There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the attack highlights the ongoing danger of attempting to transit the waterway as Iran continues to throttle shipping traffic, even as it finalizes negotiations with Oman on a plan to manage the critical passage.

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

Ship hit on way through Strait of Hormuz

An unidentified projectile damaged the engine room of a ship and “resulted in a crew casualty” early Tuesday morning as the vessel was trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Oman, the UKMTO said, citing a report from the company's security office.

The maritime monitoring agency did not release any details about the ship or its cargo, and it was not clear whether the crew member was killed in the attack or wounded. It said the Omani Coast Guard was assisting other crew members and that authorities were investigating.

There has been growing concern about oil spilling into the Persian Gulf and other area waters from vessels damaged as they have attempted to transit the strait, but the UKMTO said no environmental damage had been reported in the latest attack.

Iran effectively closed the strait — through which roughly one-fifth of the world’s traded oil supplies passed before the war — after Israel and the U.S. attacked the country on Feb. 28.

The U.S. also is currently blockading all Iranian shipping traffic through the strait.

With negotiations between the U.S. and Iran stalled, Iran has been holding separate talks with Oman on a plan to manage ships transiting the strait, and said Monday it was in the process of finalizing details for a joint statement.

U.S. President Donald Trump reacted angrily, reportedly threatening to Fox News reporter Trey Yingst in a telephone interview that the U.S. would bomb Oman if it “gets in the way.”

Turkey urges Trump to seek diplomatic solution to war

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged U.S. President Donald Trump in a telephone call to continue to seek a diplomatic solution to the conflict with Iran.

The call between the two presidents came late Monday as the 60-day negotiating period to find a peace deal between the United States and Iran was expiring, with no word of an extension and both sides seemingly as far apart as they were at the start.

“President Erdogan said it is important to make maximum use of diplomacy amid tensions between Iran and the United States, expressed our hope that talks will continue, and noted that Turkey will keep supporting efforts toward peace,” according to a statement from the Turkish presidential communications office.

Erdogan also expressed concerns over intensified Israeli actions targeting Palestinians at a time when efforts are underway to move to the second phase of the Gaza agreement, the statement said.

Turkey, a NATO member that borders Iran, earlier this month signed a joint defense agreement with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, which stipulates “that any armed attack against any one of the three states shall be regarded as an attack against them all.”

Trump praised the agreement, saying in a social media post that “it shows how the Middle East is coming together, and how Countries will finally be able to defend themselves in a more meaningful way.”

During their conversation, Erdogan told Trump the deal reflected “a strong stance to ensure regional stability and security.”

El ataque ocurrió dentro del autobús de la empresa “Vipusa” —que recorre Lima de norte a sur— en una avenida del sur capitalino, una zona de clase trabajadora que más temprano sufrió inundaciones tras inusuales lluvias. La empresa, que sufre extorsiones, ha recibido ocho ataques desde 2024 que incluyen incendios de buses y tiroteos, y que han causado lesiones y muertes de pasajeros.

La policía y testigos indicaron a la prensa que el conductor, identificado como Mauro Garrido, de 46 años, recibió al menos cuatro disparos de un hombre armado que se encontraba en el bus camuflado como pasajero. Videos difundidos por las televisoras mostraron a la cobradora de los pasajes gritando “Jehová ayúdame”. Entre los pasajeros que presenciaron el ataque había niños.

En 2025 unos 239 transportistas fueron asesinados en Perú, según el observatorio del crimen y la violencia.

El plan Escudo —que emplea militares y policías que cuidan algunos de los más de 22.000 vehículos y terminales del transporte público de Lima— fue lanzado el 8 de octubre, pero los ataques y asesinatos no se han detenido. La misma noche de la inauguración, una terminal de una compañía fue tiroteada con 15 disparos y la empresa dejó de funcionar por tres días. Todos los ataques extorsivos ocurren en la periferia de la capital, donde vive la mayoría de los 10 millones de vecinos, y que cuenta con mínima vigilancia policial.

La oposición —que pide mayor inversión en inteligencia policial y electrónica— ha criticado el plan del gobierno porque es un enfoque ya empleado sin éxito en el pasado. Fujimori, quien asumió la presidencia el 28 de julio, pidió el miércoles “paciencia” señalando que “no podemos dar resultados en 15 días”.

Desde el lanzamiento del plan Escudo se han producido al menos ocho ataques, que dejaron tres transportistas asesinados. La fiscalía indicó que entre enero y el 17 julio se registraron 107 ataques criminales extorsivos al transporte público en la capital, pero no detalló el número de asesinados.

La principal preocupación de los peruanos es la lucha contra el crimen, en especial las extorsiones, un factor determinante en los recientes comicios presidenciales que ganó Keiko Fujimori. Las extorsiones agobian sobre todo al grueso de los pequeños comerciantes y se han expandido por casi todo Perú. Las denuncias por este delito pasaron de 2.421 en 2019 a 26.734 en 2025, según datos oficiales.

Fujimori ganó tras prometer acabar con el crimen y en su campaña electoral recordó que actuaría como su padre —el fallecido y condenado expresidente Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000)— en cuya gestión se capturó a los líderes del grupo terrorista Sendero Luminoso debido al trabajo de una unidad de detectives policiales.

More than 19,000 people were sheltering in tents, evacuation centers and makeshift camps after the earthquake struck off Flores early Saturday, damaging at least 4,500 homes, according to the National Disaster Management Agency. The quake injured at least 213 people and caused widespread destruction across the island, damaging 122 health facilities, 252 schools and 84 places of worship, the agency said.

The quake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles) shortly before 6 a.m. Saturday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, and residents fled in panic as tsunami warnings were issued but later lifted. Authorities have since recorded more than 2,100 aftershocks into Tuesday, though only 70 were felt by residents.

An aftershock that struck during an interview Tuesday prompted Vincentius Rano and his wife to instinctively duck and cover their heads. Nearby, their daughter began crying, a reminder of the fear that continues to haunt many survivors.

Rano is a resident of Lamba Leda, one of the hardest-hit villages in the lush hills of East Manggarai regency, where widespread damage was reported, with at least 50 homes shattered and trees toppled over. He recalled the terrifying moment the earthquake struck Saturday just after he and his wife had woken up.

“Suddenly, we felt a tremor that kept getting stronger,” said Rano, the father of a 5-year-old girl. The couple rushed to grab their sleeping daughter, but before they could escape, part of the house came down, causing injuries to his back and shoulder.

“We didn’t have time to get outside. Everything happened so fast. The roof collapsed on us, and all I could do was shield my wife and child with my back,” Rano said, gesturing toward his flattened home, a modest house, built of timber rather than concrete.

At evacuation camps across Flores, children played under tarpaulin shelters while aid workers and volunteers provided psychosocial support alongside food and medical assistance.

“For many survivors, especially children, the psychological impact has lingered long after the shaking stopped,” said local police chief Yudhi Franata, who organized trauma-healing sessions for children displaced by the disaster in Ende regency.

In Ende's village of Lokoboko, 17 children joined police counselors for games, educational activities and group interactions designed to help them cope with fear and anxiety. Parents at evacuation centers in the village said many children were afraid to return indoors and woke up frightened whenever aftershocks rattled the island.

“Children are among the groups that need special attention after experiencing a disaster,” Franata said.

Indonesia, an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands, is prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions because of its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire. Flores experienced one of the country’s deadliest disasters in 1992, when an earthquake and an ensuing tsunami killed about 2,500 people.

So when they heard rumors that Morocco’s border with Spain was open, they decided to join the rush to try to reach Europe.

All three died attempting to cross, becoming victims of the deadliest migration crisis between Morocco and Spain.

Fueled by misinformation, poverty and lack of opportunities, more than 70,000 would-be migrants from Morocco and beyond swam or climbed over a breakwater last month to try to reach Ceuta, a Spanish exclave on the North African coast. At least 90 people died attempting to cross the border, according to official figures; rights groups reported a much higher toll. Many families still haven’t been able to retrieve the bodies.

Nearly all the survivors have returned to Morocco, and both countries have intensified security measures. Moroccan and Spanish authorities blamed social media rumors and human smuggling networks for the surge, while migrants cited unemployment and low wages as major factors.

The pull of the crowd

Akbili, 31, lived in Tangier, about an hour from the coastal Moroccan town of Fnideq. Migration had been on his mind for some time, but friends and family said he had never considered crossing illegally.

He held a college degree in physics, but couldn't find a job in his field and worked at a car parts factory. He earned about $421 a month, slightly above the median salary in the North African country.

Buoyed by ambitions to become a regional hub for the auto industry, Morocco’s economy is expected to grow by 4.5% this year. But policymakers face a persistent challenge: turning that growth into jobs that offer higher wages.

Akbili was working the 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. shift when he saw Facebook posts about people crossing into Ceuta. He wanted to try his luck in hopes of finding a job that could help his mother pay for hernia surgery.

“His mind changed completely. He went from someone who wasn’t thinking about illegal migration to wanting to go by all means,” Abdelhakim Saadaoui, a relative and Akbili’s apartment mate, told The Associated Press.

Akbili persuaded Saadaoui to go with him. On July 31, they paid a driver $129 to take them near the border with Ceuta — the equivalent of two months’ rent.

When they arrived, Saadaoui said, there was complete chaos. From a distance, the crowds looked like ants, he said, as streets filled with people heading toward the frontier. Police fired stun grenades and tear gas in an attempt to disperse them, he said.

Saadaoui decided not to continue. Akbili went on. The two remained in contact by phone.

Then Akbili stopped answering.

A Moroccan Interior Ministry document obtained by the AP says Akbili died at midnight on July 31. His death was classified as “unnatural,” attributed to “severe head trauma.” He was buried in his hometown of Khenifra.

His family was told he died after falling from a cliff. The Interior Ministry said one of the 11 deaths recorded on the Moroccan side was caused by a cliff fall.

But a cousin suspects foul play and wants further investigation.

“His phone and wallet stayed intact. How is it possible for someone who fell from a cliff?” Zakaria Akbili told the AP.

Soccer dreams drove one victim

Hamza Haibouri, who played soccer for Morocco's second-division Kenitra Athletic Club, was buoyed by dreams of making it big playing in Europe, said his childhood friend Bilal Ratib.

The 28-year-old Haibouri was vacationing in Martil, a Moroccan beach town about 25 miles (40 kilometers) from Ceuta, when he saw people heading there and decided to join them. His death in the frenzied attempt to cross was announced by the soccer team’s fan club.

Ratib said Haibouri visited France when he was young and had always wanted to return.

“He always had this idea of living abroad and going to France, to get better soccer and a better life,” Ratib said.

“He was a great man, even when we were young and reckless, he would always go to the mosque early for the first prayer,” Ratib said. “He was deeply religious.”

Haibouri, whose income came entirely from soccer, earned around $540 a month when he played, but he hadn't played at all this year, Ratib said.

Families learn of deaths through Facebook

Abdelouahed Iken, 19, was finishing high school in the southern city of Agadir. He regularly admired photos on Facebook posted by a friend who had migrated to Italy.

When he heard rumors the Ceuta border was open, he asked his mother for money to travel to his home village.

But instead of going home, Iken traveled more than 530 miles (850 kilometers) north to Ceuta with friends, according to family member Housine Zligui. Zligui said he learned about Iken’s death on Facebook, and the family is now working to bring his body home.

Iken could not swim, so he bought a life jacket for the crossing. Friends who returned told the family they saw him struggling in the water before he drowned, Zligui said.

For many Moroccans, Europe represents the possibility of work, stability and a better future. Those who make it abroad often return home with designer clothes, cars and euros, becoming symbols of success — and envy.

Money sent home by Moroccans living overseas reached $6.6 billion in the first six months of this year, according to government figures, equivalent to more than 3% of the country’s GDP.

Families asked to pay huge repatriation costs

Families were asked to pay some 2,500 euros in repatriation costs to bring the bodies of their loved ones home from Ceuta, according to Ratib and Zligui.

The AP was unable to confirm the cost. But repatriating a body from Spain to Morocco generally requires authorization from the Moroccan Consulate and a Spanish mortuary transit document. Moroccan rules typically call for a sealed coffin and a certificate confirming the death wasn’t caused by a contagious disease.

A spokesperson for Ceuta’s government said Friday the paperwork to repatriate the bodies of those who died in the crossing was complete, but Morocco’s government had not accepted it. The Moroccan government did not respond to an AP email with detailed questions about what was holding up repatriation, who was responsible for covering the costs and whether the Moroccan government would assist families in paying to have their loved ones returned.

Autopsies on 82 migrants brought ashore in Spain have been completed, said Manuel Aparcero, director of Ceuta’s forensic team.

Haibouri’s sister underwent DNA testing so that Ceuta authorities could confirm her brother’s identity. Authorities in Ceuta gave Haibouri’s sister his identification card and driver’s license but did not allow her to see his body, Ratib said.

“It will take around 20 days or more” for the body to be returned, he said. “You can’t imagine the families' suffering.”

The Trade Union Network for Migration in Morocco called on Morocco and Spain to cover the costs of returning the dead to their families.

Back in Tangier, Saadaoui moved in with co-workers. He couldn't bear living without Akbili.

“He was telling me at the border, ‘I will never come back,’” Saadaoui said. “And indeed, he will never come back.”

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Associated Press journalist Suman Naishadham in Madrid contributed.

The 1,300 residents of Kandersteg, in Switzerland’s Bern canton, live amid a quintessential Alpine landscape of sharp peaks, white glaciers, steep green valleys and the distant sound of cowbells.

But a catastrophe looms over the quiet village: a mountainside rock formation called Spitze Stei, part of a mountain landscape increasingly affected by thawing permafrost, threatens to collapse into the valley in a massive landslide.

“You are aware that it’s happening, but not afraid,” said Brigitte Jüni, an inhabitant of Kandersteg. She said authorities took all the precautions they could.

“But then it’s nature. It’s nature and you never know,” Jüni added.

As glaciers and permafrost — the frozen soil sediment and rock that acts like a glue holding mountains together — melt due to higher temperatures caused by climate change, the threat of landslides is rising in the Swiss Alps.

In May 2025, a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier thundered down the mountainside in the nearby Loetschental valley, sending plumes of dust skyward and coating with mud nearly all of Blatten, which had been evacuated earlier as a precaution.

Markus Stoffel, professor for climate change and natural risks at the University of Geneva, said climate change leads to the melting of both glaciers and permafrost.

“In the mountains and in the unconsolidated debris, there is lots of ice,” Stoffel said. “Once this ice is melting, it acts like a cement. These mountain slopes will become increasingly unstable.”

Locals in Kandersteg say their situation is different from Blatten and that preparations made already allow them to live calmly.

“This isn’t the same case as in Blatten. It’s a different situation,” said local resident Rudolf Isler. “We are not afraid of the Spitze Stei rock. It’s been many years seeing stones falling from up there. The problem here is about global warming and rising temperatures.”

If the entire unstable section of the Spitze Stei — estimated at roughly 15--20 million cubic meters — were to collapse, it would trigger a massive natural disaster. But the rock is under constant monitoring, evacuation plans are prepared and experts say the rock is more likely to break down gradually than in one huge chunk.

Nathan Solothurnmann, a climate and energy expert for Greenpeace Switzerland, says that climate change means landslides or avalanches will become more common.

“Maybe even one day we will have to abandon certain valleys or certain villages because it’s becoming impossible to live there,” Solothurnmann said. “Or the measure you will need to take to protect infrastructure is so expensive, the efforts are so big, that it’s not worthwhile anymore living there.”

U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds is banking on President Donald Trump ’s endorsement in hopes of securing the Republican nomination and advance to the fall election. His opponents include Lt. Gov. Jay Collins and political newcomer James Fishback.

Democrats' leading candidate for governor is David Jolly, a former Republican congressman who switched parties last year.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a leading conservative figure who has clashed and collaborated with Trump over the years, is barred from running for a third consecutive term.

The primaries are giving final form to a November ballot whose races will test Trump’s grip on his adopted state and Democrats' ability to resurrect Florida as a national political battleground. Florida has moved notably to the right since Trump won his first election in 2016, though Democrats hope to regain ground from his slumping popularity ratings.

Two Democrats are battling for nomination in a U.S. Senate special election to complete Marco Rubio’s term after he became Trump's secretary of state last year. Progressive state lawmake r Angie Nixon matches up against retired Army Lt. Col. Alex Vindman, a former National Security Council official who testified in Trump's first impeachment case in 2019.

Meanwhile, Sen. Ashley Moody, the DeSantis appointee currently holding the seat, appears in a strong position as she seeks the Republican nomination with Trump's endorsement for the term's final two years.

For Congress, Tuesday's biggest nominating fight involves longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, former U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick and others in a redrawn south Florida district.

Wasserman Schultz, who is white, wants voters in the new, plurality Black district to grant her a 12th term. Cherfilus-McCormick is seeking a comeback after resigning earlier this year under a pending federal indictment and threat of House ethics sanctions.

Donalds is trying to make history — and Jolly, too

There have been three elected Black governors in U.S. history. Yet the 47-year-old Donalds is more likely to tout his conservative credentials than the possibility of joining that select group.

He promises to push tax cuts, overhaul Florida's insurance regulations to lower consumer costs and seek greater price transparency from health care providers.

“The people of Florida want to make sure that the Florida dream is alive and well into the future,” he said recently. “Affordability is a problem for all Floridians. It doesn't matter what your politics are. It doesn't matter what the color of your skin is.”

Trump has had an inconsistent record on picks for governor in primaries this year, and a strong showing by Donalds would leave him, and Republicans in general, in a more commanding position for November. Though DeSantis coasted to reelection in 2022, he squeaked into office in 2018 by little more of 32,000 ballots out of 8.1 million cast.

Jolly is hoping ultimately to prove a party-switching former Republican can actually carry the Democratic banner in a state where that's failed before. Democrats nominated former Republican Gov. Charlie Crist in 2022 only to see him lose by nearly 20 percentage points to DeSantis.

Can Democrats make the Senate race interesting?

Moody, a former state attorney general tapped for Rubio's seat in 2025, is in a strong position seeking the GOP nomination. DeSantis, when he appointed her, praised her as a law-and-order prosecutor ready to help Trump “shut the border,” tame inflation, and overhaul a federal bureaucracy “run amok.”

Democrats face a familiar theme of 2026 primaries, with the progressive Nixon confronting Vindman from the party's center-left establishment. Vindman's testimony in 2019 was notable in the Democrat-led House impeachment case that led to Trump's acquittal in the Republican-led Senate. Trump ousted Vindman afterward.

Floridians haven’t sent a Democrat to the Senate since 2012.

Wasserman Schultz runs in a new plurality Black district

Serving in Congress since 2005 , she faces a new district — thanks to DeSantis' successful push for new congressional maps amid the national redistricting battle intended to boost Trump's midterm election prospects.

It’s not the first time Wasserman Schultz has had to convince new voters after Republicans tinkered with boundaries. But this time she’s the only white candidate in a plurality Black district. The redrawn Florida 20th is concentrated in the most Democratic and diverse parts of Broward County, and doesn't include her hometown of Weston, west of Fort Lauderdale.

Her four Black primary opponents — including Cherfilus-McCormick — have argued the district requires a Black representative. Wasserman Schultz disagrees.

“Representation matters and lived experience matters. But experience and making sure that you have someone who has the seniority and the seasoning to be able to deliver for a district, it matters as well,” she said.

Cherfilus-McCormick, meanwhile, wants to return to Congress despite a pending federal indictment that accuses her of stealing $5 million in federal disaster aid. She has plead not guilty and disputed alleged violations of House rules.

Republican Rep. Cory Mills faces primary challenges

DeSantis and other Republicans have bailed on Republican Rep. Cory Mills as he seeks a third term in Florida's 7th Congressional District at the same time he's denying domestic violence allegations. He faces three primary opponents.

“I have not endorsed Cory Mills, and I do not support Cory Mills,” DeSantis said recently in Mills' district.

Turnout could offer clues to November

Registered Republicans now outnumber Democrats in Florida, a relatively recent flip. That puts the burden on Republicans to outperform Democrats comfortably in overall primary turnout. If it’s close – with Democrats coaxing a clearly larger percentage of their voters to the polls – then the party would be more optimistic heading into November, as Democrats witnessed with primary turnout in other states this year. If Republicans buck national trends and dominate, then Democrats could be facing another rough fall campaign.

Miami-Dade will be especially notable. Democrats carried the county comfortably through 2016, when Trump lost it to Hillary Clinton by 30 percentage points. Four years later, Trump closed the gap to 7 points before carrying it in 2024 by more than 11 points.

Also in the mix are a handful of scandal-plagued candidates, multiple people running with matching last names and several incumbents at risk of defeat.

Tuesday's contests will help shape the fiercely contested midterms this fall to determine control of Congress, where Republicans have a narrow edge, and offer a referendum on President Donald Trump's second term.

Here's a closer look at what to watch.

Historic slate of Black candidates for governor emerging

Trump-backed Florida Rep. Byron Donalds, a rising star in the Republican Party, is running to succeed term-limited Gov. Ron DeSantis to become the first Black governor of the state. If Donalds wins, he'll become part of a historic slate of Black gubernatorial nominees that includes Republican Rep. John James in Michigan and Lisa Demuth, who defeated pillow-selling conspiracist Mike Lindell in Minnesota.

On the Democratic side, David Crowley won a razor-thin primary against a democratic socialist in Wisconsin, joining Attorney General Aaron Ford in Nevada, State Rep. Jermaine Johnson in South Carolina, and former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, who is running in Georgia to be the nation's first Black woman governor.

There is currently only one Black governor in the nation, Democrat Wes Moore of Maryland, who is seeking reelection in November.

The Florida GOP winner will likely face David Jolly, a former Republican-turned-independent-turned-Democrat.

Redistricting creates skirmishing for Democrats in Florida House races

A GOP-led redrawing scrambled Florida's congressional map, which has created some awkward matchups.

The most contentious pits veteran Democratic U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz against former U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick in a South Florida district that is almost majority Black. Cherfilus-McCormick resigned earlier this year under threat of House ethics sanctions, but now wants her seat back.

Wasserman Schultz, a former national party chair seeking a 12th term in Congress, is the only white candidate competing against four Black candidates in an area of Broward County that has helped send Black Democrats to Congress since 1992. Her decision to run has raised questions about representation and stirred deep animosity, including charges by one rival that “she stabbed us in the back."

Carpetbaggers and comebacks in the making in Florida?

The race to fill Donalds' House seat features a cast of characters akin to a reality show reunion, including several who have spent time in prison and a handful who have run in other states.

The field includes two former members of Congress who are mounting comeback bids after departing in scandal. Former North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn'stenure was marred by repeat traffic stops, guns at airport checkpoints and a claim he had been invited to a Washington orgy. Former New York Rep. Chris Collins, who resigned before pleading guilty to insider trading charges, served prison time before he was pardoned by Trump.

Trump-endorsed Catalina Lauf ran twice for Congress in Illinois. She lost the 2020 primary to Jim Oberweis, a former state senator, who has also decamped to Florida and is running for the seat.

Another candidate, Ola Hawatmeh, previously ran unsuccessfully for Congress in New York, while Linda Sawyer once tried in Michigan.

Also in the race: John Strand, a former television actor, underwear model and romance novel cover model, who served prison time for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 assault of the U.S. Capitol.

Progressive vs. establishment candidates at odds again

The internal battle between progressive and establishment candidates that has been roiling the Democratic Party in states like Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan, now arrives in more conservative territory.

Progressive state lawmaker Angie Nixon is facing retired Army Lt. Col. Alex Vindman, a former National Security Council official who delivered searing testimony against Trump in his 2019 impeachment trial. They're both running in the Florida special election to fill the last two years of Secretary of State Marco Rubio's former Senate term.

The winner is likely to face interim Sen. Ashley Moody, the Republican appointed by DeSantis to the seat.

Other races will also put fault lines on display. In South Florida, U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz is running for reelection in a new Republican-friendly district against union organizer and democratic socialist Oliver Larkin.

Meanwhile, Republican incumbents are facing their own challenges. Rep. Cory Mills, running for a third term, has been plagued by an ethics investigation stemming from allegations of assault, domestic violence and campaign finance violations, which he denies.

Double-checking the name in Alaska

In a Senate race that is expected to be one of the country's most closely watched this fall, incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, a Trump ally seeking a third term, is facing another candidate also named Dan Sullivan.

Republicans have argued the second Sullivan, who’ll be appearing on the ballot as “Daniel J. Sullivan Jr.," is a sham candidate running at the behest of Democrats to cause confusion. Dan J. Sullivan Jr., a retired teacher, has denied the charge.

Also in the race is former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola. She was the first Alaska Native to serve in Congress, and she would become the first Alaska Native senator if she wins in November.

Under Alaska’s open primary system, all candidates appear on the same ballot, and the four who receive the most votes move on to a ranked-vote general election.

There are other surnames for Alaskans to keep straight.

Republican Rep. Nick Begich faces a crowded field in his bid for a second term in the state’s lone congressional seat. His uncle, former state Sen. Tom Begich, and former state Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins are the two Democrats in the race. Tom Begich is the brother of Mark Begich, a former Democratic U.S. senator whom Sullivan defeated in 2014.

Seats open up in Wyoming

For the first time in more than 30 years, Wyoming has open seats for governor, U.S. Senate and U.S. House all up for grabs in a state where registered Republicans outnumber Democrats by a 7-to-1 margin.

Republican Sen. Cynthia Lummis' decision to retire after a single term has set off a chain reaction, with Rep. Harriet Hageman running to replace her.

She has an overwhelming fundraising advantage and became well-known after defeating former Rep. Liz Cheney, one of Trump's harshest Republican critics, in 2022.

Nine Republicans, meanwhile, are competing to replace Hageman as the state's lone U.S. representative.

Wyoming’s current governor, Republican Mark Gordon, considered seeking a third term and challenging a state term limit law but ultimately decided not to.

Pro-Israel group spending in former Swalwell seat

In California's Bay Area, voters will be picking a replacement for Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, whose resignation amid sexual assault allegations ended his run for governor.

California's 14th District will remain under Democratic control as state Sen. Aisha Wahab and Bay Area Rapid Transit Board President Melissa Hernandez advanced from a special open primary.

The race is reprising a theme that cropped up in other Democratic primaries this year: outside spending, particularly from pro-Israel lobbying groups. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee's super PAC has spent more than $2 million against Wahab and backing Hernandez, and another group with funding from the super PAC has spent nearly $2 million in support of Hernandez.

Pro-Israel group spending seemed to backfire in Michigan's recent Democratic Senate primary, where Abdul El-Sayed emerged victorious despite tens of millions of dollars backing his opponent Rep. Haley Stevens.

Depending on who you ask, tending to the daily barrage of guinea pig needs can be either a fairy tale or a horror show. For Smothermon, it’s often a mix of both.

“If I could figure out how to get out of this at this point, I probably would,” Smothermon joked. “But I do believe that to a certain extent, I probably wouldn’t get out of bed if I didn’t have this.”

Smothermon is the owner of the Guinea Pig Sanctuary, in Salisbury, Massachusetts, roughly 40 miles (64 kilometers) north of Boston. On any given day, 350 to 400 guinea pigs are housed in a modest workspace, split into cages stacked from the floor to ceiling.

The space is cramped and chaotic as volunteers and visitors squeeze past each other between the rows of cages in a converted office space. People constantly move throughout the space cleaning out cages and checking on any sick animals.

But there’s also joy. The squeals from the little piggies about to eat lettuce and other vegetation often spark laughter, while others cuddle and comfort some of the guinea pigs. Each animal has a name prominently displayed outside their cage, as volunteers tick off their personalities.

Maui is friendly and gives kisses. Gritty is older, but shy. Rio has spunk and likes to run around. They all remember the smell of their caretakers and gravitate toward their favorites.

“They’re very sensitive animals,” said Janet Woodman, a volunteer at the nonprofit. “I personally think they are probably the best therapy animal next to a horse.”

Smothermon’s operation is one of the handful of animal rescues in the U.S. devoted solely to taking in abandoned guinea pigs — filling a need as people become overwhelmed with the responsibilities required to take care of these pets. The sanctuary additionally offers boarding for guinea pigs when their owners are traveling, as well as encouraging rehoming of the animals when they can.

Measuring between 8-10 inches (20.32-25.4 centimeters) long, these small beasts originally came from South America derived from the Cavia porcellus species, according to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. After being domesticated in 5,000 B.C., there are now 13 different breeds that are distributed as both pets and for food.

According to Smothermon, guinea pigs often need to be adopted in pairs. They’re social and can’t be kept in cages full time.

Within minutes of opening the sanctuary earlier this year, an older woman walked through the door carrying two cages needing to “surrender” her guinea pigs. The woman’s husband had become sick, she explained to Smothermon, and she couldn’t properly take care of both him and her pets.

Smothermon hugged the woman and waived the usual fee.

“I tell people, just bring them here,” she said. “If that’s what you need to do, I’ll take on the responsibility.”

Other days, Smothermon is fielding calls from across the U.S., asking if she can take 11 piggies from Illinois, seven from Texas, and 97 from New York — where nearly half are expected to have babies.

It's a constant stress that Smothermon never imagined would consume her life. It initially began when her grandson, Alex, brought home a guinea pig. Alex had fallen into a fire as a child and experienced health problems, causing him to avoid most animals up until he was 12, when he discovered it was safe to interact with guinea pigs.

From there, Smothermon said, her family became a resource to take in abandoned guinea pigs. The family ran the rescue out of their New Hampshire house until a fatal fire burned it down in 2019. The fire resulted in the loss of Smothermon's other grandson, two dogs and dozens of guinea pigs.

The tragedy sent Smothermon into a depression, but when her family was living out of a hotel as they looked for a new home, people still kept dropping off guinea pigs that needed help.

Seeing the need gave Smothermon and her family the focus and motivation to continue Alex's dream, and eventually they relocated to Massachusetts.

Smothermon says the work is hard. She only gets a handful of days off a year, but the constant drumbeat of needing to take care of hundreds, if not thousands, of guinea pigs keeps her grounded.

“If I don’t get up, they don’t eat and they can die. So even though it’s not a choice, I have to," she said.

Attorneys general from California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey are seeking extensive financial damages plus changes to how the company operates Facebook and Instagram. Twenty-nine states sued the tech giant in 2023 over child safety and privacy — the other 25 will go to trial later. The company also faces lawsuits in state courts.

The lawsuit accuses the social media giant of contributing to the youth mental health crisis by knowingly and deliberately designing features that get children addicted to its platforms. It also argues that Meta routinely collects data on children under 13 without their parents’ consent, in violation of federal law.

“This week, we’re in court with the largest consumer protection lawsuit in American history. We’ll show a jury that Meta concealed what it knew about the harm its products cause young people because looking away was more profitable,” said Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman in a statement.

Meta said it believes it has a strong case.

“We are proud of our record in protecting teens on our platforms and the amount of effort that we’ve put into developing protections over the years, even before these cases were ever filed, and continuing to the present day. We look forward to showing the judge and the jury those facts in court,” the company said in a statement.

U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland will oversee the proceedings, which are expected to last six to eight weeks, with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other executives and former employees testifying. Gonzalez Rogers, appointed to the bench by President Barack Obama in 2011, has overseen a bevy of complex, high-profile cases involving Big Tech. These include Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI and its founders as well as Epic Games' lawsuit against Apple over its app store.

The trial is the latest in an avalanche of lawsuits against Meta Platforms and other social media companies including Google’s YouTube, TikTok and Snap, over arguments that their platforms harm young people, illegally collect their data and are deliberately designed to addict them.

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William Frances Silvia, 61, would be the 13th prisoner put to death this year in Florida, which has two more executions scheduled in September and has carried out more than half of the nation's 22 executions so far in 2026.

Silvia is scheduled to receive a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke starting at 6 p.m. local time.

A final appeal was still pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Courts twice sentenced Silvia to death

Silvia was sentenced to death after being convicted of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder for the deadly 2006 attack on Patricia Silvia, along with her mother, Betty Woodard.

According to court records, Silvia purchased a shotgun that year and then went to Woodard’s Orlando-area home, where his wife had been living since their separation two months earlier. The family was in the middle of a cookout when Silvia arrived, and after an unsuccessful attempt to reconcile, authorities said Silvia retrieved the shotgun from his truck and shot the two women.

William Silvia was first sentenced to death following his 2008 trial. A court later vacated that sentence following an appeal related to Florida's death penalty sentencing procedures, but after being granted a new death penalty phase in 2018, he was again sentenced to death.

A Florida state agency, the Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, provides legal representation to death row inmates. Silvia's attorneys have argued that the agency couldn't provide adequate legal assistance because it was already helping another death row inmate. The Florida Supreme Court rejected the appeal.

Florida leads the way in executions

A total of 47 people were executed in the U.S. in 2025. Florida led the way with 19, a record in the state since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.

In July, Florida executed two prisoners in one day, the first state in nearly a decade to do so.

Two more executions are planned in Florida next month. Harold Gene Lucas, 74, is scheduled to die on Sept. 1, followed by Daniel Owen Conahan Jr., 72, on Sept. 10.

Lucas was convicted of fatally shooting a 16-year-old girl who rejected his romantic advances and wounding two of her friends.

Conahan was convicted of kidnapping and strangling a man that he had paid to pose for nude photos, and authorities suspect him of similar homicides committed in the 1990s in southwest Florida.

All Florida executions are carried out via lethal injection of a sedative, a paralytic and a drug that stops the heart, according to the Department of Corrections.

The campaign featured over a dozen contenders in each of the top races — for Senate, U.S. House and governor. Under Alaska’s open primary system, all candidates appear on the same ballot, and the four who receive the most votes qualify for the ranked vote general election.

Tuesday's ballot also included candidates running for the Legislature and a statewide initiative that would reimpose campaign contribution limits in state and local elections.

Senate race includes 2 Dan Sullivans and a former congresswoman

The highest-profile candidates in a field of 16 were two-term Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola.

The race, which could help determine control of the Senate, has drawn significant attention from outside groups, with Republican and Democratic campaign organizations identifying it as a top target. Peltola shook up her campaign leadership days before the primary.

During the campaign, Sullivan, a veteran and ally of President Donald Trump, emphasized his support for the military, efforts to open more land for oil development and Trump's signature tax and spending bill passed last year. He accused Peltola of being aligned with Lower 48 “liberals.”

Peltola leaned into the “fish, family, freedom” slogan that first got her elected in 2022. She has criticized a political system that she said is rigged by special interests and allows politicians to enrich themselves.

But it was a third candidate, a Republican also named Dan Sullivan, who garnered much of the attention.

Dan J. Sullivan won a legal fight to appear on the ballot following claims by the senator and GOP allies that he was a sham candidate running at the behest of Democrats with the intent of causing confusion. Dan J. Sullivan, a retired teacher from the island community of Petersburg, denied that and said his run was spurred by frustration with the incumbent.

He appeared on the ballot as Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., with no party affiliation — a decision that a state elections official said was intended to minimize possible confusion. Meanwhile, the senator was listed as Dan S. Sullivan, Republican and incumbent. The “incumbent” label does not accompany the names of any other candidates seeking reelection.

The drama involving the dueling Dan Sullivans caught the attention of Trump. In a social media post endorsing the senator days before the primary, he called the other's candidacy an attempt to trick voters and urged his followers to vote for “SULLIVAN, DAN S.”

Republican Begich faced challenge from independent fisherman

In the race for Alaska's only House seat, the most prominent candidates were Republican Rep. Nick Begich, seeking a second term, and independent Bill Hill, a fisherman and former educator from a small southwestern village.

Progressive Democrat Matt Schultz suspended his campaign last month but remained on the ballot. His campaign said Schultz would withdraw as a general election candidate if he makes the primary's top four.

Schultz urged support for Hill, who leaned into concerns about affordability. Begich, who was endorsed by Trump, cast himself as hardworking and effective in his role. House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared at a rally for Begich in a conservative part of the state this month, though the event was closed to news media.

Governor's race wide open

The campaign for the state’s top executive office was an open race this year because Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy was barred by term limits from seeking a third consecutive stint.

Two Democrats hope to emerge from a crowded, largely Republican field: former state lawmakers Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins and Tom Begich, who is Nick Begich's uncle. If one of them wins in November, he would become Alaska's first Democratic governor since Tony Knowles left office in 2002.

Republicans in the race included Bernadette Wilson, a businessperson and conservative activist; Click Bishop, a former state labor commissioner and lawmaker; Dave Bronson, former mayor of Anchorage; and Adam Crum and Treg Taylor, two former members of Dunleavy's Cabinet.

Former Gov. Bill Walker, an independent, was also on the ballot.

Ballot measure addresses money in state politics

The lone measure before voters on the primary ballot asked them to reimpose campaign contribution limits five years after a divided federal appeals court struck down a number of caps.

The measure proposes a $2,000 limit on how much individuals can give to candidates in state and local elections and a $5,000 cap on what they can give to political parties. It would also limit spending by groups other than political parties and how much individuals and groups can give to joint campaigns for governor and lieutenant governor.

Supporters say such limits are needed to prevent special interests and wealthy donors from having outsize influence on a campaign or race. Opponents say the measure would favor candidates with name recognition and argue that restricting what someone can contribute limits their voice.

Political spending by wealthy people has become a flashpoint in races in Alaska and elsewhere. In 2025 in Wisconsin, billionaires Elon Musk and George Soros helped push spending in a state Supreme Court campaign past $100 million, the most ever for a court race in the U.S.

The All-Star center fielder and MVP contender hit his fifth leadoff homer of the season to start the game. Then he ended it when he led off the 10th by driving a 2-1 slider from Hagen Smith (2-1) deep into the right-field patio area. It was the 30th homer of the season for Crow-Armstrong, one short of his career best from last year. With 31 stolen bases this year, he also has back-to-back 30-30 seasons.

Crow-Amstrong took his left hand off the bat after he connected and pointed it skyward as he began walking down the first-base line. He turned toward the dugout and celebrated before starting his slow, exuberant home run trot.

Seiya Suzuki also homered for the Cubs and Jacob Webb (5-2) left the bases loaded in the top of the 10th to set the stage for Crow-Armstrong, who drove in automatic runner Carson Kelly. The Cubs' leadoff batter finished 4 for 5 with a walk.

The Cubs snapped a two-game skid and ended the White Sox's three-game winning streak. Randal Grichuk and Andrew Benintendi homered for the White Sox, who had won six of eight and took two of three from the Cubs on the South side earlier this season.

Nico Hoerner’s RBI single tied the game in the bottom of the ninth. In the eighth, pinch-hitter Benintendi sent Ryan Zeferjahn’s first offering into the right-field basket for a two-run homer to give the White Sox a 5-4 lead.

Crow-Armstrong drove Luis Castillo’s first pitch down the right-field line and out. Suzuki belted one to deep left center four pitches later. Grichuk's three-run homer, his 10th, put the White Sox ahead 3-2 in the fourth.

Cubs starter Shota Imanaga allowed three runs on two hits and struck out 10 — one off his season high — in six innings.

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RHP Kevin Gausman (6-11, 4.53 ERA) goes for the Cubs on Tuesday. The White Sox had not named a starter.

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Lamour, who is based in Zurich, all but invited Infantino to fire him in a statement to The Associated Press on Aug. 1 that defended his colleagues amid intense fallout from the plan to sell stakes in future World Cup profits to private equity funds.

Lamour wrote that staff were “deceived” by Infantino’s lack of openness in planning. He released the statement on the say day Infantino’s senior adviser, Carlos Cordeiro, decided to walk away and described the $20 billion commercial subsidiary plan as “a bad deal for football.”

Britain's Press Association late Monday quoted a FIFA spokesperson as saying: “FIFA can confirm that the working relationship between FIFA and Kevin Lamour as FIFA’s Chief Operating Officer has ended.”

“FIFA thanks Kevin for his two years of service and wishes him the best of luck for the future. No further comment will be made on the matter.”

Infantino is seeking reelection as FIFA president but remains under pressure after the heads of three continental confederations — for Europe, Asia and for North, Central America and the Caribbean — issued an open letter last week saying his World Cup plan was a “fundamental breach of trust” and described it as “deception.”

Infantino withdrew the $20 billion proposal after a furious backlash by global soccer officials, including European body UEFA, which has warned of a boycott of all FIFA games and events.

Some national federations have withdrawn their support for Infantino, although the heads of six Arab soccer federations last week expressed their “full support” and “confidence” in the president.

Infantino has been FIFA president since 2016 and, until the backlash over the so-called FIFA Forward Enterprise proposal, seemed sure to be reelected unopposed next year in Morocco. FIFA has set a Nov. 18 deadline for challengers to come forward.

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But it is the scathing online reviews that seem to have prompted interest in “Niu Lai,” an animated film about a calf who had a dream about himself growing up with the help of his family, driving a surprising surge at the box office.

The film earned only about 10,000 yuan ($1,480) at the box office in the first 10 days after its Aug. 5 release. On some days, the film took in as little as 200 yuan ($30) at the box office, according to Maoyan, a movie-tracking platform. The figure was exceptionally low, particularly during the competitive summer movie season.

But its box office surged to 8.2 million yuan ($1.2 million) Monday, with nearly 300,000 admissions, according to Maoyan. Its total box office has reached 17.1 million yuan ($2.5 million).

Red Star News, a local news website in Chengdu, reported that the film was made over five years by just two people — director Xin Yumeng and his mother, Sun Lifan. The Associated Press was unable to reach Xin and could not independently verify this.

Posters seen at movie theaters featured a calf, hand-drawn in pen without color, alongside handwritten slogans: “Come on over if you’re into the bizarre” and “No refunds.”

A 'terrible' movie viewers recommend as a prank

On Douban, a popular Chinese movie-review platform, viewers piled on with mocking and bewildered comments.

Among the most popular: “unbelievably terrible and eye-opening,” “a symbol of the new internet troll culture,” and “a must-watch for Chinese stock market investors.” The last is a play on the film’s name, “Niu Lai,” which literally means “the bull is coming” in Chinese — a wish for a bull market.

Comments such as “over nine out of ten,” and “awesome and highly recommended” are also among the sarcastic reactions.

“My initial intention has always been to play pranks on my friends,” said Du Mingxi, a 19-year-old college student in Shanghai.

“If a friend asks me what I think about the movie, I’d say good and recommend them to watch,” he said, adding that he successfully tricked two friends to watch the movie with him. Both found it fun, but one fell asleep during the viewing.

Du compared young people going to the movies to see this kind of film to the mysterious “six-seven” craze in the U.S., saying that some are just drawn to things they find weird or funny, with many jumping on a trend whether they get it or not.

“They are just the same, it is funny but hard to describe what's funny about it, and young people just love spreading these memes virally,” said Du.

Despite the flood of criticism and memes, some viewers didn't mind the rudimentary production.

Zhong Jiaming, a vocational schoolteacher in Guangzhou, called it a rare find in an era when movies are often “visually exquisite and polished, but their stories can fail to engage.”

“This is a movie for the young at heart," said Zhong. "It is simple and honest, like a bedtime story for children.”

The sisters nearly recovered from a 6-0 deficit in the match tiebreaker before a double-fault by Venus Williams ended their first doubles appearance in a non-Grand Slam event since the Italian Open in 2016. They entered as a wild card.

Serena had been off the tour since 2022 before returning this summer at age 44. The sisters planned to play together at Wimbledon but had to withdraw after Serena injured her knee while losing her singles match.

“Eventually we would find our way to each other,” the 46-year-old Venus said about the decision to play doubles again. “It's our first time playing together in forever. It was great for us to get out there and do it.”

Kostyuk and Stearns, both 24, are playing in their first tournament together. Stearns is a Cincinnati native and Kostyuk is from Ukraine.

After dropping the first set, the Williams sisters rolled in the second to force a match tiebreak.

Kostyuk and Stearns went ahead 6-0, but consecutive double-faults by Kostyuk helped the Williamses get within 8-7. It was 9-8 after Serena powerfully put away an overhead before Venus double-faulted.

Venus and Serena have won 14 Grand Slam doubles titles and 22 total. Serena won one with Alexandra Stevenson in 2002 at Leipzig. All of Venus' doubles titles have been with her sister. They also have won three Olympic gold medals together.

Serena has won 23 singles Grand Slam titles. Venus has won seven.

Swiatek rallies for 3-set win and other results

In other results Monday, defending Cincinnati champion Iga Swiatek rallied from a set down to win her eighth consecutive match, beating Maria Sakkari, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1.

No. 2 seed Elena Rybakina beat Magdalena Frech, 6-4, 7-6. Third-ranked Jessica Pegula beat fellow American Emma Navarro, 7-5, 6-2.

World No. 3 and top seed Alexander Zverev won his ATP-tour leading 46th match this season, outlasting Terence Atmane, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (6).

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Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 sank 2.5% to 67,460.73.

South Korea's Kospi lost 1.6% to 6,869.83. The index has been sliding recently as investors have sold shares in the local market and invested in U.S. stocks to escape wild swings in the Kospi linked to the boom in artificial intelligence, analysts said.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was little changed, inching down less than 0.1% to 9,070.00.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.2% to 25,513.65, while the Shanghai Composite added 0.2% to 3,990.30.

Analysts said robust earnings reports in Asia and the U.S., partly tied to AI, have helped to counter worries about what the war in Iran will do to the global flow of crude oil and its impact on energy prices. Japan, for one, imports almost all its oil.

“First, the beneficiary base from AI investment has broadened. Demand spread across a wide range of industries, including semiconductor production equipment, power equipment, machinery, electronic components, and materials. AI demand effectively helped rediscover globally competitive companies across these sectors,” Masashi Akutsu and Tetsuhiro Tokuyama said in a recent report for BofA Securities.

Oil prices have crept higher after a brief respite last month driven by hopes for an end to the war with Iran.

The 60-day deadline for an agreement to end the Iran war and resolve the dispute over its nuclear program is expiring. An interim agreement reached in June has collapsed, and Washington and Tehran are even further apart than they were then.

Last month alone, Brent crude, the international standard, zigzagged between $72 and $102 as hopes rose and fell that the United States and Iran could reach a deal that would allow oil tankers to freely exit the Persian Gulf again.

Early Tuesday, the price for a barrel of Brent crude rose 0.5% to $91.35 a barrel. It gained 2.7% on Monday.

Benchmark U.S. crude rose 0.8% to $85.16 a barrel.

Higher oil prices have been a major factor behind stubbornly high inflation.

On Wall Street, stocks edged further away from their record heights Monday. The S&P 500 fell 0.5% but remains near its all-time high set Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 272 points, or 0.5%, and the Nasdaq composite slipped 0.3%.

In currency trading early Tuesday, the U.S. dollar rose to 159.76 Japanese yen from 159.46 yen. The euro cost $1.1570, down from $1.1583.

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Para muchos habitantes de Banda, una ciudad del norte de India que ha registrado algunas de las temperaturas más altas del país, enfrentar cada día es todo un reto.

El calentamiento global, causado principalmente por la quema de combustibles como el gas, el petróleo y el carbón, provoca que las olas de calor en toda India sean más frecuentes e intensas. Uttar Pradesh, el estado donde se encuentra Banda, figura entre las zonas más vulnerables al calor extremo. En 2023, al menos 119 personas fallecieron en el transcurso de varios días durante una intensa ola de calor que afectó a partes del estado.

En mayo, las temperaturas alcanzaron 48,2 grados Celsius (118,8 grados Fahrenheit), una de varias ocasiones este año en que la ciudad registró la temperatura más alta del país en un día. Banda fue también el lugar más caluroso de la Tierra en siete ocasiones este año —la mayoría en abril—, según el climatólogo e historiador de la meteorología Maximiliano Herrera, quien monitorea fenómenos meteorológicos extremos a nivel mundial. Desde entonces, las temperaturas han descendido un poco, pero aún son sofocantes, particularmente porque las lluvias estacionales incrementan la humedad.

Hace algunas semanas, un equipo de The Associated Press viajó a Banda para informar sobre cómo la gente intenta sobrellevar el calor a lo largo del día.

La mañana: El calor dificulta la labor de los trabajadores del mercado

Munni Devi y sus cuatro hijos comienzan su jornada de carga y descarga de verduras cuando la mayor parte de la ciudad aún duerme.

Son apenas las 4 de la madrugada, pero la temperatura ya marca 30 ºC (86 ºF). Los trabajadores del mercado de verduras de Banda están ocupados en descargar tomates, yacas y otras hortalizas, y las trasladan a vehículos más pequeños para distribuirlas a las tiendas de los barrios.

Devi, de 70 años, refiere que el calor es más intenso cada año y que este 2026 ha sido especialmente duro. Su trabajo es físicamente exigente en cualquier clima, pero durante una ola de calor puede resultar brutal. No obstante, Devi dice que ella y sus hijos no pueden permitirse faltar ni un solo día.

“Todos sentimos el calor, pero debido a nuestras circunstancias, tenemos que soportarlo”, agrega.

En el mercado, hombres jóvenes empujan carritos por pasillos estrechos y las mujeres clasifican verduras en plena calle. Devi comenta que muchos clientes llegan temprano, con la esperanza de terminar sus compras antes de que las temperaturas se disparen.

Devi y sus hijos trabajan desde muy temprano en la mañana hasta la hora del almuerzo, cuando regresan a casa para recuperarse.

Añade que, debido a la inestabilidad del suministro eléctrico en su hogar, apenas encuentran alivio allí. A sus nietos los rocían a diario con una manguera para refrescarlos un poco.

“Si no hay electricidad, ni los ventiladores de techo funcionan. A veces pasamos horas sin luz”, expresa.

Por la tarde: Un amante de los animales intenta proteger a las aves de los efectos del calor

Mientras el sol de la tarde abrasa las calles de Banda, los residentes que pueden permitírselo permanecen en interiores. Pero algunos vendedores de verduras y conductores de “tuk tuks” —mototaxis— se quedan al aire libre, esperanzados en conseguir algo más de clientela.

Por su parte, Shobharam Kashyap, un hombre de 70 años que ama los animales, fabrica casas de madera para aves en el taller de su casa.

Kashyap dice que él y otros voluntarios han instalado más de 15.000 casas por toda la ciudad para ofrecer a los pájaros un refugio frente a un entorno cada vez más hostil.

Sus casas, pintadas con colores vivos —muchas de ellas verdes, ya que reporta que las aves parecen preferir ese color—, han sido colocadas en árboles y muros de todo Banda. Además ha dispuesto recipientes de barro con agua, dentro y cerca de su vivienda, para que las aves puedan darse un baño o beber.

Kashyap expresa que él continúa la costumbre tradicional de preocupación y cuidado hacia otros animales.

“Nuestra cultura fomenta desde hace mucho tiempo el alimentar a las aves. Las mujeres que visitan los templos suelen llevar ofrendas de arroz. Ni el sacerdote ni la deidad lo consumen... son los pájaros quienes lo hacen”, agrega.

Al anochecer: A medida que el calor aumenta, las admisiones a hospitales también

En los días más calurosos ha sido mayor el flujo de pacientes que han tenido que acudir al hospital de Banda, uno de los centros médicos más grandes de la región. Las personas afectadas por dolencias relacionadas con el calor —que van desde desmayos hasta golpes de calor— suelen llegar por la tarde y al anochecer. Llenan pasillos y salas.

Los pacientes se sientan hombro con hombro en las bancas y sus familiares los abanican con hojas de papel. El personal sanitario circula con sueros intravenosos entre las camas.

El doctor Abhishek Pranayami, médico jefe del hospital, dice que el centro recibe una oleada de pacientes cada verano, “y el número de pacientes aumenta cada año”.

Reporta que atienden a un gran número de personas que sufren deshidratación, diarrea, vómitos y dolor abdominal, dolencias que se vuelven más frecuentes a medida que aumentan las temperaturas. Algunos pacientes se recuperan en unos días, pero otros tardan más.

“La presión sobre nosotros y sobre el personal es bastante alta”, añade.

Por la noche: Dormir al aire libre o en una estación de tren para escapar del calor

Incluso después de la puesta del sol, el calor en Banda no cede.

Cuando los niños juegan un partido de críquet, envuelven sus botellas de agua en retazos de ropa para mantener fresco el líquido.

En la estación de tren de la ciudad, a veces las familias se reúnen hasta altas horas de la noche, con la esperanza de que los andenes abiertos y la brisa ocasional resulten más cómodos que sus viviendas abarrotadas, las cuales han absorbido calor a lo largo de todo el día.

En una de esas noches, decenas de personas duermen en la estación para escapar del calor. En un punto concreto, varios niños y adultos descansan sobre mantas extendidas en el andén de piedra, mientras vagones de tren yacen estacionados a pocos metros. Algunos usan bolsas como almohadas. Un montón de sandalias descansa a escasos centímetros de sus pies descalzos. Otro hombre se tumba en una banca, con la cabeza posada en una mochila.

Cerca de allí, varios hombres y mujeres intentan dormir sobre mantas junto a las taquillas, a pesar de la iluminación intensa. Algunos perros se tumban entre las personas que están en el suelo, también en busca de algo de alivio.

Trabajadores cuyas viviendas son demasiado pequeñas y calurosas para dormir en ellas pasan la noche sobre mantas en el exterior de la estación, y hacen todo lo posible por descansar en medio del calor nocturno. A pesar del ruido de los vehículos y de los pasajeros que entran y salen, trabajadores y residentes se tumban sobre toallas —y a veces directamente sobre la grava—, ya que las calles y aceras relativamente abiertas y ventiladas cercanas a la estación les ofrecen la mejor oportunidad para intentar conciliar el sueño.

Para los padres con niños pequeños, la noche calurosa es demasiado incómoda para dormir, por lo que aguardan en la estación, agrupados en torno a un celular.

La lucha por mitigar el calor y descansar se ha convertido en un rasgo característico del verano en ciudades como Banda.

“El cambio climático está alterando los promedios”, dice Abhiyant Tiwari, experto en clima y salud de la organización de defensa ambiental sin fines de lucro NRDC India (Consejo para la Defensa de los Recursos Naturales – India), con sede en Nueva Delhi. “Si bien Banda siempre se ha caracterizado por sus veranos calurosos, lo que está cambiando ahora es la intensidad, la duración y el número de personas expuestas a condiciones de calor peligrosas”.

Las elevadas temperaturas nocturnas son especialmente preocupantes, ya que impiden que las personas se recuperen físicamente del calor del día, explica.

El máximo responsable gubernamental de Banda expone que las autoridades han respondido: han abierto centros de resguardo contra el calor, distribuido cientos de miles de kits de rehidratación oral, y supervisan los hospitales durante las alertas por calor.

Amit Aasery, magistrado del distrito de Banda, refiere que las autoridades analizan los niveles de agua subterránea, la humedad del suelo y la pérdida de vegetación, y a la vez trabajan para mejorar el suministro de agua y fomentar la concientización pública.

Pero sostiene que hay un límite a lo que pueden hacer.

“Lo que está ocurriendo aquí es un fenómeno global”, dice. “Se debe al cambio climático. Nosotros somos quienes sufrimos sus consecuencias”.

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Arasu informó desde Bengaluru, India. El periodista de The Associated Press Seth Borenstein contribuyó a este despacho desde Washington.

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La intérprete, reconocida en todo el mundo por éxitos como “Hips Don't Lie”, hizo su promesa durante una visita sorpresa a Quibdó —capital de la provincia colombiana del Chocó—, donde recorrió escuelas dañadas y abrazó y se tomó fotografías con algunos de los estudiantes.

“Lo que más me preocupa es que, después de que pase el estado de emergencia, se queden todas esas escuelas sin reconstruir y que queden tantas personas en el olvido y damnificadas”, dijo la cantante a los periodistas. “Que nuestros niños no puedan volver al colegio. Aquí no hay conectividad, no es que puedan hacer escuela desde la casa. Cada día que los niños no van a la escuela es un día en que pasamos su futuro”.

Shakira estuvo acompañada por Howard Buffett, hijo del filántropo multimillonario Warren Buffett, quien ha ayudado a la cantante en otras ocasiones a establecer escuelas en el Chocó. La fundación Howard G. Buffett colaborará con la Fundación Pies Descalzos de Shakira en el proyecto.

“Vengo siempre que me llama”, dijo Buffett sobre la visita. La cantante también anunció que Global Citizen y Live Nation comprometieron respectivos donativos de 500.000 dólares para la causa.

El sismo de magnitud 7,4 del 10 de agosto remeció una extensa franja del occidente colombiano, donde cobró al menos 287 vidas y destruyó más de 26.000 viviendas, indicaron las autoridades. El gobierno ha dicho que 194 personas continúan desaparecidas, mientras que otras bases de datos sitúan la cifra en más de 4.100.

El terremoto tuvo epicentro en el Chocó, una de las regiones más pobres de Colombia, donde al menos 3.100 viviendas quedaron destruidas y más de 265 centros educativos resultaron afectados, según el más reciente informe del gobierno regional.

“Los colombianos tienen una deuda histórica, el departamento del Chocó ha estado abandonado a su suerte y ha sido muy difícil dar pasos hacia el progreso aquí, pero sabemos que se puede”. indicó Shakira, cuya fundación se centra en el acceso a la educación para jóvenes en Colombia y mantiene una presencia en el Chocó desde hace 22 años con dos escuelas de las que se han graduado cientos de estudiantes. “Vale la pena invertir en educación".

Los grupos de ayuda han tenido dificultades para evaluar los daños en la región, un área del tamaño de Suiza donde la comunicación es difícil. La provincia cuenta con pocos caminos que la conectan al resto del país, y la mayoría de sus poblados se conectan principalmente por ríos y caminos sin pavimentar.

La mayoría de los 600.000 habitantes del Chocó vive en condiciones de pobreza, según las cifras que el gobierno nacional de Colombia publicó el año pasado. La zona está habitada en gran medida por grupos indígenas y comunidades afrocolombianas.

“No hay palabras suficientes para consolar, no hay soluciones mágicas para esto que se está viviendo, para tanto dolor", declaró Shakira durante su visita a una escuela secundaria en Quibdó.

“Pero lo que sí sé que hay es compromiso, un compromiso concreto de estar al lado de todos esos colombianos que han perdido sus casas, de todos esos niños que han perdido sus escuelas y que no pueden regresar al colegio. El compromiso es no soltar de la mano a los chocoanos hasta que cada uno de ellos pueda regresar a tener una vida normal, a que cada niño pueda volver a la escuela", puntualizó.

La intérprete de éxitos como “Whenever, Wherever”, “La Tortura” y el himno del Mundial de la FIFA 2026 “Dai Dai”, ha sido defensora desde hace muchos años de las causas relacionadas con la educación y aseguró el lunes que planea dedicar todos sus “esfuerzos” a la reconstrucción de una universidad tecnológica local en el Chocó.

La cantante de 49 años atrae una enorme atención tanto por sus presentaciones como por sus causas: encabezó el espectáculo del medio tiempo en la final del Mundial de la FIFA 2026 en julio, dos meses después de presentarse en la playa de Copacabana, en Brasil, ante cerca de 2 millones de personas.

Después de que dos terremotos prácticamente simultáneos azotaron Venezuela en junio, Shakira anunció que el Fondo de Educación de Global Citizen de la FIFA se comprometía a aportar 500.000 dólares para la recuperación educativa en esa nación

Su anuncio es el más reciente entre un grupo de destacados colombianos y artistas latinoamericanos para ayudar a Colombia y Venezuela. Los cantantes Marc Anthony y Chayanne participaron el domingo junto a decenas de artistas en un concierto benéfico en Miami y una recaudación de fondos en vivo para beneficiar a ambas naciones.

Durante su serie de tres conciertos en el SoFi Stadium, cerca de Los Ángeles, la cantante colombiana Karol G se comprometió el fin de semana a igualar las donaciones de sus fans a su Fundación Con Cora. También se unirá a Maluma, Sebastián Yatra y otros en un concierto benéfico en Bogotá este domingo.

La Federación Colombiana de Fútbol y la Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol asumieron la semana pasada un compromiso conjunto de 1 millón de dólares para el fondo de recuperación “Colombia, un corazón” de la primera dama de Colombia, Ana Lucía Pineda.

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Hundreds of students were evacuated after shots rang out in the high school building of the Ateneo de Zamboanga university campus in the southern port city of Zamboanga. Two other people were injured, police and city officials said.

The suspect, identified by police as grade 9 student Mohammad Mael Jalani, fired at a teacher sitting in front of a class but apparently missed. He then shot a student on the fourth floor of the building before going up one floor and killing himself, police said in an initial report.

“He entered and started indiscriminately firing, hitting a Grade 10 student at the fourth floor then subsequently went to the fifth floor and jumped from the said building and committed suicide,” Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla told reporters.

“He showed this on Facebook Live starting when he was climbing up the stairs but there were only snippets,” Remulla said. “We'll look into his gaming history and his chat history so we cannot come up with a complete answer why this happened until we do a complete forensic analysis.”

Zamboanga city Mayor Khymer Adan Olaso and the police said the suspect shot himself.

The high school building, where the gun attack happened, is in a secured campus, separate from a larger campus of the privately owned Catholic university where its colleges and professional schools are located in Zamboanga. One of the largest and most prestigious universities in the south, Ateneo suspended classes at all levels Tuesday and Wednesday following the attack.

Joe Darryl Jaron has just driven his child to the school when he heard the gunshots that prompted students to scream in panic and dash to safety. He took a video of the commotion and posted it on Facebook. “There are gunshots here in Ateneo, help! help,” he said.

A few hours after the shooting, police said the situation was under control. They asked parents and guardians of students to remain calm and follow the high school's advice and arrangements to pick up their children.

“Authorities are currently establishing the circumstances surrounding the incident,” national police chief Gen. Jose Melencio Nartatez Jr. said. The police “will provide verified information as appropriate and appeals to the public to refrain from sharing unconfirmed reports, photos, or videos that may cause unnecessary concern.”

The national police “assure the public that the safety and well-being of the school community remain a priority. We thank the school administration, parents, guardians, and the community for their patience, cooperation and understanding as authorities continue to manage the situation,” Nartatez said.

One of the pistols carried by the suspect came from his father, who was the Bureau of Customs police commander in Zamboanga, Bureau of Customs deputy commissioner Nolasco Bathan told reporters. He added that he recommended the temporary suspension of the father, who may face administrative charges for failing to properly safeguard the government-issued pistol.

The shooting happened despite police assurances that security in schools across the country would be strengthened after a shooting in June in which three high school students were killed and at least 20 others were wounded in central Tacloban city. Police arrested two students, ages 14 and 15, and accused them of carrying out that shooting.

Crimes involving the use of firearms are prevalent in the Philippines, partly due to the proliferation of unlicensed firearms, but school shootings are relatively rare.

Days after the school shooting in Tacloban, Philippine authorities said they temporarily blocked an online gaming app to assess whether it played a role in fostering such violence. The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center said its decision to indefinitely block Gorebox was prompted by an ongoing police investigation which showed that one suspect was an avid user of the app.

The shooting in the Philippines also occurred less than two weeks after a school shooting in Thailand.

Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul took steps to restrict guns in the Southeast Asian country after a 14-year-old boy killed his grandparents, five school staff members and a 12-year-old girl in Nonthaburi province outside Bangkok.

Thailand’s high rate of gun ownership is second only to Pakistan in Asia, and far surpasses its Southeast Asian neighbors.

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It happened along Northwest 38th Street, near 33rd Avenue, in an industrial area near Miami’s Allapattah neighborhood.

According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, two men were in a “dispute” when one took out a gun and shot the other.

The victim was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center, where he was later pronounced deceased.

Detective Argemis Colome, an MDSO spokesperson, said the suspect “fled the scene prior to deputies’ arrival.”

“Detectives are actively investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident,” Colome said.

Anyone with information is urged to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.

“Wow. Amazing. Amazing,” Castillo said.

Castillo is from Venezuela and is now a U.S. citizen. Standing at the polls, he said the moment felt special because he knew his vote counted.

“Super special for me. I am feeling my vote is counting,” he said.

Castillo was one of many voters taking advantage of early voting across Broward and Miami-Dade counties Sunday.

The Davie Cooper City Branch Library was one of 21 early voting locations across Broward. Hundreds of people showed up throughout the day to make their voices heard in the primary elections.

Hollywood resident Premi Sterlin brought his family with him to vote early.

“I got out here and voted early, I brought my family with me,” Sterlin said. “Bring your friends, bring your people, just get out here and vote. You don’t gotta worry about it getting too packed on actual voter day, you can come out early, they gave us a good week.”

As voters arrived, they were met by crowds of campaign volunteers making their final push to sway their votes.

Sterlin said he had not had many problems, but the number of volunteers calling out to voters was a little intimidating.

“I haven’t had many problems with anything,” he said. “I am a little intimidated by the amount of people screaming at me when I got out of the car though, telling me who to vote for. I think one thing we could do is clean that up.”

Still, for voters like Castillo, the day was about gratitude and appreciation for the opportunity to participate in American democracy.

“That’s my feeling. Believe me, I am enjoying this time, I don’t have words to make you feel what I’m feeling,” he said.

“I’m emotional just hearing this.”

“Yeah, yeah. Yeah. For me it’s amazing. That’s why I’m using the sticker with pride.”

Correction: The previous version of this story incorrectly referred to Premi Sterlin as “she” and incorrectly attributed ages to both interview subjects. The errors have since been corrected.

The globally recognized “Hips Don't Lie” musician made the pledge during a surprise visit to Quibdó, the capital of the Colombian province of Chocó, where she toured damaged schools, hugging students and taking photos with them.

"What worries me the most is that schools are not rebuilt once this emergency is over,” Shakira told journalists. “Every day that children don’t go to school is a day they miss out on their future.”

She was accompanied by Howard Buffett, son of billionaire philanthropist Warren Buffett and longtime donor to Colombia who has helped Shakira set up schools there before. The Howard G. Buffett foundation will collaborate with Shakira's Fundación Pies Descalzos, or Barefoot Foundation, on reconstructing the 10 schools.

“When she calls, I come,” Buffett said during the visit.

The singer also told reporters she planned to dedicate her “personal efforts” to rebuilding a local technological university in Chocó and announced pledges of $500,000 each from the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund and Live Nation and $250,000 from CAF Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean toward rebuilding schools and getting children back into classrooms.

The 7.4 magnitude quake on Aug. 10 struck a vast swath of western Colombia, killing at least 287 people and destroying more than 26,000 dwellings, authorities said. The government has said 194 people are missing, while other civilian-run databases put the number at more than 4,100.

The epicenter was in Chocó, one of Colombia's poorest regions and where at least 3,100 homes were destroyed and over 265 educational sites affected, according to the regional government latest report Monday.

“It’s a place I love, a place where I’ve seen our students grow in our classrooms,” Shakira said in a video posted on X by the Colombian news outlet La FM. Her foundation, which focuses on educational access for youths in Colombia, has been in Chocó for 22 years, running two schools from which hundreds of students have graduated, she said. “I really want to see it rebuild again.”

Aid groups have struggled to assess the damage so far in Chocó, an area the size of Switzerland where communication is difficult. The province has few roads linking it to the rest of the country, and its towns and villages are connected mostly by rivers and unpaved roads.

Most of Chocó's 600,000 inhabitants live in poverty, according to figures published last year by Colombia’s national government, and it is largely inhabited by Indigenous tribes and Afro Colombian communities.

“There is not a way to alleviate the pain of so many, there are no magic solutions," Shakira, 49, said during her visit to a large high school in Quibdó. “But what there is, is commitment to be here alongside those from Chocó, to not abandon El Chocó like it historically has been abandoned, until every Colombian and every person from Chocó can return to their normal lives like they deserve and all the children can return to their schools and dream of the futures they deserve."

The Grammy award winner known for hits like “Whenever, Wherever,” “La Tortura,” and the 2026 FIFA World Cup anthem “Dai Dai” is a longtime supporter of educational access and advancement. She recently headlined the halftime show of the World Cup final match in July and performed in May on Brazil’s Copacabana Beach to a crowd of 2 million.

After Venezuela’s twin earthquakes in June, Shakira announced the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund would commit $500,000 to education recovery there.

Her announcement Monday is the latest of many commitments from prominent Colombians and other Latin American artists to help Colombia and Venezuela. On Sunday, Marc Anthony and Chayanne joined dozens of other artists at a Miami benefit concert and live fundraiser for both countries' earthquake relief.

Colombian singer Karol G pledged to match fan donations to her Con Cora Foundation during her three-night run at SoFi Stadium near Los Angeles last weekend. She will also join Maluma, Sebastián Yatra and others at a benefit concert in Bogotá this Sunday.

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Police said Karina Corbalan shot her boyfriend, Alejandro Sanchez, more than a dozen times over an argument about their relationship.

On Monday, a judge sentenced Corbalan to 25 years behind bars followed by 10 years of probation.

During the hearing, Corbalan apologized to Sanchez’s family and said that she loved him.

The shooting occurred in March of 2020 in the area of West 58th Street and 21st Avenue.

Police said officers arrived to the scene to find Corbalan kneeling over Sanchez’s body.

His family remains devastated over the shooting.

“We’ve sat here for six years and she’s never acknowledged, and now she wants to say she loved him? That’s not love. You murdered him,” said Amy Sanchez, Alejandro’s mother. “You killed my baby, and I can never forgive that.”

Police said Panettiere was found unresponsive in an apartment in Greenville, South Carolina, shortly before 2 p.m. Sunday. Lifesaving measures were performed but she was pronounced dead at the scene.

No cause of death has been determined and Panettiere’s death remains under investigation. An autopsy found no signs of trauma and police said officers saw no signs of foul play.

The television and film performer, who would have turned 37 on Friday, had been open about her private battles and wrote at length about them in the memoir, “This Is Me,” which came out in May. She described lifelong scars from her early fame, and acknowledged being addicted to alcohol and enduring postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter, Kaya, with Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko in 2014.

“It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden,” her father, Skip Panettiere, said in a statement provided to ABC. “She was an incredible light and a force of nature who brought immeasurable love and joy to all who knew her — and to the millions who watched her onscreen.”

A publicist for Panettiere did not provide any additional details in response to inquiries from The Associated Press.

Panettiere started out as a child actor

Panettiere was one of two children born to Skip Panettiere, a former New York City fire captain, and Lesley Vogel, a former soap opera star who had been the prime force behind her early career before the two became estranged. Panettiere began acting in commercials and soap operas, including as the ever-troubled Lizzie Spaulding on “Guiding Light.” In “This Is Me,” she wrote that the traumas her character endured, from being kidnapped to killing her mother’s boyfriend, led her to associate “catastrophe with adoration.”

“Grown-ups gave me positive attention when — as an actor — I failed, got sick, screamed and cried, killed, grieved, and suffered,” she wrote. “Is it any wonder why I’ve faced so many real struggles in my life? I’ve often wondered whether — unintentionally — I’ve brought on my traumas because I’m wired to think they’re good for me.”

She had much warmer memories of her role as a cheerleader with supernatural powers in “Heroes,” which propelled her to fame in 2006. The series revolved around the mantra: “Save the cheerleader, save the world.”

“I think ‘Heroes’ is really hot because it’s just a really great combination of everything that people love — they love reality, they love sci-fi and things like ‘X-Men’ where they get to dream of something bigger,” Panettiere told the AP in 2008. “And at the core of it are these human stories that people can relate to, very rugged. And it’s just grabbed everyone in every age group.”

She went on to win three Teen Choice Awards for that role and was nominated for a Grammy for a children’s spoken word album, “A Bug’s Life: Read-Along,” also voicing a role in the Disney animated movie.

Panettiere later played a brash country upstart opposite Connie Britton on “Nashville,” which aired on ABC for four seasons before being canceled and revived on CMT. She did her own singing in the show, which scored some hits on country charts, spawned U.S. tours and earned Panettiere two supporting actress Golden Globe nominations. Eleven songs that Panettiere recorded for “Nashville” appeared on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs charts during the show’s run, including two featuring Britton.

She checked herself into rehab

Panettiere’s daughter, now 11, began living with Klitschko full-time in Ukraine when she was 2. At the time, the actor was struggling with mental health and addiction.

“I think there’s been this very common misconception that I just gave up my child,” she said in an interview with podcaster Jay Shetty in May. “That could not be farther from the truth.”

She said she was in a “horrible cycle for years of battling depression and anxiety and alcoholism and substance abuse” while “just trying to find my way back, my way out of the darkness.”

She entered rehab in 2015, while filming “Nashville.”

“I was the one who put myself in the first treatment center. I was drowning,” she said in a 2023 interview with Women’s Health magazine.

Panettiere had endured numerous family struggles, and tragedy. Her parents’ marriage was strained, and eventually ended. Her younger brother, Jansen Panettiere, who was also an actor, died of a heart condition in 2023, at age 28. Years earlier, Hayden had made the painful decision to part professionally with her mother, who throughout her childhood had “defined and driven her” and watched her “struggle, learn, grow, fall apart, and triumph.”

“She and I spent so much time together, so deeply enmeshed in each other’s lives, that we started grating on each other,” Panettiere wrote in her memoir. “I hated when Mom whispered about other actors during auditions, positive that they could hear her compare them to me. I hated when Mom went to industry parties and got tipsy on the merlot she loved.”

In recent years, she had been in a tumultuous relationship with actor Brian Hickerson.

On Shetty’s podcast, Panettiere recalled how she exploded into the public eye through “Heroes,” including the first time she was tracked by the paparazzi. She described her response as “sheer terror.” In her memoir, she would remember unwanted encounters with fellow celebrities — from an Oscar-winning actor-director exposing himself to her to being forced into bed with a “famous thirtysomething British singer-songwriter.”

She had spoken positively about her experience filming “Remember the Titans,” saying she felt similar to the character she played — Sheryl Yoast, the opinionated, football-loving daughter of Will Patton’s Coach Bill Yoast. Panettiere also appeared in two of the “Scream” movies, and starred as the title character in the 2009 film “I Love You Beth Cooper.”

In her memoir, Panettiere described herself as an “optimist to the core” who refused to be defined by tragedy.

“One thing I know from my 36 years in the public eye is this: Life is a process that evolves day by day, year by year and — like it or not — you are engaged in a cycle of growth until the moment you take your last breath,” she wrote.

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El incidente ocurrió en Northwest 38th Street, cerca de 33rd Avenue, en una zona industrial cerca del vecindario Allapattah de Miami.

Según la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade, dos hombres estaban en una “disputa” cuando uno sacó un arma y le disparó al otro.

La víctima fue trasladada al Ryder Trauma Center del Jackson Memorial Hospital. Los agentes no dieron más detalles sobre su condición.

El detective Argemis Colome, portavoz de la MDSO, dijo que el sospechoso “huyó de la escena antes de la llegada de los agentes”.

“Los detectives están investigando activamente las circunstancias que rodearon el incidente”, dijo Colome.

He was declared the outright winner of last Thursday's presidential election without the need for a run-off, having secured 61.4% of the 5 million votes cast.

According to the commission, Hichilema won with 2,965,326 votes and his closest competitor was opposition leader Brian Mundubile, who won 1,856,217 votes, which was about 38% of the total vote.

“I therefore declare, Hichilema Hakainde S, to be president-elect of the Republic of Zambia this 18th day of August, 2026,” commission chairperson Mwangala Zaloumis said.

In a statement issued Tuesday, Hichilema welcomed the results and thanked Zambians for the reelection, but also reached out to those who voted for the opposition.

“To those citizens who preferred the ideas presented by our opponents, we hear you, and we will continue to work for you to ensure that every Zambian benefits from the development we are delivering,” he said in a statement.

There was no immediate reaction from opposition leader Mundubile.

Hichilema’s victory follows a closely watched election which saw the vote counting suspended last Friday and then restarted hours later under heightened security after the commission said there had been attacks against some polling station officials and some ballot papers had been stolen.

The government also confirmed that several leading opposition figures were arrested on the night of the elections, with the police accusing them of posing a threat to state security.

Mundubile said his home was raided by the police in what he called an attack on his life.

Thursday’s election was seen as a test of Hichilema’s economic recovery plan after the copper-rich nation was plunged into a debt crisis in 2020. Hichilema was elected in 2021 and oversaw the restructuring of Zambia’s sovereign debt while reining in inflation and stabilizing the currency.

International observers, including the European Union, said the election was largely peaceful, but said the “broader electoral process took place in an environment that limited fundamental freedoms."

“Late legal changes, legal uncertainty, and unequal campaign conditions distorted the playing field,” said Michael McNamara, chief of the EU observation mission.

In a pastoral statement, the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops expressed concern over the deployment of the army during the vote counting

“The maintenance of order during elections is constitutionally and statutorily the responsibility of the Zambia Police Service,” the bishops said.

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That man, who family members have identified as Barry Charles, remains in the hospital, and his condition is not good.

Doctors gave his family a grim update over the weekend while investigators continue to try to figure out who is responsible.

Charles’ niece, Shell Stanley, told Local 10 News that her uncle is a big part of her life.

“He’s almost like my dad,” she said. “He’s been there for me. It’s just us. He’s a very funny person. He’ll give everybody nicknames. He probably would give you a nickname if you met him.”

The crash happened Friday around 8:30 p.m. near Southwest First Terrace and Third Court. Deputies said the driver of a black pickup truck hit Charles and did not stop.

First responders rushed the 55-year-old to Broward Health North with life-threatening injuries.

Stanley said it is not likely that Charles survives.

“They’re calling me like every other hour or every two or three hours and you know giving me the status,” she said. “And it’s nerve wrecking because I don’t want the call that says he’s dead.”

Family members have set up a GoFundMe page to help pay for Charles’ mounting medical expenses.

They are hopeful that the person responsible will turn themselves in.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS.

El hombre, a quien familiares identificaron como Barry Charles, permanece en el hospital y su condición no es buena.

Los médicos dieron a su familia un pronóstico desalentador durante el fin de semana, mientras los investigadores continúan tratando de determinar quién es responsable.

La sobrina de Charles, Shell Stanley, dijo a Local 10 News que su tío es una parte importante de su vida.

“Es casi como mi papá”, dijo. “Ha estado ahí para mí. Solo estamos nosotros. Es una persona muy divertida. Les pone apodos a todos. Probablemente te pondría un apodo si lo conocieras”.

El accidente ocurrió el viernes alrededor de las 8:30 p.m. cerca de Southwest First Terrace y Third Court. Los agentes dijeron que el conductor de una camioneta negra atropelló a Charles y no se detuvo.

Los primeros respondedores trasladaron de urgencia al hombre de 55 años a Broward Health North con heridas potencialmente mortales.

Stanley dijo que no es probable que Charles sobreviva.

“Me llaman casi cada hora o cada dos o tres horas y me dan el estado”, dijo. “Y es angustiante porque no quiero recibir la llamada que diga que murió”.

Familiares crearon una página de GoFundMe para ayudar a pagar los crecientes gastos médicos de Charles.

Tienen la esperanza de que la persona responsable se entregue a las autoridades.

Se insta a cualquier persona que tenga información a comunicarse con Broward Crime Stoppers al 954-493-TIPS.

The video caused outrage among activists from several organizations, including the Guatemalan-Maya Center, who met to protest on Monday afternoon at Hallandale Beach City Hall.

“With TPS ending we have experienced an escalation in ICE activity across South Broward and North Miami. ICE is targeting our neighborhoods who are simply trying to build a life here and to chase the American dream,” said Rubi Michele, an activist with 50501.

Other advocates included Marie Lisme, Dayna Marie Foster, Nicole Locklin, Lindsay McElroy, and Oliver Larkin.

“These 287(g) agreements, these incidents with ICE, they’re breaking our society in a lot more ways than family separation,” said McElroy, who works with the with the Guatamalan Maya Center. “They’re breaking trust in law enforcement, they’re breaking families apart, and they are violating our constitutional rights.”

The demonstrators were calling for the Hallandale Beach Police Department to document federal misconduct and avoid partnering with ICE.

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Surveillance video shows the crash at the Aliro Apartments near Northeast 142nd Street and 18th Avenue, police said.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue crews responded to the scene.

Despite the damage, no injuries were reported.

Police said the underage driver and a second person initially fled the scene, but the driver was taken into custody soon after.

It remains unclear what caused the driver to lose control and crash.

The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation.

Jorge Rodríguez, presidente de la Asamblea Nacional y hermano de la presidenta encargada Delcy Rodríguez, indicó el lunes en sus redes sociales que casi ocho semanas después de los terremotos de 7,2 y 7,5 de magnitud se han recogido más de 528.000 toneladas de escombros, entre los cuales continúan apareciendo personas fallecidas.

La mayoría de las muertes ocurrieron en el estado costanero de La Guaira, la zona más afectada por los sismos, que está ubicada a unos 20 kilómetros al norte de Caracas.

Las autoridades también contabilizaron que 6.462 personas fueron rescatadas tras los terremotos.

El número de heridos, que no se mencionó una vez más en el nuevo reporte, se mantiene en 16.740 desde el 1 de julio. Otros datos también fueron omitidos, entre ellos la cifra de personas sin vivienda. El 24 de julio se reportaron 17.900 ciudadanos sin viviendas por el colapso de 190 edificios.

De acuerdo con el nuevo reporte, 59.109 viviendas han sido inspeccionadas por las autoridades para determinar daños estructurales, de ellas 34.680 fueron calificadas como habitables, 13.733 con restricciones por presentar daños moderados o menores, mientras 10.696 tienen acceso prohibido por “alto riesgo” de colapso, aunque esto no necesariamente se traducirá en demoliciones.

Los sismos fueron los más fuertes registrados en el país sudamericano en más de un siglo y ocurrieron con 39 segundos de diferencia a lo largo de la cordillera de la costa, donde se encuentran los mayores centros poblados del país sudamericano.

The league said in a statement Monday that the fans should have been free to wear the shirts.

“The WNBA is aware of interactions at (Sunday) night’s game in Atlanta in which fans were asked by league security to cover their shirts,” the statement said. “This should not have happened.”

Two people wore shirts with a message that women's and girls' sports should be restricted to those assigned female at birth, while one person was wearing a shirt in support of transgender people.

The WNBA has been the subject of recent debates on whether transgender women — people assigned male at birth who transition to align with their gender identity — should be allowed to participate in the league. There has never been such a player in the WNBA. Although the league's collective bargaining agreement says the WNBA is restricted to women, it contains no more specific language about gender identity or sex assigned at birth.

There have been players in the league who were assigned female at birth and later came out as transgender or nonbinary.

Sophie Cunningham of the Fever said in an ESPN profile published last month that she was opposed to transgender girls and women competing in girls' and women's sports. Her stance led to small rallies and protests outside Fever games at Seattle and Portland, and Storm minority owner Celeste Keaton was given a five-game ban for confronting two fans who had signs supporting Cunningham.

The league has informed the security workers from the Atlanta game that they were wrong to ask that the messages be covered up.

The Dream said the team was not involved in the security personnel's actions.

“The Atlanta Dream believes in creating a safe and inclusive environment for everyone. Unfortunately, at last night’s game, WNBA security took actions that fell short of that standard,” the Dream said in a statement “At no point was Dream personnel involved in the decisions made by WNBA security.”

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Petrobras informó el viernes que, durante una perforación de exploración, detectó la presencia de hidrocarburos a unos 180 kilómetros (112 millas) de la costa del estado de Amapá.

La perforación exploratoria comenzó en octubre. Desde entonces, grupos ambientalistas e indígenas han interpuesto demandas contra el gobierno brasileño y Petrobras para poner fin a las perforaciones, argumentando que el proceso de licitación no hizo una consulta adecuada a las comunidades tradicionales, subestimó los riesgos de derrames y no evaluó de forma suficiente los impactos climáticos. La empresa ha argumentado desde hace mucho tiempo que sus perforaciones nunca han provocado derrames.

“Cuando digo ‘pasaporte’”, recalcó Lula, “no estoy negando mi compromiso con la lucha por un día en que ya no necesitemos de combustibles fósiles, porque Brasil seguirá siendo el rey de la innovación en biocombustibles y seguirá siendo un actor importante en lo referente a la energía renovable”.

Lula, quien enfrenta lo que se tiene previsto que sea una elección reñida en octubre próximo para alcanzar un cuarto mandato, habló en un acto oficial en el municipio de Oiapoque, en Amapá, después de visitar la embarcación.

Lula ha impulsado tanto la perforación como la energía alternativa

Durante el gobierno de Lula, Brasil ha respaldado la necesidad de alejarse gradualmente del uso de combustibles fósiles como el petróleo, el carbón y el gas, los cuales calientan el planeta y afectan su clima.

Brasil promovió esa postura durante la cumbre climática de la ONU que albergó el año pasado, así como en otros foros, como una reunión celebrada en Colombia en abril, la cual giró en torno a un distanciamiento de los combustibles fósiles. El país, al mismo tiempo, está incrementando nuevas inversiones en perforación.

Se cree que el Margen Ecuatorial —las regiones costeras del país cerca de la desembocadura del Amazonas— alberga importantes reservas de petróleo y gas natural, y estimaciones preliminares dejan entrever que la cuenca podría contener hasta 10.000 millones de barriles de petróleo, con un valor potencial de unos 3,8 billones de reales (720.000 millones de dólares).

“Todos nuestros estudios indican un potencial significativo. Este descubrimiento confirma nuestros hallazgos, y seguiremos explorando”, declaró el lunes la presidenta de Petrobras, Magda Chambriard. La empresa aún necesita realizar más investigaciones para determinar cuánto petróleo contiene el área, añadió.

Aun así, la perforación comercial sigue siendo una perspectiva lejana en esta etapa, de acuerdo con Shigueo Watanabe Jr., experto en energía de ClimaInfo, una organización sin fines de lucro. Determinar si la extracción sería viable en términos comerciales requeriría de estudios adicionales, los cuales podrían tardar hasta una década.

El anuncio de Lula parece seguir un calendario político

Lula pronunció sus declaraciones un día después de iniciar su campaña electoral en el Estadio Vila Euclides, a las afueras de Sao Paulo, una ciudad donde alcanzó fama política hace 47 años como líder sindical de metalúrgicos durante la dictadura militar del país.

El izquierdista, quien compite contra el senador Flávio Bolsonaro —hijo del expresidente derechista Jair Bolsonaro—, señaló que Chambriard le ha comentado que el petróleo recién descubierto es de alta calidad.

Lula, vestido con el mismo uniforme naranja de los trabajadores petroleros, levantó una pequeña botella de crudo que describió como “bendito”, y señaló que le gustaría guardarla en una caja fuerte.

Lo que está en juego, sostuvo, son tanto “los intereses del país como los intereses de la empresa”, en referencia a Petrobras.

“Y el derecho de Amapá a no terminar siendo sólo un exportador de açaí y tucunaré”, expresó, al referirse a los principales productos de la región: las codiciadas bayas y el pez de agua dulce.

Detrás de él se exhibía una enorme foto de Lula de su visita a la embarcación en la que se podía ver al presidente levantando ambas manos manchadas de crudo negro, un gesto que hizo en 2008, cuando anunció el descubrimiento de enormes reservas petroleras en las costas del sureste de Brasil.

En aquel entonces, Lula se encontraba en el punto más alto de su popularidad. Ahora se ha convertido en una figura polarizadora, con índices de aprobación —y desaprobación— que rondan el 50%.

Breno Rodrigues de Messias Leite, politólogo y profesor de la Universidad Federal de Amazonas, dijo que el viaje de Lula del lunes es un mensaje importante para los votantes, especialmente en el norte del país y en sus capitales estatales, donde ha enfrentado críticas.

“Para la Amazonia, la posibilidad de acceder a algunas de las reservas de petróleo más grandes del mundo cambia la ecuación”, afirmó Leite.

“Lula quiere ser reelegido, y quiere que los estados de la región norte, especialmente Amapá, tengan un electorado que le sea favorable”, añadió.

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Trump explained his decision by citing South Korea’s refusal to join his war against Iran and pointing to what he said was his good relationship with North Korea’s reclusive dictator, a transactional and personal approach to foreign policy that has defined the Republican’s presidency.

“There is no American interest that I can see in this,” said Dan Fried, an assistant secretary of state for European affairs in the George W. Bush administration. “On all levels it makes no sense. It undermines the South Koreans, undermines the Japanese, frightens the Taiwanese, unnerves NATO and emboldens the Chinese, not to mention the North Koreans.”

Danny Russel, former assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific in the Obama administration, said Trump's decision to side with North Korea, which strongly objects to the annual joint military exercises, is "firmly in the ‘hard-to see-how-it-could-be-worse’ category.”

“It is tragically upside-down. Trump is punishing an ally while encouraging an adversary,” said Russel, now a scholar at the Asia Society Policy Institute in New York. “He is protecting Kim Jong Un’s sensitive feelings from an unfriendly signal at the expense of U.S.-South Korean security."

The message it sends to South Koreans

Trump on Sunday ordered the U.S. military to downsize the 11-day Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises, which began Monday as scheduled. It wasn’t known which parts of the training were being scaled back.

His announcement baffled many in South Korea, which has been closely allied with the U.S. for decades and where national security is a top priority due to threats from nuclear-armed North Korea.

It also drew instant criticism from many Democrats in Congress.

“Treating one of America’s closest allies like an adversary weakens our alliances and benefits China and North Korea," said Rep. Greg Meeks of New York, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, in a statement.

Trump on Monday doubled down, posting a photo of North Korea’s leader speaking on a phone. The caption read: “HEY DONALD ... WE COOL, RIGHT?”

Retired U.S. Ambassador Robert Wood, who served under Republican and Democratic presidents, said the joint military exercises are critical to deterring North Korea, which has shunned any talks with the U.S. over its nuclear program and has accelerated weapons testing.

“We also don’t want South Korea to draw the conclusion that a nuclear weapons capability is the only guarantee it has to ensure its security,” Wood said.

Matthew Kroenig, who previously served in defense and intelligence positions in Republican and Democratic administrations, said polls show that South Koreans have increasingly supported the idea of pursuing their own nuclear weapons.

“The United States has been working really hard to try to persuade South Korea that they are protected,” said Kroenig, who is now with the Atlantic Council, a Washington think tank. Scaling back the exercises “potentially undermines that message,” he said.

Seoul tried to flatter Trump

Trump's turnabout came even after the South Koreans worked to flatter the American president, eager to gain favor on critical issues such as trade and defense.

As soon as he sat down in the gilded Oval Office for his meeting with Trump last year, new President Lee Jae Myung praised the room’s elaborate decor. Laying it on thick, Lee affirmed Trump’s assertion that Kim would not have pursued his nuclear ambitions had Trump won a second consecutive term in 2020, while dangling the prospect of an eventual Trump Tower in North Korea.

Trump just hours earlier had appeared to show sympathy for Lee’s predecessor, Yoon Suk Yeol, who had been ousted from office after imposing martial law in December 2024.

Charles Kupchan, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, said Trump's scaling back of the exercises may prompt longtime allies to think more about their own security without U.S. help.

“They are hoping that the American umbrella is there for the future,” said Kupchan, who worked on the National Security Council under Democratic Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, “but they have to at least contemplate the idea that Uncle Sam won’t be there for them.”

‘It’s like he wants to burn it all down'

Kupchan said Trump is not mistaken in wanting to have South Korea, as well as the Europeans, contribute more to their defense. But, he said, the president’s unpredictable approach cuts through the solidarity that undergirds those alliances “because he ends up insulting allies.”

Fried said Trump seems unwilling to "take a win” after brow-beating NATO members and Asian allies into increasing their defense spending.

“NATO is building up, South Korea is building up, Japan is building up. Trump has a problem with taking the win," said Fried, who is currently at the Atlantic Council. "It’s like he wants to burn it all down.”

John Herbst, a former ambassador to Ukraine under President George W. Bush, said the Korea decision shows how inconsistent the Trump administration can be in its policy pronouncements. But in general, he said, the U.S. has maintained long-term alliances.

“If these things grow in frequency and in importance, obviously we will be in the process of taking apart the alliance system, which has served us so well since the end of World War II,” said Herbst, who also is with the Atlantic Council. “But despite some statements which seem to head in that direction, we have not headed there in a consistent, strong way.”

Kupchan agreed.

While the president’s language could be taken as “we’re done with you,” Kupchan said, “the reality is that, at least as of today, Trump has left intact America’s forward bases and its core alliance relationships.”

Whether Trump’s message to South Korea will amount to a meaningful policy change or a fleeting social media post is up in the air.

“He’s an unpredictable president,” Kroenig said. “If we move on and the exercises go as planned and we never hear anything about this again, I wouldn’t be surprised.”

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Marte failed to show up for Arizona's game at Boston Monday night and manager Torey Lovullo was still searching for answers after it was over.

“It's been a crazy day. All I know is that he’s dealing with a personal issue — we’re just trying to figure that out,” Lovullo told reporters following the Diamondbacks' 11-1 loss to the Red Sox. “He didn’t show up today and he was put on the restricted list. That’s as much as I know right now. I'm sure in time we'll start to uncover some information.”

Lovullo said he spoke to Marte Monday morning and afternoon trying to find out what was going on, but didn't get any answers.

“There was very little coming back,” Lovullo said.

Marte traveled with the team to Boston and Lovullo thought he was still there, but wasn't certain.

This wasn't the first time Marte had a strange disappearance.

Last season, he went on the restricted list when his home in Arizona was broken into during the All-Star break. He missed three games after flying back to his home in the Dominican Republic and later apologized for his absence.

“I know there was a lot of discussions about it at different points of time in the clubhouse today — there was a lot of curiosity,” Lovullo said. “We care for Ketel and once we knew he was OK, I think everybody relaxed and started to focus on the game.”

A three-time All-Star, Marte is hitting .249 with 21 homers and 67 RBIs in 118 games this season.

Arizona recalled infielder Jose Fernandez to fill Marte’s roster spot. He was already in Boston in case third baseman Nolan Arenado wasn't able to play after leaving Sunday's game against Atlanta with what the team called “trunk discomfort.”

Arenado didn't play against the Red Sox, but his injury wasn't expected to be long term.

Marte's status — on the field and in the clubhouse — going forward is a bit foggier.

“I haven’t got that far,” Lovullo said. “I need a good night’s rest, a glass of wine and we’ll think about that.”

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The ruling is the latest development in a yearslong battle over where to house the main office for the nation's premier law enforcement agency. A site in Greenbelt, Maryland, was picked during former President Joe Biden's administration, but Trump appointees sought to reverse that decision last year in favor of repurposing the Ronald Reagan Building, a federal office complex a few blocks from the FBI's existing headquarters.

U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang, an appointee of President Barack Obama, ruled that the move was “ not in accordance with law,” and blocked the Trump administration from moving the FBI to the Reagan building, renovating it for the FBI or repurposing funds.

“This is not the first time courts have tried to undermine the administration in its goal to make government more cost-effective for American taxpayers,” the FBI said in a statement. “The court has chosen to impermissibly intervene for political reasons. This FBI is mission focused and will continue the best course of action to meet the needs of law enforcement.”

The suit was brought by the state of Maryland and Prince George's County.

“Maryland and Prince George’s County committed more than a decade of work to earn the FBI headquarters and pledged hundreds of millions of dollars," Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown, a Democrat, said in a statement. “By blocking the Trump Administration’s unlawful attempt to move the FBI to the Reagan Building and divert the funds Congress set aside for this project, the Court has cleared the path back to Greenbelt.”

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, also a Democrat, said, "Now it is time to stop the games and get to work building the world-class FBI headquarters that our public servants deserve, where it belongs: in Prince George’s County, Maryland.”

The FBI's current Pennsylvania Avenue headquarters, the J. Edgar Hoover Building, was dedicated in 1975. Proponents of moving the headquarters have said the brutalist-style building, where nets surround the facility to protect pedestrians from falling debris, has fallen into disrepair.

The Maryland location was selected over nearby Virginia following an intense competition between the two states.

Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, who was born in Bucaramanga, Colombia, lived in Maine with his wife, Karolina Rojas Alvarez, and their 3-year-old daughter.

Durán Guerrero died on July 13 during a traffic stop in Biddeford. His parents, Dora Guerrero and Omar Durán Plata, were at the hearing.

“There was no lawful justification for stopping the car in the first place,” Attorney Ben Gideon, who was representing the family, said during the hearing.

Maine Rep. Chellie Pingree said the intended target was his roommate, who owned the car that he was driving, but did not have a final removal order.

“He had a pending asylum case and a valid work permit,” Pingree said during the hearing.

Massachusetts Rep. Katherine Clark referred to ICE as a “mass secret police force that has terrorized children, trampled on our Constitution, and wielded violence.”

On Saturday, during a Democratic National Committee meeting in Austin, Texas, there were calls for “concrete reforms” of ICE after recent fatal shootings.

DNC Chairman Ken Martin, who’s from Minnesota, where ICE fatally shot U.S. citizens Renee Good and Alex Pretti, told The Associated Press that ICE needs reform.

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Petrobras, Brazil's majority state-owned corporation, said on Friday that it had detected hydrocarbons during exploratory drilling about 180 kilometers (112 miles) off the coast of Amapa state. The country's coastal regions near the mouth of the Amazon are known as the Equatorial Margin.

The exploratory drilling began in October. Environmental and Indigenous groups have since sued the Brazilian government and Petrobras to halt exploration, arguing the licensing process failed to properly consult traditional communities, underestimated spill risks and did not adequately assess climate impacts. The company has long argued it has never caused spills in its drillings.

“When I say ‘passport,’” Lula said, “I’m not denying my commitment to the fight for a day when we no longer need fossil fuels, because Brazil will continue to be the king of biofuel innovation and will remain a major player in renewable energy.”

Lula, who faces what is expected to be a tight election in October for a fourth term as president, spoke at an official event in the municipality of Oiapoque in Amapa after visiting the vessel.

Lula has pushed both for drilling and alternative energy

Under Lula, Brazil has backed the need to transition away from fossil fuels such as oil, coal and gas that heat the planet and impact its climate.

The position was touted at the U.N. climate summit Brazil hosted last year, and also in other forums, such as an April meeting in Colombia that focused on shifting away from fossil fuels. At the same time, the country is ramping up new drilling investments.

The Equatorial Margin is believed to hold significant oil and natural gas reserves, and preliminary estimates suggest the basin could contain up to 10 billion barrels of oil, with a potential value of about 3.8 trillion reais ($720 billion).

“All of our studies indicate substantial potential. This discovery confirms our findings, and we will continue exploring,” the Petrobras president, Magda Chambriard, said Monday about the latest find. The company still needs to conduct further research to determine how much oil the area contains, she added.

Still, according to Shigueo Watanabe Jr., an energy expert with the Brazilian nonprofit ClimaInfo, commercial drilling remains a distant prospect at this stage. Determining whether extraction would be commercially viable would require further research that could take up to a decade.

Lula's announcement appears to follow a political calendar

Lula spoke in Oiapoque a day after kicking off his election campaign at the Vila Euclides Stadium outside Sao Paulo — a city where he rose to political fame 47 years ago as a metalworkers union leader during the country’s 1964-1985 military dictatorship.

The leftist leader, who is running against Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro — the lawmaker son of former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro — said Chambriard, the head of Petrobras, has told him the new-found oil is of high quality.

Lula, wearing the orange uniform of oil workers, held up a small bottle of black crude oil that he described as “blessed,” and said that he would like to keep it in a safe.

At stake, he said, are both “the interests of the country and the interests of the company,” referring to Petrobras.

“And Amapa’s right not to end up as merely an exporter of acai and tucunare,” he said, referring to the region's top products, the coveted berries and the freshwater fish.

Displayed behind him was a huge photo of Lula from his visit to the drilling vessel earlier Monday, showing the president holding up both hands stained with black crude — a gesture he famously made in 2008, when he announced the discovery of vast offshore oil reserves in southeastern Brazil.

Back then, Lula was at the height of his popularity. Now, he has become a polarizing figure, with opinion polls showing that nearly half of Brazilians approve of his administration, while a similarly large share disapprove of it.

Breno Rodrigues de Messias Leite, a political scientist and professor at the Federal University of Amazonas, said Lula's Monday trip sends an important message to voters, especially in northern Brazil and its state capitals, where he has faced criticism.

“For the Amazon, the possibility of gaining access to some of the world’s largest oil reserves changes the equation,” Leite said.

“Lula wants to be reelected, and he wants the states in the northern region, especially Amapa, to have an electorate that is favorable to him,” he added.

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Although the center of Lala never technically crossed land, it came to within about 25 to 30 miles of the Big Island as a Category 1 hurricane, the closest approach of any hurricane on record (since at least 1949) to the Big Island.

At Lala’s closest approach on Saturday, snow was even reported atop the nearly 14,000-foot summit of Mauna Kea, with winds at the time gusting to 119 mph and a wind chill of 24°F.

One of the wettest U.S. tropical cyclones on record

The upslope winds (winds blowing from the east and pushing up windward or east-facing mountain slopes) enhanced rainfall as Lala’s eyewall and outer bands collided with Hawai’i’s dramatic, undulating terrain on Saturday. Rainfall totals reached an incredible 43.55 inches at Laupāhoehoe Natural Area Reserve on the northeast side of the Big Island based on preliminary totals.

Lala will likely go down as one of the top 10 wettest tropical cyclones on record for the U.S. and perhaps the third wettest to affect Hawai’i, only behind Lane in 2018 and Hiki in 1950 which brought rainfall totals of 58 inches and 52 inches, respectively.

Even outside the Big Island, Lala dropped double-digit rainfall totals along windward slopes. Rainfall exceeded two feet (24 inches) along the Waikamoi Ridge on Maui and a foot (12 inches) in the Moanalua Valley northwest of Honolulu on Oahu.

Though rainfall totals stayed in the single digits on the drier, downslope side of the islands, including in some of the state’s more densely populated districts, hurricane force wind gusts knocked out power to over a quarter million customers at the storm’s peak, including nearly 175,000 customers on Oahu, constituting more than half of all Hawaiian Electric customers on the state’s most populous island.

As of Monday morning, about 116,000 customers remain without power, according to PowerOutage.us, or about 25% of customers across the state.

Another central Pacific system possible this week but should stay south of Hawai’i

Lala continues to pull away from Hawai’i today and though another system may develop southeast of Hawai’i later this week, forecast models largely keep it weaker and tracking well south of the state through the upcoming weekend.

Atlantic systems fizzle

Meanwhile on the Atlantic side, the two systems we were tracking last week – Invest 92L and Invest 94L – have fizzled.

Invest 92L was torn apart by a firehose of wind shear as it moved quickly through the Caribbean this weekend and Invest 94L is succumbing to the same fate, being shredded to pieces just east of the Caribbean islands early Monday.

We’ll continue to watch the waves roll off Africa this month, but for now, models suggest they’ll have a hard journey given El Niño’s stronghold on the basin.

So far we’ve not yet recorded an Atlantic hurricane. The average date of the first hurricane in the Atlantic is August 11^th. The latest date for the first hurricane formation is September 11^th (a record held by Hurricanes Gustav in 2002 and Humberto in 2013). No Atlantic hurricane season in the modern era has ended without a hurricane.

One of those prisoners, Emirlendris Benitez, is home again with her family after spending eight years in prison. Says she could barely believe she was being released after being accused of involvement in the 2018 drone explosions that the government reported as an attempt on Nicolas Maduro’s life.

Her 72-year-old mother also couldn’t believe it, saying her daughter wouldn’t hurt a fly.

Benitez’s case gained notoriety because of the torture she endured.

She was beat, kicked and had a bag placed over her head until she could no longer breathe. She didn’t think she would survive.

Benitez now uses a wheelchair after she says she didn’t receive prompt medical attention for a health condition.

The prisoner release is the first major shake-up in Venezuelan politics since negotiations began to chart a path towards free elections.

Benitez and her mother say they forgive her abusers and hope the negotiations will lead to the release of all political prisoners.

In court, Benitez found out she has not fully recovered her freedom.

She still will be required to make a court appearance every three months, and many others also saying they have been granted alternative detention measures, but not full freedom.

On Monday afternoon, Alina Garcia, Miami-Dade County’s supervisor of elections, was hard at work in her office at 2700 NW 87 Ave., in Doral.

“The voter turnout has not been optimal. We have 12.5% voter turnout. That’s between early voting and vote-by-mail that we have received,” Garcia said.

In Florida, supervisors of elections are required to count the voters’ ballots and also take a picture of the ballots.

“The state of Florida is considered the platinum standard for elections,” Garcia said about the checks and balances.

Voters, even those who don’t have a party affiliation, are set to vote on judges, commissioners, and school board members.

On Tuesday, registered voters have to cast their ballots at their assigned polling location. Vote-by-mail ballots have to be delivered to the supervisor of elections’ office no later than 7 p.m.

Here is the list of acceptable forms of identification:

• Florida driver’s license
• Florida ID card
• U.S. passport
• Military or student ID
• Retirement center identification
• Neighborhood association identification
• Public assistance identification
• Veteran health identification card issued by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs
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Local 10 News reporter Christina Vazquez asked U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Florida, “Do you think that can happen with Raul Castro still in a position of power there on the island?”

“I don’t think he is going to change,” Diaz-Balart said. “What is important is that this administration is doing everything it can to pressure the regime.”

In the wake of the U.S. defense secretary’s remarks that all options are on the table, including military options, U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Florida, said, “I think you leave everything on the table. You keep your opponent guessing.”

“Does it require military force? No, not necessarily,” Diaz-Balart said. “But should the president have every option on the table? Absolutely.”

“We know we need political change before we have economic change,” Gimenez said.

Both share a view that Cuba’s proximity to the U.S. and decades-long alignment with some of America’s adversaries poses a national security threat.

“Just like the process in Venezuela needs to culminate in elections, the process in Cuba needs to culminate in regime change,” Diaz-Balart said.

“If we don’t get it done within the next year and a half, two years, then we will probably lose our window, but I think things are going to change,” Gimenez said.

Cuba analyst Andy Gomez said, “If nothing happens in Cuba in the next six months, the window is closed.”

“Why? They have dug in,” Gomez said. “The sanctions at this point are hurting the Cuban people. If the Cuban government was willing to negotiate, they would have done it by now. The only option on the table left for the United States is a military strike.”

Even then, Gomez explained why, in his view, dismantling Cuba’s communist system and moving the country toward freedom will be a heavy lift.

“Transitioning to democracy when you have a million people that have been indoctrinated or were born after 1959 and they don’t have the democratic attitudes and values to sustain — what are we talking about, a democracy?” Gomez said. “So transitioning to a democracy will take time and could be a generation.”

“I do now believe that there is a possibility after Raul Castro dies that some of the lower-ranking generals that did not participate in the Cuban revolution could say, ‘Enough is enough. We’re taking over,’” Gomez said.

“But what is the United States’ ultimate plan with Cuba? I can’t figure it out,” Gomez said. “I mean, with Venezuela, Marco (Rubio)’s plan was very clear. Not that I agree with it, but it was very clear. Stabilization, recovery and transition without a timetable. Can the same thing be applied to Cuba? What does Cuba have to offer? They don’t have oil. There are many differences between Venezuela and Cuba. They are very different, including that the people in power in Venezuela gave up the guy on top ― Nicolas Maduro ― buying time until Trump leaves office.”

Gomez said the White House has failed to clearly articulate what its phased transition plan for Cuba would look like.

Tuesday is likely to bring record warmth. The day will feature plenty of sun and light, northwest to south-southeasterly winds. Temperatures will make a run for the upper 90s. If Miami hits 97°F or hotter, it will break the record high for the date.

The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office announced 11 arrests that stemmed from an investigation called Operation Parking Denied which looked into legitimate handicapped placards that were obtained illegally.

The arrests all came after an internal audit from Miami-Dade Tax Collector Dariel Fernández.

“So far we have reviewed 7349 applications and 6190 have failed the final audit,” said Fernandez.

Investigators determined drivers were paying someone to provide them with the necessary medical documents to obtain the rear-view mirror blue decals and taking them from handicapped drivers who are in need of them.

“Their internal audit identified hundreds of suspicious applications and brought them to the attention of our investigators,” said Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz. “The evidence points to a scheme to which people could pay a broker up to $200 to obtained fraudulent medical certification on disability and then take that paperwork to the tax collector’s office to obtain a handicapped placard.”

Detectives also learned that in some cases, doctor’s signatures were forged, and in other cases the doctors weren’t even alive.

“Many applications bore what appeared to be the signature of a doctor, but through our investigation it revealed that this particular doctor had retired back in 2020 and subsequently passed away on 2025,” said Cordero-Stutz.

The sheriff also had a message to those who believe they may have slipped through the cracks and continue to illegally park.

“Our investigations will continue and we will eventually find you,” she said.

Additionally, Fernandez said the county’s audit continues, and they are now reviewing open and closed applications to ensure those who have and continue to receive the placards legitimately need it.

The Ravens announced Brigance's death on Monday.

“We are devastated by the awful news that we have lost O.J. Brigance,” Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti said in a statement. “O.J. was a beloved legend, mentor and man to everyone who was fortunate enough to know him. He was a vibrant person who became one of the first Ravens heroes with his passionate play, including the first tackle in the 2000 Super Bowl.”

Brigance was diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, in 2007. Not long after that, he and his wife, Chanda, formed the Brigance Brigade Foundation, an organization whose mission is to “equip, encourage and empower” those afflicted with ALS.

Despite using a wheelchair and a communication device that translated his messages, Brigance served as senior adviser for player engagement with the Ravens, a job he started in 2004. In addition to assisting players in each phase of their career, Brigance proved a source of motivation within the organization.

“Every day I walk by, not just to tell him how much I love him, but to tell him that he is the one thing that lets me not complain about anything,” Ravens Hall of Fame linebacker Ray Lewis said in 2012, his final pro season. “I played with that guy. His spirit is just awesome.”

Brigance is the only player to win a Canadian Football League title and a Super Bowl championship for a team in the same city, Baltimore.

“While winning CFL and NFL championships are great personal remembrances, I wouldn’t say any of these events define me,” he said. “Rather, they are part of an accumulation of life events which catapulted me to do what God wanted me to accomplish. If you were to remove any of those events, I wouldn’t be the same person or have the position of influence. With that being said, I consider the Brigance Brigade to be the most significant achievement of my life because of my ability to touch the lives of others.”

Brigance said his career as a professional football player — he played linebacker and on special teams — helped prepare him for the fight against ALS.

“Many people think football is all about strength and physical ability,” Brigance said in a 2012 interview with The Associated Press. “While these are integral parts of one’s success, the fortitude, discipline and the desire necessary to play the sport are characteristics that are readily transferrable to everyday life.”

Brigance didn’t set out to be an example of how to live under difficult circumstances, but he had no intention of letting ALS get him down. He and Chanda collaborated to help and encourage others with the disease.

“I have found that when adversity strikes, there is a decision to be made. We chose to respond and continue to live, and also help others living with ALS to respond also,” he said. “We have found that we have been a great encouragement not only to those within the ALS community, but to people in all walks of life.”

Orenthial James Brigance was born Sept. 29, 1969 and played in college at Rice in his hometown of Houston. He began his professional career in 1991 as a linebacker for the British Columbia Lions. He played three seasons with BC, making 20 sacks in 1993, before joining the Baltimore Stallions. In his second season in Baltimore, the team won the 1995 Grey Cup.

In 1996, Brigance was signed by the Miami Dolphins as a free agent. He was twice voted a team captain during his four seasons there and was the Ed Block Courage Award recipient in 1999. He was honored with the NFL Players Association's “Unsung Hero Award” that same season.

Brigance’s lone season with Baltimore was 2000. He had a team-high 10 tackles on special teams during Baltimore’s playoff run, which ended with a 34-7 win over the New York Giants in the Super Bowl.

Brigance played for the St. Louis Rams in 2001 and 2002, and his final game was with New England in 2002.

“I am devastated and at a loss for words. O.J. was one of the most genuine, sincere people I have ever known,” Ravens executive vice president Ozzie Newsome said. “From the moment he arrived in Baltimore, you could feel his energy. His amazing smile, welcoming nature and infectious personality made everyone around him feel like family.”

And his tenacity would serve him well long after his playing days ended.

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Deborah Pachano, de Pretty Kitty Rescue en Miami, ha dedicado su vida a rescatar y salvar vidas de gatos.

“Por lo general, tenemos algunos casos cada año y eso es completamente normal, pero nunca habíamos visto algo así”, dijo.

Este verano, dijo que ha perdido más gatos que nunca.

“Nada es más desgarrador, tengo que decirlo, que ver a pequeños gatitos inocentes morir justo frente a ti, es absolutamente desgarrador”, dijo Pachano.

El daño mortal lo está causando una nueva cepa de un virus altamente contagioso y a menudo mortal para los felinos.

La técnica veterinaria Amy Dombkowski cuida a más de 200 gatos con Purrr Adoption & Sanctuary.

“La panleucopenia felina es un virus parvo altamente contagioso y a menudo mortal, y se propaga rápidamente”, dijo. “Ha sido muy común entre los gatitos pequeños durante mucho, mucho tiempo, pero ahora estamos comenzando a ver una cepa diferente que también está afectando a los adultos”.

Los especialistas en cuidado animal también han visto que la cepa se adapta y se vuelve más fuerte mientras ataca a gatos inocentes y no vacunados.

“Usamos diferentes almohadillas absorbentes, usamos diferentes toallas, usamos guantes, usamos protectores, usamos desinfectantes todo el tiempo”, dijo Dombkowski.

Los síntomas inmediatos son pérdida de apetito, deshidratación, vómitos, diarrea y letargo.

En este momento, el sur de Florida es un foco de este virus, y las razones son que hace mucho calor y también estamos lidiando con una enorme sobrepoblación de gatos en nuestra comunidad, lo que facilita demasiado la propagación del virus.

Tanya Lynn Heller fundó Purrr Adoption & Sanctuary y cree que la falta de vacunas está impulsando esta propagación durante el verano.

“Nuestros hogares de acogida este año, todos lo han experimentado, y ha sido malo”, dijo Heller. “Han perdido gatos adultos, han perdido gatitos casi de inmediato, así que ahora mismo es realmente difícil conseguir un hogar de acogida porque están agotados y tristes”.

Por esa razón, su organización de rescate ofrece atención de bajo costo para la panleucopenia, también conocida como parvo felino, por $25 USD por inyección. Los gatos necesitan tres.

“Así que, si pueden recibir al menos una dosis, ayuda”, dijo Heller. “Dos ayudan a protegerlos y tres realmente consolidan la protección”.

Local 10 News consultó con Broward County Animal Care y, aunque el refugio no lleva un registro de los casos, dijeron que “han visto un aumento de casos este verano, lo que ha resultado en que las salas para gatos estén en cuarentena entre 8 y 10 veces debido a exposiciones”.

Miami-Dade Animal Services reportó 216 casos hasta ahora este año.

“Puede propagarse tan rápido, es muy, muy contagioso, así que lo estás propagando sin siquiera saber que están enfermos”, dijo Pachano.

Heller agregó: “Podrías estar jugando con un gato que crees que está sano, llegar a casa, acariciar a tu gato y haberle dado una sentencia de muerte”.

El período de incubación es de dos a siete días, lo que convierte a este virus en uno muy riesgoso que puede circular rápidamente incluso antes de que aparezcan los síntomas.

No existe una cura, solo cuidados de apoyo.

Existe una prueba de laboratorio para detectar la enfermedad, pero para cuando los gatos muestran signos, a menudo es demasiado tarde. Muchos mueren en un plazo de 24 a 48 horas.

“He sobrevivido a muchos casos anteriormente, pero con esta cepa en particular, se los llevó muy rápido”, dijo Pachano.

Según el Departamento de Policía de Miami, el incidente ocurrió alrededor de la 1:10 a.m. en Brickell Avenue, cerca de Southeast Seventh Street.

Los informes de arresto de MPD indican que mientras la víctima conducía el scooter hacia el norte por Brickell Avenue, los tres hombres circulaban junto a él en una SUV Mercedes-Benz gris y los dos pasajeros traseros comenzaron a disparar, alcanzándolo con múltiples balines, “incluido un balín que lo alcanzó cerca del ojo izquierdo, provocando que cayera de su scooter”.

“Mientras la víctima intentaba volver a ponerse de pie, el vehículo dio la vuelta y regresó hacia él, momento en el que los ocupantes volvieron a disparar pistolas de balines en su dirección”, indica el informe. “Posteriormente, el vehículo volvió a dar la vuelta y abandonó el área. Durante este incidente, la víctima pudo grabar un video del vehículo mientras se alejaba de la escena”.

La policía dijo que recuperó tres balines en la escena y pudo distinguir parcialmente una placa, localizando el vehículo unos 20 minutos después en Southwest Second Avenue, cerca de Eighth Street, y deteniendo al grupo.

La policía identificó al conductor como Kai McMurray, de 21 años, de Laguna Beach, California; y a los pasajeros como Tomas Flecha, de 19 años, de Conyers, Georgia; y Ayden Hanan, de 23 años, de Gurnee, Illinois.

Los agentes dijeron que encontraron “múltiples balines en el piso, los asientos y los portavasos del vehículo”.

Según los informes, McMurray admitió que Flecha y Hanan “estaban bajando activamente las ventanas del vehículo y disparando pistolas de balines contra personas mientras él conducía por el área de Brickell”.

“(Él) también declaró que después de disparar las pistolas de balines en el área, los ocupantes regresaron a su apartamento, donde dejaron las pistolas de balines”, indica el informe. “Posteriormente, los ocupantes volvieron a salir del apartamento y continuaron conduciendo por el área”.

La policía dijo que Hanan admitió estar “al tanto de los disparos con pistolas de balines”.

La policía puso a los tres bajo custodia por cargos de agresión agravada y disparar o lanzar un proyectil mortal. El último cargo fue clasificado como “intento” para Hanan y McMurray.

Los hombres permanecían detenidos en el Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center con fianzas indicadas como “por establecer” hasta la tarde del lunes.

Deborah Pachano from Pretty Kitty Rescue in Miami has dedicated her life to rescuing and saving cat lives.

“We typically have a few cases every year and that’s really normal, but we’ve never seen anything like this,” she said.

This summer, she said she has lost more cats than ever before.

“Nothing is more heartbreaking, I have to tell you, than to see little innocent kittens pass away right in front of you, it’s absolutely heartbreaking,” Pachano said.

Doing the deadly damage is a new strain of a highly contagious and often fatal virus for felines.

Vet tech Amy Dombkowski cares for more than 200 cats with Purrr Adoption & Sanctuary.

“Feline panleukopenia is a highly contagious, often fatal parvo virus and it spreads like wildfire,” she said. “It’s (been) very popular with little kittens for a long, long time, but now we are starting to see a different strain that’s affecting the adults as well.”

Animal care specialists have also seen the strain adapt and become stronger as it targets innocent and unvaccinated cats.

“We use different pee pee pads, we use different towels, we use gloves, we use protectants, we use disinfectants all the time,” said Dombkowski.

Immediate symptoms are loss of appetite, dehydration, vomiting, diarrhea and lethargy.

Right now, South Florida is a hot spot for this virus, and the reasons are because we are so hot, and we’re also dealing with a huge overpopulation of cats in our community, which makes it too easy for the virus to spread.

Tanya Lynn Heller founded Purrr Adoption & Sanctuary and believes a lack of vaccines is fueling this summer spread.

“Our fosters this year, everyone has experienced it, and it’s been bad,” said Heller. “They have lost adult cats, they have lost kittens almost immediately, so it’s really hard right now to get a foster because they are burned out, they are sad.”

For that reason, her rescue is providing low-cost care for panleukopenia, also known as feline parvo, for $25 a shot. Cats need three.

“So if they can get at least one (dose) in, it helps,” said Heller. “Two helps protect them and three actually solidifies.”

Local 10 News checked with Broward County Animal Care and even though the shelter does not track cases, they said they “have seen an increase in cases this summer, resulting in 8-10 instances of cat rooms being under quarantine due to exposure.”

Miami-Dade Animal Services reported 216 cases so far this year.

“It can spread so quickly, it’s very, very contagious, so you’re spreading it without even knowing they are sick,” said Pachano.

Added Heller: “You could be playing with some cat that you think is healthy, come home, pet your cat, and you’ve given it a death sentence.”

The incubation period is two to seven days, making it a very risky virus that can quickly circulate before symptoms even show.

There is no cure, only supportive care.

There is a lab test to check for the disease, but by the time cats show signs, it’s often too late. Many die within 24 to 48 hours.

“I have survived many beforehand, but with this particular strain, it just took them so fast,” said Pachano.

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It was located along Northwest Second Avenue, entering the Golden Glades Interchange.

Video from Sky 10 shows a vehicle stopped on the wrong side of the road, facing traffic, and then several minutes later, that same camera caught officers leading a man away from the scene in handcuffs and placing him in a police cruiser.

Officials with Miami-Dade Fire Rescue told Local 10 that they responded to a traffic accident that involved several vehicles but did not provide any information beyond that.

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

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A witness who also lived in the house in the Boulevard Heights neighborhood told police officers that “he had been consuming alcohol” with Andres Perez and Pedrom Matom in his bedroom since about 1 a.m., on Sunday, according to the warrant.

Since Perez and Matom wouldn’t stop arguing, the witness said he asked them both to leave his bedroom near North 72nd Avenue and McKinley Street, according to the arrest warrant.

Witnesses reported hearing “what sounded like a physical altercation and a door slamming,” seeing Matom “run out” of the house, and “blood on the wall leading” into Perez’s bedroom, according to the warrant.

A witness found Perez “faced down on the floor inside the bedroom bleeding from his arm and torso,” a police officer wrote, according to the warrant.

Police officers responded to the house at 7:45 a.m. on Sunday and found Matom nearby holding a Heineken beer, and wearing a white T-shirt that was stained with “a significant amount of blood,” according to police.

A doctor pronounced Perez dead at about 8:25 a.m. on Sunday at the Memorial Regional Hospital, according to police officers.

Matom allegedly “showed no emotion” when police officers told him Perez was dead, according to the arrest warrant.

Corrections held Matom without bond at the Broward County Main Jail on Monday afternoon in Fort Lauderdale, according to inmate records.

Matom faced a charge of second-degree murder. Broward County Circuit Judge Frank Ledee was set to preside over the case.

Un testigo que también vivía en la casa del vecindario Boulevard Heights dijo a los agentes de policía que “había estado consumiendo alcohol” con Andres Perez y Pedrom Matom en su habitación desde aproximadamente la 1 a.m. del domingo, según la orden de arresto.

Debido a que Perez y Matom no dejaban de discutir, el testigo dijo que les pidió a ambos que salieran de su habitación cerca de North 72nd Avenue y McKinley Street, según la orden de arresto.

Los testigos reportaron haber escuchado “lo que parecía una alteración física y una puerta cerrándose de golpe”, haber visto a Matom “salir corriendo” de la casa y “sangre en la pared que conducía” hacia la habitación de Perez, según la orden.

Un testigo encontró a Perez “boca abajo en el suelo dentro de la habitación, sangrando de su brazo y torso”, escribió un agente de policía, según la orden.

Los agentes de policía respondieron a la casa a las 7:45 a.m. del domingo y encontraron a Matom cerca, sosteniendo una cerveza Heineken y vistiendo una camiseta blanca que estaba manchada con “una cantidad significativa de sangre”, según la policía.

Un médico declaró muerto a Perez aproximadamente a las 8:25 a.m. del domingo en el Memorial Regional Hospital, según los agentes de policía.

Matom presuntamente “no mostró ninguna emoción” cuando los agentes de policía le dijeron que Perez había muerto, según la orden de arresto.

Matom permanecía detenido sin derecho a fianza en la cárcel principal del condado de Broward el lunes por la tarde en Fort Lauderdale, según los registros de reclusos.

Matom enfrentaba un cargo de asesinato en segundo grado. El juez de circuito del condado de Broward, Frank Ledee, estaba programado para presidir el caso.

The agency is proposing to subsidize liability insurance for state and local officers who are trained and deputized to enforce federal immigration laws, according to a planning document published Friday.

ICE’s partnerships with local departments have soared since President Donald Trump returned to the White House last year and may get an additional boost with liability insurance by removing a hurdle that has made some local police departments reluctant to join. The Associated Press is the first to report on this insurance proposal.

Under the plan, officers would purchase insurance covering up to $500,000 in personal liability, which typically funds legal fees, settlements and judgments. Officers would be reimbursed up to $250 annually — roughly what the insurance is expected to cost.

One prominent critic of ICE’s immigration crackdown said the program would be yet another way for officers to avoid personal accountability for misconduct.

“The concern here is that ICE is going above and beyond to guarantee law enforcement does not have even the slightest risk of liability for violating Americans’ rights while helping ICE arrest people,” said David Bier, director of immigration studies at the Cato Institute, who has called on Congress to make it easier to sue ICE agents for wrongdoing.

ICE outlined the plan in a document informing industry officials that it is considering hiring a contractor to help provide outreach, training and communications support for its so-called 287(g) partnerships with local departments, which are named for a section of a 1996 immigration law. The contractor would hire the insurance vendor and process the reimbursements, among other tasks.

ICE has asked for industry feedback by Thursday. The proposed timeline for launching the program and its estimated cost are unclear.

ICE had no immediate comment on the plan.

Arrests by ICE’s local partners have spiked since last year

During Trump’s second term, ICE has offered generous financial incentives to participating local agencies, increasing the number who have partnered with the federal government, as well as the number of arrests.

Nearly 1,600 agencies in 32 states now have agreements to participate in ICE’s task force model, in which trained local officers can interrogate, arrest and charge people suspected of being in the country illegally, according to ICE data.

Departments qualify for funding to help cover expenses like their officers’ pay, equipment and vehicles. With encouragement from state and local Republican officials, agencies in Florida, Texas, Oklahoma and Georgia have been among the leaders.

Arrests made through such programs jumped to an average of 3,000 per month in the first two months of 2026, according to the most recent ICE data provided to the University of California Berkeley’s Deportation Data Project. That compares to a monthly average of 250 in 2024 under President Joe Biden.

Local departments, officers worried about liability for ICE work

As local officers increasingly carry out federal immigration work, they and their departments have expressed concerns about the civil liability that could result from claims alleging excessive use of force, wrongful arrest and illegal search and seizure, among other things.

That’s because insurance policies that cover their local work may not apply. Pennsylvania’s risk pool, for instance, recently made clear that it would exclude “proactive immigration enforcement activities” from coverage, forcing several participating counties to search for other insurance options.

Butler County Sheriff Michael Slupe said he found insurance to cover his 13 deputies participating in the program at a cost of $20,000 in annual premiums.

“I want to make sure the guys are additionally covered, so we had to spend the money,” he said, adding that federal funding would cover the cost.

Federal officers usually enjoy legal immunities and a government-funded defense when they face lawsuits. But those protections may not always apply to local officers, which has heightened their concerns over liability and the need for insurance.

While civil lawsuits are the main concern, professional liability insurance typically helps cover legal fees for officers facing criminal investigations as well.

Sheriffs’ group says ICE’s insurance idea sounds promising

Justin Smith, a former Colorado sheriff who is executive director of the National Sheriffs’ Association, said ICE’s plan sounds promising and that he was anxious to speak with ICE about how the plan would work.

Smith said he has shared concerns with ICE that some sheriffs are reluctant to join the partnerships because of the potential liability at a time when immigration enforcement faces intense public protests and media scrutiny. Smith said others who are partnering with ICE have already started facing legal claims tied to their immigration work, which can be costly whether or not deputies are ultimately found to have done anything wrong.

“Right now, any time you are working on immigration there is going to be a much higher potential for there being problems and having suits and issues,” he said. “They’re recognizing that it is a different environment. And I think trying to be good partners with us as best they can.”

Under their agreements, ICE warns local departments that they are responsible for the costs of incidents that give rise to liability. But it seeks to reduce the risk by saying local officers performing ICE-authorized functions are “acting under color of federal authority,” which would bar lawsuits against individual officers.

The agreements also state that local officers who face civil lawsuits can ask the U.S. Department of Justice to represent them, and that ICE will generally support their requests. But the final decision on whether to do so rests with DOJ.

“What you did was incredible, and everybody saw it,” Trump told the boys, referring to a viral video of the July rescue in Santa Cruz. “When I first saw it, I said, ‘roll that back, I want to see that again.’”

Seated alongside 16-year-old lifeguard Ryder Williams and 10-year-old Nathaniel Rai, Trump marveled at how each of them stayed cool in the dramatic ocean rescue in Santa Cruz in July. The boys' families joined the Oval Office reunion, along with lifeguard Aaron Bohnen, who aided in the rescue.

Online videos of the rescue have been viewed millions of times worldwide. The footage shows Williams clutching Nathaniel as heavy waves repeatedly smash into them. At one point, the boys disappear underwater for several seconds before emerging from the surf, Williams continuing to haul Nathaniel toward the shore.

Trump hailed Williams as a “real hero.” He told Nathaniel that “God was watching you.” Trump and Williams sat in chairs in front of the Oval Office fireplace, while Nathaniel and others sat alongside on a pair of couches.

Asked about the moment, Williams credited those who trained him how to snap into action.

“In those dangerous moments that we have, we always try to fall back on our training,” he said. “I really was thinking about how to get the boy out of the water as fast as I can.”

Wearing a black uniform with a California State Parks lifeguard patch, Williams said he hopes to train as a paramedic and become a firefighter.

Nathaniel, sitting next to his father and sister, nodded along as Trump described the rescue.

“Your father is the happiest man in the world,” Trump told him, adding that the boy deserved respect for how he faced the emergency. “The way Nathaniel handled it was — he was cool, considering the problems.”

Trump invited them to see the Lincoln Bedroom at the White House. When Williams mentioned his aspiration to become a firefighter, the president said he may be getting “some good recommendations.”

“He’s a real hero,” Trump said. “I don’t know if I’d do it. I wouldn’t probably. You’re lucky I wasn’t on the service that day.”

As the video drew attention online last month, Trump joined many who shared it. Posting the video on his Truth Social platform, Trump said the boys deserved to be honored.

“We’re going to bring this heroic young man, and his family, into the White House with, perhaps, the boy he saved, to give him a High Civilian Honor,” Trump wrote on July 28.

In a previous Associated Press interview, Williams described seeing Nathaniel lose his footing in shallow water at Seabright Beach. The water was too rough to get a rescue tube around Nathaniel, who went unconscious. They endured a series of pounding waves before Bohnen, the other lifeguard, helped them get ashore.

In the Oval Office, Trump remarked on Williams’ “tremendous grace” in the moment.

“It’s so amazing to see this happen, to see it before your eyes,” Trump said. “I’ve seen rescues before. I’ve never seen anything quite like this.”

El accidente ocurrió en Northwest Second Avenue, entrando al intercambiador de Golden Glades.

El video de Sky 10 muestra un vehículo detenido en el lado equivocado de la vía, de frente al tráfico, y varios minutos después, esa misma cámara captó a agentes llevándose a un hombre esposado de la escena y colocándolo en una patrulla.

Funcionarios de Miami-Dade Fire Rescue dijeron a Local 10 que respondieron a un accidente de tránsito que involucró a varios vehículos, pero no proporcionaron información adicional.

Esta es una noticia de última hora que será actualizada a medida que se obtenga nueva información.

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The disoriented turtle is seen flapping its flippers and slowly moving toward the unnatural lights of a Fort Lauderdale Beach resort.

“When a sea turtle comes out of the sand, the first thing it needs to go to is to the ocean,” said John Payne with Sea Turtle Oversight Protection, or STOP. “Their main focus and their main goal is to come out of the sand and go directly to the brightest light.”

Payne says the video was taken Friday night in front of Beach House Fort Lauderdale, a Hilton resort 505 N. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd., when the whole nest of 64 tiny, endangered turtles went straight for the hotel lights.

In this case, STOP staff were able to move all 64 disoriented turtles to the ocean’s edge.

STOP says they reported those same lights back in July for violating city code, but the lights went right back on.

Violators of the city ordinance can face up to a $500 per day fine.

Fort Lauderdale’s city code has a whole section on sea turtles, part of which reads in part, “Lights illuminating any buildings or associated grounds for decorative or recreational purposes shall be shielded or screened such that they are not visible from the beach at nighttime during nesting season.”

Turtle nesting season runs from March through October.

Amid a wave of backlash on Beach House Hilton’s social media accounts, STOP says the resort reached out to them.

“Well, the good news is Beach House did reach out and they’re doing the right thing,” said Payne. “They’re working with us to collaborate on ways that we can make their specific case even better.”

According to STOP, only 35% of Fort Lauderdale businesses are in compliance with sea turtle safe lighting.

They encourage businesses that want to become compliant to reach out to them at their website.

Local 10 News also reached out to Beach House Hilton for a response to the situation but have not heard back as of the time of this story’s publication.

La tortuga desorientada es vista moviendo sus aletas y avanzando lentamente hacia las luces artificiales de un resort en Fort Lauderdale Beach.

“Cuando una tortuga marina sale de la arena, lo primero a lo que necesita dirigirse es al océano”, dijo John Payne, de Sea Turtle Oversight Protection, o STOP. “Su principal enfoque y su principal objetivo es salir de la arena y dirigirse directamente hacia la luz más brillante”.

Payne dice que el video fue grabado el viernes por la noche frente a Beach House Fort Lauderdale, un resort de Hilton ubicado en 505 N. Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd., cuando todo el nido de 64 pequeñas tortugas en peligro de extinción se dirigió directamente hacia las luces del hotel.

En este caso, el personal de STOP pudo trasladar a las 64 tortugas desorientadas hasta la orilla del océano.

STOP dice que reportaron esas mismas luces en julio por violar el código de la ciudad, pero las luces volvieron a encenderse.

Los infractores de la ordenanza municipal pueden enfrentar una multa de hasta $500 USD por día.

El código municipal de Fort Lauderdale tiene una sección completa sobre las tortugas marinas, parte de la cual establece: “Las luces que iluminen cualquier edificio o terrenos asociados con fines decorativos o recreativos deberán estar protegidas o cubiertas de manera que no sean visibles desde la playa durante la noche en la temporada de anidación”.

La temporada de anidación de tortugas se extiende de marzo a octubre.

En medio de una ola de rechazo en las cuentas de redes sociales de Beach House Hilton, STOP dice que el resort se comunicó con ellos.

“Bueno, la buena noticia es que Beach House sí se comunicó y están haciendo lo correcto”, dijo Payne. “Están trabajando con nosotros para colaborar en formas en las que podamos mejorar aún más su caso específico”.

Según STOP, solo el 35% de los negocios de Fort Lauderdale cumplen con las normas de iluminación segura para las tortugas marinas.

Alientan a los negocios que quieran cumplir con las normas a comunicarse con ellos a través de su sitio web.

Local 10 News también se comunicó con Beach House Hilton para obtener una respuesta sobre la situación, pero no había recibido respuesta al momento de la publicación de esta historia.

The Dolphins activated rookie wide receiver Chris Bell from the active/non-football injury list on Monday, paving the way for the Louisville standout to make his training camp debut.

Miami selected Bell in the third round, 94th overall, of the 2026 NFL Draft earlier this year.

The consensus is that Bell would have been drafted much higher, potentially toward the end of the first round, if he hadn’t suffered a major knee injury last December that required surgery and a lengthy recovery.

On Monday, Bell was seen wearing a red non-contact jersey and while he joined his teammates for individual drills, he did not participate in any 11-on-11 work.

Bell, along with quarterback Malik Willis, offensive lineman Kadyn Proctor and fellow rookie wideout Caleb Douglas, are the new faces of Miami’s offense, joining elite running back De’von Achane and All-Pro center Aaron Brewer.

The Dolphins next preseason game is Saturday at 4 p.m. when they host the New York Giants at Hard Rock Stadium.

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“It is too late to mail your vote by mail ballot, so if you want to turn it in, it has to be at one of our offices in Broward County,” said Broward Supervisor of Elections Joe Scott.

Early and mail-in ballots are already being tabulated ahead of Tuesday’s primary election.

“The equipment is running great, we haven’t had complaints this time around,” he said.

But the turnout so far in Broward County has been low, according to Scott.

“Turnout for this election has been very slow, surprisingly slow,” he said. “With some of the really active contests that were happening that were pretty high profile, I’m surprised that more people didn’t turn out.”

Although Florida has a closed primary, meaning you can only vote for candidates of your own party, in Broward County there are still nonpartisan races that all voters can cast ballots for, as well as those with no party affiliation, like seats on the Broward County School Board.

And as always, while it’s important to check your sample ballot because districts have been redrawn, Scott said your voting precinct should stay the same.

“Your voting location on Election Day is going to be exactly the same as it was before this,” said Scott. “The changes of the map does not necessairally change your precinct.”

ESPN and The Athletic first reported that the siblings had voted to sell the family trust's remaining interest in the 17-time NBA champion team purchased by their father, Jerry Buss, in 1979. The decision would end Jeanie Buss' tenure as the Lakers' governor because that job requires at least 15% ownership of the team.

Jeannie Buss' attorney, Adam Streisand, wrote to representatives for her five siblings to state that any decision to sell the family trust's ownership stake could not be “effectuated without approval of the current co-trustees, Jeanie, Janie and Joey Buss.”

The letter further states that the co-trustees “are bound to vote the Los Angeles Lakers, Inc. shares to ensure that the minimum 15% ownership requirement is maintained in order to ensure that Jeanie Buss may remain Controlling Owner. Any attempt by the co-trustees to do otherwise, and any attempt to aid or abet the co-trustees as such, would constitute a breach of trust, breach of fiduciary duty and be in contempt of court.”

Jeanie Buss has been the Lakers’ governor since Jerry Buss’ death in 2013, and she led the family’s decision to sell a controlling stake in the Lakers to Dodgers owner Mark Walter last year at a valuation of $10 billion. Walter, who is under federal investigation for tax issues, abruptly reached a deal earlier this month to flip the Lakers to Kushner and Iger at a valuation of $12.5 billion, another record for a pro sports team.

Venture capitalist Kushner and former Disney CEO Iger are reportedly buying about 65% of the team from Walter. They would own about 83% if they reach a deal with the Buss siblings — and Jeanie Buss would lose the governor role that she had been slated to keep at least through 2030 under the deal with Walter.

The Buss siblings have been in frequent conflict since their father’s death, with Jeanie firing Jim from his job as the Lakers’ head of basketball operations in 2017, followed a week later by a lawsuit against her brothers amid an attempt by Jim and Johnny to oust Jeanie from her role as the Lakers’ controlling owner.

Not all of the six Buss siblings were in favor of the sale to Walter, and Joey and Jesse were fired from their front-office jobs with the team last November.

The siblings say they voted this month to sell their family's remaining interest in the Lakers, but Jeanie Buss claims any vote is void. ESPN reported that Jeanie Buss was the only sibling who didn't support the final sale.

“We have decided as a family to sell the remaining Buss Family Trust shares to the Bob Iger group as part of the ongoing transaction,” the Buss family said in a statement. “We love the Lakers, Laker fans and will continue to support Los Angeles, but it is time to use this opportunity to move on and exit gracefully while we still can.”

In his letter, Streisand said Joey and Jesse Buss have leaked information to ESPN for many years “for the malicious purpose of doing harm to the Los Angeles Lakers so long as Dr. Buss’s chosen successor, Jeanie Buss, carries out her father’s wishes.”

Jerry Buss was a chemist and real estate investor who bought the Lakers, the NHL's Los Angeles Kings and the Forum arena from Jack Kent Cooke for $67.5 million. The Lakers quickly entered a renaissance in which they became known for their flashy “Showtime” style of play while winning five NBA titles between 1980 and 1988 behind Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

While the NBA and professional sports became increasingly more corporate, the Lakers remained essentially a family business despite their massive profile and steady success. Jerry Buss and the Lakers have employed many of the basketball world's greatest players and coaches of the past five decades, and Kobe Bryant led the Lakers to five additional championships between 2000 and 2010 before LeBron James added the 17th in 2020.

The sale agreement with Kushner and Iger still must be approved by the NBA's board of governors, and the process could take months.

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“Ya es demasiado tarde para enviar por correo su boleta de voto por correo, así que si quiere entregarla, tiene que hacerlo en una de nuestras oficinas en el condado Broward”, dijo Joe Scott, supervisor de Elecciones de Broward.

Las boletas de voto anticipado y por correo ya están siendo contabilizadas antes de las elecciones primarias del martes.

“El equipo está funcionando muy bien, no hemos recibido quejas esta vez”, dijo.

Pero la participación hasta ahora en el condado Broward ha sido baja, según Scott.

“La participación para estas elecciones ha sido muy lenta, sorprendentemente lenta”, dijo. “Con algunas de las contiendas realmente activas que estaban ocurriendo y que tenían bastante notoriedad, me sorprende que no haya participado más gente”.

Aunque Florida tiene elecciones primarias cerradas, lo que significa que solo se puede votar por candidatos de su propio partido, en el condado Broward todavía hay contiendas no partidistas por las que todos los votantes pueden emitir su voto, así como aquellas en las que no hay afiliación partidista, como los escaños de la Junta Escolar del Condado Broward.

Y como siempre, aunque es importante revisar su boleta de muestra porque los distritos han sido redibujados, Scott dijo que su precinto electoral debería permanecer igual.

“Su lugar de votación el día de las elecciones va a ser exactamente el mismo que antes”, dijo Scott. “Los cambios en el mapa no necesariamente cambian su precinto”.

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Joseph Drew admitted he was recorded on surveillance video on Aug. 10 at the Arch Creek Bible Chapel, at 13740 NE 20 Place, according to police.

Drew, 39, told a detective that he must have “blacked out” because he was “hammered” and addicted to Adderall, a prescription stimulant, according to police.

Police officers arrested Drew shortly before 3:20 p.m. on Saturday at the Valero gas station at 1900 NE 163 St., in North Miami Beach, according to police.

Corrections booked Drew shortly after 9:30 p.m. on Saturday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, according to inmate records.

No one was injured, according to police. Drew, who is homeless, faced four charges in two new cases in Miami-Dade County, records show.

In the Aug. 10 case, Drew faced charges of second-degree arson and burglary of an occupied structure, court records show.

In the Saturday case, Drew faced charges of possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia, records show.

Local 10 News Assignment Editor Mercedes Cevallos contributed to this report.

Joseph Drew admitió que fue captado por una cámara de vigilancia el 10 de agosto en Arch Creek Bible Chapel, ubicada en 13740 NE 20 Place, según la Policía.

Drew, de 39 años, dijo a un detective que debió haberse “desmayado” porque estaba “muy borracho” y era adicto a Adderall, un estimulante de venta con receta, según la Policía.

Agentes de policía arrestaron a Drew poco antes de las 3:20 p.m. del sábado en la gasolinera Valero ubicada en 1900 NE 163 St., en North Miami Beach, según la Policía.

El personal penitenciario ingresó a Drew poco después de las 9:30 p.m. del sábado en el Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, según los registros de reclusos.

Nadie resultó herido, según la Policía. Drew, quien no tiene hogar, enfrentaba cuatro cargos en dos nuevos casos en el condado Miami-Dade, según muestran los registros.

En el caso del 10 de agosto, Drew enfrentaba cargos de incendio provocado en segundo grado y allanamiento de una estructura ocupada, según los registros judiciales.

En el caso del sábado, Drew enfrentaba cargos de posesión de una sustancia controlada y posesión de parafernalia de drogas, según los registros.

La editora de asignaciones de Local 10 News, Mercedes Cevallos, contribuyó a este informe.

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On Monday, police identified Johntavis Leroy Stevenson, 25, as the suspect who opened fire just before 2:20 a.m. Sunday along the 2700 block of Arthur Street in Hollywood.

According to the Hollywood Police Department, officers responded to the scene after receiving reports of a shooting and arrived to find two victims.

Hollywood Fire Rescue crews rushed both victims to Memorial Regional Hospital, where one was pronounced dead about an hour later, authorities said.

The second victim remains hospitalized while being treated for his injuries, according to police.

According to investigators, there was a gathering at the home where the shooting occurred, and detectives ultimately determined that Stevenson was responsible for the shooting and took him into custody.

Stevenson has since been charged with first degree felony murder with a firearm, attempted felony murder with a firearm and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. As of Monday afternoon, he was being held at the Broward Main Jail without bond.

El lunes, la policía identificó a Johntavis Leroy Stevenson, de 25 años, como el sospechoso que abrió fuego poco antes de las 2:20 a.m. del domingo en la cuadra 2700 de Arthur Street en Hollywood.

Según el Departamento de Policía de Hollywood, los agentes acudieron a la escena después de recibir reportes de una balacera y encontraron a dos víctimas.

Los equipos de Hollywood Fire Rescue trasladaron de urgencia a ambas víctimas al Memorial Regional Hospital, donde una de ellas fue declarada muerta aproximadamente una hora después, dijeron las autoridades.

La segunda víctima permanece hospitalizada mientras recibe tratamiento por sus lesiones, según la policía.

Según los investigadores, había una reunión en la vivienda donde ocurrió la balacera y los detectives finalmente determinaron que Stevenson era responsable del tiroteo y lo pusieron bajo custodia.

Stevenson ha sido acusado de asesinato en primer grado con arma de fuego, intento de asesinato con arma de fuego y posesión de un arma de fuego por parte de un ex convicto. Hasta la tarde del lunes, permanecía detenido en la cárcel principal de Broward sin derecho a fianza.

Judge Gregory Carro issued an order Monday canceling the trial and giving the Manhattan District Attorney's office, which is prosecuting the state case, until Oct. 9 to respond to the defense's double jeopardy claims. A hearing will be held on Dec. 10, Carro said, about a week before Mangione is scheduled to be sentenced in the federal case.

Mangione, 28, pleaded guilty Friday in Manhattan federal court to a pair of stalking charges and admitted trailing Thompson to UnitedHealth Group’s investor conference and gunning him down outside a Manhattan hotel in 2024. Federal prosecutors said they would seek life in prison when Mangione is sentenced Dec. 18, though federal sentencing guidelines call for a term of 24 to 30 years.

“On the morning of Dec. 4, 2024, I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan, and he died,” Mangione said.

Immediately after his plea, Mangione’s lawyers filed paperwork seeking to have the state case thrown out on double jeopardy and due process grounds. They described him as a “pawn in parallel prosecutions" and accused state and federal prosecutors of “trying to punish him twice for the exact conduct.”

Mangione has pleaded not guilty in the state case, which also carries the possibility of a life sentence.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office said in a statement that it would fight efforts to end the state case, in part because Mangione’s federal sentence isn’t yet known.

Compared with federal law and that of other states, New York has uncommonly strong protections for defendants facing multiple prosecutions. A state prosecution can be barred if a federal case involving the same course of conduct or criminal transaction ends in a guilty plea or if a jury is sworn.

It will be up to Carro to decide if that applies to Mangione. However Carro rules, his decision will be subject to appeal.

Mangione pleaded guilty to federal charges that accused him of traveling across state lines by bus to stalk and kill Thompson. The charges alleged that he used a cellphone, the internet, interstate highways and a hostel serving out-of-state customers to plan and carry out the attack.

“The full range of conduct that comprises the stalking offense is coterminous with the conduct committed as part of the murder offense,” Mangione’s lawyers wrote in their double jeopardy filing.

That Mangione traveled from out of state "to be at the crime scene at the time of the shooting does nothing to eliminate the stalking of Mr. Thompson from the acts constituting his murder,” they added. “They are all part of the same criminal incident or criminal transaction.”

Bragg’s office contends that the state charges, including murder and firearms offenses, involve different legal elements and criminal conduct. In a letter last month, Assistant District Attorney Joel Seidemann objected to the possibility of a federal guilty plea wiping out the state case.

Any guilty plea, Seidemann wrote, “must account for the seriousness of defendant’s offenses” and for the state's interests in prosecuting Mangione, “including the sanctity of life principle that underpins the state homicide charges.”

The fraction of kids exempted from vaccine requirements rose to 4.2%, up from 3.6% the year before. That’s an estimated 155,000 children nationally during the 2025-2026 school year.

It’s the fourth consecutive year that the national average exemption rate has reached a record, and the vast majority are parents withholding shots for nonmedical reasons. Exemptions increased in 41 states and the District of Columbia.

Experts point to turmoil caused by federal health officials.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was a leading voice in the antivaccine movement before President Donald Trump put him in charge of federal health agencies. In the last 18 months, Kennedy and other federal officials have repeatedly tried to revise and reduce childhood vaccination guidance. Earlier this month, Trump called for revamped childhood vaccination recommendations that promote his discredited theory that childhood shots should be spaced out into separate medical visits.

“The root cause of this is primarily because there’s so much chaos and confusion in vaccination recommendation systems in the last year or so,” said Dr. James Campbell, of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Vaccination rates fell for many diseases

The CDC reported that 92.4% of 2025-26 kindergarteners got their required measles-mumps-rubella shots, down slightly from the previous year. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the vaccination rate was 95% — the level that makes it unlikely that a single infection will spark a disease cluster or outbreak.

Vaccination rates also fell for polio, for the combination shot against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis, and for the first dose of the vaccine against chickenpox.

The rate held steady for protection against hepatitis B. But that's a vaccine given shortly after birth, and it will take a few years before recent federal efforts to upend infant hepatitis B vaccine recommendations would appear in the vaccination rates of kindergartners, Campbell said.

The vaccination numbers were posted as the U.S. experiences its worst year for measles since 1991.

The numbers indicate that more than a quarter of a million children entering kindergarten are susceptible to measles, said Campbell, a University of Maryland researcher who is chair of the AAP's infectious diseases committee.

Those at-risk kids are not evenly distributed — concentrations of unvaccinated children are higher in some places than others, which helps explain why measles waves vary in intensity.

This is when public health officials typically tout vaccines' benefits

The CDC data is coming out as school and health officials across the country are encouraging parents to get their children vaccinated as the school year starts.

“Back-to-school season is an important reminder that protecting our children’s health is both a shared responsibility and a shared goal,” North Carolina Health and Human Services Secretary Dev Sangvai said in a statement. “Vaccines help keep our children and teens healthy and in the classroom.”

In the past, the CDC has released the vaccination coverage data in its flagship publication, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. CDC officials usually speak to the trends and stress the importance of vaccinations.

But since the Trump administration took office early last year, the agency has posted the data online. This year, the agency issued a three-sentence statement that noted a small decline in vaccination coverage among children entering kindergarten and said: “CDC continues to encourage parents to discuss vaccination options with their doctors.”

Medical exemption rates are steady

Public health officials focus on vaccination rates for kindergartners because schools can be cauldrons for germs and launching pads for community outbreaks.

For years, those rates were high, thanks largely to school attendance mandates that required key vaccinations. All U.S. states and territories require that children attending childcare centers and schools be vaccinated against a number of diseases, including measles, mumps, polio, tetanus, whooping cough and chickenpox.

All states allow exemptions for children with medical conditions that prevent them from receiving certain vaccines. And most also permit exemptions for religious or other nonmedical reasons.

In the last decade, the percentage of kindergartners with medical exemptions has held steady, at about 0.2%. But the percentage with nonmedical exemptions has risen.

According to the CDC data, 17.5% of kindergartners had an exemption to one or more vaccines in Idaho in the last school year. But fewer than 0.5% did in Connecticut.

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The 12 events this year — New Orleans was previously postponed — is the smallest schedule for LIV since it was launched with massive Saudi Arabia funding in 2022 and featured eight tournaments.

Jon Rahm already has clinched the individual season title for the third straight year. LIV Golf Indianapolis, which starts Thursday at The Club at Chatham Hills, will determine who finishes second and third among the players, and the top team.

The Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, the financial muscle of the rival league from the start, decided in March this would be the final year of funding. LIV Golf announced earlier this month it has an agreement with a lead investor that would sustain a new version of the league for 2027.

“By concluding the season now, we can put our full resources behind what comes next and maintain the operational rigor this transition demands," LIV CEO Scott O'Neil said in a statement.

“We are reimagining LIV Golf as a fundamentally new league owned by the players and anchored in a sustainable business model, with an evolved fan experience built for the markets where the game is growing fastest across the globe and the support of world-class partners.”

The cancellation of LIV Golf Michigan was not surprising. There have been reports in recent weeks the tournament had not even started preparing with grandstands and other amenities. LIV Golf said ticket holders would get refunds.

In another cost-cutting move LIV attributed to “unavoidable changes in the entertainment program,” the league informed Thomas Rhett and Disco Lines their live performances would not take place at LIV Golf Indianapolis.

The final event with a $20 million purse that pays $4 million to the winner could be the last big payoff for LIV and its 57 players. LIV did not identify the lead investor or how much of a cash infusion was involved, or say whether it was an investment or a loan.

O'Neil has said the LIV 2.0 version for 2027 and onward would involve making players equity owners. He referred to it as a “second bite at the apple” being equity instead of cash.

But this likely is the end of $20 million purses for individual outcomes, and there already has been cutbacks. Rahm earned $6 million for winning the points title, down from $18 million the previous two years.

“As we concentrate on finishing the season strong and building the next chapter of LIV Golf, we’ll carry the energy and enthusiasm our fans have shown us into what comes next," O'Neil said.

The format for the 2027 season and the rosters also remain unclear. Still to be determined is whether Rahm and Bryson DeChambeau — the two biggest names — and other players who joined the league for its exorbitant prize money will want to stay for LIV 2.0.

As for the final event, Joaquin Niemann, Lucas Herbert and Tyrrell Hatton are in the mix for third place, which pays a $1 million bonus. DeChambeau is comfortably in second, which pays $3 million.

Dustin Johnson's 4Aces team has a narrow lead over Australia-based Ripper, with Rahm's Legion XIII and Bryson DeChambeau's Crushers team all in the mix for the team title.

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On Aug. 9, Karyne E. David fired into his ex-girlfriend’s home at 9:50 p.m. at Northwest 19 Avenue and 185th Terrace in Miami Gardens, according to a police officer’s arrest report.

On Aug. 10, David “shouldered” a rifle and pointed it at a Miami Gardens special victims unit detective, who then “discharged his duty pistol,” before a pursuit started, according to a police report.

David, who was armed with an AK-style Century Arms Draco with a wood and black finish, fled in a black Honda Accord, and during the high-speed pursuit, “put the rifle out of the window and began shooting back” at the detective, according to the police report.

The detective fired at David at Northwest 19th Avenue and 183rd Street, and again along Northwest 22nd Avenue, near 135th Street, according to the police officer’s report.

David “crashed into large bushes on the side of the road ... bailed out and fled eastbound on foot along a tree line” of Northwest 107th Street in Opa-locka, according to a police officer’s report.

Police officers reported running after David and catching up to him about a block away from the crash along 107th Street, near 17th Avenue, and detaining him before Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel arrived.

David also had a 30-round magazine loaded with nine live rounds and one round in the chamber, and he had an extra live round in his pocket, according to police.

MDFR personnel took David, who suffered a gunshot wound, to the North Shore Hospital, and he was transferred to the HCA Florida Aventura Hospital, where he attempted to escape on Aug. 10, according to police.

David was in the intensive care unit when he detached electrocardiogram leads from his chest to create a “sharp metal tool” that he inserted in the handcuff locking mechanism, according to a police report.

On Aug. 13, police officers arrested David after a doctor discharged him from the HCA Florida Aventura Hospital, records show.

Miami-Dade corrections booked David at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, where he remained without bond on Monday afternoon.

Miami-Dade prosecutors filed two cases against David on Friday and two on Thursday, according to county court records.

In the first case filed on Thursday, David faced six charges: Two counts of premeditated attempted murder, two counts of aggravated assault with a firearm, and two counts of throwing a deadly missile.

In the second case filed on Thursday, David faced a charge for escaping, a second-degree felony.

In the third case filed on Friday, David faced five charges: Attempted murder of a law enforcement officer, fleeing and eluding police, throwing a deadly missile, aggravated assault with a firearm, and resisting arrest.

In the second case filed on Friday, David faced nine more charges: Three counts of attempted murder, three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and three counts of throwing a deadly missile.

Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Jason Bloch was presiding over the cases. His next pretrial detention hearing was set for 9 a.m. on Tuesday.

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El 9 de agosto, Karyne E. David disparó contra la vivienda de su ex novia a las 9:50 p.m. en Northwest 19 Avenue y 185th Terrace en Miami Gardens, según el informe de arresto de un agente de policía.

El 10 de agosto, David “apoyó” un rifle en su hombro y lo apuntó hacia un detective de la unidad de víctimas especiales de Miami Gardens, quien luego “disparó su arma de servicio”, antes de que comenzara una persecución, según un informe policial.

David, quien estaba armado con un Century Arms Draco estilo AK con acabado de madera y negro, huyó en un Honda Accord negro y, durante la persecución a alta velocidad, “sacó el rifle por la ventana y comenzó a disparar de regreso” contra el detective, según el informe policial.

El detective disparó contra David en Northwest 19th Avenue y 183rd Street, y nuevamente en Northwest 22nd Avenue, cerca de 135th Street, según el informe del agente de policía.

David “chocó contra unos arbustos grandes al lado de la carretera, se bajó y huyó a pie hacia el este a lo largo de una línea de árboles” de Northwest 107th Street en Opa-locka, según un informe de un agente de policía.

Los agentes de policía informaron que corrieron detrás de David y lo alcanzaron aproximadamente una cuadra después del lugar del choque, en 107th Street, cerca de 17th Avenue, y lo detuvieron antes de que llegara el personal de Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.

David también tenía un cargador de 30 balas cargado con nueve balas vivas y una bala en la recámara, además de otra bala viva en el bolsillo, según la policía.

El personal de MDFR trasladó a David, quien sufrió una herida de bala, al North Shore Hospital, y fue transferido al HCA Florida Aventura Hospital, donde intentó escapar el 10 de agosto, según la policía.

David se encontraba en la unidad de cuidados intensivos cuando se desprendió los cables del electrocardiograma de su pecho para crear una “herramienta de metal afilada” que introdujo en el mecanismo de cierre de las esposas, según un informe policial.

El 13 de agosto, los agentes de policía arrestaron a David después de que un médico le diera de alta del HCA Florida Aventura Hospital, según muestran los registros.

Los funcionarios de correcciones de Miami-Dade ingresaron a David en el Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, donde permanecía sin derecho a fianza hasta la tarde del lunes.

Los fiscales de Miami-Dade presentaron dos casos contra David el viernes y dos el jueves, según los registros judiciales del condado.

En el primer caso presentado el jueves, David enfrentó seis cargos: dos cargos de intento premeditado de asesinato, dos cargos de agresión agravada con un arma de fuego y dos cargos de lanzar un proyectil mortal.

En el segundo caso presentado el jueves, David enfrentó un cargo de escape, un delito grave de segundo grado.

En el tercer caso presentado el viernes, David enfrentó cinco cargos: intento de asesinato de un agente del orden público, huir y eludir a la policía, lanzar un proyectil mortal, agresión agravada con un arma de fuego y resistirse al arresto.

En el segundo caso presentado el viernes, David enfrentó nueve cargos adicionales: tres cargos de intento de asesinato, tres cargos de agresión agravada con un arma mortal y tres cargos de lanzar un proyectil mortal.

El juez de circuito del condado Miami-Dade Jason Bloch presidía los casos. Su próxima audiencia de detención previa al juicio estaba programada para las 9 a.m. del martes.

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According to the Miami Police Department, the incident happened at around 1:10 a.m. along Brickell Avenue, near Southeast Seventh Street.

MPD arrest reports state that as the victim rode the scooter north on Brickell Avenue, the trio drove beside him in a gray Mercedes-Benz SUV and the two rear passengers opened fire, striking him with multiple BB gun pellets, “including one pellet that struck him near his left eye, causing him to fall from his scooter.”

“While the victim was attempting to get back onto his feet, the vehicle made a turn and returned toward him, at which time the occupants again fired BB guns in his direction,” the report states. “The vehicle subsequently made another turn and left the area. During this occurrence, the victim was able to record video footage of the vehicle as it departed the scene.”

Police said they recovered three BB pellets at the scene and were able to make out a partial license plate, locating the vehicle about 20 minutes later along Southwest Second Avenue, near Eighth Street and pulling the group over.

Police identified the driver as Kai McMurray, 21, of Laguna Beach, California; and the passengers as Tomas Flecha, 19, of Conyers, Georgia; and Ayden Hanan, 23, of Gurnee, Illinois.

Officers said they found “multiple BB pellets on the vehicle’s floorboards, seats and cup holders.”

According to the reports, McMurray admitted that Flecha and Hanan “were actively rolling down the vehicle’s windows and shooting BB guns at people while he drove throughout the Brickell area.”

“(He) further stated that after shooting the BB guns in the area, the occupants returned to their apartment, where the BB guns were dropped off,” it states. “The occupants subsequently left the apartment again and continued driving around the area.”

Hanan, police said, admitted to being “aware of the BB gun shooting.”

Police took all three into custody on charges of aggravated battery and shooting or throwing a deadly missile. The latter charge was labeled as “attempted” for Hanan and McMurray.

The men were being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center with bonds listed as “to be set” as of Monday afternoon.

The Team Penske driver is embracing the challenge of proving he can win a title in the format that puts a greater emphasis on banking consistently strong finishes.

“Do I have a little chip on my shoulder? That’s a clear yes,” Logano said with a chuckle after his victory Saturday at Richmond Raceway. “So much so that our team slogan is ‘4 the haters.’ That’s where we’re at. That’s good extra motivation.”

With an impressive surge from 20th to ninth in the standings over the past six races, Logano has flipped the narrative on the elimination playoffs that were in place for 12 years.

From 2014-25, the waning races of NASCAR’s regular season typically were a scramble to make the championship field as a win earned a berth.

But that safety valve has disappeared in the Chase, which will rely entirely on points to set the 16-driver field.

The top 16 in the provisional Chase have been unchanged for the past four races, and the grid for the 10-race title run likely will remain the same at New Hampshire Motor Speedway this weekend.

Shane van Gisbergen holds the 16th and final spot by 50 points over Ryan Preece, who dropped 21 points further below the Chase cutline with a 17th-place finish at Richmond.

The next three drivers ranked outside the Chase — Ross Chastain (12th at Richmond), Brad Keselowski (26th) and Erik Jones (27th) — also lost ground, diluting the potential drama of a surprise qualifier.

“The number of guys that feel the pressure of making the Chase is probably less,” said Christopher Bell, who is among seven drivers who have clinched Chase spots. “In years past, everybody on the outside still had an opportunity to get in, and now it’s kind of dwindled to a couple guys fighting for the spots.”

There’s been more intrigue toward the top half of the standings — particularly the progress of the Team Penske trio.

As Logano continued his push up the points ladder, teammate Ryan Blaney moved past Ty Gibbs into second in the standings at Richmond. Austin Cindric, Penske’s third driver, shored up his title eligibility with a career-best third on a short track to move up a spot to 15th in the points.

Denny Hamlin has a 115-point lead on Blaney and likely will clinch the Chase’s top seed Sunday at New Hampshire, which will be followed by the Aug. 29 regular-season finale at Daytona International Speedway.

The standings then will be reset for the Chase, which begins Sept. 6 at Darlington Raceway with the championship leader ahead by 25 points. Second will start 10 points ahead of third, and the remaining 14 spots will be separated by five-point increments.

“Getting to second is top of mind because every point is going to matter,” Blaney said.

There also is an emphasis on finishing the regular season in the top half of the points standings.

Racing Insights, a NASCAR analytics firm, ran more than 25,000 computer simulations of Chase outcomes, and the champion started in the top six 85% of the time.

Logano, who made the Chase only once while racing under the system in his first five Cup seasons from 2009-13, is 36 points from sixth-ranked Chase Elliott.

“We’ve been able to switch our goals from making the Chase to winning the championship,” said Logano, whose No. 22 Ford was ranked 17th before winning two of the past four races. “It’s quite the turnaround. I look at the last month and a half, we’ve been capable of winning all of them.”

Logano could be among several more drivers who lock into the championship Sunday with a solid result at New Hampshire.

Crew chief Paul Wolfe credited Logano with buoying morale when the team notched only two top-five finishes in the first half of the season.

“I’m proud of everyone sticking together,” Logano said. “There are times you see teams break, and it doesn’t take much longer running the way we were until something probably was going to break. We’ve been able to make quite the recovery to have a legit shot at the championship.”

Larson double duty

After finishing sixth at Richmond, Kyle Larson immediately flew to Iowa and scored his fourth victory in the Knoxville Nationals, a prestigious sprint car event. Larson qualified on the pole position last week by winning a preliminary race at the renowned dirt track in Knoxville, Iowa.

He had expected to miss Saturday's main event because of the schedule conflict with Richmond, but a rain delay at Knoxville Raceway allowed the two-time Cup Series champion to arrive in time to lead all 50 laps. “It’s extremely surreal just to talk about the day and the range of emotions,” Larson said.

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According to FBI Special Agent Willie Creech, the robbery occurred at about 4:20 p.m. Thursday at a Truist bank branch, located at 501 E. Las Olas Blvd.

Creech said the robber implied that he had a gun on him before demanding money from a bank employee.

No injuries were reported.

Creech declined to confirm the amount of money taken during the robbery.

Anyone with information about the bank robbery is urged to call 1-800-CALL-FBI or go to tips.fbi.gov.

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According to police, the crash happened at about 12:30 p.m. Saturday in the 2300 block of Southwest 173rd Avenue.

Police said the baby’s mother was driving and the woman’s other child was also in the vehicle.

Officers said the baby was airlifted to Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, where he or she later died.

The mother was transported to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood with minor injuries, according to investigators. The second child was not injured.

Authorities said MPD’s Traffic Homicide Investigations Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash.

No other details about the crash or the family involved have been released.

Según el agente especial del FBI Willie Creech, el robo ocurrió alrededor de las 4:20 p.m. del jueves en una sucursal bancaria de Truist, ubicada en 501 E. Las Olas Blvd.

Creech dijo que el ladrón dio a entender que tenía un arma consigo antes de exigir dinero a un empleado del banco.

No se reportaron heridos.

Creech se negó a confirmar la cantidad de dinero que fue robada durante el asalto.

Se insta a cualquier persona que tenga información sobre el robo del banco a llamar al 1-800-CALL-FBI o ingresar a tips.fbi.gov.

The Tempo guard has been out for two months with a left plantar fascia injury she suffered in a June 16 game against the Indiana Fever. Without her the team has struggled, dropping 10 straight games. Toronto was in the mix for a playoff spot before the skid that has left the Tempo at 10-23 for the season, the third-worst record in the league.

Sykes said at practice Monday that she just needed to get cleared by the doctor to be able to play.

"It’s been a testing eight weeks, but, you know, it taught me a lot about myself. I got to show up for my teammates and the org in a different way,” Sykes said. “I’m just grateful that I got that time. I got a lot of therapy sessions in. I got to find out a lot about myself. In this point in my career, I’ve been here before, but it seems like this injury was way harder to deal with.”

Even when she wasn't able to play, Sykes was a veteran presence on the team, trying to keep her teammates' heads up during the skid.

She could make her return against Caitlin Clark and the Fever on Tuesday. The Tempo have a busy week ahead, with back-to-back games against Indiana at home and then against Washington on the road. Then Toronto will trek across Canada to Vancouver to face Portland on Friday and Las Vegas on Sunday.

It will be the second straight season that the WNBA will play games in Vancouver; Atlanta faced Seattle last season there in front of a sold-out crowd.

The timing is tough because the Tempo just came back from a five-game road trip that saw them criss-cross the U.S., with games on the West Coast, Atlanta and Dallas before returning home.

After the two games in Vancouver, the team finishes off its pre-World Cup schedule with three more road games in Seattle, Las Vegas and Phoenix.

The Tempo also played a pair of games in Montreal in July, splitting with Dallas and New York.

Power poll rankings

Minnesota held onto the top spot in the power poll again this week as the unanimous choice. The Lynx beat Portland and Las Vegas on the road last week. Golden State was second and the Aces were third. Indiana, Washington and New York were next. Atlanta was seventh, with Dallas, Portland and Chicago following the Dream. Phoenix, Los Angeles, Connecticut, Seattle/Toronto rounded out the poll.

Honoring Diana

The Phoenix Mercury retired Diana Taurasi's No. 3 jersey on Sunday in a halftime ceremony with a star-studded crowd in attendance. At the end of the evening, Taurasi stepped to the microphone one more time, pausing as the crowd gave her a 45-second standing ovation. Her 30-minute speech was a mixture of seriousness and comedy, drawing laugh from the thousands of fans who stayed after the Mercury lost to Portland.

Player of the week

Clark was the AP player of the week. Indiana's star guard averaged 25.7 points, 9.7 assists and 3.3 rebounds to help the team win all three of its games last week. Other players receiving votes were Allisha Gray of Atlanta, Olivia Miles of Minnesota and A'ja Wilson of Las Vegas.

Game of the week

Indiana at Dallas, Thursday. The teams will play for the second time in two weeks, with the Wings looking to get a measure of revenge for the loss last week in Indiana. Paige Bueckers put on a show for Dallas, but it wasn't enough to overcome the play of Clark, Kelsey Mitchell and Aliyah Boston.

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The league announced the approval Monday after a vote. Feliciano and Jones reached an agreement in May to buy the Padres from the family of late owner Peter Seidler at an MLB-record valuation of $3.9 billion. The deal is still contingent on the official closing of the transaction in the coming weeks.

“José and Kwanza understand the unique place the Padres hold in San Diego and the powerful bond between the club and its fans,” Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement. “We look forward to their leadership of the Padres and to working with them to build on the club’s strong foundation in a market that is so important to Major League Baseball.”

Seidler's family announced its intention to explore a sale of the Padres last November, two years after Peter Seidler's death. The 53-year-old Feliciano, a co-founder of Santa Monica-based private equity firm Clearlake Capital, emerged from the competition as the Seidler family's top choice.

Padres CEO Erik Greupner and general manager A.J. Preller will remain in charge of day-to-day operations, according to MLB's announcement.

“We are a family first, and becoming owners of the San Diego Padres means joining an even larger one,” Jones and Feliciano said in a statement. “We are grateful to the Seidler family, and especially to Peter, for raising the expectations of what this franchise can achieve. ... Our ambition is clear: to bring a World Series championship to San Diego and build an enduring organization capable of competing for championships year after year. We intend to be engaged owners, bringing our energy, experience and perspective while working alongside the talented team already in place and investing ambitiously and thoughtfully in the Padres’ future.

“We are all in and committed to winning.”

Peter Seidler assumed majority control of the Padres in 2020 after first joining their ownership group in 2012, but he became beloved in San Diego for his aggressive financial pursuit of winning and his eagerness to engage with the team's fan base. He died at 63 in November 2023.

The Padres dramatically increased their payroll under Seidler, allowing Preller to build the foundation for the current team, which has made four playoff appearances in the past six years and won at least 89 games in three of the last four seasons during the most successful stretch in franchise history. San Diego is currently in the playoff race again, winning 17 of its last 22 games entering Monday to surge into an NL wild-card position at 67-58.

“As far as the day-to-day operations, nothing changes for us," Padres manager Craig Stammen said in New York before San Diego's series opener against the Mets. "We’ve got to go out here and play the games, just like we have all season long. The ownership sale has kind of been something that’s been going on throughout the entire year. It doesn’t really affect the play on the field, but we’re excited to have José and Kwanza a part of the Padres and can’t wait to welcome them.”

The minority partners in the Padres' new ownership group include Joey and Jesse Buss, two sons of former Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss. Coincidentally, the six Buss siblings decided earlier Monday to sell their remaining minority ownership stake in the Lakers to incoming majority owners Josh Kushner and Bob Iger.

When Feliciano and Jones reached their agreement to purchase the Padres earlier this year, they praised the team as "a unifying force in San Diego, rooted in community, connection and belonging.” They've since been spotted at Padres games in San Diego and in Mexico City.

“It’s good to see people that care working with us, you know?” Padres outfielder Jackson Merrill said. "I mean, the Seidlers cared a lot. It’ll be fun to see how these people take it, mold it into their own, you know? Trust in them, as they trust in us on the field. So, full confidence in them. Excited to meet them.”

The Padres have never won a World Series, but they were a valuable commodity for potential owners as the only team in the four biggest North American sports leagues in a metropolitan area with roughly 3.3 million people. Downtown Petco Park has become one of the liveliest ballparks in the sport, and the Padres ranked second in the majors in attendance last season.

Feliciano, who was born in Puerto Rico, becomes the second Latino principal owner in baseball, along with the Los Angeles Angels' Arte Moreno. Latino and Hispanic players comprise roughly 30% of major league rosters.

Feliciano and Jones will hold an introductory news conference at Petco Park on Monday, Aug. 24.

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The process launched by newly confirmed Attorney General Todd Blanche is a victory for Second Amendment advocates who have long pushed for nonviolent people with felony convictions to be given a pathway to regain their legal right to own firearms.

“The Second Amendment is not a second-class right, and the federal government should not permanently deprive Americans of a constitutional right without regard to whether they pose a danger to public safety,” Blanche said in a statement. The attorney general said the new process will protect “public safety while giving deserving Americans a real path to restoration.”

It’s the latest move by President Donald Trump's administration to ease firearms restrictions. The Justice Department moved earlier this year to roll back and modify a slate of gun regulations. Separately, the department recently decided against challenging a court ruling that struck down regulations on firearm suppressors and certain guns.

Federal law has long allowed people who've had their gun rights stripped because of felony convictions to petition the government for the ability to own firearms again, but Congress since 1992 has effectively barred the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives from processing applications.

The Trump administration's rule aims to circumvent that by establishing a new application system using an online portal.

The Justice Department says restoration will be granted on a case-by-case basis, weighing a person's record and reputation to determine whether they pose a likely threat to public safety. Officials say people who have been convicted of violent crimes, registered sex offenders, people living in the country illegally and others whom officials believe pose a danger to society will be denied “absent extraordinary circumstances.”

Kris Brown, the president of Brady, which advocates for stronger gun laws, said her group is still reviewing the administration’s final rule but has stressed the need for a “robust and thoughtful system that minimizes the risk to public safety."

“Yet the Trump administration has consistently shown us they have no such discretion, including by restoring gun rights to convicted domestic abusers and violent January 6 insurrectionists, and by tirelessly rolling back broad policies proven to prevent crime and gun violence,” Brown said in a statement.

Según la policía, el accidente ocurrió alrededor de las 12:30 p.m. del sábado en la cuadra 2300 de Southwest 173rd Avenue.

La policía indicó que la madre del bebé conducía y que el otro hijo de la mujer también estaba en el vehículo.

Los agentes dijeron que el bebé fue trasladado en helicóptero al Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, donde posteriormente murió.

La madre fue trasladada al Memorial Regional Hospital en Hollywood con lesiones menores, según los investigadores. El segundo hijo no resultó herido.

Las autoridades indicaron que la Unidad de Investigaciones de Homicidios de Tránsito del Departamento de Policía de Miramar (MPD) está investigando las circunstancias del accidente.

No se han divulgado más detalles sobre el accidente ni sobre la familia involucrada.

The project through the national park in southern Texas has faced fierce bipartisan opposition by critics who say it is marring the area's pristine environment. They argue the region’s rugged and remote terrain already serves as a deterrent to migrants and smugglers. Border crossings in the area have historically been lower than other regions and have dropped even further over the past two years.

“CBP is pausing all construction activity in Big Bend National Park while I visit and conduct a personal, on-the-ground evaluation,” Rodney Scott, who heads Customs and Border Protection, said on X. Scott said over the next couple of days, he was going to “listen to local leadership, community members and stakeholders” to address what he said were “real” national security threats while protecting the park.

Customs and Border Protection did not respond to questions about how long the construction was paused or give any details on whom Scott would be meeting with in Texas.

A rare concession from Trump administration

While it isn’t clear whether the brief suspension portended a more permanent halt to the construction in the area, it reflected the intensity of the bipartisan opposition and was a rare concession from the administration on a signature promise of the president’s that it has raced to complete.

Congress gave the Trump administration $46 billion last summer to build a wall from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico, and the administration has been charging ahead and waiving numerous regulations in an effort to swiftly build the wall.

Scott has said he expects the first layer of the wall to be built by the end of next year.

But the administration has run into fierce opposition in Texas, especially when it comes to construction in and near Big Bend National Park and a state park to the west.

Customs and Border Protection earlier this year backed off plans to build a 30-foot-tall bollard wall through the parks but was still moving forward with other border protection measures such as a new road, lights, barriers designed to stop cars from crossing the border and technology such as buried fiber optic cables.

That has sparked opposition from Democratic and Republican sheriffs in the region, former national park officials, local residents who rely on the parks for their livelihood and some Texas elected officials. Critics have said it will scar the rugged landscape that attracts tourists who raft down the Rio Grande River and take advantage of some of the clearest night skies in the U.S. to gaze at stars.

The sheriff of Brewster County, which includes Big Bend National Park, said Monday that he'll be meeting with Scott during his trip and that he was glad the commissioner was going to have the opportunity to see the terrain with his own eyes and hear firsthand from people in the region.

Ronny Dodson is concerned about possible damage to archeological sites and Native American burial grounds caused by construction for the new road that's supposed to be built through the park. He hopes Scott will see how closely the new road mirrors an already existing road, and Dodson said he wants more information about the technology the agency plans to use to secure the border.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he spoke with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin over the weekend and suggested that the construction pause was a result of their talk. Abbott said the secretary committed to the governor that there would be no wall or barriers built in the park, but the governor made no mention of the road building that has concerned local residents.

Bulldozers seen recently in park clearing land

Last week, bulldozers were seen clearing land at the park, sparking even more concern and raising questions from one of the state's Republican senators.

At the time the bulldozers were seen, the Department of Homeland Security said on X that they were related to “survey and design work.”

Sen. John Cornyn, who lost the Republican primary to the state's attorney general, wrote to Mullin over construction concerns.

“My constituents believe that the 1,000-foot riverbank cliffs and remote Big Bend terrain offers its own source of deterrence for any illegal migrants crossing into the United States. The dangerous terrain includes steep mountains, deep canyons, and expansive deserts which they believe act a natural barrier that limits large-scale movements,” Cornyn wrote.

As the wall-building efforts have shifted into high gear this year along the roughly 2,000-mile border, opposition has spiked as well.

The administration has faced criticism from Native American groups saying wall contractors are desecrating religious sites, a small Texas town worried the wall will damage its levee system, and a Catholic archdiocese that says wall construction in the El Paso area mars an important religious site.

Activists praise the pause but say it's only a first step

Activists who have been rallying opposition to the administration's plans said they were encouraged by the pause but they would be watching closely to see if CBP makes any significant changes or simply goes back to its previous plans.

Bob Krumenaker was the superintendent of Big Bend National Park from 2018 to 2023 and now chairs the organization “Keep Big Bend Wild,” which aims to preserve the park's wild nature. He said he was “wary but optimistic” after news of the pause.

“They are paying attention to all of the objections that have been raised across the political spectrum,” he said.

But Krumenaker said it's unlikely that CBP is going to entirely abandon all its plans in the region. Krumenaker said he and others would be watching to see whether the equipment like the bulldozers is removed from the park, the agency outlines a clear plan going forward and it repairs any damage already done.

“Let’s hope they significantly modify their plans in response to what they hear, and make it transparent,” he said.

Another group, which sued Homeland Security over its decision to broadly waive regulations to speed up construction projects in the Big Bend region, called the announcement “welcome news” but warned that construction could resume “at any moment.”

“This temporary pause proves how much non-partisan public pressure is mounting in West Texas and across America to stop the irreversible destruction unfolding in this crown jewel national park,” said Laiken Jordahl with the Center for Biological Diversity.

“We’re not resting until these contracts are canceled, these workers are sent packing, the waivers are rescinded and every wall plan for the greater Big Bend region is scrapped for good.”

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According to a federal court case filed on Monday, Hakam Shahin, 30, of Oakland Park, is facing a count of conspiracy to transport stolen motor vehicles.

Federal prosecutors are trying the case in U.S. District Court in Newark, New Jersey. That’s the city where authorities say “stolen vehicles were being transported, loaded into shipping containers and exported” to the Middle East and Africa from a lot “run by an international shipping and logistics company.”

According to a federal criminal complaint, on April 29, Homeland Security Investigations agents were made aware of the criminal activity.

Surveillance of the lot the next day showed multiple parked luxury vehicles, including a Range Rover, Cadillac Escalade and Mercedes-Benz G-Class, all reported stolen out of Florida, New Jersey and Texas respectively, the complaint states.

On May 1, agents said they saw a Bentley Continental that had been stolen in Florida just three days before.

Agents said they saw Shahin at the lot on multiple occasions, taking photos of the vehicles and at one point arriving with a trailer carrying a Lamborghini Aventador stolen from Florida.

The complaint mentions other vehicles stolen from Michigan, Illinois, Tennessee and New York.

Agents said they were able to intercept shipments of stolen luxury cars that were bound for the west African country of Togo, as well as the United Arab Emirates.

They said they obtained text messages showing a co-conspirator advising Shahin and others to “always avoid” Flock surveillance cameras when driving.

They said they also obtained texts showing unnamed co-conspirators and Shahin discussing “watching out for law enforcement.”

According to the complaint, that includes an April 30 text in which a co-conspirator told Shahin to “Fast go clean the g class...before it f---s up the yard,” to which Shahin replied with a photo of two Newark Police Department vehicles at the lot.

The next day, agents said Shahin told the co-conspirator to “keep quiet” and that “someone (was) giving info” to authorities.

On May 5, agents said a co-conspirator told Shahin, “You’re f---ed” after Shahin sent a photo of an NPD cruiser behind a stolen Ferrari.

Agents said they also obtained messages showing group chats between Shahin, the co-conspirators and employees of the unnamed shipping company.

Broward Sheriff’s Office jail records show that federal authorities arrested Shahin on Friday. He was being held at BSO’s Main Jail facility in Fort Lauderdale, on behalf of the U.S. Marshals Service, as he awaits extradition to the Garden State.

He had been scheduled to make an initial appearance in Fort Lauderdale federal court on Monday morning.

In the meantime, records show the two state cases against Shahin ― in which he faces nearly a dozen felonies total ― remain active in Miami-Dade County court. He’s scheduled to be arraigned on Sept. 8.

Según un caso presentado el lunes en un tribunal federal, Hakam Shahin, de 30 años, de Oakland Park, enfrenta un cargo de conspiración para transportar vehículos motorizados robados.

Los fiscales federales están procesando el caso en el Tribunal de Distrito de Estados Unidos en Newark, Nueva Jersey. Esa es la ciudad donde las autoridades dicen que “vehículos robados eran transportados, cargados en contenedores de envío y exportados” a Medio Oriente y África desde un lote “operado por una compañía internacional de envíos y logística”.

Según una denuncia penal federal, el 29 de abril, agentes de Investigaciones de Seguridad Nacional (HSI) fueron informados sobre la actividad delictiva.

La vigilancia del lote al día siguiente mostró múltiples vehículos de lujo estacionados, incluyendo un Range Rover, Cadillac Escalade y Mercedes-Benz G-Class, todos reportados como robados de Florida, Nueva Jersey y Texas, respectivamente, según la denuncia.

El 1 de mayo, los agentes dijeron que vieron un Bentley Continental que había sido robado en Florida apenas tres días antes.

Los agentes dijeron que vieron a Shahin en el lote en múltiples ocasiones, tomando fotografías de los vehículos y, en un momento, llegando con un remolque que transportaba un Lamborghini Aventador robado de Florida.

La denuncia menciona otros vehículos robados de Michigan, Illinois, Tennessee y Nueva York.

Los agentes dijeron que pudieron interceptar cargamentos de vehículos de lujo robados que tenían como destino el país de África Occidental Togo, así como los Emiratos Árabes Unidos.

Dijeron que obtuvieron mensajes de texto que mostraban a un co conspirador aconsejando a Shahin y a otros que “siempre evitaran” las cámaras de vigilancia Flock al conducir.

También dijeron que obtuvieron mensajes de texto que mostraban a co conspiradores no identificados y a Shahin hablando sobre “estar atentos a las autoridades”.

Según la denuncia, eso incluye un mensaje del 30 de abril en el que un co conspirador le dijo a Shahin que “Rápido, ve a limpiar la G class... antes de que se j--- el patio”, a lo que Shahin respondió con una foto de dos vehículos del Departamento de Policía de Newark en el lote.

Al día siguiente, los agentes dijeron que Shahin le dijo al co conspirador que “guardara silencio” y que “alguien estaba dando información” a las autoridades.

El 5 de mayo, los agentes dijeron que un co conspirador le dijo a Shahin “Estás j---do” después de que Shahin enviara una foto de un vehículo policial de NPD detrás de un Ferrari robado.

Los agentes dijeron que también obtuvieron mensajes que mostraban chats grupales entre Shahin, los co conspiradores y empleados de la compañía de envíos no identificada.

Los registros de la cárcel de la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward muestran que las autoridades federales arrestaron a Shahin el viernes. Permanecía detenido en la cárcel principal de BSO en Fort Lauderdale, en nombre del Servicio de Alguaciles de Estados Unidos, mientras espera su extradición al Garden State.

Estaba programado para comparecer inicialmente ante un tribunal federal en Fort Lauderdale el lunes por la mañana.

Mientras tanto, los registros muestran que los dos casos estatales contra Shahin, en los que enfrenta casi una docena de delitos graves en total, siguen activos en el tribunal del condado de Miami-Dade. Está programado para ser procesado el 8 de septiembre.

Syrians have taken to social media and the streets in recent days to demand answers about the death of Mohammad Ghamira, who was buried Monday in his hometown of al-Haffah in coastal Latakia province.

When insurgents unseated former President Bashar Assad in December 2024 after a nearly 14-year civil war, they opened the country's notorious prisons. During Assad's rule, rights groups say, thousands of prisoners were killed in mass executions or died from injuries and disease. Detainees were subjected to torture, beatings and rape.

Officials with the government of interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa have promised accountability in Ghamira’s case, but rights groups say it is not an isolated incident and that abuses persist in detention centers.

The detainee had hemophilia, which affects blood clotting

Ghamira, a 29-year-old father of two, was a former volunteer with the White Helmets civil defense organization, which operated in opposition-held areas before Assad's fall.

He died in a hospital in Latakia on Sunday after being released from jail. He had been detained days earlier following an "allegation of theft involving a sum of money,” Latakia’s internal security command said in a statement, without giving more details.

Syria’s Minister of Emergency and Disaster Management Raed al-Saleh, who was previously head of the White Helmets, said on X that Ghamira had died of “complications from cerebral and gastrointestinal hemorrhaging” that “resulted from a beating he sustained after being detained at the al-Haffah police station.”

Al-Saleh and Ghamira’s relatives said he had hemophilia, a condition affecting the blood’s ability to clot.

Ghamira’s uncle, Issam Ghamira, said in a video interview with state news agency SANA that the family had told the police chief in al-Haffah that his nephew had hemophilia and warned against hitting him. Despite that, he said, his nephew was hit while in custody.

Syria’s interior ministry announced an investigation into Ghamira’s death and said seven interior ministry personnel were detained for questioning.

Syria’s Interior Ministry spokesperson Noureddine al-Baba, speaking to journalists, acknowledged “shortcomings and deficiencies” in some of the country's police departments but said others were doing “exceptional” work.

“God willing, this painful incident will serve as a catalyst for positive change in the operations of the ministry of interior," he said.

Watchdogs call Ghamira’s death part of a wider problem

In a report released in March, the U.N. Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic said it had documented “torture and ill-treatment” in 18 official detention facilities and 12 “makeshift facilities” in different areas of Syria between January and October 2025, in the months following Assad's ouster as the new government asserted control.

The practices it documented included beating prisoners with rifle butts, sticks, pipes, bars and cables; the use of electric shocks and other forms of torture; mock executions; and sexual violence.

Syrians for Truth and Justice, a human rights organization that tracks abuses, in a report published earlier this month said that “severe beatings, electric shocks, humiliation, threats, deprivation of basic necessities, and deaths in custody continue to be common practices at the hands of multiple security and military actors.”

The group concluded that the incidents were too widespread to treat as isolated incidents but that there was no evidence of a “single centralized system equivalent in structure and direction to the torture apparatus entrenched by the Assad regime.”

“It is somehow widespread, but it’s not structured,” Bassam Alahmad, the group’s executive director, told The Associated Press. “For us, there is no evidence that these orders came from the commanders to torture people, but still (the authorities) have a responsibility to stop this behavior."

Syrians whose loved ones disappeared or died in detention centers during Assad’s rule said they were disturbed to see the patterns being repeated under the new government.

Families for Freedom, a group representing relatives of detainees, said in a statement, “What happened to Mohammed reopens the wounds of torture and death in detention for thousands of Syrian families — practices Syrians have struggled for years to end, and the recurrence of which cannot be accepted today.”

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Sewell reported from Beirut.

En el extremo sur de la Isla Grande, duramente afectado, las comunidades quedaron aisladas por un corte de comunicaciones y carreteras bloqueadas por escombros. Las aguas de la inundación perturbaron algunos cementerios.

Las autoridades anunciaron una muerte atribuida a la tormenta: una mujer de 90 años que había sido reportada como desaparecida en Naalehu y luego fue hallada muerta el lunes. No se dispuso de inmediato de detalles adicionales sobre la muerte.

Lala se debilitó de huracán a tormenta tropical el domingo después de azotar el estado sin tocar tierra. Las lluvias intensas e inundaciones provocaron un lodazal mientras la tormenta pasaba junto a las principales islas de Hawai.

Inundaciones destructivas

Las inundaciones resultaron ser más destructivas que el viento, dijo el gobernador Josh Green, quien sobrevoló y recorrió a pie la parte sur de la isla el lunes.

“Es la inundación y el lodo y la roca que se vertieron por Naalehu, Pahala, Waiohinu”, dijo. “Estas comunidades tienen mucho trabajo de limpieza por hacer y van a necesitar mucho apoyo”.

Se prevé que la tormenta siga desplazándose hacia el oeste y se convierta de nuevo en huracán mar adentro y lejos de tierra para el miércoles.

Las escuelas públicas en todo el estado, algunas escuelas privadas y oficinas estatales permanecieron cerradas el lunes. Las escuelas y oficinas del condado en la Isla Grande permanecerán cerradas el martes. Las labores de limpieza comenzaron con cuadrillas de trabajadores reparando puentes y retirando árboles caídos.

La empresa Hawaiian Electric dijo que casi 104.000 clientes estaban sin electricidad hasta la tarde del lunes. Los fuertes vientos de la tormenta derribaron árboles, postes y torres de transmisión. El sistema de transmisión eléctrica de la Isla Grande sufrió “daños extensos”, indicó la empresa.

El número de emergencias 911 estuvo temporalmente fuera de servicio en la Isla Grande porque los impactos del huracán estaban afectando las comunicaciones por radio y teléfono, informó el Departamento de Policía de Hawai, pero volvió a funcionar por la tarde.

Comunidades incomunicadas y cementerios dañados

“Mi distrito está hecho un desastre” , dijo la representante estatal Jeanné Kapela, quien representa el distrito de Kau en el extremo sur de la isla. Su voz tembló de emoción al describir comunidades atrapadas por carreteras colapsadas y bloqueadas por escombros, incluida la pequeña comunidad de Punaluu, hogar de unas 100 viviendas y popular entre los turistas por su playa de arena negra.

Dos cementerios en Naalehu quedaron “arrasados”, dijo.

Kapela trabajaba para conseguir conexiones de internet satelital cerca de comunidades sin electricidad y sin servicio celular.

“La mayoría de la gente cuando piensa en Hawai, piensa en Lahaina o piensa en Waikiki”, dijo sobre algunos de los destinos turísticos más populares del estado. “No necesariamente piensa en el punto más al sur de Estados Unidos, pero al final del día, somos el punto más al sur de Estados Unidos. Esa es la comunidad que fue golpeada. Y probablemente es una de las comunidades más rurales de todo el país”.

El gobernador dijo que tenía la esperanza de que el área se vuelva accesible en cuestión de días, y no de semanas o más.

“Por favor respeten a esas personas que fallecieron y fueron enterradas en el cementerio allí donde hubo cierta dispersión de los ‘iwi kupuna’”, dijo Green, usando el término hawaiano para los sagrados restos óseos ancestrales de los nativos hawaianos.

Tom Callis, portavoz del condado de Hawai, que también se conoce como la Isla Grande, dijo que esas áreas han sido acordonadas y no se está realizando ningún trabajo allí.

El daño no fue tan catastrófico como se temía, dice el gobernador

Green prometió que la recuperación será “algo rápida”.

“Y a pesar de esta pérdida de una hermosa persona”, dijo sobre la muerte relacionada con la tormenta, “podría haber sido mucho peor”.

Aunque dijo que vio mucha devastación, también vio muchas casas que sobrevivieron y puentes que no resultaron tan dañados como se temía.

Unas 100 viviendas fueron arrancadas de sus cimientos y arrastradas por el agua en la Isla Grande, informaron las autoridades previamente.

Las autoridades aconsejaron a la gente mantenerse fuera del océano en cualquier lugar donde el agua parezca marrón o turbia.

No había avisos preventivos vigentes para Hawai el lunes, pero persistían condiciones de oleaje y corrientes de resaca potencialmente mortales, según el Centro Nacional de Huracanes. La saturación causada por las fuertes lluvias aún podría provocar algunos deslizamientos de tierra, pero los vientos ya no representaban una amenaza, indicó el meteorólogo del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional Patrick Blood.

“No hay peligros realmente inminentes a los que nos estemos enfrentando ahora”, afirmó. “Lala se ha ido hacia el oeste”.

Laupahoehoe, en la costa noreste de la Isla Grande, registró la mayor cantidad de lluvia, con 1,1 metros (43,54 pulgadas). Los vientos más fuertes se registraron en la cima del volcán Mauna Kea, donde las ráfagas alcanzaron los 225 km/h (140 mph). En las zonas de menor altitud, residentes de toda la cadena de islas experimentaron vientos con fuerza de tormenta tropical de 48 a 64 km/h (30 a 40 mph), con ráfagas de hasta 97 km/h (60 mph), señaló Blood.

Funcionarios federales se comprometieron a brindar ayuda para la recuperación. El senador estadounidense Brian Schatz dijo el lunes que habló con el secretario de Transporte Sean Duffy sobre el apoyo federal y lo instó a aprobar una próxima solicitud de fondos de emergencia para ayudar a despejar escombros y reparar carreteras y autopistas dañadas.

El accidente ocurrió en los apartamentos Aliro, cerca de Northeast 142nd Street y 18th Avenue.

Equipos de Miami-Dade Fire Rescue respondieron a la escena.

A pesar de los daños, no se reportaron personas heridas.

Aún no está claro qué causó que el conductor perdiera el control y chocara. Las circunstancias que rodean el incidente están bajo investigación.

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Led by head coach Mario Cristobal, Miami enters the season looking to build on its historic 2025 campaign, when the Hurricanes reached the College Football Playoff National Championship game before falling to Indiana at Hard Rock Stadium.

The Hoosiers were led by quarterback and Miami native Fernando Mendoza, who was selected No. 1 overall by the Las Vegas Raiders in the 2026 NFL draft.

Miami opens the 2026 season against Stanford on Sept. 4.

Quarterback Darian Mensah will lead the Hurricanes after transferring from Duke last season, along with key players, including running back Mark Fletcher Jr. and wide receiver Malachi Toney.

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Dirigido por el entrenador en jefe Mario Cristóbal, Miami entra a la temporada con la intención de aprovechar su histórica campaña de 2025, cuando los Hurricanes llegaron al partido por el Campeonato Nacional de los College Football Playoff antes de caer ante Indiana en el Hard Rock Stadium.

Los Hoosiers fueron liderados por el quarterback y nativo de Miami Fernando Mendoza, quien fue seleccionado en el primer lugar general por Las Vegas Raiders en el draft de la NFL de 2026.

Miami abre la temporada de 2026 contra Stanford el 4 de septiembre.

El quarterback Darian Mensah liderará a los Hurricanes después de transferirse de Duke la temporada pasada, junto con jugadores clave, incluyendo al corredor Mark Fletcher Jr. y al receptor abierto Malachi Toney.

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The representative said Panettiere’s death appears to have been the result of a possible drug overdose. An official cause of death, however, has not been announced.

Dispatch audio shared by TMZ with Local 10 referenced a “cardiac arrest” and an “overdose” as South Carolina first responders rushed to an apartment complex in Greenville, where Panettiere was found unresponsive Sunday afternoon.

Despite lifesaving efforts, Panettiere was pronounced dead at the scene.

Greenville investigators said their preliminary investigation found no signs of foul play or suspicious circumstances.

Panettiere’s father remembered his daughter as an “incredible light” in a statement following her death.

“It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden,” the statement read. “She was an incredible light and a force of nature who brought immeasurable love and joy to all who knew her — and to the millions who watched her onscreen.”

From child actor to television star

Panettiere began her television career in the 1990s, appearing in commercials and soap operas before landing one of the roles that would make her a household name.

In 2006, she began portraying Claire Bennet, a cheerleader with superpowers, on the television series “Heroes.”

Six years later, Panettiere took on the role of country singer Juliette Barnes in “Nashville.”

Her career also included roles on the big screen, including “Remember the Titans,” “Raising Helen” and “Bring It On: All or Nothing.”

Panettiere gave birth to her only child in 2014. A year later, she entered rehab.

In recent years, the actress had spoken openly about her struggles with opioid and alcohol addiction, as well as her attempts at recovery.

Panettiere returned to the screen in 2023 as fan-favorite Kirby Reed in the sixth installment of the “Scream” franchise.

That same year, she experienced a personal tragedy when her younger brother died from a heart condition.

Earlier this year, Panettiere released her memoir, “This Is Me: A Reckoning,” in which she opened up about postpartum depression, addiction and recovery.

Panettiere would have turned 37 on Friday.

Her official cause of death remains pending.

El representante dijo que la muerte de Panettiere parece haber sido resultado de una posible sobredosis de drogas. Sin embargo, no se ha anunciado la causa oficial de muerte.

El audio de la llamada de emergencia compartido por TMZ con Local 10 hizo referencia a un “paro cardíaco” y una “sobredosis” mientras los primeros socorristas de Carolina del Sur acudían a un complejo de apartamentos en Greenville, donde Panettiere fue encontrada inconsciente la tarde del domingo.

A pesar de los esfuerzos por salvarle la vida, Panettiere fue declarada muerta en el lugar.

Los investigadores de Greenville dijeron que su investigación preliminar no encontró señales de juego sucio ni circunstancias sospechosas.

El padre de Panettiere recordó a su hija como una “luz increíble” en un comunicado tras su muerte.

“Es con profunda tristeza que compartimos la trágica muerte de nuestra querida Hayden”, decía el comunicado. “Ella era una luz increíble y una fuerza de la naturaleza que brindó un amor y una alegría inconmensurables a todos los que la conocieron, y a los millones que la vieron en pantalla”.

De actriz infantil a estrella de televisión

Panettiere comenzó su carrera televisiva en la década de 1990, apareciendo en comerciales y telenovelas antes de conseguir uno de los papeles que la convertirían en un nombre reconocido.

En 2006, comenzó a interpretar a Claire Bennet, una porrista con superpoderes, en la serie de televisión “Heroes”.

Seis años después, Panettiere asumió el papel de la cantante de música country Juliette Barnes en “Nashville”.

Su carrera también incluyó papeles en la pantalla grande, incluyendo “Remember the Titans”, “Raising Helen” y “Bring It On: All or Nothing”.

Panettiere dio a luz a su único hijo en 2014. Un año después, ingresó a rehabilitación.

En años recientes, la actriz había hablado abiertamente sobre sus problemas con la adicción a los opioides y al alcohol, así como sobre sus intentos de recuperación.

Panettiere regresó a la pantalla en 2023 como Kirby Reed, una de las favoritas de los fanáticos, en la sexta entrega de la franquicia “Scream”.

Ese mismo año, sufrió una tragedia personal cuando su hermano menor murió a causa de una enfermedad cardíaca.

A principios de este año, Panettiere publicó sus memorias, “This Is Me: A Reckoning”, en las que habló sobre la depresión posparto, la adicción y la recuperación.

Panettiere habría cumplido 37 años el viernes.

La causa oficial de su muerte sigue pendiente.

The standoff, in the village of Qusra, has seen groups of settlers surround several Palestinian houses and prevent residents from leaving. The United States has condemned the siege and the Israeli military has deployed troops it says are there to maintain order.

The siege of Palestinian homes by Israeli settlers comes as violence in the West Bank has soared in recent months. The settlers, emboldened by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government, have ramped up attacks on Palestinian towns and villages, harassing residents and setting homes, mosques and fields ablaze.

Israeli soldiers and settlers have killed 87 Palestinians so far this year, according to Palestinian health officials. Palestinians have killed three Israelis, including two who were killed during clashes in the West Bank village of Tell last month.

As Loui Ridi, an Ohio-based owner of one of the houses, landed in Israel, settlers were still roaming near Qusra, according to video footage taken by his brother. It showed settlers driving ATVs and speaking with soldiers.

Ridi had also watched the scenes unfold from afar through his home security cameras.

“I've been watching this live for many days and now this is the second week. I can't sleep,” he told reporters at Israel’s main international airport. “I can’t let the settlers steal my house while I was watching."

He finally arrived in Qusra on Monday evening, where he first reunited with his mother and sister before moving on to his house. Ridi's brother, Qusai Abu Rida, and his teenage son had stayed inside the home to protect the property.

As Ridi waited for Israel’s military to escort him to the house, he said he believed little had changed since early last week, when the siege began.

Israel has since declared the neighborhood where Ridi’s home is located a closed military zone. But on Monday, his brother’s footage still showed soldiers interacting amicably with settlers.

“I should be able to go to my house freely, anytime I want,” he said. “It is a frustration and a nightmare for the entire family.”

__ Metz reported from Tel Aviv, Israel.

Según los agentes, el tiroteo se reportó alrededor de la 1 a. m. en la cuadra 2300 de Southwest 46th Avenue.

Los agentes confirmaron que, al llegar a la escena, encontraron a la víctima con múltiples heridas de bala.

A pesar de aplicar de inmediato maniobras de reanimación, los paramédicos del servicio de rescate y bomberos de la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward (BSO) declararon a la víctima fallecida en el lugar.“

No es muy seguro por aquí, ¿sabes?“, comentó AC Jones, residente de la zona.

Detectives de la Unidad de Homicidios de la BSO investigan ahora las circunstancias del tiroteo. Hasta el momento no se ha revelado la identidad de la víctima ni el motivo del tiroteo.

Se solicita a cualquier persona que tenga información sobre el incidente que llame a Broward Crime Stoppers al 954-493-8477.

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Sandi Marie Wensel, 37, of Key West, faces three felonies and one misdemeanor charge. She has since been fired, Monroe County Tax Collector Sam Steele told Local 10 News via email.

According to an FHP arrest report, Wensel issued an ID card to Reneris Obando Martinez, 45, of Geiger Key, under another man’s name and Social Security card on July 21.

Records show an FHP trooper pulled over Obando on July 22 near Boca Chica Road and the Overseas Highway on Big Coppitt Key and took him into custody on felony fraud, forgery and perjury charges.

Troopers said that Obando, a Nicaraguan national under a deportation order, admitted that he knew Wensel and was “friends with her husband.”

Surveillance footage showed Wensel “gestur(ing) for (Obando) to come directly to her workstation” when he was in the tax collector’s office and issuing him the ID card.

Authorities said they went to the office, located at 1200 Truman Ave. in Key West, on Thursday morning and took Wensel into custody.

According to the arrest report, she admitted she knew Obando as “Rene” and not under the name she issued the ID card for ― a man named Luis ― and showed investigators text messages between her and Obando’s wife as he arrived at the office.

Wensel, who faces charges of official misconduct, issuing identification documents to an unauthorized person, unlawful use of a two-way communications device and criminal conspiracy, was given a $15,000 bond and no longer appeared in Monroe County Sheriff’s Office jail records as of Monday morning.

Meanwhile, records show Obando remained in MCSO’s Key West jail facility on a $320,000 bond. His arrest report also states that he has an immigration detainer.

Steele told Local 10 News in an email Monday afternoon that his office “immediately reviewed our transaction records and security footage” and provided information to FHP after being informed of the investigation into Wensel, who was “immediately” fired following her arrest.

“A public office is a public trust,” Steele said. “As an elected constitutional officer, I lawfully appoint my deputy tax collectors to carry out the duties of this office, and each takes a loyalty oath before serving the public. My employees are entrusted with sensitive personal information, and I have zero tolerance for conduct that abuses that trust or compromises the integrity of this office.

“My office has cooperated fully with the Florida Highway Patrol throughout its investigation, and we value our continued partnership with FHP in protecting the public.”

Sandi Marie Wensel, de 37 años, de Key West, enfrenta tres cargos graves y un cargo menor. Desde entonces fue despedida, informó Sam Steele, recaudador de impuestos del condado Monroe, a Local 10 News por correo electrónico.

Según un informe de arresto de la FHP, Wensel emitió una tarjeta de identificación a Reneris Obando Martinez, de 45 años, de Geiger Key, usando el nombre y la tarjeta del Seguro Social de otro hombre el 21 de julio.

Los registros muestran que un agente de la FHP detuvo a Obando el 22 de julio cerca de Boca Chica Road y Overseas Highway, en Big Coppitt Key, y lo puso bajo custodia por cargos graves de fraude, falsificación y perjurio.

Los agentes dijeron que Obando, un ciudadano nicaragüense sujeto a una orden de deportación, admitió que conocía a Wensel y que era “amigo de su esposo”.

Las imágenes de vigilancia mostraron a Wensel “haciéndole señas a (Obando) para que fuera directamente a su estación de trabajo” cuando estaba en la oficina del recaudador de impuestos y emitiéndole la tarjeta de identificación.

Las autoridades dijeron que acudieron a la oficina, ubicada en 1200 Truman Ave., en Key West, el jueves por la mañana y pusieron a Wensel bajo custodia.

Según el informe de arresto, ella admitió que conocía a Obando como “Rene” y no con el nombre para el que emitió la tarjeta de identificación, un hombre llamado Luis, y mostró a los investigadores mensajes de texto entre ella y la esposa de Obando cuando él llegó a la oficina.

Wensel, quien enfrenta cargos de mala conducta oficial, emitir documentos de identificación a una persona no autorizada, uso ilegal de un dispositivo de comunicación de dos vías y conspiración criminal, recibió una fianza de $15,000 USD y ya no aparecía en los registros de la cárcel de la Oficina del Sheriff del condado Monroe el lunes por la mañana.

Mientras tanto, los registros muestran que Obando permanecía en la cárcel de MCSO en Key West con una fianza de $320,000 USD. Su informe de arresto también indica que tiene una retención migratoria.

Steele dijo a Local 10 News en un correo electrónico el lunes por la tarde que su oficina “revisó inmediatamente nuestros registros de transacciones e imágenes de seguridad” y proporcionó información a la FHP después de ser informada de la investigación sobre Wensel, quien fue despedida “inmediatamente” después de su arresto.

“Una oficina pública es un fideicomiso público”, dijo Steele. “Como funcionario constitucional electo, nombro legalmente a mis agentes recaudadores de impuestos adjuntos para desempeñar las funciones de esta oficina, y cada uno presta un juramento de lealtad antes de servir al público. A mis empleados se les confía información personal confidencial, y tengo tolerancia cero con conductas que abusen de esa confianza o comprometan la integridad de esta oficina.

“Mi oficina ha cooperado plenamente con la Patrulla de Carreteras de Florida durante toda su investigación, y valoramos nuestra continua colaboración con la FHP para proteger al público.”

Adams, a three-time Pro Bowl selection, is expected to have season-ending surgery.

The 30-year-old Adams was injured in his first game with Minnesota after signing on the eve of the start of training camp.

The Vikings signed cornerback Bryce Phillips to fill Adams' spot on the roster. Phillips originally entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with Kansas City following the 2026 NFL draft. His brother, Clark Phillips III, plays cornerback for Atlanta after starring collegiately at Utah.

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According to deputies, the shooting was reported at about 1 a.m. in the 2300 block of Southwest 46^th Avenue.

A Local 10 News crew was at the scene as a body was on the ground.

Deputies confirmed that they arrived at the scene and found the victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.

Despite immediately administering life-saving measures, paramedics with Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue pronounced the victim dead at the scene.

“It’s not too safe around here, you know?” AC Jones, who lives in the area, said.

BSO Homicide Unit detectives are now investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting.

The victim’s identity has not yet been released nor has a motive for the shooting.

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

Without a chance of rain through tomorrow, we will have an elevated wildfire risk in the afternoons. The next chance of afternoon storms will not begin until Wednesday, when our normal rainy season pattern begins and continues for the second half of the week.

According to an arrest report from the Sunny Isles Beach Police Department, the incident was reported shortly before 9 p.m. Saturday at Town Center Park, located at 17200 Collins Ave.

Police said a man notified officers that the young boy had approached him and said his mother, Elena Sexton, had left him at the park and he was scared and had not eaten since breakfast time.

The witness told officers that the boy had been alone in the park for nearly an hour.

According to the report, the boy told officers that his mother had left him alone so she could go get food with a friend.

Police said officers canvassed the area but could not locate the boy’s mother.

Officers eventually spotted Sexton, 41, of Corpus Christi, Texas, walking back to the park, the report stated.

According to the report, Sexton claimed that she had parked at a nearby shopping plaza and went back to get some toys when she saw a friend who asked her to sit and have food.

She said she did so while leaving her son at the park, authorities said.

Sexton was arrested on a charge of child neglect without great bodily harm.

Police confirmed the Florida Department of Children and Families was also notified, but the report did not state whether the boy was released into DCF custody or was turned over to a relative.

As of Monday afternoon, Sexton remained held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on a $2,500 bond.

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Virgen Pereirasardui got into an argument with her co-worker about “serving alcoholic beverages to customers” at about 3:40 a.m. on July 18 at Guembos, at 2055 NW 22nd Ave., according to police.

Pereirasardui “grabbed a glass alcohol bottle and hit the victim on the forehead, which caused the victim to suffer a laceration to the right side of the forehead, lose consciousness, and fall to the floor,” a Miami police officer wrote, according to an arrest report.

A man took the victim to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where she underwent several stitches on the right side of her forehead, according to the arrest report.

The victim reported the July 18 attack on Aug. 6 to police and said she had worked with Pereirasardui from Wednesday to Saturday since February.

Police officers arrested Pereirasardui shortly after 11:15 a.m. on Friday at an apartment building in Miami’s Little Havana, according to the report.

Miami-Dade corrections booked Pereirasardui shortly after 5:30 p.m. on Friday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, according to inmate records.

Pereirasardui faced a charge of aggravated battery with great bodily harm, a second-degree felony, according to Miami-Dade court records.

Pereirasardui, who was born in Cuba, was denied bond on a hold by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, records show.

Local 10 News Assignment Editor Mercedes Cevallos contributed to this report.

The 6-pound, 9-ounce (3-kilogram), girl born Aug. 3 in Lisbon, Portugal, is the third child of Eugenie and husband Jack Brooksbank.

“Two weeks ago today we welcomed our girl to the world," Eugenie said on Instagram. “And since then we’ve had the most special, cosy and love-filled time.”

Eugenie is the younger daughter of the former Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson. She's the niece of King Charles III.

The infant girl has two brothers, August, 5, and Ernest, 3.

She was named in honor of three people “we love and admire past and present,” including Eugenie's late grandmother Queen Elizabeth II, and to reflect her English and Portuguese roots.

The name was also inspired by Queen Adelaide (1792-1849), who was married to King William IV, as well as Maria Adelaide of Portugal. Annina is the name of a close friend.

Virgen Pereirasardui discutió con su compañera sobre “servir bebidas alcohólicas a los clientes” alrededor de las 3:40 a. m. del 18 de julio en el establecimiento Guembos, ubicado en el 2055 de la avenida 22 del noroeste (NW), según la policía.

Pereirasardui “agarró una botella de vidrio de alcohol y golpeó a la víctima en la frente, lo que le provocó una laceración en el lado derecho de la frente, la pérdida del conocimiento y una caída al suelo”, escribió un agente de la policía de Miami, según el informe de arresto.

Un hombre trasladó a la víctima al Hospital Jackson Memorial, donde recibió varios puntos de sutura en el lado derecho de la frente, según el informe policial.

La víctima denunció la agresión del 18 de julio ante la policía el 6 de agosto y declaró que había trabajado con Pereirasardui de miércoles a sábado desde el mes de febrero.

Los agentes arrestaron a Pereirasardui poco después de las 11:15 a. m. del viernes en un edificio de apartamentos en el barrio de La Pequeña Habana (Little Havana), en Miami, según el informe.

El Departamento de Correccionales de Miami-Dade registró el ingreso de Pereirasardui poco después de las 5:30 p. m. del viernes en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight, según los registros de reclusos.

Pereirasardui fue acusada de agresión agravada con lesiones corporales graves, un delito grave de segundo grado, según los registros judiciales de Miami-Dade.

A Pereirasardui, nacida en Cuba, se le denegó la libertad bajo fianza debido a una orden de retención del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de EE. UU. (ICE), según indican los registros.