La salida de Sebastián Negrón Reichard del Departamento de Desarrollo Económico y Comercio se produce en un momento crítico para Puerto Rico, mientras busca reactivar su economía y atraer a inversionistas.

Negrón Reichard señaló en su comunicado que más de 10 funcionarios con cargos de liderazgo en la agencia —incluidos su jefe de despacho, el asesor jurídico general y el jefe de finanzas— también renunciaron tras lo que calificó como intervenciones del gobierno. Indicó que entre ellas figura la revocación de dos suspensiones sumarias que Negrón Reichard había impuesto después de que una investigación determinara intervenciones indebidas en las actividades de compras de la agencia.

Las acciones del gobierno “hacen imposible continuar ejerciendo el cargo con la integridad y la autonomía que el rol requiere y que todo secretario le debe a la ciudadanía”, manifestó Negrón Reichard.

Agregó que esas acciones también dejaron “desprotegido al personal que denunció alegadas irregularidades en procesos internos”.

Negrón Reichard afirmó que no haría más comentarios, a la espera de acciones legales.

La gobernadora González expresó su decepción después de que los reporteros le preguntaran sobre la renuncia y desdeñó las preguntas sobre la presunta interferencia.

“Me decepciona porque creo que fue un gran secretario de agencia”, dijo.

Mientras tanto, el presidente del Senado de Puerto Rico, Thomás Rivera Schatz, quien recientemente ha tenido discrepancias con González aunque ambos pertenecen al mismo partido proestadidad, calificó la renuncia como sumamente lamentable.

“Yo espero que a quienes les toca evaluar y comprender el alcance de estas circunstancias lo hagan y tomen las acciones correctivas que tienen que tomar, que les estoy advirtiendo hace bastante tiempo”.

“Si no lo hacen, pues, yo estaré conversando con estas personas y, si traen ante mí evidencia que demuestre que algo anda mal, yo voy pa' encima”, añadió.

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The chants: “We want Wemby! We want Wemby!”

The Knicks have done their part, getting to the NBA Finals. And now, they'll have to wait until at least Thursday to see which team comes out of the Western Conference — either Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs, or the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder.

Before Game 5 of the Spurs-Thunder series on Tuesday night, San Antonio coach Mitch Johnson was asked if he has heard about the chants from those Knicks fans.

He hasn't — but didn't seem surprised that they're happening.

“I know New York's on fire. They won so that city is obviously enjoying it and they've had a heck of a playoff run,” Johnson said. “But unfortunately, I've been pretty locked-into what we've got going right here in front of us.”

The Knicks have won 11 consecutive games, rallying from a 2-1 deficit to beat Atlanta in Round 1 and then sweeping Philadelphia and Cleveland in the next two rounds.

And in fairness, some Knicks fans were captured on videos that got posted to social media chanting “We want Wemby!” after Game 1 of the East finals against the Cavaliers.

“Tip your cap to New York, for sure,” Johnson said. "They're having a heck of a run."

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La fundación New7Wonders advirtió en septiembre pasado que la designación de Machu Picchu como una de las Nuevas Siete Maravillas del Mundo en 2007 estaba en riesgo debido a la gran cantidad de problemas que enfrentan los visitantes.

Jean Paul De la Fuente, director de la fundación, afirmó que no había visto ningún avance en el sitio arqueológico desde septiembre, debido a la crisis política de Perú.

De la Fuente, quien se encuentra actualmente en Perú para conversaciones con funcionarios de turismo, añadió que estaba dispuesto a reunirse con el próximo gobierno del país para explorar soluciones a los deficientes servicios en el lugar.

Las autoridades no respondieron de momento a estos comentarios. Perú celebrará una segunda vuelta electoral el 7 de junio para decidir a su próximo presidente —el noveno en una década.

La contienda será entre Keiko Fujimori, hija de un expresidente que fue encarcelado por abusos a los derechos humanos, y Roberto Sánchez, exministro de Comercio que ha prometido reformas importantes en el sector minero del país. El ganador nombrará al próximo gobierno.

"La gente viaja pensando que va a visitar una maravilla, con un sueño en el corazón, en el alma, y finalmente ese sueño se transforma para muchos, lastimosamente, en una pesadilla", señaló De la Fuente.

Machu Picchu, una ciudadela inca construida en el siglo XV, fue designada Patrimonio Mundial de la UNESCO en 1983. En 2007, el lugar fue uno de los ganadores de una encuesta en línea realizada por la fundación New7Wonders, en la que los turistas eligieron las siete maravillas del mundo moderno.

De la Fuente señaló que el turismo en Machu Picchu ha crecido rápidamente desde entonces, pero agregó que las autoridades peruanas no han hecho los ajustes adecuados.

Subrayó que por ahora el organismo no sopesa la posibilidad de despojar a Machu Picchu de su designación como maravilla del mundo, pero le gustaría que el gobierno considere un plan de su fundación para realizar mejoras.

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Human rights activists were outraged that the list only included two political prisoners: Iván Leydis Acosta Matos, of Guantanamo, and Kevin Lay Laureido Rojas, of Isla de La Juventud.

Acosta Matos, 25, was protesting peacefully when he was arrested in 2023, and Rojas is the son of a Christian pastor and a conscientious objector, according to The Cuban Observatory of Human Rights.

Prisoners Defenders, a Madrid-based nonprofit organization, has a list of 1,260 political prisoners in Cuba that includes 35 minors.

Artists Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and Leonard Richard González Alfonso are among the political prisoners who remain behind bars in Cuba, according to Human Rights Watch, a New York City-based nonprofit.

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Wednesday will bring a mix of sun and clouds along with southeast winds, sustained 10 to 15 mph. There could be a few spotty, passing showers at times. Temperatures are expected to climb to the upper 80s.

The U.S. military characterized Monday’s strikes in southern Iran as defensive, with targets that included missile launch sites and minelaying boats, and said the U.S. acted with “restraint” in light of the weekslong ceasefire.

Iran’s foreign ministry called the strikes a ceasefire violation and warned that Washington would bear responsibility for “all consequences,” without elaborating.

“The Islamic Republic of Iran will leave no act of aggression unanswered,” it added in a statement.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said Tuesday that it shot down at least one drone and deterred another drone and a fighter jet that entered its airspace, according to Iran’s official Mizan news agency. It didn’t specify when the incidents occurred.

Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, used a statement about Islam’s annual Hajj pilgrimage to address his country’s confrontation with the U.S. and Israel, declaring that other Mideast nations “will no longer serve as a shield” for U.S. military bases. Iran has previously complained about U.S. military facilities in the region and targeted them.

It was not immediately clear what the developments would mean for negotiations.

Iranian state TV reported Tuesday that Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi left Qatar, where talks had been taking place. The report did not elaborate or point to any next steps.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio projected that talks on extending the ceasefire and reopening the crucial Strait of Hormuz will “take a few days.”

Iranians get back online, to some extent

Meanwhile, Iranian authorities eased a monthslong internet shutdown that they cast as a wartime necessity, but that has cost the country’s economy an estimated $30 million to $40 million a day. Internet users reported that access was gradually being restored, at least in some places. State media said fixed broadband service was back. It was unclear when mobile internet would be widely restored.

Iran has long enforced filters and policed content on platforms such as YouTube and Instagram. But before the war, Iranians could bypass restrictions with cheap virtual private networks, known as VPNs, and other easy workarounds.

Authorities cut off internet access in January during massive anti-government demonstrations and later began to relax those restrictions before imposing a complete internet blackout after the U.S. and Israel attacked on Feb. 28.

The internet outage made it difficult for Iranians outside the country to maintain contact with loved ones, and the lack of connectivity devastated the country’s relatively vibrant online businesses, putting further pressure on an already battered economy.

An execution in Iran

In other developments, Iran hanged a man it convicted of spying for Israel, the latest of more than two dozen allegedly espionage- and security-related executions since the war intensified a crackdown on dissent.

The Iranian judiciary’s news outlet, Mizanonline, identified the man as Gholamreza Khani Shakarab, calling him “a ringleader” for operations for Israel’s intelligence agency, the Mossad, and accusing him of recruiting members inside and outside Iran to work against the nation’s security. He was involved in sports and traveled to neighboring countries, according to the news agency.

Activists and rights groups say Iran routinely holds closed-door trials in which defendants are unable to challenge accusations and often are forced to confess.

The official judiciary agency said the country’s Supreme Court had upheld Shakarab’s death sentence.

Global food official concerned about strait closure

The U.S. strikes were the latest flare-up in the fragile ceasefire that began April 7 and has largely held.

Negotiations center in part on the Strait of Hormuz, the waterway off southern Iran through which a fifth of the world’s crude oil and natural gas passed before the war began. Once the fighting started, Tehran retaliated by effectively closing the strait, stranding hundreds of ships, shocking the global economy, disrupting energy markets and squeezing fertilizer supplies worldwide.

Iran has let a limited number of ships pass and has charged tolls. The Revolutionary Guard navy said Tuesday that 25 oil tankers, container ships and other commercial vessels were allowed to pass in the previous 24 hours, according to state broadcaster IRIB. Before the war, over 100 ships a day went through the strait.

The full effect of the fertilizer crunch might not become clear until harvests that are months away. U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization Director-General Qu Dongyu warned Tuesday at an event in Rome that “the decisions we make now will determine whether this remains a manageable shock or evolves into a deeper global food security crisis in 2026 and 2027 and beyond.”

The strait has become a powerful lever for Tehran in talks, joining the long-running issue of Iran’s nuclear program and its highly enriched uranium. Iran wants the U.S. to lift its military blockade of Iranian ports that began on April 17.

In the nearby Gulf of Oman, an explosion was reported Tuesday aboard a tanker, according to the U.K. Maritime Trade Operations Center. No one was injured, and there was no immediate information on the cause.

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A third-party manufacturer may have added California Dairies dry milk powder recalled in April to some 7.3-ounce bottles of Blackstone

Parmesan Ranch, according to Blackstone and the FDA. There haven’t been any Salmonella cases related to Blackstone’s recall, according to the FDA.

The bottles have the number 4106 in the product name and “Best If Used By” dates between July 2, 2027, and Aug. 12, 2027 on the label, according to the FDA announcement.

The affected seasonings were also identified by one of three lot numbers: 2025-43282, 2025-46172, and 2026-54751.

For more information about the recall, call Blackstone Products from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday, at 1-888-879-4610.

Un fabricante externo podría haber añadido leche en polvo seca de California Dairies, retirada del mercado en abril, a algunas botellas de 7,3 onzas del Blackstone Parmesan Ranch, según Blackstone y la FDA. No se han registrado casos de salmonella relacionados con el retiro de Blackstone, según la FDA.

Las botellas tienen el número 4106 en el nombre del producto y fechas de “Mejor si se consume antes de” entre el 2 de julio de 2027 y el 12 de agosto de 2027 en la etiqueta, según el anuncio de la FDA.

Los sazonadores afectados también fueron identificados por uno de tres números de lote: 2025-43282, 2025-46172 y 2026-54751.

Para más información sobre el retiro del mercado, llame a Blackstone Products de 8 a.m. a 5 p.m., de lunes a viernes, al 1-888-879-4610.

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The incident happened early Wednesday morning in the area of North Ocean Drive and Hollywood Boulevard while Officer Luis Diaz was in his police cruiser.

Authorities said was the driver of a BMW that was heading in the opposite direction crossed the median and struck the officer’s vehicle and then fled.

Diaz, who suffered a brain bleed, was released from the hospital on Tuesday.

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help with Diaz’s expenses.

Anyone with information about the suspect is asked to call Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

El incidente ocurrió la madrugada del miércoles en el área de North Ocean Drive y Hollywood Boulevard mientras el oficial Luis Díaz se encontraba en su patrulla.

Las autoridades dijeron que el conductor de un BMW que iba en sentido contrario cruzó el separador central y chocó contra el vehículo del oficial y luego huyó.

Díaz, quien sufrió una hemorragia cerebral, fue dado de alta del hospital el martes.

Se ha creado una página de GoFundMe para ayudar con los gastos de Díaz.

Jones died Friday at a senior living community in the San Francisco Bay Area suburb of Cupertino, according to a statement released by the family, who was at his side.

“Our father lived a life of conscience,” the Jones' family said Tuesday. “He believed, until his final days, that an idea" is "more powerful than the march of any army. We are grateful beyond words for the love, the prayers, and the friendships that sustained him, and us, across this long and remarkable life.”

As King's personal attorney, Jones was heavily involved in some of the key moments of the Civil Rights Movement. He is credited with smuggling pages of King's “Letter from Birmingham Jail” out of his cell and writing many up until the assassination of the civil rights icon in 1968.

He helped craft King's 1967 “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence” address given at Riverside Church in New York exactly a year before King's death. It was considered a hallmark speech for King's condemnation of the Vietnam War and U.S. militarism in general. He argued that the U.S.'s participation in the war exacerbated poverty across the country.

Born on Jan. 8, 1931 in Philadelphia, Jones had parents who were domestic workers for a wealthy Quaker family several miles away in New Jersey, according to the Clarence B. Jones Institute for Social Advocacy. Jones was class valedictorian of an integrated high school in Palmyra, New Jersey. His knack for speechwriting became apparent in 1949, when he gave a graduation speech about breaking down racial barriers.

Jones went on to graduate from Columbia University in New York. He then was drafted by the U.S. Army but was honorably discharged almost two years later. He went on to earn a law degree from Boston University.

In 1960, in what would be the start of a seminal friendship, Jones was approached by King to be on his legal team in a tax evasion case brought by the state of Alabama. Jones pivoted from a career in entertainment law in California and moved his family to New York City. There he could be closer to King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and serve as a full-time adviser, attorney and speechwriter for him.

He was a member of the legal team on the 1964 case New York Times v. Sullivan. The nation's highest court overturned a libel case against the newspaper, which had run an ad condemning police treatment of civil rights demonstrators in Montgomery, Alabama.

After King's death, Jones went on to work for a Wall Street investment banking firm and became the first Black American with the designation of allied member of the New York Stock Exchange.

He later ventured into academia. In 2012, he joined the faculty at the University of San Francisco where he taught law students as well as undergraduates in courses such as “From Slavery to Obama.” In 2018, he co-founded the Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice at the school. Around the same time, he also became a scholar-in-residence at Stanford University's Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute.

Jones published a book about those years with King in 2023 titled “Last of the Lions: An African American Journey in Memoir.”

The following year he received the nation's highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, from then-President Joe Biden. A few weeks later, a tearful Jones appeared at a San Francisco Giants baseball game with Golden State Warriors basketball star Stephen Curry to throw out the ceremonial first pitch. Curry has produced and co-directed a short documentary on Jones.

“The Baddest Speechwriter of All” won an award at the Sundance Film Festival in January and will stream on Netflix later this year.

Jones is survived by his five children and longtime partner Lin Walters.

Plans for funeral services and a public celebration of life are still being finalized.

El accidente ocurrió el martes por la tarde alrededor de la 1:45 p.m. en el área de la cuadra 4400 de Northeast Third Avenue en Deerfield Beach.

Según Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue, una mujer murió en el choque y otras dos personas fueron trasladadas de emergencia a un hospital cercano como pacientes de trauma. La Oficina del Sheriff de Broward informó que una tercera persona también resultó herida en el accidente.

Las autoridades cerraron Third Avenue entre Northeast 43rd y 48th streets debido a la investigación de tránsito.

Esta es una noticia en desarrollo que será actualizada a medida que haya nueva información disponible.

Hammon made her initial comments on ESPN in December 2023, saying the Knicks couldn't win the championship if the 6-foot-2 Brunson was their best player.

“If your best player is small, you're not winning,” Hammon said at the time.

Those comments have generated some buzz after Brunson received the Larry Bird Trophy for MVP of the Eastern Conference finals after the Knicks swept the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday night. He averaged 25.5 points and 7.8 assists in the series.

The Knicks will face defending champion Oklahoma City or San Antonio in the finals.

“I speak from experience,” Hammon said Tuesday. "Allen Iverson got MVP and he lost in the finals. I think the two best teams are probably in the West, but I'm up for being proven wrong. That's the other thing, I think Jalen Brunson's a hell of a player, a hell of a player. I'm speaking historically on the NBA with what I said. I don't know why everybody's so stuck on that. I said it two years ago.

“I said what I said. If he proves me wrong, he proves me wrong.”

Hammon, who has coached the Aces to three of the past four WNBA championships, has a clear rooting interested in the NBA playoffs.

The Hall of Famer played for the San Antonio Silver Stars — who eventually moved to Las Vegas and became the Aces — and later was a Spurs assistant under coach Gregg Popovich.

“Oh, you know who I'm cheering for,” Hammon said.

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La víctima dijo que la mujer, quien estaba con un adolescente, tomó un sobre con información de tarjetas de crédito.

La preocupación de la víctima: “Robo de identidad!”

Los residentes en el área de West 36 Avenue y Northwest 133 Street dijeron que su correo también había sido robado.

“He estado esperando una tarjeta de Bank of America que nunca llegó, y pedí otra, y la otra tampoco ha llegado”, dijo Julio Cordero, quien vive en la comunidad Hialeah Garden Estates.

Los inspectores postales de Estados Unidos investigan el delito federal, castigado con hasta 5 años de prisión. La víctima en Hialeah Gardens reportó el crimen a los agentes de policía.

“Me siento violada de cualquier forma porque es algo que no es de ellos, es tuyo y lo tomaron”, dijo ella.

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It happened Tuesday afternoon around 1:45 p.m. in the area of the 4400 block of Northeast Third Avenue in Deerfield Beach.

According to Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue, one woman was killed in the crash and two other people were rushed to a nearby hospital as trauma alert patients. The Broward Sheriff’s Office said a third person was also injured in the crash.

Authorities closed Third Avenue between Northeast 43rd and 48th streets due to their traffic investigation.

This is a breaking news story that will be updated as new information is made available.

The space agency outlined the first phase of its moon base plans on Tuesday, awarding hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts to four U.S. companies.

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin will provide a pair of landers to deliver moon buggies to the lunar surface, at a spot near the moon’s south pole. These so-called lunar terrain vehicles will be built by Astrolab and Lunar Outpost. Firefly Aerospace, which landed successfully on the moon last year, will deliver the first drones to the moon.

All this hardware is ideally supposed to arrive before the first Artemis astronauts land on the moon, planned for as early as 2028.

During April’s Artemis II mission, four astronauts flew around the moon, traveling deeper into space than the Apollo moon crews did during the late 1960s and early 1970s. For next year’s Artemis III, another team of astronauts will practice docking NASA’s Orion capsule in orbit around Earth with the lunar landers being developed for crews by Blue Origin and Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

NASA is targeting Artemis III for mid-2027, with a landing by two astronauts following as soon as 2028. The moon base’s second phase, from 2029 into the early 2030s, will start building up the permanent infrastructure, including a power grid. As for when the base will be ready to support astronauts for extended periods in specialized permanent habitats, that’s expected sometime in the 2030s, during the third phase.

“Then we’ll be able to say, ‘Hey, we’re permanently here and we’re not giving it up,’” said NASA’s moon base program executive Carlos Garcia-Galan.

Garcia-Galan envisions a moon base sprawling over hundreds of square miles, with a perimeter marked by drones, dubbed MoonFall, stationed at the corners.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said these territory markers are meant to be respectful of other countries’ spacecraft and equipment that might be nearby. He expects reciprocity in the matter.

The goal of the moon base is to encourage a lunar economy while conducting scientific research and laying the foundation for a Mars expedition, Isaacman stressed.

“For those waiting patiently, the grand return is close at hand and we will not slow down,” Isaacman said. “We are really just getting started.”

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Tiffany Rodda, agente de la Oficina del Sheriff del condado Monroe, dijo que notó un alboroto en medio de la noche. Luego escuchó a su prometido, Mike Pettee, motorista del Departamento de Policía de Key West, gritándole para que escapara.

Rodda dijo que escuchó a Pettee decir: “¡Tenemos que salir! ¡La casa está en llamas!”.

Según Monroe County Fire Rescue, el incendio se desató en las primeras horas de la mañana del 7 de mayo en la vivienda ubicada en Big Pine Key.

Pettee dijo que fueron los cachorros de pastor belga malinois de la pareja quienes alertaron que algo estaba mal.

“Nunca ladran. No se separan de nosotros”, dijo. “Pero ladraron”.

“Tan pronto abrí la puerta, él entró corriendo a la habitación y todo el cuarto se llenó del humo negro más espeso”, agregó Rodda.

Rodda saltó por la ventana. Dijo que Pettee regresó a la casa tres veces, sin darse cuenta al principio de que ella ya había salido.

Como ambos trabajan en las autoridades de ayuda, mantienen armas de fuego aseguradas dentro de la casa.

“Y las balas comenzaron a dispararse”, dijo Rodda.

Con el fuego avanzando y las municiones explotando, ambos buscaron refugio.

Los dos fueron trasladados en helicóptero Trauma Star al Hospital HCA Florida Kendall. Pettee sufrió las heridas más graves.

“Tenía quemaduras en la cabeza, cuello, rostro y manos”, dijo el doctor Haaris Mir, cirujano del hospital.

Pettee también sufrió quemaduras en los pulmones, fue colocado en un coma inducido médicamente y permaneció conectado a un ventilador durante 13 días.

Pero Mir calificó su recuperación como “milagrosa”.

La casa de la pareja quedó destruida y sus tres perros murieron en el incendio.

Aun así, Rodda y Pettee dijeron sentirse agradecidos por el enorme apoyo recibido de la comunidad de los Cayos de Florida, las autoridades y el personal médico que los atendió.

“No hay nada como el condado Monroe”, dijo Rodda. “Realmente, el apoyo de todos fue lo que me ayudó a luchar por él”.

“Lo más interesante es cuánto siento que también he ganado, al poner en perspectiva lo que realmente es importante. Mucho de eso no eran las cosas que se quemaron en la casa”, dijo Pettee.

Kennedy shared the clip of himself grabbing the tails of the non-venomous black racer snakes on his personal social media accounts, noting in the caption that he was removing them from the patio of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz.

An avid outdoorsman, Kennedy has posted numerous photos and videos over the years of himself interacting with wild animals. He's also shared tales of such interactions, including admitting once planting a bear carcass in New York's Central Park as a prank.

Internet users reacted with joy, incredulity and outcry at Kennedy's latest clip, which shows the snakes biting in the direction of his fingers as Oz asks questions about the snakes. Kennedy’s wife, actress Cheryl Hines, can be heard saying “Why?” and telling her husband to let them go.

Herpetologists said the species in the clip is largely harmless to humans, even if it bites. But they said people should be mindful of the stress that handling snakes can put on the creatures, and to avoid grabbing them by the tails as Kennedy does in the video, because it can cause injuries to their spines.

“That is not how I would handle the snakes, but I’m a trained professional,” said Bonnie Keller, a herpetologist and former board member of the Virginia Herpetological Society.

Sean McKnight, director of programs at the nonprofit Rattlesnake Conservancy, said he encourages people to minimize the duration that they’re handling any kind of wildlife, because they are “potentially stressing out the animals more than needed.”

Earlier this month, Kennedy posted a snapshot of himself holding a bird in his enclosed hand in what he wrote was the rescue of a starling at Dulles Airport in northern Virginia.

In 2024, while running for president, he posted a video of himself using a small net and a trowel to capture a rattlesnake in his California driveway. In that video, he cautiously secures the venomous snake in his bare hands and displays its fangs to the camera. McKnight said he doesn’t advise anybody to handle rattlesnakes like that, because there’s no way to restrain them safely with your hands.

Also in 2024, Kennedy generated criticism when he admitted to taking a bear carcass from the side of the road and placing it in Central Park as a prank in 2014. He said at the time that he had been picking up roadkill his “whole life” and once had a “freezer full of it” at home. His campaign spokesperson Stefanie Spear, now a top adviser at the nation's health department, said roadkill was how Kennedy, a longtime falconer, fed his birds.

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The victim said the woman, who was with a teenage boy, took an envelope with credit card information.

The victim’s fear: “Identity theft!”

Residents in the area of West 36 Avenue and Northwest 133 Street said their mail had also been stolen.

“I’ve been waiting for a Bank of America card that never arrived, and I ordered another one, and the other one hasn’t arrived either,” said Julio Cordero, who lives in the Hialeah Garden Estates community.

U.S. Postal Inspectors investigate the federal offense punishable by up to 5 years in prison. The victim in Hialeah Gardens reported the crime to police officers.

“I feel violated no matter what because it is something that is not theirs its yours and they took it,” she said.

University president Lawrence Schovanec wrote in a letter to the Texas Tech community that the school would appeal the ruling. Sorsby also has a court hearing scheduled in Lubbock County District Court next Monday on his request for a temporary injunction that would allow him to play for the Red Raiders this season.

“We believe that given the facts and the context of Brendan’s case, the NCAA’s ruling should be reversed or modified,” Schovanec wrote. “As a generation of college athletes face the legalization and rapid proliferation of sports betting in our country, gambling addiction is rising to the point of epidemic among college aged men in particular.”

Sorsby was one of the top players to enter the transfer portal after last season. At stake is the multimillion-dollar deal he signed with Texas Tech for what was supposed to be his final season of college football.

Schovanec noted the NCAA's state mission includes the lifelong well-being of athletes and to promote a “culture of care” for their mental health.

Schovanec said Sorsby last week completed an inpatient gambling addiction treatment program and is preparing to return to campus.

“Brendan himself has been open about his struggle with severe gambling addiction, and we believe his vulnerability deserves to be met with the full weight of this institution’s support,” Schovanec wrote. “Our foremost priority in contemplating Brendan’s future with Texas Tech is his continued health and well-being.”

In his lawsuit seeking an injunction, Sorsby acknowledged that in his first year at Indiana, he wagered between $5 and $50 on the Hoosiers football team to win and made prop bets on teammates to exceed statistical predictions. He said he did not bet on the one game in which he played. Sorsby said he never bet on a game involving Cincinnati after he transferred there in 2024, but he continued to bet on other sports.

According to Schovanec, Sorsby will receive ongoing treatment, monitoring and support at the school. He will receive outpatient clinical care, participation in group and individual therapy, mentor resources, treatment for his related anxiety disorder and active monitoring of his technological devices. He also will have a custodian to oversee his personal finances and and periodic compliance checks.

“This is not a symbolic commitment,” Schovanec wrote. “Each element reflects our conviction, and Brendan’s, that nothing matters more right now than his continued recovery. It is our duty to provide that support and that is support we are uniquely well-positioned to provide.”

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Tiffany Rodda, a Monroe County Sheriff’s deputy, said she noticed a commotion in the middle of the night. Then she heard fiancée, Mike Pettee, a Key West Police Department motorman, yelling for her to escape.

Rodda said she heard Pettee say, “We have to go! The house is on fire!”

According to Monroe County Fire Rescue, the fire broke out in the early morning hours of May 7th at the structure in Big Pine Key.

Pettee said it was the couple’s Belgian mallenois puppies that signaled something was wrong.

“They never bark. They don’t leave our side,” he said. “But they barked.”

“As soon as I open the door, he comes barreling in the bedroom door, and the entire bedroom fills with the thickest black smoke,” Rodda added.

Rodda jumped out the window. She said Pettee went back into the home three times, at first not realizing she was already out.

Since the pair is in law enforcement, they keep firearms securely in the house.

“And the rounds started going off,” Rodda said.

With fire burning and ammo exploding, the pair ducked for cover.

They were both taken by Trauma Star helicopter to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital. Pettee had the most severe injuries.

“He had burns to his head, neck, face, and his hands,” said Dr. Haaris Mir, a surgeon at the hospital.

Pettee also suffered burns to his lungs, was placed in a medically-induced coma, and on a ventilator for 13 days.

But Mir called his recovery “miraculous.”

The couple’s house is a loss, and all three of their dogs perished in the fire.

Yet Rodda and Pettee feel grateful for the overwhelming support from the Florida Keys community, law enforcement, as well as the medical care they’ve received.

“There is nothing like Monroe County,” Rodda said. “Truly, everyone’s support is what helped me fight for him.”

“What’s very interesting is how much I feel like I’ve also gained - in putting line what’s really, really important. A lot of it isn’t the stuff that burned in the house,” Pettee said.

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It happened on May 11, 2024 near Key Biscayne.

Hartley, then 30, was the captain hired to take Adler, 15, of Miami Beach, and her friends out on a yacht. Adler and another teen were wakeboarding as Hartley towed them along a busy waterway near Key Biscayne. At one point, Adler fell off her wakeboard.

“It’s the state’s contention that by the defendant’s decision to continue pulling Ella’s friend even after Ella had fallen, he put Ella in mortal danger,” prosecutor Laura Adams said. “As the defendant begins to circle heading northbound to where Ella is, that is where Mr. Alonso comes barreling through on his own vessel.

Carlos “Bill” Alonso, ran Adler over and killed her while operating another boat. The Coral Gables man, then 78, said he did not even realize he hit anyone.

Adler’s father spoke at the hearing Tuesday, telling the judge about how his daughter was a talented dancer and an excellent student at Ransom Everglades High School in Coconut Grove.

“Ella didn’t just live. She danced through life,” Matthew Adler, Ella’s father said. “And now she’s gone.”

He also spoke to Hartley directly.

“Having two inexperienced teenagers wakeboarding an active channel filled with large boats and limited visibility was dangerous,” Matthew Adler said. Ella paid for those failures with her life.

In exchange for Hartley’s guilty pleas to failure to have due regard for dangers and failure to use all available means to determine if the risk of collision exists, the state agreed to drop two other misdemeanors.

Hartley will spend the next year on probation and must complete a boater safety course, a sentence the state says they reviewed with the Adler family.

“I have reviewed this with the Adler family and although probably we would all like to see more significant punishment for these types of offenses, the legislature has deemed it fit to make them second-degree misdemeanors so our hands are tied to a certain degree as to what we can seek in these cases,” Adams said.

Hartley must also make a $5,000 donation to the victim’s compensation fund and an additional $2,500 donation in Ella Adler’s name.

Alonso, now 79, pleaded guilty to misdemeanors in January and was sentenced to six months of probation and a boater safety course.

Ocurrió el 11 de mayo de 2024 cerca de Key Biscayne.

Hartley, entonces de 30 años, era el capitán contratado para llevar a Adler, de 15 años y residente de Miami Beach, y a sus amigos a bordo de un yate. Adler y otra adolescente estaban practicando wakeboard mientras Hartley las remolcaba por una vía fluvial concurrida cerca de Key Biscayne. En un momento, Adler cayó de su tabla de wakeboard.

“Es la postura del estado que, por la decisión del acusado de continuar remolcando a la amiga de Ella incluso después de que Ella había caído, puso a Ella en peligro mortal”, dijo la fiscal Laura Adams. “Cuando el acusado comienza a girar dirigiéndose al norte hacia donde está Ella, es allí donde el señor Alonso viene a toda velocidad con su propia embarcación”.

Carlos “Bill” Alonso atropelló a Adler y la mató mientras operaba otra embarcación. El hombre de Coral Gables, entonces de 78 años, dijo que ni siquiera se dio cuenta de que había golpeado a alguien.

El padre de Adler habló en la audiencia del martes, explicando al juez que su hija era una bailarina talentosa y una excelente estudiante en la escuela Ransom Everglades High School en Coconut Grove.

“Ella no solo vivió. Ella bailó a lo largo de la vida”, dijo Matthew Adler, padre de Ella. “Y ahora se ha ido”.

También se dirigió directamente a Hartley.

“Permitir que dos adolescentes inexpertas practicaran wakeboard en un canal activo lleno de grandes barcos y con visibilidad limitada era peligroso”, dijo Matthew Adler. Ella pagó por esos errores con su vida.

A cambio de la declaración de culpabilidad de Hartley por no tener el debido cuidado ante los peligros y por no utilizar todos los medios disponibles para determinar si existía riesgo de colisión, el estado aceptó retirar otros dos delitos menores.

Hartley pasará el próximo año en libertad condicional y deberá completar un curso de seguridad náutica, una sentencia que el estado dijo haber revisado con la familia Adler.

“He revisado esto con la familia Adler y, aunque probablemente todos quisiéramos ver un castigo más significativo para este tipo de delitos, la legislatura ha determinado que se clasifiquen como delitos menores de segundo grado, por lo que nuestras manos están atadas hasta cierto punto en lo que podemos solicitar en estos casos”, dijo Adams.

Hartley también deberá hacer una donación de 5,000 USD al fondo de compensación de víctimas y una donación adicional de 2,500 USD en nombre de Ella Adler.

Alonso, ahora de 79 años, se declaró culpable de delitos menores en enero y fue sentenciado a seis meses de libertad condicional y a un curso de seguridad náutica.

The Alabama-based nonprofit was indicted in April on fraud and money laundering charges that accuse it of misleading donors by paying informants inside white supremacist and other extremist organizations to obtain inside information about their activities.

Lawyers for the SPLC have already argued that law enforcement agencies have long known that the nonprofit paid informants to report on the movements of hate groups. They have also said acting Attorney General Todd Blanche made a false statement at a news conference and in interviews when he said the organization had not shared with law enforcement information it had learned from informants. Blanche later appeared to walk back that claim in a television interview, saying it was true that the SPLC had “selectively” shared information with law enforcement over the years.

The attorneys for the center expanded on those arguments Tuesday, saying in a motion to dismiss the case that the prosecution was the “culmination of a top-down, retributive campaign" in which Trump pushed the Justice Department "to go after those individuals and groups he deemed his political enemies, including the SPLC.”

Defense says indictment fits broader retaliation campaign

The motion was filed against the backdrop of other politically charged prosecutions that have raised concerns that the Justice Department is operating as a weapon to target Trump's opponents. It aims to draw a parallel between the SPLC indictment and the human smuggling prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, which was dismissed Friday on similar vindictive prosecution grounds by a judge who called the case an “abuse of prosecuting power.”

The SPLC has said its now-defunct program of paying informants to infiltrate hate groups was developed to glean key insights into their activities so that potential victims could be protected. An earlier federal investigation into the practice was closed without charges, but the motion paints the current Justice Department as pursuing the case with renewed — and rushed — vigor.

The department decided to pursue the indictment without having interviewed any current SPLC employees, and did not seek any documents from the group until after it had told defense lawyers that criminal charges were forthcoming, the defense motion states. During a meeting requested by defense lawyers who hoped to avert to indictment, Justice Department officials informed them that the decision had already been made to pursue charges, according to the motion.

“These procedural irregularities show that the charges against the SPLC were a foregone conclusion based on prosecutorial vindictiveness — driven by the White House and FBI leadership’s retribution campaign — rather than the result of a good faith examination of the evidence,” the motion states, saying the indictment was “premised on conclusory accusations but devoid of provable facts or a proper statement of the law.”

The motion also cites whistleblower accounts that accused top Justice Department officials of rushing forward with an indictment despite internal concerns about the merits of the case and the strength of the evidence.

“For weeks, we have been arguing against these false allegations levied against the SPLC — an organization that for 55 years has stood as a beacon of hope fighting white supremacy and various forms of injustice to create a multiracial democracy where we can all live and thrive,” Bryan Fair, the interim president and CEO of SPLC, said in a statement. “The government can’t prosecute the SPLC as payback for its protected speech — it violates basic constitutional rights.”

The administration has painted SPLC as partisan

Founded in 1971 as a civil rights organization, the SPLC over the decades has used litigation to fight white supremacist groups. It also tracks the activities and locations of domestic extremists. But its work has made it a popular target among Republicans who see it as overly leftist and partisan.

The center, for instance, received fresh attention last year after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk because the SPLC had included a section on the group that Kirk founded and led, Turning Point USA, in a report titled “The Year in Hate and Extremism 2024."

FBI Director Kash Patel announced in October that the bureau would be severing its relationship with the SPLC, saying it had turned into a “partisan smear machine,” and he accused it of defaming “mainstream Americans” with its “hate map” that documents alleged anti-government and hate groups inside the United States.

The defense motion says “animus” from senior levels of the administration helped shape the indictment.

It cites, among other comments, a statement from Trump himself deriding the SPLC as “a total scam run by the Democrats,” as well as a news media interview in which Harmeet Dhillon, the Justice Department's top civil rights official, said the indictment was “personal” to her because she had “a lot of journalist friends ... and groups that I’ve represented who have been targeted by the Southern Poverty Law Center.”

Crews are erecting an octagon-shaped cage on the South Lawn that will host next month's UFC bout, helping mark the nation's 250th anniversary — and President Donald Trump 's 80th birthday.

Online renderings depict what the completed, wire-mesh-fence-ringed fight space is expected to look like ahead of the June 14 event. It will be ringed by a red, white and blue stage under a towering arch featuring stars and stripes patterns and two large screens carrying the action live.

The cage and stage will themselves be surrounded by thousands of temporary seats, including ringside space for a full marching band that can set the entire scene to blaring music.

The project is part of a series of events celebrating the semiquincentennial of the Declaration of Independence's signing on July 4, 1776. Other planned functions include an IndyCar race that will pass by the White House and the Great American State Fair taking place on the National Mall.

Trump has said that the finished UFC project will feature “a 5,000-seat arena right outside the front door of the White House.” Additional large screens broadcasting the fights will be set up in a park at the nearby Ellipse, and the UFC has said it plans to issue as many as 85,000 free tickets to accommodate spectators at both locations.

“I have never seen anybody want anything so much as people want those tickets,” Trump said recently of demand to attend the UFC fight, adding, “That's gonna be something.”

The card has been panned by fans online as underwhelming, featuring just two championship fights. Brazil’s Alex Pereira will meet France’s Ciryl Gane for the interim UFC heavyweight title. Then Spanish-Georgian lightweight champion Ilia Topuria takes on interim champ Justin Gaethje, one of just two Americans who currently hold even a share of the UFC’s 11 championship belts.

The octagon and surrounding structures are the latest project in the White House building boom Trump is leading.

The president's other efforts to leave his mark include tearing up part of the Rose Garden to make room for a patio space reminiscent of his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, affixing partisan plaques to the wall of the colonnade for a Presidential Walk of Fame, redoing the bathroom attached to the Lincoln Bedroom and renovating the Palm Room, placing new flag poles on the north and south lawns and demolishing the entire East Wing for a sprawling ballroom.

The president also wants to repaint the Eisenhower Executive Office Building beside the White House and build a 250-foot arch at the nearby Lincoln Memorial — the same monument where weigh-ins for the upcoming UFC fight are scheduled to take place, bout organizers say.

“A esta gente debe agradarle David Rivera”, dijo Sean Foreman, analista político y profesor de Barry University, señalando que el grupo debe “valorar mucho su amistad como para poner sus casas y dinero en juego”.

Algunos de los nombres incluyen a la supervisora de elecciones del condado Miami-Dade, Alina Garcia, al ex representante estatal de Florida Manuel Prieguez y al monseñor Wilfredo Peña Moredo, sacerdote católico desde hace 52 años.

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Los ex presidentes de FIU Modesto “Mitch” Maidique y Mark Rosenberg también están entre quienes ofrecen ayudar a Rivera, de 60 años, junto con Yvonne Soler McKinley, ex administradora de las ciudades de Doral y South Miami.

“Está sentado en la cárcel sin derecho a fianza y parece que sus amigos están acudiendo a rescatarlo al poner su dinero y sus casas como garantía para que David Rivera pueda disfrutar de cierta libertad antes de su sentencia final el 20 de julio, cuando parece que terminará en prisión por mucho tiempo”, dijo Foreman.

Foreman calificó la situación como “la máxima prueba de lealtad”.

“David Rivera ha sido una figura políticamente prominente en Florida y especialmente en el sur de Florida durante muchos años. Tuvo una larga trayectoria en la Legislatura de Florida y luego sirvió en el Congreso, pero mientras estaba en la Legislatura estatal en Tallahassee presidió el comité de presupuesto y, como presidente de ese comité, uno hace muchos amigos en posiciones de poder”, dijo. “Pudo ayudar a obtener financiamiento para proyectos muy significativos en el sur de Florida, por lo que ahora tiene amigos que parecen estar dispuestos a devolverle el favor con su propio apoyo de una manera diferente”.

Garcia le dijo al tribunal que está dispuesta a comprometer el valor de capital de su vivienda, estimado en $400,000 USD, porque cree que si el tribunal permite que Rivera salga bajo fianza, él comparecerá a la sentencia.

Garcia, dijo Foreman, “trabajó para David Rivera durante muchos años en Tallahassee, por lo que es extremadamente leal porque le debe su carrera política”.

“Creo que ella misma admitiría eso y probablemente por eso está a su lado ahora”, dijo. “No creo que sea ilegal que un funcionario electo aporte dinero para la fianza de un amigo, independientemente de la situación”.

Sin embargo, Foreman dijo que “sí creo que no se ve bien”.

“Será algo a lo que tendrá que responder ante los votantes en el futuro. Puede que no parezca ético, pero realmente ella puede usar su dinero para apoyar a quien quiera, sea un ex político o no”, dijo. “Pero debería responder preguntas difíciles sobre por qué pondría en riesgo su dinero personal y su reputación por alguien que claramente fue condenado por los delitos de los que se le acusó. Creo que no enfrenta nuevamente a los votantes hasta 2028, así que tiene tiempo”.

El equipo legal de Rivera está solicitando al tribunal que le conceda fianza mientras espera sentencia y está intentando convencer al juez de que no huirá.

El juez ordenó que alguaciles federales tomaran a Rivera bajo custodia tras el veredicto del jurado, al considerar que podría representar un riesgo de fuga debido a sus “preocupantes” vínculos con Venezuela.

El ex comisionado de Miami-Dade y ex representante estatal Juan Carlos Zapata también está ofreciendo el valor de capital de su vivienda. Le dijo a Local 10 News: “No soy un amigo solo para los buenos tiempos y, a mi edad, no tengo intención de cambiar eso”.

Otro de los respaldos, el abogado Alex Hanna, dijo en un comunicado a Local 10 News que “presentó una carta personal de referencia ante el tribunal basada en una relación personal y profesional de muchos años con el señor Rivera”.

“La carta habla por sí sola”, dijo. “Respeto el proceso judicial y no tengo intención de comentar más mientras el proceso de sentencia siga pendiente”.

El gobierno tiene hasta principios de junio para presentar su respuesta. La sentencia de Rivera está programada para el 20 de julio.

“Si usted se siente lo suficientemente confiado de que la persona se presentará a su sentencia y de que recuperará su dinero, entonces es un gran amigo quien está dispuesto a hacerlo”, dijo Foreman. “David Rivera fue condenado por todos los cargos en su contra, así que no hay realmente controversia sobre las acusaciones. Él apelará y tiene derecho a apelar”.

Hasan Piker, who has 3.1 million followers on Twitch, was live for nearly seven hours on Monday to discuss why he thinks the Trump administration is “after” him.

The “target” is Neville Roy Singham, a leftist U.S.-born tech mogul who is based in Shanghai, Piker said after about 35 minutes on air.

“Anything that he has ever financed,” Piker said about the “target.”

On Saturday, Fox News reported that the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control had issued Piker an administrative subpoena.

Last month, Piker, who has 1.89 million followers on YouTube, published “I Went To Cuba. This Is What I Saw” and promoted the “Nuestra América Convoy.”

In February, a congressional committee identified a network of organizations and Singham as a donor “with close ties” to the Chinese Communist Party.

Last year, members of a congressional committee sent a letter to Singham about concerns that he may be violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

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Representatives from the Red Cross, NOAA, the Florida Division of Emergency Management, Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue spoke ahead of what forecasters predict could be a relatively normal — or even below-normal — hurricane season.

Still, officials stressed it only takes one storm to cause devastating damage.

“We had catastrophic Cat 5 Hurricane Andrew make landfall in 1992 in an otherwise very quiet hurricane season,” said Michael Brennan, director of the National Hurricane Center. “It does not take a major hurricane making landfall directly in your community for there to be dangerous impacts. Whether it be the wind, storm surge, tornadoes, heavy rainfall, rip currents, all the hazards tropical storms can bring.”

Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz said deputies are prepared to respond if storms threaten the region.

“We will increase patrols in vulnerable areas as storms approach, strengthen partnerships with our community organizations for resource distribution, prepare for swift evacuations while setting up emergency shelters,” Cordero-Stutz said. “You should know our deputies are fully prepared for evacuations and any other challenges that may arise.”

County officials also said they are working to help newcomers to South Florida prepare for hurricanes, including visitors expected for the FIFA World Cup.

The sheriff and regional emergency management officials said they have a detailed plan in place if a storm impacts the area during the international event.

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Not everyone at this week's competition appreciates the change.

“I feel like they should not have moved it. The old venue was better. Because it's a bit of a hassle, getting on the bus and going there and then coming back,” said 14-year-old Yahya Mohammed, a three-time speller from Hoffman Estates, Illinois. “The old venue was more spacious, and it feels kind of isolated in the hotel.”

As the National Spelling Bee began with Tuesday's preliminary rounds, spellers and their families marveled at the historical significance of their new venue and the nearby cultural opportunities while also dealing with logistical hurdles: crowded hallways, limited dining options and shuttle bus rides to and from their hotel.

Built in 1929 by the Daughters of the American Revolution, Constitution Hall sits a few blocks from the Washington Monument and the White House. Spellers and their families are staying at the nearby J.W. Marriott, a favored haunt of lobbyists and interest groups, and the quickest route to the competition venue would normally be a stroll across the Ellipse, the grassy expanse south of the Executive Mansion.

However, the Ellipse is surrounded by temporary fencing and security checkpoints as crews construct an outdoor octagon on the South Lawn of the White House for UFC Freedom 250, a June 14 event timed for President Donald Trump's 80th birthday and marking the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding.

“Two very disparate forms of entertainment,” said Rajeev Malhotra of Boston, the father of speller Rajeev Malhotra, describing the bee and the mixed martial arts extravaganza.

Venue change brings heavy security but plenty of history and culture

Security was beefed up at the hall, with guards and metal detectors stationed at every entrance and explosive-sniffing dogs patrolling the hallways. Three blocks away and three days earlier, a man opened fire at a White House security checkpoint, injuring a bystander before he was fatally shot by Secret Service officers.

At the prior venue, the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland, spellers moved freely throughout the building, roaming between their hotel rooms, the ballroom that housed the competition stage and a massive food court where they grabbed quick meals between last-minute study sessions.

“Last year was better,” said Arpit Aggarwal of Columbia, Missouri, whose daughter, Ananya, is competing for the second time. “Everything was in one place.”

“It's an adjustment,” Ananya's mom, Deepti Bahl, said diplomatically.

Other spellers appreciated the buzz of gathering downtown, saying it was more appropriate for a national competition. The bee began in 1925 and was held at a series of Washington hotels before it moved to the suburbs in 2011.

“I just love being here, right next to the National Mall. You can see the Smithsonian, you can see the Jefferson Memorial. It's such a lively and unique city and I love being in the heart of it,” said three-time speller Oliver Halkett, a 14-year-old from Los Angeles. “There's so much history, there's so much culture. The memorials and the museums are fascinating to go to.”

Speller Andie Seavey of Fairbanks, Alaska, and her mom, Kristin, went to see the musical “The Great Gatsby” at the National Theater next door to the hotel.

After 80 spellers were eliminated Tuesday during onstage spelling and vocabulary rounds, the remaining 167 competitors reconvened at the hotel for a high-stakes written test that determined the 100 or so who would move on to Wednesday morning's quarterfinals. The competition concludes Thursday night.

At the spelling bee, the bell is not necessarily the end

Last year, Faizan Zaki won the National Spelling Bee even though he misspelled a word and heard the dreaded bell rung by head judge Mary Brooks. In fact, he knew it after a few letters. He stopped spelling and told Brooks, “Just ring the bell.”

Faizan's flub let his two remaining competitors back in, since all three misspelled during the round.

Kushi Gottimukkala of Morrisville, North Carolina, is one of a few spellers competing this year who know what that feels like.

At her regional bee, sponsored by the NFL's Carolina Panthers, it was down to Kushi and two other spellers for the final spot at nationals. She misspelled “anchialine,” and she thought it was over, only to see the other two spellers mess up.

Kushi rode the emotional roller coaster and ultimately got through.

“I was still thinking about the mistake, but I was also really grateful that I got a second chance, and so I took that into consideration and decided to focus on my next word,” she said.

Spellers have to prepare for the possibility that missing a word isn't necessarily the end.

Oliver Halkett, too, has competed in a bee where he got a word wrong but wasn't eliminated. He battled through the disappointment by focusing only on the word in front of him.

“It's a peculiar situation, but I think, above all, mental clarity is so important, especially in those latter rounds,” he said. “I close my eyes and do some deep breathing and I visualize the word, and it's just me and the word. That's how you have to approach every single word.

“Treat every word as if it's your first and last word.”

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Representantes de la Cruz Roja, NOAA, la División de Manejo de Emergencias de Florida, la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade y Miami-Dade Fire Rescue hablaron antes de lo que los meteorólogos pronostican podría ser una temporada de huracanes relativamente normal o incluso por debajo de lo normal.

Aun así, las autoridades enfatizaron que solo se necesita una tormenta para causar daños devastadores.

“Tuvimos el catastrófico huracán Andrew de categoría 5 tocando tierra en 1992 durante una temporada de huracanes por lo demás muy tranquila”, dijo Michael Brennan, director del Centro Nacional de Huracanes. “No se necesita que un huracán mayor toque tierra directamente en su comunidad para que haya impactos peligrosos. Ya sea por el viento, la marejada ciclónica, tornados, fuertes lluvias, corrientes de resaca, todos los peligros que pueden traer las tormentas tropicales”.

La sheriff de Miami-Dade, Rosie Cordero-Stutz, dijo que los agentes están preparados para responder si las tormentas amenazan la región.

“Aumentaremos los patrullajes en áreas vulnerables a medida que las tormentas se acerquen, fortaleceremos las alianzas con organizaciones comunitarias para la distribución de recursos y nos prepararemos para evacuaciones rápidas mientras establecemos refugios de emergencia”, dijo Cordero-Stutz. “Deben saber que nuestros agentes están completamente preparados para evacuaciones y cualquier otro desafío que pueda surgir”.

Funcionarios del condado también dijeron que están trabajando para ayudar a los recién llegados al sur de Florida a prepararse para los huracanes, incluidos los visitantes esperados para la Copa Mundial de la FIFA.

La sheriff y funcionarios regionales de manejo de emergencias dijeron que cuentan con un plan detallado en caso de que una tormenta afecte el área durante el evento internacional.

La temporada de huracanes del Atlántico se extiende del 1 de junio al 30 de noviembre.

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“These folks must like David Rivera,” Sean Foreman, a political analyst and professor at Barry University, said, saying the group must “find his friendship really worthwhile to put their homes and money on the line.”

Some of the names include Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections Alina Garcia, former Florida State Rep. Manuel Prieguez, and Monsignor Wilfredo Pena Moredo, a Catholic priest of 52 years.

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Former FIU presidents Modesto “Mitch” Maidique and Mark Rosenberg are also among those offering to help Rivera, 60, along with Yvonne Soler McKinley, the former city manager of Doral and South Miami.

“He’s sitting in jail without bond and it looks like his friends are coming to his rescue to put up their money and their homes as collateral so that David Rivera can enjoy some freedom before his ultimate sentencing on July 20, where it does look like he will end up in prison for a long time,” Foreman said.

Foreman calls it “the ultimate loyalty test.”

“David Rivera has been politically prominent in Florida and in South Florida especially for many years. He had a long history in the Florida Legislature, and then he served in Congress, but while he was in the Florida Legislature in Tallahassee, he chaired the budget committee and as chair of the budget committee, you make a lot of friends in high places,” he said. “He was able to help get funding for some very significant projects in South Florida, for which he now has friends that look like they’re willing to pay him back with their own support in a different way now.”

Garcia told the court she is willing to pledge the equity value of her home $400,000 because she believes if the court allows Rivera to post bond, he will show up to sentencing.

Garcia, Foreman said, “worked for David Rivera for many years in Tallahassee, so she’s extremely loyal because she owes her political career to him.”

“I think she would admit the same and that’s probably why she’s standing by his side now,” he said. “I don’t think it’s illegal for an elected official to put up bail money for a friend of theirs, regardless of the situation.”

However, Foreman said, “I do think it doesn’t look good.”

“It’s going to be something she’s going to have to answer to voters to in the future. It might not look ethical, but, really, she is allowed to give her money to support anyone, whether it’s a former politician or not,” he said. “But she should answer some tough questions as to why she would put her own personal money and reputation on the line for somebody who was clearly convicted of the crimes that they were accused of. I think she doesn’t face the voters again until 2028, so she’s got some time.”

Rivera’s defense team is asking the court to set bail pending sentencing and is working to convince a judge that he won’t flee.

The judge ordered U.S. Marshals to take Rivera into custody following the jury’s verdict, deciding he could be a flight risk because of “concerning” ties to Venezuela.

Former Miami-Dade Commissioner and State Rep. Juan Carlos Zapata is also pledging the equity of his home. He told Local 10 News, “I am not a fair-weather friend and at my age, I do not intend on changing that.”

Another backer, attorney Alex Hanna, said in a statement to Local 10 News that he “submitted a personal character letter to the Court based on a longstanding personal and professional relationship with Mr. Rivera spanning many years.”

“The letter speaks for itself,” he said. “I respect the judicial process and do not intend to comment further while sentencing proceedings remain pending.”

The government has until early June to file its response. Rivera’s sentencing is scheduled for July 20.

“If you feel confident enough that the guy is going to show up for his court sentencing, that you’re going to get your money back, then that’s a great friend who’s willing to do so,” Foreman said. “David Rivera was convicted of all counts against him, so it’s not like there’s any real controversy over the charges. He’s going to appeal and he has his right to appeal.”

Luc Brisebois, director-general for the Centre for Border and Travel Health at the Public Health Agency of Canada, said the measures are being implemented out of an “abundance of caution” and will stay in place until Aug. 29.

Travelers who have symptoms will be transferred to hospital for further medical assessment. The stricter border measures are being implemented starting Saturday, and those who do not have somewhere to isolate will be provided with a place.

Canadian officials also said that starting Wednesday, they are pausing final decisions on immigration applications for people from affected countries for 90 days, though that could be extended or lifted based on the evolution of the outbreak.

The outbreak is centered around northeastern Congo and is of a rare type of Ebola that is outpacing response efforts, the World Health Organization says, with more than 900 suspected cases and more than 220 deaths, Aid efforts have intensified, and WHO says the outbreak could last for months

In a joint statement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defense minister, Israel Katz, said the strikes had targeted the new leader of Hamas' military wing. They identified him as Mohammed Odeh and called him “one of the architects” of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, which triggered over two years of war.

The strike came less than two weeks after Israel killed the previous head of Hamas' military wing, Izz al-Din al-Haddad.

There was no immediate comment from Hamas. The bodies of the dead were taken to Gaza's Shifa Hospital, which confirmed the deaths.

The attack came on the eve of Eid al-Adha, normally a joyous time of family gatherings and large meals.

The holiday once again is subdued this year in Gaza, where the vast majority of people remain displaced and live in tents or temporary shelters after a devastating war.

A ceasefire reached between Israel and Hamas last October remains fragile. Israeli attacks have killed more than 880 Palestinians since the ceasefire took effect. Israel says its attacks are in response to violations by Hamas or threats to its soldiers, but Palestinian health officials says scores of civilians have been among the dead. Four Israeli soldiers have also been killed during this period.

Israel launched its offensive in Gaza in response to the Hamas attacks in October 2023, which killed some 1,200 people and took 250 others hostage.

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza says over 72,700 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire. The ministry, part of Gaza's Hamas government, does not give a breakdown of civilian and militant deaths.

“We got in a mini car accident on my way to the site today,” Gauff told TNT Sports with a laugh. “We ran into a (pole). You felt a little impact. I spilled my juice all over the car.

“The car was not drivable. So we ended up taking a taxi,” Gauff added after beating fellow American Taylor Townsend 6-4, 6-0.

Gauff started her match earlier than expected when there was a retirement in another match on Court Philippe-Chatrier.

“And then right before I went onto court, my dress got stuck, so my physio was in the bathroom trying to help me take it off,” Gauff said. “It was an eventful day. But I feel like whenever that happens, it lets you not think about the match too match. I’m just happy to be here in one piece.”

Gauff beat Aryna Sabalenka in last year's title match in Paris.

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El fuego se desató alrededor de las 5 p.m. en un depósito de chatarra ubicado en el área de Northwest 135th Street y Cairo Lane en Opa-locka.

Las autoridades comenzaron a elevar el nivel del incendio poco después de comenzar a combatir las llamas, y la noche del lunes el fuego ya era considerado un incendio de seis alarmas.

Funcionarios de Miami-Dade Fire Rescue informaron que el viento empujó el fuego y las brasas hacia un segundo depósito de chatarra y otros negocios en el área.

Además, las autoridades dijeron que evacuaron edificios de apartamentos cercanos por precaución.

“Para ser honesta, siento miedo”, dijo Mimi Pierre, residente de Opa-locka. “No vivo muy lejos y estoy asustada. Si viviera aquí, comenzaría a empacar mis maletas”.

Sky 10 sobrevoló la escena la mañana del martes, donde los bomberos continuaban apagando varios focos calientes que todavía seguían ardiendo.

“Parece una bomba”, dijo Jairo Perez, residente de Opa-locka. “Tan pronto lo vi, lo primero que pensé fue que era un accidente aéreo, porque lo vi directamente desde la Interestatal 95”.

Las autoridades informaron que no se han reportado heridos por el incendio.

Hasta el momento no se ha informado qué provocó el inicio de las llamas.

“En este momento nuestros investigadores están discutiendo las circunstancias con uno de los depósitos de chatarra”, dijo el jefe de MDFR, Ray Jadallah. “No hemos llegado a una decisión final. Estamos conversando con ellos y todavía estamos en las fases preliminares debido a la magnitud del incendio”.

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Two major updates on the project will be completed in less than two weeks.

The first is a massive flyover bridge connecting eastbound lanes on the Palmetto Expressway to the northbound lanes of Interstate b95.

“This is probably the most important ramp of the project,” said Florida Department of Transportation Senior Community Outreach Specialist Sergies Duarte.

What may appear to be a small change is having a big impact, because the brand new connection never existed before.

“So no more navigating local roads, such as Northwest Seventh Avenue or Northwest 167th Street, to get onto the interstate from the Palmetto,” said Duarte.

The second change is a major lane shift on I-95 north before you get to the Golden Glades.

The three right lanes split off onto a new stretch of road, and next month a fourth lane will also shift over.

“There’s always going to be traffic, but we just want to make sure that it’s flowing in an efficient manner,” said Duarte.

The road to that efficiency is a long and costly one.

This project has been slated to take over seven years to complete and cost more than $1 billion.

“We’re making a lot of progress in a short amount of time, building this interchange as safely and quickly as possible,” Duarte said.

The years-long project is trending ahead of its planned 2031 completion, for now, but as with any construction project, timelines can change.

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It sparked around 5 p.m. at a junkyard located in the area of Northwest 135th Street and Cairo Lane in Opa-locka.

Authorities began upgrading the fire soon after they started to combat the flames, with the blaze eventually being considered a six-alarm fire by late in the evening.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said wind pushed fire and embers into a second junkyard and additional business in the area.

Additionally, officials said they evacuated nearby apartment buildings out of an abundance of caution.

“To be honest, I have a sense of fear,” said Opa-locka resident Mimi Pierre. “I don’t live too far and I’m scared. If I lived here, I would start packing my bags.”

Sky 10 flew over the scene on Tuesday morning, where firefighters continued to douse several hotspots that were still burning.

“It looks like a bomb,” said Opa-locka resident Jairo Perez. “As soon as I saw it, the first thing I thought, it’s an airplane crash, because I saw it straight from (Interstate) 95.”

No injuries have been reported in the fire, authorities said.

There has been no word on what caused the flames to ignite.

“Right now our investigators are discussing the circumstance with one of the junkyards,” said MDFR Chief Ray Jadallah. “We have not come up with a final decision. We are having conversations with them and it’s still in the preliminary phases as a result of the sheer amount of fire.”

Dos importantes actualizaciones del proyecto serán completadas en menos de dos semanas.

La primera es un enorme puente elevado que conecta los carriles hacia el este de la autopista Palmetto Expressway con los carriles hacia el norte de la Interestatal 95.

“Esta es probablemente la rampa más importante del proyecto”, dijo Sergies Duarte, especialista senior de alcance comunitario del Departamento de Transporte de Florida.

Lo que puede parecer un cambio pequeño está teniendo un gran impacto, porque esta nueva conexión nunca había existido antes.

“Así que ya no será necesario navegar por calles locales, como Northwest Seventh Avenue o Northwest 167th Street, para entrar a la interestatal desde la Palmetto”, dijo Duarte.

El segundo cambio es una importante modificación de carriles en la I-95 norte antes de llegar a Golden Glades.

Los tres carriles de la derecha se desvían hacia un nuevo tramo de carretera, y el próximo mes un cuarto carril también será desviado.

“Siempre habrá tráfico, pero queremos asegurarnos de que fluya de manera eficiente”, dijo Duarte.

El camino hacia esa eficiencia ha sido largo y costoso.

Está previsto que este proyecto tome más de siete años en completarse y cueste más de $1,000 millones USD.

“Estamos logrando mucho progreso en poco tiempo, construyendo este intercambio de la manera más segura y rápida posible”, dijo Duarte.

Por ahora, el proyecto de varios años avanza más rápido de lo previsto para su finalización en 2031, aunque, como ocurre con cualquier proyecto de construcción, los plazos pueden cambiar.

The Rays placed right-hander Jesse Scholtens on the 15-day injured list with a right wrist strain to make room for Kimbrel on the active roster.

The New York Mets designated Kimbrel for assignment on Friday after the nine-time All-Star allowed 10 runs over 15 innings in 14 appearances. He signed a free agent contract with the team in January.

The 37-year-old Kimbrel has 440 saves with 10 teams in his 17-year career. He won a World Series with Boston in 2018 and was the 2011 NL rookie of the year.

The Rays have the AL's best record at 34-17, but their bullpen's ERA of 4.40 is 21st in the majors.

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“Leaving the training ground and walking to my car with a box full of bobbleheads to take home to my kids,” the 38-year-old defender recalled, “my WhatsApp started to go a little bit crazy.”

Ream was among 26 players who received a video from Sam Zapata, the U.S. national team administrative manager, informing the 26 players selected for the World Cup roster.

“It made me stop on my tracks,” said Ream, hoping to become the oldest U.S. player to appear in soccer's top tournament.

Midfielders Gio Reyna and Sebastian Berhalter, sons of a former captain and an ex-coach, were picked by coach Mauricio Pochettino along with forward Alejandro Zendejas.

Midfielders Diego Luna and Tanner Tessmann were left off.

Holding American jerseys with wavy red and white stripes, players were introduced Tuesday at a made-for-TV event on the roof of the South Street Seaport’s Pier 17 with the Brooklyn Bridge as a backdrop. They were announced in the numerical order of jersey numbers assigned by equipment manager Kyle Robertson, taking seniority into account. All were on hand except for defender Chris Richards, in Germany with Crystal Palace for Wednesday’s UEFA Conference League final.

“We want this so bad,” said forward Christian Pulisic, the biggest American star. “If you're not a little bit nervous, you don’t feel a little, you don’t care. So, we care so much.”

Defender Sergiño Dest, midfielder Tyler Adams and forward Haji Wright were added after missing March friendlies because of injuries. Zendejas was bypassed for the March roster after a knee injury last fall.

A few minutes after the Friday video arrived, emails were sent to all 55 players on the preliminary roster informing them of their fate. Pochettino didn't give explanations to those omitted, comparing the rejection with how he felt when Tottenham executive chairman Daniel Levy fired him as manager in 2019 and then asked to speak.

“What do you want to talk about (with) me?” Pochettino said. “I don't want to hear nothing.”

Luna missed the March matches because of a knee injury after playing in 17 of 18 international games last year.

“It’s painful because I really know what it means to be out of the roster,” said Pochettino, who failed to make Argentina's roster as a defender in 1994 and 1998, then was chosen in 2002.

“During two weeks I didn’t sleep," the coach said. "And today still I cannot enjoy the 26 guys that are in front of me because I am thinking in players that are out.”

Final rosters are submitted to FIFA on June 1 and injuries could cause a change until one day before the U.S. opener against Paraguay on June 12.

“Things can happen. They need to be ready because maybe we can call,” Pochettino said.

Reyna, a son of former U.S. captain Claudio Reyna, nearly was sent home from the 2022 World Cup by then-coach Gregg Berhalter for lack of hustle and made just four starts this season for Borussia Mönchengladbach — none since Dec. 19.

“I don’t say that he’s going to play the game, but he can help,” Pochettino said. “He can help because he’s a different player, different talent, and I think in all the roster you need to have a player like him.”

Sebastian Berhalter, a 25-year-old son of the former coach, made his national team debut last June and became the Americans' best corner-kick taker.

Players dropped who had been on the March roster included goalkeeper Patrick Schulte, Tessmann and fellow midfielder Aidan Morris. Two players were sidelined by recent injuries: midfielder Johnny Cardoso (right ankle surgery) and forward Patrick Agyemang (torn right Achilles). Defender Cameron Carter-Vickers is recovering from a torn Achilles in October.

Who is back from 2022?

Half the roster returns from the last World Cup: goalkeeper Matt Turner; Dest, Ream and fellow defenders Antonee Robinson and Joe Scally; Adams and fellow midfielders Weston McKennie, Reyna and Cristian Roldan; and Pulisic and Wright at forward with Brenden Aaronson and Tim Weah.

Richards and Miles Robinson were picked after injuries sidelined them ahead of the 2022 tournament.

Richards is a health concern after tearing two left ankle ligaments on May 17. Pochettino said he won't know Richards' status until he arrives in the U.S. for training because clubs “hide things.”

“Was really, really tough to have the real information to make our best decision,” Pochettino said. “How selfish, no, is the people in soccer or in football?”

Among the final cuts four years ago, Ricardo Pepi made it this time.

Players from 2022 left off included goalkeepers Ethan Horvath and Sean Johnson; Carter-Vickers and fellow defenders Aaron Long, Shaq Moore, DeAndre Yedlin and Walker Zimmerman; midfielders Kellyn Acosta, Luca de la Torre and Yunus Musah; and forwards Jesús Ferreira, Jordan Morris and Josh Sargent.

This year's average age of 26 years, 332 days as of the U.S. opener is up from 25-216 four years ago and the fifth-youngest for an American World Cup roster.

Where are players from?

Just eight players were taken from Major League Soccer, the fewest since four in 2010. Five players are based in England, three each in Germany’s Bundesliga and France’s Ligue 1, two apiece in Italy’s Serie A and the Dutch Eredivisie, and one each in Mexico, Scotland and Spain.

Pulisic ended his AC Milan season scoreless in 19 games since Dec. 28 and has gone eight U.S. matches without a goal since November 2024.

Pochettino's three strikers finished their club seasons in form, combining for 56 goals: Folarin Balogun and Pepi scored 19 each and Wright 18.

For the first time since 1990, no American goalkeepers are from European clubs.

Ream will be 38 years, 250 days on the day the U.S. plays its opener, older than defender Fernando Clavijo when the U.S. was knocked out by Brazil in 1994.

Defender Alex Freeman, a son of former Super Bowl champion Antonio Freeman, is the youngest American this year at 21.

No. 3 goalkeeper Chris Brady is the first player on the U.S. World Cup roster with no international experience since backup goalkeeper Juergen Sommer in 1994.

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Deputies said they responded to Broward Health North, where they met with the victim, a 23-year-old man who had been stabbed by 25-year-old Dellisha Guadalupe.

The victim told deputies he and Guadalupe went to Cheers Restaurant and Bar in the 1900 block of Northwest 24th Street around 2 or 3 a.m. Monday, where an argument broke out after the victim said “n----r,” which got Guadalupe “upset,” according to the report.

He said he ordered an Uber, but later canceled it and rode with Guadalupe because they were both going back to their apartment, the report states.

Once they arrived home, the argument continued.

The victim said Guadalupe “gestured to hit him,” according to the report. He said he then made a comment about what she was going to do, and she began punching him throughout his body, including his face, according to deputies.

The report states that the victim said he initially took the punches but then swung back at Guadalupe.

Shortly after, deputies said Guadalupe pulled a pocketknife and stabbed him three times in the left side of his chest and shoulder area while they were in the bedroom.

They said the victim did not initially want to be involved with law enforcement but later began to feel like he was going to “pass out.” He saw an ambulance and chased after it before being taken to Broward Health North, according to the report.

A doctor told the victim the stab wound to the left side of his chest was very close to his lung and that he was “very lucky” it was not punctured, the report states.

Investigators said Guadalupe initially told a 911 dispatcher the victim stabbed himself in the shoulder after she told him she was breaking up with him.

Jail records show she is facing one count of attempted first-degree murder.

As of Tuesday, she was being held without bond at the Broward Main Jail. She was also ordered not to possess any guns, weapons or ammunition, and to have no contact with the victim.

Los agentes dijeron que respondieron al Broward Health North, donde se reunieron con la víctima, un hombre de 23 años que había sido apuñalado por Dellisha Guadalupe, de 25 años.

La víctima les dijo a los agentes que él y Guadalupe fueron al restaurante y bar Cheers, ubicado en la cuadra 1900 de Northwest 24th Street, alrededor de las 2 o 3 a.m. del lunes, donde comenzó una discusión después de que la víctima dijera un insulto racial, lo que molestó a Guadalupe, según el informe.

El hombre dijo que pidió un Uber, pero luego lo canceló y regresó con Guadalupe porque ambos iban de vuelta a su apartamento, señala el informe.

Una vez llegaron a casa, la discusión continuó.

La víctima dijo que Guadalupe “hizo el gesto de golpearlo”, según el informe. Indicó que luego hizo un comentario sobre lo que ella iba a hacer, y ella comenzó a golpearlo por todo el cuerpo, incluyendo el rostro, según los agentes.

El informe señala que la víctima dijo que inicialmente soportó los golpes, pero luego respondió golpeando a Guadalupe.

Poco después, los agentes dijeron que Guadalupe sacó una navaja y lo apuñaló tres veces en el lado izquierdo del pecho y el área del hombro mientras estaban en la habitación.

Indicaron que la víctima inicialmente no quería involucrar a las autoridades, pero luego comenzó a sentir que se iba a “desmayar”. Según el informe, vio una ambulancia y fue tras ella antes de ser trasladado a Broward Health North.

El informe señala que un médico le dijo a la víctima que la herida de arma blanca en el lado izquierdo del pecho estuvo muy cerca de perforarle un pulmón y que tuvo “mucha suerte” de que eso no ocurriera.

Los investigadores dijeron que Guadalupe inicialmente le dijo a una operadora del 911 que la víctima se había apuñalado en el hombro después de que ella le dijera que quería terminar la relación.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que enfrenta un cargo de intento de asesinato en primer grado.

Hasta el martes, permanecía detenida sin derecho a fianza en la cárcel principal de Broward. También se le ordenó no poseer armas de fuego, armas ni municiones, y no tener contacto con la víctima.

Since then, World Cup host countries have invested heavily in getting fans to and from matches, especially in Russia in 2018, where even long-distance trains between host cities were free, and Qatar in 2022, where free metro access helped turn stadium-hopping into part of the tournament experience.

Then came the United States.

Already reeling from astronomical ticket prices, expensive flights and exorbitant hotel costs, fans have been outraged to discover that getting to some stadiums via rail will come with another hefty bill: $98 round-trip train fares in New Jersey and $80 in Massachusetts — trips that normally cost NFL fans $12.90 and $20, respectively.

Officials insist they aren’t trying to rip off fans, but are instead just trying to cover the costs of security and expanded train service without being a drain on taxpayers. Yet fans see it as just another way that tournament organizers are burdening fans who are already paying huge sums to visit the U.S., a huge, car-centric country where public transit has long been an afterthought in many locales. Unlike past hosts, some state and local officials have been less willing to swallow the costs, arguing they should be covered by FIFA, the international soccer body that stands to rake in billions of dollars from the event.

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“Planning for this World Cup has been a nightmare from start to finish,” said Scotland-born Rory Phillips-Hunter, a 37-year-old hospitality worker who lives in northern England. ”I think it’s the most inaccessible one there’s ever been.”

Mystified by the lack of affordable options to travel 25 miles (40 kilometers) from Providence, Rhode Island, to Foxborough, Massachusetts, where Scotland’s first two matches will take place, Phillips-Hunter and some fellow Tartan Army members decided to figure it out themselves.

At about $50 per person, the Scots have booked about 20 school buses to take nearly 1,000 members of the plaid-clad fan group to each match. They’re even getting a police escort, all for just over half the cost of the $95 bus fare that local officials are offering — a combined savings of more than $85,000.

The $95 bus fare was never going to break the bank, Phillips-Hunter knows, but he and so many other Scots are already paying huge sums to see their men’s team compete in the World Cup for the first time in 28 years. Phillips-Hunter estimates it will take him two years to pay off the credit card debt he’s taking on for his six-day trip to the U.S., including the $1,350 he spent on a ticket for the Scotland-Morocco match.

Beyond anything, Phillips-Hunter is frustrated that a group of Scots from across the ocean were able to organize transportation for so much cheaper than what local officials offered.

“When I look at that difference in cost, that’s just profits you’re taking from us,” he said.

Who should pay?

Not every host city is approaching transportation the same way. Atlanta, Houston and Seattle have stadiums linked directly to their rail systems, and regular fares will apply. Miami-Dade County officials recently announced they will offer free shuttles to get fans to and from Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) from downtown Miami. Philadelphia, meanwhile, is offering free rides on the way back from the stadium, thanks to funding from FIFA sponsor Airbnb. And Kansas City, Missouri, is running $15 shuttles.

The relatively high transit costs for the matches at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey and Gillette Stadium in Massachusetts are partly because they’re in the suburbs, and many fans drive to the NFL games they typically host. But parking will be extremely limited during the World Cup due to expanded security perimeters, broadcast needs and lots being used as VIP areas, forcing far more fans to use public transit.

David Gogishvili is a senior researcher at Switzerland’s University of Lausanne and studies how sports organizers put together big events like the World Cup.

He said it is standard practice for organizers like FIFA to pass much of the cost on to host countries. The difference this time is that the U.S. has “stronger and more independent” state and local officials who have been less willing to take on the cost and “bow to the wills of FIFA.”

“These costs should be borne by the organization that is earning money out of these events, which is FIFA. It should not always be the host cities that take on all the expenses,” Gogishvili said, noting the soccer body’s expected $13 billion revenue from 2023-26.

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill, a Democrat, has called on FIFA to cover the transportation costs to matches.

But FIFA pushed back, arguing that no other global event has been asked to absorb such costs and that its initial agreements with host cities called for free transportation for fans to all matches. The agreements were later changed to allow cities to provide transit “at cost.”

The reason transit has been so accessible at recent World Cups is that host nations like Russia and Qatar have viewed the tournament as a “public relations exercise,” and subsidized transit accordingly, Gogishvili said.

Officials’ anxiety over transit costs also comes amid growing concern that the promised World Cup economic boon won’t materialize, with hotel room bookings not meeting expectations in most of the 11 U.S. cities hosting the tournament. A 2022 study co-authored by Gogishvili found that nearly every World Cup from 1966 through 2018 ran at a financial deficit.

Yonah Freemark, a researcher at the Washington-based Urban Institute think tank who specializes in transit issues, said World Cup fans from Europe and Asia will encounter less-advanced but costlier transit systems than they’re used to back home.

Pointing to the transit pricing tied to matches in New Jersey and Massachusetts, Freemark said officials “are trying to get away with murder.” Wait times and transit access, he added, will likely fall well short of what many foreign visitors are used to.

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Ynara Correa da Costa, a Brazilian systems analyst who lives outside Sao Paulo, will be attending her seventh World Cup.

Like many, she was stunned when officials initially proposed charging as much as $150 for train fares from New York City to MetLife Stadium, where Brazil plays its opener against Morocco. The widespread shock and led New Jersey officials to lower the price to $98 after securing additional funding.

But even the lowered price for a short train ride “is just not acceptable,” Costa said.

Costa was heartened when the local host committee said it had secured more buses to get to the stadium and slashed the price from $80 to $20. But there are only enough bus seats for 18,000 fans to get to the stadium, which holds about 82,500.

That seems far more manageable to Costa. Earlier, she wondered whether she and other cost-conscious fans might have to walk to MetLife Stadium, but that isn’t possible.

“We’ll go to the match, that I know,” Costa said. ”But how? Let’s see.”

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Barcelona said Tuesday that Putellas will officially bid farewell at an event at Camp Nou stadium on Wednesday, giving the club a “chance to recognize the legacy created by a player who has become a role model on and off the field and who has helped women's football to grow across the globe.”

The 32-year-old Putellas on Saturday helped Barcelona win the Champions League title for the fourth time in six seasons.

There was no immediate announcement about her next move, with speculation in Spain that she may join the fast-emerging London City Lionesses. Putellas attended a Lionesses game in London in January.

Putellas played 507 games for Barcelona — second on the all-time list — since arriving at age 18 in 2012 from Levante, the Catalan club said.

Putellas scored 232 goals for Barcelona, a club record, and won 38 trophies, including four Champions Leagues and 10 Spanish league titles.

“The time has come to acknowledge that I’ve given everything for these colors,” Putellas said in a video posted on her social media accounts. "It’s been a perfect story.”

She was Barcelona's best player when it won its first Champions League in 2021 and helped put women’s soccer in Spain on the global map when she won back-to-back Ballon d’Or awards in 2021 and 2022. Her boost to the sport was considered key to helping Spain win the 2023 World Cup.

When Spain was embroiled in crisis after its then soccer federation president Luis Rubiales kissed a player without consent during the World Cup awards ceremony, it was Putellas who led the player revolt that prompted his downfall.

“We’ve taken the women’s team further than we ever imagined,” Putellas said. “At the beginning, being a soccer player wasn’t even recognized as a profession. Now I feel privileged to have been part of this change.”

Serious leg injuries put her star status in doubt for Barcelona and Spain. She was sidelined for months and, when she returned to the field, she was reported to be considering a move from Barcelona due to her limited playing time but eventually signed a contract extension.

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According to the Key West Police Department, the incident happened on Saturday in and around the Key West Bight Marina.

A KWPD report states that John Mack, 38, of La Grange, Illinois, had been drinking at Dante’s Key West Pool Bar & Restaurant, located at 955 Caroline St., and took the patrol car from an officer working an off-duty detail there.

Police said surveillance video from just before 6:20 p.m. showed Mack “walking out of the pool bar with two friends and standing a couple of feet away from the patrol vehicle,” then opening the door and getting inside. Authorities said he put the car in drive, almost hitting two of the other men.

The report states a security guard got the officer’s attention and other KWPD officers responded to the bar as Mack drove the cruiser around the marina parking lot.

Authorities said they later found Mack outside of the nearby Boat House Bar & Grill. Police said he claimed he had had three to six Corona beers.

Police said he would fail a field sobriety test and sustained cuts from a fence after resisting arrest. They said he also refused a breathalyzer test.

On top of it all, police said Mack shouldn’t have been driving any vehicle, much less a police cruiser. They said he only had an Illinois identification card, not a valid driver’s license.

Officers arrested Mack on charges of DUI, burglary, grand theft, grand theft of law enforcement equipment, reckless driving, refusal to submit to DUI testing and resisting arrest without violence.

He no longer appeared in the active Florida Keys jail roster as of Tuesday.

Parent company Meta Platforms Inc. appealed after Vermont’s highest court allowed a suit filed by its attorney general in 2023 to move forward. The company is facing similar lawsuits from states across the country, accusing it of knowingly designing addictive features.

Meta had argued that it can’t be sued in Vermont court because neither the company nor the app design has specific ties to the state. Vermont countered that the sites’ large number of teen users gives its courts jurisdiction.

The Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal in a brief, unexplained order, as is typical. The procedural decision comes after court losses for Meta and YouTube in social media addiction lawsuits in California and New Mexico.

Vermont's lawsuit was filed after an investigation by a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general in several states. Newspaper reports based on Meta’s own research also found that the company knew about the harms Instagram can cause teenagers — especially teen girls — when it comes to mental health and body image issues. One internal study cited 13.5% of teen girls saying Instagram makes thoughts of suicide worse and 17% of teen girls saying it makes eating disorders worse.

Almost all teens ages 13 to 17 in the U.S. report using a social media platform, with about a third saying they use social media “almost constantly,” according to the Pew Research Center.

Meta, for its part, has said that it has already introduced dozens of tools to support teens and their families and suggested it would have worked with the states on standards for youth social media use.

Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark applauded the decision, saying it affirms “that companies that choose to do business in Vermont, like Meta, can be held accountable when they harm kids.”

Según el Departamento de Policía de Key West, el incidente ocurrió el sábado en y alrededor de la marina Key West Bight.

Un informe de KWPD señala que John Mack, de 38 años y residente de La Grange, Illinois, había estado bebiendo en Dante’s Key West Pool Bar & Restaurant, ubicado en el 955 de Caroline St., y tomó la patrulla de un agente que trabajaba en un servicio adicional en el lugar.

La Policía dijo que un video de vigilancia captado poco antes de las 6:20 p.m. mostró a Mack “saliendo del bar de piscina con dos amigos y permaneciendo a pocos pies del vehículo policial”, antes de abrir la puerta y entrar al vehículo. Las autoridades dijeron que puso la patrulla en marcha y casi atropella a los otros dos hombres.

El informe indica que un guardia de seguridad llamó la atención del agente y otros oficiales de KWPD respondieron al bar mientras Mack conducía la patrulla alrededor del estacionamiento de la marina.

Las autoridades dijeron que posteriormente encontraron a Mack afuera del cercano Boat House Bar & Grill. La Policía indicó que él afirmó haber consumido entre tres y seis cervezas Corona.

La Policía informó que no aprobó una prueba de sobriedad de campo y sufrió cortaduras provocadas por una cerca después de resistirse al arresto. También indicaron que se negó a realizarse una prueba de alcoholemia.

Además de todo eso, la Policía dijo que Mack no debía estar conduciendo ningún vehículo, mucho menos una patrulla policial. Indicaron que solo tenía una tarjeta de identificación de Illinois, no una licencia de conducir válida.

Los agentes arrestaron a Mack por cargos de DUI, allanamiento, robo mayor, robo mayor de equipo policial, conducción temeraria, negarse a someterse a pruebas de DUI y resistirse al arresto sin violencia.

Hasta el martes, ya no aparecía en el registro activo de reclusos de los Cayos de Florida.

Kingsbury is the GM of the PWHL’s Toronto Sceptres while former coach Troy Ryan was recently hired as coach and GM of the PWHL expansion team in San Jose. His six-year run with Canada ended with Olympic silver in what was the team's eighth consecutive loss to the archrival U.S.

Hockey Canada’s contracts with Kingsbury and Ryan were to expire next month.

“I’m good with the transition. I’m ready for it,” Kingsbury said. “It’s time for someone to look at the landscape that has shifted in women’s hockey and set out their own vision on what that could look like for the future.”

The PWHL has altered the women’s hockey landscape in its first three seasons. The International Ice Hockey Federation shifted the world championship from April to November starting this year to avoid conflict with the PWHL season. By expanding by four teams to a 12-team league next season, the league also has churned the market for coaches and GMs.

The PWHL expansion team in Hamilton, Ontario, hired former U.S. team captain Meghan Duggan as GM, former Canadian goaltender Manon Rheaume is Detroit’s GM and former player agent Dominique DiDia is the new GM in Las Vegas.

“We’ve done quite a bit of analysis, but the sands continue to shift underneath our feet,” Hockey Canada chief executive Katherine Henderson told The Canadian Press. “I’m thrilled that there’s four new (PWHL) teams. I’m also saying now there’s four new competitors for a full-time job. I may want to go after some of those people. We’re going to have to up our game a little bit and say ‘come and work with Hockey Canada.’”

The 2026 Olympics was the first in the PWHL era. Canada’s women didn’t spend five to six months together training and playing games as they had for previous Games.

Ryan and Kingsbury were the first to hold top leadership roles with both a PWHL team and the Canadian women’s team simultaneously. A hybrid of Hockey Canada staff and NHL general managers and coaches has traditionally led Canada’s men into world championships and Olympic Games.

“We now need to live in a world probably closer to how we put together our men’s senior teams,” Henderson said.

Kingsbury said she also believes that model works for the women’s team with a dedicated person at Hockey Canada directing it.

“Someone needs to be at the helm of women’s hockey at Hockey Canada from a high-performance perspective,” Kingsbury said. “I do think there is a place for PWHL GMs to be a part of teams and the Olympic team and world championship teams and help select players. There’s an opportunity for coaches I think certainly to be from the PWHL.”

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Officers with the Virginia Gardens Police Department arrested Deziree Hood, 20, of Madison, Wisconsin, on Saturday, with detectives describing her in the agency’s arrest report as an “escort.”

Authorities said the first known incident happened in Virginia Gardens.

According to an arrest report, Hood and the victim went to the Candlewood Suites at 5911 NW 36th St. and Hood “allegedly provided the victim with an alcoholic beverage and/or unknown substance.”

“Shortly after consuming the beverage, the victim began feeling disoriented, dizzy and unable to fully recall subsequent events,” VGPD Detective Darwin Villavencio wrote.

Authorities said Hood ― also known as “Sasha” ― took the man’s property, including his $14,000 Rolex Oyster Perpetual, which she would later post a picture with on Facebook. Police said the man later tested positive for benzodiazepines.

Investigators said the second known incident began with an encounter early Thursday morning at Coco Miami, located at 8 NE 41st St. in the Miami Design District.

Miami Police Department detectives said the man invited Hood back to his hotel room in the Icon Brickell building at 485 Brickell Ave. and the two had drinks at around 2:30 a.m. and went to sleep about three-and-a-half hours later.

Beforehand, police said the man had been able to take pictures with her and got her Instagram profile and cellphone number.

An arrest report states that the man woke up at around 10 a.m. to find his “jewelry and high-end designer clothing,” worth $60,000, gone. Police said the victim reached out to Hood both on the phone and on Instagram to no avail.

Police said surveillance video showed Hood leaving the building “with a large bag (and) wearing the victim’s jersey.”

They said they picked her out of a photo lineup and MPD detectives became aware of her arrest by VGPD on Saturday.

Meanwhile, records show Hood was previously arrested in South Florida on May 7, 2025, when Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies took her into custody on a prostitution charge.

Authorities said the then-19-year-old agreed to receive $120 for sex from an undercover MDSO detective who was patrolling Northwest 27th Avenue near 71st Street ― in the vicinity of an area routinely referenced by local law enforcement as “the blade,” known for high prostitution activity.

Police took her into custody on the misdemeanor charge at a nearby motel and the charge remained active as of Tuesday.

Following her arrests in the latest cases, she is being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a bond of more than $15,000 as of Tuesday afternoon. She was pictured in her booking photo sporting a neck tattoo reading, “IS RARE.”

Agentes del Departamento de Policía de Virginia Gardens arrestaron el sábado a Deziree Hood, de 20 años y residente de Madison, Wisconsin. Los detectives la describieron en el informe de arresto de la agencia como una “escort”.

Las autoridades dijeron que el primer incidente conocido ocurrió en Virginia Gardens.

Según un informe de arresto, Hood y la víctima fueron al hotel Candlewood Suites, ubicado en el 5911 de NW 36th St., donde Hood “presuntamente le proporcionó a la víctima una bebida alcohólica y/o una sustancia desconocida”.

“Poco después de consumir la bebida, la víctima comenzó a sentirse desorientada, mareada e incapaz de recordar completamente los eventos posteriores”, escribió el detective de VGPD Darwin Villavencio.

Las autoridades dijeron que Hood, también conocida como “Sasha”, tomó las pertenencias del hombre, incluyendo su Rolex Oyster Perpetual valorado en $14,000 USD, con el cual posteriormente publicó una fotografía en Facebook. La Policía indicó que el hombre luego dio positivo a benzodiacepinas.

Los investigadores dijeron que el segundo incidente conocido comenzó con un encuentro la madrugada del jueves en Coco Miami, ubicado en el 8 de NE 41st St. en el Miami Design District.

Detectives del Departamento de Policía de Miami dijeron que el hombre invitó a Hood a su habitación de hotel en el edificio Icon Brickell, ubicado en el 485 de Brickell Ave. Ambos tomaron bebidas alrededor de las 2:30 a.m. y se fueron a dormir aproximadamente tres horas y media después.

Antes de eso, la Policía indicó que el hombre pudo tomarse fotos con ella y obtuvo su perfil de Instagram y número de teléfono celular.

Un informe de arresto señala que el hombre despertó alrededor de las 10 a.m. y descubrió que sus objetos de valor habían desaparecido. La Policía indicó que la víctima intentó comunicarse con Hood tanto por teléfono como por Instagram, sin éxito.

Las autoridades dijeron que un video de vigilancia mostró a Hood saliendo del edificio “con una bolsa grande y usando la camiseta de la víctima”.

También informaron que fue identificada en una rueda fotográfica y que detectives de MPD se enteraron de su arresto realizado por VGPD el sábado.

Mientras tanto, los registros muestran que Hood ya había sido arrestada en el sur de Florida el 7 de mayo de 2025, cuando agentes de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade la detuvieron por un cargo de prostitución.

Las autoridades dijeron que la entonces joven de 19 años aceptó recibir $120 USD por tener relaciones sexuales con un detective encubierto de MDSO que patrullaba Northwest 27th Avenue cerca de 71st Street, en las cercanías de un área conocida por las autoridades locales como “the blade”, reconocida por su alta actividad de prostitución.

La Policía la arrestó por el cargo menor en un motel cercano y el caso seguía activo hasta el martes.

Tras sus arrestos en los casos más recientes, Hood permanecía detenida en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight con una fianza superior a $15,000 USD hasta la tarde del martes. En su foto policial aparecía con un tatuaje en el cuello que decía “IS RARE”.

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The “Road to the World Cup: Miami Fire vs. Miami Police Soccer Friendly” will take place Saturday at Curtis Park, located at 1901 NW 24th Ave.

The event is hosted by the Miami Firefighters Benevolent Association, Local 587, in partnership with MFR and the Miami Police Department.

Organizers said the event will feature a soccer match between firefighters and police officers, along with youth activities, food trucks, music, bounce houses and other entertainment for families.

The event is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with the match beginning at 11 a.m.

It was a move designed to appeal to the team's devoted fanbase and provoke its wealthy ownership. And within hours of the network's decision, Platner has been all too eager to capitalize on the removal, using it to push his populist message as he campaigns to unseat longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine.

“We ran an ad during last night’s Red Sox game exposing how private equity is making everything in our lives worse, and it got pulled midway through the game by a station owned by Red Sox ownership,” Platner said in a statement on Saturday. “And of course, the Red Sox blew a 4-0 lead to lose the game.”

The ad was pulled by New England Sports Network, which is owned predominantly by Fenway Sports Group, a conglomerate that also owns the Red Sox and Liverpool of the Premier League.

“NESN removes advertisements when credible concerns arise regarding the use of intellectual property,” the network said in a statement. “The advertisement in question was removed because the creative included unauthorized use of third-party intellectual property and did not comply with NESN’s advertising standards.”

NESN did not immediately answer questions about what specifically in the ad violated the station's rules. The Red Sox also did not respond to a question seeking comment.

Collins' campaign said in a statement that Platner's criticism of the Red Sox was an attempt to change the subject from "questions about his judgment and character.” Platner has been dogged during the campaign with questions about a tattoo he eventually had covered up that was associated with Nazi imagery. His old social media posts about subjects including women, police, veterans and rural Americans have also been called into question, and he has acknowledged and apologized for them. He has also said he was unaware about the tattoo's meaning when he got it after a night of drinking.

Platner's 15-second ad about the Red Sox includes the oyster farmer promising to “reverse the private equity curse” if elected and stating that he missed Mookie Betts, a nod to the simmering rage that Boston fans have held after FSG traded the homegrown superstar to the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2020. (“Reverse the curse” was a popular slogan among Red Sox fans in the 1990s and 2000s that referred to the team’s long-running failure to win a World Series prior to 2004.)

It also accuses private equity of “buying up our homes, our sports and our lives” while referencing a March 2021 Axios report detailing that RedBird Capital Partners, a private equity firm, would have an 11% stake in FSG.

Around that same time, FSG brought on as an investor Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, who has stated that he wants to one day own an NBA team.

FSG went on to purchase the NHL’s five-time Stanley Cup-winning Pittsburgh Penguins in late 2021. In 2025, FSG agreed to sell the Penguins to the Chicago-based Hoffmann Family of Cos. for a reported $1.7 billion price tag. That sale was approved earlier this year.

FSG's founder and principal owner, John Henry, was an active political donor, contributing hundreds of thousands of dollars to mostly Democratic candidates, in the late 1990s and early 2000s. However, campaign filings don’t show any activity from him post 2004.

The Red Sox are currently in last place in their division at 22-30 and have descended into mediocrity in the years since the RedBird Capital agreement. At times, fans have chanted “sell the team” during home games this season in Boston.

The team had a run of success in the years prior to the RedBird Capital deal, winning World Series in 2004, 2007, 2013 and 2018. It has struggled since, advancing to the American League Championship Series only once.

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No cause of death was announced by the team.

Fernandez played his entire eight-year NFL career with the Dolphins and was a key pillar on Miami's “No-Name Defense," which helped the team reach consecutive Super Bowls from 1971-1973, including back-to-back Super Bowl wins in 1972 and 1973.

“We are deeply saddened by the passing of Manny Fernandez,” the Dolphins said in a statement, “a member of the 1972 perfect team, a two-time Super Bowl champion, ring of honor member and an anchor of the Dolphins' legendary ‘No-Name Defense.’ His consistent and selfless contributions on the field were instrumental to the Dolphins' success throughout the early 1970s, particularly in the team's three consecutive Super Bowl appearances, in which he produced some of the most memorable defensive performances in the history of the game.”

Fernandez was dominant during the Dolphins' Super Bowl win over Washington following their undefeated 1972 season. That team also included stars such as Bob Griese, Nick Buoniconti and Larry Csonka.

An undrafted free agent out of Utah in 1968, Fernandez was inducted into the Dolphins' Ring of Honor in 2014.

“Our thoughts are with his family, loved ones and teammates as we remember one of the best players in Dolphins history,” the team said.

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Según informe policial, Pylip Vionov y Anton Levkun “colocaron un dispositivo de clonación en una máquina de punto de venta para tarjetas de crédito” en el supermercado Sabor Tropical, en el área de Alameda en West Miami.

Una cámara de vigilancia del supermercado, ubicado en el 6190 de SW 8 St., grabó un video que muestra a Vionov, de 45 años, “cubriendo la máquina de tarjetas de crédito con una bandeja grande de aluminio y distrayendo a la cajera”, según la Policía.

El video de vigilancia también muestra a Levkun, de 41 años, colocando el “dispositivo de clonación sobre el lector de tarjetas de crédito” antes de que un agente de Policía lo encontrara y lo retirara, según el informe de arresto.

Según el informe, agentes encontraron a Vionov y Levkun caminando hacia el oeste por Southwest Eighth Street y localizaron su vehículo estacionado en Southwest Sixth Street y 63rd Avenue.

Levkun tenía “envoltura plástica transparente cubriendo las diez yemas de sus dedos” y “comenzó a quitarse las cubiertas y las arrojó al suelo”, según el informe del agente que realizó el arresto.

Miami-Dade Corrections ingresó a Vionov el lunes por la tarde en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight.

Vionov y Levkun enfrentan cargos por uso ilegal de un dispositivo de escaneo o reencoder y esquema organizado para defraudar. La fianza para cada uno fue fijada en $5,000 USD.

El “Camino al Mundial: Partido amistoso de fútbol Miami Fire vs. Miami Police” se llevará a cabo el sábado en Curtis Park, ubicado en el 1901 de NW 24th Ave.

El evento es organizado por la Asociación Benéfica de Bomberos de Miami, Local 587, en colaboración con MFR y el Departamento de Policía de Miami.

Los organizadores informaron que el evento contará con un partido de fútbol entre bomberos y policías, además de actividades para jóvenes, camiones de comida, música, casas inflables y otras atracciones para las familias.

El evento está programado de 10 a.m. a 2 p.m., y el partido comenzará a las 11 a.m.

The justices overturned a lower-court ruling that had allowed the case to proceed and raised questions about whether a complaint system for federal employees is still working as intended after the Republican president fired some of its top officials.

Immigration judges are federal employees, unlike those in federal courtrooms. They want to sue over a policy restricting their public speeches that started in Trump's first term in office and continued under President Joe Biden's Democratic administration. The judges argue it is a free speech issue that belongs in federal court.

The Trump administration disagreed, saying the judges must instead take their dispute to the complaint system for federal employees overseen by the Merit Systems Protection Board.

The court ruled on procedural grounds, but Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, wrote to rebuke the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for responding to “political controversies of the day.”

Tuesday's decision comes as the court weighs another lawsuit about Trump’s power to fire heads of independent agencies. The outcome is also expected to affect firing power over Merit Systems Protection Board members.

The judges first sued in 2020, and the Supreme Court previously temporarily sided with them on an emergency basis in December 2025. A union said in a statement that the judges were disappointed by the decision, but the case is “far from over.”

“Justice cannot endure when judges are intimidated into silence, nor can a nation remain free when the rule of law is subordinate to the whims of political ambition,” the National Association of Immigration Judges said.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche applauded the decision, saying it "sends a clear message: lower courts must accept that the law is the law, no matter the 'political controversies of the day,'” he wrote in a social-media post.

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Bolsonaro llegó el martes sin una agenda pública. El presidente brasileño Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, su rival en las elecciones de octubre, sostuvo una reunión de tres horas con Trump el 7 de mayo. El líder, de 80 años, busca un cuarto mandato no consecutivo.

El gobierno de Trump no ha comentado públicamente el escándalo de Bolsonaro.

El hijo del expresidente Jair Bolsonaro ha estado bajo fuego desde el 13 de mayo, cuando varios mensajes filtrados por The Intercept a partir de una investigación policiaca federal mostraron que recibió unos 12 millones de dólares de Daniel Vorcaro, expropietario del clausurado Banco Master.

Vorcaro está acusado de estafar a clientes del banco por cientos de millones de dólares tras convencerlos de realizar inversiones dudosas. La Policía Federal de Brasil calcula que el fraude total del banco alcanza 12.000 millones de reales (2.300 millones de dólares).

Flávio Bolsonaro ha negado cualquier irregularidad y sostiene que el dinero de Vorcaro se utilizó para producir una película sobre la vida de su padre. No se espera que el político brasileño forme parte del caso, pero la investigación continúa.

Los adversarios políticos han arremetido contra él desde que se conoció la revelación.

“Cualquiera que se acerque a un banquero criminal da una mala señal”, afirmó el lunes Romeu Zema, el exgobernador de Minas Gerais y simpatizante de Jair Bolsonaro que se postula para la presidencia.

Bolsonaro ya carecía de apoyo en la comunidad empresarial

La campaña de Bolsonaro se ha visto sacudida mientras busca un compañero de fórmula e intenta formar alianzas partidarias. Esto último es clave para que obtenga más recursos y tiempo gratuito en televisión y radio, lo cual se determina por el número de escaños que cada partido tiene en la cámara baja.

Incluso antes de que se hiciera pública la conexión de Bolsonaro con Vorcaro, el político carecía del respaldo de muchos miembros de la comunidad empresarial.

El exgobernador de Goiás Ronaldo Caiado y Renan Santos, también aspirantes presidenciales, han planteado dudas sobre el senador, y algunos políticos sostienen que la ex primera dama Michelle Bolsonaro debería reemplazarlo como candidata presidencial.

“Michelle haría que muchos votantes regresaran. Tiene un buen nombre”, dijo el exministro de Medio Ambiente y legislador Ricardo Salles en un podcast reciente. “Es mucho más suave y eso podría funcionar”.

Michelle Bolsonaro vive con el expresidente en Brasilia, donde él cumple arresto domiciliario por su condena por intento de golpe de Estado. Ella ha guardado silencio sobre el vínculo entre el senador y el banquero caído en desgracia y sobre la posibilidad de postularse a la presidencia.

“Eso no es asunto mío. Tengo que cuidar de mi esposo”, declaró la semana pasada.

Un aliado dice que la candidatura “sigue en pie”

El senador Marcos Rogério, uno de los principales aliados de Flávio Bolsonaro en el Congreso, dijo que el aspirante presidencial ha dado las explicaciones necesarias sobre lo que ocurrió entre él y Vorcaro.

“Momentos como este merecen nuestra atención. Él necesita dejarlo todo claro. Pero también ha argumentado a favor de una investigación parlamentaria sobre el Banco Master. Esto no impedirá en absoluto su candidatura”, dijo Rogério a periodistas el sábado. “No vamos a reevaluar su postulación ni a elegir a otra persona. La candidatura del senador sigue en pie”.

El analista político Lula Guimarães, que ha trabajado para candidatos de todo el espectro político en elecciones brasileñas, señaló que las revelaciones habrían sido letales para Bolsonaro si hubieran salido a la luz poco antes de la votación.

Las investigaciones policiales podrían perjudicar aún más sus posibilidades, pero los votantes podrían dejar el tema de lado cuando llegue el momento, añadió Guimarães.

“Por ahora, la gente en Brasil quiere saber quién ganará el próximo Mundial. Quiere saber si Neymar jugará o no. Solo eso hará que todo este asunto sea menos visible durante un mes”, expresó Guimarães. “No creo que esto, por sí solo, sea letal para Flávio Bolsonaro, pero hasta el propio hombre dijo que hay más sobre él y Vorcaro por salir. Más le vale abrocharse el cinturón”.

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The victory could provide a model for similar campaigns gaining traction in states including California and Illinois, where labor organizers are increasingly targeting app-based industries as drivers also grapple with the rapid expansion of self-driving technology.

As drivers waved signs and chanted with the gold dome of the Massachusetts State House providing a backdrop, labor leaders described Friday's certification as the largest private-sector organizing win since Ford autoworkers unionized in 1941.

Jean Fredo, who has driven for Uber for more than seven years, said he hopes the union will bring better pay, stronger protections against sudden deactivations and more stability for drivers.

“With the union, it will not feel like we’re working for nothing,” he said in French through a translator. “Now the money will not only stay in the billionaire’s pockets. The money will actually come to the workers who work very hard.”

Uber and Lyft said they planned to work with the new bargaining framework as negotiations move forward. Uber said it would work with the union and regulators while preserving “driver flexibility and hard-won benefits,” while Lyft said it was committed to “engaging in good faith” and “helping drivers succeed while keeping rideshare affordable and dependable for everyone who counts on it.”

The certification became possible after the state's voters approved a 2024 ballot measure creating a first-in-the-nation framework allowing ride-hailing drivers to unionize and bargain collectively while remaining independent contractors. Organizers say the union will ultimately represent nearly 70,000 drivers statewide.

Drivers hope for relief on wages, deactivations

“Without the support of the drivers, we wouldn’t be here,” Victoria Acosta, a mother who drives for both Uber and Lyft, said in Spanish through a translator. She said she hopes the victory inspires drivers in other states.

Uber and Lyft drivers are generally classified as independent contractors rather than employees, meaning they are not covered by many traditional labor protections under federal law. Drivers typically use their own vehicles, pay for expenses such as gas and maintenance themselves and can choose when and how long they work through the apps.

Fredo said when he started driving for Uber he appreciated the flexibility and the ability to make his own schedule while still being present for his family. But over time, he said, he found himself working longer hours while earning less as gas and maintenance costs climbed.

Drivers can also lose access to the apps with little warning, he said.

“I live with stress — always scared to lose my app. This is not a way to live," said Fredo, who helped sign up hundreds of other drivers at airports and gathering spots around the Boston area.

“This is my family,” he said, holding up a photo of his four children. “I’m fighting for a better life for them — just like everyone else is fighting for their families. My dream is to save and send my kids to college, and I believe we will get there.”

A labor fight shadowed by automation fears

Supporters say rising vehicle costs, fluctuating pay and opaque app algorithms have fueled frustration among drivers who pay many work expenses themselves. Uber and Lyft have argued that drivers value the flexibility of app-based work and have opposed efforts that could reclassify workers or alter the industry’s business model.

Massachusetts regulators are considering new ride-hailing rules involving safety standards and driver oversight. Days before the union certification, Uber warned in a blog post that some of the proposals could raise costs and reduce flexibility for drivers, while supporters said the changes are intended to strengthen safety and accountability.

The organizing effort has also unfolded alongside the rapid expansion of autonomous vehicle technology. Massachusetts still requires a licensed human operator inside autonomous vehicles tested on public roads.

Waymo has expanded driverless taxi operations in cities including San Francisco, Los Angeles and Phoenix, heightening anxiety among some ride-hailing drivers about the future of their jobs.

Julie Blust of the App Drivers Union said drivers across the country regularly communicate with one another about changing conditions in the industry, including the expansion of autonomous vehicles.

“Drivers now have an official organization and can speak with one voice about what’s happening in this industry,” Blust said. “We cannot let billions of dollars leave Massachusetts and go to Silicon Valley. That money feeds people’s families, that money pays the rent."

El incidente más reciente ocurrió el lunes en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight, donde Link está acusada de golpear a otra reclusa múltiples veces durante un altercado, según el informe.

Agentes de la MDSO dijeron que el incidente ocurrió alrededor de las 5:52 p.m. del lunes en el “área común” de la instalación ubicada en el 7000 de NW 41st St.

Los agentes indicaron que un oficial correccional que revisaba videos de vigilancia vio a Link discutiendo con la víctima antes de correr hacia ella y golpearla múltiples veces en la cabeza y el rostro, además de jalarle el cabello.

Según el informe, ambas fueron separadas por el personal y posteriormente evaluadas en la clínica de la cárcel, donde fueron tratadas y dadas de alta sin lesiones visibles.

El informe señala que las imágenes de CCTV revisadas por los agentes corroboraron la versión de los hechos y que un cabo correccional identificó a Link como la agresora.

El motivo del ataque no fue incluido en el informe de arresto.

Los agentes dijeron que la víctima y los testigos también fueron identificados mediante las grabaciones de vigilancia.

No es la primera vez que Link enfrenta acusaciones similares mientras permanece bajo custodia.

El 26 de enero, fue acusada de atacar a otra reclusa dentro de su celda en la misma instalación, según los investigadores.

En ese caso, los agentes dijeron que la víctima, identificada como “Gupta” en el informe, declaró a los investigadores que fue golpeada múltiples veces en el rostro dentro de su celda y que desconocía qué provocó el ataque. Según el informe, Gupta sufrió heridas menores.

Link fue condenada en octubre de 2025 por asesinato en segundo grado en la muerte a tiros en junio de 2022 de su pareja de muchos años, Pedro Jimenez, padre de dos de sus hijos. Sin embargo, un juez le otorgó a Link un nuevo juicio en febrero después de determinar que los fiscales utilizaron indebidamente fotografías durante los argumentos finales que no habían sido admitidas como evidencia, impidiendo que recibiera un juicio justo, según CourtTV.

Los fiscales dijeron que él planeaba terminar la relación y mantener a los niños alejados de ella.

También atrajo atención internacional en 2024 después de quedar embarazada mientras estaba en la cárcel.

Hasta la mañana del martes, permanecía detenida sin derecho a fianza en TGK.

The American Civil Liberties Union announced the settlement in a federal lawsuit it filed last year on behalf of Suzanne Swierc against Ball State University President Geoffrey Mearns.

Swierc worked as director of health promotion and advocacy at Ball State's campus in Muncie, Indiana, before she was fired last September. Ball State cited Swierc's private Facebook post about Kirk as the sole reason for her termination, saying it caused “significant disruption” to the campus.

Swierc's firing violated her constitutional rights because she was “speaking as a private citizen on a matter of public concern,” said Stevie Pactor, an ACLU attorney in Indiana.

“The First Amendment does not allow government institutions to retaliate in those circumstances, and this settlement reflects that,” Pactor said in a statement.

Mearns defended firing Swierc in a statement sent Tuesday to campus leaders, which a Ball State spokesperson shared with The Associated Press.

Mearns said backlash over Swierc's post threatened to harm the school's student enrollment and fundraising. He said the settlement's “modest monetary payment” to Swierc was substantially less than fighting her lawsuit would have cost.

Kirk, founder of the conservative organization Turning Point USA, was killed by a gunman Sept. 10 on the campus of a Utah university. Before his death, Kirk was credited with galvanizing the conservative youth vote to help President Donald Trump win a second term.

Others fired for Kirk posts have won six-figure settlements

Swierc was among a wave of workers who lost their jobs in both the public and private sector after posting social media comments and memes about Kirk’s assassination. And she isn't the first to win a legal settlement in court.

Earlier this month, a Florida state agency agreed to pay $485,000 to settle a lawsuit by a former state biologist who was fired after she reposted a meme that claimed Kirk wouldn’t care about children being shot in school.

In January, Austin Peay State University in Tennessee reinstated a professor and paid him a $500,000 settlement after he sued over his firing for posting a 2023 news headline that read: “Charlie Kirk Says Gun Deaths ‘Unfortunately’ Worth it to Keep 2nd Amendment.”

Lawsuits by other fired workers are still pending.

Ball State says employee's post led to a flood of outrage

In her Facebook post, Swierc referred to Kirk's killing as a “tragedy.” But she also called it a “reflection of the violence, fear, and hatred he sowed.” She wrote: “If you think Charlie Kirk was a wonderful person, we can't be friends.”

Swierc's attorneys said her Facebook page's privacy settings walled off her posts from the general public, but someone took a screen shot of her comments on Kirk that was shared widely online.

Ball State's president said Swierc's post resulted in a flood of outraged phone calls and emails to the university. Some warned they would withhold donations and at least one parent said she planned to withdraw her children from the school. Some callers threatened violence, Mearns said.

“The reaction was extraordinarily damaging to our University’s reputation and image, and it was exceptionally disruptive to our mission and our people,” Mearns said in his statement.

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Bynum reported from Savannah, Georgia.

A proposed notice, announced Tuesday on the Office of Personnel Management website, is expected to be officially published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, seeking comment on a draft NDA to be used by federal agencies for “both new and existing employees."

"The form is intended to document Federal employees’ acknowledgment of, and agreement to comply with, current legal obligations to safeguard non-public, confidential, or proprietary information, created or obtained through their official duties, while expressly preserving the right to make disclosures authorized by law,” the notice said.

The proposed notice seeks comment on several questions, including whether the NDA should cover only unclassified information and what appropriate actions, if any, agencies should consider for new or current employees who choose not to sign the agreement.

The OPM noted “several recent instances” where internal agency communications related to rulemaking and policy development were disclosed without authorization. It also discussed specific instances in which federal employees at the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security disclosed information about planned immigration enforcement actions without authorization.

In one case, The New York Times and The Washington Post received unauthorized information on the U.S. raid on Venezuela this past January and delayed “publishing what they knew to avoid endangering U.S. troops,” the OPM request for comment said.

A Washington Post spokesperson declined to comment.

Charles Stadtlander, executive director of Media Relations and Communications for the Times, said in an email that the paper had extensive reporting on operations targeting Venezuela and preparations for land-based military operations. “Contrary to some claims, however, The Times did not have verified details about the pending operation to capture Maduro or a story prepared, nor did we withhold publication at the request of the Trump administration.”

Ferreting out leaks that the administration deems harmful to its messaging has been a priority across multiple agencies since President Donald Trump returned to the White House. As part of that crackdown, the FBI in January seized the electronic devices of a Washington Post reporter, a move that alarmed media organizations and advocates of press freedom.

One other notable incident occurred last year when dozens of reporters turned in their access badges at the Pentagon, rejecting new rules imposed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that would leave journalists vulnerable to expulsion if they sought to report on information — classified or otherwise — that had not been approved by Hegseth for release.

Michael L. Vogelsang Jr., an attorney at the Employment Law Group, said he has questions, among them: “What gap is an NDA supposed to fill that doesn’t already exist?”

He noted that statutes already exist regarding the leaking of classified and sensitive information. There’s also a law passed by Congress, he noted, that prohibits employers from implementing or enforcing an NDA.

He said: "So Congress has already said NDAs are a no-go. So how can OPM make a regulation that violates the law?”

The American Federation of Government Employees National President Everett Kelley said in a statement that OPM’s proposed rule is part of a continuing effort to silence federal employees.

“This proposed NDA is another attempt by the administration to purge the civil service of nonpartisan career employees and replace them with loyalists who won’t speak out against waste, fraud, and abuse," Kelley said.

As early in-person voting began Tuesday in South Carolina’s primaries, the state Senate rejected a Republican plan to cancel those congressional votes and instead schedule a new primary under revised districts designed to help the GOP oust a longtime Democrat.

Some senators said it was simply too late to make a change.

“South Carolina citizens are going to the polls today. And neither my conscience or common sense is going to let me stop an election that is already underway,” Republican state Sen. Richard Cash said.

The political drama in South Carolina is part of a Republican strategy — propelled by Trump — to redraw voting districts to the GOP’s advantage in an attempt to hold on to a slim House majority in the midterm elections. Republicans have moved quickly to try to leverage a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that weakened minority protections under the federal Voting Rights Act.

But in Alabama, a three-judge federal panel issued a preliminary injunction blocking the state from using a Republican-drawn congressional map that could help the GOP win an additional seat. The court said the plan “intentionally discriminated based on race” by including only one Black-majority district, and it ordered the continued use of a court-imposed map that includes two districts with a significant proportion of Black residents.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, a Republican, vowed a quick appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court and predicted an eventual victory.

Republicans, who remain ahead in a national mid-decade redistricting battle, also notched some victories in lower courts on Tuesday.

A state judge in Florida declined to block new congressional districts passed by the Republican-led Legislature from being used in the midterm elections. Republicans stand to gain as many as four seats under the new map. The judge said voting rights groups that sued hadn't shown they were likely to succeed on their claim that the map was drawn with political intent in violation of Florida's Constitution. The groups said they were quickly appealing to a higher court, and vowed to keep pursuing the case all the way to the state Supreme Court, if necessary.

A federal court also declined to issue a temporary restraining order in a lawsuit contending that Tennessee's new U.S. House districts are racially discriminatory. The new Republican-drawn map carves up a majority-Black district in Memphis, giving Republicans an improved chance to win the state's only Democratic-held seat. The case is one of several brought against the map.

A redistricting battle that has spanned 10 months

Voting districts typically are redrawn after a census at the start of a decade. But Trump has urged Republican-led states to redistrict ahead of the November elections to try to rebuff political headwinds, which typically result in lost congressional seats for the president’s party in midterms.

Since Trump first urged Texas to redraw its voting districts last summer, Republicans also have enacted new House districts in Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Florida and Tennessee. Republicans think they could gain as many as 14 seats from those efforts, and perhaps 15 if they eventually win the ability to use a different map in Alabama.

Meanwhile, Democrats think they could win five additional seats from new voter-approved districts in California, plus one more from a new court-imposed map in Utah. Democrats suffered a setback earlier this month in Virginia, where the state Supreme Court invalidated a voter-approved redistricting plan that could have helped Democrats win additional seats.

Redistricting discussions are ongoing in Louisiana following an April high court ruling that struck down a majority-Black congressional district as an illegal partisan gerrymander. The Louisiana House could vote later this week on a new map that could eliminate a seat held by Democratic U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields and improve Republicans' chances of winning six of the state's seven seats.

The Congressional Black Caucus on Tuesday called on major corporations, including those that previously expressed support for voting rights and racial justice, to oppose redistricting efforts by Republican-led states that seek to eliminate majority-Black U.S. House districts. The caucus last week called for Black athletes to boycott public universities in states that are gerrymandering congressional maps to eliminate districts held by Black lawmakers.

Clyburn decries White House role in redistricting

More than 55,000 ballots were cast Tuesday on South Carolina's first day of early voting for the June 9 primary after Democrats called for people against a proposed new map to turn out in force. In the 2022 midterms, about 125,000 early votes were cast in the entire two weeks.

Among the first to cast an early ballot in the small city of Orangeburg was U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, the Democrat whose district Republicans were trying to reshape in their quest for a clean sweep of South Carolina’s congressional seats. A defiant Clyburn insisted he would run for reelection, regardless of what the district looks like.

“I’m OK if it’s Trump plus 20,” Clyburn said while describing the potential Republican advantage in a reshaped district. “I would be running where I live.”

The Republican-led House already had passed a plan that would reconfigure Clyburn's district, void the results of current congressional primaries and instead hold new U.S. House primaries in August.

Trump had lobbied for the plan, making at least two phone calls to Republican state Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey and also phoning in to a private meeting of Republican senators earlier this month. He also had maintained the pressure on social media.

But debate stalled in the Senate, where Democrats were staunchly opposed and some GOP lawmakers were concerned that aggressive redistricting could backfire by making some Republican-held seats vulnerable to losses because of the addition of Democratic voters.

Clyburn noted that when state lawmakers last redrew congressional districts, after the 2020 census, they spent months holding meetings across the state to gather public suggestions. Although that map resulted in a 6-1 seat advantage for Republicans over Democrats, the process was orderly and fair, he said.

“When the map was challenged, the U.S. Supreme Court said, yes, this is constitutional,” Clyburn said. But now, “this White House says, to hell with the process, to hell with the Constitution, just do what we want done.”

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Chandler reported from Montgomery, Alabama, and Lieb from Jefferson City, Missouri.

The proposal from parents' group Protect Girls Sports in Maine was slated to go before voters in November. It would have asked voters if they wanted to require public schools to restrict access to bathrooms and sports based on the gender denoted on a child's birth certificate.

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, who is running for governor as a Democrat, said Tuesday her staff found that more than 12,000 signatures on the petition for the referendum were invalid. That leaves the petition drive a few hundred short of the 67,682 required for the initiative to make the ballot, Bellows said.

Bellows' decision is a setback for the nationwide movement to limit or ban transgender students in sports. Maine emerged as a battleground for the issue last year following a public disagreement between Democratic Gov. Janet Mills, who is in her final year of office due to term limits, and President Donald Trump.

“We take the integrity of the petitions just as seriously as we take the security of voting. It's really important that anyone seeking to place a initiative on the ballot follow the law,” Bellows said.

Leyland Streiff, principal officer of Protect Girls Sports in Maine, said in a statement that the group “disagrees with the secretary of state’s decision declaring the Protect Girls Sports initiative ineligible for the November ballot.” The group “is working to ensure full judicial review of the secretary’s decision with the understanding that the courts, not the secretary, should have the final word on this important matter,” Streiff said.

The petitioners have 10 days to appeal Bellows’ decision. The group will also have the ability to try to get the initiative on a future ballot, Bellows said. The secretary of state’s office released a recommended decision about the initiative last week that said the petition “does not meet the constitution threshold” of valid signatures.

At least 19 states have laws banning transgender girls and women from using girls’ and women’s bathrooms at public school, and in some cases, other government facilities, private schools or public places. Enforcement of one of the laws – in Montana – has been put on hold by a court.

At least 30 states have laws or other statewide policies that seek to keep transgender girls and women from competing in girls and women’s sports. Courts have blocked enforcement of some of the laws.

None of the laws on bathrooms or sports restrictions came about through ballot measures. Two other Democratic-controlled states – Colorado and Washington – have sports-related laws on the ballot for November.

The restrictions on both fronts have been adopted in the past five years, and have been championed by Trump. Since his return to office last year, he has terminated agreements with school districts to protect transgender students and signed an executive order to limit sports participation by transgender athletes.

Opponents of the Maine ballot initiative said Tuesday they agreed with Bellows' decision. The petitioners “failed to follow the rules,” said David Farmer, campaign manager for the Campaign for Free and Fair Schools, which opposed the question.

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Mulvihill reported from Haddonfield, New Jersey.

Trump suspended the refugee program on his first day in office and, since then, has turned it into a vehicle to allow Afrikaners — a group of white South Africans descended mainly from Dutch settlers — into the U.S. Advocates say the decision to focus a decades-old program on one group has left people around the world fleeing war and strife stranded and with few options.

The administration says Afrikaners are subject to persecution in their home country, a charge the government in South Africa denies.

In the Tuesday announcement on the Federal Register, President Donald Trump said that because of “an unforeseen emergency refugee situation” he was raising the refugee cap. He blamed the South African government for “recent increases in the incitement of racially motivated violence" but gave no specific information.

“I hereby determine that the admission to the United States of Afrikaners from South Africa in response to this emergency is justified by the grave humanitarian concerns and is otherwise in the national interest,” Trump said in the announcement.

Democrats criticize refugee cap

The administration indicated last year that it would approve up to 7,500, mostly Afrikaners, during the fiscal year stretching from October 2025 through September 2026, but last week, in a notice to Congress informing it of the increase, the administration said that “unforeseen developments in South Africa created an emergency refugee situation.” The change raises the limit to 17,500.

Christopher Landau, the deputy secretary of state, and Troy Edgar, the deputy secretary of Homeland Security, met with key congressional committees on Thursday as part of the legally required consultation process with lawmakers, according to two people who were granted anonymity to discuss a private meeting.

During the hour-long session, Landau told lawmakers that one of the ways that Afrikaners had faced persecution at home was the erasure of their history in school textbooks, according to the people with knowledge of the meeting. The discussion infuriated Democrats, who called the approach and the consultation “indefensible.”

The State Department did not return a request for comment on the interaction.

“The administration’s shameful approach to refugee resettlement is organized around prioritizing white-only Afrikaners and betraying everyone else, including thousands of Afghan allies who risked their lives for our nation, and thousands of other approved and vetted refugees twisting in the wind,” said Democratic Sens. Dick Durbin of Illinois and Alex Padilla of California, and Democratic Reps. Jamie Raskin of Maryland and Pramila Jayapal of Washington in a statement.

Inside the meeting, Democrats also pressed the administration on religious minorities in other nations, particularly in Iran, and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan indicated that it was an issue the administration should look at, the people said. Jordan raised the case of Saleh Mohammadi, a 19-year-old star wrestler who was hanged in Iran with two other young men in March after being sentenced on charges of “moharabeh,” or “waging war against God,” another person with knowledge of the meeting said.

Thousands of mostly white South Africans already admitted

The State Department has already approved more than 6,000 people through the refugee program since the beginning of the fiscal year in October, according to official data. All of those were from South Africa except for three people from Afghanistan.

Presidents set the cap on how many refugees the U.S. will approve through the program each year, and historically, they’ve allocated those numbers across various geographic regions while factoring in wars or conflicts that spark humanitarian needs around the globe.

The refugee program, administered by the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security, is distinct from asylum. People hoping to come through the refugee program must be living abroad and undergo vetting and other checks before being admitted to the U.S., whereas those seeking asylum are already on U.S. soil. A visa, however, is not a guarantee that the holder will be allowed to enter the U.S.

During his first administration, Trump slashed the number of refugees approved every year. Then the Biden administration built the system back up, setting a goal of admitting 125,000 refugees in his last year in office.

Groups that have for decades helped resettle refugees in the U.S. have sued to allow people who were in the refugee application process but are now stranded to be allowed to come to the U.S.

“For nearly half a century, the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program embodied a simple but powerful, bipartisan idea: that the United States would offer safety to the world’s most vulnerable refugees,” said Beth Oppenheim, President & CEO of HIAS, in a statement. “This administration is now dismantling that legacy in plain sight."

In a joint statement, Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. and local first response agencies confirmed there had been fatalities.

Cowlitz Fire and Rescue Chief Scott Goldstein later told a news conference that it was unclear how many workers had been killed. Asked how many remained missing, he replied: “We have information on that, but we’re not releasing that information.”

Among those injured was a responding firefighter. Authorities said some victims had suffered burns or inhalation injuries, and that the severity of the injuries ranged from minor to critical. There was no immediate threat to the public, they said.

The statement, issued more than four hours after the tank imploded at 7:15 a.m., said crews were continuing recovery operations and that no identifying information would be released about victims pending notification of relatives.

Some people waited at the company’s visitor entrance on Tuesday, seeking information about loved ones who worked at the facility. They declined to comment to an Associated Press reporter.

The Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. facility is a pulp and paper mill and liquid packaging plant along the Columbia River in Longview, a city of about 38,000 that has had a relationship with the paper and lumber industries since its founding by a Kansas City timber baron in the 1920s.

The facility, which employs about 1,000 people, makes material for tissues, printing paper, cups, plates, cartons and other goods. It is located in an industrial zone shared by other timber, paper and chemical businesses, and it remains central to the community.

“The people who are responders here have friends and relatives that work on site,” Goldstein noted. “It is something that is impactful, and we have support networks to support the workers as well as the emergency responders.”

The 80,000-gallon (303,000-liter) tank that imploded was about 60% full, Goldstein said. It contained a chemical brew known as "white liquor,” a corrosive substance that consists mainly of sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide and is used to break down wood to make kraft paper, a durable paper used in packaging, shopping bags and other products.

It was too early to determine the cause of the implosion, Goldstein said.

In a written statement, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray of Washington called the implosion an “absolute tragedy.”

“My heart is with everyone who lost a loved one today — as well as the injured workers,” she said.

Mike Gorsuch, battalion chief with the fire department in Longview, Washington, described it as a “mass casualty scene.” He said first responders had decontaminated patients and taken them to hospitals in Longview and Vancouver, Washington.

About 40 firefighters and paramedics had responded, along with a regional hazmat team, Gorsuch said.

Following the tank's rupture, the white liquor spilled into a drainage ditch, said Brittny Goodsell, a state Ecology Department spokesperson. The department sent a team to evaluate the impacts, Goodsell said.

Thousands of residents of Southern California remained evacuated Tuesday due to a damaged chemical tank at an aerospace plant.

Just over 40 people died between January 2021 and mid-October 2023 as a result of hazardous chemical incidents, according to a paper released by a network of environmental justice organizations in late 2023.

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Boone reported from Boise, Idaho. Associated Press reporters Gene Johnson in Seattle and Christopher L. Keller in Albuquerque, New Mexico, contributed.

El secretario mexicano de Salud, David Kershenobich, dijo en la conferencia presidencial matutina que los tres países anfitriones de la justa mundialista acordaron implementar de manera coordinada protocolos de vigilancia para garantizar la seguridad tanto de sus habitantes como de los millones de turistas que los visitarán.

Kershenobich indicó que en el caso de México los protocolos incluirán filtros sanitarios en los aeropuertos internacionales, el fortalecimiento de los procesos de revisión de los itinerarios de vuelo de los visitantes, la verificación de factores de exposición al ébola antes del abordaje a los aviones y una vigilancia permanente de los casos sospechosos.

“México como país anfitrión de la Copa del Mundo en 2026 está comprometido a proporcionar el ambiente más seguro posible", sostuvo el secretario al asegurar que en el país "estamos llevando a cabo todas las medidas de aislamiento necesarias para cualquier eventualidad que pueda ocurrir”.

Hasta ahora los contagios de ébola se han presentado en la República Democrática del Congo, donde hay más de 900 casos sospechosos y más de 220 muertes sospechosas, y en Uganda, donde hay seis casos y un fallecido. Según la agencia sanitaria de la Unión Africana hay 10 países africanos en riesgo.

Como parte de los controles las autoridades mexicanas exigirán a las personas que estén en situación de contacto con la enfermedad 21 días de estancia de aislamiento previo a su viaje, explicó el secretario de Salud, pero negó que esa medida se vaya a aplicar al equipo de República Democrática del Congo debido a que ya se encuentra en aislamiento en Bélgica.

La selección africana tendrá su campamento base en Houston durante el Mundial y disputará su primer juego del Grupo K contra Portugal el 17 de junio en esa ciudad, seguido de los partidos ante Colombia el 23 de junio en la ciudad mexicana de Guadalajara y el 27 de junio contra Uzbekistán en Atlanta.

Estados Unidos exigió a la selección del Congo aislarse 21 días antes de llegar a su territorio.

Ante el avance de la enfermedad, Kershenobich instó a la población a evitar viajar a la región donde se ha reportado el brote hasta que se levante la emergencia de salud pública, pero descartó que se vaya a imponer alguna restricción de acceso a los turistas que provengan de países africanos.

“México recomienda que las personas que hayan permanecido o hayan transitado en los últimos 21 días en la República del Congo, Uganda o Sudán del Sur reprogramen su viaje para una fecha posterior", agregó.

El director de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, alertó la víspera que el brote de ébola es “extremadamente grave y difícil” y pidió a los países vecinos al Congo que actúen “de inmediato”.

El ébola es una enfermedad viral mortal que se transmite por contacto directo con fluidos corporales de personas infectadas y puede provocar fiebre hemorrágica y un fallo multiorgánico.

El virus mató a más de 15.000 personas en África en los últimos 50 años, con una mortalidad de entre 25% y 90%, según la OMS.

In a written statement, Oceanwide Expeditions said the extra work is being carried out on the advice of the GGD local health authority in the port city of Rotterdam, where the vessel returned early last week. It's home port is in nearby Vlissingen in the southern Netherlands.

“Based on their inspection findings, GGD has advised additional cleaning,” the cruise company said. “Following completion of this work, GGD will conduct a final inspection before the vessel can depart from Rotterdam.”

It did not elaborate on why extra cleaning was required and the health authority did not immediately have a comment on the reason it asked for the additional measures.

Yvonne van Duijnhoven, the director of public health in Rotterdam, said when the Hondius arrived in the city's sprawling port eight days ago that it would likely take three days to clean and disinfect the vessel.

In a message posted Sunday on X, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said so far, 12 hantavirus cases and three deaths have been reported to the organization, with no deaths reported since May 2.

“All passengers and crew remain in quarantine and under close monitoring to ensure they receive care if needed. The situation is stable for now. We continue to remain vigilant and in close contact with all relevant governments,” he added.

Hantaviruses usually spread when people inhale contaminated residue of rodent droppings. But the hantavirus that has caused the current outbreak, called the Andes virus, may be able to spread between people in rare cases. The risk to the general public from the cruise ship outbreak is low, according to public health officials.

Oceanwide Expeditions had previously said it didn't foresee any changes to the Hondius' operations. The ship had an Arctic cruise setting sail from Keflavik, Iceland, on May 29. But in Tuesday's statement, the company said that “all voyages from 13 June onwards will proceed as scheduled. No further disruption to the sailing schedule of m/v Hondius is expected.”

Trump’s endorsement of Paxton, who he called "a true MAGA Warrior," came late in the race and marked another effort by the president to punish Republican lawmakers he sees as insufficiently loyal.

The winner of the Republican nomination will run against Democratic state Rep. James Talarico in November.

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Angela Paxton doesn’t endorse in Texas Senate race

The Texas state senator posted several endorsements on social media for the Republican primary runoff. But there was no mention of the U.S. Senate campaign between her husband, Attorney General Ken Paxton, and incumbent U.S. Sen. John Cornyn.

Angela Paxton was a key fixture in Ken Paxton’s previous campaigns. She stood by him throughout his Texas Senate impeachment trial in 2023 and allegations of an extramarital affair. But she’s now seeking a divorce and has cited “biblical grounds” among her reasons for the split.

Angela Paxton urged Republicans to vote in several statewide offices, including the one her husband is leaving behind.

Democrat votes for Paxton to boost Talarico’s chances

Jessica Shaw, 46, who swung out of a polling place in a brightly colored dress in the hot Austin sun, had a strategy in mind.

“I voted for Ken Paxton because I think he is most likely to lose against Talarico,” she said, because Paxton is “such a morally bankrupt person” that he’ll turn general election voters away.

It’s an argument that Cornyn has made frequently on the campaign trail, saying he’s the better contender to face Talarico. In this case, a registered Democrat agreed.

“If this strategy doesn’t work and (Paxton) wins” in the general election, said Shaw, who then raised her hands in a shrug. “Something needs to change, or I think people will move out of Texas.”

Shaw gave a parting message before loading into her Volvo: “Vote against Trump at all costs!”

Cornyn voter: Trump’s endorsement 'doesn’t have any effect'

Debbie Burdeaux strode out of the Haggard Library in Plano sporting a fresh “I voted” sticker. Her choice in the Texas Republican Senate runoff? John Cornyn.

“Because he’s done a good job for this state, and I am not a fan of Paxton,” she said.

Trump endorsed the four-term incumbent senator's opponent, Paxton, last week.

“I don’t have a problem with Trump,” she said. “But he doesn’t have any effect on my vote.”

Burdeaux, a 69-year-old retired substitute teacher and geologist, expressed what others who have voted for Cornyn have said in this precinct: a strong distaste for Paxton.

Some Republicans have said Paxton's previous scandals could discourage GOP voters from backing him in November.

“He is a disgrace,” Burdeaux said. “I want nothing to do with him.”

Trump’s endorsement is enough for this Paxton voter

Paul Olson was quick to say why he voted for Paxton: “He’s conservative and backed by Trump.”

The 72-year-old retired finance executive elaborated a little, saying, “I just think he represents more of what middle-class America needs.”

Olson said he was perturbed that Cornyn, the incumbent, had been airing ads projecting himself as a Trump devotee despite Trump’s endorsement of Paxton.

“He claims he’s got Trump’s backing, and he most certainly doesn’t,” he said.

Olson was among a steady stream of voters arriving over the noon hour at the Haggard Library in Plano.

Confident in his choice, Olson still expressed some worry that some conservatives might be less inclined to vote in November if costs for daily expenses, most notably fuel, remain elevated.

“If they end this war soon, then good. Energy drives the cost of everything, and prices will settle,” he said. “But they have to end this war quickly.”

‘He’s just a toady for Trump’

Lee Rodriguez, a 76-year-old registered independent, said he planned to vote for Cornyn outside a polling place in Austin, Texas, mainly because he is a “stable person; he’s willing to reach across the aisle.”

To Rodriguez, that’s in stark contrast to Paxton, who “is too corrupt” and an “extremist,” he said, echoing Cornyn’s talking points about past Paxton scandals, including allegations of an affair.

Trump’s endorsement of Paxton reaffirmed his fears that “he’s just a toady for Trump,” said Rodriguez, who did not vote for Trump in 2024.

Cornyn ‘definitely the lesser of two evils’

Linda Williams walked into the steamy, sundrenched parking lot outside of Haggard Library in Plano, outside of Dallas, on Tuesday around noon.

“Paxton is a no-go!” she said of the state attorney general, but was little more enthused about Cornyn, for whom she voted and who is fighting for his political future in the Republican Senate runoff.

“It was definitely the lesser of two evils,” the 73-year-old, retired administrative support staffer from Plano said.

“Cornyn has not been the check on Trump we need. He used to be more respectable,” Williams said. “But the way he has coddled Trump and bragged about voting with him? It’s an embarrassment.”

It was all out of Williams’ sense of pragmatism.

“At least he’ll have a better chance against Talarico,” she said with reference to the Democratic nominee, state Rep. James Talarico.

“Because Paxton is a crook.”

Trump is wrapping up a month of reshaping the GOP

This has been a big month for Republican primaries and Trump’s influence over his party.

On May 5, he successfully campaigned against five out of seven Indiana state senators who rejected his redistricting plan there.

On May 16, he helped dislodge Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, who voted to convict Trump in the Jan. 6 impeachment trial five years ago. Cassidy finished third in the primary, failing to make the runoff, while Trump’s choice, Rep. Julia Letlow, finished first.

On May 19, Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky lost his primary to Ed Gallrein, who Trump endorsed. Massie had frustrated the president by voting against his signature tax legislation and pushing to release the Jeffrey Epstein files.

If Paxton wins, it would be a dramatic punctation mark on the month.

Paxton’s supporters brush off years of scandals

The attorney general has faced an impeachment effort and criminal investigations, but his supporters say they’re not concerned.

“He’s had his flaws, but so have we; we all make mistakes,” said Daniel Vega, 18, adding, “He’s repented; let’s move on.”

Others said they appreciated his aggressive conservative politics.

“He’s a fighter. He’s a person of action. He’s proven that as attorney general,” said Jeffrey Sonnier, 72.

Cornyn and his allies have dumped money into the race

Throughout the campaign, Cornyn has had the cash advantage. The senator and his allies have spent roughly $90 million in advertising, according to the ad-tracking firm AdImpact.

That includes more than $20 million since the March 3 primary.

Paxton is supported by a single super PAC, and combined they’ve spent about $10.5 million on advertising. Roughly $6.1 million has been spent since March 3.

What we’re watching: the geographic split between Cornyn and Paxton

There wasn’t a clear geographic divide in the March 3 primary results. The tight margins in Houston, Dallas and their surrounding areas underscore how the battle lines cut across, rather than neatly between, Texas’ urban and suburban regions.

Cornyn — whom Paxton attacked as too aligned with D.C. Republicans and not loyal enough to Trump — led in the state’s largest counties, including those encompassing the metro areas of Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, Austin and Houston. But Paxton remained competitive, trailing by roughly 1,900 votes in Harris County, home to Houston, and 4,100 votes in Bexar County, home to San Antonio. Tonight’s runoff could be decided by who builds a stronger geographic base, particularly in the Houston area, where Rep. Wesley Hunt, who finished third, outperformed his state average.

A GOP voter who backed Cornyn leans toward supporting Democrat Talarico

Dallas-area contractor Raymond Schramm said Tuesday that he’s concerned about healthcare and Republican-authored cuts in subsidies for Affordable Care Act coverage, and he has misgivings about how the war with Iran has been conducted.

He voted for President Donald Trump but thinks the Senate needs someone who will “have a little bit of a difference.” He likes Talarico because he seems kind.

“I like him. He’s a nice guy. He speaks well,” he said. “I don’t believe in the party system.”

Cornyn says Trump’s attacks on him are misplaced

“My situation is a little different than Massie’s or Cassidy’s,” said Cornyn, referencing two other Republican incumbents who were more critical of Trump and recently lost their primaries under pressure from the president and candidates he backed.

In his case, Cornyn said on Fox News Radio’s The Brian Kilmeade Show, Trump is “frustrated I think with the Senate as a whole.”

There are “grifters,” the senator continued, who are “claiming I am opposed to the president’s agenda and I think that’s caused some confusion with the president himself, but I’ve been supportive.”

‘We might as well start term limits now’ for Cornyn, one Dallas-area voter says

Legal assistant Calise Perry considers herself “100%” Republican and voted Tuesday for challenger Ken Paxton over incumbent Cornyn in Texas’ GOP runoff.

The 65-year-old Garland resident said Paxton, the Texas attorney general, is a fighter, “and that’s what we need right now.” The runoff came a week after President Donald Trump endorsed Paxton.

“Cornyn’s been in way too long, and it’s time for him to retire,” she said. “He’s been in office a long time and really hasn’t done much, as far as I can see.”

How Cornyn and Paxton ended up in a runoff

The Republicans were the top two vote getters in the March 3 primary, but neither candidate won the majority needed to secure the GOP nomination outright.

Cornyn finished with 42% of the vote, while Paxton won 40.5%, according to certified results.

Three other candidates were on the primary ballot. They included U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt, who won 13.5% of the vote.

The operator of a 27-foot Robalo struck a docked 21-foot flats boat, a 21-foot Godfrey Pontoon, and hurt two people who were on the dock, according to FWC.

An EarthCam surveillance camera outside the 15th Street Fisheries restaurant recorded the crash. Steve Messier said he and his son had just been there.

“We were right at the spot where the accident took place,” Messier said. “We feel very fortunate that we decided to leave about 10 minutes before that happened.”

The FWC was investigating the cause of the crash.

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The latest incident occurred Monday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, where Link is accused of punching another inmate multiple times during an altercation, according to the report.

MDSO deputies said the incident happened at about 5:52 p.m. Monday in the “common area” of the facility located at 7000 NW 41st St.

Deputies said a correctional officer reviewing surveillance video saw Link arguing with the victim before rushing toward her and punching her multiple times in the head and face, and pulling her hair.

They said the two were separated by staff and later evaluated at the jail clinic, where both were treated and released with no visible injuries, according to the report.

CCTV footage reviewed by deputies corroborated the account, and Link was identified as the aggressor by a correctional corporal, the report states.

A motive for the attack was not listed in her arrest report.

Deputies said the victim and witnesses were also identified through surveillance footage.

This is not the first time Link has faced similar allegations while in custody.

On Jan. 26, she was accused of attacking another inmate inside her cell at the same facility, according to investigators.

In that case, deputies said the victim, identified as “Gupta” in the report, told investigators she was punched multiple times in the face inside her cell and did not know what prompted the attack. Gupta sustained minor injuries, according to the report.

Link was initially convicted in October 2025 of second-degree murder in the June 2022 shooting death of her longtime partner, Pedro Jimenez, the father of two of her children, however, a judge granted Link a new trial in February after finding that prosecutors improperly used photos during closing arguments that had not been admitted into evidence, preventing her from receiving a fair trial, according to CourtTV.

Prosecutors said he had been planning to leave the relationship and keep the children away from her.

She also drew international attention in 2024 after becoming pregnant while in jail.

She remains held without bond at TGK as of Tuesday morning.

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Pylip Vionov and Anton Levkun “placed a skimming device on a credit card point-of-sale machine” at Sabor Tropical Supermarket in West Miami’s Alameda area, according to a police report.

A surveillance camera at the supermarket at 6190 SW 8 St. recorded video showing Vionov, 45, “covering the credit card machine with a large aluminum tray and distracting the cashier,” according to police.

The surveillance video also shows Levkun, 41, positioning the “skimming device onto the credit card reader” before a police officer found it and removed it, according to the arrest report.

Police officers found Vionov and Levkun walking westbound on Southwest Eighth Street, and their parked car at Southwest Sixth Street and 63rd Avenue, according to the arrest report.

Levkun had “clear plastic wrap covering all ten fingertips” and “began removing the coverings and discarded them on the ground,” according to the police officer’s arrest report.

Miami-Dade corrections booked Vionov on Monday afternoon at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

Vionov and Levkun each faced charges of unlawful use of a scanning device or reencoder, and organized scheme to defraud. Their bond was $5,000 each.

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

The justices rebuffed an appeal from the league, which wanted the case handled through its arbitration process rather than open court in New York. Justice Brett Kavanaugh dissented from the decision not to hear the case.

Flores, who's Black, sued the league and three teams in February 2022, alleging the league was “rife with racism” regarding its hiring practices when it comes to Black coaches. He was later joined in the lawsuit by fellow Black coaches Steve Wilks and Ray Horton.

Flores, who was fired by the Dolphins shortly before the suit was filed, is now the Minnesota Vikings' defensive coordinator.

The NFL has argued Flores should go through arbitration rather than the legal system, but lower courts have sided with the plaintiffs. The league said it respected the Supreme Court decision, which allows lower-court rulings to stay in place, but is "fully prepared to defend ourselves as this matter proceeds.”

David Gottlieb and Douglas Wigdor, attorneys for the plaintiffs, said they were pleased with the decision. “The NFL must now accept that its commissioner cannot be the arbitrator over discrimination claims against the league and its teams. We look forward to litigating these claims in court,” they said in a statement.

Flores was fired after posting a 24-25 record over three years without a playoff appearance. The Dolphins did have back-to-back winning seasons before Flores was dismissed.

Flores sued the NFL as well as the Denver Broncos, the New York Giants and the Houston Texans. He interviewed with the Broncos in 2019 and the Giants and Texans in 2022.

Wilks, who was fired as the New York Jets' defensive coordinator in December, joined the lawsuit by claiming the Arizona Cardinals in 2018 hired him as a “bridge coach” — promoting him to interim coach after they fired another coach but then passing over him for the full-time role. He said the Cardinals didn’t provide him with a realistic chance to succeed.

Horton, who last coached in the NFL in 2019, alleged the Tennessee Titans didn’t offer him a genuine interview for the head coaching position in 2016.

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Associated Press writer Michael R. Sisak in New York contributed to this story.

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Early voting for Colombian registered voters in Florida is from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Monday to Saturday at the Coral Gables Museum at 285 Aragon Ave.

On Sunday, Colombia’s election day, the Colombian consulate, at 280 Aragon Ave., in Coral Gables, and five other assigned precincts will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in South Florida.

Related report: Drone attacks raise fears as Colombians vote to elect a new president

It’s a contested election. At the lead, according to recent polls in Colombia, are Iván Cepeda, the leftist who has President Gustavo Petro’s support, and Abelardo de la Espriella, the right-wing frontrunner.

Paloma Valencia, who has the support of former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe in her aim to become the first woman president, and nine other candidates are also on the ballot.

Related video (Spanish): María Corina Machado se reúne con Valencia y María Claudia Tarazona

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There are two other precincts in Miami-Dade County: The Miami Dade College Kendall Campus’s gymnasium at 11011 SW 104 St., and the Milander Center for Arts and Entertainment, at 4800 Palm Ave., in Hialeah.

There are two precincts in Broward County: Cypress Bay High School’s gymnasium at 18600 Vista Park Boulevard, in Weston, and Coral Springs High School at 7201 West Sample Road.

There are also precincts at Palm Beach State College’s Public Safety Conference Center at 4200 S Congress Ave., in Lake Worth Beach.

For information about a voter’s assigned precinct in Florida, Colombia has a national database online.

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🔴El registrador Hernán Penagos se refirió a las demoras para votar en los consulados de Colombia en Estados Unidos. Aseguró que este lunes hubo alta asistencia por ser día festivo en dicho país y recordó que los colombianos tendrán toda la semana para ejercer su derecho al voto… pic.twitter.com/4Xom6oZzZa

— EL TIEMPO (@ELTIEMPO) May 25, 2026

El presidente argentino Javier Milei dijo el martes que "la gestión del canciller (Pablo) Quirno permitió cerrar posiciones y es muy probable que tengamos la dicha de tenerlo en el mes de noviembre aquí en la Argentina” en declaraciones a Radio Mitre.

En tanto, el arzobispo de Buenos Aires, Jorge García Cuerva, señaló al portal de noticias Infobae que “hay muchas posibilidades de que el papa León venga”, aunque instó a ser “prudentes” y esperar la confirmación de la Santa Sede, que no ha dado aún por segura una eventual gira del pontífice por este y otros países de Sudamérica.

Durante el fin de semana el cardenal de Montevideo, Daniel Sturlam, dijo que “todo indica que en noviembre tendremos al papa entre nosotros”, pero matizó que la confirmación oficial vendrá del gobierno y de la Nunciatura Apostólica de Uruguay. La Conferencia Episcopal de Uruguay había hecho referencia a esa misma eventualidad dos días antes en un comunicado.

El pontífice podría incluir a Perú en esa posible gira. La cancillería peruana indicó en febrero a The Associated Press que el religioso tenía decidido visitar en el transcurso de 2026 ese país sudamericano donde ejerció como obispo de Chiclayo, sin hacer referencia a una fecha en concreto.

León XIV tiene un vínculo muy cercano con América Latina ya que tiene la doble nacionalidad estadounidense y peruana. En Perú fue primero misionero y luego obispo.

Su antecesor, el argentino Francisco, realizó una visita oficial a Perú en 2018, pero durante su papado que comenzó en marzo de 2013 no pisó suelo de Argentina y Uruguay. El último papa que estuvo presente en estos dos países fue Juan Pablo II en la década de 1980.

La semana pasada el canciller argentino acrecentó la expectativa en torno al asunto al señalar en X que se había reunido con Milei "para darle la buena noticia que hará feliz a todo el pueblo argentino” y agregó que “sólo resta definir la fecha”.

Cuando Robert Prevost fue elegido nuevo líder de la Iglesia católica en mayo de 2025, Milei publicó en X "las fuerzas del cielo han dado su veredicto de modo claro” junto a una imagen realizada con inteligencia artificial en la que el cuerpo del pontífice tenía una cabeza de león, símbolo de su partido ultraliberal La Libertad Avanza.

Inspired by Gisèle Pelicot ’s decision to make her harrowing drug and rape trial public, the parents of the children agreed to open the proceedings. In France, trials involving minors are usually held behind closed doors.

According to their lawyers, some parents said they were following the example of Pelicot and her motto that “shame must change sides” to abusers, not victims.

The Paris case emerged in April 2025 after several children told their parents they allegedly had been sexually abused at a nursery school.

The defendant, 36, who has not been publicly identified, is accused of assaulting children while supervising them in bathrooms, during lunch breaks and in after-school care between August 2024 and April 2025. He has denied any sexual abuse against children.

The children were between 3 and 5 years old at the time. They do not have to attend the trial. A judge has read their testimonies to investigators.

The defendant is also accused of sexually harassing two co-workers and sexually assaulting one of them. He faces up to 10 years in prison. His lawyer would not speak with The Associated Press before the trial.

Barka Zerouali, co-founder of parents' group MeToo Ecole, or MeToo School, said at a protest outside the courthouse that “there needs to be a national wake-up call at some point." Protesters carried a banner reading: “Because no child should be afraid to go to school.”

Families said the trauma of the alleged assaults was compounded by what they described as a struggle to be taken seriously by authorities. An initial warning raised by a mother months earlier was apparently ignored by the school.

Rebecca Royer, a lawyer representing several families, said that “what we are expecting is a real turning point in child protection, meaning we expect the government and municipalities to implement real measures to protect children, but also to provide real resources."

Similar cases in Paris and across France have drawn media attention in recent months.

Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau last week said investigations were underway involving 84 nursery schools, about 20 elementary schools and about 10 daycare centers in the capital.

Paris Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire said 78 school and after-school staff members have been suspended in the city since the beginning of 2026, including 31 over suspicions of sexual violence.

While teachers in France are employed by the government in state-run schools, school assistants and after-school activity leaders are hired by city authorities.

Grégoire, elected in March, has made combating child abuse an “absolute priority” and unveiled a 20 million euro ($22 million) plan to address what he described as “major dysfunction” in the city’s school supervision system. He pledged to immediately suspend any school employee suspected of abusing children.

Before being elected, Grégoire publicly revealed that he had been sexually abused as a child while attending elementary school between the ages of 9 and 10.

Child abuse became a major issue in the mayoral campaign after a series of allegations involving public schools emerged earlier this year.

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Associated Press journalists Nicolas Garriga and Masha Macpherson contributed to this report.

The tennis star walked onto Court Suzanne-Lenglen in a ceremonial black skirt and sleeveless beaded bodice, which she removed to reveal a sequined gold playing dress for her opening match.

Osaka said on Saturday that she enjoys fashion since “I don’t talk a lot, so that way I can talk through my clothes.”

She added “I am a little dramatic when it comes to my fashion sense.”

Osaka entered wearing the embellished bodice structured to recall armor, and a long pleated skirt over her playing attire for her debut in Paris this year. She then removed the over-garments before beginning to play against German opponent Laura Siegemund.

Earlier this year at the Australian Open, Osaka walked on wearing a wide-brim hat, a veil and holding a white parasol.

The four-time Grand Slam champion also recently wore a show-stopping outfit at the Met Gala in New York.

Earlier on Court Philippe-Chatrier, top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka wore two necklaces with diamonds for her opening win.

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Authorities said Ann Borodina was last seen just before 11 p.m. Monday leaving the 1400 block of Northeast 191st Street in the county’s unincorporated Ojus area, just outside of the Aventura city limits.

Deputies said Borodina is 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs around 160 pounds. They said she has brown eyes, black hair, and was last seen wearing a black shirt and gray sweatpants.

Investigators said Borodina suffers from depression and has previously made suicidal threats. They said she has not contacted family members and may be in need of services.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Deputy A. Madrigal at 305-715-3300 or Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477,

Las autoridades informaron que Ann Borodina fue vista por última vez poco antes de las 11 p.m. del lunes saliendo de la cuadra 1400 de Northeast 191st Street en el área no incorporada de Ojus, en el condado, justo fuera de los límites de la ciudad de Aventura.

Los agentes dijeron que Borodina mide 5 pies y 6 pulgadas y pesa alrededor de 160 libras. Indicaron que tiene ojos marrones, cabello negro y fue vista por última vez usando una camisa negra y pantalones deportivos grises.

Los investigadores informaron que Borodina sufre de depresión y anteriormente había hecho amenazas suicidas. También indicaron que no se ha comunicado con sus familiares y podría necesitar asistencia.

Cualquier persona con información debe comunicarse con el agente A. Madrigal al 305-715-3300 o con Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers al 305-471-8477.

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Fernandez signed with the Dolphins after going undrafted in 1968, joining the team when it was still part of the AFL. He spent his entire eight-year career in Miami before retiring after the 1975 season.

During his time with the Dolphins, Fernandez helped anchor the “No-Name Defense” during one of the most successful stretches in franchise history. He also played in three Super Bowls and was part of the teams that won back-to-back championships following the 1972 and 1973 seasons.

Fernandez recorded sacks in both Super Bowl victories and is unofficially credited with 35 regular-season sacks and 4.5 postseason sacks. (The NFL did not officially track sacks until 1982.)

He was also a member of the 1972 Dolphins team, the only NFL team to complete a perfect season. That group was later inducted into the team’s Honor Roll, and Fernandez was individually inducted in 2014.

The Dolphins released a statement remembering his impact on the franchise:

“We are deeply saddened by the passing of Manny Fernandez, a member of the 1972 Perfect Team, a two-time Super Bowl champion, Ring of Honor member and an anchor of the Dolphins’ legendary N-Name Defense,” the team wrote.

“His consistent and selfless contributions on the field were instrumental to the Dolphins’ success throughout the early 1970s, particularly in the team’s three consecutive Super Bowl appearances, in which he produced some of the most memorable defensive performances in the history of the game,” the team’s statement continued. “Our thoughts are with his family, loved ones and teammates as we remember one of the best players in Dolphins history.”

His cause of death has not been disclosed at this time.

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Officers with the North Miami Beach Police Department said Stanley Guerrier, of Miami’s Little Haiti area, is accused of opening fire during an altercation outside Taboo Miami, located at 337 NW 170th St., around 6:40 a.m. on May 2.

According to the report, Guerrier was involved in a fight with the victim before “unlawfully discharging a firearm in a reckless manner toward the victim,” striking him during what investigators described as an incident “demonstrating a depraved mind without regard for human life” in a crowded area.

Police said they responded to reports of a man shot outside the business.

They said the victim had already been transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital by an individual before officers arrived, according to the report.

Investigators said surveillance video showed Guerrier arriving in a black BMW SUV, exiting the vehicle, and approaching the victim before the confrontation escalated.

They said surveilance video shows Guerrier pushing the victim, who then struck him in what appeared to be self-defense. At that point, Guerrier allegedly pulled out a gun and fired at the victim, according to the report.

Police said after the shooting, the suspect vehicle fled the area. The victim initially went back inside the club before exiting again with an injury to his hand and was transported to the hospital, according to the report.

Detectives later recovered a projectile and a cellphone at the scene, the report states. Security personnel and witnesses provided statements, and surveillance footage was reviewed with investigators and the club’s owner.

Police said Guerrier was later identified through investigative leads, prior law enforcement contact, and surveillance video.

They said he was taken into custody on Sunday without incident after officers located him and detained him on an outstanding probable cause alert.

According to investigators, a gun was recovered during a search incident to arrest, and Guerrier was later interviewed after waiving his Miranda rights. The report states he and another individual made statements to detectives during questioning.

Authorities said they believe the altercation was over an “unknown female.”

Jail records show Guerrier is facing charges of attempted second-degree murder and unlawful discharge of a firearm in a public place or residential property.

As of Tuesday morning, he was being held without bond at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

Agentes del Departamento de Policía de North Miami Beach informaron que Stanley Guerrier, del área de Little Haiti en Miami, está acusado de abrir fuego durante un altercado afuera de Taboo Miami, ubicado en el 337 de NW 170th St., alrededor de las 6:40 a.m. del 2 de mayo.

Según el informe, Guerrier estuvo involucrado en una pelea con la víctima antes de “disparar ilegalmente un arma de fuego de manera imprudente hacia la víctima”, hiriéndola durante lo que los investigadores describieron como un incidente que “demostraba una mente depravada sin consideración por la vida humana” en un área concurrida.

La Policía informó que respondió a reportes de un hombre baleado afuera del negocio.

Según el informe, la víctima ya había sido trasladada al Hospital Jackson Memorial por otra persona antes de que los agentes llegaran al lugar.

Los investigadores dijeron que un video de vigilancia mostró a Guerrier llegando en una SUV BMW negra, saliendo del vehículo y acercándose a la víctima antes de que el enfrentamiento escalara.

Indicaron que las cámaras de vigilancia muestran a Guerrier empujando a la víctima, quien luego lo golpeó en lo que parecía ser defensa propia. En ese momento, Guerrier presuntamente sacó un arma y disparó contra la víctima, según el informe.

La Policía indicó que, después de la balacera, el vehículo sospechoso huyó del área. Según el informe, la víctima regresó inicialmente al interior del club antes de salir nuevamente con una herida en la mano y ser trasladada al hospital.

El informe señala que los detectives recuperaron posteriormente un proyectil y un teléfono celular en la escena. Personal de seguridad y testigos ofrecieron declaraciones, y las grabaciones de vigilancia fueron revisadas con los investigadores y el propietario del club.

La Policía dijo que Guerrier fue identificado posteriormente mediante pistas de la investigación, contactos previos con las autoridades y videos de vigilancia.

Indicaron que fue detenido el domingo sin incidentes luego de que los agentes lo localizaran y arrestaran por una alerta activa de causa probable.

Según los investigadores, durante el arresto se recuperó un arma de fuego, y Guerrier posteriormente fue interrogado tras renunciar a sus derechos Miranda. El informe señala que él y otra persona hicieron declaraciones a los detectives durante el interrogatorio.

Las autoridades creen que el altercado ocurrió por una “mujer desconocida”.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que Guerrier enfrenta cargos de intento de asesinato en segundo grado y descarga ilegal de un arma de fuego en un lugar público o propiedad residencial.

Hasta la mañana del martes, permanecía detenido sin derecho a fianza en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight.

The case stems from a crash in Florida last year that killed three people. The driver, Harjinder Singh, is accused of making an illegal U-turn that caused the accident. Singh, who is from India, was carrying a valid commercial driver's license from California and had earlier been granted one by Washington state.

Republican-led Florida has accused the Western states, led by Democrats, of openly defying immigration laws and asked the justices to rule that states lack the authority to issue CDLs to people who are not citizens or legal permanent residents.

The Supreme Court typically hears appeals of lower-court decisions, but it sometimes takes on what are known as original lawsuits in which states sue each other in the nation's highest court.

Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented from Tuesday's order, as they often do when the court rejects an original lawsuit, saying that the court has no choice but to hear such cases.

Separately, a federal appeals court has blocked a Trump administration proposal to impose new restrictions that would severely limit which immigrants can get commercial driver’s licenses to drive a semitrailer truck or bus.

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Officials with iHeart Animal Rescue say the dog is decompressing and recovering well.

They said she’s got a new apartment set up and loves her new blanket, bed and toys.

The shelter also told Local 10 News “Miracle” has explored her new home and is still taking antibiotics as she recovers.

Anyone looking to donate to Miracle’s growing medical costs can visit iHeart Animal Rescue’s website.

Funcionarios de iHeart Animal Rescue dijeron que la perra se está relajando y recuperando bien.

Indicaron que ya tiene un nuevo apartamento y que le encantan su nueva manta, cama y juguetes.

El refugio también informó a Local 10 News que “Miracle” ha explorado su nuevo hogar y continúa tomando antibióticos mientras se recupera.

Cualquier persona interesada en donar para cubrir los crecientes gastos médicos de Miracle puede visitar el sitio web de iHeart Animal Rescue.

En Florida, el precio promedio de la gasolina regular es de $4.47 USD. Con los viajes de verano acercándose, Local 10 y Tropical Financial Credit Union se están uniendo para brindar alivio a los conductores.

A partir del martes, puede inscribirse en “Premio en la Bomba”. Todo lo que tiene que hacer es completar el formulario del concurso a continuación para tener la oportunidad de ganar una tarjeta de regalo de combustible de $100 USD. La fecha límite para participar es el domingo 31 de mayo a las 11:59 p.m.

Del 1 al 5 de junio, regalaremos $2,500 USD en tarjetas de regalo de combustible a 25 televidentes de Local 10. Los ganadores serán seleccionados al azar y cinco serán anunciados cada día durante nuestro noticiero de las 6 a.m.

Inscríbase hoy para tener la oportunidad de recibir su “Premio en la Bomba”.

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In Florida, the average price for regular gas is $4.47. With summer travel on the horizon, Local 10 and Tropical Financial Credit Union are teaming up to bring drivers some relief.

Beginning Tuesday, you can sign up for “Prize at the Pump.” All you have to do is complete the contest form below to be eligible to win a $100 fuel gift card. The deadline to enter is Sunday, May 31, at 11:59 p.m.

From June 1 through June 5, we will give away $2,500 in fuel gift cards to 25 Local 10 viewers. The winners will be chosen at random and five will be announced each day during our 6 a.m. newscast.

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The Conference Board’s consumer confidence index slipped 0.7 points to 93.1 in May, the first decline after three months of gains. The measure hasn't fallen as much this year as other gauges of consumer attitudes, but it has been stuck at a low level since the pandemic. Before COVID-19, it regularly reached 130.

A separate gauge of consumer sentiment released last week by the University of Michigan fell to a record low this month. Soaring gas and food costs have worsened inflation that is outpacing the average growth in paychecks, reducing most Americans’ purchasing power. Americans have soured on President Trump’s economic policies, polls show, potentially creating problems for Republicans heading into the midterm elections.

Consumer sentiment is mostly gloomy even as the economy is still growing and the unemployment rate has stayed low. Some economists argue that the gap reflects inequality in a “K-shaped” economy, with higher-income Americans benefitting from rising stock prices and still spending while lower-income households struggle.

Tuesday's consumer confidence survey showed that confidence grew among households with incomes at or above $100,000, while it fell for most others.

“The prospect of higher prices and faster inflation continues to loom over confidence readings with many households taking a more cautious approach to purchases this year,” Ben Ayers, Nationwide senior economist, said.

There were some positive signs, Ayers noted: Americans' expectations for growth six months in the future improved, potentially a sign they expect the Iran war to be over by then.

Still, Americans' outlook on the job market worsened slightly. The proportion of respondents who said jobs are “plentiful” dropped to 25.5%, the lowest in three years. At the same time, just 18.6% said jobs were “hard to get,” the smallest percentage since October. The findings reflect the “low-hire, low-fire” job market that has made it harder for those out of work to obtain new jobs.

Gas prices have soared to a nationwide average of $4.49 a gallon from $2.98 just before the war began at the end of February, and have been at or above $4.50 a gallon for nearly all of May.

This month, the Conference Board added special questions to its survey, which found rising prices have caused most Americans to change their spending habits. Two-thirds of respondents said they are cutting back spending in response to the increases, with most of those reducing overall purchases and delaying more expensive acquisitions.

Many consumers are also planning to economize on clothes, shoes, hobby items, and toys and games, the survey found.

Inflation jumped to 3.8% in April, the highest in three years and far above the Federal Reserve's 2% target. In addition to more expensive gas, grocery prices have also started rising more quickly, likely driven by higher shipping costs. Beef prices have also risen sharply, as drought and other factors have reduced cattle herds.

The higher prices are reducing Americans' average inflation-adjusted incomes. Average hourly earnings, adjusted for price changes, shrank in April from a year earlier for the first time in three years.

Other data also suggests consumers have grown more cautious amid rising prices. Adjusted for inflation, retail sales actually declined in April, after a solid increase in March.

And the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index fell to a record-low 44.8 in May, its third straight decline, as a majority of respondents said rising prices were hurting their personal finances.

The iconic online payments company is facing its biggest challenge in nearly three decades of existence. Its core business of customers using the app to check out when shopping online is barely growing and new management has bluntly warned investors that “significant changes” will be needed to fix the company’s problems.

One of the biggest success stories of the original dot-com era, PayPal has seen its territory steadily conquered by new and existing competitors, particularly Apple, Shopify, the buy now, pay later companies like Affirm and Klarna, and peer-to-peer money transfer services like Cash App and Zelle, particularly in the past five years.

As a result, PayPal’s stock has fallen nearly 40% in the past 12 months. The stock, which soared during the pandemic as millions of Americans started shopping online for groceries and other necessities, has plunged roughly 80% in the past five years as investors worried that PayPal missed an opportunity to leverage its name recognition and dominance in online payments and allowed its competitors to take market share that will be hard to recover.

Investors’ concerns are not about profitability, although PayPal did warn investors that 2026 profits would be down from the previous year. The concerns lie more with how will PayPal grow and maintain its market with increasing competition.

PayPal said in its first-quarter earnings report that branded checkout — the company’s most profitable business by margin — grew just 2%. While the company noted there had been a slowdown in its European division and other discretionary purchases, a growth of only 2% in one of the fastest growing industries alarmed investors and shares dropped nearly 8%.

The pressures on PayPal's business have led to some dramatic changes at the top of the company. The board ousted CEO Alex Chriss in February and replaced him with Enrique Lores, the former president and CEO of HP Inc., and a member of PayPal’s board. Lores announced a cost-cutting plan that includes reorganizing the company into three divisions and relying more on artificial intelligence. He told investors at May’s shareholder meeting he expects to update them on the company’s turnaround plan “in a few months."

The biggest threat to PayPal’s dominance has been Apple and its Apple Pay service. Apple rolled out Apple Pay in 2014, which allowed Apple customers to store virtual credit and debit cards on their devices to pay online. The company also integrated tap-to-pay technologies into iPhones and the Apple Watch to allow Apple users to pay for items at stores in person.

So, while PayPal has embedded itself as a checkout button on countless merchant websites, that checkout button has become less useful when a customer can store their payment information on their phone and pay using a fingerprint or a glance of their face, analysts said.

This has caused customers to drift away from PayPal as a default payment method. PayPal in 2019 controlled roughly 9% of e-commerce in the U.S. and globally, with Apple Pay having a 3% market share, according to analysts at UBS. Six years later, Apple overtook PayPal as the dominant checkout option, and its market share is expected to continue to grow as Apple rolls out Apple Pay to non-iOS users.

There is also the growing popularity of buy now, pay later companies such as Klarna and Affirm. While PayPal now offers buy now, pay later services like its pay-in-four plan, and longer-term monthly payment plans, it lags its major competitors including Affirm, which was founded by one of PayPal’s founders, Max Levchin.

“PayPal has had a lot of trouble evolving from being just a way to pay on your desktop computer,” said Sanjay Sakhrani, an analyst who covers credit cards and payment methods at investment bank Keefe Bruyette & Woods.

Going forward, investors worry that if the branded checkout business continues to lag behind it competitors, it could spell future trouble for PayPal. Wall Street analysts have questioned whether Venmo or Braintree may be spun off from the company, noting that Lores was previously responsible for spliting HP into two separate companies.

Earlier this year, PayPal's stock jumped briefly on unconfirmed reports that the payments company Stripe was interested in acquiring all or parts of PayPal.

Según documentos judiciales federales, el grupo planea usar su dinero y sus viviendas como garantía.

Entre los nombres figuran la supervisora de elecciones del Condado de Miami-Dade Alina Garcia, el exrepresentante estatal de Florida Manuel Prieguez y el monseñor Wilfredo Pena Moredo, sacerdote católico con 52 años de ministerio.

Los expresidentes de la FIU Modesto “Mitch” Maidique y Mark Rosenberg también están entre quienes ofrecen ayuda, junto a Yvonne Soler McKinley, exadministradora municipal de Doral y South Miami.

Esto ocurre luego de que un jurado condenara a Rivera y a la consultora política Esther Nuhfer por cabildear ilegalmente para el gobierno venezolano.

Ambos fueron condenados también por no registrarse como agentes extranjeros y por conspirar para cometer lavado de dinero en relación con un contrato de consultoría de $50 millones.

El jurado determinó que los fiscales probaron que la pareja conspiró para enriquecerse intentando ayudar al régimen de Nicolás Maduro a normalizar las relaciones entre Estados Unidos y Venezuela.

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A three-judge panel in the state’s long-running redistricting case issued a preliminary injunction that prevents the state from switching maps, ruling that the Republican-backed plan “intentionally discriminated based on race” by including only one Black-majority district. The judges instead required Alabama to continue using a court-ordered map in place for the 2024 elections that includes two districts where Black residents compose a majority or close to it.

“Ultimately, we cannot see our way clear to requiring Alabamians to cast their votes in the 2026 elections under a districting plan tainted by intentional race-based discrimination,” the judges wrote.

The ruling is a setback for Republicans, who want to use a map for the November midterms that would give the GOP a chance to reclaim the seat now held by Democratic U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures.

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, a Republican, said the state will immediately appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. He contended the judges had no basis for their decision to block what he described as a “blandly unobjectionable congressional map.”

“Know this — in my mind, it is not a matter of whether we win this case, only when,” Marshall said.

Figures said he is pleased with the ruling, adding: “This is a significant step in the right direction, but there is still a long way to go before this fight is settled.”

The court order is the latest development in the twisting legal and political saga following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down a Black-majority district in Louisiana and weakened the federal Voting Rights Act. That ruling has led Republicans in several Southern states, including Alabama, to take steps to reshape voting districts with large minority populations that have elected Democrats.

The redistricting frenzy is part of a broader push by President Donald Trump to try to hold on to Republicans’ slim House majority in the November elections.

Alabama court fight stretches back several years

The three-judge panel in 2023 ruled that a map drawn by Republican state lawmakers intentionally diluted the voting power of Black citizens. The court said the state, which is about 27% Black, should have two districts where Black voters are the majority or close to it. The court-selected map was used in 2024.

After the Supreme Court's recent ruling in the Louisiana case, Alabama officials moved to implement the 2023 state-drawn map. The Supreme Court’s conservative majority agreed to lift the injunction that had blocked the map's use and sent the case back to the three-judge panel for reconsideration in light of the Louisiana ruling.

In the meantime, voters cast ballots in Alabama's May 11 primaries, and Republican Gov. Kay Ivey set new special primaries for Aug. 11 in four congressional districts affected by the map switch.

Upon further review, the judicial panel said there was “undisputed evidence” of intentional racial discrimination. It said the special congressional primaries should instead proceed under the previous court-approved districts.

The decision to temporarily block the map switch came after a seven-hour hearing Friday in which judges sharply questioned state lawyers about the timeline and the impact of the Louisiana ruling.

Using the same districts that had been in place for the previous election would prevent “an expensive, aggressive, and perhaps logistically impossible voter reassignment effort,” the judges wrote.

“Candidate and voter confusion is troublesome and warrants significant consideration, but we do not see that a preliminary injunction will worsen it. To the contrary, we expect a preliminary injunction to lessen it,” the judges said.

Deuel Ross, director of litigation for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, said the court ruling “again vindicated the constitutional rights of voters in the Black Belt, and our clients look forward to voting under a fair map this fall.”

Redistricting changes affect primaries in several states

Other states also have considered adjustments to their primary elections to allow time for congressional redistricting after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision affecting the Voting Rights Act. Louisiana’s congressional primaries, scheduled for May 16, were postponed until later this summer by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry so that state lawmakers could consider a new U.S. House map that would eliminate a majority-Black district.

In South Carolina, where early voting began Tuesday for its June 9 primaries, the Republican-led Senate rejected a plan that would have thrown out the votes and instead held a new congressional primary in August under revised districts that could have improved Republicans’ chances of winning an additional seat.

Tennessee also moved quickly to enact new U.S. House districts after the Supreme Court’s ruling, carving up a Black-majority district based in Memphis that had elected the state’s only Democratic representative. The new map gives Republicans a chance to sweep all nine of the state’s seats. As part of the plan, Tennessee temporarily reopened the candidate qualifying period for its August congressional primaries, allowing new candidates to enter the race and existing ones to either switch districts or drop out.

Since Trump first urged Texas to redraw its U.S. House districts last summer, about a half-dozen Republican-led states have enacted new voting districts, though some still face legal challenges. Democrats countered with new districts in California and also expect to gain a seat from new court-imposed districts in Utah.

Mondelez, Oreo’s parent company, said Tuesday that BTS-themed Oreos will go on sale June 1 online and June 8 in stores. The cookies, which feature purple wafers in a nod to the band’s signature color, will be sold in more than 80 markets around the world, making the partnership the brand's biggest to date.

The band also designed 13 embossments for the wafers, including the names of the seven members and an outline of the light stick that fans hold at BTS concerts.

The white-and-tan creme center of the sandwich cookies was formulated to taste like hotteok, a warm, brown sugar-stuffed pancake that’s a popular Korean street food.

“For Oreo to be the first snacking brand we’ve collaborated with globally is a huge honor. We ate them as kids, we eat them in the studio and now Oreo is helping us share a taste of home with the world,” BTS said in a statement.

BTS Oreos will be sold for a limited time. Chicago-based Mondelez wouldn’t say how many packages it’s making.

Martin Renaud, Mondelez’ chief marketing and sales officer, said the BTS cookies strike a balance of staying true to Korean culture and food while remaining consistent with Oreo’s brand and flavoring.

“You want to be authentic, you want to be differentiated and live an experience. But when you are Oreo, you need to be pleasing a large group of people,” Renaud told The Associated Press. “You cannot come up with something that will be liked only by 20% of the population because it would alienate some of our customers.”

Renaud said Oreo spent around two years developing the BTS cookie, eventually narrowing the possible flavors to three before settling on hotteok.

“I think Korean food is an incredible cuisine. I’m French, maybe I should not say that, but I believe it,” Renaud joked.

BTS Oreos arrive at a time when consumers are increasingly eager to sample new and authentic global cuisines and flavors. Datassential, a food and beverage consulting company, said U.S. restaurants featuring global flavors — Asian and South American, specifically -- have been gaining market share since 2019. In Europe, West African restaurants are growing in popularity, the company said.

Social media is spurring the international taste trend. There are more than 11,700 TikTok videos under the hashtag “hotteok,” for example. Seeking out global foods or learning to make them is a low-risk and low-cost way to enjoy other cultures, said Russell Zwanka, the director of the food marketing program at Western Michigan University.

“You can experience the world without spending $2,000 on a ticket,” Zwanka said.

Delivery services and speciality grocery stores like the Asian supermarket chain H Mart have also made it easier for consumers to sample international foods, he said.

“People have a much more proactive stance on trying to find flavors they can attribute to certain regions of the world,” Zwanka said. “I think that’s beautiful. It’s way the world should be.”

In recent years, Oreo has partnered with Coca-Cola, singer and actress Selena Gomez, and the K-pop girl band Blackpink, among others. The brand also offers limited-time flavors in specific markets, like cherry sakura in Japan and red bean paste in China.

BTS is also no stranger to food collaborations. The band partnered with McDonalds in 2021 for a global meal promotion in 50 countries. BTS also worked with the Korean food companies Paldo and Hy to develop Arih, a line of noodles and drinks sold at Walmart.

Renaud said partnerships and playful, interesting flavors help Oreo expand its appeal beyond families.

“We want to be making sure we also keep our older children and Gen Zs and keep the brand up to date,” he said.

Renaud said Oreo is already working on its next collaborations, which may or may not be as big as the BTS partnership.

“We’re not obsessed to be more, more, more, more, markets. I think if we can, yes, let’s go for it,” he said. “But the key point is we need to be really resonating with the local culture.”

Fernandez firmó con los Dolphins después de no ser seleccionado en el draft de 1968, uniéndose al equipo cuando todavía formaba parte de la AFL. Pasó toda su carrera en Miami antes de retirarse tras la temporada de 1975.

Durante su tiempo con los Dolphins, Fernandez ayudó a liderar la defensa durante una de las etapas más exitosas en la historia de la franquicia. Jugó en tres Super Bowls y formó parte de los equipos que ganaron campeonatos consecutivos tras las temporadas de 1972 y 1973.

Registró capturas de mariscal en ambas victorias del Super Bowl y se le atribuyen de manera no oficial 35 capturas en temporada regular y 4.5 en postemporada. (La NFL no comenzó a registrar oficialmente las capturas hasta 1982).

Fernandez también fue miembro del equipo de los Dolphins de 1972, el único equipo de la NFL en completar una temporada perfecta. Ese grupo fue posteriormente incluido en el Honor Roll del equipo, y Fernandez fue incluido de manera individual en 2014.

Los Dolphins emitieron un comunicado recordando su impacto en la franquicia:

“Estamos profundamente entristecidos por el fallecimiento de Manny Fernandez, miembro del Equipo Perfecto de 1972, dos veces campeón del Super Bowl, miembro del Ring of Honor y figura de la legendaria defensa No-Name Defense de los Dolphins”, escribió el equipo.

“Sus constantes y desinteresadas contribuciones en el campo fueron fundamentales para el éxito de los Dolphins durante los primeros años de la década de 1970, especialmente en las tres apariciones consecutivas del equipo en el Super Bowl, en las que produjo algunas de las actuaciones defensivas más memorables en la historia del juego”, continuó el comunicado del equipo. “Nuestros pensamientos están con su familia, seres queridos y compañeros de equipo mientras recordamos a uno de los mejores jugadores en la historia de los Dolphins”.

La causa de su muerte no ha sido divulgada hasta el momento.

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Little Haiti celebró el martes 10 años desde que los comisionados de Miami emitieron una proclamación clave que designó oficialmente al vecindario a lo largo del corredor de Northeast Second Avenue.

La junta aprobó por unanimidad la designación en 2016.

“Definitivamente vamos a enfocarnos en ese momento, y históricamente hemos celebrado esto cada año, así que poder hacerlo una década después nos hace extremadamente felices”, dijo Joann Milord, presidenta y directora ejecutiva del Little Haiti Revitalization Trust.

El vibrante distrito aporta a la rica diversidad cultural de Miami.

El creole llena las calles, los edificios están cubiertos de murales coloridos, la auténtica gastronomía atrae multitudes y la sólida escena artística y musical continúa prosperando.

“Lo mejor de Miami es la diversidad de culturas”, dijo Milord. “Es una forma de poder viajar por el mundo solo con experimentarlo”.

La historia de Little Haiti se remonta mucho más allá de la última década.

Las raíces del vecindario datan de hace casi 50 años, cuando el empresario, líder comunitario y activista nacido en Haití, Viter Juste, le dio su nombre al área.

Juste se mudó a Miami en la década de 1970 y es considerado un visionario por ayudar a establecer una comunidad donde los haitianos pudieran vivir, trabajar y rendir culto.

“Hemos estado aquí por generaciones, haciendo contribuciones a la comunidad, a través de negocios y de la economía”, dijo Milord.

Es un lugar donde las tradiciones han sido preservadas y todavía se celebran hoy en día.

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Little Haiti on Tuesday marked 10 years since Miami commissioners made a pivotal proclamation officially designating the neighborhood along the Northeast Second Avenue corridor.

The board unanimously approved the designation in 2016.

“We are definitely going to focus on that moment, and we have historically been celebrating this each and every year, so for us to be able to do this a decade later, we’re extremely happy,” said Joann Milord, president and CEO of the Little Haiti Revitalization Trust.

The vibrant district adds to Miami’s rich fabric of diversity.

Creole fills the streets, buildings are coated with colorful murals, authentic cuisine draws crowds and the robust art and music scene continues to thrive.

“The greatest thing about Miami is about the diversity of the cultures,” Milord said. “It’s such a way for you to be able to travel the world just by experiencing.”

Little Haiti’s history stretches far beyond the last decade.

The neighborhood’s roots date back nearly 50 years after Haitian-born businessman, community leader and activist Viter Juste gave the area its name.

Juste moved to Miami in the 1970s and is considered a visionary for helping establish a community where Haitians could live, work and worship.

“We have been here for generations, making contributions to the community, through businesses, through the economy,” Milord said.

It is a place where traditions have been preserved and are still celebrated today.

Wednesday will be a transition day into a stormier weather pattern across Florida. Expect a daily chance of widespread showers and thunderstorms, especially Thursday into the weekend. South Florida could see four to eight inches of rain over the next week, with locally higher amounts possible. Flooding is possible each day in any slow-moving showers and thunderstorms.

Para ganar la elección se requiere la mitad más uno del total de los votos. En caso de que ninguno lo logre en la primera vuelta, se convocará a un balotaje el 21 de junio, en el que participarán los dos candidatos más votados y ganará quien obtenga la mayoría de los sufragios.

A continuación, una guía sobre las elecciones presidenciales en Colombia.

¿Qué se vota?

Los colombianos elegirán al sucesor de Gustavo Petro, quien en 2022 fue elegido como el primer presidente de tendencia izquierdista en el país y que culminará su periodo en agosto sin posibilidad legal de reelegirse.

También escogerán a la fórmula vicepresidencial que reemplazará a Francia Márquez, la primera afrodescendiente en ocupar ese cargo.

El segundo puesto en la votación tendrá derecho a una curul en el Senado, en el caso del aspirante a la presidencia, y otro en la Cámara de Representantes para la fórmula vicepresidencial.

¿Cuántos candidatos hay?

Se medirán en las urnas 11 candidatos, aunque en la papeleta aparecerán dos adicionales que se retiraron en la recta final para adherirse a Iván Cepeda, senador y aspirante por Pacto Histórico, la corriente política que lidera Petro.

Cepeda se ha mantenido en distintas encuestas entre los primeros lugares de intención de voto, así como los aspirantes Paloma Valencia, senadora y aspirante del opositor Centro Democrático, y Abelardo de la Espriella, un abogado que se lanzó por el movimiento ciudadano Defensores de la Patria y que también se opone a Petro.

También son aspirantes los moderados Claudia López, exalcaldesa de Bogotá, y Sergio Fajardo, exalcalde de Medellín y exgobernador de Antioquia, así como los exfuncionarios del gobierno de Petro, Roy Leonardo Barreras, quien fue embajador en Reino Unido, y Mauricio Lizcano, exministro de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones.

Además, competirá Miguel Uribe Londoño, quien se lanzó en reemplazo de su hijo Miguel Uribe Turbay, quien falleció el año pasado cuando era precandidato presidencial tras un ataque a tiros durante un mitin político.

Padrón electoral y conteo de votos

Más de 41,4 millones de colombianos están habilitados para votar —de una población total de 53 millones—, de los cuales 1,4 millones lo harán en el exterior.

Los puestos de votación se habilitarán a las 8:00 de la mañana (13.00 GMT) y cerrarán a las 4:00 de la tarde (21.00 GMT). Inmediatamente después del cierre iniciará el conteo de votos realizado por jurados de votación —que son ciudadanos elegidos aleatoriamente— y bajo vigilancia de observadores y testigos electorales que pueden tomar fotografías a los formularios con los resultados.

El día de la votación la Registraduría Nacional publica los resultados de un conteo cuya función es informativa, pero no definitiva. Luego se realizan los escrutinios donde se verifican los resultados, se resuelven reclamaciones y se declara al ganador.

¿Cómo llega Colombia a las elecciones?

Las elecciones presidenciales se desarrollan en medio de una preocupación por la violencia política tras el asesinato de Uribe Turbay y múltiples amenazas a otros candidatos, así como por el accionar de grupos armados ilegales que se disputan el control de territorios estratégicos para el narcotráfico y la economía ilegal.

La estatal Defensoría del Pueblo ha advertido que la inquietud gira en torno a la “gobernanza de los grupos armados” que podrían condicionar el comportamiento electoral.

Durante la campaña la Defensoría y organismos como la ONU propusieron a los candidatos bajar el tono de la discusión y los señalamientos mutuos para evitar un escenario más polarizante.

El próximo gobierno deberá decidir si da o no continuidad a la política de “paz total” que Petro puso en marcha negociando con múltiples actores armados en paralelo en un intento por reducir la violencia y que no ha logrado desarmarlos ni detener su poderío.

También está en juego la relación con el Congreso, que se renovará en julio con una importante representación del Pacto Histórico, así como con las altas cortes y la fiscalía, con las que Petro ha mantenido una relación tensa.

In Washington, the president is scheduled for a medical checkup. The redistricting war also continues as the Congressional Black Caucus is urging corporate America to get involved to save voting rights, ending a collective retreat during Trump’s second presidency. In Texas, the Trump-backed, scandal-plagued Ken Paxton is favored over Sen. John Cornyn in Tuesday's GOP primary runoff election.

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Chinese foreign minister says he hopes US-Iran ‘stay committed’ to a deal as progress remains murky

At a press conference at the United Nations in New York, Wang Yi told reporters that despite the uncertainty between Washington and Tehran after a series of U.S. strikes this week, “every step forward in the negotiations brings more hope to peace.”

“We hope that the parties concerned can stay committed to pursuing a ceasefire and continue to meet each other halfway, so that peace can return to the Middle East as early as possible,” Wang said.

He added, “As we have been saying, it takes more than one cold day to freeze three feet of ice, and longstanding issues cannot be resolved overnight.”

Vance praises pope’s AI message as ‘very profound’

The vice president made the comment in a Tuesday interview with NBC News, saying he had read excerpts and summaries of Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical.

“What I read of it sounds very profound, and the sort of thing that you would expect and hope from a leader of the church,” Vance said. “The thing about morality is that the principles never change, but the way you apply those principles does, because the world changes, right?”

He said with new technology “you have to kind of rethink the entire Catholic social teaching in light of the new world that we live in. And I think that’s exactly what the pope is trying to do.”

Vance, who is Catholic, previously said the Trump administration is trying to strike a balance that encourages innovation in AI while protecting data and privacy. The American pope’s message calls on AI developers to work for the common good over profit.

South Carolina Senate rejects President Trump’s call to redraw congressional maps

The South Carolina Senate on Tuesday rejected President Donald Trump’s push to redraw the state’s congressional district in hopes Republicans could gain an additional seat in the midterm elections.

Senators had political concerns, worrying that any map in a state where Democrats got at least 40% of votes in the past eight presidential elections couldn’t guarantee Republican wins in all seven districts.

And there were logistical worries. Statewide primaries are June 9, with early voting starting Tuesday. The plan had called for throwing out any congressional votes already cast and holding another statewide primary just for U.S. House races in August.

Election officials said holding three statewide elections in five months would require employees to work around the clock to prepare voting machines and ballots and to meet legal requirements.

The proposal passed the South Carolina House last Wednesday after two days of long debate.

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Trump says everything checked out ‘PERFECTLY’ at his medical exam

The president made the comment after spending more than three hours at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for what the White House described as annual preventive medical and dental checkups.

Trump called it a “6 month physical” and thanked the medical center’s doctors and staff. He returned to the White House shortly after.

The White House did not immediately release results from his physical. It was Trump’s fourth publicly disclosed medical exam since he returned to office for a second term.

Top Rubio aide moves to White House

One of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s top aides is moving to the White House to serve in a position he has held informally since Rubio became Trump’s national security adviser last year.

U.S. officials said Tuesday that Mike Needham would leave his post as director of policy planning at the State Department to work full-time at the White House as a deputy national security adviser.

Needham, a veteran of the conservative Heritage Foundation who served as Rubio’s chief of staff at the beginning of Trump’s second term before moving to the policy planning position, had already been spending large amounts of time at the White House with Rubio.

Dan Holler, Rubio’s current chief of staff, will take over the policy planning post at the State Department, officials said.

Rubio set to testify in Congress on June 2

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to testify before Senate and House committees on June 2 as the conflict in Iran remains a top concern for lawmakers.

Although the hearings are officially focused on the State Department’s budget, lawmakers are expected to press Rubio on a broad range of issues tied to the war.

News over the weekend of a potential deal to end the conflict drew mixed reactions from Republicans in Congress, with some — including Texas Sen. Ted Cruz — urging Trump not to ease pressure on Iran. Cruz sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, before which Rubio is scheduled to testify.

Rubio told reporters Tuesday that negotiations over extending the ceasefire and reopening the Strait of Hormuz could take several more days.

Jeffries implores Supreme Court to ‘do the right thing’ after Alabama ruling

The House Democratic leader said his party “will continue to fight the corrupt Republican scheme to racially gerrymander congressional maps in order to rig the midterms.”

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York issued the statement after a federal court blocked Alabama’s plan to use a Republican-backed congressional map that the three-judge panel said “intentionally discriminated based on race” by including only one Black-majority district.

Alabama is expected to swiftly appeal to the Supreme Court.

More clashes outside an immigration detention center in New Jersey

Several dozen people were demonstrating Tuesday outside the Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark, where advocates say some detainees have been on a hunger strike to protest conditions since last week. The Homeland Security department denied any hunger strike, abuse or poor conditions inside the center.

Protesters, including a woman draped in a Mexican flag, kneeled and chanted “ICE out” in front of a line of federal officers who stood alongside an armored vehicle. At one point, an officer appeared to tackle a protester as he and other officers started walking slowly toward the crowd, attempting to have it move back.

It was a tamer scene than what U.S. Sen. Andy Kim said he experienced on Monday, saying he was pepper-sprayed as he and Gov. Mikie Sherrill led a delegation of Democratic officials seeking to meet with detainees.

Homeland Security rejects Democrats’ protest outside detention center as ‘political stunt’

“Instead of engaging with me and others about the poor conditions, ICE sent in an armored vehicle and a line of armed agents that only poured gasoline on the fire,” Kim posted on social media after Monday’s clashes. “Civilians were tackled and restrained, and agents fired pepper balls and spray into the crowd.”

Federal officials denied entry to the newly elected governor, who joined the first-term senator in demanding that Delaney Hall be shut down. “In New Jersey, we believe in the rule of law and that everyone deserves to be treated with basic dignity,” Sherrill’s statement said.

“This is nothing more than a political stunt by New Jersey sanctuary politicians for fundraising clicks,” Acting Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement.

Alabama will appeal voter discrimination ruling to US Supreme Court

The federal judges’ ruling says Republicans “intentionally discriminated based on race” by redrawing the state’s House map to remove a Black-majority district.

“Ultimately, we cannot see our way clear to requiring Alabamians to cast their votes in the 2026 elections under a districting plan tainted by intentional race-based discrimination,” the judges wrote.

Attorney General Steve Marshall, a Republican, described the GOP-drawn map as “blandly unobjectionable” and said Alabama will immediately appeal.

“Know this — in my mind, it is not a matter of whether we win this case, only when,” Marshall said.

Republicans in several Southern states, including Alabama, have sought to reshape voting districts with large minority populations that have elected Democrats following the Supreme Court’s ruling that struck down a Black-majority district in Louisiana and weakened the federal Voting Rights Act.

Rubio says Iran deal talks will take several more days

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says talks with Iran on extending a ceasefire and re-opening the Strait of Hormuz will take several more days.

Speaking to reporters before leaving India on Tuesday after the U.S. launched new strikes against Iran in the south despite the ceasefire, Rubio said there is “a lot of talking back and forth going on about specific language in the initial document.”

“So, it’ll take a few days,” he said. He added that Trump would not accept a bad deal and said the critical point at the moment is reopening the Strait of Hormuz without Iran being allowed to charge a toll for ships to pass through the crucial waterway.

“The straits need to be open, unimpeded, without tolls,” he said.

FCC’s sole Democrat warns media companies against yielding to Trump

Anna Gomez wakes up every morning and checks her phone to see if Trump has fired her yet.

The sole Democrat on the Federal Communications Commission is urging urge media companies fight back against efforts to silence free speech. In an extraordinary four-page letter to Josh D’Amaro, the CEO of Disney, which is the parent company to ABC, Gomez described the FCC’s “sustained, coordinated campaign of censorship and control” against the company under Chairman Brendan Carr, a Trump ally.

She noted probes touching on diversity practices, ABC’s moderation of a 2024 presidential debate, guest bookings on “The View” and calls for late-night host Jimmy Kimmel to be fired. She said the FCC’s move for early reviews of ABC’s local broadcast licenses is “the most egregious assault on the First Amendment this FCC has taken to date.”

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Iranian World Cup team will play in US but sleep in Mexico

The Iranians will return each night to a base in Tijuana, Mexico, after their U.S. group stage matches, President Claudia Sheinbaum has confirmed.

Sheinbaum said at a news conference Monday that she was told by a FIFA representative that the U.S. was reluctant to have the Iranian soccer team spend time in the U.S. outside the stadiums while the war launched by the U.S. and Israel continues.

“The United States doesn’t want the Iranian national team to stay overnight in the United States,” Sheinbaum said. A FIFA representative then asked, “Can they stay overnight in Mexico?” “And we said, ‘Yes, no problem. We have no issue with that’,” she said.

A U.S. State Department statement Monday said Trump made it clear the Iranian team is welcome to participate. The statement did not address where the team might stay, or Sheinbaum’s comments.

Lebanon hopes for an agreement that sees Israeli withdrawal

Israel’s military clashed with Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants Tuesday along the strategic Litani River in Lebanon as Israeli troops tried to push farther north, just three days before Lebanese and Israeli military delegations are set to meet for direct talks in Washington.

A previously reached ceasefire appears more nominal by the day, complicating efforts at a broader peace in the Iran war, as Tehran wants an end to the fighting to include Lebanon. Israel says it will not withdraw until Hezbollah no longer poses a threat to residents of its northern towns. Hezbollah has vowed to continue fighting until Israel stops its daily airstrikes and withdraws its troops from Lebanon.

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Trump turns 80 next month as more Americans express concerns about his age

A Washington Post/ABC News/Ipsos poll in April found that less than half of U.S. adults think Trump has the mental sharpness or physical health to serve effectively.

“I think concern for the president’s physical health is probably at an all-time high, and I think advanced physical age is the No. 1 concern,” said Dr. Jeffrey Kuhlman, who served as a White House physician under Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

Kuhlman said a complete physical would include advanced heart testing, screening for common cancers and a cognitive assessment. The White House has not disclosed what Trump’s checkups will entail.

“President Trump is the sharpest and most accessible President in American history who is working nonstop to solve problems and deliver on his promises, and he remains in excellent health,” White House spokesperson Davis Ingle said in a statement.

US consumer confidence is dented as gas prices remain high

U.S. consumer confidence declined slightly as gas prices remained at or above a national average of $4.50 a gallon in May and inflation remained elevated, a sharp contrast to soaring stock prices that have neared record levels.

The Conference Board’s consumer confidence index slipped 0.7 points to 93.1 in May, the first decline after three months of gains.

The index follows a separate gauge of consumer sentiment compiled by the University of Michigan, which fell to a record low this month. Spikes in gas prices as well as higher food costs have worsened inflation, which has outpaced the growth in average paychecks in recent months, reducing most Americans’ purchasing power. Polls show Americans have soured on Trump’s economic policies, which could harm Republicans in this year’s elections.

Iran denounces US strikes as a sign of bad faith, with impact on peace talks unclear

Iran on Tuesday denounced U.S. strikes a day earlier as a sign of “bad faith and unreliability” as negotiations continue toward a possible deal to end the war.

The U.S. military said it acted with restraint in defensively targeting missile launch sites and boats placing mines. Iran’s foreign ministry called the strikes a ceasefire violation and warned that “The Islamic Republic of Iran will leave no act of aggression unanswered.”

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard on Tuesday said it had shot down and deterred drones and a fighter jet that entered its airspace, according to Iran’s official Mizan news agency, which did not say when this happened.

Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf went to Qatar as part of the talks. The U.K. Maritime Trade Operations Center said an explosion was reported Tuesday morning aboard a tanker in the Gulf of Oman. No one was injured and there was no immediate information on the cause.

Federal court blocks Alabama’s plan for new US House map

The new congressional map would give Republicans an advantage in a key House race this November. But the preliminary injunction issued by a three-judge panel requires the state, at least for now, to instead use the same court-ordered districts under which congressional representatives were elected in 2024.

Lawyers representing Black voters argued that Alabama’s map intentionally discriminates against Black voters and that trying to change lines in the middle of an election year creates chaos.

The state could appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Republicans want to use a new map that will give the GOP a chance to reclaim the seat now held by Democratic Rep. Shomari Figures.

US stocks rise, oil falls after Trump said Iran talks are ‘proceeding nicely’

The price for a barrel of U.S crude oil fell 3.8% to $92.99 on Tuesday after resuming trading following the Memorial Day holiday, and U.S. stocks were catching up to others around the world that climbed after Trump said Iran talks were “proceeding nicely.”

The S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq composite all rose Tuesday to near their all-time highs even though fighting continued in the Mideast and the U.S. military said it struck Iranian missile launch sites and boats placing mines on Monday. Markets have rallied in the past on hopes for a coming end to the war with Iran, only to see the conflict drag on, causing painful inflation around the world.

Congressional Black Caucus presses US corporations to oppose Republican redistricting push

The Congressional Black Caucus is calling on major U.S. corporations to oppose Republican-led redistricting efforts that seek to eliminate majority-Black U.S. House districts.

Their letter sent Tuesday urges more than 250 companies to condemn “coordinated efforts to silence Black voices at the ballot box.” Some had cosigned their own message to Congress five years ago urging lawmakers to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, a Democratic proposal to restore and update the Voting Rights Act.

That 2021 coalition, Business for Voting Rights, included Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Tesla, Salesforce, Target, PayPal, Intel and Starbucks.

“Corporations that have profited from Black consumers, relied on Black workers, and amassed wealth in part from Black communities cannot look away while Black political power is dismantled in plain sight,” the caucus chair, Rep. Yvette Clarke, said in an interview.

Trump arrives at Walter Reed military hospital for his latest physical

The White House said Trump would participate in a greeting with service members and hospital staff before he spends hours being examined by a team of doctors.

It is the Republican president’s fourth publicly disclosed medical exam since he returned to office in January 2025, and it comes as the nearly 80-year-old Trump tries to project strength going into November elections that will test his sway with voters.

The White House says the visit is an annual preventive medical and dental checkup. Trump was last at Walter Reed in October and also had a physical there in April 2025.

Last July, the White House said he’d been diagnosed with a condition common in older adults that causes blood to pool in his veins, causing the swollen ankles seen in some photos of Trump.

The White House also has blamed handshaking for visible bruising on Trump’s hands.

Presidents aren’t required to disclose health information

There’s no law requiring these disclosures and the degree of transparency varies.

Presidents for decades have released medical test results to try to reassure the public that they are up to the high-pressure job.

But the president signs off on what is released, which raises questions about what isn’t being shared.

Trump’s past medical reports have been criticized for offering scant detail and including statistics that some medical experts eyed with skepticism.

It will be several hours before the White House releases any information about Tuesday’s exam.

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The seizure took place on April 26 at Ezeiza International Airport near Buenos Aires in an operation involving Argentina’s Environmental Control Brigade, customs officials, the agricultural health agency, wildlife conservation group International Fund for Animal Welfare and rehabilitation group Fundación Temaikèn.

Authorities said the shipment included tropical marine fish and invertebrates commonly sought for aquariums and exotic collections, including surgeonfish, puffer fish, lionfish, butterflyfish, octopuses, crabs and starfish.

Many of the animals arrived dead after 120 hours in transit from Kenya, while others showed severe signs of stress and shock, conservationists said.

The scale of the seizure forced Fundación Temaikèn, the only institution in Argentina equipped to receive confiscated marine wildlife of this kind, to rapidly establish an emergency rescue operation at its facilities in Escobar, north of Buenos Aires.

Veterinarians and wildlife specialists worked for more than 28 hours to stabilize surviving animals. Workers adapted existing facilities and installed 10 additional tanks equipped with heating, filtration and water-conditioning systems for tropical marine species.

“Many of these animals were extracted from reef ecosystems and arrived at the limit of survival, after spending days inside transport bags and boxes before the rescue could be carried out,” Cristian Gillet, wildlife director at Fundación Temaikèn, said in a statement.

Because the animals were packed individually in hundreds of plastic bags, rescue teams carried out drip acclimation procedures one by one to gradually adjust them to new water conditions and reduce physiological shock caused by sudden temperature and salinity changes.

Specialists also used a triage system to prioritize critically weakened animals for treatment while other teams identified species and separated living specimens from dead ones.

Wildlife trafficking experts say the global trade in ornamental marine species is expanding as demand grows for exotic pets and home aquariums. Conservation groups warn that the trade can damage fragile reef ecosystems and expose animals to high mortality during capture and transport.

“This is an industrialized crime,” said Christian Plowman of IFAW. "Moving 709 animals comprising 102 species across international cargo routes, packed in bags for 120 hours of transit, is not something done casually. It requires coordination along every link of the chain.”

Plowman also said that this is the third seizure in a year by the Argentine authorities at the same entry point, which is not a coincidence but an established commercial route.

“Traffickers identify and exploit corridors that work until enforcement disrupts the model. This interception — and the two before it — should be understood as intelligence, not just seizures. They are telling us something important about where the networks are operating and how.”

The animals remain under specialized care while Argentine authorities determine their long-term fate. Officials have not said who was responsible for the shipment or whether arrests were made.

Officials from the Kenya Wildlife Service did not immediately respond to The Associated Press’ requests for comment.

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The top-ranked Sabalenka looked light on her feet on Court Philippe-Chatrier, despite wearing two thick necklaces in a 6-4, 6-2 win against Jessica Bouzas Maneiro.

“Diamonds, I don’t really feel the heaviness, but I can imagine how it looks from the outside,” said Sabalenka, the tournament runner-up last year to Coco Gauff. “So I feel pretty comfortable. For me, it’s important to look good.”

The four-time major winner was initially going to wear three necklaces but said she thought that might be too much.

“It probably sounds a bit crazy, but when I feel good about what I’m wearing, how I look on court, I tend to perform much better,” Sabalenka said. "I like to bring a little bit of a fashion on the tennis court. I know the dress that I will wear on the Grand Slam, and I just try to come up with something to match the outfit."

Sabalenka said she wasn't worried about protecting her jewelry when she's off the court.

“I have my fiancé. He’s kind of like my security,” she said, smiling. “My physio does jujitsu, so I feel pretty secure walking around. If I go somewhere, I don’t go alone.”

Gauff began her title defense with a 6-4, 6-0 victory over fellow American Taylor Townsend, while four-time major winner Naomi Osaka beat Laura Siegemund 6-3, 7-6 (3) on Court Suzanne-Lenglen wearing a sequined gold playing dress.

Frenchwoman Lois Boisson, who made a surprise run to the semifinals last year when she was ranked 361st, lost 6-2, 6-2 to the 22nd-seeded Anna Kalinskaya.

For a third consecutive day, the temperature in Paris rose far above normal, reaching a scorching 35 degrees Celsius (95 Fahrenheit).

“I’m from Florida, so this is nothing. Shout-out Delray Beach,” said Gauff, who kept her spare rackets in a court-side cooler during the match.

Medvedev loses early again

The unusually hot conditions made the courts faster than usual.

Daniil Medvedev usually thrives in such conditions but he struggled in a five-set loss to 97th-ranked Australian opponent Adam Walton.

Walton, who received a wild card invitation from tournament organizers, beat Medvedev 6-2, 1-6, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4. It was Medvedev's second straight first round exit here and third in four years.

“I know why I don’t really play my best in Roland Garros, but if I say it, it’s (making) excuses,” he said. “So I keep it to myself.”

Playing in the night session, top-ranked Jannik Sinner routed 171st-ranked French wild card entry Clement Tabur 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 to extend his winning streak to 30 matches as he chases the only big title missing in his tennis career.

Stefanos Tsitsipas, the 2021 runner-up to Novak Djokovic, was leading 6-2, 3-0 against Alexandre Muller when his French opponent retired. Muller injured his right calf, three months after injuring his left calf.

Ninth-seeded Alexander Bublik was beaten 7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-5 by Jan-Lennard Struff.

Alexander Blockx withdrew from the tournament with a right ankle sprain, making Alex de Minaur — his scheduled second round opponent — the first player into the third round.

Rising star

French teenager Moïse Kouamé made the perfect start to his French Open career with a 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-1 win over Marin Cilic.

The 17-year-old Kouamé won one day after 39-year-old Frenchman Gael Monfils made his last appearance at Roland Garros.

The teenager raised his arms in triumph after defeating the 37-year-old Cilic, who won the 2014 U.S. Open, finished runner-up at two other majors, and reached the French Open semifinals in 2022.

The ATP Tour said No. 318-ranked Kouamé became the first man born in 2008 or later to win a Grand Slam match.

In March, he became the youngest winner in Miami Masters history when he beat Zachary Svajda in the first round — earning a congratulatory message from Djokovic.

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To fight off predators of the humpback chub, a threatened fish native to the river, Glen Canyon Dam in northern Arizona would need to do what is known as a “cool mix flow,” where cold water is released from deep in its reservoir to cool the river below. But there are no hydropower turbines in the cool, deep section, so significant power generation would be lost.

The proposal comes after the worst snowpack on record for the Colorado River Basin, relied upon by farmers, industries, wildlife and more than 40 million people in seven U.S. states, tribal nations and Mexico. It also comes as those states fail to reach a long-term agreement on how to share the river's dwindling resources beyond this year, when the guidelines expire.

“There is a limited water supply. It’s getting even lower. And with that, a lot of hard decisions need to be made,” said John Berggren, regional policy manager for the environmental nonprofit Western Resource Advocates.

Utilities that buy this hydropower say the cool water releases would be costly because they would have to spend millions to buy alternative energy and would increase financial hardship for customers. But supporters say that without cool releases, the warm waters projected downstream this summer would allow non-native predatory fish to spawn, further threatening the humpback chub, and would destroy a world-famous trout fishery nearby.

The Bureau of Reclamation, which is expected to announce a decision in the next couple of weeks, said in a statement that it is weighing several factors including the ecological health of the river and the hydropower production of the dam. The Interior Department, which oversees the bureau, declined to comment. If the cool water release is approved, it would likely happen from June to October through jet tubes, bypassing the turbines near the warmer surface.

How mixing cool water protects fish

Lake Powell, one of two massive reservoirs on the Colorado River, is just 23% full after decades of overuse and evaporation of water as average temperatures rise because of climate change. A record low inflow is expected this summer. With such a low reservoir, warm water near the surface gets sucked through the generators and sent downstream.

Smallmouth bass, introduced in Lake Powell in the 1980s for sport fishing, live at that warm surface, and also get sucked through the hydropower generators and into the river below. That's a problem for the humpback chub and other federally protected fish in the Grand Canyon, a 278-mile (447-kilometer) stretch farther south on the river that's world-famous for its geologic formations. A recent study shows that roughly half the bass survive the generators. If the river below is warm enough, they spawn.

Smallmouth bass already feast on humpback chub in the river’s upper section, where agencies spend millions of dollars annually to keep the intruders in check. Native fish have been safer below Glen Canyon Dam because it blocks the path to the Grand Canyon — but that may not be true for long.

Water temperatures just downstream of the dam are expected to shatter records set in 2022, when smallmouth bass were first found there. Officials project that water will consistently exceed 60 degrees Fahrenheit (15.5 Celsius) by mid-June due to the warm water being pulled in from Lake Powell. Any higher than that, and non-native predatory fish that pass through the dam could reproduce.

Officials say cool water releases from Lake Powell in 2024 and 2025 successfully prevented spawning.

It’s critical to consider the cost of not doing the cool mix, Heather Whitlaw, field supervisor with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said during a recent meeting on managing the issue. “We are certainly just giving up on the future for any kind of recovery for humpback chub and all of the other pieces of the system that rely on those cooler water temperatures.”

With no long-term solution to keep the predators from passing through the dam, withholding cool water would force officials to rely solely on manually removing them downstream.

More hydropower loss could further impact utilities

Utilities reliant on hydropower from federal generators are worried.

If the cool water releases are approved, it could mean bypassing about half the generation at Glen Canyon Dam, forcing utilities to buy power elsewhere that would likely be more expensive, according to the Utah utility group Heber Light & Power.

“We keep hearing comments that we must continue Cool Mix because the cost of not doing it will be even greater,” the Colorado River Energy Distributors Association, which represents about 155 customers who buy federal hydropower generated from the river and opposes the releases, said this month in a letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. “We would like to understand what remediation would consistently cost more than $20 to $30 (million) per year.”

The association said the releases are not a sustainable solution to prevent smallmouth bass from reproducing and threaten a critical fund used to operate, maintain and invest in hydropower and transmission facilities.

During the cool water releases in 2024, nearly 900,000 acre-feet of water bypassed the generators, costing $19 million in replacement energy costs, according to the Bureau of Reclamation. It’s unclear how much water would bypass the generators this year, although the cost to replace it is anticipated to be around $25 million — roughly the total cost to hydropower users from the prior two years.

The ongoing loss of hydropower due to Lake Powell's decline has brought challenges to Heber Light & Power as the population grows, said Emily Brandt, the utility’s energy resource manager. The overall decline has led to rate hikes the past five years.

Ann Moulton, who lives in Heber City, has seen her residential electricity bill from Heber Light & Power steadily rise. Her bill this April was $125.98, up from $103.24 and $86.14 for the same month in the previous two years. That's impacting her budget, she said.

Other customers are struggling to pay. So far this year, the utility has seen a jump in late payments over the past two years, from 10% to 12%.

Brandt said the utility supports caring for fish, “but this particular experiment seems unnecessary.”

“We’re already seeing reduced generation from drought, and now we’re seeing even further reduced generation because of this environmental experiment,” Brandt said.

Fisheries downstream are also in limbo

Dave Foster still remembers the 2022 trout die-off in Glen Canyon, a remote stretch of river between the dam and the start of the Grand Canyon. Warm water killed nearly half the rainbow trout the world-renowned fishery relies on, said Foster, who has been working on or around that stretch of river since age 13.

He and other guides are still recovering from the die-off, he said, as “the population has simply not rebounded.” But cool water releases in recent years have offset more negative impacts, and more this year would get them through the fall and winter.

Foster has warned customers booking trips after mid-June that he might cancel if the water gets too warm, which can stress fish. Without cool water releases this year, “that's it for the trout fishery,” he said. “There's no ambiguity about it. It will destroy it.”

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