A judge recently set a 2028 date for Mohammed to finally be tried before a military tribunal, but some lawyers predict it will never happen — not that year or any other year. They say the maze of legal issues that arose because Mohammed was tortured following his 2003 capture in Pakistan is too twisted to ever be straightened out.

A fleeting bid to put him on trial in a civilian court in New York City was shouted down years ago over security concerns.

A plea agreement that would have kept Mohammed imprisoned for life, but spared him from a possible execution, began to collapse shortly after it was announced in 2024, and finally died for good last year.

“It’s all contaminated by politics and the lack of accountability on torture,” said Joshua Dratel, an attorney who played a part in assuring that Mohammed has proper legal representation.

In late August, the U.S. military judge who set a June 5, 2028, trial date for Mohammed and three others charged in the Sept. 11 attacks ruled that prosecutors could not use an alleged confession he made to the FBI in 2007. Those statements were deemed tainted because Mohammed was subjected to “enhanced interrogation techniques” overseas, including the simulated drowning technique called waterboarding.

While the ruling was a blow to the prosecution, the U.S. government decided not to appeal, in part because doing so could have further delayed a possible trial.

Meanwhile, Mohammed remains jailed in Guantanamo Bay, where he was brought on Sept. 5, 2006, following more than three years in secret prisons in other countries.

Victims' families still hope a trial will happen

Terry Strada, whose husband, Tom, died at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, said that she and other people who lost family members still hope a trial will someday happen.

“We very much want to see this come to an end at some point. We do want to see justice served. It’s just as important as 25 years ago,” she said.

But Strada, the national chair of the group 9/11 Families United, also said she would rather have Mohammed rot at Guantanamo Bay indefinitely than get behind a resolution that would involve dropping the death penalty as a possibility. Strada said she worries that if Mohammed is not executed, future U.S. leaders might someday be tempted to swap him for Americans held prisoner elsewhere in the world.

The death penalty, she said, “fits the crime and it would prevent that from ever happening. And that’s important to me.”

Mohammed was captured in Pakistan in 2003, accused of developing and directing the 9/11 attacks, as a leader of the Islamic militant group al-Qaida. Some of the delays in his legal proceedings have stemmed from his treatment after he fell into U.S. control. A U.S. Senate report pointed to his extended torture in CIA custody, including 183 sessions of waterboarding.

Plans for a civilian trial were dropped

For a time in 2009, it seemed Mohammed was headed to New York after then-Attorney General Eric Holder announced plans to try him and four other men charged in the Sept. attacks in a Manhattan courthouse just blocks from the World Trade Center site.

Then-President Barack Obama, who had pledged to close the Guantanamo detention center, said Mohammed would face “the most exacting demands of justice.”

Almost immediately, opposition arose. Some critics predicted Mohammed would use a trial as a platform to spread hateful views of America and its allies. Others cited security concerns, saying it could again make New York a terrorist target. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a Republican, called the plan unwise and said it showed “a lack of concern for the rights of the public.”

Plans for a civilian trial were dropped.

“It was a charade in many respects,” Dratel said.

The military tribunal system, he said, has proven itself to be a worse solution, unable to function efficiently, without a proper structure and without fidelity to federal courts.

“Each time you reach an impasse, no one knows what to do,” he said.

David Raskin, a Washington lawyer now in private practice who would have led the government’s prosecution of Mohammed in New York if it hadn't been abandoned, said in an essay published in The Washington Post on Wednesday that he is confident a civilian trial would have ended with a conviction. The military commissions, on the other hand, “became a defense lawyer's dream,” beset by “endless litigation over their legality and procedures.”

“I predict there will never be a completed military commission trial for Mohammed and the other Sept. 11 defendants,” he said.

La disputa fue por el protocolo y quién debía hablar primero: la sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz o la alcaldesa de Miami-Dade, Daniella Levine Cava.

Se escuchó al jefe de gabinete de Levine Cava decir que la alcaldesa, a cargo tanto del MIA como del Cuerpo de Bomberos de Miami-Dade en su función como principal autoridad ejecutiva del condado, debía hablar primero.

Cordero-Stutz no estuvo de acuerdo.

“Sé lo que usted cree”, dijo. “Esto es seguridad pública y yo voy primero”.

(Vea el intercambio en el reproductor de video de arriba; ambas cartas pueden leerse al final de la página)

Sheriff: Solicitud de miembro del personal “no es apropiada”

En una carta fechada el miércoles y hecha pública el jueves, Cordero-Stutz calificó la solicitud como “no apropiada” y algo “que no debe volver a ocurrir”, afirmando que un “malentendido sobre nuestras respectivas funciones” debería resolverse “ahora, con calma y por escrito, en lugar de durante el próximo incidente”.

Cordero-Stutz le dijo a Levine Cava que ella “ya había retrasado la conferencia de la Oficina del Sheriff para que usted pudiera llegar, ser llevada dentro del perímetro que mis agentes habían asegurado y dirigirse a la prensa”, algo que, según dijo, hizo “deliberadamente y como cortesía, porque su presencia era apropiada y quería que el público viera al liderazgo del condado unido”.

“Lo que no es apropiado”, dijo, “es que un miembro del personal de la alcaldesa intente dar instrucciones a la sheriff en el lugar de un incidente que la sheriff comanda, frente a los medios de comunicación reunidos y los agentes bajo mi mando.

“No creo que eso reflejara una instrucción suya, y no escribo para culpar a un miembro del personal. Escribo para que acordemos, de ahora en adelante, dónde recae la autoridad en el lugar de un incidente, para que nadie de nuestros respectivos equipos tenga que adivinar”.

Cordero-Stutz dijo que su oficina era responsable del perímetro y de la investigación.

“Había cinco personas muertas dentro de un perímetro que mis agentes estaban resguardando, y la investigación ya estaba en marcha”, dijo. “La persona que informa primero al público en un lugar como ese es el funcionario responsable del mismo. No es una cuestión de protocolo ni de jerarquía. Es una cuestión de precisión y responsabilidad: el público tiene derecho a escuchar al funcionario que responde por lo que se está haciendo”.

Cordero-Stutz continuó afirmando que cree que la alcaldesa, como “jefa del condado para fines de manejo de emergencias”, según los estatutos del condado, solo lideraría en un lugar de ese tipo si declarara un estado de emergencia local. Es algo con lo que Levine Cava discreparía en su respuesta.

La sheriff, en su carta, insinuó una división entre ambas, diciendo que la disputa señalaba un “problema mayor” relacionado con el regreso relativamente reciente de un sheriff electo en el condado.

Antes de que Cordero-Stutz asumiera el cargo en 2025 como la primera sheriff electa del condado en décadas, Levine Cava tenía en última instancia la supervisión del anterior Departamento de Policía de Miami-Dade.

No se utilizaron etiquetas políticas, pero Levine Cava, demócrata, apoyó abiertamente al rival de la republicana Cordero-Stutz en las elecciones de 2024.

Dijo que “la dirección operativa, de los agentes, de los lugares de los incidentes, de las investigaciones y de lo que la sheriff dice al público sobre ellos, no es algo que el condado haya conservado, y no es algo que un miembro del personal de la alcaldesa pueda ejercer insistiendo en ello frente a un podio”.

Continuó diciendo que “suponer que la antigua estructura sigue vigente continuará produciendo momentos como el del domingo hasta que se corrija, y el próximo podría ocurrir en un lugar donde la confusión tenga consecuencias”.

Cordero-Stutz propuso un plan de protocolo que estipula que la sheriff encabeza las comunicaciones durante un “incidente policial”, la alcaldesa encabeza las comunicaciones del condado durante un “estado de emergencia local declarado” y que el personal de ninguna de las dos funcionarias da instrucciones al de la otra.

Alcaldesa responde: “Precisamente el tipo de emergencia” sobre la que los estatutos me otorgan “una responsabilidad clara”

Levine Cava respondió con una carta más breve, también fechada el miércoles.

“Quiero ser clara: este incidente fue mucho más allá de una respuesta de bomberos y agentes del orden”, dijo Levine Cava, enfatizando que el condado es propietario del MIA, que terminó cerrado durante “un período prolongado en un fin de semana festivo, afectando a decenas de miles de pasajeros”.

Levine Cava dijo que el incidente fue “precisamente el tipo de evento de manejo de emergencias sobre el que los estatutos otorgan a la alcaldesa una responsabilidad clara”.

“La alcaldesa, como jefa del condado para fines de manejo de emergencias, tiene la autoridad para movilizar los recursos del condado y liderar la respuesta del condado ante un evento de esta magnitud, de conformidad con las leyes estatales y locales”, escribió. “No todas las emergencias de esta magnitud resultan en una declaración formal. Pero eso no disminuye la autoridad del condado para actuar en esas circunstancias, ni la de la sheriff”.

Levine Cava dijo que tanto la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade como las agencias del condado bajo su supervisión desempeñaron funciones complementarias en la respuesta.

Señaló: “No di instrucciones a nadie de mi personal para que dirigiera a sus agentes, y no creo que ningún miembro del personal tuviera la intención de hacerlo”.

“Un miembro de mi equipo buscó aclarar las respectivas funciones de cada agencia de seguridad pública que respondía durante un incidente con múltiples agencias y múltiples víctimas ocurrido en propiedad del condado”, dijo Levine Cava. “Antes de la conferencia de prensa, me reuní con altos funcionarios del condado, comisionados del condado y funcionarios federales para recibir información sobre el incidente y coordinar la información que podía compartirse apropiadamente con el público”.

Ambas funcionarias concluyeron sus cartas coincidiendo en que incidentes de una magnitud similar requieren una respuesta unificada.

Pero parece que todavía difieren sobre cómo debe ser una respuesta unificada, al menos en lo que respecta a las comunicaciones.

Lea las cartas:

Friday's milestone anniversary will bring memorial rituals — wreath-laying, flag-flying, moments of silence, vigils and readings of victims' names — and volunteer projects in tribute to a day that about half of U.S. adults remember as the most historic event of their lifetime, according to a new poll.

For others it's an occasion for private reflection — or, in many schools, education — about the attack that unfolded in a single morning but left nearly 3,000 dead and a decades-long trail of aftermath, from personal grief to far-flung wars.

Police Officer Casey Kloepfer plans to spend time Friday at the Brooklyn station house where his father, Officer Ronald Kloepfer, reported to work that day before being called to the World Trade Center. He didn't make it home.

Casey Kloepfer was only 4, but he grew up hearing about his father's affinity for helping people and for a job that enabled him to do so. He became an officer this past June.

“It’s big footsteps to fill, but it’s definitely something that I take very seriously and want to continue to honor him and be the best police officer I can," he said by phone this week. The 29-year-old wears his father’s badge number and even has joined the New York Police Department lacrosse team, which his dad founded.

Trump to attend Pentagon observance

On Sept. 11, 2001, al-Qaida extremists hijacked four commercial jets and crashed them into New York's World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

The impacts brought down the World Trade Center's twin towers — icons of U.S. economic power, and among the tallest buildings on Earth — and blew a hole in the Pentagon, the U.S. military's fortresslike headquarters near Washington. The fourth plane also was headed for the nation's capital, officials concluded, but the aircraft went down in Pennsylvania after passengers and crew members stormed the cockpit and fought the hijackers.

“In the course of history, there are a few moments that divide time into, really, what came before” and after, President Donald Trumpsaid at a 9/11 remembrance in Washington this week. The Republican, who was in his native New York on Sept. 11 and has often recounted his memories, plans to attend the Pentagon's anniversary ceremony Friday.

Vice President JD Vance is expected at the observance at the National Sept. 11 Memorial in New York, while other administration officials are headed to the Flight 93 National Memorial in Pennsylvania.

Planned remembrances extend far beyond the attack sites, from beams of light projecting from New Hampshire's Mount Washington to a stair climb at Mississippi State University's football stadium to a ceremony at Honolulu's 9/11 memorial.

At ground zero, a new tribute to those who fell ill

Traditionally, there are no political speeches at the New York commemoration, where relatives read all the victims' names, punctuated with moments of silence at key points in the attack timeline. For the first time, this year's ceremony will add a silent moment to honor people who were exposed to the clouds of toxic dust released by the twin towers’ fiery collapse and have since died of cancer and other illnesses. Questions remain about how many people developed health problems linked to the dust.

It's a reminder of how the attacks' long shadow has reached into many corners of life in the U.S. and beyond.

The U.S.-led global war on terrorism included invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan — the latter Washington's longest war — and detentions and harsh interrogation of terror suspects in an international network of secret CIA prisons. The U.S. military found and killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan in 2011, but accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed still awaits a trial 23 years after his capture.

The attacks changed U.S. air travel, prompted new federal surveillance and intelligence-gathering powers and banking regulations, and generated ongoing debate over the balance between security and freedom. The Department of Homeland Security, many state anti-terrorism laws and billions of dollars in state and local counterterrorism funding all are post-9/11 creations.

So, too, is the culture of individual vigilance summed up by the slogan “ if you see something, say something.”

Unity, mistrust and scrutiny of New York's mayor

Sept. 11 generated a wave of patriotism that propelled some Americans to join the military, fire departments, police forces or other public agencies. But amid the national unity that many remember, the attacks also fanned mistrust, prejudice and hate crimes directed at Muslims.

In the quarter-century since, Muslim Americans have played a growing role in public life from statehouses to Congress to New York City Hall, where Zohran Mamdani is the city's first Muslim mayor. Yet he is facing some criticism for planning to attend the anniversary ceremony at ground zero, something his predecessors have done for years.

Some complaints came from Republican ex-Gov. George Pataki and 9/11 victims’ relatives, who cited among other things past remarks that some of Mamdani's political associates have made about the attacks. Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a Republican, also inveighed against Mamdani attending.

Mamdani, a Democrat, responded this week that he loves the city and country and wants the anniversary to focus on victims' families, first responders and New Yorkers who helped one another after the attacks, which he called a “horrific act of terror.” The 34-year-old mayor was an elementary school student in New York on 9/11.

Sept. 11 isn't a federal holiday, but Congress has designated it both Patriot Day and a National Day of Service and Remembrance.

“One appropriate way to remember is by serving,” says Jay Winuk, who lost his brother Glenn Winuk and then co-founded the volunteer organization 9/11 Day with friend David Paine. The group helps people find meal-packing and other volunteer opportunities and this year arranged for dozens of Times Square billboards to pause their advertising at 9:11 a.m. Friday.

Instead, they will simply display the time.

It's the second year in a row for Trump to mark the day at the Pentagon. The president, who is originally from New York, last attended the ground zero ceremony there in 2024.

Vice President JD Vance is set to attend the New York observance alongside former presidents, while other administration officials will go to the ceremony in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Vance had planned to be in New York for the anniversary last year but instead flew to Salt Lake City to be with the family of Charlie Kirk after the conservative activist was assassinated.

During last year’s commemoration at the Pentagon, Trump delivered remarks recounting moments from the day of the attacks, including snippets of conversations from passengers who were aboard the hijacked airplanes.

At a Tuesday event at the Ellipse just outside the White House, Trump vowed to “never forget” victims, noting that the Sept. 11 attacks were one of few moments in history that "divide time into really what came before" and after.

That event, spearheaded by the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, showcased a massive, 21-foot, nearly 17,000-pound steel beam recovered from the South Tower of the World Trade Center in New York. Traveling for months across the country as part of the Steel Across America tour, the beam was to be in New York for a procession Friday retracing the steps of fallen New York City firefighter Stephen Siller.

On Wednesday, Trump issued a proclamation that marked Friday as “Patriot Day 2026,” recounting the chronology of the 2001 day on which “the peace of our Nation was shattered” and calling his administration “unwavering in its commitment to ensure that our Nation is defended by the strongest and most lethal military the world has ever known.”

The Republican midterms convention on Thursday night marked the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks with families onstage in Dallas and firefighters in uniform as the song “Ave Maria” was played. The names of the victims appeared on a screen and a bell was rung to commemorate the loss of firefighters.

Host India will seek to balance its ties with China and Russia against its growing partnerships with the United States and other Western powers.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian are among the leaders expected to attend.

BRICS is a grouping of major emerging markets and developing countries, named after an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. It has expanded from its original membership to include 11 countries that together represent about half the world’s population and a large share of its energy, resources and economic output. Experts say its growing size has also exposed divisions as its members want greater influence in the global order but often have competing political, economic and foreign-policy interests.

BRICS faces divisions over Iran and Ukraine

The conflicts in Iran and Ukraine are likely to highlight those divisions. Iran is a member of the expanded BRICS, while Russia remains one of its most influential members. China has close ties with both countries, while India maintains relations with Russia, Iran, the United States and Europe.

That diversity makes it difficult for BRICS to take a strong common position on major conflicts. The grouping includes countries with competing regional ambitions, including India and China, Iran and Saudi Arabia, and Egypt and Ethiopia, as well as other nations from the Global South.

“The Global South is not a homogeneous entity,” said Praveen Donthi, senior analyst with the International Crisis Group. “Hence, the grouping will find it hard to manage and mediate in these conflicts.”

Russia’s war in Ukraine has already exposed the limits of India’s ability to balance competing interests. New Delhi has maintained close ties with Moscow, including through energy and defense pacts, while also deepening its strategic relationship with Washington.

The South Asian nation has consistently called for dialogue and diplomacy rather than taking sides.

The Iran-U.S. conflict poses a similar challenge. BRICS members have differing ties with Washington and interests in the Middle East, making a unified response difficult. China and Russia have backed Iran in international forums, while India has taken a cautious approach. Saudi Arabia and the UAE have their own tensions with Tehran.

India sees BRICS as a way to engage China

For India, the summit is an opportunity to manage its relationship with China. Ties have improved since border tensions escalated in 2020, but China remains India’s largest strategic rival.

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to New Delhi, his first in seven years, could help consolidate the recent diplomatic thaw but there are few signs of a recovery in trade and business ties.

“The upcoming summit offers India an opportunity to engage with China, make progress on outstanding bilateral issues,” Donthi said.

India also has an interest in preventing BRICS from becoming an explicitly anti-Western bloc.

New Delhi has strengthened ties with the United States, Israel, Japan, Australia and Europe while maintaining its longstanding relationship with Russia.

“India will project its strategic autonomy by being part of a non-West grouping but also finds it useful to engage with China, its primary strategic rival,” Donthi said.

The grouping wants less reliance on the dollar

Reducing dependence on the U.S. dollar is a major issue for BRICS. Members have discussed increasing trade in their own currencies and creating payment systems that would reduce their reliance on Western financial institutions.

The idea has gained momentum as countries such as Russia face sweeping Western sanctions. But replacing the dollar will be difficult, as it is deeply embedded in global trade and finance, while BRICS members have different currencies, financial systems and economic priorities.

Mahesh Sachdev, a retired Indian diplomat, said the goal should not be a direct confrontation with the dollar. Instead, he said, countries want to reduce their exposure to the current financial system that can be used for political pressure.

“It’s a challenge, but we’re not talking about frontal confrontations. It’s not a binary situation,” he said.

Its influence will depend on what it can deliver

BRICS’ growing membership also gives it considerable weight, but its influence will ultimately depend on whether the members can agree on practical steps.

The group has called for changes to global financial institutions, greater representation for developing countries and alternatives to Western-dominated systems. Yet its members often disagree on how to achieve those goals.

Sachdev BRICS needs “more cohesive attitude and better harmony” among its members.

“If it remains just a periodic talking shop and photo ops,” he said, “then its relevance erodes.”

Donthi said BRICS’ success could be measured in smaller steps. These include keeping the expanded group together, improving ties with China, and deepening trade and financial cooperation. The grouping could also show that it can give developing countries a platform without forcing them to choose between Western and non-Western blocs, he said.

“BRICS allows for incremental geopolitical gains, if not outright wins,” Donthi said.

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Associated Press journalist Piyush Nagpal contributed to this report.

Oil and gas prices have spiked again on the back of renewed combat in the Middle East. The Federal Reserve is considering whether to lift its short-term interest rate next week, with some officials saying Friday's report could swing them either way. And longer-term interest rates jumped Thursday, partly because of fears of higher inflation, pushing mortgage borrowing costs higher.

The Trump administration is seeking to counter voter concerns about high prices and rising interest rates as the midterm elections approach. President Donald Trump on Wednesday promised $5,000 payments to every American adult if the GOP keeps a majority in Congress, a move that would require congressional approval and could stoke inflation. And Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has stepped up buybacks of Treasury bonds in an effort to keep longer-term interest rates lower. Yet on Thursday the yield on the 10-year Treasury reached a nearly three-year high.

What's coming Friday

On Friday, the government is expected to report that headline inflation ticked down last month, to 3.3% from 3.4%, according to data provider FactSet, though that is still above the Fed's 2% target. And higher gas prices will likely push inflation back up next month when September's data is released.

On a monthly basis, prices are forecast to have risen 0.4% from July to August, a pace that if it continues would keep inflation far above 2%.

Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, core prices are projected to have risen by just 0.2% from July to August and 2.4% last month from a year earlier. The year-over-year figure would be down slightly from 2.5% in July.

Yet the cooling in core prices may not sway the Fed or console many consumers. Renewed fighting in the Middle East has pushed up energy costs, with the nationwide average cost of a gallon of gas on Thursday jumping 7% from a month ago to $4.28. Gas prices on Labor Day were at a record high for that date, and diesel fuel prices have reached all-time highs.

Inflation as one-time shock, or something more

Many economists and Federal Reserve officials have long considered higher gas prices one of several “one-time” shocks that are lifting inflation, along with tariffs and surging investment in AI data centers. For months, the hope has been as that as the war against Iran wound down, and the effects of tariffs faded, inflation would grind lower.

Yet there are few signs of the Iran war cooling, and even Trump has said gas prices won't retreat until after the midterm elections in November. And while Trump's trade fight with Canada will impact a small number of imports, it is a reminder that tariffs remain a threat that could push up other costs.

“This is not one and done,” said Kathy Bostjancic, chief economist at Nationwide. “It's unclear when tensions in the Middle East are going to settle down. ... This seems like it could be a prolonged disruption.”

While core prices are rising more slowly than overall prices, more expensive oil and gas could spread through more of the economy. Pricier jet fuel will likely push up air fares, and more expensive diesel will raise shipping costs, which could make groceries and other goods shipped by truck more expensive. On Thursday, a wholesale price report showed a jump in chemical prices, likely a result of more expensive oil.

What will the Federal Reserve do?

Federal Reserve policymakers are split on whether to hike at a meeting next week, so much so that differences of a few hundredths of a percentage point in Friday's inflation report could determine whether the central bank boosts its benchmark interest rate or leaves it unchanged. The Fed, which is tasked with keeping inflation in check, typically lifts borrowing costs to slow spending and limit price increases.

Investors and analysts differ over whether the Fed will hike rates at their Sept. 15-16 meeting. Chair Kevin Warsh suggested he was leaning toward a rate hike in a high-profile speech two weeks ago, but he did not commit to doing so at a specific time.

And last Thursday, Fed governor Christopher Waller, echoing some other Fed officials, suggested that if Friday’s inflation report shows price increases cooling, then he would support keeping rates where they are. Waller is one of the 12 officials who vote on each Fed rate decision.

Waller's heavy emphasis on August's figures have raised the stakes for Friday's report. If the monthly core figure rounds up to 0.3%, some Wall Street analysts expect the Fed would then hike rates. But if it rounded down to 0.2% or lower, then a hold could be more likely. If it is somewhere in between, it's not clear what the Fed may do. One analyst called such considerations “ludicrous precision.”

For his part, Warsh doesn't want to tip his hand about his next moves, which some economists say will make this kind of uncertainty more common before Fed meetings.

Smoke still drifted from the listing, heavily damaged ferry, which appeared to have drifted closer to shore overnight. Rescuers had struggled to get into the ferry Thursday due to the smoke and heat, and the efforts were halted overnight.

Coast guard spokeswoman Commodore Noemie Cayabyab said conditions were being assessed and getting onto the vessel was the intention Friday.

The MV June Aster had sailed from the capital, Manila, and was around 4 nautical miles (7.4 kilometers) off the village of Turda near its destination of Coron in Palawan province when the fire was reported Wednesday evening. The coast guard and other vessels rescued 43 people, some plucked from the dark waters as the ferry burned.

“The fire quickly spread. That’s when I dropped to the ground and my back was burned,” survivor Arnulfo Nokki Villanueva said in a video broadcast by News5. “I wanted to get a life jacket but failed to get one because people were stepping on me. People were in panic.”

He said he was eventually able to jump out from a window.

The coast guard, other government agencies, private volunteers and fishermen searched the nearby waters, and coastal patrols checked if some people may have drifted to shore, but no new survivors or fatalities have been found.

According to the manifest, 134 people were onboard, 117 of them passengers and 17 crew. The 53-meter (174-foot) vessel had a capacity to carry 306 passengers and 27 crew.

Two passengers listed in the manifest reported to authorities that they failed to board, bringing the number of missing to 84, the coast guard said.

Two of the survivors were tourists from Chile, according to Rachel Conserman, a staffer of the ship’s owner Atienza Interisland Ferries Inc. They are recovering from injuries in a hospital in Coron, she said, adding that there no other foreigners known to have been on the ship.

The shipping company in a statement said it is coordinating with the coast guard and maritime officials to locate missing passengers and cooperating fully with authorities to determine the cause of the fire. It said it was assisting all those on board and their families.

The cause of the fire hasn't been determined.

Coron is a popular tourist destination known for clear blue waters, limestone cliffs and rock formations.

Ferries are frequently used for transport in the Philippine archipelago. Sea accidents are not uncommon due to storms, badly maintained vessels, overcrowding and spotty enforcement of safety regulations, especially in remote provinces.

The Los Angeles Rams only boomeranged in 28 hours before kickoff, and they flew back out with their Super Bowl aspirations in disarray after getting thrashed in a historic season opener.

Mike Evans, Demarcus Robinson and Deebo Samuel caught touchdown passes from Brock Purdy, and the Niners routed the Rams 27-7 Friday.

Purdy passed for 205 yards against the Rams' ineffective defense at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in front of 100,021 fans, the seventh-largest regular season crowd in NFL history. Australia's sporting capital reveled in its first real taste of American football — and in a dominant win by the 49ers, who had already won many Aussies' affection by traveling to Melbourne a week earlier than the Rams.

“It was definitely worth it to come a little bit early,” said Evans, who caught six passes in a strong 49ers debut. “We definitely got acclimated. ... All the guys attacked it. We didn’t complain. We actually enjoyed being here in Melbourne.”

A party atmosphere prevailed even with a Friday morning kickoff necessary for U.S. television. The fans got another memorable chapter in this NFC West rivalry as the 49ers surprisingly blasted the touted Rams with superior play on both sides of the ball.

San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan said the historic, hulking arena “felt gladiator-ish. ... It felt like home once we got here. I'm glad the guys played like it, too.”

Kyren Williams scored the NFL’s first Australian touchdown on a 5-yard rush to begin the second quarter, but the 49ers took control from there, scoring the final 24 points.

While Purdy's offense managed enough big plays to win, the San Francisco defense frustrated NFL MVP Matthew Stafford into a 15-of-25 performance for just 155 yards. The Niners defense now led by longtime Rams coordinator Raheem Morris held the NFL's best offense last season to 290 yards and one score, even stopping Stafford on a fourth-down quarterback sneak from the San Francisco 1 in the third quarter.

“Probably only had two good drives, to be honest,” Stafford said. “Not enough good stuff on offense. We didn't do the things that we're accustomed to doing. Too many times, we were on different pages. That starts with me.”

Garrett has a quiet debut

While San Francisco's Fred Warner and Nick Bosa both had big moments in their first games back from lengthy injury absences, Myles Garrett was practically invisible in his Rams debut after missing much of training camp with aches, recording zero tackles. The reigning AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year finally acknowledged after the game that his knee injury has him at less than full health.

“This was the worst version of myself that I’ve put out there, and I’ve got to be better,” Garrett said.

Rams' travel plans are scrutinized

Much of the pregame talk for this trip centered around the teams’ starkly differing methods of preparation: The 49ers ingratiated themselves to the local fans as their body clocks adjusted, while the Rams stayed home until less than two days before kickoff, keeping their body clocks on California time.

“I know there’s gonna be a lot of narratives that appropriately put the blame on me, and then we’ll move forward the right way,” coach Sean McVay said. “I don’t believe (the travel plan) is why we didn’t play well enough. I really don’t.”

Niners take control

Both teams started with understandable sluggishness for a 10:35 a.m. kickoff, but Williams' TD run finally got the crowd cheering. The quarterbacks then traded interceptions before Purdy shook off a shaky start and found former Rams receiver Robinson on a 39-yard post route.

San Francisco surged out of halftime, with Samuel's 45-yard kickoff return leading to Evans' TD catch over new Rams cornerback Jaylen Watson.

The Rams drove deep into the red zone, but after Puka Nacua was ruled down inches outside the goal line, the 49ers stuffed Stafford. San Francisco's responded with a 99-yard drive ending in Samuel's TD grab.

Up next

The 49ers host Miami on Sunday, Sept. 20.

The Rams host the New York Giants on Monday, Sept. 21.

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Miami coach Mario Cristobal told reporters earlier this week that he wanted his team to establish dominance in the run game, and the Hurricanes did just that from the opening drive.

It took Mark Fletcher Jr. just three carries to find the end zone.

The offensive line opened a large hole, while wide receiver Malachi Toney helped seal the edge and spring Fletcher for a 46-yard touchdown run. The score moved Fletcher to sixth in Miami history in career rushing yards and fifth in career rushing touchdowns.

On the first play of Miami’s second drive, quarterback Darian Mensah found Josh Moore for a 55-yard touchdown, giving the Hurricanes a 14-0 lead.

Florida A&M’s quarterback gave Miami’s defense some trouble when he took off running, but the Hurricanes eventually forced a stop and another Rattlers punt.

Fletcher scored his second touchdown of the game on Miami’s next drive, finishing the first quarter with seven carries for 105 yards and two touchdowns as the Hurricanes took a 21-0 lead.

Defensive backs JJ Dunnigan and Zecheriah Poyser were active throughout the first half, helping Miami control both the passing and running games and force another Florida A&M punt.

Toney then made his presence felt again, hauling in a 52-yard reception from Mensah after wrestling the ball away from a defender. A few plays later, Mensah found Toney wide open for a 19-yard touchdown.

The touchdown was Mensah’s seventh touchdown pass and Toney’s fourth receiving touchdown through Miami’s first five-plus quarters of the season.

Running back Girard Pringle Jr. also made an impact on the next drive, contributing in both the running and receiving games before making a sharp stop and cut to reach the end zone for Miami’s fifth touchdown.

Running back Javian Mallory added another score late in the half, giving Miami a 49-0 lead with 46 seconds remaining before halftime.

Mensah completed 14 of 15 passes for 252 yards and three touchdowns in the first half. Fletcher had seven carries for 105 yards and two touchdowns, while Toney had four catches for 96 yards and a touchdown.

Miami’s defense held Florida A&M to 37 rushing yards on 21 carries, an average of 1.8 yards per carry.

The Hurricanes pulled their starters in the second half, but the scoring continued.

Nickel opened the second half at quarterback and quickly connected with Somourian Wingo for a 47-yard touchdown, extending Miami’s lead to 56-0.

Mallory then broke loose for a 35-yard run before Nickel found Vandrevius Jacobs for a 33-yard touchdown on the next play, making it 63-0.

Nickel threw his third touchdown of the game later in the half, but Vance Spafford provided one of Miami’s biggest highlights when he made a contested catch with a defender draped all over him despite a pass interference call. Nickel finished the game throwing 8 of 8 for 144 yards.

Florida A&M finally got on the scoreboard when Miami wide receiver Brennan Burton fumbled and Rattlers defensive back Caleb McKenzie returned it 72 yards for a touchdown which made it 77-7.

Miami totaled 856 yards of offense vs. Florida A&M, a school record.

Corey Hetherman’s defense has yet to allow a touchdown this season.

Both of Miami’s quarterbacks finished with three touchdown passes in the win. The blowout even allowed third-string quarterback Dereon Coleman to see some action.

Miami improved to 2-0 with the victory, while Florida A&M fell to 1-2.

Up next

Miami travels to face Wake Forest (1-0) on Friday, Sept. 18.

Florida A&M hosts Tennessee State (0-2) on Saturday, Sept. 19.

Palmetto struck first on a long touchdown run by Aiden Butler.

Columbus answered with Kai Moore rolling out and finding Ahmad Summerall for a touchdown.

Moore connected with his five-star wide receiver A-Mir Sears on a touchdown down the sideline to cap another scoring drive.

Palmetto went on to win 34-7.

In Broward, the No. 1 team in the country visited Dillard, and St. Thomas Aquinas wasted little time showing why.

The Raiders scored 35 points in the first quarter, including a 50-yard touchdown from Blake Calixte to Julius Jones Jr.

The duo connected again later as St. Thomas Aquinas cruised to a 49-0 victory and improved to 4-0.

The Hurricanes finished with 856 yards, breaking the mark of 750 against Ball State in 2024. Miami had 77 points in a game twice previously, both against Savannah State. And the game was so one-sided that the teams agreed to shave five minutes off the fourth quarter, setting the clock for 10 minutes instead of the standard 15.

By then, it was 77-0. The Hurricanes (2-0) finished with 42 first downs — another school record.

“Pretty ridiculous," Mensah said when asked about a Miami offense that has scored 122 points in the season's first two games. “It's just a testament to the guys up front.”

Florida A&M (1-2) scored on a 72-yard fumble return by Caleb McKenzie with 6:40 left.

Miami opened its season with a 45-6 win at Stanford, and Hurricanes coach Mario Cristobal said he saw improvement from Week 1 to Week 2.

“We did a lot,” said Cristobal, who got his 99th career win. “Certainly, just wanted to see our guys play fast and free and improve. That was the most important thing; (going) 1-0 is always the goal, but in college football every single week you better get better. In some respects, I think we did that tonight.”

Mensah completed 14 of 15 passes for 252 yards and three first-half touchdowns, making him 41 of 45 for 653 yards and eight touchdowns in his first two games as a Hurricane. Javian Mallory and Mark Fletcher Jr. each rushed for two scores, and Malachi Toney — one of six Miami receivers with a touchdown catch — had four grabs for 96 yards.

Miami scored touchdowns on 11 of its first 12 possessions. The one exception: a one-play drive to kneel out the clock and end the first half. The Hurricanes had 16 players catch at least one pass, the first time a FBS school has done that since Penn State had 17 pass-catchers against Ohio in 2022.

Florida A&M finished with 107 yards, averaging a mere 2.3 yards per snap.

“We're just working on doing our job,” Miami defensive lineman Armando Blount said.

The takeaway

Florida A&M: The Rattlers got $760,000 for this game, including $40,000 to bring the school's famed “Marching 100” band to Hard Rock Stadium. The band — which has played there countless times, including as part of Prince's Super Bowl halftime show in 2007 — performed throughout the game, including halftime.

Miami: Mensah and Nickel became the first power-conference teammates to have three TD passes in the same game since Patrick Mahomes and Nic Shimonek did it for Texas Tech against Kansas in 2016. ... The Hurricanes have won 20 consecutive home openers.

Up next

Florida A&M: Host Tennessee State, Sept. 19.

Miami: At Wake Forest, Sept. 18.

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Social studies and civics teacher Robert Rabelo got a surprise — and it came with a $1,000 check.

The Orange Bowl Committee named Rabelo a recipient of its “Extra Yard for Teachers” program, honoring him for the difference he makes for his students.

Rabelo founded the “Power of One” club and “D-WOW Mindset of Success,” teaching his students to put others first and believe in their own potential.

On Thursday, his students got to see their teacher get a little recognition of his own.

As India's capital prepares to host a summit of the BRICS grouping of countries this weekend, parts of one of the world’s busiest urban centers have been turned into tightly controlled security zones.

Even as many Delhi residents are proud to play host to a gathering of world leaders, the traffic chaos is testing their patience and prompting widespread complaints about how the city plans for major events. BRICS is a grouping of 11 major emerging markets and developing countries, named after an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

Thousands of police and paramilitary personnel were deployed Friday, with barricades, checkpoints and traffic curbs in place across major roads and key areas a day before the summit begins Saturday. City authorities also declared it a public holiday in an effort to reduce traffic and limit movement across the city.

Government offices, schools and many private businesses were closed, reducing traffic and giving security agencies greater control over movement. Some schools shut their doors on Thursday. Similar measures were imposed in 2023, when New Delhi hosted the G20 summit.

The restrictions are disrupting daily life in a capital already notorious for chronic congestion. Millions of vehicles compete for space on its roads each day, and even short trips can stretch into lengthy commutes.

Officials said the restrictions were necessary to ensure the smooth running of the major multilateral gathering. They urged residents to work from home where possible, plan journeys in advance and follow official traffic advisories.

But millions of Delhi residents still needed to go to work. Office workers, delivery drivers and daily wage earners reported difficulties reaching work as roads were closed, routes diverted and traffic restrictions changed. Taxi fares rose in some areas as drivers faced longer routes and congestion, while residents complained of confusion over changing restrictions.

Some took to social media to post images of barricaded roads and ask for advice about getting around.

Neeraj Kumar, an autorickshaw driver, said the restrictions were hitting poorer residents hardest.

“If a one-kilometer journey turns into an eight-kilometer detour, what are we supposed to do?” he asked.

Kumar, who has been driving for 35 years, said authorities should ensure that security measures for foreign delegates do not come at the expense of residents.

“The government should make proper arrangements for foreign delegates so that neither the public nor the guests should face any trouble,” he said.

Mohammed Eliyas, a young delivery driver, said the restrictions would prevent many workers from earning for several days.

“Even if we reach work, we will get stuck in traffic. We won’t be able to work,” he said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian are among the leaders expected to attend the summit Saturday and Sunday.

BRICS has expanded from its original membership to include 11 countries that together represent about half the world’s population and a significant share of global energy, resources and economic output. The group has sought a larger role in a global order long dominated by the United States and its Western allies and has gained support in parts of the Global South, where countries have criticized Western-led financial institutions.

According to an arrest affidavit obtained by Local 10 News on Thursday, Carlos Jose Mejia, 51, the property manager for Venetian Gardens at Country Club of Miami, and Richard Thomas Murray, 62, owner of AP Construction Solutions LLC worked together on a kickback scheme that funneled nearly $190,000 out of a 288-unit condo association.

The scheme impacted hundreds of units who were paying the HOA, official documents indicated.

Jail records show Mejia is facing 10 counts of violation of the Florida Condominium Act and one count of organized scheme to defraud.

Records show Murray is facing one count of organized scheme to defraud.

The case began after roofing salesman John Kenney filed a complaint around June 20, 2025, according to the arrest affidavits.

Kenney told investigators he brokered the introduction between Mejia and Murray, expecting a commission on any resulting contract, according to the warrants.

After the introduction, Mejia began dealing directly with Murray, and Kenney said he was cut out of the arrangement and never received a commission. When he asked why, Kenney said he obtained documents — including loan paperwork and a canceled check — indicating Murray had been paying Mejia kickbacks disguised as personal loans, according to the warrants.

Venetian Gardens and AP Construction signed their first contract in February 2024, with payments to the company beginning that August, according to the warrants.

Investigators subpoenaed banking records and traced eight checks from Murray’s company, US Murray Holdings Inc., to Mejia between October 2024 and May 2025, ranging from $2,000 to $100,000 and totaling $171,426.05, according to the warrants. Each check’s memo line read “Loan Agreement.”

Bank teller records showed the checks were cashed at a JPMorgan Chase branch, with proceeds split among cash, credit card payments and, in one case, a $50,000 cashier’s check made out to a third party, the affidavits state.

Two additional checks issued in July and September 2025 brought the total payments to Mejia to approximately $186,445.27, investigators said.

Mejia appeared before a judge in Miami-Dade County on Thursday and was granted a $40,000 bond. He remained at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center as of Thursday evening, while Murray was not listed among the jail’s inmates.

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According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to the hit-and-run crash near Northwest 117th Street and Northwest Seventh Avenue at approximately 8:40 p.m.

A Local 10 News crew was at the scene later in the evening as the e-bike was on the ground with debris scattered around it.

According to investigators, the driver of a 2009-2012 silver or grey Nissan Versa was traveling northbound on Northwest Seventh Avenue and approaching Northwest 117th Street when the driver made a left turn onto 117th Street.

The vehicle then struck the victims who were traveling on an e-bike along Northwest 117th Street, authorities said.

It is described as a 2009 to 2012 Nissan Versa either silver or grey in color.

Deputies arrived and found both children unresponsive, lying in the roadway, according to MDSO.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue crews responded and transported both victims to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center in critical condition. The girl later died from her injuries.

The girl was identified as Peyton, and the boy as her older brother.

“I can only imagine how the parents feel in this situation,” an MDSO spokesperson said. “So we urge the community, please. If you’re a business owner in this area and you happen to have cameras, please review your cameras. If you were here by chance to witness what occurred, please give us a call.”

Detectives with the MDSO Traffic Homicide Unit have taken over the investigation.

The investigation remains ongoing.

Anyone with information about the crash or who thinks they recognize the vehicle involved is urged to contact Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS (8477).

Luis García Jr. launched an early two-run homer and rookie Spencer Jones had three hits for the Yankees, including a two-run single. New York completed a three-game sweep to move within three games of Tampa Bay atop the division and 4 1/2 ahead of Boston for the first American League wild card with 16 to play.

Max Fried struck out seven in his third start since coming off the injured list but needed 80 pitches to get through 3 1/3 innings. Five relievers followed, and John Schreiber (2-3) worked 1 1/3 scoreless innings for his first win with the Yankees.

New York slugger Aaron Judge was rested as planned after starting back-to-back games in his return from the 60-day injured list. Cody Bellinger doubled twice and lofted a sacrifice fly for the Yankees, who have won 16 of 23 heading into the second Subway Series of the season against the crosstown-rival New York Mets this weekend in the Bronx.

Kyle Karros hit a 431-foot homer and Jake McCarthy had an RBI triple for the major league-worst Rockies (55-91), who have lost four straight and 10 of 13. Colorado has dropped a season-worst seven in a row on the road.

García connected in the first off Ryan Feltner (5-10), who allowed four runs and six hits in five innings.

Recalled from the minors earlier in the day, Volpe had an RBI single in the second and lined his second big league homer this season over the short porch in right field to make it 10-2 in the seventh.

Volpe took a curtain call to salute a Yankee Stadium crowd that chanted his name several times throughout the night. He finished with three hits and a stolen base while playing a new position, second base, after Jazz Chisholm Jr. was placed on the 10-day injured list.

It was Volpe's second career grand slam — plus one in the 2024 World Series.

Up next

Rockies RHP Mason Adams (0-0, 3.95 ERA) starts Friday at home against Detroit LHP Framber Valdez (9-10, 4.17).

Yankees LHP Carlos Rodón (5-3, 3.09 ERA) pitches Friday night against Mets rookie RHP Nolan McLean (11-8, 3.06) on the 25th anniversary of 9/11.

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“We gotta take care of business this November and then we’ll worry about what comes next,” he said.

Vance was front and center Thursday night as he and President Donald Trump urged Republicans to turn out for fall elections that will signal the looming end of Trump’s time in the White House and the beginning of the race to succeed him.

“Vance was awesome,” said Phil Torrison, a longtime Trump supporter from Omaha, Nebraska. “I think tonight he probably won the 2028 nomination.”

The vice president's speech solidified his status as a potential frontrunner, and Trump talked him up afterwards as a “very talented guy” who “did a very good job."

However, his place as Trump's heir was hardly a given in the hallways of the American Airlines Center in steamy Dallas this week. In interviews with nearly two dozen attendees, there was no clear consensus yet on a favored 2028 candidate. While Vance received plenty of mentions, a long list of others — including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — were on wish lists as well. And most said they weren’t ready to commit.

The uncertainty mirrors the wide-open field on the Democratic side, which is embroiled in its own soul searching, and it underscores the early date, since no candidates have even officially said they're running. It also reflects how completely the party has come to revolve around Trump in the decade since he seized control, making it difficult for some Republicans to consider a future without him at the helm.

Rochelle Brooks shook her head at the prospect of voicing her preference for a 2028 nominee so soon. But when pressed, she offered up Trump’s top rival for the 2024 nomination.

“If I had to name somebody at this moment, if I was forced, I would say it’s the governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis,” said the Dallas IT manager. “What he’s done in Florida is a roadmap for what we need to do in America.”

Others were more certain.

Peggy Stanton could hardly get Rubio's name out of her mouth fast enough when asked who she would like to see atop the Republicans’ 2028 ticket. Even though the Houston retiree didn’t support his 2016 campaign for president, Stanton said she always believed Rubio would be president some day.

“He’s so knowledgeable. He totally understands international threats, the threats of communism,” she said. “Every single issue I hear him speak on, he gets it. He has charisma. I just feel like he would be a great president.”

Many Republicans are torn between Vance and Rubio

For others, a decision will depend on the person Trump ultimately chooses to endorse, if he ends up doing so.

Norma Alruosan, a payroll tax analyst who lives in the Dallas suburb of Coppell, is currently torn between Vance and Rubio. She said she “loves Vance” and “can relate to him" because of their similar backgrounds, but she also loves what she dubbed Rubio’s “Latino tongue,” meaning his willingness to speak his mind.

“That's going to be hard,” she said. Her decision will likely depend, she said, on whom Trump endorses.

Others said it was far too early to be asking.

Stephanie Donofry rolled her eyes at a decision still two years off, but said she was also torn between Vance and Rubio.

“They are both proven. They are both capable,” the mother from politically pivotal Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, said. “I couldn’t tell you which one I prefer more.”

Donofry was among the roughly 450 delegates from battleground states Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, along with his home state of Ohio, whom Vance addressed privately at a Thursday morning breakfast.

Attendees said Vance was met with chants of “48, 48, 48,” a reference to the number of the next president of the United States, as well as “JD, JD, JD.”

Vance is seen as a natural choice, but not the only one

Vance, who is widely expected to seek the 2028 Republican presidential nomination, gave no hint of his plans. But he didn’t have to, Wisconsin Republican Party Chairman Brian Schimming said.

“He’s so savvy. He’s just a savvy guy,” said Schimming, noting that Vance had been to Wisconsin, where Trump won by less than a single percentage point in 2024, three times this year and is expected back before Nov. 3.

Bill Schneider of Frisco, Texas, who works in finance and was attending the convention with his wife, said he would like to see a joint ticket with Vance and Rubio in 2028, with Vance at the top.

Schneider said he likes the secretary of state a lot, but thinks Vance is a fitting choice because of his current office and because he’d continue Trump’s policies.

“He’s kind of like spending a little bit more time with Trump, kind of see the inner workings, how he is,” Schneider said. “And I think he also has a very similar personality to Trump in terms of very direct. I think he’s very sharp-witted.”

His wife, Tani Schneider, a homemaker who immigrated from Brazil almost 30 years ago, said her choice is Texas Sen. Ted Cruz because he's Cuban American.

That gives him insight, she said, into the way left-wing governments have transformed Latin American countries and shifted toward socialism, which she sees as a worrisome possibility in the U.S.

“I don’t like how I see the changes here. I came here to have a better life,” she said.

There are plenty of dark horse candidates

Still, there were other surprising names in the mix.

Kimberly Moyers, 42, the national vet force director for Veterans for America First, said her pick to lead the party is Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, who lost his primary to a Trump-backed challenger.

Self-described “political junkies” Dina and Kevin Myers, 54, from nearby Grand Prairie, have their hearts set on Texas Republican Rep. Brandon Gill, who is 32 and will be younger than the constitutional minimum of 35 to run for president in 2028.

“I want it cleaned out. On both sides. I want fresh. And I like young,” said Dina Myers, an independent. “We’ve had a rough 10 years and I think we just clean everybody out and start fresh.”

But Anthony Johnston, 33, an accountant from Delaware who drove 29 hours with his father to be at the convention, believes Vance is Trump’s natural successor.

“I think Vance is being groomed for that position. I mean, that’s why he picked him for VP,” he said. “He’s different than Trump. No one’s Trump. But I like him a lot.”

His father said he hasn't made up his mind, but was excited about the potential choices.

“We’ve got a deep bench,” said Bruce Johnston, 62. “You got Vance, Rubio, the governor of Florida ... DeSantis. I mean you’ve got a lot of good candidates. I’d pick any of those for the primary. And we’ll get a good one.”

The potential changes, announced Wednesday, would exclude undocumented immigrants, asylum seekers and anyone without permanent status. Certain demographic questions from the traditional questionnaire would also be eliminated.

It echoes Trump's previous idea to add a citizenship question to the 2030 census.

The U.S. Census Bureau, in a post on the Federal Register website, argued “illegal aliens (among others) should not be included in the apportionment count, as they are not true inhabitants, members of the body politic, or persons with a ‘usual residence’ in the United States due to their lack of a sufficient tie and allegiance to the United States.”

The census also “should be colorblind and should not be distorted in any way by questions about immaterial personal characteristics, such as race,” the agency said. It also is considering nixing questions related to people who identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community.

These changes would harm the quality of the data, said Beth Jarosz, a data researcher and vice president of the Association of Public Data Users. She called the proposals "unprecedented."

“Not counting all of the people who reside here is actually where the real threat is,” Jarosz said. “If you think about all of the ways that census data are used."

Census figures are traditionally used for an “apportionment count” to determine how many seats each state will have in the U.S. House of Representatives. That count also determines the number of votes in the Electoral College.

“You can imagine if we have undercounts or if we have people counted in the wrong place,” Jarosz said. “Then their political power or their political representation gets diluted.”

Immigrants of every status have historically been counted

Historically, the decennial census has not sought to conduct a full count of people by citizenship status, she added. It may come up in the Census' periodic American Community Survey.

Getting an accurate count of immigrants of various statuses is useful when assigning resources for public health emergencies or natural or human-made disasters.

“If you don't have a count of everyone who's there, you're not going to have the resources you need,” Jarosz said. “And that puts everybody at risk.”

Why race and ethnicity census data matters

Race-related questions have been on the once-a-decade census since 1790. Starting in 2000, the U.S. census began allowing people to identify by more than one race. A 2015 Pew Research Center study found that multiracial people in the U.S. were growing at a rate three times faster than the general population. By 2020, 33.8 million people in the U.S. identified as being more than one race, according to the census.

Race and ethnicity data is essential for researchers who gauge discrimination, crime rates and wealth gaps in communities of color.

Manjusha Kulkarni is co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate and executive director of AAPI Equity Alliance, two advocacy groups that rely on census counts of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. The proposed changes would have tremendous impact on the populations they serve, she said.

“It also seeks to exclude important demographic data from millions that enables lawmakers, health care providers, public safety officials and community advocates — really anyone who cares about the health, safety and well-being of all Americans — from having the necessary data to keep us safe and healthy,” Kulkarni said via text message.

Dropping race and ethnicity data as well as some immigrants sends a message that these communities don't matter, she added.

Collecting data for the 2030 Census with all these missing elements would be detrimental, Jarosz said.

“These changes are like trying to land an airplane when you are in thick fog and someone has thrown paint across the front window and your instruments are also not working,” she said.

The U.S. Open trophy is a different story.

Rybakina can only take that away from Sabalenka by winning it on the court Saturday, and the two-time defending champion showed in an overpowering display in the semifinals how serious she is about a three-peat — which would be the first at Flushing Meadows since Serena Williams from 2012-14.

“I wanted badly to go to the finals, and of course I want to go all the way,” Sabalenka said.

Rybakina set up a matchup between the top two players in women's tennis by rallying past Coco Gauff 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. Sabalenka beat Jessica Pegula 7-5, 6-2 in the first semifinal, running away with the second set after they played largely even in the first.

Sabalenka is currently No. 1 and Rybakina No. 2 in the WTA rankings, but that changes Monday after Sabalenka held the top spot for 99 consecutive weeks.

Rybakina won the Australian Open to start the season, beating Sabalenka, then kept on closing after the four-time Grand Slam champion had a poor summer by her standards.

Rybakina needed only to reach the semifinals in New York to clinch the No. 1 ranking.

“It’s a lot of work, and yeah, that was one of my goals, but right now not much I could do. I didn’t really perform well in the middle of the season,” Sabalenka said. “Elena took it over and played really well, and she took away No. 1 position.”

The second semifinal was more a battle, with Gauff trying to fight from behind in the final two sets, but Rybakina not letting her come all the way back.

Gauff jumped on Rybakina with a strong start — she had four aces to one for Rybakina, who leads the WTA Tour in that category — in a first set that she took in 38 minutes.

“Took a deep breath, was trying to talk positive with myself and just told myself that I need to fight and try to show good tennis,” Rybakina said.

Gauff trailed 4-1 in the second set and battled back to 4-all before Rybakina won the next two games. Rybakina went ahead 5-3 and served for the match, but Gauff broke to give herself one more chance while being cheered by a crowd that included former first lady Michelle Obama.

“I thought it was a good match, and it honestly came down to a couple of service games of mine in both sets and I didn’t quite hold,” Gauff said. “I mean, I have to look back and see what happened, but she does a great job of just being there every point and putting a lot of pressure on you on service game and return game.”

Gauff won her first major title as a teenager when she rallied past Sabalenka in the 2023 U.S. Open final, but nobody has been able to knock off the Belarussian in Flushing Meadows since. Pegula put up a good fight in the 2024 final and last year’s semifinals, but she couldn’t keep it close the way Sabalenka played Thursday – and wasn’t sure anybody else would’ve, either.

“I think that’s definitely — you can ask her — probably the best match she’s played this year,” Pegula said. “I mean, I thought her level was insanely high.”

Sabalenka pounded 29 winners to Pegula’s 12. She has won 19 straight matches at the U.S. Open since losing to Gauff in the 2023 final.

The top four seeds made it to the women’s semifinals at the U.S. Open for the first time since 1975. Sabalenka, Rybakina and Gauff have all won multiple major titles, while Pegula is still looking for her first.

Sabalenka won 14 of 19 points on Pegula’s second serve, smashing balls back more quickly than they were coming at her.

Still, Pegula hung with her for a while.

It was already 4-all in 25 minutes and Sabalenka appeared to be getting frustrated with not getting anywhere on Pegula’s serve, waving at her coaches’ box in disgust after one miss. Pegula had won 18 of 20 points on her first serve when she stepped to the line serving with Sabalenka leading 6-5.

Then Sabalenka suddenly hit a backhand winner, Pegula sent a forehand long and Sabalenka hit another winner to set up a set point, and finished off the set a couple points later.

Sabalenka put Pegula in huge trouble in her second service game of the second set, eventually pouncing on a 77 mph second serve and hammering a forehand back at 90 mph then Pegula had no chance of getting back for a 3-1 lead.

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The normally festive and rowdy crowd inside the basketball arena in Dallas quickly hushed as a five-minute memorial video began playing. It was a somber interlude in the convention's parade of candidates.

“One year later, there is something wonderfully defiant about the fact that his voice has not grown quieter,” said Lucas Miles, a pastor and Turning Point vice president. He said the organization's membership and social media following have "multiplied.”

Vice President JD Vance, a friend of Kirk’s, spoke directly to Kirk's two children, now ages 4 and 2.

“History will record that your father was a great man,” Vance said.

He recalled being nervous while giving his speech at the 2024 Republican National Convention as a newly elected senator with little experience in politics, and finding comfort in looking down to see that Kirk "was smiling and cheering me and reminding me that I had a good friend right here in the convention hall.”

Kirk was a singular figure on the right. He created a sprawling network of chapters on college campuses, hosted an influential podcast and built a loyal following among young Christian conservatives. He was also a powerbroker on the right with relationships across various factions that comprise Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement.

Vance recalled Kirk's factional peacemaking as he implored his fellow Republicans not to let their differences divide the party and allow Democrats to take power.

“Do what Charlie did,” he said. “Do not throw the baby out with the bathwater.”

Kirk was shot and killed Sept. 10, 2025, while speaking on the campus of Utah Valley University.

Tyler Robinson, 23, could face the death penalty if convicted of aggravated murder in Kirk’s death. He has pleaded not guilty. He turned himself in a day after the shooting.

No one has emerged to fully fill Kirk’s shoes since his death, and the movement he built has been rattled by infighting over the circumstances of his death. A vocal contingent, led by prominent podcaster Candice Owens, has questioned the official narrative of Utah prosecutors who say Robinson was the lone killer. Conspiracy theories have proliferated online.

Miles seemed to address the tension from the stage.

“Turning Point is not dead,” he said. “The organization Charlie founded is still growing. A new generation is stepping forward.”

Kirk’s widow, Erika Kirk, was named CEO of Turning Point and has taken on some of his public speaking roles. Turning Point has also enlisted other commentators to speak at events and continue the public debates he enjoyed staging.

Meanwhile, Turning Point held a Thursday evening memorial for Kirk in Orem, Utah, in a return to the Utah Valley University campus where he was killed.

“We have felt the weight of his absence in ways that never seem to get easier,” Turning Point said in a news release marking the anniversary.

Conservative speakers including Frank Turek and Michael Knowles addressed a packed auditorium that frequently broke out into chants of “U-S-A!”

During the program, Turning Point unveiled onstage a larger-than-life bronze statue of Kirk sitting and holding a microphone.

The group also installed a statue of Kirk outside its Phoenix headquarters earlier in the day.

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Associated Press writer Thomas Beaumont in Dallas and Jaimie Ding in Los Angeles contributed.

El arranque del proceso, que se extenderá por nueve meses hasta el próximo 6 de junio cuando será la votación, lo anunció la consejera presidenta del Instituto Nacional Electoral (INE) de México, Guadalupe Taddei, durante un acto en la sede capitalina del organismo.

La campaña electoral comenzará formalmente el próximo 4 de abril, pero se permitirá a los competidores hacer precampaña entre el 4 de enero y 12 febrero próximo, previo al registro de las candidaturas pautado del 22 de marzo al 3 de abril.

En la votación, que será una de las más grande de la historia de México, se elegirán 20.109 cargos, entre ellos 500 diputados federales, 17 gobernadores, 1.098 diputados locales y 18.494 autoridades municipales.

Taddei dijo a la prensa que el organismo arranca el proceso “listo, fuerte y sólido” y aseguró que “no hay nada que preocuparse”.

Pero algunos de sus colegas del INE no opinaron igual. Durante el acto de apertura del proceso, la consejera Carla Humphrey afirmó en un discurso que la consulta se da en un contexto “complejo” y planteó que la “paz pública y el libre ejercicio de los derechos públicos exigen una postura inflexible por parte del Estado”.

En lo que va del año se han reportado al menos 72 asesinatos de políticos, funcionarios e integrantes de partidos, según estimaciones de las organizaciones locales Data Cívica y México Evalúa y el medio digital Animal Político que llevan seguimiento de las agresiones políticas en el país.

El proceso electoral más violento se dio en 2018 cuando se registraron 152 homicidios de políticos en México. Le siguió la elección general de 2024 que terminó con al menos 28 aspirantes asesinados y más de 60 ataques a políticos.

Entre escándalos e injerencia

En las semanas previas al inicio del proceso, Morena debió hacer frente a una fuerte controversia que surgió luego de que la Fiscalía de Nueva York acusó a finales de abril al gobernador oficialista del estado de Sinaloa, Rubén Rocha Moya, y otros nueve funcionarios activos y retirados de narcotráfico y de colaborar con el Cártel de Sinaloa. Rocha Moya se separó de manera indefinida del cargo el 22 de agosto tras ser criticado por la presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum y otras figuras del oficialismo.

A ese controversial caso le siguió la decisión de Washington de retirarle el mes pasado la visa al político Andrés López Beltrán, uno de los hijos del expresidente mexicano Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018-2024). Las autoridades estadounidenses hasta la fecha no han informado que motivó esa decisión.

López Beltrán se desempeñó hasta mayo pasado como secretario de organización y segundo al mando de Morena. Dejó el cargo para competir por la candidatura del partido a diputado federal por el estado sureño de Tabasco.

Estados Unidos también le ha retirado las visas a la gobernadora oficialista del estado de Baja California, Marina del Pilar Ávila, al alcalde de la ciudad fronteriza de Nogales, Juan Francisco Gim, y al congresista federal Mario López Hernández, del partido prooficialista Verde Ecologista de México.

En mayo Sheinbaum endureció su postura hacia Estados Unidos y criticó durante un acto en la capital los procesos contra Rocha Moya y otros nueve funcionarios mexicanos, y dejó entrever que con esas acciones se buscaría influir en la política mexicana.

Para Morena la votación de junio de 2027 será crucial pues someterá al escrutinio de los mexicanos sus gobiernos regionales –-en la actualidad controla 24 de los 32 estados del país-– y la posibilidad de preservar la mayoría en la Cámara de Diputados que tiene desde 2018. Del lado de la oposición la votación también es determinante debido a que corre el riesgo de perder los estados de Chihuahua, Querétaro, Nuevo León y Aguascalientes y reducir su presencia a solo cuatro gobernaciones.

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., launched an investigation Thursday into OpenAI for its artificial intelligence system hacking into another AI company on its own. He is seeking more details about the attack on AI startup Hugging Face, which was disclosed by OpenAI in July, and leads a Senate subcommittee with jurisdiction over disaster management.

“The American people deserve to know the details of what went on in the Hugging Face incident and other incidents of AI models going rogue,” Hawley said in a letter to Sam Altman, OpenAI's chief executive officer. “This investigation will seek those answers.”

Meanwhile, Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland called on Altman to immediately grant federal cybersecurity agencies access to information that would allow them to assess the safety and risks of OpenAI's models. Van Hollen cited the Hugging Face attack in his request.

In response to the senators' inquiries, OpenAI spokesperson Nate Evans said the Hugging Face incident was an important moment for AI safety and a warning about the risks that could come with increasingly capable AI.

“We conducted an extensive investigation and published a detailed report on what happened, what we learned, and how we’re strengthening our security and alignment practices,” Evans said in an emailed statement.

Lawmakers also appear to be responding to concerns raised this week when an Anthropic researcher said he is resigning from the company over concerns that the artificial intelligence firm and its competitors are not acting responsibly in AI development.

Jacob Coxon, who said he spent three years doing research at both Anthropic and OpenAI, said Tuesday on the social platform X that the two AI companies are more focused on beating each other and global competitors than they are on safety.

Questions about the future of artificial intelligence come as Congress has long been reluctant to regulate the technology industry. Lawmakers in both parties agree that more guardrails are needed across the board, but even narrow attempts at regulation of have fallen apart over the years.

A bipartisan working group on artificial intelligence, formed by then-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, released a report in 2024 recommending that the U.S. spend at least $32 billion over the next three years to develop artificial intelligence and implement safeguards around it, but Congress has done little to follow up. Similarly, a bipartisan bill on internet safety for children has repeatedly stalled.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont, announced this week he would be introducing a bill that would ban the development and deployment of “superintelligent AI” and pause advanced AI development until a federal regulator has established safety rules. Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, will sponsor the House version.

“The leaders of the major AI companies publicly acknowledge that they do not fully understand the technology and that it is escaping their control," Sanders said. “It is irresponsible for society to allow them to move forward and make these products even more advanced.”

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Associated Press reporter Mary Clare Jalonick contributed to this report.

That's because the districts have changed fast in Missouri after the Republican-controlled legislature, encouraged by President Donald Trump, redrew its congressional map last year to give the GOP a better shot at picking up one more seat in the House as part of a multistate effort. Republicans currently hold six of Missouri's eight House seats.

A flurry of litigation and contradictory decisions followed. A U.S. Supreme Court order Thursday seems to have resolved it for November's general election, with the state going back to the map that was in place for 2022 and 2024.

That means Moody's neighborhood, which was briefly in the Republican-dominated 4th District, is back in a compact 5th District centered on Kansas City, one of the two currently represented by Democrats. The other, Trump-backed map split Kansas City into multiple districts stretching far outside the city and into areas with more conservative voters.

It all may sound confusing. But for Moody, a 70-year-old retired chemist, the main feeling is something else: frustration.

“It's plain that it's completely ridiculous,” she said.

The new map would have rearranged representation

The Trump-backed map left just two of the state's eight congressional districts unchanged.

It left just one — the St. Louis-based 1st District — likely to be dominated by Democrats.

The 5th, also currently represented by a Democrat, had the biggest change, with only about 2 in 5 voters in the old district included in the new one.

Among the new additions: residents of the state capital, Jefferson City, about 130 miles (210 kilometers) east of Kansas City.

Carolyn McDowell, a longtime Republican activist from there, said she does not like that Republican lawmakers attempted to gerrymander districts in the middle of the decade. She learned Thursday that her home — temporarily shifted from Republican U.S. Rep. Bob Onder's district to that of Democrat Cleaver — would again be back in Onder's district, which stretches eastward to suburban St. Louis.

“This is confusing for people who are running for office and for the voters,” McDowell said.

But McDowell is glad the Supreme Court blocked the use of the new districts for November.

The new map “was unconstitutional when they even thought of it,” she said.

Kay Park, president of the League of Women Voters of Missouri, said her organization did not get many calls from voters about the changing districts. But several people she did talk to felt like the redrawn map did not represent them as well as the one they had before — and which has now returned.

The rapid changes made the primary an unusual blip

Ashley Sadowski has tried to follow the saga closely. She even tuned in to a state Supreme Court hearing Thursday at which judges considered whether to hold Republican Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in contempt for not following an order to use the 2022 version of the districts.

But Sadowski has still found it nearly impossible to understand the back and forth and the switching maps.

The new maps moved Sadowski’s Kansas City home into the 4th District. Sadowski, who calls herself a progressive independent, studied the Democratic candidates carefully for the primary because she had lived in the 5th District for so long.

Now she is back in the 5th for the general election.

“It’s just astounding to me how we all showed up in August to vote on a map that wasn’t legal,” Sadowski said.

The switch left 1 voter untouched — but embarrassed

Leslie French’s home in Platte City, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) northwest of Kansas City, remains in the Republican-dominated 6th district no matter which map gets used in November. But French, also a Democrat, can’t get over what has been going on.

To switch districts after they were drawn following the 2020 census is unfair and seems to be something a country not serious about a democracy would do, French said.

She said she was surprised — and thankful — that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh saw through what she called a blatant power grab and restored the earlier map.

French has been to rallies over gerrymandering and redistricting and sometimes wears a Lady Liberty costume.

“It’s embarrassing,” French said. “When we travel to foreign countries, I’m tempted to tell people I am Canadian.”

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Collins reported from Columbia, South Carolina, and Mulvihill from Haddonfield, New Jersey. Associated Press reporter David A. Lieb contributed from Jefferson City, Missouri.

Lee Cheuk-yan, Chow Hang-tung and Albert Ho were convicted of inciting subversion earlier this year under a Beijing-imposed national security law.

Lee received a 7-year prison term and Chow was sentenced to 7 years and 3 months. Both pleaded not guilty. Ho was given a lower sentence of 5 years and 2 months, partly because he pleaded guilty.

The court said the case was considered serious, noting that the defendants pursued their activities even though they believed they might be violating the security law and Hong Kong's constitution, according to a summary of the ruling given to reporters.

The trio of defendants was charged in September 2021 and has been held in custody for years. The court ruling insisted they were not being tried because of their political views.

Hong Kong once had a vibrant civil society marked by massive protests and a freewheeling press. But after a 2019 protest movement rocked the city, authorities reduced public choice in elections and prosecuted leaders of news outlets known for their critical reports of the government. Many leading activists were imprisoned under the security law, and dozens of civil society groups dissolved, including the alliance.

Beijing says the law is necessary to maintain stability.

Activists' supporters attend sentencing

Dozens of people lined up outside the court to enter to the courtroom.

Roman Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen, who was arrested under the national security law in 2022 but never faced charges under it, was among those sitting in the public gallery.

Former vigil-goer Simon Ng said his heart was heavy as the sentencing approached, adding that he felt accusations were not just against the defendants.

“I took part in the alliance’s vigils for decades; the ruling amounts to an accusation against me,” he said.

Critics say trial shows Hong Kong has changed

The sentences for the Tiananmen activists are the latest high-profile penalties imposed under the security law. In February, former pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

The three defendants were leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, which for three decades organized a Tiananmen vigil that was the only large-scale, public commemoration of the event in China.

Hundreds and possibly thousands of people were killed as military tanks rolled into the center of Beijing and troops opened fire to end the student-led pro-democracy protests in the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown.

The annual vigil drew tens of thousands of people to Hong Kong's Victoria Park every year for decades. But authorities banned it in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic. The vigils symbolized the civil liberties that set Hong Kong apart from mainland China.

Urania Chiu, a lecturer in law at Oxford Brookes University in the U.K., said the guilty verdicts confirmed that even peaceful calls for democratic change in the Chinese regime are now criminalized in Hong Kong.

Chow, who represented herself, said the verdict suggested pursuing democracy is a crime and she did not deserve even one day in prison.

The Hong Kong office of China’s foreign ministry insisted that Hong Kong is governed by the rule of law and that no one should be allowed to engage in unlawful activities under the pretext of “freedom of speech and press” in a statement responding to criticism of the verdict in the Tiananmen vigil organizers’ case by foreign governments.

Court said vigil organizers plotted to overthrow Communist Party

In August, three government-approved judges convicted the trio of inciting subversion, citing their organization's demand to “end one-party dictatorship.” The judges said they were encouraging supporters to end the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s leadership through unlawful means and their call carried the notion of overthrowing or undermining it.

During the trial, the defense denied they meant to end the party’s leadership and insisted the alliance had not asked people to adopt any illegal means. Lee said their call for “ending one-party dictatorship” and moving toward democracy meant letting the people decide who leads them.

Esta calificación solía reservarse a grupos como el Estado Islámico o Al Qaeda, que utilizan la violencia con fines políticos, y no para los cárteles y otras redes delictivas centradas en ganar dinero. Pero el objetivo de Trump era aumentar la presión sobre estos grupos y sobre cualquiera que, a su juicio, les preste apoyo.

La estrategia comenzó en febrero de 2025. Sirvió de pretexto para capturar al venezolano Nicolás Maduro casi un año después, así como para decenas de ataques contra supuestas embarcaciones “narcoterroristas” que se han saldado con más de 200 muertos. También llevó a países latinoamericanos como Guatemala y Argentina a tomar medidas similares contra determinados grupos, y a estados como Ecuador a lanzar operaciones conjuntas con Washington en territorio ecuatoriano.

México es el país con más grupos en la lista (ocho) y bajo una mayor presión de Washington mientras su gobierno intenta evitar cualquier acción militar unilateral estadounidenses de Trump contra los cárteles, especialmente desde las acusaciones formales contra altos funcionarios del estado de Sinaloa.

Pero la estrategia de Trump también ha dejado al descubierto contradicciones. El expresidente de Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández, condenado a 45 años por narcotráfico y acusado durante el juicio de proteger al Cártel de Sinaloa, fue indultado por el estadounidense el año pasado y ya vive libre en su país.

A continuación, un vistazo a los 21 grupos latinoamericanos y caribeños designados terroristas durante la actual administación estadounidense.

MÉXICO

1. Los principales objetivos: el Cártel de Sinaloa y el de Jalisco

El Cártel de Sinaloa y el Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), llamados así por los estados que son sus bastiones en el noroeste de México, son grupos criminales multinacionales y los mayores traficantes de fentanilo hacia Estados Unidos.

El Cártel de Sinaloa, el más antiguo de México surgido en los años 70, es un conglomerado criminal que mueve todo tipo de drogas a través de continentes usando embarcaciones, aviones, migrantes y túneles transfronterizos. Un exsecretario de Seguridad fue condenado por ayudarlos.

Controla la parte occidental de la frontera con Estados Unidos, aunque el arresto de Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada desató una pugna interna por el poder y debilitó al grupo.

El CJNG, establecido a inicios de la década de 2010, es un grupo extremadamente violento que ha usando lanzacohetes, drones con explosivos y minas artesanales çontra las autoridades y en 2020 organizó un espectacular atentado contra el entonces jefe de la policía de Ciudad de México —hoy secretario de Seguridad de México— en el corazón de la capital.

La DEA afirma que distribuye toneladas de cocaína, metanfetamina y fentanilo en los 50 estados estadounidenses y mantiene su poder pese a la muerte de su líder, Nemesio Oseguera, “El Mencho”, en febrero, y las numerosas detenciones posteriores.

2. Control de la frontera texana: los cárteles del Golfo, del Noreste y de Juárez

El Cártel del Golfo y el del Noreste operan en el extremo oriental, moviendo drogas, migrantes, armas y dinero por la ruta más directa hacia Estados Unidos desde América Central y Sudamérica.

El antiguo líder del Cártel del Golfo, Osiel Cárdenas Guillén (ahora encarcelado en México tras cumplir una condena en Estados Unidos), reclutó a militares para su protección que luego conformaron su propio y temido cártel: Los Zetas. El Cártel del Noreste es un remanente de Los Zetas y su base está en Nuevo Laredo, el puerto comercial más activo de la frontera mexico-estadounidense.

El Cártel de Juárez ha controlado durante décadas un punto clave del centro de la línea fronteriza: Ciudad Juárez, frente a El Paso, Texas. Tanto su fundador, Amado Carrillo Fuentes, como los hermanos e hijos que lo sucedieron, convirtieron el tráfico de toneladas de drogas en un negocio multimillonario. Pese a los arrestos de muchos de sus líderes, el cártel y los grupos aliados mantuvieron el control de una vasta infraestructura para introducir cargamentos ilegales a Estados Unidos.

3. Cárteles locales en Michoacán: La Familia, Cárteles Unidos y Los Viagras

Todos estos grupos criminales operan en el estado occidental de Michoacán, producen drogas sintéticas y han consolidado su control regional mediante la extorsión y el cambio de lealtades a lo largo de los años.

La Familia Michoacana, ahora rebautizada como “Nueva Familia Michoacana”, es la más antigua. Los otros dos, antiguos aliados, surgieron tras el levantamiento armado de las autodefensas de 2013 que lograron expulsar a viejos cárteles, solo para verlos reemplazados por otros.

Su extorsión afecta a todos los sectores económicos, incluido un producto clave de exportación hacia Estados Unidos: el aguacate.

CENTROAMÉRICA

4. Barrio 18 y Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13)

Los dos violentos grupos operan principalmente en El Salvador, Guatemala y Honduras. Se originaron en Los Ángeles como pandillas callejeras creadas por inmigrantes salvadoreños. Cuando muchos de sus miembros fueron deportados a El Salvador, estos grupos se expandieron y ganaron poder en toda Centroamérica, donde siguen aterrorizando a las comunidades.

En los últimos años, ambos grupos han recibido un duro golpe por parte del presidente Nayib Bukele, quien lanzó una polémica guerra contra las pandillas y encarceló a más de 80.000 personas.

Guatemala también designó a ambos grupos como terroristas en octubre y endureció las leyes en su contra.

COLOMBIA

5. Clan del Golfo

Con un estimado de 9.000 combatientes, el Clan del Golfo es uno de los grupos armados más poderosos de Colombia. También conocido por su siglas en español, AGC, evolucionó a partir de escuadrones paramilitares de derecha que combatieron a las guerrillas marxistas colombianas de los años 90 y 2000.

Según un informe de la Defensoría del Pueblo, las AGC están presentes en alrededor de un tercio de los 1.103 municipios de Colombia, donde extorsionan a negocios locales.

El Clan del Golfo participó en conversaciones de paz con el gobierno de Colombia el año pasado, un diálogo que terminó con la llegada al poder de Abelardo de la Espriella, gran aliado de Trump en la región.

VENEZUELA

6. Tren de Aragua

Este grupo surgió de una prisión en el centro de Venezuela hace más de una década. En los últimos años, se extendió desde Chile hasta Estados Unidos, aprovechando el éxodo de unos 8 millones de venezolanos que huyeron de las crisis políticas y económicas del país.

Aunque sus orígenes están en el narcotráfico, sus principales negocios son el tráfico ilícito de migrantes, la trata de personas, la explotación sexual y el trabajo forzado. Es conocido por una violencia extrema, incluidas decapitaciones y enterrar a las víctimas vivas.

7. Cártel de los Soles

La entidad que Washington alega que estaba liderada por Maduro no es un cártel propiamente dicho, pero fue designada como tal menos de seis semanas antes de que Maduro fuera capturado en enero.

Los venezolanos comenzaron a usar el término Cártel de los Soles en los 90 para referirse a militares de alto rango que se habían enriquecido con el tráfico de drogas. A medida que la corrupción se expandió, su uso se amplió de manera imprecisa para incluir a policías y funcionarios, y para referirse a actividades como la minería ilegal y el contrabando de combustible. Se llaman “soles” las insignias de los militares de alto rango. En 2020, se empezó a considerar como un grupo liderado por Maduro cuando Estados Unidos anunció la acusación formal en su contra.

ECUADOR

8. Los Lobos, Los Choneros, The Chone Killers y Los Tiguerones

Los Lobos, Los Choneros, The Chone Killers y Los Tiguerones son pandillas a las que se culpa de gran parte de la violencia que comenzó durante la pandemia de COVID-19. Todas están involucradas con el sicariato, la extorsión y el tráfico y venta de drogas.

Los Tiguerones se formó en Guayaquil en 2019 como brazo armado de Los Choneros, la organización madre de la mayoría de las pandillas ecuatorianas.

Las autoridades han responsabilizado a estos grupos del aumento de la violencia en el país, mientras se disputan rutas de narcotráfico hacia el Pacífico y el control del territorio, incluso dentro de las cárceles, donde cientos de reclusos han sido asesinados desde 2021.

Todos ellos están entre las 22 pandillas criminales designadas como “terroristas” por Ecuador en 2024.

BRASIL

9. Commando Vermelho y Primeiro Comando da Capital

Commando Vermelho y Primeiro Comando da Capital son dos de las organizaciones criminales más violentas de Brasil. Trabajan con unas 50 pandillas más pequeñas en todo el país y en conjunto, dirigen a miles de miembros y han orquestado ataques brutales contra policías brasileños, funcionarios públicos y contra civiles.

Su influencia y sus redes ilícitas se extienden mucho más allá de las fronteras de Brasil.

HAITÍ

10. Las pandillas Viv Ansanm y Gran Grif

Los dos grupos haitianos están vinculados principalmente al tráfico de armas, secuestros, asesinatos, extorsión y, en menor medida, al narcotráfico.

La coalición Viv Ansanm es conocida por lanzar una serie de ataques a partir de febrero de 2024 que cerraron el principal aeropuerto internacional de Haití, liberaron a cientos de reclusos de las dos cárceles más grandes del país y, finalmente, obligaron al ex primer ministro Ariel Henry a renunciar. Controla al menos el 85% de la capital, lo que obliga a organizaciones civiles a negociar con las pandillas para poder hacer llegar ayuda a las comunidades.

Gran Grif ha asaltado varias ciudades y pueblos en la región central de Haití. En octubre, se culpó a la pandilla de matar a más de 70 personas en Pont-Sondé.

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Los periodistas de The Associated Press Gonzalo Solano en Quito, Astrid Suárez en Bogotá, Mauricio Savarese en Río de Janeiro y Dánica Coto en San Juan de Puerto Rico contribuyeron a este reporte.

Agentes de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade respondieron al accidente con fuga cerca de Northwest 117th Street y Northwest Seventh Avenue aproximadamente a las 8:40 p.m.

Un equipo de Local 10 News estuvo en el lugar más tarde esa noche, donde lo que parecía ser una bicicleta eléctrica estaba en el suelo con escombros esparcidos a su alrededor.

Según los investigadores, un conductor desconocido viajaba hacia el norte por Northwest Seventh Avenue y se acercaba a Northwest 117th Street cuando giró a la izquierda hacia 117th Street.

El vehículo luego atropelló a las víctimas, quienes viajaban en bicicleta por Northwest 117th Street, dijeron las autoridades.

Los agentes llegaron y encontraron a ambos menores inconscientes, tendidos en la vía, según la MDSO.

Equipos de Miami-Dade Fire Rescue respondieron y trasladaron a ambas víctimas al Ryder Trauma Center del Jackson Memorial Hospital en condición crítica.

Las edades de las víctimas aún no han sido divulgadas.

Detectives de la Unidad de Homicidios de Tránsito de la MDSO asumieron la investigación.

Las autoridades no proporcionaron una descripción del conductor ni del vehículo involucrado.

La investigación continúa en curso.

Cualquier persona que tenga información sobre el accidente debe comunicarse con Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers al 305-471-TIPS (8477).

Friday will offer familiar weather conditions: warm and humid with showers and storms possible. Morning through early afternoon may be the more active timeframe for rain in Dade/Broward. Temperatures are expected to make a run for the low 90s.

Kamal Patel, a pilot with 30 years of experience who also owns and operates a flight school, spoke exclusively with Local 10 on Thursday about Jaime Felipe Silva Molina, who goes by Felipe.

Patel said Molina was a very good student at the Pilot Training Center in Miami before eventually becoming a flight instructor there and training other pilots.

“As an instructor, he had a very good pass rate with his students and always very good feedback,” he said. “I remember him being very safety-conscious.”

Molina was serving as a first officer aboard the Amazon cargo plane when it crashed at Miami International Airport.

The captain of the flight has been identified as 55-year-old Joseph Carroll.

Investigators said one of the pilots was heard warning that the plane was traveling too fast. One pilot then called for a “go around,” an attempt to lift the aircraft back into the air for another landing.

It remains unclear which pilot made each statement.

Asked what might have happened in the cockpit if Molina was the pilot who called for the go-around, Patel said Molina’s focus on safety would have made the decision unsurprising.

“Felipe was very aware of safety and understanding of it if it was him that said the go around it would not surprise me at all,” Patel said.

Local 10 also examined Molina’s work history.

After graduating from the Pilot Training Center and later teaching there, Molina worked for several airlines.

Most recently, he was a first officer with 21 Air, where he worked for about a year and eight months. Before that, he was a first officer with World Atlantic Airlines. He also had a short stint with SkyWest Airlines, working there for about two months as a first officer.

Molina spent two years as a full-time flight instructor at the Pilot Training Center after graduating from the school.

He also earned an associate degree from Miami Dade College, focusing on its airline pilot studies program.

Patel was not in the cockpit during the fatal flight, but he offered insight into the crew dynamics that could have been at play.

Asked whether a first officer has to defer to the captain when making a decision such as a go-around, Patel said modern crew resource management training emphasizes teamwork.

“Most modern CRM training would say the crew works as a team if the FO says go around the captain should go around,” Patel said.

Asked whether there could ever be a situation in which a first officer might take control of the aircraft, Patel said he did not believe that would be the safest course of action.

“I don’t think that would be the safest route of action,” he added.

Patel said the National Transportation Safety Board’s investigation should provide more answers about what happened inside the cockpit.

Ultimately, he said the captain makes the final call both in the air and on the ground.

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The flap was over protocol and who should speak first: Sheriff Rosie-Cordero-Stutz or Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.

Levine Cava’s chief of staff was heard saying that the mayor, in charge of both MIA and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue as the county’s chief executive, should speak first.

Cordero-Stutz wasn’t having it.

“I know what you believe,” she said. “This is public safety and I’m going first.”

(View the exchange in the video player below; both letters can be read at the bottom of the page)

Sheriff: Staffer’s request ‘not appropriate’

In a letter, dated Wednesday and made public on Thursday, Cordero-Stutz called the request “not appropriate” and something “that must not occur again,” saying that a “misunderstanding over our respective roles” should be resolved “now, calmly and in writing, rather than at the next incident.”

Cordero-Stutz told Levine Cava that she “had already delayed the Sheriff’s Office briefing so that you could arrive, be brought inside the perimeter my deputies had secured, and address the press,” which she said she did “deliberately and as a courtesy, because your presence was appropriate and I wanted the public to see the County’s leadership standing together.”

“What is not appropriate,” she said, “is a member of the Mayor’s staff attempting to direct the Sheriff at the scene of an incident the Sheriff commands, in front of the assembled media and the deputies under my command.

“I do not believe that reflected your instruction, and I am not writing to assign blame to a staff member. I am writing so that we agree, going forward, on where authority rests at an incident scene, so that no one on either of our staffs has to guess.”

Cordero-Stutz said that her office was responsible for the perimeter and investigation.

“Five people were dead inside a perimeter my deputies were holding, and the investigation was already underway,” she said. “The person who briefs the public first at such a scene is the officer responsible for it. That is not a question of protocol or seniority. It is a question of accuracy and accountability: the public is entitled to hear from the official who is answerable for what is being done.”

Cordero-Stutz went on to state that she believes the mayor, as “head of the County for emergency management purposes” per its charter, would only lead at such a scene if she declared a local state of emergency. It’s something Levine Cava would take issue with in a response.

The sheriff, in her letter, hinted at a rift between the two, saying the dustup pointed to a “larger issue” over the relatively-recent return of the county having an elected sheriff.

Before Cordero-Stutz took over in 2025 as the county’s first elected sheriff in decades, Levine Cava ultimately oversaw the preceding Miami-Dade Police Department.

Political labels weren’t used, but Levine Cava, a Democrat, openly supported the Republican Cordero-Stutz’s challenger in the 2024 election.

She said that “operational direction - of deputies, of scenes, of investigations, and of what the Sheriff says to the public about them - is not something the County retained, and it is not something a member of the Mayor’s staff can exercise by insisting on it at a podium.”

She continued by saying that “an assumption that the old structure survives will keep producing moments like Sunday’s until it is corrected, and the next one may come at a scene where the confusion has consequences.”

Cordero-Stutz proposed a protocol plan that stipulates that the sheriff leads communications at a “law enforcement incident,” the mayor leads county communications during a “declared state of local emergency” and that neither official’s staff directs the others.

Mayor responds: ‘Precisely the kind of emergency’ charter gives me ‘clear responsibility for’

Levine Cava hit back in a briefer response letter, also dated Wednesday.

“I want to be clear: This incident went well beyond a fire rescue and law enforcement response,” Levine Cava said, emphasizing the county’s ownership of MIA, which ended up being shut down for “an extended period on a holiday weekend, impacting tens of thousands of passengers.”

Levine Cava said the incident was “precisely the kind of emergency management event the Charter gives the Mayor clear responsibility for.”

“The Mayor, as the head of the County for emergency management purposes, has the authority to mobilize County resources and lead the County’s response to an event of this scale, pursuant to state and local law,” she wrote. “Not every emergency of this magnitude results in a formal declaration. But that does not diminish the County’s authority to act in those circumstances, nor the Sheriff’s.”

Levine Cava said both the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office and county agencies under her purview played complementary roles in the response.

She noted, “I did not instruct anyone on my staff to direct your deputies, and I do not believe any staff member intended to.”

“A member of my team sought to clarify the respective roles of each responding public safety agency during a multi-agency, multi-casualty incident on County property,” Levine Cava said. “Before the news conference, I joined senior County staff, County Commissioners and federal officials for an incident briefing and to coordinate the information that could appropriately be shared with the public.”

Both officials concluded their letters by agreeing that incidents of a similar magnitude require unified response.

But it appears they still differ on what a unified response ― at least as far as communications are concerned ― looks like.

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Investigators say the theft operation spanned across multiple counties and resulted in over one million dollars in stolen merchandise.

It’s being called a multi-circuit organized retail theft enterprise, a case that was finally cracked after a 15-month investigation.

According to investigators, the stolen baby formula was being stored inside a warehouse in Davie.

The slip at the warehouse comes back to a man named Mohammaed Alsaidi. According to state records, he runs a hookah company, but Local 10 News has learned Alsaidi, 59, was arrested on accusations of being the head of the formula theft ring, along with 49-year-old Zeina Abdul-Hassan Sou Zabib.

Both are from the Lake Worth area, and both are now in custody.

The baby formula theft ring, according to investigators, uses “boosters,” described as people who are paid to steal the product from stores like Publix, Target, Walmart and Winn-Dixie.

Those boosters would then allegedly sell the stolen formula to the Alsaidi and Abdul-Hassan Sou Zabib, and cops say the couple would sell the product on the illegal market far below its retail value.

Authorities said the pair eventually made more than $1 million in profit off the scam in as little as seven months, from November of 2024 to June of 2025.

Both suspects face charges of conspiracy to commit racketeering and two counts of directing or dealing in stolen property, all first-degree felonies.

If convicted as charged, each faces up to 90 years in state prison.

Fall means kids are back in school, people are spending more time around each other and cold and flu season is just around the corner.

And these infections can be more than just a nuisance. They can be debilitating and, in some cases, deadly.

With flu and COVID vaccines now being advertised at pharmacies across South Florida, many people are wondering: Is now the right time to get the shot?

Experts say it depends on your risk.

“If you are around a lot of people, especially kids, who are great at sharing their viral loads, as school teachers well know, then you want to think about getting the vaccine sooner rather than later,” said Dr. Aileen Marty, an infectious disease expert.

Flu season generally runs from October through March, and it takes about 10 days after vaccination to reach maximum protection.

Dr. Marty says the current flu vaccine is safe and effective. But for people 50 and older, another option is coming soon.

Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine was recently approved and uses the same technology as the COVID vaccine.

That means it can be quickly modified and produced as the flu virus mutates. In clinical trials, it was 27% more effective.

When it comes to COVID, timing is also something to consider.

“If you were to go get a shot today in South Florida for COVID, it’s not the most recent formulation,” Marty said.

The current shot is being billed as a booster and can be especially helpful for people at high risk.

But for everyone else, Marty says waiting could mean getting better-timed protection.

“But everybody else should wait until it is cold, flu and COVID season because that way you are going to get the vaccine that is now going to have the exact genetic makeup for the subtype that we think will dominate this season,” she said.

The bottom line: Know your risk.

Age, weight and underlying health conditions can all play a role in how vulnerable you are.

And the goal is to get protected before flu and COVID season reaches its peak.

“The vaccines are going to protect you from diseases that can not only make you miserable for a few days or a few weeks, but can give you long-term complications,” Marty said.

The Justice Department sent letters to 29 states and the District of Columbia instructing election officials not to destroy the records. Those are places the Trump administration has sued in a bid to gain access to voter registration information that contains addresses, dates of birth, driver's license numbers and partial Social Security numbers.

In one letter obtained by The Associated Press, a Justice Department official told Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, a Republican, that she is “under investigation" and subject to ongoing litigation over the state’s failure to turn over statewide voter registration lists. The Justice Department declined to elaborate Thursday on the nature of the investigation.

“The purpose of this letter is to notify you of your obligations to take reasonable steps to conduct a litigation hold and preserve and retain all hard copy documents and electronically stored information,” wrote Eric Neff, acting chief of the Civil Rights Division's Voting Section.

The letter warns election officials that their “failure to preserve relevant data may constitute spoliation of evidence," which could subject them to “civil and criminal sanctions.”

In a social media post Thursday, Harmeet Dhillon, the head of the Civil Rights Division, said the Justice Department sent the letters to ensure states do not destroy election records related to the lawsuits that seek to compel election officials to hand over voter registration lists.

“This is standard litigation practice, not a ‘threat,’” Dhillon said in a post on X.

Secretaries of state say they already are following the law

Henderson, Utah's top elections official, said in an interview that her office received the letter Friday.

“No letter — and we’ve gotten a lot of letters from the Department of Justice over the past year — not a single one of them said that we were under investigation for anything,” Henderson said. “It was a little bit alarming at first to see those words.”

Henderson said her office understands the need to hold onto records during litigation.

“What’s not helpful is the constant barrage of attacks and harassment and accusations, baseless accusations, that do nothing to help secure our elections,” she said.

Her office also received a letter from the DOJ in July asserting that election officials could be prosecuted if votes from noncitizens are counted in their vote tallies.

Other election offices, including the secretaries of state for Arizona and Minnesota, confirmed they also received the letter.

“Our office will follow the law,” said Calli Jones, spokesperson for the Arizona office. “Any implication from this letter or others that implies we are not following the law is disrespectful to the work that election administrators do across Arizona and the country.”

Minnesota Secretary of State spokesperson Cassondra Knudson said the office will comply with the Justice Department's request but noted that it goes beyond the federal requirement of maintaining records for 22 months following an election.

Justice Department is in long-running conflict with states over voter data

The preservation demand could set the stage for the Justice Department to seek access to the states' election records as part of the administration’s hunt for fraud. The FBI has already obtained records or election equipment related to either the 2020 or 2024 elections from the most populous counties in the battleground states of Arizona, Georgia and Michigan without saying what it was searching for.

The letters escalate a fight between the Trump administration over access to the sensitive voter information. Federal officials have said they need the voter data to ensure that states are complying with federal election laws related to maintaining voter registration lists, even though states already have detailed processes to do that.

Some election officials have raised concerns that the request conflicts with state privacy laws. They also are concerned that federal officials will use the sensitive data for other purposes, such as searching for potential noncitizens. In one case, a Justice Department attorney acknowledged the department was seeking unredacted voter roll information so it could be shared with the Department of Homeland Security to check citizenship status.

Judges have repeatedly dismissed the Justice Department's lawsuits seeking access to the detailed state voter information, and Attorney General Todd Blanche has suggested the administration might take the fight to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The letters come as the administration continues to raise concerns about the potential for voter fraud — in particular, noncitizen voting. While voter fraud and voting by noncitizens does occur, it's rare and gets prosecuted. There has been no evidence of widespread fraud marring American elections.

Trump issued an executive order earlier this year that sought to create a federal voter list and directly involve the U.S. Postal Service in election operations in a way that would limit mail voting. A challenge to that order is now before the Supreme Court. The president also has pushed Congress to pass a bill requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote and have it take effect for the midterms.

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Kelety reported from Phoenix.

The Democratic nominee, former Republican U.S. Rep. David Jolly, made a stop in in South Florida on Thursday.

It comes a day after his Republican challenger, U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, traveled to Texas to speak at the GOP midterm convention.

For those who buy into polling, it’s a toss-up race and there’s an interesting trend: the partisan divide looks to be much more significant than any racial or ethnic divide, this time.

Jolly on Thursday was at a Caribbean restaurant in Lauderhill on the same day he announced his Black leadership team. Polling shows Jolly with a solid lead among Black voters, yet he faces an opponent with the potential to be Florida’s first Black governor.

Asked whether race is a factor, Jolly said, “I hope it’s not.”

“I hope that that the candidates are judged on their policies,” he said.

Donalds, at President Donald Trumps’s convention this week also downplays race as a campaign factor.

“We’re not going to have Democrat socialism run our state,” he told the crowd.

Donalds has campaigned hard on conservative principles and Republican talking points.

He and Jolly both say they want to grow Florida’s powerhouse economy. Both agree affordability is the biggest election issue. They have major differences, though, on how to get there.

“Republicans have controlled Tallahassee for 30 years and if they could fix homeowners’ insurance or the delivery of health care, or if they could fix a public education system that’s been abandoned, they would,” Jolly said. “But they haven’t.”

Local 10 News spoke with Jolly on a wide range of other issues, including the Hope Florida scandal ― which Jolly says he will reopen the investigation on.

You can watch the entire thing on “This Week in South Florida” at 11 a.m. on Sunday.

On Sunday, he was among the five cleaning company workers killed when a cargo plane, operated by 21 Air on behalf of Amazon, careened off the runway at Miami International Airport, slamming into their work van.

His sons have now hired attorneys to help them navigate the legal process and to find answers after their father’s life was cut short.

“The first thing when we met his family, (they said) ‘If he was here, he’d be someone you’d never forget,’” Mark Lopez-Trigo, an attorney with the firm Padrón & Lopez Trigo said.

Lopez-Trigo’s firm partner, Joshua Padrón, said Pineda was “loved by all” and “the life of the party.”

“This was an outstanding man, who was very community-oriented,” Lopez-Trigo added. “(He) loved his family, loved his grandkids and nobody has a bad thing to say about him.”

His sons are now left trying to make sense of a tragedy they never saw coming. The two attorneys said they’re still trying to gather information before deciding what legal action to take.

“Once we have a better understanding of all of the issues, that will allow us to file a complaint that we feel will have stronger legs to be able to survive through the legal system and give our clients the best shot at justice,” Lopez-Trigo said.

Authorities identified the four other victims as Carlos Acosta Fajardo, 53; Rolando Aleman Leon, 55; Javierkys Reyes Quevedo, 47; and Yoel Rodriguez Naranjo, 53.

Some of their families are also taking legal action.

Eugenio Corredor, 79, was one of the injured victims. He was left badly hurt after the plane crashed into his Toyota Corolla Cross SUV as he drove down Northwest 67th Avenue.

The law firms representing the victims’ families plan to conduct their own investigation at the same time the National Transportation Safety Board probes the crash.

Padrón said, “We have already seen multiple reports of pilots that worked for 21 Air that have mentioned the history of improper procedure, protocol, maintenance, a multitude of worries and concerns already voiced about this company, so if you have information on that, please reach out to us.”

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Cranes surrounded the plane as crews worked to begin breaking it apart.

Sky 10 flew over the scene Thursday, where debris remained scattered across the parking lot, grass and part of the runway. The aircraft’s nose, which had been embedded in the ground, was lifted by two cranes. The damaged right wing and engine could clearly be seen separated from the plane.

“We are working with American Airlines and its special aircraft recovery team, which is based here locally,” said MIA Director/CEO Ralph Cutie. “They’ve already gone out and assessed the site, and they already have a plan of action in place to remove the aircraft.”

The date and time for the relocation have not yet been determined.

The move could provide some relief for MIA and travelers, as only three of the airport’s four runways remain open. Dozens of delays have been reported as the airport continues to operate below full capacity.

The National Transportation Safety Board said investigators would be at the airport for about a week as they conduct their investigation on the ground.

The Amazon cargo plane is in the beginning stages of being broken into pieces so it can be relocated off MIA’s runway, according to an airport official.

The Amazon cargo plane is in the beginning stages of being broken into pieces so it can be relocated off MIA’s runway, according to an airport official.

The effort comes days after the plane, a Boeing 767-300, overran the runway and struck two vehicles in its path, killing five people on Sunday.

Now, NTSB investigators are revealing what was said inside the cockpit, based on audio recovered from the plane’s voice recorder.

Investigators said one pilot is heard warning that the plane was traveling too fast, more than a minute before the aircraft first touched down on the runway.

According to investigators, that pilot “made additional comments regarding the aircraft’s excessive speed throughout the remainder of the recording” — but “There was not a consistent verbal response.”

The cockpit also recorded electronic alerts warning that the aircraft was too low to the terrain.

Then, with just 15 seconds left in the recording, one pilot called for a “go-around” attempt — an effort to lift the plane back into the air and retry the landing.

But five seconds later, the plane ran off the runway.

“That kind of hesitation is deadly in a runway like this,” said aviation expert Pablo Rojas.

Rojas said the combination of the plane’s speed, the brakes being applied, released and then reapplied, and the crew’s indecision in the final seconds was critical.

“First they were trying to land, slow the plane down, bring it to a halt, then they hesitated and maybe tried to do a go-around, meaning speed up again, then they made another change in their decision which was to try to land again,” he said.” “It stays airborne for too long, and it takes too long for it to make contact with the ground. Then, when contact is made, only two of the three landing gears are touching the ground.”

Local 10 News also heard from a man who witnessed the crash.

“We were inside the warehouse when we heard a super loud noise,” witness Abraham Altamar said.

Altamar said he came across pilot Jaime Felipe Silva Molina after the pilot escaped the burning plane.

“He was shaking, he seemed stressed,” Altamar said.

He added: “I just asked him if he wanted me to call 911 but he’s like ‘no, I need your phone to call my wife.”’

Altamar said he overheard part of that call.

“He was like, oh my career, my career is over,” he said.

Both pilots were interviewed by the NTSB, but there is still no word on what came out of those interviews.

Investigators also have more to consider, including the mechanics of the plane, the weather conditions Sunday when the crash happened, and the history of both the aircraft and its company.

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Local 10 reporters Roy Ramos and Trent Kelly contributed to this story.

Horns and noise echo memories of the chaos, when entire buildings came crashing down. At least 330 people died.

It was the largest earthquake to hit the country since 1979.

At least 20 buildings collapsed in Cali, and the cleanup continues. Some of the collapse sites have now been cleared.

Nearly 40,000 tons of debris have been removed from sites like this one, from more than 140 buildings that collapsed across Colombia.

With the debris cleared in Cali, the mayor has declared that the reconstruction process has begun.

But for people like Angela Charry, the uncertainty remains.

“I was autonomous. I had my own space. It was immense,” Charry said.

Her home, where she lives with her 90-year-old mother, was left uninhabitable. She is now staying with a family friend.

“All we are waiting for is an opportunity for housing,” she said.

For many survivors, finding a place to live is only part of the challenge.

“Some of them are feeling hopeless about the situation and don’t know what will happen,” said Pamela Londoño, a mental health leader with the NGO Project Hope.

“What they are in need of is a safe space to live. They are looking to recover their livelihoods. But also they are in need of mental health and social-psych support.”

BRICS is an organization of 11 emerging economies around the world. The organization works to influence their global importance and reshape economic governance.

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The membership includes Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates.

Partner nations include Belarus, Cuba, Nigeria and Thailand.

The Russians turned down Cuba for full membership into the organization because of Cuba’s poor economic conditions and poor predictions by economists moving forward.

Sept. 9: Cuba and the U.S. stuck in diplomatic rhetoric

Cuba’s Brigadier General Emir Mesa Corona, who is in charge of personal security at the Ministry of Interior, sent a strong message to the U.S. not to even think of trying to kidnap Raul Castro or anyone in Cuba’s government or they will face serious consequences.

At the same time, Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parilla admitted that backroom negotiations with the U.S. continue but the U.S. will not soften their positions. Cuba wants the economic embargo lifted while the U.S. wants regime change.

Sept. 8: Blind passion for Cuban politics leads to a political circus between Miami, Havana and DC

As a little boy growing up in Miami, I remember when every presidential candidate from both political parties would come to campaign in Miami and promised that if elected, they would work to see a “Free Cuba.” They would end their speeches with “Viva Cuba Libre.” Local politicians representing different municipalities in Miami-Dade would talk about U.S. foreign policy towards Cuba like they controlled it, and yet, they had nothing to do with it within their scope of responsibilities. But it got them the votes they needed to be elected and remain in power, while political leaders in Cuba continued to blame everything wrong on the island on the U.S. economic embargo, or as they call it, “the blockade.”

On Jan. 3, the U.S. military captured Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela with the assistance of their current Interim President Delcy Rodriguez and brought him to the U.S. to face justice. Shortly thereafter, President Donald Trump announced that Cuba would be next.

The Trump administration began to sanction Cuban organizations and individuals of the government in an attempt to squeeze them out of power. So far, they are still in power. The Cuban government began to prepare for a U.S. invasion. To this date, it has not happened and probably never will.

On May 20, the U.S. Justice Department indicted Raul Castro for the downing of the Brothers to the Rescue planes in 1996 in a theater-like political rally at the Freedom Tower in downtown Miami. So far nothing has happened and nothing is going to happen. There is no Delcy Rodriguez in Cuba. A week ago, many media outlets across Miami reported, based on sources from inside the island, that Raul Castro was gravely ill. This past weekend, Raul reappeared surrounded by Cuba’s military elite.

Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the three Cuban-American members of Congress from South Florida had announced that by the end of 2026, Cuba would fall. Now it has been pushed back to 2029. Furthermore, Rubio recently said that the problem in dealing with Cuba is the Helms-Burton Law (Senator Jesse Helms and Richard Burton, both Republicans) that was enacted by Congress in 1996, also with the hard work of the late Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart and signed into law by Democratic President Bill Clinton.

The three Cuban-American members of Congress made it clear that the goal was to return Cuba to democracy. What democracy? Cuba did not have a democratic government before Fidel Castro took power. How much do they really know about Cuban history? Or is it just a play on words and empty promises?

So as time passes each day, the Cuban-American community is beginning to ask itself, what is really going on in D.C.?

It would not surprise me that in the near future the Trump organizations would negotiate to buy the empty Melia Hotels in Cuba and put the Trump name on them. After all, we now own a big chunk of Venezuelan oil and there was no regime change as promised.

Will we ever learn? How much longer are we going to be blind by our passion?

Sept 6: Raul Castro makes public appearance

After much speculation about Cuba’s Raul Castro being close to death, the Cuban leader showed up at a military event yesterday accompanied by his grandson, Raulito, and Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel.

Sept 3: Raul Castro stable, according to sources

Sources in Cuba say Raul Castro, 95, is stable despite reports about his declining health. According to sources, retired General Abelardo Colome Ibarra, known as “ El Fury,” is currently in worse condition. Colome Ibarra was head of the Ministry of the Interior and highly respected by the Castro brothers and the Cuban military.

Sept 3: President Trump’s hands are tied with regard to Cuba, Rubio says

After months of saying Cuba would be next, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said today that the president’s hands are tied because of the Helms Burton Law which requires no normalization between the U.S. and Cuba unless there is regime change and a move towards a democratic government.

Even if Raul Castro was to die in the near future, I do not expect regime change.

Only the U.S. can change the Helms-Burton Law and I don’t expect that to happen anytime in the near future or after the mid-term elections.

Sept. 2: Children in Cuba start new school year amid more challenges than any other year before

Children in Cuba started the new school year Tuesday facing a lack of supplies, books, uniforms and teachers, and buildings that are falling apart, along with a lack of food to feed the children.

According to the Cuban minister of education, this will be a very challenging year unlike any others.

Cuban education was once one of the big accomplishments of the revolution. However, it was also used to indoctrinate the students in an ideology that no one on the island nation believes anymore.

Sept. 1: Raul Castro hospitalized, sources say

Reliable sources inside Cuba have informed me this afternoon that Raul Castro has been hospitalized. We need to be careful and not to over speculate what might happen until further notice.

Dr. Andy S. Gomez is Local 10’s Cuba Analyst. Gomez is considered one of the leading scholars on Cuba. He worked in higher education for 32 years before retiring from the University of Miami in 2012.

BRICS es una organización de 11 economías emergentes de todo el mundo. La organización trabaja para aumentar su importancia global y reformar la gobernanza económica.

Entre sus miembros se encuentran Brasil, China, Egipto, Etiopía, India, Indonesia, Irán, Rusia, Arabia Saudita, Sudáfrica y los Emiratos Árabes Unidos.

Entre las naciones asociadas se encuentran Bielorrusia, Cuba, Nigeria y Tailandia.

Los rusos rechazaron a Cuba como miembro pleno de la organización debido a las malas condiciones económicas del país y a las desfavorables proyecciones de los economistas a futuro.

9 de septiembre: Cuba y Estados Unidos estancados en retórica diplomática

El general de brigada cubano Emir Mesa Corona, quien está a cargo de la seguridad personal en el Ministerio del Interior, envió un fuerte mensaje a Estados Unidos para que ni siquiera piense en intentar secuestrar a Raúl Castro o a alguien del gobierno cubano, o enfrentarán graves consecuencias.

Al mismo tiempo, el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, admitió que continúan las negociaciones entre bastidores con Estados Unidos, pero que Estados Unidos no suavizará sus posiciones. Cuba quiere que se levante el embargo económico, mientras que Estados Unidos quiere un cambio de régimen.

8 de septiembre: Pasión ciega por la política cubana provoca un circo político entre Miami, La Habana y Washington D.C.

Cuando era un niño que crecía en Miami, recuerdo que todos los candidatos presidenciales de ambos partidos políticos venían a hacer campaña en Miami y prometían que, si eran elegidos, trabajarían para ver una “Cuba Libre”. Terminaban sus discursos con “Viva Cuba Libre”. Políticos locales que representaban a diferentes municipios de Miami-Dade hablaban sobre la política exterior de Estados Unidos hacia Cuba como si la controlaran y, sin embargo, no tenía nada que ver con el alcance de sus responsabilidades. Pero eso les daba los votos que necesitaban para ser elegidos y permanecer en el poder, mientras los líderes políticos de Cuba continuaban culpando de todo lo que estaba mal en la isla al embargo económico de Estados Unidos, o como ellos lo llaman, “el bloqueo”.

El 3 de enero, el Ejército de Estados Unidos capturó a Nicolás Maduro en Venezuela con la ayuda de la actual presidenta interina Delcy Rodríguez y lo llevó a Estados Unidos para enfrentar a la justicia. Poco después, el presidente Donald Trump anunció que Cuba sería la siguiente.

La administración Trump comenzó a sancionar a organizaciones cubanas y a funcionarios del gobierno en un intento por sacarlos del poder. Hasta ahora, siguen en el poder. El gobierno cubano comenzó a prepararse para una invasión estadounidense. Hasta la fecha, no ha ocurrido y probablemente nunca ocurrirá.

El 20 de mayo, el Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos acusó formalmente a Raúl Castro por el derribo de los aviones de Hermanos al Rescate en 1996 durante un mitin político de estilo teatral en la Torre de la Libertad, en el centro de Miami. Hasta ahora no ha ocurrido nada y nada va a ocurrir. No hay una Delcy Rodríguez en Cuba. Hace una semana, muchos medios de comunicación de Miami reportaron, basándose en fuentes dentro de la isla, que Raúl Castro estaba gravemente enfermo. El fin de semana pasado, Raúl reapareció rodeado de la élite militar cubana.

Trump, el secretario de Estado Marco Rubio y los tres miembros cubanoamericanos del Congreso del sur de Florida habían anunciado que para finales de 2026 Cuba caería. Ahora se ha pospuesto hasta 2029. Además, Rubio dijo recientemente que el problema para tratar con Cuba es la Ley Helms-Burton (del senador Jesse Helms y Richard Burton, ambos republicanos), que fue promulgada por el Congreso en 1996, también gracias al arduo trabajo del fallecido congresista Lincoln Díaz-Balart, y promulgada como ley por el presidente demócrata Bill Clinton.

Los tres miembros cubanoamericanos del Congreso dejaron claro que el objetivo era devolver a Cuba a la democracia. ¿Qué democracia? Cuba no tenía un gobierno democrático antes de que Fidel Castro tomara el poder. ¿Cuánto saben realmente sobre la historia de Cuba? ¿O es simplemente un juego de palabras y promesas vacías?

Así que, a medida que pasan los días, la comunidad cubanoamericana comienza a preguntarse: ¿qué está pasando realmente en Washington D.C.?

No me sorprendería que en un futuro cercano las organizaciones Trump negociaran la compra de los hoteles Meliá vacíos en Cuba y les pusieran el nombre Trump. Después de todo, ahora somos dueños de una gran parte del petróleo venezolano y no hubo el cambio de régimen prometido.

¿Aprenderemos alguna vez? ¿Cuánto tiempo más vamos a estar cegados por nuestra pasión?

6 de septiembre: Raúl Castro hace aparición pública

Después de muchas especulaciones sobre que Raúl Castro, de Cuba, estaba cerca de morir, el líder cubano apareció ayer en un evento militar acompañado por su nieto, Raulito, y el presidente de Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel.

3 de septiembre: Raúl Castro está estable, según fuentes

Fuentes en Cuba dicen que Raúl Castro, de 95 años, está estable a pesar de los reportes sobre el deterioro de su salud. Según las fuentes, el general retirado Abelardo Colomé Ibarra, conocido como “El Fury”, se encuentra actualmente en peores condiciones. Colomé Ibarra estuvo al frente del Ministerio del Interior y era muy respetado por los hermanos Castro y el Ejército cubano.

3 de septiembre: Presidente Trump tiene las manos atadas con respecto a Cuba, dice Rubio

Después de meses diciendo que Cuba sería la siguiente, el secretario de Estado Marco Rubio dijo hoy que el presidente tiene las manos atadas debido a la Ley Helms-Burton, que exige que no haya normalización entre Estados Unidos y Cuba a menos que haya un cambio de régimen y un avance hacia un gobierno democrático.

Incluso si Raúl Castro muriera en un futuro cercano, no espero un cambio de régimen.

Solo Estados Unidos puede cambiar la Ley Helms-Burton y no espero que eso ocurra en un futuro cercano ni después de las elecciones de mitad de mandato.

2 de septiembre: Niños en Cuba comienzan nuevo año escolar en medio de más desafíos que en cualquier otro año anterior

Los niños en Cuba comenzaron el martes el nuevo año escolar enfrentando la falta de útiles, libros, uniformes y maestros, además de edificios que se están deteriorando y la falta de alimentos para los niños.

Según la ministra de Educación de Cuba, este será un año muy desafiante, como ningún otro.

La educación cubana fue alguna vez uno de los grandes logros de la revolución. Sin embargo, también fue utilizada para adoctrinar a los estudiantes en una ideología en la que ya nadie en la nación insular cree.

1 de septiembre: Raúl Castro hospitalizado, dicen fuentes

Fuentes confiables dentro de Cuba me informaron esta tarde que Raúl Castro ha sido hospitalizado. Debemos tener cuidado y no especular demasiado sobre lo que podría ocurrir hasta nuevo aviso.

El Dr. Andy S. Gomez es analista de Cuba de Local 10. Gomez es considerado uno de los principales académicos sobre Cuba. Trabajó en la educación superior durante 32 años antes de retirarse de la Universidad de Miami en 2012.

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Suzanne Howland, the granddaughter of the man who helped build the iconic waterfront Art Deco building at 3500 Pan American Drive, said the structure must be preserved.

“My grandfather built this building: Fred Howland of Fred Howland Construction Company,” Howland said. “This is an iconic building, it must be preserved.”

The building was constructed in the 1930s as Pan American World Airways’ seaplane terminal and has operated as Miami City Hall since the 1950s.

“Significant because of its beauty, its location, its usage, its accessibility,” Howland said. “I think the beauty of this building, the artistry, the history, the symbolism, is so important.”

Rich Heisenbottle, a leading renovation architect who worked to restore the building, said the connection between Miami and Pan Am is forever intertwined in the building.

“And that international connection that Pan Am brought to Miami has helped us even today, that international connection is the reason we are the city we are today, the exciting, vibrant, multicultural city that we are,” Heisenbottle said.

Heisenbottle said that 10 years ago, the building “was in quite a bit of disarray.”

“What we did was uncover all the designs that were part of the Delano & Aldrich interior for Pan Am when it served as Pan Am’s terminal,” Heisenbottle said.

Several community members, historic preservation advocates and even former Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado gathered to support a resolution by District 2 Commissioner Damian Pardo.

Deborah Stander, president of Hangar 5 Foundation, Inc., called the building, “arguably Miami’s most iconic building that speaks so directly to our city’s identity as an international gateway to the Americas.”

“This is literally the embodiment of the gateway — this is the gateway,” Stander said.

Regalado said Miami cannot keep erasing its history.

“The most important thing is that we have little history,” Regalado said. “We cannot keep erasing the history of Miami. We can’t keep giving away the history of our city. We are stewards of the history of Miami.”

The resolution would continue the historic building’s use as City Hall, home to regular City Commission meetings, instead of moving into the new administration building under construction at the soccer stadium site near Miami International Airport.

“You don’t have to abandon your past to build your future,” said Prado.

The item was backed by several of his colleagues.

District 4 Commissioner Ralph Rosado said the city of Miami does not always have the best history of preserving its cultural, historic and civic assets.

“Today is about letting the public know we very much want to preserve this building, a civic function associated with it, and that it should be here for the rest of time,” Rosado said. “Our concern is that a private operator would take this over, maybe doing renovations that are not in keeping with the history of Miami.

“We have seen it before, we want to make sure that we express our commitment to keeping this building here, keeping it for history.”

District 5 Commissioner Christine King said the goal is to preserve City Hall and not move commission meetings from the historic space to the new administration building farther west.

“We see all across the U.S. where cities preserve their historic spaces,” King said. “In Miami, we seem to want to tear it down and just be a modern city and everything new and sparkly. We are standing here with Commissioner Pardo so we continue to utilize this space for what it was meant for.

“We are standing in unity because we want to see this space preserved. We want to continue to have our commission meetings here. We want to show not only the city of Miami but the rest of the world that we care about our historic spaces as well.”

Pardo said the building represents Miami’s connection to the Caribbean and Latin America.

“This is where our leaders for 70 years debated our future, that is a tremendous legacy, this is the people’s place, where they come to speak and we want to make sure we honor that, where global leaders would come,” Pardo said. “There is nothing to replace this.”

The lone dissenter was District 1 Commissioner Miguel Gabela, who expressed concern about potential taxpayer duplication given that a new administration building is going up.

Pardo said those were valid concerns but that the city was still early enough in the process to make accommodations.

“I think those are very valid concerns, but we are still ahead enough in the process that we can make a lot of accommodations,” Pardo said.

The item passed 4-1, with Gabela voting no.

“Done and done, not moving, we are here,” Pardo said.

Natalia Curjeiras, the CEO of the Museum of Miami, a key stakeholder in telling the story of Miami, pitched commissioners on the idea of moving in.

“This is a historic gem, and we can have the ability to share the story of Miami and preserve this site for generations to come,” Curjeiras said.

Describing a “very, very preliminary” plan, Curjeiras said the museum proposed preserving the historic terminal while building a dedicated museum next it.

She said the museum “is better equipped than anyone else to preserve this site for future generations,” as a curator of Pan Am artifacts and other historic items and documents.

“There is no other place that has so many layers of our history,” Curjeiras said. “The fact that we can bring those artifacts to where that history happened is a really powerful thing.”

Curjeiras told Local 10 News that, in addition to commission meetings, the museum could help activate chambers with a range of community programming to lean into the civic space Pardo described as Miami’s “ancestral home.”

“And what we want to build is a civic campus, where our community can come, learn about our history, go to a commission meeting, or attend a public event, or walk around the bay and make sure our children, and the children of our children and have access to that and take pride in the access to that history of the place we call home,” she said.

As for the idea of constructing an adjacent building for the museum, Howland expressed concern about what that could look like.

“I would like to see evidence of that plan but it just seems to me, shooting from the hip, that it would be an obstruction interfering with the setting of this building,” Howland said. “That perhaps, visually, it wouldn’t be such a great thing, but hard to say until we see it, would like to see it, but I think this should remain in the visual isolation that it is for it to be appreciated.”

Curjeiras said any new museum building would have to be built at scale in a way that allows the Pan Am terminal to remain the visual focus.

“It could potentially be behind, aside, that has yet to be determined, that is a whole process that would have to take place,” she said. “So we will present an intent to the city where we can hopefully come up with a framework that would allow us to start a formal conversation about next steps.”

Pardo said he anticipates the city will likely receive public-private partnership pitches from others seeking to collaborate.

“We are all open to everything, we also have Pan Am Airways there, they are starting the new Pan American Airways, they were here making a pitch of wanting to potentially have this space for operations in the future,” Pardo said.

Pardo said ultimately, the biggest criterion for consideration is financial viability.

“For the city the biggest criteria is the financial viability of whoever comes in here with us,” Pardo said. “We want to make sure that they can pay their share, that we can keep maintaining the building, which only costs $295,000 a year to maintain so at least it is not a big weight on the budget it is well worth the money to keep City Hall here.”

The departure of Joe diGenova injects instant tumult into an investigation targeting former government officials who have scrutinized Trump over the last decade, including in connection with Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and his retention of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.

“I did in fact resign,” diGenova told The Associated Press, calling it an “honor and a privilege” to serve Trump and the Justice Department.

Though diGenova declined to comment to the AP on the circumstances of his resignation, a person familiar with the matter who insisted on anonymity to discuss a personnel decision said the departure came amid mounting frustration from the Justice Department and White House over the pace and management of the probe.

In an interview later with The New York Post, diGenova responded to criticism of his management of the investigation by saying, “If you want indictments where there’s no evidence, you have an ethical problem.”

When reached again by the AP, diGenova said the comments were taken out of context, adding: “There's plenty of evidence in all of these cases to prove the theories of prosecution. It just takes time to get there, and some people want to get there a little faster than others — and you can’t do that.”

The investigation has always been something of a tall order, aiming to present separate and unrelated inquiries of the president as part an anti-Trump conspiracy by law enforcement and intelligence professionals. Though promoted by the White House, and seized on by Trump supporters looking for accountability against what they see as “deep state” intelligence community actors, the conspiracy investigation has proceeded in fits and starts since its inception a year ago.

The 81-year-old diGenova served as the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia during the Reagan administration and for years has been a prominent Trump ally, including backing his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss and publicly and repeatedly claiming that the president was the victim of an intelligence community conspiracy.

He was brought back to the Justice Department in April and given the reins of the loosely defined investigation.

Five months later, no charges have been brought and it remains unclear whether any will be, or what information has been gathered to support any basis for the idea of a plot against Trump by the government officials who investigated him.

Investigators have sought interviews related to the 2022 FBI search that recovered classified documents from Mar-a-Lago and have also focused intensely on one of Trump's chief grievances: a U.S. intelligence community assessment that Russia interfered on his behalf in the 2016 presidential election. The assessment has long infuriated the president, along with a Justice Department special counsel investigation into Russian election interference that shadowed him during his first term.

That special counsel investigation identified widespread Russian interference in the election but did not find evidence to prove a criminal conspiracy between Moscow and the Trump campaign. Multiple other government inquiries, including by the Justice Department inspector general, have identified significant errors and omissions in the FBI's handling of the Trump-Russia probe but did not find evidence of criminal conduct by senior law enforcement officials.

The yearlong conspiracy investigation has hit stumbles before. Last April, a lead national security prosecutor in the investigation of former CIA Director John Brennan was replaced on the team after raising questions about the strength of the case. Days later, diGenova was sworn in.

Brennan has been investigated on allegations that he lied to Congress about the creation of the intelligence community assessment, which he and his lawyers have vigorously denied. In July, he sued the Justice Department for a court order requiring the preservation of all records from the investigation, forecasting plans to challenge any potential indictment of him on vindictive prosecution grounds.

Suzanne Howland, nieta del hombre que ayudó a construir el icónico edificio Art Déco frente al mar en 3500 Pan American Drive, dijo que la estructura debe ser preservada.

“Mi abuelo construyó este edificio: Fred Howland, de Fred Howland Construction Company”, dijo Howland. “Este es un edificio icónico, debe ser preservado”.

El edificio fue construido en la década de 1930 como terminal de hidroaviones de Pan American World Airways y ha funcionado como Ayuntamiento de Miami desde la década de 1950.

“Es importante por su belleza, su ubicación, su uso, su accesibilidad”, dijo Howland. “Creo que la belleza de este edificio, el arte, la historia, el simbolismo, son muy importantes”.

Rich Heisenbottle, un destacado arquitecto de renovaciones que trabajó en la restauración del edificio, dijo que la conexión entre Miami y Pan Am está entrelazada para siempre en el edificio.

“Y esa conexión internacional que Pan Am trajo a Miami nos ha ayudado incluso hoy, esa conexión internacional es la razón por la que somos la ciudad que somos hoy, la ciudad emocionante, vibrante y multicultural que somos”, dijo Heisenbottle.

Heisenbottle dijo que hace 10 años, el edificio “estaba bastante deteriorado”.

“Lo que hicimos fue descubrir todos los diseños que formaban parte del interior de Delano & Aldrich para Pan Am cuando funcionaba como terminal de Pan Am”, dijo Heisenbottle.

Varios miembros de la comunidad, defensores de la preservación histórica e incluso el ex alcalde de Miami Tomás Regalado se reunieron para apoyar una resolución del comisionado del Distrito 2, Damian Pardo.

Deborah Stander, presidenta de Hangar 5 Foundation, Inc., calificó el edificio como “posiblemente el edificio más icónico de Miami, que refleja de manera tan directa la identidad de nuestra ciudad como puerta de entrada internacional a las Américas”.

“Esto es literalmente la representación de la puerta de entrada, esta es la puerta de entrada”, dijo Stander.

Regalado dijo que Miami no puede seguir borrando su historia.

“Lo más importante es que tenemos poca historia”, dijo Regalado. “No podemos seguir borrando la historia de Miami. No podemos seguir regalando la historia de nuestra ciudad. Somos custodios de la historia de Miami”.

La resolución mantendría el uso del edificio histórico como Ayuntamiento, sede de las reuniones regulares de la Comisión de la Ciudad, en lugar de trasladarlas al nuevo edificio administrativo en construcción en el sitio del estadio de fútbol cerca del Aeropuerto Internacional de Miami.

“No tienes que abandonar tu pasado para construir tu futuro”, dijo Pardo.

La medida recibió el respaldo de varios de sus colegas.

El comisionado del Distrito 4, Ralph Rosado, dijo que la ciudad de Miami no siempre tiene el mejor historial en cuanto a la preservación de sus bienes culturales, históricos y cívicos.

“Hoy se trata de hacerle saber al público que queremos preservar este edificio, una función cívica asociada con él, y que debe permanecer aquí para siempre”, dijo Rosado. “Nuestra preocupación es que un operador privado se haga cargo de esto, quizá realizando renovaciones que no estén de acuerdo con la historia de Miami.

“Lo hemos visto antes, queremos asegurarnos de expresar nuestro compromiso de mantener este edificio aquí, preservándolo para la historia”.

La comisionada del Distrito 5, Christine King, dijo que el objetivo es preservar el Ayuntamiento y no trasladar las reuniones de la comisión del espacio histórico al nuevo edificio administrativo más al oeste.

“Vemos en todo Estados Unidos ciudades que preservan sus espacios históricos”, dijo King. “En Miami, parece que queremos derribarlos y simplemente ser una ciudad moderna, con todo nuevo y reluciente. Estamos aquí con el comisionado Pardo para que sigamos utilizando este espacio para lo que fue destinado.

“Estamos unidos porque queremos ver este espacio preservado. Queremos continuar celebrando aquí nuestras reuniones de la comisión. Queremos demostrar no solo a la ciudad de Miami, sino al resto del mundo, que también nos importan nuestros espacios históricos”.

Pardo dijo que el edificio representa la conexión de Miami con el Caribe y América Latina.

“Aquí es donde nuestros líderes durante 70 años debatieron nuestro futuro, ese es un legado enorme, este es el lugar de la gente, donde vienen a hablar y queremos asegurarnos de honrar eso, donde vendrían líderes mundiales”, dijo Pardo. “No hay nada que pueda reemplazar esto”.

El único que se opuso fue el comisionado del Distrito 1, Miguel Gabela, quien expresó preocupación por una posible duplicación de gastos para los contribuyentes, dado que se está construyendo un nuevo edificio administrativo.

Pardo dijo que esas eran preocupaciones válidas, pero que la ciudad todavía estaba lo suficientemente temprano en el proceso como para hacer ajustes.

“Creo que esas son preocupaciones muy válidas, pero todavía estamos lo suficientemente adelantados en el proceso como para poder hacer muchos ajustes”, dijo Pardo.

La medida fue aprobada 4-1, con Gabela votando en contra.

“Listo y hecho, no nos mudamos, estamos aquí”, dijo Pardo.

Natalia Curjeiras, directora ejecutiva del Museum of Miami, una parte interesada clave en contar la historia de Miami, presentó a los comisionados la idea de trasladarse al lugar.

“Esta es una joya histórica y podemos tener la capacidad de compartir la historia de Miami y preservar este sitio para las generaciones futuras”, dijo Curjeiras.

Al describir un plan “muy, muy preliminar”, Curjeiras dijo que el museo propuso preservar la terminal histórica mientras se construye un museo dedicado junto a ella.

Dijo que el museo “está mejor preparado que cualquier otro para preservar este sitio para las generaciones futuras”, como custodio de objetos de Pan Am y otros artículos y documentos históricos.

“No hay otro lugar que tenga tantas capas de nuestra historia”, dijo Curjeiras. “El hecho de que podamos llevar esos objetos al lugar donde ocurrió esa historia es algo realmente poderoso”.

Curjeiras dijo a Local 10 News que, además de las reuniones de la comisión, el museo podría ayudar a dar vida a las cámaras con una variedad de programas comunitarios para aprovechar el espacio cívico que Pardo describió como el “hogar ancestral” de Miami.

“Y lo que queremos construir es un campus cívico, donde nuestra comunidad pueda venir, aprender sobre nuestra historia, asistir a una reunión de la comisión, o asistir a un evento público, o caminar por la bahía y asegurarnos de que nuestros hijos, y los hijos de nuestros hijos, tengan acceso a eso y se sientan orgullosos de tener acceso a esa historia del lugar que llamamos hogar”, dijo.

En cuanto a la idea de construir un edificio adyacente para el museo, Howland expresó preocupación sobre cómo podría verse.

“Me gustaría ver evidencia de ese plan, pero me parece, hablando sin tener todos los detalles, que sería una obstrucción que interferiría con el entorno de este edificio”, dijo Howland. “Que quizá, visualmente, no sería algo tan bueno, pero es difícil decirlo hasta que lo veamos, me gustaría verlo, pero creo que este edificio debería permanecer con el aislamiento visual que tiene para que pueda ser apreciado”.

Curjeiras dijo que cualquier nuevo edificio del museo tendría que construirse a una escala que permita que la terminal de Pan Am siga siendo el foco visual.

“Potencialmente podría estar detrás, a un lado, eso aún está por determinarse, es todo un proceso que tendría que llevarse a cabo”, dijo. “Así que presentaremos una intención a la ciudad donde esperamos poder llegar a un marco que nos permita iniciar una conversación formal sobre los próximos pasos”.

Pardo dijo que anticipa que la ciudad probablemente recibirá propuestas de asociaciones público-privadas de otras partes interesadas en colaborar.

“Estamos abiertos a todo, también tenemos allí a Pan Am Airways, están iniciando la nueva Pan American Airways, estuvieron aquí presentando una propuesta porque potencialmente quieren tener este espacio para operaciones en el futuro”, dijo Pardo.

Pardo dijo que, en última instancia, el criterio más importante para la consideración es la viabilidad financiera.

“Para la ciudad, el criterio más importante es la viabilidad financiera de quien venga aquí con nosotros”, dijo Pardo. “Queremos asegurarnos de que puedan pagar su parte, que podamos seguir manteniendo el edificio, cuyo mantenimiento solo cuesta $295,000 USD al año, así que al menos no representa una gran carga para el presupuesto, vale la pena el dinero para mantener aquí el Ayuntamiento”.

Over the next several hours, body cameras were running as federal authorities from several agencies made 57 arrests, debated which files to seize and when to release employees who were U.S. citizens. They also searched for anyone in hiding.

The footage from September 2025 shows the raid at the Nutrition Bar Confectioners plant in Cato, New York, a town of 2,500 people east of Syracuse, and offers a rare glimpse inside a workplace immigration sweep. The Associated Press analyzed the video, which was part of a lawsuit filed Thursday that accuses authorities of overstepping their search warrants.

The officers ordered a manager to announce their presence over loudspeakers while they entered the building and caught employees on the production line, in the warehouse and a few in the bathroom. Officers covered all exits while others swept the interior, including homing in on locked doors.

Male officers encountered a locked bathroom and began shouting instructions in broken Spanish at female employees through the door, demanding that they come out. After about 10 seconds, officers broke through the door.

One woman was outside of a stall and another in the stall. A male officer peered through a locked stall door, and his body cam video revealed a woman sitting on the toilet.

“Miss, pull up your pants. Come out of the bathroom,” he told her.

“You have to wait. I can’t come out like this, naked!” she replied.

Investigators interviewed the general manager and said they were looking into hiring practices and potential fraudulent documents. Inside and outside the building, officers checked every office, storage room and hallway for anyone who was hiding.

Employees were lined up and separated into groups of U.S. citizens and potential noncitizens. Officers asked for their immigration status, requested documents and posed questions about their entry into the U.S. Some employees were pregnant.

Some were parents and expressed concern for their children at home. Others said they would not answer questions without first speaking to their attorneys, and officers told them they would be arrested.

One employee refused to answer questions. “Will you let me talk to my attorney?” she asked the officer. He raised his voice and continued asking about her immigration status.

U.S. citizens were asked for personal information, including their phone numbers and addresses before they were allowed to leave.

A Border Patrol agent who spoke to another official wearing a camera used disparaging language about children from other countries when recounting his experience working at a South Texas immigrant detention center. He said President Joe Biden's administration allowed millions of people to enter the United States from countries where children are treated “differently” than they are by American parents.

“In other countries, kids are more of a commodity or it’s more of like, I’m going to put it in those terms. It’s more like an animal, right? It’s not prized the way that we do it,” he said.

“There’s countries like Brazil and other places where they’re literal street rats at a very young age who commit crimes, and then they come here. I don’t know if you have kids, but they’ll eat our kids for breakfast.”

Homeland Security did not immediately respond Thursday to a request for comment on the video footage or the lawsuit.

Not all officers wore body cameras, but those who did often indicated to other officers that they were recording before they initiated a conversation.

ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations unit is responsible for workplace raids, which have been relatively few and low-key compared to ICE’s removal unit, which arrests people in the street, at homes and in public and also manages detention centers. The Trump administration’s largest workplace raid was last year at a Hyundai electric vehicle plant in Georgia. It resulted in nearly 500 arrests and fueled diplomatic tension with South Korea.

The lawsuit against Homeland Security claims federal officers exceeded the authority of their warrants and violated workers' constitutional rights against unlawful search and seizure.

“There were no arrest warrants,” said Perry Grossman, a supervising attorney at the New York Civil Liberties Union, which filed the lawsuit with the Worker Justice Center of New York.

“There was no suspicion that individual workers had committed crimes. And they seized easily 100 people for nonconsensual questioning. They arrested 57. Out of those 57 people, criminal charges were brought against only five. And the most serious charge was unlawful reentry.”

Grossman said one employee got her charges dismissed after contending in a lawsuit that her Fourth Amendment rights were violated. He said he was not aware of any charges or indictments against the employers.

Officers detained about 60 people and deported some employees, including two plaintiffs who are part of Thursday’s lawsuit. One plaintiff has since been allowed to reenter the country. Attorneys for the second deported plaintiff are seeking his return.

Law enforcement agencies have come under criticism for not using body cameras and for refusing to release footage when they do. ICE, in particular, has been scrutinized after a $75 billion infusion from Congress and an expanding street presence that has led to three fatal shootings this year.

ICE’s own rules on releasing video are unclear. Its policy calls for expedited release of footage after a serious injury or death in custody when doing so is determined to be in the “ best interests of the agency.”

The Trump administration has repeatedly promised to equip ICE field agents with body cameras, as required by Congress. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said last week that the agency was “on track” to do so by the end of September.

As AI models grow more powerful, elaborate cyberattacks no longer require sophisticated skills and even lone individuals can create threats that would not have been possible even a year ago, Anthropic said. The company said it has added stronger safeguards in its latest models to restrict biological research that could also be used to make weapons.

“The cases we share here aren’t typical misuse, but rather examples of the most notable and novel threat activity we’ve identified to date,” Anthropic said in its third report since March 2025 describing AI misuse. The report includes snippets of the malicious code and AI prompts Anthropic said it found and it urged governments and AI competitors to identify and prevent similar abuse.

“We’re publishing this work because we believe we have a responsibility to disclose malicious misuse of our services. As models become increasingly capable, their risks will increase, unless AI developers and society’s defenders act to make them safer,” the company said.

The lengthy report by the AI startup, which is planning an initial public offering this fall, was published two days after one of its researchers announced he's resigning over concerns that Anthropic and its competitors are not acting responsibly in AI development. He echoed concerns raised inside and outside of the industry about the technology’s potential to elude human control.

Claude was asked to support making a virus more harmful

Between December 2025 and August 2026, researchers at Anthropic found misuse by actors ranging from spyware vendors and “politically motivated individuals” to state-sponsored groups spreading propaganda.

Among the findings in the company's report are unnamed actors attempting to use its models for research that could have led to biological weapons. In one instance, Anthropic said its systems blocked a request for Claude’s assistance in authoring a grant application for scientific funding.

“The work discussed in the application involved gain-of-function research (that is, research that genetically alters an organism to create a new or enhanced biological property) on the chikungunya virus. This gain of function research was aimed at the virus’ transmissibility and immune evasion properties,” the report said.

Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne virus that causes debilitating symptoms such as severe pain and fever. The request involved a grant proposal for research seeking to enhance mutations to make the virus progressively more harmful. While such research could “certainly” be used to develop better vaccines and treatments, Anthropic said, “it could also be used to make the pathogen more dangerous.”

Anthropic says it can't claim its models do no harm

None of the cases Anthropic included in its report were found to be using its newer, more powerful Claude Fable or Mythos-class models, with the exception of one illicit distillation case that Anthropic described as “an industrial-scale, covert campaign to extract a model’s capabilities and replicate them in another model without authorization.”

Anthropic said its older models, such as Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4.5, from 2025, “were well below the threshold where they could meaningfully assist a sophisticated user in carrying out dangerous biological research.”

“As a result, safeguards on these models were less stringent, directed mostly at preventing access to content that might uplift novices in recreating known bioweapons,” the report said. “But for today’s models — which are capable of assisting in a range of complex scientific research tasks — the evidence is no longer certain, and we cannot make that same assurance.”

Because of this, Anthropic has applied “stronger safeguards that restrict access to a wide range of dual-use biological research queries” in its more recent models, such as Claude Fable 5, the report said.

As companies introduce increasingly powerful AI models, experts have called on governments to regulate the technology, rather than relying on the industry to police itself.

John Thickstun, an assistant professor of computer science at Cornell University, said it is an uncomfortable position for companies like Anthropic and OpenAI to be in when they are expected to determine what is safe vs. unsafe behavior and make "value judgments at societal scale without any kind of democratic or deliberative oversight.”

Report follows a researcher's dire warning

Anthropic also found groups that created hundreds of social media accounts that look like they belong to ordinary people and then posted material amplifying the same political view over the course of a week. The company outlined nine such cases it found, originating in Russia, Iran, Turkey and across the Persian Gulf, South Asia, Africa and Europe.

While social media companies can detect influence operations on their platforms once posts are circulating, “we may see it on Claude while the operation is still being built.”

Anthropic released this report after one of its researchers, Jacob Coxon, announced he's resigning amid fears the company and its chief rival OpenAI “are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives.” Coxon's post warned that some of his colleagues now believe AI could threaten human life by the end of the decade.

But Anthropic said it has blocked each of the malicious activities it identified, used the experience to strengthen safeguards and shared information with government authorities and industry partners.

“We hope that the findings in this report will help other developers recognize similar patterns on their own platforms, give governments and civil society a clearer view of how emerging threats take shape, and strengthen collective defenses,” Anthropic said.

Cilia Flores, the wife of ex-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, “deserves the opportunity to await her trial while on home confinement” while dealing with a heart condition that has only gotten worse since she’s been in jail, her lawyers wrote in court papers filed Wednesday.

The lawyers, Mark Donnelly and Andres Sanchez, asked a judge to allow her to leave a Brooklyn federal jail for a home within the Manhattan federal court district where she and Maduro are scheduled to stand trial next June.

There, the lawyers said, she will be under 24-hour-a-day armed surveillance and will only be allowed to see visitors approved by the court and federal prosecutors. The home will be monitored by video and her calls will be recorded, the lawyers said.

Federal prosecutors have yet to file a response. A spokesperson for the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan declined to comment. The judge, Alvin K. Hellerstein, has yet to rule on Flores’ request.

Flores, 69, and Maduro, 63, have been held at a Brooklyn jail since U.S. forces seized them from their Caracas home in a middle-of-the-night raid in early January and brought them to New York City.

Both have pleaded not guilty to charges alleging that they were part of a conspiracy to send cocaine into the U.S. In a separate court filing, they recently asked that their indictment be dismissed on the grounds that they have immunity as the leader and first lady of a foreign country.

Flores’ lawyers said that she has lived for years with a mitral valve prolapse but hasn’t received a monthly injection she needs to manage the ailment since her arrest and subsequent incarceration at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.

Instead, Donnelly and Sanchez said, she has been prescribed baby aspirin, a statin, diltiazem and nitroglycerin as needed for chest pains. She has continually suffered from reflux and gastritis, has lost two molars and shed more than 25 pounds (11.3 kilograms).

Flores has been advised by doctors that she should undergo cardiac catheterization, which could lead to further heart procedures, her lawyers said. If that happens, they said, she “will need adequate time to recover from any procedures in a setting conducive to restoring her health.”

Staff at the jail “have been extremely respectful toward her and her husband,” and Flores “does not dispute that she has received excellent care from medical professionals” at the jail and hospital, Donnelly and Sanchez wrote.

But, they argued, “a detention center lacks the conditions needed for such a recovery.”

The announcement came during the U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit to Colombia, Ecuador and Peru where he is focused the U.S. strategy to combat drug trafficking in Latin America.

The label was once reserved for groups like the Islamic State group or al-Qaida that use violence for political ends — not for money-focused crime rings. But Trump's aim was to increase pressure on the groups and anyone who the U.S. sees as aiding them.

The strategy rolled out in February 2025 and served as a pretext for the capture of Venezuelan Nicolás Maduro, and for dozens of attacks on alleged “narcoterrorist” boats, resulting in more than 200 deaths. It also led Latin American countries such as Guatemala and Argentina to take similar actions against certain groups and states like Ecuador to launch joint operations on Ecuadorian soil.

Mexico, with eight groups on the list, has the most of any country. Its government is under extreme pressure from the U.S. to avoid Trump unilateral actions, especially since the indictments of high-ranking officials in Sinaloa state.

But Trump's approach has also revealed contradictions. Former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández, sentenced to 45 years for drug trafficking and accused during the trial to protect the Sinaloa Cartel, was pardoned by Trump last year and has returned to his country.

Here’s a look at the 21 Latin American and Caribbean criminal groups labeled as foreign terrorist organizations:

MEXICO

1. The main targets: Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation cartels

The Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, named for the states that are their strongholds in northwestern Mexico, are multinational criminal groups and the largest fentanyl traffickers into the U.S.

The Sinaloa Cartel is Mexico’s oldest criminal organization dating back to the 1970s. It is a criminal conglomerate that moves all sorts of drugs across continents using boats, planes, migrants and cross-border tunnels.

A former security chief was convicted of helping them. It controls the western portion of the U.S.-Mexico border although the arrest of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada set off internal jockeying for power and weakened the group.

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel, established in the early 2010s, is a hyperviolent group that has attacked Mexican authorities, using explosive-dropping drones and improvised explosive devices. It attempted a spectacular assassination of the then-Mexico City police chief — now Mexico’s security secretary — in the heart of the capital.

The DEA says the group now distributes tons of cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl in all 50 U.S. states. Jalisco Cartel has remained powerful following the killing of its leader Nemesio Oseguera, “El Mencho” in February and ongoing captures.

2. Control of the Texas border: Gulf Cartel, Northeast Cartel and Juarez Cartel

The Gulf Cartel and the Northeast Cartel operate along the eastern end moving drugs, immigrants, guns and money in what is the most direct route to the U.S. from Central and South America.

Gulf Cartel's former leader, Osiel Cárdenas Guillén (now imprisoned in Mexico after serving a sentence in the U.S.), recruited members of Mexico’s military in the late 1990s to form a fearsome element known as the Zetas that eventually split and became their own drug trafficking organization. The Northeast Cartel is a remnant of the Zetas and their base is Nuevo Laredo, the busiest commercial port on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Juarez Cartel has controlled for decades a key crossing point in the central part of the Mexico-U. S. border: Ciudad Juárez, across from El Paso, Texas. Both its founder, Amado Carrillo Fuentes and the brothers and sons who succeeded him, turned the trafficking of tons of drugs into a multimillion-dollar business. Despite the arrests of many of its leaders, the cartel and its allied gangs maintained control of a vast infrastructure for smuggling illegal shipments into the U.S.

3. Local cartels in a key western state: La Familia, Carteles Unidos and Viagras

These local organized crime groups operating in the west-central Mexican state of Michoacan produce synthetic drugs and have consolidated their regional control of the territory through extortion and shifting names, loyalties and alliances.

La Familia Michoacana , now renamed “Nueva Familia Michoacana” is the oldest. The other two, former allies, emerged following the 2013–2014 armed uprising led by farmers who succeeded in driving out many of the old cartels, only to see them replaced by new ones.

Their extortion affects all economic sectors, including a key Mexican export to the U.S.: avocados.

CENTRAL AMERICA

4. Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha

Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13, are both largely based in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. They originated in Los Angeles as a street gangs created by Salvadoran immigrants. When many of their members were deported from the U.S. to El Salvador, the gangs expanded and gained power across Central America, where they continue to terrorize communities.

In recent years, both groups has been dealt a powerful blow by El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, who has waged war on the country’s gangs, imprisoning more than 80,000 people for alleged gang ties. Last October, Guatemala also designed both gangs as terrorists and toughened laws against them.

COLOMBIA

5. Clan del Golfo

With an estimated 9,000 fighters, Clan del Golfo is one of Colombia’s most powerful armed groups. Also known by its Spanish acronym AGC, the group evolved from right-wing paramilitary squads that fought Marxist guerrillas in Colombia in the 1990s and 2000s.

According to a report of the Human Rights Defender’s Office, AGC is present in about a third of Colombia’s 1,103 municipalities, where it extorts local businesses.

Clan del Golfo was involved in peace talks with Colombia’s government last year, but those talks dissolved with the election of Abelardo de la Espriella as president.

VENEZUELA

6. Tren de Aragua

This organized crime group emerged from a prison in central Venezuela more than a decade ago. In recent years, it has spread from Chile to the U.S., capitalizing on the exodus of some 8 million Venezuelans escaping their country’s political and economic crises.

While its origins are in drug trafficking, its main businesses are migrant smuggling, human trafficking, sexual exploitation and forced labor. It’s known for extreme violence — decapitations and burying victims alive..

7. Cartel de los Soles

The entity that the U.S. government alleges was led by Maduro, is not a cartel per se but was designated as such less that six weeks before Maduro was captured in January.

Venezuelans began using the term Cartel de los Soles in the 1990s to refer to high-ranking military officers who had grown rich from drug-running. As corruption expanded under the late President Hugo Chávez and then under Maduro, its use loosely expanded to police and government officials as well as activities like illegal mining and fuel trafficking. The “suns” in the name refer to the epaulettes affixed to the uniforms of high-ranking military officers. The umbrella term was elevated to a Maduro-led drug-trafficking organization in 2020 when the U.S. announced the indictment of Venezuela’s leader.

ECUADOR

8. Los Lobos, Los Choneros, The Chone Killers and Los Tiguerones

Los Lobos, Los Choneros, The Chone Killers and Los Tiguerones are gangs blamed for much of the violence that began during the COVID-19 pandemic. All are involved in contract killings, extortion operations and the movement and sale of drugs.

Los Tiguerones is an armed group that was formed in Guayaquil in 2019 as the armed wing of Los Choneros, the criminal organization that serves as the parent group for most of Ecuador’s criminal gangs.

Authorities have blamed them for the increased violence in the country as they fight over drug-trafficking routes to the Pacific and control of territory, including within prisons, where hundreds of inmates have been killed since 2021.

All of them are among 22 criminal gangs designated as “terrorists” by Ecuador in 2024.

BRAZIL

9. Commando Vermelho and Primeiro Comando da Capital

Commando Vermelho and Primeiro Comando da Capital are two of the most violent criminal organizations in Brazil. They work with some 50 smaller gangs all over the country.

Together, they command thousands of members and have orchestrated brutal attacks against Brazilian police officers, public officials, and civilians. Their influence and illicit networks extend far beyond Brazil’s borders.

HAITI

10. Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif gangs

The two Haitian groups are mainly linked to arms trafficking, kidnapping, murdering, extortion and, to a lesser extent, to drug trafficking.

The Viv Ansanm coalition is best known for launching a series of attacks starting in February 2024 that shuttered Haiti’s main international airport, freed hundreds of inmates from the country’s two biggest prisons and eventually forced former Prime Minister Ariel Henry to resign. It controls at least 85% of the capital, which forces nonprofits and other groups to negotiate with gangs so they can gain access to communities to provide food, water and other critical supplies.

In October, the gang was blamed for killing more than 70 people in Pont-Sondé.

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Associated Press reporters Gonzalo Solano in Quito, Astrid Suárez in Bogota, Mauricio Savarese in Rio de Janeiro and Dánica Coto in San Juan, Puerto Rico contributed to this story

Tagovailoa bent over in obvious discomfort after throwing a pass during a portion of practice open to media and grabbed his right side. He dropped to the ground for a few seconds before getting up and trying to shake off the injury.

It's unclear if he returned to practice. The Falcons listed him as a limited participant.

Tagovailoa's first game with the Falcons is at Pittsburgh on Sunday. It's the same spot where he made the last start of his rocky final season with Miami.

Falcons coach Kevin Stefanski announced Monday that Tagovailoa will open the season as the starter and Michael Penix Jr. will be inactive. Cooper Rush will be the backup.

Penix did not play in a preseason game as he continues his recovery from a torn ligament in his left knee that ended his 2025 season.

Tagovailoa set a career high with 15 interceptions before he was benched for the final three games last season.

He had mixed results this preseason with Atlanta. He had two fumbled snaps in exhibition games, including one from the shotgun formation. He said ball security will be a key to returning to his form in 2023, when he led the NFL with 4,624 passing yards, and 2024, when he led the league by completing 72.9% of his passes.

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El dato de inflación difundido el jueves por el Insituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos (INDEC) marca una fuerte descaleración del costo de vida respecto al 2,1% registrado en julio. La caída en precios de alinentos, esparcimiento y de prendas de vestir y calzado explican en gran medida la dinámica.

En agosto la variación interanual fue de 33,5% y acumula en el año 21,3%.

Se trata de la medición mensual más baja en lo que va de 2026 y la menor suba de precios desde junio del año pasado (1,6%).

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El gobierno de Milei celebró la desaceleración de inflación justo la misma semana en la que se habían difundido datos desalentadores para la indutria y la construcción, mientras crece el enojo en amplios sectores de la población por la caída de ingresos que ha llevado a millones de personas a endeudarse.

En julio de 2026, el índice de producción industrial manufacturero arrojó una caída interanual de 4,9% y de 5% respecto a junio, según el INDEC. Por su parte, la construcción se contrajo 4,5% interanual y 4,6% mensual.

En tanto que la mora del crédito bancario pasó de menos de 2% a casi 8% en dos años y la del crédito no bancario —billeteras virtuales, cooperativas de crédito, cadenas de electrodomésticos y supermercados que ofrecen financiamiento— superó el 30%, según datos de la consultora Econviews de la primera semana de septiembre sobre la base de la central de deudores del Banco Central.

El estudio reveló que uno de cada cuatro deudores del país tiene atrasos graves y totabilizan 6 millones de personas en mora.

Según la consultora, la morosidad se explica por un aumento del crédito respecto al PIB (de 4.1% a 8.4%) entre 2024 y 2026, baja de la inflación que impidió licuar las cuotas y una menor capacidad de pago por caída de salarios y aumento de los gastos fijos, como transporte, combustible, electricidad y renta.

El presidente Milei considera que la morosidad constituye un “problema entre privados” y ha desoído los reclamos de organizaciones de deudores, de la oposición y de la Iglesia católica para que adopte medidas que alivien las cargas de las deudas.

No obstante, la presión política llevó esta semana al oficialismo en el Congreso a respaldar una propuesta de la oposición para que el tema se debata en comisiones, aunque aclaró que no respaldará ninguna medida que afecte el equilibrio fiscal.

Darnold was injured on Seattle's first series of Wednesday night's season-opening game against the New England Patriots. Darnold was sacked by New England's Dre’Mont Jones and shortly thereafter limped off the field. He did not return.

Backup Drew Lock replaced him and went 16 of 22 for 187 yards and a touchdown as the Seahawks rallied for a 13-10 victory.

Following the game, Macdonald said Darnold's hip was not fractured, but said he would undergo additional tests.

The coach updated Darnold's injury on a local Seattle radio show on Thursday. But he did not reveal whether he'd be ready for Seattle's game at Arizona on Sept. 20.

“The hip is intact, and it’s good,” Macdonald said. “It’s more like a muscle thing. So that’s good. So how long that is? We don’t know yet.”

Darnold, 29, did not miss a game last season as he led the Seahawks to a Super Bowl title. He threw for 4,048 yards with 25 touchdowns and 14 interceptions in the regular season as Seattle won a franchise-record 14 games.

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Eleven of 12 jurors were ready to clear Clancy of criminal responsibility last Friday, but their deadlock forced the judge to declare a mistrial, leaving the case unresolved.

Attorney Kevin Reddington's motion asked the same judge to acquit Clancy, which would prevent a second trial. Prosecutors have yet to say whether they'll seek to put the 36-year-old former labor and delivery nurse on trial again, and Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz did not respond to a phone message Thursday seeking comment.

Neither side disputed that Clancy strangled 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan Clancy in the family's home in 2023 before trying to end her own life. But her attorney said she was a loving mother in the grip of a rare condition called postpartum psychosis, while prosecutors argued she knew what she was doing.

The trial generated intense interest for weeks, drawing attention to maternal mental health after childbirth.

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Under Massachusetts law, prosecutors had to prove either that Clancy did not have a mental disease or defect or that, despite having one, she retained the substantial capacity to appreciate the wrongfulness of her actions or conform her conduct to the law.

Reddington argued in Thursday’s court filing that prosecutors proved neither, and asked Judge William Sullivan to consider the motion at a court conference scheduled for Sept. 29.

The defense attorney said none of the psychiatric experts, either called by the prosecution or defense, disputed that Clancy was suffering from a mental illness. “The testimony bears on which illness she had, not on whether she had one,” he wrote.

Prosecutors pointed to Clancy’s actions in the weeks, days and hours leading up to the killings — driving, planning a child’s birthday party, bringing her daughter to a doctor’s appointment — and her ability to perform other everyday tasks as evidence she was of sound mind when the killings took place.

“Competence at routine tasks,” Reddington argued Thursday, “during a crisis which every witness agreed was acute, is not proof of criminal responsibility beyond a reasonable doubt.”

The judge acknowledged during jury deliberations that the trial had been emotionally and physically exhausting for everyone. Much of the testimony was excruciating to hear, from the heartbreaking 911 call made by the children’s father who found their bodies, to the descriptions of how they died.

Clancy was brought to tears several times. At one point, the judge called a short break as Clancy’s loud sobs filled the courtroom while the children’s autopsy photos were shown. She remains paralyzed from the waist down after jumping from the home's second story, and is expected to stay at a psychiatric hospital until her case is resolved.

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals became the ninth federal appeals court to reject the administration's mandatory detention policy — a key part of its mass deportation campaign. Two other appeals courts have upheld it, creating a split that greatly increases the odds that the U.S. Supreme Court will take up the issue.

The split also means immigrants in some parts of the country are getting bond hearings while those in other places, including Texas and Louisiana, face additional hurdles to seek release.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said in a statement it was “confident in its legal position regarding mandatory detention," noting it had recently asked the Supreme Court to take up the issue.

Under previous administrations, most noncitizens without a criminal record who were arrested inside the U.S. were allowed to seek a bond hearing while their immigration cases were pending. Mandatory detention was generally reserved for people arrested at the border.

Last July, immigration officials issued guidance expanding mandatory detention to immigrants in the U.S. interior. President Donald Trump's administration has argued that Congress changed immigration law in 1996 to allow mandatory detention beyond the border, but previous administrations didn’t enforce that provision.

“President Trump and Secretary Mullin are now enforcing the law as it was actually written to keep America safe,” Homeland Security said, referring to DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin.

The 4th Circuit and most other federal appeals courts have rejected that interpretation.

“The government’s track record speaks for itself at this point,” said Michael K.T. Tan, deputy director of the ACLU's Immigrants’ Rights Project and lead attorney on the lawsuit before the 4th Circuit.

In a 2-1 decision, 4th Circuit Judges Barbara Keenan and Nicole Berner said Congress in 1996 would have provided greater clarity if it intended to allow the mandatory detention of millions of people. Keenan was nominated by President Barack Obama; Berner by President Joe Biden. Judge Allison Rushing, who was nominated by President Donald Trump, dissented.

Writing for the majority, Berner said the administration's policy would “implicate the constitutional due process rights of millions of noncitizens in our country, many of whom have lived, worked, and become integral parts of their communities, for years.”

“Mass detention of marginalized individuals without due process harkens back to some of the darkest moments in our country’s history,” she wrote.

She cited Japanese internment and the mass detention of Chinese immigrants in the late 1800s and said the Trump administration's policy was even more expansive than “those shameful and abhorrent past detentions.”

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According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, the crash happened around 7:40 p.m. Sept. 2 near Northwest 51st Terrace and Northwest 33rd Avenue.

Deputies said they had conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle and confirmed during that stop that the driver, Luis Manuel Perez, 21, of Miami, had an outstanding warrant from the U.S. military, but he fled from them.

A spokesperson for the U.S. Army confirmed that Perez has been wanted for military desertion since February.

“As additional RID units responded to the area the driver entered a dead-end street,” an MDSO spokesperson told Local 10 News in an email last week. “After turning around, the driver ran a stop sign, colliding with a civilian vehicle causing it to flip. The impact caused the vehicles to subsequently collide with an unmarked MDSO vehicle occupied by an RID deputy who was in the area searching for the subject.”

A picture obtained by Local 10 shows the flipped vehicle. Perez can also be seen on the ground, in handcuffs.

The driver of the civilian vehicle, identified as Bahamian artist Stefan Germaine Davis, 55, was taken by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center in critical condition, but he later died, authorities confirmed.

Deputies said Perez was taken into custody and transported to a local hospital to be evaluated, and the deputy was treated at the scene by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.

“One of the police officers who was in the car, he came out and was shaking his arm,” neighbor Norman Bradley said. “His arm was kind of messed up.”

Perez was initially arrested on a charge of fleeing and eluding a police officer. Vehicular homicide was added to his charges this week.

As of Thursday afternoon, he remained held at the Metrowest Detention Center.

Según la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade, el accidente ocurrió alrededor de las 7:40 p.m. del 2 de septiembre cerca de Northwest 51st Terrace y Northwest 33rd Avenue.

Los agentes dijeron que habían realizado una parada de tráfico a un vehículo y confirmaron durante esa parada que el conductor, Luis Manuel Perez, de 21 años y residente de Miami, tenía una orden de arresto pendiente del Ejército de Estados Unidos, pero huyó de ellos.

Un portavoz del Ejército de Estados Unidos confirmó que Perez ha sido buscado por deserción militar desde febrero.

“A medida que unidades adicionales de RID respondían al área, el conductor entró en una calle sin salida”, dijo un portavoz de MDSO a Local 10 News en un correo electrónico la semana pasada. “Después de dar la vuelta, el conductor se pasó una señal de alto y chocó contra un vehículo civil, provocando que volcara. El impacto hizo que posteriormente los vehículos chocaran contra un vehículo de MDSO sin identificación ocupado por un agente de RID que se encontraba en el área buscando al sujeto”.

Una fotografía obtenida por Local 10 muestra el vehículo volcado. También se puede ver a Perez en el suelo, esposado.

El conductor del vehículo civil, identificado como el artista bahameño Stefan Germaine Davis, de 55 años, fue trasladado por el Cuerpo de Bomberos de Miami-Dade al Centro de Trauma Ryder del Hospital Jackson Memorial en condición crítica, pero posteriormente murió, confirmaron las autoridades.

Los agentes dijeron que Perez fue detenido y trasladado a un hospital local para ser evaluado, mientras que el agente fue atendido en el lugar por el Cuerpo de Bomberos de Miami-Dade.

“Uno de los agentes de policía que estaba en el vehículo salió y estaba sacudiendo el brazo”, dijo el vecino Norman Bradley. “Tenía el brazo bastante lastimado”.

Perez fue arrestado inicialmente por un cargo de huir y evadir a un agente de policía. Esta semana se agregó a sus cargos el de homicidio vehicular.

Hasta la tarde del jueves, permanecía detenido en el Centro de Detención Metrowest.

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Local 10 has learned that subpoenas have been issued in a statewide prosecutor probe related to a review on the Broward Sheriff’s Office.

A spokesperson for Broward County said two members of the commission were issued subpoenas from the state attorney general’s office at county hall Wednesday.

Statement from the Broward Sheriff’s Office:

"At the request of Florida’s Office of Statewide Prosecution, the Broward Sheriff’s Office began serving subpoenas on Sept. 9, 2026, on the entire Broward County Commission, county administrator, deputy county administrator and… pic.twitter.com/inQbQRE08c

— Sheriff Gregory Tony, Ph.D. (@bsosherifftony) September 10, 2026

The subpoenas are reportedly related to the county’s exploration into a new police force at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Port Everglades.

In May, Broward County commissioners held one of several scheduled workshops as they considered whether to start an in-house airport police agency in lieu of the Broward Sheriff’s Office.

BSO has patrolled Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport since 1996.

Several Florida airports, including those in Tampa, Sarasota and Fort Myers, have in-house police departments.

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

Local 10 News has reached out to the state attorney general’s office.

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Charles Akim Williams was sentenced to nearly six ½ years in prison followed by 10 months of probation. A Miami-Dade County judge also ordered that he stay away from the victims.

In addition to pleading guilty to the 2025 cases, he also pleaded guilty to violating probation on a 2021 battery conviction. The battery charge was initially accompanied by lewd and lascivious charges that were later dropped.

Police confirmed that Williams had an open case in 2021 out of Miami-Dade County in which he was accused of molesting a 6-year-old boy.

The mother of one of the victims from the 2025 crimes addressed the court via Zoom Thursday, saying that she hopes Williams “gets what he deserves.”

In August 2025, Williams, then 27, was arrested on two counts of seducing or luring a child to engage in sexual conduct and one count of sexual performance by a child.

Authorities said the arrest followed an investigation in which a search warrant was obtained for Williams’ cellphone.

A forensic exam revealed a text conversation with a 13-year-old boy that included an image of the victim that was taken during a FaceTime call with Williams while the victim was showering on Feb. 20, 2025, according to an arrest report.

During a forensic interview at Kristi House, a children’s advocacy center, the victim told police that he had been texting with Williams for a couple of weeks, the report stated.

He told investigators that Williams, his former basketball coach, invited him to his home to play video games multiple times, but he declined, according to investigators.

Police said the victim also said Williams asked him on two occasions to send pictures of his private area, which he refused.

The victim said that while he was showering, he received a FaceTime call from his 13-year-old friend and Williams on Feb. 20, 2025, according to the report.

Police said the victim got out of the shower to pick up his phone that was on a dresser and returned to the shower, exposing himself to the camera.

He later learned his friend had taken a screenshot and sent it to Williams via text message, the report stated.

On Aug. 8, 2025, authorities said the victim identified the photo that showed his genitals while he was in the shower.

Local 10 reported on Williams back in February 2025 after he was arrested on accusations that he exposed himself to a victim on a FaceTime call and sent the victim a pornographic video of a man and woman having anal sex, asking the victim if he thought he could do that.

That victim told police that he got scared and hung up the phone when Williams exposed himself to him, according to authorities.

The boy said he had met Williams a couple of weeks prior to the incident through a 14-year-old friend at the Gibson Community Center.

In that earlier case, he was charged with lewd and lascivious exhibition on a child under 16, lewd and lascivious conduct on a child under 16, electronic transmission harmful to minors in state, promoting sexual performance by a child and tampering with an informant.

Local 10 News photojournalist Tim McFarland contributed to this report.

Charles Akim Williams fue sentenciado a casi seis años y medio de prisión, seguidos de 10 meses de libertad condicional. Un juez del condado de Miami-Dade también le ordenó mantenerse alejado de las víctimas.

Además de declararse culpable por los casos de 2025, también admitió haber violado la libertad condicional que cumplía por una condena de agresión de 2021. Originalmente, ese cargo de agresión estaba acompañado de acusaciones por actos lascivos, que posteriormente fueron retiradas.

La policía confirmó que Williams tenía un caso abierto de 2021 en el condado de Miami-Dade, en el que fue acusado de abusar sexualmente de un niño de 6 años.

La madre de una de las víctimas de los delitos de 2025 se dirigió al tribunal a través de Zoom el jueves y dijo que espera que Williams «reciba lo que se merece».

En agosto de 2025, Williams, quien entonces tenía 27 años, fue arrestado por dos cargos de seducir o atraer a un menor para involucrarlo en una conducta sexual y un cargo relacionado con una representación sexual de un menor.

Las autoridades señalaron que el arresto se produjo después de una investigación en la que se obtuvo una orden judicial para registrar el teléfono celular de Williams.

Según el informe de arresto, un análisis forense reveló una conversación por mensajes de texto con un niño de 13 años que incluía una imagen de la víctima, tomada durante una llamada de FaceTime con Williams mientras el menor se duchaba el 20 de febrero de 2025.

Durante una entrevista forense realizada en Kristi House, un centro de defensa y atención de menores, la víctima dijo a la policía que llevaba un par de semanas intercambiando mensajes de texto con Williams, según señala el informe.

El menor dijo a los investigadores que Williams, quien había sido su entrenador de básquetbol, lo invitó en varias ocasiones a su casa para jugar videojuegos, pero él rechazó las invitaciones.

La policía señaló que la víctima también afirmó que Williams le pidió en dos ocasiones que le enviara fotografías de sus partes íntimas, a lo que el menor se negó.

La víctima relató que mientras se duchaba recibió una llamada de FaceTime de su amigo de 13 años y de Williams el 20 de febrero de 2025, según el informe.

De acuerdo con la policía, el menor salió de la ducha para recoger su teléfono, que se encontraba sobre una cómoda, y regresó a la ducha, quedando desnudo frente a la cámara.

Posteriormente se enteró de que su amigo había tomado una captura de pantalla y se la había enviado a Williams mediante un mensaje de texto, señala el informe.

El 8 de agosto de 2025, las autoridades dijeron que la víctima identificó la fotografía en la que aparecía desnudo mientras se encontraba en la ducha.

Local 10 ya había informado sobre Williams en febrero de 2025, después de que fuera arrestado bajo acusaciones de haberse exhibido sexualmente ante otra víctima durante una llamada de FaceTime y de haberle enviado un video pornográfico de un hombre y una mujer manteniendo relaciones sexuales, preguntándole al menor si creía que podría hacer lo mismo.

Según las autoridades, esa víctima dijo a la policía que se asustó y colgó la llamada cuando Williams se exhibió ante él.

El menor señaló que había conocido a Williams un par de semanas antes del incidente, a través de un amigo de 14 años en el Gibson Community Center.

En ese caso anterior, Williams fue acusado de exhibición lasciva ante un menor de 16 años, conducta lasciva con un menor de 16 años, transmisión electrónica de material perjudicial para menores dentro del estado, promover una representación sexual de un menor y manipulación de un informante.

El fotoperiodista de Local 10 News, Tim McFarland, contribuyó a este reportaje.

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In verification data shared by former National Hurricane Center Branch Chief James Franklin, so far in 2026 Google DeepMind is besting all other publicly available hurricane forecast guidance for track prediction in the Atlantic, eastern Pacific, and central Pacific basins.

Through the first week of September DeepMind is also notably outpacing track predictions from the world-class forecasters at the National Hurricane Center by as much as 30% for a five-day forecast. This is the second year in a row that DeepMind has topped NHC’s human-refined forecasts at most lead times. The AI model has been especially prescient at longer time horizons – that is at 4 and 5 days out – compared to NHC and the former gold-standard Hurricane Forecast Improvement Project Corrected Consensus Approach or HCCA aid.

Meanwhile, DeepMind continues to put up an impressive performance in tropical cyclone intensity prediction this year, especially against the computationally demanding, high-fidelity hurricane models such as the HAFS suite which have become a mainstay of hurricane intensity forecasting in recent years.

While DeepMind is keeping pace with NHC’s official intensity forecast, it hasn’t shown as dramatic an outperformance as on the track forecast side. It’s been HCCA – an adaptive aid that leverages the best-performing models but corrects for their biases on the fly in real time – that’s having a banner year so far in the intensity forecast department.

And what about the famed Euro?

Franklin was quick to note that neither the famed physics-based European model nor its AI counterpart is in his season-to-date verification numbers. While the newer AI-based European model showed tremendous promise for track intensity last hurricane season – similar to DeepMind and better than the conventional Euro model – as we wrote back in June, it was absolutely atrocious in forecasting intensity, showing essentially negative skill (that is, worse than using a simple climatology).

Developers at the European Centre are aware of the AI’s model’s proclivity to vastly underestimate storm intensity and in August introduced a lightweight post-processing fix which in back tests for 2025 reduced the AI model’s tropical cyclone intensity error by a factor of three, which could make it a true DeepMind competitor if the correction carries forward operationally for future years.

For now, the correction is based only on the single-run (so-called deterministic) AI model and not the more useful AI ensembles that professional hurricane forecasters lean on. The European Centre is working to stress test and evaluate the correction on its AI ensembles with the goal of improving the Euro AI intensity forecasts. But for now – including this hurricane season – we should remain wary of underdone hurricane intensity forecasts from the Euro AI ensembles.

Jump around, jump around

One area where human forecasters routinely add value to the forecast is in forecast consistency. Whereas computer models can shift wildly from run-to-run – windshield-wipering back and forth every 6 or 12 hours – forecasters prefer gradual adjustments over time, something called continuity in forecast-speak.

Critical decisions with costly ramifications hinge on every forecast, so forecasters want to make sure when models shift, it’s an actual trend and not a short-term jump, before making big adjustments to the forecast. A steady, reliable forecast is easier to make decisions from than one that bounces around every 6 hours.

Similar to being a passenger on an airplane, you wouldn’t want your pilot to suddenly jerk the airplane up or down based on an unforeseen bout of turbulence. This could be dangerous for unprepared passengers on board. However, if the turbulence doesn’t relent or becomes significant, you’d expect the captain to gradually climb or descend to a more comfortable altitude, even if it meant a little more time in bumpy skies beforehand to confirm.

NHC knows it will sacrifice some forecast accuracy for consistency but also knows consistency matters when making challenging decisions like large scale evacuations ahead of a hurricane. NHC’s goal is to be the most accurate and most consistent among the forecasts.

Lowell showcasing NHC’s consistency

Hurricane Lowell that sideswiped Kauaʻi and Niʻihau in Hawaii and lashed parts of the state earlier this week is a good recent example of how even the best models can jump around. Its track shifted significantly east in the 72 hours leading up to its closest approach to Hawaii, putting the state’s westernmost islands suddenly in play for a direct hit from its dangerous core.

Though Google DeepMind had substantially lower track errors for Lowell than any nearest competitor, including NHC’s official forecast, it did initially jump around erratically – far more than NHC’s gradual shift eastward – as it finally settled on an eastward trend over the weekend.

“Ideally you want to get the correct track as soon as possible so that warnings can go up with ample lead time,” wrote James Franklin in a post on BlueSky Tuesday which accompanied his analyses. “But it looks to me like OFCL [the official NHC forecast] homed in…on the track [of Hurricane Lowell] faster than GDMI [Google DeepMind]…and with better timing consistency.”

The models are considered “raw” output for a reason and it’s left to the discretion of the human forecaster to not only interpret the output but massage the model forecast in a way that’s most useful for those whose lives and livelihood are at risk.

Tropical tumbleweeds at the peak

Today (September 10th) is the official peak of the hurricane season, the day on which you’re most likely to find a named storm across the Atlantic basin. Not only do we see no named storms looking across the Gulf, Caribbean, or wider Atlantic today, we see no tropical depressions or any tropical contenders on the near horizon.

A ribbon of record-setting wind shear for the time of year should shut down activity over the next week at least across the deep tropics.

The only suspect area any of our models show looking out the next few weeks is in the open subtropical Atlantic in a week or so. For now, odds are low but we’ll watch the trends to see if a real signal emerges in the days ahead. Regardless it’s not anything for us stateside to worry about.

Según los datos de verificación compartidos por James Franklin, exjefe de la División del Centro Nacional de Huracanes, en lo que va de 2026 Google DeepMind está superando a todas las demás guías de pronóstico de huracanes disponibles públicamente para la predicción de la trayectoria en las cuencas del Atlántico, el Pacífico oriental y el Pacífico central.

Durante la primera semana de septiembre, DeepMind también superó notablemente las predicciones de trayectoria de los expertos del Centro Nacional de Huracanes (NHC), llegando a superarlas en un 30 % en un pronóstico a cinco días. Este es el segundo año consecutivo en que DeepMind supera los pronósticos del NHC, elaborados por expertos humanos, en la mayoría de los plazos. El modelo de IA ha demostrado una precisión especialmente notable en horizontes temporales más largos (a 4 y 5 días vista) en comparación con el NHC y el anterior método de referencia, el Enfoque de Consenso Corregido del Proyecto de Mejora de Pronósticos de Huracanes (HCCA).

Mientras tanto, DeepMind continúa ofreciendo un rendimiento impresionante en la predicción de la intensidad de los ciclones tropicales este año, especialmente frente a los modelos de huracanes de alta fidelidad y gran capacidad de cálculo, como el conjunto de modelos HAFS, que se han convertido en un pilar fundamental de la predicción de la intensidad de los huracanes en los últimos años.

Si bien DeepMind mantiene el ritmo de las predicciones oficiales de intensidad del NHC, no ha mostrado un rendimiento tan superior como en las predicciones de trayectoria. Ha sido HCCA, una herramienta adaptativa que aprovecha los modelos con mejor rendimiento pero corrige sus sesgos en tiempo real, la que está teniendo un año excepcional en lo que respecta a las predicciones de intensidad.

¿Y qué hay del famoso euro?

Franklin se apresuró a señalar que ni el famoso modelo europeo basado en la física ni su contraparte de IA figuran en sus cifras de verificación de la temporada hasta la fecha. Si bien el modelo europeo más reciente basado en IA mostró un gran potencial para la intensidad de la trayectoria la temporada pasada de huracanes —similar a DeepMind y mejor que el modelo europeo convencional—, como escribimos en junio, fue absolutamente pésimo para pronosticar la intensidad, mostrando una habilidad esencialmente negativa (es decir, peor que usar una climatología simple).

Los desarrolladores del Centro Europeo son conscientes de la tendencia del modelo de IA a subestimar enormemente la intensidad de las tormentas y, en agosto, introdujeron una solución de posprocesamiento ligera que, en pruebas retrospectivas para 2025, redujo el error de intensidad de los ciclones tropicales del modelo de IA en un factor de tres, lo que podría convertirlo en un verdadero competidor de DeepMind si la corrección se mantiene operativamente para los años venideros.

Por ahora, la corrección se basa únicamente en el modelo de IA de ejecución única (denominado determinista) y no en los conjuntos de IA más útiles que utilizan los meteorólogos profesionales especializados en huracanes. El Centro Europeo está trabajando para someter a prueba y evaluar la corrección en sus conjuntos de IA con el objetivo de mejorar las predicciones de intensidad de huracanes de Euro AI. Sin embargo, por el momento —incluida esta temporada de huracanes— debemos mantenernos cautelosos ante las predicciones de intensidad de huracanes insuficientes que ofrecen los conjuntos de IA de Euro AI.

Salta, salta

Un aspecto en el que los pronosticadores humanos aportan valor de forma habitual a las predicciones es en la consistencia de las mismas. Mientras que los modelos informáticos pueden variar drásticamente de una ejecución a otra —como si cambiaran de rumbo cada 6 o 12 horas—, los pronosticadores prefieren ajustes graduales a lo largo del tiempo, lo que en el lenguaje de las predicciones se denomina continuidad.

Las decisiones críticas con consecuencias costosas dependen de cada pronóstico, por lo que los analistas deben asegurarse de que, cuando los modelos cambian, se trate de una tendencia real y no de una fluctuación pasajera, antes de realizar ajustes importantes al pronóstico. Un pronóstico estable y confiable facilita la toma de decisiones en comparación con uno que fluctúa cada seis horas.

Al igual que un pasajero en un avión, nadie querría que el piloto hiciera movimientos bruscos de ascenso o descenso debido a una turbulencia imprevista. Esto podría ser peligroso para los pasajeros desprevenidos. Sin embargo, si la turbulencia persiste o se intensifica, se esperaría que el capitán ascendiera o descendiera gradualmente a una altitud más segura, incluso si eso implicara pasar un poco más de tiempo en cielos turbulentos para confirmarlo.

El NHC sabe que sacrificará algo de precisión en sus pronósticos en aras de la consistencia, pero también sabe que la consistencia es fundamental al tomar decisiones difíciles, como las evacuaciones a gran escala ante la llegada de un huracán. El objetivo del NHC es ofrecer los pronósticos más precisos y consistentes.

Lowell demuestra la consistencia del NHC.

El huracán Lowell, que rozó Kauaʻi y Niʻihau en Hawái y azotó partes del estado a principios de esta semana, es un buen ejemplo reciente de cómo incluso los mejores modelos pueden variar. Su trayectoria se desplazó significativamente hacia el este en las 72 horas previas a su máximo acercamiento a Hawái, lo que puso repentinamente a las islas más occidentales del estado en riesgo de recibir un impacto directo de su peligroso núcleo.

Aunque Google DeepMind registró errores de trayectoria sustancialmente menores para Lowell que cualquier competidor más cercano, incluido el pronóstico oficial del NHC, inicialmente mostró fluctuaciones erráticas, mucho mayores que el desplazamiento gradual hacia el este del NHC, hasta que finalmente se estabilizó en una tendencia hacia el este durante el fin de semana.

“Lo ideal es obtener la trayectoria correcta lo antes posible para que se puedan emitir alertas con suficiente antelación”, escribió James Franklin en una publicación en BlueSky el martes, que acompañaba sus análisis. “Pero me parece que OFCL [el pronóstico oficial del NHC] se centró en la trayectoria [del huracán Lowell] más rápido que GDMI [Google DeepMind]… y con mayor precisión temporal”.

Los modelos se consideran resultados “en bruto” por una razón, y queda a discreción del analista humano no solo interpretar los resultados, sino también adaptar la previsión del modelo de la manera más útil para aquellos cuyas vidas y medios de subsistencia están en riesgo.

Plantas rodadoras tropicales en su punto máximo

Hoy (10 de septiembre) es el punto álgido de la temporada de huracanes, el día en que es más probable encontrar una tormenta con nombre en la cuenca del Atlántico. Hoy no solo no se observan tormentas con nombre en el Golfo de México, el Caribe ni en el Atlántico en general, sino que tampoco se ven depresiones tropicales ni ningún otro sistema tropical en el horizonte cercano.

Una franja de cizalladura del viento sin precedentes para esta época del año debería paralizar la actividad durante la próxima semana, al menos, en toda la zona tropical profunda.

La única zona sospechosa que muestran nuestros modelos para las próximas semanas es el Atlántico subtropical abierto, dentro de una semana aproximadamente. Por ahora, las probabilidades son bajas, pero estaremos atentos a las tendencias para ver si surge alguna señal real en los próximos días. En cualquier caso, no es algo que deba preocuparnos en Estados Unidos.

McKenna West filed the emergency appeal Wednesday amid a legal battle over surrogacy and abortion that has won the support of Republican officeholders and anti-abortion groups. West, who lives in Alaska, traveled to Dallas to give birth in August. Most abortions are banned in Texas.

West is asking the nation’s highest court to halt a California court order that recognizes Omar Ahmed and Nausheen Gilkar as the parents of the child whom she calls Gabriel and they call Rumi. West wants final custody or conservatorship because she believes the couple will not provide life-saving care, citing their request for an abortion at 23 weeks.

The boy was born Aug. 12 with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a life-threatening condition that prevents normal blood flow to the organ. He underwent surgery soon after he was born. The couple's attorney said in August that the newborn was in critical condition and appeared to be “suffering from potential complications.”

Surrogacy is not regulated at the federal level. Each state has its own laws, which can leave room for gaps in interpretation. The Supreme Court is not obliged to hear the case.

West is barred from any contact with the baby

Ahmed and Gilkar have not responded to the Supreme Court filing. They previously said West violated the surrogacy contract, and they obtained a restraining order preventing her from seeing or holding the child.

Gilkar called West unstable during a hearing Aug. 25 in Dallas, telling the court she was trying to take their baby away.

“He’s our child,” Gilkar said, wiping away tears.

West and her attorneys argue that Gilkar and Ahmed are not committed to guaranteeing the baby will undergo surgeries or “life-saving care.”

Both sides were publicly silent after the hearing last month and the case file was sealed, but West's Supreme Court filing says she lost her plea in Texas to win conservatorship of the child.

The Texas court granted full credit to the California judgment on Sept. 2, according to the filing.

The odds of the Supreme Court granting the appeal are low, said Marla Neufeld, an attorney who represents parents, surrogates and donors but who isn't involved in this case. Emergency relief is usually extraordinarily difficult to obtain and the Supreme Court doesn’t usually get involved in family disputes, she said.

West believes the baby's life is in danger

“The stakes of the decisions below are enormous,” West's lawyers wrote in her plea to the Supreme Court, asking that she be recognized as the mother under Texas law. “But because of the unlawful California judgment, she has been dismissed with prejudice from the Texas proceedings and denied any information about or control over the medically fragile child.”

West believes Ahmed and Gilkar plan to put the baby into hospice care in California rather than let him undergo surgery that could save his life, according to the filing.

Without treatment, hypoplastic left heart syndrome can lead to death within days or weeks. Surgical repairs are not necessarily cures and additional surgeries or heart transplants may be needed, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The couple has said they will not provide any updates to West about the child's condition, the filing states.

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Wilder is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.

In recent weeks, new cases and deaths have declined in Ituri province, the outbreak’s epicenter, but risen sharply in neighboring North Kivu and Haut-Uele, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said at a weekly briefing.

According to the latest government figures released on Thursday, 6,843 cases have been reported, including 3,310 deaths. Ituri province remains the hardest-hit province, with more than 5,400 cases while North Kivu has reported over 1,000 cases since the outbreak was declared in May.

The outbreak in eastern Congo is spreading under extremely difficult conditions, fueled by insecurity, displacement, a health workers’ strike and intense population movements. The situation is particularly concerning at displacement sites, where residents already live in extremely precarious conditions.

The World Health Organization has said the outbreak remains out of control and is on track to surpass the 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak, the deadliest on record, which killed more than 11,000 people, primarily in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

In North Kivu, new cases more than doubled to 381 in the latest three-week period, from 165 in the earlier period, Yap Boum, Africa CDC’s head of emergency preparedness and response, said Thursday.

The virus recently reached two more health zones in North Kivu, where fighting between government forces and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, who control the provincial capital Goma, has complicated the response.

Last month, Congo began vaccinating health and other front-line workers with the Ervebo vaccine that was effective in past Ebola outbreaks caused by a different, more common type called Zaire.

Clinical trials are underway to find a licensed vaccine for the Bundibugyo virus.

The vaccination trials started in the eastern Tshopo, Haut-Uele and Bas-Uele provinces, Placide Mbala Kingebeni, Africa CDC’s director for research, clinical trials and innovation, said Thursday.

Kingebeni said the vaccination campaign initially targeted newly affected provinces to help prevent further spread. Vaccinations in Ituri are set to start next week, he added.

A key challenge is the limited supply of doses, said Kingebeni. Congo has received 70,000 doses so far.

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Banchereau reported from Dakar, Senegal.

The dramatic ending to the formerly 16th-ranked Wolverines' 13-12 win over Western Michigan — with a disputed second on the clock that gave Bryce Underwood another chance to complete a Hail Mary — has been one of the most talked about topics in sports for nearly a week.

“That was a crazy game,” said Sooners linebacker Cole Sullivan, who transferred from Michigan after last season.

The conclusion and fallout from Michigan's last game has overshadowed, to some degree, how poorly it played in all three phases during coach Kyle Whittingham's debut with college football's winningest program.

“We got plenty to fix,” Whittingham said.

And not a lot of time.

The Wolverines, who fell out of the AP Top 25, are 6 1/2-point underdogs on Saturday at home against the Sooners in a Big Ten-SEC matchup.

Underwood walked out of the locker room and down the tunnel for last week's prime-time kickoff with a music and light show during his energetic entrance, slapping his helmet and pumping his right fist in a demonstrative display of emotion.

The closely watched quarterback, in his second season after being the nation's No. 1 recruit, got off to a great start with his arm and legs on a game-opening touchdown drive.

Underwood struggled for the rest of the game — his game-winning, 47-yard touchdown throw notwithstanding — and was often seen expressionless and speaking to no one on the sideline.

“I just feel like we’ve got to come out and dominate and be aggressive — how we were the first drive — every single play,” Underwood said. “We can’t get down, our energy can’t get down.”

When asked earlier this week how firmly entrenched Underwood is as Michigan's QB1, Whittingham said the sophomore has to improve to keep his job.

Underwood, who appears to be very active on social media, insisted later in the week that he was unaware of what Whittingham said about him.

“I didn't see that,” Underwood insisted. “It's cool.”

Underwood's seat could get hotter if he doesn't make better decisions and throw more accurately against the Sooners, especially if they shut down Michigan's running game as the Broncos of the Mid-American Conference did last week. Michigan's No. 2 quarterback is Tommy Carr, whose brother CJ is Notre Dame's quarterback and grandfathers are in the College Football Hall of Fame.

Western Michigan was also in control on offense against the Wolverines. In the second half, the Broncos had a 20-play touchdown drive that took nearly a quarter off the clock and possessed the ball more than twice as long as the Wolverines did.

Special teams contributed to Michigan's misery too, with Andrew Marsh losing a fumble on a punt return.

Making matters worse for Whittingham, his team was flagged nine times for 80 yards.

But the Wolverines' tepid performance didn't diminish Oklahoma coach Brent Venables' view of them.

“We’ve put Michigan in a great light like they deserve for a long time here for the last several months,” he said. “This isn’t the first week that we’ve been preparing and talking about Michigan and Georgia and Texas and many other teams that are on our schedule.”

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Así reaccionó Sheinbaum al ser consultada sobre la declaración que realizó el miércoles el secretario de Estado estadounidense, Marco Rubio, quien afirmó, durante una visita a Ecuador, que el combate a los cárteles de la droga en México “no es ni de lejos suficiente” y que Estados Unidos enfrentará “de una manera u otra” a las organizaciones criminales mexicanas.

En un nuevo contrapunteo con las autoridades estadounidenses, la mandataria reaccionó contra las afirmaciones de Rubio asegurando que “es parte de la campaña” de las elecciones intermedias que se realizarán en noviembre en Estados Unidos.

“México no es piñata de nadie”, afirmó Sheinbaum en su habitual conferencia matutina al exigir una vez más respeto del vecino del norte, y remató señalando que “nosotros no nos metemos en su elección, (y) ellos tampoco deberían usar a México en su elección”.

Durante una visita a Ecuador, como parte una gira por Suramérica, Rubio dijo a la prensa que México representa “un reto aún más grave” que otros países de la región debido al poder de los cárteles allí y señaló que el escenario “ideal” sería que Washington y el gobierno mexicano abordaran la situación en forma conjunta.

“A la larga esa amenaza tendrá que ser enfrentada de una manera u otra”, aseguró Rubio y añadió que "nuestra esperanza es hacerlo de manera cooperativa con las autoridades mexicanas”.

La administración de Sheinbaum se ha mostrado dispuesta a trabajar de manera coordinada con Washington para enfrentar a los cárteles, pero ha descartado cualquier intervención de las fuerzas estadounidenses en territorio mexicano.

La presidenta aprovechó para pedir a Estados Unidos que no intervenga en el proceso que se inicia esta semana en México para los comicios intermedios del próximo año en los que se elegirán una nueva Cámara de Diputados, los gobernadores de 17 de los 32 estados del país y cientos de autoridades y congresos locales.

Señaló que “nosotros no queremos que ellos definan o participen o haya injerencia en las elecciones que hay México”.

Sheinbaum también se mostró en desacuerdo con las cambiantes posturas de Estados Unidos sobre seguridad e indicó que “no puede ser que un día se reconozca los avances y que otro día ya no hay reconocimiento de avances y hay estas declaraciones”.

Pese a las críticas, la presidenta descartó la posibilidad de una disputa con Washington y reiteró que “hay que tener cabeza fría, aunque el corazón te diga otra cosa, porque nosotros tenemos que buscar siempre por responsabilidad una buena relación con Estados Unidos”. Dejó en claro, empero, que el límite es “nuestra soberanía… esa no es negociable”.

Diálogo comercial sin acuerdos

Sobre el encuentro remoto que tuvo el miércoles con el secretario de Comercio de Estados Unidos, Howard Lutnick, la mandataria solo comentó que le fue “bien” y que “vamos avanzando”, pero no dio detalles.

La reunión se dio en medio de la guerra comercial que mantienen Estados Unidos y Canadá que amenaza el futuro del tratado comercial que tienen ambos países con México (el T-MEC), el cual está en revisión desde julio.

Tras la reunión, el secretario mexicano de Economía, Marcelo Ebrard, anunció que el jueves viajaría nuevamente a Washington para seguir avanzando en las negociaciones que se realizan desde hace varios meses.

Sheinbaum dijo el miércoles, antes de reunirse con Lutnick, que México insistirá en que se “bajen los aranceles del acero, aluminio y autos porque además de que consideramos que es injusto, está afectando a nuestra economía”.

Las autoridades mexicanas han centrado sus esfuerzos en los últimos meses en lograr una disminución importante de los gravámenes de 10% que desde el año pasado Washington impuso a los productos mexicanos que no están cubiertos por el T-MEC, así como a los camiones medianos y pesados que tienen un impuesto de 25%. También está vigente un gravamen de 50% al acero y el aluminio y una cuota compensatoria del 17% al tomate mexicano.

The Ultimate Championship lived up to its vow to make track and field look different Thursday, the so-called “Day Before” celebration in advance of a first-of-its-kind meet that will feature trophies and $150,000 for all its winners, but no medals.

The day was highlighted by a red-carpet entrance and photo shoot for the athletes, a “draft” in which the 200-meter runners got to pick their lanes and, of course, an appearance by Usain Bolt — which instinctively means something big is happening on the track.

“I won a few world championships and it still doesn't add up to all the cash," Bolt said of the top prizes up for grabs in 27 events this week. “It incentivizes athletes to come out here and do their best. This is a job for them. I'm sad I missed out on it. But I'm happy for them.”

Nobody will feel too bad for Bolt, whose eight Olympic gold medals and 11 more at world championships made him a worldwide celebrity and multimillionaire, even though the wins themselves weren't worth all that much. And most of those who are showing up in Budapest this week have shoe or apparel contracts that help them pay the bills.

Still, the fact that it took until 2026 for track — the tentpole event of the Olympics and a sport that has produced so many indelible moments across time — to put together a $10 million prize pool when, for instance, the PGA Tour hands out $20 million eight times a year, didn't escape notice here.

“In every sport, every facet of life, we're always evolving,” said Joanna Hayes, a 2004 Olympic gold medalist who now coaches at UCLA and says a small contingent of her athletes still work side jobs to make ends meet. “And track is always last for, like, everything. But I think the idea is really cool."

And yes, this was a day to celebrate doing something different. The athletes played the part. On their way to the red carpet, they were greeted by hundreds of photographers who snapped glamour shots.

—Gabby Thomas came out in a matching white top and skirt with a sheer, gauzy jacket and stylish black sneakers.

—Melissa Jefferson-Wooden showed up wearing a floor-length ivory dress.

—Mondo Duplantis, the pole vaulter and part-time singer who wrote an anthem called “Gold” for these championships, wore a black suit with a maroon tie, a white pocket square and sunglasses.

—Ukrainian Olympic-champion high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh flashed a “peace” sign on her way out and painted her nails yellow to go with a lemonade-colored shirt and hat.

World Athletics made a point of making the entire day about content creation for the athletes, doing away with the Olympic world's strict regulations that limit that sort of activity at events like these.

“This is cool,” Mahuchikh said as she looked out on the grass painted black to give field athletes a special canvas on which to perform. “It's a different atmosphere for track. It looks like something special.”

To add to the vibe, organizers brought in the effervescent Olympic gold medalist Dawn Harper-Nelson to serve as an on-track host, and she promised “to blow your doors off” with her exploits and interviews from the field.

“It's bringing the attention to the sport that we begged for, that we wanted,” Harper-Nelson said. “Now, it's up for the athletes to do their part. You asked for it, and now the time has come.”

Mondo, Mahuchikh among those going for $150k in Friday's opening night

Among those vying for prizes Friday will be Duplantis and Mahuchikh, along with Masai Russell, who set the world record (12.09 seconds) in the 100 hurdles just two weeks ago.

Femke Broeders-Bol will run in her new event, an 800-meter semifinal.

The men's 5,000-meter final will give America's Cole Hocker and Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen the first of two chances to settle things on the track. After last week's Diamond League meet in Brussels, Ingebrigtsen, never one to hold back, called Hocker and his team “cowardly” for the way they used pacesetters in the 1,500.

Hocker and Ingebrigtsen are also entered in Sunday's 1,500, which means they both have a shot at walking out of Budapest with $300,000.

“It's definitely some good incentive,” said Thomas, whose 200-meter showdown with Jefferson-Wooden takes place Sunday.

Such a big prize pool was one way — maybe the only way — to bring such a celebrated group of athletes together in the even-numbered year between Summer Olympics, or what has long been considered an “off” year for track.

That's a label World Athletics President Seb Coe said he is eager to get rid of.

Holding a meet that mainly features Olympic and world champions along with top-ranked contenders, one that focuses on nonstop action and keeps elimination rounds at a minimum, and that even awards the last-place finisher $2,000, is certainly a start.

“But it's not just about the money,” said Letsile Tebogo, the Olympic champion and a favorite in the 200 meters now that Noah Lyles has pulled out with an injury and will be focusing solely on emcee duties and making the afterparty great.

“Some people do it for the money," Tebogo said. "But it's all about the experiences you want to have as an athlete.”

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The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is honoring the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks this week with displays of dozens of rarely seen objects that tell the story of that day in often searingly personal terms.

The exhibit, which runs through Saturday, comes as the museum is under growing scrutiny by President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress over the manner in which it tells American history.

The Smithsonian began collecting items just months after the attacks and regularly displays some of them throughout the sprawling museum along the National Mall. But this week's exhibit is unique as the items are displayed on tables, rather than seen through glass. The museum's director, Anthea Hartig, said some of the items being shown this week are “so fragile they'll probably never go on display.”

The goal, she said, is to help visitors “both never forget, but also kind of reconnect" as a new generation emerges that didn't experience the attacks.

“This has truly slipped into history rather than being part of our memory landscape,” she said.

Some of the items, including a beeper belonging to an employee who worked on the 97th floor of the South Tower, harken back to office life at the turn of the century. A candy dispenser from the Pentagon includes melted chocolate.

The museum has faced conservative criticism since the White House released a report on Independence Day branding the museum's leadership as radical activists. Hartig faced two days of congressional hearings in July, where Republicans argued the museum should present a more unifying version of American history, prompting concern from historians that lawmakers and the White House were more interested in revisionism than accurate history.

Trump later ordered his administration to install signs in front of the museum telling visitors that some of the exhibits are inaccurate. More than a month later, such signs have not been installed.

In an interview, Hartig said the scrutiny didn't influence how the Sept. 11 exhibit came together.

“This museum exists as a repository, as a place of memory,” she said. “And so the current political moment is like many other political moments that we document. There’s different opinions and contestation over how we do our work.”

More change could be ahead after Lonnie Bunch announced his plans to step down as the leader of the Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian operates outside the executive branch and Bunch's successor will be chosen by a Board of Regents that includes Vice President JD Vance, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, a bipartisan group of lawmakers and so-called citizen regents.

Hartig acknowledged that “leadership transitions are always complicated.”

But, she said, “I wake up every day confident in Americans' ability to embrace the complexities of their past.”

The rapper and entrepreneur will MC the telecast live from Los Angeles on Sept. 27, marking the first time since 2017 that the VMAs have picked a location that's not in New York or New Jersey.

The VMAs are scheduled to air simultaneously from the Peacock Theater on CBS, MTV, and Paramount+.

Snoop Dogg is a 13-time VMAs nominee and has won three of the Moon Man awards. Snoop made his debut on the VMAs stage in 1994. In 1999, he closed the show with Dr. Dre and Eminem. He returned for a tribute to the Notorious B.I.G. and again for a performance with Eminem in 2022.

“MTV and the VMAs have been part of my story since the beginning,” he said in a statement. “Some of the biggest moments of my career happened on that stage and on MTV — they gave hip-hop a place to be loud, fearless and seen by the whole world. So to come back now and host the VMAs, all these years later, that’s a full-circle moment for me.”

Going into the night, Madonna has the most nominations with 11, including for video of the year for “Confessions II — The Film,” artist of the year and song of the year for “Bring Your Love.” Taylor Swift has nine nods, including artist of the year.

Madonna and Swift are followed by Ariana Grande and Sabrina Carpenter with seven nods each, as well as Bruno Mars, PinkPantheress and Zara Larsson with five. Nirvana will be honored with the Video Vanguard award.

Rae said yes and replaced Lauren Snouffer, joining tenor Lawrence Brownlee and countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo on Wednesday night. She beamed as the audience applauded during curtain calls at the Academy of Music.

“It’s kind of a funny feeling,” Rae said. “It's almost like: What just happened? Or did we really do it?”

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote the opera in 1770 when he was just 14 and gave it the full title of “Mitridate, re di Ponto (king of Pontus).” Brownlee sang the title character, a tyrannical leader who spreads rumors of his death to discover if his sons are in love with his fiancée Aspasia. He tries to kill them all and eventually commits suicide.

Vacation had been planned

Rae was scheduled for a break between the July 18 world premiere of Jake Heggie's “The Judgment of Paris” at Festival Napa Valley and the Sept. 21 start of rehearsals for her role debut next month in Richard Strauss' "Salome" at the Seattle Opera. The 44-year-old had just one previous run as Aspasia, two performances with Brownlee at Boston Lyric Opera in September 2024.

“Mitridate” rehearsals started Aug. 13 and Snouffer's departure was decided last Thursday.

“Everything was a very collaborative decision-making process,” said Costanzo, starting his third season as the company's general director. "I don’t believe in being autonomous in those things unless it’s absolutely necessary and I think we just wanted to make sure that everyone was doing what was best for them.”

Bill Palant, Snouffer’s representative at Étude Arts, declined comment.

Michael Eberhard, Opera Philadelphia's director of casting and artistic administration, had given Rae a call Thursday morning inquiring if she might be available for the run, which included three performances through Sept. 13.

“I kind of had the impression that they wouldn’t need me,” Rae said.

Just in case, she took along her copy of the score to Wisconsin. When she got Eberhard's second call Thursday night asking whether she would commit, Rae said she needed to spend Friday with her dad, her first trip back home since her mother's death last spring.

Philadelphia didn't have cover singers and the company didn't think there was time to get a U.S. visa for a soprano to fly in from Europe. If Rae had said no, Costanzo said the company might have sought a young singer or as a last resort cut the character's four arias and one duet, leaving only Aspasia's recitative.

“It was a scary situation,” Costanzo said.

Delay in getting to Philadelphia

Rae booked flights Saturday with a connection in Detroit but a cancellation forced her to change planes in Minneapolis.

Rae walked into the Academy of Music just in time for Saturday night's orchestra dress rehearsal and had costume and wig fittings during breaks. Aspasia wore an off-white Oscar de la Renta pantsuit that set and costume designer Kaye Voyce bought on The RealReal online site.

“Anything you need, I'm here for you,” Brownlee remembered telling her. “Thank you for saving the show.”

Sunday included a two-hour musical rehearsal with conductor Corrado Rovaris followed by four hours with director Emma Griffin and assistant Colter Schoenfish. The final dress rehearsal was Monday night and she spent time Tuesday with Grant Loehnig, the opera company's head of music staff, to go over recitative that was different from the version she performed in Boston.

Rae said this switcheroo differed from when she sang the title role in Donizetti's “Lucia di Lammermoor” in 2012 at the Vienna State Opera after Diana Damrau and initial replacement Hibla Gerzmava both got sick.

“I've done jump-ins in the past, but they’ve always been for roles that I’ve done fairly often or at least did a big run of them where I felt like they were more — were part of my standard repertoire,” Rae said. “This one has been especially stressful just because it’s a Mozart opera, so there are lots of recitative and just all those words.”

Chores come along with chords

Rae was not living the glamorous life in the hours before opening night. Eberhard arranged housing at the ROOST Midtown hotel near the Academy of Music and for tofu to be delivered to Rae on Saturday night.

By Wednesday, Rae had a common concern before taking the stage.

"I don’t have all my normal singing things," she said. “I just had a little suitcase packed with three changes of clothing, and so I’m doing laundry right now in my apartment because I’ve literally run out of everything.”

"The abuse was ritualized, meticulously planned, and sadistic. ... Enduring sexual abuse was required to be a member of the Michigan Men’s Ice Hockey team,” attorney Michael Pitt said in a sex discrimination lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court in Detroit.

The plaintiffs are 16 men who played at Michigan between 1984 and 2001. The lawsuit apparently grew out of conversations among several former teammates in 2024.

The university said the allegations are “disturbing,” but denies responsibility.

“To the extent any former student athlete engaged in hazing or other misconduct, they were violating university policy,” spokesperson Paul Corliss said in a written statement.

“The university first adopted an official anti-hazing policy in 1982. It was one of the first universities in the country to do so, and it has earned its standing as a leader in this area,” he said.

The 72-page document describes players being forced to consume excessive amounts of alcohol and eat live fish. A common allegation: They were forced to have hair around their genitals shaved by teammates. A player identified as John Doe 7 said he was taunted with a blowtorch while on a table.

The lawsuit says Red Berenson, who was coach from 1984 to 2017, was aware of the abuse and did not intervene.

John Doe 3 said he told Berenson that he didn't want to participate in the hazing. The coach coerced him by telling him to be a “Michigan Man” and a ”good teammate," according to the lawsuit.

Berenson, 86, declined to comment when reached by The Associated Press. He told MLive.com there was a “certain element of initiation” by the team's seniors, but no one had complained to him.

“Were there some mishaps? Were there some bad experiences? Possibly, but it wasn’t a matter of direction or encouragement from the coaching staff or from the administration,” Berenson, a former NHL player, said.

"When they say sexual, I’m guessing they’re stretching this,” he said.

Berenson announced the end of “freshman hazing” in 2012, mostly referring to first-year players being forced to carry equipment and eat team meals last. He made no mention of physical abuse but acknowledged “captains that got too carried away," according to news reports at the time.

The university could argue that the hockey players waited too long to file a lawsuit, a position it took in 2020 when former athletes sued over sexual misconduct committed decades earlier by a campus sports doctor. The university ultimately agreed to pay $490 million to settle claims by more than 1,000 people.

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Jail records show Jeremy Isiah Davis, 30, of Miami, was arrested Wednesday and is facing one count each of second-degree murder with a weapon, burglary of an occupied structure, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and criminal mischief.

Records show Miracle De Jesus Johnson, 19, of Miami Gardens, was arrested early Thursday morning and is facing a charge of accessory after the fact.

Officers with the Miami Police Department said the arrests stem from the July 2 shooting near Northwest Third Avenue and 22nd Street that left a man dead.

According to Davis’ arrest warrant, officers were dispatched to the area at approximately 9:29 p.m. after receiving reports of a man who had been shot.

When officers arrived, they found the victim, who has not been identified, “on the ground facedown with a gunshot wound to the upper torso,” the warrant states.

Authorities said Miami Fire Rescue medics transported the victim to Jackson Memorial Hospital, where he “succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased at 9:49 p.m.”

An autopsy later determined the cause of death was a gunshot wound to the torso and ruled the manner of death a homicide, the warrant states.

Investigators said surveillance footage from MPD’s Real Time Crime Center captured the confrontation and shooting.

According to the warrant, the video showed the victim and Davis fighting near Northwest Third Avenue and Northwest 22nd Street. At some point, Davis approached the victim and pushed him several times, the warrant states.

Police said the victim then raised his cellphone to his ear. They said Davis then continued to approach the victim and tried to hit the phone out of his hand but missed.

They said as the victim backed away slowly, Davis pulled out a gun and shot the victim one time in the chest area.

The victim then ran eastbound on Northwest 22nd Street, while Davis fled westbound, according to the warrant.

Police said multiple witnesses were interviewed and corroborated what investigators saw on surveillance video, although those witnesses initially told police they had never met Davis and could not identify him.

Investigators said they eventually tracked Davis’ movements through multiple Real Time Crime Center cameras.

They said the video showed Davis fleeing the scene on an electric scooter after the shooting. At approximately 9:41 p.m., surveillance video from Manha Fresh Food, located at 3209 NW Seventh Ave., showed Davis entering the store on the scooter, according to the warrant.

Investigators said they used facial recognition technology on the video, which resulted in the identification of Davis.

Police also obtained cellphone data for a number they said was registered to Davis. According to the warrant, the data placed the phone at the scene of the homicide and later showed movements that investigators said were consistent with the surveillance footage of Davis fleeing the area.

The warrant also states that the cellphone number appeared repeatedly in call records involving the victim before the shooting, including a call approximately 13 minutes before the homicide.

A witness later came forward and provided police with a statement, according to the warrant. Police said that witness told investigators he had known Davis for several years and identified him in a photo as the person he saw fighting with the victim shortly before the shooting occurred.

Investigators said they also determined that Davis was a convicted felon. Records show he had previously been convicted in Miami-Dade County of burglary of an unoccupied conveyance while unarmed.

De Jesus Johnson’s arrest warrant also references surveillance footage from the night of the shooting.

According to that warrant, De Jesus Johnson was seen with Davis and the victim during the confrontation.

The warrant states she was “following and interacting with both parties during the entire incident.”

Police said after Davis allegedly shot the victim, De Jesus Johnson followed Davis as he walked away from the area.

They said surveillance footage from earlier that evening also showed Davis walking toward the area of the shooting with De Jesus Johnson.

As of Thursday morning, Davis was being held without bond at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, while De Jesus Johnson was also being held at TGK on a $75,000 bond.

A motive for the shooting and additional details about the victim weren’t immediately released.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que Jeremy Isiah Davis, de 30 años y residente de Miami, fue arrestado el miércoles y enfrenta un cargo de asesinato en segundo grado con un arma, allanamiento de una estructura ocupada, posesión de un arma de fuego por un delincuente convicto y daños a la propiedad.

Los registros muestran que Miracle De Jesus Johnson, de 19 años y residente de Miami Gardens, fue arrestada la madrugada del jueves y enfrenta un cargo de complicidad después del hecho.

Agentes del Departamento de Policía de Miami dijeron que los arrestos se derivan de la balacera del 2 de julio cerca de Northwest Third Avenue y 22nd Street que dejó a un hombre muerto.

Según la orden de arresto de Davis, los agentes fueron enviados al área aproximadamente a las 9:29 p.m. después de recibir reportes de un hombre que había recibido un disparo.

Cuando los agentes llegaron, encontraron a la víctima, quien no ha sido identificada, “boca abajo en el suelo con una herida de bala en la parte superior del torso”, señala la orden.

Las autoridades dijeron que paramédicos de Miami Fire Rescue trasladaron a la víctima al Jackson Memorial Hospital, donde “sucumbió a sus heridas y fue declarado muerto a las 9:49 p.m.”

Una autopsia determinó posteriormente que la causa de muerte fue una herida de bala en el torso y clasificó la muerte como homicidio, señala la orden.

Los investigadores dijeron que imágenes de vigilancia del Centro de Crimen en Tiempo Real de MPD captaron el enfrentamiento y la balacera.

Según la orden, el video mostró a la víctima y a Davis peleando cerca de Northwest Third Avenue y Northwest 22nd Street. En un momento, Davis se acercó a la víctima y la empujó varias veces, señala la orden.

La policía dijo que la víctima entonces levantó su teléfono celular hacia su oído. Dijeron que Davis continuó acercándose a la víctima e intentó golpear el teléfono para quitárselo de la mano, pero falló.

Dijeron que mientras la víctima retrocedía lentamente, Davis sacó un arma y le disparó una vez en el área del pecho.

La víctima luego corrió hacia el este por Northwest 22nd Street, mientras Davis huyó hacia el oeste, según la orden.

La policía dijo que varios testigos fueron entrevistados y corroboraron lo que los investigadores vieron en el video de vigilancia, aunque inicialmente esos testigos dijeron a la policía que nunca habían conocido a Davis y que no podían identificarlo.

Los investigadores dijeron que finalmente rastrearon los movimientos de Davis a través de varias cámaras del Centro de Crimen en Tiempo Real.

Dijeron que el video mostró a Davis huyendo de la escena en un scooter eléctrico después de la balacera. Aproximadamente a las 9:41 p.m., un video de vigilancia de Manha Fresh Food, ubicado en 3209 NW Seventh Ave., mostró a Davis entrando a la tienda en el scooter, según la orden.

Los investigadores dijeron que utilizaron tecnología de reconocimiento facial en el video, lo que permitió identificar a Davis.

La policía también obtuvo datos de un teléfono celular correspondiente a un número que, según dijeron, estaba registrado a nombre de Davis. Según la orden, los datos ubicaron el teléfono en la escena del homicidio y posteriormente mostraron movimientos que, según los investigadores, coincidían con las imágenes de vigilancia de Davis huyendo del área.

La orden también señala que el número de teléfono celular aparecía repetidamente en los registros de llamadas relacionadas con la víctima antes de la balacera, incluida una llamada aproximadamente 13 minutos antes del homicidio.

Posteriormente, un testigo se presentó y dio una declaración a la policía, según la orden. La policía dijo que ese testigo contó a los investigadores que conocía a Davis desde hacía varios años y lo identificó en una fotografía como la persona que vio peleando con la víctima poco antes de que ocurriera la balacera.

Los investigadores dijeron que también determinaron que Davis era un delincuente convicto. Los registros muestran que anteriormente había sido condenado en el condado Miami-Dade por allanamiento de un vehículo desocupado mientras estaba desarmado.

La orden de arresto de De Jesus Johnson también hace referencia a imágenes de vigilancia de la noche de la balacera.

Según esa orden, De Jesus Johnson fue vista con Davis y la víctima durante el enfrentamiento.

La orden señala que ella estaba “siguiendo e interactuando con ambas partes durante todo el incidente”.

La policía dijo que después de que Davis presuntamente disparara contra la víctima, De Jesus Johnson siguió a Davis mientras este se alejaba del área.

Dijeron que imágenes de vigilancia tomadas más temprano esa noche también mostraron a Davis caminando hacia el área de la balacera con De Jesus Johnson.

Hasta la mañana del jueves, Davis permanecía detenido sin derecho a fianza en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight, mientras De Jesus Johnson también permanecía detenida en TGK con una fianza de $75,000 USD.

El motivo de la balacera y detalles adicionales sobre la víctima no fueron divulgados de inmediato.

Economists and other political observers are voicing concerns about the potential effects on inflation and the national balance sheet. Taken together, it's a swift reaction that makes clear that Trump's dubious election-year gambit is likely little more than another grand promise from a politician with a long history of them.

“Donald Trump is a known liar. This is the biggest liar to ever serve in government. Period,” said Rep. Robert Garcia, a California Democrat who was in Dallas on Thursday as part of his party's effort to counter Republicans' midterm convention. “The dividend is not happening.”

Trump previously pledged to use savings from the Department of Government Efficiency and revenue from tariffs on foreign imports to distribute payments of $2,000 or more, but none of that came to pass.

His latest idea comes as the U.S. economy is reckoning with persistent inflation and rising interest rates, two forces that have politically undermined Republicans after previously helping them reclaim power from Democrats. Trump claimed the payments would be possible because of the economy’s strength, yet consumer sentiment is weak as gasoline prices are increasing because of the war with Iran and wages are struggling to keep pace with inflation.

Trump told CBS News Texas in an interview that he doesn’t believe Congress would need to approve his planned payments, though he did not specify how he could spend more than $1 trillion without Congress.

“Well, we think not,” Trump said about congressional approval. “I think they will do it if we needed it. But we think not.”

Later, when pressed by a reporter at the airport before he left Dallas, Trump denied the $5,000 was meant to turn out the vote even though he originally said the money would be distributed “if the Republicans win.” Instead, he described the payments as a “reward” for citizens who endured Joe Biden's presidency.

“It’s almost a reward for the people having to put up with Biden’s policy,” he said.

Trump's idea is mocked by critics

A few of Trump's allies embraced the idea, including Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno, who said he would prepare legislation for the payments. Michigan Rep. Tim Walberg, the Republican chairman of the House Education and Workforce Committee, said “it was the first I heard of it last night” but called it good economic policy.

“If it can be done, the American taxpayer deserves the benefit of having more in their pocket than the government,” Walberg said ahead of a brief session in the Capitol on Thursday.

But critics accused him of trying to buy votes at a time when Republicans are trying to maintain slim majorities in Congress.

“I don’t know about you all, but frankly I’m insulted by the notion that my vote this November could be bought for 5k,” Rep. Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican who is one of Trump's least favorite lawmakers, wrote on social media. “Not to mention the inflation this would cause.”

Rep. Ted Lieu, vice chairman of the House Democratic caucus, outright mocked the president.

“If Democrats flip the House and Senate everyone will get a $10,000 dividend, and a pony, and free ice cream for life,” he posted on social media. “(Folks can also choose free yogurt for life, because we’re Democrats after all).”

The president's proposal, unveiled in his nearly two-hour speech Wednesday night in Dallas, would carry a price tag exceeding $1.3 trillion if Congress were to authorize $5,000 payments to the nation's 270 million adults.

The Treasury already is running a current annual deficit approaching $1.8 trillion, and the total national debt topped $40 trillion this year. According to Treasury Department data, that interest expense for fiscal year 2026 will come to about $1.27 trillion, similar to the projected cost of Trump's idea.

The price tag prompts concerns about debt and inflation

Economists raised concerns about inflationary effects from such a large infusion of cash into the economy.

Michael Strain, director of economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, a center-right think tank, said Trump would be repeating the same policy mistake as his predecessor, Democrat Joe Biden.

As part of his 2021 pandemic relief package, Biden provided $1,400 payments to most Americans, which Strain had warned at the time would spark inflation.

“But Mr. Trump’s proposal would be worse than the Biden stimulus in the sense that in 2026 the economy already has an inflation problem,” Strain said, while Biden's policy was intended to shore up an economy disrupted by COVID-19.

“Trump would be pouring gasoline on lit inflationary embers and hoping it wouldn’t ignite,” Strain said.

At the center-left Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, senior policy director Marc Goldwein agreed with the comparison to Biden's policy and emphasized the potential impact on the deficit.

“The idea that we’ve had fiscal success is backwards and bordering on laughable,” he said. “We don’t have surpluses to give away.”

The financial markets appeared to be unimpressed by Trump’s promise. Interest rates on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note climbed above 4.9% in Thursday afternoon trading, meaning that the cost of mortgages and auto loans will likely rise in ways that hurt the middle class.

Trump allies are faced with their own arguments

Many Republicans, including from Trump's inner circle, are in a difficult spot after they’ve spent years blasting Biden and other Democrats for their spending.

As recently as last week, Vice President JD Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent blamed Trump's predecessor when asked about current price levels and consumer concern.

In the White House briefing room, Vance said at once that he was not interested in assigning blame while in the same answer noting “how endemic inflation became during the Biden administration.”

Bessent told CNBC that Biden and his allies “torched the American people” with their approach. “Almost 50 percent of the great inflation came from the out-of-control spending that went on then,” he argued.

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, one of Trump's press secretaries during his first presidency, ran into the same conundrum Thursday — after the president's speech — when she shared on social media her appearance on Fox Business Channel.

“You do not build a strong economy by giving things away,” Sanders said.

“At the end of the day, though, somebody has to pick up the check,” she continued, “and it’s the taxpayers that will ultimately pay the price.”

Goldwein said ultimately that political and constitutional realities could spare the president.

“You never want to say it’s impossible,” he said. “But within the confines of the law, at least the law as everybody understands it, the president does not have legal authority to send people $5,000 per adult, and he needs Congress to pass a law.”

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Barrow reported from Atlanta. Associated Press writer Michelle L. Price in Dallas contributed to this report.

The comments came two days after Washington escalated the ongoing trade dispute by banning some Canadian dairy products and motorcycles and most alcoholic beverages after the Canadian retaliatory tariffs took effect. Trump also moved to shut Canadian products out of large, long-term U.S. government contracts.

Carney said his government was still studying the measures and acknowledged they could have significant consequences for individual companies and industries. But he noted that some of the new U.S. tariffs replaced others that Washington had removed.

“We also recognize that, in the context of other things that the U.S. administration has done ... that these are relatively modest measures,” Carney said at a cabinet retreat in Banff, Alberta.

Derek Holt, an economist at the Canadian bank Scotiabank, said this week the latest U.S. measures looked more like an attempt by the Trump administration to “save face” than a major escalation, with the economic impact on Canada relatively limited.

Carney also said he remains in regular contact with Trump and had spoken with him “a couple of times” in recent days about Ukraine, Iran and other global developments, even as the trade dispute between their countries deepens.

“We continue to have to work with the United States. We can compartmentalize across this,” Carney said. He said those conversations dealt with geopolitical, defense and security issues and did not indicate that trade negotiations had resumed.

Carney said his priority was increasingly to strengthen Canada’s economy rather than simply respond to each new move from Trump.

“The biggest impact we can have here is to focus on what we can control: building at home, diversifying abroad and delivering for Canadians,” he said.

Ford urges voters to punish Trump’s Republicans

Ontario Premier Doug Ford struck a considerably more confrontational tone Thursday, saying he hopes Republicans lose control of both the House and Senate in November’s midterm elections and that voters hold Trump accountable for the trade war.

“Hopefully he’s going to lose the Senate. He’s going to lose Congress. I hope so, and hold him accountable,” Ford said. “But we’ll see how that goes. We aren’t going to interfere in the U.S. election.”

Ford has emerged as one of Trump’s most outspoken Canadian critics, accusing him of trying to strip industry out of Ontario and move it south of the border as the two trade personal insults and threats.

“He’s not reliable at all,” Ford said. “He could make a deal today and then change his mind. And we’ve seen that over and over again.”

Still, Ford said he believes Trump wants an agreement before the midterms and that Canada should return to negotiations as soon as possible.

“I truly believe President Trump wants a deal before the midterms,” Ford said. “I could be wrong, but I think it’s best that we sit down and get a deal.”

Door remains open to trade talks

Carney also left the door open to renewed negotiations, saying Canada remains ready to return to the table if the talks are conducted professionally and respect Canadian sovereignty.

“We are always ready to sit down” and negotiate, Carney said, adding that he believes “there is a mutually beneficial deal possible that respects our sovereignty and is in the interests of both countries.”

Carney said retaliation remained an option when it served Canadian interests, citing steel as an area where countertariffs had been necessary to protect Canadian companies and workers. But he stopped well short of promising another round of retaliatory measures in response to Trump’s latest action.

Trump abruptly ended trade talks with Canada last year after Ford’s Ontario government aired an anti-tariff television ad in the United States using former President Ronald Reagan’s criticism of tariffs.

Ford said Thursday that Trump had nevertheless strengthened Canada by forcing it to reduce its dependence on the United States.

“The only two good things Donald Trump has ever done for Canada,” Ford said, were that “he woke us up” and “he united the country like I’ve never seen before.”

The South Kivu provincial government said in a press release that 19 girls and seven boys were killed, adding that the death toll could rise.

The spokesperson for rebel M23 group that controls the city, Lawrence Kanyuka, said earlier that 24 students were killed and 29 people were being treated at local medical facilities.

The fire started at a house before spreading to the two adjoining schools, local neighborhood administrator Moïse Lubala told The Associated Press.

He said several students were trapped inside Furaha secondary school and some suffocated.

A mix of boys and girls of different ages, students at Furaha and at Ujamaa primary school, were brought to the Nyamulagira BDOM health center in their school uniforms, nurse Ciza Jean-Baptiste told the AP.

Medical staff were struggling to keep track of the exact number of injured because there were so many, he said.

“The exit was too narrow, so some students began jumping through windows while others rushed toward the door. As everyone tried to force their way out, students were pushed over and trampled on,” said Lubala.

The cause of the fire is not known, but the neighborhood where the fire started is densely populated and most houses are made out of wood, according to Lubala.

Congo’s government struggles to exert control over the east of the country. M23 rebels, backed by Rwanda, took control of Bukavu in February 2025. More than 100 armed groups are vying for control of eastern Congo’s trillions of dollars in mineral wealth that’s critical for much of the world’s technology.

Health services are under severe strain as the region grapples with the deadliest Ebola outbreak in history that has killed more than 3,300 people, with more than 6,800 confirmed cases recorded.

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Justin Kabumba in Goma, Congo, and Jean-Yves Kamale in Kinshasa, Congo, contributed to this report.

The three-judge panel refused to lift a preliminary injunction against the order issued last week by U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani. It prohibits the U.S. Postal Service from implementing Trump’s directive. The Postal Service has said it would not deliver ballots from states that did not pre-clear their envelope design with the federal government and submit a list of voters to an online portal, which has yet to be activated.

Election officials warn that it’s impossible to comply with those terms, especially with the first mail ballots arleady being sent out in Alabama, North Carolina and Wisconsin.

The panel of three judges nominated by former President Joe Biden agreed with the plaintiffs that the president does not have the power to regulate states’ election policy.

“Appellants have not made a strong showing that the district court erred in determining that the Final Rule is likely unlawful,” they wrote, a reference to a rule published by the Postal Service to implement Trump’s order.

The panel wrote that the Trump administration had done little to dispel arguments by many election officials that the changes would bring “chaos and widespread disenfranchisement.”

“Indeed, appellants have not even seriously challenged this aspect of the district court’s ruling, much less demonstrated why it is clearly erroneous,” the order states.

The government also hasn’t shown evidence of past fraud to justify the restrictions, the judges said.

A request for comment from the White House was not immediately returned.

The panel’s decision comes even as the Supreme Court is already considering the same case, which is part of a frenzied legal rush as states are beginning to send out mail ballots for this fall’s midterm elections. Democrats and civil rights groups in a separate lawsuit in Washington, D.C., also are trying to halt the executive order.

The 1st Circuit also had upheld a previous hold Talwani placed on the executive order. But that ruling was lifted by the Supreme Court in a procedural decision that did not determine whether the plan was constitutional.

The plaintiffs swiftly filed new lawsuits after the Postal Service finalized its rule governing mail ballots.

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LaToya Garland, 40, and Mikequisha Gordan, 36, were arrested following the incident near Northeast Seventh Avenue and Northeast 132nd Street, according to their arrest report from the North Miami Police Department.

Police said an officer responded to the intersection at approximately 6:29 p.m. after a Miami-Dade County Public Schools officer spotted the two children running down the street alone.

According to the arrest reports, the children told officers that they and their mothers had met at an apartment in the 600 block of Northeast 133rd Street.

Police said the children told officers that Garland and Gordan then forced them outside to play and locked the apartment door.

After becoming tired of playing, the children knocked on the door several times but received no response, according to the report.

Police said the children then became hungry and walked to a nearby Publix at 12855 NE Sixth Ave.

According to investigators, the children were unable to get food at the store and attempted to walk back to the apartment when the school district officer encountered them.

A neighbor told investigators she had seen the children playing at approximately 5:45 p.m. and had also seen one of the women at the apartment.

Officers went to the apartment at approximately 6:48 p.m. and repeatedly attempted to contact the people inside but received no response, the reports stated.

Police said the neighbor also called one of the women several times. Officers could hear the phone ringing inside the apartment, but no one answered, the arrest reports stated.

An employee of the property was eventually called to the scene.

According to the reports, officers explained that they were concerned the occupants could be experiencing a medical emergency and needed to enter the apartment to check on their well-being.

The employee allowed officers inside, where police said they found Garland and Gordan unconscious on a sofa in the living room.

Both women were breathing and had a pulse but were sluggish to respond to stimuli, according to their arrest reports.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded and determined both women were stable.

Police said the women appeared to be impaired by an unknown substance, though the reports do not identify what, if anything, they had consumed.

Garland and Gordan were arrested on charges of child abuse with no great bodily harm.

According to the reports, one of the women began vomiting in the back of a marked patrol vehicle at approximately 8:20 p.m.

Police said both Garland and Gordan were initially taken to the North Miami Police Department before being transported to the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

As of Thursday afternoon, both women remained behind bars. Online jail records listed their bonds as “to be set.”

It's not the first time a TV show has moved an interview with Talarico to YouTube. The candidate's appearance on Stephen Colbert's show in February was moved online over network fears that it would violate regulatory guidance from the Federal Communications Commission on giving equal time to political candidates.

Talarico is in a tight race against Republican, Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, and has given Democrats hope of winning statewide in the otherwise GOP-dominated Lone Star State.

“For the whole 20+ years of our show, in fact, I’ve been interviewing Americans who are running for office with no problem,” said Kimmel on his Wednesday night show, the titular “Jimmy Kimmel Live."

“Something has changed,” he continued, suggesting that Trump's presidency was that something. “His FCC has threatened me, threatened our show, threatened our network, ABC, our affiliates our local stations, based on simple traditional editorial decisions, guest bookings it would seem they don’t like.”

The FCC did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But Anna Gomez, the Commission's sole Democrat, said in a Thursday statement on social media that Kimmel's decision to keep the interview off-air “shows just how far this Administration’s campaign of censorship and control has gone.”

Gomez condemned the latest “intimidation” from her agency — and added that she hopes “courts will soon make clear that the FCC has no place dictating editorial choices or what viewers are allowed to see.”

In August, in a further escalation of its battle with the Trump administration, Disney-owned ABC sued the FCC on First Amendment grounds, saying the agency’s demand for early review of its broadcast licenses — years before they were set to expire — posed an “existential threat” to the network.

The FCC had ordered the review months earlier, citing the network’s diversity and inclusion practices as a reason, but the development came shortly after a joke by Kimmel — a long-outspoken Trump critic — had infuriated the president. In April, Trump and first lady Melania Trump called for ABC to fire Kimmel over a joke where the late-night comic described the first lady as having “the glow of an expectant widow.”

Kimmel didn’t elaborate further Wednesday on what grounds the FCC cited when the agency, as he put it, threatened the show over the Talarico interview. In the past, including with Talarico on Stephen Colbert's show, the contention has been over a requirement that broadcast stations give equal time to political candidates when they appear on-air.

The rule traditionally hasn't been applied to talk shows. But the Trump administration, through the FCC, announced in January that late-night and daytime hosts had to follow it.

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AP business writer Wyatte Grantham-Philips in Chicago contributed to this report.

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This story has been corrected to show that ABC sued the FCC in August, not April.

LaToya Garland, de 40 años, y Mikequisha Gordan, de 36, fueron arrestadas tras el incidente cerca de Northeast Seventh Avenue y Northeast 132nd Street, según su informe de arresto del Departamento de Policía de North Miami.

La policía dijo que un agente acudió a la intersección aproximadamente a las 6:29 p.m. después de que un agente de las Escuelas Públicas del Condado Miami-Dade viera a los dos niños corriendo solos por la calle.

Según los informes de arresto, los niños dijeron a los agentes que ellos y sus madres se habían reunido en un apartamento en la cuadra 600 de Northeast 133rd Street.

La policía dijo que los niños contaron a los agentes que Garland y Gordan luego los obligaron a salir a jugar y cerraron la puerta del apartamento con llave.

Después de cansarse de jugar, los niños tocaron la puerta varias veces, pero no recibieron respuesta, según el informe.

La policía dijo que los niños entonces sintieron hambre y caminaron hasta un Publix cercano en 12855 NE Sixth Ave.

Según los investigadores, los niños no pudieron conseguir comida en la tienda e intentaron regresar caminando al apartamento cuando el agente del distrito escolar los encontró.

Una vecina dijo a los investigadores que había visto a los niños jugando aproximadamente a las 5:45 p.m. y también había visto a una de las mujeres en el apartamento.

Los agentes fueron al apartamento aproximadamente a las 6:48 p.m. e intentaron repetidamente comunicarse con las personas que estaban dentro, pero no recibieron respuesta, señalan los informes.

La policía dijo que la vecina también llamó varias veces a una de las mujeres. Los agentes podían escuchar el teléfono sonando dentro del apartamento, pero nadie respondió, señalan los informes de arresto.

Finalmente, un empleado de la propiedad fue llamado al lugar.

Según los informes, los agentes explicaron que les preocupaba que los ocupantes pudieran estar sufriendo una emergencia médica y que necesitaban entrar al apartamento para verificar su bienestar.

El empleado permitió que los agentes entraran, donde la policía dijo que encontraron a Garland y Gordan inconscientes en un sofá de la sala.

Ambas mujeres respiraban y tenían pulso, pero respondían lentamente a los estímulos, según sus informes de arresto.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue acudió al lugar y determinó que ambas mujeres estaban estables.

La policía dijo que las mujeres parecían estar bajo los efectos de una sustancia desconocida, aunque los informes no identifican qué habían consumido, si es que habían consumido algo.

Garland y Gordan fueron arrestadas por cargos de abuso infantil sin lesiones corporales graves.

Según los informes, una de las mujeres comenzó a vomitar en la parte trasera de un vehículo policial identificado aproximadamente a las 8:20 p.m.

La policía dijo que Garland y Gordan fueron llevadas inicialmente al Departamento de Policía de North Miami antes de ser trasladadas al Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight.

Hasta la tarde del jueves, ambas mujeres permanecían tras las rejas. Los registros de la cárcel en línea indicaban que sus fianzas estaban “por determinar”.

Grúas rodeaban el avión mientras las cuadrillas trabajaban para comenzar a desmantelarlo.

Sky 10 sobrevoló la escena, donde todavía había escombros dispersos por el estacionamiento, el césped y parte de la pista.

La fecha y hora de la reubicación aún no han sido determinadas.

El traslado podría brindar cierto alivio a MIA y a los viajeros, ya que solo tres de las cuatro pistas del aeropuerto permanecen abiertas. Se han reportado decenas de retrasos mientras el aeropuerto continúa operando por debajo de su capacidad total.

La Junta Nacional de Seguridad en el Transporte (NTSB) dijo que los investigadores permanecerían en el aeropuerto durante aproximadamente una semana mientras realizan su investigación en el lugar.

El avión de carga de Amazon se encuentra en las etapas iniciales de ser desmantelado en partes para que pueda ser retirado de la pista de MIA, según un funcionario del aeropuerto.

Los trabajos se realizan días después de que el avión se saliera de la pista y chocara contra dos autos que estaban en su trayectoria, causando la muerte de cinco personas el domingo.

Ahora, los investigadores de la NTSB están revelando lo que se dijo dentro de la cabina, basándose en el audio recuperado de la grabadora de voz del avión.

Los investigadores dijeron que se escucha a uno de los pilotos advirtiendo que el avión viajaba demasiado rápido, más de un minuto antes de que la aeronave tocara la pista por primera vez.

Según los investigadores, ese piloto “hizo comentarios adicionales sobre la velocidad excesiva de la aeronave durante el resto de la grabación”, pero “no hubo una respuesta verbal consistente”.

La grabación de la cabina también registró alertas electrónicas que advertían que la aeronave estaba demasiado cerca del terreno.

Luego, cuando quedaban apenas 15 segundos de la grabación, uno de los pilotos pidió un intento de “go-around”, una maniobra para elevar nuevamente el avión y volver a intentar el aterrizaje.

Pero cinco segundos después, el avión se salió de la pista.

“Ese tipo de vacilación es mortal en una pista como esta”, dijo el experto en aviación Pablo Rojas.

Rojas dijo que la combinación de la velocidad del avión, la aplicación de los frenos, su liberación y posterior aplicación nuevamente, y la indecisión de la tripulación durante los últimos segundos fue crítica.

“Primero estaban intentando aterrizar, reducir la velocidad del avión, detenerlo, luego vacilaron y quizá intentaron hacer un go-around, es decir, acelerar nuevamente, luego hicieron otro cambio en su decisión, que fue intentar aterrizar de nuevo”, dijo.

Local 10 News también habló con un hombre que presenció el accidente.

“Estábamos dentro del almacén cuando escuchamos un ruido súper fuerte”, dijo el testigo Abraham Altamar.

Altamar dijo que se encontró con el piloto Jaime Felipe Silva Molina después de que el piloto escapara del avión en llamas.

“Estaba temblando, parecía estresado”, dijo Altamar.

Agregó: “Solo le pregunté si quería que llamara al 911, pero me dijo: “No, necesito tu teléfono para llamar a mi esposa””.

Altamar dijo que escuchó parte de esa llamada.

“Decía: “Oh, mi carrera, mi carrera se acabó””, dijo.

Ambos pilotos fueron entrevistados por la NTSB, pero todavía no se ha informado qué surgió de esas entrevistas.

Los investigadores también tienen más factores que considerar, incluidos los aspectos mecánicos del avión, las condiciones meteorológicas del domingo cuando ocurrió el accidente y el historial tanto de la aeronave como de su compañía.

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Según funcionarios, cinco personas murieron y otras cinco resultaron heridas cuando un Boeing 767-300 se salió de una pista en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Miami poco antes de las 2 p.m. del domingo y chocó contra una camioneta Ford E-150 Econoline blanca de 2012 y un Toyota Corolla Cross LE.

Según datos de la grabadora de voz de la cabina, uno de los pilotos advirtió que iban demasiado rápido más de un minuto antes de que el avión tocara la pista por primera vez.

Los funcionarios dijeron que ese piloto “hizo comentarios adicionales sobre la velocidad excesiva de la aeronave durante el resto de la grabación”, y agregaron que “no hubo una respuesta verbal consistente” a esas advertencias.

“Quince segundos antes del final de la grabación, los frenos fueron liberados a una velocidad sobre tierra de 120 nudos. Los aceleradores aumentaron a valores consistentes con el empuje de una maniobra de go-around”, dijo el martes Chihoon Shin, investigador principal de la NTSB.

La misma grabación de la cabina confirmó que, cuando quedaban apenas 15 segundos de la grabación, uno de los pilotos pidió un intento de go-around, y apenas cinco segundos después, el avión se salió de la pista.

El experto en aviación Pablo Rojas dijo que los datos parecen mostrar que la tripulación cambió de rumbo durante esos críticos segundos finales.

“Ese tipo de vacilación es mortal en una pista como esta”, dijo. “Primero estaban intentando aterrizar, reducir la velocidad del avión, detenerlo, luego vacilaron y quizá intentaron hacer un go-around, es decir, acelerar nuevamente, luego hicieron otro cambio en su decisión, que fue intentar aterrizar de nuevo”.

Ambos pilotos ya fueron entrevistados por la NTSB mientras los investigadores trabajan para determinar por qué el avión viajaba tan rápido y por qué el intento de go-around se produjo tan tarde.

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According to officials, five people were killed and five others were injured when a Boeing 767-300 overtook a runway at Miami International Airport shortly before 2 p.m. on Sunday and struck a white 2012 Ford E-150 Econoline van and a Toyota Corolla Cross LE.

According to data from the cockpit voice recorder, one pilot warned they were going too fast more than a minute before the plane first touched down on the runway.

Officials said that pilot “made additional comments regarding the aircraft’s excessive speed throughout the remainder of the recording” while adding “there was not a consistent verbal response” to those warnings.

“Fifteen seconds before the end of recording, brakes were released at a ground speed of 120 knots. Throttles increased to values consistent with go-around thrust,” NTSB lead investigator Chihoon Shin said Tuesday.

The same cockpit recording confirmed that with just 15 seconds left in the recording, one pilot called for a go-around attempt, and just five seconds later, the plane ran off the runway.

Aviation expert Pablo Rojas said the data appears to show the crew changing course in those critical final seconds.

“That kind of hesitation is deadly in a runway like this,” he said. “First they were trying to land, slow the plane down, bring it to a halt, then they hesitated and maybe tried to do a go-around, meaning speed up again, then they made another change in their decision which was to try to land again.”

Both pilots have now been interviewed by the NTSB as investigators work to determine why the plane was traveling so fast and why the go-around attempt came so late.

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“Cachi,” whose real name is Russell Dominique Brown, is facing multiple felony charges in Miami-Dade County.

An arrest report from the Miami Beach Police Department lists the crime location as 4441 Collins Ave. ― the address of the famed Fontainebleau hotel on Mid-Beach.

‘I don’t consider myself a pimp; I’m a life coach’

Miami Beach police said a 29-year-old victim told investigators that she met Brown, 36, of Lauderdale Lakes, while working at a Pompano Beach strip club in 2025.

Brown was a customer, they said, who “(threw) a lot of cash, which got her attention,” the report stated.

Authorities said he asked the victim to hang out, telling her, “I want to make your life better,” and the two began dating.

Brown was initially “charming, generous and charismatic,” police said, and he began inviting her to his house when he was alone “and they mostly stayed in his bedroom, that had a lock operated by a keypad on it.”

Eventually, police said the victim learned that there were four other women living there, “but they were working at the time.”

“When she noticed all the rooms had makeup vanities and there was a stripper pole in the house, she began to ask questions,” the MBPD report states.

Authorities said Brown explained to her who the women were.

“These are my b----es,” he said, according to police. “I don’t consider myself a pimp; I’m a life coach.”

Authorities said Brown told the victim he could help her start a business, get cosmetic procedures done, as well as a new car and luxury goods.

“He even told her they could have a Baby Cachi together one day,” the report states.

Police said Brown told the victim he “was a big deal in Miami.”

“The victim further explained that all the women living in the house were making money dancing in strip clubs and engaging in prostitution and all of their earnings were put on the money counter as soon as the women got home,” the report states. “(Brown) then would then use that money to pay for room rentals, vehicle rentals and essentials for the women.”

But Brown only made the payments when “he wanted to,” police said.

‘It began to feel like a cult’: A $1,000 daily ‘quota,’ violence and threats

Authorities said the victim began prostituting herself at Brown’s direction, in both Broward and Miami-Dade counties.

Brown set her prices and set a $1,000 daily “quota” for her, police said, “and when she made her quota she could go home to her daughter.”

“If the quota wasn’t made, she would stay and work more to keep him happy because she was afraid of what would happen if he wasn’t happy,” the report states.

Police said Brown, whom the victim knew to regularly be armed, “pushed and shoved” the victim and was “violent” with the other women. Additionally, they said he regularly threatened the victim.

“One of (Brown’s) most common threats was bringing up what happened to another known associate of his, who had testified against him in a bond revocation hearing,” the report states. “That woman was involved in a near-fatal car accident, and (Brown) would constantly say, ‘You see what I did to that b----? When you go against me, you see what happens?’”

Police said Brown would also “constantly tell the victim that he is a member of the Blood Gang and has people everywhere.”

“He also told her he is a Freemason,” the report states. “When the victim told him she didn’t know what that was, he told her to look it up, because he has people all over the place. The victim said he was always telling her he was powerful and to not make him show her how powerful he is.”

According to police, she said “on several occasions,” Brown would turn her phone off “when he was upset with her or he would have the car rental guy use the kill switch on the car she was driving so she couldn’t leave wherever she was.”

Authorities said Brown made music and the victim told detectives that his songs were “playing in his house constantly and it began to feel like a cult.”

“The victim stated all of the women working for (Brown) have tattoos that represent him, that include one of his monikers,” the report states. “The victim showed detectives a tattoo that (he) told her to get on her upper left thigh that says ‘Cachi 5 Queen.’ According to the victim, this tattoo represents that she is one of his girls and the number five to represent his allegiance to the Blood Gang.”

Ongoing criminal case, latest charges

Authorities said Brown committed these crimes while out on bond in a separate human trafficking case.

Brown, they said, “was absconded from custody after cutting off his court ordered ankle monitor.”

Records show Brown was arrested on a litany of charges, including human trafficking, aggravated battery and aggravated assault with a firearm, also by Miami Beach police, in 2021.

He has been jailed in Miami-Dade County since this April in connection with a warrant from that case, records show.

He was formally re-arrested on Wednesday while locked up in the Metrowest Detention Center, police said.

He now faces additional charges, including commercial sex trafficking, human trafficking with branding and deriving support from the proceeds of prostitution.

As of Thursday afternoon, he remained held without bond at the MWDC, records show.

Jacobs must pay a $1,000 fine plus court costs for the battery charge. Under an agreement with prosecutors, the criminal damage charge can be dismissed in a year if he fulfills terms that include staying out of trouble, avoiding the victim in this case, submitting to supervision, completing counseling and paying restitution to the victim.

“I fully understand the seriousness of the situation, and I take full responsibility,” Jacobs said during an appearance in a Brown County court.

Jacobs was arrested May 26, three days after Hobart-Lawrence police officers came to his Wisconsin home to investigate a disturbance. According to police, the woman told them that Jacobs grabbed her and threw her to the ground as she was trying to exit a garage door, causing her to hit her head. Police said Jacobs also took her phone from her while she was on the ground.

Police said they noticed redness on her face and neck and could feel a bump on the back of her head.

According to a criminal complaint, the woman’s statement was corroborated by surveillance footage from the camera system in the garage where the incident occurred.

Jacobs was charged in late August and the NFL subsequently placed him on the commissioner’s exempt list, which prevents the three-time Pro Bowl running back from playing or practicing but allows him to keep receiving a paycheck. Players on the commissioner’s exempt list may be allowed at team facilities for meetings, individual workouts, therapy and rehabilitation and other non-football activities.

NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said Thursday that the league is monitoring the case, which is being reviewed under the league personal conduct policy, and Jacobs remains on the exempt list. The Packers had no immediate comment.

Jacobs could face a league suspension.

David Chesnoff, one of the lawyers representing Jacobs, said the running back already has begun counseling.

“This plea reflects Josh’s acknowledgement of his actions and his acceptance of responsibility for these actions," Chesnoff said. “There are significant consequences for Josh, and he intends to meet all the requirements the court imposes under these negotiations.”

According to the criminal complaint, Jacobs’ girlfriend told police she had been looking through Jacobs’ phone and saw he was talking to other women, and that she threw his phone in anger without breaking it. She told police that Jacobs had her phone and she told him he could look through it.

Police said the woman indicated she tried to retrieve her phone from Jacobs, but he grabbed her arm. They left the home in separate vehicles but eventually returned, and the woman later grabbed a second phone from a duffle bag. That led to the events in which she was trying to exit a garage door.

Jacobs entered his plea three days before the Packers open the season at Minnesota.

He is coming off a 2025 season during which he rushed for 929 yards and 13 touchdowns. That followed a 2024 season in which he ran for 1,329 yards and 15 touchdowns while earning his third Pro Bowl selection.

Green Bay has no other running backs who rushed for more than 106 yards last season.

The only other running backs currently on Green Bay’s 53-man roster are MarShawn Lloyd, Chris Brooks and Kaleb Johnson. The Packers acquired Johnson from Pittsburgh the day that Jacobs was placed on the commissioner's exempt list.

Lloyd is a 2024 third-round pick who has played just one game over the last two seasons due to a variety of injuries, but he is healthy now. Lloyd said Jacobs has offered him advice about this upcoming game by telling him to "just stay where your feet are” and to “just be yourself.”

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“Cachi”, cuyo verdadero nombre es Russell Dominique Brown, enfrenta múltiples cargos por delitos graves en el condado Miami-Dade.

Un informe de arresto del Departamento de Policía de Miami Beach indica que el lugar del delito fue 4441 Collins Ave., la dirección del famoso hotel Fontainebleau en Mid-Beach.

“No me considero un proxeneta; soy un coach de vida”

La policía de Miami Beach dijo que una víctima de 29 años contó a los investigadores que conoció a Brown, de 36 años y residente de Lauderdale Lakes, mientras trabajaba en un club de striptease de Pompano Beach en 2025.

Brown era un cliente que “arrojaba mucho dinero en efectivo, lo que llamó su atención”, señala el informe.

Las autoridades dijeron que él le pidió a la víctima que saliera con él, diciéndole: “Quiero mejorar tu vida”, y ambos comenzaron una relación.

Brown inicialmente era “encantador, generoso y carismático”, dijo la policía, y comenzó a invitarla a su casa cuando estaba solo “y permanecían principalmente en su dormitorio, que tenía una cerradura operada mediante un teclado”.

Finalmente, la policía dijo que la víctima se enteró de que había otras cuatro mujeres viviendo allí, “pero estaban trabajando en ese momento”.

“Cuando notó que todas las habitaciones tenían tocadores de maquillaje y que había un tubo de striptease en la casa, comenzó a hacer preguntas”, señala el informe de MBPD.

Las autoridades dijeron que Brown le explicó quiénes eran las mujeres.

“Estas son mis p––s”, dijo, según la policía. “No me considero un proxeneta; soy un coach de vida”.

Las autoridades dijeron que Brown le aseguró a la víctima que podía ayudarla a iniciar un negocio, hacerse procedimientos cosméticos, así como conseguir un auto nuevo y artículos de lujo.

“Incluso le dijo que algún día podrían tener un Baby Cachi juntos”, señala el informe.

La policía dijo que Brown le dijo a la víctima que él “era alguien importante en Miami”.

“La víctima explicó además que todas las mujeres que vivían en la casa ganaban dinero bailando en clubes de striptease y ejerciendo la prostitución, y todas sus ganancias eran colocadas en el contador de dinero tan pronto como las mujeres llegaban a casa”, señala el informe. “Brown luego usaba ese dinero para pagar el alquiler de habitaciones, vehículos y artículos esenciales para las mujeres”.

Pero Brown solo hacía los pagos cuando “él quería”, dijo la policía.

“Comenzó a sentirse como una secta”: una “cuota” diaria de $1,000 USD, violencia y amenazas

Las autoridades dijeron que la víctima comenzó a prostituirse bajo las órdenes de Brown, tanto en los condados Broward como Miami-Dade.

Brown fijaba sus precios y estableció una “cuota” diaria de $1,000 USD para ella, dijo la policía, “y cuando alcanzaba su cuota podía ir a casa con su hija”.

“Si no alcanzaba la cuota, se quedaba y trabajaba más para mantenerlo contento porque tenía miedo de lo que sucedería si él no estaba contento”, señala el informe.

La policía dijo que Brown, quien según la víctima regularmente estaba armado, “empujaba” a la víctima y era “violento” con las otras mujeres. Además, dijeron que amenazaba regularmente a la víctima.

“Una de las amenazas más comunes de Brown era mencionar lo que le sucedió a otra conocida asociada suya, quien había testificado en su contra en una audiencia de revocación de fianza”, señala el informe. “Esa mujer estuvo involucrada en un accidente automovilístico casi fatal, y Brown decía constantemente: “¿Ves lo que le hice a esa p––? Cuando te pones en mi contra, ¿ves lo que pasa?””

La policía dijo que Brown también “le decía constantemente a la víctima que es miembro de la pandilla Blood y que tiene gente en todas partes”.

“También le dijo que es masón”, señala el informe. “Cuando la víctima le dijo que no sabía qué era eso, él le dijo que lo buscara, porque tiene gente por todas partes. La víctima dijo que él siempre le decía que era poderoso y que no lo obligara a demostrarle cuán poderoso es”.

Según la policía, ella dijo que “en varias ocasiones”, Brown le apagaba el teléfono “cuando estaba molesto con ella o hacía que el hombre que alquilaba el auto utilizara el interruptor de apagado del vehículo que ella conducía para que no pudiera irse del lugar donde estuviera”.

Las autoridades dijeron que Brown hacía música y la víctima contó a los detectives que sus canciones “sonaban constantemente en su casa y comenzó a sentirse como una secta”.

“La víctima declaró que todas las mujeres que trabajan para Brown tienen tatuajes que lo representan, que incluyen uno de sus apodos”, señala el informe. “La víctima mostró a los detectives un tatuaje que él le dijo que se hiciera en la parte superior del muslo izquierdo que dice “Cachi 5 Queen”. Según la víctima, este tatuaje representa que ella es una de sus mujeres y el número cinco representa su lealtad a la pandilla Blood”.

Caso penal en curso, cargos más recientes

Las autoridades dijeron que Brown cometió estos delitos mientras estaba en libertad bajo fianza por un caso separado de tráfico de personas.

Brown, dijeron, “se fugó de la custodia después de quitarse el monitor de tobillo ordenado por el tribunal”.

Los registros muestran que Brown fue arrestado por numerosos cargos, incluidos tráfico de personas, agresión agravada y asalto agravado con un arma de fuego, también por la policía de Miami Beach, en 2021.

Permanece encarcelado en el condado Miami-Dade desde abril en relación con una orden de arresto de ese caso, muestran los registros.

Fue arrestado formalmente de nuevo el miércoles mientras estaba recluido en el Centro de Detención Metrowest, dijo la policía.

Ahora enfrenta cargos adicionales, incluidos tráfico sexual comercial, tráfico de personas con marcación y obtener sustento de las ganancias de la prostitución.

Hasta la tarde del jueves, permanecía detenido sin derecho a fianza en el MWDC, muestran los registros.

The case started as an investigation into an armed robbery.

In one clip, Anthony Gordon is seen staring down the barrel of a firearm as an armed robber, whose name remains unknown, threatens him.

“You are ready to die?” the man asks.

The armed robber then appears to leave with his arms full of items.

At the Miami Gardens home, Gordon’s girlfriend, Danette Young, is also seen. Police say Young ran to a neighbor for help. That neighbor shot and killed the gun-wielding man.

In another clip, Gordon returns to the home. A closer look at the video shows him carrying items in his hands.

Police would later execute a search warrant at the home and show during a court hearing what they say they found: millions of dollars in cash and illegal drugs.

Investigators said the amount of drugs was enough to charge Gordon and Young with drug trafficking.

Gordon’s defense team says the allegations have gone too far.

Defense attorney Jonathan Jordan told Local 10 News in a statement that his client was the victim of a home invasion robbery in which he almost lost his life.

“Our defense of our client is just beginning. Evidence is still coming out showing how Mr. Gordon was the clear victim of a home invasion robbery where he almost lost his own life. As far as narcotics and weapons that were discovered inside the home, many questions remain about who owned them, who had access to them, and what evidence exists pointing to which of the multiple occupants that lived there even knew of the presence of the contraband. We look forward to seeing all of the evidence and vigorously defending Mr. Gordon in allegations that have simply gone too far.”

Defense attorney Jonathan Jordan

During a court hearing, a question was raised about whether firearms were found near fentanyl.

Jordan also questioned who owned the narcotics and weapons found inside the home, who had access to them and what evidence exists showing which of the multiple occupants knew about the contraband.

Because multiple people lived in the home at the time, Jordan said questions remain about the evidence.

Gordon and Young are now also facing federal charges. Their defense attorney said the pair are in federal detention ahead of Friday morning’s arraignment for the federal charges.

Court records also show they have a court hearing related to the filed state charges at the Richard Gerstein Justice Building Thursday morning.

Local 10 se enteró de que se han emitido citaciones en una investigación de la fiscalía estatal relacionada con una revisión de la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward.

Un portavoz del Condado Broward dijo que dos miembros de la comisión recibieron citaciones de la oficina del fiscal general del estado en la sede del condado el miércoles.

Según se informa, las citaciones están relacionadas con la evaluación del condado sobre la creación de una nueva fuerza policial en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood y Port Everglades.

En mayo, los comisionados del Condado Broward realizaron uno de varios talleres programados mientras consideraban si crear una agencia policial interna para el aeropuerto en lugar de la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward.

BSO ha patrullado el Aeropuerto Internacional de Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood desde 1996.

Varios aeropuertos de Florida, incluidos los de Tampa, Sarasota y Fort Myers, tienen departamentos de policía propios.

Una compañía contratada por el condado dijo a los comisionados que los aeropuertos que tienen sus propios departamentos cuentan con mayor control sobre las operaciones diarias y que es financieramente viable, pero es necesario realizar muchos más estudios.

Local 10 News se ha comunicado con la oficina del fiscal general del estado.

Suddenly a fan favorite in New York again, Volpe smacked a grand slam and drove in a career-high five runs during his rousing return from Triple-A as the Yankees beat the Colorado Rockies 10-3 on Thursday.

The much-maligned Volpe is getting another chance with the Yankees — this time at a new position — and he's off to a terrific start. With the Bronx crowd chanting his name on several occasions, Volpe had three hits and a stolen base in his first big league game since Aug. 1.

“I wanted to be back up here. I wanted to contribute," Volpe said. "But when you’re down there, there’s obviously no guarantees. So you work really hard for yourself and for the player that you feel like can help the organization. But other than that, there’s nothing guaranteed. You can’t control it. So, I never thought I was going to be back here in this moment, but I want to be ready and prepared in case something happens.”

Something did happen.

Volpe was recalled from the minors Thursday when second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. went on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to Wednesday, with a sprained right thumb.

“Unexpected whirlwind, but it feels good to be back," Volpe said.

The 25-year-old Volpe, who lost his shortstop job in New York to 21-year-old rookie George Lombard Jr. last month, made his first big league start at second base and looked rejuvenated.

Batting ninth, he received an enthusiastic ovation from the Yankee Stadium crowd of 40,706 his first time up and laced an RBI single in the second inning before stealing third base. Volpe reached on a hard-hit infield single in the sixth and lined his second big league homer this season over the short porch in right field to make it 10-2 in the seventh.

He finished 3 for 4 and saw 21 pitches at the plate — 15 during his first two at-bats.

“Good to see the crowd right away behind him,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said.

After rounding the bases in the seventh, Volpe came out of the dugout for a curtain call to salute fans who were chanting his name again.

“Probably a little bit of blackout," Volpe said. “It will be definitely something I’ll remember for a long time. ... I didn’t really know what was happening.”

Slam city

New York didn't have a grand slam all season until Lombard connected in 6-1 win Wednesday night. It's the first time in franchise history players 25 or younger hit grand slams in consecutive games, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

The only other regular-season slam for Volpe came in May 2023 against the Athletics. He also had one in the 2024 World Series.

“Excited for him. He hasn’t done anything but just continue to work and grind, and got his way back here and obviously had a massive impact tonight,” Boone said. “Hopefully something that can springboard him even a little bit more.”

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A first-round draft pick in 2019 out of a nearby New Jersey high school, the 5-foot-10 Volpe won a Gold Glove as a rookie shortstop and hit 21 home runs with the Yankees in 2023.

He was expected to hold down the position for years to come, but Volpe entered Thursday with a .224 career batting average, .287 on-base percentage and .660 OPS in four big league seasons. He's also struggled at times on defense, drawing criticism from Yankees fans.

Volpe was optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Aug. 4, with a plan to gain experience at other positions. He played 19 games at second base for the RailRiders and went on a recent tear at the plate.

“He’s been excellent, from all the reports from player development,” Boone said. "The double-play turn’s been excellent. So, not surprised. He’s the type of athlete that should take to that position well and so far, so good.”

Big numbers in the minors

In his last 28 games at Triple-A, Volpe batted .284 with 10 homers, 21 RBIs, seven doubles, 15 walks and eight steals. He compiled a 1.023 OPS after getting demoted.

“It’s not an easy thing to go back there and have the right mindset and not only that but go out and perform at a high level, and that’s what he did," Boone said. “It’s a testament to who he is and his character and I think his love and respect for this game.”

Volpe was selected International League Player of the Week for hitting .524 with three homers, six RBIs and five stolen bases over six games from Aug. 31 to Sept. 6. He compiled a 1.674 OPS with five homers over his past eight games for the RailRiders.

“I definitely see a little difference with how he’s spread out," Boone said. “I thought he looked really good, really under control, controlled the strike zone, patient at-bats while also obviously delivering some blows.”

Then and now

Volpe’s season debut for the Yankees was delayed until May 13 after he recovered from surgery last October to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder. He is batting .251 with 24 RBIs in 57 games with New York.

Chisholm can become a free agent after the World Series, so Volpe's chance at second base in a September pennant race could offer something of an audition for next season.

“I just feel like I have an opportunity," Volpe said. “Obviously, it’s weird the way it happened. You never want somebody to get hurt or anything, but I had nothing guaranteed, obviously. I thought I was never going to be back up here. So I’m trying to make the most of it.”

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Grospiron's decision to step down is the latest setback for organizers of the French Alps Olympics. A replacement was not immediately named.

Grospiron had been appointed only last year — after French biathlon star Martin Fourcade withdrew his candidacy despite being seen as the front-runner for the job.

Instability continued under Grospiron's leadership at the helm of an Olympic hosting project that started behind schedule when conceived in 2023.

When the French Alps was formally picked on the eve of the 2024 Paris Summer Games, it already was on the tightest timeline of any modern Olympic host with essential government sign-offs still pending and taken on trust.

“His decision to step down from the presidency is part of a deliberate, organized and fully assumed transition, in the interests of the project and its governance,” the organizing committee said.

Before Grospiron's exit, the 2030 French Alps Olympics had lost their chief executive officer following weeks of internal turmoil in February. Cyril Linette was at loggerheads with Grospiron when he left amid growing tensions and against a backdrop of several resignations, culminating in open conflict between the pair.

Since a formal handover from the International Olympic Committee in February in Milan, the next Winter Games also dropped Nice as the main host city amid a venue dispute when a far-right mayor was elected. Confirming a completely new host city — as Lyon was earlier this year by the IOC executive board — less than four years from the opening ceremony also is unprecedented.

French organizers said an extraordinary general meeting on Sept. 14 will help organize the interim period pending the appointment of a new president.

“We thank Mr. Grospiron for his crucial work in laying the foundations for the success of the Alps 2030 Games," the IOC said in a statement. “Under his stewardship, the organization has developed a vision for engaging and exciting Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.”

The IOC maintained its confidence in the 2030 Games.

“The economic fundamentals of the project are solid, with the first sponsor onboard and others expected to join soon. The project also benefits from the development of a robust venue masterplan,” the IOC said, adding that it will "continue working in close collaboration with the organizing committee."

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Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. will be celebrated at a Feb. 5 dinner and tribute concert at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. The gala will feature other musicians performing U2’s catalogue, with the honorees typically capping the evening with a brief performance. The lineup of performers will be announced later.

For the first time in the event’s 36-year history, individual tickets for the concert portion of the night will be available to the public. As a result, there will be fewer guests seated at traditional tables, which will cost more than individual concert tickets.

Money raised from the event will support MusiCares, which helps music professionals in need of personal, financial or medical assistance.

U2 has supported many causes since forming 50 years ago in Dublin, including global health, disaster response, addiction recovery, mental health and access to music education. MusiCares honored Bono individually in 2003.

The event is moving from its usual home at the Los Angeles Convention Center because it will be undergoing renovations and hosting pre-Super Bowl-related activities.

U2 joins such previous honorees as Mariah Carey, Grateful Dead, Jon Bon Jovi, Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson, Aerosmith, Dolly Parton, Fleetwood Mac, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen.

The band has had a slew of hits over the years, including two No. 1 songs: “With or Without You” and “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.”

De pie junto a la nueva presidenta peruana, Keiko Fujimori, Rubio les dijo a los periodistas que, si bien Washington tiene “la capacidad de actuar unilateralmente”, preferiría trabajar con sus aliados porque esa es “la manera más efectiva de hacerlo”.

Efectuó sus comentarios poco después de que Fujimori anunciara que Perú se había sumado al “Escudo de las Américas”, una coalición de países afines en la región —encabezada por Estados Unidos— para llevar a cabo operaciones militares conjuntas contra los cárteles de la droga. Colombia, a la que Rubio visitó esta semana, también se incorporó recientemente al grupo bajo el gobierno de su nuevo presidente Abelardo de la Espriella.

“Nosotros estamos dispuestos a cumplir con todo lo posible para ayudarlos, pero obviamente esto va a ser basado en la cooperación que ustedes pidan", declaró Rubio el jueves. "No queremos hacer menos de lo que piden, pero tampoco vamos a hacer más de lo que ustedes piden”.

Rubio concluye su gira de visita a gobernantes afines a Trump en Sudamérica

En lo que ha sido su quinto viaje a América Latina para afianzar aún más las alianzas de seguridad del gobierno de Trump con líderes conservadores, Rubio reconoció esta semana la evolución de una estrategia estadounidense para combatir el tráfico de drogas en aguas latinoamericanas. Dijo que Washington trabajaría con países aliados y se apegaría a sus leyes, pero también insistió en que las fuerzas armadas “aun harán volar barcos si es necesario”, y que el enfoque consistiría en tomar decisiones “ataque a ataque u operación a operación”.

Tras sus comentarios del miércoles, las fuerzas armadas de Estados Unidos indicaron que llevaron a cabo otro ataque mortal contra lo que llamaron “narcoterroristas” en una embarcación en el mar Caribe, con el cual mataron a tres personas. Recientemente, los militares han estado realizando operaciones conjuntas principalmente con Ecuador en sus aguas territoriales, donde se ha retirado a personas de embarcaciones acusadas de ayudar al tráfico de drogas y se las ha transferido a las autoridades ecuatorianas.

Rubio también visitó Colombia y Ecuador esta semana como parte de una gira por países gobernados por conservadores afines a Trump, a medida que el gobierno intensifica sus labores contra el tráfico de drogas y la inmigración ilegal en todo el hemisferio occidental. Restablecer el predominio de Estados Unidos en la región ha sido una prioridad para el gobierno de Trump.

Junto a Rubio el jueves, Fujimori dijo que empieza “una nueva era de las relaciones entre el Perú y los Estados Unidos”. Enfatizó que la “soberanía de Perú está intacta” y que su país continuará teniendo intercambios comerciales con países de Asia y Europa.

Perú se suma a la coalición de Washington para combatir el tráfico de drogas en el continente americano

Para Fujimori, el ingreso de Perú al Escudo de las Américas “permitirá, como ya lo hemos demostrado, obtener información más rápida, actuar con firmeza” contra la criminalidad que “no respeta fronteras”. Subrayó que, en la década de 1990, Estados Unidos ayudó a Perú a combatir el tráfico de drogas, y agregó que “ya hemos demostrado lo que dos países pueden lograr trabajando juntos”.

Al igual que sus homólogos en Colombia y Ecuador, Fujimori le ha dado prioridad a la lucha contra el crimen en Perú, especialmente delitos como la extorsión y el asesinato. Los reportes de extorsión aumentaron de 2.421 en 2019 a 26.734 en 2025, según datos oficiales.

A finales de agosto, Perú declaró un estado de emergencia de 60 días en Lima y el puerto del Callao debido al aumento de la delincuencia, y creó un comité de funcionarios para coordinar a la policía. También declaró el estado de emergencia en cinco prisiones, con el objetivo de controlar el acceso y prevenir fugas.

Perú es uno de los principales productores de cocaína del mundo, según la DEA. Es el segundo mayor cultivador de hoja de coca —la materia prima de la cocaína—, tan sólo detrás de Colombia, de acuerdo con la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas contra la Droga y el Delito.

El gobierno de Trump ha centrado su atención en el hemisferio occidental, aun cuando ha emprendido una guerra contra Irán. En numerosas ocasiones, el mandatario republicano ha hablado de reactivar la Doctrina Monroe —que se remonta al siglo XIX—, para reafirmar la primacía de Estados Unidos en el continente americano, con énfasis en las drogas, la migración y, no menos importante, contrarrestar la creciente influencia china en la región.

La embajada de China en Perú señaló el martes que el “hemisferio occidental no es el ‘patio trasero’ de nadie”, en un comunicado en el que no mencionó a Rubio, pero que se emitió en la víspera de su visita. Beijing hizo notar que los países latinoamericanos tienen el “derecho soberano de elegir libremente a sus socios”, y expresó su disposición a trabajar con Perú y otros países de la región.

Perú también tiene una larga historia de lidiar con insurgencias de izquierda, y todavía cuenta con un número considerable de personas que simpatizan con esas causas.

Rubio llegó a Lima el miércoles por la noche. Cientos de personas protestaron en la capital peruana por su visita, coreando “fuera yanquis del Perú”, mientras miembros del Partido Comunista agitaban banderas rojas y una pancarta con el rostro del secretario de Estado.

“Marco Rubio ha llegado hoy al Perú y lo que quiere es que Perú sea su colonia”, declaró Carmen Espinoza a The Associated Press. “Por eso estamos aquí protestando, rechazando la visita de un enemigo del Perú”.

La manifestación fue pacífica y estuvo vigilada por agentes de policía, los cuales procuraban prevenir cualquier posible alteración.

Soledad Lozano, una de las manifestantes, dijo que Perú “no es el patio trasero de ningún país del mundo”, y sostuvo que los peruanos son los que definen “con quiénes nos aliamos y qué acuerdos definimos”.

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Suarez informó desde Bogotá. Los periodistas de The Associated Press Farnoush Amiri en Nueva York y Meg Kinnard en Columbia, Carolina del Sur, contribuyeron a este despacho.

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The film was made by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, the Israeli filmmakers behind the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land." “NAZA” was shot in secret on rooftops in Tel Aviv across three years and its subjects’ identities are obscured, with digital alterations of their voices and appearances.

The film’s title references an Israeli military acronym used as a shorthand for civilian casualties, including men, women and children.

Testimony from Israeli military insiders

The subjects in the film detail the surveillance systems and remote bombing involved in the Israeli military's operation, which they say uses artificial intelligence to identify potential Hamas targets and bomb their homes and apartments often knowing that families are inside.

“We just told these officers and soldiers, please describe to us what you did,” Abraham said in a news conference Thursday. “Of course there were other questions that arose but the principal question was a question of detail — sketch it for us, we want to know how it worked. And sometimes just asking the question, you get answers.”

“NAZA” builds on reporting between 2023 and 2025 published by the Israeli-Palestinian +972 Magazine, the Hebrew-language outlet Local Call and The Guardian. Szor spoke about the purpose of making a film with information that has already been reported and published.

“We felt that there is still some sort of importance to take those testimonies and put it in a film,” Szor said. “It’s different to hear, actually, the people who designed and operated those systems talk about it in front of a camera, and sketch it, show it.”

“NAZA” was produced by The Guardian and filmmakers behind “The Zone of Interest." It is the only documentary competing for the Golden Lion award, and one of two with a female director. It was a late add to the festival, which producer James Wilson said was at their request, in part to allow them to finish the anonymization of their subjects.

Keeping the focus on the victims, not the subjects

The film doesn’t dwell on what motivated their subjects to speak. Abraham noted that some expressed remorse, some didn’t; some deliberately spoke in Hebrew, some spoke out of indifference and pride. The filmmakers and producers were inspired by “The Zone of Interest” filmmaker Jonathan Glazer’s note that in his film the victims are out of the frame, but never out of mind.

“We felt that by focusing too much on these feelings of remorse or guilt that exist, we would be taking away from the core of the film,” Abraham said. “And the core of the film is a system of killing that has killed more than 70,000 Palestinians in Gaza — estimates say the real number is much higher — the way it worked and the way the world allowed it to happen. This is the heart of what we want to do.”

Wilson also spoke about the antisemitism accusations that are sometimes thrown at projects critiquing the actions of the Israeli government.

“I myself actually don’t think there are any connections with Judaism or Jewishness and the policies of the Israeli government,” Wilson said.

Bearing witness, from ‘No Other Land’ to ‘NAZA’

Abraham and Szor were two of the four directors of the 2025 best documentary winner “No Other Land,” the story of Palestinian activists fighting to protect their communities from demolition by the Israeli military. A collaboration between Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers, it was made between 2019 and 2023, wrapping production days before Hamas launched its deadly Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel that started the war in Gaza.

On that day, Hamas-led militants attacked Israel, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 as hostages. In Israel’s ensuing offensive, more than 73,422 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The ministry does not distinguish between civilians and militants but says women and children make up around half of all fatalities.

“The killing of civilians in Gaza is ongoing,” Abraham said. “Just this week while we were at the festival there was a seven-year-old girl killed with her father in their car … what we are showing is something that is very much ongoing.”

“I think our film is showing that this is not some mistake. It’s not an accident. It’s something very, very systemic,” he added. “And this should have been apparent to everyone, I think, from the start. But we are showing it from the inside, with insider testimony.”

The ongoing conflict is top of mind at the Venice Film Festival

The areas Israel controls in Gaza have been mostly destroyed and depopulated. Most of the territory’s 2 million Palestinians are in areas that remain under Hamas control.

Israel has continued striking Gaza, saying it’s targeting Hamas and its infrastructure. Israel blames Hamas for the heavy civilian casualties in Gaza, saying the militant group operates in residential areas and uses civilians as human shields.

The military has acknowledged using artificial intelligence to help identify targets, but maintains no strike is carried out without human involvement. “When it comes to ‘pressing the red button,’ only a person can do it,” said an Israeli military official, speaking on condition of anonymity pending a formal statement from the army.

The war was top of mind at last year’s festival as well, where thousands gathered for a large pro-Palestinian protest in hopes of redirecting the spotlight from the movie stars to the real world. The subject was also prominent in the program: Kaouther Ben Hania’s “The Voice of Hind Rajab,” about the death of a 6-year-old girl attempting to flee Gaza City with her family, won the festival’s Silver Lion award.

Ben Hania is part of the Maggie Gyllenhaal-led jury that will be selecting the award winners at the festival. Winners will be announced on Sept. 12.

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Lyle, 20, had been accused of fleeing from police after an officer said he initially clocked him driving 92 mph in a 65-mph zone on the Sawgrass Expressway on July 10.

Authorities accused Lyle of accelerating to speeds of approximately 130 mph or greater while trying to get away from police.

Lyle was initially arrested on charges of fleeing and eluding at a high speed and reckless driving.

The felony charge has now been dropped, and Lyle is facing a misdemeanor reckless driving charge.

According to an arrest warrant previously obtained by Local 10 News, the incident happened July 10 on the northbound Sawgrass Expressway, just north of Sunrise Boulevard.

An officer conducting traffic enforcement shortly after 7 p.m. said he saw a gray BMW X5 M-Series rapidly approaching from behind and clocked it traveling 92 mph in a posted 65-mph zone.

The officer activated his emergency lights and siren, but Lyle allegedly failed to stop and accelerated.

According to the warrant, the BMW reached speeds of approximately 130 mph or greater while traveling through heavy Friday evening traffic.

Police accused Lyle of following other vehicles at extremely short distances, making rapid and unsafe lane changes and weaving through occupied lanes.

As the BMW approached West Oakland Park Boulevard, Lyle allegedly drove onto the outside shoulder to pass other vehicles before swerving back into traffic.

The officer eventually stopped trying to catch the BMW because of its speed, traffic conditions and the danger posed to other drivers, according to the warrant.

Police said the officer continued watching the vehicle from a safe distance before seeing it exit the Sawgrass Expressway onto eastbound West Commercial Boulevard.

Investigators later used license plate reader information and surveillance video from near Lyle’s Sunrise home as part of their investigation.

Lyle was arrested Aug. 13 and released the same day after posting a $55,000 bond, according to information previously provided by the Broward State Attorney’s Office.

Following his arrest, a University of Miami spokesperson told Local 10 News in an email, “We are aware of an incident involving student-athlete Jordan Lyle. As due legal process runs its course, we will have no further comment at this time.”

Lyle, a Fort Lauderdale native, started at running back in Miami’s 2025 season opener against Notre Dame before suffering a leg injury that sidelined him for most of the season.

He played in six games, carrying the ball 35 times for 108 yards and scoring one touchdown against Stanford.

Lyle, de 20 años, había sido acusado de huir de la policía después de que un agente dijera que inicialmente lo detectó conduciendo a 92 mph en una zona de 65 mph en Sawgrass Expressway el 10 de julio.

Las autoridades acusaron a Lyle de acelerar hasta aproximadamente 130 mph o más mientras intentaba escapar de la policía.

Lyle fue arrestado inicialmente por cargos de huir y evadir a alta velocidad y conducción imprudente.

El cargo grave ahora ha sido retirado y Lyle enfrenta un cargo menor de conducción imprudente.

Según una orden de arresto obtenida anteriormente por Local 10 News, el incidente ocurrió el 10 de julio en Sawgrass Expressway en dirección norte, justo al norte de Sunrise Boulevard.

Un agente que realizaba labores de control de tránsito poco después de las 7 p.m. dijo que vio una BMW X5 M-Series gris acercándose rápidamente desde atrás y la detectó viajando a 92 mph en una zona con límite de velocidad de 65 mph.

El agente activó las luces de emergencia y la sirena, pero Lyle presuntamente no se detuvo y aceleró.

Según la orden, la BMW alcanzó velocidades de aproximadamente 130 mph o más mientras circulaba entre el tráfico pesado de la tarde del viernes.

La policía acusó a Lyle de seguir a otros vehículos a distancias extremadamente cortas, realizar cambios de carril rápidos e inseguros y zigzaguear entre carriles ocupados.

Cuando la BMW se acercaba a West Oakland Park Boulevard, Lyle presuntamente condujo por el arcén exterior para adelantar a otros vehículos antes de regresar bruscamente al tráfico.

El agente finalmente dejó de intentar alcanzar la BMW debido a su velocidad, las condiciones del tráfico y el peligro que representaba para otros conductores, según la orden.

La policía dijo que el agente continuó observando el vehículo desde una distancia segura antes de verlo salir de Sawgrass Expressway hacia West Commercial Boulevard en dirección este.

Los investigadores posteriormente utilizaron información de lectores de matrículas y videos de vigilancia de las inmediaciones de la vivienda de Lyle en Sunrise como parte de su investigación.

Lyle fue arrestado el 13 de agosto y liberado ese mismo día después de pagar una fianza de $55,000 USD, según información proporcionada anteriormente por la Fiscalía Estatal de Broward.

Tras su arresto, un portavoz de la Universidad de Miami dijo a Local 10 News en un correo electrónico: “Estamos al tanto de un incidente que involucra al estudiante atleta Jordan Lyle. Mientras el debido proceso legal sigue su curso, no haremos más comentarios en este momento”.

Lyle, originario de Fort Lauderdale, fue titular como corredor en el partido inaugural de la temporada 2025 de Miami contra Notre Dame antes de sufrir una lesión en la pierna que lo dejó fuera durante la mayor parte de la temporada.

Jugó en seis partidos, corrió con el balón 35 veces para 108 yardas y anotó un touchdown contra Stanford.

La policía dijo que Pierce Hoempler tuvo una pelea física con su vecino, Hector Rivera, afuera de un edificio de apartamentos en noviembre de 2023, y lo inmovilizó en el césped.

Cuando los dos hijos de Rivera acudieron en su ayuda, la policía dice que Hoempler, quien entonces tenía 33 años, les disparó a los tres y los mató.

Familiares identificaron a las víctimas como Hector, Frankie y Jeremy Rivera.

Imágenes de una cámara corporal obtenidas por Local 10 News muestran el arresto de Hoempler.

Según la policía, la mortal balacera triple ocurrió en la cuadra 12000 de Northeast Fifth Avenue, justo al sur de 123rd Street.

En el video, Hoempler intentó alegar defensa propia, sin embargo, fue detenido y se ordenó que permaneciera encarcelado sin derecho a fianza.

Se espera que sea sentenciado el próximo mes.

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Police said Pierce Hoempler got into a physical fight with his neighbor, Hector Rivera, outside an apartment building in November 2023, and pinned him down on the lawn.

When Rivera’s two sons came to his aid, police say Hoempler, then 33, shot all three of them, killing them.

Relatives identified the victims as Hector, Frankie and Jeremy Rivera.

Body camera footage obtained by Local 10 News shows Hoempler’s arrest.

According to police, the deadly triple shooting happened in the 12000 block of Northeast Fifth Avenue, just south of 123rd Street.

In the video, Hoempler attempted to make a self-defense claim, however he was taken into custody and was ordered jailed without bond.

He is expected to be sentenced next month.

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Police arrested Magdaleno Medina, 73, and Cesar Valdes, 89, at a home in the 1700 block of Northwest 19th Street on Wednesday. That home served as the drug den, they said, and was the pair’s listed address.

According to the Miami Police Department, detectives did an undercover cocaine buy at the home in August. Medina, police said, sold an undercover agent a baggie of cocaine for $60.

Then, on Wednesday afternoon, a SWAT team conducted a raid at the home.

An MPD report states that investigators found more than 140 grams of cocaine and nearly 1,300 grams of marijuana.

Authorities said they also found a .38 caliber revolver and more than a dozen rounds.

Both men were taken into custody on several felony charges, including armed cocaine trafficking, felon in possession of a firearm and possession of a place for the purpose of trafficking cocaine.

The Cuban nationals also face Immigration and Customs Enforcement holds, according to jail records.

La policía arrestó a Magdaleno Medina, de 73 años, y Cesar Valdes, de 89, en una vivienda en la cuadra 1700 de Northwest 19th Street el miércoles. Esa vivienda funcionaba como guarida de drogas, dijeron las autoridades, y figuraba como la dirección de ambos.

Según el Departamento de Policía de Miami, detectives realizaron una compra encubierta de cocaína en la vivienda en agosto. Medina, dijo la policía, vendió a un agente encubierto una bolsa de cocaína por $60 USD.

Luego, la tarde del miércoles, un equipo SWAT realizó un allanamiento en la vivienda.

Un reporte de la MPD señala que los investigadores encontraron más de 140 gramos de cocaína y casi 1,300 gramos de marihuana.

Las autoridades dijeron que también encontraron un revólver calibre .38 y más de una docena de municiones.

Ambos hombres fueron detenidos por varios cargos graves, incluidos tráfico de cocaína con arma, posesión de un arma de fuego por parte de un delincuente convicto y posesión de un lugar con el propósito de traficar cocaína.

Los ciudadanos cubanos también tienen órdenes de retención del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas, según los registros de la cárcel.

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Officers with the Sweetwater Police Department took Ariel Galindo into custody on Wednesday morning at his home in Hialeah.

According to investigators, Galindo previously worked at USA Co., a courier service located at 10900 NW 21st St. Sweetwater, but they were advised by the owner of the business that he had been fired for failing to show up to work two days in a row.

On Sept. 4, the same day Galindo was fired, he returned to the business in a white Chevrolet Equinox and, after putting on a face covering, entered the warehouse and removed two boxes that contained about 30 iPads worth $12,400, police said.

Police said that was confirmed to investigators by both eyewitnesses and surveillance footage, with employees and the businesses owner positively identifying Galindo as the suspect seen taking the boxes.

Detectives later learned that Galindo sold five of the stolen iPads at the PayMore pawn shop located at 16847 NW 67th Ave. in Hialeah around two hours after the initial theft took place, according to an arrest form.

As of Thursday morning, Galindo was being held at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on burglary and grand theft charges, with his bond listed as “to be set.”

Shelter officials said Coco came from a household with about 20 dogs and may have been used for breeding. She has spent very little time outdoors and is nervous around loud noises, cars and unfamiliar surroundings.

Despite her anxiety, Coco is described as a sweet dog who enjoys affection. She will need help with house training and would likely do best in a calm home where she can be the only pet.

Shelter staff recommend consistency and a regular schedule to help Coco adjust and learn to go outside. She appears to be comfortable using wee-wee pads.

Those interested in adopting Coco can learn more about her and other animals available at the HSBC by clicking here.

Agentes del Departamento de Policía de Sweetwater detuvieron a Ariel Galindo la mañana del miércoles en su vivienda en Hialeah.

Según los investigadores, Galindo trabajaba anteriormente en USA Co., un servicio de mensajería ubicado en 10900 NW 21st St. en Sweetwater, pero el propietario del negocio les informó que había sido despedido por no presentarse a trabajar durante dos días consecutivos.

El 4 de septiembre, el mismo día en que Galindo fue despedido, regresó al negocio en una Chevrolet Equinox blanca y, después de cubrirse el rostro, entró al almacén y sacó dos cajas que contenían unos 30 iPads valorados en $12,400 USD, dijo la policía.

La policía dijo que esto fue confirmado a los investigadores tanto por testigos presenciales como por imágenes de vigilancia, y empleados y el propietario del negocio identificaron positivamente a Galindo como el sospechoso visto llevándose las cajas.

Los detectives se enteraron posteriormente de que Galindo vendió cinco de los iPads robados en la casa de empeño PayMore, ubicada en 16847 NW 67th Ave. en Hialeah, aproximadamente dos horas después de que ocurriera el robo inicial, según un formulario de arresto.

Hasta la mañana del jueves, Galindo permanecía detenido en el Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center por cargos de robo y hurto mayor, con su fianza indicada como “por determinar”.

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Isabella Jewels Castillo was arrested by the Hollywood Police Department in connection with the May 5 incident at Mint Jewelers By Boodaddy Diamonds, located at 4907 Sheridan St., according to an arrest report obtained by Local 10.

Police said the store’s owner reported that a woman, later identified as Castillo, attempted to purchase an Oyster Perpetual Rolex valued at about $8,000 using a credit card and a Georgia driver’s license bearing a different name.

When an officer asked Castillo whether the name on the driver’s license was hers, she initially said “yes” but then identified herself as Isabella Castillo, according to the report.

Police said Castillo acknowledged knowing that the credit card and driver’s license were fraudulent. She told investigators that she received the documents from a man she met at the Liv nightclub in Miami, according to the report.

The report states that Castillo claimed the man told her she could use the credit card to go shopping. She told police she communicated with him only through Snapchat under the username “Paperpapi11” and did not know his real name, according to the report.

The report states that the jewelry store owner also told police that about 30 minutes before Castillo arrived, another woman had come into the store and attempted a similar Rolex purchase. The activity raised the owner’s suspicions, and he called 911, police said.

Investigators said they called the person whose name appeared on the Georgia driver’s license. That woman told police she had never authorized anyone to use her identity or driver’s license information, according to the report.

Police said they also contacted the credit card holder, who said he had not given anyone permission to use the card and wanted to pursue charges against Castillo.

A records check showed Castillo had a history of grand theft, although the arrest report did not provide additional details about those cases, police said.

Jail records show Castillo is facing one count each of grand theft of less than $10,000, larceny of a credit card and fraudulent impersonation or possession of identification belonging to another person without consent.

As of Thursday morning, she was being held at the Broward County Main Jail on a $10,000 bond.

Isabella Jewels Castillo fue arrestada por el Departamento de Policía de Hollywood en relación con el incidente del 5 de mayo en Mint Jewelers By Boodaddy Diamonds, ubicado en 4907 Sheridan St., según un reporte de arresto obtenido por Local 10.

La policía dijo que el propietario de la tienda reportó que una mujer, posteriormente identificada como Castillo, intentó comprar un Rolex Oyster Perpetual valorado en aproximadamente $8,000 USD utilizando una tarjeta de crédito y una licencia de conducir de Georgia con un nombre diferente.

Cuando un agente le preguntó a Castillo si el nombre que aparecía en la licencia de conducir era el suyo, inicialmente respondió “sí”, pero luego se identificó como Isabella Castillo, según el reporte.

La policía dijo que Castillo reconoció saber que la tarjeta de crédito y la licencia de conducir eran fraudulentas. Ella dijo a los investigadores que recibió los documentos de un hombre que conoció en la discoteca Liv en Miami, según el reporte.

El reporte señala que Castillo afirmó que el hombre le dijo que podía usar la tarjeta de crédito para ir de compras. Ella dijo a la policía que se comunicaba con él únicamente a través de Snapchat bajo el nombre de usuario “Paperpapi11” y que no conocía su verdadero nombre, según el reporte.

El reporte señala que el propietario de la joyería también dijo a la policía que unos 30 minutos antes de que Castillo llegara, otra mujer había entrado a la tienda e intentado realizar una compra similar de un Rolex. La actividad despertó las sospechas del propietario, quien llamó al 911, dijo la policía.

Los investigadores dijeron que llamaron a la persona cuyo nombre aparecía en la licencia de conducir de Georgia. Esa mujer dijo a la policía que nunca había autorizado a nadie a usar su identidad ni la información de su licencia de conducir, según el reporte.

La policía dijo que también contactó al titular de la tarjeta de crédito, quien afirmó que no había dado permiso a nadie para usar la tarjeta y que quería presentar cargos contra Castillo.

Una revisión de registros mostró que Castillo tenía antecedentes de hurto mayor, aunque el reporte de arresto no proporcionó detalles adicionales sobre esos casos, dijo la policía.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que Castillo enfrenta un cargo de hurto mayor de menos de $10,000 USD, un cargo de robo de una tarjeta de crédito y un cargo de suplantación fraudulenta o posesión de identificación perteneciente a otra persona sin consentimiento.

Hasta la mañana del jueves, permanecía detenida en la cárcel principal del condado Broward con una fianza de $10,000 USD.