For her, this World Cup couldn't make more sense.

Hallam is among a sizable number of English-speaking people in the U.S. who are doing something these days that might be considered a bit surprising: They're watching broadcasts of World Cup matches in Spanish on Telemundo, even though they have little idea — or in some cases, no idea — what the announcers are saying.

“I can’t really understand everything they’re saying on Telemundo because they’re speaking in Spanish,” Hallam said. “But you understand what’s going on.”

The math is simple. Census figures show that about 20% of the U.S. is Hispanic, yet Telemundo points to Nielsen ratings to show that roughly half the World Cup viewers in the U.S. have watched at least some portion of some matches in Spanish. Every match of the tournament has been available for U.S. viewers in English on Fox or FS1, on Telemundo or Universo in Spanish, and there are streaming options such as Fox One or Peacock.

Among the reasons commonly cited by viewers who spoke with The Associated Press in recent days: A fascination with famed broadcaster Andrés Cantor's “¡goooooool!” call. Telemundo doesn't cut away for commercials (as Fox does) during the much-maligned hydration breaks. The broadcasts, some simply find, are more entertaining. And in other cases, it's a cost-based decision: Peacock, which includes Telemundo, is lower-priced than Fox One.

Soccer as a global language, transcending a limited vocabulary

Jackson Braunius is a Michigan native who watched a U.S. game last week from a bar seat at a steakhouse in Miami Lakes, Florida. He said he speaks almost no Spanish — “I know ‘cerveza,’” he said, tapping his beer glass — but didn't mind watching on Telemundo whatsoever.

“I figured out the science here,” Braunius said. “When they’re not talking too loud, nothing is happening. When they get loud, there’s a chance. When they get real loud, it’s probably going to be a goal.”

Comedian Trevor Noah has been hosting World Cup watch parties on YouTube. He's made the switch to Spanish-language feeds, and the hydration break issue was a huge part of that decision.

“We’re seeing the players on the pitch discussing what’s happening. You see which coach is more stressed. Some players are tapping each other on the back. This is part of the game,” Noah said on one of his YouTube streams. “I feel like when you cut to ads, you lose this — you lose the stress, you lose the joy, the anticipation. So, shout out again, Telemundo: Really, really amazing coverage.”

Telemundo is hearing the praise, and has thanked English-speakers — as well as Noah directly — for lauding its coverage.

The good news for everyone is this: There seems to be more than enough viewers to go around right now. And the success of this tournament could lead to a bidding war for the 2030 World Cup, with some reporting the rights for English-speaking and Spanish-speaking television will be packaged together in that deal. That wasn't the case for this World Cup.

Fox Sports said that Monday night's Belgium-U.S. match saw a peak viewership total of around 41 million at one point, making it the “most-watched soccer telecast in U.S. history,” the network said. In other words, the final U.S. game in this World Cup had more viewers than anything in this country since the Super Bowl — with at least 45 million viewers, on average, between Fox (33 million) and Telemundo (an estimated 12 million). The most recent Super Bowl drew an average of about 125 million viewers, according to Nielsen data.

Anglophones become hooked on Telemundo

William Kennedy of Miami is married to a Colombian woman, whose native language is Spanish. He says he knows only enough Spanish to be able to order meals in restaurants. And yet, he finds himself often watching World Cup matches on Telemundo.

If Colombia was on, the Kennedy house was watching Telemundo. If Colombia — which was ousted in penalty kicks by Switzerland on Tuesday — isn't on, Kennedy finds himself usually making his way to Telemundo anyway.

“When the American commentators are doing the game, I don’t know what game they’re watching. I just don’t,” Kennedy said. “I’d rather get the excitement in Spanish because essentially what happens is they’re talking, and then they’re talking really, really fast, and then they’re getting loud and your brain is just like, ‘Oh, something’s happening — even if I don’t know what’s happening.’”

Hallam — who finds the World Cup has been a great way to bond further with her Spanish-speaking students — only became a big soccer fan a few years ago, when her daughter decided she wanted to play in a recreational league for elementary kids. The league needed coaches, so Hallam literally checked out a “coaching for dummies” book and began teaching herself the game.

She kept coaching her daughter all the way through high school. Now, she's hooked on soccer and hooked on Spanish-speaking broadcasts — and plans to keep watching, even when the World Cup ends.

“It’s just very comforting,” Hallam said. “We're really enjoyed it and I hope we get to continue. The next World Cup, we’re going to watch it just like this.”

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Lamy reported from Indianapolis.

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A Utah judge is deciding whether prosecutors have enough evidence to put Tyler Robinson on trial on a charge of aggravated murder. Kirk, 31, was killed as he spoke to a crowd of thousands at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10.

One of Robinson's attorneys, Michael Burt, tried to inject uncertainty into the case Thursday by challenging the reliability of ballistics tests on a bullet fragment recovered from Kirk’s body. Authorities sought to tie the fragment to the suspected murder weapon, but the results were inconclusive.

“Saying anything but inconclusive was inappropriate,” said Samantha Karner with the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives.

Burt earlier in the week questioned the reliability of DNA evidence that investigators said linked Robinson to the scene. Experts say the science behind DNA testing is sound.

Robinson has not entered a plea. He turned himself in a day after the fatal shooting of Kirk, a close ally of President Donald Trump credited with helping galvanize young voters for the Republican in the 2024 election.

The defense said it would call a final witness to testify Friday, the final day of the weeklong preliminary hearing.

However, a decision from state District Judge Tony Graf won’t come until after Sept. 1, when he scheduled oral arguments in the matter.

Prosecutors on Thursday aired portions of a recorded interview with Robinson's roommate, Lance Twiggs.

The day after Kirk was shot in the neck, Robinson allegedly told Twiggs “he wishes he hadn’t done it,” a recording played in court revealed.

Later that same day — and only about an hour before turning himself in — Robinson posted “it was me at UVU yesterday,” in a chat room on the Discord social media platform, according to investigators and messages shown by prosecutors.

Defense attorneys unsuccessfully fought the public release of the statements from Twiggs and the chat room messages. They argued prosecutors would characterize the material as a confession, undermining Robinson’s right to a fair trial.

Prosecutors contend the shooting endangered others at Kirk’s campus event — an aggravating circumstance that could make the crime punishable by death under Utah law. Robinson also faces possible sentence enhancements based on claims by prosecutors that he targeted Kirk because of his political views.

Twiggs said in the April interview with prosecutors and investigators that Robinson sometimes talked about politics, including Trump. But Twiggs said he never heard Robinson talk about Kirk before the shooting. The defendant also did not talk much about gender issues or LGBTQ rights, Twiggs said.

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Brown reported from Billings, Montana.

In courthouses and public squares, they have marked the nation's 250th anniversary with a dire warning: The rule of law in America is in grave danger. They will deliver a similar message at a library in Grosse Pointe just outside Detroit — the last stop on an extraordinary tour to defend judicial independence and bolster trust in courts.

Americans' confidence in the court system and democracy has dipped in recent years. The country is more polarized, and President Donald Trump has repeatedly cast doubt on the fairness of the judicial system.

Some judges on the tour said in phone interviews this week that the United States was at a precipice.

“Looking back in history, we have teetered," former Ohio Supreme Court Justice Michael Donnelly said. "This is a moment where we can decide to reinstill those beliefs that we are a country of laws and not of men.”

Judges step off the bench

The four-day tour through the Rust Belt is a sharp departure for a typically reserved and insular branch of government. Federal judges in particular largely limit their comments to the courtroom and written decisions, focusing on the facts of individual cases.

But that restraint is loosening amid a barrage of attacks by Trump and other White House officials, the administration's rampant defiance of U.S. district court orders and its expansive view of executive power. Trump has called a district judge who ruled against one of his immigration moves “crooked” and suggested with no evidence that Supreme Court justices who struck down his tariffs were motivated by foreign interests.

More federal judges have recently begun talking about receiving death threats and profane messages, though they have not blamed Trump or any other officials. Some have blasted administration policies in sharply worded opinions that strayed beyond the legal dispute before them. Even U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has weighed in.

In an appearance in March, Roberts said personal criticism of federal judges was dangerous and had to stop. The rare rebuke from the head of the nation's top court came two days after Trump's remark about a “crooked” judge, though Roberts didn't mention Trump or anyone else by name.

The U.S. Marshals Service reported 564 threats against federal judges in the government fiscal year that ended in September, up from 509 the year before.

“I don’t want to say we have moved into an era of lawlessness, but it sometimes feels that way,” said former U.S. District Court Judge Victoria Roberts, who was set to join the bus tour in Michigan.

Timothy Lewis, another former federal judge on the tour, said his concerns about the politicization of the judicial branch reached a tipping point a decade ago, when Senate Republicans thwarted President Barack Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. Today, the rule of law is facing an "existential threat" from an ongoing breakdown of norms, according to Lewis, who spent seven years on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

“I have fundamental concerns," he said, “about where we are headed as a nation.”

Their route has been varied

The tour started Tuesday in the western Pennsylvania town of Greensburg — once the hub of a thriving coal industry that now lures visitors from nearby Pittsburgh for highland recreation and a historic downtown.

Judges mingled with customers at a coffee shop before speaking at the domed, ornate Westmoreland County Courthouse. Then it was off to Washington, also in western Pennsylvania. The town of 13,000 people, where about 15% of the population is Black, was a key stop on the Underground Railroad and a regional base for the Civil Rights Movement.

From there, the bus headed west for events Wednesday in Columbus, Ohio, and the city of Wooster in Amish country. The judges stopped at a Cracker Barrel restaurant on the way. They spent Thursday in Cleveland before circling Lake Erie north to Michigan.

The two groups that planned the tour — dubbed “Justice in Motion” — say they were inspired by a similar campaign in Poland in 2021 after that country's governing party took control of key judicial institutions.

Independent Polish judges visited scores of towns to promote the rule of law and teach voters about the country's constitution. The U.S. tour also aims to educate people.

An effort to combat misinformation about what they do

Maureen O'Connor, a former chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, said judges risk ceding the narrative about their roles and motives to “voices of misinformation” if they don't speak up.

A letter she received years ago, and still keeps, reminds her of that danger. The writer accused O'Connor, a Republican, of betraying her party when she repeatedly struck down Republican-drawn legislative maps as illegal gerrymanders. “There was just a basic misunderstanding of what my role was as a judge,” O'Connor said.

O'Connor is among roughly 30 judges, including two former federal judges and a current federal judge, who will participate in the tour. One of the federal judges was nominated by a Democrat, the other two by Republicans. The state judges, some of whom are also still on the bench, represent both parties.

They have been joined by former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, former Ohio attorneys general and a few lawyers. The event was put together by the Democracy Rising Collaborative and Keep Our Republic, nonpartisan advocacy groups.

Organizers say they chose stops that would get the judges in front of as many people as possible to build connections and trust. The judges have embraced that mission.

“The lifeblood of the judiciary is public confidence,” Donnelly, the former Ohio Supreme Court justice, said. “If you lose that, it’s very difficult to get it back.”

“We don’t know. Don’t know,” his mother said. “We’re holding on to the Lord, but we don’t think he went swimming.”

Missick’s body was discovered after he disappeared Sunday. His mother said the last text message she received from him was asking her to pick him up and take him to church.

“The last text he text me he said he wanted me to come get him and bring him to church with me and I told him to stay put, but he went over to his cousins,” she said.

According to his mother, Missick left the Fort Lauderdale area Sunday to help babysit his younger cousins. At some point, the 17-year-old vanished, prompting his partner to immediately begin searching for him, including near the body of water by Interstate 95 where he was later found.

“I remember telling my husband this is where my baby is, in this water,” his mother said. “My spirit told me my son was there in that water.”

The circumstances surrounding how Missick ended up in the canal remain under investigation.

The Broward Sheriff’s Office told Local 10 News that no foul play is suspected pending the results of an autopsy.

Missick was an active member of the Dillard “Kids on Fire” gospel choir and frequently shared his faith on social media.

“What’s holding me up is trusting God even when situations don’t look like what you expect,” his father said. “We’ll process this now by just trusting God through the process.”

Both of Missick’s parents are ministers at City of Expectation and say they are relying on their faith as investigators work to determine what happened.

“On Sunday morning, he was like, ‘Can I please get a hug?’ And he held us so tight and said, ‘I love you guys,’” his mother said. “We said we love you too. That was it. It was like he knew something was going to happen.”

The family will hold a celebration of life at 6 p.m. Saturday at the location where Missick’s body was found.

They have also created a GoFundMe to help with funeral expenses.

However, records obtained by Local 10 News show that while the Internal Affairs investigation was still underway, supervisors directed members of the mayor’s Sergeant-at-Arms security detail to display their law enforcement credentials while working.

The Sheriff’s Office says the instruction was supervisory guidance, not a change in policy. It did not explain why the directive was issued during the investigation.

The complaint stems from an April 11 confrontation during the Baynanza beach cleanup at Haulover Park.

Video of the encounter, which drew national attention, shows Weinsier attempting to question Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava about millions of taxpayer dollars spent on electric transit buses that were later taken out of service. Before the event, Local 10 News had repeatedly requested an interview with the mayor regarding the bus program, but her communications staff declined those requests.

Seconds after Weinsier began asking questions, a man wearing a black jacket, later identified as Aguilar, stepped between the reporter and the mayor.

Video shows Aguilar placing his hand on Weinsier’s chest, repeatedly ordering him to move back and warning, “You want to go to jail?”

During that initial encounter, Aguilar did not verbally identify himself as a law enforcement officer. He was dressed in plain clothes, and no badge or law enforcement credentials were visible before he began giving commands or making physical contact.

According to the Internal Affairs report, Weinsier alleged Aguilar failed to identify himself, physically blocked access to the mayor, repeatedly pushed him backward, threatened him with arrest and used unnecessary force while Weinsier was engaged in newsgathering. Those allegations formed the basis of the complaint filed with the Sheriff’s Office. They were not adopted as findings by Internal Affairs.

After reviewing the video, investigators concluded Aguilar’s actions were “reasonable, proportionate, and consistent with established policy.”

The Internal Affairs report also states the Sheriff’s Office’s Force Analysis Unit independently reviewed the video and concluded no excessive force had been used. Investigators determined Aguilar’s actions were appropriate while maintaining what the report describes as a “safe buffer” around the mayor.

Internal Affairs ultimately closed the complaint with a finding of “No Further Action Required.”

The report does not define the size or parameters of the “safe buffer” referenced by investigators. Local 10 News has interviewed Levine Cava at numerous public events over the years and had never previously been advised of a designated media or security buffer zone surrounding the mayor.

The report also documents something that had not previously been disclosed.

According to the investigation, on May 4, the investigator contacted Lt. Karin Bobe, of the Office of the Sheriff. Bobe advised that on May 1, she directed “all Sergeants at Arms to ensure their law enforcement credentials are properly displayed while working their details.”

That directive was issued approximately three weeks after the confrontation, after Weinsier filed his complaint and while the Internal Affairs investigation remained active.

After reviewing the Internal Affairs report, Local 10 News asked the Sheriff’s Office why the directive was issued.

In response, the Sheriff’s Office said supervisors may provide direction to personnel under their command and that such direction “is not an indication that prior conduct violated agency policy.” The agency said the instruction was supervisory guidance, not a change to existing policy or the establishment of a new policy.

The Sheriff’s Office also said there may be “certain dignitary assignments, locations, or operational circumstances where the display of credentials may not be appropriate.”

The Sheriff’s Office did not say whether the Haulover Park event fell into one of those categories.

The agency also did not explain what prompted the directive to be issued during the Internal Affairs investigation or whether it was related to the Haulover Park confrontation.

The directive applied specifically to the same Sergeant-at-Arms unit involved in the confrontation.

Previously, the Sheriff’s Office told Local 10 News that Aguilar was serving in a specialized protective capacity rather than functioning as a traditional plainclothes deputy. The agency said members of the mayor’s security detail often operate in a low-profile manner that does not prominently identify them as law enforcement because of the nature of their assignment. The Sheriff’s Office also noted that Sergeants-at-Arms are sworn law enforcement officers with full authority to detain and arrest.

Local 10 News shared the video with Andrew Scott, a doctor of criminal justice, former police chief and nationally recognized law enforcement consultant.

“The officer should have immediately identified himself,” Scott said after reviewing the video.

Scott said he was surprised the Sheriff’s Office does not have a written policy addressing such encounters.

“I’m surprised it’s not specifically delineated in policy,” Scott said.

Scott also questioned whether the confrontation was necessary.

“The only thing you did was ask her questions,” Scott said. “I didn’t see anything on your part that created an issue or a threat.”

Scott also rejected the idea that Aguilar’s assignment prevented him from identifying himself.

“He was not in deep undercover,” Scott said. “He was just working a security detail and should have been identified.”

Scott said clear written procedures could have prevented the confrontation.

“This whole thing could have been avoided if there were appropriate protocols,” Scott said. “I see it as an easy fix. You just augment the policy.”

The confrontation also drew criticism from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, which described threatening to jail a journalist attempting to question an elected official at a public event as “an egregious infringement on basic First Amendment rights.”

David Cuillier, director of the Joseph L. Brechner Freedom of Information Project, also reviewed the video.

“I watched the video and was horrified,” Cuillier said. “This never should have happened.”

The Sheriff’s Office declined to make Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz available for an interview. In a written response, the agency said it continually reviews its practices and remains open to considering enhancements where appropriate. The agency did not further explain why the supervisory directive was issued during the Internal Affairs investigation.

A goat named Goldie — short for Golden Oreo — followed firefighters for hours as they actively engaged the Rock Creek Fire in Colorado Springs and cleared brush. She even took care of some of it on her own by chomping on leaves.

The 4-year-old Nigerian dwarf goat with a brown and white coat led firefighters down a hill and followed them to their trucks. She watched as they packed up for the day, then trailed behind one truck as it drove off, said Colorado Springs Fire Department Lt. Trevor Leland.

“I don’t know that she necessarily helped with the firefighting effort, but it’s always cool to see an animal like that who doesn’t mind us being there,” he said.

Earlier Thursday, Goldie spotted a U.S. Forest Service crew member having lunch, and tried to stick her head over his shoulder to get a bite and hang out with him for awhile, Leland said.

Goldie's owner, Lindsey Glader, says she's quite the social butterfly. Or, buttergoat?

Glader said the firefighters did a phenomenal job tackling the fire that was 50% contained late Friday. Crews hope to have it fully contained Friday, said Ashley Franco, a spokesperson for the Colorado Springs Fire Department.

That fire and others across the West have kept crews busy, fueled from a record lack of snow, high temperatures and erratic winds. The crew from Colorado Springs also was called to the Aspen Acres Fire southwest of Denver that forced the evacuations of thousands of residents this month.

Goldie figured they needed an “extra boost of support” and stepped in, Glader said.

“She was able to give some comedic relief and offer some necessary levity for these guys and gals who have worked really, really hard and creating a break for this fire, and keeping a lot of people and a lot of things safe,” she said.

But after hours of combing the Mediterranean seabed in search of yellow-painted mock mortar shells, the divers surfaced empty-handed.

It was the team's fifth diving trip in the yearslong experiment to help prepare Israel to clear part of the sea from unexploded grenades and other munitions in order to return beach area to residents. But on this day in June, the divers couldn't find the dummy mortar and artillery shells they'd planted months prior, foreshadowing the challenges that lie ahead.

“It’s really hard to find things in the sea,” said Roy Jaijel, a researcher in the marine geology and geophysics department at Israel’s National Institute of Oceanography, as he emerged from a dive.

Jaijel co-leads a project aimed at returning some 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) of shoreline to people living in Israel's central city of Rishon LeZion, an area that's been used as a firing range for decades. The initiative, the first of its kind in Israel, coincides with a global push to better protect the world's waters as demand increases for the use of seas and oceans for shipping, energy and recreation.

Experts say the clearance of underwater munitions has received more attention in recent years in part because of the boom in artificial intelligence, which requires millions of kilometers of underwater fiber-optic cables to allow for global connectivity.

Munitions can end up dumped into waters after wars, fall into seas during conflict or, in the case of Rishon LeZion, accumulate from firing practice. Erosion from seawater can lead toxic and explosive chemicals, along with heavy metals, to seep from the munitions, causing environmental contamination. There's also the risk of objects exploding if people step on them or children play with them, thinking they're toys.

Two years ago, Europe launched a project to better detect and clear non-military unexploded ordnance, such as from industrial or commercial sites. In a separate initiative in 2024, Germany piloted a program to recover and dispose of military waste from the North and Baltic Seas, where some 1.6 million tonnes of unexploded munitions from two world wars lie, according to the German government.

Still, there's been less focus on clearing waters in the Middle East, such as the Mediterranean, which historically hasn't been the site of large dumps compared with Europe.

Leaders of the Israeli project say it's one of the first to focus on clearing smaller munitions in complicated underwater terrain, which is why many countries have avoided it.

“It's like looking for a needle in a haystack,” said Israel Faintuch, head of the Maritime Division at Israel's Ministry of Defense National Mine Action Authority as he checked his oxygen tank and suited up to go underwater.

Limited beach space in Israel is the driving force behind the clearing effort

The government says nearly half the country's 194-kilometer (120-mile) coastline is off limits to civilians, used for commercial ports, power plants, desalination facilities, military bases and firing zones.

Since the country's founding nearly 80 years ago, 7 kilometers (4.3 miles), nearly the entire length of Rishon LeZion's shoreline, has been used as a firing range, launching grenades as well as small and large mortars, leaving hundreds of thousands of people crammed into a narrow strip of beach.

Launched last year, the joint research project funded by Rishon LeZion's municipality is being led by Israel’s National Mine Action Authority and researchers from the National Institute of Oceanography. It aims to localize the most impacted areas, mapping the pattern of munitions to determine how far offshore and how deep to go before the clearance team steps in.

In order to gather data, divers place various sizes of fake munitions — some equipped with motion sensors — at depths of 5, 10 and 15 meters (16, 33 and 59 feet) and up to 1.2 kilometers (0.75 miles) offshore. After several months, they retrieve the munitions, analyze the data and plant new ones.

In June, Associated Press journalists accompanied the team underwater as they placed new munitions for the next round of tests and attempted to find ones they'd left in January. Divers descended using a string, or measuring tape, to navigate the seabed. Tapping each other under the water, they'd point in different directions to search, rubbing their hands over the seafloor.

“You have limited air supply when you go with the divers and you have limited time in the water," said Dafna Eliahu, a graduate student working on the project. "So with actual live munition I expect it to be very difficult, very hard to locate and to actually be able to find them,” she said.

While the information, including from the sensors, is still being processed, preliminary findings show that the munitions moved less than expected, which means there might be less area that needs clearing, she said.

Israel's Defense Ministry wants to have enough data to start clearing by the end of next year and expand the shoreline by an initial 150 meters (492 feet) within a few months. Completing the project will take years and cost tens of millions of dollars. It's already been delayed due to Israel's multiple wars with Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon and Iran as divers can't work when missiles are falling and could land in the sea.

During the current war that the U.S. and Israel launched against Iran as well as the 12-day war last June between Israel and Iran, the army said missiles aimed at larger cities like Rishon LeZion fell into the sea but wouldn’t specify how many.

Israel says no one has been injured or killed by unexploded sea ordnance, but there have been about a dozen sightings of devices in the last 20 years where the police and army were called. Most have been found on or near shore.

What's learned during the project could be useful beyond Israel

While the goal of the project is to expand parts of the shoreline, Israel also hopes its findings will yield new insights on clearing munitions from this part of the world, where there are threats but overall less is known.

According to the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining, more than half of global incidents related to unexploded ordnance, such as sightings or drifting mines, were recorded in the Middle East between 2014 and 2023, with most occurring in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen and the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, largely a result of Yemen's civil war.

Pedro Basto, research and innovation program manager with the group, said it is important to keep interest high in removing underwater explosives given the increasing dependence on the seas.

“Both renewable energies based on the sea (wind turbines and harnessing water currents) and the global connectivity that most of the world relies on every minute of every day, depend massively on underwater cable laying,” he said.

As Israel's project advances, residents in Rishon LeZion say they're looking forward to being able to use more land.

Moria Malka, head spokesperson for the city's municipality, said the clearance will triple the area’s coastline and much of it will become a nature reserve as well as a residential area near the sea. For beachgoers like Mark Kostman, that is great news.

“Holidays and Saturdays, all of this place is completely crowded and too dense to even have fun,” said Kostman as he played volleyball with his children next to the firing zone. “Having it as public space for leisure and sport ... it's wonderful."

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Associated Press reporter Natalie Melzer contributed from Nahariya, Israel.

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La medida contenida en un decreto tiene lugar luego que en diciembre el mandatario retiró la subvención de los carburantes en casi un 100% con el fin de bajar la erogación del Estado, como parte de sus medidas anticrisis, y establecer un mecanismo de ajustes de los precios cada seis meses.

“Ya teníamos un decreto anterior que había congelado los precios, lo que se ha hecho es modificarlo para que se amplíe por otros seis meses más”, explicó el vocero presidencial, José Luis Gálvez, en conferencia de prensa.

Además, informó que el decreto establece que el precio del litro de gasolina se mantiene en 6,96 bolivianos (0,71 dólares) y el litro de diésel en 9,80 bolivianos (más de un dólar). La medida también mantiene congelado el precio del gas.

Mientras tanto, el gobierno aún busca normalizar el abastecimiento de los carburantes tras las protestas y bloqueos recientes. Estas movilizaciones han agravado la situación económica de la nación, que ya cuenta con reservas internacionales mermadas debido a que el país andino importa el combustible, según los expertos.

Bolivia mantuvo una subvención por aproximadamente 20 años, lo que generó una fuerte erogación de divisas para el Estado en momentos en que el país atraviesa por una iliquidez de dólares, según el gobierno.

El exministro de Hidrocarburos, Álvaro Ríos, criticó la medida debido a que la considera “política”, asegurando que con ella el Estado estará pagando un precio mayor al que le vende al consumidor final.

“Para nosotras, las mujeres, esto es esperanza”, dice Mohammed, quien, durante la mayor parte de su vida, fue una de las pocas mujeres pescadoras en Malindi, un pueblo al noreste de la ciudad portuaria de Mombasa. “Ayudará a mantener a muchas familias que han dependido del océano durante décadas”.

A lo largo de la costa de África Oriental, los pescadores recurren cada vez más al turismo, la restauración de los ecosistemas y otros negocios basados en la conservación, y reinventan su relación con el mar a medida que el cambio climático, la sobrepesca y el deterioro de la salud de los océanos amenazan sus medios de sustento.

En Kenia, las mujeres transforman los manglares restaurados en fuentes de ingresos mediante la apicultura y el ecoturismo. En el archipiélago de Zanzíbar, en Tanzania, las comunidades pesqueras protegen los arrecifes de coral mediante cierres gestionados localmente. En Mozambique, la restauración de las praderas marinas crea empleos y, a la vez, revitaliza los hábitats del océano. En conjunto, estos esfuerzos redefinen la resiliencia no como un abandono del océano, sino como su restauración y la construcción de medios de vida sostenibles.

“Las comunidades que dependen del océano son también sus mejores guardianas”, dijo Andréanne Martel, directora de proyectos de un programa de conservación llamado ReSea. “Cuando la población local, especialmente las mujeres, lidera la conservación, protege la biodiversidad y, al mismo tiempo, crea medios de vida más resilientes e inclusivos”.

Las mujeres locales se adaptan

Mohammed contó que le han robado sus embarcaciones y que ahora le cuesta competir con los arrastreros industriales. Una planta procesadora de pescado cercana, propiedad de una empresa china, refleja los drásticos cambios que ha experimentado el sector.

“No puedo competir con ese poder ni con esa escala”, agrega.

“Ha sido duro”, enfatiza Mohammed al mirar hacia el océano. “Luché por seguir siendo pescadora. Pero creo que es una batalla que ya no puedo ganar”.

A 10 kilómetros (6 millas) de distancia, donde el río Sabaki desemboca en el océano Índico, Beatrice Mwanyiro supervisa un vivero de manglares y un restaurante construidos por Samahco, un grupo de autoayuda de mujeres integrado por 30 miembros y apoyado por el gobierno canadiense a través de ReSea.

“Tenemos que adaptarnos a los tiempos cambiantes”, dice Mwanyiro. “La cantidad de peces que llegan a las aguas poco profundas disminuye cada año. Sin otra fuente de ingresos, no podremos alimentar a nuestras familias”.

Los manglares, los arrecifes de coral, las praderas marinas y las pesquerías costeras proporcionan alimento, protegen las costas de las tormentas y almacenan grandes cantidades de carbono. Pero esos ecosistemas están en peligro debido al calentamiento del mar, la contaminación, la pérdida de hábitat y la sobrepesca.

Mohamed Somo, un líder de los pescadores de Lamu, ciudad declarada Patrimonio Mundial por la UNESCO, refiere que los botes que antes capturaban hasta 100 kilogramos (220 libras) de pescado ahora suelen traer menos de 30 kilogramos (66 libras).

La legislación keniana restringe la pesca de arrastre a aguas situadas a una distancia mínima de 5 millas náuticas (9 kilómetros) de la costa, pero los pescadores exponen que algunos buques operan habitualmente mucho más cerca.

El reto trasciende las fronteras de Kenia. La pesca ilegal, no declarada y no reglamentada le cuesta a la economía mundial unos 23.000 millones de dólares anuales, además de que amenaza la biodiversidad marina y la seguridad alimentaria de miles de millones de personas que dependen del pescado como su principal fuente de proteínas, según la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO). “Los barcos de arrastre pescan en alta mar durante el día, pero por la noche se adentran en aguas poco profundas donde trabajan los pescadores artesanales”, añade Somo. “Para la mañana, queda muy poco para nosotros”.

Carrera para proteger los océanos

La creciente presión sobre las comunidades costeras ha elevado la conservación de los océanos a un lugar prioritario en la agenda política, mientras dichas comunidades luchan por sobrevivir y tratan de proteger sus economías marinas.

“Las comunidades costeras están en la primera línea (de las afectaciones) del cambio climático y el deterioro de la salud de los océanos, pero también son algunos de los principales impulsores de la resiliencia”, dijo Jerry Mang’ena, cofundador y director ejecutivo de Action for Ocean (Acción por el Océano), una organización con sede en Tanzania que restaura los manglares a lo largo de su litoral.

“Apoyar medios de vida sostenibles —desde la acuicultura y el ecoturismo hasta la restauración de los ecosistemas— ayuda a las familias a adaptarse y, a la vez, a reducir la presión sobre el océano. Si de verdad queremos proteger nuestros mares, debemos invertir en las personas que los han cuidado durante generaciones”.

En la reciente Conferencia Nuestro Océano celebrada en Mombasa, las organizaciones de conservación instaron a los gobiernos africanos a ratificar el Acuerdo relativo a la Diversidad Biológica Marina de las Zonas Situadas Fuera de la Jurisdicción Nacional, también conocido como “tratado de Alta Mar” o acuerdo BBNJ por sus siglas en inglés, un pacto histórico de la ONU que establece áreas marinas protegidas en aguas internacionales y una distribución equitativa de los recursos marinos. Entró en vigor en enero y, hasta abril, había sido firmado por 145 países y ratificado por 81.

El resultado de las negociaciones sobre ratificaciones adicionales del tratado podría tener un impacto profundo en la vida de pescadores como Mohammed, quienes intentan construir un futuro que ya no dependa por completo de capturas cada vez más inciertas.

“El acuerdo BBNJ ofrece a los gobiernos africanos una oportunidad histórica para proteger la alta mar y salvaguardar el futuro de nuestras pesquerías”, dijo Aliou Ba, responsable de la campaña de océanos de Greenpeace África.

“Pero proteger el océano también implica enfrentar la pesca ilegal, no declarada y no reglamentada que está agotando la vida marina en las aguas africanas y privando a las comunidades costeras de alimentos e ingresos”, añadió. “Los gobiernos no pueden permitirse demoras”.

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Officers responded around 5:35 p.m. to a report of a missing child at a home in the 1600 block of Northwest 108th Avenue.

While officers were on the way, a family member found the child unresponsive in the lake behind the residence, pulled him from the water and immediately began CPR.

Plantation police officers arrived within minutes and took over lifesaving efforts until Plantation Fire Rescue arrived.

The child was taken to Broward Health, where he later died.

Plantation police detectives are actively investigating the incident.

But delivering soybean curd in all shapes and textures is only a small slice of her mission.

And it’s just that. A mission.

More than simply a vendor of healthy food, she’s also a social conduit who checks on elderly customers as she guides her pink cart, wearing a straw hat and tooting a small brass bugle to signal her arrival.

She knows the habits of many of her customers like family, and they know hers. She’s lost some elderly customers over the years who’ve died alone, which is becoming more common in Japan, which has one of the world's oldest populations.

“More than once I was the first one to find their bodies,” Sugaya explained, seated in a small store she also runs on a busy shopping street in Tokyo's Ojima neighborhood.

It's a largely residential area of small dwellings, layered with occasional strips of sprawling apartment blocks.

“In an area like this, some people just leave their doors unlocked," Sugaya said. “Or I can get access by asking the landlords.”

Uncollected newspapers and unattended laundry are telltale signs of trouble, easily seen in small houses on the street. But large apartment buildings hide these signs of possible distress.

Sugaya is a savior for many, and the job — she’s been at it for 23 years — has also strengthened her own self-worth. She feels that the job saved her.

She says she was bullied in school and fired from several jobs until she found that delivering high-quality, healthy food also nourished her own mental health and offered value to others.

“Selling tofu on a cart made me think I am OK to be myself," Sugaya explained. “I used to be repeatedly put down, but through cart-selling I built up my self-esteem.”

“I was still nervous with women around my ages,” she added. “But I felt safe when surrounded by the elderly whose smiles are warm and kind.”

Shinji Saito comes by Sugaya's shop daily. Saito, who has epilepsy, calls her accepting personality “magical.”

She’s also a link to a time when vendors walked through neighborhoods selling ramen, sweet potatoes, vegetables and other items.

“Delivery of newspapers or tofu, what used to be part of our daily lives, have been replaced by delivery apps or smart phones,” Sugaya said. “One can easily spend a day without having any verbal conversation with others.”

"When you go to a convenience store, you hit a button on a screen and don’t even say hello to anyone. It leaves you empty.”

Sugaya makes her rounds three days per week, a three-hour walk in the afternoon.

Her route twists through maze-like streets, and there are sporadic sales — and frequent conversations. A woman walks from her house to buy tofu, chats about her unruly cat and shows off a strand of wild vine growing in her garden. Another woman reminds Sugaya that cart-selling is a disappearing craft.

“Even when I'm in need of tofu, I tell myself I'd better wait for Ako-chan,” said customer Toshi Niiyama, using Sugaya's nickname. “We used to have someone coming to sell vegetables, but he stopped coming.”

Sugaya has no such plans to stop.

“I go this way on Mondays, that way on Saturdays and that way on Thursdays,” she explained. “I go even if it's raining because my customers expect to see me — or just because they want to have a talk."

Congress is looking for answers by July 24.

“Millions of casual fans now tune in to watch her play,” 11 members of the House Republican Study Committee wrote in a letter sent to WNBA Commissioner Cathy Englebert. “Unfortunately, what they too often witness is not simply aggressive competition, but repeated acts of physical hostility and violence. Clark has been hip-checked, poked in the eye and struck in the throat during games.

"These incidents go far beyond routine physical play, yet the WNBA and its officiating have too often failed to address these unacceptable incidents and hold players accountable.”

It's the latest chapter in the Clark saga about whether league officials must do more to protect one of the WNBA's top players from unnecessarily aggressive physical contact.

The letter was sent two weeks after Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas made contact with her fist to Clark’s throat in a June 24 game. Thomas was not called for a foul on the play during the game, but the league subsequently upgraded the play to a flagrant foul and suspended her one game for “recklessly making contact with her fist.”

League officials have not yet issued a statement in response to the letter.

Thomas has called the play a “complete accident," adding that she has received death threats since the incident. Clark and her coach, Stephanie White, an ardent defender of Clark, have condemned threats levied at Thomas.

Where Clark stands among her WNBA peers

The 24-year-old Iowa alum has helped increase WNBA ticket sales and driven women’s basketball television ratings to unprecedented heights with her play.

However, many conversations around her tap into a variety of combustible hot-button topics, including race, officiating, money and politics. Clark has largely managed to thrive, but can't completely escape the noise.

“I think sometimes people think I’m a robot. I’m not a robot,” she said. “It can be really frustrating to me at times. I’m 24 years old trying to navigate a lot. I’ve been in this world for four years now — and you would never change any of it — but there are times that it is hard. And there are times when it affects me a little bit more than I do put on. I think it’s important that people remember that part of it, too.”

Lawmakers also suggested in their letter that government agencies such as the Department of Justice should investigate if discrimination or retaliation are creating a hostile work environment in the WNBA.

Fever officials said in a statement that neither Clark nor team officials have been in contact with the Congressional group and that they were unaware of the letter before its release.

“We have been clear in our public comments and in our ongoing dialogue with the league about the priority of player safety,” the statement read. “Our players and our fans know where we stand on those issues, and we will continue to stick up for our team and a standard of excellence across the league.”

Clark is one of the league’s most popular players, but she’s also one of the most polarizing — even amongst her peers.

Fans made her the No. 2 vote-getter for next week’s All-Star Game while Clark’s fellow players ranked her 11th among league guards — something three-time WNBA champ and Hall of Famer Candace Parker took exception with.

“If you’re sitting down and putting Caitlin Clark as the 11th best guard ... y’all need to go to a therapist and figure out what childhood issues you have,” Parker wrote on social media.

What makes Clark so polarizing

Clark instantly became the face of the league from the moment she was drafted first overall in 2024, before ever playing a pro game and even though she had not won an NCAA championship.

To accommodate her rampant fan base, opponents moved games from home arenas to larger venues which generated more revenue. And Fever games quickly became a regular feature on national television even after Indiana missed the playoffs from 2016-23.

Clark supporters say her immediate notoriety created resentment among WNBA veterans and has led to the hard fouls that cross the line.

Opponents counter that because of Clark's ability to shoot the ball and beat opponents with her ball-handling, players defending her try to be as physical as a referee will allow to slow her down.

Following the game on June 24, Fever coach Stephanie White angrily expressed players had crossed the line multiple times and highlighted two no-calls. The 6-foot, 157-pound Clark eventually left in the second half with a back injury that kept her out of the next two games.

Clark returned to action Wednesday night but was not expected to play Thursday night at Phoenix as a precaution.

The subject of race also has been injected into the Clark debate. White and Clark are both white; Thomas is Black.

“Because the bandwagon and the fandom became so obsessed with the whole thing, it turned into a cause,” said UConn coach Geno Auriemma, who has won a record 12 NCAA women's basketball championships. Clark, he added, “became the reason why white players get beat up in the WNBA and she became the reason why Black players don’t get the endorsements and don’t get the adulation that white players get.”

The coach noted that, "Not every foul is a good foul. Not every foul’s a bad foul, but there are fouls that are flagrant — but that’s all they are.”

What role Clark plays in debate

Clark has repeatedly attempted to downplay the noise surrounding her.

But she also has played a part in this ongoing storyline, showing her passion by throwing her arms in the air when she's unhappy with calls, exaggerating contact as a tactic to draw fouls and critiquing refs when she doesn't get one.

Clark is also among the leading trash-talkers in the WNBA. When she gets the better of an opponent, she isn’t shy about letting them know about it. Clark is averaging a career-high 20.5 points per game while ranking second in the league in assists with 7.9 — trailing only Thomas (8.3).

Part of Clark’s appeal is her antagonistic style.

However, there can be a price to pay: She has drawn five technical fouls this season, the most recent coming June 22 against Phoenix when she started clapping after a heated exchange with Mercury forward and former Fever teammate DeWanna Bonner, who also is Black. Booner and Thomas are engaged.

Players receive a one-game suspension when they reach eight technicals and Clark told reporters in that postgame news conference someone should pick a date for her suspension if clapping results in a technical foul.

All-Star center Aliyah Boston, who wants to ensure Clark stays on the court, said on her “Post Moves” podcast that she told her teammate: "We’re done. We’re done clapping. There’s no more claps. There’s nothing else to clap about."

It's more likely, though, that Clark and her fans will continue clapping — and her critics will keep clapping back.

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The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit overturns a lower court decision that found the ban unconstitutional. The 2-1 appellate decision found that the Illinois law does not violate the Second Amendment, and its restrictions are “consistent with the principles that underpin our Nation’s tradition of firearm regulation.”

“Whether to adopt them is thus a decision reposed in our elected representatives, and we reverse,” the appeals court said.

The majority opinion also pushes back on claims made by the plaintiffs that semiautomatic weapons are not at fault for mass shootings.

“The undisputed record evidence undercuts that claim, showing that the presence of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines is strongly correlated with the severity of the societal problem,” the opinion states.

Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker said in a post on X that the decision is “a victory in the fight to end gun violence that helps keep our communities safe.”

The National Shooting Sports Foundation, the firearms industry trade association seeking to stop the ban, said that it is disappointed with the decision and plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case.

The gun trade group said it agrees with Chief Judge Michael Brennan’s dissent in which he wrote that the country prohibits governments from banning “firearms commonly owned for self-defense.”

“Because the people have overwhelmingly chosen the AR-15 rifle and its magazine as their weapon of choice, they are protected by the Second Amendment,” the judge's dissent states.

The Protect Illinois Communities Act was signed into law in 2023 by Pritzker and bans AR-15 rifles and similar guns, large-capacity magazines and an assortment of attachments.

It came six months after a 2022 shooting in which a gunman on a rooftop in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park opened fire on a parade, killing seven people and injuring more than three dozen.

The law prompted immediate pushback from county sheriffs who said they refused to enforce what they considered an unconstitutional law, while gun owners and advocates sued.

In 2024, a federal judge overturned the ban, leaning on recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings that strictly interpret the Second Amendment right to keep and bear firearms.

The injunction was set to take effect 30 days after the judge's decision. But that same day, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a notice of appeal, which ultimately led to a stay in the injunction.

Raoul said Thursday's decision enhances public safety. “We have seen the damage that assault weapons and large-capacity magazines can inflict, and these weapons of war have no place in our communities,” he said in a statement.

Last month, the Supreme Court announced it will consider whether bans on semiautomatic rifles, often called assault weapons, violate the Second Amendment. In the fall, the court, which has expanded gun rights, is expected to hear appeals challenging a ban in the Chicago area, which predates the statewide law.

Campaz, 26, who lives in Argentina, didn’t return to his native Tumaco, a port city on the Pacific Coast, or to Ibagué, a city where he still has family, to take a much-needed break.

There were threatening social media posts after Colombia’s elimination from the FIFA World Cup 2026.

“We may think differently or feel frustration or sadness, but no passion justifies hatred or living in fear,” Campaz wrote in Spanish in a statement on Instagram.

Campaz, who also plays for the Argentine Primera División Club Rosario Central, played for Colombia’s national team during three World Cup matches.

“I dreamed of defending Colombia’s colors, hearing the anthem, representing millions of people, and scoring a goal in a World Cup since I was a child,” Campaz wrote in Spanish. “Today, I can only thank God for allowing me to fulfill that dream.”

On June 17, Campaz came on as a substitute during a group-stage match against Uzbekistan. Campaz scored a 99th-minute goal to seal a 3-1 victory.

On July 3, Campaz was a late substitute during the 1-0 round of 32 win against Ghana. On July 7, as a second-half substitute, Campaz missed a goal during the round of 16 match against Switzerland.

“I share the pain of this elimination. We, too, dreamed of advancing further, and I know the sadness we feel today as Colombians. I deeply regret not being able to bring you the joy we all hoped for,” Campaz wrote. “I want you to know that there was never a lack of dedication, commitment, or love for this jersey. I gave everything I had on the pitch, and I would do it a thousand times over for my country.”

Campaz scored his penalty before Switzerland won the 4-3 shootout, and Colombia was eliminated.

“Soccer is also made of difficult moments. Today, all that remains is to learn, pick yourself up, and keep working to come back stronger,” Campaz wrote.

During one of Colombia’s most violent periods, illegal sports gambling put life-threatening pressure on professional soccer players.

After Colombia’s elimination from the 1994 FIFA World Cup, a gunman shot and killed Colombian soccer star Andrés Escobar on July 2, 1994, in Medellín.

Escobar had scored an own goal during a World Cup group-stage match against the U.S. on June 22, 1994, in Pasadena, California.

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TOURNAMENT’S SCHEDULE

Quarterfinals

July 10

Belgium vs. Spain at 3 p.m.

July 11

• Norway vs. England is at 5 p.m.
• Switzerland vs. Argentina is at 9 p.m.

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

Related link: View the knockout bracket

Semifinals

July 14: France plays a semi-final match at 3 p.m.

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

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

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

Finals

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

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

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

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

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

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

David Hearn, who competed in three Summer Olympics, entered the plea through one of his attorneys during his initial appearance in D.C. Superior Court. Hearn, 67, of Bethesda, Maryland, was indicted last Thursday on a single felony count of property destruction.

Before the country’s 250th independence celebrations, President Donald Trump launched a multimillion dollar renovation project for the Reflecting Pool, which was plagued by problems, including damage to its new coating. Trump, without providing evidence, has alleged the damage was caused by vandals.

Hearn has said he reached inside the pool to examine the peeled sealant and let go of a chunk when he was told to by a park worker. He is accused of causing more than $1,000 in damage.

“Every American should be alarmed about this prosecution,” defense attorney Norm Eisen said after the hearing. “It is not a crime to touch the Reflecting Pool.”

At least three other people have been charged in the same court with misdemeanors for allegedly removing pieces of paint from the Reflecting Pool, according to online court records. All three pleaded not guilty during their initial court appearances Wednesday, records show.

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, the top federal prosecutor for the District of Columbia, said vandalizing the nation’s monuments and public spaces is “an affront to our shared history.”

“The law applies equally to everyone, and when it is broken, there are consequences,” she said in a statement on Thursday.

Defense says prosecutors’ evidence is ‘weak’

In front of a packed courtroom, D.C. Superior Court Judge Carmen McLean did not require Hearn to be supervised by the court while he is free awaiting a trial. A status hearing was scheduled for Aug. 5.

A prosecutor, Kevin Reddington, said the government wasn’t seeking any court supervision for Hearn, but just a “stay-away order” without specifying in court where it wanted to keep Hearn away from.

Mary Dohrmann, one of Hearn’s attorneys, urged the judge not to impose any conditions of court supervision, calling Hearn an “upstanding citizen and member of the community.”

“The government’s evidence is weak,” she added.

Supporters cheered after the hearing

Dozens of supporters, many carrying homemade signs, gathered outside the courthouse and chanted “Davey!” as Hearn left after the hearing. Hearn joined his attorneys in front of a bank of cameras and smiled to supporters but did not speak. He raised his right hand and pumped his fist as he left.

Adam Van Grack, who chaired the U.S. Olympic national governing body for canoe and kayak sports, joined the throng of supporters who cheered for Hearn after the hearing. Van Grack said Hearn has spent decades voluntarily maintaining National Park Service property that the canoeists used as a training course along the Potomac River.

“This is a person who has devoted his life to representing the United States on an international stage, caring for the community and protecting and caring for National Park Service property,” Van Grack said. “So the idea that he is a malicious destroyer of federal property shocks the conscience and makes no sense to anybody who’s ever known Davey Hearn.”

Hearn previously told The Associated Press that he was detained by National Guard troops and U.S. Park Police for five hours after stopping by the pool during a 64-mile (103 kilometer) bike ride on June 19. He said he reached in to examine newly peeled coating and briefly touched a chunk attached to the side of the pool, but obeyed a park worker who told him to let go of it.

Pool project has been plagued by problems

The pool’s renovation has been riddled with problems. Workers have used devices called nanobubblers to curtail an algae bloom. The devices infuse ozone into the water to kill algae and bacteria. Officials have said the pool most likely would need to be drained again for liner repairs after chunks of blue coating were seen floating at the surface.

Trump has claimed without substantiation that vandals dumped fertilizer into the pool and slashed the coating with a box cutter. Pirro, a former Fox News host who was appointed by Trump, said last week that six other people were arrested on misdemeanor charges related to the $16 million pool project.

Pirro accused Hearn of causing more than $1,000 in damage by ripping up recently installed sealant from the pool and acting belligerently toward an employee who told him to stop.

Hearn’s attorneys have said the charges against him are based on a “concocted narrative” and “should be alarming to every American.”

“This indictment reflects the administration’s effort to shift blame for their own failures,” the lawyers said in a statement. “The justice system exists to determine facts, not to provide political cover.”

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Associated Press writer Matthew Daly and AP video journalist Nathan Ellgren contributed to this report.

The confusion and uncertainty in Trump’s mixed messaging and his approval of back-to-back military strikes leave major questions about what comes next in the conflict, just weeks after difficult diplomacy to reach even an initial deal between the longtime adversaries.

The whipsawing rhetoric could be a strategy to increase the pressure on Tehran to stop attacking ships transporting oil and natural gas in the Strait of Hormuz and bend to U.S. demands on its nuclear program — something Trump has tried before.

Whether it is a negotiation tactic or a signal of an escalation in fighting, mediators are scrambling to save the interim deal and the actions risk further inflaming tensions — which could spell problems for Republicans in November’s midterm elections if gas prices stay high.

Trump warned Wednesday that a new round of U.S. attacks was coming, even as he attempted to shrug off suggestions of a return to full-scale war. Hours later, the military announced it was carrying out new attacks on Iran that were meant to “further degrade their ability to threaten freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.”

“Anything that happens is going to happen very fast,” Trump said earlier. “We’re not looking for a long time.”

Officials rush to save the ceasefire

A regional intelligence official involved in the mediation efforts said the conflict had reached a critical stage as mutual mistrust rises. But high-level communications are happening around the clock to salvage the ceasefire, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the delicate behind-the-scenes negotiations.

The foreign ministers of Pakistan and Qatar, as well as Egypt’s intelligence chief, are leading the efforts, while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — whose country hosted the NATO summit that wrapped Wednesday — and leaders from Saudi Arabia are also involved, the official said.

The U.S. is upset about ships being attacked in the Strait of Hormuz and accuses Iran of slow-playing discussions on curtailing its nuclear program, the official said. Nuclear talks were a major next step to try to turn the interim deal announced last month into a lasting end to the war.

Tehran, meanwhile, says Washington is the one violating the agreement regarding the strait and failing to ensure that a ceasefire in Lebanon, including an Israeli withdrawal, is being implemented, the official said.

Michael Eisenstadt, a former U.S. military analyst who now directs the Military and Security Studies Program at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said that “we’re still in negotiating mode, no matter what the president says.”

“This is part of negotiating, and declaring that the MOU is over is part of the negotiation as well,” Eisenstadt said, referring to the memorandum of understanding that the ceasefire was built on.

Trump, though, has been explicit in public comments, saying he’s lost interest in preserving the ceasefire: “I think it’s over.”

“We can play games, but I’m not sure I want to make a deal,” he said during the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, adding that the U.S. military might “just finish the job.”

Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Iran’s lead negotiator, said the Trump administration had repeatedly violated the terms of the initial pact, forcing the country to respond appropriately.

“The era of bullying and extortion is over,” Qalibaf posted on X. “It leads nowhere. We don’t fold.”

Trump says ‘we’ll probably hit them hard again’

Pakistan, which helped broker the ceasefire, said renewed conflict is in “no one’s interest” and urged both sides to uphold their commitments.

“There is no alternative to continued engagement, dialogue and diplomacy to achieve shared goal of peace in the region,” its Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Trump, nonetheless, dismissed Tehran’s leaders, calling them “scum” and “sick people.” Just last month, Trump said Iran’s leadership was “very rational” and “nice to deal with,” while also calling the country’s leaders “smart people.”

Speaking at an event in Milwaukee on Wednesday, Vice President JD Vance, who led U.S. efforts to reach the initial deal with Tehran, said Iran was “well behaved for about a week.” He added that lately the country had begun attacking the strait and said, “If they shoot at ships, we’re going to knock the hell out of them.”

Could this be another negotiating tactic?

Before the U.S. and Iran reached their first, two-week ceasefire in April, Trump intensified his threats, pledging that American forces would bomb Iranian bridges, roads and power plants. He even posted online, “A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.”

He repeated dire threats before the tentative 60-day deal to end the war was reached last month.

Trump likes to seek ways to negotiate from a position of strength, and he could be looking for more leverage with new strikes. But being unequivocal about the end of the ceasefire also could free up Iran militarily — which could again roil oil prices and financial markets.

Ali Vaez, Iran director at the International Crisis Group, argued that escalating threats may be a riskier maneuver this time around, given the domestic and international stakes for the U.S.

“It certainly looks like an effort to turn up the military heat without yet closing the diplomatic door,” Vaez said. “But coercive bargaining is a dangerous game: At some point, a pressure campaign can acquire a momentum of its own and become the war it was ostensibly meant to avoid.”

He added, however, that Iran still has every reason to return to the table because it desperately needs the economic relief that was promised under the interim deal.

Trump also has sent mixed signals about the fallout.

He long insisted that rising gas prices for Americans didn’t factor into his calculations on Iran — only to say that part of the reason he agreed to the interim deal was to avoid an “economic catastrophe.” He has since touted the falling price of oil after the deal was reached.

Elections ahead could scramble Trump’s political calculus

The president again resumed his past threats to strike Iran’s civilian infrastructure, possibly including electric plants and desalinization plants, and to seize the oil-production hub of Kharg Island.

“We may take over Kharg Island,” he said. ”There’s not a thing they could do about it.”

Still, the midterm elections — when Republicans hope to retain control of the House and Senate — are now less than four months away. Oil prices rising again amid greater uncertainty about the war means Americans will likely continue to see higher prices at the pump.

The president tried to play down such concerns, saying, “Any time we hit them, it goes up a little bit — $2.” In fact, U.S. oil futures jumped far higher and may keep climbing — even as Trump acknowledged, “As oil goes, so goes everything else.”

He argued that an increase in oil prices was worth it to bar Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. “It’s all right.”

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Amiri reported from New York and Magdy from Cairo. Associated Press writer Munir Ahmed in Islamabad contributed to this report.

The Democratic congresswoman, whose district includes the Houston neighborhood where the shooting occurred, said acting ICE Director David Venturella told her the agency has confirmed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo “was not a target.”

Salgado Araujo was a homebuilder who had lived in the U.S. for more than 35 years, had no criminal record and was close to finishing the long process of obtaining legal status when he was killed early Tuesday morning, according to his family.

“We’ve got to do something. This is just one more death too many,” Garcia said in an interview with MS Now. “And if we’ve got to bring outside, independent folks to come in and look at it, we should do that."

A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately return an email seeking comment late Thursday.

DHS, which oversees ICE, previously said that federal officers were conducting a targeted operation to arrest a person in the country without legal status when they attempted to stop a vehicle driven by Salgado Araujo. The agency has said Salgado Araujo rammed an ICE vehicle and that a federal officer fired a weapon in self-defense.

Asked whether ICE agents had been specifically targeting Salgado Araujo, DHS said earlier Thursday that officers had been surveilling a property where they had previously observed two white vans.

“On July 7, officers were almost at the target’s address when they observed a white van with an individual who resembled the target. Officers then initiated the vehicle stop,” the department said.

The federal agents weren't wearing body-worn cameras, DHS said, and few photos or videos surrounding the shooting have emerged publicly in the days since the encounter, unlike other deaths involving federal immigration officers.

In a statement, DHS said the agents at the scene in Houston had not yet been issued body cameras, which it blamed on Democrats and a record government shutdown that was fueled by President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.

U.S. Rep. Christian Menefee, a Democrat who also represents Houston, said if the agents didn't have the devices, it was because Trump and Republican lawmakers did not want them to be carrying them.

"Houston is done accepting excuses from an agency that has more money than it knows what to do with and still can’t manage basic accountability,” he said in a statement.

The Harris County District Attorney's office said it would conduct an investigation into the shooting. The office is consulting with local prosecutors in Minneapolis, where federal agents fatally shot two U.S. citizens, to learn how they have navigated investigations into federal immigration agents, spokesperson Rafael Lemaitre said.

“Although access to key evidence remains under federal control, we are pursuing investigative avenues available to us and will conduct a review of any information we collect within our reach,” Lemaitre said in an emailed statement.

Three men, including Salgado Araujo’s brother, were detained by ICE during the fatal traffic stop, according to Juan Proaño, CEO of the League of United Latin American Citizens, who has been communicating with their families.

LULAC has yet to obtain video footage that clearly shows what happened during the moments of the shooting and has offered a reward of $5,000 for information from witnesses, Proaño told The Associated Press. The position of Salgado Araujo’s van and ICE vehicles has obstructed security camera footage LULAC has reviewed, he added.

“It’s going to make it even more difficult to find the truth in all this,” he said.

DHS said the ICE agents involved in the incident were expected to receive body-worn cameras in the next 60 days.

In the aftermath of the fatal Minneapolis shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Democrats had refused to fund ICE and the Border Patrol without changes to those operations designed to increase accountability and transparency. Republicans in Congress eventually passed legislation funding just ICE and CBP for three years.

“I have so many members in my congregation that will be directly affected by such a cruel decision,” said Pastor Joanem ‘FanFan’ Floreal of the Shalom Community Church in South Florida.

The decision puts entire South Florida industries at stake, such as healthcare and hospitality.

The Florida Restaurant Association co-signed a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin with a dozen groups nationwide, pleading for guidance and protections for long-serving legally authorized workers central to operations.

Florida State Rep. Marie Woodson is among the lawmakers scrambling to engage the one option left, speaking to lawmakers.

“I have spoken to so many people, and the frustration is so high, the fear is so intense,” she said. “Some of them say they are trying, but I have not gotten any specific result.”

Friday will bring a sun/cloud mix with the chance for a spotty shower or two in the morning, followed by scattered, afternoon storms. More Saharan dust is on track to reach the area. Per usual, temperatures will make a run for the low 90s -- humidity will make it feel like the triple digits.

La demanda de ayuda se produce mientras Naciones Unidas hizo un llamado para recaudar alrededor de 300 millones de dólares para brindar asistencia a 1,3 millones de personas con necesidades urgentes en el país sudamericano, donde las organizaciones no gubernamentales eran, hasta hace poco, blanco de la represión gubernamental. Cocinas y clínicas móviles, así como hospitales de campo, se encuentran actualmente dispersos en espacios públicos en el estado de La Guaira, la zona más afectada en el norte del país.

“Queda claro que en los lugares de desplazamiento, en especial después de dos semanas, la gente está viniendo porque no ha podido recibir otros tratamientos", declaró a The Associated Press Tom Fletcher, director de ayuda humanitaria de la ONU, durante su visita a Venezuela. "Ya no sólo llegan con fracturas; llegan con esas otras necesidades de salud de más largo plazo. Y es crucial que estemos para ellos”.

Los médicos que brindaban atención en la comunidad de Catia La Mar reportaron el jueves un aumento de afecciones cutáneas y enfermedades diarreicas, además de solicitar medicamentos para tratar enfermedades crónicas como diabetes e hipertensión. El repunte de enfermedades puede estar relacionado con el hacinamiento y las malas condiciones de agua y saneamiento, que existían en muchas de las comunidades incluso antes de los terremotos.

Irma Echarri se presentó en una unidad móvil ubicada frente a una iglesia con las cajas de las gotas para los ojos y el analgésico que suele tomar, con la esperanza de que los médicos del lugar pudieran reabastecer sus medicamentos. También quería que la revisaran por el dolor de nariz que se le desarrolló después de los sismos del 24 de junio.

"Me duele bastante", señaló Echarri, de 67 años, mientras esperaba su turno. “Me duele porque me duele”.

La vivienda de Echarri no sufrió daños, pero muchos de sus vecinos viven ahora en albergues temporales o a la intemperie después de que los sismos cobraron la vida de 3.889 personas, causaron el colapso de 190 edificios y dejaron otras 856 estructuras dañadas, de acuerdo con las autoridades venezolanas.

El gobierno de la presidenta interina Delcy Rodríguez calcula que los terremotos dejaron a unas 18.000 personas sin hogar. Los desplazados viven actualmente en escuelas, aceras, parques, plazas y otros espacios públicos.

Fletcher señaló a la AP que hasta el momento Estados Unidos ha proporcionado la mayor parte de la ayuda para la respuesta a la crisis. Grupos locales que se han asociado con organizaciones humanitarias globales son responsables en buena medida de distribuir la asistencia sobre el terreno.

Una de las desplazadas es Zulbey Reyes, quien acudió a la clínica gestionada por la organización Paluz --con sede en Venezuela-- en alianza con la agencia global de ayuda International Rescue Committee. Reyes, a quien los terremotos también le arrebataron su empleo como niñera, buscaba tratamiento por un dolor en el pecho.

"Pensé que era el corazón que lo tenía enfermo", declaró Reyes, de 41 años, después de recibir su diagnóstico y tratamiento. "Pero no, es un nervio que, producto desde el grito del día, se me inflamó".

Armando Denegri, representante para Venezuela de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud, dijo el jueves a los periodistas que "el 50% de los profesionales de la salud de La Guaira se vieron afectados directamente” por los terremotos.

"Algunos desaparecieron, algunos fallecieron, otros se vieron muy afectados por la crisis, impactando a sus familias”, resaltó Denegri, sin dar más detalles.

La Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres ha estimado que los daños directos a viviendas e infraestructura rondan los 37.000 millones de dólares.

La presencia generalizada de organizaciones no gubernamentales en el país, y la libertad con la que el gobierno les permite operar, contrasta con la represión y la persecución a las que han sido sometidas en los últimos años. Mientras Rodríguez se desempeñaba como vicepresidenta del expresidente Nicolás Maduro, los colectivos fueron señalados en repetidas ocasiones de actividades antigubernamentales, además de que se desmanteló la oficina local de derechos humanos de la ONU.

“Cuando se tiene una crisis de esta magnitud, la gente deja la política a un lado y puede concentrarse en salvar tantas vidas como sea posible, y es lo que estoy viendo hasta ahora en esta respuesta”, afirmó Fletcher.

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The annual dust cycle not only plays into the hurricane season – with healthy loads of dust helping to fend off early tropical systems before typically dropping off in August – but also feeds marine ecosystems with essential nutrients and provides essential fertilizer to the soils of the Amazon rainforest basin near the eastern coast of South America.

For the larger dust outbreaks that travel all the way to the U.S. mainland, turning blue skies milky white and suppressing summertime thunderstorms, the mineral dust can reduce air quality and aggravate respiratory conditions such as asthma, COPD, and chronic bronchitis in more vulnerable populations. It’s uncommon for dust concentrations to reach those unhealthy levels in the U.S. but it’s worth monitoring air quality levels for particularly sensitive groups.

The dust-free state of Florida

Florida has had a remarkably dust-free year until this week, recording by far its lowest levels of Saharan dust since satellites began regularly measuring these aerosols back in 2002.

The plot above tracks dust cover over the entire state through this past Tuesday (July 7^th), but doesn’t include the first major push of dust we began seeing Wednesday in South Florida that’ll spread into northern parts of the state today and on Friday. Another thicker surge of dust is expected to dull our sunny skies over the weekend – especially through Florida’s peninsula – and possibly reach coastal Texas by next Tuesday into Wednesday, according to forecasts.

Atlantic dust hits its highest levels of the year

Through the first week of July, the dust-heavy part of the tropical North Atlantic east of the islands and west of Africa has recorded its lowest dust concentrations to-date.

This week, though, the dust should top levels observed during an exceptionally strong outbreak the week of February 15^th, so far the most concentrated dust outbreak of the year. Of course, dust levels this time of year should be much higher than in February when dust levels are just coming out of seasonal lows.

Dust pouring cold water on the (already cold) Atlantic

The big dust outbreak this week will ensure the Atlantic stays dormant for the week ahead.

As we mentioned in Wednesday’s newsletter, the only outside shot of development in the next few weeks appears to be from an initially non-tropical low along a stalled front off the Carolinas late next week.

Models are ho-hum on its prospects in turning tropical, and so far they keep development odds very low (less than 10%), so it’s definitely not anything to be concerned with for now.

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That’s when police notified her that her 2-year-old daughter Brittany had died after being left inside a vehicle for about three hours while in the care of a babysitter.

According to Lopez, the sitter asked an older relative to care for the child. That older man suffers from dementia, authorities said.

Now, Lopez says all she asks for is justice for her daughter.

Hallandale Police Department Chief Grace Mariot says the investigation remains active as they await the medical examiner’s final report.

“This is a tragic event. No parent should have to endure the pain that this parent is enduring,” said Mariot. “We are waiting for the Broward County State Attorney’s Office to make a determination on whether charges are going to be filed.”

Added Mariot: “We urge the public, any caregiver, to make sure that you check the back seat.”

Retired Miami Police Department Chief Jorge Colina explained that there are complexities of coming to a charging decision in cases such as this.

“They could explore every potential charge that is on the table, but ultimately it is all going to be about what did the babysitter know, how old is the babysitter, does the babysitter even understand what dementia is, did they even understand how sick this person is and how their brain works,” said Colina.

“It is complicated, unfortunately. What did this person know? What is the real condition of this person? They may even have to go speak to a doctor as an expert as to what level of dementia did this person have and what did the babysitter know when the decision is made to pass on the responsibility?” he added.

Colina continued: “What makes them difficult is that you have to prove criminal intent, so in order for a prosecutor to secure a conviction for manslaughter or murder, they are going to have show gross negligence or a complete disregard for life. Normally what happens in these cases is that it is a tragic accident, whether it is a terrible lapse of memory, or forgotten baby syndrome or something along these lines, and it is someone who is really close to the baby.

Not only are you going have to prove criminal intent, but you are also mindful that if you have to go in front of jury, and it is a family member, and they are already devastated by a tragic loss, a jury is probably not want to punish them further," he said.

There will likely be much more to learn as investigators comb through details on the specific circumstances leading up to the toddler’s tragic death.

“Is this something that has happened in the past? Does the mom know that,” said Colina. “That in the past she left the toddler with the babysitter who has explained if she has to run and get food or something, will leave the toddler with her dad or grandad, happened a dozen of times and never been an issue? These are just some of the many questions that are going to be asked because it is all going to matter. It is all going to go into the decision of do they charge, and what is that charge?”

Colina added that it is important, especially for caregivers where caring for a young child is perhaps outside their daily routine, to place an item in the back seat with the child such as a purse, or laptop, as a reminder.

The Hallandale Police Department released the following statement to Local 10 News:

“Chief Michel again extends his condolences to the family and emphasizes the importance of preventing similar tragedies. ‘This tragedy has touched our entire community,’ the statement read ‘While nothing can undo the pain this family is experiencing, our hearts remain with the child’s family. We hope this child’s story inspires every caregiver to adopt one simple habit: always check the back seat before leaving your vehicle. Taking one extra moment could prevent another family from experiencing this unimaginable loss.”

The family has set up a GoFundMe page to help with expenses.

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They said it happened early Sunday morning at the intersection of Northwest 25th Street and 76th Avenue.

According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to reports of a street takeover and found several people who were injured.

Investigators said a black sedan struck two females before maneuvering around them and feeling the scene.

A man who ran toward the victims in an attempt to render aid was hit by what deputies described as an older model gold Ford Expedition with a dark gray lower body, which they said also ran over one of the female victims before fleeing the scene.

Deputies said neither the driver of the black sedan or the gold Ford stopped to render aid to the victims.

Anyone with information is urged to contact the MDSO Midwest District General Investigations Unit at 305-471-2800 or Miami-Dade Crime Stopers at 305-471-8477.

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The suspects were identified in an arrest report from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office as Antoinette McKay, 50, of Cutler Bay, and Zaccheus Zamon Scott, 34, of Miami.

According to the report, the incident happened on June 11 at St. Peters Missionary Baptist Church, located at 17901 Southwest 107th Ave., where McKay and Scott served as the boy’s camp coaches and counselors.

Investigators said the boy was playing football with his siblings at the summer camp when a fight broke out between him and one of his siblings.

That’s when deputies say McKay and Scott intervened.

According to the report, the boy told investigators that Scott placed “large orange cones” over his head, causing him to have difficulty breathing.

The report states McCay then “grabbed the victim by his ankles, pinning him on his back on the ground, with his legs elevated and held down at the ankles on the seat portion of a chair.”

Deputies said as McCay held down the victim, Scott proceeded to slap him multiple times on the left side of his face and head area.

According to the report, the boy suffered ruptured blood vessels in his left eye, a scratch between his eyes and swelling and bruising to the left side of his face.

The report states the boy’s father later took him to Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, where he was treated and released. Doctors advised the family to monitor him for symptoms of a concussion, according to the report.

Investigators said McKay and Scott invoked their Miranda rights and declined to speak with detectives.

Pastor Robert Brooks of St. Peter’s Missionary Baptist Church said he was unaware of the alleged incident or the arrests until Thursday morning.

“It is disappointing to hear the allegations,” Brooks said.

After learning details outlined in the arrest reports, Brooks called the allegations “very egregious” and said he had not previously heard those accusations.

Defense attorney Kenneth Weismann argued in court that the boy and his sibling returned to the camp for four days after the alleged incident, suggesting someone else may have been responsible for the victim’s injuries. He also referenced the boy’s father, saying he has prior arrests, including for child abuse.

Jail records show both suspects are each facing one count of child abuse without great bodily harm.

As of Thursday morning, the pair were each being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on $1,500 bonds. They were also ordered by Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Mindy Glazer to stay away from the victim.

A representative for CMB Visions Unlimited Summer Camp did not immediately respond to Local 10’s request for comment.

Brooks said the church is re-evaluating whether it will continue renting its facilities to the summer camp in light of the allegations.

Las autoridades informaron que el incidente ocurrió la madrugada del domingo en la intersección de Northwest 25th Street y Northwest 76th Avenue.

Según la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade, los agentes respondieron a reportes sobre una toma ilegal de calles y encontraron a varias personas heridas.

Los investigadores dijeron que un sedán negro atropelló a dos mujeres antes de maniobrar para rodearlas y huir de la escena.

Un hombre que corrió hacia las víctimas para prestarles ayuda fue atropellado por lo que los agentes describieron como una Ford Expedition dorada de un modelo antiguo con la parte inferior de color gris oscuro. Según las autoridades, ese vehículo también atropelló a una de las mujeres antes de huir del lugar.

Los agentes dijeron que ni el conductor del sedán negro ni el de la Ford Expedition dorada se detuvieron para prestar ayuda a las víctimas.

Cualquier persona con información debe comunicarse con la Unidad de Investigaciones Generales del Distrito Midwest de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade al 305-471-2800 o con Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers al 305-471-8477.

Murakami made two rehab appearances with Triple-A Charlotte, going 2 for 7 with a double. Following Chicago's 2-1 loss to Boston on Thursday, White Sox manager Will Venable said Murakami would be in the starting lineup for the opener of the team's weekend series against the Athletics.

“He’s ready to go,” Venable said. “He was challenged running the bases, defensively, had a really long game yesterday. So feel good about the workload, recovered well today so he’s ready to go.”

Murakami got hurt during a 4-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers on May 29, grabbing his right hamstring after beating a throw to first on a fielder’s choice in the third inning. At the time of the injury, the Japanese rookie ranked among the major league leaders with 20 homers, 41 RBIs, 43 runs and a .947 OPS.

Chicago (47-45) is in a virtual tie with Cleveland (48-46) for the lead in the sluggish AL Central. But the White Sox have dropped three in a row and six of eight overall. They managed just two runs and 15 hits in the three-game set against the Red Sox.

White Sox outfielder Andrew Benintendi said getting Murakami back right now is huge.

“Obviously, he’s a presence in the lineup,” he said. "He’ll bring the energy, I think. It seems like the vibe in here is kind of down right now but I’m sure seeing him tomorrow will spark it back up.”

The 26-year-old Murakami signed a $34 million, two-year contract with Chicago in December. The White Sox went 17-18 while he was on the injured list.

“We understand the impact he makes on the field and in the clubhouse so to activate him is going to mean a lot for our group,” Venable said. “Really excited about him.”

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“De mi lado habrá toda la intención para poder retomar las relaciones entre Perú y México”, dijo brevemente Fujimori a la prensa durante una actividad pública en la capital peruana.

El miércoles, la mandataria mexicana indicó en su conferencia matutina que aún no se había comunicado con Keiko Fujimori quien hace una semana fue proclamada ganadora de los comicios presidenciales de Perú. “Vamos a esperar, recuerden que ellos rompieron relación con nosotros”, dijo Sheinbaum.

Perú y México comenzaron a distanciarse luego que el 7 de diciembre de 2022 el Congreso peruano destituyó al entonces mandatario Pedro Castillo (2021-2022) quien fue encarcelado tras intentar cerrar sin éxito el Legislativo, liderado por el partido de Fujimori, que lo investigaba por presuntos actos de corrupción.

A fines de 2022, la esposa de Castillo y sus dos menores hijos recibieron asilo en la embajada mexicana en Lima y luego viajaron a México donde viven. Desde esa fecha el entonces presidente mexicano Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018-2024) y luego Sheinbaum solicitaron varias veces la liberación de Castillo.

La detención de Castillo gatilló diversas protestas que dejaron 50 manifestantes muertos en medio de una represión de la fuerza pública bajo el gobierno de la entonces presidenta Dina Boluarte (2022-2025), quien gobernó con el apoyo del partido de Fujimori y otros grupos que la salvaron de varios intentos de destitución.

Las relaciones entre Perú y México se rompieron en 2025 por decisión de Perú luego que una ex primera ministra peruana de Castillo, Betssy Chávez, obtuvo asilo diplomático tras refugiarse en la embajada de México en Lima. Poco después, Castillo y Chávez fueron condenados a 11 años de cárcel por el delito de conspiración para la rebelión. Castillo ha apelado la sentencia, pero sigue investigado por otros casos de corrupción.

Perú no le ha otorgado el salvoconducto que Chávez pide para viajar a México.

La prensa local le preguntó a Fujimori sobre si consideraba que la detención del expresidente Castillo era ilegal, como afirma Sheinbaum. "Soy muy respetuosa de la institucionalidad de mi país”, respondió Fujimori de forma breve.

A fines de junio, antes de ser proclamada ganadora de las elecciones, Fujimori indicó que Perú y México han formado parte del bloque económico Alianza del Pacífico y que existen "lazos de amistad que se deben priorizar más allá de las diferencias”.

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For many singles, dating apps are already a challenge.

The FBI says users need to watch out for more than the usual red flags, as some people are using dating apps to lure victims into robberies.

“I’m not meeting with them, linking first time in their crib,” one man said.

“Just have to be really careful,” another added.

“Crazy, seems to be happening all the time,” another person said.

“Linking up, getting horny and getting robbed,” another user said.

Some users said warning signs include profile photos that look “too professional,” while others stressed “not trusting anyone too much” and always meeting in public.

“If I use a dating app, though, you need to meet in public,” one person said.

The FBI says a growing number of dating app robberies involve suspects armed with weapons.

“There are bad guys and bad girls out there who are looking to take advantage of people who are just trying to have a good time,” retired Miami Assistant Police Chief Craig McQueen said.

McQueen believes many cases are never reported.

“The number of incidents is likely a lot higher,” he said.

“I’m sure there’s a lot of unreported. People are embarrassed about it.”

He also said criminals are targeting users on gay dating apps.

“Particularly some folks who are not ready to let someone know they’re part of the LGBT community,” McQueen said.

Federal agents are urging dating app users not to share their net worth or other personal information, to use well-known dating sites and to meet in a safe, public location.

“Only use well-known sites,” McQueen said.

He also urged users to pay attention to where someone wants to meet, question why a match would need financial information and be cautious if someone creates a sense of urgency.

If a date pulls a gun during a public meeting, McQueen’s advice is simple: “Stand up. Don’t move or pass out.”

El FBI está advirtiendo a las personas que utilizan aplicaciones de citas que permanezcan alerta, ya que los agentes han reportado un aumento en los robos a mano armada contra usuarios que creen que van a encontrarse con alguien para una cita.

Para muchas personas solteras, las aplicaciones de citas ya representan un desafío.

El FBI dice que los usuarios deben estar atentos a algo más que las señales de alerta habituales, ya que algunas personas están utilizando estas aplicaciones para atraer a las víctimas y luego asaltarlas.

“Yo no me reúno con alguien por primera vez en su casa”, dijo un hombre.

“Solo hay que tener mucho cuidado”, agregó otra persona.

“Es una locura, parece que está ocurriendo todo el tiempo”, comentó otra.

“Quedas con alguien, te excitas y terminas siendo asaltado”, dijo otro usuario.

Algunos usuarios señalaron que una señal de alerta son las fotos de perfil que parecen “demasiado profesionales”, mientras que otros recomendaron “no confiar demasiado en nadie” y reunirse siempre en un lugar público.

“Si uso una aplicación de citas, hay que reunirse en un lugar público”, dijo una persona.

El FBI informó que un número cada vez mayor de robos relacionados con aplicaciones de citas involucra a sospechosos armados.

“Hay hombres y mujeres con malas intenciones que buscan aprovecharse de personas que solo intentan pasar un buen rato”, dijo Craig McQueen, ex subjefe del Departamento de Policía de Miami.

McQueen cree que muchos de estos casos nunca se denuncian.

“Es probable que el número de incidentes sea mucho mayor”, dijo.

“Estoy seguro de que hay muchos casos que no se reportan. La gente siente vergüenza.”

También dijo que los delincuentes están apuntando a usuarios de aplicaciones de citas para personas gay.

“Particularmente a personas que todavía no están listas para que otros sepan que forman parte de la comunidad LGBT”, dijo McQueen.

Los agentes federales instan a los usuarios de aplicaciones de citas a no compartir su patrimonio neto ni otra información personal, utilizar plataformas de citas reconocidas y reunirse en un lugar público y seguro.

“Utilicen únicamente sitios conocidos”, dijo McQueen.

También recomendó prestar atención al lugar donde la otra persona quiere reunirse, preguntarse por qué alguien con quien hicieron “match” necesitaría información financiera y actuar con cautela si esa persona intenta crear un sentido de urgencia.

Si una cita saca un arma durante un encuentro en un lugar público, el consejo de McQueen es sencillo: “Póngase de pie. No se mueva ni se desmaye”.

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Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested Patricia Lee on Wednesday night near Northwest 21st Avenue and 28th Street, according to a deputy’s arrest report.

“She loved the dogs, but the way she took care of them, I knew this was gonna happen,” Anthony Thomas said on Thursday.

Lee was living with her three dogs in a tent with a small fan in the backyard of a house, according to the deputy’s arrest report.

Lee “left the three dogs inside the closed tent for multiple hours while temperatures reached approximately 92 degrees,” a deputy wrote, according to the arrest report.

Lee’s neighbors said they heard her screaming in grief when she returned to her tent and found her dogs dead, according to the report.

“She took them to the side of the house, put the water on them, and left the lady’s water running,” Thomas said.

Corrections booked Lee on Wednesday at the Broward County Main Jail in Fort Lauderdale, and she appeared in bond court on Thursday.

Lee faced four charges: Three counts of causing a cruel death, excessive pain, or unnecessary suffering to an animal, and one count of impounding or confining any animal without a sufficient quantity of good, wholesome food and water. Her bond was $11,500.

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

Justice Department prosecutors said they learned Thursday morning that Rahmanullah Lakanwal was rushed to a hospital overnight “for medical treatment necessary to preserve his life.” The U.S. Marshals Service notified prosecutors last month of concerns that Lakanwal was at risk of long-term health consequences, including death, due to his “refusal to consume adequate nutrition for an extended period,” the filing says.

The filing doesn’t elaborate on the circumstances of Lakanwal’s refusal to eat, but prosecutors noted that courts have held that prison officials can involuntary feed “hunger-striking prisoners” to save their lives.

The judge presiding over Lakanwal's case convened an emergency hearing related to the defendant's medical condition while he remains in federal custody. At the end of the hearing, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta instructed prosecutors to submit a proposed order that would give them access to Lakanwal's recent medical records.

Defense attorney Shelli Peterson and a spokesperson for U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's office declined to comment after the hearing.

Lakanwal, an Afghan national, has pleaded not guilty to charges including first-degree murder in the November 2025 shooting that killed West Virginia National Guard Spc. Sarah Beckstrom and critically wounded Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe.

Beckstrom, 20, and Wolfe, 24, were deployed from West Virginia to Washington, D.C., for the surge of federal law-enforcement patrols that began last summer in the nation's capital at President Donald Trump’s direction.

Lakanwal is accused of driving to the nation’s capital from Bellingham, Washington, while in possession of a stolen firearm and ambushing the two Guard members outside a subway station three blocks from the White House. Another National Guard member heard gunshots and saw Beckstrom and Wolfe fall to the ground as Lakanwal fired a gun and screamed, “Allahu Akbar!” according to a police report.

Lakanwal was shot during the confrontation and appeared remotely by video from a hospital bed in December for his first hearing before a judge. A trial date for his case hasn’t been scheduled yet.

Una mujer de 63 años enfrentaba cargos el jueves en el condado Broward después de que sus tres perros murieran en Oakland Park, según muestran los registros.

Agentes de la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward arrestaron a Patricia Lee la noche del miércoles cerca de Northwest 21st Avenue y Northwest 28th Street, según un informe de arresto.

“Ella amaba a los perros, pero por la forma en que los cuidaba, sabía que esto iba a pasar”, dijo Anthony Thomas el jueves.

Según el informe de arresto, Lee vivía con sus tres perros en una tienda de campaña con un pequeño ventilador en el patio trasero de una vivienda.

Un agente escribió en el informe de arresto que Lee “dejó a los tres perros dentro de la tienda de campaña cerrada durante varias horas mientras la temperatura alcanzaba aproximadamente los 92 grados”.

Según el informe, los vecinos dijeron que escucharon a Lee gritar de dolor cuando regresó a la tienda de campaña y encontró a sus perros muertos.

“Los llevó al costado de la casa, les echó agua y dejó abierta la llave del agua de la señora”, dijo Thomas.

Lee fue ingresada el miércoles en la cárcel principal del condado Broward, en Fort Lauderdale, y compareció el jueves ante un tribunal de fianzas.

Lee enfrenta cuatro cargos: tres por causar una muerte cruel, dolor excesivo o sufrimiento innecesario a un animal, y uno por mantener confinado a un animal sin una cantidad suficiente de alimento y agua aptos para su consumo. Su fianza fue fijada en $11,500 USD.

El editor de asignaciones de Local 10 News, Carson Merlo, colaboró en este reporte.

Ese fue el día en que la policía le notificó que su hija Brittany, de 2 años, había muerto después de permanecer dentro de un vehículo bajo el sol durante aproximadamente tres horas mientras estaba al cuidado de una niñera.

Según López, la niñera le pidió a un familiar de mayor edad que cuidara a la menor. Las autoridades dijeron que ese hombre padece demencia.

Ahora, López dice que lo único que pide es justicia para su hija.

La jefa del Departamento de Policía de Hallandale Beach, Grace Mariot, dijo que la investigación continúa activa mientras esperan el informe final del médico forense.

“Este es un hecho trágico. Ningún padre debería tener que soportar el dolor que está viviendo esta madre”, dijo Mariot. “Estamos esperando que la Fiscalía Estatal del condado Broward determine si se presentarán cargos”.

Mariot agregó: “Instamos al público y a cualquier persona que cuide de un menor a asegurarse de revisar siempre el asiento trasero”.

El ex jefe del Departamento de Policía de Miami, Jorge Colina, explicó que existen diversos factores que complican la decisión de presentar cargos en casos como este.

“Pueden evaluar todos los posibles cargos que estén sobre la mesa, pero al final todo dependerá de qué sabía la niñera, qué edad tiene, si siquiera entiende qué es la demencia y si comprendía la gravedad de la condición de esa persona y cómo funciona su cerebro”, dijo Colina.

“Es complicado, lamentablemente. ¿Qué sabía esta persona? ¿Cuál es la verdadera condición de ese hombre? Incluso podrían tener que consultar a un médico como experto para determinar el grado de demencia que padecía y qué sabía la niñera cuando decidió dejarle la responsabilidad del cuidado de la menor”, agregó.

Colina continuó: “Lo que hace difíciles estos casos es que hay que demostrar intención criminal. Para que un fiscal obtenga una condena por homicidio involuntario o asesinato, tendrá que demostrar negligencia grave o un total desprecio por la vida. Normalmente, lo que ocurre en estos casos es que se trata de un accidente trágico, ya sea por un grave lapsus de memoria, el llamado síndrome del bebé olvidado o algo similar, y generalmente involucra a una persona muy cercana al menor.

“No solo hay que demostrar intención criminal, sino que también hay que tener presente que, si el caso llega ante un jurado y se trata de un familiar que ya está devastado por una pérdida tan trágica, probablemente el jurado no quiera castigarlo aún más”, dijo.

Es probable que aún quede mucho por conocerse mientras los investigadores analizan los detalles de las circunstancias específicas que llevaron a la trágica muerte de la menor.

“¿Es algo que había ocurrido antes? ¿La madre lo sabía?”, dijo Colina. “¿En ocasiones anteriores dejó a la menor con la niñera, quien le había explicado que, si tenía que salir a comprar comida o hacer alguna diligencia, dejaba a la niña al cuidado de su padre o su abuelo? ¿Eso ocurrió una docena de veces sin que hubiera ningún problema? Esas son solo algunas de las muchas preguntas que se harán, porque todo eso será importante. Todo influirá en la decisión sobre si se presentan cargos y cuáles serían esos cargos”.

Colina añadió que es importante, especialmente para las personas que cuidan a un niño pequeño de manera ocasional y no como parte de su rutina diaria, colocar un objeto en el asiento trasero junto al menor, como un bolso o una computadora portátil, para que sirva como recordatorio.

El Departamento de Policía de Hallandale Beach emitió la siguiente declaración a Local 10 News:

“El jefe Michel reitera sus condolencias a la familia y enfatiza la importancia de prevenir tragedias similares. “Esta tragedia ha afectado a toda nuestra comunidad”, señala el comunicado. “Aunque nada puede aliviar el dolor que está viviendo esta familia, nuestros corazones permanecen con los seres queridos de la menor. Esperamos que la historia de esta niña inspire a todos los cuidadores a adoptar un hábito sencillo: revisar siempre el asiento trasero antes de salir del vehículo. Tomarse un momento adicional podría evitar que otra familia sufra una pérdida tan inimaginable”.”

La familia creó una página en GoFundMe para ayudar a cubrir los gastos.

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Now Les Bleus have to hope he can overcome an injury that had him summoning for help and leaving the game in the 77th minute. Mbappé said the injury was minor, and he showed no ill effects while celebrating with his team after the whistle.

“I took a knock to the ankle, but I’m fine," said Mbappé, who was replaced by Jean-Philippe Mateta. “At that point, JP was in better shape than I was to play the final minutes.”

The reigning Golden Boot winner and only the second teenager — after Pele — ever to score in a World Cup final, Mbappé made up for his miss on a first-half penalty by scoring in the 60th minute. It was his 20th goal in 20 World Cup games and his eighth in 2026, equaling Argentina captain Lionel Messi for the tournament lead.

Mbappé also assisted on Ousmane Dembélé’s goal six minutes later to help the two-time champions reach the semifinals, where they will play either Spain or Belgium. France has never failed to make a World Cup final in two previous tournaments with Mbappé.

“There’s only one way to relax, and that’s by winning,” Mbappé said. “Until we’ve done that, we don’t let up. We’re in the semifinals and we’re very happy, but there’s still a long way to go. We realize that what lies ahead is even tougher than what we’ve been through, but we’re ready to face anything.”

Asked if this was his strongest France team yet, Mbappé said it has the most potential — “for the time being.”

“But I always say that the strongest teams are the ones that win,” he said. "I don’t see a World Cup next to me, so for now, we’re not the strongest team.”

Mbappé gave France fans a scare when he went to the field in pain after he was stepped on by Morocco defender Issa Diop in the 63rd minute. He remained in the game until the 76th minute, when he dropped to the turf and waved to the sideline.

After the training staff checked on him, Mbappé was subbed off — waving to the Gillette Stadium crowd as he left — and watched the end of the match from the bench with an ice pack on his right ankle.

“It's a slight pain in the ankle,” France coach Didier Deschamps said. “Nothing serious.”

Mbappé had a chance from the penalty spot in the first half after drawing a foul from Morocco defender Noussair Mazraoui in the box in the 28th minute. But goalkeeper Yassine Bounou guessed correctly, diving to his left to stop the attempt.

Mbappé said the long delay while the play was being reviewed left him wondering if he would be attempting the shot at all.

“It’s complicated, because there’s some kind of imbroglio," he said. "I let myself be de-concentrated. That’s a scenario I hadn’t experienced yet.”

But Mbappé delivered in the second half when he dribbled into the area and let loose a rocket that went just inside the post.

Messi also has scored eight goals at the tournament and Norway forward Erling Haaland has seven heading into their quarterfinal matches on Saturday. (Mbappé technically holds the Golden Boot lead because he has more assists, which is the tiebreaker.)

Mbappé's 20th goal put him one behind Messi on the all-time World Cup scoring list. Messi has 21 goals in 31 career World Cup matches over six tournaments, breaking the record of 16 that had been held by Germany striker Miroslav Klose.

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The 37-year-old Irishman is also convinced he'll have his way with Max Holloway in the main event of UFC 329 at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday night.

The two will meet in a welterweight bout, as McGregor will compete for the first time in more than five years.

“Hallelujah!” McGregor exclaimed on Wednesday. “The Mac is back.”

McGregor earned a unanimous decision over Holloway in a featherweight clash in 2013, when neither was an MMA megastar.

In the blink of an eye, McGregor’s star rose.

On Wednesday, he admitted he got caught up in his own stardom after winning UFC belts in two weight classes and becoming one of the biggest names in combat sports.

“I launched an Irish whiskey,” McGregor said. “I didn’t drink heavily, if at all, at that time of my life. I was an athlete at the top of my game. Next thing you know, thousands upon thousands of bottles (are) in my garage.

”‘Sell this, Conor.’ OK, I’d leave my property with two bottles under my arm, and that was it. I was caught. And I wasn’t used to it. And that’s it. God gave me these lessons. That’s it. I was trapped and caught, and it is what it is.”

Easier said than done, perhaps, as the controversial former champion has navigated in and out of multiple controversies and legal issues over the past several years, including a rape case in which he was found civilly liable in 2024.

Prosecutors declined to charge him criminally, and McGregor doubled down on Wednesday that he will be vindicated.

“I’m an innocent man, and I’ll stand for my innocence until the day I go out,” he said. “That is still a situation where I fight. There’s a reason it didn’t go where it went and went to a civil trial. It is what it is. It stings deep. I continue to fight.”

Saturday, McGregor (22-6) will face his biggest fight in years against a vengeful Holloway (27-9), whose last fight ended with a unanimous decision loss at the hands of Charles Oliveira on March 7.

McGregor, who last fought on July 10, 2021, spoke confidently about his comeback.

“Weight’s on point, body’s on point, mind’s sharper than ever, plan is laid set, and I’m ready to go to war,” he said. “I plan to contort Max’s body into such uncomfortable positions and have my way with him.”

McGregor suffered a horrific broken leg in his last match, his trilogy fight against Dustin Poirier, and then withdrew from his scheduled fight against Michael Chandler at UFC 303 due to a broken pinky toe.

Meanwhile, Holloway has fought eight times since McGregor’s last fight, is out to avenge his loss to Oliveira, and is still thinking about exacting revenge from 2013.

“I’m going to go in there and put paws on him,” the 34-year-old Holloway said. “I’m going to make him wish that he didn’t come back.

"Actually, no. I’m not going to make him wish that. I’m going to make him think he can do it one more time, so we can rematch at the end of the year.”

Co-headlining the card is Benoit Saint Denis (17-3-0) and Paddy Pimblett (23-4-0) in a battle of top-10 lightweights, both of whom are hoping to position themselves for a title shot.

Saint Denis, 30, has turned in consecutive stoppage wins over Kyle Prepolec, Mauricio Ruffy, Beneil Dariush and Dan Hooker. The Frenchman is 9-2 in the UFC lightweight division. Pimblett, meanwhile, opened 2026 with a loss to new champion Justin Gaethje in their interim title clash that headlined UFC 324 in January. It brought an end to the 31-year-old Liverpool native’s nine-fight winning streak.

The main card will get underway in the lightweight division with King Green (35-17) facing Terrance McKinney (18-8). Former title challenger Brandon Royval (17-9) will meet Lone’er Kavanagh (10-1) in a flyweight match. Cory Sandhagen (18-6) and Mario Bautista (17-3) will be a battle of top-10 bantamweights.

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Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to the 2150 block of Northeast 169th Street after receiving reports of a child who had a “long fall” from a building.

North Miami Beach police said the child was found “alert and conscious” before being airlifted to a trauma center.

Police also confirmed that the child’s parent was at the scene, and no foul play is suspected at this time.

Sky 10 flew over the scene at about 9:45 a.m. as North Miami Beach police investigated. Authorities have not released the girl’s identity at this time.

A Local 10 News crew was at the scene, where the girl was seen on the floor and appeared to be in pain as a family member and neighbors assisted her.

A witness told Local 10’s Rosh Lowe that he ran toward the building after seeing the girl hanging from a window and tried to catch her before she fell.

According to that witness, the girl was able to stand up after the fall.

Neighbors said they were shocked by what happened.

“I do not know what to say,” one neighbor said. “When I woke up, the police were already here. I did not see anything. I saw sheets and other things on the ground. I did not see the girl. My sister has the video where you can see the girl on the floor. I do not know the girl and I never saw something like this before.”

The witness said children had been playing on the balcony before the girl fell.

Police said the incident remains under investigation.

The indictment, returned in Ohio, charges all eight in two separate conspiracies, one to provide material support to terrorists and a second to commit murder on federal government territory and to murder a federal government official.

It remains unclear from the court records how close the would-be attackers could have come to being able to carry out the plan had it not been thwarted.

According to the new indictment, the plot began in May, when the group began amassing money, firearms, ammunition, body armor, explosives, drones, medical equipment, communications equipment and other items.

It was on June 10 that law enforcement officials learned about a possible threat to President Donald Trump’s UFC cage-fighting show, four days before the mixed martial arts extravaganza was scheduled to take place.

The Justice Department last month announced a series of criminal complaints in different districts across the country in connection with the UFC plot, including from Ohio, Missouri, Washington, Nebraska and California.

The indictment announced Thursday represents an effort by the government to streamline the case and knit the defendants together into a single conspiracy prosecution in Ohio. Officials have said the group members harbored fringe conspiracy theories and hoped the attack would destabilize the government.

One of the defendants told investigators that they planned to fly explosive-laden drones into the event and then shoot panicked crowd members as they fled, according to a federal affidavit.

They communicated through online chat groups and forums and classified participants into tiers, with tier 1 participants committing “to put themselves in harm’s way, break the law, and potentially go into hiding," according to the federal indictment. Members of the group also engaged in marksmanship and combat training.

Tycen C. Proper 19, of Danville, Ohio, and four others were arrested and charged in Missouri, Nebraska and California the weekend of the cage-fighting event, called Freedom 250. Two more defendants were charged and arrested by the FBI about a week later in Washington and Missouri.

The Justice Department said an eighth man was charged this week. He is 21-year-old Chandler D. Scaggs, of Chapmanville, West Virginia, who was taken into custody in that state. Scaggs was allegedly assigned to be one of the snipers in the plotted attack, according to an affidavit.

The affidavit said Scaggs was apparently to be picked up by Proper and taken to Washington but lost contact with him after Proper was arrested, the same as the others. Scaggs allegedly signaled to the group that he was still willing to participate in the attack and arranged to travel to the event with another co-conspirator.

Scaggs' attorney, Eric Brehm, said his office was thoroughly reviewing the allegations and declined to comment further.

Conspiring to provide material support to terrorists is punishable by up to 15 years in prison, and conspiring to commit murder carries a penalty of up to life in prison.

Federal prosecutors allege that the group planned to murder Trump, Vice President JD Vance, other federal officials, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, trillionaire businessman Elon Musk and “other high value targets” at the event.

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Miami-Dade Fire Rescue acudió a la cuadra 2150 de Northeast 169th Street después de recibir reportes de un menor que había caído de un edificio.

La policía de North Miami Beach informó que el menor fue encontrado “alerta y consciente” antes de ser trasladado en helicóptero a un centro de trauma.

La policía también confirmó que uno de los padres del menor se encontraba en el lugar y que, por el momento, no se sospecha de ningún acto delictivo.

Sky 10 sobrevoló la escena alrededor de las 9:45 a.m. mientras la policía de North Miami Beach realizaba la investigación. Las autoridades no han revelado la edad, el sexo, la identidad ni la condición del menor, y tampoco han confirmado desde cuántos pisos cayó.

Las autoridades informaron que el incidente continúa bajo investigación.

The demand for help comes as the United Nations launched an appeal for roughly $300 million to assist 1.3 million people in urgent need of aid in the South American country where nongovernmental organizations until recently were targets of government repression. Mobile kitchens and clinics as well as field hospitals now dot public spaces in the northern state of La Guaira, where most of the devastation occurred.

“It is clear at displacement sites that, particularly after two weeks, that people are turning up because they haven’t been able to get their other treatments,” U.N. relief chief Tom Fletcher told The Associated Press during his visit to Venezuela. “So, they’re not turning up with just the fractures now, they’re turning up with those longer-term health needs. And it’s vital that we’re there for them.”

Doctors treating people in that state’s Catia La Mar community on Thursday reported an increase in skin conditions and diarrheal diseases, as well as of requests for medications for the treatment of chronic illnesses, including diabetes and high blood pressure. The emerging diseases can be tied to crowded living spaces and poor water and sanitation conditions, which in many communities predate the earthquakes.

Irma Echarri showed up at a mobile unit on a sidewalk across the street from a church with the boxes of the eyedrops and pain reliever she usually takes, hoping that doctors there could give her new ones. She also wanted to be seen for the pain she developed in her nose after the June 24 earthquakes.

“It hurts a lot,” Echarri, 67, said while waiting to be seen. “It hurts because it hurts.”

Echarri’s home was not damaged, but many of her neighbors are living in temporary shelters or outdoors after 190 buildings collapsed and 856 others were damaged, according to Venezuelan officials, in the back-to-back earthquakes that killed 3,889 people.

The government of acting President Delcy Rodríguez has estimated that the earthquakes left about 18,000 people without a home. The displaced are now living in schools, sidewalks, parks, plazas and other public spaces.

Fletcher, the head of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, told AP the United States has so far provided most of the earthquake-response aid. Much of the assistance on the ground is being delivered by local groups that have partnered with global humanitarian organizations.

Among the displaced is Zulbey Reyes, who went to the clinic ran by the Venezuela-based organization Paluz in partnership with the global relief agency International Rescue Committee. Reyes, who was also robbed by the earthquakes of her job as a nanny, sought treatment for the onset of chest pain.

“I thought it was my heart that was sick,” Reyes, 41, said after being diagnosed and receiving medication. “But it’s a nerve that became inflamed after the screams that day.”

Armando Denegri, representative in Venezuela of the Pan-American Health Organization told reporters Thursday that “50% of the health professionals in La Guaira were directly affected" by the earthquakes.

"Some disappeared, some died, others were severely affected by the crisis, impacting their families,” Denegri said without giving further details.

The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has estimated direct physical damage to housing and infrastructure around $37 billion.

The widespread presence of nongovernmental organizations in the country and the freedom with which the government is allowing them to operate contrasts with the repression and persecution to which they were subjected in recent years. While Rodríguez served as vice president to former President Nicolás Maduro, organizations were repeatedly accused of anti-government activities and the U.N. local human rights office expelled.

“When you have a crisis of this magnitude, people put the politics to one side and are able to focus on saving as many lives as possible, and that’s what I’m seeing so far in this response,” Fletcher said.

Los sospechosos fueron identificados en un informe de arresto de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade como Antoinette McKay, de 50 años, de Cutler Bay, y Zaccheus Zamon Scott, de 34 años, de Miami.

Según el informe, el incidente ocurrió el 11 de junio en la iglesia St. Peters Missionary Baptist Church, ubicada en el 17901 de Southwest 107th Ave., donde McKay y Scott se desempeñaban como entrenadores y consejeros del campamento del menor.

Los investigadores dijeron que el niño estaba jugando fútbol americano con sus hermanos en el campamento de verano cuando se produjo una pelea entre él y uno de ellos.

Fue entonces cuando, según los agentes, McKay y Scott intervinieron.

De acuerdo con el informe, el menor dijo a los investigadores que Scott le colocó “grandes conos naranjas” sobre la cabeza, lo que le dificultó la respiración.

El informe señala que McKay luego “agarró a la víctima por los tobillos, inmovilizándola boca arriba en el suelo, con las piernas elevadas y sujetas por los tobillos sobre el asiento de una silla”.

Los agentes dijeron que, mientras McKay inmovilizaba a la víctima, Scott procedió a abofetearla varias veces en el lado izquierdo del rostro y la cabeza.

Según el informe, el menor sufrió vasos sanguíneos rotos en el ojo izquierdo, un rasguño entre los ojos y hematomas e inflamación en el lado izquierdo del rostro.

El informe indica que posteriormente el padre del menor lo llevó al Hospital Infantil Nicklaus, donde fue atendido y dado de alta. Los médicos recomendaron a la familia vigilar la aparición de síntomas de una conmoción cerebral, según el informe.

Los investigadores informaron que McKay y Scott invocaron sus derechos Miranda y se negaron a hablar con los detectives.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que ambos sospechosos enfrentan un cargo cada uno por abuso infantil sin causar lesiones corporales graves.

Hasta la mañana del jueves, ambos permanecían detenidos en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight con una fianza de $1,500 USD cada uno. La jueza del Tribunal de Circuito de Miami-Dade, Mindy Glazer, también les ordenó mantenerse alejados de la víctima.

Local 10 se comunicó con la iglesia St. Peters Missionary Baptist Church para solicitar comentarios sobre el incidente y confirmar la situación laboral de los dos consejeros.

The U.S. Navy’s amphibious transport dock based in Virginia joined the USS Fort Lauderdale, which arrived pierside in La Guaira on June 28.

While aboard the USS Fort Lauderdale, Gen. Francis L. Donovan, the SouthCom commander, met with U.S. Marines assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, the U.S. Marines announced on Thursday on X.

“U.S. forces at the port are operating a communications and distribution node to deliver life-saving assistance to hard-hit areas,” a SouthCom spokesperson wrote on X.

It has been 15 days since the 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes struck in northern Venezuela, causing widespread destruction in the state of La Guaira.

Venezuelan officials reported the death toll was at 3,811, there were about 190 buildings destroyed, some 855 buildings damaged, and 18,000 people displaced.

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Funk died Wednesday at her apartment in an assisted living facility in the Dallas and Fort Worth suburb of Grapevine, Texas, Grapevine City Councilwoman Duff O'Dell said Thursday. O'Dell, who described herself as Funk's caregiver, said she was by Funk's side. Funk had fallen a couple of times recently and had an infection in her leg.

“It took its toll,” O'Dell said in a phone interview.

Funk was one of 13 female pilots who went through the same tests as NASA’s all-male astronaut corps in the early 1960s but never made it into space with that agency. In 2021, she got her chance aboard Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket.

At the time, the 82-year-old was the oldest person to go into space, though the record was later broken by “Star Trek” actor William Shatner and Ed Dwight, America’s first Black astronaut candidate. They were both 90.

Bezos chose Funk as an “honored guest” to ride alongside him and two others on an up-and-down hop from West Texas.

In a post on X, Blue Origin said Funk was a “pioneer in every sense of the word.”

“We were humbled to be part of her journey,” the post said.

O’Dell said Funk was the “most eternally optimistic person” she had ever met.

“She was told by many, many, many men, ‘No, you can’t do this. No you can’t do that,’ ” O’Dell said. “And she never got mad about it. She just was more determined.”

Funk was the first female inspector for the Federal Aviation Administration and the first female air safety investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board, according to a brief biography released by the City of Grapevine.

In the 1960s, she and other female pilots went through astronaut training in the Mercury 13 program, but they were not allowed to become astronauts.

“Wally Funk never stopped believing that one day she would reach space. Her passion for flight, perseverance, and love of exploration will continue to inspire generations of Americans. Godspeed, Wally,” NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman posted Thursday on X.

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Homestead police said Maria Ramirez was last seen at Leon Medical Center, located at 2250 NE 8th St.

They said Ramirez suffers from a medical condition that requires medication she does not currently have with her and may be in need of services.

Ramirez was last seen wearing a leopard-print blouse, blue shorts and black shoes, and was carrying a red handbag, according to investigators.

They said she is believed to be driving a white 2021 Nissan Versa four-door with Florida license plate FPYQ77.

Anyone with information on her whereabouts is urged to contact the Homestead Police Department at 305-247-1535, or you can stay anonymous by calling Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.

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Jail records show Maurice Yoelcis Sapp was taken into custody following the stabbing, which Miami police say occurred at approximately 4:30 p.m. Wednesday near Northwest Seventh Avenue and 61st Street.

Authorities said they responded to the bus stop after a man flagged down Miami police while holding a knife.

They said a responding officer found Sapp, who is listed as homeless in his arrest report, holding a knife in his right hand while grabbing the shirt of another man.

Police said the officer then ordered Sapp to drop the knife, and he complied.

They said the victim was found bleeding from a large wound on the left side of his face and was taken by Miami Fire Rescue medics to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center, where he was listed in critical condition.

Investigators said the victim suffered stab wounds to his left cheek, left shoulder and upper abdomen.

A witness told detectives she was sitting near Sapp on a bus bench when she saw him approach the victim. She also stated that she heard both men having an argument before Sapp returned to the bench, according to the report.

The witness told investigators that the victim later approached Sapp and continued the argument, the report states.

During the confrontation, she said she heard Sapp tell the victim, “Say it again,” before stabbing him in the left cheek with a black pocketknife, police said.

According to the report, Sapp later told detectives that Beasley approached him and grabbed his shirt during the argument.

Sapp claimed that he removed the victim’s hand from his shirt and stabbed him three to four times with a pocketknife that had been beside him on the bench, the report states.

Police said Sapp also told investigators that the victim did not have a weapon during the confrontation or before the stabbing.

After reviewing the statements and evidence, detectives determined Sapp was the “primary aggressor” and arrested him, according to the report.

Jail records show Sapp is facing one count of attempted second-degree murder with a deadly weapon. As of Thursday, he was being held without bond at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Mindy Glazer also ordered Sapp to stay away from the victim.

Police did not say what the suspect and victim were arguing about before the stabbing occurred.

La Policía de Homestead informó que Maria Ramírez fue vista por última vez en el Centro Médico Leon, ubicado en el 2250 de Northeast 8th Street.

Las autoridades dijeron que Ramírez padece una condición médica que requiere medicamentos que actualmente no lleva consigo y que podría necesitar asistencia.

Según los investigadores, Ramírez fue vista por última vez vistiendo una blusa con estampado de leopardo, pantalones cortos azules y zapatos negros, además de llevar un bolso rojo.

Las autoridades creen que conduce un Nissan Versa blanco de cuatro puertas, modelo 2021, con matrícula de Florida FPYQ77.

Cualquier persona con información sobre su paradero debe comunicarse con el Departamento de Policía de Homestead al 305-247-1535 o puede permanecer en el anonimato llamando a Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers al 305-471-8477.

“En las próximas semanas, los mayores riesgos para la salud podrían derivarse no solo de las lesiones causadas por los terremotos, sino también de las interrupciones en los servicios de salud, las condiciones de acceso a la atención médica, las deficiencias en el agua y el saneamiento, y el acceso a la vacunación y la atención médica rutinaria”, dijo Jarbas Barbosa, director de la OPS, en una videoconferencia de prensa desde Washington.

La OPS y el Ministerio de Salud de Venezuela mantienen una estrecha colaboración para detectar cualquier brote de enfermedades en los refugios dispuestos tras los terremotos, informó el organismo de salud de la región.

“Las enfermedades más comunes en los albergues son las respiratorias debido a la gran cantidad de personas que se congregan en un espacio relativamente pequeño. Por lo tanto, cualquier enfermedad que se transmita por vía respiratoria, como la gripe, por ejemplo, puede propagarse con mayor rapidez. Otras enfermedades se deben a la falta de acceso a agua potable y a alimentos insalubres o inadecuados, así como a otras afecciones”, insistió Barbosa.

Armando Denegri, representante OPS en Venezuela, por su parte, señaló que hasta el momento se “habla de que tres hospitales han sufrido daños estructurales y fueron evacuados”. Otros 24 sufrieron daños que afectaron “transitoriamente su funcionalidad y que fueron en buena parte reparados para mantener esta funcionalidad básica”, agregó.

Se informó también que "el 50% de los profesionales de la salud de La Guaira se vieron afectados directamente. Algunos desaparecieron, algunos fallecieron, otros se vieron muy afectados por la crisis, impactando a sus familias”, resaltó Denegri, sin dar otros detalles.

De acuerdo con estimaciones de la OPS se necesitan unos 24 millones de dólares para ayudar a cubrir las necesidades urgentes de salud hasta fin de año. Ese monto "nos permitirán mantener los servicios de salud, apoyar la rehabilitación y restaurar la funcionalidad de las instalaciones”, destacó Barbosa.

Los sismos de magnitud 7,2 y 7,5 ocurrieron con 39 segundos de diferencia a lo largo de la cordillera de la costa norte de Venezuela, según el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos. Fueron de los más fuertes que se haya percibido en el país sudamericano en más de un siglo.

En Caracas y los estados vecinos de La Guaira y Miranda, según cifras divulgadas en la víspera por las autoridades venezolanas, los sismos dejaron 3.811 muertos y 16.740 heridos. La mayoría de las muertes ocurrieron en La Guaira, la zona más afectada por los terremotos, ubicada a unos 20 kilómetros al norte de Caracas.

El gobierno de la presidenta encargada Delcy Rodríguez ha estimado que los terremotos dejaron a unas 18.000 personas sin hogar. Los desplazados ahora viven en escuelas, parques, plazas y otros espacios públicos.

Un detective revisó videos de vigilancia y arrestó a Manuel Barrios, Yoan Guzmán y Sadien Mena a las 9:15 p.m. del miércoles en la estación de la Policía de Doral, ubicada en el 6100 de Northwest 99th Avenue, según un informe de arresto.

La víctima denunció que el intento de robo ocurrió la madrugada del domingo dentro de Pink Pony, un club nocturno ubicado en el 7971 de Northwest 33rd Street, en Doral, según el informe de arresto.

Los videos de vigilancia muestran a Mena, de 34 años, hablando con la víctima antes de que ambos caminaran hacia el baño de hombres, donde la víctima dijo que Guzmán, de 33 años, lo empujó y entre tres y cuatro hombres lo atacaron, según la policía.

“Mientras estaba en el suelo, escuchó que uno de los hombres dijo en español: “La cadena”, en referencia a su cadena de diamantes de 10 quilates y 2,000 gramos, valorada en aproximadamente $240,000 USD”, escribió un agente en el informe.

La víctima dijo que los guardias de seguridad del club nocturno detuvieron la golpiza y obligaron a todos a salir del baño, según la policía.

Los videos de vigilancia del club muestran a Mena y Barrios, de 25 años, “agarrando” la cadena de la víctima y “tirando” de ella, según la policía.

La víctima logró escapar con su cadena, aunque sufrió moretones y laceraciones en el rostro, el cuello, los hombros y los brazos, según la policía.

De acuerdo con los registros de la cárcel, Barrios, Guzmán, también conocido como Yoan E. Guzmanbango, y Mena, también conocido como Sadien Alexis Menacove, fueron ingresados poco después de las 2:25 a.m. del jueves en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight.

Barrios, Guzmán y Mena enfrentan, cada uno, cargos por intento de robo con fuerza física y agresión.

El editor de asignaciones de Local 10 News, Carson Merlo, colaboró en este reporte.

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A detective had surveillance video and arrested Manuel Barrios, Yoan Guzman, and Sadien Mena at 9:15 p.m. on Wednesday at the Doral Police Station at 6100 NW 99 Ave., according to a police arrest report.

The victim reported the attempted robbery was early Sunday morning inside Pink Pony, a strip club at 7971 NW 33 St., in Doral, according to a police officer’s arrest report.

Surveillance video showed Mena, 34, talking to the victim before the two walked to the men’s restroom, where the victim said Guzman, 33, pushed him and three to four men attacked him, according to police.

“While he was on the ground, he heard one of the males say, in Spanish, ‘La cadena,’ referring to his chain, which is a 10 karat 2000 grams diamond chain valued at approximately $240,000,” a police officer wrote, according to the report.

The victim said the strip club’s security guards stopped the beating and forced them all out of the restroom, according to police.

Surveillance video at the club shows Mena and Barrios, 25, “grabbing” the victim’s chain and “pulling” it, according to police.

The victim managed to escape with his chain after suffering bruises and lacerations to the face, neck, shoulders, and arms, according to police.

According to inmate records, corrections booked Barrios; Guzman, also known as Yoan E. Guzmanbango; and Mena, also known as Sadien Alexis Menacove, shortly after 2:25 a.m. on Thursday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

Barrios, Guzman, and Mena each faced charges of attempted strong-arm robbery and battery.

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

Les Bleus, with a star striker who said he's fine despite a right ankle issue, are headed back to the semifinals for the third straight World Cup tournament.

Mbappé had a goal and an assist after missing a first-half penalty kick, Ousmane Dembélé also scored and two-time champion France beat Morocco 2-0 Thursday in the quarterfinals.

“There’s only one way to relax, and that’s by winning. Until we’ve done that, we don’t let up,” Mbappé said. “We’re in the semifinals and we’re very happy, but there’s still a long way to go.”

Mbappé’s goal in the 60th minute was the 20th of his World Cup career and came in his 20th match at the tournament, moving him one behind Argentina captain Lionel Messi. Dembélé scored his fifth goal of the tournament in the 66th.

Mbappé went down to the ground in the 76th minute, about 13 minutes after being hit hard by a Moroccan defender, and was taken off for a substitute a minute later. He was then shown sitting on the bench with an ice pack on his right ankle.

After the match and with both shoes on, Mbappé ran and jumped in celebration with his teammates.

“I took a knock to the ankle, but I’m fine," Mbappé said. “At that point, JP (Jean-Philippe Mateta) was in better shape than I was to play the final minutes.”

France will face either Spain or Belgium in the semifinals in Dallas on Tuesday.

France beat Morocco by the same score in the semifinals of the 2022 tournament in Qatar when the Atlas Lions became the first African team to make it that far. France now remains on track to become only the third nation to play in the final of three consecutive World Cups.

“It is a confirmation of how we’ve played so far,” said France coach Didier Deschamps, who added there is a reason for his team's success in recent World Cups.

“Having great players. Excellent players. My credit goes to the players. But maybe I do my job well," he said. "The only truth is the one on the pitch.”

Mbappé got his goal with a perfectly placed shot just inside the far post after Morocco failed to clear the ball. He received the ball just outside the area, took a couple steps forward and then sent his shot sailing into the net. He extended both arms and ran to the sideline to celebrate with his teammates.

France's second goal came after Mbappé took a pass and tapped it back for Dembélé. Mbappé kept running forward and took defenders with him, opening space for Dembélé's shot.

Dembélé said he wasn't surprised with how Mbappé stepped up after his penalty miss in the first half.

“He's our captain and he has an incredible mentality,” Dembélé said. “We're expecting even more goals from him.”

France held a 21-4 advantage in shots on goal and 8-1 edge in shots on target for the game.

“We are very disappointed. We wanted to go on,” Morocco coach Mohamed Ouahbi said. “When we had ball possession, our transitions were not great and we had to run a little more. Their players were in their comfort zone.”

Mbappé also had the first shot on goal of the game, just missing wide right in the fourth minute. Then, in the 25th, he was running up the left side when he was chopped down in the box by Morocco defender Noussair Mazraoui. Referee Facundo Tello quickly pointed to the penalty spot.

Mbappé lined up waiting for his attempt but was held up by a lengthy video review. He was finally cleared to shoot in the 28th minute, but after a hesitation, Mbappé’s shot toward the right corner was corralled by goalkeeper Yassine Bounou, who guessed the direction of the shot correctly.

Deschamps said the long review also included a review for another foul.

Mbappé made his only other penalty attempt at this year's World Cup in France’s 1-0 victory over Paraguay in the round of 16.

Still, France was by far the more active team offensively in the first half, holding a 13-1 advantage in shots on goal.

Morocco’s best opportunity came just before the halftime whistle when Achraf Hakimi sent a free kick from just outside the box past the right post.

France now has a chance to emulate Brazil and West Germany in reaching three straight World Cup finals.

“We realize that what lies ahead is even tougher than what we’ve been through," Mbappé said, "but we’re ready to face anything.”

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They are among the co-leaders of five different task forces announced by Fed Chair Kevin Warsh last month. The other leaders are a mix of public officials and business leaders.

Warsh called for “regime change” at the Fed last year while he was under consideration by the Trump administration to replace former chair Jerome Powell. Warsh has sought to communicate less about the Fed's thinking on interest rates and has said he wants to reduce the central bank's roughly $6.7 trillion in holdings of government bonds.

Yet it's not yet clear how transformative the task forces will be. Most of the directors announced Thursday are leading figures in economics and business, rather than longtime Fed critics. Warsh's use of task forces, Fed-watchers say, suggest he wants to persuade his fellow Fed officials of any changes rather than impose them.

“The U.S. economy has changed significantly over the last generation, and never more so than right now,” Warsh said in a written statement. “Each task force will carefully consider whether policymakers’ means and methods, analytical tools and policy approaches can be improved upon.”

The five task forces will each have three co-leaders and will be supported by Fed staff, the central bank said.

One of the task forces will focus on how artificial intelligence and other new technologies will affect productivity and jobs. Warsh has repeatedly said he expects AI to bring about fundamental changes to the U.S. economy.

To oversee that task force, Warsh has turned to executives from firms developing AI, including Marc Andreessen, a major investor in crypto firms and AI technology. Asha Sharma, an executive vice president at Microsoft and CEO of its Xbox unit will also co-lead that task force. Charles Jones, an economist at Stanford currently on leave with Anthropic, will act as the third co-chair.

Chetty, a Harvard economist, will co-lead a task force on evaluating the data sources used by the Fed. Chetty has broken ground by using huge data sets to track families' economic fortunes over decades and evaluate which areas of the country have seen the most economic mobility.

Doug McMillon, the former president and CEO of Walmart, and Kevin Murphy, an economics professor at the University of Chicago, will co-lead the data task force.

A third task force will examine the Fed's balance sheet, which has ballooned in size since the Great Recession in 2008-2009. Raghuram Rajan, a former leader of the Reserve Bank of India, and Harvard economist and former Treasury official Karen Dynan will co-lead the task force, along with Jeremy Stein, a former Fed governor.

Greg Mankiw, a top economist in the George W. Bush administration and Thomas Sargent, a Nobel laureate at New York University, will co-lead a task force on inflation frameworks. King, the former Bank of England governor, will be one of the leaders of the task force on communications.

Judge Christopher Wagner said Thursday the NCAA eligibility rules have been applied to 2022 high school graduates in an arbitrary and capricious manner, adding the plaintiffs would suffer “irreparable injury” without an injunction.

“We hope the NCAA reconsiders its position and allows all other similarly situated athletes from the high school class of 2022 to compete for remaining roster spots in all sports,” attorney Ryan Downton said.

Wagner's ruling allows the athletes in the lawsuit an opportunity to enter the transfer portal. He scheduled a conference for Aug. 4 to prepare for a trial.

“While we will seek to overturn this ruling, it is now apparent that Congress must act swiftly to restore stability, uniformity, and fair competition in college athletics,” the NCAA said in a statement.

The Protect College Sports Act has moved forward with Senate committee approval in June. However, the Big Ten and Southeastern conferences oppose the bill designed to stabilize college sports and are seeking revisions.

Downton has filed similar lawsuits against the NCAA on behalf of nearly 30 men's and women's basketball players.

The lawsuit in Cincinnati was filed shortly after the NCAA Division I Cabinet approved a monumental change in eligibility rules last month.

“When each plaintiff completed their fourth season of competition during the 2025-26 academic year, they had every reason to know it was the end of the line and time to make way for the next generation of college athletes,” the NCAA wrote in a filing.

The plaintiffs are seeking to be eligible to play a fifth year during the upcoming season, representing athletes who graduated from high school in 2022 and began their college sports careers that autumn and never redshirted.

“Each plaintiff was harmed each time he or she competed in a basketball game against a fifth or sixth-year player without being offered the same opportunity to compete in a fifth season themselves,” Downtown wrote in a filing.

The NCAA now allows athletes five seasons of competition over a five-year period that begins with their full-time enrollment or the academic year following their 19th birthday, whichever occurs first.

The move will all but eliminate waivers or redshirt years for extended eligibility except for religious missions, pregnancy or active-duty military service. Extensions will no longer be considered for athletes who are injured.

Athletes whose eligibility expired by spring 2026 under the traditional model — four years of competition over five years — will not be allowed a fifth year of competition under the new rules that go into effect this fall.

The Division I Cabinet has said in a statement posted on X that it was aware of legal action challenging its decision and that “we do not intend to change course.”

Three basketball players, including Xavier forward Filip Borovicanin of Serbia, and three coaches, including Xavier coach Richard Pitino, along with an agent testified at a hearing in Cincinnati earlier this month, while the NCAA did not call any witnesses.

Wagner appeared to be critical of the NCAA in his written ruling, saying the governing body resembles “a highly profitable professional sports league," more than its argument of being a voluntary association.

“The court finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that plaintiffs will suffer irreparable injury if the preliminary injunction is not granted,” Wagner said.

The NCAA said the decision was wrong.

“We will immediately seek all avenues for reversal, including a stay of the court’s order pending appeal,” the NCAA said. “The court disregarded over a century of precedent and substituted its own judgment, on a limited factual record, for the collective expertise of the nation’s leading higher education institutions.”

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It was Smith's first time on the LA Metro in a decade, and the experience exceeded his expectations.

“Seems like a very functioning transit system, which is somewhat surprising given its reputation,” he said.

That is the reaction Metro officials were hoping for as they used the 2026 FIFA World Cup's eight LA games to introduce — or reintroduce — people to the region's public transit system, often an afterthought in car-centric Los Angeles. It is an early test run of sorts for the 2028 Olympics, which organizers have billed as a “no car” Games where there will be no parking for attendees at any of the venues. Spectators will have to rely on transit and shuttles to get to events.

Nearly 50,000 rides were taken on rail lines for the July 2 Spain-Austria game that Smith and his son attended. There is no train that runs directly to SoFi Stadium in the LA suburb of Inglewood, but Metro has added 15 shuttle lines to transport people there from major rail stations and transit centers — the farthest route taking one hour and 15 minutes. More than 30,000 rides were taken on those shuttles for that game alone, the agency said.

The Metro will take a similar approach for the Olympics because many venues don't connect directly to the system. For the World Cup, the agency borrowed about 200 buses to meet the increased demand. Officials have said they will need to borrow 3,000 buses for the Olympics.

Officials work to overcome safety fears

For many residents, public transit isn't baked into everyday life in Los Angeles, the nation's second most-populous city, quite the same way it is in other major urban centers like New York and Chicago. LA Metro estimates the system provides about 1 million rides each day — roughly the same as Chicago, a smaller city. In New York, meanwhile, it is well over 3 million on the average weekday.

Many view LA's rail and bus system as unreliable at best and unsafe at worse. Certain high-profile violent incidents, such as a 67-year-old woman who died from being stabbed on a Metro train in 2024, have driven those perceptions. Some riders are also concerned about drug use, cleanliness and the presence of homeless people.

In June, Metro opened applications for its police force, which it hopes to have fully deployed by 2029 to replace the LAPD. The agency hopes having its own sworn officers working along with homeless outreach and crisis response teams will help riders feel safer on its trains and buses.

Metro has also touted data that showed a decline in violent crime over the past two years, with a 13.6% decrease in overall crime in March 2026 compared to a year before.

Martha Banuelos used the transit system sporadically before but generally preferred to “avoid it like the plague.” She started riding the trains again recently to get into the city from North Hollywood for World Cup watch parties.

“It’s a lot cleaner and smells way better,” she said.

Officials see World Cup as an opportunity

Metro has partnered with FIFA to host fan zones and watch parties at key transit hubs — where thousands of fans from around the region gathered to drink, dance to DJ sets, and cheer for their favorite teams. Metro has advertised limited edition tap cards for different countries and leaned into social media to promote public transit during the games.

The system also upgraded its payment options before the World Cup to allow riders to pay directly with a credit card like other cities that have done away with tap cards.

Those efforts worked to draw in new riders like Yasmin Cortez, a 32-year-old who took the train for the first time ever to attend the official FIFA Fan Festival at the LA Memorial Coliseum to watch matches, volunteer for FIFA, and soak in the World Cup spirit. A week later, she took the rail again to root for Uruguay at the Union Station Fan Zone, from Cerritos about 16 miles (26 kilometers) southwest of LA.

“Especially with gas prices now, yeah I should be taking the Metro,” she said. “There’s a lot to explore, and I bought some new walking shoes.”

Looking ahead to 2028 Olympics

During the last Summer Games, Paris was lauded for how accessible the Games were, with nearly every venue reachable by Metro, commuter train, tram or bus.

LA, long known for congested roadways, is hard at work to expand its own transit options as the Games quickly approach.

Transit enthusiasts rejoiced at the long-awaited extension of the D line in May, which runs east-west connecting downtown LA to Koreatown, and now further west, where popular tourist attractions like the Grove shopping mall, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the La Brea Tar Pits are.

It marked the first opening of a heavy rail expansion project in the U.S. since 2020. Four more stations are under construction to extend the line to the University of California, Los Angeles campus, which will serve as the official Athlete Village for the 2028 games.

“LA is a transit city,” said Jennifer Vides, Metro's chief customer experience officer. “People want to try to say that it’s not. Obviously we have a lot more expansion to do and we’re working on it. But people really want transit.”

It does not necessarily mean that the trade is off. The Raptors said they still want Leonard, and the Clippers, in a statement sent to multiple outlets including The Associated Press, again insisted that they are not guilty of any wrongdoing related to an endorsement contract between Leonard and a now-bankrupt California-based digital bank that touted itself as environmentally friendly.

But the probe, as detailed by the terms of the collective bargaining agreement, could lead to penalties that include a substantial fine, the loss of draft capital — and, potentially, even the voiding of a player contract — if the league finds there was a deliberate circumvention of cap rules.

“The NBA league office informed us that as a result of the ongoing investigation involving the Clippers, we would assume the risk of any potential outcome of the investigation impacting Kawhi,” the Raptors said. “In light of this, we will wait until the league’s investigation is complete.”

There is no timetable for the conclusion of the NBA's probe, which is being performed by outside counsel — Wachtell Lipton, a New York-based firm. Commissioner Adam Silver said in recent weeks that he'd like to see a conclusion.

“My instruction to them is we can’t be investigating forever. At some point you have to wrap it up,” Silver said last month at the NBA Finals. “But at the same time, the most important thing is that we get it right."

Through a spokesman, the NBA said Thursday that it doesn't “have a specific timeline for the conclusion of the investigation but expect the firm to finalize its work in the coming weeks”

The NBA opened an investigation back in September into whether a $28 million endorsement contract between Leonard and Aspiration Fund Adviser LLC — a company that filed for bankruptcy in 2025 — broke league rules, following a report by journalist Pablo Torre. Last month, Aspiration co-founder Joseph Sanberg was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to defrauding investors and lenders of at least $248 million.

“At the heart of this investigation are Joe Sanberg and Aspiration,” the Clippers said Thursday in a statement. "We did not funnel money to Kawhi Leonard through Aspiration. Like many sophisticated investors, financial institutions, and business partners, we were victims of a fraud initiated by Sanberg, who has been convicted and sentenced to 14 years in prison.

“We recognize the uncertainty this has created and the impact it has had on our team, our fans, the Raptors organization, their fans, and the players whose futures remain affected while this process continues. We remain confident that, when the facts are evaluated fairly and thoroughly, the NBA will confirm exactly what we have said from the beginning: We have not done what we are accused of doing.”

For its part, Toronto reaffirmed that it still wants to acquire Leonard.

“The Raptors remain eager to bring Kawhi back to Toronto and look forward to a swift resolution for our players, our organization, and our fans,” the Raptors said.

The Raptors and Clippers struck a deal on June 30 on a trade that would send Leonard back to the city that helped win the 2019 NBA championship.

The Raptors agreed to send Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick, two first-round draft picks, two second-round picks and pick swaps to the Clippers for Leonard — who spent one season in Toronto, and that was the year the Raptors won their lone title.

He turned 35 earlier this month but is coming off the highest-scoring season of his career, averaging 27.9 points for the Clippers in 65 games.

Leonard is a seven-time All-Star, seven-time All-NBA selection, a two-time NBA champion (also winning in 2014 with San Antonio) and is generally considered one of the game’s top defensive players. He has said there was no wrongdoing.

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There is a “continual battle” against threats online, said Vicki Evans, a senior national coordinator for counterterrorism at the Metropolitan Police, and police need help from technology companies because “it's not something we can do alone.”

Islamic extremism remains the biggest threat but over the past five years, threats from far-right groups and hostile states have significantly grown, said Laurence Taylor, head of counterterrorism police.

According to Evans, the threat from hostile states is the “most rapidly escalating mission” for counterterrorism police.

Threats from hostile countries are increasing

In July, two Romanian men were jailed over the stabbing of a journalist from a Persian-language television station, which the judge said was carried out on behalf of Iran's government.

In June, a Ukrainian man and Romanian man were jailed for their role in setting fire to property linked to U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer — a plot which fits the description of Russian state-backed sabotage. And in May, a U.K. border official and former Hong Kong police officer were convicted of spying for China.

Evans said that in 2025, there were more than 20 Iranian-backed plots, including assassinations, kidnappings and other serious crimes against the U.K. Additionally, police are still investigating whether arson attacks against Jewish sites earlier in the year have a link to Iran.

Russia has been organizing a “constant stream of surveillance plots” against people and institutions in Britain, aiming to target people Russian officials believe are enemies, “infiltrate” ordinary life and identify people who will “peddle” Russian narratives or carry out proxy work on behalf of the Russian state, she added.

Across Europe, Russia has recruited dozens of people on apps like Telegram to carry out vandalism or set fires — including at a warehouse in London that stored communications equipment meant for Ukraine.

Dylan Earl, the ringleader of that plot, was recruited on Telegram by the Wagner Group, a mercenary organization acting on behalf of Moscow that has been designated a terrorist group by the U.K. government.

Evans also said that teenagers as young as 15 have been arrested by police in relation to proxy plots. The challenge for law enforcement, she added, is that “anyone could be targeted,” especially online.

"This isn’t something that’s happening elsewhere,” Evans said, speaking to journalists at New Scotland Yard, the Metropolitan Police headquarters. “It’s happening here. This risk is in our neighborhoods, in our online spaces and in our workplaces.”

The threat of far-right extremism is rising

Taylor said that the threat level in the U.K. was raised in April from “substantial” to “severe,” partly because cases linked to extreme far right ideologies are “growing substantially.”

Police have noted an increase in “vile” content, particularly online, which creates a “cocktail of racism, misogyny and extreme homophobia,” he said.

Extreme views, he said, appear to be being challenged less and less and so conditions have been created where previously unacceptable views are now more prevalent.

As an example, he gave the case of an 18-year-old woman, Alina Burns, who was imprisoned for almost 20 years in May after attacking a stranger with an ax — an attack that Taylor said was motivated by her extreme right-wing mindset.

Children are increasingly radicalized online

Alfie Coleman — a 22-year-old sentenced on Wednesday for 13.5 years for trying to buy a gun from an undercover MI5 officer — was radicalized online from the age of 14, Taylor said.

Evans said that those behind the exploitation are specifically designing online content to attract young people by blending it with propaganda and gaming footage, historical images and music. The young are then prompted to carry out violent acts — such as being asked to “recreate” in real life horrific attacks from video games, she said.

In some cases, Evans said, “sadistic online groups,” ask people to compete against each other to cause harm online and offline — by using cyberattacks, extremism, serious violence or even child sexual abuse or terrorism.

The extent of “lawful but awful” content online, including extreme violence and gore, she said means that some people now have a skewed sense of what is normal or acceptable. Those people are particularly vulnerable to manipulation, including by state actors, she said.

Although the government has said that Britain will ban social media for those under 16, that is not enough, said Evans, adding that pressure needs to be put on technology companies to help curb harmful content online.

Laws and policies regulating harmful content online quickly go out of date while social platforms have powerful mechanisms to push content to young people, she said.

“The tipping point is very swift and steep,” for some people who are drawn into harmful content online, she said.

The new pledge builds on the $2.2 billion mobilized at the inaugural Africa Clean Cooking Summit in Paris in 2024, bringing total commitments to more than $3.1 billion, which will be used to expand access to cleaner cooking fuels, stoves and related infrastructure across the continent.

The funding was announced during a virtual meeting on clean cooking in Africa convened by IEA and Kenya, where leaders reviewed progress made since the last summit and outlined priorities ahead of the next gathering later this year.

Nearly 1 billion people across Africa still lack access to clean cooking, relying instead on charcoal, firewood and other polluting fuels that the IEA says contribute to an estimated 850,000 premature deaths each year.

The meeting brought together Kenyan President William Ruto, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, African Union commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy Lerato Mataboge and IEA executive director Fatih Birol, among others.

Clean cooking refers to the use of low-emission fuels and technologies, such as ethanol, biogas and electricity, instead of traditional fuels like charcoal and firewood. The transition reduces harmful household air pollution and improves health outcomes for millions of African households.

“Access to clean cooking is one of the most impactful yet overlooked challenges of our time,” said Wright, adding that it directly affects the lives of billions of people, particularly women and children.

Kenya’s Ruto said financing remained the biggest obstacle to achieving universal access to clean cooking technologies across Africa. “Ambition alone is not enough. It must be backed by investment,” he said.

Birol said the IEA's latest tracking showed that $740 million, or about one-third of the commitments announced in Paris, has already been deployed across 22 African countries.

“The additional $900 million in commitments demonstrates growing momentum, with more expected before the next summit,” Birol said.

The IEA also released a report showing governments have introduced 121 new clean cooking policies across more than 30 African countries since the Paris summit. Those countries account for about 80% of Africans without access to clean cooking.

The agency said it is working with the African Union to help governments strengthen national clean cooking policies under a continentwide strategy and action plan ahead of the next summit.

It also launched a new public-private Clean Cooking Security Programme aimed at strengthening global supply chains for cooking fuels, particularly liquefied petroleum gas, or LPG. The initiative follows shipping disruptions through the Strait of Hormuz earlier this year that affected about 30% of globally traded LPG, the agency said. More than 3.4 billion people worldwide depend on LPG as their primary cooking fuel.

The program will provide technical assistance to countries seeking to improve fuel security while exploring ways to strengthen international cooperation on clean cooking supply chains.

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Los registros de la cárcel muestran que Maurice Yoelcis Sapp fue detenido tras el apuñalamiento, que, según la Policía de Miami, ocurrió aproximadamente a las 4:30 p.m. del miércoles cerca de Northwest Seventh Avenue y Northwest 61st Street.

Las autoridades informaron que respondieron a la parada de autobús después de que un hombre detuviera a agentes de la Policía de Miami mientras sostenía un cuchillo.

Indicaron que un agente encontró a Sapp, quien figura como indigente en el informe de arresto, sosteniendo un cuchillo en la mano derecha mientras sujetaba la camisa de otro hombre.

La policía dijo que el agente le ordenó a Sapp que soltara el cuchillo y este obedeció.

Las autoridades informaron que la víctima fue encontrada sangrando debido a una herida de gran tamaño en el lado izquierdo del rostro y fue trasladada por paramédicos de Miami Fire Rescue al Centro de Trauma Ryder del Hospital Jackson Memorial, donde fue reportada en condición crítica.

Los investigadores dijeron que la víctima sufrió heridas de arma blanca en la mejilla izquierda, el hombro izquierdo y la parte superior del abdomen.

Una testigo dijo a los detectives que estaba sentada cerca de Sapp en una banca de la parada de autobús cuando lo vio acercarse a la víctima. También declaró que escuchó a ambos hombres discutir antes de que Sapp regresara a la banca, según el informe.

La testigo dijo a los investigadores que la víctima se acercó posteriormente a Sapp y continuó la discusión, indica el informe.

Durante el enfrentamiento, la mujer dijo que escuchó a Sapp decirle a la víctima: “Dilo otra vez”, antes de apuñalarla en la mejilla izquierda con una navaja negra, informó la policía.

Según el informe, Sapp dijo posteriormente a los detectives que Beasley se le acercó y le sujetó la camisa durante la discusión.

Sapp afirmó que apartó la mano de la víctima de su camisa y luego la apuñaló entre tres y cuatro veces con una navaja que estaba a su lado sobre la banca, señala el informe.

La policía informó que Sapp también dijo a los investigadores que la víctima no tenía ningún arma durante el enfrentamiento ni antes del apuñalamiento.

Después de revisar las declaraciones y las pruebas, los detectives determinaron que Sapp fue el “agresor principal” y procedieron a arrestarlo, según el informe.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que Sapp enfrenta un cargo de intento de asesinato en segundo grado con un arma mortal. Hasta el jueves, permanecía detenido sin derecho a fianza en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight. La jueza del Tribunal de Circuito de Miami-Dade, Mindy Glazer, también le ordenó mantenerse alejado de la víctima.

La policía no informó cuál fue el motivo de la discusión entre el sospechoso y la víctima antes del apuñalamiento.

The survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research makes clear that for many U.S. Jews, support for Israel remains a bedrock of their religious identity, its existence a guarantee of Jewish self-determination and safety. Yet others — particularly those who identify as Jews through ethnic, cultural or family ties, rather than religion — feel less connected to Israel and judge its actions in the ongoing conflict more harshly.

About 7 in 10 Jewish adults overall identify as Jewish when asked about their religious affiliation, according to the sweeping survey that touched on everything from views on Israel to antisemitism concerns and strains on interpersonal relations. The rest, about 3 in 10 Jewish adults, say they are atheists, agnostics, or have no particular religious affiliation, but still identify as Jewish in other ways.

Israel has been at the center of the turmoil in the Middle East since the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack that killed some 1,200 people. More than 73,000 Palestinians have died in Gaza since Israel retaliated, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry, which doesn’t distinguish between civilian and militant deaths. Israel’s ongoing offensives have become a wedge issue for Jewish and non-Jewish Americans, leading to protests, raising antisemitism fears and questions about America’s close ties to Israel.

Among Jews with a religious affiliation, views on Israel’s recent military actions are far from uniform or uncritical. Only about half say Israel’s ongoing military operations in Gaza are justified. About one-quarter believe Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, an accusation that’s been leveled by some human rights organizations and vehemently denied by Israel and the U.S. government.

But they are more supportive of Israel’s actions than secular American Jews. About 4 in 10 religiously unaffiliated Jews say Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians, and only about 2 in 10 see Israel’s current operations in Gaza as justified. The vast majority, 74%, say they are “not too” or “not at all” emotionally attached to Israel, a sharp contrast from other Jewish adults.

Anna Constant, 56, of Seattle identifies as culturally Jewish and says she doesn’t feel closely connected to Israel.

“I kind of think of myself as an American version of a Jew. I do have a homeland,” she said, referring to the United States.

At the same time, “my heart is broken for everything everyone is navigating over there. ... We have bad governments happening not just in Israel but in the United States. I’m trying to hold on to the reality that the people are not the governments.”

Conflicting views about Israel’s military actions

Jews who regularly attend religious services are more likely than those who never attend to feel a connection to Israel and see its military actions in Gaza as justified, the survey found.

About 3 in 10 Jewish adults never attend religious services, although that rises to about two-thirds among religiously unaffiliated Jews. About half of Jewish adults attend a few times a year or less often. About 2 in 10 attend at least once a month, including about 1 in 10 who attend weekly.

According to the survey, Jewish adults mostly identify as Democrats; about 3 in 10 identify as Republicans. Religiously unaffiliated Jews are slightly more likely than Jewish adults overall to identify as Democrats, and less likely to call themselves Republicans.

Jacqueline Rothstein, 35, splits time between a New York City suburb on Long Island and the city’s heavily Jewish borough of Brooklyn. She is Modern Orthodox, attending worship services about once a month.

A political independent, she views Republican President Donald Trump favorably and has an unfavorable view of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a Muslim Democrat who supports Palestinian rights. Rothstein says her Jewish identity and supporting Israel are “extremely important” to her.

She’s keenly aware of divisions within the Jewish community, and cites family history as one key reason for the differing views of Israel. Two of her grandparents were Sephardic Jews expelled from Egypt in the 1960s; the other two were Holocaust survivors, she said.

“There are plenty of American Jews whose grandparents didn’t have that trauma,” Rothstein said. “If you have no connection to Israel, if your grandparents were safe in America, ... then you don’t know the struggle.”

Jewish adults who identify as religiously Jewish are much likelier than nonreligious Jews to identify as Zionists. About 3 in 10 religiously Jewish adults say “Zionist” describes them “extremely” or “very” well, compared to 6% of religiously unaffiliated Jews.

Just under half of secular Jews, 45%, say “Zionist” describes them ”not very well" or “not well at all.”

Many still see Israel as central to their Jewish identity

Supporting Israel is still fundamental to many Jewish adults’ identity, but its importance compared to other aspects of being Jewish varies.

About half of religiously affiliated Jewish adults say supporting Israel is “extremely” or “very” important to their Jewish identity, compared to about 1 in 10 religiously unaffiliated Jewish adults.

Rabbi Seth Adelson noted that Israel was founded primarily by secular Jews, but suggested that today in the U.S., stronger connections to Israel are felt by religiously observant Jews. He is the rabbi of Congregation Beth Shalom in Pittsburgh, a Conservative synagogue with close ties to the three congregations targeted in the 2018 massacre at the nearby Tree of Life synagogue in which 11 worshippers were killed in the nation’s deadliest antisemitic attack.

“In recent years, perhaps due to the complexity of that region, due to the challenges faced by modern states, religious Jews have been more likely to hold on to our ancient stories, and Jews of no religion have been less likely to hold on to those stories,” Adelson said.

Some of the divide is generational. Younger Jews — regardless of their Jewish affiliation — are less likely to see Israel as important to their Jewish identity. But there are commonalities, too. Majorities of younger and older Jewish adults, for instance, say that remembering the Holocaust is important to their Jewish identity.

Bonnie Brody, 78, grew up in a community with several Holocaust survivors in Queens, New York. While she doesn’t always agree with its government’s choices, the Florida resident sees Israel as a vital haven for Jews.

“I heard the stories of the concentration camps and how even (the U.S.) turned back a ship full of Jews,” she said, referring to the ocean liner St. Louis that departed Germany in 1939 with hundreds of Jewish refugees aboard, and was prevented from landing in the U.S. “Many of them had nowhere to go.”

Painful conflicts with family over Israel are common

The survey finds that rifts are springing up within families and communities over Israel, even among religiously unaffiliated Jews.

Most Jewish adults, 55%, say they’ve felt offended by another person’s comments about Israel since the Oct. 7 attack, while about 4 in 10 say they’ve disagreed with family members about something related to Israel.

About 3 in 10 say they’ve stopped talking to someone because of something they said about Israel.

Shainah Horowitz, 45, a staunch Democrat from Portland, Oregon, says the Jewish community in that solidly liberal city is riddled with divisions. On one hand, she said, there is friction between politically right-leaning Orthodox Jews and Jews with more left-leaning views, including those in her Conservative synagogue which takes pride in being LGBTQ+-inclusive. Meanwhile, she said, secular anti-Zionist Jews in Portland can be stridently critical of Jews who — like Horowitz herself — identify as Zionists and support the concept of Israel as a Jewish state.

“I cannot have conversations with certain friends — non-Jews and some very secular Jews who buy into the anti-Israel slant,” she said.

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

United said the new stadium would be situated around 350 meters northwest of its existing Old Trafford stadium.

As part of a wider stadium district, the Premier League club said the entire project would create 48,000 local jobs, 15,000 new homes and potentially generate 7.3 billion pounds ($9.8 billion) a year for the UK economy.

“Together with our partners, we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to deliver a destination that creates lasting benefits for supporters, local communities and the wider region for decades to come,” Collette Roche, CEO of United’s new stadium development, said. “We are committed to building a world-class stadium with our supporters, not simply for them.”

United's part owner Jim Ratcliffe has made it a mission to deliver the “world’s greatest” soccer stadium.

When plans were first unveiled last year it was estimated it would cost around 2 billion pounds ($2.6 billion) to build a stadium to surpass Wembley as the biggest in the United Kingdom, with completion in time for the 2030-31 season.

Initial stadium drawings included a structure with three spires. The final design has not been determined.

Wembley is currently the biggest stadium in the U.K., with a capacity of 90,000, and is home to England’s national soccer teams.

Old Trafford is the country’s biggest dedicated soccer stadium with a capacity of just over 74,000, but is dated in comparison to the likes of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, which regularly hosts NFL games.

Old Trafford, which was bombed during World War II, has been home to United since 1910.

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Judge has not played since May 31 and went on the injured list June 5 with a stress fracture of his right rib after a CT scan, an MRI and a meeting with a specialist.

“I don’t think we want to put him at risk of coming back while still injured,” Yankees general manager Brian Cashman told reporters on Thursday. “He should be asymptomatic before we turn him loose. If he’s asymptomatic and not feeling anything and (medical images) are showing healing, then it’s probably appropriate to get him going again. But we don’t want to, because the schedule is what it is, put him in a position where we’re putting him in jeopardy where it somehow gets worse.”

The Yankees were 14-19 without Judge entering their series finale against the AL-East leading Tampa Bay Rays.

Cashman said the injury has restricted Judge’s ability to work out his upper body because he can’t put stress on his rib cage. The new images will give a better understanding of where he stands in his rehab process.

Cashman said slugger Giancarlo Stanton, who hasn't played since April 24 because of a right calf injury, injured the calf again, setting back his return. Cashman said the injury was a new strain to the calf. Stanton has resumed running.

Infielder George Lombard Jr., the Yankees' top prospect, is hitting and throwing again after spraining two fingers on his left hand last month. He's expected to resume playing in the minors around the All-Star break.

Right-hander Carlos Lagrange, another top prospect, will not throw for six weeks after suffering a right capsule strain. The team was getting Lagrange ready for a relief role before the injury.

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Signs for the Palm Beach International Airport have been removed, while new signage goes up.

“Because an entire airport transformation doesn’t happen overnight, you’ll notice a combination of both our classic look and our new brand elements coexisting while traveling through the terminal over the next several weeks,” airport officials said in a Facebook post.

“Trump Force One," a Boeing 757 owned by The Trump Organization, was the first plane to arrive at the airport under its new name, shortly after 5 a.m. The president's son, Eric Trump, was one of the passengers. The Trump family regularly uses the West Palm Beach airport when they visit President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in nearby Palm Beach. A stretch of road from the airport to Trump’s estate was renamed Donald J. Trump Boulevard earlier this year.

“There is no person who has done more for Florida and our country, and no one more deserving of this incredible honor,” Eric Trump posted on X. “As a son, and someone who flies out of this airport nearly every day, I will forever be proud to see the initials ‘DJT’ on my boarding pass.”

While the name change took effect Thursday, the three-letter airport code will change from PBI to DJT on Aug. 18.

President Trump later praised the renaming of the airport in a post on his social media platform Truth Social.

“A very big day in Palm Beach, Florida, where it was my Great Honor to have the Palm Beach International Airport be renamed, by a spectacular vote, The President Donald J. Trump International Airport. The Area is HOT, the Location is GREAT, and the Renovation will be SPECTACULAR. Thank you to all in Palm Beach for your Vote and your Confidence,” he wrote in part, calling it “one of the Greatest and Most Spectacular Airports anywhere in the World!”

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation earlier this year that made the name change possible. Changing the airport’s name is expected to cost as much as $5.5 million for new signs, branding and other updates.

Keegan Collett, who was departing the airport Thursday morning on his way to Cincinnati, said he was surprised to see the new name. He said he doesn't think Trump deserves to have an airport named after him but isn't necessarily bothered by it.

“At the end of the day, it’s just the name of an airport,” Collett said. "There’s bigger things. I feel like it’s just more of a distraction. Why even worry about it?"

In Dandridge, Tennessee, on Thursday morning, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty and Representative Tim Burchett attended a ceremony to rename the I-40 Bridge in East Tennessee to the Donald J. Trump Bridge.

Bessent said ahead of the ceremony that “no one is more deserving” of the honor of a bridge renaming than Trump.

Trump received 82% of the vote in Jefferson County, where Dandridge is located, in the 2024 general election.

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The federal agency’s new instruction: “Pilots, air traffic controllers, and aviation stakeholders should use DJT for flight planning and operations.”

Eric Trump and Rep. Byron Donalds reported that Trump Force One had landed early Thursday morning at The Donald J. Trump International Airport, at 1000 James L. Turnage Boulevard.

“There is no person who has done more for Florida and our country, and no one more deserving of this incredible honor,” Eric Trump wrote on Instagram. “As a son, and someone who flies out of this airport nearly every day, I will forever be proud to see the initials DJT on my boarding pass.”

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT @fly_DJT ✈️🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/2NobkmE3zW

— Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) July 9, 2026

📣EFFECTIVE TODAY: Palm Beach International Airport's three-letter location identifier has changed from PBI to DJT following the airport's official renaming to Donald J. Trump International Airport. 
 
FAA systems and publications reflect the new identifier. Pilots, air traffic… https://t.co/QVk1zZD5we

— The FAA ✈️ (@FAANews) July 9, 2026

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It’s only fitting that Trump Force One was the first flight to land at the newly named President Donald J. Trump International Airport.

Awesome to be there with @erikadonalds, and always good to see @donaldtrumpjr & @EricTrump. pic.twitter.com/pfwTdIpOsq

— Byron Donalds (@ByronDonalds) July 9, 2026

What an honor to have DJT airport in the great state of Florida!

Congratulations to bill sponsors @megforflorida and @debbie_mayfield, and everyone else who helped make this happen for our state and our @POTUS.

Humbled to be on Trump Force One for the inaugural landing! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 https://t.co/0uIFcBtJ60

— Erika Donalds (@ErikaDonalds) July 9, 2026

Miami Mayor Eileen Higgins said she was proud of the Miami Department of Fire-Rescue’s response.

The U.S. State Department deployed 79 members of Florida Task Force 2 from June 27 to July 6.

“Within 24 hours, we got the call that we were deploying, and in three hours, we had to be on a plane at Homestead Air Force Base,” Miami Assistant Fire Chief Chris Diaz said.

The team searched through the rubble of collapsed apartment buildings in Venezuela’s coastal state of La Guaira, the hardest-hit area.

Higgins honored Fire Chief Robert Hevia, Diaz, and their teammates on Thursday at City Hall. They got a standing ovation.

“Risk a lot to save a lot, and there was a lot to save in Venezuela, so the team had to take some risks,” Hevia said. “We are very fortunate and very blessed that they all came back safely.”

Venezuelan officials reported the death toll was at 3,811, there were about 190 buildings destroyed, some 855 buildings damaged, and 18,000 people displaced.

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• Amazon partners with Airlink to support cargo flights from MIA to Caracas

• Faith-based nonprofit Mercy Chefs team arrives at Caracas
• A week after quakes, reports of hurdles abound
• Doral-based nonprofit GEM dispatches over $1 million in aid from community

• Inter Miami, Marlins, Dolphins join relief efforts
• NFL star joins Global Empowerment Mission’s team; his message to South Floridians, ‘Do what you can’
• More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing

• Food for the Poor welcomes investments in reconstruction
• Physicians in Miami-Dade collect donations of medical supplies near Doral
• Meet Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Capt. German Leal

• Pembroke Pines police officers announce collection drive
• Airbnb partners with nonprofit CADENA for emergency housing
• Hogar Bambi aims to protect vulnerable children

• Grey Bull Rescue Foundation team arrives at Caracas
• Officials close La Guaira, require volunteers to register in Caracas
• Amazon donates to Airlink to help charities with logistics

• Miami search-and-rescue team prepares to deploy
• Centro Comunitario AFE hosts collection drive in Miami-Dade
• Weston-based charity partners with local pharmacy

• Veteran-led Project DYNAMO delivers 20,000 pounds of aid in 1st 48 hours
• Altruism at El Arepazo feeds Global Empowerment Mission’s team effort
• Salvadoran rescuers work to free 15-year-old survivor in Caraballeda

• Food For The Poor packs disaster relief kits with ‘hopeful’ hand-written notes
• U.S. Southern Command focuses on airport damage
• State Department deploys Miami-Dade search-and-rescue team

• Miami Beach opens 4 new aid drop-off locations
• Miramar to keep 6 aid drop-off locations open 24/7
• Miami-Dade’s tax collector opens 11 drop-off locations
• Doral opens 4 aid drop-off locations

• Aid drop-off location opens in Homestead
• Starlink offers free service through July 25, but a kit is $470
• International Medical Corps deploys staff, needs donations
• Save The Children asks for emergency fund donations

• Samaritan’s Purse focuses on ‘emergency field hospital’
• Red Cross asks for Disaster Response Emergency Fund donations
• UN asks for donations for ‘underfunded’ program for kids

• World Vision asks for ‘disaster relief fund’ donations
• World Central Kitchen asks for donations for fresh meals

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Baby was previously adopted from the shelter when he was about a year old. Humane Society of Broward County’s Cherie Wachter said the owner was contacted but did not come to reclaim him.

“He’s a border collie mix we believe,” Wachter said. “At 9 years old, you can still teach him a whole lot of other things and tell all your friends that you know you taught your dog these great things.”

Wachter said Baby weighs about 50 pounds, walks well on a leash and would be a great companion for someone looking for a calm, well-behaved dog.

“If you’re looking for a dog to go for leisurely walks, that’s going to be a wonderful member of your family, I think baby would be perfect,” Wachter said.

Wachter also introduced Tolkien, a 13-week-old British Shorthair kitten available for adoption. Tolkien and his two brothers were surrendered after their owner became ill.

“The thing to know about these kittens is they have a fungus called ringworm,” she added. “So we’re treating them for that. We would send the adopter home with medication.”

Wachter said ringworm is contagious to people and pets, but adopters can manage it with proper care, including washing hands and bedding and keeping the kitten separate from other pets at home.

The Humane Society of Broward County has Baby, Tolkien and other animals waiting for forever homes.

Click here for more information on how you can adopt a pet.

Baby fue adoptado previamente en el refugio cuando tenía aproximadamente un año. Cherie Wachter, de la Sociedad Protectora de Animales del condado Broward, dijo que se contactó al propietario, pero nunca acudió a reclamarlo.

“Creemos que es una mezcla de border collie”, dijo Wachter. “A los 9 años todavía se le pueden enseñar muchas cosas más y contarles a todos sus amigos que usted le enseñó todas esas cosas maravillosas a su perro”.

Wachter dijo que Baby pesa alrededor de 50 libras, camina muy bien con correa y sería un excelente compañero para alguien que busca un perro tranquilo y de buen comportamiento.

“Si está buscando un perro para dar paseos tranquilos y que sea un maravilloso integrante de la familia, creo que Baby sería perfecto”, dijo Wachter.

Wachter también presentó a Tolkien, un gatito británico de pelo corto de 13 semanas disponible para adopción. Tolkien y sus dos hermanos fueron entregados al refugio después de que su dueño enfermara.

“Lo que deben saber sobre estos gatitos es que tienen una infección por tiña”, agregó. “Los estamos tratando por eso. Entregaríamos al adoptante el medicamento para continuar el tratamiento en casa”.

Wachter dijo que la tiña es contagiosa para las personas y las mascotas, pero que los adoptantes pueden controlarla con los cuidados adecuados, entre ellos lavarse las manos, lavar la ropa de cama y mantener al gatito separado de otras mascotas del hogar.

La Sociedad Protectora de Animales del condado Broward tiene a Baby, Tolkien y otros animales esperando encontrar un hogar para siempre.

Haga clic aquí para obtener más información sobre cómo adoptar una mascota.

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The Seattle-based multinational announced a commitment to donate the cost of aircraft and fuel, while the airline based in South Africa runs the cargo.

“You’re looking at 35 tons of goods that in just a few hours will be in the hands of those who need it most,” Bettina Stix, the director of Amazon’s community impact, said on Thursday at Miami International Airport.

The partners are working with U.S. State Department personnel who are in communication with Venezuelan authorities to make sure the flights have access.

“Amazon’s donated airlift capacity allows us to move quickly and efficiently to heavily impacted communities,” Paloma Adams-Allen, Airlink’s president and chief executive officer, said in a statement.

Amazon and Airlink are also working with the United Nations World Food Program to manage the distribution of the aid once its in Caracas.

“This has been a huge effort by our team to get this air bridge started,” said Stephanie Steege, the vice president of humanitarian programs at Airlink.

Venezuelan officials reported the death toll was at 3,811, there were about 190 buildings destroyed, some 855 buildings damaged, and 18,000 people displaced.

More on Helping Venezuela

Related list: Aid for Venezuela drop-off locations in South Florida

• Faith-based nonprofit Mercy Chefs team arrives at Caracas
• A week after quakes, reports of hurdles abound
• Doral-based nonprofit GEM dispatches over $1 million in aid from community

• Inter Miami, Marlins, Dolphins join relief efforts
• NFL star joins Global Empowerment Mission’s team; his message to South Floridians, ‘Do what you can’
• More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing

• Food for the Poor welcomes investments in reconstruction
• Physicians in Miami-Dade collect donations of medical supplies near Doral
• Meet Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Capt. German Leal

• Pembroke Pines police officers announce collection drive
• Airbnb partners with nonprofit CADENA for emergency housing
• Hogar Bambi aims to protect vulnerable children

• Grey Bull Rescue Foundation team arrives at Caracas
• Officials close La Guaira, require volunteers to register in Caracas
• Amazon donates to Airlink to help charities with logistics

• Miami search-and-rescue team prepares to deploy
• Centro Comunitario AFE hosts collection drive in Miami-Dade
• Weston-based charity partners with local pharmacy

• Veteran-led Project DYNAMO delivers 20,000 pounds of aid in 1st 48 hours
• Altruism at El Arepazo feeds Global Empowerment Mission’s team effort
• Salvadoran rescuers work to free 15-year-old survivor in Caraballeda

• Food For The Poor packs disaster relief kits with ‘hopeful’ hand-written notes
• U.S. Southern Command focuses on airport damage
• State Department deploys Miami-Dade search-and-rescue team

• Miami Beach opens 4 new aid drop-off locations
• Miramar to keep 6 aid drop-off locations open 24/7
• Miami-Dade’s tax collector opens 11 drop-off locations
• Doral opens 4 aid drop-off locations

• Aid drop-off location opens in Homestead
• Starlink offers free service through July 25, but a kit is $470
• International Medical Corps deploys staff, needs donations
• Save The Children asks for emergency fund donations

• Samaritan’s Purse focuses on ‘emergency field hospital’
• Red Cross asks for Disaster Response Emergency Fund donations
• UN asks for donations for ‘underfunded’ program for kids

• World Vision asks for ‘disaster relief fund’ donations
• World Central Kitchen asks for donations for fresh meals

Torres is reporting from Miami.

El incidente ocurrió durante la madrugada del miércoles en una vivienda ubicada en la cuadra 5200 de Wiley Street, en Hollywood.

Según la Policía de Hollywood, los agentes llegaron alrededor de la 1:30 a.m. tras recibir reportes de un altercado que involucraba a un hombre identificado posteriormente como Kevin Lamar Bryant, de 38 años.

La policía informó que Bryant se atrincheró dentro de su vivienda cuando los agentes llegaron y que, varias horas después, alrededor de las 4 a.m., prendió fuego de manera intencional mientras permanecía en el interior.

Equipos de bomberos acudieron al lugar y trabajaron rápidamente para extinguir las llamas, pero las autoridades dijeron que el incendio causó daños considerables en el interior de la vivienda, la cual, según indicaron, ya había sido declarada inhabitable.

Los socorristas informaron posteriormente que Bryant padece una enfermedad mental grave y que inicialmente fue trasladado al hospital para ser evaluado.

El jueves, Bryant hizo su primera comparecencia ante el tribunal y decidió representarse a sí mismo.

“Eso no representaba un riesgo para ninguno de mis vecinos”, dijo Bryant a la jueza. “Era un fuego controlado porque el humo debía secar a los roedores y las ratas, para hacerlos salir”.

La jueza le recordó entonces a Bryant que todo lo que diga puede y será utilizado en su contra.

“Esto no es un incendio provocado porque yo vivía y residía en esa vivienda”, respondió.

Bryant pareció frustrarse durante la audiencia y, en un momento, levantó las manos y sacudió la cabeza.

Cuando la jueza le preguntó si tenía formación jurídica, Bryant respondió: “Por supuesto”.

“No necesito aprobar el examen del Colegio de Abogados de Florida para entender mis derechos y conocer la ley”, dijo.

Finalmente, la jueza ordenó que Bryant permanezca detenido sin derecho a fianza.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que enfrenta cargos por incendio provocado en primer grado, alteración del orden público, obstrucción de una vía pública y arrojar más de 500 libras de basura.

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The incident occurred in the early morning hours on Wednesday at a home located along the 5200 block of Wiley Street in Hollywood.

According to Hollywood police, officers arrived around 1:30 a.m. after receiving reports of a disturbance involving a man since identified as Kevin Lamar Bryant, 38.

Police said Bryant barricaded himself inside his home after they arrived, and then several hours later around 4 a.m., he intentionally set a fire while inside.

Fire rescue crews rushed to the scene and quickly worked to extinguish the flames, but authorities said the fire caused extensive damage to the inside of the home, which they said had been previously condemned.

Rescue officials said afterwards that Bryant was known to suffer from severe mental illness and was initially taken to the hospital to be checked out.

On Thursday, Bryant made his first court appearance, choosing to act as his own attorney.

“That was not a risk to any of my neighbors,” Bryant told the judge. “That was a controlled fire because the smoke was supposed to dry out the rodents and the rats, to smoke them out.”

The judge then reminded Bryant that anything he says can and will be used against him.

“This is not arson because I lived and resided at this home,” he responded.

Bryant appeared to become frustrated during the hearing, at one point throwing his hands up and shaking his head.

When asked by the judge if he has any formal training in law, Bryant replied, “Absolutely.”

“I don’t need to take Florida bar to understand my rights and know the law,” he said.

Ultimately, the judge ruled that Bryant would be held behind bars without bail.

Jail records show he is facing charges of first degree arson, disorderly conduct, obstructing a road way and littering over 500 pounds.

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The city will be playing France vs. Morocco, which starts at 4 p.m., on a large screen at Lummus Park, near Ocean Drive and 14 Street.

Kylian Mbappé, who faces a heat advisory in Foxborough, Massachusetts, scored his 19th World Cup goal with a penalty kick in the 70th minute when Les Bleus eliminated Paraguay 1-0 on Saturday.

The Local 10 News Weather Authority meteorologists warned that the heat index is set to soar to 105 to 110 degrees, so be sure to take hydration breaks.

The city has a parking garage at 1557 Washington Avenue. The hourly rate is $2. For more information, visit this page.

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TOURNAMENT’S SCHEDULE

Quarterfinals

July 10

Belgium vs. Spain at 3 p.m.

July 11

• Norway vs. England is at 5 p.m. in Miami Gardens.
• Switzerland vs. Argentina is at 9 p.m.

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

Related link: View the knockout bracket

Semifinals

July 14: There is a semi-final match at 3 p.m.

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

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

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

Finals

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

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

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

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

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

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

La ciudad transmitirá el partido Francia contra Marruecos, que comienza a las 4 de la tarde, en una pantalla gigante en Lummus Park , cerca de Ocean Drive y la calle 14.

Kylian Mbappé, que se enfrenta a una alerta por calor en Foxborough, Massachusetts, marcó su 19º gol en un Mundial con un penalti en el minuto 70 cuando Les Bleus eliminaron a Paraguay por 1-0 el sábado.

Los meteorólogos de la Autoridad Meteorológica de Local 10 News advirtieron que el índice de calor se disparará a entre 105 y 110 grados, así que asegúrese de tomar descansos para hidratarse.

La ciudad cuenta con un estacionamiento en 1557 Washington Avenue. La tarifa por hora es de $2. Para más información, visite esta página .

Historias relacionadas

• Noruega entrena en Fort Lauderdale antes del partido contra Inglaterra en el Miami Stadium.
• Los hinchas argentinos celebran en Miami Beach tras avanzar a cuartos de final.
• Un chef sirve pasteles con forma de balón de fútbol en Miami.

CALENDARIO DEL TORNEO

Cuartos de final

10 de julio

Bélgica contra España a las 15:00

11 de julio

• El partido entre Noruega e Inglaterra se jugará a las 5 de la tarde en Miami Gardens.
• Suiza contra Argentina a las 9 pm

Fiesta para ver el partido al amanecer : El Amerant Bank Arena, un recinto cubierto, organiza una fiesta gratuita para ver el partido a las 17:00 horas del 11 de julio para quienes tengan entrada . El aparcamiento es gratuito.

Enlace relacionado : Ver el cuadro de eliminatorias

Semifinales

14 de julio : Hay un partido de semifinales a las 15:00.

Fiesta para ver el partido en Miami Beach: Las puertas se abren a las 3 pm del 14 de julio en The Bandshell, en 7275 Collins Ave., para el partido de semifinales.

15 de julio : Hay un partido de semifinales a las 15:00.

Fiesta para ver el partido en Miami Beach: Las puertas se abren a las 3 pm del 15 de julio en The Bandshell, en 7275 Collins Ave., para el partido de semifinales.

Finales

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

Fiesta para ver la final en Miami Beach: Las puertas se abren a las 3 pm del 18 de julio en The Sandbowl, detrás de The Bandshell, en 7275 Collins Ave., para la final de bronce de las 5 pm.

Viaje al amanecer al estadio : El Amerant Bank Arena ofrece estacionamiento gratuito para los poseedores de entradas para la Copa Mundial de la FIFA que utilicen el servicio de autobús exprés gratuito del condado de Broward para llegar al Miami Stadium, también conocido como Hard Rock, en Miami Gardens.

19 de julio : El partido final es a las 15:00.

Fiesta para ver la final en Miami Beach: Las puertas se abren a la 1 pm del 19 de julio en The Sandbowl, detrás de The Bandshell, en 7275 Collins Ave., para la final que comienza a las 3 pm.

Fiesta para ver el partido al amanecer : El Amerant Bank Arena, un recinto cubierto, organiza una fiesta gratuita para ver la final el 19 de julio para los poseedores de entradas . El estacionamiento es gratuito.

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The leak was located at the corner of Lyons Road and Coconut Creek Parkway, according to the Coconut Creek Police Department.

As a result, the intersection has been shut down while crews work to repair the leak, according to officials.

Additionally, access to Coconut Creek Plaza, which is located on the northwest corner of the intersection, has been closed as a precaution, authorities said.

Traffic in the area is being impacted and officials are urging drivers to seek alternate routes.

Según el Departamento de Policía de Coconut Creek, la fuga fue localizada en la esquina de Lyons Road y Coconut Creek Parkway.

Como resultado, la intersección fue cerrada mientras las cuadrillas trabajan para reparar la fuga, informaron las autoridades.

Además, el acceso a Coconut Creek Plaza, ubicado en la esquina noroeste de la intersección, fue cerrado como medida de precaución, según las autoridades.

El tránsito en el área se ha visto afectado y las autoridades instan a los conductores a utilizar rutas alternas.

La multinacional con sede en Seattle anunció su compromiso de donar el coste de los aviones y el combustible, mientras que la aerolínea con sede en Sudáfrica se encarga del transporte de carga.

“Estamos hablando de 35 toneladas de mercancías que en tan solo unas horas estarán en manos de quienes más las necesitan”, declaró Bettina Stix, directora de impacto comunitario de Amazon, el jueves en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Miami.

Los socios están trabajando con personal del Departamento de Estado de EE. UU., que a su vez está en comunicación con las autoridades venezolanas para garantizar que los vuelos tengan acceso.

“La capacidad de transporte aéreo donada por Amazon nos permite llegar de forma rápida y eficiente a las comunidades más afectadas”, declaró Paloma Adams-Allen, presidenta y directora ejecutiva de Airlink, en un comunicado .

Amazon y Airlink también están colaborando con el Programa Mundial de Alimentos de las Naciones Unidas para gestionar la distribución de la ayuda una vez que llegue a Caracas.

“Nuestro equipo ha realizado un gran esfuerzo para poner en marcha este puente aéreo”, declaró Stephanie Steege, vicepresidenta de programas humanitarios de Airlink.

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• El equipo de la organización sin fines de lucro de inspiración religiosa Mercy Chefs llega a Caracas.
• Una semana después de los terremotos, abundan los informes de obstáculos.
• La organización sin fines de lucro GEM, con sede en Doral, envía más de 1 millón de dólares en ayuda de la comunidad.

• Inter Miami, Marlins y Dolphins se suman a los esfuerzos de ayuda.
• Una estrella de la NFL se une al equipo de Global Empowerment Mission; su mensaje para los habitantes del sur de Florida es: “Hagan lo que puedan”.
• Más de 100 venezolanos que fueron deportados de Estados Unidos horas antes de los terremotos están desaparecidos.

• Food for the Poor celebra las inversiones en reconstrucción.
• Médicos del condado de Miami-Dade recolectan donaciones de suministros médicos cerca de Doral.
• Les presentamos al capitán German Leal del Departamento de Bomberos y Rescate de Miami-Dade.

• Agentes de policía de Pembroke Pines anuncian una campaña de recolección de donaciones.
• Airbnb se asocia con la organización sin fines de lucro CADENA para proporcionar alojamiento de emergencia.
• Hogar Bambi tiene como objetivo proteger a los niños vulnerables.

• El equipo de la Fundación Grey Bull Rescue llega a Caracas.
• Las autoridades clausuran La Guaira y exigen que los voluntarios se registren en Caracas.
• Amazon realiza donaciones a Airlink para ayudar a organizaciones benéficas con la logística.

• El equipo de búsqueda y rescate de Miami se prepara para desplegarse.
• Centro Comunitario AFE organiza campaña de recolección en Miami-Dade
• Una organización benéfica con sede en Weston se asocia con una farmacia local.

• El proyecto DYNAMO, liderado por veteranos, entrega 20.000 libras de ayuda en las primeras 48 horas.
• El altruismo en El Arepazo alimenta el esfuerzo del equipo de Global Empowerment Mission.
• Rescatistas salvadoreños trabajan para liberar a un sobreviviente de 15 años en Caraballeda.

• Food For The Poor incluye en sus kits de ayuda humanitaria notas escritas a mano con mensajes de esperanza.
• El Comando Sur de Estados Unidos se centra en los daños en los aeropuertos.
• El Departamento de Estado despliega un equipo de búsqueda y rescate en Miami-Dade.

• Miami Beach abre 4 nuevos puntos de entrega de ayuda.
• Miramar mantendrá abiertos 6 puntos de entrega de ayuda las 24 horas del día, los 7 días de la semana.
• El recaudador de impuestos de Miami-Dade abre 11 puntos de entrega.
• Doral abre 4 puntos de entrega de ayuda.

• Se abre un punto de entrega de ayuda en Homestead.
• Starlink ofrece servicio gratuito hasta el 25 de julio, pero un kit cuesta 470 dólares.
• International Medical Corps despliega personal y necesita donaciones.
• Save The Children solicita donaciones para su fondo de emergencia.

• Samaritan’s Purse se centra en los “hospitales de campaña de emergencia”.
• La Cruz Roja solicita donaciones para su Fondo de Emergencia para la Respuesta ante Desastres.
• La ONU solicita donaciones para un programa infantil que carece de fondos suficientes.

• World Vision solicita donaciones para su “fondo de ayuda en casos de desastre”.
• World Central Kitchen solicita donaciones para comidas frescas.

Torres informa desde Miami.

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According to Fort Lauderdale police, officers responded to the 1300 block of Northwest 13^th Court shortly before 4:30 a.m. after receiving a ShotSpotter alert in the area.

While searching the Lauderdale Manors neighborhood, officers found the victim in his car, with a gunshot wound, authorities said.

Police said he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The victim’s father identified him to Local 10 News as 32-year-old Matt Menard. He said his son leaves behind a 5-year-old daughter.

The video shows the shooter walking up to Menard’s car before firing nine shots.

The shooter is then seen running back to his car and driving away.

“Very devastating, we understand that. Like I tell you, but I try to be strong,” the victim’s father, Philippe Menard, said.

Surveillance video shows Matt Menard walking to the car just minutes before he was shot and killed.

Local 10 cameras captured at least three bullet holes in the driver’s side window of the vehicle.

A truck parked next to it was also hit by gunfire.

The victim’s father told Local 10 News that someone set fire to his home’s plants last week, and just days later, someone fired shots at the house.

“We heard that at night, but we cannot come out to see. So when we call police, they come here, they take pictures,” Philippe Menard said.

Philippe Menard described his son as a bright young man, who worked hard as a landscaper, but also ran with the wrong crowd.

He’s now left wondering if last week’s incidents could be connected to his son’s killing.

“He went to a university -- the guy’s (more) knowledgeable than me,” Philippe Menard said. “I didn’t reach that level. I can’t tell him, ‘Hey, I talk to you and you listen.’”

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

Según la Policía de Fort Lauderdale, los agentes respondieron poco antes de las 4:30 a.m. a la cuadra 1300 de Northwest 13th Court tras recibir una alerta del sistema ShotSpotter en el área.

Mientras recorrían el vecindario de Lauderdale Manors, los agentes encontraron a la víctima dentro de su vehículo con una herida de bala, informaron las autoridades.

La policía indicó que la víctima fue declarada muerta en el lugar.

El padre de la víctima la identificó ante Local 10 News como Matt Menard, de 32 años. Dijo que su hijo deja una hija de 5 años.

El video muestra al atacante caminando hasta el vehículo de Menard antes de disparar nueve veces.

Luego se observa al atacante correr de regreso a su vehículo y huir del lugar.

“Es muy devastador, lo entendemos. Como les digo, trato de mantenerme fuerte”, dijo Philippe Menard, padre de la víctima.

El video de vigilancia muestra a Matt Menard caminando hacia el vehículo apenas unos minutos antes de que fuera asesinado a tiros.

Las cámaras de Local 10 captaron al menos tres impactos de bala en la ventana del lado del conductor del vehículo.

Una camioneta estacionada junto al automóvil también fue alcanzada por los disparos.

El padre de la víctima dijo a Local 10 News que la semana pasada alguien prendió fuego a las plantas de su vivienda y que, apenas unos días después, alguien disparó contra la casa.

“Escuchamos eso durante la noche, pero no pudimos salir a ver. Entonces llamamos a la policía, vienen aquí y toman fotografías”, dijo Philippe Menard.

Philippe Menard describió a su hijo como un joven brillante, que trabajaba arduamente como jardinero, pero que también se relacionaba con malas compañías.

Ahora se pregunta si los incidentes de la semana pasada podrían estar relacionados con el asesinato de su hijo.

“Fue a la universidad. Él sabe más que yo”, dijo Philippe Menard. “Yo no llegué a ese nivel. No puedo decirle: “Oye, hablo contigo y tú me escuchas””.

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

That means Quansah will miss England's quarterfinal match against Norway in Miami Gardens on Saturday and also the semifinals if Thomas Tuchel's team advances.

Quansah was sent off in the second half of England's 3-2 victory against Mexico on Sunday for a dangerous foul on Jesus Gallardo.

FIFA confirmed the two-match suspension for serious foul play.

England forward Bukayo Saka said the decision was “incredibly frustrating.”

FIFA’s handling of red card punishments has come under intense scrutiny after its disciplinary committee suspended the one-game penalty of star United States striker Folarin Balogun after President Donald Trump intervened and contacted FIFA President Gianni Infantino.

Infantino defended the independence of FIFA’s disciplinary committee and insisted the Balogun case was properly handled.

“We’re not here to complain, we just need to adapt and pick a team that’s ready to beat Norway,” Saka said.

Right back saga continues

Quansah’s prolonged extension is the latest issue for Tuchel to contend with at right back.

First choice Reece James has not played since England’s second game of the tournament against Ghana due to a hamstring injury.

His backup Tino Livramento was sent home before England even kicked off its campaign after injuring his calf. Tuchel opted to call up a center back in Trevoh Chalobah as his replacement, rather than going for a specialist right back.

It meant Quansah, who usually plays in central defense, has taken on the role of deputy to James.

Tuchel faced questions before the World Cup for leaving out Real Madrid right back Trent Alexander-Arnold, who is widely regarded as one of the top players in Europe.

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Mexican Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco's announcement Thursday morning further escalated tensions with the United States, as Mexico's government has sharply criticized the treatment of its citizens under U.S. President Donald Trump's push to increase deportations.

The request, which carries no legal weight, will be submitted to state prosecutors’ offices and the U.S. Department of Justice, asking them to consider criminal charges against those responsible for the deaths.

It will be accompanied by civil lawsuits against the companies that operate the detention centers in an effort to put an end to human rights violations in those facilities, Velasco said.

President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday that Mexico decided to “move beyond diplomatic channels” and escalate its complaints after an ICE agent killed Mexican citizen Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston this week. Sheinbaum said the killing “is not only sad and regrettable, but also appears to have been targeted.”

“We are going to do everything in our power, because we cannot stand silent” in the face of the deaths of Mexicans “whose only crime is working honestly in the United States,” Sheinbaum said.

Salgado Araujo had been living in the country for decades. He was transporting a work crew to a housing construction site when he was shot. His family demanded a thorough investigation into what happened.

According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, agents were pursuing him because he was living in the country without legal authorization. Salgado Araujo, the department added, was shot after disregarding orders and attempting to ram an agent, who fired his weapon in self-defense.

According to the Mexican government, 14 Mexicans have died while in ICE custody and 3 during ICE operations.

Until now, the Mexican government had supported the victims’ families, sent diplomatic notes to Washington demanding investigations, and raised the issue with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Sheinbaum earlier this year ordered consulates to regularly check in with ICE detainees, and her government even lodged a complaint with the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Mexico's latest request adds to an already strained relationship with the Trump administration. Sheinbaum has cracked down more fiercely than her predecessors on organized crime in the wake of mounting threats by Trump to take military action against cartels. She has also sought to keep an amicable relationship with her U.S. counterpart as the countries renegotiate the decades-old free trade agreement. At the same time, she's taken a strong stance on immigration enforcement and the rights of Mexican citizens in U.S. custody.

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Gianni Russo is the owner — and only employee — of Scoopy Doodz, a pet waste removal service that travels to homes across Broward, Palm Beach and St. Lucie counties.

Before stepping into each customer’s yard, Russo slips disposable boot covers over his shoes, grabs a rake and poop scoop, and gets to work.

“I use these foot covers not only so I don’t step in poop, because I also don’t want to track poop into other people’s yards,” Russo said.

Russo said every yard is cleaned using the same methodical process.

“So right now, what I do is I compartmentalize the yard into a few sections and then I’ll scale it by walking from one side to the other, taking one side step and coming back. That way I don’t miss any spots whatsoever,” he said.

Before launching Scoopy Doodz, Russo worked professionally caring for dogs, building relationships with pet owners like Zach Feinsilver and his Wheaten Terrier, Zeke.

“Gianni then came to me and said that he was starting a company cleaning out the waste in the yards. And it’s perfect,” Feinsilver said.

For customers, the service is about more than convenience. Russo visits many homes weekly, helping homeowners avoid an unpleasant chore while keeping their yards cleaner.

“I think some people mention it to other people, like, ‘Hey, my friend is doing this, and it’s so wild and maybe it’s a joke.’ And then that person goes, ‘Well, actually, I need that service,’” Russo said.

Feinsilver said Russo’s personality is part of what keeps him coming back.

“It makes your life easy, it makes your house great, but dealing with him is a joy. So, he’s just the nicest guy. He’s always happy to have him there. And most important, my boy Zeke, my dog, he loves Gianni,” he said.

Asked whether hiring the service is about convenience, cleanliness or simply not wanting to deal with pet waste, Feinsilver’s answer was straightforward.

“Everything you just said,” he said. “I walk in the yard; I never worry about a thing. It’s like I don’t have a dog using the yard.”

Russo said the job also includes watching for anything unusual while he’s in a customer’s yard, from signs of illness to conditions that could affect the lawn.

“These burn spots in the grass actually come from nitrogen, that’s from dogs’ urine and waste,” Russo said. “Removing the waste before the sun can bake it into the grass actually saves your lawn as well.”

To prevent cross-contamination, Russo disinfects his tools after every stop.

At another stop, customer Sean Dunson said hiring Russo has simplified life with three dogs.

“Our dogs are outside all the time and so it just made sense to have someone that could just handle that for us and take it off our plate so that we don’t forget about it and end up having an accident and walking through it or our dogs walking through it and track it in,” Dunson said. “I found out about Gianni and Scoopy Doodz and the rest is history.”

Dunson said Russo’s thoroughness stands out.

“He’s very on it, very thorough. Every time they leave, we don’t have to worry about finding stray piles of poop everywhere. He handles everything,” he said.

Russo said some new customers are initially embarrassed to hire a pet waste removal service, but he tries to put them at ease.

“I’ve definitely had some customers who may be slightly embarrassed when I first showed up, but it’s nothing to be embarrassed about,” he said. “I think it’s super normal. I’m just happy that they own a dog, and the dog has a yard.”

With visits starting at $18, Russo said the business has grown through referrals from satisfied customers — proving that even one of the least glamorous jobs can fill a real need for busy pet owners.

If you’re interested in learning more about Scoopy Doodz, you can call Russo at 561-288-6565 or email: walks@doggydoodz.com.

Gianni Russo es el propietario y único empleado de Scoopy Doodz, un servicio de recolección de desechos de mascotas que presta servicio a viviendas en los condados Broward, Palm Beach y St. Lucie.

Antes de entrar al patio de cada cliente, Russo se coloca cubiertas desechables sobre los zapatos, toma un rastrillo y un recogedor para excrementos y se pone a trabajar.

“Uso estas cubiertas para los zapatos no solo para no pisar excremento, sino también porque no quiero llevar excremento a los patios de otras personas”, dijo Russo.

Russo explicó que limpia cada patio siguiendo el mismo proceso metódico.

“Lo que hago es dividir el patio en varias secciones y luego recorrerlo caminando de un lado al otro, dando un paso lateral y regresando. De esa manera no dejo ningún lugar sin revisar”, dijo.

Antes de crear Scoopy Doodz, Russo trabajó profesionalmente cuidando perros, lo que le permitió establecer relaciones con dueños de mascotas como Zach Feinsilver y su Wheaten Terrier, Zeke.

“Gianni vino y me dijo que estaba iniciando una empresa para recoger los desechos de los patios. Y es perfecto”, dijo Feinsilver.

Para los clientes, el servicio es más que una cuestión de comodidad. Russo visita muchas viviendas cada semana, ayudando a los propietarios a evitar una tarea desagradable mientras mantiene sus patios más limpios.

“Creo que algunas personas se lo comentan a otras, como: “Oye, mi amigo está haciendo esto, es algo muy raro y quizá parezca una broma”. Y entonces esa persona responde: “Bueno, en realidad necesito ese servicio””, dijo Russo.

Feinsilver dijo que la personalidad de Russo es parte de lo que lo hace seguir contratándolo.

“Te facilita la vida, hace que tu casa esté en mejores condiciones, pero además tratar con él es un placer. Es una persona muy amable. Siempre da gusto tenerlo por aquí. Y lo más importante es que mi hijo Zeke, mi perro, adora a Gianni”, dijo.

Cuando le preguntaron si contratar el servicio era por comodidad, limpieza o simplemente para no tener que lidiar con los desechos de las mascotas, la respuesta de Feinsilver fue directa.

“Todo lo que acabas de decir”, respondió. “Camino por el patio y nunca tengo que preocuparme por nada. Es como si no tuviera un perro usando el patio”.

Russo dijo que su trabajo también incluye estar atento a cualquier situación inusual mientras se encuentra en el patio de un cliente, desde señales de enfermedad hasta condiciones que puedan afectar el césped.

“Estas manchas quemadas en el césped en realidad son causadas por el nitrógeno presente en la orina y los desechos de los perros”, explicó Russo. “Retirar los desechos antes de que el sol los impregne en el césped también ayuda a protegerlo”.

Para evitar la contaminación cruzada, Russo desinfecta sus herramientas después de cada visita.

En otra parada, el cliente Sean Dunson dijo que contratar a Russo ha simplificado la vida con sus tres perros.

“Nuestros perros están afuera todo el tiempo, así que tenía sentido contar con alguien que se encargara de eso por nosotros y nos quitara esa tarea de encima para no olvidarnos y terminar teniendo un accidente al pisar los desechos o que los perros los pisen y los lleven al interior de la casa”, dijo Dunson. “Me enteré de Gianni y de Scoopy Doodz, y el resto es historia”.

Dunson dijo que la dedicación de Russo marca la diferencia.

“Es muy atento y muy minucioso. Cada vez que se va, no tenemos que preocuparnos por encontrar montones de excremento por todas partes. Él se encarga de todo”, dijo.

Russo comentó que algunos clientes nuevos al principio sienten vergüenza de contratar un servicio de recolección de desechos de mascotas, pero trata de hacerlos sentir cómodos.

“Definitivamente he tenido algunos clientes que se sentían un poco avergonzados cuando llegué por primera vez, pero no hay nada de qué avergonzarse”, dijo. “Creo que es algo completamente normal. Me alegra que tengan un perro y que el perro tenga un patio”.

Con visitas que comienzan en $18 USD, Russo dijo que el negocio ha crecido gracias a las recomendaciones de clientes satisfechos, demostrando que incluso uno de los trabajos menos glamorosos puede satisfacer una necesidad real para los dueños de mascotas con poco tiempo.

Si desea obtener más información sobre Scoopy Doodz, puede llamar a Russo al 561-288-6565 o enviar un correo electrónico a walks@doggydoodz.com.

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Dubbed “Operation Hurricane,” the joint effort by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the U.S. Department of Justice targeted violent offenders, armed convicted felons and drug traffickers through a series of undercover investigations.

Officials said 46 people have been charged in connection with the operation. While most suspects have been arrested, five remain at large.

“If there’s one thing this operation makes crystal clear, it’s that this department is not just going to be reactive to the crimes around us,” DOJ Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald said. “We are not waiting for violence to happen before we act.”

Over the course of the investigation, law enforcement conducted more than 120 undercover operations and months of surveillance.

Authorities seized 94 firearms along with significant quantities of cocaine, crack cocaine, fentanyl, methamphetamine and heroin.

“In the last two months, law enforcement seized 94 firearms, and substantial quantities of narcotics,” McDonald said.

Officials also highlighted a major development that stemmed from the operation. According to investigators, one man arrested during the undercover investigation was later linked to a homicide in West Palm Beach that had occurred just days earlier.

Using the ATF’s national ballistic database, investigators matched a Glock handgun recovered during the operation to shell casings found at the murder scene.

U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Jason Reding Quiñones said the operation demonstrates the value of proactive policing.

“These agents, I can’t emphasize this enough, they are saving lives with this work,” Quiñones said. “This is what proactive law enforcement looks like.”

ATF Director Rob Cekada said the operation focused on identifying and targeting people believed to be driving violent crime rather than conducting broad enforcement efforts.

“Instead of going into neighborhoods randomly, hoping to find people responsible for violent crime, we work with our partners to zone in on those people responsible for driving violence and to remove those folks from those communities,” Cekada said.

Federal officials said the investigation is part of ongoing efforts to reduce violent crime by disrupting illegal firearm trafficking and drug distribution networks in South Florida.

Denominada “Operación Hurricane”, la iniciativa conjunta de la Oficina de Alcohol, Tabaco, Armas de Fuego y Explosivos (ATF) y el Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos (DOJ) tuvo como objetivo a delincuentes violentos, delincuentes condenados armados y narcotraficantes mediante una serie de investigaciones encubiertas.

Las autoridades informaron que 46 personas han sido acusadas en relación con la operación. Aunque la mayoría de los sospechosos ya fueron arrestados, cinco continúan prófugos.

“Si hay algo que esta operación deja absolutamente claro es que este departamento no solo va a reaccionar ante los delitos que ocurren a nuestro alrededor”, dijo el fiscal general adjunto del DOJ, Colin McDonald. “No vamos a esperar a que ocurra un acto de violencia para actuar”.

Durante el transcurso de la investigación, las fuerzas del orden realizaron más de 120 operaciones encubiertas y meses de vigilancia.

Las autoridades incautaron 94 armas de fuego, junto con cantidades significativas de cocaína, cocaína crack, fentanilo, metanfetamina y heroína.

“En los últimos dos meses, las fuerzas del orden incautaron 94 armas de fuego y cantidades sustanciales de narcóticos”, dijo McDonald.

Las autoridades también destacaron un importante avance derivado de la operación. Según los investigadores, un hombre arrestado durante la investigación encubierta fue posteriormente vinculado con un homicidio ocurrido en West Palm Beach apenas unos días antes.

Mediante la base de datos nacional de balística de la ATF, los investigadores relacionaron una pistola Glock recuperada durante la operación con casquillos de bala encontrados en la escena del homicidio.

El fiscal federal para el Distrito Sur de Florida, Jason Reding Quiñones, dijo que la operación demuestra el valor de una estrategia policial proactiva.

“No puedo enfatizar esto lo suficiente: estos agentes están salvando vidas con este trabajo”, dijo Quiñones. “Así es como luce una labor policial proactiva”.

El director de la ATF, Rob Cekada, dijo que la operación se centró en identificar y actuar contra las personas que se cree impulsan los delitos violentos, en lugar de realizar operativos generales.

“En lugar de ingresar al azar a los vecindarios con la esperanza de encontrar a los responsables de los delitos violentos, trabajamos con nuestros socios para identificar a las personas responsables de generar violencia y retirarlas de esas comunidades”, dijo Cekada.

Las autoridades federales informaron que la investigación forma parte de los esfuerzos continuos para reducir los delitos violentos mediante la interrupción de las redes de tráfico ilegal de armas de fuego y distribución de drogas en el sur de Florida.

The child and his father, Peter Dituri, are back home in Pennsylvania after a family trip to Florida.

“For the last couple of years, we’ve been going down there,” Dituri said.

For Brodie, every trip meant one thing: fishing.

“He always has to bring his fishing pole with him. So any chance he sees water, he’s like, ‘Let’s go fishing,’” Dituri said.

The father and son were fishing at Nelson’s Fish Camp in Marion County when Brodie caught a fish.

As he went to release it, an alligator grabbed his arm.

Dituri said he immediately jumped on the alligator, trying to pry its jaws open to free his son.

“There was no thought process. It was just instinct,” he said.

He said officers later told him that if he had not jumped on the alligator and caused it to roll, it would have pulled Brodie into the water before rolling.

As he yelled for someone to call 911, bystanders rushed over to help.

“From having nobody around to having people there, I can’t thank them enough,” Dituri said through tears.

Now, the family is focused on Brodie’s recovery.

Dituri said they are headed to another doctor’s appointment, one of many still ahead.

Doctors have discussed both transplant and prosthetic options as Brodie begins adjusting to life after the attack.

“He’s leaning in toward looking at the prosthetics,” Dituri said.

Dituri said Brodie’s right hand was also his dominant hand, especially when playing baseball and football.

The road ahead will be long, both physically and mentally. Brodie said he is now “definitely afraid of Florida.”

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials said they have captured and killed the alligator believed to be responsible for the attack.

Vecinos, que hablaron sin aparecer en cámara, dijeron que escucharon cinco disparos.

Sky 10 sobrevoló la escena cerca de Southwest 196th Avenue y Southwest 308th Street después de la balacera.

Se observó a los agentes concentrando su atención cerca de una vivienda, caminando por la entrada de vehículos, mientras otros agentes conversaban entre ellos en la intersección.

Los agentes dijeron que encontraron a la víctima, que había recibido un disparo, en la franja de terreno del condado ubicada frente a la vivienda.

La víctima estaba consciente y dijo a los agentes que un vehículo pasó por el lugar y desde ese vehículo se realizaron disparos que la impactaron, informaron las autoridades.

Paramédicos de Miami-Dade Fire Rescue trasladaron a la víctima al hospital, donde fue reportada en condición estable, según las autoridades.

Los agentes no han confirmado si el responsable fue detenido ni qué tipo de vehículo utilizó.

The 24th-ranked Iwai had eight birdies and no dropped shots in the sun-splashed lakeside town that three weeks ago hosted the G7 summit of world leaders.

Japan's Iwai made birdies at three of the last four holes, including the par-5 18th, and led by two shots from Perrine Delacour, whose 6-under 65 included an eagle at the par-5 15th and a pair of bogeys toward the end of her round.

A group of five players with 5-under 66s included the winner of the Women’s PGA Championship two weeks ago, Haeran Ryu, and world No. 5 Charley Hull, who started the week as a guest in the Royal Box at Wimbledon.

Hull had two early bogeys before making the turn at level par, then came home in just 31 shots capped by an eagle at the par-5 18th. Also on 5 under were Mao Saigo, Maja Stark and Jin Hee Im.

Korda struggles

It was a tough day at Evian Resort Golf Club for Korda, who won the first two majors this season — the Chevron Championship and the U.S. Women’s Open.

Korda was 11 shots back with a 3-over 74, including a doubly bogey six at the first hole, which she played as her 10th.

Celine Boutier, the 2023 champion at Evian, had a bigger problem at No. 1. She started with a triple bogey 7 and later made back-to-back double bogey 6s on Nos. 10 and 11. Boutier birdied the 18th to card a 5-over 76.

The Evian Championship has been the fifth women's major since the 2013 edition and now has a $9.1 million prize money fund.

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The Scarlet Lady, operated by Virgin Voyages and chartered by LGBTQ+ travel company Atlantis Events, departed Athens, Greece, on Sunday and is scheduled to return July 15 after sailing through the Mediterranean.

The cruise was originally scheduled to stop in Istanbul, Turkey, before continuing to other destinations. However, Turkish authorities barred the ship from docking, citing “moral standards” and “family values.”

According to passenger Joshua New, a South Florida resident traveling with his husband, the decision came after backlash over a planned LGBTQ+ event in Istanbul.

“He says to me, well, one of the gay bars in Istanbul was going to have a party for us, and a prominent conservative paper in Turkey got ahold of it, and it became a political problem,” New said.

He said many passengers were caught off guard.

“People were kind of in a lot of disbelief, angry, upset,” New said.

The itinerary changed again after passengers learned Egyptian authorities also would not allow the ship to make its planned stop near Cairo, resulting in an additional day at sea.

“That’s when we heard that the Egyptian authorities had said that you weren’t allowed to enter,” New said.

Despite the disappointment, New said the atmosphere onboard has remained positive.

“I try to think about positive stuff,” he said. “We should make the best of this. We’re on a cruise with lots of people that are amazing, and we can make the best of this.”

New said many travelers choose LGBTQ+-focused cruises because they provide a welcoming environment where passengers can be themselves while exploring new destinations.

“We choose to go on a gay cruise for this because we can feel comfortable to be ourselves,” he said. “It’s a way to gain community. It’s a way to share and be comfortable opening up.”

He added that for some international travelers, cruises like this represent a rare opportunity to feel accepted.

“Maybe they live in a place where being gay is not acceptable where (they’re) from,” New said. “And this is the one thing they do in a year, maybe in five years, that makes them feel free and alive.”

Still, he said being turned away by multiple countries has been emotionally difficult.

“It feels like it’s yet again people are saying, ‘It’s not OK to be gay, Josh ... What you are is not OK,’” New said.

Even so, he said the LGBTQ+ community has responded the way it often has in the face of adversity.

“Gay men are kind of resilient. For a lot of us, this isn’t something very new. It doesn’t mean it’s not hurtful,” he said.

Speaking from the ship’s deck, New described passengers continuing to enjoy their vacation despite the unexpected changes.

“There’s music -- people are laughing and clapping,” he said. “Life goes on, and we say, ‘You know what? We’re going to make the best of this, and we’re going to be resilient, just like we always have been.’”

Virgin Voyages and Atlantis Events have not yet responded to requests for comment regarding the itinerary changes.

El Scarlet Lady, operado por Virgin Voyages y fletado por la empresa de viajes LGBTQ+ Atlantis Events, zarpó de Atenas, Grecia, el domingo y tiene previsto regresar el 15 de julio tras navegar por el Mediterráneo.

Originalmente, el crucero tenía programada una escala en Estambul, Turquía, antes de continuar hacia otros destinos. Sin embargo, las autoridades turcas impidieron que el barco atracara, al citar “normas morales” y “valores familiares”.

Según el pasajero Joshua New, residente del sur de Florida que viaja con su esposo, la decisión se produjo después de la reacción negativa por un evento LGBTQ+ programado en Estambul.

“Me dijo: bueno, uno de los bares gay de Estambul iba a organizar una fiesta para nosotros, y un importante periódico conservador de Turquía se enteró de ello, y se convirtió en un problema político”, dijo New.

Dijo que muchos pasajeros quedaron sorprendidos.

“La gente estaba incrédula, enojada y molesta”, dijo New.

El itinerario volvió a cambiar después de que los pasajeros supieran que las autoridades egipcias tampoco permitirían que el barco hiciera su escala prevista cerca de El Cairo, lo que resultó en un día adicional de navegación.

“Fue entonces cuando nos enteramos de que las autoridades egipcias habían dicho que no se nos permitía entrar”, dijo New.

A pesar de la decepción, New dijo que el ambiente a bordo se ha mantenido positivo.

“Trato de pensar en cosas positivas”, dijo. “Debemos sacar lo mejor de esto. Estamos en un crucero con muchas personas increíbles y podemos aprovechar al máximo esta experiencia”.

New dijo que muchos viajeros eligen los cruceros dirigidos a la comunidad LGBTQ+ porque ofrecen un ambiente acogedor donde los pasajeros pueden ser ellos mismos mientras conocen nuevos destinos.

“Elegimos hacer un crucero gay por eso, porque podemos sentirnos cómodos siendo nosotros mismos”, dijo. “Es una forma de crear comunidad. Es una forma de compartir y sentirse cómodo al abrirse con los demás”.

Agregó que, para algunos viajeros internacionales, cruceros como este representan una oportunidad poco común para sentirse aceptados.

“Quizá vivan en un lugar donde ser gay no es aceptado”, dijo New. “Y esta es la única cosa que hacen en un año, o quizá en cinco años, que los hace sentirse libres y vivos”.

Aun así, dijo que ser rechazados por varios países ha sido emocionalmente difícil.

“Se siente como si, una vez más, la gente estuviera diciendo: “No está bien ser gay, Josh… Lo que eres no está bien””, dijo New.

Aun así, afirmó que la comunidad LGBTQ+ ha respondido como suele hacerlo frente a la adversidad.

“Los hombres gay somos bastante resilientes. Para muchos de nosotros, esto no es algo nuevo. Eso no significa que no sea doloroso”, dijo.

Hablando desde la cubierta del barco, New describió a los pasajeros disfrutando de sus vacaciones a pesar de los cambios inesperados.

“Hay música, la gente se ríe y aplaude”, dijo. “La vida continúa y decimos: “¿Saben qué? Vamos a sacar lo mejor de esto y vamos a ser resilientes, como siempre lo hemos sido””.

Virgin Voyages y Atlantis Events aún no han respondido a las solicitudes de comentarios sobre los cambios en el itinerario.

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Online jail records show that Barry Joshua Bienaime, of Miami, is facing attempted murder and drug paraphernalia charges.

According to an arrest report from the Miami Shores Police Department, the incident began June 21 at Tropical Chevrolet, located at 8650 Biscayne Boulevard.

Police said employees at the dealership called 911 and said that a man was openly carrying what they described as a machete inside the business.

According to the report, Bienaime had entered the dealership and asked about purchasing a vehicle. When a manager confronted him about the sheathed weapon strapped across his lower back, investigators say he immediately took a fighting stance and grabbed the handle of what was later identified as a katana.

Authorities said Bienaime became angry and left the dealership. As he walked away, investigators say he unsheathed the katana and struck the rear windshield of a vehicle parked at the business.

Surveillance video reviewed by investigators allegedly showed Bienaime walking north on the west sidewalk of Biscayne Boulevard before turning around and heading back south. The report states he crossed five lanes of traffic while holding the sword.

Miami Shores police officers responded to the area near Northeast 86th Street. According to investigators, when Bienaime saw the officers, he sprinted across the street behind a marked patrol vehicle while gripping the katana with both hands.

As officers exited their vehicles, authorities say Bienaime stood on the west sidewalk before raising the katana over his head and charging directly at a Miami Shores police officer.

The arrest report states that the officer repeatedly ordered Bienaime to drop the weapon, but he did not comply.

Police said the officer then fired his department-issued gun, striking Bienaime twice — once in the lower left abdomen and once in the left arm near his elbow and biceps.

Bienaime was taken into custody at the scene and was transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.

During a search of Bienaime’s belongings, investigators said they found a scale, three grinders, rolling papers and a lighter.

Miami-Dade County Judge Mindy Glazer ordered Thursday that Bienaime be held without bond. If he eventually gets released from jail, he is not allowed to go back to the Tropical Chevrolet dealership, Glazer said.

Los registros de la cárcel en línea muestran que Barry Joshua Bienaime, de Miami, enfrenta cargos por intento de asesinato y posesión de parafernalia de drogas.

Según un informe de arresto del Departamento de Policía de Miami Shores, el incidente comenzó el 21 de junio en Tropical Chevrolet, ubicado en el 8650 de Biscayne Boulevard.

La policía informó que empleados del concesionario llamaron al 911 para reportar que un hombre llevaba a la vista lo que describieron como un machete dentro del negocio.

Según el informe, Bienaime entró al concesionario y preguntó por la compra de un vehículo. Cuando un gerente lo confrontó por el arma enfundada que llevaba sujeta en la parte baja de la espalda, los investigadores dijeron que de inmediato adoptó una posición de combate y sujetó el mango de lo que posteriormente fue identificado como una katana.

Las autoridades dijeron que Bienaime se enfureció y salió del concesionario. Mientras se alejaba, los investigadores indicaron que desenvainó la katana y golpeó el vidrio trasero de un vehículo estacionado en el negocio.

Un video de vigilancia revisado por los investigadores presuntamente muestra a Bienaime caminando hacia el norte por la acera oeste de Biscayne Boulevard antes de darse la vuelta y dirigirse nuevamente hacia el sur. El informe señala que cruzó cinco carriles de circulación mientras sostenía la espada.

Agentes de la Policía de Miami Shores respondieron al área cercana a Northeast 86th Street. Según los investigadores, cuando Bienaime vio a los agentes, cruzó corriendo la calle por detrás de una patrulla identificada mientras sujetaba la katana con ambas manos.

Cuando los agentes salieron de sus vehículos, las autoridades dijeron que Bienaime permaneció en la acera oeste antes de levantar la katana sobre su cabeza y lanzarse directamente contra un agente de la Policía de Miami Shores.

El informe de arresto indica que el agente le ordenó en repetidas ocasiones que soltara el arma, pero Bienaime no obedeció.

La policía informó que el agente entonces disparó su arma de reglamento e hirió a Bienaime en dos ocasiones: una en la parte inferior izquierda del abdomen y otra en el brazo izquierdo, cerca del codo y el bíceps.

Bienaime fue detenido en el lugar y trasladado por Miami-Dade Fire Rescue al Centro de Trauma Ryder del Hospital Jackson Memorial.

Durante un registro de las pertenencias de Bienaime, los investigadores dijeron que encontraron una báscula, tres trituradores, papeles para enrollar cigarrillos y un encendedor.

La jueza del condado Miami-Dade, Mindy Glazer, ordenó el jueves que Bienaime permanezca detenido sin derecho a fianza. Si eventualmente es puesto en libertad, no podrá regresar al concesionario Tropical Chevrolet, indicó Glazer.

The Ducks announced their decision Thursday on the 21-year-old Carlsson, who is now the NHL's highest-paid player under the five-year, $90 million deal extended by the Flyers one week ago.

“It’s going to be a special feeling, having this pressure,” said Carlsson, who wasn’t told the Ducks were matching the offer sheet until shortly before the decision was made public. “I always wanted to be a Duck. It’s my home, too. I’m just super excited to be back.”

Carlsson signed the Flyers' offer sheet as a restricted free agent after a year of fruitless negotiations with Anaheim general manager Pat Verbeek, whose hardline approach in contract talks with his restricted free agents backfired tremendously this time.

Carlsson's new contract is worth much more than the league expected the Swedish youngster would get as a restricted free agent, and the $18 million average annual value is significantly more than he had already indicated he would accept. The deal surpasses the salary of Minnesota’s Kirill Kaprizov, who would have been the NHL's highest-paid player at $17 million.

Verbeek acknowledged he was shocked by the Flyers' aggressiveness, and he admitted the entire experience could change the way he conducts business.

“Did we expect the offer sheet to be this high? No. We did not see that one coming,” Verbeek said. “But we’re very confident in the sense that with the cap going up and the ability of Leo to make great strides of improvement and become an elite player, we feel confident that this contract will be a good one in the end.”

Carlsson's first significant contract negotiations landed him a record payday — and he might have affected the NHL's entire salary structure going forward with this new benchmark for young talent amid a rising salary cap. Carlsson emerged from the experience with excitement and no hard feelings toward Anaheim about the way everything went down.

“It’s a lot of business in hockey,” Carlsson said. “I knew it, obviously, but it’s more business than I thought. (The details are) something for my agent to answer more on, but (the offer sheet) was just too good to pass on. I think everybody understands that. I talked to my teammates a lot, and everybody was just happy for me and super-supportive with the decision I made.”

The Flyers failed to land their long-sought No. 1 center by swiping Carlsson, but the attempt showed general manager Danny Briere’s determination to improve his roster at all costs. The Ducks would have received four first-round draft picks from Philadelphia if they hadn’t matched.

Future negotiations will reveal whether Briere forever altered the hockey talent market. The structure of Philadelphia’s offer sheet also front-loaded Carlsson’s contract with enormous signing bonuses in another departure from most NHL contracts.

Fortunately for the Ducks, billionaire owner Henry Samueli eagerly made that hefty financial commitment, calling it “an easy decision” in a statement issued by the team.

Still, that decision wouldn't have been necessary if Verbeek had done a deal at any point in the previous year. The general manager claimed he made “serious and fair” offers last September to young cornerstones Carlsson, Cutter Gauthier and defenseman Jackson LaCombe, who took an eight-year, $72 million deal.

Verbeek continued negotiations with Carlsson's agent this spring, but felt he was “getting slow-walked to July 1," when the offer sheet could be signed.

“It was surprising, to say the least,” Verbeek said. “I actually feel flattered in a sense that Philadelphia wanted such a great player. It means we’re doing a good job on our end. ... Players like Leo don't come along very often.”

Although the Ducks retained their most important young player, Verbeek’s inability to get a deal done before he was forced into it by Philadelphia seems almost certain to compromise Anaheim’s roster-building efforts for years to come. The Ducks are having a rough summer after ending their seven-season playoff drought with a second-round run that stamped them as a future contender.

Along with losing four veteran defensemen and hoping to replace them from within, Verbeek still hasn’t re-signed 41-goal scorer Gauthier, who isn't eligible to receive an offer sheet. Anaheim signed Pavel Mintyukov to a five-year, $36 million deal last week, again going well over the expected market rate for a defenseman who isn’t on Carlsson’s level of talent, but was widely rumored to be on the verge of signing an offer sheet.

This pricey deal for Carlsson is the latest chapter in Verbeek's history of antagonistic negotiations with Anaheim's free agents. Trevor Zegras, Jamie Drysdale and Mason McTavish all held out of training camp in recent years when they couldn’t get a deal done with Verbeek, who eventually traded all three.

Verbeek said he has “2 1/2 months to figure out” how to fit Gauthier under the cap, possibly by dumping a veteran's salary.

“Certainly we are going to have to do business in a different type of manner moving forward, and so we will make the adjustments that we have to make,” Verbeek said.

Carlsson was the No. 2 choice in the 2023 draft behind Connor Bedard, and he has emerged as one of the NHL’s top young playmakers. Although he didn’t produce points at a rate commensurate with his new salary during his first three seasons, almost everyone believes Carlsson can become one of the best centers in hockey, so Verbeek might be correct that this deal will eventually look reasonable on paper.

Carlsson scored 67 points in 70 games last season despite being limited for a lengthy stretch by a leg injury that kept him out of the Olympics. He added 11 points in 12 games during his first postseason experience.

“I’m going to grow as a player, too,” Carlsson said. “I’ve done that every year so far. Trying to get away from these slumps I’ve been having during seasons. Trying to stay at the highest level I can all season long.”

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Harper and Walker join Boston’s Willson Contreras, Kansas City’s Jac Caglianone, Tampa Bay’s Junior Caminero and the New York Yankees’ Ben Rice in the competition at Citizens Bank Park. The other two participants haven’t been announced.

Harper, hitting .261 with 20 homers and 57 RBIs, was selected for his ninth All-Star Game as a Legend Pick for baseball's midsummer showcase. The 33-year-old slugger will try to become the fifth player to win multiple derby competitions. And Harper will try to do it in front of home fans — again. He last won it in 2018 in Washington while a member of the Nationals.

The 24-year-old Walker is a first-time All-Star who is having a breakout season. He hit his 22nd homer on Thursday night. The 2020 first-round draft pick is batting .294 with an .893 OPS and an MLB-leading 73 RBIs.

He'll be the eighth Cardinals player to compete in the competition, joining Jack Clark (1985), Ray Lankford (1997), Mark McGwire (1998-99), Jim Edmonds (2003), Albert Pujols (2003, 2007, 2009, 2022), Matt Holliday (2010-11) and Carlos Beltran (2012).

A Cardinals player has never won the derby. The Phillies have had two winners: Bobby Abreu in 2005 and Ryan Howard the next year.

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El presidente electo, el conservador Abelardo de la Espriella, dijo durante la campaña que haría todo lo que estuviera a su alcance para desmontar el tribunal, al que considera “fallido”, pese a que no ha cumplido sus 15 años de mandato.

Sin embargo, no sería un asunto sencillo debido a su “blindaje constitucional e internacional”, explicó en entrevista con The Associated Press Alejandro Ramelli, presidente de la Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz (JEP), como se denomina el tribunal.

El tribunal está protegido por la Constitución colombiana y cuenta con el respaldo de la Corte Penal Internacional (CPI), que en 2021 cerró un examen preliminar a Colombia al considerar que estaba a la altura de sus obligaciones internacionales en materia de justicia, en gran parte por los avances de la JEP.

Ramelli aseguró que esa decisión fue condicionada a no cerrar la JEP, no modificarla ni desfinanciarla. “Si eventualmente pasa alguna de esas tres cosas o varias, la Fiscalía (de la CPI) puede revertir esa decisión y podría nuevamente abrirse ese examen preliminar y eventualmente una investigación ya formal contra personas particulares de Colombia”, agregó.

El tribunal tiene el mandato de investigar los crímenes de guerra y lesa humanidad hasta 2028, con un periodo adicional de cinco años para los juicios. Luego queda en manos del Congreso definir si le da otros cinco años de vida.

Cuando los acusados reconocen su responsabilidad en los crímenes acceden a sanciones que no implican la cárcel sino su participación en proyectos que buscan reparar el daño causado, lo que para algunos sectores críticos es sinónimo de impunidad. En tanto, quienes no admiten los delitos cometidos se exponen a una pena de 20 años de prisión.

La JEP, tanto como el proceso de paz con las FARC, ha dividido al país entre quienes la respaldan como un hito que acabó con la que fuera la guerrilla más antigua de Latinoamérica y ahora la juzga y quienes la señalan de ser un tribunal presuntamente parcializado contra los exmilitares.

El tribunal, en funciones desde 2018, juzga a más de 14.000 personas involucradas en el conflicto armado. El 70% de ellos son exguerrilleros, el 29% exmiembros de la fuerza pública y el restante son civiles.

¿Eliminarla o desfinanciarla?

El designado ministro de Justicia de De la Espriella, Iván Cancino, dijo la víspera a Caracol Radio que no pretende eliminar la JEP, pero exigirá resultados y revisará sus gastos.

El saliente presidente Gustavo Petro, quien tuvo críticas para la JEP pero la mantuvo, aseguró el miércoles que “debe ser fortalecida” en su presupuesto. “No hay que acabar la posibilidad de la verdad judicial en el conflicto porque es fundamental para la reconciliación nacional”, publicó en X.

Ramelli advirtió que un recorte presupuestario "afectaría gravemente el derecho fundamental de acceso a la administración de justicia”, especialmente de las víctimas del conflicto armado. Mientras que una “finalización abrupta" del tribunal dejaría en un limbo jurídico a quienes se sometieron a su jurisdicción.

Sobre los resultados, Ramelli resaltó las primeras sentencias contra la última cúpula de las FARC por más de 21.000 secuestros y contra un grupo de exmilitares por más de un centenar de ejecuciones extrajudiciales. Ambos reconocieron los crímenes y recibieron sanciones que no implicaron cárcel, sino el cumplimiento de proyectos en favor de las víctimas.

Sin embargo, para un exmilitar que negó su responsabilidad en las ejecuciones extrajudiciales, el tribunal dictó una sentencia condenatoria de 20 años de prisión.

“¿Cuánto valen las verdades reveladas por la jurisdicción?”, cuestionó Ramelli. “La verdad sobre el volumen de secuestros de las FARC, los más de 18.677 niños y niñas reclutados, la violencia sexual por parte de las FARC, las ejecuciones extrajudiciales de la fuerza pública. El país realmente no las conocía”, detalló.

Colombia aún no ha salido de la espiral de violencia. Persisten grupos ilegales que se disputan las ganancias ilícitas del narcotráfico y la minería ilegal, incluyendo facciones disidentes de las extintas FARC que no se acogieron al acuerdo de paz, la guerrilla Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN) y el cártel Clan del Golfo.

La paradoja, dijo Ramelli, es que mientras a nivel internacional el tribunal de Colombia es un caso de estudio para otros países en guerra, internamente continúa en el ojo del huracán.

“Si no hubiera existido la JEP, ¿cuántos muertos más hubiéramos tenido?”, se preguntó Ramelli.

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According to Fort Lauderdale police, officers responded to the 1300 block of Northwest 13^th Court shortly before 4:30 a.m. after receiving a ShotSpotter alert in the area.

While searching the Lauderdale Manors neighborhood, officers found the victim in his car, with a gunshot wound, authorities said.

Police said he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The victim’s father identified him to Local 10 News as 32-year-old Matt Menard. He said his son leaves behind a 5-year-old daughter.

“Very devastating, we understand that. Like I tell you, but I try to be strong,” Philippe Menard said.

Matt Menard was parked outside his family’s home when he was shot.

Surveillance video shows him walking to the car just minutes before he was shot and killed.

Local 10 cameras captured at least three bullet holes in the driver’s side window of the vehicle.

A truck parked next to it was also hit by gunfire.

The sound of the shots startled neighbors.

“We were scared. We had turned off all our electronics because we didn’t know where it was coming from. Like it sounded really close,” neighbor Nevaeh Brown said.

Overnight, homicide detectives searched the street. K-9 units also swept the scene after daybreak.

The victim’s father told Local 10 News that someone set fire to his home’s plants last week, and just days later, someone fired shots at the house.

“We heard that at night, but we cannot come out to see. So when we call police, they come here, they take pictures,” Philippe Menard said.

Philippe Menard described his son as a bright young man who ran with the wrong crowd.

He’s now left wondering if last week’s incidents could be connected to his son’s killing.

“He went to a university -- the guy’s (more) knowledgeable than me,” Philippe Menard said. “I didn’t reach that level. I can’t tell him, ‘Hey, I talk to you and you listen.’”

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

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Neighbors, speaking off camera, said they heard five gunshots.

Sky 10 flew above the scene near Southwest 196th Avenue and 308th Street after the shooting.

Deputies were spotted focusing their attention near a house, walking in the driveway, while other deputies talked to one another at the intersection.

Deputies say they found the victim, who had been shot, in the county swale in the front yard of the home.

The victim was conscious and told deputies that someone in a vehicle drove by, and shots were fired from that vehicle, hitting them, authorities said.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue medics took the victim to the hospital, where he or she was listed in stable condition, authorities said.

Deputies have not confirmed whether the shooter was caught or what kind of vehicle they were in.

The singer, best-known for her chart-topping power ballad “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” died unexpectedly in a hospital in Portugal where she was being treated for an illness, her family said Thursday. She was hospitalized in May in Faro, where she had a home, for emergency intestinal surgery. She had been placed in an induced coma for a period but was reportedly improving last month.

Some notable reaction:

Catherine Zeta-Jones

“My heart is broken with the news that our dearest Bonnie Tyler has passed away. Bonnie was married to my cousin and has been such a part of my life. We are photographed here together the night before my wedding. So sang and rocked it at my wedding. An extraordinary woman with vocals to match. A one of kind artist, who so easily could have been a comedian because she was one of the funniest people I ever met. Thank you Bonnie for the joy you brought so many. Sleep tight beautiful lady. We shall forever ‘Keep A Welcome In The Hillsides’ of Wales for you. Sending my love to Robert and the family. God Bless” — on Instagram

Rod Stewart

“We shared similar styles of vocalizing. She was a good pal, a true soul stirrer. I sing ‘It’s A Heartache’ every night on tour. I’ll miss you darling Bonnie.” — on Instagram

Bryan Adams

“Dear Bonnie Tyler passed today, she had such a great voice and I’ll always be grateful of her beautiful version of Straight From The Heart. Thanks Bonnie. RIP” — on X

Katrina Leskanich of Katrina and the Waves

“I'm so sad for Robert, Bonnie's extended family and the whole world who loved Bonnie Tyler. She was incredibly fun to tour with, always laughing, warm hearted and effervescent. There will never be a voice so instantly recognisable and distinctive. She will be so missed but like Bonnie, her iconic sons will be in our hearts forever.” — on Instagram

Kevin Bacon

“One of the great voices of rock. … I could not imagine chicken racing a tractor to any other song. RIP” — in a statement to Entertainment Weekly, referencing the use of Tyler's “Holding Out For a Hero” in his iconic 1984 film, “Footloose”

Tony Hadley

“So sad to hear about Bonnie Tyler. She was an incredible woman, so kind and friendly to me as a young artist. Over the years, we met several times and she was always the same Bonnie. Her voice was truly amazing and standing next to her you really got to feel her power. A beautiful legend. My sincere condolences to her lovely husband Bob, her family and her wonderful band at this very sad time.” — on Instagram

Sir Cliff Richard

“Another wonderful friend gone too soon. Bonnie’s infectious zest for life entertained so many around the world, and to be a good friend to all, including me. It is shocking news to wake up to you this morning and I send my love to her family at this very sad time. RIP Bonnie…. Cliff xx” — on Facebook

The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate rose to 6.49% from 6.43% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. One year ago, the average rate was 6.72%.

When mortgage rates rise they can add hundreds of dollars a month in costs for borrowers, reducing their purchasing power.

Mortgage rates have remained elevated after the average rate on a 30-year loan briefly dropped below 6% in February for the first time since late 2022. It then climbed in May to its highest level in nine months. The uptick in mortgage rates has weighed on home sales this year.

Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, often sought by borrowers refinancing a home loan, also rose this week. That average rate increased to 5.82% from 5.79% last week. A year ago, it was at 5.86%, Freddie Mac said.

Mortgage rates are influenced by several factors, from the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy decisions to bond market investors’ expectations for the economy and inflation. They generally follow the trajectory of the 10-year Treasury yield, which lenders use as a guide to pricing home loans.

Expectations of hotter inflation amid higher crude oil prices have pushed up long-term bond yields relative to where they were before the war with Iran began in late February, causing mortgage rates to trend higher.

The 10-year Treasury yield was at 4.55% at midday Thursday on the bond market, up from 4.49% a week ago. It was just 3.97% in late February, before the war broke out.

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage is now back to where it was two weeks ago.

While average long-term mortgage rates remain lower than they were at this time last year, uncertainty about their trajectory amid the war with Iran has kept many would-be homebuyers on the sideline.

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes declined in the first three months of the year compared to a year earlier, extending a nationwide housing slump that dates back to 2022 when mortgage rates began to climb from pandemic-era lows.

Through the first half of this year, seasonally adjusted sales of existing U.S. homes are up only 0.7% compared to the same period in 2025, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Still, sales of existing U.S. homes continue to hover close to a 4-million annual pace, far short of the historic norm that is closer to 5.2-million.

Pogacar, who first wore the yellow jersey after winning at Les Angles earlier this week, made the most of the first big mountain trek of this year's Tour in the Pyrenees to stamp his authority, sending a clear message to his rivals that he remains in a class of his own.

The two-time world champion covered the final 43 kilometers (around 27 miles) alone, crossed the Stage 6 finish line 2 minutes, 38 seconds ahead of his main challenger, Jonas Vingegaard, and reclaimed the coveted jersey.

“I would say this one goes in the top five of my Tour de France victories," Pogacar said. “This is an incredible victory, and one of the sweetest for sure. I was not calculating seconds or minutes, I just wanted to go full gas all the way to the finish.”

Pogacar's teammate, Isaac del Toro, was third, 2:57 off the pace, ahead of Remco Evenepoel and Paul Seixas. Overall, Vingegaard lags 2:42 behind Pogacar, with del Toro in third place.

With his latest show of force, the UAE Emirates-XRG leader took a big step toward a record-equaling fifth Tour victory. Only Belgian Eddy Merckx, Spaniard Miguel Indurain and Frenchmen Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Hinault have won five Tours.

Scorching heat and iconic ascents

The stage started in scorching heat and was marked by several unsuccessful attempts of breakaways early on. Pogacar's teammates, along with those of Vingegaard in Visma-Lease a Bike, set a fast tempo even before the day’s biggest climbs.

The last stage in the Pyrenees took riders through two iconic ascents, the Col d’Aspin and the Tourmalet.

Once Ben O’Connor managed to get away, he was allowed some freedom because he was not a threat in the general classification. He was first at the foot of Aspin and was caught with about 5 kilometers of the climb left.

Riders then tackled the grueling 17.1 kilometer ascent up the Tourmalet, the first HC climb of the 2026 Tour — which means Hors Catégorie (beyond classification), because it is the hardest level.

Overnight leader Torstein Træen was dropped before del Toro accelerated with his leader on his wheel about 4.5 kilometers from the summit. Træen later crashed on the descent and was assessed by the race's medical team before resuming his effort.

Pogacar then went solo, with Vingegaard digging deep to limit his losses. Pogacar reached the summit first, and Vingegaard tried to claw back his 30-second deficit in the downhill. But tucked into an aerodynamic position, his rival took the same risks and was even faster.

Pogacar had a lead of more than a minute as he tackled the final climb up to the finish line in the town of Gavarnie-Gedre. He never looked back and the gap kept increasing.

“I woke up at 7 this morning and my mind was going crazy,” Pogacar said. “I was really excited for today. I knew it was going to be a good day.”

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But the way popular AI notetakers accomplish those tasks makes some people avoid using them. The technology turns everything said during meetings into data. Confidential personnel information, corporate strategies, trade secrets and remarks that could later be seen as incriminating — all of it could end up in the wrong hands.

“There are huge risks to the organization on AI notetakers,” Amy Dufrane, the chief executive of human resources training and certification provider HRCI, said. “I don’t think companies should use it at all.”

An AI notetaker is a software application or device that uses artificial intelligence, speech recognition and large language models to record, transcribe and summarize conversations. The tools are intended to save time and improve participation, but professionals in a number of fields say there are reasons to be wary.

Chief among them is uncertainty about where the collected data is stored and for how long. Privacy advocates worry the companies behind the AI notetakers are creating voiceprints without consent. Voiceprints — a type of biometric profile similar to a fingerprint but tuned to the unique intonations and characteristics of one’s voice — can be used to access restricted or confidential information, including the contents of bank accounts.

Some tech companies resell data from the notetaking tools they created or use confidential meeting transcripts and recordings to train their AI models. There’s also the risk that conversations between an attorney and client could become fair game in legal proceedings; a New York federal judge in February ordered a criminal defendant to provide prosecutors with documents he created for his lawyers because it already had been shared with a third party, which was Anthropic's Claude.

“People who use AI notetakers, they don’t always know where the data goes,” said Justin Daniels, an Atlanta-based corporate attorney at law firm Baker Donelson. “And in my context, if the data goes anywhere else and they’re not aware of it, that attorney-client-privileged conversation may not be attorney-client-privileged anymore.”

Here are some tips on the etiquette of kicking an AI notetaker out of a meeting, the risks of using one and how to protect yourself.

The first step when you join a meeting is check for bots

When you join a meeting, make it a habit to check whether an AI notetaker is present. It might appear as a meeting attendee, often labeled as an AI notetaker, or a pop-up message on the screen informing participants the meeting is being recorded. The latter could signal the presence of an AI notetaker.

Virtual meeting platforms such as Zoom and Google Meet let users know when recording is underway, but some meeting software does not make it clear when a notetaker is present, according to Thorin Klosowski, the Electronic Frontier Foundation's senior security and privacy analyst.

Participants also may use personal notetaking devices that are separate from the meeting platform, in which case the other attendees wouldn’t necessarily know a discussion was being recorded and transcribed.

“You hope the other person would tell you that they’re doing that,” Klosowski said. “Asking everyone for consent before doing a sensitive meeting would be the most polite approach to take.”

If you're unsure whether someone has deployed an AI notetaker, you can ask. You can also state at the beginning that a meeting is not authorized for recording.

A polite way to establish such a boundary is to say, “Our company policy is that this meeting cannot be recorded," Dufrane suggested. This relieves the employee, such as a salesperson who wants to make a good impression, of having to be the “bad guy,” putting the onus on the company instead, she said.

Another option is to allow the notetaker for part of the gathering but turn if off at the end to dedicate time for more delicate topics.

“I won’t start talking about anything substantive until it’s shut off, because I just don’t want to take the risk,” Daniels said.

Assert your privacy rights to protect voiceprints

Many AI notetakers determine unique acoustic signatures, or voiceprints, for each speaker in the room, said Chris Pluymers, associate attorney at The Dillon Law Group in East Lansing, Michigan. That’s how the companies distinguish one speaker from another, labeling them with monikers “Speaker 1” or “Speaker 2.”

One way voiceprints are used is to verify the identities of bank account holders over the phone. If bad actors got ahold of a person’s vocal signature, they could use it to access files, commit fraud or take over accounts, he said.

Laws in some states govern how voiceprints can be created and stored and provide rights that individuals can assert to object to the use of an AI notetaker during meetings they attend.

In Illinois, voiceprints are considered biometric identifiers, similar to fingerprints, and are covered under the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act, which requires written notice and informed consent before an AI notetaker or other agent collects voiceprints. The law also mandates a documented data retention schedule and destruction policy, Pluymers said. But most companies using the tools have none of those systems in place, Pluymers said.

“In the world of AI, the world of data and privacy, the world of biometric identification, I don’t think you can have such a lax approach to it,” Pluymers said. “I think getting out ahead of it is crucial.”

Under the Illinois law, employees can say they don't want to attend a meeting with an AI notetaker until they have assurances of where and why the data is being stored, and when it will be deleted, Pluymers said. They can also ask if there is a policy and written consent form to sign.

If an AI notetaker shows up at a meeting unexpectedly, a participant could say, “I prefer we keep this meeting without AI recording or transcript tools and I’d be happy to take my own notes and share a recap if that’s helpful,” Pluymers suggested. “Just being warm and genuine about it and asking them to respect your wishes.”

Know where your data goes

When working with AI notetaking apps, find out whether the companies that built them retain recordings, transcripts or metadata indefinitely or use them to train AI models, said Danielle Kays, a partner at Fisher Phillips who represents businesses on privacy and employment law matters.

“If there is some sort of speaker ID or voice recognition, really understand what that is and how it works,” Kays said.

Even when content is deleted, metadata about meetings can remain stored with the vendor, meaning sensitive business information could influence how the model behaves and in some cases could be memorized or reproduced, she said.

AI notetakers generate text, and that’s easier for outsiders to search through than video or audio files, according to EFF.

“Storing a bunch of video isn’t easy, it’s costly and hard to look through, but text is much easier to search and cheaper to store,” said Klosowski of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

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The hotel on a tropical island off the country’s coast, owned by the country’s powerful President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, is being used to house 17 migrants from countries including Angola, Mauritania and Ethiopia under an opaque third-country deportation deal with the Trump administration.

According to a statement from a coalition of international lawyers and interviews with two of the deportees, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals, a man suspected of having Ebola was brought to the hotel last week by medical personnel in hazmat suits, and placed on a floor below the detainees.

The central African nation of Congo is currently battling a rare Ebola virus that has killed over 600 in an outbreak first announced in May. Cases have been confirmed in neighboring Uganda, but so far no cases — or even suspected cases — have been reported in Equatorial Guinea, which shares no border with Congo and is roughly 1885 miles (1,425 km) away.

However, two deportees told The Associated Press that they were told by a doctor in English that the man was a suspected Ebola patient and that they should be careful, but that they were provided no further details.

The lawyers group said in a statement that they had received “disturbing reports from multiple detained individuals that a person with a suspected case of Ebola was recently brought under quarantine into the same hotel complex where they are being held.”

One of the deportees said that a woman also was brought to the quarantine floor on Sunday and that medical staff had identified her as a suspected Ebola patient as well.

The AP saw videos showing medical personnel in full protective equipment appearing to transport patients to the hotel, which also served as an isolation center during the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Things are getting worse every day,” one of the detainees said in an interview. “It’s very confusing, no one is coming to talk to us. No one is informing us of anything. The hygiene is unimaginable.”

Apart from those present at the moment, the detainees were provided with no masks, disinfectants or other basic protective supplies, nor informed of any measures to reduce the risk of exposure, lawyers and detainees said.

Under a series of often-secret agreements, the Trump administration has deported thousands of people it has deemed to be in the country illegally to nearly two dozen countries that are not their own, advocates say, as part of a broad U.S. crackdown to deter illegal immigration.

Immigration lawyers said the Trump administration uses deportations to third countries as a legal loophole to indirectly force asylum seekers back to their home countries. Equatorial Guinea is one of at least eight other African nations that the U.S. has struck such agreements with.

Following an $7.5 million deal with Equatorial Guinea, President Obiang has turned a hotel owned by his family in Malabo on Bioko island into a detention center.

There are currently 4 women and 13 men held in the hotel, according to the lawyers. All of them have received orders from U.S. judges that should have protected them from being removed to their home countries, the lawyers said.

Earlier this month, rights lawyers filed a case against Equatorial Guinea before Africa’s top human rights body, accusing the central African nation of forcing deportees from the U.S. back to their home countries in violation of their rights.

The lawyers’ coalition said on Thursday that they also received “multiple reports that individuals with serious medical conditions are being denied adequate medical care while detained in government custody.”

Equatorial Guinea is one of the richest countries in Africa thanks to its oil resources. It is also rife with corruption and human rights abuses, according to U.S. officials.

There are virtually no critical voices in Equatorial Guinea, where the government has been accused by rights groups and the U.S. State Department of detaining, torturing and even killing those that dare to speak out.

The country’s largest foreign investors are U.S. businesses, and its military receives funding for training from the U.S. government.

“Vamos a pasar del ámbito diplomático para acudir directamente ante las fiscalías de Estados Unidos para presentar denuncias sobre estos hechos, solicitando que se investigue en el ámbito penal qué es lo que está ocurriendo”, dijo el secretario de Relaciones Exteriores, Roberto Velasco, durante la conferencia presidencial matutina.

Agregó que las denuncias se interpondrán tanto en fiscalías estatales como ante el Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos e irán acompañadas de acciones civiles contra las empresas que operan los centros de detención para que cesen las violaciones a los derechos humanos en esos lugares.

La presidenta Sheinbaum explicó que México decidió elevar el tono de sus quejas después de que esta semana un agente de ICE mató en Houston, Texas, a Lorenzo Salgado Araujo y por eso se va a presentar una denuncia formal “por lo que consideramos que son homicidios y en los otros casos por violación a los derechos humanos”.

“Vamos a hacer todo lo que esté en nuestras manos, porque no podemos ser omisos” ante la muerte de mexicanos “cuyo único delito es trabajar en los Estados Unidos de manera honesta”, dijo Sheinbaum.

Salgado Araujo era un hombre sin antecedentes penales que vivía en el país desde hace décadas y transportaba a una cuadrilla a una construcción cuando le dispararon. La familia exigió una investigación exhaustiva de lo ocurrido.

Según el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional estadounidense, bajo cuyo cargo está ICE, los agentes iban tras él porque vivía en el país sin permiso legal. Salgado Araujo , agregó el Departamento, fue baleado después de ignorar órdenes e intentar embestir a un agente, quien disparó su arma en defensa propia.

En lo que va de la segunda administración de Donald Trump, México tiene registrada la muerte de 14 de mexicanos bajo custodia de ICE y tres en operativos de esa dependencia.

Hasta ahora el gobierno mexicano había acompañado a las familias de las víctimas, enviado notas diplomáticas a Washington exigiendo investigaciones y elevado el tema a la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos.

También había pedido a los cónsules que visitaran periódicamente los centros de detención donde había connacionales recluidos para ver las condiciones en las que estaban e incluso se quejó con el Alto Comisionado de Derechos Humanos de la ONU.

Si procede investigar las muertes de mexicanos como delitos penales será algo que tendrán que determinar las autoridades estadounidenses pero, en cualquiera de los casos, la acción mexicana supone una escalada en las ya complicadas relaciones entre México y la administración Trump, que tiene numerosos flancos abiertos en temas de seguridad y lucha contra los cárteles y también en asuntos económicos.

Eric Trump celebró el cambio al informar en Instagram que el Trump Force One aterrizó la madrugada del jueves en el Aeropuerto Internacional Presidente Donald J. Trump, ubicado en el 1000 de James L. Turnage Boulevard.

“No hay una persona que haya hecho más por Florida y por nuestro país, y nadie merece más este increíble honor”, escribió Eric Trump en Instagram. “Como hijo y como alguien que vuela desde este aeropuerto casi todos los días, siempre me sentiré orgulloso de ver las iniciales DJT en mi pase de abordar”.

La nueva instrucción de la agencia federal indica: “Los pilotos, los controladores de tráfico aéreo y las partes interesadas del sector de la aviación deben utilizar DJT para la planificación y las operaciones de vuelo”.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping demanded “an all-out search and rescue effort," urging a swift investigation of the incident and “strictly hold those responsible accountable.”

The blaze started in a factory at Huiteng shoe company in the city of Jinjiang, the city’s fire department said in a statement. The cause of the fire was not immediately known. Jinjiang is a major manufacturing hub for sports shoes.

There were 237 factory workers and two visitors in the building when the fire broke out. Authorities pulled out 213 people, two of whom were pronounced dead after being taken to hospital. Another 26 missing people were later confirmed dead, according to the state broadcaster CCTV.

Xinhua said the factory’s owner and others in charge have been taken into custody and the company’s accounts have been frozen.

Video by CCTV shows the facade of a building of several floors charred black and covered in white smoke. Earlier footage shows fires were burning on multiple floors and the building shrouded in thick, black smoke.

The fire started on the first level of a five-floor concrete-structured building, where a workshop and a warehouse were located. The burning materials included shoe components, which are highly flammable and helped the fire spread quickly, according to CCTV.

A local fire department official said in an interview with the state broadcaster that sole material piled up in stairwells made it much harder for the firefighters to reach the flames and put them out.

CCTV also said the fire department sent 183 people and 35 vehicles to the factory and that open flames were extinguished after about four hours. Xinhua later said more than 500 people joined the rescue and search operation.

Work safety has been a persistent problem in China. In May, an explosion at a fireworks plant in the city of Changsha in the central province of Hunan killed at least 37 people. In 2024, a fire at a refrigeration facility under construction killed 39 people in the city of Xinyu in the southeastern Jiangxi province.

Authorities have repeatedly ordered businesses to screen for workplace hazards. Official data show that 18,261 people died in nearly 20,000 workplace accidents across the country in 2025, down from the previous year.