupo armado en Kenscoff en nombre de, y en coordinación con, Izo y otros líderes de pandillas.

“Dirige una especie de célula franquiciada para otras pandillas”, explicó Le Cour.

Añadió que el objetivo del ataque del domingo podría ser obligar a la policía de Haití y a la fuerza antipandillas respaldada por la ONU a dispersar aún más sus limitados recursos.

“No tienen suficiente personal”, sostuvo Le Cour. “Si los obligas a desplegar más tropas, inevitablemente será a costa de otras zonas”.

El ataque también podría ser simplemente una demostración de fuerza y un mensaje al gobierno y a la policía de Haití, mientras el país se prepara para celebrar elecciones generales el 13 de diciembre por primera vez en más de una década.

“Este es un mensaje al gobierno y a la policía de que sus afirmaciones de protección no coinciden con la realidad”, dijo Le Cour. “Las pandillas están diciendo: cuando decidimos atacar, podemos hacerlo, y tendremos éxito”.

El primer gran ataque contra Kenscoff ocurrió en enero de 2025 y, desde entonces, se han registrado ataques esporádicos en las montañas que rodean el centro de la ciudad.

Pero el ataque del domingo fue el mayor hasta ahora. Al menos cinco de las 47 personas asesinadas eran niños, de acuerdo con la Oficina Integrada de las Naciones Unidas en Haití, conocida como BINUH.

El alcalde de Kenscoff, Jean Massillon, dijo a The Associated Press el martes que entre los fallecidos hay dos empleados del gobierno, incluido su primo, quien formaba parte de su equipo de seguridad.

Indicó que integrantes de Viv Ansanm, una poderosa coalición de pandillas que Estados Unidos ha designado como organización terrorista extranjera, también incendiaron 25 viviendas.

La información sobre el ataque sigue llegando a cuentagotas, y Massillon advirtió que las pandillas aún merodeaban la periferia de Kenscoff.

“La atrocidad de este crimen nos recuerda que tenemos que seguir trabajando con más fuerza cada día para llevar la paz a la comunidad”, manifestó Massillon. “Soy optimista en que el Estado seguirá trabajando para erradicar a las pandillas en Kenscoff”.

Algunos sobrevivientes acusaron al gobierno de no haber brindado suficiente protección antes del ataque, acusaciones que la Policía Nacional de Haití rechazó.

Le Cour señaló que, si efectivamente había policías y vehículos blindados apostados en Kenscoff antes del ataque, entonces esa afirmación resulta preocupante: “¿Dejaron que las pandillas entraran aun cuando tenían todo dispuesto?”.

Hombres armados controlan aproximadamente el 70% de Puerto Príncipe y extensas franjas de territorio en la región central de Haití y más allá.

La violencia de las pandillas ha desplazado a una cifra récord de 1,5 millones de personas en todo Haití, donde se reportó la muerte de más de 3.100 personas de enero a junio y otras 1.189 resultaron heridas, según estadísticas de la ONU.

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Witnesses reported that an “irate” man caused mayhem on a busy Monday morning at the Starbucks at Mary Brickell Village, at 901 Southeast Miami Ave.

The man was “yelling at customers inside the store, scaring the employees, as he threw merchandise on the floor ... jumped onto the countertop ... grabbed a chair from inside the property and smashed the front glass door,” a police officer wrote in an arrest report.

A security guard injured his arm while trying to stop the man, who police officers later identified as Erickwoody Charles, of Downtown Miami, according to the report.

“Upon my arrival, [Charles] was ... lying on the roof of a passersby car ... a nearby truck owner reached me and showed me his truck bed’s cover was broken ... and had footsteps caused by [Charles] climbing on his truck,” a police officer wrote in the report.

Police officers arrested Charles at 8 a.m. on Monday at Southeast Ninth Street and Brickell Plaza, and fire rescue personnel took him to the hospital, according to the arrest report.

Miami-Dade County corrections booked Charles shortly after 1:20 p.m. on Monday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center near Doral, according to inmate records.

Charles, also known as Erick Charles, faced charges of battery and two counts of criminal mischief, and he had been out on a felony bond on a warrant case for grand theft and burglary, according to county inmate and court records.

Miami police officers had previously arrested Charles on July 19. Miami-Dade prosecutors filed the grand theft and burglary case on July 20, a judge set his bond at $5,000, and he was released on his own recognizance on Aug. 21, according to court records.

Charles has an arrest record in Miami-Dade that goes back to a marijuana possession case when he was 19 years old. Court records also show he had convictions for misdemeanor battery, disorderly conduct, trespassing and resisting arrest in Miami Beach when he was 27.

Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Miguel M. de la O was presiding over this year’s two pending cases.

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Testigos reportaron que un hombre “furioso” causó caos durante la concurrida mañana del lunes en el Starbucks de Mary Brickell Village, ubicado en 901 Southeast Miami Ave.

El hombre estaba “gritando a los clientes dentro del establecimiento, asustando a los empleados, mientras arrojaba mercancía al suelo, saltó sobre el mostrador, agarró una silla del interior del establecimiento y rompió la puerta frontal de vidrio”, escribió un agente de la policía en un reporte de arresto.

Un guardia de seguridad se lesionó un brazo mientras intentaba detener al hombre, a quien los agentes identificaron posteriormente como Erickwoody Charles, de Downtown Miami, según el reporte.

“A mi llegada, [Charles] estaba acostado sobre el techo del automóvil de un transeúnte, el propietario de una camioneta cercana se acercó a mí y me mostró que la cubierta de la caja de su camioneta estaba rota y tenía huellas causadas por [Charles] al subirse a su camioneta”, escribió un agente en el reporte.

Los agentes arrestaron a Charles a las 8 a.m. del lunes en Southeast Ninth Street y Brickell Plaza, y personal de Fire Rescue lo trasladó al hospital, según el reporte de arresto.

El Departamento de Correcciones de Miami-Dade ingresó a Charles poco después de la 1:20 p.m. del lunes en el Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, cerca de Doral, según los registros de reclusos.

Charles, también conocido como Erick Charles, enfrentaba un cargo de agresión y dos cargos de daños a la propiedad, y se encontraba en libertad bajo fianza por un caso con orden de arresto por hurto mayor y robo, según registros judiciales y de reclusos del condado.

Agentes de la policía de Miami habían arrestado previamente a Charles el 19 de julio. Fiscales de Miami-Dade presentaron el caso por hurto mayor y robo el 20 de julio, un juez fijó su fianza en $5,000 USD y fue liberado bajo palabra el 21 de agosto, según registros judiciales.

Charles tiene antecedentes de arrestos en Miami-Dade que se remontan a un caso de posesión de marihuana cuando tenía 19 años. Los registros judiciales también muestran que tuvo condenas por agresión menor, conducta desordenada, entrada ilegal y resistencia al arresto en Miami Beach cuando tenía 27 años.

El juez Miguel M. de la O, del Tribunal de Circuito del condado Miami-Dade, presidía los dos casos pendientes de este año.

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Deputies with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office said Federico Caso, 45, is the victim’s son, and Peter Sevastopoulos, 44, is her son-in-law and Caso’s brother-in-law.

Deputies said the three lived together in a Miami-Dade home, though its location was not disclosed in the agency’s publicly released arrest report.

The victim told investigators that Caso and Sevastopoulos “intentionally” set the home’s air conditioning to 80 degrees whenever they left for work.

The men also placed a remote lock on the thermostat that prevented the woman from lowering the temperature, according to the report.

The report states that the Department of Children and Families described their living situation as an “environmental hazard.”

Deputies said that while the thermostat was locked at 80 degrees and the woman was inside the home, a National Weather Service advisory was in effect for Miami-Dade County.

They said temperatures were expected to reach as high as 112 degrees, with “peak hours of heat spanning from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.”

The woman told investigators she does not have a vehicle and cannot drive, leaving her at home for most of the day, according to the report.

The report states that the woman claimed she was not allowed to use kitchen appliances, including the refrigerator, microwave, stove or oven. She said she was limited to a small mini refrigerator and a shelf in her bedroom closet for dry food, according to the report.

The woman told investigators that surveillance cameras throughout the home were monitored by Caso and Sevastopoulos, the report states.

She said she would be “scolded loudly” and cursed at if they saw her doing something they did not allow, according to deputies.

Investigators said the woman also claimed that she feared leaving her bedroom.

Deputies said the woman told them that Caso and Sevastopoulos threatened to evict her if she did not begin paying rent. The report states there was no legal lease and that the home had once been owned by the woman.

An investigator attempted to interview the men, however, Sevastopoulos said both had retained attorneys and wanted to invoke their Miranda rights before they were arrested, according to the report.

Investigators said the men “intentionally committed acts that could reasonably be expected to cause physical and/or psychological injury to the woman.”

Jail records show both suspects are each facing one count of physical or psychological abuse of an elderly or disabled adult.

As of Tuesday morning, they were being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, where their bonds were listed as “to be set.”

Agentes de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade indicaron que Federico Caso, de 45 años, es hijo de la víctima, y Peter Sevastopoulos, de 44 años, es su yerno y cuñado de Caso.

Los agentes indicaron que los tres vivían juntos en una vivienda de Miami-Dade, aunque su ubicación no fue revelada en el reporte de arresto divulgado públicamente por la agencia.

La víctima dijo a los investigadores que Caso y Sevastopoulos “intencionalmente” ajustaban el aire acondicionado de la vivienda a 80 grados cada vez que se iban a trabajar.

Los hombres también colocaron un bloqueo remoto en el termostato que impedía que la mujer bajara la temperatura, según el reporte.

El reporte indica que el Departamento de Niños y Familias describió sus condiciones de vivienda como un “peligro ambiental”.

Los agentes indicaron que mientras el termostato estaba bloqueado a 80 grados y la mujer se encontraba dentro de la vivienda, estaba vigente un aviso del Servicio Nacional de Meteorología para el condado Miami-Dade.

Indicaron que se esperaba que las temperaturas alcanzaran hasta 112 grados, con “las horas de mayor calor entre las 11 a.m. y las 7 p.m.”.

La mujer dijo a los investigadores que no tiene vehículo y no puede conducir, por lo que permanece en la vivienda durante la mayor parte del día, según el reporte.

El reporte indica que la mujer afirmó que no se le permitía utilizar los electrodomésticos de la cocina, incluidos el refrigerador, el microondas, la estufa o el horno. Dijo que estaba limitada a un pequeño minirrefrigerador y un estante en el clóset de su dormitorio para alimentos secos, según el reporte.

La mujer dijo a los investigadores que las cámaras de vigilancia instaladas en toda la vivienda eran monitoreadas por Caso y Sevastopoulos, indica el reporte.

Dijo que era “reprendida a gritos” y recibía insultos si la veían haciendo algo que no le permitían, según los agentes.

Los investigadores indicaron que la mujer también afirmó que temía salir de su dormitorio.

Los agentes indicaron que la mujer les dijo que Caso y Sevastopoulos amenazaron con desalojarla si no comenzaba a pagar alquiler. El reporte indica que no existía un contrato legal de alquiler y que la vivienda había pertenecido anteriormente a la mujer.

Un investigador intentó entrevistar a los hombres; sin embargo, Sevastopoulos dijo que ambos habían contratado abogados y querían invocar sus derechos Miranda antes de ser arrestados, según el reporte.

Los investigadores indicaron que los hombres “cometieron intencionalmente actos que razonablemente podrían causar lesiones físicas y/o psicológicas a la mujer”.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que ambos sospechosos enfrentan un cargo cada uno de abuso físico o psicológico de un adulto mayor o discapacitado.

Hasta la mañana del martes, permanecían detenidos en el Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, donde sus fianzas figuraban como “por determinar”.

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Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies said they were called out to the Krome Service Processing Center, located at 18201 SW 12th St., on Monday afternoon after receiving a report about the theft.

An MDSO arrest report states that while staff members were preparing deportation documents, the detainee told them that he was missing $5,382.

Authorities said they reviewed surveillance footage that showed Matthew Christian Torres, a 31-year-old security guard employed by Akima Protective Services, placing the man’s money inside a log book, never logging it and instead “concealing the money inside his black jacket and enter(ing) a employee restroom.”

“(Torres) then returns to the property common area and removes the clear plastic bag containing the money from the inside of his chest area,” a deputy wrote in the report, describing the video. “(He) then places the money inside the right pocket in beige cargo pants. It should be noted that (Torres) never advised a supervisor of the money belonging to the victim.”

Deputies took Torres, of Palmetto Bay, into custody on a third-degree grand theft charge.

As of Tuesday morning, Torres was being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $2,500 bond.

Local 10 News has contacted ICE and Akima seeking comment on the case.

Agentes de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade dijeron que acudieron al Krome Service Processing Center, ubicado en 18201 SW 12th St., la tarde del lunes después de recibir un reporte sobre el robo.

Un reporte de arresto de MDSO indica que, mientras miembros del personal preparaban documentos de deportación, el detenido les dijo que le faltaban $5,382 USD.

Las autoridades indicaron que revisaron imágenes de vigilancia que mostraban a Matthew Christian Torres, un guardia de seguridad de 31 años empleado por Akima Protective Services, colocando el dinero del hombre dentro de un libro de registro, sin registrarlo y, en cambio, “ocultando el dinero dentro de su chaqueta negra y entrando a un baño de empleados”.

“(Torres) luego regresa al área común de pertenencias y saca de la parte interior del área del pecho la bolsa de plástico transparente que contenía el dinero”, escribió un agente en el reporte al describir el video. “(Él) luego coloca el dinero dentro del bolsillo derecho de un pantalón cargo beige. Cabe señalar que (Torres) nunca informó a un supervisor sobre el dinero perteneciente a la víctima”.

Los agentes arrestaron a Torres, de Palmetto Bay, por un cargo de hurto mayor de tercer grado.

Hasta la mañana del martes, Torres permanecía detenido en el Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center con una fianza de $2,500 USD.

Local 10 News se comunicó con ICE y Akima para solicitar comentarios sobre el caso.

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Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue officials said they received multiple calls shortly after 9:45 a.m. reporting a mobile home on fire in the 1000 block of Northeast 63rd Court.

They said firefighters arrived to find the home engulfed in flames. One adult who was inside at the time safely evacuated, while a second resident was away when the fire started, according to FLFR officials.

Officials said first responders extinguished the fire after about 20 minutes, using water and firefighting foam. They said no injuries were reported.

According to FLFR officials, neighbors told firefighters that a pet cat may have been inside the home, but crews were unable to locate the animal. Its status is unknown at this time.

A fire investigator was at the scene working to determine what caused the fire, according to authorities.

No other details about the fire were immediately released.

Funcionarios de Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue dijeron que recibieron múltiples llamadas poco después de las 9:45 a.m. reportando el incendio de una casa móvil en la cuadra 1000 de Northeast 63rd Court.

Indicaron que los bomberos llegaron y encontraron la vivienda envuelta en llamas. Un adulto que se encontraba en el interior en ese momento evacuó de manera segura, mientras que un segundo residente estaba fuera cuando comenzó el incendio, según funcionarios de FLFR.

Los funcionarios indicaron que los socorristas extinguieron el incendio después de unos 20 minutos, utilizando agua y espuma contra incendios. Indicaron que no se reportaron heridos.

Según funcionarios de FLFR, vecinos dijeron a los bomberos que un gato podría haber estado dentro de la vivienda, pero los equipos no pudieron localizar al animal. Su estado se desconoce en este momento.

Un investigador de incendios se encontraba en el lugar trabajando para determinar qué causó el incendio, según las autoridades.

No se divulgaron de inmediato más detalles sobre el incendio.

The fundraiser, which benefits injured veterans and their families, will also feature The Resilient, Alex Warren and Josh Johnson of “The Daily Show.”

This year’s event will take place Nov. 9 at David Geffen Hall at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Since its inception, Stand Up for Heroes has raised $117 million to help veterans and military families.

Stand Up for Heroes was first held in 2007 and is produced by the New York Comedy Festival and the Bob Woodruff Foundation. Woodruff was nearly killed during a 2006 attack in Iraq while embedded with U.S. troops for ABC News.

“When we started this way back in 2007 we thought it would just be a one-time concert. But it’s become one of the most meaningful nights of the year," Woodruff said in a statement.

Tickets for Stand Up for Heroes are available now.

The annual event has attracted such celebrities as Stephen Colbert, Jim Gaffigan, Ricky Gervais, John Mayer, Seth Meyers, John Mulaney, John Oliver, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Jeff Ross, Ray Romano and Jerry Seinfeld.

The spike in immigration arrests shows that the administration has continued to advance its mass deportations agenda despite a shift in approach earlier this year from high-profile operations in large American cities that sparked a public outcry to arrests that have garnered less attention but have nonetheless been disruptive.

The July arrest tally of 49,571 marks a 15% jump from 43,021 arrests a month earlier and a 70% increase from 29,241 in February, in the aftermath of the Trump administration’s enforcement surge in Minnesota, according to government data that was provided by ICE to the University of California, Berkeley’s Deportation Data Project and analyzed by The Associated Press.

Immigration arrests the month before Trump entered office hovered a little over 8,000 a figure largely made up of immigrants transferred from city or state jails and prisons and turned over to ICE to remove from the country. During Trump’s first year in office the numbers started climbing as the administration loosened restrictions on where and who ICE could arrest while it also infused the agency with billions of dollars.

By December, the number of arrests jumped to more than 40,177, according to the data, which was obtained through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.

In the aftermath of two fatal shootings in Minnesota in January that sparked protests and an uproar from Democratic lawmakers, arrests began to fall to nearly 30,000 in February. After remaining stagnant for months, the numbers of people arrested in June jumped to more than 43,000 and then to roughly 49,500 in July.

In his confirmation hearing earlier this year, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin pledged to keep ICE out of the headlines, suggesting that the administration’s immigration crackdown might take a softer approach. But his tenure has been marred by a number of fatal shootings of immigrants in encounters with ICE officers. And the figures show Mullin hasn’t shifted the agency from President Donald Trump’s vision for mass deportations.

Texas and Florida accounted for nearly 20,000 of the July arrests, in a sign of how important those states have become to the Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda. Both states have leaned heavily into cooperation agreements with ICE called 287g agreements that allow local and state law enforcement to essentially operate as arms of federal immigration enforcement.

The spike in arrests comes as the agency, infused with billions of dollars last summer by Congress, has also hired 12,000 new deportation officers and investigative agents.

The National Hurricane Center based in Miami announced early Tuesday morning that Julio had formed. It was centered about 675 miles (1,086 kilometers) west-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula of Mexico. Julio has maximum sustained winds of about 50 mph (80 kph).

Forecasters said Julio would be absorbed by Iselle later Tuesday. There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect for either storm.

Iselle was about 730 miles (1,175 kilometers) west of the Baja California peninsula and had winds of 70 mph (113 kph).

In the Central Pacific, Tropical Storm Lala continued to churn with 50 mph (80 kph) winds but wasn’t threatening land. Earlier this month as a hurricane, the outer bands of Lala battered Hawaii and caused destructive flooding.

And Moke was no longer considered a tropical cyclone after skirting Hawaii as a tropical storm, the center said.

The fire that began early Monday afternoon has ripped through more than 78 square miles (200 square kilometers) across lightly populated areas in two counties in north central Texas.

Perfect fire conditions allowed the fire to shoot up in a matter of hours, said officials with Palo Pinto County’s emergency services district. “We’ve thrown everything at this, and we’re still having minimal effect,” said Danny Watkins, the fire chief.

Wildfires have been popping up across the South and western U.S. in recent days as extremely dry conditions persist. A dozen new large fires were reported on Sunday alone, the National Interagency Fire Center said.

Nationwide, there have been more than 50,000 wildfires so far this year, the most over the past 10 years covering the same time period, according to the center.

Firefighters in Nevada were making progress in slowing a fire that forced thousands to evacuate in Reno over the weekend after flames spread dangerously close to densely populated neighborhoods.

The Hawk Fire has destroyed more than 30 homes across about 23 square miles (60 square kilometers). Authorities in Nevada said on Monday that the fire was 27% contained.

The number of residents in the Reno area under evacuation orders and warnings dropped to about 63,000, down from more than 90,000 people. The fire near the California state line began Saturday and rapidly grew in size on Sunday. At least seven people — three first responders and four civilians — were injured.

Fire officials in Reno blame human activity for the Hawk Fire, saying it was either intentionally set or accidental.

In Texas, the Ross Fire was only slightly contained as it churned through ranchland about 60 miles (96 kilometers) west of Fort Worth. At least five structures have been destroyed, according to officials in Palo Pinto County.

Authorities opened evacuation centers and some schools were closed Tuesday. Ranchers and a livestock commission were offering barns to temporarily hold animals that need to be evacuated.

Emergency officials expect the fire to keep growing Tuesday as temperatures increase through the day.

Officials did not reveal any details about the people who died, other than that they lived in Lancaster County, west of Philadelphia.

“My deepest sympathies are with the loved ones who are facing this unimaginable loss,” said state Health Secretary Dr. Debra Bogen. “Because measles was largely eliminated in the Commonwealth for more than three decades, people are not familiar with this disease and don’t fully understand the potential severity of the illness.”

The U.S. is enduring its worst year for measles since 1991. Earlier this summer, it surpassed 2025's record-breaking measles count, with 2,777 cases as of Thursday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The nation had 2,289 cases in 2025, the worst year for measles in more than three decades. Three people died last year.

In November, international health officials will meet to determine if the U.S. and Mexico have lost their measles-free status. The U.S. eliminated local measles spread in 2000 by maintaining high vaccination rates, which have fallen in recent years to below the 95% coverage needed to prevent outbreaks.

Overall U.S. kindergarten vaccination rates inched down last year and the share of children with exemptions rose to an all-time high, according to federal data posted last week.

Lancaster County is known as the heart of Pennsylvania's Amish community, a religious group that is sometimes reluctant to embrace modern medical interventions such as vaccines. About 88% of kindergartners in the county were up to date on their measles vaccines during the last school year, according to state data.

Pennsylvania has counted nearly 400 measles cases this year, state officials said.

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Online jail records show that Isaiah Williams, 27, was taken into custody on Monday.

According to the Miramar Police Department, officers responded to an apartment complex along the 11000 block of Southwest 45th Court at approximately 2:05 a.m. Monday after receiving reports of a domestic battery.

Officers said that Williams had already left the scene when they arrived.

After detectives arrived and investigated the incident, police said an arrest warrant was completed for Williams.

Later Monday, Williams surrendered himself to police, according to Miramar PD.

He is facing charges of simple battery, domestic battery by strangulation, robbery by sudden snatching with a firearm and tampering/altering evidence.

In a statement, BSO officials told Local 10 News that Williams was placed on administrative leave without pay as a result of his arrest.

Authorities did not provide any additional information regarding the circumstances that led to Williams’ charges.

As of Monday evening, Williams was being held at the Broward County Main Jail. He is expected to appear before a judge sometime Tuesday.

Los registros de la cárcel en línea muestran que Isaiah Williams, de 27 años, fue arrestado el lunes.

Según el Departamento de Policía de Miramar, agentes acudieron a un complejo de apartamentos en la cuadra 11000 de Southwest 45th Court aproximadamente a las 2:05 a.m. del lunes después de recibir reportes de una agresión doméstica.

Los agentes indicaron que Williams ya había abandonado el lugar cuando llegaron.

Después de que los detectives llegaron e investigaron el incidente, la policía indicó que se emitió una orden de arresto contra Williams.

Más tarde el lunes, Williams se entregó a la policía, según el Departamento de Policía de Miramar.

Enfrenta cargos de agresión simple, agresión doméstica por estrangulamiento, robo por arrebato con arma de fuego y manipulación o alteración de evidencia.

En un comunicado, funcionarios de BSO dijeron a Local 10 News que Williams fue puesto en licencia administrativa sin sueldo como resultado de su arresto.

Las autoridades no proporcionaron información adicional sobre las circunstancias que llevaron a los cargos contra Williams.

Hasta la noche del lunes, Williams permanecía detenido en la cárcel principal del condado Broward. Se espera que comparezca ante un juez en algún momento de este martes.

Coastal showers will remain possible again Tuesday morning with the chance for inland storms by the afternoon. Temperatures will remain in the lower 90s through the end of the week.

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Luis Manuel Aviles, 48, was arrested after leaving his house to take his car to the mechanic, according to his wife, Argelia Aviles.

She said her husband, who works as a handyman in Key West, has a permit to work in the United States. Originally from Nicaragua, he has lived in the U.S. for 19 years.

Federal authorities told Local 10 News that a work permit doesn’t grant legal immigration status, and that Aviles came to the country illegally in 2006 from Nicaragua.

Aviles’ son, Joshua, posted to Facebook that he got the news while aboard the USS Lincoln while on a nine-month deployment in the Middle East.

He wrote: “This is heartbreaking for me…He is a hardworking, humble man.”

Aviles’ younger son, also named Luis, told Local 10 News on Monday that the family has been “stressed.”

“He’s a good father. He doesn’t deserve it,” Aviles Jr. said.

“Having a family member in the military is not a free pass to violate our nation’s laws,” a U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said in a statement to Local 10, adding that the Trump administration “does not pick and choose which laws to enforce.”

There is a military program known as “parole in place” to obtain legal status, but not everyone is eligible, and it’s not granted automatically, according to DHS.

Luis Manuel Aviles, de 48 años, fue arrestado después de salir de su casa para llevar su automóvil al mecánico, según su esposa, Argelia Aviles.

Ella dijo que su esposo, quien trabaja como handyman en Key West, tiene un permiso para trabajar en Estados Unidos. Originario de Nicaragua, ha vivido en Estados Unidos durante 19 años.

Las autoridades federales dijeron a Local 10 News que un permiso de trabajo no otorga estatus migratorio legal y que Aviles ingresó ilegalmente al país desde Nicaragua en 2006.

El hijo de Aviles, Joshua, publicó en Facebook que recibió la noticia mientras se encontraba a bordo del USS Lincoln durante un despliegue de nueve meses en Medio Oriente.

Escribió: “Esto es desgarrador para mí, Él es un hombre trabajador y humilde”.

El hijo menor de Aviles, también llamado Luis, dijo a Local 10 News el lunes que la familia ha estado “preocupada”.

“Es un buen padre. No se merece esto”, dijo Aviles Jr.

“Tener un familiar en las fuerzas armadas no es un pase libre para violar las leyes de nuestra nación”, dijo un portavoz del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional de Estados Unidos en un comunicado a Local 10, y agregó que la administración del presidente Trump “no elige qué leyes hacer cumplir”.

Existe un programa militar conocido como “parole in place” para obtener estatus legal, pero no todos son elegibles y no se otorga automáticamente, según el DHS.

Según la MDSO, Darryl Frankders Johnson Jr. conducía un scooter eléctrico poco antes de las 5:25 p.m. del domingo, cerca de Northwest 75th Street y 22nd Court, en el área no incorporada de Gladeview, cuando chocó con el sospechoso, lo que derivó en una discusión.

Los agentes dijeron que el sospechoso sacó un arma y le disparó a Johnson, residente de Liberty City, antes de darse a la fuga.

Los paramédicos de Miami-Dade Fire Rescue declararon muerto a Johnson en el lugar.

Un vocero de la MDSO informó el lunes que el sospechoso estaba acompañado de un menor al momento del tiroteo.

No estaba claro de inmediato si los dos hombres se conocían antes del choque y del tiroteo.

Se pidió a cualquier persona con información sobre el caso que llame a los investigadores.

La calidad del aire era moderada en las zonas del oeste, cerca de Kendall y Homestead, de acuerdo con el Departamento de Protección Ambiental de Florida.

Eso significa que el aire es aceptable para la mayoría, aunque puede representar un riesgo leve para las personas sensibles a la contaminación, según la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos.

El incendio “Chipmunk” era el más grande. Había consumido más de 15,505 acres en el condado de Miami-Dade y estaba contenido en un 50%, según el portal geoespacial del National Interagency Wildfire Enterprise.

El incendio “Movie Dome” había quemado más de 6,200 acres y estaba contenido en un 60%.

El incendio “22 (13)” había arrasado 880 acres y estaba contenido en un 40%, según el mapa de respuesta a incendios del Servicio Forestal de Florida. La unidad de campo de los Everglades del FFS trabajaba en ese foco.

El incendio “Vulture” había quemado más de 345 acres y estaba contenido en un 80%.

El incendio “Tower Point” consumió tres acres.

El incendio “Radio Tower” quemó 700 acres y ya estaba contenido.

Shark Valley tenía previsto reabrir a la 1 p.m. del lunes, según un vocero del Servicio de Parques Nacionales.

Las cuadrillas del FFS contuvieron un incendio que ardía el domingo en el condado de Collier y seguían combatiendo el lunes el fuego “H2 (50)” en el suroeste del condado de Palm Beach, que estaba contenido en un 85%.

Para más información sobre los incendios forestales en Florida, visite esta página.

Cinco incendios forestales seguían activos el lunes en el condado de Miami-Dade, según autoridades estatales y federales.

La calidad del aire era moderada en las zonas del oeste, cerca de Kendall y Homestead, de acuerdo con el Departamento de Protección Ambiental de Florida.

Eso significa que el aire es aceptable para la mayoría, aunque puede representar un riesgo leve para las personas sensibles a la contaminación, según la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos.

El incendio “Chipmunk” era el más grande. Había consumido más de 15,505 acres en el condado de Miami-Dade y estaba contenido en un 50%, según el portal geoespacial del National Interagency Wildfire Enterprise.

El incendio “Movie Dome” había quemado más de 6,200 acres y estaba contenido en un 60%.

El incendio “22 (13)” había arrasado 880 acres y estaba contenido en un 40%, según el mapa de respuesta a incendios del Servicio Forestal de Florida. La unidad de campo de los Everglades del FFS trabajaba en ese foco.

El incendio “Vulture” había quemado más de 345 acres y estaba contenido en un 80%.

El incendio “Tower Point” consumió tres acres.

El incendio “Radio Tower” quemó 700 acres y ya estaba contenido.

Shark Valley tenía previsto reabrir a la 1 p.m. del lunes, según un vocero del Servicio de Parques Nacionales.

Las cuadrillas del FFS contuvieron un incendio que ardía el domingo en el condado de Collier y seguían combatiendo el lunes el fuego “H2 (50)” en el suroeste del condado de Palm Beach, que estaba contenido en un 85%.

Para más información sobre los incendios forestales en Florida, visite esta página.

El accidente fue reportado en la cuadra 13200 de Northwest 32nd Avenue.

Sky 10 sobrevoló la escena poco antes de las 2 p.m., mientras una grúa se llevaba un Mustang convertible con daños. En el edificio quedó un gran boquete, y en la acera, escombros de la pared y restos del vehículo.

Funcionarios de Miami-Dade Fire Rescue confirmaron que un adulto fue trasladado a un hospital de la zona.

No se dieron a conocer otros detalles de inmediato.

Para Kameron Glasgow, un pedazo de grama frente a la casa de su tía, en la cuadra 7900 de Northwest First Street, guardará para siempre uno de sus últimos recuerdos de su esposa, Kenya Glasgow, y de su hija Kennedi.

“No hay palabras para describir lo que uno siente”, dijo Kameron Glasgow.

La policía de Margate informó que Kenya, de 31 años, y Kennedi fueron alcanzadas por un rayo alrededor de las 2:30 p.m. del domingo.

La familia de cuatro acababa de llegar a la casa e intentaba entrar antes de que se desatara la tormenta que se acercaba.

Kennedi (izquierda) abraza a su hermana melliza, Kensli.

“Vimos que la lluvia estaba arreciando y dijimos: ‘Oye, hay que meter a las niñas’”, recordó Glasgow.

Entonces cayó el rayo.

Glasgow contó que sintió la descarga.

“Me llegó el remezón desde el suelo”, dijo. “Por la gracia de Dios, todavía estoy aquí”.

Pero al voltearse, se encontró con una escena devastadora.

“Voltearse y ver a tu esposa y a tu hija ahí, sin vida, es todavía peor”, dijo Glasgow.

A Kenya y a Kennedi les sobreviven Glasgow y Kensli, la hermana melliza de Kennedi.

Glasgow dijo que ahora enfrenta no solo su propio duelo, sino lo que la pérdida significará para la hija que le queda.

“Que ella pierda a su hermana melliza... no hay palabras, porque sé que ni siquiera lo puede entender ahora mismo”, dijo entre lágrimas.

Glasgow describió a su esposa como alguien que siempre estaba ahí para los suyos.

“Mi esposa: el corazón más grande del mundo”, dijo. “El corazón más grande del mundo. Ponía a todos antes que a ella misma”.

Dijo que Kenya, su novia desde el último año de secundaria, era una de sus heroínas, junto con su padre, ya fallecido.

“Ella me ayudó a convertirme en el hombre que soy hoy”, dijo Glasgow.

De Kennedi dijo que era un “conejito Energizer” enamorado de la música, sobre todo de las canciones de Benson Boone.

“Nunca había visto a una niña de 2 años cantar a Benson Boone en un karaoke con micrófono, palabra por palabra”, contó. “Dos años, y clarito. ‘Beautiful Things’, esa era su canción favorita”.

Glasgow dijo que la pérdida duele aún más porque vivió el nacimiento de sus mellizas como una bendición tras la muerte de su padre.

“Pensé que mi bendición más grande había sido que Dios me mandara a mis dos hijas después de que murió mi papá”, dijo. “Y que ahora una ya no esté, es duro”.

Dijo que también le costará asimilar la pérdida de la mujer con la que compartió la mitad de su vida.

Pese al dolor, Glasgow dijo que sabe que tiene que salir adelante por Kensli.

“Todo va a estar bien porque tengo que estarlo, porque tengo otra hija hermosa que está adentro”, dijo.

Por ahora, se aferra a su fe.

“Dios no le pone a nadie una prueba que no pueda soportar”, dijo Glasgow.

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According to the Hialeah Police Department, officers were called out to the MDC campus at 1780 W. 49th St. on Monday morning after someone reported a post that stated, “Everyone at MDC dies today.”

Police said they were able to identify Jose Santos as the “owner of the Instagram handle” and they found him at a home on West 31st Street, near First Avenue.

A statement Santos allegedly made to detectives was redacted from the HPD report, which doesn’t state whether he attends the institution.

Police arrested Santos on a written threats charge. As of Tuesday morning, he was being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center with a bond listed as “to be set.”

Según el Departamento de Policía de Hialeah, agentes acudieron al campus de MDC en 1780 W. 49th St. la mañana del lunes después de que alguien reportara una publicación que decía: “Todos en MDC mueren hoy”.

La policía indicó que pudo identificar a Jose Santos como el “propietario de la cuenta de Instagram” y lo encontró en una vivienda en West 31st Street, cerca de First Avenue.

Una declaración que Santos presuntamente hizo a los detectives fue censurada del reporte de HPD, que no indica si asiste a la institución.

La policía arrestó a Santos por un cargo de amenazas por escrito. Hasta la mañana del martes, permanecía detenido en el Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center con una fianza que figuraba como “por determinar”.

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96L will be the first system of the peak part of the season to run the gauntlet through El Niño’s staunch central Atlantic wall of wind shear. Forecast models are divided on whether it survives its passage through the teeth of 2026’s formidable shear zone this weekend but if it can, the surviving scenarios show the possibility of more earnest strengthening over the western Atlantic later next week.

This is over a week out and 96L is still in its infancy. With high uncertainty ahead, we’ll need to stay patient and let this one play out.

96L showing signs of organization

Satellite-derived wind estimates over 96L around daybreak Tuesday showed a sharp turning of winds and improving circulation.

Though the circulation isn’t fully closed yet, the satellite pass gave the National Hurricane Center confidence to bump up the short term development odds to high. Though thunderstorm activity remains scattered and disorganized, 96L is by no means starved of convection like its deep Atlantic predecessors 92L and 94L.

Statistical guidance shows an environment with ample moisture and decreasing wind shear over the next few days, which should position 96L for gradual development into early Friday.

By the weekend, 96L will begin to hit some obstacles – both in terms of higher wind shear and drier mid-level air – as it draws near and north of the easternmost Caribbean islands for early next week. The question is how organized it gets before then and whether it can survive beyond that point into next week.

Next week’s wildcards

The first question is whether 96L survives. The second question is where it lands on the other side of the shear zone.

A weaker system would favor a track farther south and west and perhaps into the Caribbean where wind shear will stay high and prohibitive to future development.

On the other hand, if 96L, or what forms from it, rides north of the islands, there’s an opportunity for a second act middle to later next week.

There are exceptionally wide bookends on this one, so take each modeling camp with a grain of salt beyond the next few days.

The American suite of forecast models, like the GFS, and its high-resolution hurricane counterparts, like the HAFS, strengthen 96L into a hurricane and turn it quickly into the open Atlantic over the weekend.

This fast-strengthening scenario seems like an outlier based on what we’re seeing in the early stages.

Google’s DeepMind 1,000-member machine learning-based ensemble system, on the other hand, is advertising little in the way of development this week, keeping 96L weak or undeveloped, with a better chance of development east of Florida and near the Bahamas next week (orange dots in the plot below).

It’s worth noting the model is showing low odds of development at this time frame for next week but we’ll want to keep an eye to the trends to see how those long-range odds evolve. DeepMind has lower development odds than yesterday, primarily because it dropped development odds this week east of the islands.

The European modeling system effectively splits the difference between the GFS and DeepMind, advertising a weak system riding farther west and near or north of the islands into next week, with a turn northward next week and the possibility of a second act over the subtropics east of the U.S.

The bottom line is it’s way too soon to know where this will head or even if it survives into next week. As with most systems of Cabo Verde origin, this could bring lots of drama. Best case scenario is 96L doesn’t pull itself together and falls flat in the face of the shear this weekend, a credible scenario to be sure.

That said, given that the time of year (late August/early September), we’ll need to babysit this one for a little bit before we feel comfortable that it won’t break through next week. For now, it’s one to monitor and periodically check back in on in the coming days.

Invest 95L’s development window quickly closing

Invest 95L – an area of low-pressure a few hundred miles northeast of Bermuda over the open North Atlantic – continued to struggle early Tuesday. Wind shear is expected to pick up notably later today and on Wednesday as the system accelerates northward.

If anything forms, it’ll be weak and very short-lived. Regardless, the system poses no organized threat to land this week and will get swept into the north Atlantic graveyard by Thursday.

96L será el primer sistema de la parte más activa de la temporada en atravesar el desafío de la firme barrera de cizalladura del viento de El Niño en el Atlántico central. Los modelos de pronóstico están divididos sobre si sobrevivirá a su paso por la intensa zona de cizalladura de 2026 este fin de semana, pero si lo logra, los escenarios en los que sobrevive muestran la posibilidad de un fortalecimiento más significativo sobre el Atlántico occidental a finales de la próxima semana.

Esto está a más de una semana de distancia y 96L todavía está en sus primeras etapas. Ante la alta incertidumbre que existe, tendremos que ser pacientes y dejar que este sistema evolucione.

96L muestra señales de organización

Las estimaciones de viento derivadas de satélite sobre 96L alrededor del amanecer del martes mostraron un marcado giro de los vientos y una circulación que está mejorando.

Aunque la circulación aún no está completamente cerrada, el paso del satélite dio al Centro Nacional de Huracanes suficiente confianza para elevar a altas las probabilidades de desarrollo a corto plazo. Aunque la actividad de tormentas eléctricas permanece dispersa y desorganizada, 96L de ninguna manera carece de convección como sus predecesores del Atlántico profundo, 92L y 94L.

La guía estadística muestra un ambiente con abundante humedad y una disminución de la cizalladura del viento durante los próximos días, lo que debería favorecer el desarrollo gradual de 96L hasta las primeras horas del viernes.

Para el fin de semana, 96L comenzará a encontrar algunos obstáculos, tanto por una mayor cizalladura del viento como por aire más seco en los niveles medios, a medida que se acerque y pase al norte de las islas más orientales del Caribe a principios de la próxima semana. La pregunta es qué tan organizado estará para entonces y si podrá sobrevivir más allá de ese punto hasta la próxima semana.

Las incógnitas de la próxima semana

La primera pregunta es si 96L sobrevivirá. La segunda es dónde terminará una vez que atraviese la zona de cizalladura.

Un sistema más débil favorecería una trayectoria más hacia el sur y el oeste, y quizás hacia el Caribe, donde la cizalladura del viento se mantendrá alta e impedirá un mayor desarrollo.

Por otro lado, si 96L, o lo que se forme a partir de este, pasa al norte de las islas, existe la posibilidad de una segunda etapa de desarrollo entre mediados y finales de la próxima semana.

Existe un rango excepcionalmente amplio de posibilidades para este sistema, por lo que hay que tomar con cautela cada grupo de modelos más allá de los próximos días.

El conjunto estadounidense de modelos de pronóstico, como el GFS, y sus equivalentes de alta resolución para huracanes, como el HAFS, fortalecen a 96L hasta convertirlo en huracán y lo desvían rápidamente hacia el Atlántico abierto durante el fin de semana.

Este escenario de rápida intensificación parece ser atípico según lo que estamos observando en las primeras etapas.

Por otro lado, el sistema de conjunto de 1,000 miembros de Google DeepMind, basado en aprendizaje automático, muestra poco desarrollo esta semana, manteniendo a 96L débil o sin desarrollar, con una mayor probabilidad de desarrollo al este de Florida y cerca de las Bahamas la próxima semana (puntos naranjas en el gráfico a continuación).

Cabe señalar que el modelo muestra bajas probabilidades de desarrollo en este momento para la próxima semana, pero habrá que estar atentos a las tendencias para ver cómo evolucionan esas probabilidades a largo plazo. DeepMind muestra probabilidades de desarrollo más bajas que ayer, principalmente porque redujo las probabilidades de desarrollo esta semana al este de las islas.

El sistema de modelos europeo prácticamente se sitúa en un punto intermedio entre el GFS y DeepMind, mostrando un sistema débil que avanzaría más hacia el oeste y cerca o al norte de las islas hasta la próxima semana, con un giro hacia el norte la próxima semana y la posibilidad de una segunda etapa de desarrollo sobre las zonas subtropicales al este de Estados Unidos.

La conclusión es que es demasiado pronto para saber hacia dónde se dirigirá este sistema o incluso si sobrevivirá hasta la próxima semana. Como ocurre con la mayoría de los sistemas originados en Cabo Verde, este podría generar mucho drama. En el mejor de los casos, 96L no logra organizarse y se debilita ante la cizalladura este fin de semana, un escenario ciertamente posible.

Dicho esto, dada la época del año, finales de agosto y principios de septiembre, tendremos que vigilar este sistema durante un tiempo antes de sentirnos seguros de que no logrará superar estas condiciones la próxima semana. Por ahora, es un sistema que hay que monitorear y revisar periódicamente durante los próximos días.

La ventana de desarrollo de Invest 95L se cierra rápidamente

Invest 95L, un área de baja presión a unos cientos de millas al noreste de Bermuda sobre las aguas abiertas del Atlántico Norte, continuó teniendo dificultades a primeras horas del martes. Se espera que la cizalladura del viento aumente notablemente más tarde hoy y el miércoles a medida que el sistema acelere su desplazamiento hacia el norte.

Si algo llega a formarse, será débil y de muy corta duración. En cualquier caso, el sistema no representa una amenaza organizada para tierra esta semana y será arrastrado hacia el cementerio del Atlántico Norte para el jueves.

Según un reporte de arresto, el incidente ocurrió alrededor de las 7:30 a.m. del sábado cerca de la intersección de Southwest 87th Avenue y 184th Street.

El reporte indica que Raimiero Rios conducía una SUV negra hacia el sur por Southwest 87th Avenue cuando comenzó a tocar la bocina a dos ciclistas que también se dirigían hacia el sur.

Rios luego desvió la SUV hacia los ciclistas, obligando a uno de ellos a salirse de la carretera, según el reporte.

Los agentes indicaron que Rios luego atropelló al segundo ciclista con la SUV.

Después de la colisión, Rios sacó un arma y disparó en dirección al ciclista, según el reporte.

El incidente fue captado en video.

Los agentes que respondieron al lugar indicaron que encontraron un agujero de bala en el suelo. No se reportaron heridos.

El reporte indica que Rios fue trasladado a la estación del Distrito Municipal de Cutler Bay de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade para ser interrogado, donde invocó sus derechos Miranda.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que enfrenta un cargo de agresión agravada con arma de fuego, un cargo de agresión física agravada con arma mortal y un cargo por disparar un arma de fuego desde un vehículo.

Hasta la mañana del martes, permanecía detenido en el Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, donde su fianza figuraba como “por determinar”.

Según la policía, agentes y personal de Lauderhill Fire Rescue respondieron al área de West Sunrise Boulevard cerca de Northwest 31st Avenue tras reportes del accidente.

La policía indicó que varios vehículos y un ciclista estuvieron involucrados. Uno de los vehículos se salió de la carretera y terminó entre unos arbustos, indicaron las autoridades.

Equipos de Fire Rescue tuvieron que sacar a una persona de uno de los vehículos tras el accidente, indicó la policía.

Cuatro personas fueron evaluadas o atendidas en el lugar y al menos una persona fue trasladada a un hospital para recibir tratamiento médico adicional, indicaron las autoridades.

La policía no proporcionó detalles sobre la gravedad de las lesiones.

El accidente afectó los carriles en dirección oeste de Sunrise Boulevard mientras los equipos de emergencia trabajaban en el lugar. También se reportaron restricciones adicionales de tráfico en el área circundante.

Las circunstancias en torno al accidente continúan bajo investigación. Se recomienda a los conductores que transitan por el área tener precaución y anticipar demoras.

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According to an arrest report, the incident happened at about 7:30 a.m. Saturday near the intersection of Southwest 87th Avenue and 184th Street.

The report states Raimiero Rios was driving a black SUV south on Southwest 87th Avenue when he began honking at two cyclists who were also traveling south.

Rios then swerved the SUV toward the cyclists, forcing one of them off the roadway, according to the report.

Deputies said Rios then struck the second cyclist with the SUV.

After the collision, Rios pulled out a gun and fired a round in the direction of the cyclist, according to the report.

The incident was captured on video.

Deputies who responded to the scene said they found a bullet hole in the ground. No injuries were reported.

The report states Rios was taken to MDSO’s Cutler Bay Municipal District Station for questioning, where he invoked his Miranda rights.

Jail records show he is facing one count each of aggravated assault with a firearm, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and discharging a firearm from a vehicle.

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

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According to police, officers and Lauderhill Fire Rescue personnel responded to the area of West Sunrise Boulevard near Northwest 31st Avenue following reports of the crash.

Police said multiple vehicles and a bicyclist were involved. One of the vehicles left the roadway and came to rest in bushes, authorities said.

Fire Rescue crews had to extricate one person following the crash, police said.

Four people were evaluated or treated at the scene, and at least one person was transported to a hospital for further medical treatment, authorities said.

Police did not provide details about the severity of the injuries.

The crash impacted the westbound lanes of Sunrise Boulevard as emergency crews worked at the scene. Additional traffic restrictions were also reported in the surrounding area.

The circumstances surrounding the crash remain under investigation. Drivers traveling through the area are being advised to use caution and expect delays.

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Officers were seen in the area of Hiatus Road near Sunrise Boulevard.

The suspect’s vehicle could be seen at the edge of the water.

According to authorities, the chase began in the area of North University Drive and Cleary Boulevard when the driver, identified as Darius Amartei Parrish, 30, did not listen to commands to pull over.

At some point, Parrish bailed out of his car, which led to the vehicle’s front end being partially submerged in the canal, authorities said.

Assisting in the search were K9 officers and a helicopter unit from the Broward Sheriff’s Office, police said.

Eventually, Parrish was taken into custody. He faces charges of burglary of an occupied dwelling, grand theft and resisting an officer without violence.

Agentes fueron vistos en el área de Hiatus Road cerca de Sunrise Boulevard.

El vehículo del sospechoso podía verse al borde del agua.

Según las autoridades, la persecución comenzó en el área de North University Drive y Cleary Boulevard cuando el conductor, identificado como Darius Amartei Parrish, de 30 años, no obedeció las órdenes de detenerse.

En algún momento, Parrish abandonó su vehículo, lo que provocó que la parte delantera quedara parcialmente sumergida en el canal, indicaron las autoridades.

Agentes K9 y una unidad de helicóptero de la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward ayudaron en la búsqueda, indicó la policía.

Finalmente, Parrish fue detenido. Enfrenta cargos de robo en una vivienda ocupada, hurto mayor y resistencia a un agente sin violencia.

PGA Tour CEO Brian Rolapp announced the changes Tuesday before the Tour Championship, which currently is 72 holes of stroke play for the top 30 players. Whoever wins the tournament is declared the FedEx Cup champion and earns $10 million in official money from the $40 million purse.

Starting in 2028, the BMW Championship — the only postseason event that rotates is being held that year at Olympia Fields near Chicago — will be for the leading 90 players on the points list. Points from the season continue, and the leader will be the season champion and bonus money distributed accordingly.

The top 32 after the BMW Championship will be broken into eight groups of four-player pools. The leading two players from each pool advance to the final event, which will be match play over four days. Even players eliminated early will play through Sunday to determine final positions.

That means the BMW Championship will offer three trophies — the BMW Championship, the Western Golf Association and the PGA Tour Championship Series Finale.

And the second week of the postseason will have no trophy at all — it's all about being among the 16 players who advance to the last event.

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Según la policía de Davie, Tyrone Smith murió después de ser trasladado al Broward Health Medical Center la tarde del lunes.

La policía indicó que el incidente ocurrió en una obra de construcción en la cuadra 2200 de Shotgun Road, al este del intercambio de la I-75 con Royal Palm Boulevard.

La agente Julia Ross, portavoz del Departamento de Policía de Davie (DPD), dijo que la agencia respondió a reportes de un “posible ahogamiento”, vio la excavadora “sumergida” en el estanque y los rescatistas lograron sacar al hombre del agua.

Funcionarios de Davie Fire Rescue dijeron a Local 10 News que el operador estaba en paro cardíaco cuando los rescatistas lo encontraron; fue trasladado al Broward Health Medical Center, donde murió.

La policía indicó el martes que el incidente parecía haber sido accidental. OSHA está investigando ahora, junto con la policía.

Un representante de Downright Engineering confirmó a Local 10 News que Smith era empleado de la compañía y estaba casado. Indicó a la reportera de Local 10 News Hannah Yechivi que la compañía también está llevando a cabo su propia investigación sobre el trágico accidente y no desea hacer más comentarios en este momento.

The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index dipped to 89.4 in August from 90.2 in July. That’s the lowest level in seven months but essentially in the same lukewarm range its been in since the beginning of the year. In late 2024 and early 2025 the readings were consistently above 100.

Respondents’ views of their present situation improved, but their outlook for the near-term future soured.

Americans remain frustrated with the economy after five years of elevated inflation, potentially posing a risk to President Donald Trump and Republicans in the midterm elections, which are less than 70 days away.

Write-in responses to the board’s survey, which were collected from Aug. 3 to Aug. 16, were slightly more pessimistic this month. References to prices in general, specifically oil and gas specifically, remain elevated. Comments about war and geopolitics, food prices, trade, and jobs rose in August.

Trump continues to blame the high prices on his predecessor, Democrat Joe Biden, yet inflation has risen since Trump’s inauguration last year.

The government’s measure of inflation that the Federal Reserve prefers — personal consumption expenditures — came in at 3.7% in June, down from May’s year-over-year increase of 4.1%, but up from 2.8% before the Iran war began Feb. 28. It was 2.5% when Trump was inaugurated in January 2025.

The government issues its July PCE data on Wednesday.

Consumers’ views of the current labor market improved in August, with 27% of consumers saying jobs were “plentiful,” up from 24.4% in July. However, they were more negative about the labor market going forward in the next six months, with just 14.6% of respondents expecting more jobs to be available. That’s down from 16.4% last month.

The U.S. job market stalled unexpectedly in July as employers cut 23,000 jobs. To make matters worse, Labor Department revisions slashed 103,000 jobs from May and June payrolls.

The unemployment rate fell to 4.1%, but for the wrong reason: Thousands of people dropped out of the labor market, so fewer people were competing for work.

A case was opened against Kocharyan, 71, who leads parliament’s second-largest opposition bloc, on charges of abuse of authority, bribery and large-scale money laundering, according to Armenia’s Prosecutor General’s Office.

Besides Kocharyan and his eldest son, Sedrak, four other people were detained as part of the investigation, the office said.

The raids came less than 24 hours after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan clashed with Kocharyan’s younger son, Levon, in a fiery exchange in parliament.

Armenia’s Anti-Corruption Committee said it was investigating allegations that state assets had been illegally sold to private companies for under market value during Kocharyan’s time in office from 1998 to 2008.

Former President Serzh Sargsyan, who served under Kocharyan before taking office himself from 2008 to 2018, also is facing charges as part of the case, the committee said.

Bagrat Mikoyan, who heads his office, described the detentions as “yet another attack on President Kocharyan and his family” by authorities. He added that Kocharyan felt ill after his detention and was taken to a hospital.

Kocharyan's son accused prime minister of political pressure

During a parliamentary question-and-answer session, Levon Kocharyan accused Pashinyan of pressuring the courts and law enforcement agencies to open investigations against individuals.

Pashinyan responded by asking Levon Kocharyan the source of his family’s wealth, saying that any assets acquired at public expense should be returned to the state.

In a social media post Tuesday, Robert Kocharyan's Armenia Alliance said the case was one of personal vengeance and “another cynical manifestation of a regime that has lost its legitimacy."

"This is not a legal process; this is the open subjugation of the state apparatus," it said.

Robert Kocharyan went on trial in 2019, accused of ordering the illegal use of force by security officers against demonstrators protesting alleged fraud in the 2008 presidential election. At least 10 people were killed in the clashes. The charges were later dropped, and the legal proceedings ended in 2021.

Analyst Alexander Iskandaryan, director of the Caucasus Institute in Yerevan, told The Associated Press that critics have long accused Kocharyan of corruption while in power.

He said the case will intensify the conflict between the pro-Russian opposition, where Kocharyan is a key figure, and Pashinyan's government, which is pursuing a pro-Western course and prioritizing closer ties with the European Union.

“Of course, this is a signal to the Kremlin," Iskandaryan said. “Kocharyan effectively positions himself as a Russian proxy, and we see a trend where the authorities have begun to fight — intensively and by all possible means — against political forces aligned with Russia.”

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Maxwell filed a habeas petition last December seeking to set aside her conviction and free her from a 20-year prison sentence, claiming exonerating information was withheld and false testimony presented at her trial, resulting in a “complete miscarriage of justice.”

Judge Paul A. Engelmayer rejected her arguments, saying in his written ruling they “all or almost all are frivolous” and that she had presented nothing that could upend the outcome of her trial.

“Nearly all its claims are procedurally barred; the overwhelming testimonial and documentary evidence adduced at trial conclusively established her guilt; and her petition’s claims are demonstrably meritless, and generally based on speculation, distortions, and/or outright falsehoods,” Engelmayer wrote.

A request for comment was sent to lawyers who represented Maxwell in the past.

Habeas petitions are often filed as a last resort and to protect against unlawful confinement after appeals are exhausted, as happened after Maxwell’s conviction and sentencing.

Epstein, a millionaire financier, was arrested in July 2019 on sex trafficking charges. Ordered detained until trial, he was found dead in his cell at a New York federal jail in August 2019 and his death was ruled a suicide.

Maxwell, a British socialite, was arrested a year later and was convicted of sex trafficking in December 2021. She was moved from a Florida prison to a prison camp in Texas last year, shortly after she was interviewed by the Justice Department’s then second-in-command, Todd Blanche, President Donald Trump's former criminal defense attorney and now U.S. attorney general.

The judge noted that many of Maxwell's claims of “new evidence” stem from documents released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

As a result of that law, the Justice Department over the last eight months has released 18 categories of investigative materials gathered in the massive sex trafficking probe, including search warrants, financial records, notes from interviews with victims and data from electronic devices.

Engelmayer said that material is “largely irrelevant to the charges against Maxwell and does not support her claims of error.”

“On the contrary, to the extent it is relevant, far from exculpating her, it incriminates her or reinforces the correctness of the legal rulings Maxwell challenges,” he wrote.

The judge also rejected Maxwell's claim that she was selectively prosecuted and made a “scapegoat” when the Justice Department did not indict four co-conspirators named in a government document or 25 men who settled with victims.

Engelmayer said she could have raised that claim on appeal after her trial, but he found it to be frivolous nonetheless.

Among the recently released Justice Department documents, “she does not cite any that reveals the existence of an uncharged confederate, let alone one as instrumental as she in facilitating Epstein’s horrific crimes,” the judge said.

Williams and Alcaraz are facing one half of the reigning women’s doubles champions, Erin Routliffe, and Lloyd Glasspool in the first round later Tuesday. They are one of the star-studded duos in the second year of the new-looked mixed doubles event, with Aryna Sabalenka and Novak Djokovic also participating together.

Returning to tennis earlier this year at 44, Williams is not planning to play singles at the U.S. Open. Nevertheless, she and Alcaraz have an opportunity to add another title at Flushing Meadows to their respective resumes.

Williams has 10 U.S. Open championships: six in women's singles, two in women's doubles with sister Venus and one in mixed doubles — with Max Mirnyi in 1998. Alcaraz has won the men's singles tournament twice, including four years ago when Serena initially stepped away from the sport.

Following the first round and quarterfinals Tuesday, the mixed doubles semifinals and final are Wednesday night, with the winners getting a $1 million prize.

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But up close, “the tundra's kind of like the jungle,” said Adam Bloom, a Florida Atlantic University plant biology student. Except this lush Arctic jungle tops out at about 10 inches (25 centimeters).

Together with Jake Francis, a professor at the university, Bloom walked through the spongy soil that was frozen solid a few weeks earlier. They towered over the knee-high dwarf birch trees. Showy rhododendrons didn't reach the backs of their shoes as they walk in the North Slope, a vast and sparsely populated treeless area stretching from the Brooks mountain range to the Arctic Ocean.

For centuries, Arctic cold has kept plant life small, a sort of dollhouse of Earth's miniatures. The extreme environment has long given researchers a unique perspective on what makes plants grow, insight that would be hard to obtain elsewhere. Now it offers them one of the world’s most useful windows on how climate change affects plant life, with the Arctic warming four times faster than the rest of Earth, especially in the winter. For example, researchers at the Toolik Field Station, 200 miles (320 kilometers) north of the Arctic Circle, are studying whether plants facing these harsh conditions evolve to compete or cooperate with one another.

Studies show that the colder and further north in the Arctic, the smaller the plant life. There are several reasons, but the main one is that life is rough in the winter. Anything that protrudes above the shallow, insulating snow cover is more prone to being damaged by the cold and wind or eaten by wildlife, said plant ecologist Anne Bjorkman of the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.

Plus the frozen permafrost doesn't allow roots to grow too deep, she said.

Earth's miniatures are growing

But the cold is weakening and the miniatures are stretching. This part of Alaska is about 4.8 degrees (2.7 degrees Celsius) warmer than it was 40 years ago mostly because of the burning of coal, oil and gas.

“Plants that are already there are growing taller,” Bjorkman said, adding that they're likely to grow even taller in the future.

And they are getting greener. Some of the long-term studies here are “trying to understand what controls how much plants grow, what controls how green it is,” and how all that is changing, said Columbia University ecologist Duncan Menge.

Meanwhile, taller plants that previously couldn't survive the cold are moving in, Bjorkman said.

This process, called shrubification, can accelerate warming because of how the plants trap heat, said University of Colorado plant ecologist Sarah Elmendorf. Canopies of the taller, darker shrubs stick out of the snow and absorb more energy from the sun than the blanket of white snow, which reflects heat back.

“It's certainly a major fingerprint of change that we can see,” she said.

Darker tundra absorbing more radiation is “one of the main reasons for what we call arctic amplification, which causes climate change to accelerate” especially in the Arctic, Menge said.

The shrubs also trap more snow. That snow warms the ground below and allows microbes during the winter to release more of the heat-trapping gas methane, Elmendorf said. The added greenery from the taller plants and shrubs could compensate somewhat by absorbing more carbon dioxide, she said.

Expanding stands of willows seem to be providing more shade to streams and changing the ecology of fish, insects and birds, according to Chris Neill and Linda Deegan of the Woodwell Climate Research Center. They are conducting a multiyear study to see if an ecosystem adapts and even genetically evolves to handle the stress of climate change. If that is happening, it offers hope for the survival of some of the most fragile Arctic ecosystems, Deegan said.

Using a magnifying lens to appreciate tiny plants

During a foray around Toolik Lake, Francis carried a knuckle-sized magnifying lens around his neck like a locket, using it to reveal the wonder of the tiny flora at his feet.

“Tiny changes in a tiny jungle make a big difference,” said Francis, an Arctic newcomer.

Big trees in Francis' home base of Florida are showy and amaze people because they're so easy to see, he said. But here on the spongy tussocks — clumps of plants that jut upward, making walking an ankle-turning adventure — Francis said, “we have three or four different species of flowering plants growing. We have mosses. We have liverworts and it's the same thing. Layers growing on top of plants on top of plants on top of plants. But it's not yelling at us.”

“You have to get down there and stop and look,” Francis said. “You could walk right past it and not even see it. And so this is what to me is cool.”

What helps survival, competition or cooperation?

These plants are competing for sun, nutrients, water and especially pollination in this harsh environment of limited but intense sunlight. Francis and his students are examining if it's more cooperative than the long assumed life-or-death competition. Francis' team focuses on a specific parasitic plant — the Arctic lousewort — that they think is getting a bad rap. The Arctic lousewort taps into the roots of nearby plants to suck out nutrients.

Sure, it's a vampire, siphoning resources from its neighbors. But doctoral student Jonathan Carcache theorizes that the lousewort is helping its neighbors as much as stealing from them. That's because its dramatic shaft of purple flowers catches the attention of the not-so-plentiful bumblebees here “like a billboard that advertises pollination,” he said. And once that sought-after bee arrives, everyone gets pollinated.

To test their theory, Carcache and Bloom play bee. It's a painstaking, difficult task that they split between them. Bloom uses tweezers to remove a plant's male parts, and back at the lab he uses a mechanical device to shake out the pollen. It takes several hours each night to produce less than a teaspoon full of microscopic pollen grains.

Then Carcache finishes the job, belly-first on the ground and trying not to crush any of the plants they have come to study. Wearing a net over his head and nitrile gloves to protect him from swarming mosquitoes, he takes a paintbrush to dip grains of pollen on just the right female parts of neighboring heather blossoms.

By doing the bees' job, Carcache and Bloom hope to figure out whether the plants around the parasite are pollinated more than those further away. If so, there's a fair trade taking place, rather than one plant simply taking advantage of others.

Amid the stresses of the Arctic, scientists are rethinking the idea that all life is a cutthroat competition with winners and losers. It might be more about mutualism, with plant species cooperating so that everybody survives, like the lousewort and its neighbors, Francis said.

“It would be wonderful if humans were the same way,” Francis said.

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The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for Trump to move ahead with his executive order restricting mail-in voting, though it remains unclear how much his administration can implement before the fast-approaching midterm elections. Mail balloting has long been a favorite target for Trump, who has claimed that it breeds fraud despite strong evidence to the contrary and his own use of the voting method.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a new round of sanctions aimed at Iran on Monday and warned every country that does business with the Islamic Republic to sever those financial ties or face retaliation from the U.S. The announcement follows Trump’s pledge last week to unleash an “economic D-Day” against Iran, in an effort to sever it from the rest of the global economy.

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested nearly 50,000 people during July, the highest single monthly arrest total during the second Trump administration, according to new figures.

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The July arrest tally of 49,571 marks a 15% jump from 43,021 arrests a month earlier and a 70% increase from 29,241 in February, in the aftermath of the Trump administration’s enforcement surge in Minnesota, according to government data that was provided by ICE to the University of California, Berkeley’s Deportation Data Project and analyzed by The Associated Press.

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Finance minister: ‘This is a Team Canada moment’

“This a moment to stand up,” François-Philippe Champagne also said.

Canada will not accept restrictions on its ability to choose its trading partners, he said.

“Maintaining our economic sovereignty is non-negotiable. That’s what we did, and that’s what we’ll do,” Champagne said.

Canadian minister of jobs spells out economic impact of US tariffs

The “unjust tariffs” and “economic warfare” have consequences, said Patty Hajdu at the press conference, noting that the impact of tariffs has been felt before, though not at this level.

The unknowns of what comes next — how big a dent tariffs will make in people’s pocketbooks — causes “worry and anxiety” that makes it challenging to plan for the future, she said.

“It has an effect of sort of freezing people in place: Should I make that investment? Should I buy that new house? Should I take that vacation? Should I add on to my businesses? Should I add a product line?” Hajdu said.

Canada aims to cushion blow to its economy and consumers

Canada also announced a support package for workers and businesses affected by the dispute worth $7.5 billion in Canadian dollars (US$5.4 billion). They said the counter tariffs will raise costs for some businesses and consumers, but expect the overall economic effects to be moderate.

They said the government has provided more than $30 billion Canadian dollars (US$21.7 billion) in tariff-related support since the beginning of 2025 — far more than it has collected in retaliatory duties — as it tries to cushion the blow.

The two countries have deeply integrated supply chains across autos, energy, agriculture and manufacturing, making a prolonged trade fight potentially costly for businesses and workers on both sides of the border.

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly urged Canadians to buy Canadian products as they “launch this movement of resistance to what is happening to us.”

Canada is matching US tariffs ‘dollar for dollar, rate for rate’

Canadian officials led by Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced the retaliatory tariffs, which they said would go into effect on Sept. 8.

Trump’s tariffs “will have real consequences for Canadian workers, businesses and communities across our nation. Canada must respond, and today we are,” Champagne said.

“We did not choose this conflict, but when our economic integration is used as a weapon rather than the foundation for a win-win partnership, we need to stand up,” Champagne added in French.

Canada strikes back with retaliatory tariffs on about $20 billion in American goods

Canada is targeting more than 700 U.S.-made products as the trade war escalates. The list extends well beyond industrial goods, hitting everyday purchases such as seafood, cheese, clothing, cosmetics and toilet paper, with some facing duties as high as 50%.

The tariffs on American steel, dairy products, appliances, farm equipment, pulp and paper and electronics take effect Sept. 8 at rates of 15%, 25% and 50%, with Canada matching the corresponding U.S. tariff rate on each product.

Canadian officials said the goal is not to raise revenue but to protect Canadian companies and reduce U.S. imports. Goods facing 50% tariffs also include some aluminum products, furniture, clothing and apparel. Appliances, dairy products including cheese, fish and seafood, and certain steel and aluminum derivatives will face 25% tariffs. Existing Canadian countertariffs on U.S. autos will remain in place.

Trump’s trade war with Canada could rattle economies in states with key Senate races

Trump’s trade war threatens Republican efforts to address voters’ economic concerns as control of the U.S. Senate hinges on states along the border.

“Imposing new tariffs on Canada is a mistake,” Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, one of Democrats’ top targets this year, said while campaigning Monday.

The issue also puts pressure on Republicans in the border states of Michigan, Ohio and Alaska, and in Iowa, whose main trading partner is Canada.

“Trump is escalating a trade war with Canada for his own vanity,” Michigan’s Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed said on social media, adding that his Republican opponent, former Rep. Mike Rogers, is a “rubber stamp” for such policies.

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Ontario premier, after trading insults with Trump, wants to dial it down

Doug Ford, who traded personal insults with Trump a day earlier, struck a more conciliatory tone Tuesday, dismissing the president’s Lake Ontario threat as “a lot of rhetoric” and urging the two countries to resume negotiations.

Ford acknowledged in a CNN interview that the dispute had “got a little personal” and agreed it’s time to lower the temperature. He said the trade fight is hurting both countries and that Canada and the United States should “get back to the table” and negotiate a fair deal.

US consumer confidence falls to lowest level in 7 months as gas prices remain elevated

Americans’ confidence in the economy declined again this month as the ongoing conflict in Iran keeps pump prices over $4 a gallon.

The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index dipped to 89.4 in August from 90.2 in July. That’s the lowest in seven months and essentially in the same lukewarm range its been in since the beginning of the year. In late 2024 and early 2025 the readings were consistently above 100.

Respondents’ views of their present situation improved, but their outlook for the near-term future soured. Americans remain frustrated with the economy after five years of elevated inflation, potentially posing a risk to Trump and Republicans with fewer than 70 days to go before Election Day.

Businesses and consumers are caught in the middle, facing uncertainty about price increases

Michael Howard II, owner of a furniture business in Warren, Michigan, outside Detroit, said the tariffs will hamper the “ability for us to put food on the table for our family, but also impacts the ability for us to give back to our community.”

Howard and his wife started their business a decade ago. They make and sell everything from dining room tables to bookcases.

“To say that we don’t need Canada is just disingenuous,” he said. “It’s dishonest. And it’s just absolutely not truthful. We need our neighbor, but also they need us.”

Canadians warn that trade war could harm US automakers

Ontario Premier Doug Ford told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview Monday that “everything is on the table,” noting his province would be ready to cut off electricity and critical minerals to the U.S. if the trade war worsens. Trump “underestimates Canada. We’re all in,” Ford said.

Cars and auto parts, as well as energy products, were excluded from Trump’s latest round of tariffs — but remained key sticking points in negotiations that crumbled over the weekend, and Carney said Monday that Washington’s auto-sector proposals would “gradually dismantle” Canadian production.

Canada is the largest customer for U.S. automobiles, Carney noted — and he questioned what Trump’s latest move would mean for workers in states such as Ohio, Kentucky and Alabama who depend on that demand.

US households face higher prices on more than 550 Canadian products

Here are just some of the many items specified by the White House that are subject to Trump’s 50% import tax:

1. Natural honey 2. Bulbs for plants such as tulips and lilies, as well as some fresh cut flowers 3. Seeds for beets, onions and other vegetables 4. Horsehair, tortoise shells, antlers and various animal products 5. Alcohol such as beer, vermouth and cider 6. Furniture knobs, wallpaper and lighting fixtures 7. Plates, cups, bowls and other kitchen or tableware 8. Paints, varnishes, vinyl tile floor coverings and various plywood sheets 9. Ice skates, golf equipment, fishing rods and other sports accessories 10. Perfumes, makeup and manicure preparations 11. Suitcases, bags, gloves and coats 12. Toys and certain “articles for Christmas festivities” 13. Digital cameras and recording equipment 14. Smartphones and video game consoles 15. Envelopes, cigarette paper and toilet or facial tissue

Carney: Netflix in French is not a joke

“There is a huge gap between the American perspective and the Canadian perspective. That’s the first point,” Carney added. “In the final hours of the negotiations, it was a question of — you mentioned Netflix — discoverability on platforms, the streamers. You can see whether, if you want to watch some television, it is easy or not to find French-language and Quebec programs. Because of legislation here in Quebec, it is easier now. But for the Americans, that is an irritant. No, it is a law.”

Labeling is another example, he said: “That is also on the list of irritants the Americans mention. And the government says each time: No, no, no. The joke is over. It’s not amusing. It’s not a ‘funny fact.’ It’s a right.”

Here’s what Carney said about the US position on French-language content and labels

Carney said Monday that U.S. negotiators had raised the discoverability of French-language content on streaming platforms, along with French-language labeling rules, as trade irritants.

And he rejected the idea that such protections were negotiable, saying in French: “For the Americans, questions about the French language, Quebec culture, francophone culture and Canadian culture are irritants. Here in Quebec, here in Canada, they are rights — fundamental rights.”

Trump denies attempting to interfere with Canadians’ right to speak French

“I love French Canadians,” the president said in a follow-up social media post.

Trump appeared to be responding to assertions by Carney that the United States had proposed measures he deemed unacceptable that would hurt French language protections.

Trump accused Carney of telling a “lie” and disparaged the prime minister as “weak” and “ineffective.”

“I would never interfere with Canadians speaking French! In fact, I have never even thought of doing such a stupid thing,” he said, asserting the claim was made up by Carney in a bid to boost his political standing at home.

Jeffries says he took the meeting with Kushner to address the affordability crisis

The Democratic leader said affordability is not a hoax as Trump has said, but very real — “People are drowning in this failed economy.”

The meeting between Jeffries and Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and top outside adviser, was seen as an overture from the administration before the midterms elections.

Speaker Mike Johnson, a close Trump ally, had bristled that Kushner better not be hedging his bets against Republicans.

Democratic leader Jeffries fires back at critics after meeting with Jared Kushner

“He asked for a meeting and I took it,” says Rep. Hakeem Jeffries in a defiant video posted to social media.

Wearing a New York Yankees cap and looking straight into the camera, Jeffries, who is in line to become House speaker if Democrats seize majority control of the House, leveled a follow-up warning: “I shouldn’t have to say it but I am: No one is going to get a pass.”

“We are going to hold every single member of the Trump cartel accountable — from day one,” Jeffries said, foreshadowing a robust oversight agenda.

Trump says he’s considering renaming Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ as trade war with Canada escalates

Such a change would be reminiscent of the Republican president’s unilateral action last year by executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

The United States and Canada are locked in a trade dispute, with Canada expected to announce retaliatory measures Tuesday. That’s in response to the Trump administration enacting 50% tariffs on $20 billion of Canadian goods over the weekend after talks between the countries broke down.

“The United States is giving serious consideration to changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America in that we don’t expect to doing much business with Ontario any longer,” Trump said Tuesday on social media.

The U.S.-Canadian border runs through the middle of the lake on the shore of New York state. Ontario is Canada’s most populous province and is home to the country’s auto industry.

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Canada set to announce retaliatory tariffs as Trump tells its leaders to ‘fall in line’

Canada will announce retaliatory tariffs against the United States on Tuesday after relations deteriorated sharply Monday, with President Donald Trump telling Canadian leaders to “fall in line” or face consequences “far WORSE” than existing tariffs and Prime Minister Mark Carney accusing Washington of trying to subordinate Canada.

Trump also threatened new 50% tariffs on Canadian vehicles, auto parts and steel, while Carney said U.S. trade demands showed Washington wanted to “destroy our major industries,” including autos, steel and aluminum.

Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne and three other Cabinet ministers are also expected Tuesday morning to share details of supports for workers affected by tariffs. Carney said earlier Monday that Canada may need to move away from matching U.S. tariffs dollar for dollar and instead use more targeted retaliation aimed at protecting Canadian workers and businesses.

The Dania Beach commission candidate who receives the most votes will be elected to a two-year term as mayor and succeed Joyce Davis, who was elected in 2020 and re-elected in 2024.

The Dania Beach candidate who gets the second-highest number of votes will be elected to a two-year term as vice mayor and succeed Marco Salvino, who was elected in 2024.

The city listed six qualified commission candidates who are campaigning for office: Maoz Druskin, Diana Fahmie, Aaron Hollis, Kevin Johnson, Colman Ryan, and Kristof Von Anderson.

Druskin filed his statement of candidacy on May 27. The Israeli Times described Druskin, 45, as an Israeli-born entrepreneur and writer. He identifies as a candidate committed to safety and supporting local businesses.

Fahmie filed her statement of candidacy on June 8. Fahmie, who has experience in real estate, identifies as a business owner, ecology advocate and proud mother and grandmother who will prioritize protecting the city’s charm and coastal areas.

Hollis filed his statement of candidacy on June 1. He founded KidsAlways1st, a nonprofit that focuses on crime prevention, in 2019. He identifies as someone whose work experience includes being an ice cream man and a diversion program facilitator.

Johnson filed his statement of candidacy on March 9. He earned a doctorate in business administration and sports administration from St. Thomas University and works at Florida Memorial University. He identifies as a candidate who wants the city to increase community engagement.

Ryan filed his statement of candidacy on May 26. Ryan identifies as the president of the Dania Improvement Committee, a civic organization.

Von Anderson filed his statement of candidacy on June 1. The U.S. Army veteran is a construction project manager who identifies as a father and a “fresh voice.”

Local 10 News Assignment Planner Abby Lawing contributed to this report.

Samuel Bateman, 50, was convicted of three child abuse counts stemming from an August 2022 traffic stop in Flagstaff that led to the discovery of three girls, ages 11 to 14, in the trailer. It had a makeshift toilet, sofa and camping chairs and lacked air conditioning and seat belts. Someone tipped off authorities about the trailer after seeing small fingers reaching through gaps in the doors.

Each count carries a mandatory sentence between four and eight years. A judge will have discretion to run the counts consecutively or concurrently.

Bateman, whose small group was an offshoot of the polygamous sect once led by Warren Jeffs, is currently serving 50 years in federal prison for coercing girls as young as 9 to submit to sex acts with him and other adults and for scheming to kidnap girls from protective custody.

Bateman, a self-proclaimed prophet, previously claimed to have more than 20 “spiritual wives,” including 10 girls under the age of 18.

In the state case, Bateman acknowledged he knew the girls were in a hot trailer for hours and that the ventilation wasn’t good, but he downplayed the conditions.

Bateman, who isn’t a lawyer yet represented himself at trial, claimed he thought the girls had gotten out when they stopped. He said he was as “shocked as could possibly be” when he learned that they were still inside when he was pulled over.

Federal authorities said Bateman traveled extensively between Arizona, Utah, Colorado and Nebraska as he built an offshoot network of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which historically has been based in the neighboring communities of Colorado City, Arizona, and Hildale, Utah.

He and his followers practiced polygamy, a legacy of the early teachings of the mainstream Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which abandoned the practice in 1890 and now strictly prohibits it.

Bateman was one of the trusted followers of Jeffs, who previously led the sect and is serving a life sentence in Texas for sexual assault of children.

The influence of the polygamous sect has waned significantly over time in the towns where the sect has historically been based. In 2017, a court order placed the towns under supervision, excising the church from their governments and shared police department.

The area has since transformed so quickly that the towns were released from court-ordered supervision last summer, almost two years earlier than expected. Practicing sect members are now believed to account for only a small percentage of the towns’ populations.

Bateman was the focus of the Netflix series “Trust Me: The False Prophet.”

“The U.S. Secret Service is aware of the video and investigates anything that can be perceived as a threat toward our protectees,” Secret Service spokesman Nate Herring said in a statement. “Out of concern for operational security, we do not discuss matters of protective intelligence.”

Since the U.S. assassination of Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian media have on multiple occasions circulated content threatening the president and family members. The assassination came at the start of the war in Iran that Trump launched alongside Israel.

CNN previously reported that the Secret Service had knowledge of the Barron Trump threat.

Mourinho, looking much calmer at the start of his second stint as Real Madrid coach, said Tuesday that he thinks Vinícius is being unfairly targeted, but the star forward can do better when reacting to provocations.

The Brazilian was involved in several incidents with opposing fans and players in the team's opening Spanish league match at Espanyol on Saturday. Madrid hosts Real Sociedad for its second match on Wednesday.

“There is on the field and off the field,” Mourinho said. “The reaction to fans and insults, obviously if they are not racist or homophobic insults, but the typical insults by fans, then I think he can control it better. His relationship with the opposing fans, I think he can do better. In the game, when it comes to the fouls and the accumulation of frustration that he feels, that’s the responsibility of the referees, or the judges, as I like to call them, in terms of their responsibility to protect the players and the game.”

Mourinho said it's harder to help Vinícius when it comes to the in-game incidents, but when it's about his relationship with the opposing fans, then “it's something that we can work on.”

Last year, Mourinho was criticized for attacking Vinícius' character after the player accused an opponent of racially insulting him during a Champions League match against Benfica. The coach in charge of Benfica at the time suggested that the Brazil forward incited opposing players with his celebrations after scoring.

“When I was Benfica's coach, I was only interested about Benfica,” Mourinho said Tuesday.

The veteran Portuguese coach said it's become obvious the difference in the treatment on the field toward Vinícius and toward other players.

“It's gone into a spiral in which the opponents know what they can do and what they can't do,” he said. “If the players can provoke and pressure Vini, either physically or with words, if the yellow card is only shown after 10 fouls, if there can be violence, then it’s a type of treatment that I don’t like.”

Mourinho, returning to Madrid after a stint at the club from 2010 to 2013, said he would likely be quickly sent off if he was in Vinícius' shoes in some of the situations that he faces.

The coach noted, though, that his own behavior has changed significantly over the years and is not as fiery as he once was.

“I'm think I'm calmer,” Mourinho said. “And it's not just now, I've been like that over the last few years. I feel calmer, with more control of my emotions.”

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Washington, D.C. keeps sanctioning the Cuban government and members of the elite. The Cuban government has shown their capability to survive at the cost of the Cuban people. The question I ask myself is what will happen when Raul Castro dies?

Will those Cuban military officers that have not benefited from the economic corruption within the government be willing to support someone Castro picks to succeed him? Or will they challenge the new leadership?

Aug. 21: CEPAL releases economic performance indicators for 2026, predicting Cuba’s economy will slow down 10.3%

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL) just came out with their economic performance indicators for 2026. It predicts that Cuba’s economy will slow down 10.3%, which is the worse performance in all of Latin America.

How much more will the Cuban people be able to take is anybody’s guess.

Aug. 20: Cuba’s president says health system on verge of total collapse

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel admitted earlier this week that the health system, one of the so-called “great accomplishments” of the Cuban revolution, is on the verge of total collapse. There are thousands of Cubans on the island waiting for surgeries that cannot be performed due to the lack of doctors, medicines, equipment and poor hospital conditions.

For years, Cuba has been sending medical brigades around the world to help pay-off their debt and export the ideals of their revolution. The U.S. government has accused Cuba of human trafficking for these actions.

Aug. 18: Trump’s Cuba strategy: Is there really a plan?

Does the Trump administration really have a plan for Cuba?

After months of rhetorical back-and-forth, you begin to wonder whether the Trump administration really knows what to do with Cuba. We keep hearing that Secretary of State Marco Rubio was given the responsibility to deal with Cuba and the rest of Latin America, which he knows extremely well. But from what I hear, White House senior staff keeps getting in the way.

Continuing to sanction operations and individuals in Cuba will not bring down the government. Now we hear from Secretary Rubio and members of our Cuban-American congressional delegation that the target date has been moved back, and they hope that by 2029, changes in Cuba will have taken place, which is absolutely ridiculous.

Aug. 14: Cuba turns to global investors as US sanctions and property claims raise risks

The Cuban government has realized that efforts to attract investment from U.S. and Cuban-American businesses have largely failed because of the many sanctions imposed by the United States and the fact that the risks still outweigh the opportunities.

However, the Cuban government is trying very hard to attract companies from around the world to take over many operations and businesses in Cuba. With many European hoteliers and other companies having recently left Cuba, it will still be a challenge to attract new investors.

One thing these companies should keep in mind before starting operations in Cuba is that they could be operating in properties that were confiscated by the Cuban government in the early 1960s. They could potentially face legal challenges in the future as a result.

For American companies alone, there are 5,913 businesses and properties that were confiscated and registered with the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

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Aug. 13: Fidel Castro’s 100th birthday prompts reflection on his legacy in Cuba

Thursday marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Fidel Castro, a man whose narcissistic personality took control of Cuba after overthrowing Fulgencio Batista on Jan. 1, 1959. He made promises to the Cuban people that he later betrayed for his own selfish ambitions and thirst for power.

At his trial on Oct. 16, 1953, following the failed attack on the Moncada military barracks in Santiago de Cuba, he famously said, “History will absolve me.”

In the end, history will judge him as a ruthless dictator who destroyed Cuba, impoverished its people and inflicted tremendous suffering on an entire nation.

Aug. 12: Cuba poses a tough foreign policy challenge for Rubio

“Who is on first, what is on second, I don’t know is on third.”

The famous comedy routine by Abbott and Costello can be compared to the Trump administration’s foreign policy strategies these days. Diplomatic negotiations are complex and complicated, especially when dealing with countries, governments, and individuals with whom the United States has not had good relationships.

Reliable sources tell me there are tremendous differences between the staffs at the White House and the Department of State over how to handle negotiations involving Ukraine, Russia, Israel-Gaza, Iran, Venezuela, and Cuba. It does not help when those negotiating on behalf of the United States have limited to no diplomatic experience.

For now, let’s stay within the area of expertise: Cuba. While President Trump thinks Cuba can be resolved in two months, Secretary of State Marco Rubio knows very well, as does his senior staff, that negotiating with Cuba is not easy.

The Cuban government is willing to continue introducing cosmetic changes to its moribund economy without relinquishing political control. The United States can continue to sanction everyone on the island, and the Cuban government could not care less. All the while, the people of Cuba continue to suffer tremendous hardships. Yet the people are unlikely to turn against the government. The consequence of doing so can mean spending years in jail.

Meanwhile, in Miami, the guessing game continues over who will replace Raúl Castro when he dies, along with preparations for possible transition plans for Cuba. A transition to a democratic system of government in Cuba will take time. A civil society cannot be built overnight. It is also important to remember that Cuba did not have a democratic government before 1959.

For Rubio, expectations from the Cuban American community are high. Yet most in the community understand that it will not be easy to get the Cuban government to make political changes short of a U.S. military invasion. However, Rubio needs a win, especially if he is considering another presidential run. The failures of the Trump administration’s foreign policies around the world could affect Rubio’s future presidential campaign.

So, what will be Rubio’s next step on Cuba? The clock is ticking.

Aug. 10: Will the cat catch the mouse this time?

While U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio continues to put pressure on the Cuban government to change, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel went on Cuban television this past weekend and announced to the Cuban people that the government was making major “transformational changes” to the economy.

Díaz-Canel also told the Cuban people that it would take time and patience -- two things the Cuban people do not have anymore. Díaz-Canel went on to say that the benefits of these changes will begin to show by 2029.

Sources in Washington, D.C. have told me that the Trump administration is looking to see if there is someone in the Cuban government, like Delcy Rodriguez in Venezuela, to hand over Raul Castro or even take over the current government and be willing to negotiate with the U.S.

The Miami Herald reported this weekend that General Lazaro Alberto Alvarez Casas, currently the Cuban Minister of the Interior, may be acceptable to the U.S. General Casas is considered a hardliner and therefore unlikely to break with the Cuban leadership.

As I have said before, the case of Venezuela is quite different than Cuba. While Raul Castro is alive, I believe the Cuban government will continue in power and make promises to the Cuban people they cannot keep.

Aug. 8: Cuban opposition leader says Cuba’s transformation must include those on the island

According to Cuban opposition leader Jose Daniel Ferrer, any plans to transform Cuba must include Cubans on the island.

But do Cubans on the island have the capacity and capabilities to participate in such a process? After living for almost 68 years under a totalitarian system that has shaped the population’s personal values and attitudes, it could take time not only to change it but, more importantly, to sustain those changes.

Democracies are not built in one day. It will take time and patience. Let’s also remember that before the Cuban Revolution, Cuba had a dictatorship under Batista.

Aug 6: US announces new set of economic sanctions against Cuba; 2 of Cuba’s top generals also sanctioned

The U.S. State Department announced a new set of economic sanctions against Cuba on Thursday. At the same time, two of Cuba’s top generals were also sanctioned, Alvaro Lopez Miera, Minister of Defense; and General Roberto Sotolongo, head of the armed forces.

Aug. 5: CIA Task Force on Cuba created, per report

The New York Times has reported the creation of a CIA Task Force on Cuba with the purpose of putting additional pressure on the Cuban government to make political and economic changes to their system.

This news will probably be received by Cuba as an additional threat by the U.S.

Aug. 5: Cuban president confirms ongoing conservations between Havana, US

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel confirmed today that there are ongoing conversations between Havana and DC for the purpose of avoiding a military confrontation and trying to find solutions to the issues between both nations.

The Cuban government understands that they are running out of options and most likely will need to reach an agreement with the U.S. Will it include regime change?

Aug. 3 update: Rubio speaks about Cuba’s ongoing espionage activities in the US

This past weekend, in an interview with Fox News, U.S. Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio spoke about Cuba’s ongoing espionage activities in the U.S.

Rubio went on to say that Cuban spies continue to infiltrate the U.S. government, financial institutions, organizations, and academic institutions. Rubio claimed that Cuba continues to be a national security threat to the U.S.

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

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The incident was captured on video.

It happened just after 7:30 a.m. Saturday along Southwest 87th Avenue near 184th Lane.

In the video, the driver of a black SUV is heard honking his horn as he appeared to try and pass the cyclists.

The video then shows the SUV coming to an abrupt stop, cutting off a cyclist who was then seen banging on the passenger door of the vehicle.

It then shows someone from inside the vehicle appearing to open fire before the driver took off.

Deputies arrived at the scene to find a bullet hole in the ground.

No injuries were reported.

Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to contact Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.

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Roll and Dough Bakery, run by 21-year-old Julie Pierre, has become a hit.

She has hundreds of thousands of followers on social media, and over the weekend she told them that someone stole $3,000 worth of her cinnamon rolls.

The crime happened on Saturday morning, she said.

Pierre said she sells the rolls at a farmers market and used Uber’s courier service to deliver them to the market.

But the order she sent off never arrived at their intended destination.

“A lot of people are speculating that he’s selling them on Facebook Marketplace,” she said of the assailant.

Uber sent Local 10 News a statement regarding the incident, which read:

“This report is very troubling, and not the experience we want users to have. We’re continuing to look into this so we can take appropriate action.”

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Uber added that they are continuing to look into the report and removed the driver’s access to the platform during the investigation.

A police report was filed with the Sunrise Police Department.

Additionally, a GoFundMe page was set up to help with the lost expenses.

The tension threatened one of the world’s largest trading relationships. The new tariffs extended well beyond industrial goods, hitting everyday purchases such as seafood, cheese, clothing, cosmetics and toilet paper, with some facing duties as high as 50%.

“We did not choose this conflict, but when our economic integration is used as a weapon rather than the foundation for a win-win partnership, we need to stand up,” Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said in French, calling the situation "an unprecedented challenge imposed on Canada.”

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly urged Canadians to buy Canadian products, saying doing so would help protect jobs and launch a “movement of resistance.”

Canada's retaliation came after the Trump administration imposed 50% tariffs over the weekend on Canadian goods following the collapse of trade negotiations. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney accused Washington of trying to subordinate Canada and said U.S. demands during the failed talks showed that Americans wanted to “destroy our major industries."

Trump told Canadian leaders to ‘fall in line’

President Donald Trump intensified the confrontation Monday, telling Canadian leaders to “fall in line” or face consequences “far WORSE” than existing tariffs and threatening new 50% tariffs on Canadian vehicles, auto parts and steel.

Trump added another provocation Tuesday, saying the United States was giving “serious consideration” to renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America” in a feud with Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Such a change would be reminiscent of the Republican president’s unilateral action last year by executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

In the hours before Canada's announcement, Trump went on a social media tear against the country, accusing it of ripping off American farmers and driving American companies out of business.

“I deal with many countries, and Canada is easily the most difficult and unreasonable,” Trump wrote in one post. “They feel entitled, but they are not a State, and will be entitled no longer!”

Tariffs on many US products would double

The tariffs will take effect Sept. 8 at rates of 15%, 25% and 50%, with Canada matching the corresponding U.S. tariff rate on more than 700 products such as pulp and paper and electronics. The tariffs on many American products would double from 25% to 50%, with the largest share of the new measures affecting steel and aluminum.

Canadian officials said the goal is not to raise revenue but to protect Canadian companies and reduce U.S. imports.

U.S. steel imports, for example, have already fallen 30% since Canada imposed a 25% tariff, and the new 50% rate is expected to cut them further, Canadian officials said.

Goods facing 50% tariffs include some steel and aluminum products, furniture and clothing. Appliances, dairy products including cheese, fish and seafood, and certain steel and aluminum derivatives will face 25% tariffs. Existing Canadian countertariffs on U.S. autos will remain in place.

Canada also announced a support package for workers and businesses affected by the dispute worth $7.5 billion in Canadian dollars ($5.4 billion in U.S. dollars).

Canadian officials acknowledged the counter tariffs will raise costs for some businesses and consumers but said they expect the overall economic effects to be moderate.

They said the government has provided more than $30 billion Canadian dollars (US$21.7 billion) in tariff-related support since the beginning of 2025 — far more than it has collected in retaliatory duties — as it tries to cushion the blow from the trade fight.

Countries have integrated supply chains

Canada and the United States have deeply integrated supply chains across autos, energy, agriculture and manufacturing, making a prolonged trade fight potentially costly for businesses and workers on both sides of the border.

Businesses and consumers are caught in the middle, facing uncertainty about how much prices may increase.

Michael Howard II, owner of a furniture business in Warren, Michigan, outside Detroit, said the tariffs will hamper the “ability for us to put food on the table for our family" and affect "the ability for us to give back to our community.”

Howard and his wife started their business a decade ago. They make and sell everything from dining room tables to bookcases.

“To say that we don’t need Canada is just disingenuous,” he said. “It’s dishonest. And it’s just absolutely not truthful. We need our neighbor, but also they need us.”

On Monday, Carney said U.S. negotiators had raised the discoverability of French-language content on streaming platforms, along with French-language labeling rules, as trade irritants. He rejected the idea that those protections were negotiable, saying in French: “For the Americans, questions about the French language, Quebec culture, francophone culture and Canadian culture are irritants. Here in Quebec, here in Canada, they are rights."

In a social media post early Tuesday, Trump wrote: “I would never interfere with Canadians speaking French! In fact, I have never even thought of doing such a stupid thing. This lie was made up by a weak and ineffective Prime Minister in an attempt to gain political support, which he has totally lost, from the people of Quebec. I love French Canadians!”

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Associated Press writers Seung Min Kim in Washington and Mike Householder in Warren, Michigan, contributed to this report.

El meteoro se encontraba a unos 1.312 kilómetros (815 millas) al suroeste del extremo sur de la península de Baja California, México, y tenía vientos máximos sostenidos de 72 kilómetros/hora (45 mph), dijo el Centro Nacional de Huracanes de Estados Unidos (NHC, por sus siglas en inglés), con sede en Miami.

Se pronostica que Julio ganará fuerza ligeramente antes de ser absorbido por la tormenta tropical Iselle, más potente, que se encuentra más al norte, dijo el centro. No hay alertas ni avisos costeros activos por ninguna de las dos tormentas.

Iselle se encontraba a unos 1.062 kms (660 millas) al oeste de la península de Baja California y tenía vientos de 113 km/h (70 mph).

En el Pacífico Central, la tormenta tropical Lala seguía avanzando con vientos de 8m km/h (50 mph), pero no amenaza a tierra. A principios de mes, cuando tenía categoría de huracán, las bandas exteriores de Lala azotaron Hawaii y provocaron destructivas inundaciones.

Moke ya no es considerado un ciclón tropical después de bordear Hawaii como tormenta tropical, señaló el centro.

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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.

Building on an initial appeal three years ago and international talks on the issue for years, the appeal stops short of calling for a blanket ban, but notes that such weapons systems are being developed — though the U.N. and Red Cross haven't confirmed their use on the battlefield.

The organizations said, however, that civilians need to be protected for when that day may come.

“We are now dangerously close to crossing a moral red line: The autonomous targeting of humans by machines,” said U.N. Geneva spokesperson Alessandra Vellucci, reading a joint statement by U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres and ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric.

“Today, we renew this call with even greater urgency,” the statement said. “The fundamental concerns remain unchanged, but the risks have intensified.”

The two international organizations say the development of weapons technology at “record speed” has strained the international rules system, and widened the gap between technological capacities and regulatory constraints.

“Autonomous weapons systems are not part of a distant future — a race toward greater autonomy in weapons systems is already well underway,” the joint statement said.

The call comes as negotiators are set to meet in Geneva in November on ways of strengthening the existing Convention on Conventional Weapons, with the U.N. and ICRC saying the conference “offers the clearest path available” to move toward binding legal rules on the use of such autonomous systems.

The yearslong effort to rein in the use of autonomous weapons systems has struggled to produce limits. The new push comes against the backdrop of drones and other technologies used in conflicts as diverse as the Russia-Ukraine war, the Middle East, Sudan and others.

Ground robotic vehicles have so far been used on the Ukrainian battlefield primarily to ferry supplies to infantry and carry out evacuations, because of Ukraine’s need to preserve manpower amid the growing prevalence of drones.

Kyiv is now seeking to scale up armed robotic systems to reduce the pressure on increasingly outnumbered infantry by equipping them with firing power, but those efforts have been limited so far.

“Scientists and engineers developing these systems have themselves raised the alarm,” the organizations said. “When the architects of this technology are calling for limits, states cannot afford to remain passive.”

“This year must mark a turning point,” the statement said.

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Samya Kullab contributed to this report from Kyiv, Ukraine.

It was his worst kitchen accident to date. But having given up his Affordable Care Act health insurance plan in January because of a $100 monthly premium hike he couldn’t afford, the 21-year-old in St. Cloud didn’t have the money for emergency care.

“Going to the hospital for it wasn’t even an option,” he said, gesturing toward his finger before preparing a pot roast for his aunt and uncle in their suburban home. “My first thought was, ‘how am I going to fix this?’”

After Republicans in Congress let enhanced federal subsidies for Affordable Care Act health plans expire in January, millions of Americans including Button had to decide whether to keep insurance that often doubled or tripled in cost — or risk going without it.

Months later, with no action from lawmakers to replace the lost funds, they’re facing the consequences. Some are dealing with strained budgets and exorbitant medical bills, while others avoid the doctor in fear of the cost.

Florida, whose large population of gig workers, entrepreneurs and small business owners relies heavily on the federal health insurance marketplace, has become one of the nation’s most visible epicenters of that impact.

Figures first reported by The Associated Press showed that about 440,000 Floridians dropped their Affordable Care Act plans this year — more than in any other state. Thousands more who kept coverage are struggling to get by, as prices of necessities like groceries and gasoline remain steep, and health insurers project another year of double-digit premium hikes.

While Florida had the most affected residents, its struggles are reflective of broader nationwide concerns over rising healthcare costs and a lack of meaningful policy to address them.

In the deep-red state where congressional districts were recently redrawn to strongly favor Republicans, the cost of healthcare is a major campaign issue. Republican midterm candidates have been promoting fraud crackdowns to protect federal health programs, while Democrats have been urging voters to help Congress change hands so they can restore subsidies.

Button, who is estranged from his parents, asked his uncle for help with his bloodied finger. With a butterfly bandage, splint and daily cleanings and dressings, it healed. But the scar still gnaws at Button as a symbol of what else could go wrong.

“It just feels like I’m living in a house of cards,” he said.

Florida’s population and politics make it ground zero for ACA fallout

Last fall, debate over the expiring subsidies consumed Congress, resulting in a record 43-day government shutdown as Democrats insisted on extending the COVID-era assistance and most Republicans refused.

Fast forward almost a year and lawmakers rarely reference the topic anymore. The administration says it is addressing affordability with fraud-busting efforts and deals with drug companies, but Congress hasn't passed any significant legislation to lower health costs.

In part due to its large number of construction, hospitality and small business workers — and also because its Republican-led legislature never expanded the Medicaid safety-net health program — Florida has the largest Affordable Care Act enrollment in the country. At just over 3.8 million enrollees, it represents about a fifth of the nation’s total enrolled population.

Of the roughly 443,000 Floridians who left the marketplace, most are likely going without insurance, according to Cynthia Cox, a vice president at the healthcare research nonprofit KFF. She said that’s because it is typically a “place of last resort” to get coverage.

The data doesn’t tell the stories of those who kept insurance. Tracy Rand, a licensed mental health counselor in Leesburg, Florida, is one of them.

Ever since getting her ovaries removed last year due to benign but painful tumors, she has had severe menopause symptoms that require medication, including an overactive bladder and hot flashes that cause piercing headaches.

She uses clear plastic containers to organize the more than 30 medicines and supplements she takes daily, their bottles crammed into a living-room drawer and a tray on her kitchen counter.

The 51-year-old’s Affordable Care Act plan was going to surge in price this year from $55 a month to $1,100 a month, so she downgraded. Her new plan, with higher deductibles and copays, costs $160 a month.

To make that work in her budget, Rand quit a doctoral program she was working toward, started buying groceries at cheaper stores, gave up once-monthly dinners out with her husband and stopped meeting friends regularly at a paint-your-own pottery studio.

It’s been a difficult adjustment, but a necessary one for her health.

Rand said the prospect of insurers raising rates again fills her with dread.

“I don’t know what else we can get rid of,” she said, covering her face with her hands. “I don’t know if we’re going to have to file bankruptcy.″

Clinics for the uninsured are a saving grace — but they can’t take everyone

In Orlando's leafy, brick-paved neighborhood of Colonialtown South, Tarsha Watson found her lifeline. A clinic there called Grace Medical Home provides low-income, uninsured Floridians with comprehensive care for a $5 per-visit fee.

Watson, 54, has a master’s degree in business administration, but she hasn’t been able to find work since losing her job two years ago. That means she doesn't have health insurance. When she explored Affordable Care Act coverage, she was quoted $600 per month, far out of her reach.

At Grace, Watson learned her blood sugar is high and that she needed to lose weight. Now, she walks laps around her backyard pool and does Tai Chi YouTube tutorials to focus on fitness. She said she wishes everyone could have her experience.

“It's very hard out here,” she said. “It's not enough.”

At the clinic, patients cycle in and out of a wide hallway lined with appointment rooms as doctors scan supply shelves for complimentary over-the-counter medications. The expansive building has separate areas for dental, mental health, vision and pediatric care.

CEO Stephanie Garris said it’s one of 110 free or charitable clinics in Florida, but that’s not enough to handle demand. To treat more people in response to the Affordable Care Act changes, it recently started hosting a mobile acute care clinic for walk-in patients.

Garris said Grace Medical Home treated about 1,350 people last year. Every year, they take about 350 new patients.

“Would I love to double that, triple that? Of course,” Garris said. “I just think in the reality, with the huge number of uninsured that we have, it’s just not possible.”

Health costs become an issue in midterm campaigns

For U.S. Rep. Darren Soto, a Democrat defending his seat in a sprawling — and now much redder — redrawn district south of Orlando, health costs are a campaign focal point.

He said his district, which is near various theme parks, had the second-largest Affordable Care Act enrollment in the nation, in part because many small tourism businesses can’t offer employees health insurance.

“I just hear it everywhere I go,” he said. His Republican opponent, Navy veteran and former Trump administration official Dan Green, did not answer emailed questions about the subsidies but has emphasized affordability of groceries and property insurance as campaign priorities.

Soto voted with Democrats and some Republicans — including a few from Florida — to save the subsidies last year. The Republican majority declined and suggested other ideas, including funding Americans' health savings accounts. No law along those lines has passed yet.

Button, a Democrat in Soto’s district, said he is open to different reforms for health costs, but said politicians aren't acting fast enough.

“They keep trying to make excuse after excuse,” he said. “I don’t have six months to a year to wait for you guys to pass this through the hoops that you need to.”

“I probably won’t be real happy and smiley,” then-England cricket captain Ben Stokes told reporters after beating New Zealand in a hard-fought test match at Lord’s in June, “until I get up there and share a proper beer with the boys.”

After all, having a post-match drink with teammates and sometimes rivals in the dressing room is a cricketing tradition as old as time.

Is English cricket taking it to the extreme?

The off-field conduct and drinking habits of England's men's squad are back under scrutiny this week after another nightclub incident involving one of its players.

This time it was Brydon Carse, a 31-year-old fast bowler and one of the team’s success stories in recent years. The images of him outside a club in the early hours of Sunday in handcuffs and surrounded by police officers were hard to ignore, especially as the saga came days after a plea by newly appointed England captain Joe Root.

“Ultimately you’re grown adults,” said Root, speaking after England's leadership opted to scrap a midnight curfew that had been imposed on the men's team following a string of controversial late-night incidents.

“You know what it takes to play for England, you know what your responsibilities are off the field, and we need to make sure we don’t find ourselves with any little situations off the field.”

Seems the message didn't get across to his players.

“If I’m being brutally honest, I’m really hacked off. I’m really disappointed,” Root said in a news conference on Tuesday.

“It’s not the isolated incident itself,” Root added. “It’s the fact we continually keep making stupid mistakes away from the game and it’s detracting from what we’re doing on the field.”

And so, with England's Cricket Regulator getting down to work investigating another off-the-field issue, it's back to square one.

Is it time for a cultural reset? In this age of sports science and ultra-professionalism, there are wider questions over whether cricketers should have a beer after a match. Or do players just need to be a bit smarter?

“Just have some kind of brain cells amongst you, seeing what’s just gone on,” former England captain Alastair Cook said on the Stick to Cricket podcast released Tuesday. “Surely someone says either don’t go to that place, or at 12 a.m. or 1 a.m. say, 'Let’s go and find ourselves somewhere quieter if we want to carry on.”

Here's a look at the late-night incidents that have brought shame on English cricket:

Brook hit by a bouncer

Before going to Australia for what proved a humiliating Ashes series, England traveled to New Zealand in October for a white-ball tour.

A day before the third and final one-day international, team captain Harry Brook was hit by a bouncer after being denied entry to a club in Wellington. Teammates Jacob Bethell and Josh Tongue also were present on the night out.

Brook was fined about 30,000 pounds ($40,300) at the time and given a final warning about his future conduct — sanctions not made public until months later, after the Ashes series that England lost 4-1.

“I want to apologize for my actions,” Brook said. “I fully accept that my behavior was wrong and brought embarrassment to both myself and the England team.”

Disorientated Duckett's night out in Noosa

Between the second and third tests in the Ashes series against Australia in December, England visited the resort town of Noosa on the Sunshine Coast for some downtime in the midst of a long tour.

While there, footage was taken of England opening batter Ben Duckett looking disorientated as he talked to a group of people on a night out and saying he was unable to remember how to get back to his hotel.

“I am sorry for that incident, it was not professional and shouldn’t have happened,” Duckett later said. “There is no hiding away from it.”

Rob Key, England managing director of men’s cricket, said he would investigate the drinking habits of the England team.

Stokes' post-Lord's night out leads to retirement

Chastened by the Ashes hammering in the winter, England began its so-called “reset” with a home series against New Zealand in June.

After winning the first test, Stokes and fast bowler Gus Atkinson continued their post-match celebrations at Lord's by going on a night out in London, during which a member of England’s security staff was reportedly struck by a rugby player from English club Saracens.

The fallout was huge: Stokes and Atkinson were left out of the second test amid an investigation that ultimately found that no “regulatory breach” had occurred. Stokes then returned for the third match, only to announce his retirement from international cricket midway through it, saying the past few months had “taken its toll.” Brendon McCullum then was fired as test coach, while Key said the England and Wales Cricket Board was considering imposing an alcohol ban on the team.

Carse in cuffs outside nightclub as Stokes watches on

Strictly speaking, Carse's night out wasn't while he was on England duty. It came after his club side, Durham, completed a big win over Derbyshire in the domestic County Championship on Saturday.

Carse was among the players selected in the England squad for the first test against Pakistan last week, but wasn't picked to play in the match and was released to feature for Durham.

Ahead of his ill-fated night out, Carse had been retained in England's squad for the second test starting Thursday. He was dropped on Monday because an investigation was ongoing into the incident, which saw Carse held in handcuffs by police after, according to Britain's Press Association, being briefly arrested.

England bowler Matthew Potts was with Carse on the night out, while footage that circulated on social media showed Stokes watching on as Carse was in handcuffs.

With Carse yet to comment on the incident, it was left to Root to say his teammate is “very upset, has been very apologetic, and understands his actions.

“I don’t think it has been a very good look, the recent past, if I’m being brutally honest,” Root said. “At all.”

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The move came Monday amid growing economic pressure and public frustration being felt in Russia after months of escalating Ukrainian attacks on oil refineries and e-commerce hubs that have caused nationwide disruptions.

Ukraine also is reeling from relentless aerial attacks that have smashed its power grid ahead of winter and heavily damaged homes as Russia’s invasion stretches into its fifth year.

The decree may pressure owners to undertake repairs

The Kremlin's exact intentions with the decree are unclear. However, it applies to various sectors, including energy infrastructure, as well as industrial, communications, transportation and logistics facilities.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday that “often business owners do not pay enough attention to taking measures to ensure safety, anti-drone safety.”

Given the threat to vital economic infrastructure, “we must take measures, we must ensure our own safety,” he said.

Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov said in a statement the decree doesn’t imply the nationalization of companies or a change of ownership — only “involvement of the state in the management of an enterprise to solve specific security problems.”

He added that the decree “doesn’t imply widespread use," and that "targeted, carefully considered decisions will be made at the highest level.”

Analysts say Putin wants companies to boost defenses

Russian political analyst Abbas Gallyamov said the measure might be a “tactical” step designed to force the owners of repeatedly damaged oil refineries into making repairs.

“Given the fact that the same refinery has already been hit three to five times, it’s safe to assume that the owners are now reluctant to invest in restoring what’s been destroyed,” he said on the Telegram messaging app.

“Why spend billions if they’re going to get hit again tomorrow?” said Gallyamov, a former speechwriter for Putin.

He said the government is giving companies an ultimatum: “If you don’t finance the restoration of the refineries, we’ll take them away from you.”

Chris Weafer, the CEO of Macro-Advisory Ltd. Consultancy, said the Kremlin is trying to compel companies to spend more on drone protection and reduce the number of successful, high-profile Ukrainian attacks.

“This is an effort to force companies to look at their own security, to take measures and to spend their own money on security measures and not just be relying on the state,” Weafer told The Associated Press.

The war is increasing costs for businesses, he noted, but added: “The state doesn’t want any additional budget burdens and having to repair businesses or having to provide security. They want the companies to do it themselves.”

Ukraine says it hit more Russian refineries

In the latest attacks, Ukraine’s General Staff said Tuesday its forces struck facilities at Russia’s Afipsky oil refinery in the Krasnodar region overnight, causing a fire. Krasnodar Gov. Veniamin Kondratyev said a fire broke out at an oil refinery in the town of Afipsky.

A Ukrainian attack also damaged the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in southern Russia’s Rostov region overnight and halted operations, Rostov Gov. Yuri Slyusar said, without elaborating.

It was the eighth time in a year that Ukrainian drones have targeted the Afipsky refinery and the fourth time in the past year they have aimed at Novoshakhtinsk, according to data from Ukraine’s General Staff.

Russian businesses face fundamental economic challenges as the costly war drags on. The government has raised taxes and increased domestic borrowing to keep its budget deficit under control, and taking over major companies could potentially bring in revenue.

At the same time, seizing damaged assets could bring another financial burden. The Kremlin may intend the measure as a way to pressure companies to shoulder more responsibility for air defense, as Russia’s vast territory is hard to protect.

Russia also is offering more help for its biggest online retailer, Wildberries, and businesses selling goods through it. The company and thousands of sellers working with it have been hit hard by repeated Ukrainian strikes on warehouses. The Finance Ministry proposed Monday extending deadlines for tax and insurance payments to give Wildberries and its sellers some financial breathing space.

On Saturday, Putin told state television that Russia “must and will improve the air defense system and enhance its capabilities.”

“We need to streamline coordination between defense, law enforcement and civilian agencies at all levels, and to leverage the capabilities of state‑run enterprises and private businesses,” he said.

In May, following deep strikes that unsettled Moscow, Russian lawmakers approved a bill that allowed the Central Bank, state-controlled Sberbank and other financial services to fend off drone attacks by installing air defenses on their premises.

News outlet RBC, citing anonymous sources in and close to the Defense Ministry, reported that month that a mechanism had been established for businesses to procure weapons and equipment to protect themselves from drone attacks, something Russian officials and lawmakers have said companies should do.

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The attack came as a high-level delegation from Pakistan, which has been a main mediator between the United States and Iran, was wrapping up meetings in Tehran aimed at bringing a negotiated end to the nearly six-month war.

Here’s a look at the latest developments in the Iran war and the wider Middle East. Full coverage can be found here.

Tanker hit and disabled off Oman's eastern coast

The oil tanker was hit on Monday night a few miles off Oman, the British military's United Kingdom Maritime Trade Organization reported.

The strike disabled the ship's engine, but all crew were reported safe, the UKMTO said. There were no immediate reports of any environmental impact.

About a fifth of the world's traded oil passed through the Strait of Hormuz before the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28.

Iran periodically fires at vessels attempting to transit the strait to enforce its stranglehold on the waterway, though there was no immediate claim for Monday's attack. The U.S. has also fired on vessels while imposing a blockade of Iranian ports.

Pakistani officials say ‘highly positive’ talks held with Iran

A delegation from Pakistan led by army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir departed from Tehran on Tuesday after talks with Iran’s president and other senior officials on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and reviving negotiations to end the Iran-U.S. conflict, the Pakistani military said.

Pakistan has sought to mediate a resolution between Iran and the U.S., maintaining contacts with officials in both countries. Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said a meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian had been “very positive and productive.”

Iran and Oman, located on the opposite side of the strait from Iran, are finalizing their own proposal for managing the waterway. Oman’s foreign minister was to meet with Iranian authorities Tuesday.

No answers a year after Israeli soldiers kill 22 Palestinians, including journalists and rescuers

Tuesday marked one year since Israeli soldiers killed 22 Palestinians, including journalists and rescue workers, in a double strike on a hospital in Gaza that provoked global outrage. No one has been held accountable.

Israeli officials said the target was a suspected Hamas camera on the roof of Nasser Hospital. Among those killed were Reuters cameraman Hussam al-Masri and Mariam Dagga, a visual journalist who worked for The Associated Press and other news organizations.

Despite repeated requests by the AP, the army has not provided details about the investigation or a timeline for when it could be completed. Rights groups say Israel rarely holds troops accountable for killing Palestinians, pointing to long investigations that rarely lead to prosecution.

China warns about US sanctions threat disrupting Iran cooperation

China's Foreign Ministry says it is closely following plans announced by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to expand sanctions to entities and individuals linked to Iran, including some based in China.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said China-Iran cooperation “should not be disrupted or undermined,” noting that it has conformed with international law.

China is one of Iran's biggest trading partners and purchases the majority of its total oil exports.

The Treasury Department on Monday said it was imposing sanctions on nearly 60 Iran-linked entities, including several based in China. It stopped short of imposing secondary sanctions on countries that trade with Iran.

Deadly Israeli strike hits southern Gaza

An Israeli airstrike on Tuesday killed at least one Palestinian and wounded four others in southern Gaza, hospital officials said.

The strike hit a group of people northwest of the city of Khan Younis, according to the city’s Nasser hospital. The Israeli military said it struck a suspected militant in the area.

The death was the latest among Palestinians in Gaza since an October ceasefire attempted to halt more than two years of war between Israel and Hamas.

Israeli forces seize vocational school run by UN agency

Israel on Tuesday seized a U.N.-run facility housing a vocational school on the outskirts of Jerusalem, advancing its campaign against the U.N. agency that provides humanitarian services to millions of Palestinian refugees across the Mideast.

Israel’s Foreign Ministry said the agency, known as UNRWA, does not own the land. Israel cited similar reasoning when its forces demolished the agency’s former East Jerusalem headquarters in January.

The U.N. interim Mideast coordinator, Ramiz Alakbarov, called the seizure unlawful and said it deprived 340 Palestinian refugees of educational services.

Israel has accused UNRWA of anti-Israel bias and at times of employing Palestinian militants. The United Nations and UNRWA have denied the accusations and say they investigate credible allegations and act quickly to purge suspected militants among staff.

Video shows Israeli lawmaker destroying Palestinian monument

A far-right Israeli lawmaker smashed a Palestinian memorial in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday after entering the village of Madama with an Israeli military escort.

Video showed Tzvi Succot, a Knesset member from the Religious Zionism party, destroying the monument with a hammer while Israeli soldiers stood nearby. Succot said the monument glorified terrorism.

The Israeli military said it authorized and provided security for Succot’s trip, but did not grant him permission to demolish the monument.

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The tornado struck Pomas, a village of about 1,000 people, on Monday and rescue teams continued their search through ruins on Tuesday, though no people were immediately reported missing.

Authorities said that 39 people were injured. Alain Bucquet, the head of the local government office, later said 20 of them were hospitalized, with none of them in critical condition as of Tuesday evening. Authorities opened emergency accommodation centers to house displaced residents.

Bucquet said the Pomas school was partially destroyed, but assured residents that the town's children would be able to attend classes in surrounding municipalities starting on the first day of the school year in September.

In the broader Aude department, about 1,400 households were still without electricity on Tuesday morning, officials said.

The region was under a thunderstorm alert at the time of the tornado, with wind gusts exceeding 100 kilometers per hour (60 miles per hour) recorded at a nearby meteorological station. The third stage of the Vuelta a Espana bike race, which was held in southern France on Monday, was halted because of hail.

According to Meteo France, the national weather agency, a few dozen tornadoes occur each year in mainland France, most of them of low intensity.

Israeli officials said the target was a suspected Hamas camera on the roof of Nasser Hospital. Among those killed were Reuters cameraman Hussam al-Masri and Mariam Dagga, a visual journalist who worked for The Associated Press and other news organizations.

Despite repeated requests by AP, the army hasn't provided details about the investigation or a timeline for when it could be completed. Rights groups say Israel rarely holds troops accountable for killing Palestinians, pointing to long investigations that rarely lead to prosecution.

As global outrage over the Aug. 25, 2025, strikes grew, the Israeli military said that in addition to taking out the camera, six of those killed were linked to Hamas, without providing evidence.

But an Israeli soldier, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution, now says the military could find no evidence linking the camera, which belonged to al-Masri, to Hamas. The soldier, who was privy to discussions surrounding the military’s response, said none of the six was the intended target of the strikes.

AP sent detailed questions to the military about the allegations, as well as other questions about the strikes. The military didn't address the questions but said the incident is being examined and findings will be transferred to the Military Advocate General’s Corps to reach a verdict on whether to open a criminal investigation. It didn’t provide a timeline.

The army said it would not comment on details while the incident was under review.

AP reported at the time that one of the six Israel said was linked to Hamas wasn't on the hospital's list of casualties and two others were medical or emergency personnel. That, along with the soldier’s account, raises serious questions about Israel’s rationale for the strikes.

Why did troops fail to identify the cameraman as al-Masri, even though journalists were known to film at the hospital? Why did they strike a second time, causing most of the deaths and raising accusations of a “double tap” attack on first responders, which would be a war crime?

AP and Reuters released a statement Tuesday calling again for Israel to provide a full explanation of the strikes. The news organizations also called on Israel to give journalists access to Gaza to support colleagues who have covered the war from the beginning.

“A year later, we remain devastated by their deaths and are still searching for answers from the Israeli authorities about what happened,” the statement read.

Nasser Hospital was a vital location for journalists

News agencies like Reuters and AP supplied live video footage to newsrooms around the world from the hospital, one of the few functioning in Gaza at the time. AP repeatedly informed the army that its journalists were there.

The first strike killed al-Masri and another person. As other journalists, including Dagga, and rescue workers rushed up an external staircase to help the wounded and document what happened, the military struck again, killing 20. Based on footage and eyewitnesses, none was armed. In all, Israel struck the hospital four times using high-explosive tank shells.

Israeli officials afterward said Hamas was using the camera to observe nearby troops. They alleged “suspicious behavior” around the camera, but the only example they gave was that a towel draped over the camera and the person filming appeared to be an effort at concealment.

Al-Masri routinely covered equipment with a white cloth to protect it from the sun and dust, a common practice among journalists in Gaza and other hot climates.

Last week, the army announced criminal investigations into two other high-profile attacks by its troops in Gaza — the 2024 killing of 5-year-old Hind Rajab and her family, and the 2025 killing of 15 paramedics. It cleared troops in three other attacks that killed international aid group workers.

Soldier details an attempt at damage control

The soldier was connected to AP through Breaking the Silence, a group founded over two decades ago by Israeli veterans that collects testimony from soldiers and is critical of Israel's actions in the Palestinian territories.

The soldier said after high-profile strikes that kill civilians without clear military purpose, army officials search for militant links among those killed.

Breaking the Silence said its testimonies show there is a “retroactive incrimination process” in which Palestinians who are killed are automatically counted as militants, even when unarmed.

Retroactive incrimination is used as a “near automatic justification for every bullet, shell or missile fired, and as a tool used to avoid carrying out real investigations,” Nadav Weiman, the group’s executive director, said.

AP confirmed some details of the soldier's account, which is consistent with the military's public response. Breaking the Silence said it corroborated the account with its own sources.

The Israeli military has raided or laid siege to hospitals throughout the war, accusing Hamas of using them as command centers and to hide fighters, though it's provided evidence for only some of its claims.

Hamas security men have been seen in hospitals during the war, controlling access to certain areas. Earlier this year, Doctors Without Borders suspended some operations at Nasser Hospital for several months after patients and staff reported seeing armed, masked men roaming parts of the building.

Tank shells were fired after a drone failed

The soldier, and a former military official with knowledge of the situation, said a high-ranking army official initially approved use of a precision weapon to take down the camera, but an attempt by drone failed for unknown reasons. The former official spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to talk to the media.

The division commander then approved an alternative method, said the soldier, without saying what the method was. It's unclear who made the decision to fire tank rounds, which can cause more damage than drone strikes.

Oded Ailam, former head of the counterterrorism division in Israel's Mossad spy service, said while commanders on the ground have a degree of freedom, they don’t have a “blank check.”

“If the change is significant, particularly where it may affect the risk to civilians, it must remain within the authority, rules and intent of the original order, or require renewed approval,” he said.

Israeli troops have killed over 200 journalists in the war

Israeli troops have killed 207 Palestinian reporters in Gaza since Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack ignited the war, according to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists. Israel has barred foreign journalists from entering Gaza, giving Palestinian journalists a critical role.

Sara Qudah, CPJ’s Middle East and North Africa regional director, said Israel has a responsibility to conduct a prompt, transparent investigation. “When journalists can be killed without credible accountability, it becomes harder and more dangerous for the press to document conflicts and for the public to know what is happening,” she said.

The lack of answers has been agonizing for families.

Ezz al-Din al-Masri said he doesn’t understand why his brother, Hussam, was killed. “Unfortunately, we found that the blood of journalists in Gaza is cheap … as if the rules protecting journalists do not apply,” he said.

Dagga, 33, had just taken her last photos before rushing up the stairs. Whenever her father, Riyad Abu Dagga, visits her grave, he carries her phone and camera — she always had them with her. He visits her apartment near Nasser Hospital and cries.

“Had any of the daughters of the soldiers been killed unjustly, they would not have stayed silent,” he said of the Israelis. “They would want to know why.”

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AP reporter Wafaa Shurafa in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, contributed to this report.

Impulsadas por un fenómeno natural de El Niño que sigue creciendo, pero que ya ha alcanzado proporciones gigantescas, y por el cambio climático causado por el ser humano, las temperaturas oceánicas mundiales llegaron a 21,1 grados Celsius (70 grados Fahrenheit) el viernes y el sábado, superando por poco el récord diario medio establecido en marzo de 2024, indicó Samantha Burgess, responsable estratégica de clima en Copernicus.

“Esta es otra señal más de que nuestro sistema climático está bajo tensión y de que el océano está sometido a una presión inmensa”, indicó Burgess.

Jane Lubchenco, oceanógrafa y exdirectora de la Administración Nacional Oceánica y Atmosférica de Estados Unidos (NOAA, por sus siglas en inglés), calificó el récord como “muy preocupante”.

“Un océano tan cálido desestabiliza los patrones meteorológicos y amenaza la seguridad alimentaria, la prosperidad económica y la vida marina", escribió Lubchenco en un correo electrónico. "Un océano más cálido no es nuestro amigo”.

Agua más cálida supone peores tormentas, noches más calurosas

De acuerdo con Burgess, cuando el océano se calienta, se vuelve más ácido y contiene menos oxígeno, lo que perjudica a las industrias alimentarias que dependen del mar. También cambia las corrientes oceánicas y los patrones meteorológicos, aportando más potencia a las tormentas para que dejen más lluvia y para que las marejadas ciclónicas sean mayores, añadió.

“Cuando tenemos un océano más cálido, como el que hemos tenido en Europa este verano, se amplifica el impacto de las olas de calor porque no se alcanzan las temperaturas nocturnas más frescas con la brisa marina que llega desde el océano cuando este está muy caliente”, apuntó.

Normalmente, como la mayor parte del hemisferio sur es océano, la temperatura global de la superficie del mar alcanza su punto máximo en marzo y abril, cuando el verano austral llega a su fin. Pero este año el récord se estableció en agosto, dijo Burgess. Así pues, los océanos seguirán calentándose hasta que el actual El Niño —un calentamiento natural y temporal de partes del Pacífico que luego distorsiona el clima y eleva las temperaturas a nivel global— alcance su apogeo, que se espera en algún momento entre noviembre y enero, precisó.

El Niño tiene ya la misma magnitud que los recientes y sigue creciendo; se espera que en su punto máximo alcance niveles sin precedentes. Es responsable de una buena parte del calor en los océanos, y el calentamiento a largo plazo por la quema de carbón, petróleo y gas ha elevado la temperatura de las aguas en 0,8º C (1,4º F), indicó Burgess.

“Lo que me hunde el corazón es que esto empiece tan temprano y esté tan fuera de lo normal que sabes que, cuando llegue a su pico, no va a tener precedentes", dijo Boris Worm, profesor de biología en la Universidad Dalhousie de Canadá. "No se supone que el océano haga esto”.

“Es que lo normal ya no existe”, agregó.

El agua caliente mata corales, anchovetas

“Da miedo", manifestó John Bruno, ecólogo marino de la Universidad de Carolina del Norte. "Ni siquiera estamos en octubre. Por lo general, el Caribe alcanza su pico hacia finales de septiembre, principios de octubre. Y creo que el año que viene en el Océano Austral, la Gran Barrera de Coral… sí, me preocupa mucho lo que va a pasar en el hemisferio sur en febrero y marzo”.

La cantidad de coral sensible al calor que sigue vivo hoy es aproximadamente una quinta parte de los niveles de la década de 1990, señaló Bruno. Pero últimamente los científicos han descubierto que algunas especies de coral —sobre todo las de tipo “herbáceo”, no las icónicas y longevas como el coral cuerno de ciervo— se están adaptando al agua más caliente y no se está dando el evento de aniquilación que se temía, explicó.

Bruno y Worm advirtieron sobre el colapso de las pesquerías y la escasez de alimentos.

Ambos mencionaron la mayor pesca del mundo, la de anchoveta peruana. Suele colapsar durante El Niño y el fenómeno es especialmente probable con este calor, dijo Worm. Eso altera la red alimentaria porque peces más grandes, mamíferos marinos y aves marinas se alimentan de ellas.

Worm explicó que, cuando el agua se calienta, las criaturas más grandes pueden nadar hacia aguas más frías, recorriendo medio océano, pero “las anchovetas no pueden irse, así que simplemente no se reproducen o se mueren de hambre”. Y esto afecta a las aves marinas e incluso a los seres humanos que dependen de ellas.

Con aguas más calientes, “no a todo el mundo le afecta por igual, obviamente, pero todo el sistema colapsa", sostuvo Worm. "Es como cuando le quitas la estabilidad a una economía. Es como que todo se derrumba. Algunos sectores pueden ir un poco mejor, pero en general todos sufren”.

Burgess dijo que, a medida que las aguas se calientan frente a Europa, la gente está avistando más medusas y, según Bruno, lo mismo podría estar ocurriendo en la costa este de Estados Unidos.

“Las medusas suelen ser oportunistas y les gustan las aguas cálidas", dijo Worm. "Así que sí, esperaría que les fuera un poco mejor”.

Otro exdirector de la NOAA, Rick Spinrad, dijo que el océano es el termostato del planeta, por lo que “mientras dependamos de un océano saludable para nuestra seguridad, prosperidad y bienestar, estas temperaturas récord de la superficie del mar presagian desafíos aún mayores para todos nosotros”.

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The crackdown comes as a variation of Madonna’s pop hit “Like a Prayer” created by an Australian producer using AI-generated vocals and drums has spent 16 weeks in the Australian top 20, stoking debate about generative AI’s place in music. It peaked at number two on the Australian Record Industry Association’s top 20 Australian singles chart in May and remained in fourth place on Tuesday.

Wholly AI-generated tracks will be banned from the ARIA charts from Monday next week, but some AI-assisted music will remain eligible, an ARIA statement said.

Tracks can be eligible only if “humans wrote the song and performed the lead vocal and the primary instruments,” among other requirements, the statement said.

AI-generated music would also be ineligible for the Australian industry’s prestigious ARIA awards.

ARIA chief executive Annabelle Herd said: “These changes reflect our intent to remain dynamic and promote the human nature of artistry in what is — to say the least — a rapidly developing space.”

“The ARIA Charts will always remain a transparent measurement of the music Australia consumes, but a chart that rewards unlicensed AI output would undercut the very basis of the recorded music we exist to represent,” Herd added.

Eligible music must also be produced using legal AI services. Music was appearing on streaming services that had apparently been developed with AI tools trained on artists’ music without authorization.

The Australian rules are in step with new principles released in July by the London-based International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. The federation represents the recording industry worldwide.

The international guidelines state that to qualify for official music charts, a track must be “substantially human made.”

Sydney Conservatorium of Music composer and lecturer Alexis Weaver told Australian Broadcasting Corp. the debate around AI in music was “exceptionally fraught and very emotional for a lot of musicians and so everyone will have a different opinion.”

Weaver applauded ARIA’s move as a “wonderful step forward” that sent a message ARIA wanted to “prioritize and value human creativity.”

“It can be quite hard to avoid AI tools in the current landscape,” Weaver said. “There is a way to use it while you’re still steering the ship and making the main creative choices.”

El acto de oración en una de las regiones más afectadas por la temporada de incendios forestales de este año se produce mientras la provincia enfrenta una prolongada sequía que ha elevado el riesgo de incendios en bosques y turberas.

Los datos satelitales más recientes del Ministerio de Medio Ambiente mostraron que Kalimantan Occidental registró el mayor número de focos, con 3.120, seguida de Kalimantan Central con 2.314 y Sumatra Meridional con 1.500. De acuerdo con los datos del Ministerio de Silvicultura, solo en julio ardieron casi 940 kilómetros cuadrados (363 millas cuadradas), incluyendo más de 20 kilómetros cuadrados (8 millas cuadradas) en la provincia de Sumatra Meridional.

Unos 3.000 residentes se reunieron en Palembang, la capital de la región, para realizar una oración islámica especial para pedir lluvias, conocida como “salat istisqa”. Rezaron hombro con hombro en el patio de la oficina del gobernador mientras el humo espeso envolvía carreteras, edificios e instalaciones públicas, reducía la visibilidad y obligaba a los automovilistas a conducir con las luces encendidas durante el día.

“Hemos hecho todo lo que podemos y trabajado estrechamente con todas las partes pertinentes", afirmó el gobernador, Herman Deru, antes de la oración. "Como personas de fe, también estamos rezando a Dios para que envíe lluvia y la vida pueda volver a la normalidad”.

Además, apuntó que la oración pública complementaría las medidas en curso para combatir los incendios y mitigar la sequía, y serviría como un momento de unidad para los residentes frente a los desafíos medioambientales que afronta la provincia.

Los servicios de emergencia han estado combatiendo contra los fuegos impulsados por un patrón de El Niño cada vez más intenso y una estación seca prolongada, lo que ha generado un humo denso que cruzó hacia Malasia y Brunéi, según la Agencia Nacional de Gestión de Desastres.

Indonesia intensificó las operaciones de modificación del clima para ayudar a los más de 24.000 bomberos desplegados en las islas de Sumatra y Borneo para combatir los incendios forestales, al inducir lluvias mediante la dispersión de partículas de sal en las nubes adecuadas, con 30 aeronaves para operaciones de siembra de nubes y lanzamiento de agua sobre Kalimantan, y otros 22 helicópteros cubren Sumatra.

Mientras los incendios seguían propagándose, el Ministerio de Silvicultura anunció el martes sanciones a seis titulares de concesiones forestales tras determinar que ardieron más de 15 kilómetros cuadrados (5,8 millas cuadradas) de bosque y tierra dentro de áreas bajo su gestión en las provincias de Kalimantan Occidental, Central y Oriental, en la isla de Borneo.

Se ordenó a cinco empresas reforzar las medidas de control de incendios y rehabilitar las tierras quemadas, mientras que a una sexta se le suspendió el permiso porque los incendios en su concesión eran generalizados y recurrentes.

El director general de aplicación de la ley forestal, Dwi Januanto Nugroho, dijo que las autoridades podrían presentar cargos penales si las investigaciones descubren pruebas de que empresas o individuos causaron incendios deliberadamente los fuegos o no cumplieron con sus obligaciones de prevenirlos.

La policía indonesia ha detenido a 72 personas sospechosas de iniciar algunos de los incendios en bosques y turberas.

Los propietarios de plantaciones y los agricultores tradicionales suelen prender incendios para despejar tierras para el cultivo, lo que genera una neblina peligrosa que reduce la visibilidad, interrumpe el transporte terrestre y aéreo y amenaza la salud pública.

Los incendios son un problema recurrente durante la estación seca en Indonesia, un vasto archipiélago de más de 17.000 islas, y la neblina que generan ha provocado quejas diplomáticas periódicas de países vecinos del sudeste asiático.

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The S&P 500 rose 0.2% and edged a bit closer to its all-time high set earlier this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 52 points, or 0.1%, as of 11:30 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.6% higher.

Some of the strongest action was in the oil market, where the price for a barrel of Brent crude fell 3.1% to $87.74 and was heading for a second decline following 13 gains in 14 days. The drop came even though tensions between the United States and Iran seemed to ratchet higher after the Trump administration announced new sanctions to further hurt Iran’s economy.

Brent’s price zigzagged between $72 and $102 last month as hopes rose and fell that the United States and Iran could reach a deal that would allow oil tankers to freely exit the Persian Gulf again.

A delegation from Pakistan left Iran Tuesday after talks with Iran’s president and other senior officials on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and reviving negotiations to end the Iran-U.S. conflict, the Pakistani military said. Pakistan Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said a meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian had been “very positive and productive.”

Tuesday's drop in oil prices tempered the worries about high inflation that helped drive Treasury yields in the bond market higher through the summer. Yields had gotten so high that the U.S. Treasury Department announced a surprise move last week to increase its repurchases of longer-term Treasury notes and bonds.

High yields make borrowing more expensive for everyone and can slow the economy’s growth while undercutting prices for stocks, cryptocurrencies and other investments.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 4.65% from 4.70% late Monday and from 4.74% at the end of last week. That’s a significant move for the bond market, though the 10-year yield remains firmly above its 3.97% level from before the war with Iran sent oil prices and worries about inflation much higher.

On Wall Street, Nvidia and other winners of the boom in artificial-intelligence technology helped lead the way. Nvidia rose 1.3%, a day after its drop of 2.9% was the heaviest weight on the S&P 500.

AI stocks have veered up and down through the summer on worries that their prices shot too high and that the AI boom may not be sustainable if it doesn’t produce enough profits for companies. Nvidia will report its latest quarterly results on Wednesday, which could help steer the next move for AI-related stocks.

The gains for chip stocks helped offset a 27.9% drop for Dick’s Sporting Goods, which reported weaker results for the latest quarter than analysts expected. Executive Chairman Ed Stack said the retailer cut prices on some of its footwear and apparel to remain competitive, while launches for some footwear during the quarter ended up being weaker than it expected.

The company cut is forecast for an underlying measure of profit in 2026 for both its Dick’s and Foot Locker businesses. Its stock is potentially heading toward its worst day in history.

Worries have been rising about how strong spending can remain generally for U.S. households, which is the main engine of the economy. They're facing higher prices on everything from food to clothes and a job market that suddenly looks iffier after employers cut more jobs last month than they added.

A report from the Conference Board on Tuesday said that confidence among U.S. consumers weakened by more than economists expected.

In stock markets around the world, many indexes drifted modestly higher. South Korea’s Kospi, which is dominated by two AI winners, added 0.7% for one of the world’s biggest moves. It’s been steadying since plunging 22.2% in July.

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Podorozhnya, 29, was already living in Poland when the war began. But days before Russia’s full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, she rushed back to Ukraine to help her sister and nieces get out.

As she returned to Poland alongside an influx of refugees in the war’s first days, she witnessed the outpouring of support from Polish volunteers. But she also spotted a risk: Ukrainian women accepting help from strangers could become vulnerable to human traffickers.

That was when she decided to found Martynka, a helpline and support group for female Ukrainian refugees escaping gender-based violence.

Four years later, she is struggling to keep the organization afloat. Funding for refugee support is drying up, hostility toward Ukrainians is growing, and Poland still lacks a long-term integration strategy. As war fatigue deepens, politicians are increasingly exploiting anti-refugee sentiment for political gain.

The shift is being felt by groups such as Martynka. While fundraising was relatively easy in the first months of the war, international donors have since turned their attention to other global crises.

Martynka's shelter, located in an inconspicuous two-bedroom apartment in central Krakow, has hosted more than 100 women and children. Women receive help to escape abusers and access medical care, psychological support, jobs and housing.

“It often starts with me having tea in this very kitchen with the women and they tell me what happened to them and I say ‘girl, same,’” Podorozhnya told The Associated Press during an interview in the Krakow shelter, referring to her own experience of a man trying to rape her on a street in Poland in 2016.

As Podorozhnya and her colleagues struggle to raise enough money to keep the shelter open, she says calls for donations frequently trigger a torrent of online abuse.

“It's because I’m Ukrainian,” she said.

Ukrainian refugees contribute to Poland’s economy

Around 3.5 million Ukrainians fled to Poland in the first weeks of the war, according to the U.N. Poles greeted them at train stations and opened their homes to them, while the government granted refugees access to jobs and social security benefits.

The two countries share a long history of brutality at the hands of Russia, and Poland remains a key ally to Ukraine in the war.

By the end of 2022, the number of Ukrainian refugees in Poland had stabilized at around 1 million. Those who stayed were rapidly absorbed into the labor market: More than 70% found employment, and a Deloitte study estimated that they contributed 2.7% of Poland’s gross domestic product in 2024.

In addition to the refugees, most of whom are women and children, more than 1 million Ukrainians were already living in Poland before the war, primarily as economic migrants.

Historical grievances resurface

The refugees have increasingly become targets of anti-Ukrainian rhetoric. In research published this year, Ukrainian migrants interviewed by Olena Babakova, a researcher at Warsaw’s Vistula University, identified the 2025 Polish presidential campaign as the period when anti-Ukrainian feeling intensified, as it became a common theme for all parties, not just the far right.

Karol Nawrocki, representing the national-conservative camp and who eventually won the presidency, promised legislation that would prioritize Polish citizens over Ukrainians when accessing public services. Rafał Trzaskowski, the liberal candidate, proposed restricting child welfare benefits for Ukrainians.

As tensions increased, historical grievances between the countries resurfaced.

In June, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyydecided to name a military unit after a Ukrainian paramilitary organization accused of massacring Poles during World War II, causing outrage in Poland. Nawrocki responded by withdrawing a state honor awarded to Zelenskyy, further escalating the tensions.

“And it's not only negative feelings, Ukrainians really experience hostile conversations and attacks,” Babakova told the AP.

According to data from the Polish police, 180 Ukrainian citizens were victims of prejudice-motivated crimes by mid-July, a significant increase compared with 275 for the whole of 2025 and 267 in 2024.

In response to multiple media reports of Ukrainians beaten on Polish streets over the summer, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said in late July that “we must wage war on violence and hatred.”

Help for vulnerable refugees is decreasing

The Polish government has been steadily cutting support for Ukrainian refugees, saying that many have stabilized their situation.

Poland’s ombudsman has warned that the changes disproportionately affect the most vulnerable groups, including single mothers with several children, older people and those with chronic illnesses or disabilities. Because most Ukrainian men of military age, between 23 and 60, are prohibited from leaving the country, single mothers are overrepresented among the refugees.

Yuliia Repenko from the Ukrainian House said that her nongovernmental organization, which provides help to Ukrainians, was “increasingly supporting people who are particularly vulnerable to exclusion.”

The Polish government has defended its decision to cut back aid to Ukrainian refugees. Katarzyna Nowakowska, Poland's deputy minister for family, labor and social policy, told the AP that the most vulnerable applicants still receive direct help from the state and any other refugees needing support should turn to social workers.

As the Polish government has been scaling back its support, international aid has also declined, further limiting options. Data from the U.N. refugee agency shows a steady drop since 2022 in the funding provided by international donors for Ukrainians, with only half the agency’s identified needs financed this year, compared with 94% in 2022.

“Financial supporters have moved on from helping Ukrainian refugees, but the war is still ongoing,” said Sonia Novytska, a Martynka helpline worker. “If anything, it has become deadlier since the start.”

Martynka received about 1,800 requests for help last year, and staff expect that number to increase, Novytska said. Not only victims of violence contact the helpline now, but also mothers struggling to provide food and shelter for their children.

“What Poles need to understand is that we are helping the people that could otherwise become homeless in their neighborhoods, the people who might start abusing substances out of despair they can’t make ends meet,” Podorozhnya said.

“Martynka does the job of the Polish state,” she said.

Reese set a WNBA record with 26 rebounds in the Atlanta Dream's 78-71 win over the Los Angeles Sparks on Monday, pushing her past the season record in the same game.

“Last time I was here, I didn’t miss any shots. Tonight I couldn’t hit (anything) so I knew I was going be able to get them on the rebounding side," Reese told the postgame show. "I just want to be there for my team. Offensively, defensively, whatever it takes to win.”

Reese surpassed Chamique Holdsclaw’s record of 24 rebounds, set on May 23, 2003 for Washington. She now has 458 rebounds on the season, seven more than A’ja Wilson’s mark set in 2024.

Reese secured her WNBA-leading 27th double-double of the season on a basket with 13.9 seconds left in the game that gave her 11 points.

“That's a talent,” Dream guard Allisha Gray said. “I'm just in awe watching her rebound.”

A three-time WNBA All-Star, Reese set a WNBA rookie record with 13.1 rebounds per game and the all-time league record with 15 straight double-doubles with Chicago in 2024. She led the league in rebounding her first two seasons and is leading again this season at 12.0 per game.

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The switch-hitting catcher capped a five-run first inning with a two-run shot off struggling Philadelphia Phillies ace Zack Wheeler. Raleigh and Cole Young opened the fifth with back-to-back homers, chasing Wheeler, and Raleigh connected for another solo shot off reliever Chase Shugart in the seventh to give him 17 home runs this season.

“I had never done that before — at any level. So, hard to fathom, and it was a fun night,” Raleigh said.

It was the first multihomer game of the year for Raleigh, who finished 3 for 3 with a walk in a 9-2 victory and raised his batting average from .159 to .167. He began the night with a strikeout rate of 31.2%.

“I’ve been feeling better in the box,” Raleigh said. “Physically, trying to just get my hands back sooner and I feel like I’ve done a better job of that. And then mentally, it’s just been about that belief and just having that hope and that optimism every single day. Not getting too down, not getting too up and, you know, trying to just be ready and prepared for the game.”

Raleigh pulled all three homers to right field from the left side of the plate, becoming the 13th player in franchise history to hit three home runs in a game. The previous one was teammate Dominic Canzone on Sept. 16 last year.

The only other Seattle catcher to accomplish the feat was current Mariners manager Dan Wilson in April 1996.

Raleigh was runner-up for the AL MVP award last year, when he led the majors with 60 home runs and added 125 RBIs. He helped the Mariners reach the American League Championship Series, where they lost in seven games to Toronto.

“Finding the barrel more often, taking his walks more often, swinging at better pitches more often. Tonight was just a combination of all of that again,” Wilson said. “To get up there and do it left-handed like he did tonight, I think all of us love to see it and love to see the smile and just all the work that he’s put in. So, a big night for him.”

Mariners starting pitcher Logan Gilbert was thrilled to see it, too.

“That’s just huge I think for confidence and for (getting) rolling,” Gilbert said. “You know how this team does when he gets hot and gets rolling, so I think we’re in a good spot.”

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Reese surpassed Chamique Holdsclaw's record of 24 rebounds, set on May 23, 2003 for Washington.

The Dream star has 458 rebounds this season, seven more than A'ja Wilson's mark set in 2024. Atlanta still has six games remaining in the regular season.

“I’m just in awe watching her rebound,” teammate Allisha Gray said after the game. “That’s a talent.”

Reese finished with 11 points. She secured her WNBA-leading 27th double-double of the season on a basket with 13.9 seconds left in the game.

The Dream have won four straight games — all on the road.

Gray led Atlanta (25-13) with 20 points. Rhyne Howard added 18 points to eclipse 3,000 for her career. Gray set an Atlanta record for field goals in a season with 247.

Nneka Ogwumike had 27 points and 16 rebounds for Los Angeles (13-25), which has lost nine straight games in the series. Dearica Hamby and Cameron Brink each scored 15 points.

Atlanta trailed 37-36 at halftime before starting the third quarter on a 9-2 run. The Dream also began the fourth on a 9-2 run to make it 71-57 with 6:57 left.

Up next

Dream: Host Portland on Friday.

Sparks: Host Washington on Friday.

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The Cubs moved to 5 1/2 games behind the Milwaukee Brewers for the NL Central lead. The Brewers were off Monday.

Conforto and Kelly hit their homers off reliever Taylor Clarke with two outs in the sixth, breaking open a tight game. Conforto's two-run shot to right field made it 4-0 and then Kelly — who played 4 1/2 seasons with the Diamondbacks — hurt his former team with a solo smash to left.

That was plenty of support for Gausman (2-1), who cruised through the D-backs' lineup, needing just 94 pitches to complete his seven innings. The right-hander gave up three hits and a walk while striking out six in his best outing for the Cubs since being acquired at the trade deadline from the Toronto Blue Jays.

The Cubs took a 1-0 lead in the second when Pedro Ramírez smacked a triple down the right-field line that scored Ian Happ. They pushed the advantage to 2-0 in the fifth when Seiya Suzuki's double off the left-field wall brought home Conforto.

Conforto reached base four times, hitting a single, double and homer while also drawing a walk. Happ and Ramírez both had two hits.

D-backs right-hander Merrill Kelly (8-12) gave up three runs on five hits and three walks over 5 2/3 innings. He struck out four.

Arizona managed just five hits — all of them singles. Corbin Carroll stole two bases.

Up next

The D-backs send RHP Brandon Pfaadt (7-1, 3.39 ERA) on Tuesday against Cubs RHP Clay Holmes (5-6, 2.49).

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Rather than saying that Trump's order is legal, the high court said Monday it was too early for Democratic-run states to challenge it in June, when they convinced a federal judge in Boston to freeze the order for November's election. That effectively restarts the legal fight over the order in an incredibly compressed timeline, with initial ballots scheduled to be sent to North Carolina's overseas and military voters in just over a week, on Sept. 4.

A second injunction barring the U.S. Postal Service from making changes to comply with Trump's directive remains in effect. Still, the administration late Monday filed a motion asking that the second hold be removed, and has posted new regulations from the Postal Service that would go into effect Tuesday if the legal pathway is fully cleared.

That new rule requires specific formatting for envelopes containing mail ballots — which may force some jurisdictions to completely revise theirs — and makes states use an electronic system to identify to the Postal Service who is voting by mail. If states don't comply with the rule, their mail ballots won't get sent.

The prospect of such a potential sweeping overhaul in mere days boggled critics' minds. In her dissent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson warned that the decision “needlessly injects chaos and uncertainty into the upcoming midterm elections.”

David Becker, executive director of the Center for Election Innovation & Research, agreed, saying the majority “seemed to create complete chaos leading up to the midterm elections” and it'd be “impossible” for states to comply with the new rules at this late date.

Some ballots for the November election are set to go out within days

Jesse Salinas, the registrar of Yolo County in California and president of that state's association of election officers, noted that ballots in his state start going out in 11 days and his county already printed its envelopes.

“You look at the timeline, and it's a bit chaotic,” Salinas said, noting he doesn't know precisely which envelope designs comply with the new rules.

He dismissed the idea of a last-minute revision in procedures. “The capacity to do that, I just don't see it,” Salinas said.

Tammy Patrick, chief program officer at the Elections Center, an association of 2,500 election officers, warned that it's impossible for any state to comply with the rule and that no one she talked to has tried.

“There isn't a single state that does their elections in a way that this postal rule lays out,” Patrick said in an interview. “There has been this assumption that this is not going to happen because it could not happen the way it's laid out, because no one does it this way.”

Cisco Aguilar, the Democratic Secretary of State in Nevada, where every registered voter gets a mail ballot, noted the post office had already misdelivered three dozen mail ballots from his state's June primary.

“They're going to come in within seven days and build a massive database that has 100% accuracy?” Aguilar said in disbelief. “It is impossible to implement this system in that time frame.”

Trump votes by mail, but has sought to curb it for others

Trump has long sought to make voting by mail largely impossible, though he himself has repeatedly cast his ballots by mail.

Trump falsely blamed his 2020 loss on mail voting and spun up baroque conspiracy theories that he's tried to prove while back in office. Judges blocked him from creating new voting restrictions by executive order last year, and he only issued his latest order after his bill to revamp voting procedures stalled in the Senate amidst Democratic opposition.

The Election Assistance Commission found that 29% of voters in 2024 cast their ballots through the mail. Democrats are more likely to use mail voting than Republicans, a reflection of how the process has become polarized since Trump began attacking it in 2020. Still, the president has to date been unable to make the sweeping changes he's sought because the Constitution grants control of voting rules to states, and in federal elections, to Congress — not the president.

Legal experts stressed that's why they view it as unlikely Trump's order will actually be implemented. Not only did the majority in the Supreme Court's unsigned order note that it hasn't determined whether the measure is constitutional, but every victory the administration has won so far has only been because it's argued that it's premature to talk about its constitutionality. Opponents are already weighing new lawsuits since the final rule was published Friday night.

More litigation is expected

Becker, a former Department of Justice lawyer who co-wrote a book debunking Trump's 2020 election lies, added that he expects the next round of litigation to keep the order from being implemented in November. Rick Hasen, a UCLA law professor, said after the ruling: “This doesn't necessarily mean anything in terms of November.”

Derek Muller, a Notre Dame law professor, said the Supreme Court still ensured a fraught court battle in the coming days.

“It puts courts in a terrible place, because whatever happens is super close to the election,” Muller said. “If it permits it, it creates super disruption for the states. If it suspends it, it visibly angers the administration.”

Hasen said it's inconceivable that the regulation will impact voters in November.

“Both legal and practical reasons make this practically impossible to enforce,” he said of Trump's mail voting order.

Elections are run by local officials in thousands of scattered offices, many of which don't even have a full-time employee. Patrick said that those who work in the field have been left reeling.

“Election officials just feel like punching bags at this moment because they plan one way of conducting their elections, and have contingency plans if a fire breaks out, or one location loses power,” Patrick said. “But how do you plan for something that affects one-third, one half, or all of your voters?”

The two-week runoff window since the two Republicans were the top vote-getters in an Aug. 11 primary has been a slugfest. Darline Graham — a political newcomer serving as interim replacement for her late brother — has struggled to define herself to voters who routinely backed Lindsey Graham in the heavily Republican state. Norman, who's served the better part of two decades in state and federal elected office, has stressed his experience to voters already aware of him from his years in Congress, plus an unsuccessful run for governor earlier this year.

In the background of all of this is President Donald Trump, the longtime Lindsey Graham ally who endorsed Darline Graham's candidacy to replace her brother in the November general election before she even entered the race, stumped for her in the state days ahead of the runoff and held a runoff-eve tele-rally with Graham.

On Monday, MAGA Inc., the super PAC that supports Trump and aligned Republicans — but has spent little thus far on Trump's picks in this year's midterms — infused nearly $830,000 into Graham's campaign for voter calls and text message blasts.

Among the unknowns is whether Trump's backing is enough to boost the novice candidate with the famous last name, but whose political positions were previously unknown, across the finish line to the nomination. Also yet to be determined is whether Norman's hard-line conservatism has an appeal statewide, two months after he finished third in the Republican governor's primary.

Will Trump's backing be enough for Graham?

After losing a top Senate advocate when Lindsey Graham died July 11, Trump has angled to play a role in picking his successor.

Trump heralded the selection of Darline Graham to serve as her brother’s interim replacement as “a fabulous tribute.” He also urged her to run in the special primary, endorsing her before she’d made her candidacy official.

On Friday in Myrtle Beach, Trump reiterated that sentiment to a crowd of several thousand, encouraging people to vote for Graham to preserve tax cuts, among other things.

“I want it to happen,” he said. “Good luck, Darline.”

In forging a relationship with her, Trump could be angling to develop another ally to help steer his agenda through the Senate.

Throughout her brief campaign, Graham did just that. She repeatedly stressed to voters her intent to support Trump’s policy positions and often referenced in particular her co-sponsorship of a voting bill that’s become a key priority for the president.

Casting his ballot for Graham at an early voting location near Trump's rally site, Robert Tropiano said Friday that the president's backing for the candidate was enough to win his support.

“Trump wants her, he's doing a great job and I believe we should give him what he wants,” Tropiano said.

In the primary's opening days, when she was largely absent from candidate events due to her obligations as a sitting senator, Graham reminded voters via video messages that she remained in Washington “working hard for you” and decried the notion of congressional recess breaks.

Norman promotes legislative know-how over Graham's inexperience

Fresh off his unsuccessful primary run for governor, Norman entered the Senate contest as one of several politicians more familiar to South Carolina voters. He snapped up endorsements from the likes of Sens. Rick Scott of Florida and Mike Lee of Utah, as well as former South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint and Turning Point Action, the conservative youth movement founded by the late Charlie Kirk.

During the sprint to the runoff, Norman — one of the most conservative U.S. House members — frequently touted his experience in Washington and willingness to take unpopular stances. That includes at times challenging Trump, whose policies Norman has routinely supported in Congress. But Norman campaigned against Trump in the early part of the 2024 presidential primary, siding instead with former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.

A wealthy developer before he entered politics, Norman has put some of his own fortune toward the campaign, including more than $1 million in the closing week.

In the head-to-head with Graham, he's stressed what he characterized as the highly managed nature of Graham's campaign. He portrayed her during an interview with The Associated Press as beholden to “Washington elite” special interests that, by way of funneling money to her campaign, were “dictating the terms and giving her the political answers.”

Will Graham's debate flub come back to haunt her?

Graham and Norman met for a single runoff debate, and there was one moment from the hourlong face-off that lived on.

Graham stumbled over a question about foreign policy — a signature issue of her late brother — when asked whether the U.S. has a national security interest in Taiwan and the South China Sea, a longstanding contention of both Democratic and Republican administrations.

She struggled to answer before admitting “national security is not my thing” and “I’m not that informed on national security.”

Graham avoided a direct response and instead mentioned her brother’s wealth of experience and her desire to focus on more domestic issues like affordability. Norman called Taiwan “a definite ally” when posed the same question, applauding Trump for “enabling Taiwan to defend themselves against China.” Afterward, he suggested Graham's answer showed her lack of qualifications for the office.

The Democratic nominee was chosen months ago

Annie Andrews, a Charleston physician, won her party’s primary in June outright. Having set up her entire campaign based around challenging Lindsey Graham, Andrews has been forced to pivot to a broader critique of the Republican contenders.

No Democrat has won a U.S. Senate seat in South Carolina in decades. When Graham last ran in 2020, he defeated his Democratic opponent by a 10 percentage point margin.

That contest was the most expensive in state history, and among the country’s most expensive congressional races ever.

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The new minimum applies to more than 50 unsolved homicides and missing-person cases in tribal communities. Most of the cases are less than 10 years old, though a dozen have been unsolved for more than two decades, an AP analysis found.

Victims’ families and experts are unsure the higher amounts will be enough to get tipsters to come forward, citing people's fears and distrust of the federal government.

“Everybody’s scared in Oglala,” said Lisa Carlow, whose father Patrick Carlow Sr. was found dead in his Pine Ridge Reservation home in 2023. “So to me it’s like, OK, what do you guys know that you’re not saying?”

The FBI investigates federal crimes on nearly 200 Native American reservations, along with the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. At the end of 2025, the FBI’s National Crime Information Center recorded just under 1,500 active cases involving missing Native Americans, though not all become federal cases.

The FBI cited several cases in its recent announcement, including that of 8-year-old Maleeka Boone, who it said was likely struck by a vehicle on the Navajo Nation, and San Carlos Apache teenager Emily Pike, whose body was found after she disappeared from an Arizona group home.

Higher rewards could stir new interest

Mary Kathryn Nagle, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and an attorney who advocates for families of missing Native Americans, said federal investigators often “parachute in” to investigate crimes in tight-knit communities where witnesses may stay silent because of distrust and fear of retribution.

Still, she said, larger rewards could provide an incentive for people to talk, and show families their loved ones’ cases are being taken seriously.

“We have people in Indian Country who know what happened to our relatives,” she said.

Luana Ross, who is Bitterroot Salish and a co-director of the Native Voices program at the University of Washington, said cash rewards could boost interest but often aren't paid out.

“It is my opinion that in reservation communities, people would be extremely reluctant to turn a friend or relative into a criminal justice system that hasn’t served them well,” she said.

Lisa Foster's longtime friend Mona Renee Vallo was found dead after a suspected hit-and-run along historic Route 66 in Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico, in 2022. Foster hopes the higher reward money will renew interest in the investigation.

Foster described Vallo as a positive, bubbly friend who could have fun no matter what. She was a member of the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation.

“Someone knows something there,” Foster said. “They have to. I mean, it's weird that she went to work and then all of a sudden this happened to her.”

Frustration mounts as families seek answers

The reward in Carlow's case was increased to $25,000 in July, up from $10,000.

Carlow's family says the 73-year-old rancher was respected in the Oglala community. He mowed the grass for others and spent time with his grandchildren. The family said more calls started coming in after the reward was increased, but the wait for answers continues.

Meanwhile, the FBI declined to provide The Associated Press an update on the case.

“It’s so hard to get your hopes up like that and think, ‘This is it, we finally got dad’s killer.’ And then nothing comes of it,” Lisa Carlow said.

She said fear keeps community members who may have information from contacting authorities.

“I think that’s like deep-rooted within our people,” said her sister, JoDee Carlow. “It's not just on Pine Ridge. It's on every reservation.”

Relatives don't want cases to be forgotten

The FBI initially offered $5,000 for information in the deaths of two brothers from Ohio, Matthew and Philip Reagan. The reward was later doubled and now will hit $25,000. Though not Native Americans, they were killed on the Navajo Nation and are featured on the FBI’s Indian Country cases website.

The brothers planned to visit Canyon de Chelly National Monument during a trip to California. Authorities believe their SUV got stuck in mud after GPS sent them off course near Sawmill. They were shot multiple times while walking to seek help, authorities said.

Matthew Reagan’s wife, Faye Wurstner-Reagan, said she doubts a $25,000 reward will persuade anyone in the small community to come forward.

“You would have to promise someone, like, actual protection,” she said. “I mean, they brutally murdered two men.”

She suggested the FBI instead put resources toward law enforcement to keep the cases from going cold and for liaisons to keep families informed.

FBI spokesperson Brooke Brennan in Phoenix said investigating crimes in Indian Country often is complex because of the remoteness, limited resources and extensive workload.

Wurstner-Reagan hopes that families united in pain and grief over missing loved ones and unsolved killings might one day see justice.

“We're just getting forgotten, like no one is remembering any of us, and we're just told it's an active investigation,” she said.

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Associated Press writers Felicia Fonseca in Flagstaff, Arizona, and Savannah Peters in Albuquerque, New Mexico, contributed to this report.

The dispute flared over the weekend after negotiations broke down, leading Trump to raise tariffs on $20 billion in Canadian imports. Canada plans to announce tariffs of its own on Tuesday, and the spiraling conflict could lead to higher prices and scrambled supply chains for Americans already aggravated at the president’s management of the economy.

Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, one of Democrats' top targets this year, warned that fallout from Trump's approach would hurt U.S. businesses and consumers.

“Imposing new tariffs on Canada is a mistake,” Collins said while campaigning Monday, and she mentioned lobsters, blueberries, lumber and other Maine products that end up in Canadian markets.

The issue also puts pressure on Republicans in Michigan, Ohio and Alaska, states where Canada is an important trading partner. Many Democrats seem eager to capitalize on the matter as they try to regain the Senate majority, despite the party's own history with protectionist sentiments.

“Trump is escalating a trade war with Canada for his own vanity,” Michigan's Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed said on social media, adding that his Republican opponent, former Rep. Mike Rogers, is a “rubber stamp” for such policies. A third of the state's exports go north of the border.

Marc Short, a top adviser to then-Vice President Mike Pence during the first Trump presidency, said the issue is a political trap for Republicans.

“It’s hard, obviously, because you don’t want to incur the wrath of the president," he said. “But at the same time, I think if you’re representing agricultural states, especially, your voters are probably anxious to have somebody representing their interests in Washington right now.”

Trump charges forward on tariffs

It's possible that Trump will change course or delay his plans. But for now, the president is making no apologies for the economic turmoil.

“Canada has been ripping off the United States for years,” Trump blasted on his Truth Social platform Monday, adding that he will raise tariffs on all Canadian automobiles and auto parts and steel to 50% in 2027. He added, “WE DON’T NEED CANADA, THEY NEED US!”

Trump's top trade official more calmly downplayed the dispute. “This is something where we don’t actually expect a huge impact,” U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told reporters outside the West Wing.

Vice President JD Vance visited Maine on Monday, where he praised “our very independent friend Susan Collins” and assured voters “we’re very mindful of the fact that Maine is a border state with Canada.” He said the administration is trying to make sure Maine “gets a fair deal.”

Collins did not appear with Vance on Monday or during his last trip to Maine. She campaigned on her own as she tries to hold off a challenge from Democratic nominee Troy Jackson, a former state legislative leader.

Jackson, a logger before going into politics, said tariffs are another example of how Collins does not do enough to stand up to the president.

“Troy spent most of his life working along the Canadian border, so he knows how important this relationship is to Maine’s economy,” Jackson spokesman Dan Gottlieb said.

Republicans are trying to defend Senate control

Trump made no secret of his affection for tariffs during his comeback campaign, promising that higher taxes on imports would generate a windfall for the U.S. Treasury and boost domestic manufacturing. But concerns about inflation and affordability have not receded, including in states with key races this year.

Maine, Ohio, Michigan and Alaska boast industries including fisheries, auto parts, lumber and produce that export items across the northern border, while Canadian imports are sold by a range of U.S. retailers.

Iowa, which also has a competitive Senate race, does not border Canada or its waters, but also exports more goods to Canada than any other nation.

Majority Forward, a political action committee tied to Senate Democrats, already ran television advertisements against Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska during last year's partial government shutdown.

“The tariffs are hitting Alaska the hardest,” the ad said. “Call Dan Sullivan and tell him … stop raising our costs.”

Trade is a key issue in Ohio

Former Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown is trying to return to Washington by unseating Republican Sen. Jon Husted. Brown has long been a union-friendly protectionist Democrat. But he’s argued against Trump’s approach, saying it’s one thing to get aggressive with an adversarial economic powerhouse like China but another to impose uneven, unpredictable tariffs on neighboring nations.

Husted signed a bipartisan letter earlier this year urging the administration to proceed carefully while renegotiating a trade agreement with Canada and Mexico. But he's also embraced the White House's economic policies, recently appearing with Vance at an Ohio steel plant to praise the administration's economic agenda.

“Today is a new day, it truly is," Husted said. "It’s a new day because of the ‘America First’ agenda.”

Brown has not yet criticized Husted on Canadian tariffs, concentrating instead on the senator's support for data centers and Trump’s war with Iran. But Senate Majority PAC spokeswoman Lauren French said the Canada tariffs fight fits seamlessly into the broader case that Brown and other Democrats are making about Trump and his allies.

“It’s another proof point for the argument that this is a guy who continues to raise your costs for no reason at all,” she said.

Vance says Trump wants ‘fairness’

Short said Trump's first-term protectionism was easier to defend because it was more focused on China. In the second Trump presidency, Short said, “we’ve so alienated our normal trading partners that part of their retaliation has been not to buy agricultural products,” thus cutting off replacement markets for any lost trade with Beijing.

In Maine, Vance insisted Trump only wants to level the playing field with Canada.

“They don’t expect anybody to fight back,” Vance said. “We’re sick of that.”

He also criticized Canada as treating China more fairly than the U.S. in trade negotiations.

“It’s over,” Vance said. “We expect fairness in our trade policy.”

Collins shared a different goal.

“I really want us to go back to the very friendly, economically beneficial relationship that we have with our Canadian neighbors," she said.

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Testimony resumed from a forensic psychologist hired by prosecutors to evaluate Clancy's psychiatric history and assess the defense claim that she had acute postpartum psychosis when she killed Callan, Dawson and Cora Clancy in January 2023 in the basement of their Massachusetts home. The rare mental illness can follow childbirth.

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Kirk Heilbrun told jurors that he didn’t believe Clancy’s claim that she hallucinated a voice telling her to kill her children, who ranged from 8 months to 5 years old. He said he instead believed she took their lives so they wouldn’t “suffer” after she killed herself.

“Everything I did as part of this evaluation, the evidence much more strongly, in my opinion, supported the second explanation, which was the serious suicide attempt accompanied by killing the children out of love,” Heilbrun said.

Clancy’s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, challenged Heilbrun about his conclusions, including whether he had made up his mind before he interviewed Clancy this year at the state hospital in Tewksbury where she stays.

“Would you agree with me, sir, that before you met with Lindsay in Tewksbury, you pretty much had an idea this woman was a beast, killed her three kids didn’t you?” Reddington asked.

Heilbrun disagreed with that characterization, adding that he “did his best to have an open mind.”

Reddington also highlighted earlier testimony from Clancy’s friends and family, including her former husband, Patrick, that she was “an incredible mother taking care of her kids.”

“Bringing her life experience, which you’ve testified yesterday, that she never had any abuse in her life, was raised by loving mother and father, good student, hard worker, great mother, good friend, wonderful wife,” Reddington said. “She then randomly decides to kill her children by strangling them. Those are the facts we’re dealing with?”

In the months before killing her children, Clancy had sought treatment for mental health problems from multiple providers and admitted herself to a psychiatric hospital.

Heilbrun told jurors that Clancy had bipolar disorder and depression, conditions made worse by her insomnia and adverse reaction to medications she was prescribed. But he concluded that Clancy was “criminally responsible” for the killings.

“She retained an awareness of the illegality of killing others, including her children,” he said. “Her moral awareness of this killing was influenced by her strong desire to die and, if she was dead, not to leave her children behind.”

Prosecutors say the former labor and delivery nurse planned the killings and contrived to get her husband out of the house by sending him to pick up medicine for one of their children and dinner for the family.

Heilbrun said Clancy's actions involved a set of choices that she had to make and ran counter to her claim that they involved no decision-making on her part.

“This is difficult but important to say. There are many ongoing decisions that have to be made to accomplish a killing like this in 18 to 20 minutes,” Heilbrun said. “For example, why the basement? Who among the children goes first? What do you say to the kids to keep them from panicking.”

Prosecutors are expected to call at least one more expert witness Tuesday. That will be followed by closing arguments, likely no earlier than Wednesday.

Clancy, 36, has pleaded not guilty to murder charges.

This time Wile is done with the shenanigans and lawyering up, taking Acme court.

So who does he recruit?

None other than the slapstick master Will Forte, who plays attorney Kevin, a role that was unique for Forte but also a breeze to step into.

Lana Condor plays Paige, who joins Forte to help represent the intrepid Looney Toon.

For decades, Wile E. Coyote has always enjoyed the chase, but now we get to see the softer side of the beloved character.

Local 10’s Jason Carter caught up with the two stars of the film, and his report can be seen at the top of this page.

Golden State (26-11) entered 0-9 against Minnesota in the regular season and playoffs since joining the WNBA in 2025.

Golden State led 63-57 early in the fourth quarter before going on a 14-1 run to make it 77-58. Zandalasini made her first 3-pointer of the game with 4:39 left and she added another on Minnesota’s next possession for a 16-point lead.

Veronica Burton had 14 points and nine assists, and Tiffany Hayes also scored 14 for Golden State. Janelle Salaun added 12 points off the bench.

Minnesota (31-8) was without starting guard Courtney Williams (right ankle injury) in a regular-season game for the first time since she joined the team in 2024, a streak of 122 games.

Natasha Howard led Minnesota with 13 points and Kayla McBride added 12. Napheesa Collier was held to nine points on 4-of-10 shooting. Olivia Miles moved past Ticha Penicheiro for the second-most assists by a rookie in WNBA history with 225.

The Lynx had won 15 of their last 16 games, including a 77-66 victory over the Valkyries last Wednesday.

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Valkyries: At Connecticut on Wednesday.

Lynx: At Atlanta on Sunday.

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Luis, who briefly was under contract with the Utah Jazz and Boston Celtics but never played in an NBA game, hugged LSU coach Will Wade after the ruling by East Baton Rouge Parish District Court judge Ronald R. Johnson.

After a five-hour hearing, Johnson granted the player's request for a preliminary injunction against the NCAA, which had argued Luis was unlikely to win reinstatement after leaving college to turn pro in 2025.

“This is precedent. It's monumental,” said Baton Rouge-based attorney Tony Clayton, who represented Luis along with Elliot Abrams of Raleigh, North Carolina. “This allows him to go practice, go play and we'll let the legal process work itself out.”

The timeline for that process was not immediately clear.

“I don't know, but there's a lot of discovery that Elliot and I have to obtain,” Clayton said. “We've got a lot of questions.”

Luis' attorneys noted that the NCAA had granted exceptions allowing numerous players from overseas professional leagues to join college basketball programs, and argued that American players must be afforded the same opportunity.

They stressed that Luis not only had never played in an NBA game, but also had not played for the Celtics' G League affiliate because of an injury, and had far less of a professional basketball resume than numerous college players who'd been recruited from abroad.

NCAA attorney Taylor Askew argued that Luis' situation was not comparable to those who played for the developmental squads of pro organizations overseas because Luis chose to leave college for the NBA.

Askew noted that the only player in a similar situation to Luis was Alabama's Charles Bediako, who won a temporary retraining order allowing him to play five games for Alabama last season before an Alabama judge ultimately sided with NCAA assertions that he was ineligible.

“I understand Mr. Luis is disappointed that he was not drafted and did not play in the NBA as much as he would have liked,” Askew said. “Actions have consequences. Decisions have outcomes and they're not always the right ones or the ones that you want.”

As he made his ruling, Johnson said, “In the court's mind, (Luis) did not actually play professional basketball,” and that whether Luis was properly advised of his options at the time he left college “lingers heavily before this court.”

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Manager Terry Francona made the announcement Monday before the opener of a three-game series at San Francisco. Team orthopedist Dr. Tim Kremchek will perform the surgery to repair a torn labrum and Toglia will do his rehabilitation in San Diego to be close to family, Francona said.

The switch-hitting Toglia suffered a dislocated shoulder on the play in the first inning of the 9-0 loss at Chase Field when, playing left field, he caught the ball by Geraldo Perdomo.

“That kid, he swore he was going to play. I saw him in the training room the next day, he was trying to do stuff,” Francona said. “That's pretty amazing to me.”

Toglia was placed on the 10-day injured list Sunday, a move retroactive to Saturday. The 28-year-old Toglia batted .115 with an RBI over 10 games with eight starts. He was a top prospect with Colorado after the Rockies selected him 23rd overall in the first round of the 2019 draft out of UCLA.

To fill the roster spot, the Reds brought up infielder/outfielder Ivan Johnson from Triple-A Louisville.

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Genix Saboya Saboya and Limber Ríos Ruiz were each sentenced to 35 years in prison. Segundo Juan Villalobos Guevara, a timber operator whom prosecutors accused of ordering Inuma’s killing, was sentenced to 28 years and four months. Jerly Saboya Saboya, who was convicted as an accomplice, was sentenced to 15 years.

Inuma, a 50-year-old Kichwa leader, was shot and killed on Nov. 29, 2023, as he traveled by boat back to his community, Santa Rosillo de Yanayacu, in Peru ’s northern Amazonian region of San Martin. He was returning from a national meeting of environmental and land defenders. A woman traveling with him was also shot and wounded.

The ruling came nearly 1,000 days after Inuma’s killing. Tom Younger, Peru program coordinator at the Forest Peoples Programme, called the sentences a “decisive step towards justice” and said they showed that impunity for killings of Indigenous defenders “is not inevitable.”

Prosecutors said Inuma was targeted because of his efforts to stop illegal logging on his community’s land. They accused Villalobos, whom Inuma had denounced over illegal logging, of ordering the killing and the other men of planning and carrying out the attack.

Cristina Gavancho, a lawyer with the Lima-based Legal Defense Institute who has accompanied Indigenous organizations and the victims’ families since Inuma’s killing, called the ruling an “exemplary sentence” and said the lengthy prison terms could set an important precedent for other cases involving environmental defenders in Peru.

Gavancho said it was the first case in Peru involving the killing of an Indigenous defender to result in sentences this severe.

Inuma had repeatedly warned authorities of threats

The trial began Jan. 20 and continued for nearly eight months. In March, judges traveled from Lima to the Amazonian city of Tarapoto for three days of hearings, where they heard testimony from Inuma’s relatives, other witnesses and a survivor of the attack.

Inuma had spent years denouncing illegal logging, drug trafficking and encroachment on his community’s territory. Between 2016 and 2023, members of Santa Rosillo de Yanayacu filed 13 complaints with prosecutors over environmental crimes and drug trafficking, according to the Legal Defense Institute.

Peru’s Justice Ministry classified Inuma as being at high risk in 2021 and ordered police protection for him and his brother. Local authorities also granted him protection measures against illegal logging groups. But police later acknowledged they were unable to carry out preventive patrols in the remote territory because they lacked money for boats and faced difficult geography, according to documents cited by the Legal Defense Institute.

Kevin Arnol Inuma, the murdered leader’s 30-year-old son, said his family received the verdict with a mixture of happiness and sadness after waiting nearly three years for justice.

“Before, there was no response from the state, so they were not afraid to kill,” he told The Associated Press on a phone call just after the verdict. “Now this sets a precedent for Indigenous peoples, a precedent for environmental defenders.”

Another Indigenous leader killed a day before verdict

Inuma’s death became emblematic of the dangers faced by Indigenous people protecting forests and ancestral lands in Peru’s Amazon, where illegal logging, drug trafficking, mining and land grabbing have pushed into remote territories with limited state presence.

Those dangers were underscored again just a day before Monday’s verdict. Américo Pascuala Tomisha, a 57-year-old Ashéninka Indigenous leader and former head of the Onconashari Indigenous community, was shot dead Sunday while patrolling his community’s territory in Peru’s Amazonian Ucayali region, according to the regional Indigenous organization ORAU.

ORAU said Pascuala encountered outsiders allegedly extracting oil from copaiba trees inside the community’s territory and was shot after a confrontation. The organization said he had previously reported incursions by settlers and other outsiders and called on authorities Monday to investigate his killing and strengthen protection for Indigenous leaders.

Pascuala’s killing came weeks after Asháninka communities along the Peru-Brazil border raised alarms about armed incursions into Indigenous territories. In July, Indigenous leaders in neighboring Brazil sought government protection after five men carrying machine guns entered their territory, threatened families and searched for community leaders. Brazil and Peru subsequently agreed to increase cooperation to protect Indigenous territories along their shared Amazonian border.

Family says risks remain despite convictions

The court also ordered 750,000 soles (about $223,500) in compensation for Inuma’s legal heirs and 250,000 soles (about $74,500) for Axeldina Barbarán Tapullima, who was wounded in the attack. The payments would take effect only if the ruling, which can be appealed, becomes final, Gavancho said. The defendants have five days after receiving the court’s full written judgment to file an appeal.

For Gavancho, the ruling was significant not only because of the prison terms but also because of the compensation the court recognized for Inuma’s family and the woman who survived the attack.

“I think this emblematic case can serve as a precedent for other cases involving environmental defenders in Peru,” Gavancho said.

But Inuma said his family still does not feel safe and fears what could happen if those convicted were eventually freed.

His father, he said, had spent years defending the territory that earlier generations had left to the community, and that responsibility had now passed to his family and others.

He said he hoped other families of murdered defenders would not have to wait as long for their cases to move through Peru’s justice system.

“Although they can no longer give us our family members back, we want justice for the other defenders whose cases are still going on,” he said. “Now my father can rest in peace because justice has been done.”

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Rick Stanczyk, 44, was on the water early Thursday morning when he was struck.

Members of his crew immediately jumped in to help Stanczyk, performing CPR until Islamorada paramedics arrived, officials said.

He was rushed by helicopter to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital.

Officials now say Stanczyk is expected to make a full recovery.

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According to the MDSO, Darryl Frankders Johnson Jr. was riding an e-scooter just before 5:25 p.m. Sunday near Northwest 75th Street and 22nd Court, in the county’s unincorporated Gladeview area, when he and the suspect crashed, leading to an argument.

Deputies said the suspect pulled out a gun and shot Johnson, of Liberty City, before fleeing.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue medics pronounced Johnson dead at the scene.

Johnson’s mother, Stacy Bernard, spoke to Local 10 News.

“He’s a wonderful, awesome son,” she said. “He makes me proud every day. He wasn’t on the street selling drugs. He was on his way to work.”

Meanwhile, a nearby homeowner told Local 10 News that two of the bullets punctured her house.

An MDSO spokesperson said Monday that the suspect was with a child at the time of the shooting.

It was not immediately clear whether the two men knew each other prior to the crash and shooting.

Anyone with information on the case was asked to call investigators.

El gobierno de la presidenta encargada, Delcy Rodríguez, señaló el lunes en su informe semanal que dos meses después de los terremotos de 7,2 y 7,5 de magnitud se han recogido más de 600.000 toneladas de escombros, 28,61% del total estimado en las zonas afectadas, entre los cuales continúan apareciendo personas fallecidas.

En las labores de remoción de escombros participan equipos locales, técnicos internacionales y especialistas de las Naciones Unidas, indicó la presidenta en funciones, en un breve mensaje televisado. La mandataria destacó que se está “haciendo este trabajo con respeto y dignidad".

“Esos escombros no son simplemente materiales que hay que retirar. Allí estuvieron hogares, recuerdos y en algunos casos, la historia entera de una familia”, agregó.

Las autoridades también contabilizaron que 6.462 personas fueron rescatadas tras los terremotos.

El número de heridos se mantiene en 16.740 desde el 1 de julio. Otros datos fueron omitidos por tercera semana consecutiva, entre ellos la cifra de personas sin vivienda. El 24 de julio se reportaron 17.900 ciudadanos sin viviendas por el colapso de 190 edificios.

Desde que ocurrieron los sismos, el gobierno de Rodríguez no ha publicado una cifra estimada de desaparecidos.

El gobernador del estado costanero de La Guaira, José Alejandro Terán, por su parte, ha dicho que de manera preliminar en su jurisdicción la cifra consolidada de desaparecidos por denuncias directas de familiares, asciende a 1.603 personas.

La mayoría de las muertes ocurrieron en La Guaira, la zona más afectada por los sismos, que está ubicada a unos 20 kilómetros al norte de Caracas.

Los sismos fueron los más fuertes registrados en el país sudamericano en más de un siglo y ocurrieron con 39 segundos de diferencia a lo largo de la cordillera de la costa, donde se encuentran los mayores centros poblados del país sudamericano.

The incident occurred around 6 p.m. Saturday inside the Chuck E. Cheese located at 2201 N. Federal Hwy.

According to an arrest form, the victim was working inside the establishment when the suspect, identified as Vincent Evans, came inside with another woman.

Deputies said Evans approached the victim from behind and dragged him down before the two started fighting, after which Evans and the woman he was with fled the scene.

According to officials, the entire ordeal was captured on surveillance footage.

Additionally, investigators said the victim is the boyfriend of Evans’ ex-girlfriend, who is the mother a child shared with Evans, and that she is currently pregnant with a child belonging to the victim.

Deputies said they took Evans into custody shortly after midnight, later that evening in Fort Lauderdale.

He is facing a charge of child abuse without great bodily harm and as of Monday evening was being held at the Broward Main Jail on a $1,000 bond.

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According to the Davie Police Department, the incident happened Monday afternoon at a site in the 2200 block of Shotgun Road, east of the I-75 interchange with Royal Palm Boulevard.

Officer Julia Ross, a DPD spokesperson, said the agency responded to reports of a “possible drowning,” saw the excavator “submerged” in the pond, and said rescuers were able to pull the man from the water.

Officials from Davie Fire Rescue told Local 10 News that the operator was in cardiac arrest when rescuers found him; he was taken to Broward Health Medical Center.

Video from Sky 10 showed first responders, including divers, at the scene.

Ross said DPD is investigating the incident.

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For Kameron Glasgow, a patch of grass outside his aunt’s home in the 7900 block of Northwest First Street will forever hold one of his final memories of his wife, Kenya Glasgow, and their daughter, Kennedi.

“Words can’t describe that feeling,” Kameron Glasgow said.

Margate police said Kenya, 31, and Kennedi were struck by lightning at about 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

The family of four had just arrived at the home and were trying to get inside ahead of an approaching storm.

“We saw that the rain was picking up and we just said, ‘Hey, we got to get the girls inside,’” Glasgow recalled.

Then, lightning struck.

Glasgow said he felt the electricity shock him.

“I got the aftershock from the ground,” he said. “By the grace of God, I’m still here.”

But when he turned around, he was confronted with a devastating sight.

“To turn around and see your wife and your daughter there lifeless is even worse,” Glasgow said.

Kenya and Kennedi are survived by Glasgow and Kennedi’s twin sister, Kensli.

Glasgow said he is now grappling not only with his own grief, but with what the loss will mean for his surviving daughter.

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“For her to lose her twin sister, words can’t describe that feeling because I know she can’t even fathom it right now,” he said through tears.

Glasgow described his wife as someone who was always there for the people she loved.

“My wife -- the biggest heart in the world,” he said. “The biggest heart in the world. Puts everybody before herself.”

He called Kenya, who was his high school sweetheart who he met senior year, one of his heroes, alongside his late father.

“She helped me make me into the man that I am today,” Glasgow said.

He described Kennedi as an “Energizer Bunny” with a love of music, particularly songs by Benson Boone.

“I’ve never seen a 2-year-old sing Benson Boone on a karaoke with a mic word for word,” he said. “Two years old and as clear as day. ‘Beautiful Things’, that’s her favorite song.”

Glasgow said the loss is especially painful after he viewed the birth of his twin daughters as a blessing following the death of his father.

“I thought my biggest blessing was God sending me my two daughters once my dad passed,” he said. “Just for one of them to be gone now, it’s tough.”

He said losing the woman he had spent half his life with will also be difficult to comprehend.

Despite his grief, Glasgow said he knows he must find a way forward for Kensli.

“It’s going to be OK because I have to be, because I have another beautiful daughter that’s inside,” he said.

For now, he is leaning on his faith.

“God gives no challenges to people that can’t handle it,” Glasgow said.

Family members have set up a GoFundMe page to help with expenses.

Meanwhile, doctors are warning the public to be mindful of lightning.

Dr. Adam Rubin, the medical director of Memorial Regional Hospital’s emergency department, said if you are stuck outside, seek any kind of shelter.

“Ideally you want to get down on the ground as low as possible,” Rubin said. “Lightning tends to hit the highest points first, so if there’s a ditch or something like that that’s something you could ideally be into.”

Cristy Maryori Villafranca-Trejo is at least the seventh spouse or parent of an active-duty U.S. military service member to be deported under President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.

The Associated Press has found more than 50 cases in which immediate family members of U.S. troops were placed in federal immigration detention after the Trump administration rolled back protections for military families. In some instances, DHS has released military spouses following media attention and advocacy by congressional leaders.

Villafranca-Trejo's husband, Army Sgt. Hedar Leonel Turcios Juarez, said he has been struggling to manage his military duties since she was detained July 11 outside a Walmart near Fort Bliss, Texas, where he is stationed. Since then, he's had to care for their 6-year-old daughter without his wife's help. Instead of training in the mornings, he takes his daughter to first grade, and he said he has already had to postpone a planned assignment at another base.

“I don’t know if I will be able to continue with this,” Turcios Juarez told AP of his Army career. “I have to make a plan to make sure I can still fulfill my military responsibilities — but also take care of my family.”

DHS confirmed Villafranca-Trejo's deportation, saying she had “received due process.”

Villafranca-Trejo, who has no known criminal record and entered the U.S. in 2016 at age 18, was issued a final order of removal by an immigration judge in 2017 after failing to appear at a hearing, according to DHS. Villafranca-Trejo's husband said she had not received a notice for the hearing she missed and did not realize she had been ordered deported until they went to apply for her green card after marrying in 2022.

Originally from Honduras, Turcios Juarez became a U.S. citizen in 2024 after enlisting two years earlier.

Villafranca-Trejo's motion to reopen her case was denied last May and an appeal before the Board of Immigration Appeals remained pending, according to her attorney. She had also been waiting for about a year for a decision on her application for military parole-in-place, a program that allows the immediate family of U.S. troops to remain in the country to apply for a green card.

“We were following the rules -- we did everything we could on our side to fix this problem,” Turcios Juarez told the AP.

Prior to Trump's second administration, U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement would typically allow immediate family members of U.S. troops to adjust their legal status even if they had been issued a final order of removal, according to Dan Gividen, who served as ICE deputy chief counsel from 2016 to 2019 under Trump.

“If you've got an active-duty military member that's married to someone now, and that's going to give her the opportunity to get a green card, you wouldn't detain them, much less execute the removal order,” Gividen said.

JP Caballero, a spokesperson for U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, a Democrat representing El Paso, said Escobar had opened a congressional inquiry into Villafranca-Trejo's case and visited her at the Camp East Montana detention facility in Texas earlier this month.

“My heart breaks for her, her children and the soldier who must feel so betrayed by the country he is sacrificing for,” Escobar told AP in a statement. “There are far too many families like theirs who are being targeted instead of supported.”

Turcios Juarez said he is unsure how he will care for his daughter without his wife. He still hasn’t figured out how to tell his daughter what has happened. But he says he still wants to keep serving his country.

“I love what I do, I want to keep doing this," he said of the Army. “I just don’t know how I am going to keep doing this.”

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Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Monday the team's plan is for the second baseman to return for a home series against the Philadelphia Phillies, which starts on Aug. 31. Marte was initially put on the restricted list after his disappearance, but then moved to the 10-day injured list with mild inflammation in his left knee.

“That's what we're thinking about,” Lovullo said. “I think that will be the 10th day or the 11th day, so there is definitely a strategy to get him back on the field, get him healthy.”

Lovullo said Marte started taking batting practice Monday at the team's facility in Scottsdale and hitting coach Joe Mather was encouraged by the veteran's progress.

The 32-year-old Marte still hasn't addressed his teammates about why he left them in the middle of a playoff race. The D-backs came into Monday's game against the Chicago Cubs with a 69-62 record, two games behind the San Diego Padres for the final National League wild-card spot.

It's the second straight year Marte has gone AWOL from the team. Last season, he went on the restricted list when his home in Arizona was broken into during the All-Star break. He missed three games after flying back to his home in the Dominican Republic and later apologized for his absence.

Lovullo said Marte is very private and the team would figure out the right time for him to address his teammates.

“We're trying to create the softest space for him to re-emerge back in this environment,” Lovullo said. "That's up to him however he wants to do it. I cannot force a human being to do something that I want to do, or anybody in this room wants to do, or a fan wants to do.

“One of the things that makes Ketel such an extraordinary player is he goes to the beat of his own drum. I respect that.”

Lovullo also addressed the concern that Marte might receive a less-than-warm reception from D-backs fans when he returns.

“Ketel is a very loving young man,” Lovullo said. “I don't want (booing) to happen. I understand it's a possibility it could happen, but we'll all rally around him.”

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The closing of the case comes after the child's death on June 28 was first confirmed on Saturday in a statement from Bills GM Brandon Beane expressing condolences to Oliver.

Police say the toddler, who was a few days shy of his second birthday, was found unresponsive in the swimming pool of a home in a neighborhood community just north of Houston. The boy was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.

“The incident was thoroughly investigated by detectives, and their finding were no criminal findings. The case is now closed,” the police statement said.

Oliver has asked for privacy and prayers while still mourning his son, who was also named Ed.

“Obviously, very unfortunate what happened and as a teammate of him, as someone in this locker room, all we can do is love on him,” quarterback Josh Allen said following Buffalo’s 31-7 preseason win at Cleveland on Saturday.

“There’s nothing that you can say to make the situation any better except being there in whatever ways he needs,” Allen added. “I can’t imagine what he’s going through. But the way that he’s dealt with it has been unbelievable.”

The 28-year-old Oliver is entering his eighth NFL season since being selected by Buffalo in the first round of the 2019 draft out of Houston. He has been with the team since reporting for the start of training camp.

Oliver appeared with the starters in the Bills’ preseason-opening 29-14 win over Carolina, but has missed the past week of practice due to an undisclosed injury.

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The competition at Minnesota for the place kicking job has sure become complicated.

Brady Denaburg handled that job last year for the Gophers after spending his first three college seasons at Syracuse, and he was out of the picture until a federal judge in Denver ruled on July 31 that athletes from the 2022 high school class were eligible for a fifth year.

The NCAA had previously excluded that class from the new “five-for-five” rule that was designed to add clarity and fairness to college sports in the wild era of the transfer portal, revenue sharing and name, image and likeness earnings.

The Denver ruling was then temporarily halted on Friday by an appeals court injunction, putting thousands of athletes nationwide, like Denaburg, back in the lurch.

“Playing’s in limbo,” Gophers coach P.J. Fleck said after practice on Monday, just 10 days before his team's opener against Eastern Illinois. “I do hope that we come to some resolution at some point about what we’re going to do with all these players, because at the end of the day, if all we say is it’s about the student-athlete, then we have to make the decisions for them. Right, wrong or indifferent, legal cases, all those things, let’s get some direction of exactly what they’re going to be able to do. Because it’s lawsuit after lawsuit, just a ping-pong match that goes back and forth.”

The confusion also has spilled into Indiana's national championship title defense.

Following the initial ruling, sixth-ranked Indiana welcomed back two starting defensive linemen — Stephen Daley, who was the Big Ten's co-leader in tackles for loss (19) last season despite getting injured during the conference championship game celebration, and Kellan Wyatt, who missed the final nine games last season with a knee injury in mid-October.

Daley and Wyatt were practicing, for now, and Indiana coach Curt Cignetti threw his full support behind them on Monday.

“I think in their case, you’re creating opportunities,” Cignetti said. "You look at Wyatt, he started less than half the games last year and got hurt. Then, Daley started six out of 16 games, got hurt. Both had pro potential, but because of injury didn’t end up in NFL camp. We’d have to make no roster cuts if they’re eligible to play. We’re going to support them in their quest to be eligible to play.”

For the Gophers, it's even more nuanced than that.

The federal ruling from Denver was clarified three days later to exclude athletes who'd already signed professional contracts, which prompted a countersuit filed in Louisiana state court that gained a temporary restraining order on Wednesday. Former New Mexico kicker Luke Drzewiecki, who was in rookie minicamp with the Baltimore Ravens this spring, was in that group.

Drzewiecki entered the transfer portal and picked Minnesota, following special teams coordinator Daniel Da Prato, who'd jumped from the Lobos to Gophers this offseason.

With sophomore Daniel Jackson and Michigan transfer Beckham Sunderland, who has begun his third college season, the Gophers now have four kickers in the mix in practice. Anywhere between two and four of them will be eligible to play in the opener, which has obviously complicated the decision for Fleck and Da Prato.

“It kind of reminds you of the 2020 season with COVID. You didn’t know who was going to play. You didn’t know who passed the test right before the game or who wouldn’t pass the test,” Fleck said. “You’d have no idea, so you had to prepare for all of it. In that small scale, it’s kind of a little bit what we’re preparing for.”

With four kickers rotating, the Gophers have spent more time on field goal drills in fall camp than they have in the past. Sunderland also had Da Prato as a special teams coordinator at Texas State in 2024. He has never attempted a kick in a college game, only kickoffs. Jackson took two extra points and three kickoffs last season.

Denaburg was 33 for 33 on extra points last year and 14 for 21 on field goals, missing three of five attempts from 40-plus yards. Drzewiecki sparkled for New Mexico during his senior season, making 36 of 36 extra points and 18 of 19 field goals.

“We don’t know what will happen and who will be eligible and who won’t be eligible. You’d love some answers as soon as possible,” Fleck said. “We’re preparing for some of those guys to be eligible and we’re also preparing for everybody to be eligible, and that’s why this kicking competition continues to go through all the way."

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Seven months into the effective blockade, long power outages were widespread before — now many people get just one hour a day. But in Havana’s wealthier Playa municipality, people are installing their own electricity systems.

Resident Esther Torres had solar panels installed in the spring.

“It’s gone well with the panels because we spend too many hours without electricity and it’s an alternative you have to pay for to have power, to conserve food, and to be able to sleep better,” Torres said.

Her daughter, who lives in Chile, paid around $4,000 for the panels, the battery and everything needed to connect them.

“My mom is 80 years old and it was necessary for her quality of life,” Torres said. “It’s not a luxury, it’s a necessity.”

The Cuban government is pursuing the same strategy on a much bigger scale: expanding solar power — not so much to save the environment, as to keep the lights on.

In just one year, Cuban imports of Chinese solar panels increased 34-fold — the fastest growth anywhere in the world.

More than 50 solar parks have already been built. With China’s help, more are under construction.

Panels have also been installed on hospitals.

But on an island where the average state salary is just $11 a month, solar power remains out of reach for the vast majority.

“I have a neighbor who has it, but he has people outside the country who help financially,” one resident said. “I make the basic salary, so how could I afford it?”

Looking around a working-class neighborhood in Centro Habana, there are very few solar panels on the roofs of residential buildings.

The Cuban Revolution of 1959 promised people equality — but these days, one of the fault lines between rich and poor is who has electricity. The Trump administration is making a bad situation worse: sanctions this May hit shipping companies, leaving thousands of containers destined for Cuba stranded in Caribbean ports.

Fewer solar panels are getting into the country, and the price of solar has doubled. And that affects regular people desperate to get a little bit more electricity.

President Donald Trump’s senior adviser for Arab and African affairs, Massad Boulos, told the U.N. Security Council on Monday that financial, military and political support given to either the government forces or the rival paramilitary group, Rapid Support Forces, remains a driver of the conflict, now in its fourth year.

Boulos did not name any countries providing that support. Egypt has been a vocal supporter of Sudan’s military, while the United Arab Emirates is accused by U.N. experts and human rights groups of providing arms to the RSF, which it has repeatedly denied.

He said the Security Council has the tools to curtail the provision of “a tremendous and increasing amount of military support to both warring parties” from “numerous external actors.”

U.N.-backed human rights investigators two years ago called for the expansion of an arms embargo on Sudan’s long-restive western Darfur region — scene of mass atrocities between 2003 and 2005 — to cover the entire country.

Boulos said a proposed U.S. resolution before the U.N. Security Council would expand the arms embargo throughout Sudan. It also would apply “to all parties operating in the territory” and reaffirm that drones and related technologies are part of the arms embargo.

Experts say Sudan's army and the RSF are competing to obtain new drone models. Rights groups have said the use of unmanned aircraft has become increasingly common in the northeast African nation’s war.

The U.S. draft resolution, obtained by The Associated Press, deplores “the continuous influx of external military assistance, weapons, and ammunition to the warring parties, which is prolonging the conflict and undermining mediation efforts,” including launching drones and unmanned aerial systems from third countries.

The proposed resolution demands that all countries “cease any direct or indirect support to the warring parties, be it logistical, financial or military, which enables conflict to continue.”

The conflict exploded from a power struggle that emerged following Sudan’s transition to democracy after an uprising forced the military ouster of longtime autocratic President Omar al-Bashir in April 2019.

Tensions boiled over three years later between Sudan’s military chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, who chairs the ruling sovereign council, and RSF commander Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, who was Burhan’s deputy.

Burhan said Monday that new sanctions would not deter his troops from carrying on with their war until all RSF-controlled areas are captured, according to the army-controlled SUNA news agency.

“Our souls and destiny are in God’s hands,” he said while attending the graduation ceremony of new police officers in the capital, Khartoum. “Our message to those staying in hotels abroad and cheering at sanctions that are meant to subjugate the Sudanese people is the following: The people will not be broken, but we will break and defeat you.”

U.N. political chief Rosemary DiCarlo told the Security Council that despite numerous diplomatic efforts to get government and paramilitary leaders to start negotiations and end hostilities, “the parties remain locked in a zero-sum military logic.”

"Greater international attention and action are urgently needed for them to change that calculus,” she said.

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President Donald Trump’s pledge last week to unleash an “economic D-Day” against Tehran turned out to be new warnings to cut off Iran from the rest of the global economy. Asked why the U.S. was not imposing secondary sanctions on Iran’s trading partners, Bessent told reporters he wanted countries to have an opportunity to shift away from Iran before it was too late.

“Why would I want to blow up the global financial system?” Bessent said.

The Trump administration is struggling to find an off-ramp nearly six months into an unpopular war with an increasingly obstinate Iran. Diminishing stockpiles of key weapons appear to have forced U.S. officials to pivot to economic warfare, though Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said later Monday that he was not ruling out resuming strikes to hit Iran during a lull in hostilities.

Washington had promised new sanctions would put even more pressure on an Iranian economy already battered by previous penalties and a U.S. naval blockade.

But the announcement Monday provided little detail and did not name which countries could face secondary sanctions. China, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates are Iran’s largest trade partners.

“We are level-setting with every country to tell them our expectations. We know who they are. They know who they are,” Bessent said. “So when the hammer of U.S. Treasury actions falls upon them, they will have no one to blame but themselves.”

Dubbing the campaign “Operation Economic Outcast,” Bessent said Trump has been “making phone calls to world leaders with specific requests to cease their interactions” with Iran and has already seen results.

The UAE announced last week that it was suspending all trade, commercial exchanges and financial transactions with Iran until further notice after a reported missile attack on the Gulf country. Bessent said the UAE decision was “not a coincidence.”

Shortly before the announcement, Iranian parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf said the U.S. is not in an economic position to further restrict Tehran’s relations with other countries.

“Iran’s trading partners, both in the media and through messages sent to us, have made it clear that they don’t take these statements into account anywhere,” Qalibaf, who has been Iran’s lead negotiator over the past six months, posted on X.

Bessent is pressed on what the new campaign means for China

Asked whether the U.S. would target China, Bessent said that “no one is above the reach of U.S. sanctions,” despite the fragile trade truce in place between the world’s two largest economies.

“If they facilitate transactions and are part of the ecosystem that turns Iranian oil into money, into repression, they will be targeted,” he added.

Experts say the U.S. is likely to carefully calibrate its actions on China, just a month before Chinese leader Xi Jinping is expected to visit the U.S.

How much the announcement matters “depends on the aggressiveness with which President Trump is willing to enforce it,” said Ali Wyne, senior research and advocacy adviser for U.S.-China relations at the International Crisis Group. “Thus far, despite threatening severe economic consequences for countries that do business with Iran, he has largely given China a pass.”

The Treasury Department said Monday that it was imposing sanctions on nearly 60 Iran-linked entities, accusing them of roles in Iran’s nuclear and missile programs, cyber activities and oil shipments.

That includes Hong Kong-based Sweet Ocean Industrial Limited and associated people and businesses, which were accused of helping Iran acquire sensitive goods such as laser optics equipment. Also penalized was China-based Shenzhen Huamei, which is a service provider for the Iran-based logistics company BRE Line, as well as BRE Line’s branch in Hong Kong, for allegedly supporting the missile and nuclear programs.

Iranian currency falls to a record low

Hours before Bessent’s announcement, Iran’s currency hit a record low.

The rial dropped to 2.02 million to the U.S. dollar as trading opened on currency markets. Iran’s official Central Bank rate stood at around 1.5 million rials to the dollar, but the market rate is what most Iranians pay.

The currency had already been under pressure before the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, as Iran faced double-digit inflation and negative growth. The rial has repeatedly hit new lows as nearly six months of war have taken an even greater toll.

Iranians find daily staples increasingly unaffordable. Since the war began, rice is up some 60% and beef prices are more than 150% higher. The International Monetary Fund forecasts that gross domestic product will contract more than 5%.

Still, economic pressure has not yet translated into political pressure. Iran retains a key strategic advantage: Its attacks and threats on ships in the Strait of Hormuz have brought traffic in the vital waterway to a near halt, damaging the world economy and heaping pressure on U.S. President Donald Trump ahead of congressional elections.

The war, as a result, has devolved into a fight over who controls the strait, through which a fifth of the world’s traded oil transited before the conflict. Iran is now refusing to fully reopen it unless it can charge ships.

Iran and Oman, which is on the opposite side of the strait, are reportedly in the final stages of agreeing on a plan for joint management of the waterway. Oman’s foreign minister is set to visit Iran on Tuesday.

Pakistani delegation visits Iran

Pakistan, which played a key role in brokering a 60-day ceasefire in June, sent a high-level delegation to Iran on Monday to encourage the U.S. and Iran to return to negotiations, two senior officials said. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.

The military confirmed only Field Marshal Asim Munir’s visit, saying it was aimed at de-escalating tensions in the region.

Trump spoke with Munir ahead of the army chief’s visit to Iran, according to a person familiar with the discussion who spoke on condition of anonymity to confirm a private conversation. Reuters, citing Pakistani sources, first reported the call.

Munir met Iranian Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni in Tehran, according to the two senior officials. Munir was accompanied by Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and other officials. Munir was expected to remain in Iran overnight and meet the Iranian president and other senior officials before returning to Pakistan.

His previous visit to Tehran in May helped pave the way for a memorandum of understanding signed by the U.S. and Iran in June.

In downtown Tehran, 73-year-old Sadegh Mahmoudi did not hold out hope for a resolution. He joined a line of about a dozen people to purchase U.S. dollars with his remaining savings to hedge against further declines.

“There is no hope for a deal and peace,” he said.

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Amiri reported from New York. Associated Press writers Nasser Karimi in Tehran, Iran; David Rising in Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Seung Min Kim and Konstantin Toropin in Washington; and Munir Ahmed in Islamabad contributed.

Boutte confirmed the deal on social media before either team announced it. According to multiple reports, Houston sent safety Jaylen Reed and a 2028 seventh-round draft pick to the Patriots.

The move comes after No. 2 receiver Jayden Higgins tore an ACL in a joint practice with the Las Vegas Raiders Tuesday.

Boutte, a sixth-round pick in the 2023 NFL draft, had 33 receptions for 551 yards and six touchdowns last season.

The Patriots had a logjam at the position after trading for receiver A.J. Brown in June and signing Romeo Doubs to a four-year, $68 million contract in March.

The Texans also signed veteran receivers Zay Jones and Sterling Shepard this weekend as they look to fill the void left by Higgins' injury.

Higgins, who was expected to start alongside star Nico Collins, had 41 receptions for 525 yards and six touchdowns as a rookie last year.

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