The person spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because no resolution has been announced. ESPN first reported that the investigation had concluded.

Antetokounmpo left a March 15 victory over the Indiana Pacers early after an awkward landing on a dunk, and he didn’t play again the rest of the season due to what Bucks officials described as a left knee hyperextension and bone bruise. Antetokounmpo said in the last few weeks of the season that he was healthy and wanted to play.

“I did what I was supposed to do,” Antetokounmpo said after the Bucks’ final game of the season. “I wasn’t able to come on the court now. Who has that say? It comes from above. I thought I had control. OK, if I’m healthy, I’m going to play. This just shows me that not just me, players in general, don’t have no control. No, I didn’t feel like I had control.”

The NBA had announced on April 4 that an investigation into the dispute was ongoing. The National Basketball Players Association had referenced Antetokounmpo while issuing a statement in late March recommending anti-tanking measures.

“The Player Participation Policy was designed by the league to hold teams accountable and ensure that when an All-Star like Giannis Antetokounmpo is healthy and ready to play, he is on the court,” the union had said in its statement. “Unfortunately, anti-tanking policies are only as effective as their enforcement; fans, broadcast partners, and the integrity of the game itself will continue to suffer as long as ownership goes unchecked. We look forward to collaborating with the NBA on meaningful new proposals that will directly address and discourage tanking.”

Antetokounmpo had two extended absences due to calf strains this season and played a career-low 36 games as the Bucks went 32-50 to snap a string of nine straight playoff appearances. Doc Rivers stepped down as coach the day after the Bucks’ final game.

Antetokounmpo has spent his entire 13-year career in Milwaukee and led the 2020-21 Bucks to the franchise’s first title since 1971. But the nine-time All-NBA forward’s future with the Bucks is uncertain.

The Bucks can offer Antetokounmpo a four-year, $275 million contract extension in October. If Antetokounmpo doesn’t sign, he could become a free agent after next season. Or the Bucks could decide to trade him beforehand.

Bucks co-owner Jimmy Haslam said last week at new coach Taylor Jenkins’ introductory news conference that he’d like the matter settled before the June 23-24 draft.

“Giannis has brought Milwaukee its second championship and the first in 50 years,” Haslam said. “He’s a phenomenal player. He’s a phenomenal person. He’s arguably one of the best basketball players in the world and we will do what’s best for Giannis and what’s best for the organization. We don’t know whether Giannis will stay with us or not, but we’ll work through that with Giannis in the coming weeks.”

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Roza said Brunel, who died in 2022, secured a talent U.S. visa in less than six months, and she traveled to New York, where the agency said she owed $10,000.

“Less than a month after I arrived to the United States, my agency sent me to the home of a sex offender,” Roza said about her first meeting with Jeffrey Epstein, who she said sexually abused her for three years.

Roza testified on Tuesday during the House Oversight Committee Democrats’ shadow field hearing at West Palm Beach City Hall. She said the agency moved her to Miami, and she was abused in Palm Beach.

Epstein “spoke of his arrest like it was a game, bragging about girls visiting his cell and his friendships with authorities,” Roza said, adding he raped her while he was on house arrest in 2009.

Through tears, Roza said she was re-victimized when her name was mentioned over 500 times in the Department of Justice’s records release.

“While the rich and powerful remained protected by redaction, my name was exposed to the world,” Roza said.

Survivors Jena-Lisa Jones, Dani Bensky, Courtney Wild, and Maria Farmer also testified during the hearing.

In a video, Farmer said she was living in New York when she reported Epstein’s abuse to the FBI in 1996. She said she talked to FBI agents again in 2006.

“The government offered Epstein a sweetheart deal,” Farmer said about former U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta’s non-prosecution agreement.

Wild said Epstein sexually abused her from when she was 14 years old until she was 17 in Palm Beach, and the deal included her case.

“I was homeless. My parents had addiction problems. He preyed. He knew what he was doing,” Wild said, adding that Epstein’s attorneys portrayed her as an “underage prostitute” after she reported the abuse.

Wild said prosecutors did not notify her of the non-prosecution agreement. It wasn’t until years later, she said, that she was able to read the records.

“It seemed like they had forgotten that there were 40 of us kids who had been abused by him,” Wild said

Virginia Giuffre’s brother and sister-in-law, Sky and Amanda Roberts, and attorneys Spencer Kuvin and Lauren Hersh also testified.

“She believed accountability should reach everyone involved — no matter their status,” Sky Roberts said about Giuffre.

The survivors demanded that lawmakers work on stronger legislation to protect victims’ rights and pass Virginia’s Law to eliminate statutes of limitations for civil claims brought by adult victims.

House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., presided over the hearing.

“This cover-up must end,” Garcia said.

U.S. Reps. Lois Frankel, Ayanna Pressley, Melanie Stansbury, Emily Randall, Maxwell Frost, Dave Min, Summer Lee, Wesley Bell, Jasmine Crockett, Yassamin Ansari, James Walkinshaw, Suhas Subramanyam, and Raja Krishnamoorthi also participated.

“We have to do everything in our power to block a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell,” Krishnamoorthi said about the sex offender sentenced to 20 years in prison for her role in Epstein’s crimes.

Epstein died in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City. The Medical Examiner’s office ruled he died of suicide by hanging.

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Collins spent 13 years as a player in the league for six different franchises. He revealed in 2013 that he was gay, an announcement that came toward the end of his playing career.

Collins had been diagnosed with Stage 4 glioblastoma, which has an extremely low survival rate. He was 47.

“Jason changed lives in unexpected ways and was an inspiration to all who knew him and to those who admired him from afar," Collins' family said in a statement released through the NBA. "We are grateful for the outpouring of love and prayers over the past eight months and for the exceptional medical care Jason received from his doctors and nurses. Our family will miss him dearly.”

Just last week, Collins received the inaugural Bill Walton Global Champion Award at the Green Sports Alliance Summit. He was too ill to attend and his twin brother, former NBA player Jarron Collins, accepted for him.

“I told my brother this before I came here: He’s the bravest, strongest man I’ve ever known,” Jarron Collins said while accepting that award.

Jason Collins averaged 3.6 points and 3.7 rebounds in his career. He helped the New Jersey Nets reach two NBA Finals and in his best season averaged 6.4 points and 6.1 rebounds for them in 2004-05.

“Jason Collins’ impact and influence extended far beyond basketball as he helped make the NBA, WNBA and larger sports community more inclusive and welcoming for future generations,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said. “He exemplified outstanding leadership and professionalism throughout his 13-year NBA career and in his dedicated work as an NBA Cares Ambassador. Jason will be remembered not only for breaking barriers, but also for the kindness and humanity that defined his life and touched so many others.

“On behalf of the NBA, I send my heartfelt condolences to Jason’s husband, Brunson, and his family, friends and colleagues across our leagues.”

Jason Collins revealed his sexuality in a first-person account for Sports Illustrated in April 2013. He was a free agent at the time, said he wanted to keep playing, and went on to play in 22 games with Brooklyn the following season.

“If I had my way, someone else would have already done this,” he wrote at that time. “Nobody has, which is why I’m raising my hand.”

His decision was widely lauded, with star players such as Kobe Bryant quickly speaking out in support of Collins. There was even support from the White House and then-former President Bill Clinton — whose daughter, Chelsea, went to Stanford with Collins. At Stanford, Collins was roommates with someone who was part of another American political dynasty, that being Joe Kennedy III, who spent eight years in Congress representing Massachusetts.

Collins, in the piece for Sports Illustrated, wrote that he realized he needed to go public about his sexuality when Kennedy walked in Boston’s gay pride parade in 2012 — but Collins couldn’t do the same.

Until then, Collins kept his feelings about gay rights close to the vest. He wore jersey No. 98 for the majority of his final three playing stints with Boston, Washington and Brooklyn — a nod to the year that Matthew Shepard, a gay college student in Wyoming, was killed. He also wore 46 in one game for the Nets, since it was the only jersey the team had available when he signed.

Collins made nearly 61% of his shots in his career at Stanford, which remains a school record. He was an honorable mention selection for The Associated Press' All-America team in 2001, a few months before the Houston Rockets took him with the 18th pick in that year's NBA draft.

“It’s a sad day for all of us associated with Stanford basketball when we lose one of the program’s greats," former Stanford coach Mike Montgomery said. “We all have great memories of Jason and the kind of person he was. It’s hard to separate Jarron and Jason because they thought so alike, but even though he was an identical twin, Jason was unique in his own way. The impact he had on Stanford was immense, as he could match up against anyone in the country because he was big, smart, strong and skilled, all while being a very bright and nice person.”

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It happened in the area of Southwest 102nd Avenue and West Circle Plaza in the unincorporated West Perrine area.

According to rescue officials, an injured child was taken to Jackson South Medical Center and that child was then airlifted to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital.

Police said the child, a 6-year-old boy, shot himself in the shoulder with his mother’s gun.

The boy is in stable condition, authorities said.

Authorities have not said whether the boy’s mother will be facing any charges.

Now, he is one of 18 Americans under observation at specialized health care facilities designed to treat people with dangerous infectious diseases after three people died and others were sickened by a hantavirus outbreak aboard the ship.

Rosmarin, 30, said he expects to spend 42 days at the National Quarantine Unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.

Fourteen other American passengers from the ship are also there. Another who tested positive for the virus is in the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit. Two were being monitored in the serious communicable disease unit at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.

Public health officials have said the risk of the virus spreading from passengers into the general public is very low and that healthy people are being quarantined as a precaution.

Rosmarin, a content creator and photographer from Boston, told The Associated Press he intends to make the best of his isolation.

His room is more like a small hotel suite. He has a closet, smart TV, bathroom, small refrigerator, bed, chair and stationary bike. He has windows, but he keeps the blinds closed from peering media.

“It's a very nice room,” Rosmarin said. “I already ordered a mattress pad, new pillows. I think, for now, my plan is to take it one day at a time and that's the best I can do.”

On Tuesday, he received a special treat which he posted to social media.

Nurses at the facility brought him to an iced Horchata with oak milk and vanilla cold foam. “This is everything I needed, right now. Wow!” Rosmarin said into the camera.

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Hantavirus usually spreads from rodent droppings and is not easily transmitted between people. But the Andes virus detected in the cruise ship outbreak may be able to spread between people in rare cases. Symptoms usually show between one and eight weeks after exposure.

“I never got sick,” Rosmarin said Tuesday.

Eleven people who were aboard the MV Hondius fell ill, with at least nine confirmed cases. Three people on the cruise died, including a Dutch couple that health officials believe were the first exposed to the virus while visiting South America.

The last remaining passengers on the ship disembarked Monday and boarded flights to more than 20 countries to enter quarantine.

The quarantine and biocontainment units in Omaha are specialized facilities created to monitor people exposed to serious illnesses. The biocontainment unit is used for treating people who are ill with highly infectious diseases.

Outside of doctors, who wear full personal protection equipment that include gowns and masks when they come into his room, Rosmarin can't receive visitors. Most nurses don't come into his room even when it is time for meals.

“I open the door with a mask on and they kind of put the food toward me and I grab it on the tray,” he said.

Once people began to get sick on the ship, passengers were also advised to stay in their cabins as much as possible.

“I left the cabin about 15 minutes each day to refill my water, get fresh air and grab food for breakfast and lunch," he said, adding that passengers practiced social distancing and masked up.

Penguins, seals and albatross

Rosmarin began traveling the world in 2022 after quitting his job as a media buyer. He has an influencer partnership with the ship's operator. The company covered the cost of his trip, which included stops at remote islands in the South Atlantic, including South Georgia Island.

“We saw a King penguin colony — the largest in the world, 300,000 to 500,000,” Rosmarin said. “We got to see Gentoo penguins, fur seals, elephant seals, Chinstrap penguins, albatross.”

Rosmarin described the MV Hondius as an expedition vessel and not a cruise ship. Since passengers and crew would be disembarking on islands, some with fragile ecosystems, biosecurity measures were in place, he said.

“An expedition vessel is much cleaner than any cruise ship you’re ever going to go on,” Rosmarin added. “For South Georgia, there were the strictest biosecurity measures. We have to sit down in the lounge pulling fuzz out of our jackets. A little pebble in your shoe, it needs to come out.”

Those precautions, though, were meant to protect the environment from passengers, rather than the other way around.

His planned trip of five weeks stretched to six because he couldn't get off the ship once the outbreak was discovered.

“We didn't really know it was the hantavirus until the night we were supposed to disembark,” Rosmarin said.

Waiting for Rosmarin back home in Boston is his fiance. The couple plans to marry next year. “I think he tried to be calm for me, but I think he was also very scared,” Rosmarin said Tuesday.

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Roselaine Jean-Pierre, de 67 años, formó parte de las dos docenas de personas que se reunieron en una intersección de Cité Soleil, sosteniendo ramas de árboles y exigiendo que la policía intervenga en la zona, aun cuando se escuchaban disparos en las inmediaciones.

“No hice nada para merecer esto”, dijo Jean-Pierre, quien huyó de su casa el domingo y ahora duerme en las calles de Puerto Príncipe, la capital.

Algunos de los manifestantes dijeron que vieron a personas ser asesinadas durante el fin de semana en Cité Soleil, donde también se podían observar autos quemados y vacas muertas. Las autoridades haitianas no han divulgado información sobre víctimas.

“Sé de siete personas que han sido asesinadas, y también de personas que han recibido disparos”, señaló Michel-Ange Toussaint, quien regresó brevemente a su casa en Cité Soleil para recoger algo de ropa.

Indicó que los ataques contra civiles comenzaron el domingo alrededor de las 6 de la tarde, lo que hizo que muchas personas huyeran de la zona en busca de seguridad. “Fueron nuestros propios pies los que nos salvaron”, señaló.

Las pandillas han tomado el control de Puerto Príncipe tras asesinato del presidente Jovenel Moïse en julio de 2021 en su casa. La policía afirma que las pandillas controlan alrededor del 70% de la capital y que los grupos delictivos han ampliado sus actividades —que incluyen saqueos, secuestros, agresiones sexuales y violaciones— hacia el interior del país. Haití no ha tenido presidente desde el magnicidio.

En un comunicado difundido el lunes, el grupo humanitario Médicos Sin Fronteras anunció la evacuación de su hospital en Cité Soleil tras los intensos enfrentamientos del domingo.

El Centre Hospitalier de Fontaine, otro hospital que opera en Cité Soleil, dijo el martes que también había suspendido sus operaciones debido al estallido de violencia que comenzó el domingo, y que tuvo que evacuar a todos sus pacientes hospitalizados, incluidos 11 recién nacidos.

En abril llegaron a Haití las primeras tropas extranjeras vinculadas a una fuerza de la ONU para ayudar a contener la violencia en curso.

El Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU aprobó a finales de septiembre un plan para autorizar una fuerza de 5.550 integrantes, que aún no ha llegado por completo a la nación insular. Hasta ahora se ha desplegado un número desconocido de tropas de Chad.

En un informe publicado este año por la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones se concluyó que la violencia de las pandillas ha desplazado a más de 1,4 millones de personas en Haití, y que aproximadamente 200.000 de ellas viven ahora en sitios hacinados y con financiación insuficiente en la capital del país.

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Trump said he would have a “long talk” about Iran with Chinese President Xi Jinping but said trade would be a bigger focus. As he left for the summit, Trump again threatened Iran if its leaders don’t reach an agreement on its nuclear program.

“We have Iran very much under control,” Trump said. “We’re either going to make a deal or they’re going to be decimated. One way or the other, we win.”

Iranian state media quoted the country’s foreign ministry as calling “baseless” the allegation by Kuwait, which came under attack by Iran in the war and during the shaky ceasefire that is still holding. But the allegation and ongoing attacks in the region have threatened to reignite open warfare.

The narrow Strait of Hormuz remains in Iran’s chokehold, the U.S. is maintaining a blockade against Iran and negotiations between the two countries appear at a standstill.

“True peace cannot be built with a literature of humiliation, threats, and coercive score-settling,” Kazem Gharibabadi, an Iranian diplomat, said Tuesday on X.

With the risk of the conflict breaking out again, Israel has sent Iron Dome air-defense weapons and personnel to operate them to the United Arab Emirates, the U.S. ambassador to Israel said.

It was the first publicly acknowledged deployment of Israel’s military to the Emirates — home to Abu Dhabi and Dubai — and underlined the growing relationship between Israel and the UAE.

Also very late on Tuesday night, a magnitude 4.6 earthquake shook parts of Iran, followed by several aftershocks, according to Iranian state media. Witnesses felt the temblor in the capital of Tehran, where some people sought refuge in the streets. Iranian state TV said there were no reports of casualties.

Kuwait alleges Iran planned attack

Kuwait said a paramilitary Revolutionary Guard team tried to infiltrate Bubiyan Island in the northwest corner of the Persian Gulf near Iraq and Iran on May 1.

Four men were detained and two escaped when Kuwait’s forces disrupted the attack, it said.

A statement that Iranian media attributed to the foreign ministry in Tehran said four officers on a “conventional maritime patrol mission” had entered Kuwait’s waters because of “a disruption in the navigation system.” It denied any hostile intent and called for the men’s release.

Bubiyan Island is home to Mubarak Al Kabeer Port, which is under construction as part of a Chinese plan to build infrastructure across the world. It also came under Iranian attack during the war.

Kuwait provided no reason for why it delayed linking the attack to Iran after initially announcing it on May 3 without any details. Trump is traveling this week to China for a summit where Iran will likely be a main topic. Beijing long has been a buyer of sanctioned Iranian crude oil and has been hurt by the strait’s closure, which has sparked a global energy crisis.

Huckabee says Israel deployed to UAE

U.S. ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee revealed at a conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, that Israel has sent Iron Dome air-defense to the UAE.

The United Arab Emirates diplomatically recognized Israel in 2020. That drew criticism from Iran, long Israel’s main regional enemy. Iran didn’t immediately respond to Huckabee’s remarks, though it has repeatedly suggested over the years that Israel maintained a military and intelligence presence in the Emirates.

The Israeli military declined to comment on Huckabee’s statement about the Iron Dome while the UAE didn’t immediately respond.

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, was quoted as making comments similar to Huckabee’s during an event at the Israeli mission — suggesting the release of the information was intentional, likely with the Emiratis’ and Israelis’ blessing.

The UAE has faced Iranian missile and drone fire even after the ceasefire was reached last month. It has been trying to signal to nervous investors and the public that it remains open for business and safe.

Hegseth tells Congress: ‘We control the strait’

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told members of Congress Tuesday that the military has plenty of bombs and missiles despite concerns about its stockpiles.

He also maintained that the U.S. is in control of the Strait of Hormuz, even as Iranian attacks — and threats — have disrupted the shipment of oil and other products through the vital waterway.

“Ultimately we control the strait, because nothing’s going in that we don’t allow to go in,” said Hegseth, who faced tough questions from Republican and Democratic lawmakers who oversee defense spending.

Sen. Chris Coons, a Delaware Democrat, asked what the Trump administration’s strategy is for reopening the waterway. “Your average American is seeing this at the gas pump every single day as the cost of gas continues to rise,” Coons said.

Hegseth avoided specifics about the next steps in Iran. The Pentagon’s top budget official told Congress that the cost of the war is close to $29 billion so far — that’s up from an estimate of $25 billion just two weeks ago.

Norway has some 25 stranded vessels

One of Norway’s top diplomats met Tuesday with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Tehran, pressing for the need to open the strait.

Deputy Foreign Minister Andreas Kravik stressed that the attacks on commercial shipping and obstruction of the passageway must end, his minister, Espen Barth Eide, said in an email.

Kravik said Iran’s actions affecting third-party countries are “completely unacceptable” and noted that Norway has some 25 vessels stranded, according to Eide.

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The pilot had declared an emergency and then communication with the aircraft was lost, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Authority in the Bahamas said in a media post. The U.S. Coast Guard and multiple Bahamian agencies were involved in the ensuing search and rescue.

The aircraft crashed about 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of Florida’s Vero Beach Regional Airport at around 12:05 p.m., the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said.

The plane took off from Marsh Harbour Airport in the Bahamas and was headed to Grand Bahama International Airport in Freeport, also in the Bahamas.

The U.S. Coast Guard launched a C-27 aircraft to look for the downed Beechcraft 300 King Air turboprop plane. The rescued passengers were brought in for medical evaluations, the Coast Guard said.

The cause of the crash remains unknown. The FAA said it will investigate.

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Diego Fernandez-Delgado suffered a heart attack after getting a flat tire and running out of phone battery near the 5900 block of South Flamingo Road. He later said he prayed for help.

“God didn’t send angels with wings. He sent those boys,” Fernandez-Delgado’s son Cristian said in a statement.

Three Cooper City High School students, 16-year-old Logan Royer, 16-year-old Cody Magrone, and 17-year-old Brody Murray, were at McDonald’s at 5986 S. Flamingo Road.

The boys saw Fernandez-Delgado from a distance and decided to walk over to help him. Fernandez-Delgado complained of difficulty breathing and chest pains. One of the boys decided to call 911, follow instructions, and wait for fire rescue.

Fire rescue personnel took Fernandez Delgado to Memorial Hospital West. He underwent several procedures and was released to go home.

Cooper City officials presented the teens with a proclamation on Tuesday evening, and they got a standing ovation.

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Yusiel Lopez Insua, 46, is set to take a plea deal in July and will not go to trial, his defense said during a federal court proceeding on Tuesday.

“The case will be worked out,” said Walter Reynoso, Insua’s defense attorney. “My client will not put the families through a trial and expose them to relive this terrible tragedy.”

Lopez Insua has been charged with seaman’s manslaughter in connection with the July 28, 2025 collision off Hibiscus Island that killed three children aboard a youth sailing camp vessel — Mila Yankelevich, 7, Erin Ko Han, 13, and Arielle Buchman, 10.

A 19-year-old camp counselor and two children, one of whom was identified as Calena Areyan Gruber, 7, survived.

Federal prosecutors allege Lopez Insua was operating a tug pushing a construction barge when it struck the stalled sailboat in Biscayne Bay. Investigators said the sailboat had lost wind and drifted into the barge’s path.

Authorities have said Lopez Insua was using his cellphone around the time of the crash and that data “indicated activity on internet marketplaces, including at the time when the collision occurred.”

Prosecutors also allege the tugboat’s pilothouse view was obstructed by a deckhouse and crane on the barge, and that the vessel lacked adequate lookout systems such as cameras or radar.

“INSUA’s cellular telephone was unlocked during the transit time leading up to the collision and indicated activity on internet marketplaces, including at the time when the collision occurred,” according to an indictment obtained by Local 10 News.

Court filings previously stated Lopez Insua had operated the vessel for years and had prior “near-misses” in the same area.

The crash is also the subject of at least one lawsuit in Miami-Dade County court.

BSO has patrolled Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport since 1996. Several Florida airports, including those in Tampa, Sarasota and Fort Myers, have in-house police departments.

A company contracted by the county tells commissioners that airports that have their own departments have more control over day to day operations and it is financially feasible, but many more studies need to be done.

“No one is criticizing the job they’re doing,” Broward Mayor Mark Bogen said. “What we want to do is (ask), ‘Can we save money?’ ‘Can we have better control of the money and provide the public with the same security that they deserve?’”

Bogen said BSO’s budget at the airport is bloated.

Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony took to social media after reviewing the report.

“I’m not going to jump out and make any statement or opinion, so everybody take a deep breath,” he said in a video. “It’s about what is academically sound ― to make a safe decision where you don’t compromise public safety.”

The county has also floated removing the fire department from Tony’s purview and returning it to commissioners.

Regarding FLL policing, Bogen said, “The sheriff understands this is about cost and he actually said on his Instagram, kudos to us, the Broward (commission), for doing our due diligence.”

“So we’re doing our due diligence,” he said.

Besides policing the airport and Port Everglades, most of BSO’s patrol work is done in cities that choose to contract with it, unlike most large Florida sheriff’s offices, which have heavily-populated unincorporated areas to patrol by default.

Two cities have recently moved away from BSO: Pembroke Park launched a police department in 2022, while Deerfield Beach leaders recently voted to reinstate their police and fire departments, which were folded into BSO in 1990 and 2011, respectively.

Prior to Tony’s tenure, BSO lost two other policing contracts: Lauderhill restarted its own police department in 1994 and Southwest Ranches switched from BSO to contracting with the Davie Police Department in 2014. In the interim, several cities disbanded their police forces in favor of BSO.

That includes Pompano Beach, where officials are still mulling whether to bring back its own police department, which was disbanded in favor of BSO in 1999. It still has an in-house fire department.

The idea to replace BSO at FLL is not new: An audit a few years back also recommended starting an in-house police force.

The conversations remain in their early stages.

Alligator Alcatraz was opened during the summer of 2025 in the heart of the Florida Everglades, built on the tarmac and land surrounding the massive Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport.

The center has reportedly cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars.

According to the NYT report, officials at the Department of Homeland Security have concluded that it is too expensive to keep operating the detention center.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has been spending more than $1 million per day to run Alligator Alcatraz.

Per the report, vendors who service the center were told that detainees would be moved from the facility by the start of June, and that the center would be broken down over the following weeks.

As of last month, the center held nearly 1,400 detainees, all of whom are men, according to data from U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.

DeSantis has said from the start that the federal government would pay for the facility but Florida has yet to receive the $608 million federal reimbursement to run the center over the past year.

Slowik described Willis as a “really talented individual” capable of making throws all over the field while also creating plays with his legs.

“What I’ve enjoyed the most so far is getting to know him,” Slowik said. “The person is really fun to be around. He’s really energetic. He infuses everybody with a lot of energy.”

Willis, who was acquired this offseason after revitalizing his career as a backup with the Green Bay Packers, is trying to earn the trust of his coaches and teammates as he tries to earn the team’s starting quarterback job.

Slowik said the offensive staff is currently focused more on fundamentals than scheme installation during the early stages of organized team activities.

“It’s always a balance,” Slowik said of building an offense. “We have some core beliefs and fundamentals that we really want to make sure we do.”

Slowik emphasized his desire to keep defenses off balance through a physical rushing attack and varied offensive looks.

“I believe in running the football,” he said. “There’s a lot of different ways to attack people.”

Much of Tuesday’s session centered on Miami’s revamped offensive line, including first round offensive lineman Kadyn Proctor, who will start off playing left guard. Slowik repeatedly highlighted Proctor’s rare combination of size and athleticism.

“He might be one of the biggest individuals I’ve ever seen in my life,” Slowik said with a laugh. “His legs are bigger than me.”

The coordinator added that Proctor’s footwork and movement skills could allow him to play multiple positions along the line while staying on the left side.

Miami also hopes Willis’ mobility paired with running back De’Von Achane can create problems for opposing defenses.

“Anytime you have a quarterback who has the ability to run, it makes it 11 versus 11, as opposed to 11 on 10,” Slowik said. “It’s definitely a weapon and it’s a threat.”

Slowik also addressed the departure of receiver Jaylen Waddle, who was traded to the Denver Broncos earlier this offseason.

“Having Jaylen Waddle here was awesome. I enjoyed working with him,” Slowik said. “I think he’s going to tear it up in Denver, but I’m really locked in on who’s on our current roster.”

Willis is set to throw to a wide receiver room that includes Tutu Atwell, Jalen Tolbert, Malik Washington and rookie third-round pick Caleb Douglas. The Dolphins are also hoping to get contributions from another third-round receiver, Chris Bell, who participated in stretches before working out on the side during drills at the Dolphins’ rookie minicamp.

As Miami continues offseason practices, Slowik said the coaching staff is evaluating how to maximize the strengths of both veterans and rookies while refining fundamentals before training camp begins.

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He’s spent decades making us laugh, but Monday night the tables were turned.

Hart stepped into the line of fire for a night of brutal honesty and below-the-belt punchlines.

From the Kia Forum in Los Angeles, the Roast of Kevin Hart saw a sold out crowd experience endless jokes as one of the most influential comics in the biz got roasted by who’s who in comedy and Hollywood.

Local 10’s Jason Carter was there to capture the energy of the night from the red carpet to the show itself.

Among those in attendance was Tiffany Haddish, who praised Kevin for instilling a rock solid work ethic in her, Jennifer Lopez, Jay Shetty and John Stamos.

Stamos said he couldn’t wait to show Hart some love, as the pair go way back.

There was also a surprise appearance by Katt Williams, whose set reportedly stole the show and left no one, including Hart, unscathed.

Ha pasado décadas haciéndonos reír, pero el lunes por la noche los papeles se invirtieron.

Hart se puso en la línea de fuego para una noche de honestidad brutal y bromas subidas de tono.

Desde el Kia Forum en Los Ángeles, el Roast de Kevin Hart reunió a una multitud con entradas agotadas que disfrutó de interminables chistes mientras uno de los comediantes más influyentes del negocio era objeto de burlas por parte de figuras destacadas de la comedia y Hollywood.

Jason Carter, de Local 10, estuvo allí para capturar la energía de la noche desde la alfombra roja hasta el espectáculo.

Entre los asistentes estuvo Tiffany Haddish, quien elogió a Kevin por inculcarle una ética de trabajo sólida, además de Jennifer Lopez, Jay Shetty y John Stamos.

Stamos dijo que no podía esperar para demostrarle cariño a Hart, ya que ambos se conocen desde hace mucho tiempo.

También hubo una aparición sorpresa de Katt Williams, cuya presentación supuestamente se robó el espectáculo y no dejó a nadie, incluido Hart, sin recibir críticas.

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The “Understanding Fatherhood for Dads and Partners” class, offered at Memorial Hospital West, is designed to help men feel more confident as they prepare for a newborn.

Charley Naranjo, a paramedic and instructor for the class, said many expectant fathers come in with similar concerns.

“These dads, they might have some anxiety about the unknowns,” Naranjo said. “We talk about how to understand what fatherhood is.”

He said the class focuses on practical preparation.

“It’s more about giving them tools to handle pregnancy, what to expect before birth, during, and after,” Naranjo said.

Adolfo Ortega, a certified surgical technologist who also teaches the course, said many fathers are worried about handling newborns safely.

“They’re, I think, mostly worried about hurting the child and how to handle a baby that is so tender,” Ortega said.

The class includes hands-on training using infant mannequins.

“We actually have babies that are props, and we go through how to swaddle them, how to put a diaper on, and how to maneuver them,” Ortega said.

He added that hospital staff emphasize safe sleep practices.

“We only swaddle here at the hospital, not at home,” Ortega said.

When asked why, Ortega explained the safety concerns.

“It’s only recommended here because it’s a controlled environment,” he said. “At home, babies sometimes get their arms out and may cover their faces.”

He said the goal is to reduce risks such as sudden infant death syndrome.

“We try to avoid any risk of sudden infant death syndrome,” Ortega said.

Beyond newborn care, instructors said the class also addresses emotional and mental health challenges for new fathers.

“We also talk about some of the problems that can arise with their mental health,” Naranjo said.

He noted that while postpartum depression is often associated with mothers, fathers can experience it as well.

“There’s always a focus on maternal postpartum depression,” Naranjo said. “But now they’re doing more studies on fathers.”

He said some fathers may show stress in different ways.

“Sometimes that shows postpartum stress by gambling, working excessive hours, feeling like they don’t want to be with the family, or not showing much input in caregiving,” he said.

One expectant father, Fabian Maya, said he is preparing for his first child with his wife.

“We actually got married at church,” Maya said. So when he brought us together and we got married back in September, we became pregnant the same weekend, and right now we are 28 weeks along. I’m very excited to be a father."

Maya said his wife encouraged him to take the class.

“I said a hundred percent,” he said. “It never hurts to learn something new, especially when you’re going into an area you don’t fully know.”

He said the first trimester was overwhelming.

“The first trimester was very overwhelming because a lot of things were unexpected,” Maya said. “But I think I’ve improved.”

Instructors said the goal is to help fathers feel confident in their role.

“Dad is the Superman of the child’s life,” Ortega said. “That is going to be portrayed differently than the maternal way of a mom caring for a child.”

Naranjo added that perfection is not the expectation.

“It might not be perfect. It might not be the way the spouse wants it to be done, but they’re helping,” he said.

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La clase “Understanding Fatherhood for Dads and Partners”, ofrecida en Memorial Hospital West, está diseñada para ayudar a los hombres a sentirse más seguros mientras se preparan para la llegada de un recién nacido.

Charley Naranjo, paramédico e instructor del curso, dijo que muchos futuros padres llegan con preocupaciones similares.

“Estos padres pueden tener ansiedad sobre lo desconocido”, dijo Naranjo. “Hablamos sobre cómo entender qué es la paternidad”.

Indicó que la clase se enfoca en preparación práctica.

“Se trata más de darles herramientas para manejar el embarazo, qué esperar antes del nacimiento, durante y después”, dijo Naranjo.

Adolfo Ortega, tecnólogo quirúrgico certificado que también imparte el curso, dijo que muchos padres temen lastimar a los recién nacidos.

“Creo que lo que más les preocupa es lastimar al bebé y cómo manejar a un recién nacido tan delicado”, dijo Ortega.

La clase incluye entrenamiento práctico utilizando muñecos de bebés.

“Tenemos bebés de práctica y enseñamos cómo envolverlos, cómo ponerles un pañal y cómo moverlos”, dijo Ortega.

Agregó que el personal del hospital enfatiza las prácticas seguras para dormir.

“Aquí en el hospital sí envolvemos a los bebés, pero no en casa”, dijo Ortega.

Cuando se le preguntó por qué, Ortega explicó las preocupaciones de seguridad.

“Solo se recomienda aquí porque es un ambiente controlado”, dijo. “En casa, los bebés a veces sacan los brazos y podrían cubrirse la cara”.

Dijo que el objetivo es reducir riesgos como el síndrome de muerte súbita infantil.

“Tratamos de evitar cualquier riesgo de síndrome de muerte súbita infantil”, dijo Ortega.

Además del cuidado del recién nacido, los instructores dijeron que la clase también aborda desafíos emocionales y de salud mental para los nuevos padres.

“También hablamos sobre algunos de los problemas que pueden surgir con su salud mental”, dijo Naranjo.

Indicó que aunque la depresión posparto suele asociarse con las madres, los padres también pueden experimentarla.

“Siempre hay un enfoque en la depresión posparto materna”, dijo Naranjo. “Pero ahora se están realizando más estudios sobre los padres”.

Dijo que algunos padres pueden mostrar estrés de maneras diferentes.

“A veces eso se manifiesta como estrés posparto a través de apuestas, trabajar demasiadas horas, sentir que no quieren estar con la familia o no involucrarse mucho en el cuidado del bebé”, dijo.

Un futuro padre, Fabian Maya, dijo que se está preparando para su primer hijo junto a su esposa.

“Nos casamos en la iglesia”, dijo Maya. “Así que cuando Dios nos unió y nos casamos en septiembre, quedamos embarazados ese mismo fin de semana y ahora tenemos 28 semanas. Estoy muy emocionado de ser padre”.

Maya dijo que su esposa lo animó a tomar la clase.

“Dije cien por ciento”, afirmó. “Nunca está de más aprender algo nuevo, especialmente cuando entras en un área que no conoces completamente”.

Dijo que el primer trimestre fue abrumador.

“El primer trimestre fue muy abrumador porque muchas cosas fueron inesperadas”, dijo Maya. “Pero creo que he mejorado”.

Los instructores dijeron que el objetivo es ayudar a los padres a sentirse seguros en su rol.

“El papá es el Superman en la vida del niño”, dijo Ortega. “Eso se mostrará de manera diferente a la forma maternal en que una mamá cuida a un hijo”.

Naranjo agregó que no esperan perfección.

“Puede que no sea perfecto. Puede que no sea la forma en que la esposa quiere que se haga, pero están ayudando”, dijo.

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Ripley, then 45, was arrested in 2020 after her son, Alejandro, was found lifeless in a southwest Miami-Dade canal. The 9-year-old was non verbal and diagnosed with autism.

Investigators say Ripley, now 51, is the woman seen on video pushing the boy into the water ― an attempt that was interrupted, allegedly, when witnesses saw the boy splashing.

“The defendant made a story that the victim loved the water and fell in,” Assistant State Attorney Abbe Rifkin said.

Ripley is accused of finding a different canal and doing it again, later concocting a story about a robbery and abduction. The state says she confessed only after she was confronted with surveillance video.

The judge is considering a motion to suppress Ripley’s statements. The motion states that the way in which she was questioned by police, leading to that confession, was improper, through the use of implied promises, threats, and the exploitation of Ripley’s Christian beliefs.

“He asked Ms. Ripley if she believed in Jesus,” Ripley’s attorney, Karen Gottlieb, said. “And then he advises her that ‘right now she needs to pray’ because he doesn’t believe anything she says.”

Rifkin agreed with the judge’s characterization that the confession is “extraordinarily important” to the state’s case.

“I think I have a circumstantial case without the statement,” she said.

The judge said she would issue a written ruling by June 23. The trial is set for January 2027.

Ripley could be sentenced to death if convicted.

NYU Langone is the first hospital system to publicly acknowledge receiving a subpoena for such records as part of a federal criminal investigation. But the institution said in its statement Tuesday it was one of several that received a subpoena out of the Northern District of Texas on May 7. It said it was deciding on how to respond.

NYU Langone Health includes seven inpatient facilities and more than 300 locations in the New York City area and Florida. The hospital system said prosecutors want information on patients under 18 who received gender-affirming care from 2020 to 2026, as well as the names of the providers.

It is the latest move in the Trump administration's efforts to block care for transgender youths. NYU Langone had already announced earlier this year that it was ending such treatment for transgender kids amid funding threats from the federal government.

Last July, the Justice Department sent more than 20 civil subpoenas to doctors and clinics that provide gender care to minors, saying it was investigating “healthcare fraud, false statements and more.” Then-Attorney General Pam Bondi said the DOJ was holding accountable “medical professionals and organizations that mutilated children in the service of a warped ideology.”

A federal judge in the Northern District of Texas recently sided with the Justice Department that Rhode Island Hospital in Providence must comply with one of those subpoenas, seeking records surrounding gender-affirming care provided to children.

The NYU Langone subpoena came up several times Tuesday during a federal court hearing in Providence on those records. An attorney for the Justice Department declined to disclose when exactly the grand jury had convened, saying that they could only speak to what had been publicly reported.

U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy then ordered the DOJ to provide the attorneys in the Rhode Island case with the affidavit related to the grand jury because it was now public.

Since the Justice Department issued the civil subpoenas last year, court documents show that at least seven federal courts have agreed to quash or limit the expansive subpoenas, which demanded that providers hand over the birth dates, Social Security numbers and addresses of patients who received transgender care.

As doctors and hospitals grapple with those subpoenas, 11 families this week filed a class-action lawsuit seeking to block the DOJ from obtaining the documents. The lawsuit, filed in Maryland’s federal court, is backed by families who have transgender children who have received care from hospitals across the U.S.

The Justice Department said Tuesday that it does not comment on grand jury investigations.

NYU Langone and the U.S. attorney’s office for the Northern District of Texas did not immediately return messages seeking comment Tuesday.

LGBTQ+ groups condemned the latest federal requests for gender care information.

“We will not allow anti-trans extremists to turn our hospitals into hunting grounds,” Tyler Hack, executive director of the transgender rights group the Christopher Street Project in New York, said in a statement. “Playing political games to weaponize Americans’ private healthcare information is not just an attack on trans people — it is an attack on every single American who benefits from basic patient-provider privacy."

Ripley, entonces de 45 años, fue arrestada en 2020 después de que su hijo Alejandro fuera encontrado sin vida en un canal del suroeste de Miami-Dade. El niño de 9 años no era verbal y había sido diagnosticado con autismo.

Los investigadores dicen que Ripley, ahora de 51 años, es la mujer que aparece en video empujando al niño al agua, un intento que fue interrumpido supuestamente cuando testigos vieron al menor salpicando.

“La acusada inventó una historia de que la víctima amaba el agua y cayó al canal”, dijo la fiscal adjunta Abbe Rifkin.

Ripley está acusada de encontrar un canal diferente y hacerlo nuevamente, para luego inventar una historia sobre un robo y secuestro. El estado dice que ella confesó solo después de que fue confrontada con videos de vigilancia.

La jueza está considerando una moción para excluir las declaraciones de Ripley. La moción sostiene que la manera en que fue interrogada por la Policía, lo que llevó a la confesión, fue inapropiada, mediante el uso de promesas implícitas, amenazas y la explotación de las creencias cristianas de Ripley.

“Le preguntó a la señora Ripley si creía en Jesús”, dijo la abogada de Ripley, Karen Gottlieb. “Y luego le aconsejó que ‘ahora mismo necesitaba rezar’ porque él no creía nada de lo que ella decía”.

Rifkin estuvo de acuerdo con la caracterización de la jueza de que la confesión es “extraordinariamente importante” para el caso del estado.

“Creo que tengo un caso circunstancial incluso sin la declaración”, dijo.

La jueza indicó que emitirá una decisión por escrito antes del 23 de junio. El juicio está programado para enero de 2027.

Ripley podría ser condenada a muerte si es declarada culpable.

In a heated second leg that saw both coaches square up to each other at one point, Southampton rallied for a 2-1 victory at its home stadium at St. Mary's and seal a win on aggregate by the same score. The decisive goal — scored by Shea Charles when his cross curled into the bottom corner — came with four minutes left of extra time.

The two games were played under a cloud, with Southampton having been charged by the English Football League with a breach of its regulations following accusations that unauthorized filming of Middlesbrough’s training took place last week.

The EFL requested that an independent disciplinary commission undertake a hearing “at the earliest opportunity” but Southampton asked for more time to complete an internal review into the issue, meaning any punishment would likely be meted out before the playoff final with Hull on May 23.

That final is the richest one-off game in world soccer, with the winner assured a windfall of at least 200 million pounds ($270 million) in future earnings via things like prize money and broadcast revenue in the Premier League.

Tensions between Southampton and Middlesbrough boiled over at the end of the first half when the respective coaches — Tonda Eckert and Kim Hellberg — got in each other's faces on the touchline while being spoken to by the referee. After the first leg, which finished 0-0, Hellberg said he “couldn’t believe my eyes or ears” when he heard about the spying allegations and accused Southampton of trying to “cheat.”

Following another first-half exchange — between Middlesbrough's Luke Ayling and Southampton’s Taylor Harwood-Bellis — the BBC and Sky Sports reported that Ayling accused Harwood-Bellis of using discriminatory language.

Southampton is seeking an immediate return to the Premier League after relegation last season. Before that, it was in the top flight from 2012-23.

Hull was last in the Premier League in 2017.

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Runner-up to Rory McIlroy at the Masters. Playoff loss to Matt Fitzpatrick at the RBC Heritage. Runner-up (by six shots) to Cameron Young at Doral.

“Last week my wife was like, ‘Hey, Scottie. You’re like the first guy in PGA Tour history to have three solo runner-ups in a row.' I'm like, ‘Yeah, it’s probably because the guy that was playing that good figured out a way to win one of those,'” Scheffler said Tuesday.

It hasn't put much of a dent in his confidence going into the second major of the year. Scheffler is fierce when it comes to competition, hates losing even in friendly matches with his caddie and still has come to appreciate that winning isn't always easy.

He has a firm hold on the No. 1 world ranking — he is approaching three straight years at the top of golf — despite not winning since his season debut in the California desert.

“You know you're playing good golf, and you'd love to get some wins,” he said. “Finishing second hurts, but I think when you reflect and you're looking at things to work on, there's a lot less to clean up when you're finishing second than there is when you're finishing 30th.”

Not that he has a lot of experience with the latter — Scheffler hasn't finished 30th or worse since August 2024.

To end that run of silver medal this week at Aronimink would allow him to join Brooks Koepka (2018-19) and Tiger Woods (1999-00 and 2006-07) as the only players to win back-to-back in the PGA Championship in stroke play.

In his way is a course has plenty of room off the tee and little room for error when it comes to hitting the correct spot on the large, severely contoured greens.

He also faces the strongest field of the four majors, with 98 of the top 100 in the world, which includes the last three players to beat him — McIlroy (No. 2), Young (No. 3) and Fitzpatrick (No. 4).

McIlroy came up to Aronimink two weeks ago for a peek at the course he had not played since the BMW Championship in 2018, when it was so soft and mushy from rain that the event couldn't finish until Monday. The hope this week is for minimal rain and firm, dry conditions.

“For the most part, it should be a bit drier, which really brings out the character of the greens,” McIlroy said. “The greens seem to be the big defense and the big talking point of the golf course.”

McIlroy had his practice round cut short on Tuesday with a blister on his right toe that was causing some discomfort last week at the Truist Championship.

Not since Jordan Spieth in 2015 has anyone captured the first two majors of the season, and McIlroy has a chance to do that. The majors have become his focus of late, especially now that he finally has the career Grand Slam from winning the Masters a year ago.

McIlroy and Spieth are in the same group when the PGA Championship begins Thursday, along with Jon Rahm of LIV Golf. Spieth lacks only the PGA Championship to complete the career slam.

For all the talk about bunker complexes that seem to line every landing area — there are 20 bunkers on the 11th hole alone — players have been talking about the greens all week, particularly if the rain holds off and the course gets firm.

“Greens are diabolical. Should be a really good test,” Xander Schauffele said. "You can make it as easy or difficult on yourself as you’d like. If you get aggressive to certain pins and short-side yourself, you’re going to hit it to 20 or 30 feet at best, just based on how fast and firm it is and how much it runs away from you. But at the same time, there's certain pockets where ... you can hit a really good shot and get rewarded for it.

“The greens are definitely the thing to prepare for this tournament. I think it will be fun to watch.”

Scheffler and McIlroy have combined to win four of the last five majors — McIlroy at Augusta National the last two times, Scheffler at the PGA Championship and British Open last year.

Scheffler is more about precision, though he certainly has enough length. McIlroy feasts on wider fairways as one of the best drivers of the ball. Aronimink could test a little of each, though McIlroy was more concerned about the second shot.

“I think in this day and age I’m not sure if it’s going to test all aspects of your bag,” McIlroy said. "Strategy off the tee is pretty nonexistent. It's basically bash driver down there and then figure it out from there. ... When these traditional golf courses take a lot of trees out, it makes strategy not as much of a concern off the tee.

“But the greens are the main focus this week, and I think getting yourself in the right sections of the greens, making sure you leave yourself below the hole for the most part. That’s the key.”

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El acuerdo, que ahora está ante el Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea, ha enfrentado la oposición de agricultores europeos y de grupos ambientalistas preocupados por la competencia desleal, las amenazas a sus medios de vida, las presiones sobre los precios y las normas ambientales.

El Ministerio de Agricultura de Brasil indicó en un comunicado que la decisión de Europa fue recibida “con sorpresa” y añadió que el gobierno del país sudamericano intentará revertirla. Medios brasileños informaron que la UE sostuvo que no había recibido pruebas de que los productos de origen animal de Brasil y de otros países estuvieran libres de sustancias antimicrobianas utilizadas para estimular el crecimiento de los animales.

El jefe de misión de Brasil ante la UE se reunirá el miércoles con las autoridades del bloque responsables de los productos de origen animal “para pedir explicaciones sobre la decisión”, señaló el ministerio.

Según la asociación para productos de origen animal del gobierno brasileño, los países de la UE fueron el tercer mayor destino de la carne de res de Brasil en 2025, después de Estados Unidos y China.

El acuerdo de libre comercio UE-Mercosur entró en vigor el 1 de mayo. Fue firmado el 17 de enero en una reunión del grupo sudamericano, que incluye, entre otros países, a Brasil, Argentina, Paraguay y Uruguay.

La presidenta de la Comisión Europea, Ursula von der Leyen, ha puesto en vigor provisionalmente el acuerdo, eludiendo en la práctica al Parlamento Europeo, donde está siendo impugnado ahora por legisladores de la UE ante el poder judicial del bloque. El acuerdo se detendrá si el organismo europeo falla en su contra.

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Researchers and supporters of the change said the old name, often shortened to PCOS, is inaccurate. It reduced a complex hormonal or endocrine disorder to a misunderstanding about cysts and a focus on ovaries, contributing to missed diagnoses and inadequate treatment, said the Endocrine Society, a global group of physicians and scientists.

“The thought behind that is that one, there’s no cysts in the ovary, so it’s very confusing,” said Dr. Melanie Cree, one of the authors of the Lancet article and a pediatric endocrinology expert at the University of Colorado Anschutz. “The hope was that with a more comprehensive and accurate name change, that it would start to enable and push better care.”

The name change – made after 14 years of collaboration between experts and patients – was published in The Lancet on Tuesday.

Now PCOS is called PMOS

The condition is characterized by fluctuations in hormones that can affect weight, metabolic and mental health, the reproductive system and the skin.

It is associated with metabolic syndrome, a group of health conditions that increases your risk of Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke, Dr. Sarah Hutto with the University of Minnesota Medical School said in an online article put out by the university.

No one knows exactly what causes the condition, but there’s evidence that genetics and obesity play roles, according to the Cleveland Clinic.

What are the symptoms of PMOS?

Symptoms vary, which can make it tough for doctors to diagnose.

It is associated with irregular menstrual cycles and excess production of a group of hormones known as androgens, which can cause acne and hair growth or thinning. It may also cause follicles on the ovaries, although not abnormal cysts. But not all of these findings are required for the diagnosis.

To make the diagnosis in teens, Cree said, the patient has to have both irregular periods and signs of high androgens. This can include high blood levels of the hormones or symptoms such as severe acne or chest hair.

PMOS is associated with infertility problems

Cleveland Clinic experts say it is the most common cause of female infertility, because not ovulating frequently can result in not being able to conceive.

Having the condition may also increase your risk of certain pregnancy complications, such as gestational diabetes or preterm birth. Still, most people with the condition can successfully carry a pregnancy.

How PMOS can be treated

Cree says the No. 1 treatment is lifestyle changes, such as eating less processed food, exercising and getting a good night's sleep.

“We’re not trying to be judgmental. There is science to back this up,” she said. “So in PMOS, there is too much of the hormone insulin in many women, and that insulin confuses the ovary to make too much testosterone. And it’s the high testosterone that is causing all the symptoms.”

Other treatments include insulin-sensitizing medicines such as Metformin, medications that block androgens and hormonal birth control.

But Hutto stresses that management of the condition should be individualized to address specific symptoms and concerns. For example, those who plan to get pregnant may want to focus on fertility treatments while others may be more interested in options like hormonal birth control.

How will the name change help?

Researchers and doctors are spreading the word about the name change to their peers at meetings and through medical societies and other means. They hope it raises awareness about the reality of the condition and how they can best help patients.

“I’m very excited about the name change,” Cree said, “as are the majority of my colleagues.”

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You'll have to wait until Feb. 7, 2027, when the 69th annual ceremony once again airs live from the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, it was announced Tuesday during the Disney Upfront presentation in New York.

The 2027 Grammys will also have a new broadcasting home: ABC. Back in 2024 the network and the Recording Academy announced a 10-year deal beginning next year.

That moves the show from CBS, which has aired the Grammys since 1973.

It also means next year ABC will be home to three major events: the Grammys, the Oscars and the Super Bowl.

Nominations will be announced Nov. 16, with eligible albums having been released between Aug. 31, 2025, and Aug. 28, 2026.

That means blockbusters like Justin Bieber's “Swag ll,” Taylor Swift's “The Life of a Showgirl,” Rosalía's “Lux,” Bruno Mars' “The Romantic,” and Harry Styles' “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally” may be competing.

Olivia Rodrigo's forthcoming third record, “You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love,” will also be eligible.

The first round of voting takes place Oct. 12 through Oct. 22, followed by final round between Dec. 10 and Jan. 7.

“The Grammys are all about celebrating the music that moves the world, and this moment is built on exactly that,” Recording Academy CEO and President Harvey Mason jr. said in a statement. “This is an exciting time for us as an organization — a new home and a bold new chapter for the Grammy Awards. We’re just getting started and the best is yet to come.”

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With the 2026 NFL season set to begin Wednesday, Sept. 9 at Lumen Field - home of the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks - the full Dolphins schedule, including dates and times, will be released Thursday at 8 p.m. ET.

The NFL will announce its international games Wednesday at 9 a.m. ET on NFL Network’s “Good Morning Football.”

Coming off a 7-10 finish in 2025, the Dolphins enter the new season following the firings of general manager Chris Grier and head coach Mike McDaniel.

In their place, the franchise turns to general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan and head coach Jeff Hafley to guide a new era in Miami as the team looks to rebound.

The first full Sunday of the season will be Sept. 13.

As of Tuesday, the Dolphins are slated to host eight home games at Hard Rock Stadium and play nine road games.

Miami will face several high-profile quarterbacks during the season, including Drake Maye of the New England Patriots, who appeared in the Super Bowl a season ago but fell short in the title game; Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills, who has a 14-3 all time-record (including playoffs) against the Dolphins; Jordan Love of the Green Bay Packers, who previously played under Sullivan and Hafley; Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs, a three-time Super Bowl champion and two-time NFL MVP; Justin Herbert of the Los Angeles Chargers, with McDaniel now serving as the offensive coordinator; and Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals.

Based on opponents’ winning percentages in 2025, the Dolphins will have the second-toughest schedule in 2026 (.542), trailing only the Chicago Bears (.550).

Con la temporada 2026 de la NFL programada para comenzar el miércoles 9 de septiembre en Lumen Field, hogar de los campeones defensores del Super Bowl, los Seattle Seahawks, el calendario completo de los Dolphins, incluidas fechas y horarios, será divulgado el jueves a las 8 p.m. ET.

La NFL anunciará sus partidos internacionales el miércoles a las 9 a.m. ET en el programa “Good Morning Football” de NFL Network.

Tras terminar con marca de 7-10 en 2025, los Dolphins entran en la nueva temporada luego de los despidos del gerente general Chris Grier y del entrenador en jefe Mike McDaniel.

En su lugar, la franquicia apuesta por el gerente general Jon-Eric Sullivan y el entrenador en jefe Jeff Hafley para liderar una nueva era en Miami mientras el equipo busca recuperarse.

El primer domingo completo de la temporada será el 13 de septiembre.

Hasta el martes, los Dolphins tienen programados ocho partidos en casa en el Hard Rock Stadium y nueve como visitantes.

Miami enfrentará a varios mariscales de campo de alto perfil durante la temporada, incluidos Drake Maye de los New England Patriots, quien apareció en el Super Bowl la temporada pasada pero perdió el juego por el campeonato; Josh Allen de los Buffalo Bills, quien tiene récord histórico de 14-3 contra los Dolphins, incluidos playoffs; Jordan Love de los Green Bay Packers, quien anteriormente jugó bajo las órdenes de Sullivan y Hafley; Patrick Mahomes de los Kansas City Chiefs, tres veces campeón del Super Bowl y dos veces Jugador Más Valioso de la NFL; Justin Herbert de Los Angeles Chargers, con McDaniel ahora desempeñándose como coordinador ofensivo; y Joe Burrow de los Cincinnati Bengals.

Basado en el porcentaje de victorias de sus oponentes en 2025, los Dolphins tendrán el segundo calendario más difícil en 2026 (.542), solo detrás de los Chicago Bears (.550).

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The suspect was identified in an arrest report from the Miami Shores Police Department as 40-year-old Sary Katiana Gomez, of Kendall.

The report states that the investigation began on April 29 after police responded to three package theft incidents across the west side, mid-zone and northeastern areas of the city.

Investigators said surveillance video from two of the thefts showed Gomez approaching homes while carrying a package, appearing to stage a delivery photo before removing packages that had already been delivered to the homes.

In another case, detectives said she was seen driving slowly past a victim’s home before returning through an alley adjacent to the property.

They said Gomez approached the porch carrying a small package, placed it near the delivered item, appeared to take a photograph, and then left with the victim’s package, valued at about $233.

Gomez’s arrest report states that additional surveillance video showed her walking to another home carrying an Amazon package, placing it on top of a previously delivered package, appearing to take a photo and then leaving with both items. Police said that package was valued at about $40.

Detectives said they also observed her leaving the area in a black Hyundai with distinctive “spiderweb-style rims.”

According to the report, an automated license plate reader later identified a vehicle matching the description bearing a Florida tag that had also been linked to another theft investigation in Sunny Isles Beach.

Investigators said law enforcement databases and previous traffic stops helped identify Gomez as the driver.

Detectives said her driver’s license photo matched the woman seen in the surveillance footage and displayed the same tattoo observed in the videos.

They said officers received an automated alert on May 8 indicating the vehicle was traveling southbound on Biscayne Boulevard near Northeast 105th Street. Officers then conducted a traffic stop in the 10300 block of Biscayne Boulevard.

Authorities said a records check revealed Gomez’s license was suspended. Investigators also discovered she had an “active county pickup-only warrant.”

After being advised of her Miranda rights, Gomez admitted she was the woman seen in the videos but denied stealing packages, telling detectives she “worked part-time delivering packages,” according to the report.

Jail records show Gomez faces two counts of third-degree grand theft from a dwelling or curtilage. As of Tuesday afternoon, Morejon was no longer listed in online Miami-Dade inmate records.

La sospechosa fue identificada en un reporte de arresto del Departamento de Policía de Miami Shores como Sary Katiana Gomez, de 40 años y residente de Kendall.

El reporte indica que la investigación comenzó el 29 de abril después de que la Policía respondiera a tres incidentes de robo de paquetes en las áreas oeste, central y noreste de la ciudad.

Los investigadores dijeron que videos de vigilancia de dos de los robos mostraban a Gomez acercándose a las viviendas mientras cargaba un paquete, aparentando tomar una foto de entrega antes de retirar paquetes que ya habían sido entregados en las residencias.

En otro caso, los detectives dijeron que se le vio conduciendo lentamente frente a la vivienda de una víctima antes de regresar por un callejón adyacente a la propiedad.

Indicaron que Gomez se acercó al porche llevando un paquete pequeño, lo colocó cerca del paquete ya entregado, aparentó tomar una fotografía y luego se fue con el paquete de la víctima, valorado en aproximadamente $233 USD.

El reporte de arresto de Gomez indica que videos adicionales de vigilancia la mostraban caminando hacia otra vivienda cargando un paquete de Amazon, colocándolo encima de un paquete previamente entregado, aparentando tomar una foto y luego retirándose con ambos artículos. La Policía indicó que ese paquete estaba valorado en aproximadamente $40 USD.

Los detectives dijeron que también la observaron salir del área en un Hyundai negro con distintivos “aros estilo telaraña”.

Según el reporte, un lector automático de placas posteriormente identificó un vehículo que coincidía con la descripción y tenía una matrícula de Florida que también había sido vinculada a otra investigación de robo en Sunny Isles Beach.

Los investigadores dijeron que bases de datos policiales y detenciones de tránsito previas ayudaron a identificar a Gomez como la conductora.

Los detectives indicaron que la foto de la licencia de conducir de Gomez coincidía con la mujer vista en los videos de vigilancia y mostraba el mismo tatuaje observado en las grabaciones.

Indicaron que los agentes recibieron una alerta automática el 8 de mayo indicando que el vehículo circulaba hacia el sur por Biscayne Boulevard cerca de Northeast 105th Street. Los agentes posteriormente realizaron una parada de tránsito en la cuadra 10300 de Biscayne Boulevard.

Las autoridades dijeron que una revisión de registros reveló que la licencia de Gomez estaba suspendida. Los investigadores también descubrieron que tenía una “orden activa de recogida del condado”.

Tras ser informada de sus derechos Miranda, Gomez admitió que era la mujer vista en los videos, pero negó haber robado paquetes, diciéndoles a los detectives que “trabajaba medio tiempo entregando paquetes”, según el reporte.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que Gomez enfrenta dos cargos de hurto mayor en tercer grado en una vivienda o propiedad residencial. Hasta la tarde del martes, Gomez ya no aparecía en los registros de reclusos de Miami-Dade en línea.

Roza contó que Brunel consiguió una visa estadounidense en menos de seis meses y que viajó a Nueva York, donde descubrió que le debía 10.000 dólares a la agencia de modelos.

“Menos de un mes después de mi llegada a Estados Unidos, mi agencia me envió a la casa de un delincuente sexual”, dijo Roza sobre su primer encuentro con Jeffrey Epstein, quien, según ella, abusó sexualmente de ella durante tres años.

Roza testificó el martes durante la audiencia paralela organizada por los demócratas del Comité de Supervisión de la Cámara de Representantes en el Ayuntamiento de West Palm Beach. Declaró que la agencia la trasladó a Miami y que sufrió abusos en Palm Beach.

Entre lágrimas, Roza dijo que fue revictimizada cuando su nombre fue mencionado más de 500 veces en la publicación de los registros del Departamento de Justicia.

“Mientras que los ricos y poderosos permanecían protegidos mediante la censura, mi nombre quedó expuesto al mundo”, dijo Roza.

Las sobrevivientes Jena-Lisa Jones , Dani Bensky , Courtney Wild y Maria Farmer también testificaron durante la audiencia. Exigieron que los legisladores trabajaran en una legislación más estricta para proteger los derechos de las víctimas .

En un video, Farmer dijo que vivía en Nueva York cuando denunció los abusos de Epstein al FBI en 1996. Añadió que volvió a hablar con agentes del FBI en 2006.

“El gobierno le ofreció a Epstein un trato de favor”, dijo Farmer sobre el acuerdo de no enjuiciamiento del exfiscal estadounidense Alexander Acosta.

Wild declaró que denunció a Epstein por abusar sexualmente de ella desde que tenía 14 años hasta los 17 en Palm Beach, y que el acuerdo incluyó su caso.

“Parecía que se habían olvidado de que éramos 40 niños los que habíamos sufrido abusos por su parte”, dijo Wild .

El hermano y la cuñada de Virginia Giuffre , Sky y Amanda Roberts, así como los abogados Spencer Kuvin y Lauren Hersh, también prestaron declaración.

“Ella creía que la rendición de cuentas debía llegar a todos los involucrados, sin importar su estatus”, dijo Sky Roberts .

El representante Robert Garcia , demócrata por California y miembro de mayor rango del Comité de Supervisión de la Cámara de Representantes , presidió la audiencia.

“Este encubrimiento debe terminar”, dijo García.

También participaron los representantes estadounidenses Lois Frankel , Ayanna Pressley, Melanie Stansbury, Emily Randall, Yassamin Ansari, James Walkinshaw, Suhas Subramanyam y Raja Krishnamoorthi.

“Tenemos que hacer todo lo que esté a nuestro alcance para impedir el indulto de Ghislaine Maxwell”, dijo Krishnamoorthi sobre la delincuente sexual condenada a 20 años de prisión.

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Obama lunched with Talarico and Democratic state Rep. Gina Hinojosa, the nominee running to unseat Texas' Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, at a taco shop in Austin. The visit was meant to give the candidates a boost from one of the more liked figures in the Democratic Party.

Obama has been highlighting younger leaders in the party, including New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who he joined recently in the Bronx to promote free child care.

The former president first mentioned Talarico months ago on a podcast, saying he was “terrific, really talented young man," and he also called Hinojosa in March to congratulate her on the campaign, she said in a Facebook post.

Talarico's campaign has garnered national attention with his progressive, Christian platform. He will face either Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton or the incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, who are are battling it out in a Republican primary runoff election on May 26.

El programa permite destinar 11.000 millones de reales (2.000 millones de dólares) al gasto en seguridad pública, un ámbito en el que Lula ha sido un blanco frecuente de sus rivales políticos.

El programa incluye reforzar la lucha contra el tráfico de armas, atacar las finanzas de las organizaciones criminales, elevar la calidad de las investigaciones de homicidios e invertir en el sistema penitenciario del país. Cerca de 1.000 millones de reales brasileños (190 millones de dólares) de la iniciativa se invertirán hasta diciembre, informó el gobierno de Brasil.

El programa permite la compra de drones, escáneres corporales, detectores de metales, bloqueadores de señal de telefonía celular, máquinas de rayos X, sistemas de audio y video, radar, equipos de rastreo de ADN y vehículos, entre otras cosas. Sus principales objetivos son dos bandas criminales: el Primer Comando de la Capital, o PCC, y el Comando Vermelho, conocido como CV.

Lula, quien se postulará a un cuarto mandato como presidente, afirmó, durante el lanzamiento del programa en el palacio presidencial en Brasilia, que habló sobre asuntos de seguridad pública con el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, durante su visita a Washington la semana pasada.

“Le dije que teníamos propuestas de asfixia financiera (de las bandas criminales), de combate al lavado de dinero. Algunas de las armas (usadas en Brasil) vienen de Estados Unidos”, manifestó el presidente brasileño. “Le dije que, si quiere formar parte de esto, hay espacio. Pero tendrá que trabajar de acuerdo con las decisiones del gobierno de Brasil y de la policía de Brasil”.

Aliados del presidente brasileño en el Congreso señalaron que gobernadores de la oposición, que están a cargo de la policía local, se muestran reticentes a utilizar fondos de la iniciativa lanzada el martes.

El senador Flávio Bolsonaro y el exgobernador del estado de Goiás, Ronaldo Caiado, han hecho campaña durante años con una postura de mano dura contra el crimen, que también incluye críticas al Partido de los Trabajadores de Lula por supuestamente ser demasiado blando en materia de seguridad pública.

Lula no abordó esas críticas durante el lanzamiento del programa, pero el vicepresidente Geraldo Alckmin arremetió contra el expresidente Jair Bolsonaro, quien eligió a su propio hijo como candidato presidencial.

“La única política de seguridad en la presidencia anterior fue distribuir armas, permitir armas”, dijo Alckmin. “Y esas terminan con los criminales, con el crimen organizado. Es la policía la que debe poder portar armas”.

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El incidente ocurrió en el área de Southwest 102nd Avenue y West Circle Plaza, en la zona no incorporada de West Perrine.

Según funcionarios de rescate, un menor herido fue trasladado al Jackson South Medical Center y posteriormente fue transportado en helicóptero al HCA Florida Kendall Hospital.

Las autoridades aún no han confirmado detalles sobre la balacera ni han informado si buscan sospechosos o personas de interés.

Esta es una noticia en desarrollo que será actualizada a medida que se divulgue nueva información.

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According to the Pembroke Pines Police Department, the incident happened on the afternoon of March 15 at the Walmart at 151 SW 184th Ave., just off Pines Boulevard.

Police said the girl, whose age wasn’t specified, was walking alone in the lot at around 1:20 p.m. “when the suspect approached her and grabbed her buttocks.”

He then drove away in what police described as a newer-model white Lexus TX.

Anyone who recognizes the man is asked to call PPPD Sgt. Jason Palant at 954-743-1654.

Según el Departamento de Policía de Pembroke Pines, el incidente ocurrió la tarde del 15 de marzo en el Walmart ubicado en 151 SW 184th Ave., justo al lado de Pines Boulevard.

La Policía indicó que la menor, cuya edad no fue especificada, caminaba sola en el estacionamiento alrededor de la 1:20 p.m. “cuando el sospechoso se acercó y le tocó los glúteos”.

Posteriormente, el hombre huyó en lo que la Policía describió como un Lexus TX blanco de modelo reciente.

Cualquier persona que reconozca al hombre debe llamar al sargento Jason Palant de la Policía de Pembroke Pines al 954-743-1654.

Secret Service Director Sean Curran attended the closed-door party lunch and talked through the request as a number of Republicans have questioned it in recent days. According to a handout he gave to senators obtained by The Associated Press, the $220 million would go to harden the ballroom addition, including “bulletproof glass, drone detection technologies, chemical and other threat filtration and detection systems, and a host of other national security functions.”

The rest of the money would go for other security improvements, according to the document, including $180 million for a new White House visitors screening facility and $175 million for “investments to train USSS agents in the modern threat environment.”

The Secret Service request comes after a man was charged with trying to assassinate Trump at the White House Correspondents Association dinner last month. Trump has said repeatedly that the ballroom construction would be paid for with $400 million in private funds, but the White House hadn’t previously disclosed their budget for security costs.

Republican senators have said they are supportive of a boost in security for the president, but several said that Curran's breakdown was too vague — and they want to know more about how the money would be spent.

“I want more information,” said Florida Sen. Rick Scott, a close ally of the president. “I ran companies, okay? If somebody came to me and said they were going to spend a billion dollars on something, I’d get more detail.”

GOP pushback could endanger immigration enforcement funding

Republicans have added the security money to a partisan spending bill that would restore funding for immigration enforcement agencies after Democrats have blocked that funding since February. The questions from within the party about the White House funding proposal could jeopardize the legislation, which GOP leaders are trying to pass without any Democratic votes.

Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Susan Collins, R-Maine, questioned why all of the security improvements weren’t in Trump’s budget released by the White House earlier this year. She said she asked for “a lot more data.”

Indiana Sen. Todd Young said he could be supportive of "a certain measure of ballroom funding, which I think is defensible, but they need to go back and get us more detail about how exactly they arrived at the figures.”

The information provided to the senators was “broad categories,” Young said.

Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rand Paul, R-Ky., said Monday that he believes the funding should be private. “That’s still my preference,” he said, adding that Congress had also increased the Secret Service budget after another attempted assassination attempt on Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, during the 2024 campaign.

“Was it spent wisely? Do they really need more at this time?” Paul asked.

Secret Service cites 'evolving threats' in funding request

Beyond the White House improvements, the Secret Service said it is requesting $175 million for “enhancements for protectee security,” $150 million for “evolving threats and technology,” including countering drones and airspace incursions, and $100 million for security at high profile “events of national significance.”

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Democrats will push the Senate parliamentarian to strike the security money from the bill. They also plan to offer amendments that force Republicans to vote on the funding if it remains in the legislation.

“How many Americans want to see a billion dollars for a ballroom and not for the cost of child care and groceries?” Schumer said Tuesday.

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., also attended the Senate Republican lunch. Some of his Republican members have also expressed reservations about the $1 billion proposal.

As Democrats and some Republicans push back on the request, Republican Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota suggested the security plan could potentially be pared down, punting some of the request to future annual spending bills.

Still, Rounds said it’s possible Republicans will approve the entire request once they have more details.

“I think as more of the information begins to come out, I think people are going to feel a lot more comfortable with what they are requesting,” Rounds said.

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This story has been updated to correct the last name of the Secret Service director. It is Curran, not Callan.

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“We gave our attorney $25,000 to spend to seek additional outside counsel expertise,” said Broward County Mayor Mark Bogen.

That money was approved for outside legal counsel to determine whether purchasing the building is feasible or even possible.

This decision comes after the major airline went bankrupt and shut down.

“Anything in bankruptcy, you’ve got to go through bankruptcy court,” said Bogen. “It takes a while, but it is worth it if we can save hundreds of millions of dollars.”

While plans are already in the works to move out of the current building ― that county commissioners say is outdated ― and construct a new 14-story government center, it won’t be cheap.

The price tag is upwards of $663 million, and that doesn’t include a proposed childcare center, which would raise the estimated cost by $15.4 million.

“It is not easy buying a building out of bankruptcy, it is not easy dealing with that, but it’s also not easy building a building from scratch, or else we would’ve done it,” said Broward Commissioner Michael Udine. “I just think we owe it to taxpayers to look at these opportunities.”

To construct the new building would take an estimated two years for design and permitting and another three years for construction.

“Le dimos a nuestro abogado $25,000 USD para buscar asesoría legal externa adicional”, dijo el alcalde del condado Broward, Mark Bogen.

Ese dinero fue aprobado para asesoría legal externa con el fin de determinar si la compra del edificio es viable o incluso posible.

Esta decisión surge después de que la importante aerolínea se declarara en bancarrota y cerrara operaciones.

“Cualquier cosa relacionada con bancarrota tiene que pasar por la corte de bancarrota”, dijo Bogen. “Toma tiempo, pero vale la pena si podemos ahorrar cientos de millones de dólares”.

Aunque ya existen planes para abandonar el edificio actual —que los comisionados del condado consideran obsoleto— y construir un nuevo centro gubernamental de 14 pisos, el proyecto no será barato.

El costo supera los $663 millones USD, y eso no incluye un centro de cuido infantil propuesto, que aumentaría el costo estimado en $15.4 millones USD.

“No es fácil comprar un edificio en bancarrota, no es fácil lidiar con eso, pero tampoco es fácil construir un edificio desde cero, o ya lo habríamos hecho”, dijo el comisionado de Broward Michael Udine. “Creo que le debemos a los contribuyentes analizar estas oportunidades”.

Construir el nuevo edificio tomaría un estimado de dos años para diseño y permisos y otros tres años para la construcción.

O’Brien hosted the last two Oscar ceremonies to positive reviews. Earlier this year, in his opening monologue, he said he was “honored to be the last human host of the Academy Awards … Next year it’s going to be a Waymo in a tux.”

He’ll be surrounded by a familiar team, as well, with the return of Raj Kapoor and Katy Mullan as the show’s executive producers.

Film academy leaders Bill Kramer and Lynette Howell Taylor said in a joint statement, “They are an incredible team and have produced such captivating, entertaining and heartfelt shows over the last two years,” adding that they’re looking forward to “Conan superbly leading the celebration with his brilliance and humor.”

After several years of ratings increases, including a post-pandemic high of 19.7 million viewers who tuned in for O’Brien’s inaugural year as host, when “Anora” swept the awards, the show took a dip in viewership this year, when “One Battle After Another” was crowned best picture. Engagement for the Oscars rose by other metrics, though. Social media engagement during the broadcast went up by over 42% this year.

“Conan has created remarkable energy around ‘The Oscars,’” Craig Erwich, the president of Disney’s Television Group, said in a statement. “His singular comedic voice makes Hollywood’s biggest night one of the most entertaining celebrations of the year. We’re proud to welcome him back and look forward to what he and the producing team deliver next.”

The 99th Oscars will be broadcast live on ABC from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 14, 2027. It will be the penultimate ceremony at the Hollywood location and on broadcast television. In 2029, the show moves to YouTube, and downtown Los Angeles for its 101st awards.

General manager Rob Pelinka and coach JJ Redick affirmed their desire to keep James in a Lakers uniform on Tuesday. James' eighth season with the club ended Monday night with a heartbreaking 115-110 loss and a second-round sweep at the hands of the powerhouse champion Oklahoma City Thunder.

The 41-year-old James just completed his unprecedented 23rd NBA season, and he says he doesn't know whether he'll keep going.

"Any team, including ours, would love to have LeBron James on their roster,” Pelinka said. “That’s a blessing in itself, just with what he does.”

The top scorer in league history is an unrestricted free agent this offseason, so James can choose his destination if he postpones retirement for another year — although not every team has the payroll flexibility to pay him something near his worth. The Lakers have significant salary cap room and many decisions to make, but they're hoping James will choose to remain a part of their attempt to build a championship-contending roster around Luka Doncic.

“He’s given so much to his teammates, to this organization, and the thing we want to do more than anything else is honor him back," Pelinka said.

Pelinka spoke repeatedly of his desire to “honor” James' decision process. That means waiting until James tells them what's happening, and the Lakers appear to be content to wait for weeks to come.

“The first order of business there is allowing him to spend the time he needs to decide what his next steps are,” Pelinka said. “Does he want to play another year in the NBA? That’ll be (determined through) family time, I think, time with his inner circle, and we just want to honor that for him.”

James is eight seasons into his longest continuous stint with one team, and his family is happily settled in Los Angeles, where he has won a championship and set multiple NBA career records. What's more, his 21-year-old son, Bronny, is two seasons into a career as a backup guard with the Lakers, allowing LeBron to play alongside his son — most notably in several significant stretches together in these playoffs.

James missed 22 games this season because of injuries, and he scored a career-low 20.9 points per game while frequently serving as the Lakers' third offensive option behind Doncic and Austin Reaves — filling that role for the first time in his basketball life, he said with a laugh. But James seemed to thrive in that secondary playmaking role, particularly when Los Angeles was playing its best basketball in March.

The Lakers won 53 games and the Pacific Division title despite losing Doncic for the season and Reaves for nearly a month to injuries in the same game April 2. While the season ended with a four-game sweep at the hands of the strong favorites to win the NBA title, the Lakers are headed into the offseason with optimism about their ability to get even better next season — particularly if James sticks around.

But Pelinka also made it clear that the Lakers are building around the 27-year-old Doncic, who won the NBA scoring title and appeared to be ramping up for a formidable playoff run before a hamstring strain sidelined him.

“The archetype of the roster that we want is going to be retrofitted around Luka and the things he needs,” Pelinka said. ”Clearly he’s that leader and player for the future that we want to build the right way around.”

The Lakers' largest offseason transaction is likely to be a new contract for Reaves, the former undrafted free agent who has become one of the NBA's most prolific scorers in five seasons with Los Angeles. Reaves is expected to decline his player option for next season, and Pelinka confirmed that both sides expect the guard to sign a massive deal to stay with the Lakers.

“He started his journey here as a Laker and has made it very clear to us that he wants his journey to continue as a Laker, and we feel the same way,” Pelinka said. “We want his odyssey to continue to unfold in the purple and gold. Both sides have made it abundantly clear that we want to work something out.”

The Lakers' other unrestricted free agents including forward Rui Hachimura, who likely earned a big payday with his strong postseason play after long stretches of offensive passivity in the regular season; shooting guard Luke Kennard, a late-season trade pickup who made big contributions while Reaves was injured; and backup center Jaxson Hayes.

Starting center Deandre Ayton has an $8.1 million player option, and he said Monday that he hasn't even begun to think about whether to pick it up. Marcus Smart, another big-time playoff contributor, has a $5.4 million player option that he seems likely to decline for a bigger deal.

“Being here in LA, the crowd and everybody has been amazing,” Ayton said. “I wouldn't change it for nothing, to be honest.”

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According to an arrest report, the incident happened on May 2 at Bora Bora Market, located at 3296 Palm Ave. in Hialeah.

Hialeah police identified the suspect as 50-year-old Alejandro Izaguirre, of Miami’s West Little River neighborhood.

Officers responded to the market around 3:15 p.m. in reference to a grand theft and criminal mischief investigation.

A Bora Bora employee told police that he reviewed surveillance footage and saw an unknown man damaging a slot machine with what appeared to be a metal rod.

According to investigators, surveillance video footage shows the suspect entering the business around 1:30 p.m. to play the slot machine before later leaving and returning to his vehicle.

Police said the man was then seen opening the trunk and driver-side door before returning to the market carrying the metal object.

They said the suspect then broke the slot machine, causing more than $1,000 in damage, and removed about $2,000 in cash before fleeing in a vehicle.

The victim told police the suspect had visited the business before and may have been named Alejandro, according to the report.

The report states that an officer reviewing the surveillance footage on Monday recognized the suspect as Alejandro Menendez Izaguirre, whom the officer had previously arrested in connection with a similar incident last year.

Investigators later responded to Izaguirre’s home and took him into custody.

According to the report, while officers were at the home, Izaguirre spontaneously told his girlfriend “it was because of the slot machines” after she asked why he was being arrested.

Jail records show Izaguirre is facing one count each of third-degree grand theft and criminal mischief causing $1,000 or more in damage.

As of Tuesday, his bond was listed as “to be set” in online Miami-Dade inmate records. Additionally, the Cuban national remained in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on an immigration hold.

The U.S. men open at SoFi Stadium (to be known as Los Angeles Stadium) against Paraguay on June 12, the first of eight matches to be played at the NFL stadium in Inglewood.

The field was all dirt on Tuesday.

That changes Wednesday, when sod arrives after a 1,600-mile trip in refrigerated trucks from Washington state. It’ll be installed over two days.

“This surface is the players’ stage,” said Otto Benedict, senior vice president of facilities and campus operation for SoFi Stadium.

Construction on the field began April 13 after the stadium hosted a Monster Jam event in which 12,000-pound trucks competed in racing, skills and freestyle competitions.

The stadium modified the field shared by the NFL's Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers in two phases. Auxiliary space and wider dimensions were created by removing corner seats to meet FIFA specifications, and a sophisticated irrigation system was installed to maintain the grass.

"To be the place where the energy first ignites, where the home crowd gets to set the tone for the rest of the tournament is a responsibility we don’t take lightly,” Benedict said.

Construction, landscape, grass and engineering crews were applauded by local World Cup organizers and community ambassador Magic Johnson, who pointed out his suite where he'll be watching.

"When you think about the financial impact it's going to have on Los Angeles, it's going to be amazing,” said Johnson, who is a co-owner of LAFC in Major League Soccer and the Washington Spirit of the National Women's Soccer League.

Already coming down was signage advertising the stadium's usual sponsors.

Tours of the stadium during the tournament are being sold for $86.50. Still available are premium seating, suites and hospitality packages.

Fans can choose from a variety of food and drink options. Among the items on display Tuesday was salsa verde aguachile with lime marinated shrimp, kettle cooked crispy pickles, stone fruit panzanella, spiced lamb rack, smoked salmon mousse, petite beef burgers, tune poke and aged ribeye cap with bordelaise and mashed potatoes.

Desserts include a World Cup trophy made of chocolate mousse, raspberry, chocolate crunch and chocolate sponge and a soccer ball filled with vanilla mousse, peach, strawberry crunch and vanilla sponge.

Metro debuted special edition TAP cards featuring three FIFA-themed designs, 17 country-specific designs, four FIFA collector cards, including a light-up card, and a collector's box.

“We want to provide a system that is safe, fast and fun,” Metro CEO Stephanie Wiggins said.

Metro is working with 11 other transit lines in the region to offer direct-to-stadium bus service for $3.75 roundtrip from 15 park-and-ride lots in Los Angeles and Orange counties. Reserved parking lots range in price from $55 to more than $100. Fans can access 300 dedicated buses to every match in an effort to avoid disrupting service to Metro's regular riders.

The official FIFA Fan Festival will be held June 11-14 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum with big screens showing games. Ten fan zones around Los Angeles County will host activities and watch parties.

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After nearly eight hours of discussion and motions to amend, the Broward County School Board voted to go ahead with a new organizational chart that would lay off about 300 staff members in various roles and eliminate 700 vacant positions.

Those moves would save the district more than $50 million.

“It’s a massive amount of layoffs,” said District 2 Board Member Rebecca Thompson. “No one‘s ever going to be completely happy, but I think at the end of the day, we made a plan that’s going to make us a more stable school system.”

District 6 Board Member Adam Cervera was one of two members to vote against it.

“This is going to affect our students, unfortunately, I believe in a very negative way,” he said.

Some of the positions cut include social workers, student support instruction specialists and mental health professionals.

“People that have direct interaction with our students on a day-to-day basis, as opposed to starting from the top, in this district, and getting rid of some of the bloat,” said Cervera.

Superintendent Howard Hepburn said the approved plan also includes substantial cuts to higher level positions.

“The highest percentage of cuts proportionally were actually central office personnel, especially directors and above our senior level positions, that was 16%,” said Hepburn.

He says those in eliminated positions could still fill other vacancies within the district, such as classroom teachers and other positions with high turnover.

“We want to make sure we prioritize our support to make sure any staff that’s impacted is transitioned well,” Hepburn said.

Some board members expressed relief to now being able to move on to other district challenges, like getting students back in public schools.

“I just want it to be within our consciousness that we are equally focusing on increasing student enrollment,” District 5 Board Member Jeff Holness.

Tras casi ocho horas de discusión y mociones para modificar la propuesta, la Junta Escolar del Condado Broward votó a favor de avanzar con un nuevo organigrama que despedirá a aproximadamente 300 empleados en varios cargos y eliminará 700 puestos vacantes.

Esas medidas le ahorrarían al distrito más de $50 millones USD.

“Es una cantidad masiva de despidos”, dijo la miembro de la Junta del Distrito 2, Rebecca Thompson. “Nadie va a estar completamente feliz, pero creo que al final del día elaboramos un plan que hará que nuestro sistema escolar sea más estable”.

El miembro de la Junta del Distrito 6, Adam Cervera, fue uno de los dos integrantes que votaron en contra.

“Esto va a afectar a nuestros estudiantes, desafortunadamente, creo que de una manera muy negativa”, dijo.

Algunos de los puestos eliminados incluyen trabajadores sociales, especialistas en instrucción de apoyo estudiantil y profesionales de salud mental.

“Personas que tienen interacción directa con nuestros estudiantes día a día, en lugar de comenzar desde arriba en este distrito y eliminar parte del exceso administrativo”, dijo SOMEONE.

El superintendente Howard Hepburn dijo que el plan aprobado también incluye recortes significativos en puestos de alto nivel.

“El porcentaje más alto de recortes proporcionalmente fue en realidad el personal de la oficina central, especialmente directores y puestos superiores de alto nivel, eso fue un 16%”, dijo Hepburn.

Indicó que quienes ocupaban puestos eliminados aún podrían cubrir otras vacantes dentro del distrito, como maestros de aula y otros cargos con alta rotación.

“Queremos asegurarnos de priorizar nuestro apoyo para garantizar que cualquier empleado afectado tenga una buena transición”, dijo Hepburn.

Algunos miembros de la junta expresaron alivio por poder avanzar ahora hacia otros desafíos del distrito, como lograr que más estudiantes regresen a las escuelas públicas.

“Solo quiero que tengamos presente que estamos enfocándonos igualmente en aumentar la matrícula estudiantil”, dijo el miembro de la Junta del Distrito 5, Jeff Holness.

The report, titled “Silenced No More,” was published Tuesday by the Civil Commission, an independent group that documents and researches gender-based violence by Hamas after its 2023 attack on Israel that sparked the war in Gaza.

The report details a two-year investigation that drew on more than 400 testimonies and nearly 2,000 hours of visual analysis documenting 13 patterns of violence, including gang rape, sexual torture and forced nudity.

“Our findings demonstrate that it was a deliberate tactic within the broader architecture of the terror inflicted on victims and hostages,” said Cochav Elkayam-Levy, founder and chair of the commission and lead author of the report.

Sexual violence has been heavily politicized since the war in Gaza began, with each side trying to discredit the other’s accusations.

Israel has pointed to incidents during the Oct. 7 attacks and to treatment of hostages to highlight what it says is Hamas’ savagery and to justify its wartime goal of preventing any repeated threat from Gaza. The Israeli government has accused the international community of ignoring or playing down evidence of sexual violence, alleging anti-Israel bias.

The report's findings could not be independently verified by The Associated Press, and critics have challenged some of Elkayam-Levy’s previous research. A number of prominent figures, including Hillary Rodham Clinton, Rahm Emanuel and Facebook pioneer Sheryl Sandberg, have endorsed her work.

The United Nations says it has found “ reasonable grounds ” to believe that Hamas militants committed rape and other sexual violence during their rampage. The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, has said he had reason to believe that three key Hamas leaders bore responsibility for “rape and other acts of sexual violence as crimes against humanity.”

Human rights groups and Palestinians rounded up by Israel after the attacks have also shared detailed testimonies of sexual violence and torture in Israeli prisons.

In March, Israel dropped charges against five soldiers who had been accused of beating and sodomizing a Palestinian detainee in an alleged assault partially caught on camera. Hard-line politicians, who had angrily protested the charges, hailed the decision to dismiss the charges, while human rights groups said it illustrated Israel's unwillingness to investigate abuses.

Israel's government and Hamas did not immediately respond to requests from AP for comment.

The commission — composed of a team of researchers, lawyers and trauma experts — collected digital materials, conducted interviews and filmed testimonies. It also cross-referenced information using independent data sources, it said.

The report said Hamas and its collaborators primarily targeted women and hostages but that children also were subjected to violence and abuse.

In one example, it said two returning young hostages were forced to perform “sexual acts on one another," such as taking off their clothes while their captors touched their private parts.

It said sexual torture was used to maximize pain and suffering, with survivors enduring burning, mutilation and forced insertion of objects. Victims were sometimes found handcuffed or bound. Armed groups also recorded acts of abuse and killing and circulated footage through social media, the report said.

The report documented assaults at multiple sites, including the Nova Music festival, where hundreds were killed and others taken hostage. The AP previously found evidence that sexual assault was part of Hamas’ atrocities-filled rampage on Oct. 7, including a witness account by a man at the festival who said he heard a woman screaming for help and shouting, “They’re raping me, they’re raping me!”

Hostages also were subjected to sexual harassment and assault, some for months at a time, according to the report.

Some released hostages have spoken out about being sexually assaulted in captivity. In an interview with Israeli media, Romi Gonen said she was repeatedly sexually assaulted and harassed by three men.

Another hostage, Guy Gilboa-Dalal, told the New York Times he was sexually abused by one of his captors and threatened with death if he said anything.

Here are five things that happened on Cannes' opening day:

Peter Jackson received an honorary Palme d'Or

The French Riviera festival began with a tribute to Jackson, handing the “Lord of the Rings” filmmaker an honorary Palme d’Or. He was introduced by Elijah Wood, who played Frodo Baggins in the films.

“I’ve never figured out why I’m getting a Palme d’Or. I’m not a Palme d’Or sorta guy,” said the shaggy-haired New Zealand filmmaker.

Jackson was then serenaded with a rendition of the Beatles’ “Get Back,” a nod to his lauded 2021 documentary. The director sat stage right mouthing the lyrics.

Jane Fonda and Gong Li declared the festival open

The task of declaring the festival officially open fell to the 88-year-old Fonda and Gong, the Chinese-Singaporean actor.

“Cinema has always been an act of resistance,” said Fonda.

Politics dominated the jury introduction

At the introduction of the jury that will decide the Palme d’Or — Cannes’ top honor — jury members spoke bluntly about holding a film festival during a time of geopolitical conflict.

Paul Laverty, the Scottish screenwriter known for his films with director Ken Loach, pointed toward this year’s Cannes poster, of “Thelma and Louise,” while discussing attending Cannes during what he called “genocide in Gaza.”

Quoting “King Lear,” he said: “Madmen lead the blind.”

“Cannes has a wonderful poster,” said Laverty. “Isn’t it fascinating to see some of them like Susan Sarandon, Javier Bardem and Mark Ruffalo blacklisted because of their views in opposing the murder of women and children in Gaza? Shame on Hollywood people who do that.”

The nine-member jury is being presided over by Park Chan-wook, the South Korean filmmaker of “Oldboy” and “No Other Choice,” who said that politics and cinema go hand in hand.

“Art and politics are not concepts that are in conflict with each other,” said Park. “One cannot disqualify a film on the pretext that it has a political message. Just as one cannot reject a film because it would not be political enough.”

Other jury members include Chloé Zhao, Stellan Skarsgård, Ruth Negga and Demi Moore, who two years ago was celebrated in Cannes for her comeback performance in “The Substance.”

James Franco turned up on the red carpet

Cannes has sometimes been known for hosting personalities that find a less welcome reception in Hollywood. Three years ago, the festival famously opened with the Johnny Depp film “Jeanne du Barry.”

On Tuesday, James Franco was an unexpected guest at the opening ceremony. The 48-year-old actor also appeared in Cannes in 2024.

In 2021, Franco and his co-defendants agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle a lawsuit alleging he intimidated students at an acting and film school he founded into gratuitous and exploitative sexual situations.

Guillermo del Toro presented a restored ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’

Twenty years after Guillermo del Toro premiered his lauded fable, “Pan's Labyrinth,” he returned to Cannes on Tuesday to screen a 4K restoration of it. The filmmaker said the movie, about a young girl and fascist captain in 1940s Spain, remains timely.

“We are, unfortunately, in times that make this movie more pertinent than ever because they tell us everything is useless to resist, that art can be done with a —-ing app,” said del Toro.

The unlikely pair came together Tuesday not for a most unusual duet, but instead to praise ongoing efforts to find new homes for roughly 1,500 beagles purchased from dog breeder and research facility Ridglan Farms outside of Madison.

Forget Black Sabbath’s anti-war anthem “War Pigs.” This day was all about the dogs — more specifically, the beagles.

“It was so profound to be able to hold each of these dogs in our arms and be able to assure them that their new life was starting,” Gibson said. “Today was a very emotional day.”

Gibson and Butler pet the beagles taken from research facility

Both Gibson and Butler held beagles from Ridglan Farms that had been transported from the facility to the humane society on Tuesday.

“They’ve never let me down,” Butler said of his pet dogs at the Dane County Humane Society, which is working to find new homes for 500 beagles. “They’re always loving.”

As they and others spoke in the humane society's barn, beagles from Ridglan Farms sat in the arms of volunteers as they waited to be seen by veterinarians for a health check, vaccinations and other care.

Beagles bought following violent clash with police

The Washington, D.C.-based Center for a Humane Economy and Florida's Big Dog Ranch Rescue, which both oppose using animals in research, struck the deal last month to buy the dogs for an undisclosed amount from Ridglan Farms.

The deal was announced just days after a violent clash between animal welfare advocates and police outside of the Ridglan Farms facility. Police used tear gas and pepper spray to turn back activists who said they were there to take the dogs. Protesters also broke into the facility in March and took 30 dogs.

Numerous groups are working to transfer the 1,500 dogs bought from Ridglan to facilities where they will get veterinary care and be prepared for transport to shelters around the country, where they will eventually be put up for adoption.

Demand is high to adopt the beagles

More than 1,300 people have expressed interest to the Dane County Humane Society alone in adopting the dogs, said Amy Good, the society's director of marketing.

“It’s not a tough sell to get beagles into homes," said Wayne Pacelle, president of the Center for a Humane Economy. "The response across the nation has been overwhelming.”

The first 1,000 dogs were removed earlier this month and are in temporary shelters with agencies partnering with Big Dog Ranch Rescue. The Dane County Humane Society began receiving the remaining 500 dogs this week.

Ridglan Farms agreed in October to give up its state breeding license as of July 1 as part of a deal to avoid prosecution on felony animal mistreatment charges. The firm has denied mistreating animals, but a special prosecutor determined that Ridglan Farms was performing eye procedures that violated state veterinary standards.

Butler, who said he has five dogs and five cats at home, called it a historic day for the end of experimenting on animals.

“This is just the beginning,” he said.

Gibson, who released her debut album at age 16 in 1987, said she planned on fostering and possibly adopting one of the beagles she met on Tuesday.

“This little guy was the last one put in my arms, and I couldn’t put him back in a cage,” she said, holding the beagle as she spoke.

Asked whether they will ever work together on a song about dogs, Butler and Gibson chuckled.

“Maybe,” Butler said with a smile and a beagle still on his lap.

“I will not be tarnished by baseless allegations and fraudulent statements to the media,” Patel told Sen. Chris Van Hollen during a testy exchange that began when the Maryland Democrat confronted him about a recent article in The Atlantic magazine that painted an unflattering portrait of his leadership of the nation’s premier federal law enforcement agency.

Patel has sued over the story. The Atlantic has said it stands by its reporting and would vigorously defend against the “meritless lawsuit.”

Patel shouted over Van Hollen and sought to turn the tables by accusing him of “slinging margaritas on the taxpayer dime” in El Salvador, a reference to a visit the Democrat paid last year to Kilmar Abrego Garcia while he was jailed there following his mistaken deportation to the country. “The only person who has been drinking during the day on the taxpayer dime was you.”

“Director Patel, come on,” Van Hollen said. “These are serious allegations that were made against you.” He at one point asked Patel if he was willing to take a test meant to measure whether an individual has a drinking problem, prompting Patel to shoot back, “I’ll take any test you’re willing to take.”

The senator also called Patel's claims that he had run up an expensive bar tab in El Salvador “provably false." After last year's meeting, Van Hollen publicly accused El Salvador’s government of having misrepresented the nature of his encounter with Abrego Garcia, saying officials there had staged the meeting with drinks appearing to be alcohol and angled to set the meeting by a hotel pool.

The testy exchange occurred at an annual Senate committee budget hearing featuring Patel and other senior law enforcement leaders. The director used the forum to tout what he described as major crime-fighting achievements since he took the position and received a friendly reception from Republican senators who praised his leadership.

Democrats, by contrast, pressed Patel on headline-generating travel that has blended personal leisure with his duties — including a trip to the Winter Olympics in Italy, where he partied with the U.S. men's hockey team after their gold medal win — as well as the mass terminations under his watch of agents who worked on investigations into President Donald Trump.

“You attended the Olympics in Milan,” said Sen. Chris Coons, a Delaware Democrat. “How much did your trip cost and to what extent did that help you carry out your mission as director of the FBI?”

Patel responded that the FBI was responsible for security at the Olympics and asserted that his trip to Italy helped facilitate the transfer into U.S. custody of a Chinese cyber criminal who'd been detained by Italian authorities.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to a request by one of Trump's lawyers that it let the president delay the payment to E. Jean Carroll, though it required that Trump post a $7.4 million bond to cover any additional interest costs, a request Carroll's attorney had made.

The appeals court late last month refused Trump’s request for a rare meeting of the full 2nd Circuit to hear an appeal of a three-judge panel’s affirmance of the January 2024 verdict.

Afterward, Trump attorney Justin D. Smith asked the 2nd Circuit to stay the effect of its decision upholding the award so that Trump would not be forced to pay the judgment before the high court has a chance to consider an appeal.

Smith said last week there was a “fair prospect” that the Supreme Court will find in favor of Trump, who has called Carroll’s claims first made publicly in 2019 that she was sexually attacked by Trump in a Manhattan luxury department store dressing room in spring 1996 a “made up scam.”

The $83 million award to Carroll, 82, came from a jury that briefly heard Trump testify and observed his animated behavior for several days.

In upholding the verdict, a 2nd Circuit panel wrote last September that Trump continued his attacks against Carroll for at least five years, making them “more extreme and frequent as the trial approached.”

“He also continued these same attacks during the trial itself,” the appeals court said. “In one such statement, issued two days into the trial, Trump proclaimed that he would continue to defame Carroll ‘a thousand times.’ ”

The jury had been instructed to accept the findings of a jury that in May 2023 awarded Carroll $5 million after concluding Trump sexually abused her in the department store and then defamed her after she published her account of it in a 2019 memoir.

Trump is challenging the $83 million award on several grounds, asserting “absolute immunity” for comments he made while president as he disavowed knowing Carroll and attacked her motivations, saying they were politically driven or arose from a desire to promote her memoir.

Neither the Grizzlies nor Clarke's agency, Priority Sports, provided any details about when, where or how Clarke died.

“We are heartbroken by the tragic loss of Brandon Clarke. Brandon was an outstanding teammate and an even better person whose impact on the organization and the greater Memphis community will not be forgotten," the Grizzlies said in a statement. "We express our deepest condolences to his family and loved ones during this difficult time.”

His agents wrote on social media that they were “beyond devastated” by Clarke’s death.

“He was so loved by all of us here and everyone whose life he touched,” Priority Sports said. “He was the gentlest soul who was the first to be there for all of his friends and family.”

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver expressed sympathies to Clarke’s family and friends and the Grizzlies organization.

“We are devastated to learn of the passing of Brandon Clarke,” Silver said. “As one of the longest-tenured members of the Grizzlies, Brandon was a beloved teammate and leader who played the game with enormous passion and grit.”

The National Basketball Players Association said: “This is an incredible loss for the brotherhood. We will remember Brandon not only for the immense joy he brought to so many throughout his career, but for the genuine friendships he built far beyond basketball.”

Clarke was arrested April 1 in Arkansas for speeding and possession of a controlled substance that was reportedly kratom, an herbal supplement promoted as an alternative pain remedy that becomes illegal in Tennessee as of July 1. He was released on bond a day later.

Clarke was the 21st overall pick out of Gonzaga in the 2019 NBA draft by Oklahoma, which dealt his rights to the Grizzlies, who already took guard Ja Morant second overall. Clarke joined Morant on the NBA's All-Rookie team in 2020, and the Grizzlies gave him a multiyear contract extension in October 2022.

He tore his left Achilles tendon March 3, 2023, in a loss to the Denver Nuggets in a showdown of the top two teams in the Western Conference. Injuries limited him to 72 of a possible 246 games over the past three seasons, including only two this season.

Clarke averaged 10.2 points and 5.5 rebounds over his seven seasons with the Grizzlies.

He had one more season left on his contract with Memphis and was due to earn $12.5 million, according to Spotrac.com. But the Grizzlies are in the midst of another major roster rebuild after going 25-57 after trading away stars Desmond Bane and Jaren Jackson Jr. within the past year.

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An initial session of about two hours took place at the office of the Major League Baseball Players Association, a five-minute walk from Major League Baseball's headquarters in Manhattan's Rockefeller Center. The meeting lasted about two hours and was scheduled for initial presentations from each side on their view of the sport and its economics. No proposals were made.

Players who attended included Mets infielder Marcus Semien, a member of the union's eight-man executive subcommittee, along with Mets teammates Clay Holmes, David Peterson, Austin Slater and Sean Manaea. Several Detroit Tigers, who were in town to play the Mets, also were at the meeting and additional players joined via video conference.

“It’s the first one I’ve been at, so I don’t really have much to compare it to," Holmes said. "It was just kind of initial meetings, first time the sides were getting together and kind of sharing their thoughts on kind of where they thought things were at and what they thought was best for kind of the game moving forward.”

The sport's five-year labor contract expires Dec. 1, and baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred has said repeatedly that management prefers offseason lockouts to in-season strikes, aiming to prevent the loss of regular-season games. Baseball has not lost regular-season games to a work stoppage since a 7 1/2-month strike in 1994-95 that caused the first cancellation of the World Series in 90 years.

Talks for the last agreement began in April 2021 and ended with a deal on March 10, 2022 that preserved the 162-game schedule only after the sides bargained past several deadlines and Manfred announced the cancellation of 184 games, which were restored.

Bruce Meyer will lead negotiations for the union, as he did in 2021-22, but in his new role as interim union head. He moved up from deputy director in February after the forced resignation of Tony Clark, a former All-Star first baseman who took over following the death of Michael Weiner in 2013.

Deputy commissioner Dan Halem heads MLB's negotiations team, as he did in talks for the previous two agreements.

MLB and Meyer declined to comment on the session.

“I think just player engagement as a whole, it just seems like there’s a lot of it right now,” Holmes said. “Guys are wanting to hear and guys are wanting to be there and so, just to be able to kind of be there and pass along things that you may see or learn or just have conversations there.”

Some major league owners have said a salary cap system that also contains a floor is needed and would improve the sport. MLB, unlike the NFL, NBA and NHL, has not had a cap system, but since 2003 has had a luxury tax designed to slow spending.

“When I talk to the players, I don’t try to convince them that a salary cap system would be a good thing,” Manfred told the Baseball Writers’ Association of America last summer. “I identify a problem in the media business and explain to them that owners need to change to address that problem. I then identify a second problem that we need to work together and that is that there are fans in a lot of our markets who feel like we have a competitive balance problem."

Restraints had not appeared to have had much impact on the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets in recent years. The Dodgers shattered MLB's spending records with a combined $515 million in payroll and luxury tax last year en route to their second straight World Series title, according to final figures compiled by the commissioner’s office, and Los Angeles is projected for the highest total again in 2026. The ratio of the five highest spenders to the five lowest increased from 3.6 in 2021 to a record-high 4.7 last year.

The union maintains a cap system decreases spending on players, while management argues a cap and a floor would benefit most players.

Players increased their potential war chest of cash and investments ahead of collective bargaining to $415 million heading into 2026. MLB also has been accumulating cash ahead of bargaining, about $75 million per club in withheld central fund distributions.

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Según agentes de la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward, la balacera ocurrió alrededor de la 1 a.m. del viernes cerca de la cuadra 7900 de Southwest Seventh Court.

Los investigadores dijeron que O’Mari Doe, de 19 años, estaba dentro de un Ford Mustang 2020 cuando se desató la balacera. Los agentes indicaron que Doe sufrió múltiples heridas de bala y fue trasladado en helicóptero a Broward Health North, donde posteriormente fue declarado muerto.

Indicaron que una segunda víctima, Maurice Vorroto, de 20 años y residente de Coconut Creek, fue encontrada fuera del Mustang con una herida de bala. Las autoridades confirmaron que sus lesiones no ponían en peligro su vida.

Los agentes dijeron que Doe, Vorroto y otras dos víctimas estaban sentados dentro del Mustang cuando Aamir Dennard Adams, de 19 años, Anthony Adams, de 18, y dos menores de 15 y 16 años llegaron en un Honda Accord negro.

Según los investigadores, testigos dijeron a los detectives que los sospechosos salieron del vehículo armados con pistolas y dispararon múltiples veces contra el Mustang antes de huir del área.

Las autoridades posteriormente identificaron el vehículo sospechoso y emitieron una alerta para que otras agencias policiales estuvieran atentas.

Los investigadores dijeron que un agente de la Policía de Fort Lauderdale posteriormente vio el Honda Accord, lo que provocó una persecución que terminó cerca de la cuadra 900 de Southwest 13th Street en Fort Lauderdale después de que los sospechosos abandonaran el vehículo y huyeran.

Los detectives dijeron que los cuatro sospechosos fueron localizados y arrestados, y que se recuperaron armas dentro del vehículo.

Según la BSO, Aamir Adams, Anthony Adams y los dos menores, cuyos nombres no han sido divulgados, enfrentan cada uno un cargo de asesinato premeditado en primer grado y tres cargos de intento de asesinato en primer grado, además de intento criminal de solicitar o conspirar y resistirse a un agente sin violencia.

La investigación continúa en curso.

Según los agentes, la amenaza contra la escuela ubicada en 9401 Stirling Road fue recibida poco después de las 12:30 p.m.

Los agentes respondieron al campus para investigar la amenaza y también fue notificada la Unidad de Manejo de Amenazas de la agencia.

Los agentes dijeron que la escuela fue puesta bajo cierre preventivo como medida de precaución.

No se divulgaron más detalles de inmediato.

Golden Tempo is the third Kentucky Derby winner over the past five years not in the Preakness Stakes, which for the sixth time in eight years will run without a Triple Crown contender.

While no decisions have been made, Maryland officials are considering shifting the Preakness from two weeks to three after the Derby, which always runs the first Saturday in May with the Belmont Stakes on the first Saturday in June — a five-week span that has been a mainstay since 1969, except for the 2020 pandemic when they were run out of order.

It's almost unheard of for elite thoroughbreds now to race that frequently. While momentum is building toward a change worthy of upending tradition, many at the height of the sport wonder if one additional week would even make a difference.

“It’s not enough, no,” trainer Brad Cox said. “A lot of the trainers that have the success at the top level with these 3-year-olds would tell you that you would like more than three weeks."

Anything more would require a massive undertaking involving stakeholders in multiple jurisdictions and media companies.

Changing the Triple Crown could be complicated

American Pharoah in 2015 and Justify in 2018 became the 12th and 13th horses to sweep all three races. The 2015 win ended a 37-year Triple Crown drought that was the longest in history.

The concern is less about whether a 3-year-old is good enough to win the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont and more about them not even getting the opportunity. Typically, the best horses go a month or more between races, including a grueling road just to get to Churchill Downs for the Derby.

“It’s pretty obvious that the horses benefit from more time in between races,” Chad Brown, five-time Eclipse Award-winner as trainer of the year, said. “They run a lot less than they used to over the course of time, when you study the history, and I guess we have to take a step back and look at what’s best — even if it’s an uncomfortable change.”

Brown, who has won the Preakness twice, agrees with Cox that three weeks is not enough but also said a small shift should come first.

The Maryland Jockey Club, which is taking over control of the Preakness from 1/ST Racing beginning next year, must first complete a media rights agreement that could play a big role in when the race is held. 1/ST Racing in 2023 broached the possibility of moving the Preakness back by two weeks, and while that never happened, new people in charge now have that control.

“We do have that luxury of just starting over and listening to all viewpoints, and ultimately we’re going to try to make the best decision we can for obviously the event and horse racing and the state of Maryland,” Maryland Jockey Club president and general manager Bill Knauf told The Associated Press this week. “We obviously recognize the history. We know what obviously has happened recently in terms of some of the Derby winners not being able to make it because of the timing. So, everything is going to be considered.”

Watching the developments keenly are officials in charge of the Belmont, which would likely need to shift in some way to avoid the same dilemma of another short turnaround. That decision is up to the New York Racing Association, and pushing the final Crown race back to, say, the July Fourth weekend is unlikely given the lack of fan interest in sports during the holiday.

NYRA spokesman Pat McKenna said: “We are always willing to engage with Churchill Downs and the Maryland Jockey Club to ensure the continued success of the Triple Crown.”

Horse welfare is the most important thing

It's not typically the fear of injury but rather performance concerns that keep owners and trainers from wanting to risk a two- or three-week turnaround.

“It’s not that the horses can’t do it,” said trainer Whit Beckman, who entered Ocelli in the Preakness after he finished third in the Derby. "These are very durable, resilient animals when they’re fit, when they’re happy, when they’re healthy, so it’s not necessarily a matter of they can’t do it. It’s just a matter of the opportunities nowadays just don’t seem to arise like this.”

Like Bill Mott with Derby champion Sovereignty last year, Cherie DeVaux is bypassing the Preakness with Golden Tempo to focus on the Belmont on June 6. The five-week gap paid off for Sovereignty, who won the Belmont, the Jim Dandy and the Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York and is back racing as a 4-year-old.

“They obviously skipped the Preakness because it’s kind of tough for trainers and owners,” Cox said. "We sometimes get bashed about not having horses stay around at the age of 4, but you’ve got to manage them properly and manage them right in order to get some longevity out of them. And running them back in two weeks, demanding races, oftentimes that’s not going to lead to longevity.”

Sovereignty earned nearly $6 million, and his success will be worth even more in breeding.

There are many other factors to consider

Brown, whose opinion has evolved to embracing change, wants horse racing to figure out the reasons the race should get moved: based on more Derby horses in the Preakness, long-term health coming out of it and viewership.

"Are you looking for a little bit of all of it?” Brown said. “The industry needs to clearly define what their main objectives are before you move it and work backwards from there to see what date of this race is going to achieve those. ”

More Derby winners and horses in general going to the Preakness could restore the luster of the race and perhaps boost viewership and attendance, which last year was down 60% from pre-pandemic levels.

Television exposure is crucial, and Knauf expects resolution on a new media rights deal soon. Whether NBC Sports retains the rights or Fox Sports takes over, as it has the Belmont, could affect negotiations over spacing.

“There are a lot of factors, and certainly the media rights and broadcast partner, dependent on whatever events they already are showcasing on those weekends come in,” Knauf said. “We are trying to do the best that we can to obviously communicate with all of them, communicate eventually with partners in NYRA and Churchill as part of the Triple Crown.”

Knauf expects whatever strategy Maryland comes up with to be implemented as soon as 2027, when the Preakness returns to Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore after a one-year stint at Laurel Park. That would be the start of a shift in racing that Brown considers inevitable.

“It’s not sustainable,” Brown said. “You can’t ignore the trend, and you can’t ignore the fact that horses in all different categories and class levels seem to appreciate more time in between their races, for whatever the reasons are. So, that’s the way we’re headed.”

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Some storms could be severe with damaging wind gusts and flooding. An isolated tornado and hail are also possible. The highest threat is from 4-9 p.m. After 9 p.m., lighter rain may linger in spots.

More showers and thunderstorms will likely develop on Wednesday, especially in the afternoon. It may not be as widespread as Tuesday, but an isolated storm still could be strong. High temperatures will be in the upper 80s. We will be drier to end the work week as temperatures warm back to 90 degrees again.

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According to deputies with the Broward Sheriff’s Office, the shooting occurred around 1 a.m. Friday near the 7900 block of Southwest Seventh Court.

Investigators said 19-year-old O’Mari Doe was inside a 2020 Ford Mustang when gunfire erupted. Deputies said Doe suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was airlifted to Broward Health North, where he was later pronounced dead.

They said a second victim, 20-year-old Maurice Vorroto, of Coconut Creek, was found outside the Mustang suffering from a gunshot wound. Authorities confirmed that his injuries were not life-threatening.

Deputies said Doe, Vorroto, and two other victims were sitting inside the Mustang when Aamir Dennard Adams, 19, Anthony Adams, 18, Romayne Smith, 16, and Amari Adams, 15, arrived in a black Honda Accord.

According to investigators, witnesses told detectives the suspects got out of the car armed with handguns and fired multiple shots into the Mustang before fleeing the area.

Authorities later identified the suspect vehicle and issued a be-on-the-lookout alert to surrounding law enforcement agencies.

Investigators said a Fort Lauderdale police officer later spotted the Honda Accord, prompting a pursuit that ended near the 900 block of Southwest 13th Street in Fort Lauderdale after the suspects bailed out of the vehicle.

Detectives said all four suspects were located and arrested, and guns were recovered from inside the car.

All four suspects each face one count of first-degree premeditated murder and three counts of attempted first-degree murder, along with criminal attempt to solicit or conspire and resisting an officer without violence, according to BSO.

The investigation remains ongoing.

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According to deputies, the threat to the school at 9401 Stirling Road was received just after 12:30 p.m.

Deputies responded to the campus to investigate the threat and the agency’s Threat Management Unit was also notified.

Deputies said the school was placed on lockdown as a precaution, but the school district later confirmed that the “all clear” has since been given.

No other details were immediately released.

He had speaking lines — pulling off a “Saved by the Bell” joke — in Adam Sandler's “Happy Gilmore 2” and even snagged a bit part for his wife alongside him for a party scene in the recent Anne Hathaway movie “The Devil Wears Prada 2.”

There's something about sequels that fits McIlroy just fine these days.

No red carpet needed.

Try green jackets. Two of them, after he joined Tiger Woods, Nick Faldo and Jack Nicklaus as the only repeat winners of the Masters.

The 37-year-old McIlroy is living his best life ahead of this weekend's PGA Championship, feeling at ease as he navigates not only the pressures of trying to win another major, but time management that comes with outside opportunities, as well — running the gamut from movie cameos to schmoozing with the Kelce brothers on their podcast to a state dinner during the visit of King Charles III at the White House with President Donald Trump.

“Sometimes you have to enjoy the perks,” McIlroy said, “because I know that isn't going to last forever.”

McIlroy, winner of the 2012 and 2014 PGA Championships, even found time to squeeze in rounds two weeks ago at Aronimink Golf Club to get a feel for the course before the first round starts Thursday. McIlroy played his only rounds at the suburban Philadelphia course at the 2018 BMW Championship and found the early visits can sometimes give him a bit of an edge headed into otherwise unfamiliar courses for the bulk of the field.

“I definitely think courses we don’t see very often, whether it’s here or Shinnecock or Frisco, it certainly has benefited me over the years,” McIlroy said. “I remember the first time I did it for a major championship was Congressional in 2011 on the back of a recommendation from Jack Nicklaus. So, it’s helped me over the years.”

The advice from Nicklaus for the early trip to Congressional Country Club was a success — McIlroy won the 2011 U.S. Open by eight strokes.

McIlroy is trying to join Ben Hogan (1953), Arnold Palmer (1960), Jack Nicklaus (1972), Tiger Woods (2002) and Jordan Spieth (2015) as the only golfers to win the first two majors of the year in the modern rotation.

“Coming into this tournament feels a lot different than what it did last year,” McIlroy said. “I feel like I’ve got some nice clear road ahead to try to get some more of these majors.”

For as much has gone right for McIlroy — and at only 37, he shows no sign of slowing down — he's happy to admit when he gets something wrong.

LIV Golf had a seemingly endless supply of Saudi money that suddenly is coming to an end. The Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia bankrolled LIV and seemingly had a deal in place to join commercial forces with the PGA Tour. The Saudis walked away from LIV and McIlroy admitted Tuesday at Aronimink that he never should have advocated for them to invest in the tour.

“I can admit when I’m wrong, and that was one that I did get wrong,” McIlroy said. “I think it was always a possibility to happen. I think everyone knows like with everything that’s happening in the Middle East, that had a lot to do; but whenever you have funding tied so much to the geopolitical landscape in the world, that’s a tricky road to navigate.”

McIlroy, the only European with the career Grand Slam, hasn't found much else to worry about this year.

He played last weekend at Quail Hollow (one of his favorite courses), making the Truist Championship his lone tournament since he won at Augusta.

“I need to take the time after the Masters to reset and decompress and get myself in the right mental space again to get myself up for this tournament and keep going for the U.S. Open and The Open Championship,” he said.

Scottie Scheffler is the betting favorite to win at Aronimink, followed by McIlroy.

After a career full of chasing, chasing, chasing and falling short at Augusta, McIlroy was about swallowed by the enormity last year of actually winning the Masters.

The fulfilment of a career Grand Slam left him wondering, what's next?

Turned out, the answer was as simple as winning Augusta again.

He now has six majors, tied with Nick Faldo, Lee Trevino and Phil Mickelson. The professional bucket list is about full — how about a gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympics? — and the only real challenge is to see how high he can rise among the career major winners.

McIlroy's not even close to yelling, “Cut!” on his career. But if there are more film projects out there looking for an actor to play, well, give the Northern Irishman a shout.

“There’s going to be a day where I’m not sitting up here and I’m not competing for major championships and I’m not doing what I’m doing,” he said. “I guess while I’m doing it, I have to enjoy it, as well.”

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Velasco dijo durante la conferencia presidencial matutina que el Departamento de Estado no ha respondido la nota diplomática que envió hace casi dos semanas la cancillería mexicana sobre el proceso y las órdenes de detención con fines de extradición de Rocha Moya y nueve funcionarios activos y retirados, que desataron nuevas tensiones entre el gobierno de Claudia Sheinbaum y Washington.

La fiscalía de Nueva York hizo pública a fines de abril una acusación por tráfico de drogas y tenencia ilícita de armas contra Rocha Moya, el alcalde de la capital de Sinaloa, Juan de Dios Gámez —ambos del partido gobernante Morena— y otros ocho funcionarios mexicanos entre los que se incluye un senador oficialista y un vicefiscal.

En la acusación se los señala de ayudar a la facción del Cártel de Sinaloa conocida como “Los Chapitos”, integrada por los hijos del ex capo condenado Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, a introducir fentanilo, heroína, cocaína y metanfetamina a Estados Unidos.

La Fiscalía General de México informó a inicios de mes que no ejecutaría las detenciones provisionales con fines de extradición de los funcionarios mexicanos dado que “no hay ningún motivo, no hay ningún fundamento, no hay ninguna evidencia” para esa medida.

Sheinbaum insistió el martes en que no hay pruebas suficientes para detener a Rocha Moya, quien tras el escándalo se separó temporalmente del cargo al igual que Gámez.

Esa postura fue ratificada por el secretario de Seguridad federal, Omar García Harfuch, quien negó que las autoridades mexicanas hayan detectado alguna conducta ilícita o iniciado una investigación contra el gobernador.

Tanto Rocha Moya, quien gobernó Sinaloa desde 2021, como los otros nueve involucrados en el caso han rechazado las acusaciones.

The nonpartisan CBO report, published Tuesday, is described as an analysis that reflects “one illustrative approach rather than an estimate of a specific Administration proposal.”

The futuristic system was ordered by Trump in an executive order during his first week in office. He said then that he expected the system to be “fully operational before the end of my term,” which wraps up in January 2029.

“Over the past 40 years, rather than lessening, the threat from next-generation strategic weapons has become more intense and complex with the development by peer and near-peer adversaries of next-generation delivery systems,” Trump said in his executive order, justifying the need for the missile defense system.

The CBO’s estimates are in part based on a lack of details from the Defense Department about what and how many systems will be deployed, “making it impossible to estimate the long term cost” of the Golden Dome system, the report says.

The concept for the missile system is at least partly inspired by Israel’s multitiered defenses, often collectively referred to as the “Iron Dome,” which played a key role in defending it from rocket and missile fire from Iran and allied militant groups as it prosecutes the war on Iran alongside the U.S.

The U.S. Golden Dome is envisioned to include ground- and space-based capabilities able to detect, intercept and stop missiles at all major stages of a potential attack.

Congress has already approved roughly $24 billion for the missile defense initiative through Republicans' massive tax and spending measure signed into law last summer.

Gen. Michael A. Guetlein, director of the Golden Dome project, testified last month about its costs. He told lawmakers that various groups estimating costs “just take the cost of a legacy system and they multiply it out and they get these really large numbers and they say, well, that must be it.

"That is not what Golden Dome is doing,” the U.S. Space Force general said. “We are laser focused on affordability.”

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., who requested the estimate from the CBO, said in response to the report that the missile defense project is “nothing more than a massive giveaway to defense contractors paid for entirely by working Americans.”

Last May, the president said the Golden Dome would cost $175 billion. The CBO last year estimated that just the space-based components of the Golden Dome could cost as much as $542 billion over the next 20 years.

Messi’s new contract includes $25 million in base salary and $28,333,333 in guaranteed compensation, the MLS Players Association said Tuesday in its first release of 2026 salaries. He earns more than the payrolls of 28 of the other 29 MLS teams.

Miami's $54.6 million payroll is more than $20 million higher than LAFC, which is second at $32.7 million, and nearly five times as much as Philadelphia's league-low $11.7 million. Miami's payroll is up from $46.8 million at the start of last season.

Toronto cut payroll to $21.4 million from $34.1 million at the start of 2025, and LAFC boosted its spending to $32.7 million from $22.4 million.

Total league compensation was $631 million and the average guaranteed compensation of $688,816 on April 16 was up 8.9% from $632,809 as of last Oct. 1.

Messi's initial MLS contract, agreed to in July 2023, included a $12 million base salary and annualized guaranteed compensation of $20,446,667. Messi agreed last October to a three-year contract through the 2028 season, then led the team to its first MLS title.

An attacker who turns 39 next month, Messi is captain of defending World Cup champion Argentina and is expected to play in his sixth World Cup. Messi has 59 goals in 64 regular-season games with Miami, including nine in 11 matches this season. He led MLS with 29 regular-season goals last season and won his second straight MVP award.

His salary figures are for his MLS contract and include any marketing bonus and agent’s fees but do not account for any additional agreements with the team or its affiliates, or for any performance bonuses.

Son is second at $10,368,750 in base salary and $11,152,852 in total compensation, the same as his figures last season. The 33-year-old winger joined LA last August.

Midfielder Rodrigo de Paul, who signed with Miami last summer, is third at $7,569,000 in salary and $9,688,320 in total compensation, followed by Atlanta winger Miguel Almirón ($6,056,000, $7,871,000), San Diego winger Hirving Lozano ($6 million, $9,333,333), New York Red Bulls winger Emil Forsberg ($5,405,000, $6,035,625), Nashville forward Sam Surridge ($5.27 million, $5,933,000), LA Galaxy midfielder Riqui Puig ($5,125,000, $5,792,188), Vancouver attacker Thomas Müller ($5,000,004, $5,152,504) and Chicago winger Jonathan Bamba ($5 million, $5,581,806).

Cincinnati defender Miles Robinson topped MLS players in contention for spots on the U.S. World Cup roster at $3.5 million in base salary and $3.95 million in total compensation, followed by New England goalkeeper Matt Turner ($1,776,136, $1,942,886), Seattle midfielder Cristian Roldan ($1,645,000, $1,766,000), Charlotte midfielder Tim Ream ($1 million, $1,127,750), Columbus goalkeeper Patrick Schulte ($900,000, $1,032,083), Columbus left back/winger Max Arfsten ($800,000, $895,000), New York City goalkeeper Matt Freese ($675,000, $795,833), Cincinnati goalkeeper Roman Celentano ($525,000, $574,000), Salt Lake midfielder Diego Luna ($450,000, $500,833), Vancouver midfielder Sebastian Berhalter ($480,000) and Chicago goalkeeper Chris Brady ($250,000, $348,333).

Newcomers to the league include Toronto forward Josh Sargent ($3.21 million, $5,265,667), San Jose forward Timo Werner ($3,738,872, $4,268,039), Salt Lake winger Morgan Guilavogui ($2.2 million, $2,225,500), Houston forward Guilherme ($1,528,572, $1,925,230), LAFC midfielder Stephen Eustáquio ($1.8 million), D.C. forward Louis Munteanu ($1.19 million, $1,634,100) and Minnesota midfielder James Rodríguez ($684,000).

MLS's median salary — the point an equal number of players earned above and below — rose 4.1% to $352,104 from $338,347 last fall. There were 133 players earning $1 million or more, up from 131 at the start of last season and 91 at the start of 2022.

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Esto debido a que la Policía acusa a Josh Koren, identificado por la cadena durante sus apariciones televisivas como fundador de Musketeer Capital Partners, de acosar a una mujer.

Koren, de 38 años y residente de South Beach, fue ingresado en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight acusado de acoso agravado e invasión de propiedad privada.

Según un reporte de arresto del Departamento de Policía de Miami Beach, el inversionista, cuyo nombre completo es Joshua Chad Koren, llegó el lunes por la noche al apartamento de la mujer en West Avenue con “artículos extremadamente preocupantes” dentro de una bolsa: “dos vestidos nuevos, dos cuchillos plegables, una lata de gas pimienta y una pistola eléctrica (Sabre)”.

La Policía indicó que Koren ya había sido expulsado del edificio el jueves después de presentarse allí y “provocar una escena” al punto que una vecina de la mujer “estaba instalando un sistema de seguridad en su apartamento debido al comportamiento” de Koren.

Los investigadores dijeron que luego de que Koren llegara al edificio en su Porsche 911 Carrera azul poco antes de las 7 p.m. y la Policía fuera llamada por invasión de propiedad privada, un testigo se acercó a los agentes y les dijo que Koren “era el hombre que estaba acosando a la víctima”.

Según el reporte de la Policía de Miami Beach, Koren dijo a los agentes que estaba “visitando a su novia” y que se mudaría al apartamento de ella.

Las autoridades dijeron que entrevistaron a la víctima, quien indicó a los agentes que a Koren “se le ha dicho múltiples veces que la deje en paz, al punto que su lugar de trabajo le proporcionó documentación legal para que dejara de molestarla o comunicarse con ella”.

La Policía indicó que Koren “ha continuado acosando a la víctima desde múltiples números telefónicos dejando mensajes como si ambos fueran pareja cuando no lo son”.

Las autoridades dijeron que un registro del vehículo de Koren reveló los mencionados “artículos preocupantes”, los cuales él afirmó eran “regalos” para la mujer. La Policía indicó que él aseguró tener “todo el derecho” de estar en el edificio porque “su novia” vivía allí.

Tras su arresto, Koren permanecía detenido el martes en TGK con una fianza “pendiente por establecer”.

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That’s because police are accusing Josh Koren, identified by the network during his cable hits as the founder of Musketeer Capital Partners, of stalking a woman.

Koren, 38, of South Beach, was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on charges of aggravated stalking and trespassing.

According to an arrest report from the Miami Beach Police Department, the investor, whose full name is Joshua Chad Koren, showed up at the woman’s apartment on West Avenue Monday evening with “extremely concerning items“ in a bag: ”two new dresses, two folding knives, a can of pepper spray and a (Sabre) stun gun.”

Police said he had already been trespassed from the building on Thursday after he went there and “caused a scene” to the point where the woman’s neighbor “was having a security system installed on her apartment due to (his) behavior.”

Investigators said after Koren showed up at the building in his blue Porsche 911 Carrera just before 7 p.m. and police were called about him trespassing, a witness flagged officers down and told them that Koren “was the guy stalking the victim.”

According to the MBPD report, Koren told police that he was “visiting his girlfriend” and was moving into her apartment.

Authorities said they interviewed the victim, who told officers that Koren “has been told multiple times to leave her alone, to the point where her workplace provided legal documentation to (him) to no longer bother or communicate with her.”

Police said that Koren “has continued to harass the victim from multiple phone numbers leaving messages as if the two are an item when they are not.”

Authorities said a search of Koren’s car revealed the aforementioned “concerning items,” which he said were “gifts” for the woman. Police said he claimed he had “every right” to be at the building because “his girlfriend” lived here.

Following his arrest, Koren remained at TGK on Tuesday with a bond listed as “to be set.”

The Spurs are obviously relieved about that. And if Wembanyama is angry about missing most of Game 4, then even better, Spurs guard Devin Vassell said Tuesday at shootaround.

“I know he was upset not being able to play that game," Vassell said at a shootaround attended by Spurs President Gregg Popovich, Spurs legend Manu Ginobili and former Spurs assistant Brett Brown, among others. "So, I know that he’s going to be ready to go. That’s what we need. We need that upset Vic who’s ready to attack the game for sure.”

It could be easily argued that Tuesday's game — Game 5, playoff series, tied 2-2, with the winner moving one win from a trip to the Western Conference finals — is the biggest of Wembanyama's NBA career.

Vassell wants to see a fiery Wembanyama — within reason, of course.

“We’ve seen it before. We’ve seen when Vic gets upset," Vassell said. "I mean, we just need him to calm his emotions, make sure that he doesn’t let his emotions take over because at the end of the day like I said, he can’t get any flagrants, he can’t get anything like that. So, Vic knows what he's got to do and he’ll be ready.”

Wembanyama was ejected from the Spurs-Timberwolves game on Sunday night because of the elbow, which he threw early in the second quarter after getting tangled with Minnesota's Naz Reid and Jaden McDaniels while grabbing a rebound. Wembanyama swung his arms and his elbow struck Reid in the face.

Officials looked at the play and upgraded the foul to a Flagrant 2, which comes with an automatic ejection. The NBA, as it always does in those situations, further reviewed the play after the game and decided Monday that the ejection was sufficient. It could have fined or even suspended Wembanyama for Game 5 and beyond if it felt that was warranted.

“I don’t think we even thought about it much at all," Timberwolves guard Mike Conley Jr. told reporters at Minnesota's shootaround session Tuesday. "I think once the ruling came down, it was just like, we expected that and just moved forward. It's one of those things. We don’t want guys to miss games. We want to play against the best. We don't want to have guys missing games like that."

Wembanyama's elbow isn't the Spurs' biggest issue right now. The ankles and knees of two of his teammates are potentially problematic, however.

The Spurs added Dylan Harper to their injury list a few hours before Game 5 on Thursday with left knee soreness. He's listed as questionable, as is point guard De'Aaron Fox — who is dealing with what the Spurs described as right ankle soreness.

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Kelvin Evans, 41, entered guilty pleas in Fulton County Superior Court to entering an automobile and criminal trespass. He was sentenced to two years in prison, according to news outlets. He was scheduled to go on trial this week.

Evans broke into a parked Jeep Wagoneer last July that was rented by a choreographer and a dancer for Beyoncé.

Christoper Grant, the choreographer, and Diandre Blue, the dancer, told Atlanta police they returned to the vehicle on July 8 to find the trunk window damaged and two suitcases gone.

Stolen items included hard drives containing unreleased music, footage plans and concert set lists, according to a police report. The theft occurred two days before Beyoncé kicked off four nights of concerts at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium as part of her “Cowboy Carter” tour.

Surveillance cameras captured the break-in. Police arrested Evans in August.

They have not recovered the hard drives or other stolen items.

Scheffler has been there ever since.

As for Rahm? He can only wonder which direction his career would have gone had he not bolted from the PGA Tour at the end of 2023 to take the Saudi riches of LIV Golf.

He firmly dismissed the notion Tuesday that his departure — six months after the PGA Tour tried to strike a deal with the Saudis — was an attempt to force the two circuits to unite.

“I was never thinking that I was going to be any sort of weight that would tip the scales to make things come together," Rahm said. “That was never an argument in my mind.”

The Spaniard prefers not to look back — not at any shot or any round that cost him a chance to win any tournament. And certainly not a decision that is starting to look worse by the day as LIV's future no longer includes financial backing from Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund.

“I've made a lot of decisions in my life, and I've never gone back thinking, ‘Oh, had I know this again, I would do ’x' and ‘y’ different. I could do that about 15 different golf shots on the golf course every single day," Rahm said. "If I lived my life like that as a golfer, I would be a very pessimistic person.

“So we don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow, and all we can do is learn from things that happen in the past good and bad,” he said. “Just to speculate on what could have done, what could have been different doesn’t really make much sense.”

Three years ago can seem even longer considering where he was.

Scheffler won the Phoenix Open — Rahm finished third — to return to No. 1 in the world, which lasted all of one week until Rahm won at Riviera. Three weeks later, Scheffler went back to No. 1 by winning The Players Championship and stayed there for a month until Rahm won the Masters.

Back and forth they went — Rory McIlroy joined the fray in the summer — until December when Rahm famously wore that black letterman's jacket during the announcement that he had joined LIV.

Where are they now?

Scheffler has been No. 1 since that 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill, the longest streak of anyone other than Tiger Woods since the ranking began in 1986.

Rahm is at No. 20, a ranking that comes with an asterisk because LIV Golf started getting ranking points only last year, and then at a reduced rate because of the size and strength of its field. Only the top 10 on LIV receive points, but Rahm has never finished out of the top 10. Moot point.

Rahm, though, is keenly aware of the perception.

He referred to himself as being under the radar at the Masters this year, and then lived up to that by nearly missing the cut.

But he has a point because he hasn't been part of the conversation about the best golf. Despite two wins and four runner-up finishes in the seven LIV events this year, the talk of golf is Scheffler and McIlroy, with Cameron Young and Matt Fitzpatrick on the fringes.

“As good as I played this year, nobody’s expects anything from me this week,” Rahm said. “It’s just funny, in that sense. ... I think as players, we usually have a fairly good assessment of where we stand. I don’t really necessarily need a ranking to tell me where I’m at or where I feel like I’m at.”

And where is that?

Rahm wasn't about to attach a number to where he thinks he should be. That's asking for a debate he doesn't want.

“I will just say I feel like the way I’ve played, including the last three years, I feel like I'm playing better than the ranking I have now,” he said.

That makes weeks like this so important for Rahm.

It's only four weeks a year that he gets a crack at a full field of golf's best players, and it hasn't gone very well for him since he left a full schedule of top competition.

In the eight majors Rahm has played since leaving for LIV, he has finished out of the top 30 in half of them, including a missed cut.

He has had three top 10s but only one serious chance of winning. That was last year in the PGA Championship at Quail Hollow when he rallied from five shots back of Scheffler, only for his Sunday charge to stall. He played the last three holes in 5 over when the tournament already was decided and wound up in a tie for eight, seven shots behind.

He also tied for seventh in the U.S. Open, though he started the final round 11 shots behind. He tied for seventh in the 2024, eight shots behind.

Rahm described his form as “very, very comfortable.”

“I've been playing — obviously besides the Masters — pretty good golf up until now,” he said.

The Masters is where he gets the true measure. The PGA Championship is no different. Winning won't return him to No. 1 in the world or get him close to Scheffler or even McIlroy. But it might at least get him back in the conversation.

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Yusiel Lopez Insua, de 46 años, aceptará un acuerdo de culpabilidad en julio y no irá a juicio, indicó su defensa durante una audiencia en una corte federal el martes.

Lopez Insua enfrenta un cargo de homicidio involuntario marítimo en relación con la colisión del 28 de julio de 2025 cerca de Hibiscus Island que mató a tres menores a bordo de una embarcación de un campamento juvenil de vela: Mila Yankelevich, de 7 años; Erin Ko Han, de 13; y Arielle Buchman, de 10.

Una consejera del campamento de 19 años y dos menores, una de ellas identificada como Calena Areyan Gruber, de 7 años, sobrevivieron.

Los fiscales federales alegan que Lopez Insua operaba un remolcador que empujaba una barcaza de construcción cuando impactó el velero averiado en Biscayne Bay. Los investigadores dijeron que el velero había perdido viento y quedó a la deriva en la trayectoria de la barcaza.

Las autoridades han indicado que Lopez Insua estaba usando su teléfono celular alrededor del momento del choque y que los datos mostraban actividad en mercados por internet.

Los fiscales también alegan que la vista desde la cabina del remolcador estaba obstruida por una estructura y una grúa en la barcaza, y que la embarcación carecía de sistemas adecuados de vigilancia como cámaras o radar.

Documentos judiciales previamente indicaron que Lopez Insua había operado la embarcación durante años y que tuvo incidentes previos de casi colisión en la misma área.

El choque también es objeto de al menos una demanda en una corte del condado Miami-Dade.

Buenos Aires fue el epicentro de la cuarta marcha federal desde 2024 en defensa de la universidad pública, que según sus referentes sufre un deterioro “dramático” por la reducción de fondos aplicada por el gobierno en el marco de su política de ajuste que busca garantizar el superávit fiscal.

“La situación presupuestaria es crítica, el recorte ocurre a en todas las dimensiones de asuntos universitarios”, señaló Joaquín Carvalho, presidente de la Federación Universitaria Argentina (FUA), ante una multitud, en su mayoría docentes y estudiantes, reunida en la histórica Plaza de Mayo, frente a la casa de gobierno. También respondieron a la convocatoria sindicatos y organizaciones sociales opositoras.

El dirigente universitario, que leyó un documento consensuado con los rectores y docentes, detalló que las transferencias a las universidades nacionales registraron una caída real del 45,6% entre 2023 y 2026, "una reducción inédita de recursos disponibles para el sostenimiento del sistema universitario”.

Los manifestantes exigen que el gobierno aplique la ley de financiamiento universitario aprobada por el Congreso en 2024 y avalada posteriormente por la justicia que contempla la actualización de los salarios y las partidas presupuestarias para las facultades según la inflación. Milei se ha resistido a hacerlo argumentando que la norma no especifica de dónde saldrán los fondos para ello.

La multitudinarias protestas en grandes centros urbanos del país tuvo lugar en momentos en que empieza a evidenciarse un descontento mayoritario de la población a las políticas de ajuste del mandatario ultraliberal, agravado por casos de corrupción que salpican a su gobierno.

“Si hoy no defendemos a nuestras universidades, el futuro de prosperidad para el país será un solo sueño”, advirtió Carvalho. “Presidente, salga y tome nota. Es muy jodido (negativo) meterse con los sueños de la gente”.

El reclamo atraviesa a diferentes sectores sociales y segmentos etarios ya que la universidad pública y gratuita —especialmente la de Buenos Aires (UBA)— ha sido considerada durante generaciones como un instrumento de movilidad social para nacionales y extranjeros que se forman en sus aulas.

“Se nota mucho las ganas que tiene este gobierno de desfinanciar a la educación pública”, comentó a AP Sol Muñíz, de 24 años, quien está cursando el ingreso a la carrera de Derecho en la UBA y concurrió a las tres marchas anteriores. “La universidad para nosotros es un orgullo, es lo mejor que tenemos. Es un derecho y se nota mucho la intención de dejarnos sin futuro”.

Conflicto enquistado

El rector de la UBA, Ricardo Gelpi, lamentó el martes la creciente fuga de docentes al sector privado por la pérdida de alrededor de 40% del poder adquisitivo de sus salarios en un contexto en el que la inflación ha repuntado. Esa casa de estudios es una de las más prestigiosas de Latinoamérica y la de mayor matrícula de estudiantes del país sudamericano.

Gelpi dijo a medios de prensa que la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas ha perdido aproximadamente 440 docentes investigadores y la Facultad de Ingeniería al menos 140.

El rector señaló que eso junto a que los gastos de funcionamiento “se pagan a mes vencido y sin actualización por inflación... está afectando la educación superior e hipotecando el futuro del país”.

El Ejecutivo sostiene que está en riesgo la estabilidad macroeconómica y ha calificado la protesta de acto opositor.

El subsecretario de Políticas Universitarias, Alejandro Álvarez, señaló que el Ejecutivo ha dado "un montón de aumentos el año pasado y los damos autónomamente porque los sindicatos (de docentes) no firman ninguno que no sea exactamente el que ellos piden”.

El funcionario afirmó que por primera vez las universidades “tienen los fondos depositados en tiempo y forma” para gastos de funcionamiento cuando antes de la llegada de Milei al poder a fines de 2023 “los tenían cuatro meses tarde y nadie se quejaba”.

La ley fue aprobada en septiembre de 2024 y vetada después por el gobierno. Fue ratificada por el Poder Legislativo en 2025, aunque el gobierno suspendió su aplicación mediante un decreto.

El conflicto llegó a los estrados judiciales. En su último capítulo, la Corte Suprema deberá expedirse tras el fallo de una cámara de segunda instancia de este mes que suspendió una medida cautelar favorable al reclamo de universidades, lo que habilitó al gobierno a seguir evitando la aplicación de la norma.

En el cierre del acto en Buenos Aires, los universitarios le exigieron a la Corte Suprema que "nos acompañe y escuche el clamor de las plazas de toda la república y no permita que el gobierno nacional siga incumpliendo la ley”.

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The fire near Florida City was 50% contained after burning about 300 acres, according to the Florida Forest Service.

Miami-Dade firefighters were also assisting and warned people with respiratory conditions to keep their windows and doors closed and set their air conditioning systems to recirculate.

The fire “danger” was moderate and the “potential” high on Tuesday in Miami-Dade, according to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ fire danger index report.

Related reports

• Wildfire burns 300 acres in southern Miami-Dade
• Brush fire causes closure of U.S. 1 heading in, out of Florida Keys
• Brush fire ignites in western Broward County

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Miami-Dade Fire Rescue crews continue assisting @FlForestService (FFS) in containing the 172 Ave brush fire in Southeast Miami-Dade near SW 344 Street & S Dixie Hwy. Currently, no structures nearby are affected.

As per FFS, the fire is 210 acres, with 30% contained.

Commuters… pic.twitter.com/rnWGLpcNf5

— Miami-Dade Fire Rescue (@MiamiDadeFire) May 11, 2026

Terms of the deal announced Tuesday, which still must be approved by the second-tier league and soccer federation, were not disclosed.

Fernandez earned the deal after a two-month trial with the team, appearing in a preseason match against New Mexico United. He played soccer at the youth level before an injury at the age of 15 led him to acting.

“No matter where life has taken me, the dream of competing professionally never truly left my heart,” Fernandez said. “I’m incredibly grateful to El Paso Locomotive FC — the club, coaches, staff, and especially my teammates — for opening the doors and giving me the opportunity to compete from day one."

Locomotive coach Junior Gonzalez said Fernandez is a great addition, giving them another attacking threat while bringing passion and leadership to the locker room.

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El incendio cerca de Florida City estaba contenido en un 50% tras haber quemado aproximadamente 300 acres, según el Servicio Forestal de Florida.

Bomberos de Miami-Dade también estaban ayudando y advirtieron a las personas con problemas respiratorios que mantuvieran sus ventanas y puertas cerradas y configuraran sus sistemas de aire acondicionado en modo de recirculación.

El “peligro” de incendio era moderado y el “potencial” alto el martes en Miami-Dade, según el informe del índice de peligro de incendios del Departamento de Agricultura y Servicios al Consumidor de Florida.

Reportes relacionados

• Incendio forestal quema 300 acres en el sur de Miami-Dade
• Incendio forestal provoca cierre de la U.S. 1 en dirección hacia y desde los Cayos de Florida
• Incendio forestal se desata en el oeste del condado Broward

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Miami-Dade Fire Rescue crews continue assisting @FlForestService (FFS) in containing the 172 Ave brush fire in Southeast Miami-Dade near SW 344 Street & S Dixie Hwy. Currently, no structures nearby are affected.

As per FFS, the fire is 210 acres, with 30% contained.

Commuters… pic.twitter.com/rnWGLpcNf5

— Miami-Dade Fire Rescue (@MiamiDadeFire) May 11, 2026

News of Makary's departure Tuesday came just 13 months after he was confirmed to lead the powerful regulatory agency.

A surgeon and health researcher, Makary came to prominence among Republicans as an outspoken critic of COVID-19 health measures during the pandemic, when he frequently appeared on Fox News Channel. But he struggled to manage the FDA’s bureaucracy and failed to win the confidence of its staff after mass layoffs, leadership upheavals and a series of controversies in which the agency’s scientific principles appeared to be overridden by political interests, including those of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

“He’s a great doctor, and he was having some difficulty,” Trump told reporters outside the White House. “But he’s going to go on and he’s going to do well.”

Trump later confirmed in a social media post that Kyle Diamantas, the agency’s chief for foods, is expected to take over as acting commissioner. Diamantas is an attorney with personal ties to Donald Trump Jr.

In that post, the president included what appeared to be a text message from Makary submitting his resignation. In it, he noted: “I announced 50 major FDA reforms. Joe Biden's FDA had none.” He thanked Trump for the chance to serve.

The FDA commissioner, as the leader of an agency that regulates billions of dollars in consumer goods and medicines, is often required to juggle competing priorities that straddle science and politics.

Makary faced a unique challenge in balancing calls by Trump and other Republicans to cut red tape at the FDA, while also tending to Kennedy’s interest in scrutinizing the safety of vaccines, drugs and food additives. The decision to get rid of Makary was made by Kennedy, and then the White House signed off on it, according to an administration official who was granted anonymity because they were not authorized to describe internal dynamics.

Virtually all of the FDA’s senior career officials resigned, retired or were forced out in the first year of the second-term Trump administration, leading to a steady stream of leaks and negative stories in the media cataloging low morale, dysfunction and frustration among staff.

Makary’s handpicked deputy, Dr. Vinay Prasad, was pushed out of the agency twice in less than a year for running afoul of specialty drugmakers and groups for patients with rare diseases. Makary appeared poised to weather the controversy, despite an ongoing pressure campaign calling on Trump to fire him.

Recent weeks brought fresh criticisms from other interest groups that the White House considers key to Republican chances in November elections.

Anti-abortion groups have accused Makary of slow-walking an internal review of the abortion pill mifepristone, which has been on the market for 25 years but remains a target for conservative activists. They are seeking to roll back FDA rules that currently allow the pill to be sent through the mail.

“We look forward to a new FDA commissioner who will put an end to the mail-order abortion drug regime,” said Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America.

Vaping executives told Trump that Makary was blocking approval of their products, including new flavored e-cigarettes seen as crucial to the industry's survival.

Last week, the agency abruptly changed course, authorizing the first fruit-flavored e-cigarettes and issuing guidelines that loosened marketing for major manufacturers. But it wasn't enough to keep Makary in the job.

A permanent replacement for the FDA job will need to be nominated by Trump and confirmed by the Senate.

Faster drug reviews are overshadowed

As a former regular on Fox News, Makary was aggressive about promoting his accomplishments on cable television and podcasts and in online opinion pieces.

A string of initiatives from Makary aimed to speed up or streamline FDA drug reviews, including dropping certain study requirements, incorporating artificial intelligence into drug evaluations and offering expedited reviews to medicines that support “national interests.”

But pharmaceutical executives rely on the predictability and consistency of FDA decisions, even more than speedy reviews. Makary’s efforts on drug reviews were overshadowed by internal conflicts and disputes that created headaches for drugmakers, investors and patients.

More than a half-dozen drugmakers studying therapies for rare or hard-to-treat diseases said they received rejection letters or requests to run additional studies for drugs that had previously been given the go-ahead by FDA staff. Those drugs were primarily overseen by Prasad, who stepped down for a second time from his role as the FDA’s vaccine and biotech chief in April.

Vaccine moves denounced

Prasad repeatedly overruled vaccine staffers to restrict eligibility for new coronavirus shots. In February, Prasad initially refused to even consider Moderna’s mRNA shot for flu. The FDA was forced to reverse itself after Moderna pledged to formally challenge the decision and called for intervention by the White House.

Some of Makary and Prasad’s most controversial vaccine proposals never came to fruition, despite stoking confusion and anxiety within the FDA and beyond.

In an internal memo in November, Prasad claimed — without publishing evidence — that the FDA had linked COVID-19 shots to the deaths of 10 children. Prasad used that to justify a planned overhaul of the agency’s approach to approving vaccines.

A dozen former FDA commissioners issued a scathing denunciation of the plan, warning it would “undermine the public interest” and decimate vaccine development. The FDA has not released its analysis of the deaths or its plan for the vaccine overhaul.

FDA's drug center had a revolving door

In the FDA’s drug center, which is the agency's largest division, Makary oversaw a revolving door of leadership changes. Six people served as director over the course of one year.

Makary’s initial pick for the job, Dr. George Tidmarsh, was forced to resign after allegations that he used his FDA position to pursue a personal vendetta against a former business partner.

His replacement, longtime FDA cancer specialist Dr. Rick Pazdur, announced he would retire after just three weeks on the job, after clashing with Makary on multiple issues surrounding drug reviews.

With Makary's departure, the fate of many of his fledgling initiatives is uncertain.

Most of the programs Makary introduced have not gone through federal rulemaking required to enshrine them in U.S. law. Democrats in Congress have questioned the legality of some of those efforts, including a program that offers drugmakers expedited reviews for innovative medicines.

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1. Your own emergency fund/short-term securities

Emergency funds should be held outside of tax-sheltered wrappers and include highly liquid investments like bank savings accounts, money market accounts, and so on. If you’re working, your emergency fund would ideally hold a minimum of three to six months’ worth of living expenses; retirees should target one to two years’ worth of anticipated portfolio withdrawals.

2. Low-risk assets in taxable account

Your next source of cash is other taxable holdings: investments in brokerage accounts, outside tax-sheltered vehicles. When identifying securities you could sell, focus on liquidity, tax consequences, and transaction fees.

In a best-case scenario, you’d have a short- or intermediate-term bond fund to sell. It’s reasonably liquid, and you’d already have paid taxes on most of your gains.

3. Roth IRA contributions

You can withdraw any Roth IRA contributions (the amount you put in, not investment earnings) at any time, without penalties or tax. The big downside, of course, is that you’ll have fewer retirement funds working for you.

4. Life insurance cash values

You can withdraw money outright from your whole life insurance or variable universal life insurance policy and have it deducted from the face value. Those withdrawals are tax-free, assuming they don’t exceed the amount you’ve put in.

A less attractive option is to borrow from the cash value of your life insurance. You’ll owe interest, payable to the insurance company, and the loan may come with additional costs. You will not owe taxes, but the interest is not tax-deductible.

5. 401(k) loan

Even though you’ll pay interest on a 401(k) loan, it gets paid back into your account. And the interest rates can be reasonable. But you’ll shrink your retirement savings. If you lose your job, you’ll be required to pay the loan back sooner, usually in 90 days. If you can’t, you’ll owe taxes and a 10% penalty, unless you’re 59½ or older.

6. Home equity line of credit

The interest rates for borrowing against your home equity are usually reasonable, particularly if you maintain a good credit rating.

But if you’re not a perfect borrower, you could be denied or get an unfavorable rate. And if you end up borrowing more than your equity and have to sell in a hurry, you’d have to cough up the difference. Finally, the interest on HELOCS is no longer tax-deductible unless the funds are used for home improvements.

7. Hardship withdrawals

Funds you take out of a 401(k) via a hardship withdrawal cannot be paid back and you’ll owe taxes on any untaxed dollars you pull out. You’ll also owe a 10% penalty unless you’re 59½ or older or  your situation meets one of several exceptions. Those taxes can take a big bite out of the amount that you remove from your account.

8. Reverse mortgage

A reverse mortgage allows homeowners 62 or older to receive a pool of assets that represents equity in their homes. They don’t have to repay the loan as long as they’re in their homes, but when they leave, the borrowed amount, plus interest, is deducted from the home’s value.

Rates can vary widely, so shop around and read the fine print; the loans can be costly and complicated.

9. Margin loans

A margin account allows you to borrow against the value of the securities in your brokerage account. You might do this if you don’t want to sell the assets at a bad time or incur tax consequences.

Interest rates aren’t always attractive, plus margin loans are risky because the securities’ value can fluctuate with the market. If your collateral drops below a certain level, your brokerage firm will require you to deposit more money or sell the securities. If you don’t have the cash, you can end up in an even bigger financial bind.

10. Credit cards

Some consumers have been able to play credit cards like a fiddle, shifting balances among cards with ultralow teaser rates and incurring little interest. For the rest of the world, credit cards are the single easiest way to wreck your financial standing. Rates are high, and credit card companies want to keep you paying for as long as possible. Thus, the minimum payments they require don’t make a dent in your loan’s principal.

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This article was provided to The Associated Press by Morningstar. For more personal finance content, go to https://www.morningstar.com/personal-finance.

Christine Benz is director of personal finance and retirement planning for Morningstar and co-host of The Long View podcast.

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Putin said that the nuclear-armed Sarmat missile would enter combat service at the end of the year. It was built to replace the aging Soviet-built Voyevoda.

“This is the most powerful missile in the world,” Putin declared, adding that the combined power of the Sarmat’s individually targeted warheads is more than four times higher than that of any Western counterpart.

The Russian leader has repeatedly brandished the nuclear sword after sending troops into Ukraine in February 2022 to try to deter the West from ramping up support for Ukraine.

After overseeing a military parade on Red Square on Saturday commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, which for the first time in nearly two decades didn’t include heavy weapons, Putin declared the conflict in Ukraine is coming to an end.

Since coming to power in 2000, Putin has overseen efforts to upgrade the Soviet-built components of the Russian nuclear triad — deploying hundreds of new, land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, commissioning new nuclear submarines and modernizing nuclear-capable bombers.

Russia’s effort to revamp its nuclear forces pushed the United States to launch a costly modernization of its arsenal.

The last remaining nuclear arms pact between Russia and the U.S. expired in February, leaving no caps on the world's two largest atomic arsenals for the first time in more than a half-century and fueling fears of an unconstrained nuclear arms race.

The Sarmat — designated “Satan II” in the West — is meant to replace about 40 Soviet-built Voyevoda missiles. Its development began in 2011 and before Tuesday, the missile had only one known successful test and reportedly suffered a massive explosion during an abortive test in 2024.

Putin said Tuesday that the Sarmat — part of a slew of new weapons that Putin revealed in 2018, claiming they would render any prospective U.S. missile defenses useless — is as powerful as the Voyevoda but with a higher precision. It is capable of suborbital flight, he said, giving it a range of more than 35,000 kilometers (21,700 miles) and an extended capability to penetrate any prospective missile defenses.

Moscow's new weapons include the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle, capable of flying 27 times faster than the speed of sound. The first vehicles have already entered service.

Russia has also commissioned the new nuclear-capable Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile, and used its conventionally-armed version twice to strike Ukraine. Oreshnik's range of up to 5,000 kilometers (3,100 miles) makes it capable of reaching any target in Europe.

Putin also announced Russia was in the “final stages” of the development of the nuclear-armed Poseidon underwater drone and the Burevestnik cruise missile powered by miniature atomic reactors.

The Poseidon is designed to explode near enemy coastlines and cause a radioactive tsunami. The Burevestnik has virtually unlimited range thanks to nuclear propulsion, allowing it to loiter for days, circling air defenses and attacking from an unexpected direction.

Putin has described those new weapons as part of a Russian response to the U.S. missile shield that Washington developed after its 2001 withdrawal from a Cold War-era U.S.-Soviet pact that limited missile defenses.

Russian military planners have feared a missile shield could tempt Washington to launch a first strike that would knock out most of Moscow’s nuclear arsenal in hopes of intercepting a small number of surviving missiles fired in retaliation.

"We were forced to consider ensuring our strategic security in the face of the new reality and the need to maintain a strategic balance of power and parity,” Putin said.

El incendio fue reportado alrededor de las 3:30 a.m. en la cuadra 300 de Northwest Fifth Street.

Un equipo de Local 10 News estuvo en la escena más tarde en la mañana y observó ventanas rotas y cinta de escena del crimen alrededor de la vivienda.

Los residentes dijeron que no están seguros de cómo comenzó.

Bomberos de Pompano Beach y una ambulancia despejaron la escena antes de las 5 a.m.

La Oficina del Sheriff de Broward luego tomó control de la investigación, colocando cinta de escena del crimen mientras investigaban qué provocó el incendio.

Los residentes dijeron que no les han permitido regresar al interior y que ahora tienen muchos niños pequeños que necesitan ayuda.

La Cruz Roja confirmó que está asistiendo a cuatro adultos afectados por el incendio con ayuda financiera de emergencia, servicios de salud y salud mental, y asistencia para la recuperación.

No está claro si se reportaron personas heridas.

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The BMW driver struck Ascent Audiology & Hearing, located at 1005 N. Federal Highway, according to Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue officials.

Officials said there was visible damage to the storefront, but the building itself was not structurally compromised.

They said at least one employee inside the business was evaluated at the scene but refused transport to a hospital.

Sky 10 flew over the business around 12:30 p.m., showing damage to the front entrance area following the collision. Fort Lauderdale police officers were seen inspecting the area.

Authorities said no further injuries were reported and the circumstances leading up to the crash were not immediately released.

El conductor del BMW chocó contra Ascent Audiology & Hearing, ubicado en 1005 N. Federal Highway, según funcionarios de Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue.

Las autoridades dijeron que había daños visibles en la fachada del negocio, pero la estructura del edificio no sufrió daños comprometedores.

Indicaron que al menos un empleado dentro del negocio fue evaluado en la escena, pero rechazó ser trasladado a un hospital.

Sky 10 sobrevoló el negocio alrededor de las 12:30 p.m., mostrando daños en el área de la entrada principal tras la colisión. Agentes de la Policía de Fort Lauderdale fueron vistos inspeccionando el área.

Las autoridades dijeron que no se reportaron más personas heridas y que las circunstancias que provocaron el accidente no fueron divulgadas de inmediato.

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According to the Florida Forest Service, the Max Road Fire, which has burned 11,339 acres in the Everglades, was at 70% containment as of Tuesday morning.

It broke out on Sunday.

“We feel a lot better now,” west Broward resident Terri Castro said. “We don’t see any smoke and it’s not dark anymore, so we can’t even smell it. So, we feel better. We feel a lot of relief.”

With dry conditions, the Florida Forest Service is encouraging residents to “see something, say something” and to not burn outside or carelessly dispose cigarettes.

Having spent the previous eight months under college football's media microscope, the sixth-year senior smiled when reporters asked about his summer plans once spring practice wrapped up.

“I’m looking forward to it,” he said.

For Chambliss, the spring session finished with a weekend meet-and-greet fan function before a weeklong session of spring drills that were closed to reporters.

Chambliss planned to return with family to his childhood hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he was expected to make personal appearances and speeches at school functions. Chambliss regularly touts his hometown roots, his experience at Division II Ferris State and an opportunity to “give back and tell (schoolchildren) if I can make it, you can make it.”

Coach Pete Golding said he encouraged all Ole Miss players to give themselves a break from football following spring football and exams.

“I told them I didn’t want to see them for a few weeks,” said Golding, who is heading into his first regular season as a head coach after going 2-1 in the College Football Playoff last season as current LSU coach Lane Kiffin’s successor.

“I do think it’s really important for them to get away from it,” Golding said. “They need a reset.”

Perhaps no player could appreciate a break more than Chambliss, who'd won a Division II national title in 2024 but remained relatively unknown before Ole Miss QB Austin Simmons was sidelined by an ankle injury. Elevated into a starting role, Chambliss debuted by leading the Rebels to a 41-35 home win over Arkansas.

By the time the season ended in a last-second, CFP semifinal loss to Miami, the dual-threat Chambliss had totaled more than 3,900 yards and accounted for 30 touchdowns.

The Rebels finished 13-2 and ranked No. 4 in the final Associated Press Top 25. Along the way were a handful of victories over ranked teams, including Tulane and Georgia in the CFP. Chambliss routinely produced explosive, clutch plays, overcoming his less-than-ideal size (6-foot-1, 200 pounds) and emerging from a relative obscurity in ways that captured fans' imagination.

NIL endorsements, estimated at $1.5 million by On3, followed. AT&T, for example, traded off Chambliss' transfer story, stylish demeanor and puckish smile.

Another big win for Chambliss came off the field after a three-month legal challenge that resulted in an additional year of eligibility. The ruling became a big win for Ole Miss when Chambliss opted to stay in Oxford.

“It was very stressful,” Chambliss said shortly after the Mississippi Supreme Court denied the final appeal by the NCAA in March. “I knew I was going to play football somewhere, either the NFL or here (Ole Miss), but not knowing was tough. I knew whatever happened was in God’s hands, but it was still tough.”

The decision to remain at Ole Miss was less difficult.

“You know, when I visited Oxford from Ferris State, I really liked it here and wasn’t promised anything about being the quarterback,” Chambliss said. “The thing that helped was my parents really liked it here, too, on the visit. We’ve been treated great and once Ole Miss decided to go with PG (Pete Golding), we wanted to stay.”

While Chambliss takes his hiatus from Oxford, the Ole Miss media department intends to organize a Heisman Trophy campaign. Chambliss finished eighth in last year’s voting and has been listed with preseason front-runners Arch Manning of Texas and C.J. Carr of Notre Dame.

Ole Miss has a solid track record with quarterbacks in the Heisman Trophy race, with five – Charlie Conerly, Jake Gibbs, Archie Manning (twice) and Eli Manning — finishing in the top five.

The Rebels also have produced other prominent NFL quarterbacks, including 2025 first-round pick Jaxson Dart of the New York Giants.

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Según el Servicio Forestal de Florida, el incendio Max Road Fire, que ha quemado 11,339 acres en los Everglades, estaba contenido en un 70% hasta la mañana del martes.

El incendio comenzó el domingo.

“Nos sentimos mucho mejor ahora”, dijo la residente del oeste de Broward, Terri Castro. “No vemos humo y ya no está oscuro, así que ni siquiera podemos olerlo. Así que nos sentimos mejor. Sentimos mucho alivio”.

Debido a las condiciones secas, el Servicio Forestal de Florida está exhortando a los residentes a “si ven algo, decir algo” y a no quemar al aire libre ni desechar cigarrillos de manera irresponsable.

“I even picture the scenario in my head: I’m sitting out there alone, and a beam of light comes down,” he says. “It’s not a spacecraft that’s hovering over me. It’s just a beam of light from space. And I just get lifted up into that beam of light, and I appear in a new place.”

America’s favorite astrophysicist has turned that lifelong fascination into a book, “Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter,” which — like that beam of light — illuminates what we know about possible space critters and what we can anticipate if they ever come calling.

“Even if it doesn’t actually happen, there’s value to going through the thought experiment of what could happen,” he says. “Maybe there’s some takeaways that offer insights into how you think about the world, how we think about each other and the future of our civilization.”

The book, out Tuesday, is a unique road map into the prodigious brain of Tyson, who has an ability to blend pop culture with quantum physics. Tyson is the director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

“Take Me to Your Leader” references evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould and Cartoon Network’s “Rick and Morty” and weaves ideas from both the French philosopher Voltaire and lyrics by Katy Perry. It mixes the physics of invisibility with “Star Trek” and has digressions into multispectral vision, how Superman — an alien, remember? — could kill us all just by farting and why supersonic planes “look badass.”

They're going to be smart

Tyson concludes that if aliens were to arrive on Earth, they are likely to be much more advanced than humans. He writes it would be like trying to teach a chimp long division.

“They’ll not only be brilliant, but they’ll be way more powerful than us in practically any way that matters, which is why it’s so laughable when you see in Hollywood movies some mothership arrives and people pull out their pistols and start shooting guns at it. Like, ‘Really? Have you thought this through?’”

During first contact, he advises against trying to shake hands or raising a hand in a sign of hello. “Leave all your habits at home, until you learn a thing or two about theirs,” he writes.

The book arrives during a spasm of interest in aliens. The Pentagon has begun releasing a new batch of files on UFOs, “Project Hail Mary” was a smash and Steven Spielberg prepares his alien movie “Disclosure Day,” while former President Barack Obama declared on a podcast that aliens are real. (He later clarified that he had seen no evidence but that “the odds are good there’s life out there.”)

Tyson decided to write his book after watching recent congressional hearings on UFOs, noting that both Republicans and Democrats seemed unified in finding the truth.

“They had a common subject that they’re both interested in,” he says. “When I saw it hit that level, I realized I have something to contribute.”

A book of etiquette

It is the first book under Simon & Schuster's new Simon Six imprint led by Jonathan Karp, Tyson's editor, who called the scientist “the Bruce Springsteen of astrophysicists.”

“You name a respected scientist who has ever written a book of etiquette on how to meet aliens. It hasn’t been done. This is truly terra incognita,” Karp says.

The aliens will, of course, not speak any Earth languages, but Tyson thinks we can still communicate via science — universal constants like the speed of light, Newton’s laws of motion and gravity and Einstein’s relativity. The aliens may even recognize our periodic table — not the names or symbols — but the simple organization, which they may likely also have done.

He also concludes that they won't be tiny or enormous, citing brain-to-body-weight ratios. Too big and they collapse under their own body weight. Too small and they couldn’t construct a spaceworthy vehicle. “The laws of physics greatly restrict the likelihood of Earth being visited by, much less invaded by tiny aliens,” he writes.

If they're monitoring us, though, there's a good chance they'll want to be taken to our apparent leader — Taylor Swift. Instead, Karp says Tyson should be the point man for the human race and the book is his calling card.

“I think this is the funniest factual book that anyone will ever read on aliens and that’s quite a statement,” says Karp. “There’s so much chaos and conflict in the world, and it's a book on aliens that has the potential to bring us all together. He’s clearly been thinking about aliens his entire life, and he’s managed to write about them with the acuity of a scientist and the appeal of an entertainer. That’s a powerful combination.”

Adán Fúnez, exalcalde del municipio de Tocoa, en el norteño departamento de Colón, fue arrestado en su residencia. Los otros dos detenidos son Juan Ángel Ramos Gallegos y Héctor Eduardo Méndez, a quienes el Ministerio Público también acusa del delito de asociación para delinquir.

“Estas tres personas serían los autores intelectuales de la muerte del ambientalista Juan López”, dijo a The Associated Press el portavoz del Ministerio Público, Yuri Mora.

Meses atrás también fueron detenidos los supuestos autores materiales —Óscar Alexi Guardado Alvarenga, Daniel Antonio Juárez Torres y Lenin Adonis Cruz Munguía— cuyo juicio oral y público iniciará en junio próximo.

El crimen del ambientalista se produjo el 14 de septiembre en la ciudad de Tocoa minutos después de que López saliera de la Iglesia y mientras se dirigía a su vivienda.

Su muerte generó un repudio generalizado a nivel nacional e internacional e incluso el papa Francisco se pronunció al respecto.

López era un reconocido defensor del Parque Nacional Montaña de Botaderos “Carlos Escaleras”, una reserva natural localizada sobre tres departamentos —Tocoa, Olancho y Yoro— donde según el Comité de Defensa de Bienes Comunes y Públicos opera la minera Inversiones Los Pinares a pesar de que la zona es considerada una reserva natural.

Los ambientalistas aducen que esa empresa se dedica a la extracción de óxido de hierro e instaló una planta de procesamiento en la zona núcleo del parque nacional. Además, consideran que está contaminando el río Guapinol debido a la construcción de carreteras alternas para llegar a la zona de explotación.

En 2023 se reportó en Tocoa el crimen de otros tres ambientalistas que se oponían a ese proyecto minero.

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According to the spokesperson, the fire was reported at about 3:15 a.m. in the 300 block of Northwest Fifth Street.

City officials said 14 adults were inside the building’s four units when the fire erupted.

“One adult male suffered a laceration after jumping from a window to escape the flames, while another individual experienced a seizure,” the news release stated. “Both patients were transported to Broward Health North for treatment. The remaining 12 residents escaped without injury.”

A Local 10 News crew was at the scene later in the morning and saw broken windows and crime scene tape around the home.

Residents said they’re unsure how the fire started.

Pompano Beach firefighters and an ambulance cleared the scene by 5 a.m.

The Broward Sheriff’s Office then took over the investigation, putting crime scene tape up as they investigated what led up to the blaze.

City officials confirmed that two of the four units were deemed “uninhabitable,” leaving six residents displaced.

The American Red Cross is providing temporary housing to those affected.

It’s unclear whether any injuries were reported.

The cause of the fire is under investigation by BSO, Pompano Beach Fire Rescue investigators and the Florida State Fire Marshal’s Office.

Weinstein, the former Hollywood honcho who has been imprisoned on various sex crime convictions since 2020, watched quietly as the two sides made their closing arguments about whether he raped hairstylist and actor Jessica Mann in a New York hotel in March 2013.

“She has taken on a false narrative about all of this,” Weinstein lawyer Marc Agnifilo said.

“She has absolutely no motive to lie. None,” prosecutor Nicole Blumberg countered, noting that Mann went through five days of grueling, deeply personal testimony.

Jurors are expected to start deliberating Wednesday. They will have to sift through the complexities of a yearslong relationship between Weinstein, 73, and Mann, 40.

They met in early 2013, when she was trying to make it big in Hollywood. She testified that she anticipated a professional connection, was taken aback when he started making sexual advances but decided to have a relationship with the then-married, Oscar-winning producer.

A few weeks later, according to Mann, Weinstein abruptly took a room at a hotel where she and a friend were staying. She testified that she accompanied Weinstein upstairs to tell him she didn't want a sexual interlude, but he trapped her in the room, grabbed her arms, insisted she undress, went into the bathroom for a time, and then raped her.

“He just treated me like he owned me,” she testified last month.

Weinstein didn't testify, but his defense contends the encounter was consensual and part of a caring, if on-and-off, relationship that Mann valued until Weinstein’s #MeToo downfall in 2017. That was when news reports about allegations against him propelled a global campaign against sexual assault and sexual harassment. He has said he behaved “wrongly” but never assaulted anyone.

He was convicted in 2020 of raping Mann, got the conviction overturned, then saw a jury deadlock on it at a retrial last year.

In summations Tuesday, Agnifilo portrayed Mann as an unreliable witness making an ill-supported, implausible accusation. He cited her uncertainty about various dates and details in the years-old events, and he recalled a point when she said she was struggling to stay focused during cross-examination, prompting court to end early for the day.

Agnifilo underscored Mann's warm email exchanges and get-togethers with Weinstein before and after the alleged rape — and a musing, diary-like note she wrote to herself two days after the encounter. In the note, she expresses her misgivings about her emotional attachment in a nonexclusive relationship, asks whether she loves “him or the idea of him,” questions her “woulds and would nots,” and worries about being “a ‘bad’ person.”

The note doesn't name the man, but Agnifilo asserted that it was about Weinstein and that its silence about the alleged assault spoke volumes.

“This is how she's falling in love with him,” the defense lawyer argued.

The prosecutor's rebuttal: “She’s burying what the defendant did to her, and she’s struggling with the good parts of the defendant and the awful, the evil parts of the defendant.”

Over the years, Weinstein encouraged Mann’s acting ambitions, helped her land a hairstyling job, provided emotional support during her father’s terminal illness and tried to send her money — which she declined — when she was broke, according to trial testimony and exhibits.

To Weinstein's attorney, it amounted to “a sweet, loving, supportive relationship.”

But to Blumberg, “This was a woman who got manipulated by that man.”

While Mann acknowledged she loved “a part” of Weinstein, she testified that she begged him not to do anything sexual that day in the Manhattan hotel.

“No means no — to everyone except Harvey Weinstein,” Blumberg said, adding: “Jessica Mann deserves closure and justice.”

At points during her summation, Weinstein shook his head slightly and exchanged glances with his lawyer.

Whatever the outcome of the trial, the former studio boss still will stand convicted of other sex crimes in New York and California, though he is appealing those convictions. If convicted in the current trial, Weinstein could face up to four years in prison — less time than he already has served.

The Associated Press does not identify people who say they have been sexually assaulted unless they agree to be named, as Mann has done.

To mark the 30th anniversary, Helene McDowell and Christen Cherry were among the grieving relatives who met for a ceremony at the ValuJet 592 Memorial off Tamiami Trail.

“I think being here has been very cathartic ... I was the one that dropped her off at the airport that day, and it has always been a source of guilt for me,” McDowell said about her late mother.

The Value Jet pilot of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32, a short-range jet airliner, was attempting to return to MIA after a fire, and the plane crashed just about 10 minutes after takeoff, records show.

“It was negligence that killed all of our families,” said Cherry, who was grieving her mother and stepfather.

Federal investigators would later learn that “improperly packaged chemical oxygen generators” in the cargo compartment “quickly burned through flight control cables,” records show.

This prompted federal officials to enforce new mandatory safety standards for cargo holds, hazardous material regulations, and contractor oversight.

THE 110 VICTIMS

The passengers

Saeeda Alihassan, Atlanta

James Allaway, Miami

Isabel Anderson, Cookeville, Tenn.

Leslie Archibald, Opa-Locka, Fla.

Rizwan Arshad, Philadelphia

Giuseppe Bafunno, Blackwood, N.J.

Marlo Balandran, Topeka, Kan.

Thomas Balandran, Topeka, Kan.

Jen Barreiro, Bloomington, Ind.

Herbert Bell, Elkwood, Va.

Peggy Bell, Elkwood, Va.

Terri Bell, The Colony, Texas

Anthony Brown, Rose Hill, N.C.

Frances Brown, Baltimore

Lynn Brown, Rose Hill, N.C.

Joe Burnett, Shawnee Mission, Kan.

Cecelia Cabrera, Miami

Ronald Carpenter, Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Lisa Carleton, Conyers, Ga.

Ninon Corneille, Lynn, Mass.

Edna Crye, Richmond, Ind.

Ken Crye, Richmond, Ind.

Karen Culver, Woodstock, Ga.

Rodney Culver, Woodstock, Ga.

Mansor Darbor, Atlanta

Bradley Ehrlichman, Indianapolis, Ind.

Betsy Favero, Duluth, Ga.

Franco Favero, Duluth, Ga.

Laura Favero, Duluth, Ga.

Charles Fluitt, Miami

Elizabeth Gabriel, Mooresville, N.C.

Deana Gabr, Conyers, Ga.

Pamela Gabr, Conyers, Ga.

Carlos Gonzalez, Alpharetta, Ga.

Angie Green, Nashville, Tenn.

Mark Griner, Marietta, Ga.

Steve Guiler, Buford, Ga.

Conway Hamilton, Miami

Laurie Hamilton, Miami

Carol Hanchey, Conyers, Ga.

John Hanchey, Conyers, Ga.

Elaine Hayman, Columbus, Ohio

Robert Hayman, Columbus, Ohio

Susan Heffernan, Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Michael Howard, Hialeah, Fla.

Walter Hyatt, Nashville, Tenn.

Dan Jarvis, Gastonia, N.C.

Linda Jarvis, Gastonia, N.C.

Kathleen Kessler, Atlanta

Ison Kim, Shawnee Mission, Kan.

Rafael Lameda, Cookeville, Tenn.

Aliyagi Landry, Hollywood, Fla.

Dana Lane, Alpharetta, Ga.

Roger Lane, Alpharetta, Ga.

Ray Lathem, Alpharetta, Ga.

Andrew Leonard, Cloverdale, Ind.

Jeremy Leonard, Cloverdale, Ind.

Tabitha Leonard, Cloverdale, Ind.

Jimmy Lewis, Fayetteville, Ga.

Devlin Loughney, United Kingdom

Roger Loughney, United Kingdom

Philmore Marks, Miami

Betty McLemore, Tybee Island, Ga.

Clark McNitt, Powder Springs, Ga.

Judy McNitt, Powder Springs, Ga.

Laura McNitt, Powder Springs, Ga.

Lindsey McNitt, Powder Springs, Ga.

Neil McNitt, Powder Springs, Ga.

Judy Medeiros, Rex, Ga.

Robert Medeiros, Rex, Ga.

Ella Mitchell, Miami

Andrew Nevil, Raleigh, N.C.

Lucille Newbold, Nassau, Bahamas

Maxwell Newbold, Nassau, Bahamas

Whilhelmina Oliver, Athens, Ga.

Lisa Pearson, Kansas City, Mo.

Laurese Perkins, Miami

David Quinones

Elida Ramirez, Dunwoody, Ga.

Donna Rennolds, Whittaker, Mich.

Kim Rennolds, Ypsilanti, Mich.

Howard Rietz, Mt. Juliet, Tenn.

Terri Rugg, Richmond, Ind.

Dennis Sabo, Auburn, Ala.

Ana Sanchez, Metairie, La.

Karin Shier, Savannah, Ga.

Vi Shier, Fayetteville, Ga.

Ailven Shotwell, College Park, Ga.

Jarvis Shotwell, College Park, Ga.

Joyce Simonton, Macon, Ga.

Paul Smith, Montgomery, Ala.

Joulaun Snowden

Hugh Stanley, Gainesville, Ga.

Louise Stanley, Gainesville, Ga.

Fred Steinbrener, Acworth, Ga.

Jerrold Thompson, Kansas City, Mo.

Roosevelt Tillman, Lynchburg, Va.

Lila Viloleta, Alpharetta, Ga.

Delmarie Walker, Erie, Pa.

James Weimer, Cloverdale, Ind.

Janice Weimer, Cloverdale, Ind.

Teresa Wilson, Tybee Island, Ga.

Ruth Wolfe, Gainesville, Ga.

Robert Woodus, Upper Marlboro, Md.

The crew

Captain: Candalyn Kubeck, Bedford, Texas

First Officer: Richard Hazen, Mineola, Texas

Flight Attendant: Lori Cushing, Austin, Texas

Flight Attendant: Jennifer Stearns, Farmers Branch, Texas

Flight Attendant: Mandy Summers, Irving, Texas

Location

“No fue un hecho aislado, se enmarcó en un deterioro progresivo de la situación humanitaria que el CICR ha venido advirtiendo desde 2018”, aseguró en un video difundido a la prensa Olivier Dubois, jefe de la delegación regional del CICR en Bogotá. “Los conflictos armados persistieron, se volvieron más complejos y sus efectos sobre la población civil se profundizaron”, explicó.

Colombia sigue lidiando con violencia armada pese a que hace una década el Estado firmó un acuerdo de paz con las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), lo que significó el fin de la que fuera la guerrilla más antigua de Latinoamérica. Sin embargo, otros grupos armados —incluyendo disidencias de las FARC que se rearmaron— coparon el territorio y ahora se disputan su control, estratégico para dominar las economías ilegales.

Los indicadores muestran un deterioro de la situación en 2025 particularmente en el aumento del desplazamiento, que creció un 100% con respecto al año anterior, lo que impactó a más de 235.600 personas en todo el país. Así como el confinamiento, que restringe el movimiento bajo amenaza, aumentó en un 99% impactando a 176.730 personas en la mitad del país.

El departamento de mayor concentración de desplazamiento y confinamiento fue Norte de Santander, donde se ubica la región del Catatumbo, una zona fronteriza con Venezuela que desde hace un año está en disputa de la guerrilla Ejército de Liberación Nacional y una disidencia FARC.

Las fuerzas militares informaron el martes que impactaron un campamento del ELN en Catatumbo con operaciones militares, que incluyeron un bombardeo, afectando al “núcleo de seguridad” del comando central y presuntamente dejando siete muertos de los que no se conoce su identidad, dado que habrían sido extraidos por el grupo ilegal. El presidente Gustavo Petro indicó que el bombardeo en zona fronteriza con Venezuela estuvo dentro de lo acordado con el gobierno de ese país.

Los drones como arma en los conflictos

El CICR registró 965 afectados por artefactos explosivos durante 2025, incluidos 75 civiles afectados por minas antipersonales. Se trata de un peligro latente sobre las comunidades dado que incluso en el camino de acceso a escuelas hubo presencia de explosivos, así como en los alrededores de viviendas y cultivos.

El informe también advierte sobre la transformación de las dinámicas de los conflictos armados, incluido el uso de drones con explosivos.

“El uso de drones de origen comercial modificados para el lanzamiento de artefactos explosivos se ha intensificado en el contexto de los conflictos armados en el país y ha generado temor, incertidumbre y daños graves entre las comunidades afectadas”, indicó el CICR.

Los drones son usados por grupos armados ilegales para lanzar explosivos y atacar objetivos militares y a la población civil. En febrero, tres integrantes de una misma familia murieron y uno más resultó herido tras un ataque con explosivos lanzados con un dron en el noroeste de Colombia.

El CICR instó a los grupos armados a cumplir el Derecho Internacional Humanitario y también llamó la atención sobre la desaparición el año pasado de 308 personas, de las cuales 226 son civiles, incluidos 77 niños y adolescentes. Advirtió que en muchos casos no se garantizó que las personas que murieron en contextos de conflicto fueran recuperadas.

The runway fatality underscores the longstanding challenge of keeping intruders out of major airports. Denver International Airport sprawls across 53 square miles (138 square kilometers) — twice the size of Manhattan — on open prairie northeast of the city center.

The 41-year-old trespasser triggered an alarm as he crossed into the airport in a remote area about 2 miles from the terminal late Friday night. But security personnel mistakenly attributed that alarm to a herd of deer that was nearby.

Authorities said the man died by suicide. However, no note from the victim was immediately recovered. The manner of death was determined based on the investigation at the scene, a records review and a postmortem examination, said Sterling McLaren, chief medical examiner for the city and county of Denver.

The collision involving the Frontier Airlines plane as it was taking off for Los Angeles sparked an engine fire that forced passengers to evacuate via slides. Twelve people sustained minor injuries and five were taken to hospitals. Four have since been released, said airport Chief Executive Officer Phillip Washington.

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A black-and-white video released by the airport shows, from a distance, a figure walking toward the runway with arms swaying. The person crosses onto the runway at a slight angle and seconds later the plane is seen speeding past. It strikes the person with its right engine, which bursts into flame.

Federal officials notified the airport

A few minutes before the man scaled the fence, a ground-based radar system activated in the area, triggering an alarm. An airport worker checked a surveillance camera and saw a herd of deer in the same area but did not initially see the trespasser, Washington said.

"The camera view was alternating between the wildlife and the individual. There are some ditches in the area, so the person was out of view for a bit as well,” Washington said.

He said federal officials notified the airport about the trespasser. Because of the remote location and short time period between the man scaling the fence and crossing the runway, Washington said airport personnel were not able to intervene.

The man crossed about 650 feet (200 meters) from the fence to the runway before being struck and killed by the Frontier Airlines plane traveling at 150 mph (240 kilometers per hour) on takeoff.

The plane’s engine caused the man’s death, McLaren said. She described it as “a purposeful act with a foreseeable fatal outcome.”

Denver police Chief Ron Thomas said investigators were contacting the man’s family and those who knew him to seek more information about his motivations.

Trespassers breaching airport perimeters is a regular problem, with perhaps dozens annually nationwide, said security expert Jeff Price, who was assistant director of security at the Denver airport in the 1990s. The airport is surrounded by about 36 miles of perimeter fence, which airport officials say is continuously inspected.

The vast majority of airport trespassers are intoxicated or simply “messing around just to see if they could do it,” said Price, adding that they typically don't pose a real threat. Denver also gets the rare individual who will jump the fence seeking to prove a long-running conspiracy theory about a UFO base being based at the airport, he said.

The Transportation Security Administration oversees airport security programs, including perimeter security requirements.

“It's really not that difficult to jump an airport perimeter fence,” Price said. “They meet the standards for TSA, but the standards are not that robust.”

The fences are typically 6 to 8 feet tall with barbed wire at the top, he said. They must be approved by federal inspectors, but there are no set rules on their construction. Major airports such as Denver typically also have intrusion detection systems that include cameras and motion sensors, he said. Some systems detect the seismic impact of people dropping to the ground, Price said.

Evacuation under scrutiny

The person was killed on the airport’s easternmost north-south runway and at least 1.25 miles (2 kilometers) from any airport buildings. Empty fields and croplands surround Denver International Airport in most directions. Distant trees and structures in the video showed that the person was headed toward the airport when they crossed the runway.

The Transportation Security Administration has regulatory oversight of airport security programs, including perimeter security requirements.

Separately, the National Transportation Safety Board on Sunday said it is gathering information about the evacuation.

An agency spokesperson said an investigation would be launched if it's determined the injuries meet the agency's definition for “serious." That can include a person requiring hospitalization for more than 48 hours, suffering a broken bone or second- or third-degree burns affecting more than 5% of their body.

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Brown reported from Billings, Montana.

Room bookings have been lighter than expected in most of the 11 U.S. cities hosting the world’s most watched sporting event, according to an April survey by the American Hotel & Lodging Association.

In several cities, including Kansas City, Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Seattle, a majority of hotel operators said bookings were actually running behind typical seasonal demand. In others, including New York City, Los Angeles, Dallas and Houston, demand was flat so far compared with a regular spring and summer, according to the association.

The hotel association blamed travel concerns from international fans, worries about wait times for a U.S. visa and the cost of attending the tournament — including high ticket prices and transit costs in some cities— as major factors in the softer-than-expected demand.

“I think everyone had hoped the games would lead an influx of bookings, but with all going on in the world and the USA’s involvement, events are playing out differently for everyone,” said Michael Black, general manager at the Cloud One hotel in Manhattan.

Concerns about softer-than-expected bookings extend to Mexico, which is co-hosting the games with the U.S. and Canada. Hotels in Mexico City, which hosts the tournament’s opening match on June 11, are about 30% to 36% booked, according to the Asociación de Hoteles de Ciudad de México.

High prices may be a factor

Many hotels jacked up their prices after the tournament's schedule was announced, anticipating that soccer fans would pay exorbitant rates if they were able to score tickets to a match.

Near MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, for example, one hotel that normally charges around $200 a night was advertising a rate of $800 on nights around June World Cup matches. The costs soar to more than $1,300 a night ahead of the July 19 final.

Many seasoned fans are probably still waiting for those prices to drop, said Ronan Evain, executive director of Football Supporters Europe, a Germany-based fan advocacy group.

“Fans that are used to traveling for tournaments know that this price will always go down,” Evain said. “There are many examples of hotel owners regretting that they priced too high and then panicking at the last minute and reducing prices.”

Others have already likely secured cheaper lodging farther from the stadiums or through Airbnb and other short-term rental platforms, he added.

Indeed, the metropolitan regions around Kansas City, Seattle, San Francisco, Dallas/Fort Worth and Miami/Ft. Lauderdale are all enjoying an uptick in short-term rental bookings compared with the same period last year, according to a recent report from AirDNA, a rental data firm that tracks bookings on Airbnb and Vrbo.

Airbnb said last week that the number of guests expected to stay at its rental listings during the tournament is expected to exceed earlier estimates and even end up surpassing the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris as the biggest hosting event in the company’s history.

Unrealistic expectations

More than 5 million tickets have been sold for the tournament so far, out of the more than 6 million expected to be offered for all 104 matches, according to FIFA.

While many of those attending the tournament will be travelers who need hotel rooms, global events like the World Cup also tend to discourage other types of visitors, said Andrew Zimbalist, a Smith College professor who also specializes in the economics of sports.

“The general problem is that soccer tourists — and expected congestion, high prices and security concerns — push away normal business travel and tourism,” he explained.

Vijay Dandapani, president of the Hotel Association of New York City, said city hotels are seeing a modest upswing in summer bookings -- around 10% compared with the previous year — but nowhere close to the windfall promised by FIFA and other tournament boosters.

In Toronto, Canada, which will host six matches, demand for rooms is up about 28% over June 2025, said Sara Anghel, president of the Greater Toronto Hotel Association.

In Kansas City, where some 90% of respondents to the American Hotel & Lodging Association survey reported bookings below expectations, tourism officials are still holding out for a record-breaking number of visitors.

“While hotel occupancy in Kansas City has not followed the trajectory originally predicted by FIFA, there are positive indicators for Kansas City on the horizon,” said Derik Detter, market research director at Visit KC.

Jon Bortz, CEO of Pebblebrook Hotel Trust, a real estate investment company that owns dozens of hotels nationally, is equally positive.

Overall, he said, occupancy rates are up at its many host city properties compared with last year, though he acknowledged cities like Boston with more marquee matchups are performing better than cities like San Francisco that host less in-demand games.

“We haven’t seen anything that would cause us to think it’s going to be less than what we were expecting,” he said. “Maybe other people had much grander expectations.”

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Associated Press reporters David Skretta in Kansas City, Missouri, Carlos Rodriguez in Mexico City and Jim Morris in Vancouver contributed to this story.

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Diego Fernandez-Delgado sufrió un ataque cardíaco luego de sufrir una llanta pinchada y quedarse sin batería en su teléfono cerca de la cuadra 5900 de South Flamingo Road. Posteriormente dijo que rezó por ayuda.

“Dios no envió ángeles con alas. Envió a esos muchachos”, dijo el hijo de Fernandez-Delgado, Cristian, en un comunicado.

Tres estudiantes de Cooper City High School, Logan Royer, de 16 años, Cody Magrone, de 16, y Brody Murray, de 17, estaban en el McDonald’s ubicado en 5986 S. Flamingo Road.

Los adolescentes vieron a Fernandez-Delgado desde la distancia y decidieron acercarse para ayudarlo. Fernandez-Delgado se quejaba de dificultad para respirar y dolor en el pecho. Uno de los adolescentes decidió llamar al 911, seguir las instrucciones y esperar a los rescatistas.

El personal de rescate trasladó a Fernandez-Delgado al Memorial Hospital West. Allí fue sometido a varios procedimientos y posteriormente fue dado de alta para regresar a casa.

Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue tenía previsto realizar una ceremonia la noche del martes para entregarles una proclamación.

It's the second rule change officials have made since the series moved to Indianapolis for the month of May, though this one won't affect the series biggest race — the Indianapolis 500 on May 24 — since there are no local yellows on oval courses.

The move comes three days after an angry Alexander Rossi criticized race officials for not immediately throwing a full-course caution when his No. 20 car stalled on the front straightaway next to a concrete wall and out of the standard racing line on Lap 21 of the Indianapolis Grand Prix.

Rossi, the 2016 Indianapolis 500 winner, eventually climbed out of the car and over the wall separating pit lane from the race track and walked to his pit stall.

Race officials initially responded by throwing a local yellow to alert other drivers to the stalled car near the track's start-finish line before throwing a full-course caution on Lap 22.

Series officials said Tuesday the initial decision was based on a standard set of considerations that will remain in place and two that will not — pit windows and running order — moving forward.

“The Lap 21 incident on Saturday made clear there needs to be a cleaner standard for how race control moves from a local to a full course yellow,” said Raj Nair, chairman of the series' Independent Officiating Board. “IndyCar Officiating, with IndyCar’s full support, has made this change of approach to ensure that the only inputs to the full course yellow escalation are safety ones.”

The decision came just hours before Rossi and 32 other drivers were to begin practice for this month's Indianapolis 500.

“The most important job in race control is to ensure the safety of our drivers, crews, safety workers and fans,” IndyCar President Doug Boles said. “Saturday highlighted that we must not waver from that central mission and aligning everyone on that philosophy was critical to discuss over the last 48 hours.”

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Bullets tore through at least a dozen cars, including a state police cruiser, in the Monday afternoon attack as panicked drivers abandoned their vehicles seeking cover, prosecutors and state police said.

The gunman fired more than 60 rounds as he walked beside the road before he was shot and fell wounded, according to authorities. They said the two motorists were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries.

The shooting happened on a heavily traveled road along the Charles River in Cambridge, home to Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sidewalks and riverside paths in the area are often bustling with pedestrians, joggers and cyclists.

“While people were jumping from their cars, scattering in various directions … both that trooper and that civilian, rather than going in one direction, went toward the suspect with their weapons to try to end that situation,” Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said later Monday night.

The suspect, Tyler Brown, 46, of Boston, faces two counts of armed assault with intent to murder and six other charges, including possessing a gun without a license. Court documents show Brown had recently been released from a psychiatric hospital.

About an hour before the shootings, he connected with his parole officer via video conference. Armed with a gun, he said on video that he had relapsed and wanted to end his life. The parole officer called police, who began searching for Brown and found him in Cambridge using phone records.

Witnesses describe chaotic scene

Armando Zona, whose apartment overlooks the scene, initially thought he was hearing construction equipment when banging noises started. But when he went onto his balcony to check, he saw the gunman firing at cars.

“He took a glance towards here, I'm quite sure about that, and I ran," he said. As Zona yelled to his wife to hide in the bathroom, he heard another bang.

“I turned around, I see the window splattered,” he said. “I could not comprehend, how can this be? This is a bullet that just came into my house.”

Rachael Saveriano said she was trapped in her car as Brown walked toward her, waving his gun. A man later described as the Marine veteran helped her escape, she told The Boston Globe.

“It doesn’t feel like you should get out of the car when there is a shooter coming toward you, but there was a man next to me,” she said. “He opened my car door, pulled me out, and told me to run.”

Saveriano said she saw the man shooting at Brown as she fled.

“He is an incredible hero,” she said. “He was so calm, and he didn’t hesitate.”

The Marine veteran told investigators he had been driving southbound when he saw cars turning around and heard gunfire. A former firearms instructor, he retrieved his pistol from a safe in his backseat and — after the gunman got closer — fired eight rounds, according to a criminal complaint.

Court documents include criminal history, mental health issues

The complaint describes what led up to the shootings. According to investigators, Brown had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression and had been released Friday from a psychiatric hospital.

According to the complaint, Brown is on parole and probation for offenses including armed assault to murder and other gun-related convictions. His parole was set to end this week, though his probation continued.

In 2020, Brown was arrested after firing several rounds at Boston police officers, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office. Prosecutors said then that he should serve at least 10 years in prison, due to the “level of brazen violence” and because he was on probation for a 2014 conviction on assault and witness intimidation charges. A judge instead ordered Brown to serve five to six years in state prison and three years of probation with credit for nearly 18 months spent in custody.

At the time, the judge’s decision sparked outrage and criticism among local officials concerned that violent offenders weren’t being held accountable. Those same concerns returned Monday.

“Talk about a ball drop,” said the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association in a statement on social media. “The fact that the judicial system thought it was prudent to show leniency to a wannabe cop killer 5-years ago is not only the definition of insanity but an undeniable insult to those who put their lives on the line everyday.”

Joey Bennett, a friend of Brown's who rode his bike to the scene after hearing about the shooting, said that he “can't make sense of it.”

“Only thing that makes sense to me is that he was struggling,” Bennett said, adding that his friend “had a good heart” and that “we all get stigmatized by our past.”

“He obviously was going through a moment because the person that I know, I don’t understand why he would be right here doing what he did," he said. "I mean, he could have made other decisions other than doing what he did . But the only thing I can say is that mental health is real. Mental health is not taken seriously across the United States until there always is a shooting or something that happens to innocent people.”

No connection found between shooter, victims

Ryan, the district attorney, said investigators found no connection between Brown and those targeted Monday. She renewed her call for harsher penalties on people who fire weapons disregarding the risk of serious injury.

“What happened today cannot stand,” she said.

Brown was not medically ready to go to court for an arraignment, the Cambridge District Court said Tuesday. The Committee for Public Counsel Services confirmed it has been appointed to defend him but declined to comment. A message was also left at a phone number listed for Brown and a potential family member.

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Ramer reported from Concord, New Hampshire. Kruesi reported from Providence, Rhode Island.

Trumpleaves on Tuesday for Beijing to meet with President Xi Jinping. Aside from discussions about Iran, the two leaders are expected to discuss trade and artificial intelligence.

Here's a look at some of the executives according to the White House official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Elon Musk

Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, led Trump's Department of Government Efficiency until leaving in the spring of 2025 before the controversial pop-up agency was shuttered in November. The billionaire, who also owns the social media platform X, feuded with Trump last summer in a war of words that included Musk claiming without evidence that the government was concealing information about the president’s association with infamous pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Musk eventually said that he regretted some of his posts on X about Trump.

Since then, Musk has refocused his energy on Tesla and his other companies. Tesla has operations in China and Musk has visited there. He's also been dealing with French prosecutors seeking charges against him and X for child sexual abuse images on the platform, deepfakes, disinformation and complicity in denying crimes against humanity by the platform’s artificial intelligence system, Grok. There's also trial pitting Musk against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

Tim Cook

Cook remains busy as his tenure at Apple winds down. The CEO announced last month that his 15-year reign as the head of the technology company will come to an end on Sept. 1, when he turns the CEO duties over to Apple’s head of hardware engineering, John Ternus. During Cook's years as the top executive, Apple saw the its market value soar by more than $3.6 trillion during an iPhone-fueled era of prosperity. Cook will remain with the company as executive chairman.

Apple’s reliance on overseas manufacturing required Cook to master the art of political diplomacy, particularly while Trump waged trade wars with China during both his terms in the White House. After persuading Trump to exempt the iPhone and other products from Trump’s first-term tariffs, he faced a more daunting challenge during the current administration.

While insisting that Apple shift its iPhone manufacturing from China to the U.S., Trump imposed some tariffs on the device this time around. But Cook still managed to minimize the fees by shifting the production of iPhones destined for the U.S. market to India and also winning some exemptions after promising Apple would invest $600 billion in the U.S. during Trump’s second administration.

Kelly Ortberg

Robert “Kelly” Ortberg, a former CEO at aerospace manufacturer Rockwell Collins, became CEO of Boeing in 2024. He's spent time focusing on Boeing's recovery, as the aerospace company was dealing with legal, regulatory and production problems and mounting financial repercussions when he took over.

A year ago Ortberg said that he didn't expect the U.S. trade war with China to forestall Boeing's financial recovery, nor prevent it from reaching aircraft delivery targets with Chinese airlines that were refusing to accept its planes. Beijing increased its import tax on American goods to 125% in April 2025 in retaliation for Trump raising the tariff on products made in China to 145%. China’s tariff would more than double the cost of passenger jets that Boeing, the U.S.’ largest exporter, sells for tens of millions of dollars. But Beijing is less of a threat to Boeing now that it used to be, as it has started to send fewer of its finished planes there over time.

Boeing has been in ongoing talks with China over a possible large aircraft sale.

Who else is going

Blackrock Chairman and CEO Larry Fink

Blackstone Chairman, CEO and co-founder Stephen Schwarzman

Cargill Chairman and CEO Brian Sikes

Citi Chairman and CEO Jane Fraser

Coherent CEO Jim Anderson

GE Aerospace Chairman and CEO H. Lawrence Culp

Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO David Solomon

Illumina CEO Jacob Thaysen

Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach

Meta President and Vice Chairman Dina Powell McCormick

Micron Chairman, President and CEO Sanjay Mehrotra

Qualcomm President and CEO Cristiano Amon

Visa CEO Ryan McInerney

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Aamer Madhani in Washington D.C. contributed to this report.

Reed died at his Manhattan home after a short illness, publicist Sean Katz said on behalf of Reed’s friend William Kapfer.

In a career spanning more than six decades, Reed became one of the most well-known voices in cultural criticism. He published eight books, acted in movies (playing himself in “Superman”), counted movie stars like Angela Lansbury as friends and often found himself in the spotlight for controversial comments. Most infamous among them was his assertion that Marlee Matlin’s Oscar win for “Children of a Lesser God” was a pity vote, and, decades later, comments about Melissa McCarthy’s weight and size in a review for “Identity Thief.” He also perpetuated a false conspiracy theory that Marisa Tomei’s 1992 Oscar win for “My Cousin Vinny” was fake.

When it came to the movies, he had a reputation for being a bit of a crank as well, often bemoaning the old days and feeling out of step with the next generation of film critics.

“I like just as many films as I dislike,” Reed told The New York Times in 2018. “But I think we’re drowning in mediocrity. I just try as hard as I can to raise the level of consciousness. It’s so hard to get people to see good films.”

Reed was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on Oct. 2, 1938, and spent his childhood moving around the South for his father’s job. He told the New York Times in 2018 that his origin story as a “controversial writer” began in the eighth grade, when he started writing a gossip column in the school paper and plotted his exodus to a more cosmopolitan life.

One of his first jobs was in the publicity department at 20th Century Fox, during the making of “Cleopatra,” but he was laid off due to budget cuts. The way he told it, he faked his way into film journalism while gallivanting around Europe with friends and looking for ways to fund a ticket home, including writing a Buster Keaton story for The New York Times. In the 1960s and '70s, he established himself as an in-demand magazine and newspaper writer and became a television staple, appearing on “The Tonight Show” with Johnny Carson and “The Dick Cavett Show.”

One of his most famous profiles was of Ava Gardner in 1967 for The New York Times (“There Is Nothing Like This Dame”), which was included in his collection “Do You Sleep in the Nude?” with profiles of Barbra Streisand, Lucille Ball, Warren Beatty and others. His work appeared in Vogue, Esquire, GQ and Women’s Wear Daily. He spent nearly four decades writing about films for the Observer.

Reed also acted occasionally, playing the pre-transition Myron in “Myra Breckinridge” and appearing alongside Laurence Olivier in the Korean War movie “Inchon.” He never married and has no immediate survivors. It was his writing that was his legacy.

“I’d like to be remembered as someone who really tried to make things better,” Rex told his Observer editor earlier this year. “Or at least respected what was good when it happened. Not as a curmudgeon. That’s not what I am in real life.”

El vehículo fue avistado en el agua poco después de las 7 a.m. en el área de West 16th Avenue y 68th Street, al este de la Palmetto Expressway.

Funcionarios de Hialeah Fire Rescue dijeron a Local 10 News que la policía de Hialeah Gardens los notificó y la agencia envió a sus buzos al lugar.

Residentes del área dijeron a Local 10 News que están preocupados por la posibilidad de que alguien haya estado dentro del vehículo cuando cayó al canal; sin embargo, funcionarios de HFR dijeron que no encontraron a nadie dentro del vehículo.

Dijeron que la escena fue entregada al departamento de policía para continuar la investigación.

Según un informe de arresto obtenido el lunes por Local 10 News, Janice Garcia, de Miami, se entregó el domingo en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight.

Enfrenta cargos de conducir bajo la influencia del alcohol (DUI) y DUI con lesiones corporales graves.

Según el informe, el choque ocurrió poco después de las 3:30 a.m. del 11 de abril cuando el detective Josh Brown y otro detective patrullaban el Distrito de Kendall en una unidad de dos oficiales.

Los detectives dijeron que Garcia golpeó a Brown con su Mazda MZ3 azul cuando él estaba fuera de su patrulla en el bloque 8500 de Southwest 99th Court.

Brown le dijo a los detectives que Garcia le encendió las luces largas y su compañero dijo que Garcia conducía muy cerca del borde de la calzada.

Según el informe, Brown intentó apartarse del camino del auto, pero fue golpeado y lanzado por los aires.

El personal de Miami-Dade Fire Rescue transportó al detective al HCA Florida Kendall Hospital con heridas que ponían en riesgo su vida.

Las autoridades confirmaron que Brown sufrió una conmoción cerebral y numerosas otras lesiones en todo el cuerpo, y tuvo que recibir un injerto de piel y someterse a una cirugía de tobillo.

Según el informe, Garcia parecía angustiada tras el choque y tenía “el habla arrastrada, ojos enrojecidos y llorosos”, y su aliento olía a bebida alcohólica.

Un miembro del Escuadrón de Control de Conductores Bajo los Efectos del Sheriff le dijo que Garcia le dijo “Dígame cuáles son mis derechos” antes de aceptar participar en las pruebas de sobriedad de campo, que reprobó.

También aceptó proporcionar muestras de sangre, que mostraron que su nivel de alcohol en sangre era de .156% y .154%, por encima del límite de .08% de Florida para conductores, según el informe.

Se espera que Garcia comparezca ante un juez en la audiencia de fianza el lunes.

La Asociación de Oficiales de Policía Hispanos publicó una foto de Brown en su página de Instagram tras el arresto de Garcia, mostrando algunas de sus lesiones.

“Para quienes han preguntado cómo pueden apoyar al detective Brown y a su familia durante este momento difícil, la asistencia a la audiencia ciertamente no pasaría desapercibida”, decía en parte la publicación. “Por favor continúen teniendo al detective Brown y a su familia en sus pensamientos y oraciones.”

Residentes como Audrey Gonzalez, quien ha vivido en el área durante 35 años, estaban en alerta máxima, preparándose para evacuar si fuera necesario.

“Estoy muy, muy preocupada”, dijo, añadiendo que ha estado “saliendo en medio de la noche, solo para asegurarme de que no se estuviera acercando hacia donde vivimos.”

El fuego podía verse desde West Broward High School, aunque los estudiantes permanecieron en clases.

La residente de West Broward Roxanne Gill dijo: “Podíamos escuchar el crepitar. Así de malo estaba. Tuve que mojar mi casa con la manguera.”

“Todo el mundo estaba mojando sus tráilers antes de que llegara el departamento de bomberos”, dijo.

Según un reporte de arresto, el incidente ocurrió el 2 de mayo en Bora Bora Market, ubicado en 3296 Palm Ave. en Hialeah.

La Policía de Hialeah identificó al sospechoso como Alejandro Izaguirre, de 50 años, residente del vecindario West Little River de Miami.

Los agentes respondieron al mercado alrededor de las 3:15 p.m. en referencia a una investigación por hurto mayor y daños criminales.

Un empleado de Bora Bora dijo a la Policía que revisó las cámaras de vigilancia y observó a un hombre desconocido dañando una máquina tragamonedas con lo que parecía ser una barra de metal.

Según los investigadores, las grabaciones mostraban al sospechoso entrando al negocio alrededor de la 1:30 p.m. para jugar en la máquina tragamonedas antes de salir y regresar a su vehículo.

La Policía indicó que luego se observó al hombre abriendo el maletero y la puerta del lado del conductor antes de regresar al mercado cargando el objeto metálico.

Indicaron que el sospechoso posteriormente rompió la máquina tragamonedas, causando más de $1,000 USD en daños, y robó aproximadamente $2,000 USD en efectivo antes de huir en un vehículo.

La víctima dijo a la Policía que el sospechoso había visitado anteriormente el negocio y que posiblemente se llamaba Alejandro, según el reporte.

El reporte indica que un agente que revisaba las grabaciones de vigilancia el lunes reconoció al sospechoso como Alejandro Menendez Izaguirre, a quien el agente había arrestado previamente en relación con un incidente similar el año pasado.

Posteriormente, los investigadores acudieron a la vivienda de Izaguirre y lo arrestaron.

Según el reporte, mientras los agentes estaban en la vivienda, Izaguirre le dijo espontáneamente a su novia “fue por las máquinas tragamonedas” después de que ella preguntara por qué estaba siendo arrestado.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que Izaguirre enfrenta un cargo de hurto mayor en tercer grado y otro de daños criminales que causaron $1,000 USD o más en daños.

Hasta el martes, su fianza figuraba como “pendiente por establecer” en los registros de reclusos de Miami-Dade en línea. Además, el ciudadano cubano permanecía detenido en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight bajo una retención migratoria.

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Andrelio Castano Rojas, 54, was booked into the Broward County Main Jail in Fort Lauderdale over the weekend after his arrest by federal agents.

Federal prosecutors in Norfolk, Virginia accuse Castano Rojas of working with co-conspirators as part of an entity dubbed the “Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Organization” to launder proceeds “from the sale of illegal drugs, which included cocaine” from cities in South Florida and across the country, including Sunrise; Boston; San Antonio; Anaheim, California and Richmond, Virginia.

Undercover Drug Enforcement Administration agents posing as money launderers ended up infiltrating the organization, according to a federal grand jury indictment handed down on Oct. 8, 2025 and filed publicly on Monday.

The indictment states that the organization “accepted what are known as ‘money contracts’ to arrange for the drug trafficking proceeds” to be delivered by couriers and deposited in bank accounts across the U.S., then wire transferred to various businesses “to conceal their nature, location, source, ownership and control.”

Investigators said Castano Rojas used electronics companies ― including at least two that he owned ― and purchases to conceal the drug money as part of a scheme that ran from at least 2018 through 2025.

According to the indictment, Castano Rojas owned two electronics companies, Administracion Y Servicios G Asociados SAS LLC and Acron Technology LLC, both registered to a home in Palmetto Bay.

Each was described in the indictment as a “computer parts import/export company.”

Investigators said Castano Rojas funneled at least $2 million through those companies and then “arranged” for an unnamed electronics firm in Doral “to receive drug trafficking proceeds for the purchase of consumer electronics that were then shipped to and sold” in the Colombian capital of Bogota.

That Doral company received at least $1.8 million in cash deliveries from 2021 to 2025, according to the indictment.

The indictment lists a web of transactions involving Castano Rojas and various banks.

He’s now facing four money laundering charges in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, as well as one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Agents arrested him Sunday and as of Tuesday, Castano Rojas remained in the Broward Sheriff’s Office Main Jail facility, being held on behalf of the U.S. Marshals Service. It wasn’t immediately clear when he would be extradited to Virginia.

Andrelio Castano Rojas, de 54 años, fue ingresado durante el fin de semana en la cárcel principal del condado Broward en Fort Lauderdale tras ser arrestado por agentes federales.

Fiscales federales en Norfolk, Virginia, acusan a Castano Rojas de trabajar con co conspiradores como parte de una entidad denominada “Organización de Narcotráfico y Lavado de Dinero” para lavar ganancias “provenientes de la venta de drogas ilegales, incluida cocaína” desde ciudades del sur de Florida y otras partes del país, incluyendo Sunrise; Boston; San Antonio; Anaheim, California y Richmond, Virginia.

Según una acusación de un gran jurado federal emitida el 8 de octubre de 2025 y divulgada públicamente el lunes, agentes encubiertos de la Administración para el Control de Drogas (DEA) que se hacían pasar por lavadores de dinero lograron infiltrarse en la organización.

La acusación indica que la organización “aceptaba lo que se conoce como ‘contratos de dinero’ para coordinar que las ganancias del narcotráfico” fueran entregadas por mensajeros y depositadas en cuentas bancarias en todo Estados Unidos, para luego ser transferidas electrónicamente a varias empresas “con el fin de ocultar su naturaleza, ubicación, origen, propiedad y control”.

Los investigadores dijeron que Castano Rojas utilizó empresas de electrónicos, incluidas al menos dos de su propiedad, y compras para ocultar el dinero del narcotráfico como parte de un esquema que operó al menos desde 2018 hasta 2025.

Según la acusación, Castano Rojas era propietario de dos empresas de electrónicos, Administracion Y Servicios G Asociados SAS LLC y Acron Technology LLC, ambas registradas en una vivienda de Palmetto Bay.

Cada una fue descrita en la acusación como una “empresa de importación y exportación de piezas de computadoras”.

Los investigadores dijeron que Castano Rojas canalizó al menos $2 millones USD a través de esas compañías y luego “coordinó” que una empresa de electrónicos no identificada en Doral “recibiera ganancias del narcotráfico para la compra de electrónicos de consumo que posteriormente eran enviados y vendidos” en Bogotá, Colombia.

Esa empresa de Doral recibió al menos $1.8 millones USD en entregas de efectivo entre 2021 y 2025, según la acusación.

La acusación enumera una red de transacciones que involucraban a Castano Rojas y varios bancos.

Ahora enfrenta cuatro cargos de lavado de dinero en el Tribunal de Distrito de Estados Unidos para el Distrito Este de Virginia, además de un cargo de conspiración para cometer lavado de dinero.

Los agentes lo arrestaron el domingo y hasta el martes, Castano Rojas permanecía detenido en la cárcel principal de la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward bajo custodia del Servicio de Alguaciles de Estados Unidos. No estaba claro de inmediato cuándo sería extraditado a Virginia.

Their record at the playoffs' halfway point disagrees.

The Thunder completed their second straight series sweep of the spring Monday night when they held off the resilient Lakers 115-110 in Game 4 of the second round. Oklahoma City went 8-0 against LeBron James and the Lakers this season — and the defending champs are also 8-0 in these playoffs after back-to-back routs of Phoenix and Los Angeles.

Sure, coach Mark Daigneault can see areas for improvement and problems to be solved. MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander warns that the job is far from finished.

Yet the Thunder are unquestionably the class of the sport with this playoff streak following their dominant regular season as they seek the NBA's first back-to-back championships since Golden State did it 2017 and 2018.

General manager Sam Presti's merciless machine is looking fairly unbeatable as it heads to the Western Conference finals for the second straight year and the sixth time in the past 16 seasons.

“We’ve done our job so far, that’s all it really means,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “We’ve gone out there, we’ve executed, we played at a high level and we’ve been able to win eight tough games against really good opponents. That’s all it really means. And nothing is guaranteed. In the playoffs, no two games are the same, especially when you change opponents. So the challenges are all coming up, I guess you can say.”

The next challenge is a date with either the San Antonio Spurs or the Minnesota Timberwolves in the conference finals — after several more days of rest than those teams, which are tied heading to Game 5 on Tuesday night.

But whoever emerges from that rock fight of a series will face the NBA's biggest challenge in the smooth, relentless Thunder, who appear to be operating on an even higher level than they reached last season while winning the title.

“We’ve been very, very good,” Daigneault said. “I thought we had more lapses tonight than we had had in previous games, so we have to learn from that. Obviously we have to play better in more of the 48 minutes, but I also think the wind is going to be in your face in a playoff game for different reasons at different times, and you’ve got to be able to recenter. I thought we did that exceptionally well.”

The Thunder had never swept back-to-back playoff series, and neither did the Seattle SuperSonics before them.

The Lakers got blown out by Oklahoma City three times before managing one close game. The Thunder trailed in a fourth quarter for the first time in these playoffs, and their five-point win was the smallest of the spring.

But the Thunder rallied, as they almost always do.

Gilgeous-Alexander scored nine of his 35 points in the fourth quarter. Ajay Mitchell, the backup guard who has become a star in Jalen Williams' injury absence, poured in 10 of his career playoff-high 28 in the same period. Chet Holmgren had arguably the biggest baskets of all, including a go-ahead dunk with 32.8 seconds left.

The Thunder celebrated a closeout quarter that seemed to feature a big play from everybody who touched the court. A few minutes later, they were back to business.

“Everything that we’ve done so far is behind us,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “We still have a huge target on. We have two more series to win to reach our ultimate goal, and that’s what we’re focused on.”

Los Angeles coach JJ Redick and his staff appeared to have a surprising, effective game plan to harass the Thunder’s scorers — and yet it didn’t make much of an impact on the scoreboard at all.

Daigneault found teachable moments during his team's demolition of the Lakers, who sent double-teams at Gilgeous-Alexander and other ball-handlers at a rate they hadn't seen since the Thunder's playoff series with Denver a year ago.

In perhaps the most dismaying aspect of this series for the Thunder's future opponents, they've learned and improved from the Lakers' meager successes.

“It really had us having to sharpen our attacks, but I thought we did a great job of that,” Daigneault said. "Down the stretch, we had some big-time plays (with) high-lows, traps, and we had a dunk for Chet. That was a great attack, and I just thought we showed great execution of that. So I think we’re a lot better in that area than we were coming into the series.”

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