With 99.93% of the precincts counted, 49.65% of the votes were for De La Espriella, 47, and 48.7% of the votes were for Cepeda, 63, according to the Colombian National Registry’s latest report.

El Tiempo, the newspaper with the largest circulation in the country, declared: “Abelardo de la Espriella, President of Colombia, after winning the preliminary count; the National Registry confirms the robustness of the results.”

There were more than 250 precincts for the Colombian diaspora worldwide. In South Florida, Colombian voters cast their ballots in Coral Gables, Kendall, Hialeah, Coral Springs, and Weston.

“From the United States Congress, we congratulate the next President of the sister Republic of Colombia,” U.S. Rep. Carlos Giménez, a supporter of De La Espriella, wrote on X.

U.S. President Donald Trump endorsed De La Espriella, a defense attorney and businessman who campaigned as “The Tiger,” and who is a fan of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele.

“Today, democracy wins,” De La Espriella told reporters in Spanish after he voted in Barranquilla.

U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar, a supporter of De La Espriella, was also in Barranquilla.

“We want a prosperous Colombia,” Salazar told reporters in Spanish. She later wrote a congratulatory message on X: “Colombians wrote a new page in the history of their country and sent a clear message: freedom, security, and opportunities remain stronger than the ideas that have failed in our hemisphere. The best is yet to come”

Colombian President Gustavo Petro, whose four-year term ends on Aug. 7, endorsed Cepeda, a senator who is a political rival of former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe, who served from 2002 to 2010.

“Let us vote with calm and serenity, and may democracy triumph,” Cepeda told reporters in Spanish after he voted in Bogotá.

Cepeda campaigned as the candidate who wants to protect the environment, continue negotiations for the surrender of armed groups, and prioritize welfare programs.

“Neither can be proclaimed president,” Petro wrote on X. “It is the scrutiny that determines who is the president. I obey the judges. Calm among the citizenry, please. Reality gives us a country split down the middle, and foreign interference taking away our freedom.”

De La Espriella campaigned as the law-and-order candidate who wants to open mega prisons, cut corporate taxes, restart oil exploration and fracking, and cut social spending.

Nobel Peace Prize-winner María Corina Machado issued a congratulatory message to De La Espriella on X.“Colombia has spoken with strength, hope, and determination, reaffirming its commitment to freedom, democracy, and peace,” Machado wrote. “May God bless Colombia in this new stage. We know that we will have a great ally in the democratic transition of Venezuela.”

More than 41 million Colombians were eligible to vote, and over 26 million cast their ballots on Sunday, according to Colombian officials’ data.

The precincts in South Florida opened at 8 a.m. and closed at 4 p.m. Some voters carried flags, some wore their team’s yellow FIFA World Cup 2026 soccer jerseys, and some wore white to symbolize peace.

In Miami-Dade County, there were three precincts at the University of Miami’s Watsco Center, Miami Dade College’s Kendall campus gymnasium, and the Milander Center for Arts and Entertainment.

In Broward County, there were two precincts at Coral Springs High School and Cypress Bay High School’s gymnasium.

During the presidential election’s first round on May 31, De la Espriella had 43.73% of the votes when he qualified for the runoff against Cepeda, who had 40.91% of the votes. About 70% of the voters in the U.S. chose De La Espriella on May 31.

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At the match's conclusion, at least one attendee wearing a pre-revolutionary flag shirt was detained for trying to run onto the pitch. And afterward, though demonstrations were quieter than Monday's, an Associated Press reporter observed a fan who got into a scuffle with protesters being loaded into an ambulance.

But before the match had even kicked off, U.S. Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin said Sunday that the Iranians had “tried to get somebody in yesterday” who had direct ties to Iran's Revolutionary Guard. In a statement, the soccer federation vociferously pushed back.

“The claim that an official representative of the Iranian Football Federation attempted to board a flight to enter the United States yesterday and was prevented from doing so is an outright and undeniable lie,” the statement said.

Mullin told Fox News that most teams travel with around 120 people, but the U.S. had accepted 53 in Iran's case. He said the rest of the people Iran had tried to secure visas for had “direct ties to the IRGC and aren’t their normal traveling group.” The federation called Mullin's claims “completely unsupported by any evidence or documentation, but also represent a clear attempt to cover up discriminatory behavior and unreasonable restrictions.”

That statement echoed Iran's complaints throughout the tournament that politics have infringed on soccer, even as U.S. Vice President JD Vance said there was an opportunity to “turn over a new leaf” with talks beginning in Switzerland on the interim deal to end the war. Iran’s players and coach have complained about shuttling to and from Mexico instead of Tucson, Arizona, and the barring of some officials and staff, and the federation has said it would pursue a complaint against FIFA.

Iranian national team player Alireza Jahanbakhsh said after the match that he doesn’t want to keep focusing on the challenging situation, and that players are now focused on recovery and preparing to travel to Seattle for the next game, against Egypt. He said he hopes the team can head there as soon as possible to adapt.

“We don’t ask for much. We just ask for the same procedure as for all the other 47 teams,” he said. “Hopefully we can bring everyone who is involved and help us with us.”

At the stadium near Los Angeles, fans wearing green-and-red scarves, stickers and T-shirts were mixed on the impact of the team's shift to train across the border in Mexico. Some said the team was unfairly burdened, while others who followed the team to Tijuana were thrilled to get closer access to the players.

Shamira Ghaemmaghami, 66, of nearby Orange County, said she was supporting the players from her native Iran and also from Belgium. She said she respects the right of protesters to voice their opinions but feels sports should unite people, not separate them.

“Fighting over these things, sports and politics should not be mixed,” she said. “They worked so hard to get where they are, both sides, actually.”

Outside the stadium, a few hundred people demonstrated against Iran's government. Aside from some verbal altercations and the scuffle after the match, the protests were smaller than at Iran's first game and featured more security from the outset. Inside, some fans carried the red-and-green flags emblazoned with a golden lion and sun that predate the 1979 Islamic Revolution — a flag that seemed at least as visible as the official flag of Iran itself. They were also joined by a sizable crowd of Belgium fans wearing red and yellow and those donning jerseys from countries including Argentina, the U.S. and Mexico.

Gerald Martinez, 66, of Tucson, wore a green Iran scarf. While not Iranian, he and his son decided to support the team when they initially announced they'd be training in their hometown.

“I wish they were all here. I wish they were welcome,” Martinez said, adding he felt the team was suffering a disadvantage.

Stefan Arts, 42, traveled from Antwerp, Belgium, and said he's met many people who were Iranian but supporting his country’s team instead. That's how Arman Sharif, 40, of Los Angeles, feels. He was outside the stadium to protest and said he feels the players are allied with the government in Tehran.

“Whoever it is, we're a fan of the opponents,” Sharif said.

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Associated Press reporters Ty ONeil, Gregory Bull and Andrew Dalton in Inglewood, California; Gabriela Aoun Angueira in San Diego and Thomas Strong in Washington contributed to this report.

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But Scheffler never did the other part — namely, applying any pressure of his own on the player who left the door open Sunday at the U.S. Open before sneaking away with the win.

While Clark hung on to beat Sam Burns by one shot and capture his second title in four years in the toughest test in golf, Scheffler will wait another year for a chance to fill that last hole on his Grand Slam resume.

With Clark struggling from start to finish, the world’s No. 1 player celebrated his 30th birthday by making a grand total of two birdies over a round of 1-over 71 at Shinnecock Hills. He actually beat Clark by two shots in their final-pairing showdown. But he came in trailing by six.

In a more telling sign of the opportunity he could not cash in on, Scheffler started as the best bet to reel in Clark among those jammed in a four-way tie for second heading into the round. He left in a three-way deadlock for fourth, passed up by Burns and left behind by fellow birthday boy Tom Kim, who shot 70 and finished alone in third.

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The feel-good story of the World Cup was on the field Sunday, when Cape Verde took on Uruguay in the second group-stage match for both teams. And Vozinha — whose name is Josimar José Évora Dias — had his mother in the stands for that match; she was unable to attend Cape Verde’s stunning opening draw against Spain because she couldn’t obtain a visa.

Ana Candida Evora is here now, though — making Cape Verde’s story even better.

“I want to thank all the fans, everyone who helped in the process, for the support you gave to the team, especially to Cabo Verde,” Evora said Sunday in remarks distributed by FIFA in a video message. “We’re all rooting for Cabo Verde to play well, to shine on the pitch. The players need to have faith and everything will go well.

“Keep your heads held high, go onto that pitch, push for a goal and you’ll perform beautifully, my boys. A kiss for you, be strong and brave. Blue Sharks!”

The team is commonly called ‘Tubarões Azuis’ in Portuguese, which translates to Blue Sharks.

Evora carried a Cabo Verde flag into the stadium, her son’s name and jersey number on the back of her shirt, and she was ushered into a suite to watch the contest. Vozinha heard roars from the fans — even with a mostly pro-Uruguay crowd — whenever he was shown on the video screens during warmups, and got perhaps the loudest ovation of any player when starters were introduced.

Evora’s visa issues — primarily raising the money needed for one — were worked out after the U.S. State Department, FIFA, U.S. lawmakers and Cape Verde’s soccer federation evidently combined efforts and cleared a path for Evora to come to Miami. She arrived Friday afternoon after more than 24 hours of travel from Cape Verde and was immediately surrounded by FIFA officials and volunteers as she made her way through the airport.

FIFA even hosted her briefly at the organization’s tournament headquarters in Florida over the weekend, officials said Sunday.

Vozinha had about 50,000 followers on Instagram as the World Cup was starting. He was up to 15 million followers by game time Sunday after he grabbed the world’s sporting attention by leading Cape Verde to a scoreless draw against Spain — one of the pre-tournament favorites to win the title.

That means he gained about 30 followers every second from the end of the Spain match to the start of the one against Uruguay.

He went viral after that match against Spain with tearful comments, wishing that his late grandparents could have seen him play in the World Cup and that his mother’s visa issues had been resolved in time to be there. That sparked an immediate effort to find ways for Evora to get to the U.S. for the tournament.

And the tie, combined with a story of a 40-year-old goalie and his mom, brought attention onto Cape Verde’s soccer team like never before.

“It’s been intense,” Cape Verde forward Garry Rodrigues said. “But as we are professionals, the game (against) Spain is now in the past. ... We’re still human. Seeing everything on the internet has been very intense. But we cannot use that as an excuse. We know our targets. We know our goals.”

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It ran about $30 for a rideshare to get to Hard Rock Stadium, dubbed “Miami Stadium” for the World Cup.

However, shuttle buses are free to verified ticket holders, and Local 10 News got to check them out on Sunday.

Local 10 News found hundreds at the Golden Glades Transit Station waiting for free shuttle service to the stadium, provided by Miami-Dade County.

“First of all, the traffic, then the money that you have to pay,” rider Vera Brito said. “So we took the train from West Palm here and then the shuttle.”

With expensive rideshares, the shuttle is an option many are excited for. Here is how it works: verified ticket holders show their QR code to staff and can board shuttles to and from the stadium.

Local 10 News hitched a ride to see it for ourselves. Onboard, we spoke with John Barrett, who is in town from Pittsburgh with his family celebrating Father’s Day.

He said when they found the shuttle option, they were all in.

“We’ve heard about it through the website from FIFA, and this was the best opportunity for us close to our hotel,” Barrett said.

It was a quick, smooth ride. There are several hubs available for fans: MLK Plaza Metrorail Station, Golden Glades, the Aventura Brightline station, and the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood.

Some locations even offer onsite parking.

For more information, visit the county’s website.

The tiny island nation that stunned tournament favorite Spain in last week's opener took a 1-0 lead over Uruguay early in their match on Kevin Pina's free kick. It was Cape Verde's first-ever goal in the World Cup.

After Uruguay's Rodrigo Bentancur was given a yellow card, Pina blasted a shot past diving goalie Fernando Muslera in the 21st minute, sending the Cape Verde fans in an excited frenzy as his teammates hopped on him in celebration.

That came one week after Cape Verde held Spain's superstars scoreless in a 0-0 draw in their opener in Atlanta behind a stellar performance from goalie Vozinha, who quickly became one of the biggest stories of the tournament.

After celebrating his squads historic performance in their World Cup debut without his mom in attendance, the goalie's mom was in attendance on Sunday.

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The match “is everything in our world for the moment,” Egypt coach Hossam Hassan said Saturday in comments translated from Arabic.

Their pursuit of history is part of a larger surge in African soccer's global standing.

The expanded 48-team pool at this year’s tournament helped give African teams more representation and a chance to show they belong at the top level of international soccer. A record 10 teams are representing the continent at the World Cup, Egypt among them.

“The national squads of Africa have proven their great performance many times at the World Cup, including this one,” Hassan said.

At the 2022 World Cup, Morocco made a memorable run to the semifinals.

Other African teams have made their mark on this World Cup already, with Ghana and Ivory Coast winning their opening matches against Panama and Ecuador, respectively. Four African teams, including Egypt, played to a draw in their opening matches.

The Pharaohs’ 1-1 draw against Belgium gave them their first World Cup point since 1990. They carried a lead into halftime against Belgium, the first time they had done so at the World Cup. In fact, the match against Belgium was only the second time Egypt had ever had a lead against an opponent at all in the tournament.

Morocco staved off five-time champion Brazil, Congo escaped with a draw against Portugal and Cape Verde stunned tournament favorite Spain, holding it scoreless in a 0-0 draw.

From a continent on the rise, Egypt has emerged as a powerhouse. Seven-time winners of the Africa Cup of Nations, the Pharaohs want to demonstrate that their prowess extends outside of Africa at this year’s World Cup.

“We want to represent African football and Arab football,” said Hassan, Egypt’s all-time leading goal scorer and a key player for the Pharaohs at the 1990 World Cup.

Hassan’s experience helped propel an Egyptian squad headlined by stars Mo Salah and Omar Marmoush back into the tournament after missing out in 2022.

Salah sits two goals shy of matching his coach’s record. The squad also features a solid lineup of younger players, including 18-year-old Hamza Abdelkarim. Abdelkarim made his international debut with the senior team in a friendly against Russia just last month, the latest debutant in a new generation of African stars.

We want to live up to the aspirations of the Egyptian fans,” Hassan said. “I only think about bringing happiness to our fans.”

After New Zealand, the Pharaohs face Iran in Seattle for the last match in the group stage.

As Egypt closes in on history, the team plays for its fans and nation – and also for Africa.

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Connor Joyce is a student in the University of Georgia’s Carmical Sports Media Institute.

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The Panthers and Ottawa were finalizing a deal where Florida would send four draft picks to the Senators for Brady Tkachuk, a person familiar with the terms said Sunday. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because neither team had released details publicly.

The picks were Florida's first-rounder this year, No. 9 overall, along with two picks acquired earlier Sunday in the Panthers' move to send Mackie Samoskevich to Seattle, and another first-rounder in 2029.

Brady Tkachuk has spent the entirety of his eight-year NHL career in Ottawa, and now he joins his brother, Olympic teammate and podcast co-host in Florida — the place where Matthew Tkachuk has spent the last four seasons, winning two Stanley Cups and getting to the final three times.

The Athletic was first to report the pending trade.

Brady Tkachuk has two seasons left on the seven-year, $57.56 million contract he signed in October 2021 when he also became Ottawa’s captain. As recently as late April, he bristled at conversation about his name being in trade rumors following a first-round playoff exit.

It’s a move that makes sense for so many reasons and has seemed almost inevitable.

Matthew Tkachuk and Brady Tkachuk reveled in the chance to play alongside one another for USA Hockey at the 4 Nations Face-Off in 2025 (winning silver) and the Milan Cortina Olympics this year (winning gold, the first for the American men’s program on the Olympic stage since the miracle in Lake Placid 46 years ago).

Their parents — their dad is NHL legend Keith Tkachuk — have a home in Florida and are regular attendees at Panthers games, and the USA Hockey ties means Brady Tkachuk already has relationships with many in the Florida organization. Bill Zito, Florida’s hockey operations president and general manager, had a role within USA Hockey during this past Olympic cycle and Panthers equipment manager Teddy Richards had a role with the 4 Nations and Milan Cortina teams as well.

Brady Tkachuk was Ottawa’s captain for the last five seasons, and he was — by far in some cases — their leader in countless categories over his eight years with the Senators. No player had more goals (213), points (463), power-play goals (62), shots (2,202), hits (1,921), winning goals (28), multigoal games (30) and penalty minutes (821) in his tenure with the club, which acquired him with the No. 4 pick in the 2018 draft.

And now, four years after landing Matthew Tkachuk, the Panthers have tapped into the Tkachuk family well of talent again.

It also adds another big name to the list of players that Florida has locked up for several seasons going forward, including Aleksander Barkov, Aaron Ekblad, Sam Reinhart, Sam Bennett, Carter Verhaeghe, Gustav Forsling, Anton Lundell and others. They’re all Stanley Cup winners, and now Brady Tkachuk would figure to have a real chance to get his name etched onto hockey’s chalice in the coming years as well.

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No worries.

Forbes called on freshman Caden Glauber for the 29th time this season, and for the 29th time he's pitched, the Tar Heels won.

Their 6-2 victory over Oklahoma kept alive their pursuit of the school's first national championship in baseball. The winner-take-all Game 3 is Monday night.

“This is what it’s all about,” Forbes said. “This is why you work so hard — to play in a night game, national championship game. So we’re excited about that opportunity.”

Lynch and Glauber cooled off Oklahoma’s bats, Owen Hull and Cooper Nicholson homered, and North Carolina (54-13-1) bounced back from a 9-3 loss in Game 1.

The Sooners (42-23) scored twice in the first inning and then had two hits and a total of five baserunners the rest of the way. Lynch injured his lower left side throwing his second pitch of the fifth. Glauber (12-0) came on and struck out the side and fanned a total of eight over five innings.

“When you play for the best team in college baseball, it’s pretty easy to go out there with the defense you have and the offense you have,” said Glauber, who has allowed one run in 10 1/3 CWS innings.

Glauber graduated from high school a year early and was 17 when he enrolled at Carolina last fall. He's the only pitcher in Division I with 12 wins and five saves and is pitching to a 2.05 ERA over 92 innings, with all but three of his appearances in relief.

He's been comfortable on stages big and small all season. Sunday he faced an OU team that had been averaging 9.4 runs per game in the postseason and 8.25 in the CWS.

“The preparation takes over the fear,” he said. “We work so hard on it. You know, you’ve got to have the right mindset, and you know that you’re made for the moment, whatever moment you’re in.”

The Sooners were held to their fewest runs since a May 19 loss to LSU. They hadn't been held scoreless over eight straight innings since a 3-0 loss to Southeastern Louisiana on March 17. Their four hits were their fewest since a March 19 loss to LSU.

“Obviously, tough loss today,” OU's Trey Gambill said. “But I don’t think we overly care. We know that we still have the opportunity to win the national championship. It’s going to be a fun atmosphere. We’re excited. Have a good meal tonight, good shower and be ready for tomorrow.”

OU freshman starter Xander Mercurius (1-3) struck out six of the first seven batters he faced but encountered trouble when Carolina's first two batters reached base in the third inning. Jake Schaffner pulled a ball into the right-field corner for a two-run triple and scored on a wild pitch to put the Tar Heels up 3-2. Mercurius began laboring in the third and left after Hull's second homer of the CWS and ninth of the season leading off the fifth.

“The trick in baseball is to not get away from your game plan and start trying to punch guys out,” OU coach Skip Johnson said, “and he kind of lost it a little bit. Instead of just trying to throw the ball to the target, he’s trying to punch people out.”

Nicholson's team-leading 16th homer, off Nate Smithburg in the seventh, made it 6-2.

Glauber walked consecutive batters with one out in the ninth. The game ended when Dasan Harris grounded to second and Gavin Gallaher turned an unassisted double play that was confirmed after Oklahoma challenged the call.

Johnson said Nick Wesloski (2-1) would start for the Sooners on Monday. Wesloski pitched 5 2/3 innings in an 11-4 win over Georgia last Wednesday. Forbes said he was undecided on a starter.

“It will be all hands on deck,” he said. “I feel like we’ve got about seven options to start tomorrow, and I like every one of them.”

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There were more than 250 precincts for the Colombian diaspora worldwide. In South Florida, Colombian voters cast their ballots in Coral Gables, Kendall, Hialeah, Coral Springs, and Weston.

U.S. President Donald Trump endorsed De La Espriella, 47, a defense attorney and businessman who campaigned as “The Tiger,” and who is a fan of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele.

“Today, democracy wins,” De La Espriella told reporters in Spanish after he voted in Barranquilla.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro, whose four-year term ends on Aug. 7, endorsed Cepeda, 63, a senator who is a political rival of former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe, who served from 2002 to 2010.

“Let us vote with calm and serenity, and may democracy triumph,” Cepeda told reporters in Spanish after he voted in Bogotá.

The precincts in South Florida opened at 8 a.m. and closed at 4 p.m. Some voters carried flags, some wore their team’s yellow FIFA World Cup 2026 soccer jerseys, and some wore white to symbolize peace.

In Miami-Dade County, there were three precincts at the University of Miami’s Watsco Center, Miami Dade College’s Kendall campus gymnasium, and the Milander Center for Arts and Entertainment.

In Broward County, there were two precincts at Coral Springs High School and Cypress Bay High School’s gymnasium.

During the presidential election’s first round on May 31, De la Espriella had 43.73% of the votes when he qualified for the runoff against Cepeda, who had 40.91% of the votes. About 70% of the voters in the U.S. chose De La Espriella on May 31.

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The Federal Aviation Administration said it was investigating the incident between two commercial flights that happened Saturday at Boston Logan International Airport.

Todd Curtis, a former safety engineer at Boeing, estimated the distance between the two jetliners using Flightradar24, a website that tracks flights. Curtis now coproduces a podcast about flight safety issues.

“This is a significant incident,” Curtis said, adding that it was particularly concerning because it involved two professional airline crews.

He said federal aviation officials have been concerned about such runway incursions for a while now and will scrutinize Saturday’s close call.

Near-misses and runway incursions at U.S. airports will be the subject of a hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation, Space, and Innovation will seek ways to strengthen safety across the national airspace system.

The Delta flight from Dallas had to execute a go-around, or aborted landing, to avoid the American plane departing from an intersecting runway, according to the FAA and flight logs.

The crew of Delta flight 2351 coordinated with air traffic control to perform the go-around, an airline spokesperson said. The plane, which had 129 passengers and six crew members on board, landed safely and deplaned normally, according to the spokesperson.

Go-arounds are safe, routine procedures performed at the discretion of the pilot or air traffic controllers, according to the FAA.

According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, Amir Ayesh, 19, was arrested after two separate victims were sprayed with an unknown liquid on May 9 by Ayesh, who was passing by them in a black vehicle.

Detectives said the two incidents occurred within just minutes of each other in the area of Northeast 10th Avenue and 171st Street.

Authorities said Homeland Security Bureau detectives were able to link Ayesh to both incidents through surveillance video that showed him using a water gun to spray the victims from his car.

According to Detective Samantha Choon, an arrest warrant was signed on June 11, charging Ayesh with two counts of battery with prejudice, “a felony enhancement under Florida law.”

She said Ayesh was taken into custody Thursday in Plantation with assistance by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Plantation Police Department.

He was transported to the Broward County Main Jail and will eventually be transferred to Miami-Dade County.

“MDSO remains committed to investigating crimes that target individuals based on their race, religion, ethnicity, or other protected characteristics,” Choon said in an email to Local 10 News.

Ayesh’s arrest comes months after two other men were arrested for similar accusations.

In that case, Miami Beach police said Michael Dean Emerson, 19, of Coral Springs, and Dominic Angelo Martinez, 18, of Tamarac, used a water gun to spray a Jewish man on Mid-Beach in January.

Police said the duo targeted the victim because of his faith.

Five strokes behind third-round leader Jing Yan and four back of Woad going into the day, the 4-foot-11 Yamashita shot an 8-under 64 to get to 17-under 271 at Blythefield Country Club.

“I didn’t think about like win today,” Yamashita said. “I just focused on playing just like every round. My putting was solid today and I was able to put together a really good round.”

The 24-year-old Japanese player birdied the par-5 18th in regulation and the playoff.

“I really didn’t expect like it’s going to be playoff, but once it did, I was able to reset mentally and focus on the task at hand,” Yamashita said. “I’m glad I was able to take advantage of the opportunity and turn it into a win.”

Woad had a 68, holing out from a bunker for birdie on the 17th before running into trouble on the 467-yard 18th.

“Felt like I hit an OK putt,” the 22-year-old English player said. “Obviously, lipped out on the high side.”

In the playoff, both players were in front of the green in two. Yamashita played first, hitting a flop shot to 3 feet. Woad then hit her pitch 10 feet past and missed the comebacker.

Yamashita won for the third time on the LPGA Tour after winning 13 times on the JLPGA. Last year, she won the Maybank Championship and major Women’s British Open and was the LPGA rookie of the year.

Wei-Ling Hsu (67) and Yan Liu (67) tied for third at 15 under. Minji Kang (66) and Cassie Porter (70) were 14 under. Yan had a 73 to tie for seventh at 13 under.

The major KPMG Women’s PGA Championship begins Thursday at Hazeltine in Minnesota.

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“If my grandmother had tires, she'd be a car,” Niemann said Sunday, after wrapping up a tournament sullied by an opening-round 11 on the par-4 sixth hole that featured two tee shots out of bounds and two penalty strokes for hurling his club in frustration.

Niemann shot 4-under 66 in the final round to finish at 1-over 281. It doesn't take heavy math to imagine the possibilities had he not shot 7-over par on one hole. More urgently, when he left the course, his 281 put him in a tie for seventh, which would earn him the invitation for next year that goes to the the top-10 finishers and ties.

His 66 paired with a 65 he shot in the second round, shortly after learning his 9 on No. 6 had been bumped up two shots for violating the code of conduct. It meant Niemann was a good bet to tie for the two best rounds of the tournament along with recording the single worst one-hole score of the four rounds.

“A good experience, a good test for myself," he said. "What happened on Thursday and coming back, I was pretty proud of” myself.

Niemann didn't try to deflect blame or suggest he didn't deserve the two-shot penalty for chucking the club after the two errant tee shots, then being rejected when he asked for relief from what he thought might be fire ants.

Play was called for the day shortly after that. Niemann completed his first round Friday morning, then learned about the penalty.

“I was not trying to offend anyone,” he said. “I was frustrated. I had my expectations, which are always super high. I was playing good golf. I knew it was going to be a tough week, a long week, a challenging week. ... I’m not happy doing that. I’m not proud about throwing a golf club.”

He did not want to delve into the debate about whether the USGA was too aggressive in docking him the two shots. Even though the course was virtually empty at the time, he did, in fact, throw the club.

He called his comeback story “something to learn from.”

Asked if there were lessons to be learned from his odyssey around Shinnecock Hills, he said: “Everyone just stop throwing clubs. Just behave.”

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Según los agentes de BSO, Kimora McMinns fue vista por última vez alrededor de las 7 a.m. en la cuadra 6800 de la Southwest 17th Street.

Kimora mide aproximadamente 5 pies con 4 pulgadas, pesa cerca de 140 libras, tiene cabello negro y ojos color café, y vestía pantalones cortos negros, camisa negra, sandalias rosadas y un gorro negro con morado, según las autoridades.

Los agentes pidieron a cualquier persona con información sobre el paradero de Kimora que llame al detective Chris Blankenship al 954-321-4268.

Las autoridades informaron que el Iron Fire, en el condado Juab, Utah, se detectó por primera vez el sábado y había calcinado 87 kilómetros cuadrados (34 millas cuadradas). El incendio, a unos 113 kilómetros (70 millas) al suroeste de Salt Lake City, obligó a evacuar Eureka, de alrededor de 1.000 habitantes, y a personas en un rancho cercano.

No se habían perdido viviendas, y UTAH Fire Info, una operación de múltiples agencias, indicó en una publicación en X que los bomberos llevaron a cabo con éxito una operación de contrafuego para proteger el pueblo.

Kelly Wickens, especialista en prevención de incendios de la División de Silvicultura, Incendios y Tierras Estatales de Utah, advirtió que el incendio seguía creciendo en medio de condiciones de sequía. Wickens señaló que el incendio fue provocado por actividad humana y continúa bajo investigación.

El gobernador de Utah, Spencer J. Cox, visitó el pueblo el domingo.

“Sabíamos que iba a haber un peligro extremo de incendios y, efectivamente, tuvimos múltiples incendios”, afirmó Cox.

El Iron Fire era uno de los seis incendios que ardían en Utah con distintos niveles de contención.

En el vecino Colorado, el extremo suroeste del estado estaba bajo una alerta de bandera roja emitida por el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional hasta el lunes, debido a vientos con ráfagas y baja humedad relativa.

Un incendio forestal provocó evacuaciones durante el fin de semana cerca de Sedona, Arizona, y quemó alrededor de 120 hectáreas (300 acres) de terreno empinado y escabroso cerca de Oak Creek Canyon. Hasta la tarde del domingo, el incendio seguía sin contención. A los residentes evacuados previamente aún no se les permitía regresar a casa.

Gran parte del oeste de Estados Unidos, desde las Montañas Rocosas hasta la costa del Pacífico, registró temperaturas por encima del promedio este fin de semana, y se anticipaba un clima aún más caluroso para comienzos de la próxima semana. Las autoridades también advirtieron que el tiempo prolongado, seco y caluroso, junto con una humedad relativamente baja, incrementaba el riesgo de incendios.

Gran parte de Utah está experimentando una sequía severa a extrema, y partes de Arizona y Colorado atraviesan sequía severa, según el Monitor de Sequía de Estados Unidos.

El calor extremo cobró la vida de tres excursionistas en dos incidentes separados la semana pasada en el Gran Cañón. Se esperaba que las temperaturas subieran en el Suroeste el domingo, con un pronóstico de hasta 42,2 grados Celsius (108 grados Fahrenheit) en Carlsbad, Nuevo México.

Por su parte, un incendio de matorrales en el condado Miami-Dade, en Florida, se extendió por 800 hectáreas (2.000 acres) el sábado.

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Kimora McMinns was last seen at about 7 a.m. at the 6800 block of Southwest 17th Street, according to BSO deputies.

Kimora, who is about 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs about 140 pounds, has black hair and brown eyes, and was wearing black shorts, a black shirt, pink sandals, and a black and purple bonnet, according to deputies.

Deputies asked anyone with information about Malaysia’s whereabouts to call Detective Chris Blankenship at 954-321-4268.

Related story: Teenage girl vanished 3 days ago in Tamarac, deputies say

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The 17-year-old amateur surprised his father, Joe, on the 18th hole Sunday when his caddie brought Russell's clubs to him outside the ropes to carry them the rest of the way.

“It was kind of a fun Father’s Day gift,” Miles Russell said. “Kind of cool since it was my first one. Hopefully it’s something he’ll remember for a long time.”

Russell had Charlie Woods, Tiger Woods' son and his future teammate at Florida State, carrying the bag for him when he advanced to the U.S. Open through a 36-hole qualifying tournament earlier this month.

Ramon Bescansa was on the bag for Russell at Shinnecock Hills — but only for 71 1/2 holes.

As Russell walked toward the 18th green, Bescansa turned toward the ropes and found Joe Russell. He placed the bag down just inside the ropes and removed his caddie bib and handed it to Joe, who put it on.

According to the NBC broadcast, Miles Russell asked a USGA rules official in the morning if he would be allowed to make the switch and was given permission. Joe Russell was not aware of the plan.

Miles Russell smiled widely as his father caught up to him and they walked up to the green.

Russell tapped in for par to finish off an even-par 70 in the final round. After becoming the second-youngest male amateur since World War II to play the weekend at the U.S. Open, he finished at 7 over for the tournament while being paired the final two rounds with fellow amateur Jackson Koivun, who led Auburn to two NCAA championships and is about to turn pro.

“It was a pretty special week,” Russell said. “Just to be here was really special, and to make the cut was kind of bonus points. I didn’t quite have my best stuff the last two days, but still really cool. Just a great experience.”

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Group-stage progress

JUNE 21: DAY 3

Japan gets 3 points after 4-0 victory against Tunisia in Monterrey, Mexico

JUNE 20: DAY 2

The Netherlands gets 3 points

• Game analysis: Brobbey and Gakpo strike twice each as Netherlands routs Sweden 5-1 to lead Group F

JUNE 14: DAY 1

Netherlands and Japan each get 1 point

• Game analysis: Daichi Kamada’s late goal gives Japan a 2-2 draw with the Netherlands in World Cup opener for both
• FIFA game video: Netherlands’ Virgil van Dijk scores 
• FIFA game video: Japan’s Daichi Kamada scores

Sweden gets 3 points after opener

• Game analysis: Sweden gets 2 goals from Yasin Ayari and pounds Tunisia 5-1 to move atop World Cup Group F

The next matches

JUNE 25: DAY 4

Tunisia vs. The Netherlands at 7 p.m. in Kansas City, Missouri

Japan vs. Sweden at 7 p.m. in Arlington, Texas.

Track the groups’ progress

• Group A
• Group B
• Group C
• Group D
• Group E
• Group G
• Group H
• Group I
• Group J
• Group K
• Group L
• Track standing tables on FIFA

Still, seeing the single-sentence announcement from The All England Club that the 23-time Grand Slam champion will play singles at Wimbledon was stunning nonetheless.

“Serena Williams (USA) receives the final ladies’ singles wild card,” read the key line in Sunday's announcement, which was issued eight days before the grass-court Grand Slam begins.

At age 44, Williams will actually play both singles and doubles at Wimbledon after already accepting a wild card for the doubles competition with older sister Venus.

“This is not a drill,” Wimbledon said on its social media accounts Sunday.

Commented the WTA Tour, “Name a more iconic return…we’ll wait.”

Wimbledon held open the eighth and final women's singles wild card spot until Williams made up her mind. As recently as earlier this week after losing a doubles match in Berlin, she appeared to be waffling over the decision.

“Oh my gosh, there are some left?” she replied when she was told there was still a wild card spot open. Wild cards are special invitations handed out by tournament organizers, which allow former champions and others access to the main draw without the necessary entry qualifications. But then she mused about her readiness for it.

“Do you think I’m ready for singles?” she asked a reporter and then turned to doubles partner Karolina Muchova to ask what she thought.

“I think I would be interested in it,” the Czech player responded.

“That’s the question of the hour, right?” Williams said. “I don’t know. I don’t know. I wonder why there’s — I don’t know.”

Well, now that Williams has made up her mind, the big remaining question is how she can physically handle singles play after so long.

Serena’s most-recent singles match was a loss to Ajla Tomljanovic in the third round of the 2022 U.S. Open. At the time, she said she didn’t want to use the word “retiring” and instead declared that she was “evolving” away from tennis. Her second daughter was born in 2023.

“Just finished a mean game of duck duck goose,” Williams said on X after the wild card announcement.

Of Williams' 23 Grand Slam titles in singles, seven have come at Wimbledon: in 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015 and 2016. She’s also won 14 Grand Slams in doubles, all with Venus, and six of them at Wimbledon.

Serena also swept the singles and doubles (with Venus) titles at the 2012 London Olympics, when the tennis competition was held on the hallowed grass of the All England Club.

At her last Wimbledon appearance in 2022, Serena was beaten in the opening round by 115th-ranked Harmony Tan in her first match since having to stop less than a set into her opening contest at the All England Club because of an injury the year before.

Serena won a doubles match with partner Victoria Mboko at Queen’s Club last week but then the pair had to withdraw after Mboko injured her knee in a singles match.

In another doubles match at the Berlin Open on Tuesday, Serena and Muchova were beaten by Giuliana Olmos and Erin Routliffe.

As of Sunday, Serena had not entered the singles draws of any grass-court tuneup tournaments before Wimbledon.

She will learn who her first-round opponent is on Friday when the singles draws for Wimbledon are held.

While she’s No. 593 in the doubles rankings courtesy of her victory last week, Serena has no singles ranking after being away for so long.

Iga Swiatek is the defending Wimbledon champion, while Aryna Sabalenka is ranked No. 1.

Because Serena has no ranking, she could potentially face Swiatek, Sabalenka or any other top-ranked player in the opening rounds.

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The Iron Fire in Utah’s Juab County was first detected Saturday and had blackened 34 square miles (87 square kilometers), authorities said. The fire about 70 miles (113 kilometers) southwest of Salt Lake City forced the evacuation of Eureka, population 1,000, and people at a nearby ranch.

No homes had been lost, and UTAH Fire Info, a multiagency operation, said in a post on X that firefighters conducted a successful backburn operation to protect the town.

Kelly Wickens, a fire prevention specialist with the Utah Division of Forestry Fire and State Lands, warned that the fire was continuing to grow amid drought conditions. Wickens said the fire was human-caused and remains under investigation.

Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox visited the town Sunday.

“We knew that there was going to be extreme fire danger, and sure enough we had multiple fires,” Cox said.

The Iron Fire was one of six fires burning in Utah at varying levels of containment.

A wildfire prompted evacuations over the weekend near Sedona, Arizona, burning about 300 acres (120 hectares) of steep and rugged terrain near Oak Creek Canyon. As of Sunday afternoon, about 300 fire personnel were fighting the blaze, which remained uncontained. Residents evacuated earlier were still not being allowed to return home.

Much of the Western U.S. from the Rockies to the Pacific coast saw above-average temperatures this weekend with even hotter weather anticipated for early this week. Officials warned that the prolonged dry, hot weather and relatively low humidity increased the risk of fire danger.

Much of Utah is experiencing severe to extreme drought, while parts of Arizona and Colorado are experiencing severe drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. In Colorado, the southwest corner of the state was under a red flag warning issued by the National Weather Service until Monday, due to gusty winds and low relative humidity.

Extreme heat claimed the lives of three hikers in two separate incidents last week in the Grand Canyon. Temperatures were expected to climb in the Southwest on Sunday, with a forecast of up to 108 degrees Fahrenheit (42.2 C) in Carlsbad, New Mexico.

Meanwhile, the Florida Forest Service said fire crews from across the state had nearly contained several brush fires in western Miami-Dade County in Florida,

Group-stage progress

JUNE 21: DAY 2

Uruguay vs. Cape Verde is at 6 p.m.

Spain gets 3 points

• Game-analysis: Lamine Yamal scores 10 minutes into his first World Cup start and gives Spain liftoff

JUNE 15: DAY 1

MIAMI STADIUM MATCH

Saudi Arabia and Uruguay each get 1 point

• Game analysis: Uruguay’s Maxi Araújo scores equalizer in 1-1 World Cup draw with Saudi Arabia
• FIFA game video: Araújo’s equalizing goal
• FIFA game video: Saudi Arabia’s Abdulelah Al-Amri scores
• Pre-game coverage: Uruguayans arrive in high spirits ahead of FIFA World Cup match against Saudi Arabia in Miami
• Miami Stadium hosts 1st of 7 FIFA World Cup 2026 matches

Cape Verde and Spain each get 1 point

• Game analysis: Cape Verde secures stunning 0-0 draw with Spain in its World Cup debut

Next game day

JUNE 26: DAY 3

Cape Verde vs. Saudi Arabia is at 8 p.m.

Uruguay vs. Spain is at 8 p.m.

Track the groups

• Group A
• Group B
• Group C
• Group D
• Group E
• Group F
• Group G
• Group I
• Group J
• Group K
• Group L

Una nota oficial firmada del Partido Comunista de Cuba (PCC) y el gobierno de la isla informaron del deceso sin ofrecer detalles de la muerte del dirigente, uno de los compañeros más destacados de Fidel y Raúl Castro desde el asalto al Cuartel Moncada en 1953 y una influyente figura de la historia revolucionaria en la nación caribeña.

Tampoco se indicó por lo pronto cómo se desarrollarán las exequias del veterano dirigente.

“Ramiro Valdés Menéndez es merecedor del respecto y la admiración del pueblo de Cuba por su entrega y probada lealtad a la causa revolucionaria”, expresó la información publicada por el portal oficial Cubadebate.

El presidente Miguel Díaz-Canel reaccionó inmediatamente en su cuenta personal en la red social X. “La partida física del comandante de la Revolución, Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, duele profundamente, como la de un padre. Así lo quise y respeté siempre. Así recordaré su apoyo y consejos, su discreta colaboración y ejemplar consagración al servicio de la Patria”, expresó.

“Cada acto de la vida del Comandante Ramiro estuvo signado por su fidelidad absoluta al liderazgo de Fidel y Raúl, a sus compañeros de lucha y al Programa del Moncada”, indicó el mandatario al recordar la participación iniciática de Valdés en el fallido asalto al fuerte militar que sin embargo fue el puntapié inicial de a revolución cubana.

Un hombre de poder

Valdés llegó a dirigir las fuerzas de seguridad del Estado y más tarde se volvió el tercer político más importante de la Cuba en la década pasada.

Su popularidad entre los cubanos y extranjeros obedecía tanto a haber sido de los pocos funcionarios que una vez caídos en desgracia por tener diferencia con el fallecido presidente Fidel Castro volvieron al poder; como por sus polémicas declaraciones sobre internet y las nuevas tecnologías en Cuba --donde estaban limitadas entonces-- considerándolas una suerte de bestias que debían ser dominadas pues sino podían convertirse en una fuente de exterminio para la humanidad.

“El potro salvaje puede y debe ser dominado, y las infocomunicaciones, puestas en función de la paz y desarrollo”, dijo Valdés sobre internet en un encuentro de expertos en febrero de 2007, cuando además era ministro de Informática y las Comunicaciones.

Pocas veces aparecía en público y nunca hablaba con la prensa.

Valdés fue una figura clave en la lucha revolucionaria y los primeros años del gobierno del presidente Fidel Castro, pero en 1986, tras una discusión cuando era ministro del Interior se alejó del poder por 17 años.

En 2003, de manera sorpresiva, Valdés fue reincorporado al Consejo de Estado de Cuba, el órgano ejecutivo gobernante de la isla, y en 2006, el presidente Raúl Castro, en su primera gran decisión tras el relevo de su convaleciente hermano Fidel, seleccionó a este hombre para que dirigiera el Ministerio de Informática y las Comunicaciones, pese a que entonces ya superaba los 70 años.

En 2009 recibió incluso un ascenso y se lo designó como vicepresidente del Consejo de Ministros, manteniéndose como titular de Comunicaciones, sin embargo en 2011 se lo liberó de esta tarea pero mantuvo el cargo de mayor rango que ocupó hasta 2019.

La resurrección política de Valdés se completó en 2011: justo antes de cumplir 79 años, fue elegido como el número tres en la dirección del Partido Comunista, sólo por debajo de Raúl y José Ramón Machado Ventura, otra histórica figura.

En 2019, bajo la renovación de cargos impuesta por la nueva Constitución, se convirtió en Vice Primer Ministro de la República de Cuba, un figura creada por esa Carta Magna.

Valdés Menéndez nació el 28 de abril de 1932 en la ciudad occidental de Artemisa, no lejos de La Habana.

Tenía apenas 21 años cuando fue reclutado para participar en el ataque que encabezó Fidel Castro en 1953 contra un cuartel militar —el Moncada— con el que inició una revolución que derrocaría al dictador Fulgencio Batista.

Valdés siguió en el terreno de combate bajo el liderazgo del legendario guerrillero Ernesto “Che” Guevara y se convirtió uno de los pocos rebeldes que poseían el título honorífico de Comandante de la Revolución. Valdés también fue un “Héroe de la República de Cuba”.

Después que el Partido Comunista de Cuba se fundó en 1965, Valdés fue nombrado miembro del Comité Central así como del más exclusivo Buró Político. Tuvo un asiento en el Consejo de Estado, el cuerpo ejecutivo de gobierno en Cuba.

El gobierno nunca explicó la decisión de separarlo del cargo en 1986 tras su pelea con Castro.

Valdés se ausentó de la vida pública hasta 1997, cuando encabezó una misión a Bolivia para encontrar y devolver a Cuba los restos de Guevara, asesinado en el país sudamericano tres décadas antes cuando intentaba iniciar una revolución.

His decision to join Inter Miami in 2023 has already been good for all parties, raising the profile of soccer in the United States, delivering titles for his club and writing a new chapter in his storied career.

But Argentina could be the biggest winner of all, with Messi arriving at what might be his last World Cup with his powers still at stratospheric levels aged 38.

“Leo will be the best for as long as he wants; he has been doing it every single match for the last 20 years,” said Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni.

Thierry Henry described him as “on the moon” after his hat trick in Argentina’s opening game against Algeria.

“Leo is just different. It’s just a different topic,” Henry told Fox Sports.

Messi scored his first hat trick at a World Cup and also moved level on 16 goals with Miroslav Klose as the leading scorer in tournament history.

“I tried to prepare myself in the best possible way to feel good physically, to feel useful, and to be able to help the group,” Messi said.

That’s an understatement.

Despite saying the last World Cup was likely his last, Messi is once again at the heart of the Argentina team, its biggest creative and attacking threat. At this stage of his career, that was far from guaranteed.

“We should be used to this, but if you ever needed any more confirmation that when it comes to Argentina, Messi is the system, he is the tactic, he’s the formation, he’s the identity and he is the heart,” Fox analyst Alexi Lalas said after the 3-0 win against Algeria. “It was something to behold.”

Messi has not lost his rhythm after US move

Messi left behind the intensity of European soccer to join Inter Miami in 2023, delivering a massive boost for Major League Soccer.

He said he wanted to “live football in another way” and while that included changes to his home life in the U.S., there was also a step down in the level of competition compared to Europe’s top leagues.

But at a time when top players are warning of burnout because of soccer’s increasingly congested calendar, Messi appears to be benefiting from making the move. He has played fewer games in the U.S. than at the height of his Barcelona career when he could play in excess of 50 a season. His performance at the start of this World Cup shows he hasn’t lost his sharpness even if he is not regularly facing the world’s top defenders in MLS.

“I love to play, to compete. And no matter where it is, today I find myself at another World Cup, which brings extra happiness, but I prepare myself just as I have done throughout my entire career,” he said.

Many people already rated the eight-time Ballon d’Or winner as the greatest soccer player of all time. But even past his peak years, he has hit new heights on the sport’s biggest stage.

His long-awaited World Cup triumph in 2022 came after his move away from Barcelona, where he was winning Champions League titles and setting scoring records, but repeatedly fell short with Argentina in international tournaments.

He was at Paris Saint-Germain when, as a 35-year-old and playing in his fifth World Cup, he finally managed to win the one trophy that had eluded him. Again, Argentina may have been the beneficiary of its icon taking a step down at club level.

While PSG hoped Messi’s arrival could deliver the Champions League, the domestic competition in France is not regarded as highly as Spain’s. Messi no longer faced such intense soccer on a weekly basis.

He went on to produce his finest form at a World Cup in 2022, scoring seven goals, including two in the final as Argentina beat France in a penalty shootout. He managed just one goal at the previous edition in Russia.

Messi is an inspiration for his teammates

He is back again four years later and looks like he is in the mood for more.

His Inter Miami teammate Rodrigo De Paul has spoken of the extra training both players had put in to ensure they were in peak condition for the tournament.

“We killed ourselves to, physically, arrive in the best way,” De Paul said.

Messi, meanwhile, has taken inspiration from Rafa Nadal after watching the Netflix docuseries on the tennis great’s drive to stay at the top of his game.

“I am very similar in that sense. I always want to feel good. As long as I can and I am well, I will be there,” Messi said.

For his teammates, he is simply the biggest inspiration.

“What Leo transmits is spectacular, it is hard to explain,” said Scaloni. “His teammates view him both as a God and as a kid from the neighborhood.

“Honestly, you just run out of words. Beyond the goals he scores, it is what he transmits—both to his teammates and to the fans. We will miss him.”

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AP sports writer Debora Rey contributed to this report from Dallas.

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“Why isn’t Governor Pritzker calling me for help. I could make Chicago a safe City in ONE MONTH, in ONE YEAR, it would be one of the safest!!!” Trump said in a Sunday morning Truth Social post.

The office of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a potential 2028 Democratic presidential contender who has repeatedly rebuffed Trump's calls for a military intervention, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Under Trump, National Guard troops have been deployed on crime-fighting missions in Democrat-led cities including New Orleans, Washington, D.C. and Memphis, Tennessee.

While Chicago Police Department data shows a slight uptick in shooting incidents compared to the first half of last year, violent crime rates have generally dropped in the city over the past few years, in parallel with national trends.

Preliminary information shared by Chicago police indicate there have been at least two dozen shooting incidents since 5 p.m. on Friday. Those killed by gunfire include a 21-year-old shot in the chest Sunday, an 18-year-old shot in the armpit Saturday evening and a 50-year-old shot in the chest Friday.

At least 12 people in a crowd on a Chicago street suffered gunshot wounds Friday evening after an SUV pulled up and two people inside started shooting, police said.

The eight men and four women in the group ranged in age from 17 to 47. They were being treated at four hospitals. Police said another man suffered unknown injuries and refused medical treatment.

That shooting happened on Juneteenth, a holiday that celebrates the end of slavery in the U.S. Earlier Friday, former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama welcomed the first visitors to his presidential center on the South Side.

“What should have been a night of celebration and community reflection for Juneteenth was shattered by a horrific act of violence,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said in an X post Saturday. “My thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their loved ones.”

“Violence has no place in our city, and those responsible will be held accountable," he said.

Other major U.S. cities experienced gun-related violence over the weekend. In Philadelphia, two people were killed and two others wounded following a shooting early Sunday morning, according to Fox-29. In Cincinnati, a shooting killed three people Saturday evening, WLWT reported. And police in Kansas City, Missouri say they are investigating a shooting Friday evening that left one dead and five wounded.

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Associated Press writer Jack Brook contributed from New Orleans.

Mona Khalil, who spent more than two decades protecting sea turtles along Lebanon’s coastline, was critically injured in the strike on her home in the village of Mansouri earlier this month and died of her wounds Friday. She was 76.

The Orange House, which Khalil helped build into a small conservation hub and ecotourism site in Mansouri, became a refuge for endangered loggerhead and green sea turtles and a training ground for volunteers documenting nesting activity along the coast.

News of her death triggered an outpouring of grief among environmentalists and those who volunteered and worked with her over the years.

Journalist and environmental activist Fadia Jomaa first met Khalil in 2016 while researching sea turtles in Lebanon and then decided to volunteer with her project.

For the volunteers, “this relationship didn’t stop at being a volunteering relationship — Mona became our mother,” Jomaa said.

Jomaa became one of Khalil’s closest collaborators, eventually helping manage the sea turtle conservation project with her. She also brought her own children to volunteer, introducing them to the work of protecting nesting turtles and hatchlings along Lebanon’s southern coast.

During the previous war between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah in 2024, Khalil initially refused to leave Al-Mansouri beach, Jomaa said. The Lebanese army ultimately persuaded her to evacuate for her safety. “She was the last one to leave the area,” Jomaa said.

“She had an awful time in Beirut,” Jomaa said, adding that Khalil longed to return to the south, to the Orange House and the beach she had spent years protecting.

Another Israel-Hezbollah war erupted in March. Hezbollah fired across the border into Israel on March 2, two days after Israel and the U.S. attacked its ally, Iran.

Khalil could have left Lebanon altogether. She held Dutch as well as Lebanese citizenship, having lived in the Netherlands before returning to Lebanon and settling in what had once been her grandmother’s home — the building that would later become known as the Orange House

But she refused to leave her home again.

“She said I am a civilian, I have no weapons, I will shut my door," Jomaa said.

On June 4, an Israeli strike hit her home. Khalil and her domestic worker were rushed to the hospital. It was not clear what the intended target of the strike was.

The Israeli military said in a statement that Khalil “was not a target of the IDF” and that “there is no known IDF strike in which she was injured,” but added that “strikes were conducted in the area after the IDF issued evacuation warnings.” It said it “deeply regrets any harm caused to civilians and remains committed to operating in accordance with international law.”

Khalil's condition initially appeared hopeful after surgery, Jomaa said, but she succumbed to her wounds two weeks later.

“It is a great loss for conservation, for the country, and for all of us who cared about the sea and the natural heritage of Lebanon,” said Johnny Baaklini, a former volunteer at the Orange House who worked closely with Khalil.

Like Jomaa, he recalled that Khalil “treated us, the conservation advocates, like her kids.”

“It feels impossible to describe the impact Mona personally had on me and on so many other young naturalists,” he said.

At the heart of Khalil’s work was a narrow stretch of coastline, Al-Mansouri beach in Tyre province. Each nesting season, she and volunteers would patrol the beach at night, marking fresh tracks in the sand and carefully relocating vulnerable nests away from human activity and coastal light pollution.

The Orange House also functioned as a small beachfront bed-and-breakfast.

During the summer nesting season, Khalil organized sea turtle hatchling viewings for visitors. Many families brought their children to watch the small miracle unfold.

These viewings typically took place at sunset, when volunteers would guide groups to the beach to observe hatchlings making their way from protected nests to the sea.

“She used to say, ‘My soul will stay here,’” Jomaa said, recalling conversations in which Khalil would point to an olive tree or a small hill overlooking Al-Mansouri beach. “She used to say, ‘This is where you will bury me.’”

Where Khalil will ultimately be buried remains uncertain and is tied to the security situation in the area, Jomaa said.

Might have been when 500 people showed up at the airport to welcome its national team for the World Cup. Or when players for The Fennecs saw the giant Algerian flag that local artist Stan Herd had crafted of mulch and sand. Or maybe when members of the school's marching band took the time to learn "Kassaman,” the anthem of the north African nation.

“Respect,” Algeria captain and Manchester City player Riyad Mahrez told the people of Lawrence, shortly before Lionel Messi scored a hat trick and Argentina beat them 3-0 last week to start the tournament, “and thank you so much for the welcome.”

Yet the feel-good story of a town and a team comes at a complex time for Algeria. More than 5,000 miles from the World Cup, human rights advocates say, authorities have been cracking down on protests, social media and other forms of public dissent.

That includes the detention of French journalist Christophe Gleizes on what critics call trumped-up charges of “advocacy of terrorism.”

It is but another example of how politics and sports often intersect on the world's biggest stages.

“He is a soccer journalist and nothing but a soccer journalist,” Gleizes’ parents, Sylvie and Francis Godard, said in a statement. “This never-ending situation is devastating for us. We once again appeal to President (Abdelmadjid) Tebboune to grant clemency so that Christophe may regain his freedom, his family and his job as a sports journalist, as soon as possible."

Rolling out the welcome mat in Kansas

Algeria is one of four countries whose home base is in the Kansas City area, albeit 40 miles west of the metro. But while Argentina, the Netherlands and England have been treated as if they were family by the smallest host city for the World Cup, the bond struck between Algeria and Lawrence has been something else entirely.

Players shot hoops at Allen Fieldhouse, the historic home of the Jayhawks. They tossed footballs at Memorial Stadium. Signs posted in Arabic around town encourage the Algerian players, who in turn spend their free time kicking balls around with local youths.

“The more we learned of the challenges Algerians faced to get here, the stronger our commitment became to show how welcoming our city could be,” said Ruth DeWitt, the director of community relations for city's convention and visitors bureau.

“They quickly became our home team,” DeWitt said. “Businesses have Algerian flags, banners and merchandise in windows. Schools and summer camps have done projects learning about Algeria, organizations have made welcome videos and our arts programs have created public displays that focus on soccer and the international connections between people.”

Just as the Algerian players have left their mark on Lawrence, so too have the locals left a mark on them.

“That first evening, seeing the fans waiting outside our hotel, it gave me goosebumps,” Algeria coach Vladimir Petkovic said, “and it filled me with a source of pride. Then we had that opening training session as well, and we saw that there was so many U.S. citizens that had scarves for us. They showed so much support. And they really wanted to celebrate this moment.”

FIFA's president asks Algeria for a “great act of humanity”

As the World Cup was about to start, though, it was FIFA president Gianni Infantino himself who cast a spotlight on Gleizes, calling for the Algerian authorities to pardon him. The French writer has been detained since 2024 as part of a controversial seven-year sentence for “glorifying terrorism” and “possessing propaganda harmful to national interests."

FIFA granted Gleizes a media credential for the tournament and has symbolically left a seat open for him.

“I've invited his parents to a game,” Infantino said, “but I hope — I really hope — that in a great act of humanity, he will be given grace, the presidential grace, and can even join us here for the World Cup. But for the time he's not here, his seat is here for him.”

Gleizes was detained while investigating the death of an Algerian soccer player, Albert Ebosse. His appeal was rejected in December in a case Reporters Without Borders has called “unfounded and outrageous," and which critics say is an example of the way the Tebboune administration has muzzled the media, public activists and political debate.

Even while detained, Gleizes has been trying to do his job. During a recent news conference, Vincent Duluc of the daily L'Equipe told French coach Didier Deschamps that he was asking a question on his behalf about hydration breaks during the World Cup.

“Well,” Deschamps said, "as it regards Christophe, I had the opportunity during the final of the French Cup to meet his parents, and I hope for him and his family that he will be here as soon as possible, and be in a position to ask his questions himself.”

Algeria continues in World Cup with Jordan up Monday

Far from the courtrooms, prison cells and politics of Algeria, its national team — led by Mahrez, Rayan Ait-Nouri and Mohamed Amoura — will take the pitch once again Monday for a crucial Group J game against Jordan in Santa Clara, California.

It has been nearly a week since Les Fennecs lost to Argentina inside Arrowhead Stadium, not far from their Lawrence base. And even though 32 of the 48 teams in the World Cup will advance to the knockout phase, there is suddenly intense pressure to win.

Algeria has qualified for the tournament five times but has never advanced past the round of 16.

It did not qualify at all for the past two World Cups.

“To tell the truth,” Petkovic said, “we are used to having hundreds of thousands of (our) fans right behind us, and that's what is great about Algerian football. They not only get behind us, they put up with us, so many people. Some of the fans are very critical but they are still very happy and proud to get behind their nation and country.”

That sounds a lot like some folks in eastern Kansas, who have chosen to adopt Algeria for the duration of the World Cup.

“I hope that all the neutrals do cheer on Algeria,” Petkovic said, “because it's been a wonderful feeling. We've had a great helping hand. Even in our open training session, they really gave us some positive vibes, not only the Algerian people but also locals from the United States living in this area. We'll try to give them something back.”

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El accidente ocurrió en la cuadra 8100 de Stirling Road.

Las autoridades indicaron que la víctima, cuyo nombre no fue revelado públicamente, intentaba girar a la izquierda para entrar a Home Depot, en University Creek Plaza, cuando Joseph Anthony Ciavarella lo impactó.

La policía de Davie informó que sus investigadores determinaron que Ciavarella estaba intoxicado y conducía sin las luces delanteras encendidas al momento del choque.

Las autoridades dijeron que obtuvieron una orden de arresto y detuvieron a Ciavarella el viernes.

Enfrenta varios cargos, incluyendo homicidio vehicular por DUI y homicidio culposo al volante.

The crash happened in the 8100 block of Stirling Road.

Authorities said the victim, whose name was not publicly released, was trying to make a left turn into the Home Depot at University Creek Plaza when Joseph Anthony Ciavarella hit him or her.

Davie police said its investigators determined that Ciavarella was intoxicated and driving without his headlights at the time of the crash.

Authorities said they obtained an arrest warrant and took Ciavarella into custody on Friday.

He faces several charges, including DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide.

The fifth installment in the Pixar series debuted with $160 million in domestic ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, easily setting a new franchise record and notching the biggest opening weekend of the year.

Launching 31 years after the original “Toy Story” first landed in theaters, “Toy Story 5” far surpassed the previous series-best debut: $120 million for “Toy Story 4” in 2019. Internationally, it was just as successful, with $152 million in opening-weekend sales, for a worldwide haul of $312 million.

The “Toy Story” franchise is one of the most profitable for The Walt Disney Co. Before “Toy Story 5” launched, the movies had collectively grossed more than $3 billion, while also pulling in billions from merchandising.

Though the series seemed to reach a conclusion with 2010’s “Toy Story 3,” the decision to revive the franchise almost a decade later — while controversial — has been extremely lucrative. “Toy Story 4” exceeded $1 billion in ticket sales, and “Toy Story 5” is all but certain to as well.

Among animated films, only 2018's “Incredibles 2” had a bigger opening weekend ($182.7 million) than “Toy Story 5.”

These toys aren't cheap

Keeping the “Toy Story” movies going has gotten more expensive, though. The fifth movie cost $250 million to make, not including marketing. It returns a voice cast led by Tom Hanks (as Woody), Tim Allen (as Buzz Lightyear) and Joan Cusack (as Jessie).

In the sequel, the toys are pushed aside when Bonnie gets a new tablet. It’s directed by Andrew Stanton, the Pixar veteran who helmed “Finding Nemo” (2003) and “WALL-E” (2008). “Toy Story 5” also features a new song by Taylor Swift, “I Knew It, I Knew You.”

Reviews have been very good and audiences gave “Toy Story 5” an “A” CinemaScore, suggesting it should remain a force in theaters for weeks.

After its chart-topping debut, Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day” slipped to second place with $17 million in its second weekend. That’s not the hold that Universal Pictures was hoping for. Dropping 61% from its first weekend suggests “Disclosure Day” might not find the legs Spielberg’s sci-fi thriller needs to break out this summer.

Still, the $115 million budgeted movie, starring Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor and Colman Domingo, has grossed $160.4 million globally in two weeks. “Disclosure Day” stands a good chance of remaining the top adult-oriented option in theaters in the coming weeks.

“Toy Story 5” faced little competition from newcomers.

‘Robin Hood’ misses the bullseye

A24’s “The Death of Robin Hood,” a violent revisionist approach to the old legend, flopped with $2.6 million on 1,762 screens. The film, starring Hugh Jackman and directed by Michael Sarnoski, was modestly budgeted at $20 million. But after finding mixed reviews, audiences didn’t go for the movie, either. It earned a “C+” CinemaScore.

Neon’s “Leviticus” came out just ahead of “The Death of Robin Hood,” with $2.7 million from 1,076 theaters. Written and directed by Adrian Chiarella, the buzzy low-budget horror film is about two teen boys who meet at conversion therapy. It's a fine start for an indie with a small budget of $3.5 million and good word-of-mouth. But “Leviticus” also faced unusually strong competition in the still-potent horror hits “Obsession” and “Backrooms.”

The top horror choice remained “Obsession,” the microbudget phenomenon by 26-year-old Curry Barker. In its sixth weekend, it nearly equaled its $17 million opening weekend from mid-May. The Focus Features release, which cost less than $1 million to make, added $14.2 million to bring its domestic total to $215.8 million and its global haul to $333.3 million.

With “Toy Story 5” and “Obsession” driving sales, the summer box office is up 15% from the 2025 summer, according to Rentrak. More impressively, summer ticket sales are nearly equal to the 2019 summer at the same point, not accounting for inflation. The summer to date is just 1.9% down from that year.

Paul Dergarabedian, head of marketplace trends for Rentrak, expects that Hollywood is heading for its best summer since before the pandemic. And the success is coming from both expected and unexpected places.

“To me, this is a hybrid summer and this could be the new blueprint for how you build the perfect summer box-office beast,” says Dergarabedian. “You throw in a mix of very eclectic films and not just the usual suspects — the big franchise films, the known brands — but also films like ‘Backrooms’ and ‘Obsession’ and original films like ‘Disclosure Day.’”

Top 10 movies by domestic box office

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

1. “Toy Story 5,” $160 million.

2. “Disclosure Day,” $17 million.

3. “Obsession,” $14.2 million.

4. “Backrooms,” $7.3 million.

5. “Scary Movie,” $6.7 million.

6. “Masters of the Universe,” $5.6 million.

7. “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu,” $3.9 million.

8. “Leviticus,” $2.7 million.

9. “The Death of Robin Hood,” $2.6 million.

10. “Michael,” $2.2 million.

Teenage superstar Yamal scored 10 minutes into his first start on soccer’s biggest stage and Spain kickstarted its tournament with the 4-0 demolition of Saudi Arabia in Atlanta on Sunday.

The 18-year-old forward slid in at the far post to touch home a low cross for the opening goal and became the eighth-youngest scorer in World Cup history. More importantly, he settled Spanish nerves after the European champion was held to a surprise 0-0 draw by Cape Verde in its opening game.

“The first game wasn’t really us, it was different, but now we’ve arrived and we’re going for more," Yamal said.

In a tournament that has already seen Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe, Erling Haaland and Harry Kane get off to flying starts, Yamal's strike saw him join the party.

“I’ve always dreamed of being at a World Cup, and being able to score in my first match as a starter is a dream,” he said. “I watched the last World Cup from a classroom so being able to score here with my mum and my family in the stands is a dream come true.”

The Barcelona winger is already considered one the world’s top players and helped Spain win the European Championship in 2024 despite being just 16 years old when the tournament started. He is tipped to take over from Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as the sport’s biggest star but came into the World Cup with questions over his fitness after he missed the end of the season with a hamstring injury.

After being used only as a second-half substitute against Cape Verde, he was thrown in from the start on Sunday and wasted no time in making his presence felt, repeatedly slicing through the Saudi defense before turning home Mikel Oyarzabal's cross.

“When there are players with individual attributes in this game that can work (beat opponents) one-on-one, they can make a difference,” said Saudi Arabia coach Georgios Donis. “This is a player that makes a difference all the time in Spain and I think the better the physical condition, the more time he has, he’ll help his team even more.”

A full house at Atlanta Stadium that was mainly filled with Spain fans erupted in celebration just at the sight of Yamal emerging for the pre-game warm up. And the cheers were even louder as he raced away to celebrate his goal, dropping to his knees, praying and kissing the turf.

It was just the impact Spain coach Luis de la Fuente wanted from his star player, having been inundated with questions about when Yamal would be ready to start.

Those questions felt even more anxious after Spain, one of the pre-tournament favorites, was shut out by Cape Verde.

After all, Spain has failed to advance beyond the round of 16 since lifting the World Cup in 2010, winning just three games during that run.

But Yamal's opener sparked a flurry of first-half goals. Oyarzabal, who was criticized for not touching the ball at all in the first 30 minutes against Cape Verde, not only provided the assist for Yamal, but scored two more with close range strikes in the 21st and 24th.

So dominant was Spain's lead that De la Fuente had seen enough and took both his scorers off at halftime.

Inside four minutes of the second half, the lead was extended when Marc Cucurella's shot rebounded off Hassan Altambakti for an own goal.

“It’s crazy to question this team,” De la Fuente said. "You can have better days, worse days, normal days, but questioning, doubting this generation of very young footballers, with a bright future, I think it’s unfair.

“I love that I have the honor to lead this group of footballers, this group of players who are a role model for many people in football and for many athletes and people loving this sport.”

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The new Prada uniform for next spring and summer: slim, cropped jackets and five-pocket trousers, pulled together with timeless blazers or leather blousons.

“Sometimes you just realize you need a good pasta pomodoro,” Simons said before the show, referring to the Italian mealtime staple.

Prada's pasta pomodoro

While the collection was inspired by jeans, Prada acknowledged she had never worn a pair in her life, while Simons said he had only recently returned to the everyday classic after two decades of wearing wool trousers year-round.

So against all odds, five-pocket trousers paired with flat-pocket jackets became the new Prada uniform, both slim and cropped.

Most looks were realized in luxurious, buttery leather in monochromes of antique white, gray, burgundy or turquoise that hit the runway to rock guitar riffs. A subset appeared in nearly transparent white technical fabric more suited to Europe’s recent heatwave. Only a handful of closing looks were fashioned from actual denim.

A smattering of cropped shirts and knitwear vests featured geometric patterns that were pulled together with clashing silk scarves tied around the midriff. The only bags were colorful pouches worn at the waist, sometimes attached to thick belts. A pointy shoe with multiple Velcro straps finished the looks.

Back to the streets

Prada said the goal was a collection of pieces that were universal and to avoid “useless design,” which she added was “a lot of what’s around” on other runways.

Simons said the designers wanted to reconnect fashion with the way people actually dress, noting that some of fashion’s strongest ideas historically came “from the street” rather than being dictated by luxury brands and runways.

“It’s a clear silhouette, vertical, simple, sharp, proud. A lot of white, peaceful, hopeful, and cleansing,” Simons said. “We think this collection is breaking the perception of what is perceived as typical luxury in high fashion.”

In the spirit of simplicity, the collection was presented in a bare showroom with transparent bench seating.

Everyone had a front-row view, with the VIP section hosting NBA superstar Anthony Edwards, South African-Australian singer and actor Troye Sivan, K-pop boy group ENHYPEN and British actor Louis Partridge.

Crowds of excited fans withstood the early summer heatwave to greet their favorite celebrities.

Pino, de 55 años, enfrenta cargos relacionados con un choque de lancha ocurrido en septiembre de 2022 que causó la muerte de Lucy Fernandez, de 17 años, cerca de Boca Chita Key. El accidente también dejó gravemente herida a otra joven de 17 años, Katerina Puig.

Los alegatos de apertura comenzaron con la fiscalía, que sostuvo que la colisión de Pino contra una baliza del canal fue resultado de negligencia criminal e imprudencia.

“Lucy está muerta porque el acusado no cumplió con lo más básico que exigen las normas de navegación”, dijo a los jurados la fiscal asistente Laura Adams.

La defensa argumenta que el choque fue un simple accidente.

“El estado admite que esto no fue la intención de George. Él no quería que nadie saliera herido”, dijo a los jurados el abogado de Pino, Howard Srebnick, durante los alegatos de apertura. “Su propia hija, su propia esposa, su propio cuerpo estaban en ese bote”.

Los alegatos de apertura de la defensa se interrumpieron después de que Pino rompiera en llanto durante varios minutos frente al jurado; el proceso se detuvo y continuó al día siguiente.

A lo largo del juicio, los jurados escucharon a varias de las 12 jóvenes, todas adolescentes en ese momento, que iban a bordo de la lancha de Pino como parte de una celebración por el cumpleaños número 18 de su hija.

“Lo primero que vi al abrir los ojos fue a George, y pensé que estaba muerto”, testificó Claudia Portocarrero. “Lo recuerdo, tenía sangre en la cabeza”.

Algunas testificaron sobre el alcohol que George Pino y su esposa, Cecilia Pino, proporcionaron, así como sobre el accidente en sí.

El padre de Fernandez relató la pesadilla que él y su esposa vivieron. El padre de Puig también habló sobre cómo el choque afectó a su hija.

Los jurados hicieron una visita a unas instalaciones de la Comisión de Conservación de Pesca y Vida Silvestre de Florida en North Miami para ver el Robalo de 29 pies dañado, y vieron imágenes de cámaras corporales de la respuesta al accidente y del interrogatorio a Pino.

Pero el juicio no estuvo exento de momentos de tensión.

La jueza Marisa Tinkler Mendez advirtió a Pino y su familia por abrazarse frente al jurado.

Un tenso intercambio entre Adams y Pino también llamó la atención de la jueza, después de que Adams señalara que Pino, según se reportó, murmuraba “pasa, pasa, pasa” durante un testimonio.

“Lo siento. ¿Quiere decirme algo?”, le preguntó Adams a Pino. “¿Por qué me mira fijamente?”.

Pino negó haberla mirado fijamente.

En otro momento, los abogados de Pino le dijeron a Tinkler Mendez que hubo “una especie de duelo de miradas” entre Adams y su cliente, seguido de que Adams “puso los ojos en blanco” hacia Pino.

Cecilia Pino subió al estrado dos veces durante el juicio, relatando las desgarradoras secuelas del choque cerca de Cutter Bank.

“Ella murió porque su esposo chocó contra esa baliza, ¿verdad?”, le preguntó Adams durante su primera comparecencia en el estrado.

“Ella murió porque hubo un accidente”, testificó Cecilia Pino.

Cecilia Pino rompió en llanto al subir al estrado por segunda vez, testificando: “Recuerdo que pregunté de nuevo, ‘¿Quién falta? ¿Quién falta?’. Y fue entonces cuando me dijeron que Lucy estaba desaparecida”.

Los jurados también recibirán instrucciones sobre la ley antes de comenzar sus deliberaciones.

Si es declarado culpable, Pino enfrenta entre 11 y 30 años de prisión.

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It happened at around 7 p.m. near the pool at the DAER Dayclub.

Bystanders quickly responded and medics transported the injured to Memorial Regional Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The collapse was believed to have been weather-related; strong winds and rain were moving through the area at the time.

All five victims are expected to recover.

A spokesperson for the Seminole Police Department said in part that the “safety and security of our guests and team members are our highest priorities” and that the club “was closed immediately to ensure the safety and security of all attendees.”

Editor’s note: The original version of the article misstated the time of the collapse as 7 a.m. instead of 7 p.m. It has been corrected.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party won 438 seats out of 501 in the House of Representatives, the National Election Board of Ethiopia said. The new parliament is expected to convene in October to reelect Abiy for another five-year term.

The election was marred by a crackdown on dissent. Insecurity in the Oromia and Amhara regions resulted in 143 polling stations failing to open, the election board said. Fighting between the Fano armed group and the federal government in Amhara, and the Oromo Liberation Army rebels in Oromia, has been the main cause of instability as the government seeks to disarm the groups.

Turnout was 94%. More than 50 million people, out of Ethiopia’s estimated population of 130 million, were registered to vote, the board said.

The Tigray region, where hundreds of thousands of people had died in the war between the federal forces and regional groups, was again excluded from the election, denying it a voice in parliament and further pushing it to the margins. The region has not had federal representation for six years.

The electoral board chairperson, Melatwork Hailu, said Sunday that the board maintained “institutional neutrality and performed its duties solely in accordance with the law and electoral guidelines, without interference.”

The presence of observers from regional organizations such as the African Union and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, who were confined mostly to Addis Ababa, helped provide the election with international legitimacy. The missions were criticized for not deploying more personnel across the country.

Opposition criticizes climate of fear and intimidation

The election faced criticism, with most of the ruling party opponents prevented from participating, while its most prominent critics were imprisoned, in exile, or had disappeared.

Those who chose to run in the election complained that it was neither free nor fair and that the political environment was rife with fear and intimidation.

Yitayal Assefa, who ran under the opposition banner of the All Ethiopia Unity Party and lost, told The Associated Press on Sunday that he felt the government had an overwhelming advantage while opposition members were harassed and did not stand a chance.

“My participation was not about winning but about fighting for my voice and political ideals within the political spectrum against a government that is assured of a win, win or lose,” he said.

Merara Gudina, a professor at Addis Ababa University and an opposition leader who refused to participate in the election, told the AP that the vote was a “sham” and that the ruling party’s win was no surprise.

He said the result will “negatively affect the already deteriorating stability of the country.”

Abiy’s administration has been accused of human rights violations against critics and journalists despite the promise of democracy and peace he made in 2020.

Abiy won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019 for solving a long-standing conflict between Ethiopia and neighboring Eritrea, though the two countries are currently at loggerheads, with Addis Ababa accusing Asmara of supporting rebel groups to destabilize it, while Eritrea accuses Ethiopia of threatening to seize its sea port.

Voting began Sunday in the presidential runoff election.

Iván Cepeda is the left-leaning senator from the same party as current, term-limited President Gustavo Petro.

Abelardo de la Espriella is the conservative, Trump-aligned candidate — a political newcomer who gained traction with voters as a law-and-order candidate.

Local 10 News reporters Cody Weddle and Jeff Derderian got reaction from voters both in Bogotá and here in South Florida, respectively.

Watch their reports in the video above.

The protesters gathered in front of the Czech public television offices in Prague to voice their support for the media a day before their staffers plan to go on a warning strike, and after recent protest marches in the regional capitals and Prague.

According to the plan approved last week, public radio and television would be financed from the state budget starting next year, and not from fees paid by individuals, households and businesses.

Critics say that change would give the three-party coalition government a means to take control of the media following the examples of populist governments in Slovakia under Prime Minister Robert Fico and in Hungary under former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

“The media don’t belong to politicians,” Mikuláš Minář, a main organizer from the Million Moments for Democracy group said. “They belong to us all and we won’t allow them to be stolen from us.”

Babiš, members of his government and loyal lawmakers have a record of attacks against the public and other mainstream media.

The government plan, which has been criticized by international media organizations, would give the media about 15% less money than they have this year. It contains no guarantees of funding in the future.

The directors of public radio and television said that would require them to lay off hundreds of staffers. Babiš said that the media need to save money.

The agenda of Babiš' coalition includes steering the country away from supporting Ukraine's fight against Russia, and rejecting some key EU policies.

And for the nation’s third-largest — and one of the most diverse — school districts, tough changes are coming.

The district is closing or merging nine schools.

Public school populations are dropping for a few reasons: demographic and political shifts, state education policies and, in our immigrant-rich community, changes in immigration enforcement.

School Board Member Luisa Santos sponsored the plan that begins the superintendent’s sweeping district plan to belt-tighten and downsize.

She joined “This Week in South Florida” on Sunday to talk about the decision with host Glenna Milberg.

Watch the video above to see their discussion.

And after years of politicking and back-and-forth over funding, there was finally a lot of love in the room.

It took some tweaks and changes and some assurances of money to get the unanimous vote through.

Commissioner Raquel Regalado championed the project through from the beginning with retired Judge Steve Leifman, who spearheaded it all.

She joined “This Week in South Florida” on Sunday to discuss the center and other issues.

Watch the video above to see her interview with host Glenna Milberg.

Rain chances will begin to decrease on Monday as high pressure starts to build back into the region, helping to limit storm development. Even so, scattered afternoon storms will remain possible, especially inland. Heat will continue to be a major concern, with temperatures climbing into the low to mid-90s and heat index values reaching the low 100s. Anyone spending extended time outdoors should stay hydrated, take frequent breaks, and limit strenuous activity during the hottest part of the day.

On the Republican side, U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, who represents the Fort Myers and Naples areas, has been the front-runner from the get-go, getting the endorsement of President Donald Trump.

As he campaigned in South Florida, “This Week in South Florida” host Glenna Milberg caught up with Donalds to talk about the race, the issues and Trump’s effect on the campaign.

Watch the video above to hear what Donalds had to say.

Pino, 55, is facing charges in connection with a September 2022 boat crash that killed 17-year-old Lucy Fernandez off Boca Chita Key. The crash seriously injured another 17-year-old, Katerina Puig.

Opening statements began with prosecutors saying Pino’s allision with a channel marker happened as a result of criminal negligence and recklessness.

“Lucy is dead because the defendant failed to do the most basic things that rules of the water require,” Assistant State Attorney Laura Adams told jurors.

Defense attorneys argue the crash was a mere accident.

“The state admits this was not George’s intention. He did not intend for anybody to be hurt,” Pino’s attorney, Howard Srebnick, told jurors during opening statements. “His own daughter, his own wife, his own body was on that boat.”

Defense openings were interrupted after Pino broke down for several minutes in front of jurors; the proceedings were halted and continued the next day.

Over the course of the trial, jurors heard from some of the 12 young women, all teenagers at the time, who were on board Pino’s boat, part of a celebration for his daughter’s 18th birthday.

“The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was George, and I thought he was dead,” Claudia Portocarrero testified. “I remember him, he had blood on his head.”

Some testified about the alcohol that George Pino and his wife, Cecilia Pino, provided, as well as the crash itself.

Fernandez’s father recalled the living nightmare he and his wife went through. Puig’s father also talked about how the crash affected his daughter.

Jurors took a field trip to a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission facility in North Miami to see the damaged 29-foot Robalo and watched body camera footage from the crash response and Pino’s questioning.

But the trial trial, not without its moments of conflict.

Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez issued a warning to Pino and his family for hugging in front of jurors.

A tense exchange between Adams and Pino also drew the judge’s attention after Adams brought up that Pino was reportedly muttering, “It happens, it happens, it happens,” during testimony.

“I’m sorry. Do you have something you want to say to me?” Adams asked Pino. “Why are you staring at me?”

Pino denied staring at her.

In another moment, Pino’s attorneys told Tinkler Mendez that there was “something of a stare down” between Adams and their client, followed by Adams “rolling her eyes” at Pino.

Cecilia Pino took the stand twice during the trial, recounting the harrowing aftermath of the crash off Cutter Bank.

“She died because your husband crashed into that channel marker, right?” Adams asked her during her first appearance on the stand.

“She died because there was an accident,” Cecilia Pino testified.

Cecilia Pino broke down when taking the stand for the second time, testifying, “I remember asking again, ‘Who is missing? Who is missing?’ And that’s when they told me that Lucy was missing.”

Jurors will also be instructed on the law before beginning their deliberations.

If convicted, Pino faces anywhere between 11 to 30 years in prison.

El Departamento de Policía de Miami Gardens, la Oficina del Alguacil de Miami-Dade, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue y la Oficina del Médico Forense de Miami-Dade respondieron al área de Miami Gardens-Ives Estates.

El detective Angel Rodriguez dijo que el cuerpo de un “hombre desconocido” fue hallado en la zona de la Northeast Second Avenue y la calle 199.

“La Unidad de Homicidios de la Oficina del Alguacil de Miami-Dade ha asumido la investigación”, dijo Rodriguez. “La manera y la causa de la muerte se determinarán con los resultados de la autopsia”.

Los detectives pidieron a cualquier persona con información sobre este u otros casos que llame a Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers al 305-471-8477 para mantener el anonimato.

El editor de asignaciones de Local 10 News, Wilson Louis, contribuyó a este reporte.

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The Quarry 2 Fire, near Northwest 137th Avenue and 41st Street, has scorched over 19,000 acres, while the Well Fire, near Northwest 122nd Avenue, has burned roughly 1,400 acres.

Firefighters have been battling the blazes for nearly a week, with significant progress reported overnight.

A round of rain on Saturday night helped efforts to tamp down the flames.

Officials have advised residents to wear masks if they have respiratory issues due to the smoke.

El incidente ocurrió alrededor de las 7 a.m. cerca de la piscina del DAER Dayclub.

Testigos respondieron de inmediato y paramédicos trasladaron a los heridos al Memorial Regional Hospital con lesiones que no ponen en riesgo su vida.

Se cree que el colapso estuvo relacionado con el clima, ya que fuertes vientos y lluvia azotaban la zona en ese momento.

Las cinco víctimas se recuperarán, según las autoridades.

Los electores deben elegir entre el candidato liberal Iván Cepeda, respaldado por el presidente en ejercicio Gustavo Petro, y el derechista Abelardo de la Espriella, quien cuenta con el apoyo del presidente Donald Trump.

De la Espriella también tiene el respaldo de varios funcionarios electos conservadores del sur de Florida, quienes el viernes convirtieron una actividad de “salida al voto” con recursos oficiales en lo que sonó como un mitin a favor del candidato.

Entre los centros de votación en el sur de Florida se encuentran el Campus Kendall de Miami Dade College, el Milander Center en Hialeah y la Cypress Bay High School en Weston.

Las urnas permanecerán abiertas hasta las 4 p.m. del domingo, con cerca de 130,000 personas habilitadas para votar en el sur de Florida.

Para información sobre los puestos de votación, visite esta página.

Para conocer los resultados de la elección, visite esta página.

El incendio Quarry 2, cerca de la Northwest 137th Avenue y la calle 41, ha arrasado más de 19,000 acres, mientras que el incendio Well, cerca de la Northwest 122nd Avenue, ha consumido cerca de 1,400 acres.

Los bomberos han combatido las llamas durante casi una semana, con avances significativos reportados durante la noche.

Un período de lluvia el sábado por la noche ayudó a contener el fuego.

Las autoridades han recomendado a los residentes usar mascarilla si padecen problemas respiratorios debido al humo.

Six shots ahead at the start of the final round, Clark's final act was two putts from just outside 50 feet for par that gave him a 3-over 73 and a one-shot victory over Burns.

Clark, who won the 2023 U.S. Open at Los Angeles Country Club, became the first wire-to-wire winner of the U.S. Open since Martin Kaymer at Pinehurst No. 2 in 2014.

This sure didn't feel like that. His lead was down to a single shot after just five holes, and the stress followed him the rest of the way.

The clincher for Clark was one of his worst drives of the day on the par-5 16th. He gouged that out and narrowly cleared a bunker. His 8-iron barely stayed on the back of the green. And he rolled in a 30-foot birdie putt that gave him a two-shot lead with two holes to play.

It was a signature moment with muted applause. The gallery rooted against him all day, putting all their support behind Scottie Scheffler and his bid for the career Grand Slam. Scheffler had his own share of mistakes and never got closer than three shots all day.

Clark had the highest final round of a U.S. Open champion since Graeme McDowell closed with a 74 to win at Pebble Beach. No matter. The 32-year-old American has two U.S. Open titles, and two wins in the last month.

Burns closed with a 67, his second chance in as many years to win the U.S. Open. He missed two birdie chances on the final two holes, but what hurt just as much was a three-putt bogey on the 15th when he was trying to catch Clark.

Scheffler, in his first try to get the only major he hasn't won, was three shots back when he rammed a 30-foot birdie putt some 6 feet on the 14th and three-putted for bogey and a 71.

Clark capped off quite a turnaround from a year ago. He was playing poor and looking angry, throwing a driver at the PGA Championship that made a marshal flinch, and then bashing in his locker at storied Oakmont Country Club after missing the cut in the U.S. Open last year.

Oakmont banned him until he made good — which Clark did — and he set out to work on his head and his game. Both looked better than ever at Shinnecock Hills.

He finished at 4-under 276.

“New York didn't really like me — I love you guys,” Clark said at the closing ceremony, hoisting the silver trophy. “But I get it. Some of it’s self-deserved. I did some unfortunate things last year that I really regret, and I’ve been sorry multiple times and I’m still sorry, so hopefully I can win you guys over eventually."

But it was uncomfortable at time, not only seeing a six-shot lead disappear so quickly but a crowd so badly wanting a special day for Scheffler that it turned on Clark. One fan was ejected when he shouted, “Don't choke, Wyndham” when it was Clark's turn to hit on the fourth tee.

And there was a loud and instant cheer on the par-3 seventh, the kind normally reserved for a shot close to the pin. This was for Clark's tee shot rolling into a bunker, leading to a short miss for bogey that again trimmed his lead to one shot.

“I get it — they were rooting for Scottie,” Clark said. “Grand Slams only happen a few times. He’s going to get it. He’s the best player in the world. But today it’s my day.”

It almost wasn't.

But Burns never caught caught him — he played even par over the last 10 holes. Tom Kim, who like Scheffler celebrated a birthday on Sunday, was on the fringes of seriously contending until he fell back with a bogey on the 17th and shot 70 to finish third.

Clark's hit a superb wedge that spun back to 4 feet for birdie on the 10th to restore the lead to two shots. But then he went long on the 13th with a pitching wedge and couldn't save par.

Burns last year had to deal with a rain-soaked Oakmont and a couple of shots he missed badly with so much water getting between the face of the iron and his golf ball. This time, it came down to the final two holes.

He made a weak attempt at birdie from 10 feet on the 17th to tie for the lead. His 17-foot birdie chance on the 18th rolled along the right edge of the cup at perfect speed and didn't drop. Burns let go of his putter and dropped to his knees.

“I honestly thought I made it,” Burns said. ”Just the way it goes sometimes.”

That it went Clark's way is hard to fathom considering where he was a year ago, where he was a month ago. He was No. 75 in the world, winless in two years, when he shot 60 in the final round to win The CJ Cup Byron Nelson.

Now he goes to No. 8 in the world ranking, and the smile he wore holding that U.S. Open trophy would suggest he feels on top of the world.

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Voters have the choice between liberal candidate Iván Cepeda, endorsed by sitting President Gustavo Petro, and right-winger Abelardo de la Espriella, who has the backing of President Donald Trump.

De la Espriella also has the backing of several conservative elected officials in South Florida, who turned a “get out the vote” rally using official resources into what sounded like a rally for the candidate on Friday.

Polling locations in South Florida included Miami Dade College’s Kendall Campus, the Milander Center in Hialeah and Cypress Bay High School in Weston.

Polls are open until 4 p.m. Sunday, with about 130,000 people in South Florida eligible to vote.

For information about the precincts, visit this page.

For information about the election’s results, visit this page.

Además del reto de la seguridad, al sucesor de Gustavo Petro también le esperan desafíos financieros y sociales.

Aquí los últimos acontecimientos registrados durante la jornada electoral:

Al 65% del conteo preliminar, conservador De la Espriella encabeza balotaje

Con un 65% del conteo preliminar de los centros de votación en Colombia, el conservador De la Espriella encabezaba el domingo el balotaje presidencial con un 50,55% de los sufragios frente a su rival, el progresista Cepeda.

Cepeda registraba el 47,83% de apoyo, según el conteo preliminar informado por la Registraduría Nacional.

En días posteriores los jueces harán el escrutinio que declarará al ganador la elección.

El outsider apodado “El Tigre” y apoyado por el presidente Donald Trump decidió que su primera aspiración electoral fuera por el cargo más importante del país luego de amasar una fortuna con su carrera de abogado y luego como empresario con marcas propias de vino, ron y ropa.

De la Espriella, de 47 años, prometió mano dura contra los “narcoterroristas” y la construcción de mega cárceles al estilo de las del salvadoreño Nayib Bukele.

Petro insta a resistir el fascismo

Tras el cierre de las urnas, el presidente Petro abogó por la “unidad popular” y por “resistir el fascismo”, en un mensaje en X en el que no nombró a los candidatos. Sin embargo, más temprano enseñó a la prensa su boleta electoral marcada por el progresista Cepeda, quien tiene como lema hacer de Colombia una “potencia mundial de la vida”, el mismo que usó Petro durante su mandato.

Los candidatos prometen dos modelos políticos antagónicos. Cepeda, senador de 63 años del oficialista Pacto Histórico y aliado de Petro, busca dar continuidad a la agenda política del mandatario saliente —quien no se puede reelegir— para lograr un “cambio” en favor de los más vulnerables. Alega que la oposición no le permitió al presidente saliente ejecutar todos sus proyectos sociales durante su mandato.

Titular de organismo organizador de comicios destaca alta participación de votantes

"La ciudadanía ha salido masivamente a votar”, dijo Hernán Penagos, titular de la Registraduría Nacional, al declarar el cierre de las urnas. “En esta oportunidad se han desplegado garantías como en ninguna otra elección en la historia de Colombia: auditorías internacionales, auditores de los partidos, biometría facial, publicación en tiempo de las actas electorales”, destacó.

Los candidatos del balotaje representan dos modelos antagónicos. Cepeda, senador y aliado del presidente Petro, quiere dar continuidad a la agenda del actual gobierno, especialmente las reformas sociales, y dejar abierta la puerta al diálogo con los grupos armados. De la Espriella, apoyado por el presidente estadounidense Donald Trump, promete dar un giro y aplicar la “mano dura” contra los ilegales, así como apoyar a los empresarios.

Centros de votación cierran y comienza el conteo de votos

Los centros de votación cerraron y comenzó el conteo de los votos de la segunda vuelta presidencial entre Cepeda y De la Espriella.

El conteo tiene una función informativa, ya que en los días posteriores será verificado durante el escrutinio en el que se declarará al ganador de la elección.

Los comicios se celebraron en medio de la preocupación de los colombianos por la violencia protagonizada por los grupos armados ilegales y las sucesivas advertencias del presidente Petro de un posible fraude, del que no mostró pruebas.

Los candidatos representan dos modelos antagónicos. Cepeda, senador y aliado de Petro, quiere dar continuidad a la agenda del actual gobierno, especialmente las reformas sociales, y dejar abierta la puerta al diálogo con los grupos armados. De la Espriella, apoyado por el presidente estadounidense Donald Trump, promete dar un giro y aplicar la “mano dura” contra los ilegales, así como apoyar a los empresarios.

Observadores internacionales destacan la confianza del sistema electoral colombiano

El jefe adjunto de la Misión de Observación de la Unión Europea, Antonio de Gabriel, destacó la “confianza y robustez” del sistema electoral colombiano al señalar que cuenta con garantías de transparencia y trazabilidad.

El delegado electoral europeo afirmó que la jornada electoral ha transcurrido “sin incidentes, con elevada participación” y fluidez del voto.

En tanto, el jefe de la misión de observación de la Organización de Estados Americanos, Leonel Fernández, pidió que tras conocerse los resultados “prevalezca la paz" y el orden. “El mundo desea que este proceso pueda culminar en una forma fraterna y que unifique al pueblo colombiano”, afirmó.

Banderas y camisetas de la selección resaltan en jornada electoral

Las banderas de Colombia, ondeadas desde automóviles, y las camisetas de la selección resaltaban durante la jornada electoral en puestos de votación de barrios acomodados de Bogotá.

La prenda, en auge por el Mundial, ha sido utilizada como símbolo de campaña por el candidato conservador De la Espriella y defendida en los estrados judiciales, luego de que el oficialista Cepeda reprochara su uso.

Víctor Duque, quien acudió a su puesto de votación en el norte de Bogotá usando la camiseta de la selección, dijo a la AP que salió a votar para defender la “democracia más importante que ha tenido Latinoamérica”.

Indicó que confía en el sistema electoral, en los entes de control y en los observadores electorales, y lamentó que el presidente Petro no va a “reconocer (los resultados), a no ser que gane su candidato”.

Fiscalía reporta capturas y presunta intimidación

La fiscalía reportó tres personas capturadas por conductas prohibidas en la jornada electoral.

Indicó que una de ellas intentó suplantar a un testigo electoral —los cuales deben ser autorizados por partidos políticos— en Villavicencio, en el centro del país; otro ciudadano intentó suplantar a un votante en Guainía, en el nororiente, y el tercer capturado destruyó una urna de votación en Valledupar, en el norte.

El reporte agregó que verifican información recibida sobre presunta intimidación por parte de integrantes de una estructura armada ilegal a jurados de votación en Nariño, fronterizo con Ecuador.

Por su parte, el presidente Petro denunció en X la presunta compra de votos en varios lugares del país y pidió a la fiscalía que investigue. Además, divulgó un video en el que dos mujeres rompen papeletas electorales asegurando que son “centenares de votos que habían preparado con votos en blanco en zonas de alta votación” para el candidato Cepeda, su aliado político.

Cepeda: “reconoceremos el resultado”

Cepeda, vitoreado por sus seguidores, dijo que reconocerán el resultado en las urnas, pero advirtió que observarán el transcurso de las votaciones y, en caso de existir eventuales irregularidades, las tramitarán en el sistema electoral.

“A votar con tranquilidad, serenidad y que triunfe la democracia”, señaló a la prensa al salir del puesto de votación en un sector del sur de Bogotá.

El fantasma del “fraude” presente en la jornada electoral

Yolanda Hernández decidió vender lapiceros en la entrada de un puesto de votación para los votantes que desconfían del sistema electoral, en unas elecciones en las que el presidente Petro ha sembrado la duda y pedido a la ciudadanía cuidar su voto.

“Es para que no haya fraude... para que no le borren, no le anulen el voto. Entonces están más seguros con el esfero, porque este no es borrable”, explicó a la AP Hernández, de 49 años, a las afueras de un puesto de votación en el centro de Bogotá.

Al abrir la votación, el registrador nacional, Hernán Penagos, aseguró que su equipo ha hecho todo lo “humanamente posible” para garantizar la transparencia de la elección y aseguró que la institución encargada de la logística electoral es la más vigilada actualmente.

Tras ejercer su voto, Petro instó a la ciudadanía a ser “testigos digitales” y vigilar las mesas de votación de manera voluntaria e informal para que no sean cambiadas las actas de votación, dado que considera que luego del proceso manual de conteo, podrían ser modificadas por un algoritmo cuando se digitalizan.

Vota una Colombia con “alta polarización”

Fernando Lozano, de 34 años, decidió salir a votar por primera vez en la última década porque considera que la diferencia tan pronunciada entre el progresista Cepeda y el conservador De la Espriella amerita su decisión.

“Anteriormente siempre decía que eran los mismos con las mismas y todo iba a ser igual (en el país), pero actualmente, viendo la diferencia tan grande, es muy preocupante”, aseguró Lozano a The Associated Press desde el centro de Bogotá.

Lozano teme que De la Espriella cumpla con su promesa de mano dura contra los grupos armados ilegales sin que sea eficaz para eliminarlos y generando mayor violencia. “Cualquiera pensaría que no está mal para poder terminar con todo esto (el conflicto) de una vez. Pero no es tan fácil como parece”, explicó.

Le preocupa la división en el país generada por las elecciones presidenciales y aspira a que el próximo presidente se disponga a “escuchar al pueblo” para tomar decisiones, mientras que la ciudadanía logre el consenso.

“Hay unos niveles de polarización extremadamente altos y fueron evidentes en la primera vuelta”, indicó Glaeldys González, analista del International Crisis Group para los Andes, quien consideró que el electorado busca en esos dos polos una “solución real” a la violencia, el acceso a la salud, la lucha contra la corrupción y el fin de los problemas financieros.

De la Espriella invita a ponerle la “raya al tigre”

De la Espriella, apodado “El Tigre”, invitó en un video que divulgó al inicio de la jornada a ponerle la “raya al tigre”, una frase que usa para pedir votos a su favor.

Vestido con la camiseta de la selección colombiana de fútbol junto a su familia, aseguró que Colombia se juega su “partido más importante”.

El uso de la camiseta del equipo nacional ha sido polémico, especialmente luego de las críticas del candidato oficialista Cepeda, quien consideró que De la Espriella se “robó” el símbolo nacional. La disputa llegó a los jueces, que primero restringieron su uso y luego lo permitieron.

Petro: “Obedeceré a los jueces”

Petro llamó a los ciudadanos a salir a votar porque aseguró que se define el destino del país. “Estamos en las manos del pueblo”.

Insistió en que no confía en los resultados preliminares que dará el domingo la Registraduría, sino en el escrutinio que realizarán los jueces en los próximos días, bajo el cual se declarará la elección.

“La decisión la toman los jueces, después de evaluar las quejas que haya; a los jueces obedeceré. Todo lo que sea antes vale como información”, señaló en el acto de apertura de la jornada de votación desde la Plaza de Bolívar.

En contraste, los jefes de instituciones como la Procuraduría, la Defensoría del Pueblo y la Registraduría llamaron a confiar en el sistema electoral y a evitar actos de violencia luego de que se conozca el resultado.

“Cuando se declare el nuevo presidente, a pesar de nuestras divisiones políticas, vamos a seguir siendo parte de un mismo país”, aseguró la defensora Iris Marin.

Abren centros de votación

A las 8:00 de la mañana abrieron los centros de votación en todo el país.

La decisión está en manos de más de 41 millones de colombianos que están habilitados para votar, aunque no están obligados a hacerlo, en los centros que estarán abiertos entre las 8:00 am (13.00 GMT) y las 16:00 pm (21.00 GMT).

Luego de terminada la votación se iniciará el conteo preliminar de los sufragios, que tiene una función informativa y que en los días posteriores será verificado durante el escrutinio en el que se declarará al ganador de la elección.

Officers responding to a 911 call around 9:51 p.m. found the man unconscious and unresponsive with injuries indicating a fall from an “elevated position,” New York City police said. Police did not say how far the man fell, but said he was in Section 300. They identified him as Paul Kueker of Niantic, Connecticut.

The man was with his wife, according to police. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police do not suspect foul play.

The rock band Goose was performing. In a statement on Facebook, the band said it was “deeply saddened and heartbroken to learn of the tragic event that occurred.”

Gov. Sergey Aksyonov, the Kremlin-appointed head o Crimea, said that overnight Ukrainian strikes killed four people and wounded 28 others. He did not specify the target of the attack.

He later wrote on social media that local gas stations would halt all sales to non-state companies and individuals for an undefined period.

“Fuel will be sold only to government agencies that ensure the functioning and security of the Republic of Crimea,” Aksyonov said. “I ask everyone to remain calm and to only trust official sources of information.”

Ukrainian forces have repeatedly targeted fuel supplies to Crimea in recent weeks, triggering the worst energy crisis in the region since it was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a statement Sunday that a Crimean oil depot, as well as an oil transport facility in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region were among the targets. He described the attacks as part of Ukraine’s “long-range sanctions” against Russia’s energy infrastructure.

“Russia understands only strength, and our long-range strength is certainly working for peace,” he wrote.

Russian officials in Krasnodar reported earlier Sunday that a drone strike sparked a fire at a Black Sea oil terminal in the village of Chushka. They said that Ukrainian attacks struck a ferry, killing one person.

Motorists struggle to find fuel

The Crimean peninsula has had periodic fuel shortages from Ukrainian strikes before, but the current crisis is the worst since its 2014 annexation.

At the end of May, authorities restricted the sale of gas to 20 liters (5 1/3 gallons) per vehicle owner per week, using prepaid coupons. Those were snapped up immediately following their release on an official messaging app channel, and motorists lined up for hours, waiting to refuel.

Social networks have been abuzz with requests and advice on where to find fuel, and authorities launched a hotline for tourists in the area who have found themselves trapped.

Some motorists bring their own gas from Krasnodar and elsewhere via the Kerch bridge, but they are restricted to carrying 100 liters (about 26 1/2 gallons) per vehicle. Some speculators are selling gas at double the market price.

In a rare public acknowledgment, the Kremlin has recognized the scope of the problem and promised to address the issue quickly.

However, Ukraine’s successes have highlighted its ability to inflict painful damage on Russia and change the course of the conflict while Moscow’s advances recently have ground to a near halt. On June 11, Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine reached its 1,569th day, surpassing the duration of World War I.

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The U.S. team is led by Vice President JD Vance and includes Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff. The Iranian negotiators are led by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Pakistan and Qatar are mediators.

On the eve of talks, Tehran said it closed the Strait of Hormuz again over Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Lebanon against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group. The interim deal is meant to stop fighting on all fronts, including Lebanon. Iran has said talks must first address that issue.

The U.S. says shipping traffic on the crucial waterway continues, and Trump has threatened to impose American tolls in the strait if a final deal with Iran isn’t reached in 60 days. Other issues include unfreezing billions of dollars in Iranian assets and addressing the heart of tensions: Iran's nuclear program.

Here is the latest:

Negotiators expect to work through the night

Negotiators hoping to reach a deal to end the war in Iran are anticipating working through the night, according to a senior U.S. diplomat engaged in the talks.

The diplomat, who insisted on anonymity to detail private discussions, said the Iranians remained in the talks contrary to some reports, and said that much of the discussions have included clarifying what Iran meant by some of its recent statements about the Strait of Hormuz. The negotiators also discussed various “mechanisms” to ensure the strait remains open and that a ceasefire in southern Lebanon is enforced.

— Seung Min Kim

Oil prices rise slightly

Oil prices inched up a bit on Sunday amid the lingering uncertainty surrounding the Strait of Hormuz, the critical passageway for the world’s oil and natural gas.

The price of U.S. crude oil rose nearly 3% to $78.70 per barrel on Sunday. The price of Brent crude, the international standard, was up a little over 1% to $81.70 per barrel.

Iran says Lebanon but also oil, frozen assets discussed

Members of Iran’s delegation, briefing their media, said the talks Sunday to reach a deal to end the war in Iran had mainly focused on Lebanon.

Other issues, including the release of frozen Iranian assets and Iran’s oil exports, had also been discussed, the reports said.

Hamid Bovard, CEO of the National Iranian Oil Co., who is part of Iran’s delegation in Switzerland, said the issue of lifting oil-related sanctions and the associated waivers was pursued during negotiations.

Bovard was responding to a question from a correspondent from IRNA, Iran’s state-run news agency.

Iran celebrates World Cup draw with political points

Iran is celebrating its World Cup 0-0 draw with Belgium and goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand’s seven saves.

Some Iranian media are sharing images of Beiranvand blocking the Strait of Hormuz. And Iran’s lead negotiator in Switzerland, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, posted a photo of one save on X with the statement: “This is how we protect our land.”

Netanyahu brushes off criticism the war fell short of its goals

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he believes the Iranian government will collapse as a result of the military campaign. Creating the conditions for a popular uprising was one of his original goals.

“I think we created the conditions for its future fall,” Netanyahu told the JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem on Sunday.

“That is what will be the real triumph, when the Iranian people take their own destiny in their hands, and they knock out this brutal regime that is terrorizing them and terrorizing the rest of the world.”

Syria's president says he has no desire to intervene in Lebanon

Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa says Syria has no desire to intervene militarily in Lebanon, despite Trump’s remarks suggesting Syria could help “take care of Hezbollah.”

Al-Sharaa's comments came in an interview with United Arab Emirates network Al Mashhad on Sunday. He said Trump's remarks had been “misunderstood.”

Trump “spoke about Syria’s role in finding a safe and peaceful solution, but the statement was misinterpreted as if Syria were going to invade Lebanon tomorrow morning,” al-Sharaa said.

Israel will lift movement restrictions near border with Lebanon

Israel’s military says residents of the north near the border with Lebanon will be able to move around freely with no restrictions as of Monday morning. For months, residents have faced restrictions because of the threat of attack by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group in southern Lebanon.

The military did not say what led to its decision Sunday, but it has noted that a fragile ceasefire is in place. Its announcement came as the U.S. and Iran meet in Switzerland on their interim deal to end the war. Iran has insisted they must address Israel’s attacks in Lebanon first.

Still, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli forces will remain in southern Lebanon.

Iran state news agency suggests talks hit ‘difficult’ phase

Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency suggested that talks have “entered a difficult phase” after what it described as an “insulting” statement by Trump. It did not specify the statement. Trump made multiple provocative warnings to Iran on Sunday, including to “hit Iran very hard again.”

An official with knowledge of the talks told The Associated Press that the Iranian delegation remains engaged in the talks and has not indicated to mediators any intention to leave. The official requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the talks.

— Victoria Eastwood in Cairo

Hezbollah leader wants Israeli forces out of Lebanon

Hezbollah leader Naim Kassem said in a televised speech that the militant group will not accept any ceasefire deal that grants Israel “freedom of action” within Lebanon or does not result in a complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from southern Lebanon.

“There are no ‘security zones,’ for Israel,” Kassem said, using Israel’s term.

He also said Hezbollah will comply with a ceasefire “if it happens,” but “we will not accept any violation.” The Iranian-backed Hezbollah is not part of the talks between Israel and Lebanon that will continue Tuesday in Washington.

Uneasy calm has settled over Lebanon, with no Israeli strikes reported overnight or Sunday after days of heavy fighting.

U.S. ambassador says Trump and Netanyahu are still close

The U.S. ambassador to Israel is playing down recent differences between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Mike Huckabee said in a speech in Jerusalem that despite Trump’s sometimes blunt language about the Israeli leader, the two still have a close relationship and the president remains deeply committed to Israel’s well-being.

“The one thing that I’ve always heard him say – always -- and that I’ve always watched him do, is that America has an unbreakable bond with the state of Israel,” Huckabee told the JNS International Policy Summit. “And I trust that he means what he says.”

Trump makes a threat and Iran's lead negotiator responds

Trump in a telephone interview with Fox News has said that Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian had “better watch his mouth.” The broadcaster also quoted Trump as saying Pezeshkian had “better shape up or we’ll take over the rest of the country.”

Not long after that, Iran's lead negotiator Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf posted on X that “We do not regard American threats as amounting to anything. They would do better to be careful about their statements.”

Pezeshkian earlier Sunday said that “what is certain is that we will never back down from the right to enrich uranium, and the other side is also forced to accept it,” according to state media.

Netanyahu says Israel won't withdraw from Lebanon

Speaking at a memorial service for his late brother, Yonatan, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will "remain in the security buffer zone in southern Lebanon for as long as necessary.” He was referring to an area up to 10 kilometers (six miles) from the border that Israel has occupied.

Netanyahu has made similar comments in the face of Iranian and U.S. calls for a halt to Israeli military operations in Lebanon against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah. He spoke Sunday as U.S. and Iranian officials began negotiations in Switzerland.

Netanyahu also reiterated his claim that he “will not allow Iran to arm itself with nuclear weapons."

Iranian TV says Iran is talking with Qatar after direct talks

Iranian state television says the Iranian and Qatari delegations are having discussions after about 80 minutes of four-way negotiations including the U.S. and Pakistan.

Israel’s president says Iran complicates peace deal with Lebanon

Israeli President Isaac Herzog told Fox News that a peace agreement between Israel and Lebanon cannot be reached if Iran is “trying to squeeze themselves into this conflict” via the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group.

Herzog's position is largely ceremonial. He said Israel and Lebanon will hold another round of talks in Washington on Tuesday. Hezbollah is not a party to the talks.

Iran wants any agreement with the U.S. to include peace on all fronts including Lebanon. It has said Lebanon will be a focus in today’s talks in Switzerland.

Iran's president worries about street protests

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has expressed concern that some Iranians could openly protest again. He said in a speech reported by semiofficial news outlets that “what I fear is that we may fail to satisfy the people, and that they may come out into the streets to protest," which could affect the country's unity during negotiations with the U.S.

Iran saw nationwide protests weeks before the war began as unrest over the weak economy turned into anti-government anger. Thousands of people were killed in the crackdown that followed, the bloodiest since Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution. For a while, the U.S. and Israel mentioned regime change in Iran among their war goals.

US energy secretary says ships still pass through the strait

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright says 67 ships went through the Strait of Hormuz in the last 24 hours, similar to traffic before the war began in terms of oil and oil products.

Iran’s joint military command on Saturday said it had closed the strait over Israel’s military campaign in Lebanon against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group. The U.S. disputed that announcement.

Wright also told Fox News that Iran has not yet “demined” the strait’s central shipping channel, but the U.S. has opened a separate channel to the south and has been escorting ships through it.

Wright acknowledged that some commercial shippers still have safety concerns.

Israel's military stands by for renewal of combat

Israel’s military issued a statement around the time that direct talks began. Its chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, was speaking from southern Lebanon. He said “the ceasefire that has been declared is fragile, and we must maintain a high level of readiness for the renewal of combat operations.”

He said the military continues to defend against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah and its efforts to rebuild.

Previous talks between Vance and Iranian officials lasted nearly a day

The last time that Vance met directly with senior Iranian officials for such talks was in early April, days after a ceasefire took effect in the war. Those talks in Pakistan's capital of Islamabad ended after 21 hours without reaching an agreement. Again, Vance was meeting with lead negotiator Qalibaf.

It's now after 4 p.m. in Switzerland.

Direct US-Iran talks have begun in Switzerland

Both Iran and the White House say four-way talks have begun in Switzerland. Vance is meeting with Iranian officials.

Trump hopes to get the agreement signed last week back on track. Israel's ongoing military campaign in Lebanon against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group threatens progress on implementation.

Iran says its main focus in these talks is the situation in Lebanon. Israel says it must defend itself from Hezbollah. But the U.S. side wants to get Iran locked into negotiations over its nuclear program, which has long been at the heart of tensions.

Trump warns Iran about Hezbollah

Trump has warned in a post on social media that Iran needs to stop Hezbollah from “causing trouble.”

"If they don’t, we’ll hit Iran very hard again, just like we did last week, only harder!!!” Trump wrote from Camp David, where he is spending the weekend.

Vance says that the Mideast is at a turning point

The U.S. vice president spoke as officials were gathering for the start of the U.S.-Iran talks on Sunday.

“The question before us now is how much more can we accomplish together? Can we turn over a new leaf?” Vance said in brief comments ahead of the talks, dubbed the “Lake Lucerne Summit.”

“Can we change relations in the Middle East permanently, or do we go back to doing things the old way, which is not our preference, but is certainly very much something that can happen,” Vance added.

It was not clear if the Iranians were present during Vance's remarks.

Israel says it killed 2 militants in Gaza involved in Hamas’ financial arm

The Israeli military says it killed two militants who were involved in helping transfer up to half a billion dollars to Hamas. The military says the two — Hussein Qadra and Mohammed Farra, who worked with Hamas and the militant group Palestinian Islamic Jihad — were killed in a strike last week.

It said on Sunday that the men oversaw a network of couriers and money exchange spots in both Gaza and Turkey that funneled money toward Hamas militants and infrastructure.

Both men were killed on Wednesday and buried on Thursday, according to their families. Farra’s family said his father, mother and sister were killed in an Israeli strike earlier in the war.

The conflict in Gaza is not part of the U.S-Iran talks underway in Switzerland.

Pakistani team meets separately with US, Iranian delegations

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has separately met with JD Vance and with the Iranian delegation at the Bürgenstock Resort near Lucerne in Switzerland where the high-level talks are taking place.

Islamabad says Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, accompanied Sharif at the meetings. It did not provide further details.

Sharif has repeatedly said Munir played a key role in brokering the memorandum of understanding between the U.S. and Iran.

A video released by Sharif’s office shows him warmly embracing Qalibaf, Iran's parliament speaker, and Araghchi, Iran's foreign minister, as Munir looks on.

The head of the UN nuclear watchdog is also at the scene of the talks

Rafael Grossi, chief of the U.N. nuclear watchdog — the International Atomic Energy Agency — met with Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis on the sidelines of the gathering at the picturesque mountainside resort near Lake Lucerne on Sunday morning.

The agency had monitored the 2015 nuclear deal negotiated between the U.S. and Iran under the Obama administration.

Trump in 2018 withdrew the U.S. from that agreement.

Talks in Switzerland will focus on the Israel-Hezbollah war, Iran says

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei says Tehran will mainly focus during the talks on Sunday on the ongoing fighting in Lebanon.

Tehran insists that the deal’s implementation start with a cessation of all fighting — including between Israel and Hezbollah.

Baghaei said the U.S. “has been unable or unwilling” to hold Israel to the ceasefire.

Iran will meet in the morning with Pakistani and Qatari mediators, and in the afternoon, there will be a four-way meeting including the U.S. negotiating team. There is currently only one day of negotiations planned, Baghaei told the state news agency.

“The implementation of any document is more important than its signing,” Baghaei also said Sunday.

Iran’s president has said that Iran will maintain its right to a nuclear program.

“What is certain is that we will never back down from the right to enrich uranium, and the other side is also forced to accept it,” Masoud Pezeshkian said on Sunday, according to state media.

A temporary lull in Israeli strikes in Lebanon

As the U.S.-Iran talks were to kick off in Switzerland, a ceasefire appears to be holding in Lebanon, a lull that came after another day of heavy fighting.

Since the ceasefire, Israeli strikes on Friday and Saturday killed 97 people, including eight women and four children, Lebanese officials said. Five Israeli soldiers were also killed.

Israel says it targeted Hezbollah infrastructure on Saturday, including a tunnel network in the southern Lebanese town of Kfar Tebnit.

But by Sunday morning, residents in southern Lebanon reported a lull in Israeli strikes. There also were no reports of Hezbollah fire from the Israeli side.

Israel’s military has received instructions to uphold the ceasefire, and said it is only acting defensively, according to an Israeli military official who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with military guidelines.

—Melanie Lidman in Tel Aviv, Israel

Strait of Hormuz is once again a challenge

The strait has emerged as a key focus, with Iran’s joint military command saying on Saturday that it was closed again because of the U.S. “clear breach of its commitments” by failing to end the war. The interim deal is meant to stop fighting on all fronts, including in Lebanon where Israeli forces are battling the militant Hezbollah group.

The U.S. disputed Iran’s announcement, with the U.S. Central Command saying that traffic continues to flow and that 55 merchant ships transited on Saturday with more than 17 million barrels of oil.

Ships began transiting after the interim U.S.-Iran agreement was signed last week. The U.S. lifted its blockade of Iran’s ports and now allows Tehran to sell its oil freely — terms that have left some in U.S. Congress asking whether the war was worth it.

The interim deal signed by Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian gives negotiators 60 days to reach a nuclear agreement, but the time can be extended.

Starmer has publicly vowed to stay in office, but pressure is building as more and more Labour Party colleagues conclude that his time is up. Expectation is growing that he will announce a timetable for his resignation as soon as Monday. That’s the day Burnham will be sworn in as a lawmaker in the House of Commons after winning a special election last week.

Business Secretary Peter Kyle said Sunday that Starmer is “making time to reflect on the political realities, challenges and opportunities that he finds himself in.”

“I know he is a prime minister who always puts his country first,” Kyle told the BBC, though he said that reports that Starmer will resign are “speculation.”

Starmer is spending the weekend at Chequers, the country mansion used by prime ministers, with his family. He gave no public hint about his decision, but sent a Father's Day message on social media.

“Being a dad is my greatest joy. Today, I’m thinking about my dad, and the father I am to my children because of him,” he wrote on X.

U.S. President Donald Trump weighed in even before an announcement, linking Starmer's potential exit to two of his recurring bugbears: immigration and renewable energy.

“Keir Starmer will resign as Prime Minister of The United Kingdom. He failed badly on two very important subjects- IMMIGRATION AND ENERGY (OPEN NORTH SEA OIL!). I wish him well! President DJT,” Trump posted on his Truth Social network.

It was unclear whether Trump was responding to media reports about Starmer's plans. The two leaders haven't spoken over the weekend.

Starmer's initially warm relationship with the president has soured in recent months over issues including the Iran war, which the U.K. didn't join.

If Starmer quits, he will be the sixth prime minister to leave office in the past 10 years, an extraordinary rate of churn for the United Kingdom.

Discontent with the prime minister has been building for months, with Labour lawmakers desperate to reverse the government’s decline in popularity since Starmer led the center-left party to a landslide election victory in July 2024.

He has struggled to deliver promised economic growth, repair tattered public services and ease the cost of living, and has been hamstrung by repeated missteps, including his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson, a scandal-tarnished friend of Jeffrey Epstein, as the U.K. ambassador to the United States.

Labour is losing liberal voters to the growing Green Party and facing a rising Reform UK, the Nigel Farage -led anti-immigration party that consistently leads in nationwide opinion polls.

Burnham, until this week the popular mayor of Greater Manchester, decisively won the seat of Makerfield in northwestern England in a special election held Thursday. He took almost 55% of the 45,510 votes cast, over 9,000 more than the Reform UK runner-up.

Now that Burnham is becoming a lawmaker, he’s in a position to challenge Starmer for leadership of the Labour Party. Burnham’s acceptance speech left no doubt that he wants to lead both the party and the country.

“Everyone knows that politics isn’t working,” he said. “Everyone can feel that the country isn’t where it should be. Tonight could, just could, be the turning point.”

It’s unclear whether Burnham would face a coronation or a challenge, if Starmer steps aside. Wes Streeting, who resigned as health secretary last month to protest Starmer’s leadership, has said that he will run in a contest if there is one.

Starmer congratulated Burnham on Friday, but insisted that he would fight any attempt to oust him.

“I will run, I will stand,” if there is a Labour leadership contest, Starmer said. “I’ve said repeatedly I’m not going to walk away from that.”

But Charlie Falconer, a senior Labour member of the House of Lords, said Saturday that Starmer has “absolutely no authority” left.

“There should be an agreed transition process in which Andy and Keir cooperate as to when the handover should take place,” he told the BBC.

Cepeda registraba el 47,83% de apoyo, según el conteo preliminar informado por la Registraduría Nacional.

En días posteriores los jueces harán el escrutinio que declarará al ganador la elección.

El outsider apodado “El Tigre” y apoyado por el presidente Donald Trump decidió que su primera aspiración electoral fuera por el cargo más importante del país luego de amasar una fortuna con su carrera de abogado y luego como empresario con marcas propias de vino, ron y ropa.

De la Espriella, de 47 años, prometió mano dura contra los “narcoterroristas” y la construcción de mega cárceles al estilo de las del salvadoreño Nayib Bukele.

Los comicios se celebraron en medio de la preocupación de los colombianos por la violencia protagonizada por los grupos armados ilegales y las sucesivas advertencias del presidente saliente Gustavo Petro de un posible fraude, del que no enseñó pruebas.

Tras el cierre de las urnas, Petro abogó por la “unidad popular” y pidió “resistir el fascismo”, en un mensaje en X en el que no nombró a los candidatos. Sin embargo, más temprano enseñó a la prensa su boleta electoral marcada por Cepeda.

Más de 41 millones de colombianos estaban habilitados para votar por quien sucederá a Petro.

Tras vencer en primera vuelta a otros nueve candidatos, De la Espriella y Cepeda avanzaron a la segunda vuelta con una diferencia de sólo 673.000 votos. La expectativa del balotaje está puesta en la holgura del resultado luego de que Petro cuestionara el de la primera vuelta.

Petro dio el banderazo para el inicio de la votación en un acto en la Plaza de Bolívar en el centro de Bogotá y llamó a los colombianos a sufragar con libertad y a cuidar su voto. “La decisión la toman los jueces, después de evaluar las quejas que haya, a los jueces obedeceré. Todo lo que sea antes vale como información”, señaló sobre el escrutinio.

Instituciones estatales como la Defensoría del Pueblo y la Procuraduría llamaron a los candidatos, al mandatario, a líderes políticos y a electores a promover mensajes de confianza y desincentivar la violencia.

Propuestas antagónicas

“Han sido las elecciones más importantes que han existido en Colombia. Es primera vez que vemos que se divide... por dos candidatos: el uno por la izquierda y el otro por la derecha”, aseguró antes de la votación a The Associated Press Marcela Mejía, una vendedora de corbatas de Cali, en el suroeste del país.

Los candidatos prometen dos modelos políticos antagónicos. Cepeda, senador de 63 años del oficialista Pacto Histórico y aliado de Petro, busca dar continuidad a la agenda política del mandatario saliente, quien no se puede reelegir, de un “cambio” en favor de los más vulnerables. Alega que la oposición no le permitió al presidente saliente ejecutar todos sus proyectos sociales durante su mandato.

A su vez, Cepeda —quien ha sido facilitador en varios diálogos de paz con los grupos armados— no descarta continuar con las negociaciones pese a que la política de paz de Petro ha sido cuestionada. Esta semana logró desarmar a un centenar de ilegales, uno de sus resultados tangibles, pero aún lejos de la meta que se trazó.

De la Espriella, un abogado de 47 años sin experiencia en política apoyado por el presidente Donald Trump, promete acabar de cuajo con los esfuerzos de diálogo y dedicarse a combatirlos con “la fuerza de las armas”. Apodado “El Tigre”, dijo que construirá “mega cárceles” inspiradas en las del presidente salvadoreño Nayib Bukele, con quien simpatiza.

Colombia se juega su ”partido más importante”, indicó De la Espriella en un video que divulgó al inicio de la jornada en las redes, en que apareció con su familia y vestidos con la camiseta de la selección colombiana de fútbol.

“Tenemos que derrotar a la tiranía, al régimen; no se trata del señor Cepeda y de mí, se trata del absolutismo versus la democracia”, aseguró De la Espriella al votar en Barranquilla, en el Caribe colombiano.

Cepeda sufragó en un centro al sur de Bogotá e instó “a votar con tranquilidad, serenidad y que triunfe la democracia”. Dijo que reconocerá el resultado aunque advirtió que estarán atentos y que, en caso de existir eventuales irregularidades, las tramitarán en el sistema electoral.

Yolanda Hernández, una vendedora ambulante, aseguró a la AP que votó en 2022 por Petro, pero que ahora apostó por De la Espriella.

“Queremos que haya un cambio en Colombia porque siempre es la misma violencia, siempre todo lo mismo”, dijo Hernández. Petro “dijo que iba a bajar los servicios, que iba a bajar el alimento y todo está más caro”.

Hernández vendió lapiceros en la entrada de un puesto de votación de Bogotá para quienes, dijo, no confían en el que otorga la Registraduría por miedo a un “fraude”.

Las elecciones se celebran una década después de la histórica firma del acuerdo de paz con la guerrilla Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), pero la violencia resurgió con fuerza avivada por la disputa entre los grupos armados por dominar las rentas ilegales del narcotráfico y la minería informal.

Las autoridades contabilizaron 14.780 homicidios el año pasado, la cifra más alta desde 2015. Las extorsiones también se han disparado a 13.417 casos en 2025, más del doble de las registradas una década atrás.

The options before voters were business owner and lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella and Iván Cepeda, a lawmaker and heir to the political movement of outgoing President Gustavo Petro, the nation’s first leftist leader. The two defeated nine other contenders in a May 31 vote.

Both pitched strategies that they said will prevent the South American country from experiencing the nonstop merciless violence, such as car bombs, kidnappings, disappearances and forced displacements, that Colombians lived with in previous decades.

De la Espriella proposed a heavy-handed approach that earned him the endorsement of U.S. President Donald Trump. Cepeda promised to continue Petro’s efforts, including attempts at establishing dialogue with multiple illegal armed groups even though those efforts have largely failed.

“We have had an armed conflict and a drug trafficking problem for too long, and this has greatly polarized the country,” retired economist Víctor Duque, 72, said while wearing a national soccer team jersey at a voting center in the capital, Bogota. “I believe it is one of the most important elections that has taken place in Colombia this century.”

Colombian flags, waved from cars, and soccer jerseys dotted polling stations and surrounding affluent neighborhoods of Bogotá. The jersey, popular due to the World Cup, has been used as a campaign symbol by de la Espriella and defended in court after Cepeda criticized its use.

President again sows doubts in the results

In the first round, Cepeda earned 41% of the vote, while de la Espriella garnered 44%, according to official results. Petro, without evidence, sowed doubts in the results after Cepeda, who had consistently lead polls ahead of the May vote, did not win outright and even finished behind de la Espriella.

Petro reiterated his allegations on Sunday.

“We must protect the vote, undoubtedly,” he said shortly before polls opened.

His movement will provide details about “all the accounts and funds that were transacted from abroad,” Petro added. Actors, whom he did not identify, “tried to enslave the people of Colombia by taking away their freedom to decide.”

More than 41 million people were eligible to vote. Polls closed at 4 p.m.

Yolanda Hernández, 49, voted early Sunday before she started selling black-ink pens outside a Bogota voting center. Clients, she said, buy the pens because ink cannot be erased from paper ballots, which reduces the possibility of fraud.

Hernández, who recycles trash for a living, voted for Petro in 2022, but cast her ballot for de la Espriella this time. While she acknowledged that Petro was unable to deliver on promises meant to help the poor because of congressional gridlock, she said Colombia cannot afford another four years under his vision for the country.

“We want change in Colombia because it’s always the same violence, always the same thing,” Hernández said. “(Petro) said he was going to lower the cost of services, that he was going to lower the price of food, and everything is more expensive.”

Fighting between rebel groups plagues the nation

The election comes 10 years after Colombia signed a historic peace pact with guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, that had offered hope to break the nation’s vicious cycle of fighting between rebel groups and the government.

But violence has since roared back, particularly as most rebel groups abandoned their ideologically driven fight for the financial benefits of drug trafficking.

Last year, authorities recorded 14,780 homicides, the most since at least 2015 and driven by clashes among illegal armed groups. Among those killed was conservative presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe. Extortions have also soared, reaching 13,417 cases in 2025, more than double the number tallied in 2015.

De la Espriella, a political newcomer nicknamed “The Tiger,” promised to fiercely go after criminals and build 10 mega-prisons, emulating the policies of El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele that have lowered homicide rates but have fueled accusations of human rights abuses.

Cepeda said he will carry on Petro's fraught signature plan to achieve “total peace” by negotiating pacts with guerrillas and criminal gangs. The heavily criticized strategy that Petro kicked off in 2022 took until Thursday to see the first armed group — one with about 100 members — give up its weapons and begin a resettlement process that will lead to their reintegration into civilian life. Colombia's illegal groups have more than 27,000 members.

Fernando Lozano, 34, decided to vote for the first time in a decade because of the vastly different proposals between Cepeda and de la Espriella, particularly the latter's intentions to face off with armed groups.

“Anyone would think it’s not a bad thing to be able to end all this once and for all. But it’s not as easy as it seems,” Lozano said, adding that the combative approach already failed before and could only lead to more violence if tried again. “You can’t just go there and confront them and expect everything to be resolved in six months. That takes years.”

The lead-up to the runoff saw an increase in verbal attacks between the candidates as well as accusations of fraud, vote-buying and intimidation.

Cepeda filed a complaint with the Colombian Attorney General’s Office and the International Criminal Court against de la Espriella, accusing him of having ties to paramilitary groups. De la Espriella has denied the accusation.

Se han reportado múltiples muertes por ahogamiento al tiempo que la gente busca refrescarse donde pueda.

Casi un tercio de Francia está bajo alerta roja por calor y las temperaturas alcanzaron 40 grados Celsius (104 grados Fahrenheit) en algunas zonas, en un país donde el aire acondicionado no es muy común. El pronóstico para el lunes es aún más caluroso.

La torre Eiffel y otros lugares de París instalaron estaciones de nebulización para refrescar a las multitudes. Los turistas en Roma se sumergían en las fuentes.

Más de 200.000 personas en toda Europa murieron por causas relacionadas con el calor en los últimos cuatro años y la mayoría de las muertes se podían prevenir, indicó este mes la oficina regional para Europa de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS). Se esperan más temperaturas por encima de lo normal este verano, lo que puede provocar agotamiento por calor y golpes de calor potencialmente mortales.

El cambio climático causado por el ser humano está vinculado al aumento de los fenómenos meteorológicos extremos y las proyecciones de la agencia climática de la ONU indican que los próximos cinco años pulverizarán más récords de calor. Un estudio rápido reveló que el cambio climático causado por el ser humano fue responsable de la muerte de unas 1.500 personas en una ola de calor europea inusualmente temprana en mayo.

Vías fluviales ofrecen alivio y peligros

En este nueva ola de calor en Europa, los medios franceses reportaron que cuatro niños se ahogaron el sábado. Los ahogamientos en verano son una tragedia anual que, según las autoridades sanitarias, empeora durante los periodos de calor. Un hombre se ahogó en el suroeste de Alemania y otras tres personas están desaparecidas tras nadar en el río Rin, publicó la agencia de noticias alemana dpa.

El Canal Saint Martin en París atrajo el domingo a multitudes que chapotearon y se lanzaron al agua desde un puente, pese a los intentos de las autoridades por controlar a la gente.

“Con este calor, es la única manera de divertirse al salir”, dijo a The Associated Press el nadador Nicolas Cruz.

Zouzou Hobbs se mostró escéptica al principio sobre nadar en el turbio canal urbano.

“Pero hace calor. Voy a arriesgarme”, decidió. “Necesitamos refrescarnos antes de esta noche, cuando vamos a estar bailando”.

Fiestas del solsticio atraen grandes multitudes en medio del calor extremo

La celebración anual del Día de la Música en Francia el domingo es una preocupación particular. La fiesta nacional en el solsticio de verano incluye miles de conciertos en plazas de pueblos, espacios de música electrónica y clubes de París, reúne a las comunidades y atrae cada vez más a visitantes británicos y de otras nacionalidades. Algunos de los conciertos fueron cancelados.

El gobierno prohibió beber alcohol al aire libre en las zonas bajo “alerta roja” y ordenó a los organizadores de los eventos del Día de la Música limitar el consumo de alcohol para “preservar los servicios de emergencia y permitir que el personal médico se concentre en atender a los más vulnerables”.

Las autoridades están especialmente preocupadas por las personas que viven en las calles abrasadas por el calor, y por los adultos mayores en residencias de ancianos o aislados en sus hogares. Unas 15.000 personas mayores murieron en una ola de calor en 2003 que provocó una reflexión nacional en Francia.

El gobierno movilizó a los servicios de emergencia y a las fuerzas armadas para reforzar la preparación ante incendios forestales, impuso una vigilancia reforzada de los suministros de agua para los numerosos reactores nucleares de Francia, y ordenó el cierre de 845 escuelas el lunes.

España, Italia y Alemania se asan y los turistas buscan alivio

España inició el verano con gran parte del país en alerta debido a temperaturas que se espera que ronden los 40 ºC (104 ºF), incluso en el interior del País Vasco, una región norteña que normalmente registra temperaturas más frescas.

Las autoridades han suspendido las actividades deportivas y culturales al aire libre en la región. Se espera que la ola de calor abrase España al menos hasta el miércoles.

En Italia, las autoridades ampliaron los avisos por calor —conocidos en el país como “banderas rojas”— a ocho ciudades el domingo, en el norte y el centro del país. Las temperaturas allí se sitúan mayormente en los 30 y tantos grados Celsius (de finales de los 90 a comienzos de los 100 Fahrenheit).

En una granja a las afueras de Milán, los propietarios instalaron ventiladores y aspersores para mantener frescas a las vacas, mientras los visitantes de la Semana de la Moda de Milán se apiñaban bajo sombrillas y se abanicaban. En Roma, los turistas sumergían los brazos y en ocasiones el rostro en las famosas fuentes de la ciudad.

Los meteorólogos alemanes pronostican temperaturas de hasta 37 ºC (98 ºF) para el lunes y el martes, y de hasta 39 ºC (102 ºF) el miércoles.

La oficina meteorológica británica emitió una advertencia de “calor extremo” para gran parte del sur de Inglaterra y partes de Gales desde el lunes hasta el jueves, y señaló que las temperaturas podrían alcanzar los 38 ºC (100 ºF) . El récord actual para un día de junio es de 35,6 ºC (96 ºF), alcanzado en 1976.

Las tormentas eléctricas también amenazaban a regiones en Alemania y Polonia.

El primer ministro francés Sebastien Lecornu convocó una nueva reunión gubernamental de crisis por el calor el domingo, y ordenó a los ministros del gobierno planificar una mejor adaptación de Francia a las olas de calor en el futuro, incluso “mediante aire acondicionado, si es necesario”.

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Derek Gatopoulos en Atenas, Grecia; Claudia Ciobanu en Varsovia, Polonia; Jill Lawless en Londres y Teresa Medrano en Madrid contribuyeron a este despacho.

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

Iván Jacobo Idrobo Arredondo, quien según las autoridades era el “jefe máximo” de la facción Jaime Martínez de esas disidencias “ha caído en combate”, señaló el mandatario en su cuenta de la red social X. “Victoria del ejército de la nación y más seguridad para Colombia”, apuntó.

Idrobo Arredondo era buscado internacionalmente y requerido por Estados Unidos por delitos de narcotráfico y articulador de tráfico de armas y cocaína con carteles mexicanos, declaró a la prensa el ministro de Defensa, Pedro Sánchez. Lo calificó como “el más peligroso asesino, terrorista y reclutador de menores en el suroccidente del país”.

También era hombre cercano y segundo al mando de alias “Iván Mordisco”, líder principal de una de las mayores disidencias de las desaparecidas Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), el Estado Mayor Central, que no negociaron la paz con el Estado en 2016.

Por el momento no se han difundido detalles sobre el operativo en el que se produjo la baja de “Marlon”, excepto que ocurrió en la población de San Isidro, en el Valle del Cauca, en el suroccidente colombiano.

Su muerte representa una “fractura significativa de esta estructura criminal”, aseveró el ministro de Defensa, que le adjudicó el asesinato de “más de un centenar de colombianos inocentes”.

Según el comandante de las fuerzas militares, general Hugo López, la facción “Jaime Martínez” de “Marlon” cometió entre abril y junio al menos 79 atentados terroristas los departamentos de Cauca, Valle del Cauca y Nariño. Uno de los más letales fue el que dejó 20 muertos a finales de abril por la detonación de un artefacto explosivo al paso de un bus en el sector El Túnel, en Cajibío.

El gobierno aumentó entonces a 5.000 millones de pesos (más de un millón de dólares) la recompensa por información que permitiera su captura.

La caía del peligroso cabecilla generó reacciones inmediatas, principalmente de autoridades de esa región golpeada por la violencia que imponía la agrupación armada ilegal.

Franciso Toro, gobernadora del Valle del Cauca, celebró la “contundente” operación del Ejército colombiano que acabó con el “responsable de sembrar el terror”, con varios atentados y explosivos, en ese territorio.

El gobernador del Cauca, Octavio Guzmán, reconoció el golpe asestado a la organización criminal “que tanto daño le ha causado a nuestro departamento”.

El gobierno de Petro suspendió en 2024 las negociaciones de paz con las disidencias del EMC tras un ataque que dejó una líder indígena muerta.

La caída de Idrobo Arredondo ocurre una noche antes del balotaje presidencial en el que los colombianos definirán entre dos opciones -una conservadora y otra progresista- a quién sucederá a Petro, el primer gobernante de izquierda de Colombia, un país en el que la mayor preocupación de sus habitantes es el conflicto armado.

Soon, fans were swapping theories online, photographers were staking out vantage points and residents found themselves fielding questions about a wedding that never was. Or at least, a wedding that seems yet to happen.

The rumors, so far, have proved unfounded. But they offered a glimpse into life in Watch Hill, the Rhode Island beach community in the town of Westerly, close to the Connecticut border, where Swift has owned a home for more than a decade and where curiosity about the singer has become woven into everyday life.

Rumors take hold

From the nearby lighthouse, visitors craned for a better view of Swift’s mansion, a sprawling white home perched atop a rocky bluff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Security cameras dotted the property, and a guard called out to visitors who strayed too close.

Wedding planner Nicole Simeral, dressed in black, stood outside the small white chapel across from the massive yellow Ocean House hotel — Swift's neighbor on the beach — waving along cars and buses that slowed and directing traffic to keep moving.

She watched visitors speculate about a wedding she said she knew wasn’t Swift's. She's working a different wedding every weekend in June in that spot. Still, the questions kept coming.

“Is Taylor Swift getting married here? Many, many, many have asked,” Simeral said.

She said there had been “a lot of chitter chatter” as people tried to connect sightings of people who know Swift in local shops to impending nuptials. But she doubted Watch Hill would be practical for a wedding of that scale because of its limited luxury lodging.

The Watch Hill rumors also dovetailed with separate online speculation that Swift and her fiance, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, were planning a celebration at Madison Square Garden, though no details about the pair’s wedding have been released, despite multiple requests for comment to Swift’s spokesperson.

The tent itself, Simeral said, was hardly unusual. “Next weekend, there’ll be another tent just like this.”

For two summers, Westerly Police Department community service officer Nick Quaratella has stood at the entrance to a public path leading to the beach beside Swift’s estate, answering questions from beachgoers and keeping traffic moving.

“They come to the beach, but then they also ask if she’s here or not,” Quaratella said.

He said he can't help but joke around with some fans.

“I’ll say, ‘Oh, did you hear that she moved?’” he said. “And they’ll say, ‘No.’ And I say, ‘Yeah, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson moved in.’ And they’ll go, ‘Oh, really?’ and then they’ll walk away.”

“That's pretty funny,” he concluded.

Over the years, he’s seen plenty of unusual reactions. His coworker once spotted a fan on their knees, bowing toward the entrance gate near the property. Visitors have shouted “I love you, Taylor!” from the roadside. One woman convinced her granddaughter he was Swift’s security guard and posed for a photo with him.

Quaratella has fielded a few questions about the supposed wedding, but not as many as he expected.

“At this point, it’s part of my job,” he said. “It makes me smile. It makes me laugh. I have no problem with it. It makes the day go by.”

Living with Taylor Swift

Down near a strip of beach boutiques, lifelong resident Lauren Nigrelli said the frenzy surrounding the star has eased since Swift first moved into the neighborhood in 2013. Back then, Nigrelli recalled, fans would drive around in circles by her shop playing Swift’s songs.

“Things have definitely calmed down since then,” she said.

Today, Swift’s presence remains a fixture among local businesses in what she described as a “quaint New England coastal community.” Nigrelli, a Realtor who owns the boutiques Tide and Tide Kids, said she began selling apparel emblazoned with “Holiday House,” the nickname associated with Swift’s mansion, after children began coming into the store asking for it. On Saturday, she was also selling a Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce wedding sticker book.

“I think every shop has something related to her,” Nigrelli said.

On the beach below the mansion, Audrey and John Curtis, a married couple from Connecticut who have been vacationing in Westerly for years, settled into beach chairs and debated the wedding rumors.

“We were just looking up at her house,” Audrey Curtis said, pointing toward the mansion. “She’s not getting married here now, though.”

Curtis said she had heard various theories, including speculation that a wedding might be held at Ocean House. But as she thought through the logistics, she became skeptical.

“Then I was thinking about, ‘How would everybody get here?’” she said. “In New York, you’ve got JFK, you’ve got LaGuardia, and she’s got two penthouses in New York that she combined, so I figured they could obviously have more people there.”

Her husband wasn’t so sure.

“They could lie and say it’s happening there, but it’s happening here,” John Curtis said. “When important people do things, they don’t want people to know.”

Six friends from New York, posing for photos in matching Watch Hill sweatshirts while celebrating a birthday, said Swift wasn’t the reason they chose the beach town, though they weren’t sure they would have discovered it if not for the singer.

Leslie Aucapina, 24, who attended Swift’s Eras Tour in Philadelphia, said she grew up listening to Swift’s music and thought the Taylor-themed merchandise was “really cute.” She liked that the excitement surrounding Swift helped local businesses and enjoyed visiting the inspiration for “the last great american dynasty,” a song about Holiday House from Swift’s 2020 Grammy Album of the Year-winning album, folklore.

But she said the speculation at times crosses a line. “If she wants to share it, she wants to share it,” she said. “At the end of the day, it’s someone’s house.”

Jacka used the pandemic and the suspension of her studies at an agricultural college to plant her own vineyard at her family home in South Africa. It was a way to fast forward her dream of becoming a winemaker by bringing it, literally, within reach.

Nothing in the wine world moves too fast, though, and it was four years before the first harvest and vintage.

Jacka's debut wines from grapevines that she planted, cared for and harvested in the yard of her parents' sea-facing home in Cape Town — also stomping the grapes herself — were greeted with high praise by critics.

What a relief, she said.

“It could have been so much work and if it doesn’t deliver, you know, then you just feel ... I can’t imagine how I'd feel,” Jacka said. “I wasn’t looking at it like, ‘oh this is going to make a fortune,’ or anything like that. This is a labor of love.”

Christian Eedes, the editor of South Africa's respected online wine review publication winemag.co.za, said that Jacka's project was “a triumph of hope over good sense,” given how difficult it is to produce fine wine and turn a profit from such a small vineyard.

Jacka squeezed 1,400 vines into two blocks in her parents' garden, which had at one time been part of a smallholding. One batch to produce a white blend, the other a syrah red wine varietal. That's a tiny number considering that regular wine farms usually have more than 50,000 vines.

“There’s plenty of space in the world for craft and handmade,” Eedes said. “It’s the opposite of mass produced. It’s made with thought and care, and typically hard to come by.”

The coronavirus pandemic struck at the height of Jacka's ambition. She was 27 and, tired of working for grumpy chefs, had left a job in the restaurant business to study viticulture at an agricultural college in the winemaking town of Stellenbosch, just outside Cape Town.

She was following her passion and full of zest, she said, when the pandemic reduced her world to the boundaries of her parents' home in the Cape Town suburb of Noordhoek. Then, one day, she saw potential there.

“I was actually looking out the window and I thought, imagine if there were vines here,” she said. “It was a small spark.”

That was followed by conversations with her family to get their buy-in, and then a large amount of work.

Jacka needed to clear the ground, procure more than 1,000 vines, and plant each one of them with a tall wooden stake to hold them. Her parents helped, though mom Sonia was soon banned from the planting process after putting one vine in upside down.

There were also curious neighbors to reassure and an unexpected challenge to negotiate from a miniature horse called Spirit that the family keeps on the property. Spirit thought the vines were tasty.

“We lost one or two vines,” said Jacka, now age 32. “It was hard to make it horse-proof as well.”

Jacka's Noordhoek project has been the inspiration for a larger winemaking career. Her Alinea line of wines includes five others that she's produced from grapes sourced from other parts of the region around Cape Town, which has a rich winemaking tradition.

She's still looking forward to the next vintage from her vines in Noordhoek, though she continues to play the role of picker, stomper, labeler, sales rep, accountant and delivery truck driver there, she said with a laugh.

Eedes, the wine critic who gave Jacka her first positive reviews, said that he's still fascinated by the micro-vineyard that grew out of a COVID-19 lockdown.

“She managed to not be bored, like we all were,” Eedes said. “It’s really just an extraordinary undertaking.”

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Neil Shaw contributed to this report.

Buxton tied Houston’s Yordan Alvarez for the American League homer lead and made the score 12-0. It was the center fielder’s third career grand slam.

The Twins already led 6-0 after batting around and scoring four runs in the fourth. They topped that in the fifth, sending 14 men to the plate. Brooks Lee, Victor Caratini, Luke Keaschall and Ryan Kriedler each had two hits in the inning, with Kriedler’s triple driving in the final two runs to make it 16-0.

Zac Gallen started for Arizona but left after giving up the first three hits of the inning. He was charged with nine runs and 12 hits in four-plus innings, both career highs.

“We came out, we just continued to put pressure on," Twins manager Derek Shelton said. “I mean, the (fourth) inning, we put the ball in play. We didn’t hit a lot of balls hard to start it, and we found some holes, and then we just continued to build on it. Really proud of our group for doing that.”

Lee started the fifth with a triple, added a double later, has four hits for the game and finished 4 for 6, a home run short of a cycle.

“I just felt like once Gallen came out, we still had our foot on the pedal,” Lee said. “It was awesome.”

As for the would-be cycle, Diamondbacks position player Ildemaro Vargas was pitching in the ninth and retired Lee on a popup to short.

“I thought to myself, like, `If it doesn’t happen, doesn’t happen. But I’m going to swing hard,” Lee said.

Yilber Díaz relieved Gallen and gave up seven hits, including Buxton’s home run, and seven runs. He threw 44 pitches and recorded two outs. Philip Abner relieved and got the final out of the inning.

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Organizers expected about 50,000 people to celebrate along Wilton Drive.

Community leaders spent months preparing for the festivities in memory of the historic Stonewall Riots of 1969, widely recognized as the catalyst for the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.

“Well, it means so many different things, right? It’s honoring and celebrating our victories, but also coalescing together to realize we are a community that needs to work toward full equality,” one organizer, Jameer Baptiste, said.

The celebration started at 3 p.m. The Wilton Manors police and fire rescue departments cancelled the parade due to severe weather conditions.

Police officers asked patrons to shelter in place at the area’s bars, nightclubs, and restaurants. For more information about the event, visit this page.

Their choice is between Iván Cepeda, who has the endorsement of Colombian President Gustavo Petro, and Abelardo de la Espriella, who has the endorsement of President Donald Trump.

De la Espriella, a defense attorney who has campaigned as “The Tiger,” had 43.73% of the first round’s votes when he qualified for the runoff against Cepeda, who had 40.91% of the votes.

De La Espriella, a fan of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, and Cepeda, a rival of former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe, have deep disagreements about continuing peace talks with armed groups.

Polls in Colombia and around the world open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Colombian consulate in Coral Gables has a voting precinct at the University of Miami’s Watsco Center at 1245 Dauer Drive.

In Miami-Dade County, there were also assigned precincts at Miami Dade College’s Kendall campus gymnasium, at 11011 SW 104 St.; and at the Milander Center for Arts and Entertainment, at 4800 Palm Ave., in Hialeah.

In Broward County, there were also assigned precincts at Coral Springs High School, at 7201 West Sample Road, and Cypress Bay High School’s gymnasium, at 18600 Vista Park Boulevard, in Weston.

For information about the precincts, visit this page.

For information about the election’s results, visit this page.

The comments from afar — on social media and to news outlets — complicated efforts by Vice President JD Vance and mediators Pakistan and Qatar to keep Iran engaged in discussions meant to address thorny issues like Tehran's nuclear program, the Strait of Hormuz and the unfreezing of billions of dollars in Iranian assets.

Before anything, however, Iran wants to discuss Lebanon, where Israel's military has been fighting the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group, since the deal halts conflict on all fronts.

“Iran must immediately stop their highly paid PROXIES in Lebanon from causing trouble,” Trump said on social media. “If they don’t, we’ll hit Iran very hard again, just like we did last week, only harder!!!”

“They would do better to be careful about their statements," Iran's lead negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, said on X after Trump's comments. "Our armed forces are prepared to respond to them in a different manner. They may keep talking, it is we who act.”

Iranian state media said talks had entered a “difficult phase” and recessed after the “publication of an insulting message by the U.S. President.” The Iranian delegation then met with Qatari mediators and left the negotiating site, state media said.

Vance and U.S. negotiators including Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, had met with Qalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi for what Iranian state media said was about 80 minutes.

It was not clear when they might meet again. Negotiators were anticipating working through the night, according to a senior U.S. diplomat engaged in the talks.

The diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity to describe private discussions, said talks included clarifying what Iran meant by recent statements about the Strait of Hormuz. Negotiators also discussed “mechanisms” to ensure the strait remains open and that a ceasefire in southern Lebanon is enforced, along with “robust” discussions on the nuclear issue.

Iran first wants to focus on Israeli strikes

in Lebanon

Negotiators are in a 60-day sprint to reach an agreement on the technical details that hold massive implications for the world economy and global security.

“The question before us now is how much more can we accomplish together? Can we turn over a new leaf?” Vance said as the talks began, and asked whether they could “change relations in the Middle East permanently.”

The U.S. wants Iran locked into negotiations over its nuclear program amid concerns it may be used for military purposes, which Iran denies. Vance also wants Tehran to commit to keeping open the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran on Saturday claimed to close. The U.S. has disputed that, saying shipping traffic continued Sunday.

But Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei told the state news agency that Tehran first wants talks to focus on the conflict in Lebanon.

A renewed ceasefire in Lebanon, brokered on Saturday, appeared to be holding, and Israel's military said it would lift movement restrictions for residents near the border with Lebanon on Monday morning — another sign of calm.

But neither Israel nor Hezbollah is a signatory to the U.S.-Iran deal, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to keep his forces in southern Lebanon until any threat to Israel is eliminated. Hezbollah has refused to halt attacks unless Israel commits to withdrawing.

Sharp words are exchanged over Iran's nuclear program

The agreement signed by Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian immediately allows Tehran to sell its oil freely and paves the way for Iran to tap into billions of dollars in assets that are currently frozen. A member of Iran's negotiating team told state television that draft wording was reached about “temporary sanctions waivers for oil and petroleum derivatives."

The agreement also calls for Iran to dilute its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, believed to be buried under nuclear sites that were targeted in U.S. strikes a year ago.

Pezeshkian, however, declared Sunday that "we will never back down from the right to enrich uranium, and the other side is also forced to accept it,” according to Iran’s state media.

Trump, in a telephone interview with Fox News, later warned that the Iranian president should watch what he says and threatened to take over Iran, in comments relayed by a Fox correspondent.

Iran had cautiously approached the talks given its previous experience with U.S. negotiations on the nuclear issue, which twice in the past year were interrupted by military strikes.

The deal has stirred much controversy

Vance has said he planned to be in Switzerland for “a day or two,” leaving much of the detailed negotiations to be led by Witkoff and Kushner. His role in the talks has heightened scrutiny at a time when he's considering a 2028 presidential campaign.

Trump and Vance have come under searing criticism from parts of their own party for the deal, with Republican hard-liners unfavorably likening it to the nuclear agreement signed by the Obama administration that Trump and Republicans have insisted did nothing to terminate Iran’s nuclear program.

The new agreement says commercial vessels can pass through the Strait of Hormuz for 60 days without charge, but does not preclude future fees imposed by Iran. Trump made his own threat Saturday to levy U.S. tolls if there is no deal with Iran in 60 days, insisting that the money would be for “services rendered as the Guardian Angel to the countries of the Middle East.”

The Trump administration has been working to reassure global markets that the war has been merely a blip on oil prices, as Americans complain about high gasoline prices ahead of peak summer travel. After the deal was announced, oil futures dropped almost 8%.

Markets are expected to closely track the progress of talks when they open for trading Sunday evening.

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Kim reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Munir Ahmed in Islamabad, Amir Vahdat in Tehran, Iran, and Melanie Lidman in Tel Aviv, Israel, contributed to this report.

Multiple drownings were reported as people sought relief in whatever water they could find.

About a third of France is under a “red alert” for heat, and high temperatures reached 40 C (104 F) in some areas, in a country where air conditioning isn’t widespread. The forecast for Monday is even hotter.

The Eiffel Tower and other Paris venues set up misting stations to cool down crowds. Tourists in Rome dunked in fountains.

Over the last four years, more than 200,000 people across Europe died from heat-related causes, and most of the fatalities were preventable, the World Health Organization’s Europe office said this month. More above-average temperatures are expected this summer, which can cause heat exhaustion and life-threatening heat stroke.

Human-caused climate change is tied to increasing extreme weather, and U.N. climate agency projections say the next five years should shatter more heat records. A rapid study found that human-caused climate change was responsible for killing about 1,500 people in an unusually early European heat wave in May.

Waterways offer comfort, and dangers

In this latest European hot spell, French media reported that four children drowned Saturday. Summer drownings are an annual problem that health authorities say worsens during hot spells. One man drowned in southwestern Germany and three others were missing after swimming in the Rhine River, the German news agency dpa reported.

Canal Saint Martin in Paris drew throngs Sunday splashing and diving off a bridge, despite authorities' attempts to control the crowds.

“With this heat, it’s the only way to have fun while going out,″ swimmer Nicolas Cruz told The Associated Press.

Zouzou Hobbs was skeptical at first of swimming in the murky urban canal.

”But it’s hot. I’m going to risk it,''' she decided. ‘’We need to cool off before tonight when we’re gonna be dancing.''

Solstice parties draw large crowds in extreme heat

France’s annual Music Day on Sunday was of particular concern. The nationwide summer solstice celebration involves thousands of concerts in village squares, rave venues and Paris clubs, bringing communities together and increasingly drawing British and other international visitors. Some concerts were canceled.

The French government banned drinking booze in “red alert” zones, and ordered organizers of music day events to limit alcohol consumption to “preserve emergency services and allow medics to concentrate on taking care of the most vulnerable.”

Authorities are notably worried about people living in the baking streets, and elderly people in nursing homes or isolated in their homes. About 15,000 older people died in France in a 2003 heat wave that became a national reckoning.

The government mobilized emergency services and military forces for reinforced wildfire readiness, imposed tightened surveillance of water supplies to France’s many nuclear reactors, and ordered 845 schools to close Monday.

Spain, Italy, Germany swelter as tourists seek relief

Spain kicked off the summer with large parts of the country on alert because of temperatures expected to hover around 40 C (104 F) — even in the interior of the Basque region, an area in the north of the country, which typically experiences cooler temperatures.

Authorities have suspended outdoor sports and cultural activities in the region. The heat wave is expected to scorch Spain at least through Wednesday.

In Italy, authorities expanded heat warnings — referred to locally as “red flags” — to eight cities Sunday in northern and central parts of the country. Temperatures there are mostly in the upper 30s C (high 90s to low 100s F).

At one farm outside Milan, owners set up fans and sprinklers to keep cows cool, while visitors to Milan Fashion Week huddled under parasols and clutched fans. In Rome, tourists dunked their arms and occasionally their faces into the city’s famed fountain pools.

German meteorologists are forecasting temperatures of up to 37 C (98 F) for Monday and Tuesday, and up to 39 C (102 F) on Wednesday.

The U.K. weather office has issued an “extreme heat” warning for much of southern England and parts of Wales from Monday until Thursday, saying temperatures could reach 38 C (100 F). The current record for a June day is 35.6 C (96 F), reached in 1976.

Thunderstorms also threatened regions in Germany and Poland.

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu is convening a new government heat crisis meeting Sunday, and ordered government ministers to plan for better adapting France to heat waves in the future — including “via air conditioning, if necessary.”

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Derek Gatopoulos in Athens, Greece, Claudia Ciobanu in Warsaw, Poland, Jill Lawless in London, and Teresa Medrano in Madrid, contributed to this report.

Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies announced that evacuees were allowed to return home after wildfires no longer posed a risk.

Two wildfires between Krome Avenue and the Florida Turnpike had burned more than 20,000 acres and were mostly contained by Saturday afternoon.

The Florida Forest Service reported the wildfire known as “The Quarry 2″ had burned 19,003 acres and was 100% contained, and a wildfire known as “Well” had burned 1,525 acres and was 70% contained.

The Miccosukee Police Department closed Tamiami Trail in both directions at Southwest 152nd Avenue and started to reopen it shortly before 8:40 p.m. Road closures also impacted Southwest Eighth Street from East of Krome Avenue.

South Florida was under both a heat advisory and an Air Quality Alert that impacted “unusually sensitive people” who needed to limit outdoor activities.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel recommended limiting outdoor activity when possible, keeping windows and doors closed, and setting the air conditioner to recirculate.

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Anchor Eric Yutzy, a father of four, said he was looking forward to time with his family.

“As long as we are together, we are laughing, we are having a good time, we are eating well — that’s a good Father’s Day for me," Yutzy said.

Meteorologist John Gerard said he is grateful his kids enjoy spending the day with him.

“I enjoy spending the day with them as well, so I am pretty low maintenance, but that’s the day ... my kids want to take me to play a round of golf, or they want to come over and make a nice meal,” Gerard said. “I am OK with that.”

Will Manso, the sports director, said he wants time with his kids to laugh, joke around, and smile.

“I want to go somewhere like a brunch or hang out, have my morning coffee together with them, just spend time with them,” Manso said. “It’s nothing extravagant. I don’t need fancy gifts.”

Anchor Calvin Hughes agreed with Yutzy, Gerard, and Manso.

“Whether it’s being in the backyard and burning burgers, hanging out and making breakfast and pancakes in the morning, or sitting on the couch and watching a good basketball game, or sporting event, or just laughing at my dad jokes, or not laughing at them,” Hughes said. “That is the best gift of all: Time.”

David Lang, the executive sports producer, is a father of two.

“I am happiest when the four of us are together doing absolutely nothing ... I am blessed to be a father, and I am also blessed to have a father. I also like to get the opportunity to see my dad and talk baseball with him — pretty simple,” Lang said.

Reporter Jeff Derderian said he views Father’s Day as an opportunity.

“Maybe for this Father’s Day, think about reconnecting with your son or daughter or your dad. A hurt that never healed, a disagreement, maybe forgive,” Derderian said. “What better way to celebrate Father’s Day than reconnect.”

Jeff Weinsier, an investigative reporter, is the devoted father of three, and two of them live out of town. He said he doesn’t want gifts, gadgets, or special plans.

“What this father simply wants from each one of them is a call, knowing they are happy, they are healthy, they are safe, and that there are no major headaches in their life,” Weinsier said. “At a certain point, it’s not what your kids can do for you or what they can buy for you, it’s simply knowing they are OK. And if that happens, it will be the perfect Father’s Day.”

Michael Lowry, the hurricane specialist and storm surge expert, is a father of three, and he will let them pick what to do.

“All I want are no hurricanes,” Lowry said.

Clay Ferraro, a sports reporter, said he wants to spend time with his kids playing sports.

“I have been very fortunate; my passion has become their passion,” Ferraro said. “It has been so rewarding to watch them grow and improve and gain confidence because of all the work that they put in, and then being more and more successful as they keep playing. There is nothing more that you would want as a father.”

Reporter Roy Ramos is the father of my two. He said he would like to start Father’s Day playing golf with our son, who has been showing some interest.

“Then, maybe go to lunch with my daughter and my wife, and then I would like to make sure that I don’t get through the day without not seeing my grandfather,” Ramos said. “He means a lot to me, and he has been like a father to me throughout my life, so I would love to see him, visit him, and be able to tell him, ‘Happy Father’s Day!’”

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U.S. President Donald Trump, in response, unleashed a new threat to impose American tolls in the crucial waterway if a final deal with Iran isn’t reached in 60 days, saying the money would be for “services rendered as the Guardian Angel to the countries of the Middle East.” The agreement calls for toll-free travel for 60 days.

The announcements indicated a rough start to the technical-level talks that key mediator Pakistan said will begin Sunday, with Qatari mediators also participating.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance left for Switzerland on Saturday evening, just as Iranian state TV posted video showing Iran’s negotiators arriving there. They are led by parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf and include Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and central bank and oil officials, among others. The deal calls for billions of dollars of Iran’s assets to be unfrozen.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir also left for Switzerland late Saturday.

Talks were meant to start Friday, but the Iranians canceled plans to attend because of escalating fighting in Lebanon. Negotiators for the U.S. and Qatar, with help from Iran, worked out an agreement between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group to tamp down hostilities, according to U.S. and regional officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly.

Vance told reporters he would be in Switzerland “for a day or two” but was optimistic about making progress in talks about Iran’s nuclear program and on a ceasefire in southern Lebanon. He earlier confirmed that top negotiators Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff were already in Switzerland.

But Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei told state TV that negotiations toward a final agreement will begin once key commitments are upheld. If they are not, “the memorandum of understanding as a whole will be jeopardized.”

The strait once again becomes a challenge

The strait has emerged again as a focus. Iran’s joint military command said it was closed because of the U.S. “clear breach of its commitments” by failing to end the war. The interim deal is meant to stop fighting on all fronts, including Lebanon.

The U.S. disputed Iran’s announcement.

“Iran does not control the Strait of Hormuz. Traffic continues to flow, and U.S. forces are monitoring the situation to ensure this remains the case,” said Capt. Tim Hawkins, a spokesperson for U.S. Central Command. The military said that 55 merchant ships transited Saturday with more than 17 million barrels of oil.

The global economy braced for more uncertainty.

Ships began transiting after the interim U.S.-Iran agreement was signed earlier in the week, a milestone that left plenty of questions unanswered. The U.S. lifted its blockade of Iran’s ports and now allows Tehran to sell its oil freely — terms that have left some in U.S. Congress asking whether the war was worth it.

The interim deal signed by Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian gives negotiators 60 days to reach a nuclear agreement, but the issue is intricate and the time can be extended.

Israeli attacks in Lebanon kill at least 16

Earlier Saturday, as mediators tried to get the parties to Switzerland, a Hezbollah official told The Associated Press that Iran informed the militant group that Tehran won’t reopen the strait until Israel announces publicly that it will comply with a “comprehensive ceasefire” in Lebanon and an end to military operations there. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to speak publicly.

The official said that Hezbollah would commit to a ceasefire if Israel does.

An Israeli military official, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, later said that the military had received “updated directives from the political echelon to cease fire.” The official said that the military is operating in a defensive manner in Lebanon, which includes the right to respond to Hezbollah attacks.

The official also said that five Israeli soldiers had been killed in the past 48 hours in southern Lebanon.

Neither Israel nor Hezbollah are signatories to the deal between the U.S. and Iran.

Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday killed at least 16 people, including two children. Seven people were trapped under rubble after strikes hit the southern city of Nabatiyeh and nearby villages, Lebanon’s National News Agency said.

An Israeli military official said that Hezbollah fired more than 50 projectiles at Israeli forces in southern Lebanon overnight. Israel’s army said that it struck dozens of Hezbollah targets and militants.

The death toll in the latest Israel-Hezbollah war has surpassed 4,000, Lebanon’s health ministry later announced.

Hezbollah and Israel went to war two days after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran on Feb. 28, with Hezbollah firing rockets and drones at northern Israel and Israel seizing large swaths of southern Lebanon.

A new round of U.S.-backed talks between the Lebanese government, and Israel is expected in Washington next week.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to keep Israeli forces in southern Lebanon until any threat to Israel is eliminated. Hezbollah has refused to halt its attacks unless Israel commits to withdrawing from Lebanon.

Fighting continues near the Israel-Lebanon border

The dead in Lebanon included parents and two children in Barish village. In Arab Salim village, a body was pulled from a destroyed house, and in Doueir and Kfar Rumman villages, drone strikes killed a person on a motorcycle and a Lebanese soldier. Nine people were killed in strikes in Qannarit, Sohmor and Shehour villages.

Israeli jets flew low over the coastal city of Tyre.

“Our entire lives would change if there’s a ceasefire,” said one resident, Hussein Khoshman.

Some residents of northern Israel doubted the fighting would stop.

“I don’t believe in a ceasefire because it doesn’t exist,” said Miriam Hod in Metula.

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Mroue reported from Beirut, Ahmed from Islamabad and Kim from Washington. Abby Sewell in Beirut, Samy Magdy in Cairo, Konstantin Toropin in Washington, Josef Federman in Jerusalem, and Jamey Keaten in Zurich, Switzerland, contributed to this report.

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A previous version of this story corrected the spelling of the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson’s last name to Baghaei, not Bagahei.

On Saturday at loanDepot park, the Marlins improved to an MLB-best 13-4 in June with a series-clinching 6-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants (31-45).

Saturday’s win put the Marlins (39-38) above .500 for the first time since they were 9-8 on April 13.

The Miami offense was quiet early, scoring its first run on a bases-loaded walk in the first inning to take a 1-0 lead.

It wasn’t a dominant start for right-hander Max Meyer, who remains unbeaten through 16 starts this season, but it was an effective one.

Meyer went five innings, allowing two runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out seven. He threw 98 pitches, 66 for strikes.

Giants right-hander Trevor McDonald lasted only three innings, and the Marlins tagged the bullpen for four runs in the fourth.

The rally was highlighted by a two-run home run from Heriberto Hernández, who has continued to put together quality at-bats since being recalled from Triple-A Jacksonville.

Miami will go for the sweep on Father’s Day at 1:40 p.m. ET, with right-hander Ryan Gusto (0-2, 7.24 ERA) set to take the mound.

Other game notes:

• Otto Lopez became the first player in Major League Baseball to record his 100th hit of the 2026 season, joining Luis Arraez (2023) and Dee Strange-Gordon (2015) as the only players in franchise history to be the first Major Leaguer to 100 hits in a season.

• The Marlins have won seven consecutive games at loanDepot park, tying the longest home winning streak in the ballpark’s history since its inaugural season in 2012. The feat has been accomplished twice before: April 18-May 2, 2014, and June 2-19, 2023.

• Closer Pete Fairbanks earned his second straight save of the series and the 101st of his Major League career. He has a 3.52 ERA in June.

• Liam Hicks was scratched from the game with what the team called “low back tightness.” Manager Clayton McCullough told reporters after the game that Hicks will undergo further testing, and the team expects to know more Sunday.

• The Marlins sit one game back of the final National League Wild Card spot.

Mexico was the clear winner of Group A.

The U.S. was the winner of Group D.

Germany was the winner of Group E.

Tournament’s schedule

June 28: There is a match at 3 p.m.

Miami watch party: The fan festival opens from 1 p.m to 10 p.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

June 29: There are three matches at 1 p.m., 4:30 p.m., and 9 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from noon to midnight at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

June 30: There are three matches at 1 p.m., 5 p.m., and 9 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from noon to midnight at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

July 1: There are three matches at noon, 4 p.m., and 9 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

July 2: There are three matches at 3 p.m., 7 p.m., and 11 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

July 3: There are three matches at 2 p.m., 6 p.m., and 9:30 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from 1 p.m to 9 p.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

Round of 16 begins

July 4: There are two matches at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from noon to midnight at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

July 5: There are two matches at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens for the last day from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

July 6: There are two matches at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.

July 7: There are two matches at Noon and 4 p.m.

Quarterfinals begin

July 9: There is a quarter-final match at 4 p.m.

July 10: There is a quarter-final match at 3 p.m.

July 11: There are two quarter-final matches at 5 p.m. and 9 p.m.

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

Semifinals begin

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

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

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

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

Finals begin

July 18: The third-place play-off match is at 5 p.m.

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

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

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

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

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

Spain vs. Saudi Arabia, a Group H match, is at noon.

Belgium vs. Iran, a Group G match, is at 3 p.m.

Uruguay vs. Cape Verde, a Group H match, is at 6 p.m.

New Zealand vs. Egypt, a Group G match, is at 9 p.m.

Tunisia vs. Japan, a Group F match, is at midnight.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

Related report: FIFA World Cup fans from Scotland arrive to party in Miami ahead of match against Brazil

Groups’ stage progress

Group F: The Netherlands gets 3 points

Group E: Germany advances to Round of 32

Group D: U.S. advances to Round of 32

Group C: Brazil eliminates Haiti

Group B: Canada and Switzerland tie for 1st place

Group A: Mexico advances to Round of 32

Group K: Colombia gets 3 points

Group J: Austria and Argentina each get 3 points

Group I: France and Norway each get 3 points

Group H: Every team sits at 1 point

Group G: Every team sits at 1 point

Tournament’s schedule

June 22: There are four matches: The Group J, Argentina vs. Austria, game is at 1 p.m. The Group I, France vs. Iraq, game is at 5 p.m. The Group I, Norway vs. Senegal, game is at 8 p.m. The Group J, Jordan vs. Algeria, game is at 11 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from noon to 8 p.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

Miami Beach watch party: Doors open at 11 a.m. on June 22 at The Bandshell, at 7275 Collins Ave., for the 1 p.m. Argentina vs. Austria match.

June 23: There are four matches: The Group K, Portugal vs. Uzbekistan, game is at 1 p.m. The Group L, England vs. Ghana, game is at 4 p.m. The Group L, Panama vs. Croatia, game is at 7 p.m. The Group K, Colombia vs. Congo, game is at 10 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from noon to 1 a.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

June 24: There are six matches: The Group B, Switzerland vs. Canada, game is at 3 p.m. The Group B, Bosnia vs. Qatar, game is at 3 p.m. The Group C, Morocco vs. Haiti, game is at 6 p.m. The Group C, Scotland vs. Brazil, game is at 6 p.m. The Group A, South Africa vs. South Korea, game is at 9 p.m. The Group A, Czech Republic vs. Mexico, game is at 9 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

Miami Beach watch party: Doors open at 4 p.m. on June 24 at The Bandshell, at 7275 Collins Ave., for the 6 p.m. Scotland vs. Brazil match.

June 25: There are six matches: The Group E, Curaçao vs. Ivory Coast, game is at 4 p.m. The Group E, Ecuador vs. Germany, game is at 4 p.m. The Group F, Tunisia vs. Netherlands, game is at 7 p.m. The Group F, Japan vs. Sweden, game is at 7 p.m. The Group D, Turkey vs. U.S., game is at 10 p.m. The Group D, Paraguay vs. Australia, game is at 10 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from 3 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

June 26: There are six matcuphes: The Group I, Norway vs. France, game is at 3 p.m. The Group I, Senegal vs. Iraq, game is at 3 p.m. The Group H, Cape Verde vs. Saudi Arabia, game is at 8 p.m. The Group H, Uruguay vs. Spain, game is at 8 p.m. The Group G, New Zealand vs. Belgium, game is at 11 p.m. The Group G, Egypt vs. Iran, game is at 11 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

June 27: There are six matches: The Group L, Panama vs. England, game is at 5 p.m. The Group L, Croatia vs. Ghana, game is at 5 p.m. The Group K, Colombia vs. Portugal, game is at 7:30 p.m. The Group K, Congo vs. Uzbekistan, game is at 7:30 p.m. The Group J, Algeria vs. Austria, game is at 10 p.m. The Group J, Jordan vs. Argentina, game is at 10 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

Sunrise watch party: The indoor Amerant Bank Arena is hosting a free watch party for ticket holders at 7:30 p.m. on June 27. Parking is free. Broward County is offering free Express bus transportation from the arena to the Miami Stadium, also known as Hard Rock, in Miami Gardens, to FIFA World Cup ticket holders.

Round of 32 begins

June 28: There is a match at 3 p.m.

Miami watch party: The fan festival opens from 1 p.m to 10 p.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

June 29: There are three matches at 1 p.m., 4:30 p.m., and 9 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from noon to midnight at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

June 30: There are three matches at 1 p.m., 5 p.m., and 9 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from noon to midnight at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

July 1: There are three matches at noon, 4 p.m., and 9 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

July 2: There are three matches at 3 p.m., 7 p.m., and 11 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

July 3: There are three matches at 2 p.m., 6 p.m., and 9:30 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from 1 p.m to 9 p.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

Round of 16 begins

July 4: There are two matches at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from noon to midnight at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

July 5: There are two matches at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens for the last day from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

July 6: There are two matches at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.

July 7: There are two matches at Noon and 4 p.m.

Quarterfinals begin

July 9: There is a quarter-final match at 4 p.m.

July 10: There is a quarter-final match at 3 p.m.

July 11: There are two quarter-final matches at 5 p.m. and 9 p.m.

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

Semifinals begin

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

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

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

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

Finals begin

July 18: The third-place play-off match is at 5 p.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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The SUV drove away from the South Side neighborhood, leaving two people, both male, in critical condition following the shooting late Friday, police said in a news release. One suffered a gunshot wound to the thigh.

The eight men and four women in the group ranged in age from 17 to 47. They were being treated at four hospitals.

Police said another man suffered unknown injuries and refused medical treatment.

Police initially responded to a call of one person shot, and found a woman with two gunshot wounds to her back and a man with four graze wounds to his back. Both were listed in fair condition.

Detectives were investigating.

Further information was not immediately available.

Police reported at least 21 people shot in the city since Friday evening, resulting in four deaths.

The shootings happened on Juneteenth, a holiday that celebrates the end of slavery in the U.S. Earlier Friday, former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama welcomed the first visitors to his presidential center on the South Side.

Pastor Donovan Price, a local advocate for gun crime victims, told CBS News that seeing a mass shooting like this on the holiday is a tragedy.

“It should be celebrating,” he said. “Fireworks should not turn into gunshots.”

The Miami Gardens Police Department, the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, and the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner’s Office responded to the Miami Gardens-Ives Estates area.

Detective Angel Rodriguez said the body of the “unknown male” was in the area of Northeast Second Avenue and 199 Street.

“The MDSO Homicide Bureau has assumed the investigation,” Rodriguez said. “The manner and cause of death will be determined by the autopsy results.”

Detectives asked anyone with information about this or other cases to call Miami-Dade County Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477 to remain anonymous.

Local 10 News Assignment Editor Wilson Louis contributed to this report.

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The result was his first career cycle in the major leagues on a night when his Philadelphia Phillies teammate Kyle Schwarber hit three home runs – two in the same inning – in a 15-3 win over the New York Mets.

Harper had been struggling, with one hit in his last seven games. He opted to change bats to a 35-ounce model that he has had for a while but never used in a game. And he got in the batting cage early.

“I was trying to hit homers,” Harper said. “Just trying to have some fun.”

Sure enough, he hit a home run in his first at-bat, a solo shot off Mets starter Freddy Peralta. Then, he had a double and a single in the Phillies’ eight-run third inning. In the fifth, he sprinted out of the box on a liner into left-center field. Trea Turner and Schwarber scored ahead of him and Harper slid into third while the throw went home.

Harper had just the 11th cycle in Phillies history and the first since Weston Wilson on Aug. 15, 2024. The triple was only the eighth Harper has hit in eight seasons in Philadelphia.

“I got close a couple of times,” Harper said. “But being able to do that and having that moment was really, really cool.”

Harper, who finished 4 for 5 with three RBIs and two runs, is the second player this season — and this week — to hit for the cycle, joining the Chicago Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong, who accomplished the feat Monday night in a 5-4 win over Colorado.

The Phillies' third-inning offensive outburst was powered by Schwarber, who became the 67th player in major league history to hit two home runs in an inning. He’s the second this season, joining Houston’s Yordan Alvarez on June 12, and the fourth in Phillies history with Trea Turner (Aug. 19, 2023), Von Hayes (June 11, 1985) and Andy Seminick (June 2, 1949) also accomplishing the feat.

“That was cool,” Schwarber said. “First time I’ve done it in my career. I think it was a pretty cool overall night in general.”

Schwarber led off the third with a solo home run off Peralta that traveled 456 feet into the second deck in right field. He added a three-run homer off Cionel Perez into nearly the same spot, flying 457 feet.

Schwarber hit his major league-leading 28th homer of the season in the seventh inning off Tobias Myers, a two-run shot just inside the foul pole in right. He finished 4 for 5 with six RBIs and four runs scored.

The Phillies are just the second team in MLB history to have a player hit for the cycle and at least three homers in the same game, joining Tony Lazzeri and Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees on June 3, 1932.

“We were wondering that in the dugout,” Harper said. “We didn’t think there was going to be two guys that did it. But to have those two names up against ours is pretty cool. It’s a pretty awesome moment.”

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North Lauderdale Fire Rescue personnel and Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the fire at about 5 a.m. in the 8000 block of Southwest Eighth Court.

“The fire was about to explode, so we used our hose to stop the fire to make sure it did not explode,” said a neighbor who identified as Jean.

Fire rescue personnel took six injured, including a 6-year-old child and a man whose condition was critical, to Broward Health North in Deerfield Beach.

BSO deputies reported one person died at Broward Health North. The cause of the fire remained under investigation on Saturday afternoon.

“I saw smoke, behind my house when I went out on the patio ... I heard glass breaking, paramedics going, firefighters, screams ... It’s heartbreaking, you wouldn’t want it to happen to your family,” said a neighbor who identified as Altamese.

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They had tested Boston pubs’ supply of Samuel Adams Boston Lager kegs, and they promised to challenge Miami’s pints of Tennent’s Lager.

“It was a mad party. We drank for nine days. We partied every single day, more or less until the bars shut,” said a fan who was wearing a traditional wool diced red and white Glengarry bonnet.

More Scots will be arriving for the match against Brazil at 6 p.m. on Wednesday at the Miami Stadium, better known as the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens.

“I am from the highlands of Scotland, and I have never experienced a city like Miami,” said a fan who identified himself as a “silver fox.” “The good thing is the bars and clubs open a lot later, so we will be consuming more beer.”

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from noon to 11 p.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

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Groups’ stage progress

Group F: The Netherlands gets 3 points

Group E: Germany advances to Round of 32

Group D: U.S. advances to Round of 32

Group C: Brazil eliminates Haiti

Group B: Canada and Switzerland tie for 1st place

Group A: Mexico advances to Round of 32

Group K: Colombia gets 3 points

Group J: Austria and Argentina each get 3 points

Group I: France and Norway each get 3 points

Group H: Every team sits at 1 point

Group G: Every team sits at 1 point

Tournament’s schedule

June 21: There are five matches: The Group F, Tunisia vs. Japan, game is at midnight. The Group H, Spain vs. Saudi Arabia, game is at Noon. The Group G, Belgium vs. Iran, game is at 3 p.m. The Group H, Uruguay vs. Cape Verde, game is at 6 p.m. The Group G, New Zealand vs. Egypt, game is at 9 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

June 22: There are four matches: The Group J, Argentina vs. Austria, game is at 1 p.m. The Group I, France vs. Iraq, game is at 5 p.m. The Group I, Norway vs. Senegal, game is at 8 p.m. The Group J, Jordan vs. Algeria, game is at 11 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from noon to 8 p.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

Miami Beach watch party: Doors open at 11 a.m. on June 22 at The Bandshell, at 7275 Collins Ave., for the 1 p.m. Argentina vs. Austria match.

June 23: There are four matches: The Group K, Portugal vs. Uzbekistan, game is at 1 p.m. The Group L, England vs. Ghana, game is at 4 p.m. The Group L, Panama vs. Croatia, game is at 7 p.m. The Group K, Colombia vs. Congo, game is at 10 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from noon to 1 a.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

June 24: There are six matches: The Group B, Switzerland vs. Canada, game is at 3 p.m. The Group B, Bosnia vs. Qatar, game is at 3 p.m. The Group C, Morocco vs. Haiti, game is at 6 p.m. The Group C, Scotland vs. Brazil, game is at 6 p.m. The Group A, South Africa vs. South Korea, game is at 9 p.m. The Group A, Czech Republic vs. Mexico, game is at 9 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

Miami Beach watch party: Doors open at 4 p.m. on June 24 at The Bandshell, at 7275 Collins Ave., for the 6 p.m. Scotland vs. Brazil match.

June 25: There are six matches: The Group E, Curaçao vs. Ivory Coast, game is at 4 p.m. The Group E, Ecuador vs. Germany, game is at 4 p.m. The Group F, Tunisia vs. Netherlands, game is at 7 p.m. The Group F, Japan vs. Sweden, game is at 7 p.m. The Group D, Turkey vs. U.S., game is at 10 p.m. The Group D, Paraguay vs. Australia, game is at 10 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from 3 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

June 26: There are six matcuphes: The Group I, Norway vs. France, game is at 3 p.m. The Group I, Senegal vs. Iraq, game is at 3 p.m. The Group H, Cape Verde vs. Saudi Arabia, game is at 8 p.m. The Group H, Uruguay vs. Spain, game is at 8 p.m. The Group G, New Zealand vs. Belgium, game is at 11 p.m. The Group G, Egypt vs. Iran, game is at 11 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

June 27: There are six matches: The Group L, Panama vs. England, game is at 5 p.m. The Group L, Croatia vs. Ghana, game is at 5 p.m. The Group K, Colombia vs. Portugal, game is at 7:30 p.m. The Group K, Congo vs. Uzbekistan, game is at 7:30 p.m. The Group J, Algeria vs. Austria, game is at 10 p.m. The Group J, Jordan vs. Argentina, game is at 10 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

Sunrise watch party: The indoor Amerant Bank Arena is hosting a free watch party for ticket holders at 7:30 p.m. on June 27. Parking is free. Broward County is offering free Express bus transportation from the arena to the Miami Stadium, also known as Hard Rock, in Miami Gardens, to FIFA World Cup ticket holders.

Round of 32 begins

June 28: There is a match at 3 p.m.

Miami watch party: The fan festival opens from 1 p.m to 10 p.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

June 29: There are three matches at 1 p.m., 4:30 p.m., and 9 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from noon to midnight at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

June 30: There are three matches at 1 p.m., 5 p.m., and 9 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from noon to midnight at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

July 1: There are three matches at noon, 4 p.m., and 9 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

July 2: There are three matches at 3 p.m., 7 p.m., and 11 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

July 3: There are three matches at 2 p.m., 6 p.m., and 9:30 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from 1 p.m to 9 p.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

Round of 16 begins

July 4: There are two matches at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from noon to midnight at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

July 5: There are two matches at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens for the last day from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

July 6: There are two matches at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.

July 7: There are two matches at Noon and 4 p.m.

Quarterfinals begin

July 9: There is a quarter-final match at 4 p.m.

July 10: There is a quarter-final match at 3 p.m.

July 11: There are two quarter-final matches at 5 p.m. and 9 p.m.

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

Semifinals begin

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

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

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

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

Finals begin

July 18: The third-place play-off match is at 5 p.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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The Lauderhill Police Department, Lauderhill Fire Rescue, and the Sunrise Police Department’s dive team responded to the 5600 block of Enclave Place.

Witnesses told police officers shortly before 5:20 p.m. that a man had vanished underwater, and fire rescue personnel pronounced him dead after divers pulled him out, according to police.

Detectives asked anyone with information about this or other cases who wants to remain anonymous to call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

Local 10 News Assignment Editor Patrick Loeber contributed to this report.

Yes, if the U.S. Open plays out Sunday like it did in the third round, then the race for second place will be a nailbiter.

Three players whose names will drive Google searches galore for casual golf fans — Tom Kim, Sam Stevens and Sahith Theegala — found themselves tied with a bigger name, Scottie Scheffler, in a four-way logjam for second with 18 holes to play at Shinnecock.

They all finished Saturday trailing leader Wyndham Clark by six shots.

"As you can see, it’s kind of a jumbled leaderboard," Kim said, “except for where the leader is.”

For the record, a six-shot rally would be one less than the biggest final-round comeback in U.S. Open history. That belongs to Arnold Palmer, back in 1960 at Cherry Hills.

Even if they had resumes approaching Palmer's, the odds would be stacked against these three dreamers. Turns out, they don't.

Kim, Stevens and Theegala have a total of one top-5 finish in majors between them. All in their 20s and looking for a breakthrough, they have a total of 39 starts in majors between them, dating to 2020.

They will play in groups ahead of Scheffler, whose early round of 69 left him in that jumble at 1-under 209 and gave him the last, and featured, tee time with Clark on Sunday.

The other three know they have quite a hill to climb. If Clark falters or Shinnecock Hills rises up — now less likely with the wind expected to calm down — then Scheffler figures to be the best bet to scoop up the trophy and wrap up the career Grand Slam.

“So much of it kind of depends on what Wyndham does,” Stevens said. “I could play a great round tomorrow and shoot 3- or 4-under and still lose by seven.”

But, stranger things have happened.

“There's a disaster waiting to happen on every hole,” Theegala said. “So you just have to be patient.”

A quick look at the group in second place:

Sahith Theegala

At Pepperdine, became only the fifth player in the last 30 years to win the three biggest awards for college players: The Fred Haskins, Ben Hogan and Jack Nicklaus Awards.

But Theegala became a bigger name when he appeared on the Netflix series “Full Swing,” which takes an inside look at players on the PGA Tour. He was still living at home when he made it to the tour, and things like doing his laundry felt new.

Theegala's best major finish was ninth place at the 2023 Masters. His lone win on tour was at 2023 at the Fortinet Championship.

Quotable: “There’s a lot of danger involved in pushing it a little bit, but you do have opportunities to kind of make a push at the end there.”

Tom Kim

Kim became a lightning rod for his fiery appearances at the Presidents Cup in 2022 and 2024. There was friction because of the fist-pumping antics he pulled and some difference of opinion over who, if anyone, crossed the line when he teamed with Si Woo Kim in a match against Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay.

Kim also made a splash when he waded into a swamp looking for an errant tee shot at the 2023 PGA at Oak Hill. He came out a muddy mess and had to dip into a stream to clean up — a viral moment that he explained by saying: "I mean it’s a major championship. I’m fighting for every single stroke I have.”

Kim finished in a tie for second at the 2023 British Open, though he shot a 67 to pull into that tie and was still six shots behind winner Brian Harman in a major as lopsided as this one is shaping up to be.

Quotable: “I think you’ve just got to look at it as you’ve got to kind of do your own thing. You can’t really force a lot of things out here. You’ve got to keep staying patient, and that’s what I’m going to do.”

Sam Stevens

A father of four, Stevens is the third generation of a golf family with deep roots in Kansas and across the Midwest.

His grandfather, Johnny “Slim” Stevens, made more than two dozen starts on the PGA Tour in the 1960s and played in the 1969 U,S. Open. His father, Charlie, played college golf at Oklahoma, had a brief stop on the Korn Ferry Tour and won the Kansas Amateur in 2010.

He has made more than $10 million on the PGA Tour but has yet to post his first win. Asked earlier in the week about his surge at Shinnecock, he said a good conversation with his wife, Kelsey, helped him rediscocver his perspective.

“I’m only 29,” he said, “so I probably don’t need to be bitter about things quite yet.”

Quotable: “You don’t normally shoot a low number trying to shoot a low number. You kind of shoot a low number just because it happens.”

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Chipping in from 65 feet on the 14th hole began a stretch of three consecutive birdies Saturday for Scheffler, who went into the third round outside the top 10 at the U.S. Open. Slightly more subdued fist pumps followed, as did a bogey after landing his tee shot in the bunker on No. 17.

By the time his eventful back nine was over, Scheffler shot a 69 tie for second place at 1 under for the tournament. He was six strokes behind leader Wyndham Clark going into Sunday.

“We’ve been battling hard for a few days, and I did a good job of keeping myself in the tournament,” Scheffler said. “It was nice to steal a couple there on the back nine when I really needed them as the tournament was kind of slipping away from me.”

Milestone day for Scheffler

Only Arnold Palmer in 1960 and Johnny Miller in 1973 have won the U.S. Open when trailing by six or more strokes going into the final round. The opportunity to pull off the third such comeback after 54 holes just happens to land on Scheffler’s 30th birthday and Father's Day, not long after he and wife Meredith Scudder welcomed their second child in April.

“We want to be in these positions,” Scheffler said. “This is why we practice and play: to have the opportunity to win golf tournaments, and that’s what (this) is. I have an opportunity to go out there and have a great round and give myself a chance to win the tournament.”

Scheffler dug himself a hole

After an opening 72 in the gusting wind, Scheffler has been playing catch-up since. While shooting 68 on Friday got him into the mix, he still went into the weekend outside the top 10 with a lot of players between him and the top of the leaderboard.

Scheffler fell two more shots back of Clark by bogeying the first two holes Saturday. His tee shot went way left into the hay and his next one into the bunker on No. 1, then he was short right into the sand and missed a 6-foot putt on No. 2.

After parring Nos. 3 and 4, he faltered on the easiest place on the course at 5, two-putting on a hole more than half the field made birdie or better.

“I got off to a tough start,” Scheffler said. “Just did my best to try and stay patient.”

Back nine had ups and downs

His first birdie of the third round didn't come until the 10th hole, hitting a flop shot he said he has only made a few of that caliber in his career. The birdie on No. 14 he felt gave him some momentum, and the emotional celebration showed how he felt.

Scheffler found his groove to birdie No. 15 and then had to wait several minutes to tee off on 16 because of people moving around in his line of sight. Caddie Ted Scott ran down the fairway to clear the path.

“Ted finally, I think, got tired of trying to holler,” Scheffler said. “He just got a little impatient and ran up there and got them out of the way.”

Scheffler was not thrown off his rhythm, and his second shot took a perfect bounce to within just over 13 feet of the cup. Even missing that eagle putt, he was able to move another shot closer.

Being slightly off target on a par putt on the 17th hole and a birdie attempt on the 18th prevented him from being in sole possession of second place but didn't take away from his overall satisfaction.

“You can hit a lot of good shots and end up in some spots where you’re going to be frustrated with the result, but I think that’s part of the U.S. Open test,” Scheffler said. “Proud of how we played on the back nine."

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All the while, Clark couldn't help but notice thousands of fans leaving the course Saturday evening and the grandstands no longer full.

Perhaps they were trying to catch the train. Or maybe they sensed this U.S. Open was over.

Even with a bogey on the final hole that gave Clark an even-par 70, he left Shinnecock Hills with a six-shot lead going into Sunday.

Riding shotgun with him will be Scheffler, who finally got on track by making three straight birdies, shooting 32 on the back nine and at least keeping alive hope of a career Grand Slam.

But it’s a big mountain to climb.

No one has ever lost more than a five-shot lead in 125 previous editions of the U.S. Open. Greg Norman in the 1996 Masters is the only player to lose a six-shot lead in any major.

“It’s all in Wyndham’s hands, really,” said Xander Schauffele, who faded with a pair of double bogeys on the back nine. “If he plays a really solid round of golf tomorrow — if he shoots even par or 1 over or 2 over — he’s going to win the golf tournaments. That’s how I think it’s going to pan out.”

It was an astonishing performance, starting with three par saves around the turn as Scheffler was sending the gallery into a frenzy with his timely run that led to a 69. It was one of only two rounds under par as Shinnecock — even without the raging wind from the morning — showed some bite.

But it was subdued at the end.

“It was kind of unfortunate that we're finishing in the dark and people weren't really out there,” Clark said, alluding to the decision for the leaders to tee off at 3:45 p.m. “Because there were some obviously key, big moments, and it did kind of get a little flat. ... ”I'm still excited to be where I'm at.”

He was at 7-under 203, the lowest 54-hole score ever at Shinnecock Hills.

Clark now has one more round to add another U.S. Open title to the one he captured at Los Angeles Country Club in 2023. At his side will be Scheffler, the No. 1 player in the world, trying to turn Sunday into a most magical day.

At stake for Scheffler is a chance — a long shot at that — to get the final leg of the career Grand Slam — on Father’s Day, which also happens to be his 30th birthday.

“I think it’s appropriate to understand what’s at stake," Scheffler said, aware as anyone of what's in front of him. "We want to be in these positions. This is why we practice and play, to have the opportunity to win golf tournaments, and that’s what tomorrow is.”

Scheffler has won all four of his majors from in front. Now he's chasing on a course that demands precision and a lot of patience. And the player he's chasing has expanded his lead each day — two shots on Thursday, four shots on Friday and now at six shots.

Clark, in position to be the first wire-to-wire U.S. Open champion in 12 years, still doesn't think he has played his best golf.

From thick rough right of the 18th fairway, his wedge went right and some 60 feet away from the pin. “Gosh, I’ve hit some terrible shots today. This is ridiculous," Clark said to his caddie.

He was leading by seven shots at the time, though he did put himself in some tough spots — 75 feet away on the downwind ninth, over the back of the green and down the slope on the 10th, a bunker on the scary par-3 11th.

He took them all on, particularly behind the 10th green when he made the bold play to bump it into the hill to let it trickle down to 5 feet, instead of a safer flop to avoid the ball rolling back to him.

And when he got in trouble on the 13th after trying to drive the green, he made a 15-foot putt for par. It was like that all day. And the lead kept growing, even with that short miss at the end.

“The only way that you catch somebody like Wyndham is the golf course starts to win against him,” Keith Mitchell said after his third successive round at 70. He joined Clark as the only player at par or better three straight rounds, and Mitchell was eight shots behind.

Clark went from scrambling to soaring with one shot. He was 275 yards away on the 604-yard 16th hole, with helping wind that made it a perfect 5-wood — except he didn't have one in his bag. His caddie suggested taking a little off a 3-wood, and he played a high cut to perfection, getting a nice bounce short of the green as the ball rolled out to 4 feet.

It was the only eagle on the 16th hole all week.

“Really one of the shots of the tournament,” Clark said.

Scheffler, who fell nine shots behind with a pair of bogeys at the start, shot 32 on the back nine by chipping in from 65 feet on the 14th for the start of his three straight birdies. His one big lament was missing a 4-foot birdie putt on the final hole.

“Scottie is the best player in the world, and he’s going to play probably really good. He always does,” Clark said. “But it’s nice to have a six-shot lead on him.”

Scheffler moved into the last group when Shinnecock Hills did a number on everyone else.

Sam Stevens, who closed within two shots of Clark on the front, started the back nine with three straight bogeys and closed with six straight pars for a 72. Tom Kim dropped two shots at the wrong time and shot 72. Sahith Theegala had one birdie, one bogey and 16 pars for a 70. That usually works at any U.S. Open, particularly this one.

All of them were at 1-under 209, leaving only five players under par.

Rory McIlroy was there, but only briefly. He made three straight birdies, including a putter from off the sixth green from 66 feet, and at one point only had one player between him and Clark. But just like the previous round, he lost ground with a series of mistakes and shot 73 to fall 10 behind. He left Shinnecock without speaking.

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“We can’t let the occasion get too big,” head coach Darren Bazeley said. “It’s about us winning a game of football.”

The All Whites enter Sunday’s match against No. 29 Egypt with a chance to move out of the group stage for the first time in their World Cup history. For a nation ranked No. 82, fourth lowest in this year’s expanded 48‑team format, simply getting here for the first time since 2010 might have been enough.

But now, New Zealand has given itself a chance.

“Putting ourselves in such a great position – like this opportunity to create history – we know how good we can be,” midfielder Ben Old said. “It’s just a really exciting moment to be in.”

New Zealand’s presence in this tournament is tied directly to the expanded field. The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) earned its first-ever automatic berth, and the All Whites claimed it through a three‑step qualifying process that concluded with a 3–0 win over No. 151 New Caledonia.

No. 25 Australia, once the region’s powerhouse, left for the Asian Football Confederation in 2006 in search of stronger competition and a clearer route to the World Cup. Its departure left New Zealand as the dominant team in a confederation where the next‑highest‑ranked team is New Caledonia.

That imbalance is why region matters so much. FIFA allocates its 48 places unevenly.

“It’s not something for us to be scared about,” Bazeley said. “If we’re going to win a World Cup, we have to play against top teams and top players and perform well.”

Larger confederations tend to get more representation across the board. UEFA, for example, gets 16 slots. OFC is granted just one ticket.

In some regions, strong teams miss out entirely. In fact, 17 of FIFA’s 48 top-ranked teams did not qualify this year. Denmark, ranked No. 20, missed this tournament out of UEFA, and No. 14 Italy has missed three straight. If World Cup qualifying was based simply on ranking, No. 48 Venezuela would be the last team in. It is the only team to never qualify out of CONMEBOL, which is granted six automatic berths.

Qualifying often depends heavily on geography rather than global standing.

New Zealand knows its region cannot sharpen it. So it schedules friendlies against higher‑ranked opponents, a strategy that seemingly paid off in the opener in the All Whites’ 2-2 draw against No. 22 Iran.

Midfielder Elijah Just scored both goals Monday, matching New Zealand’s total goal output in each of its previous World Cup appearances in 1982 and 2010. With two group matches left, New Zealand can break its single‑tournament scoring record and chase its first‑ever World Cup win.

“We’re always used to being the underdogs,” Old said. “We’re not afraid to play any of these teams.”

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Drew Renner is a student in the University of Georgia’s Carmical Sports Media Institute.

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The critics argued that by allowing smaller teams to the expanded field, the number of weak matchups would increase, as would the chances of lopsided results.

But as the biggest World Cup ever progresses, those fears have not fully materialized.

Through the first 24 games, the goal differential was unchanged compared to the tournament in Qatar in 2022, suggesting the larger field did not create more one-sided competition.

Germany did rout newcomer Curacao 7-1, Qatar was trounced 6-0 by Canada, and Haiti was eliminated after two matches. But some of the less-traditional nations were able to hold their ground early on.

Cape Verde, the fifth-lowest ranked team entering the World Cup and one of the smallest nations to ever make it to the tournament, pulled off one of the biggest surprises in World Cup history by holding European champions Spain to a 0-0 draw.

Congo, whose only other World Cup participation was in 1974 as Zaire, was unfazed while facing Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal, holding one of the tournament favorites to a 1-1 draw.

What are the reasons for the overall competitiveness?

Coaches, players and analysts say global soccer has become increasingly competitive, with more players joining the top leagues and more top coaches being hired by smaller nations. There is also wider availability of tactical knowledge and physical conditioning methods, allowing less-traditional teams to better compete against the traditional powerhouses.

“It’s very tough to win. It surprised me how even things are. They had talked about having 48 teams, but not counting Germany, which did have a big gap with many goals scored, all other matches were very complicated,” Mexico coach Javier Aguirre said. “It’s not easy to win. Really, believe me. The teams have been improving, until recently we didn’t know much about Cape Verde, and there it is. Morocco played a tremendous match against Brazil.”

While the number of goals scored after the first 24 matches increased from 57 in Qatar four years ago to 75 now, the goal differential this year was 35, exactly the same after the same number of games in Qatar.

Cape Verde was ranked 67th when it came up with the upset by playing second-ranked Spain to a draw.

“This game showed us that the World Cup is a tournament with a lot of equality. It’s very complicated,” Spain coach Luis de la Fuente said. “These teams have their limitations, but they do what they do well. The team we faced was clearly inferior to ours, but it did what it had to do very well and defended very well. In every match you have to be fully focused and extremely precise to be able to overcome your rivals.”

Curacao, the third-lowest ranked team at the start of the tournament at No. 82, held Germany to a 1-1 draw until late in the first half before the European powerhouse took over for good.

Haiti, ranked 83rd and back in the World Cup after five decades, lost 1-0 to Scotland in a decent performance in its opener, but then was no rival for five-time champion Brazil, conceding three first-half goals before improving to hold its ground in the second half of a 3-0 loss.

Qatar, 56th in the world coming in, conceded six goals against co-host Canada, but it was coming off a 1-1 draw against 19th-ranked Switzerland.

New Zealand was the lowest-ranked team at the start of the tournament at No. 85. It drew 1-1 with 20th-ranked Iran.

UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin was criticized last Sunday by soccer governing bodies in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean for allegedly saying the expanded tournament created uninteresting matches.

“We have a huge number of matches that are completely uninteresting,” he said, according to Zurnal 24, while adding the expansion allows small countries to participate and experience the tournament’s excitement.

The associations of Cape Verde, Congo, Curaçao, Haiti, Jordan and Uzbekistan issued a joint statement they said was in solidarity with the federations of Algeria, Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia.

“Football does not belong to a select group of nations. Its strength comes from its universality,” the statement said. “For many countries, participation in the FIFA World Cup is not only a sporting achievement. It is a moment that inspires a generation, accelerates football development and creates memories that last a lifetime.”

The excitement for the underdog teams can, of course, be short-lived as previous dark horses have seen following surprising debuts in the World Cup. But some of them have hope, and that can be enough to carry a team.

“When you are organized and together, you are able to compete,” said new Tunisia coach Hervé Renard, admitting that Cape Verde was giving his team hope for a good result against Japan on Saturday. ”We have to follow this example and not be scared of defeat.”

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“The city and county have opened spaces for families seeking relief from the smoke, and we will continue working around the clock and doing everything possible to put this fire out completely," Bass said in a news release announcing the emergency declaration.

The fire at a privately owned cold-storage warehouse in the city's Boyle Heights neighborhood started Wednesday, prompting shelter-in-place orders in the area because of the risk of hazardous air. Residents were told to close all windows, doors and vents, turn off air conditioning and bring people and pets to an inside room.

Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Jaime Moore said in a news conference that they have taken care of the hazardous materials portion of the blaze and now they are working on the biohazard challenges.

“We have 85 million pounds of frozen food inside of this facility and the way the building has been laid out, it’s very difficult for us to get in there because there’s zero visibility inside,” Moore said. “Our firefighters are not able to just go in there and start moving pallets.”

The mayor's declaration asks for recovery help under the California Disaster Assistance Act. She also asked the state to expedite access to resources and other relief programs.

Bass said their chief concern is for the health and safety of the people impacted by the fire, so they are trying to secure the help needed to move the toxic materials away from the area and dispose of them in a way that will avert a major environmental disaster.

“So this is about prevention,” she said. “This is about protecting your public health.”

The three other teams in Group E competing to move forward are Curaçao (82), Ivory Coast (42), and Ecuador (23).

Group stage progress

JUNE 20: DAY 2

Ecuador vs. Curaçao is at 8 p.m.

Germany gets 3 points

• Game analysis: Undav scores twice, saves Germany with 2-1 World Cup win over Ivory Coast

JUNE 14: DAY 1

Ivory Coast gets 3 points against Ecuador

• Game analysis: Amad Diallo scores in the 90th minute to lift Ivory Coast past Ecuador 1-0 in the World Cup
• FIFA game video: Ecuador’s John Yeboah hits the crossbar

Germany gets 3 points after 7-1 victory

• Game analysis: Havertz sparks Germany’s 7-1 rout of Curaçao after underdogs’ historic 1st goal in World Cup
• FIFA game video: Germany’s Kai Havertz scores
• FIFA game video: Curaçao’s Livano Comenencia scores
• Game preview: Curaçao embraces historic World Cup debut against Germany
• Archives: Germany heads to World Cup with 9-game winning streak

The next matches

JUNE 25: DAY 3

Curaçao vs. Ivory Coast is at 4 p.m.

Ecuador vs. Germany is at 4 p.m.

Track the groups’ progress

Here is the list of the groups:

• Group A
• Group B
• Group C
• Group D
• Group F
• Group G
• Group H
• Group I
• Group J
• Group K
• Group L

This heavy rain confined in Broward County will stick around for several hours increasing the flood risk across the area.

Gradual clearing will take shape around midnight. Lows will fall into the upper 70s.

This Father’s Day will feature another round of sizzling temperatures. Highs will reach the lower 90s but it could feel like 105°+.

Several days of elevated heat indices could on set heat related illnesses. Stay hydrated while out and about. Watch for additional showers and storms to get going again by the afternoon.

Some storms could bring frequent lightning, heavy rain and gusty winds.

The wildfires in West Miami-Dade will continue to reduce the air quality tomorrow if not controlled. Those with respiratory illnesses should limit their time outdoors.

Despite the tensions and challenges surrounding Iran's participation in the World Cup, early Saturday morning finds the mood inside the four-star hotel relaxed, even jubilant. Several dozen fans mingle and bond over their shared excitement to see the squad's players before they depart for their second group-stage match.

“I wanted to come down to support Iranian soccer, and cheer for them when they exited the building and make them happy,” says Lucas Zarrabi, 13. The teen, who attended Monday's 2-2 draw with New Zealand and has a ticket for Sunday's match against Belgium, is one of several fans from Los Angeles who made the drive to stay with the team. Others flew in from San Jose, California, and even Miami, turning up at the hotel not quite 4 miles (6 kilometers) from the border crossing.

Showing up is important, some said, because of what they describe as unfair conditions imposed on the team. After the outbreak of war, the Iranian team was forced to move its base camp from Tucson, Arizona, to Tijuana. Eleven team officials and staff members did not receive U.S. visas. The U.S. has also denied Iran’s requests to arrive two days before matches — and mandated that the team must leave immediately after the game.

“Every little technicality is making it difficult for the team,” says Abbas Eftekhari, who was born in Iran and has lived in the U.S. for more than 40 years. “I think this is going to drain them psychologically and also physically.”

Iran's soccer federation has been vocal about the obstacles, saying it would lodge a complaint with FIFA.

“Football shouldn’t lose its power to politics,” Hedayat Mombeini, secretary-general of the Iran Football Federation, said Friday. He added that the restrictions “are certainly having a negative effect on us, but we are trying to overcome these problems with our Iranian pride.”

Since the team landed on June 7, Ali Eslami has visited the hotel gates nearly every day.

“It’s the best pleasure for me. I wished them the best luck, I told them it’s hard but they’re doing excellent things,” said Eslami, who splits his time between Southern California and Tijuana.

He was there again Friday, waiting for the players to return from afternoon training just blocks away at the Estadio Caliente, home to the Liga MX's Xolos.

“I have been in America for 50 years — this has been the most emotional thing, to see the team that I have not seen in 50 years,” he said.

Some Iran fans fear reprisal from fellow members of the diaspora for supporting the team, insisting they were in Tijuana for the love of soccer and the players, not politics. Eftekhari worries that the mood at Iran’s first match, where fans and protesters clashed, impacted the players.

“As soon as they see that their countrymen have slogans against them, it also has a negative psychological effect on them. But, that’s how things are at this time,” Eftekhari says.

Just over 24 hours until Sunday's noon kickoff, it's not just Iranian fans contributing to the atmosphere. A group of flight attendants from China staying at the hotel embrace the excitement, donning jester hats and waving scarves with red, white and green. And soccer fans from Tijuana are eager to show some local hospitality. Iran has diplomatic ties with Mexico, unlike the U.S., and had sought to move its group stage matches to the country where it has an embassy.

“We love the Mexican people very much and for us, the best situation is for our games to be held in Mexico,” Abolfazl Pasandideh, the Iranian ambassador to Mexico, said at the time.

Leonardo Ramirez Lopez, a 10-year-old soccer fanatic from Tijuana, clutches his autograph album in hopes he’ll get more signatures.

“It’s a new team that I don’t have experience with how they play,” he says. But Iran is already his third-favorite team, behind Colombia and Argentina.

After more than two hours of waiting, several dozen fans break into cheers as players finally file through the lobby. The squad smiles and waves, stopping for a few autographs. As each player leaves, he kisses a Quran, pressing his forehead against it before boarding the bus to Tijuana's airport.

“Iran, Iran! Whoop, whoop!” fans cry, breaking into song.

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The Sooners' offense is producing at a level higher than any team to play in the College World Series since the event moved to Charles Schwab Field 15 years ago.

When it looked as though OU's pitching could implode after being nothing short of magnificent the last week, Cord Rager settled in after a rocky first inning and combined with two relievers to shut down North Carolina the rest of the way in a 9-3 victory in Game 1 of the CWS finals Saturday.

“I’m just going to stay out of their way,” Johnson said. “I don’t know any other way to do it. You think we’re going to go out and hit tonight and take 100 groundballs somewhere? We’re not going to do that. I can promise you that. Just stay out of their way.”

Deiten Lachance homered twice off North Carolina ace Jason DeCaro early and the Sooners (42-22) used a four-run fourth inning to pull away for their ninth straight win. Rager, Gavyn Jones and LJ Mercurius allowed only two runners to reach second base after the Tar Heels (53-12-1) struck for three runs in the first.

Oklahoma won national titles in baseball in 1951 and 1994 and will go for its third on Sunday. North Carolina, looking for its first, will try to force a deciding Game 3 on Monday.

“North Carolina’s a really good team,” Johnson said, “and we picked a fight today. They’ll be ready for us tomorrow.”

OU ended DeCaro's uncharacteristic bad day in the fourth inning. The Sooners scored all four runs that inning with two outs starting when Kyle Branch broke a 3-all tie with a two-run single. Branch came home on Jason Walk's base hit and Camden Johnson singled off Walker McDuffie to make it 7-3.

DeCaro (11-3), who came in with a 2.31 ERA, was charged with all seven runs after having not allowed more than three in any of his previous starts.

“I think they just really punished the mistakes,” DeCaro said. “I feel like for the most part I made some pitches, and then whenever I did leave a ball over the plate, especially with two strikes, they capitalized.”

Lachance homered for a 2-0 lead in the first inning and again in the third to tie it at 3. The 6-foot-5, 231-pound Canadian known as “Big Maple” has hit all 18 of his homers in the last 32 games, including six in the last eight.

“I’m just trying to catch barrel at the plate right now and just help the team, just pass the baton,” Lachance said. “That’s a big thing for us.”

Oklahoma has hit 45 of its 93 home runs in the last 17 games. OU has connected 28 times in 11 NCAA Tournament games, and its 10 homers in four CWS games are the most by a team since the event moved to Charles Schwab Field in 2011. The Sooners are batting .331 and averaging better than eight runs per game in the CWS.

“Their approach is to get an ‘A’ swing off. That's clear,” Carolina coach Scott Forbes said. “They’re not afraid to strike out.”

Rager (7-3), who threw 15 2/3 shutout innings over his previous three outings, steadied himself in the second inning and lasted through the fifth.

“After the first inning, I stopped playing for myself,” Rager said. “I just started playing for the guys around me, for the team. I really had to try to really be a pitcher today because I didn’t have my best stuff.”

Carolina's Carter French made the defensive play of the CWS in the third when Walk sent a drive to deep right. As French went back to make the play, his glove got lodged under the padding running across the top of the fence. His glove was a bit crumpled as the ball landed in it. He held onto it and displayed it to the umpire.

“The great thing about baseball when you’re playing in a weekend series is you move on quickly,” Forbes said. “That’s what our team will do. They just beat us today.”

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Sky 10 was above the area of Southwest 256^th Street and 202th Avenue around 10:15 a.m. as a yellow tarp covered what appeared to be a body outside a home in the rural area.

Multiple Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies were spotted at the scene.

A spokesperson for MDSO told Local 10 News that first responders went to the area just after 8:30 a.m. and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel pronounced both victims dead at the scene.

Family members told Local 10 News that the two victims were a couple. Authorities confirm they were both between the ages of 50 and 60.

Authorities said a man was detained for questioning, but the investigation remains ongoing.

“This is a very vast sized property, so of course detectives are combing through every space of the property, gathering as much evidence as possible to help them lead themselves to find out what happened today,” an MDSO spokesperson said.

MDSO homicide detectives have assumed the investigation.

No other details were immediately released.

Anyone with information is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.

What do they all have in common? Pink, of course.

Of all the colors of the rainbow at the World Cup taking place in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, pink is the star on soccer’s biggest stage. Dozens of players are wearing pink boots that stand out against the green grass of the pitch after multiple shoe companies produced them ahead of this tournament with an eye on performance as well as visibility.

“Athletes associate this color with confidence and standing out, and that resonates,” Nike Director of Global Footwear Odinga Nimako said.

Nimako pointed to Nike’s silver, yellow and blue boots at the 1998 World Cup changing how people saw boots in the sport. Before that, black and white was the standard.

This time, Nike, Adidas, Puma, Skechers and New Balance all came out with pink boots.

Mbappé and Vinícius have the Nike swoosh on his feet, as does Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Norway’s Erling Haaland. Reyna, England’s Jude Bellingham and Declan Rice, Canada’s Jonathan David, Spain’s Lamine Yamal and France’s Ousmane Dembélé wear Adidas.

Whenever Neymar Jr. plays for Brazil, he’s expected to be in Puma pink like American Weston McKennie. U.S. teammate Timothy Weah is among those in New Balance. Kane and Sweden’s Anthony Elanga are sporting Skechers at the World Cup.

Skechers Director of Technical Performance Alex Bardini said the inspiration came from the company’s headquarters in southern California.

“The colorways reflect the breathtaking palette of an L.A. sunset: warm shades of pink and purple melting into white, with subtle tinges of orange,” Bardini said.

From Los Angeles and Vancouver to Guadalajara, Houston, Miami and Boston, long before the World Cup is decided, pink has become a clear winner. When Sweden put up five on Tunisia in Monterrey, Mexico, three came from players in pink boots: two by Yasin Ayari and another in the 84th minute by Mattias Svanberg.

Pink itself does not make players perform any better, but shoe company executives consider it a mindset. Bardini said comfort and performance are at the core of what Skechers does, and Nimako said Nike wants players to feel more aerodynamic.

“That feeling is holistic,” Nimako said. “It’s the engineering, yes, but it’s also how the entire product comes together. When an athlete puts on a Mercurial and it looks fast, feels locked in, and weighs next to nothing, that perception reinforces performance. Everything works together.”

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Coach Julian Nagelsmann needed a spark and substituted in three fresh players, one of whom was Deniz Undav. That decision paid off big time.

Undav scored twice as Germany defeated Ivory Coast 2-1 on Saturday and clinched a spot in the knockout phase at the World Cup.

“It’s important that everyone sees that even the players from the bench can decide games,” said Undav, who also scored in Germany’s 7-1 opening match rout of Curacao. “Now we have a really important signal to the team. I think that’s very important in a game like this.”

Four minutes into stoppage time, Undav received a pass from Felix Nmecha in front of the net and rifled it past Ivory Coast goalkeeper Yahia Fofana to give the Germans a comeback win. It was the German national team’s 11th straight win, a streak dating to September 2025.

Undav’s first goal of the match came after Nadiem Amiri sent in a long ball – that striker Kai Havertz let pass him by – onto the boot of Undav, who slammed it into the back of the net in the 68th minute. Both Amiri and Undav had subbed on eight minutes earlier.

“Deniz is nobody who needs to be prepared,” Nagelsmann said. “He can jump in right away.”

Four-time champion Germany has come back from disappointing group stage exits in 2018 and 2022, while Ivory Coast is still searching for its first knockout stage appearance and could still qualify. The last time Germany got past the group stage it won the tournament in 2014.

“Think we showed great character today,” Undav said. “We want to achieve the most.”

Ivory Coast captain Franck Kessie opened the scoring in the 30th minute after midfielder Yan Diomande sent in a cross to forward Amad Diallo. His shot was blocked by Germany’s Nathaniel Brown, but the ball bounced back to Kessie, who slotted it in the wide-open left corner of the net.

Germany had two goals waved off in a frustrating first half. The first was in the 21st minute when Fofana batted the ball into his own net, but Germany midfielder Aleksander Pavlovic made illegal contact with Fofana on the play.

The second came in the 38th minute on a foul, as Jamal Musiala was called for contact on the build-up to what would’ve been a Havertz goal.

After a court fight to get into Canada, Elye Wahi, the Ivory Coast striker under investigation for alleged betting-related offenses while playing in France for Nice, did not play.

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Karmelo Anthony, 19, was convicted of murder on June 10 in the death of Austin Metcalf, 17, and sentenced to 35 years in prison. A jury rejected Anthony’s claims of self-defense. The videos were included in a batch of evidence released by the Collin County court following the conclusion of the trial.

The surveillance video shows the track and bleachers on a rainy day. Suddenly a figure wearing a gray sweatshirt is seen popping up from behind a yellow tent and then running down the steps. The video has no sound.

He got to the bottom of the bleachers, tripped and fell on the ground, and then kept running along the edge of the fencing that separates the bleachers from the running track. He stopped briefly, turned to look at what appeared to be someone chasing him, and then kept running.

After making his way part way around the track, he was joined by an unidentified person. They stopped to talk and then hugged. They started walking again and were joined by another person. After talking more, Anthony walked toward the fence where he appeared to meet up with a police officer.

The officer put him in handcuffs and walked him toward the police cruiser. Anthony obeyed the officer's commands and then started crying.

“He put his hands on me,” Anthony said in a broken voice. “I told him not to. He put his hands on me.”

The officers escorted him to the police cruiser and placed him inside.

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Trump suggested renaming the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to the National Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

“It will totally discombobulate Crooked, Dishonest, and Unpatriotic Reporters and Journalists,” Trump wrote.

ICE faced severe public backlash for the fatal shootings of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, two 37-year-old U.S. citizens in Minneapolis.

Human rights groups have also condemned the Trump administration for detaining migrants without criminal records, separating families, deporting asylum seekers to countries where they face persecution, and for issues at detention facilities.

“For them to say, ‘We went to a NICE Facility today,’ as opposed to ICE or, ‘NICE Agents have deported a Violent Drug Dealer,’ they won’t be able to handle it,” Trump wrote. “They will go totally crazy!”

Trump added NICE would be “a much more prestigious” name.

“Everyone loves it, but I have been told by the legendary Tom Homan that the Agents do not love it as much as the other population,” Trump wrote.

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El incendio fue reportado en una vivienda de una sola planta ubicada en la cuadra 8000 de Southwest Eighth Court.

Según funcionarios de North Lauderdale Fire Rescue, seis personas fueron evaluadas por paramédicos.

Las autoridades informaron que un hombre fue trasladado a Broward Health North en estado crítico y que el niño de 6 años fue trasladado a Broward Health Medical Center, también en estado crítico.

No se divulgaron de inmediato más detalles sobre el incendio.

Trump sugirió cambiar el nombre del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de Estados Unidos (ICE) a Servicio Nacional de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (NICE).

“Desconcertará por completo a los reporteros y periodistas corruptos, deshonestos y antipatrióticos”, escribió Trump.

ICE enfrentó una fuerte reacción pública por las balaceras fatales de Renee Nicole Good y Alex Pretti, dos ciudadanos estadounidenses de 37 años, en Minneapolis.

Grupos de derechos humanos también han condenado a la administración Trump por detener a migrantes sin antecedentes penales, separar familias, deportar solicitantes de asilo a países donde enfrentan persecución y por problemas en los centros de detención.

“Para ellos decir: ‘Hoy fuimos a una instalación de NICE’, en lugar de ICE, o ‘Agentes de NICE deportaron a un narcotraficante violento’, no podrán manejarlo”, escribió Trump. “¡Se volverán completamente locos!”

Trump agregó que NICE sería “un nombre mucho más prestigioso”.

“A todos les encanta, pero el legendario Tom Homan me ha dicho que a los agentes no les gusta tanto como al resto de la población”, escribió Trump.

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“Not bad, not bad,” Russell said afterward with a smile. “I hit that one pretty good.”

Imagine what he might be able to do when he's all grown up.

The 17-year-old Russell and 21-year-old Koivun were paired together in the third round, a grouping that was being referred to during TV coverage as the future of golf.

Already so accomplished before they are even professionals — Russell hasn't even started college yet — both players understand why such expectations have been placed on them.

“I mean, I’m trying not to think about that,” Koivun said. “Just taking it one day at a time and let my golf game do the talking, but those are great compliments.”

Both players shot 4-over 74, dropping to 7 over for the tournament. Those scores weren't too bad on a difficult day at windy Shinnecock Hills for any golfer, let alone two that were playing on the weekend for the first time in a major championship.

It's expected to be the first of many times for both.

Koivun is about to turn pro after a dominant college career in which he led Auburn to two national championships in three seasons, becoming the first freshman since Justin Thomas in 2012 to win the Haskins Award, given to the nation's top collegiate golfer. He won the Southeastern Conference individual title all three years and has been the world's top-ranked amateur.

Russell is now the next big thing. The left-hander is ranked No. 1 in the American Junior Golf Association and No. 7 among all amateurs in the world. He is headed to Florida State and will be a teammate with Charlie Woods, Tiger Woods' son, who carried Russell's bag when he earned his spot in the U.S. Open through a 36-hole qualifier.

“He’s been been in the game for a while and he’s just such a good player,” Koivun said.

The players who didn't know each other well before this weekend will be paired again Sunday. Russell, who played with 54-year-old Padraig Harrington in the first two rounds, took advantage of a chance to be with someone closer to his age Saturday to get some advice about school.

Like Koivun, he tried to downplay the “future of golf” hype around them.

“I don’t know, that’s kind of crazy,” Russell said. "I mean, I think the main thing is just keep enjoying it, because if you’re not enjoying it, you may not have much of a future in it. So, I think we just keep doing what we’re doing, and see where it takes us.

“Golf is a very difficult sport," he added. "One day you have it and the next day it’s gone, so I think you just have to kind of block it out and just keep doing what you’re doing, and hopefully one day that’s true.”

Still, he could tell there was an interest in them, even though they were out early in the morning, long before anyone near the top of the leaderboard.

“At the beginning, we had some good crowds out there,” Russell said. “I think if we might have played a little better, they might have stuck around a little longer, but it was cool.”

Koivun and Russell were two of the five amateurs who made the cut, a group that was led by 21-year-old Ryder Cowan. Cowan, who will be a senior at Oklahoma, was tied for 11th after 36 holes.

So perhaps the future of golf goes beyond Koivun and Russell.

“Yeah, I mean, amateur golf is in a great spot right now,” Koivun said. “The college kids are definitely showing off, showing off how good they are, and for five of us to make it through, it’s quite impressive.”

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The alert mostly impacted “unusually sensitive people” who need to ”consider making outdoor activities light and short" and “go inside to cleaner air” if they have symptoms, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

NWS meteorologists warned that “near surface smoke” is likely to worsen into Saturday night, as “thunderstorm winds cause spreading into populated areas followed by poor dispersion.”

Two wildfires between Krome Avenue and the Florida Turnpike had burned more than 20,000 acres and were mostly contained by Saturday afternoon.

The Florida Forest Service reported the wildfire known as “The Quarry 2″ had burned 19,003 acres and was 100% contained, and a wildfire known as “Well” had burned 1,525 acres and was 70% contained.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel recommended limiting outdoor activity when possible, keeping windows and doors closed, and setting the air conditioner to recirculate. Miami-Dade was also under a heat advisory.

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La alerta afecta principalmente a las “personas inusualmente sensibles”, quienes deben “considerar realizar actividades al aire libre ligeras y de corta duración” y “permanecer en interiores con aire más limpio” si presentan síntomas, según la Agencia de Protección Ambiental de Estados Unidos (EPA).

Meteorólogos del NWS advirtieron que el “humo cerca de la superficie” probablemente empeorará durante la noche del sábado, ya que “los vientos de las tormentas eléctricas provocarán su propagación hacia áreas pobladas, seguida de una mala dispersión”.

Dos incendios forestales entre Krome Avenue y la Florida Turnpike han quemado más de 20,000 acres y estaban mayormente contenidos hasta la tarde del sábado.

El Servicio Forestal de Florida informó que el incendio forestal conocido como “The Quarry 2” ha quemado 19,003 acres y está contenido al 100%, mientras que un incendio forestal conocido como “Well” ha quemado 1,525 acres y está contenido en un 70%.

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El Servicio Meteorológico Nacional emitió un aviso de calor extremo en el Gran Cañón desde el mediodía del lunes hasta el martes, y pronosticó temperaturas que podrían alcanzar o superar los 43 grados Celsius (110 grados Fahrenheit) en Phantom Ranch.

Se “recomienda encarecidamente” a los excursionistas que eviten hacer caminatas al mediodía, indicó el Servicio de Parques Nacionales (NPS, por sus siglas en inglés) esta semana en un comunicado, tras una “reciente afluencia de incidentes relacionados con el calor”.

Un aviso de calor extremo estaba en vigor el 16 de junio cuando dos excursionistas, de 67 y 68 años, fueron hallados muertos en el sendero North Kaibab, que el NPS describe como el más difícil de los principales senderos del cañón interior. La agencia señaló que, al parecer, sucumbieron a síntomas de una enfermedad relacionada con el calor.

Una tercera persona, de 72 años, murió el 12 de junio a lo largo del sendero South Kaibab tras enfermar por el calor, informó el NPS.

A unos 145 kilómetros (90 millas) al sur, visitantes y residentes de Oak Creek Canyon fueron evacuados a última hora del viernes mientras un incendio forestal quemaba cientos de hectáreas (acres) al norte de Sedona, Arizona.

El sábado, gran parte del oeste de Estados Unidos, desde las Montañas Rocosas hasta la costa del Pacífico, registraba temperaturas por encima del promedio y se anticipaba un clima aún más caluroso a comienzos de la próxima semana. Las autoridades también advirtieron que el clima seco y caluroso, junto con una humedad relativamente baja, incrementaba el riesgo de incendios en toda la zona.

Calor extremo aumenta el riesgo de hacer senderismo en el Gran Cañón

Funcionarios del parque y de organizaciones meteorológicas recalcan a los visitantes del Gran Cañón que las condiciones para hacer senderismo pueden ser engañosas. Las temperaturas en el borde del Gran Cañón suelen ser entre 10 y 12,5 grados centígrados (20 y 25 grados Fahrenheit) más frescas que lo que los excursionistas experimentarán en el fondo del cañón.

“Simplemente, el fondo del Gran Cañón es un lugar caluroso”, afirmó Justin Johndrow, meteorólogo de la oficina del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional en Flagstaff, Arizona. Advirtió que la región se acerca al periodo más caluroso del año, antes de que las lluvias de la temporada de monzón ofrezcan algo de alivio.

Los excursionistas pueden encontrar temperaturas más frescas y una bajada más fácil al iniciar los senderos de descenso, pero luego enfrentan un ascenso de cientos de metros (miles de pies) de desnivel y temperaturas mucho más altas en el fondo del cañón para regresar arriba. Esas condiciones pueden hacer que los síntomas de enfermedades por calor aparezcan de forma insidiosa en los visitantes.

“Eso es muy extenuante incluso en un día templado”, señaló Johndrow, refiriéndose a la caminata de regreso al borde. “Si le sumas temperaturas de 105 a 110 grados (Fahrenheit —40 a 43 grados Celsius—), eso provoca problemas bastante graves”.

Incendio forestal representa riesgo para la seguridad pública

Un equipo federal interinstitucional y al menos una docena de agencias locales trabajaban para combatir el incendio que hizo arder aproximadamente 202 hectáreas (500 acres) de terreno muy empinado y accidentado cerca de Oak Creek Canyon, informó Dick Fleishman, funcionario de información sobre incendios del equipo de manejo de incidentes complejos del área suroeste.

El incendio se concentra en el área silvestre Red Rock-Secret Mountain, a unos 11 kilómetros (7 millas) al norte de Sedona, Arizona, pero ha empezado a avanzar hacia el Bosque Nacional Coconino. Los bomberos trabajan para contener el incendio, evitar que se desplace hacia Oak Creek Canyon —donde residentes y visitantes han sido evacuados— o hacia Sedona, y prepararse para la posibilidad de que lo haga.

Fleishman explicó que la pendiente pronunciada donde arde el fuego, las propiedades cercanas en riesgo, el calor en el que trabajan los bomberos y el riesgo de inundaciones posteriores al incendio causadas por la lluvia que baja con fuerza por la ladera son algunas de las razones por las que el incendio Pocket resulta particularmente preocupante.

“Este incendio aumentó rápidamente en complejidad”, señaló. “Queremos intentar mantenerlo con la menor extensión posible”.

Unos 48 kilómetros (30 millas) de la carretera estatal adyacente se cerraron en ambos sentidos.

El Bosque Nacional Coconino emitió un cierre formal el sábado por la tarde para todos los campamentos, áreas de picnic y accesos a senderos en la zona .

“Nunca lo había visto tan silencioso para ser 20 de junio”, dijo Fleishman sobre su recorrido por la zona.

Oak Creek Canyon atrae a millones de visitantes cada año.

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