In Miami-Dade County, Wynwood Marketplace turned into one big street party.

From tacos to live music and packed streets, the fiesta was in full swing Tuesday afternoon.

Local 10 News’ Jason Carter was there for all the fun, and his full report can be seen at the top of this page.

After a lengthy stalemate, negotiations have reached a point where the NFL Referees Association is planning to have a ratification vote this week, a person with knowledge of the discussions told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the conversations are private. ESPN first reported the development.

Last month, the league began the onboarding process for replacement officials because negotiations weren’t progressing.

The NFL’s collective bargaining agreement with the NFL Referees Association is set to expire on May 31.

The league and the union have been negotiating a new CBA since the summer of 2024.

“The league remains committed to reaching a fair and reasonable agreement with the NFLRA but will be prepared in the event the NFLRA permits the current agreement to expire,” NFL senior vice president of officiating Perry Fewell said in a memo sent to teams in April.

The NFL has increased its offer to a 6.45% annual growth rate in compensation over a six-year labor deal, but the NFLRA wants 10% plus $2.5 million for marketing fees, two AP sources said in March.

NFLRA executive director Scott Green told the AP “those numbers are not accurate.” At the time, he said negotiations with the league were similar to 2012 when a stalemate resulted in a 110-day lockout and replacement referees were used.

“We’re taking the appropriate steps to be ready, but we’re also keenly focused on negotiations,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said on March 31.

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Duncan Robinson added 19 points for the top-seeded Pistons, who ended an NBA record-tying 12-game postseason losing streak against a single opponent, a drought that dated to the 2007 Eastern Conference finals.

Game 2 is Thursday night in Detroit.

Cleveland's Donovan Mitchell scored 23 points, ending his NBA-record streak of scoring 30-plus points in nine straight series openers.

James Harden had 22 points and Max Stus scored 19 for the No. 4-seeded Cavs, who pulled into a tie midway through the fourth quarter after trailing for most of the night and by as much as 18 points.

Cleveland center Jarrett Allen was limited to two points and three rebounds, coming off a 22-point, 19-rebound performance in an elimination game against Toronto.

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Those residents of the Plantation Trace development, located along the 700 block of 132nd Avenue, are upset because they say the U.S. Postal Service isn’t doing anything about it.

Recently, under the cover of night, security cameras captured a car reversing into a parking space next to a row of mailboxes. Seconds later, a pair of hooded subjects emerged.

It’s clear the crooks were able to gain access to the mailbox quickly before getting away with mail belonging to the residents.

“It’s a little intrusive,” said resident Alex Ruane. “The first time we got something materialistic stolen but then we started hearing credit cards coming up in people’s names and IRS papers and things like that. It’s a little bit of a scary feeling.”

Ruane is one of many residents inside the development who have fallen victim to this crime, a cycle that’s been repeated five times over the past two years.

“What’s the resolution? There isn’t one, so we ended up spending HOA funds to put up cameras, license plate readers, and that’s how we caught the car the last time it happened,” said Ruane.

Carli Pierson is the attorney representing the Plantation Trace Homeowners Association.

“This is being perpetrated by an organized criminal enterprise,” said Pierson. “They move quickly and they clearly have access to some kind of a master key.”

Pierson has helped to guide property owners on how to properly report the thefts with police and the U.S. Postal Inspector, but every effort to curb the crime so far has hit a wall.

“We can’t change the locks on the mailboxes ourselves because that’s tampering, which is a federal offense, and the postal service won’t tell the community when they’re gonna change the locks, so they’re just sitting there Ike a sitting duck.,” said Pierson.

Residents are hoping the video of this latest heist will help bring the crooks to justice.

“I don’t wanna ship things to my house,” said Ruane. “If I’m gonna buy something, am I gonna send it somewhere else? Am I gonna send it to my husband’s business or my parents’ house, where I don’t have to worry about it getting stolen?”

The attack came a day after U.S. forces struck an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea, killing two people.

The Trump administration’s campaign of blowing up alleged drug-trafficking vessels in Latin American waters has persisted since early September and killed at least 191 people in total.

Despite the Iran war, the strikes have ramped up again in recent weeks, showing that the administration’s aggressive measures to stop what it calls “narcoterrorism” in the Western Hemisphere are not letting up. The military has not provided evidence that any of the vessels were carrying drugs.

The attacks began as the U.S. built up its largest military presence in the region in generations and came months ahead of the raid in January that captured then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. He was brought to New York to face drug trafficking charges and has pleaded not guilty.

In the attack Tuesday, U.S. Southern Command once again said it had targeted the alleged drug traffickers along known smuggling routes. It posted a video on X showing a boat cruising along the water before a huge explosion left the vessel in flames.

President Donald Trump has said the U.S. is in “armed conflict” with cartels in Latin America and has justified the attacks as a necessary escalation to stem the flow of drugs into the United States and fatal overdoses claiming American lives. But his administration has offered little evidence to support its claims of killing “narcoterrorists.”

Critics, meanwhile, have questioned the overall legality of the boat strikes.

A police report says Dayron Ramirez-Mesa, 21, was driving the Cybertruck shortly after 8 a.m. on Dec. 14.

Investigators say he was speeding in the area of Southwest 56th Street and 122nd Avenue when he ran the red light, hitting two vehicles that had a green light and were making a left turn at the intersection.

Authorities say shortly after the crash, one of the other drivers, Dayana Abreu Perez, died of her injuries.

The Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office released three new angles of the incident, revealing the reckless driving in real time.

A rearview angle shows the Cybertruck zipping past several cars seconds before the crash.

Another shows the aftermath, with parts flying and a tire rolling down the street.

Investigators say data shows that three seconds before the impact, Ramirez-Mesa was going 97 mph, more than double the posted speed limit of 40 mph.

Investigators say all three blood samples collected from Ramirez-Mesa after the crash came back above Florida’s legal limit.

He’s scheduled to appear in court in late May.

Malik, 18, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of Lollar, her ex-boyfriend, in March.

Lollar’s family had asked for a 30-year sentence. The judge ended up giving her 17 years behind bars, with five years of probation.

“I’m gonna stand up and honor my son and defend my son,” Darveed Lollar, Yakheim Lollar’s father, said. “I just wanted to be heard. Man, I don’t like the way this case was handled.”

It happened on Dec. 20, 2024 at the apartment building where Lollar lived in the 6100 block of Northwest Sixth Court, in Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood.

Malik told police the stabbing was an accident — a deadly, unintended result of horseplay.

“It will always be a fact that you are a murderer,” Zeldrina Beecham, Lollar’s aunt, told Malik. “You are a demon seed that your parents brought into this world to bring suffering on everybody else. Shame on them.”

Nathalie Jean, Lollar’s mother, said, “We just want what my son deserved.”

“His life matters. I do not want to leave here today, your honor, feeling like I lost my son all over again,” she said.

Prosecutors played surveillance videos in court, showing Lollar’s final moments after Malik stabbed him in the chest with a pocket knife.

“It went into the third rib on the left side, approximately one inch in depth and hit the heart,” Miami Police Department Sgt. Juan Santos testified.

The sights and sounds were so distressing, some fled the courtroom.

Prosecutors had recommended 20 years of prison with 10 years probation.

Meanwhile, Malik’s attorneys said she was remorseful and they wanted her sentenced as a youthful offender to a boot camp program.

Malik apologized in court Tuesday.

“I was wrong for what I did, and every day I sit and think about the damage I caused,” she said. “The family wants me in prison, but I’m in my own prison for the rest of my life. I wish I can’t go back and change what happened, but I can’, and that’s the worst part. Y’all didn’t deserve this pain and I wish I hadn’t been the one to give it to y’all.”

Besides the years of prison and probation, Malik will have to undergo a mental health evaluation and write a letter on every Dec. 20 during her probation term, acknowledging what has occurred and how it has affected their lives.

“I hope when she goes today to go to prison and get processed, she’s going to sit there and think about the lives that she destroyed,” said Jean.

Malik was remanded immediately after the judge announced her decision.

Vladimir Sklarov, 63, also known as Gregory Mitchell and Mark Simon Bentley, set up a sham company, Astor Asset Group, that purported to be a legitimate and experienced loan provider that was connected to the Astors, federal prosecutors said. The storied New York family included John Jacob Astor, one of the wealthiest men in America in the mid-19th century.

Although the indictment unsealed on Monday does not name the victim, court records in litigation in England show it was Ricardo Salinas Pliego, the Mexican TV, retail and banking magnate. Salinas also confirmed he was ripped off by Astor Asset Group in an interview with The Wall Street Journal last year.

“I feel like an absolute idiot. How could I fall for this?” Salinas Pliego told the newspaper.

Sklarov was arrested in Chicago on Saturday on the indictment by a federal grand jury in New York City, prosecutors said. A detention hearing is scheduled for Friday in federal court in Chicago, according to court records.

A public defender representing Sklarov in Chicago did not immediately return phone and email messages Tuesday.

“As alleged, Vladimir Sklarov represented his company to be affiliated with, and have the financial backing of the famed New York Astor family in order to burnish his brand,” Jay Clayton, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in a statement. “That was a complete lie. Sklarov used false prestige to gain control of hundreds of millions of dollars in stock and then liquidated those shares for his own benefit."

In 2021, Salinas was seeking a $100 million loan that he intended to secure with shares of a company he owned, according to the indictment. Sklarov — using the name Gregory Mitchell and claiming he was “managing director” of Astor — and other, unnamed co-conspirators convinced Salinas that Astor was willing and able to provide the loan, prosecutors said. The other conspirators included a man who also used an alias, Thomas Mellon, whose last name is also that of a prominent and wealthy American family.

Sklarov and other conspirators told Salinas that Astor was originally established from the wealth of John Jacob Astor and that the company had high-profile clients including universities and investment funds, prosecutors said.

Under a deal signed around July 2021, Sklarov agreed to lend Salinas at least $115 million, claiming the money would come from the Astor family, the indictment says. Salinas secured the loan with company shares worth at least $450 million that were supposed to be held but not sold.

Sklarov then sold the company shares, used some of the proceeds to fund the loan to Salinas and kept the remaining hundreds of millions of dollars for himself and other conspirators, federal prosecutors said.

It wasn't until July 2024 that Salinas learned the company shares had been liquidated, the indictment says. A day later, Salinas received a letter from Astor falsely claiming that Salinas had defaulted on the loan, according to the document. A month earlier, Astor wrongly informed Salinas that it had the right to sell the shares, prosecutors said.

Authorities listed Sklarov's hometown as Athens, Greece. The Wall Street Journal reported that Sklarov is a Ukrainian-born American who had been convicted of fraud in the past.

The fine was announced by NBA Executive Vice President and Head of Basketball Operations James Jones on Tuesday night, two days after Brown said in a livestream he hosts that game officials “clearly had an agenda” to call fouls against him for "pushing off" when he drove toward the basket while handling the ball.

“There’s some referees that need to be investigated,” Brown said on the livestream Sunday, a day after the Celtics' 109-100 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 7 of their first-round playoff series.

“Every good basketball player does this. What are y’all talking about? They clearly had an agenda,” Brown said.

Brown was previously fined $35,000 in January after a two-minute postgame rant about the officiating following Boston's loss to San Antonio.

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This followed another round of vigorous debate.

During the discussion, a company representative told commissioners they have outgrown their existing space and need to accommodate for future growth.

After the vote, Kelly Tractor owner Chris Kelly told Local 10 News they have made a lot of effort “to give them what they want and hopefully we can get there.”

“Unfortunately, every environmental decision is temporary,” said Florida International University biologist and science director for the advocacy group Hold the Line Coalition Laura Reynolds. “And so a deferral is to survive another day, those wetlands are still there.”

According to Hold the Line, the project will remove, “247 acres of land available for agriculture,” located, “within the North Trail Basin and contains Wetlands of Regional Significance,” and within, “the core foraging area of the federally Threatened wood stork, within consultation area for the Endangered Florida bonneted bat as well as just east of the USFWS Florida Panther Focus Area.”

‘It protects us, the taxpayer’

Reynolds said this one item could have immense implications for the county’s residents from their drinking water to insurance rates.

“The UDB in place because it protects us, the taxpayer,” she said.

Reynolds explained the wetlands help mitigate against property-damaging flood risks.

“It allows the water to go somewhere,” she said. “If we don’t have those wetlands out there, where are we going to pump the water?”

She said the wetlands also clean the water that eventually makes its way to Biscayne Bay, a huge ecological benefit for marine life and preserving the water quality which underpins the county’s multi-million-dollar real estate, trade, and tourism economy.

A frustrated Commissioner J.C. Bermudez, sensing the item was on the cusp of another deferral, felt like the county was not telegraphing it is pro-business.

Setting a precedent: Is the future of UDB, wetlands on the line?

“We want jobs for Miami-Dade County and we’re glad the Kelly Tractor company has been here for 93 years,” said Reynolds. “But is it worth destroying these wetlands for this particular said purpose?”

For Reynolds, a key factor at the heart of this contentious public debate is the manner by which the company proposed its plans to the county.

Previously, Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins expressed concern about the process this application used to make its way to county hall, in the form of a text amendment, which has lower thresholds than the more rigorous application typically required to request building outside the UDB.

“We need to put a stop to this,” said Cohen Higgins. “And my concern regarding precedent is that if we continue to have applications that come in the form of text amendments, as opposed to applications to move the Urban Development Boundary, we’re going to get a plethora of them. And our Urban Development Boundary is going to cease to exist.”

“This would set precedent,” Reynolds said. “What it does is it makes the UDB irrelevant. Any private company could now come in with just a text amendment and rewrite the rules just for themselves. It would almost be like if House Bill 399 passed, and then there was no UDB.”

Added Kelly: “We’ve owned the land since 1984. We filed this application three years ago, we would have happily filed a UDB application back then. Hopefully we can get this approved because there’s been a lot of time and resources dedicated, it’s been three years, I would hate to have to start from scratch and wait until May of 2027 to file the UDB application. It’s just very duplicitous.”

Who worked with Kelly Tractor? Owner won’t say

At this hour it remains unclear who at the county advised a private company seeking to expand beyond the UDB to bypass the county’s routine oversight process.

Local 10 News asked the company’s owner for the name and title of the county employee who advised them to approach their expansion plans in a text amendment form.

Kelly declined to provide a specific name.

“Honestly, I don’t want to ruin anyone’s career,” he said. “I’m not here to throw shade on anyone, I don’t want to ruin a public servant’s career, but I was in a couple meetings and they were multiple county planning staff that pretty much, my interpretation is, they were fine with it.”

Some of the commissioners did express support for the company in terms of honoring the money it already invested in pursuing this path.

Local 10 News has reached out to each commissioner’s office, the mayor’s office, and the Department of Regulatory and Economic Resources asking them on how they verified the company’s claim that a planning official suggested this course of action.

“We have reviewed the company’s claim and do not have information to support it. We are not aware of anyone in the Administration having advised the company to bypass the UDB process and pursue a text amendment in that manner. Based on that review, we are not aware of any record, documentation, or directive reflecting that type of guidance, nor identified staff associated with that claim.”

Roy Coley, Miami-Dade County Chief Utilities and Regulatory Services Officer

“We have land inside the urban development boundary for industrial uses like the one they’re proposing,” argued Reynolds. “So if they went through the process in the normal way, we would not have a need to push into wetlands.”

Reynolds said advocates for the environment and the county’s master plan would like to see the commissioners “protect the wetlands” and require that every private company follow the same rules, “and make it clear that if you’re going to try to move the UDB, you need to follow the rules that we have had since the early ‘80s on the books in Miami-Dade County.”

The new date for a vote is set for June 2.

While the AFCA has no authority within the NCAA or CFP governance structures, FBS coaches are part of the group's board and membership. The AFCA publicly revealed its positions Tuesday, after they were discussed and adopted by board members at an annual meeting last week.

“The American Football Coaches Association has identified the length of the college football season as a critical issue that needs to be addressed,” the group said in a statement. “As we modernize our game to better serve student-athletes, we have fallen short in structuring a season that concludes in a timely and sustainable way.”

As for the size of the playoff field, currently 12 teams and expected to expand, the AFCA didn't publicly endorse a certain number, but said “future playoff models should maximize the number of participants while honoring the proposed completion date.”

Other proposals

Along with eliminating conference title games, the AFCA proposals for finishing on the second Monday in January are to reduce scheduled bye weeks from two to one and reduce the minimum number of days between games to no fewer than six.

The AFCA also calls to preserve a dedicated window for the Army-Navy game, while allowing flexibility for other games, such as playoff games, to be played on that same day outside that window.

“Structuring the season in this way will better support student-athletes by more closely matching the academic calendar and aligning with the single transfer portal window,” the AFCA said. “It also elevates the quality of play during the most meaningful stretch of the season by removing unnecessary breaks and preserving competitive rhythm.”

An NCAA committee last month recommended that Football Bowl Subdivision teams play a 12-game schedule over 14 weeks beginning in 2027. The regular season would start on the Thursday of what is now designated Week Zero and end the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

Same playoff format for now

The 12-team playoff format is unchanged for next season. The opening round of games, featuring the fifth through 12th seeds, will be played on campus Dec. 18-19. Traditional bowl sites will host quarterfinal games Dec. 30-Jan. 1, and semifinal games Jan. 14-15. The championship game will be played in Las Vegas on Jan. 25, 2027, which is the fourth Monday of that month.

Conference championship games are set for the first weekend in December, with the Army-Navy game scheduled Dec. 12.

Last season's national championship game was played on Jan. 19, when undefeated Indiana beat Miami 27-21.

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He still could face discipline from the NFL.

“We have been monitoring all developments in the matter which remains under review of the personal conduct policy,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said Tuesday.

Diggs was found not guilty Tuesday of assaulting his personal chef. The charges stemmed from a Dec. 2 incident at his house in Massachusetts where Jamila Adams, a former live-in personal chef, testified that Diggs slapped and choked her during an argument. He had pleaded not guilty to a felony strangulation charge and a misdemeanor assault and battery charge. The jury deliberated for less than two hours before clearing Diggs of all charges.

"The evidence has shown what we’ve maintained from day one: Mr. Diggs was wrongly accused, and this case represents exactly the kind of opportunistic targeting that players can face the moment they step off the field,” Diggs’ attorney, Mitch Schuster, said in a statement.

Diggs spent last season with the New England Patriots, helping them reach the Super Bowl, where they lost to Seattle. He was released in March and remains a unsigned.

That could change in the coming weeks, though league discipline is still a possibility.

Several NFL players, including Ben Roethlisberger, Jameis Winston and Ezekiel Elliott, have been suspended for violating the personal-conduct policy despite not being arrested or charged with a crime.

Roethlisberger, the former Steelers quarterback was suspended six games — it was later reduced to four after an appeal — in 2010 following sexual assault accusations.

Winston was in his fourth season with the Buccaneers when he was suspended three games in 2018 following a sexual assault allegation.

Elliott, a three-time Pro Bowl running back, was in his second season with the Cowboys when he was suspended six games in 2017 following a league investigation into domestic violence allegations. An arbitrator upheld the six games following an appeal.

Diggs led New England with 85 receptions and 1,013 yards receiving with four touchdowns in his only season with the team. He was the go-to option for Drake Maye, who finished runner-up to Matthew Stafford for the AP NFL MVP award.

Diggs, who turns 33 on Nov. 29, has played for three teams in the last three seasons. He began his career in Minnesota in 2015 and went from fifth-round pick to No. 1 receiver in five seasons with the Vikings.

He was traded to Buffalo for a first-round pick in 2020 and had an All-Pro season that year. Diggs spent four seasons with the Bills before he wore out his welcome. He played for the Texans in 2024.

Here are five potential landing spots for Diggs going forward:

Baltimore Ravens

Despite drafting Ja’Kobi Lane in the third round and Elijah Sarratt in the fourth, Baltimore could use another veteran receiver to pair with Zay Flowers and give Lamar Jackson more options.

Pittsburgh Steelers

The Steelers acquired Michael Pittman Jr. in a trade to join DK Metcalf and tried to select Makai Lemon in the first round before the Eagles swooped in and took him instead. The Steelers ended up taking wideout Germie Bernard in the second round but Aaron Rodgers, if he returns, prefers veterans and Diggs would be a fit.

Los Angeles Chargers

Fourth-round pick Brenen Thompson joins a group that’s led by Ladd McConkey and Quentin Johnston and includes Tre’ Harris. Diggs would give Justin Herbert a dependable target.

Los Angeles Rams

After exploring the possibility of a trade for A.J. Brown earlier in the offseason, the Rams could still be in the market for another veteran to add to a formidable unit led by All-Pro Puka Nacua and six-time Pro Bowl pick Davante Adams.

New England Patriots

They’re likely going to acquire Brown from the Eagles after June 1. However, bringing Diggs back if the price is right could be an option. He knows the offense and didn’t hold any grudges after being informed he was going to be released. Diggs posted his appreciation for the organization, saying: “We family forever.”

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The leftist Lula and Trump have had an up-and-down relationship since the U.S. leader’s return to the White House last year.

Trump hit Brazil with steep tariffs and has pressed Brazilian authorities over their prosecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro for his involvement in a coup plot.

The Trump administration imposed a 40% tariff on Brazilian products in July on top of a 10% tariff hike earlier. The U.S. president justified the tariffs by saying that Brazil’s policies and criminal prosecution of Bolsonaro constituted an economic emergency.

But Trump later loosened tariffs on Brazil as part of his effort to lower consumer costs for Americans.

Trump and Lula started mending fences at the United Nations’ General Assembly in September, which was followed by their first private meeting in Malaysia in October and subsequent phone conversations.

Bolsonaro was accused of masterminding a plot to stay in power despite his 2022 election loss to Lula — similar charges to what Trump faced after a mob of his supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol in 2021 to stop Democrat Joe Biden from taking the White House.

Last month, Lula came to the defense of Pope Leo XIV during a tense exchange of attacks between the pontiff and Trump over the war in Iran.

The 80-year-old Lula is running for reelection in October.

The Brazilian paper O Globo first reported the planned trip by the Brazilian leader.

Se trata de algo sin precedentes al menos desde la fundación de la Segunda República en 1949 y también podría tener implicaciones legales, según los críticos.

Fernández presentó al gabinete que le acompañará en el gobierno por los próximos cuatro años a partir del viernes. Además de la designación de Chaves para dirigir los ministerios de la Presidencia y de Hacienda, muchos de los otros ministros y presidentes ejecutivos de instituciones de su administración se mantendrán en su cargo o simplemente cambiarán de cartera.

Fernández había aceptado regresar al cargo de ministra de la Presidencia en la administración de Chaves, luego de ganar la elección presidencial el 1 de febrero.

El ministro de la Presidencia en Costa Rica tiene entre sus principales funciones la relación entre el Poder Ejecutivo y la Asamblea Legislativa. Además, Chaves también dirigirá la cartera de Hacienda, la cual ocupó durante el gobierno de Carlos Alvarado (2018-2022).

“Bienvenido a mi equipo, Rodrigo Alberto Chaves Robles, estoy segurísima que tal y como lo hemos hecho desde el primer día de su gobierno, vamos a seguir trabajando en equipo muy bien", dijo Fernández a Chaves durante un acto en el teatro Melico Salazar en San José.

Durante su mandato, Chaves enfrentó dos intentos en la Asamblea Legislativa para retirarle su inmunidad legal como presidente: uno en septiembre de 2025 cuando fue acusado por la Fiscalía de presuntas presiones para favorecer a un exasesor con dinero de un contrato con el Banco Centroamericano de Integración Económica (BCIE).

El segundo intento fue en diciembre pasado, cuando fue el Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones el que pidió que se analizara el caso de Chaves, tras recibir acusaciones de presunta “beligerancia política”, que consiste en violar la prohibición que tienen los funcionarios públicos en Costa Rica de referirse a la política electoral o manifestar su apoyo a algún partido político.

Para levantarle la inmunidad, la Asamblea Legislativa necesitaba alcanzar una mayoría calificada con 38 de los 57 diputados, pero al no alcanzarse esa cantidad, las solicitudes no prosperaron.

Con su nombramiento, Chaves mantendrá el fuero legal tras asumir como ministro y no parece probable que pueda enfrentar otro intento de retiro de inmunidad en una Asamblea Legislativa en la que el oficialismo ahora es mayoría con 31 diputados.

El diputado opositor y jefe de fracción del Partido Frente Amplio, José María Villalta, criticó el nombramiento de Chaves como ministro de la Presidencia tras considerar que es una forma de que el hoy mandatario mantenga su inmunidad después de que termine su mandato.

“Pareciera estar más pensado para dar o mantener inmunidad a políticos cuestionados del gobierno saliente que para buscar un mejor funcionamiento de las instituciones”, señaló Villalta.

Otro nombramiento que llamó la atención es el del segundo vicepresidente, Douglas Soto, quien será el próximo embajador de Costa Rica ante el gobierno de los Estados Unidos, un estrecho aliado de la administración Chaves.

Fernández le encomendó seguir estrechando los lazos con Washington en materia de cooperación para el combate del narcotráfico. Costa Rica firmó un acuerdo reciente con Estados Unidos para recibir a deportados de ese país.

The Maple Leafs got some lottery luck a little more than 48 hours after hiring John Chayka as general manager and bringing back franchise legend Mats Sundin to serve as a hockey operations adviser. Chayka and Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment president and CEO Keith Pelley got some harsh questions at the introductory news conference, but it was all smiles at Toronto's facility after getting the No. 1 pick.

“I’m extremely happy for the Toronto Maple Leafs fanbase, of course," Sundin said. "Certainly this is really going to help when you’re looking into the future and try to help this team and what we’re looking for the future for the Toronto Maple Leafs, so it’s great to get the first pick.”

Penn State’s Gavin McKenna and Swedish winger Ivar Stenberg are rated as the top North American and European prospects by NHL Central Scouting. McKenna has been considered the prospective top choice for quite some time.

“I’ve kept track of him for a number of years now, and the skill level, the creativity, obviously the puck ability and then his shot and release is all pretty special,” Chayka said. “A good package, and it’ll be good to get with the scouts and talk through it all, but I know there’s a lot of passion for a lot of players, including Gavin.”

The most immediate question for the Leafs under new management is the future of captain and best player Auston Matthews after they missed the playoffs for the first time in his career. It's the first time they've won the lottery since taking Matthews with the No. 1 pick in 2016, and the draft is back in Buffalo where they made that selection.

Toronto had the fifth-highest odds of winning it at 8.5%. Vancouver had the highest at 18.5%, has never had the first pick and dropped to third. Chayka called moving up a fortuitous bounce.

“Long road ahead, of course: Lots of work to do still, but when you get a first overall pick, it’s a monumental type of opportunity,” Chayka said. “You don’t know what’s going to occur in these types of situations, but you do know you need some luck and it happened. I don’t think it changes the vision or the strategy, but certainly when these things happen it can change course and timelines, etc. But it’s not something that we’re going to change how we think about things.”

The Leafs get to keep the pick this year but lose their first-rounder in 2027 and '28 to Philadelphia and Boston. There is some uncertainty as to which order for the Flyers and Bruins, and deputy commissioner Bill Daly called it a complicated situation that would need to be worked out.

The San Jose Sharks won the lottery for the second pick. With yet another top-five pick, GM Mike Grier and his staff can augment a young group already led by Macklin Celebrini and including Will Smith and Michael Misa.

“There’s lots of options there,” Grier said. “There’s centers, there’s ‘D,’ there’s wingers, so to have the opportunity to add another very talented player to our young core is very exciting.”

Chicago has the No. 4 pick and the New York Rangers No. 5.

“We're going to get a great player,” Blackhawks GM Kyle Davidson said. “It's all about accumulating talent.”

This was the second live draft conducted at the NHL Network studio, after the draw in previous years was conducted in a conference room and those inside were sequestered until the results aired on television. Commissioner Gary Bettman credited president of content and events Steve Mayer for the change.

“He goes, ‘This is an exciting moment,’ when we would do it in the room before Bill would do the reveal,” Bettman said. "He said, ‘Let’s do it live.’ And I gave him 10 reasons that we should be concerned, including, what if the machine breaks. And he said, ‘No, no we’re going to be fine.’ He’s the one who figured out how to make it an interesting and compelling show.”

After the first three numbers were drawn, the Canucks had a 27.3% chance of winning and the Rangers 18.2%, while the Leafs were among six teams with 9.1%. When the No. 12 ball popped out, completing the 7-2-11-12 sequence, Toronto won, changing the entire mood around the Original Six organization that has not hoisted the Stanley Cup since 1967.

“Just really excited for the organization, for the fan base," Chayka said. "I think it's a meaningful step and just elated.”

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on Chinese officials to use Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi's scheduled visit to China on Wednesday to urge Tehran to release its chokehold on the critical waterway.

“I hope the Chinese tell him what he needs to be told,” Rubio said during a White House briefing Tuesday. “And that is that what you are doing in the strait is causing you to be globally isolated. You’re the bad guy in this.”

The secretary went on to argue that China has been hit harder than the U.S. by Iran’s effective shuttering of the strait during the two-month old war. Beijing's export-driven economy depends on shipments going through the strait. China also imports about half of its crude oil and almost one-third of its liquefied natural gas from the Middle East, according to China’s General Administration of Customs.

“It is in China’s interest that Iran stop closing the strait,” Rubio said.

A diplomat familiar with the matter also told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the U.S. has been engaging in serious efforts to persuade China to abstain from vetoing the most recent U.S.-backed resolution at the U.N. Security Council aimed at opening up the strait and condemning Iran’s actions. The diplomat spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the deliberations.

China and Russia — Tehran’s two allies on the council — last month vetoed an earlier Hormuz resolution, saying it went too far and did not condemn the U.S. and Israel for strikes that started the war.

Trump's Treasury secretary has also urged China to do more

Rubio's push on China to get more involved came after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that Iran would be high on the agenda when Trump meets with Xi for the first visit by a U.S. president to China since Trump visited in 2017.

The effective shuttering of the strait is having an enormous impact on Asia broadly, a factor that seems to have informed the Chinese government’s efforts to consult with Pakistan to help mediate a two-week ceasefire.

To be certain, Trump has said he believes China played a part in encouraging Iran to agree to a fragile ceasefire that was forged last month. Three diplomats who were familiar with China’s behind-the-scenes efforts also confirmed that Beijing, the biggest purchaser of Iranian oil, used its leverage to get the Iranians back to the negotiating table as talks wobbled.

But the Republican administration believes China can still do more to get involved in reopening the critical waterway.

“The threat of attacks from Iran has closed the strait — we are reopening it,” Bessent said in a Fox News interview. “So I would urge the Chinese to join us in supporting this international operation.”

Trump himself spoke in more measured tones about China’s involvement with Iran, telling reporters in the Oval Office earlier Tuesday that China hasn’t “challenged” him even as he continues to press Iran to give up its nuclear weapons program and open the strait. China, however, has been critical of the U.S. military action against its long-isolated economic partner in the Middle East.

“You know, in all fairness, he gets, like, 60% of his oil from Hormuz,” said Trump, slightly exaggerating Xi and China's dependence on Middle East oil.

China has faced suspicions of assisting Tehran

China has long supported Iran’s ballistic missile program and backed it with dual-use industrial components that can be used for missile production, according to the U.S. government.

But Trump said last month that Xi had agreed to not provide weapons to Iran as reports circulated that Beijing had considered transferring arms.

Days after Trump said he received a letter of assurance from Xi, he claimed in an interview with CNBC that the U.S. forces had intercepted a boat containing a “gift” from China bound for Iran. Trump did not offer further details.

The administration has also sought to step up economic pressure on China, Tehran's biggest trade partner, for its ties to the Islamic Republic.

The Treasury Department announced on April 24 it was levying sanctions on a major China-based oil refinery and roughly 40 shipping companies and tankers involved in transporting Iranian oil. The sanctions cut off the companies from the U.S. financial system and penalize anyone who does business with them.

Rubio says Taiwan will be on Trump-Xi agenda

Meanwhile, the Chinese have signaled they will look to press the U.S. to dial back weapons sales to the self-ruled island of Taiwan that China views as its own breakaway province.

Rubio confirmed Taiwan would likely be part of the conversation between the leaders. “I think both countries understand that it is neither one of our interests to see anything destabilizing happen in that part of the world,” Rubio said. “We don’t need any destabilizing events to occur with regards to Taiwan or anywhere in the Indo-Pacific. And I think that’s to the mutual benefit of both the United States and the Chinese.”

Trump in December announced a record-setting $11.1 billion arms sale to Taiwan. Trump later suggested he would discuss the arms sales with Xi — a move that has alarmed officials in Taipei.

Last week, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in a call with Rubio urged the United States to “make the right choices” on Taiwan in order to safeguard “stability” between the two nations, according to a statement by the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

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The draft Security Council resolution, obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press, also demands that Iran “immediately participate in and enable” United Nations efforts to establish a humanitarian corridor in the strait for the delivery of vital aid, fertilizer and other goods.

It is the latest diplomatic effort by the U.S. and its Gulf allies after a watered-down resolution aimed at opening the strait was vetoed by China and Russia hours before Washington and Tehran announced a temporary ceasefire in early April.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a statement on Tuesday accused Iran of continuing “to hold the world’s economy hostage” by trying to close the strait, threatening to attack ships, laying sea mines, and attempting to charge tolls “for the world’s most important waterway.”

While Rubio said he looks forward to the resolution being voted on in the coming days, he told journalists later in the day that he remained uncertain if “slight adjustments” the U.S. made to the text would be enough to avoid a veto from Tehran’s allies on the council. These adjustments included removing language authorizing the use of force and focusing instead on the threat of sanctions.

Whether the resolution succeeds will be “a real test” for the U.N. “as something that functions, that can solve global problems,” Rubio added at the White House briefing.

U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz told reporters Monday he believes the new, narrow proposal will gain the necessary support it needs to pass the 15-member council, without triggering opposition or a veto from Iran’s allies.

The U.S. and Gulf nations proposed the new draft as the Trump administration tries to restore freedom of navigation in the strait, which carried about 20% of the world’s crude oil before the U.S. and Israel began the war on Feb. 28. A shaky ceasefire remains in effect.

The proposed resolution, which was drafted under Chapter 7 of the U.N. Charter and thus could be enforced militarily, threatens “effective measures that are commensurate with the gravity of the situation, including sanctions” if Iran doesn’t comply. The earlier resolution removed a Chapter 7 reference but was still vetoed.

One Security Council diplomat told AP that as in previous negotiations on Hormuz resolutions, specific language directly condemning Iran, without also reflecting U.S. and Israeli strikes, has been an issue with some members. The diplomat spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive deliberations.

The new draft resolution reaffirms the right of all countries to defend their vessels from attacks and provocations, and orders all other countries not to assist Iran in closing the strait or levying tolls.

The draft also “welcomes ongoing efforts to deconflict and coordinate safe and secure transit passage through the Strait of Hormuz, expresses support for ongoing efforts to seek a durable peace in the region, and encourages member states in the region to strengthen dialogue and consultations in this regard.”

The diplomat also said that the U.S. has been engaging in serious efforts to convince China to abstain from vetoing the resolution, including at the highest diplomatic levels as both countries prepare for President Donald Trump’s visit next week to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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“Road Closed” signs blocked the entrance way to the corporate office building that was the airline’s headquarters since April 2024 at 1731 Radiant Drive.

Marco A. Salvino, Sr., the vice mayor of Dania Beach, said Spirit Airlines contributed about $1.2 million in property taxes and utilities to Dania Beach.

“It’s a great loss to our city,” Salvino said.

Dania Pointe, a neighboring shopping mall, benefited from having the ultra-low-cost airline’s headquarters about a 5-minute walk away. Salvino hopes a new owner will step up soon.

“It will affect the restaurants,” Salvino said.

Spirit Airlines previous headquarters were at 2800 Executive Way, in the Miramar Park of Commerce.

With more than $2.5 billion in losses since 2020, the bankruptcy filings followed in 2024 and 2025, and the shutdown was on Saturday after a last-minute $500 million government bailout failed.

“We have 18,000 people that live in this country that are great people and great employees,” President Donald Trump said about Spirit Airlines employees nationwide on April 23 at the White House.

Trump and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy criticized former President Joe Biden’s administration for blocking the $3.8 billion sale of Spirit Airlines to JetBlue in 2024.

Spirit Airlines filed the layoff notices on Monday with the FloridaCommerce, the state’s lead agency for workforce. There were more than 3,260 layoffs in Broward and Miami-Dade counties.

Records show the notice included 2,529 at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and 181 at Miami International Airport.

The others were 796 at the Orlando International Airport, and 796 at the MCO Infight & Operations Center in Orlando.

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Upcoming job fairs

The Hospitality Industry Job Fair is from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesday at the CareerSource Broward at 2550 West Oakland Park Boulevard. Admission and parking are free.

Miramar is hosting a job fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May 20 at the Miramar Cultural Center, at 2400 Civic Center Place. Admission and parking are free. For more information, visit the Evenbrite page.

The Port Everglades Career Fair & Expo is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 27 at the Broward County Convention Center at 1950 Eisenhower Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale. Admission and parking are free. Here is a list of the participating companies >

Resources

• Department of Labor: Rapid response services includes guidance on COBRA continuation coverage
• American Airlines launches “Supporting Spirit” career page
• United Airlines launches program to prioritize former Spirit Airlines employees when hiring. Here is the career page >
• Southwest Airlines was recruiting on this page.
• JetBlue’s jobs page
• JetBlue announced an extension of the “jumpseat agreement for the next two weeks, subject to space availability and limited to cabin seating” for those who were stranded while working for Spirit Airlines, and also announced “preferential employment interviews.”
• Delta releases statement of help
• For more information about help from the Association of Flight Attendants, call 1-800-385-3920
• CareerSource Broward offers services such as job placement and career coaching at three centers at 4941 Coconut Creek Parkway, 2550 West Oakland Park Boulevard, and 7550 Davie Road Extension in Hollywood.
• Employ Miami-Dade has services for job seekers.
• CareerOneStop has a database for job centers
• To file an unemployment benefits claim in Florida, call 1-800-204-2418 or visit this page.
• Find your local food bank, on this Feeding America page

The creators of Sybil, an AI tool for risk assessment, aim to change the way physicians assess lung cancer risk to better treat their patients.

Doctors at Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute have been working with MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health on perfecting the tool.

Dr. Lecia V. Sequist, an oncologist at MGH, said Sybyl analyzes a patient’s low-dose computed tomography scans to make predictions.

“What Sybyl is doing is something that the radiologists can’t do, which is trying and predict what’s going to happen a year from now, two years from now,” Sequist said.

Sequist envisions the tool will help physicians to be more effective with even more personalized treatments and preventive medicine.

According to the Marlins, the club designated veteran right-hander Chris Paddack for assignment Tuesday afternoon ahead of a three-game series against the Baltimore Orioles at loanDepot park.

In a corresponding roster move, the team recalled right-handed pitcher William Kempner, who will wear No. 71, from Triple-A Jacksonville to add depth to the bullpen.

The move comes two days after Paddack surrendered six runs in a rocky first inning, including a three-run homer by Bryson Stott of the Philadelphia Phillies.

After Sunday’s game, Marlins manager Clayton McCullough told reporters that, barring something unforeseen, Paddack would make his next scheduled start, which was set for Friday in the series opener against the Washington Nationals at loanDepot park.

Drafted in the eighth round of the 2015 MLB Draft by the Marlins, Paddack signed a one-year, $4 million deal in February that included up to $500,000 in performance bonuses.

His tenure in Miami, unfortunately, was one to forget.

The 30-year-old went 0–5 with a 7.63 ERA, the worst among Marlins starters. He logged 30 2/3 innings, allowing 41 hits, 26 earned runs, six home runs and 10 walks over 585 pitches.

Miami fell to 0-6 in Paddack’s first six starts this season, marking just the fourth time in franchise history a newcomer has done so, according to MLB.com Marlins beat writer Christina De Nicola.

McCullough addressed reporters from the Marlins’ dugout before the game and said the decision to release Paddack was performance-based.

He credited Paddack with being a professional and buying into the team’s initiatives during spring training, ultimately saying the club has better starting options.

As of Tuesday evening, the Marlins haven’t announced a starter for Friday.

Two names to watch are left-handers Braxton Garrett and Robby Snelling, Miami’s No. 2-ranked prospect.

Garrett, 28, who is currently with Triple-A Jacksonville, is working his way back after missing the entire 2025 season following revision surgery with an internal brace on the ulnar collateral ligament in his throwing elbow.

Snelling, 22, has dominated Triple-A, posting a 1.86 ERA in six games this season for the Jumbo Shrimp.

Wednesday will feature sunshine, few clouds and gentle east winds. Temperatures will make a run for 90°F, factor in the humidity and it could feel like the mid-90s.

That’s the idea behind a growing South Florida community featured this week on “Mom to Mom,” where one woman is trying to change that by turning a simple group chat into a large network of moms and family-focused events.

The group, known as “The Mom Club,” began as a WhatsApp chat started by founder Sharon Feiereisen after she moved back to the U.S. following 10 years abroad.

“I came here knowing no one,” Feiereisen said. “I opened a WhatsApp chat.”

Two years later, that chat has grown to nearly 2,000 moms, she said, evolving into a community that now organizes weekly events across South Florida — from workouts and expert-led talks to kid-friendly activities and social meetups.

On a recent sunny day in Miami Beach, the group hosted a padel event designed for moms and children to connect in a relaxed setting.

“We want to keep everyone hydrated and fed,” Feiereisen said. “Mom Club is not about having to read nutrition labels. Everything we have is not full of junk.”

The events are structured to remove pressure, she said, with space for both moms who want to participate in activities and those who simply want to relax while their kids play.

“If the kids are playing by themselves, they can come here and relax,” she said. “Some moms don’t want to play and some moms do, so it just depends.”

Feiereisen said the goal is simple: create opportunities for connection during a stage of life that can often feel isolating.

“It’s really nice to get moms and kids together in a relaxed environment and do something new,” she said.

For Feiereisen, the idea was born in part from her own experience with isolation during motherhood, even after years of fertility struggles and eventually having two children.

“You have no personal space,” she said. “It’s weird that that’s what makes you lonely, but you feel like you can’t take care of yourself — so how can you nourish relationships with other people?”

She said including children in the events helps break that barrier.

“Just bring them,” she said. “We all understand kids are going to scream.”

Still, she said she continues organizing the events because of the connections they create.

“There are so many days where I’m like, why am I doing this?” she said. “But there are so many more days where I’m like, thank God.”

Feiereisen said she is often surprised by how quickly strangers become friends.

“I don’t even know what we’re like-minded about,” she said. “But we meet and we instantly connect.”

The Mom Club hosts regular events and posts updates through its WhatsApp community and Instagram page. Moms interested in joining can scan a QR code featured on Mom to Mom.

Information is also available through the group’s Instagram, as well as its website and WhatsApp chat link. Anyone looking to can also get notified of upcoming events by clicking here.

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According to Hollywood Fire Rescue officials, the fire was reported at 3:36 a.m. at a home in the 6700 block of Harding Street.

Firefighters said the home was vacant at the time and no injuries were reported.

Local 10 News obtained 911 calls as flames tore through the home.

Steven Llerena, who lives next door, told Local 10 News that he and his family did whatever they could to stop the flames from reaching their home.

“It was crazy because I walked outside and the fire wasn’t that big yet, but something exploded and it started getting bigger and bigger, and then me and my dad were trying to wet the whole backyard, everything, to make sure that our house didn’t catch fire,” he said.

“(It) starting sparking everywhere, and we didn’t know what to do at that point, so we just had to get out,” he added.

His mother, Daire Llerena, got emotional once everything was settled and they were alright on the other side.

“Everything is (in the) past now and I suppose I feel better because I see my house and it’s safe – it’s amazing, it’s a miracle, because I watched the fire come over” she said.

The new name will be Donald J. Trump International Airport.

It’s an airport frequented by the president while traveling to and from his Mar-a-Lago home in the town of Palm Beach.

The name change is just part of a naming rights and license agreement between Palm Beach County and DTTM or Donald Trump Trademark Operations LLC.

And while some were for the change, others were against it.

New signage and branding that would need to be changed is estimated to cost at least $5.5 million, funds the county is hopeful they will get back from the state.

While Trump’s companies have agreed not to receive any royalties or revenue for the sale of Trump-branded items at the airport, a non-exclusivity clause leaves an opening for them to sell airport branded items off site for profit.

County commissioners were advised if they refused to sign the agreement they could be penalized and moving forward with the agreement meant protection for Palm Beach County residents.

The FAA will still need to approve the name change, and its likely we will see the airport code change from PBI to DJT.

The decision is certain to be opposed by health groups and parent organizations that have long pointed to flavors as the driver behind underage vaping in the U.S. But the federal action comes as teen vaping rates have dropped to a 10-year low and manufacturers have pushed the Republican administration to loosen restrictions on their products.

Vaping companies have long made the case that their products can help blunt the toll of smoking among adults, which is blamed for 480,000 U.S. deaths annually due to cancer, lung disease and heart disease. The battery-powered devices have been sold in the U.S. since 2007, but their potential benefits have been overshadowed for years by uptake among middle and high school students.

The newly authorized e-cigarettes come in mango, blueberry and two varieties of menthol. Los Angeles-based vaping company Glas Inc. plans to market the flavors under the names Gold, Sapphire, Classic Menthol and Fresh Menthol, according to the FDA release.

Previously the FDA had only granted permission to tobacco or menthol-flavored vaping products. Most e-cigarettes OK'd by regulators come from large manufacturers, including Juul and Altria.

Tuesday's announcement is not an approval or endorsement, and the FDA reiterated that the Glas vapes are only intended for adults interested in quitting or cutting back on cigarettes.

The FDA suggested the company's digital age-verification system makes it unlikely the products will be picked up by underage users. Users must first verify their age with a government ID on their cellphone. The e-cigarettes can then only be used when connected via Bluetooth to the phone of the verified user.

The FDA’s OK of the new fruity products will be “a key test case,” said Kathy Crosby of the Truth Initiative, an anti-tobacco nonprofit.

“Ultimately, it’s critical that we remain vigilant in protecting young people, including closely monitoring the use of authorized products,” Crosby said in an emailed statement.

As a presidential candidate, Trump vowed to “save” vaping and won backing from e-cigarette companies, shop owners and vaping enthusiasts.

Under President Joe Biden, the FDA denied more than a million marketing applications for candy- or fruit-flavored products, part of a wider crackdown that is credited with helping drive down teen vaping after a surge in 2019. During his first administration, Trump put in place the first flavor restrictions on e-cigarettes and raised the age for purchasing all tobacco products from 18 to 21.

But action on vaping and other tobacco policies has largely taken a backseat under FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, who has focused on a slate of other priorities, including restricting COVID-19 vaccines, phasing out artificial food dyes and speeding up approval of some innovative drugs.

Groups such as the Vapor Technology Association have met with administration officials in recent weeks calling for more action on flavors.

In March, the FDA released its first-ever guidance to industry on flavors, stating that menthol, coffee, mint and spice flavors could have a role in appealing to adult smokers. The same document also reiterated the risks of sweeter flavors that tend to appeal to teens, such as fruit, candy and dessert flavors.

The vast majority of U.S. teens who vape continue to use unauthorized fruit- and candy-flavored products, according to the latest government data. Those products are technically illegal but remain widely available in cheap, disposable brands typically imported from China.

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Jail records show Nazia Badal, 44, of Arlington, Texas, was taken into custody around 9:20 p.m. on Thursday by U.S. Marshals and the Miramar Police Department.

Authorities said she had an active Broward County warrant on two counts of DUI manslaughter and is being held without bond.

The charges stem from a June 16, 2013, crash near the 2300 block of Red Road in Miramar that killed a man identified by loved ones as Jose Francisco Zamora.

An arrest report states that Badal, who worked as a waitress at Tootsie’s Cabaret at the time of the crash, was driving with a blood alcohol content of 0.15% — nearly twice the legal limit — and about 15 mph over the speed limit at the time of the crash, which occurred near the intersection of Red Road and Renaissance Boulevard.

“At the time of the crash, the defendant had an unlawful blood alcohol concentration that impaired her normal faculties and ability to safely operate a motor vehicle,” an officer wrote in her 2013 arrest report.

Investigators said the crash resulted in “multiple blunt force injuries” to Zamora, causing his death.

The report states that a witness told police that Badal had been driving erratically before slamming into Zamora’s vehicle in what was described as an “explosion.”

The witness said Badal’s vehicle came to a stop with severe damage, while Zamora’s car was reduced to “mangled metal,” leaving him trapped inside, according to the report.

Investigators said Badal had a “strong odor of an alcoholic beverage,” which became more pronounced when she spoke, and that her eyes appeared “glassy and red.”

According to the report, when authorities told Badal a criminal investigation was underway, she responded, “for what, nobody died,” and “who’s going to pay for my car?”

Police also wrote that Badal “seemed to be oblivious to the seriousness of the crash and showed absolutely no concern for the other driver, only for her vehicle.”

A toxicology report revealed that Zamora had no drugs or alcohol in his system at the time of the crash.

The victim’s niece told Local 10 News that the case had largely gone unpublicized since the fatal crash. A sign placed at the location where Zamora was killed memorializes his life.

The pain is still fresh for Nancy Olivera, Zamora’s other niece, who told Local 10 he was like a father to her.

“He was always thinking about everybody else — always happiness,” she said. “He walked me down the aisle. He was everything to us, so we still miss him a lot. It’s like it was yesterday.”

Family members told Local 10 that Zamora had just dropped off his sister when he was fatally struck.

Jail records show Badal was initially arrested in 2014 and later released on bond. Authorities said she failed to appear in court in 2017 and was later found in the United Kingdom, leading to an outstanding warrant for her arrest.

Records show Badal, a native of Trinidad and Tobago, has been placed on an immigration hold and is being held without bond at the Paul Rein Detention Facility.

Badal appeared in court Tuesday wearing a light blue jail jumpsuit and shackles — an image Zamora’s family said they never expected to see. They now say they are looking forward to facing her in court.

“I want her to know how much he was loved, how much he was missed, the damage that she has done, because he was just a blessing,” said Olivera.

The family will have that opportunity soon. Badal’s hearing was postponed to the end of the month. She remains charged with DUI manslaughter.

U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, a Republican from South Carolina, subpoenaed the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, the agency that oversees legislative employees’ workplace protections.

CNN reported on Tuesday that the newly released records showed taxpayers have paid more than $300,000 in confidential sexual harassment settlements on behalf of six former members of the House of Representatives or their offices.

The investigation comes after Reps. Eric Swalwell, a Democrat from California, and Tony Gonzales, a Republican from Texas, resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives on April 14 over alleged sexual misconduct.

Mace, who identifies as a survivor of sexual assault, also pushed for the full, unredacted release of all files related to child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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Nine members. One thousand pages.

All records prior to 2004 were destroyed - which tells you everything you need to know about how long this has been buried.

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Según funcionarios de Hollywood Fire Rescue, el incendio fue reportado a las 3:36 a.m. en una casa en la cuadra 6700 de Harding Street.

Los bomberos dijeron que la vivienda estaba vacía en ese momento y no se reportaron heridos.

Steven Llerena, quien vive al lado, dijo a Local 10 News que él y su familia hicieron todo lo posible para evitar que las llamas alcanzaran su casa.

“Fue una locura porque salí y el fuego aún no era tan grande, pero algo explotó y comenzó a crecer y crecer, y luego mi papá y yo estábamos tratando de mojar todo el patio trasero, todo, para asegurarnos de que nuestra casa no se incendiara”, dijo.

Su madre, Daire Llerena, se mostró emocionada una vez que todo se calmó y estaban a salvo.

“Todo ya pasó y supongo que me siento mejor porque veo mi casa y está segura, es increíble, es un milagro”, dijo.

La policía detuvo a Michael Alvarez, maestro en First United Methodist Christian School, ubicada en 622 N. Krome Ave., por un cargo de agresión el lunes.

Los investigadores dijeron que Alvarez, de 34 años, llevó al menor al pasillo y le colocó cinta de pintor sobre los labios después de que se riera en clase durante una lectura de la Biblia.

Los padres del menor dijeron que el joven de 13 años nunca le dio permiso a Alvarez para ponerle cinta en la boca.

Hasta la tarde del martes, aún no había pagado fianza para salir del Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

Las señales de “Calle cerrada” bloqueaban la entrada al edificio de oficinas corporativas que albergaba la sede de la aerolínea desde abril de 2024, en 1731 Radiant Drive.

Marco A. Salvino, Sr., vicealcalde de Dania Beach, dijo que Spirit Airlines aportó alrededor de 1,2 millones de dólares en impuestos sobre la propiedad y servicios públicos a Dania Beach.

“Es una gran pérdida para nuestra ciudad”, dijo Salvino.

Dania Pointe , un centro comercial vecino, se benefició de tener la sede de la aerolínea de ultra bajo coste a tan solo 5 minutos a pie .

“Esto afectará a los restaurantes”, dijo Salvino.

La anterior sede de Spirit Airlines estaba ubicada en 2800 Executive Way, en el Miramar Park of Commerce.

Con pérdidas superiores a los 2.500 millones de dólares desde 2020, las solicitudes de quiebra se presentaron en 2024 y 2025, y el cierre se produjo el sábado después de que fracasara un rescate gubernamental de última hora de 500 millones de dólares.

“Tenemos 18.000 personas que viven en este país que son personas estupendas y excelentes empleados”, dijo el presidente Donald Trump sobre los empleados de Spirit Airlines en todo el país el 23 de abril en la Casa Blanca.

Trump y el secretario de Transporte, Sean Duffy, criticaron al gobierno del expresidente Joe Biden por bloquear la venta de Spirit Airlines a JetBlue por 3.800 millones de dólares en 2024.

Spirit Airlines presentó el lunes los avisos de despido ante FloridaCommerce , la principal agencia estatal encargada de la gestión laboral. Se registraron más de 3260 despidos en los condados de Broward y Miami-Dade.

Los registros muestran que el aviso incluía 2.529 casos en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood y 181 en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Miami.

Los otros fueron el vuelo 796 en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Orlando y el vuelo 796 en el Centro de Operaciones y Control de Tráfico Aéreo de MCO en Orlando.

Documento relacionado: Aviso de despido (del 2 al 13 de mayo)

Enlace útil : Spirit Airlines lanza una página de reestructuración.

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• Spirit Airlines informa de más de 4.850 despidos en Florida.
• Mientras aún visten los uniformes de Spirit Airlines, los solicitantes de empleo comienzan a pedir ayuda.
• Ex empleados desempleados de Spirit Airlines marchan en Dania Beach.
• Spirit Airlines pide a los pasajeros que no acudan al aeropuerto, o de lo contrario, no se realizarán cambios de reserva.

Próximas ferias de empleo

La feria de empleo del sector de la hostelería se celebrará el miércoles de 10:00 a 12:00 en CareerSource Broward, ubicada en 2550 West Oakland Park Boulevard. La entrada y el estacionamiento son gratuitos.

Miramar organiza una feria de empleo el 20 de mayo, de 10:00 a 14:00, en el Centro Cultural de Miramar, ubicado en 2400 Civic Center Place. La entrada y el estacionamiento son gratuitos. Para más información, visite la página de Eventbrite .

La Feria y Exposición de Empleo de Port Everglades se llevará a cabo el 27 de mayo de 9:00 a 13:00 en el Centro de Convenciones del Condado de Broward, ubicado en 1950 Eisenhower Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale. La entrada y el estacionamiento son gratuitos. Aquí encontrará una lista de las empresas participantes >

Recursos

• Departamento de Trabajo: Los servicios de respuesta rápida incluyen orientación sobre la cobertura de continuación de COBRA.
• American Airlines lanza la página de empleo “Supporting Spirit”.
• United Airlines lanza un programa para dar prioridad a los exempleados de Spirit Airlines en sus contrataciones. Aquí está la página de empleo >
• Southwest Airlines estaba reclutando en esta página .
• Página de empleos de JetBlue
• JetBlue anunció una extensión del “acuerdo de asientos auxiliares durante las próximas dos semanas, sujeto a la disponibilidad de espacio y limitado a los asientos de cabina” para aquellos que quedaron varados mientras trabajaban para Spirit Airlines, y también anunció “entrevistas de empleo preferenciales”.
• Delta publica un comunicado de ayuda
• Para obtener más información sobre la ayuda que ofrece la Asociación de Auxiliares de Vuelo , llame al 1-800-385-3920.
• CareerSource Broward ofrece servicios como colocación laboral y orientación profesional en tres centros ubicados en 4941 Coconut Creek Parkway, 2550 West Oakland Park Boulevard y 7550 Davie Road Extension en Hollywood.
• Employ Miami-Dade ofrece servicios para quienes buscan empleo .
• CareerOneStop tiene una base de datos de centros de empleo.
• Para presentar una solicitud de beneficios por desempleo en Florida, llame al 1-800-204-2418 o visite esta página .
• Encuentra tu banco de alimentos local en esta página de Feeding America.

John Andrew Spillman está acusado de exposición indecente.

Según un informe de arresto, agentes de MDSO respondieron al hotel DoubleTree, ubicado en 711 NW 72nd Ave., poco después de la medianoche en referencia a un hombre desnudo en el pasillo de uno de los pisos del hotel.

Cuando los agentes llegaron al pasillo, vieron a Spillman masturbándose, dijeron las autoridades.

Según el informe, Spillman fue detenido antes de que la víctima saliera de su habitación y le dijera a los agentes que ella estaba abajo en el lobby del hotel antes de que Spillman la siguiera.

Ella dijo que entró de inmediato a su habitación cuando llegó a su piso y luego vio a Spillman masturbándose junto a su habitación.

Un portavoz del Servicio Secreto de Estados Unidos confirmó a Local 10 News que Spillman es un agente del Servicio Secreto con base en Washington, D.C., pero que estaba trabajando en Miami al momento de su arresto “como parte de un operativo que brindaba seguridad exterior para un evento”.

Su asignación había concluido el día anterior y estaba fuera de servicio al momento de su arresto, dijeron las autoridades.

Según el portavoz, después de su arresto, Spillman fue puesto de inmediato en licencia administrativa, en espera del resultado del caso penal y de una revisión interna.

El jefe de policía del Servicio Secreto, Richard MacAuley, emitió un comunicado a Local 10 News que decía:

“Estamos al tanto del arresto de un agente del Servicio Secreto fuera de servicio por parte de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade. La conducta alegada es inaceptable y contrasta marcadamente con el profesionalismo e integridad que exijo de nuestro personal. Esta agencia toma estos asuntos con la mayor seriedad; en consecuencia, el individuo ha sido puesto en licencia administrativa en espera de los resultados de este asunto penal y de una investigación interna completa y exhaustiva.”

The first team to win three straight postseason games by at least 25 points is looking more and more like the one that could make New York’s first NBA Finals appearance in the 2000s.

With laughably lopsided scoring margins that resemble UConn women’s basketball more than the NBA, the Knicks have gone from trailing in the first round to a quick lead over the Philadelphia 76ers in the East semifinals, with Game 2 at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday.

“We're playing well at the right time, but I think we have room to grow,” coach Mike Brown said.

Hard to imagine, because his team is at a level never seen before in the postseason.

A 126-97 victory over Atlanta in Game 5, when the Knicks led by 32, was followed by a 140-89 romp in the clincher, when New York built a 61-point bulge. Pouncing on a Philadelphia team that barely had time to catch its breath after needing seven games in the first round, the Knicks went up by 40 on Monday in a 138-97 victory.

Counting their victory in Game 4 against the Hawks to even that series, the Knicks have won four in a row by 135 points.

Jalen Brunson is averaging 27.6 points, third among all players in the postseason. Karl-Anthony Towns is playing perhaps the best all-around basketball of his career, with his first two playoff triple-doubles as the Knicks rely on their All-Star center to initiate some of their offense with his passing. He's providing 6.0 assists per game along with his 10.6 rebounds.

Forward OG Anunoby, always known as a defender first, is shooting beyond Stephen Curry levels from the outside, making 59% of his 3-pointers and 63.8% of his shots overall. The bench is playing so well that Josh Hart, who last season was second in the NBA in minutes per game and always wants to be on the floor, said he's fine now raising his hand for a break if he's tired.

Defensively, their physicality so rattled the 76ers that Brown said of the 16 50-50 balls in the game, the Knicks came up with 14 of them.

“We were sitting here watching it like man, we can’t believe what we’re actually watching here,” former Knicks star Carmelo Anthony said of the defense during NBC's studio coverage of the game.

The Detroit Pistons had the East's best record in the regular season. The Cleveland Cavaliers had become the betting favorites after acquiring James Harden, then the odds shifted to the Celtics after Jayson Tatum's strong return helped them earn the No. 2 seed.

But the Celtics are gone, and the Pistons and Cavaliers had to slog through seven-game struggles to reach their second-round matchup. Now it's the Knicks who are listed as solid favorites to emerge from the East and behind only defending champion Oklahoma City and San Antonio to win the title.

The Knicks haven't reached the NBA Finals since 1999 and haven't won the championship since 1973. They didn't care what outsiders thought of their chances before the season and that hasn't changed now.

“Boston was the favorite last series, and they came back 3-1,” Hart said, referring to the 76ers' comeback. “So being the favorite means literally nothing. Every game you have to come in with a focus and attention to detail. And if you don’t do that, you can lose to anybody in this league. If you do that, you know, we feel like we can beat anybody.”

The Knicks have been building toward this, reaching the East semifinals for four straight years and advancing to the conference finals last year for the first time since 2000. They surprisingly fired Tom Thibodeau after that and hired Brown, who downplayed the idea of a mandate to go further but is certainly aware that was the expectation.

New York went 53-29 but had puzzling patterns of lackluster play, such as a 2-9 stretch not long after winning the NBA Cup in December, and the back-to-back losses to the Hawks.

“That’s why you play a season. That’s why you go through the ups and downs of the season. That’s why you go through adversity,” Brunson said. “You find things to make you the best team as possible by the end of the year, and you continue to work. And even when you’re at this point, you continue to find ways to get better and improve.”

It appears in the last week the Knicks have done that.

“You hope that at this time we’re the best version of ourselves,” Towns said.

Maybe even the best in the East.

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John Andrew Spillman, 33, of Marble Falls, Texas, is accused of indecent exposure.

According to an arrest report, MDSO deputies responded to the DoubleTree hotel, located at 711 NW 72nd Ave., just after midnight in reference to a naked man in the hallway on one of the floors of the hotel.

When deputies arrived in the hallway, they saw Spillman masturbating, authorities said.

According to the report, Spillman was taken into custody before the victim exited her room and told deputies that she was downstairs in the hotel lobby before Spillman followed her upstairs.

She said she immediately entered her room when she got to her floor and then saw Spillman masturbating next to her room.

A spokesperson for the U.S. Secret Service confirmed to Local 10 News that Spillman is a Secret Service officer based in Washington, D.C., but he was working in Miami at the time of his arrest “as part of a detail that provided exterior security screening for an event.”

His assignment had concluded the day prior and he was off-duty at the time of his arrest, officials said.

According to the spokesperson, after his arrest, Spillman was immediately placed on administrative leave, pending the outcome of the criminal case and an internal review.

Secret Service Chief of Police Richard MacAuley released a statement to Local 10 News which read:

“We are aware of the arrest of an off-duty Secret Service officer by the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office. The alleged conduct is unacceptable and stands in stark contrast to the professionalism and integrity that I demand of our personnel. This agency takes these matters with the utmost seriousness; consequently, the individual has been placed on administrative leave pending the results of this criminal matter and a complete and thorough internal investigation.”

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Police took Michael Alvarez, a teacher at First United Methodist Christian School, located at 622 N. Krome Ave., into custody on a battery charge on Monday.

Investigators said Alvarez, 34, took the boy into the hallway and put painter’s tape over his lips after he laughed in class during a Bible reading.

The boy’s parents said the 13-year-old never gave Alvarez permission to put tape over his mouth.

He bonded out of the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center Tuesday afternoon.

The main reason drivers are paying more at the pump is because of the global energy crisis caused by the Iran war. The price of crude oil, which is the main ingredient in gasoline, has been climbing for most of the past two months because the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow passage of the Persian Gulf through which a fifth of the world’s crude oil normally passes, has effectively been shut, and oil tankers have been stranded there unable to deliver crude.

Many drivers were hopeful in mid-April, amid signs that the conflict could be winding down, and gasoline prices fell daily for almost two weeks.

“After the announcement of the initial ceasefire, there was kind of optimism that this really could be the beginning of the end of the conflict,” said Rob Smith, director of global fuel retail at S&P Global Energy. “And so crude prices came down correspondingly, gasoline spot prices followed, and so on and ... the retailers lowered prices as well.”

But as the war continued, gasoline prices reversed course and began increasing again.

“There’s a fundamental shortfall that will exist globally or fundamental struggle to meet that demand that will drive up price,” Smith said. “No matter what a government says or what any market person thinks, there is a true kind of upward pressure that’s being exerted on prices every day the Strait of Hormuz is constrained. And it is still severely constrained.”

Who sets gasoline prices

Gas station owners set prices at the pump, but a lot of factors go into what they decide to charge.

The main ingredient in gasoline cost is the price of a barrel of crude oil. In the U.S., oil prices represented about 51% of the price of a gallon of gasoline in 2025, according to the Energy Information Administration.

That means when crude oil prices rise, gasoline prices generally follow. Less oil on the market means higher prices for oil and gasoline. And the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz triggered the largest supply disruption in the history of oil markets, according to the The International Energy Agency, pushing oil prices as high as $112 a barrel in early April.

Bob Kleinberg, adjunct senior research scholar at the Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy, compared the average price of a gallon of gasoline in the U.S. with the price for a barrel of WTI, the U.S. benchmark oil, over the past few weeks, and said their price changes generally matched up.

“Not much of a mystery here,” Kleinberg said. “It's not exactly proportional but the shape of the curves follows the same pattern, and really with very little delay.”

Federal and state taxes contributed about 17% of the oil price, refining costs and profits contributed 14% and distribution and marketing contributed 17%, the EIA said. In some states, such as California, higher taxes and refining costs push the price of gasoline well above the national average.

What caused renewed march in gasoline prices

One event that could have changed the trajectory of gasoline prices occurred in April, when the U.S. blocked Iranian ports to stop the country from exporting oil.

“Iran had been moving an unusually high amount of oil to global markets, so that was helping moderate prices," said Jim Krane, energy research fellow at Rice University’s Baker Institute. "The Trump administration decides they’re going to punish Iran, and try to put more pressure on Iran by blocking their exports, so of course that does put pressure on Iran, but also puts pressure on global oil prices and forces them up. That was probably a big factor.”

What refineries and traders are willing to pay for oil swings wildly after news breaks about attacks on ships in the Persian Gulf or diplomacy talks stalling. “The oil market is exquisitely sensitive to what’s coming out of the White House,” Kleinberg said.

Back in early March, at the beginning of the Iran war, the price of gasoline jumped 48 cents in a week. The highest weekly jump was in March 2022, when the price jumped 60 cents in a week after Russia invaded Ukraine, AAA said.

No quick fix

No one can predict how high gasoline prices will climb. A gallon of regular in the U.S. costs more now than it did in early May of 2022, and back then, the price kept climbing through Memorial Day, AAA said.

The longer the flow of oil is constrained through the Strait of Hormuz, the higher prices will go, and the longer it will take to get back to normal, Smith said.

“Even if there was a true and lasting resolution of the conflict, both sides agree to play nice and truly do commit to keeping Hormuz open, it will still take months to get back to what it was pre-war, if not even longer,” Smith said. “There will still be within the industry a risk premium associated with going through that region. Not that it was ever a perfectly safe journey, but the past few months have shown that it’ll be hard to convince shippers and insurance companies that the risk level will be similar to what it was in February. It’ll be a long time before anyone can be convinced of that.”

Jurors in a Fort Worth courtroom decided on Tanner Horner's punishment after hearing about a month of testimony and evidence that included audio of Athena Strand's last moments from inside his delivery van. Horner, 34, pleaded guilty to capital murder last month in the 2022 killing just as his trial began. Athena's body was found two days after she was reported missing from her home in the rural town of Paradise, near Fort Worth.

Horner didn't visibly react when the judge read the sentence, according to a livestream of the court proceedings.

Jurors found there was a probability Horner would commit criminal violence and be a continuing threat to society. They said there was nothing in the commission of the crime or in Horner's background to warrant life without parole instead of death.

Prosecutor James Stainton told jurors in opening statements that Horner had told, “lie upon lie upon lie upon lie” in the case, including telling authorities that he accidentally struck Athena with his van while making the delivery and then killed her in a fit of panic.

Several jurors cried as they were shown video and heard audio from inside the van after Athena was taken. He could be seen lifting her into the van, and then driving away, telling her not to scream or he’d hurt her.

Horner then covered the camera, but the audio continued recording. Horner asks Athena questions, including how old she is and where she goes to school, before stopping the van and telling her they are going to “hang out.” Horner tells her to take off her shirt and she begins crying, and asks whether he’s a kidnapper.

She asks him: “Why are you doing this?” He replies, “Because you are pretty.”

“My mom says I can’t do that to somebody,” she tells him. “And you can’t do that to me either.”

As the recording, which lasts over an hour, continues, Athena’s screams can be heard. At one point he tells her: “If you don’t shut up, I will hurt you worse.”

A medical examiner testified that Athena died of blunt force injuries with smothering and strangulation.

While acknowledging during opening statements that the evidence against Horner was “overwhelming” and “terrible,” Horner’s attorney, Steven Goble, told jurors that Horner’s mother drank while she was pregnant, that he has autism and suffered from “various mental illnesses throughout his life” in addition to being exposed to a “massive amount of lead.”

Goble had asked jurors to sentence Horner to life in prison.

Athena’s family has said that the package Horner had dropped off was a Christmas present for her — a box of “You Can Be Anything” Barbies.

The trial was moved from rural Wise County to Fort Worth after Horner’s attorneys argued that he would not have received a fair trial. ____

Associated Press writer Audrey McAvoy contributed to this report from Honolulu.

Cole Tomas Allen initially was charged in a complaint with attempting to assassinate the president and two additional firearms counts. He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted of the attempted assassination charge alone.

Allen's indictment by a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., includes the same three counts but also adds a charge of assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon.

A Secret Service officer was shot once in a bullet-resistant vest during the April 25 attack at at the Washington Hilton, which disrupted and ultimately prompted an early end to one of the highest-profile annual events in the nation’s capital. Allen was armed with guns and knives when he ran through a security checkpoint and pointed his weapon at the officer, who fired five times without hitting anybody, authorities said.

The addition of the assault charge confirms that authorities believe Allen fired the shot that struck the officer. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche indicated last week that investigators wanted to review more ballistics evidence before making that determination.

Allen's attorneys have questioned the strength of the government's theory that their client intended to kill the president or fired a shot that struck the officer.

“In sum,” they wrote, “the government’s entire argument about the nature and circumstances of the offense is based upon inferences drawn about Mr. Allen’s intent that raise more questions than answers.”

Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, was injured but was not shot. He was placed on suicide watch after his arrest, but jail officials removed him from that status over the weekend. Allen's attorneys complained that he had been unnecessarily confined in a padded room with constant lighting, repeatedly strip searched and placed in restraints outside his cell.

Those results for 2025 were released Tuesday by Lifeway Research, the denomination's research affiliate.

Membership fell by 3% to 12.3 million, continuing a nearly two-decade decline. At the same time, weekly worship attendance was up by nearly 4% to 4.5 million.

The number of baptisms increased 5% to 263,075. It was the second consecutive year in which the number of baptisms exceeded those before the COVID-19 pandemic.

The denomination often uses baptism as a key spiritual vital sign, a measure of how many people are being brought into the faith.

“We are grateful Southern Baptists continue to show growth in key metrics like baptisms, worship attendance and Bible study participation,” Jeff Iorg, president of the SBC Executive Committee, said in a statement.

Scott McConnell, executive director of Lifeway Research, attributed the membership dip in part to church closures and to congregations cleaning up their membership rolls.

The SBC numbers are based on self-reporting by congregations. Most members are in the denomination's traditional base of the South, where it was founded by a pro-slavery faction before the Civil War, though it has since developed a presence throughout North America.

The numbers are closely watched by scholars because the SBC has long represented the single-largest body of evangelical Christians and keeps meticulous records.

The SBC remains by far the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S. in part because many other large denominations have been declining even more. The ranks of nondenominational churches — many of them with evangelical beliefs and independent governance similar to Baptists — have been growing. So have the ranks of the “ nones,” people with no religious affiliation, although that decades-long growth has stalled in recent years, according to a survey released last year by the Pew Research Center.

Political scientist Ryan Burge, who studies religious demographics, said that despite the baptism and attendance statistics, the SBC faces a likely future of continued declines The 3% membership decline amounts to nearly 400,000 people — the size of some small denominations.

"We’ve got to put that in perspective. Losing that many people is still losing a lot of people," said Burge, a professor at the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University in St. Louis.

He said the SBC is probably losing members to a combination of factors, including people joining nondenominational churches or leaving the faith. And it’s losing members to deaths, something that will accelerate in a church with many older members.

“The SBC has a baby boomer problem,” he said. “Structurally speaking, it’s hard to outrun that demographic cliff. I just don’t think there's anything structurally in the data that says the SBC is going to go back to where it was 20 years ago.”

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Police in Edmond, Oklahoma, said in a post on the social media platform X that an 18-year-old woman died from injuries sustained in the shooting that started after a fight erupted at the party on Sunday night.

So far, no one has been arrested, but investigators have information that leads them to believe there's no ongoing danger to the public, said Edmonds Police spokesperson, Sgt. James Hamm.

The shooting broke out at a picnic pavilion alongside Arcadia Lake, a popular boating, fishing and swimming spot just north of Oklahoma City. The shooting began just as officers were responding to a noise complaint about the party, Hamm said.

The party had been promoted across social media, drawing a large crowd of mostly young adults, police said.

Three hospitals in the Oklahoma City area said Monday that they had treated 18 people from the party. One healthcare system said the victims ranged in age from 16 to 30.

Some of the victims suffered graze wounds and many were treated and released, he said. It's possible that more people were hit but didn't seek treatment, Hamm said.

Many of those shot were not involved in the fight and were “simply attending the party,” he said.

Police declined to release any information about potential suspects, how many people may have fired shots or what types of weapons were used. Hamm said the department wanted to maintain the integrity of the investigation.

Edmond Mayor Mark Nash said Monday that the shooting took place at a public park where spaces can be reserved for large gatherings, but no reservation had been made.

Jeremiah Braxton, who was at the party, said two of his friends were among those shot. He said everyone was eating, dancing and having a good time until a group of girls started arguing over boyfriends.

“It just started a whole bunch of chaos,” he said Monday.

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Seewer reported from Toledo, Ohio. Associated Press reporter Rebecca Boone contributed from Boise, Idaho.

La empresa con sede en Dania Beach presentó un aviso oficial de despidos ante FloridaCommerce , la principal agencia estatal encargada de la fuerza laboral.

Incluía recortes en los aeropuertos internacionales de Miami y Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood. Sandra González, una ex auxiliar de vuelo, dijo estar devastada.

Para algunos empleados, la búsqueda de empleo estuvo marcada por la tristeza en los eventos de FloridaCommerce que se llevaron a cabo el lunes y el martes en el CareerSource Broward South Center, ubicado en 7550 Davie Road en Hollywood.

“No vendimos boletos intencionadamente pensando que no íbamos a estar aquí”, declaró Dave Davis, director ejecutivo de Spirit Airlines, al Wall Street Journal el lunes. “Pensábamos que íbamos a obtener la liquidez que necesitábamos”, dijo Pool.

Spirit Airlines sufrió pérdidas superiores a los 2,500 millones de dólares desde 2020 y se declaró en bancarrota en 2024 y 2025 antes de que fracasara una propuesta de rescate gubernamental de última hora por valor de 500 millones de dólares. Los vuelos de Spirit Airlines fueron suspendidos a las 3 de la madrugada del sábado. El secretario de Transporte, Sean Duffy, anunció el cierre de la aerolínea horas después.

“Tenemos 18,000 personas que viven en este país que son personas estupendas y excelentes empleados”, dijo el presidente Donald Trump sobre los empleados de Spirit Airlines el 23 de abril en la Casa Blanca.

El seguro médico de los empleados de Spirit Airlines finalizó el sábado. American Airlines y JetBlue Airways ofrecieron ayuda a los pilotos y auxiliares de vuelo de Spirit Airlines que quedaron varados durante el fin de semana.

Trump y Duffy criticaron al gobierno del expresidente Joe Biden por bloquear la venta de Spirit Airlines a JetBlue por 3,800 millones de dólares en 2024. El lunes, en el aeropuerto de Fort Lauderdale (FLL), JetBlue anunció 11 ubicaciones adicionales.

En Hollywood, Gonzalez y Pool estuvieron entre los ex empleados de Spirit Airlines que participaron en los eventos de FloridaCommerce el lunes y martes en el centro CareerSource Broward en 7550 Davie Road.

“Este curso ha sido realmente bueno. Ha sido interesante descubrir cuántas cosas han cambiado, y creo que venir aquí nos va a ayudar”, dijo Pool.

Gonzalez dijo que está buscando un trabajo en la industria.

“De cara al futuro, es difícil verme haciendo algo diferente”, dijo Gonzalez sobre su esperanza de continuar trabajando como asistente de vuelo.

Registros relacionados

Enlace relacionado : Spirit Airlines lanza una página sobre su reestructuración.

Historias relacionadas

• Mientras aún visten los uniformes de Spirit Airlines, los solicitantes de empleo comienzan a pedir ayuda.
• Ex empleados desempleados de Spirit Airlines marchan en Dania Beach.
• Spirit Airlines pide a los pasajeros que no acudan al aeropuerto, o de lo contrario, no se realizarán cambios de reserva.

Recursos

• Departamento de Trabajo: Los servicios de respuesta rápida incluyen orientación sobre la cobertura de continuación de COBRA.
• American Airlines lanza la página de empleo “Supporting Spirit”.
• United Airlines lanza un programa para dar prioridad a los exempleados de Spirit Airlines en sus contrataciones. Aquí está la página de empleo >
• Southwest Airlines estaba reclutando en esta página .
• Página de empleos de JetBlue
• JetBlue anunció una extensión del “acuerdo de asientos auxiliares durante las próximas dos semanas, sujeto a la disponibilidad de espacio y limitado a los asientos de cabina” para aquellos que quedaron varados mientras trabajaban para Spirit Airlines, y también anunció “entrevistas de empleo preferenciales”.
• Delta publica un comunicado de ayuda
• Para obtener más información sobre la ayuda que ofrece la Asociación de Auxiliares de Vuelo , llame al 1-800-385-3920.
• CareerSource Broward ofrece servicios como colocación laboral y orientación profesional en tres centros ubicados en 4941 Coconut Creek Parkway, 2550 West Oakland Park Boulevard y 7550 Davie Road Extension en Hollywood.
• CareerOneStop tiene una base de datos de centros de empleo.
• Para presentar una solicitud de beneficios por desempleo en Florida, llame al 1-800-204-2418 o visite esta página .
• Encuentra tu banco de alimentos local en esta página de Feeding America.

Registros carcelarios muestran que Nazia Badal, de 44 años, de Arlington, Texas, fue detenida alrededor de las 9:20 p.m. del jueves por alguaciles federales y el Departamento de Policía de Miramar.

Las autoridades dijeron que tenía una orden activa del condado Broward por dos cargos de homicidio por DUI y permanece detenida sin derecho a fianza.

Los cargos se derivan de un choque del 16 de junio de 2013 cerca de la cuadra 2300 de Red Road en Miramar que mató a un hombre identificado por sus familiares como Jose Francisco Zamora.

Un informe de arresto indica que Badal, quien trabajaba como mesera en Tootsie’s Cabaret en el momento del choque, conducía con un nivel de alcohol en sangre de 0.15%, casi el doble del límite legal, y aproximadamente 15 mph por encima del límite de velocidad al momento del choque, que ocurrió cerca de la intersección de Red Road y Renaissance Boulevard.

“En el momento del choque, la acusada tenía una concentración ilegal de alcohol en sangre que afectaba sus facultades normales y su capacidad para operar un vehículo de manera segura”, escribió un agente en su informe de arresto de 2013.

Los investigadores dijeron que el choque resultó en “múltiples lesiones por fuerza contundente” a Zamora, causando su muerte.

El informe indica que un testigo dijo a la policía que Badal conducía de manera errática antes de chocar contra el vehículo de Zamora en lo que fue descrito como una “explosión”.

El testigo dijo que el vehículo de Badal se detuvo con daños severos, mientras que el auto de Zamora quedó reducido a “metal retorcido”, dejándolo atrapado en el interior, según el informe.

Los investigadores dijeron que Badal tenía un “fuerte olor a bebida alcohólica”, que se intensificaba cuando hablaba, y que sus ojos parecían “vidriosos y rojos”.

Según el informe, cuando las autoridades le dijeron a Badal que había una investigación criminal en curso, ella respondió, “¿por qué?, nadie murió”, y “¿quién va a pagar por mi carro?”

La policía también escribió que Badal “parecía estar ajena a la gravedad del choque y no mostró absolutamente ninguna preocupación por el otro conductor, solo por su vehículo”.

Un informe toxicológico reveló que Zamora no tenía drogas ni alcohol en su sistema en el momento del choque.

La sobrina de la víctima dijo a Local 10 News que el caso en gran medida no había recibido cobertura desde el choque fatal.

Registros carcelarios muestran que Badal fue arrestada inicialmente en 2014 y luego liberada bajo fianza. Las autoridades dijeron que no compareció ante el tribunal en 2017, lo que llevó a una orden de arresto pendiente en su contra.

Los registros muestran que Badal, originaria de Trinidad y Tobago, ha sido puesta bajo retención migratoria y permanece detenida sin derecho a fianza en el centro de detención Paul Rein.

Los registros judiciales muestran que tiene programada una audiencia para el martes.

On May 9, the National Association of Letter Carriers is hosting its “Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.”

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The campaign happens every year on the second Saturday in May and asks homeowners to leave a bag of non-perishable grocery items near their mailbox. The letter carriers pick up the items and deliver them to local food pantries.

According to Feeding America, in Florida, more than three million people are facing hunger, and of them, just under 807,000 are children.

Local 10 has reported on the plight of hunger in our communities and hosts annual campaigns, such as The Local 10 Day of Giving, to raise awareness, funds and replenish the shelves of pantries across Monroe, Miami-Dade and Broward counties.

Manna-Share-A-Meal, a nonprofit that has operated a food pantry in Davie for more than 35 years, tells Local 10 they’re seeing more elderly and working families frequenting their weekly food distributions.

They are feeding between 40 to 60 families every Saturday, and the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is an essential source of food for them.

“This is always such an important event for our community, and with the continued need we’re seeing right now, we’d love to get the word out to bring more awareness and participation,” said Lorinda Diaz, Manna-Share-A-Meal volunteer.

This Saturday will mark the 34th annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. It’s the nation’s largest one-day food drive, held across more than 10,000 U.S. cities.

Since 1993, the campaign has collected more than 1.9 billion pounds of food to fight food insecurity.

A few minutes cleaning out your cupboard or picking up an extra item on your grocery run can make all the difference for someone in need.

Click here for more information about the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.

Se prevé que una tormenta de nieve tardía recorra las Montañas Rocosas y las Grandes Llanuras, y provoque lluvia que se convertiría en nieve en el área de Denver para la noche del martes, con una posibilidad de hasta 20 centímetros (8 pulgadas), según pronósticos. En las elevaciones más altas podrían caer hasta 30 centímetros (un pie), de acuerdo con el Servicio Meteorológico Nacional.

Podría ser la mayor nevada de la temporada en Denver.

“Acabamos de tener el invierno más seco registrado”, señaló Kenley Bonner, meteorólogo de la oficina del servicio meteorológico en Denver. “Al principio de la temporada, bromeábamos diciendo que el invierno no llegaría sino hasta la primavera, y eso fue exactamente lo que ocurrió”.

Gran nevada y un rápido descenso de la temperatura

Se espera que la nieve continúe hasta el miércoles, seguida de un desplome de las temperaturas y una helada generalizada durante la noche, indicó el servicio meteorológico.

Toda esa nieve pesada y húmeda podría quebrar ramas de árboles y provocar cortes de electricidad, advirtió Bonner. Las empresas de servicios públicos se están preparando, y Xcel Energy puso a 165 empleados en alerta en todo el estado.

¿Nieve en mayo?

El pronóstico es inusual, pero no desconocido.

Por lo general, Denver registra su última nevada alrededor del 28 de abril, aunque llegan a ocurrir tormentas en mayo. La “ciudad de una milla de altura” registró 1,2 centímetros (media pulgada) de nieve el 21 de mayo de 2022, mientras que la cercana Boulder recibió 11,4 centímetros (4,5 pulgadas).

Históricamente, Denver ha tenido al menos cinco tormentas de mayo con acumulaciones de nieve superiores a 25 centímetros (10 pulgadas). La mayor de ellas, ocurrida en 1893, dejó 39,3 centímetros (15,5 pulgadas). La nevada más reciente de dos dígitos en la ciudad fue del 25 al 26 de mayo de 1950, con 27 centímetros (10,7 pulgadas).

Una ligera nevada, ocurrida el 2 de junio de 1951, fue la fecha más tardía del año en la que nevó.

La tormenta es bienvenida durante una sequía, pero no es una solución

Abril fue más cálido de lo habitual y con pocas precipitaciones: el mes pasado, a Denver le faltaron 2,5 centímetros (una pulgada) de lluvia y 7 centímetros (2,8 pulgadas) de nieve en comparación con lo normal.

Pero una sola tormenta no resolverá los problemas de agua del Oeste.

En un informe del Centro Nacional de Mitigación de la Sequía se indica que las precipitaciones recientes ayudaron a aumentar la humedad de la capa superficial del suelo y redujeron las necesidades de riego, pero no han cambiado un panorama hídrico “mayormente desalentador” de cara al verano.

También habrá tormentas en otros lugares

El tiempo inestable no se limita a las Rocosas.

Según el Centro de Predicción de Tormentas, se esperan tormentas eléctricas desde el noreste de Texas hasta el oeste de Tennessee, y Arkansas enfrenta el mayor riesgo de granizo de gran tamaño, vientos dañinos y posibles tornados. Fuertes tormentas aisladas también podrían alcanzar partes del Noreste.

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The wood planks were scattered along the Turnpike’s northbound lanes near Sample Road.

The alternate route was Interstate 95. For a map with live traffic updates, visit this page.

El 9 de mayo, la Asociación Nacional de Carteros organiza su campaña “Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive”.

La campaña se realiza cada año el segundo sábado de mayo y pide a los residentes que dejen una bolsa con alimentos no perecederos cerca de su buzón. Los carteros recogen los artículos y los entregan a despensas de alimentos locales.

Según Feeding America, en Florida, más de tres millones de personas enfrentan hambre, y de ellos, poco menos de 807,000 son niños.

Local 10 ha informado sobre la situación del hambre en nuestras comunidades y organiza campañas anuales, como el Local 10 Day of Giving, para crear conciencia, recaudar fondos y reabastecer las despensas en los condados Monroe, Miami-Dade y Broward.

Manna-Share-A-Meal, una organización sin fines de lucro que ha operado una despensa de alimentos en Davie por más de 35 años, dijo a Local 10 que están viendo a más adultos mayores y familias trabajadoras acudir a sus distribuciones semanales de alimentos.

Atienden entre 40 y 60 familias cada sábado, y la campaña Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive es una fuente esencial de alimentos para ellos.

“Este siempre es un evento muy importante para nuestra comunidad, y con la necesidad continua que estamos viendo ahora, nos gustaría darlo a conocer para generar más conciencia y participación”, dijo Lorinda Diaz, voluntaria de Manna-Share-A-Meal.

Este sábado marcará la edición número 34 de la campaña Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive. Es la mayor colecta de alimentos de un solo día en la nación, realizada en más de 10,000 ciudades de Estados Unidos.

Desde 1993, la campaña ha recolectado más de 1.9 mil millones de libras de alimentos para combatir la inseguridad alimentaria.

Unos minutos limpiando su despensa o agregando un artículo extra en su compra pueden marcar la diferencia para alguien necesitado.

Haga clic aquí para más información sobre la campaña Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.

Esto ocurrió tras otra ronda de intenso debate.

Durante la discusión, un representante de la empresa dijo a los comisionados que han superado su espacio actual y necesitan acomodar el crecimiento futuro.

Después de la votación, el propietario de Kelly Tractor, Chris Kelly, dijo a Local 10 News que han hecho mucho esfuerzo “para darles lo que quieren y con suerte podemos lograrlo”.

“Desafortunadamente, cada decisión ambiental es temporal”, dijo Laura Reynolds, bióloga de la Universidad Internacional de Florida y directora científica del grupo defensor Hold the Line Coalition. “Así que un aplazamiento es sobrevivir un día más, esos humedales siguen ahí”.

Según Hold the Line, el proyecto eliminará “247 acres de tierra disponible para agricultura”, ubicados “dentro de la cuenca North Trail y contiene humedales de importancia regional”, y dentro del “área central de alimentación de la cigüeña de madera, especie amenazada a nivel federal, dentro del área de consulta para el murciélago bonneted de Florida en peligro, así como justo al este del área de enfoque de la pantera de Florida del USFWS”.

“Nos protege a nosotros, los contribuyentes”

Reynolds dijo que este tema podría tener enormes implicaciones para los residentes del condado, desde el agua potable hasta las tarifas de seguros.

“El UDB está en su lugar porque nos protege a nosotros, los contribuyentes”, dijo.

Reynolds explicó que los humedales ayudan a mitigar los riesgos de inundaciones que dañan propiedades.

“Permite que el agua tenga a dónde ir”, dijo. “Si no tenemos esos humedales, ¿a dónde vamos a bombear el agua?”

Dijo que los humedales también limpian el agua que eventualmente llega a la Bahía de Biscayne, un beneficio ecológico clave para la vida marina y para preservar la calidad del agua que sustenta la economía multimillonaria del condado en bienes raíces, comercio y turismo.

Un frustrado comisionado J.C. Bermudez, al percibir que el tema estaba cerca de otro aplazamiento, consideró que el condado no está proyectando ser proempresa.

Sentando precedente: ¿Está en juego el futuro del UDB y los humedales?“

Queremos empleos para el condado Miami-Dade y nos alegra que la empresa Kelly Tractor haya estado aquí por 93 años”, dijo Reynolds. “Pero, ¿vale la pena destruir estos humedales para este propósito en particular?”

Para Reynolds, un factor clave en el centro de este debate público es la forma en que la empresa presentó sus planes al condado.

Previamente, la comisionada Danielle Cohen Higgins expresó preocupación por el proceso mediante el cual esta solicitud llegó al condado, en forma de una enmienda de texto, que tiene umbrales más bajos que la solicitud más rigurosa requerida normalmente para construir fuera del UDB.

“Necesitamos ponerle fin a esto”, dijo Cohen Higgins. “Y mi preocupación sobre el precedente es que si seguimos teniendo solicitudes en forma de enmiendas de texto, en lugar de solicitudes para mover el Límite de Desarrollo Urbano, vamos a tener una gran cantidad de ellas. Y nuestro Límite de Desarrollo Urbano va a dejar de existir”.

“Esto sentaría un precedente”, dijo Reynolds. “Lo que hace es que vuelve irrelevante el UDB. Cualquier empresa privada podría venir ahora con solo una enmienda de texto y reescribir las reglas solo para sí misma. Sería casi como si se aprobara la ley HB 399 y no hubiera UDB”.

Agregó Kelly: “Hemos sido dueños del terreno desde 1984. Presentamos esta solicitud hace tres años, habríamos presentado con gusto una solicitud del UDB en ese entonces. Esperamos poder obtener la aprobación porque se han dedicado muchos recursos y tiempo, han sido tres años, odiaría tener que empezar desde cero y esperar hasta mayo de 2027 para presentar la solicitud del UDB. Es simplemente muy duplicado”.

¿Quién trabajó con Kelly Tractor? El propietario no lo dice

Hasta el momento no está claro quién en el condado asesoró a la empresa privada para evitar el proceso de supervisión habitual.

Local 10 News preguntó al propietario de la empresa el nombre y cargo del empleado del condado que le sugirió presentar sus planes mediante una enmienda de texto.

Kelly se negó a proporcionar un nombre específico.

“Honestamente, no quiero arruinar la carrera de nadie”, dijo. “No estoy aquí para culpar a nadie, no quiero arruinar la carrera de un servidor público, pero estuve en un par de reuniones y había varios empleados de planificación del condado que, según mi interpretación, estaban de acuerdo con eso”.

Algunos comisionados sí expresaron apoyo a la empresa en términos de reconocer el dinero que ya invirtió en este proceso.

Local 10 News contactó a cada oficina de comisionados, a la oficina de la alcaldesa y al Departamento de Recursos Regulatorios y Económicos para preguntar cómo verificaron la afirmación de la empresa de que un funcionario de planificación sugirió este curso de acción.

“Tenemos terrenos dentro del Límite de Desarrollo Urbano para usos industriales como el que proponen”, argumentó Reynolds. “Así que si hubieran seguido el proceso normal, no tendríamos necesidad de avanzar hacia los humedales”.

Reynolds dijo que los defensores del medio ambiente y del plan maestro del condado quieren que los comisionados “protejan los humedales” y exijan que cada empresa privada siga las mismas reglas, “y dejar claro que si vas a intentar mover el UDB, necesitas seguir las reglas que hemos tenido desde principios de los años 80 en los libros en el condado Miami-Dade”.

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Sandra Gonzalez and Denise Pool were both dealing with the devastation of sudden job loss on Tuesday at the CareerSource Broward South Center.

“It’s super emotional to be here, seeing all of my co-workers that we have been together for so long, and now we are together at the unemployment office,” Pool said.

The failed ultra-low-cost airline filed the layoff notices on Monday with the FloridaCommerce, the state’s lead agency for workforce.

Records show the notice included 2,529 at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, 551 at the Spirit Support Center in Dania Beach, and 181 at Miami International Airport.

The others were 796 at the Orlando International Airport, and 796 at the MCO Infight & Operations Center in Orlando.

“We didn’t intentionally sell any tickets, thinking we weren’t going to be here. We thought we were going to get the liquidity we needed,” Dave Davis, the Spirit Airlines chief executive officer, told The Wall Street Journal on Monday.

Spirit Airlines had suffered more than $2.5 billion in losses since 2020, and filed for bankruptcy in 2024 and 2025 before a last-minute $500 million government bailout proposal failed.

“We have 18,000 people that live in this country that are great people and great employees,” President Donald Trump said about Spirit Airlines employees on April 23 at the White House.

Without creditors’ agreement on the bailout, Spirit Airlines flights were grounded by 3 a.m. on Saturday. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the airline’s shutdown hours later.

Spirit Airlines employees’ health insurance ended on Saturday. American Airlines and JetBlue Airways offered to help Spirit Airlines pilots and flight attendants who were stranded over the weekend.

Trump and Duffy criticized former President Joe Biden’s administration for blocking the $3.8 billion sale of Spirit Airlines to JetBlue in 2024. At FLL, on Monday, JetBlue announced 11 additional locations.

In Hollywood, Gonzalez and Pool were among the former Spirit Airlines employees who participated in the FloridaCommerce’s events on Monday and Tuesday at the CareerSource Broward center at 7550 Davie Road.

“I am a primary caretaker for my mother, who has dementia, and I have no idea how I am going to help her now,” Pool said.

For the CareerSourceBroward’s calendar of events, visit this page.

Related document: Notice of layoff (May 2-13)

Helpful link: Spirit Airlines launches restructuring page

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Upcoming job fairs

The Hospitality Industry Job Fair is from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesday at the CareerSource Broward at 2550 West Oakland Park Boulevard. Admission and parking are free.

Miramar is hosting a job fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May 20 at the Miramar Cultural Center, at 2400 Civic Center Place. Admission and parking are free. For more information, visit the Evenbrite page.

The Port Everglades Career Fair & Expo is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 27 at the Broward County Convention Center at 1950 Eisenhower Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale. Admission and parking are free. Here is a list of the participating companies >

Resources

• Department of Labor: Rapid response services includes guidance on COBRA continuation coverage
• American Airlines launches “Supporting Spirit” career page
• United Airlines launches program to prioritize former Spirit Airlines employees when hiring. Here is the career page >
• Southwest Airlines was recruiting on this page.
• JetBlue’s jobs page
• JetBlue announced an extension of the “jumpseat agreement for the next two weeks, subject to space availability and limited to cabin seating” for those who were stranded while working for Spirit Airlines, and also announced “preferential employment interviews.”
• Delta releases statement of help
• For more information about help from the Association of Flight Attendants, call 1-800-385-3920
• CareerSource Broward offers services such as job placement and career coaching at three centers at 4941 Coconut Creek Parkway, 2550 West Oakland Park Boulevard, and 7550 Davie Road Extension in Hollywood.
• Employ Miami-Dade has services for job seekers.
• CareerOneStop has a database for job centers
• To file an unemployment benefits claim in Florida, call 1-800-204-2418 or visit this page.
• Find your local food bank, on this Feeding America page

Nurse's brother Steve Nurse, 62, died unexpectedly last Wednesday. Nick Nurse left the team following Philadelphia's 137-98 loss to open the second round against the Knicks on Monday for the service on Tuesday in Ankeny, Iowa.

Nurse is expected to rejoin the Sixers for Game 2 on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden.

“I'd like to pass my condolences along to Nick Nurse and his family, his brother's family and all their friends," Knicks coach Mike Brown said at the team's training center in suburban Greenburgh. “Life is precious and you don't wish that upon anybody, so I'd like to pass along my condolences to him and his family while they're going through these times.”

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The Pittsburgh Pirates, where Skinner began his career and helped the franchise stun the New York Yankees in the 1960 World Series, said Tuesday they were informed of Skinner's death from his wife, Joan. He died in San Diego. A cause was not provided.

“Bob was an important part of one of the most beloved teams in our storied history and helped deliver a moment that will forever be woven into the fabric of our city,” Pirates chairman Bob Nutting said in a statement. “Bob was a talented player, a proud Pirate and a respected member of the baseball community.”

Skinner, a 6-foot-4 left-handed-hitting outfielder who threw right-handed and was known as “Sleepy” for his laid-back demeanor, spent 12 seasons in the majors with Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and St. Louis.

A career .277 hitter, Skinner was named to the National League All-Star team in 1958 and twice in 1960, during the brief period when Major League Baseball held two All-Star games a season. Skinner spent eight-plus seasons with Pittsburgh from 1954-63 before being traded to Cincinnati and then the Cardinals, where he was part of the 1964 team that won the World Series.

Skinner retired at the end of the 1966 season before going into coaching and managing. He went 93–123 during a short managerial run with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1968-69 and a one-game interim stint with his hometown San Diego Padres in 1977.

A respected coach who worked with six different organizations in various capacities, Skinner returned to Pittsburgh in 1979 as the club's hitting coach, winning a third ring as part of the “We Are Family" Pirates that beat Baltimore in the 1979 World Series.

Skinner's best season may have been 1960, when he drove in a career-high 86 runs while hitting in the middle of a Pirates lineup that reached the World Series. He started in Game 1 against the New York Yankees but injured his thumb while sliding into a base, forcing him to sit out until Game 7. He went 0 for 2 with a walk in Game 7, scoring on Rocky Nelson's second-inning homer and later laying down a sacrifice bunt that advanced two runners during an eighth-inning rally that put Pittsburgh in front.

Skinner was born on Oct. 3, 1931, in La Jolla, California. A standout at San Diego Junior College, he signed a contract with Pittsburgh in the early 1950s and eventually made his debut in 1954 after spending two years in the military during the Korean War.

Skinner is survived by Joan, sons Mark, Craig, Drew and Joel, along with eight grandchildren.

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Spirit Airlines, which abruptly canceled all its future flights over the weekend, secured court approval Tuesday to begin dismantling the once-busy budget carrier and to convert its parts into cash for creditors.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane authorized the airline's plan for a rapid wind down of its remaining business activities, clearing the way for Spirit to move forward with liquidation.

“Today is a very challenging day. It’s not a day that anybody hoped would ever come,” Lane said as he ruled from the bench following an hourslong hearing in New York. The judge extended his “sympathy to the Spirit employees and their families.”

The company needed the judge’s green light to proceed because shutting down an airline is far from straightforward, with creditors, regulators, airport authorities and employees all tied into a process that has to be carefully unwound. More than 100 people tuned in to Tuesday’s hearing virtually, reflecting the broad interest in the case.

Spirit's plan centers on selling off every possible asset — from its airplanes, engines and spare parts to gates and landing slots at airports — while also limiting additional payroll, leasing and other costs.

The liquidation marks a dramatic turn for Spirit, which filed for bankruptcy protection in August 2025 hoping to escape financial ruin. The airline's parent company was attempting to restructure the business for the second time since November 2024 when it abruptly stopped operating flights early Saturday.

The shutdown itself was tightly choreographed. The company, Spirit Aviation Holdings Inc., said it made its going-out-of-business announcement in the middle of the night to ensure the jetliners making their final runs for the airline were safely on the ground and their crews accounted for.

Three days later, that sense of urgency carried into the courtroom, where the company's lawyers asked the judge for expedited approval of their wind-down plan, arguing that speed would benefit Spirit's creditors and customers.

“Any delay will cause chaos, confusion and cost the estate significant time and money,” the company said in a motion filed with the court, noting the airline was “not generating any revenue.”

Spirit attorney Marshall Huebner said Tuesday in court that rising jet fuel costs since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran “engulfed Spirit entirely.” The airline's fuel expenses grew by roughly $100 million “in March and April alone,” he said, and rapidly drained Spirit’s liquidity and derailed its restructuring efforts.

He also apologized directly to Spirit’s employees and customers, especially passengers who he said may now be completely “priced out” of certain routes without the ultra low-cost carrier known for its unbundled “no frills” service.

Huebner described a swift effort by other airlines and other segments of the aviation industry to assist Spirit's employees and customers once the airline's end looked inevitable.

“The entire industry sprang into action to get our people home,” Huebner said. Spirit employed about 17,000 people and carried about 50,000 passengers on its final day of operations. The final flight, which traveled from Detroit to Dallas, landed after midnight Saturday.

According to court filings, Spirit’s assets include its fleet of 114 Airbus A320-family planes. Most of them — 66 aircraft — were leased, but the company owns 28 that will be part of the liquidation process. Another 20 of the planes it owns outright were already set to be sold under a separate, previously approved court deal. Spirit also owns 18 spare engines.

Spirit says it plans to initially keep a skeleton crew of 130 to 150 employees who will help oversee the liquidation process, including securing aircraft and coordinating logistics. The team, expected to include some corporate officers, will eventually shrink to roughly 40.

In the last two weeks, Spirit was in discussions with the Trump administration about a hoped-for rescue deal that fell through, eliminating what the company described as its last viable path forward. Of the potential bailout, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Saturday, “We oftentimes don’t have half a billion dollars laying around.”

Duffy said other U.S. airlines, including United, Delta, JetBlue and Southwest, were offering $200 one-way fares for a limited time to travelers holding Spirit confirmation numbers and proof of purchase.

Airlines also stepped in to assist stranded Spirit crew members, he said, with some offering a preferential hiring process for former Spirit employees looking for work.

“Everyone who attended the Met Gala this year really leaned into fashion is art, using your body as a canvas, and that really came across in some of the best-dressed looks of the night,” said Kevin Huynh, fashion director of InStyle.

Fashionable A-listers gave into the theme and had fun with it. First-time Met Gala attendees included actors Chase Infiniti and Hudson Williams, as well as Olympian Alysa Liu, all of whom commanded the carpet in dramatic ensembles. Infiniti, for example, donned an enchanting Thom Browne sequined gown using trompe l’oeil to depict the female form.

Meanwhile, Met Gala mega stars and repeat attendees rose to the occasion: Vogue red-carpet correspondent Emma Chamberlain playfully dressed in a dramatic long-sleeved gown that appeared dipped in a rainbow of color from indigo to the brightest yellow-gold. And after 10 years of skipping the Gala, Beyoncé arrived to reclaim her throne, wearing a glittering crown and radiant Olivier Rousteing silver gown designed in the shape of a skeleton.

Artistic masters or novices

Maybe it was the theme or something in the air, but Met Gala guests ran with the dress code, embracing color, sculpture and a plethora of artistic references from Gustav Klimt and John Singer Sargent to the Winged Goddess of Samothrace.

Madonna even delivered performance art on the carpet, arriving with seven women carrying her cape, which was attached to her pirate-ship headpiece in reference to a painting by Leonora Carrington.

“The Met Gala has finally settled the question of ‘Is fashion art?’” said Nancy Hall-Duncan, an art historian and author of “Art X Fashion: Fashion Inspired by Art. “It is, according to the Met Gala, Anna Wintour and Andrew Bolton.”

For Lynette Nylander, executive digital director of Harper’s Bazaar, there were wins from Infiniti to Cardi B, though some guests steered more toward costume than couture. Heidi Klum, for example, arrived in full costume as a statue.

“It was the kind of loudest Met Gala that we’ve seen in a while, probably since the ‘Camp’ theme,” Nylander said. “It felt very ostentatious."

Pops of color in a sea of black

Despite all the artistic opportunities to draw from, some celebrities chose sophisticated all-black looks instead of color. Zoë Kravitz and Connor Storrie both wore black custom Yves Saint Laurent.

Yet the examples in solid black only amplified the more colorful ensembles, like Chamberlain's hand-painted Mugler dress with cascading fringe sleeves and a spiral deep rainbow train.

“It looked like an artist’s palette and it’s just stunning, colorful and interesting,” Hall-Duncan said. “This isn’t addressing a specific painting. It’s addressing the whole concept of color in artistic work.”

Trompe l’oeil

Artistic illusions of the body stood out throughout the night, with celebrities playing with the dress code and the “Costume Art” exhibit inside the Metropolitan Museum, which examines the dressed body and thematic body types.

Naomi Osaka wowed in a white Robert Wun overcoat featuring tiny slits that allowed a glimpse of her sparkling red dress underneath. In a dazzling red carpet moment, Osaka removed the overcoat to reveal a two-toned red gown with the human anatomy beaded into the dress. Nylander said designer Wun was one of several independent designers who dominated the carpet, dressing stars including the tennis pro and singer Lisa.

Actor Jeremy Pope was on theme for the menswear look of the night. Pope sported a Vivienne Westwood corseted jacket filled in with pearls in the shape of a chest.

And fashion darling Colman Domingo is never one to disappoint with his menswear attire.

“He was wearing a Valentino look that was color blocked in these beautiful tulle squares that were really reminiscent of Pablo Picasso’s harlequin paintings,” Huynh said. "I thought that was such a clever way to tap into the artistic side of things, whereas Hudson Williams, hot off all the ‘Heated Rivalry’ madness, wore a matador-inspired look that really harkened back to Cristóbal Balenciaga's Spanish roots.”

Athleticism on display

Several Olympians hit gold twice for taking risks with their looks. Bubbles filled the carpet as Olympian free style skier Eileen Gu walked up the steps in her mini Iris van Herpen dress covered with bubbles. Lindsey Vonn made a surprise appearance following multiple surgeries after a fracture took her out of the Winter Olympics.

Other athletes on the carpet included NFL players Joe Burrow and Justin Jefferson.

NFL Fashion Editor Kyle Smith, who dressed Burrow in a custom navy Bode look, said the Met Gala allows athletes to shine off the field.

“It’s this opportunity to express yourself and when you put on your uniform and your helmet, you’re part of a team and you’re working toward this really big shared goal,” he said. “But when you’re dressing for the tunnel or any red carpet event, it’s an opportunity to express themselves and show their identity.”

Fashion as protest?

The night's fashion put a spotlight on some underlying politics: Billionaire Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez Bezos sponsored the gala and exhibit and served as honorary chairs, prompting some protests and a few absences.

Their involvement added another layer of interest in some of the fashion choices of the night. Actor Sarah Paulson arrived in a Matières Fécales gray tulle gown from their collection titled “The One Percent," which she accessorized with a $1 bill mask covering her eyes.

La norma y sus reglamentaciones aparecieron en la Gaceta Oficial y deben entrar en vigor en 180 días, dijo el primer coronel Mario Méndez Mayedo, jefe de la dirección de extranjería del Ministerio del Interior, en una conferencia.

Sin embargo, Méndez aclaró que se pondrá en vigor de inmediato una legislación específica que permitirá gestionar en los consulados una categoría migratoria llamada “inversor y de negocios” que permitirá a muchos cubanos de larga residencia en el extranjero o que fueron considerados emigrados o exiliados poder invertir en la isla y participar en empresas con respaldo jurídico.

La migración fue un tema que estuvo en el centro de debate político en la isla y su comunidad en el extranjero, pues aplicaba un estatus de “emigrados” a personas que salían del país –-luego el rango fue flexibilizado —limitándole muchos derechos ciudadanos como por ejemplo tener titularidad de viviendas.

La nueva ley, aunque fue aprobada en general por el Parlamento cubano en 2024, no había sido publicada en la Gaceta Oficial ni reglamentada, por lo que su vigencia estaba paralizada, y llega en momentos que la isla enfrenta fuertes desafíos internos y externos.

Por un lado un proceso migratorio masivo de cerca de un millón de personas derivado de la crisis económica que sufre la nación caribeña en los últimos cinco años y que según los expertos incluso redujo la población en la isla. Por otro lado, el país se enfrenta a una fuerte tensión con Estados Unidos, cuyo presidente Donald Trump amenazó con tomarla por la fuerza si no se produce un cambio de gobierno y de modelo político. El mandatario impuso un cerco energético que tiene a la nación caribeña al borde de una crisis humanitaria.

La nueva ley de extranjería remplazará a una norma de 1976 y sus posteriores actualizaciones.

Una de las medidas más esperadas por los cubanos era la eliminación, que finalmente se produjo en esta norma, del límite de 24 meses afuera del país, antes de perder los derechos y ser considerado emigrado.

El segmento temporal había sido eliminado durante la pandemia de la COVID-19 que impedía muchos viajes de ciudadanos de regreso y por ende cumplir con la ley y luego no se volvió a aplicar. Ahora se eliminó por completo el requisito.

La permanencia de un ciudadano cubano por largo tiempo en el extranjero no constituye motivo para, por ejemplo, perder propiedades, su patrimonio o una casa, como sí sucedía en décadas anteriores bajo la antigua ley.

En este sentido, la nueva norma reconoce la posibilidad de los isleños a tener varias nacionalidades y sus pasaportes, aunque se indicó que al interior de la isla las personas tendrán un criterio de “ciudadanía efectiva” o sea serán considerados cubanos sin importar si tienen documentos de otro país.

Igualmente, la norma permitirá que extranjeros establecidos en el país por larga data puedan tramitar su nacionalidad como cubanos, algo que no estaba contemplado en las regulaciones actuales que solo les daban categoría de residente permanentes.

El martes, Daniel López, quien estaba en libertad bajo fianza en el caso penal pendiente en el condado Miami-Dade, dijo que fue arrestado y “despedido” de su trabajo.

“Creo que me tendieron una trampa, mucha gente trabajando allí”, dijo López.

El jueves, un administrador de la propiedad en Bijou Bay Harbor, en 9521 East Bay Harbor Drive, reportó haber encontrado “una caja fuerte que había sido forzada”, según un informe policial.

Pertenecía al propietario del apartamento, quien vive fuera de Estados Unidos, según la policía.

El viernes, un detective encontró un video de vigilancia que muestra a Lopez saliendo del elevador y dirigiéndose hacia el apartamento, según la policía.

López le dijo al detective que estaba trabajando en la recepción durante la noche cuando alguien llamó pidiendo ayuda, por lo que “sacó las llaves de la unidad de la caja de llaves segura del edificio”, según la policía.

López “no pudo explicar lo que vio o hizo al entrar, no pudo indicar quién era la persona que llamó ni proporcionar un número de teléfono, ni notificó a sus supervisores ni a nadie más”, según el informe policial.

Los oficiales arrestaron a Lopez el viernes en el Departamento de Policía de Bay Harbor Islands, y fue ingresado en el Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center cerca de Doral.

“Hasta que tenga a mi abogado, tengo que hablar”, dijo Lopez, quien enfrenta un cargo de delito grave de segundo grado por robo de una vivienda desocupada.

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On Tuesday, Daniel Lopez, who was out on bond in the pending criminal case in Miami-Dade County, said he was arrested and “thrown out” of his job.

“I believe I was set up ... a lot of people working over there,” Lopez said.

On Thursday, a property manager at Bijou Bay Harbor, at 9521 East Bay Harbor Drive, reported finding “a safe that had been forced,” according to a police report.

It belonged to the owner of the apartment, who lives outside of the U.S., according to police.

On Friday, a detective found surveillance video showing Lopez walking out of the elevator and toward the apartment, according to police.

Lopez told the detective that he was working the front desk overnight when someone called for help, so he “signed out the unit keys from the building’s secured key box,” according to police.

Lopez “was not able to explain what he saw or did when entering ... could not advise who this caller was or provide a phone number ... did not notify his supervisors or anyone else,” according to the police report.

Police officers arrested Lopez on Friday at the Bay Harbor Islands Police Department, and corrections booked him at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center near Doral.

“Until I get my lawyer, you know, I’ve got to speak out,” said Lopez, who is facing a second-degree felony charge of burglary of an unoccupied dwelling.

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A late snowstorm swept over the Rocky Mountains and into the High Plains on Tuesday, bringing heavy, wet accumulation north of Denver into southeastern Wyoming.

In Fort Collins, Colorado, heavy snow fell throughout the day on ground that was still too warm for significant accumulation. Slushy snow clung to leaves, grass and flowers, and homeowners shut off yard sprinklers lest sub-freezing temperatures damage their plumbing.

More accumulation was on the way with temperatures expected to keep dropping overnight.

Boulder, nestled against the mountains, could get upward of a foot (30 centimeters) of snow. Up to 8 inches (20 centimeters) was possible in the Denver area into Wednesday.

Even as Denver imposed lawn-watering restrictions to address what have been low mountain snows, the city was facing what may be its biggest snowfall of the season.

“We just had our driest winter on record,” Kenley Bonner, a meteorologist in the weather service’s Denver office, said. “We were kind of joking earlier in the season that winter’s not going to come until spring, and it did exactly that.”

Big snow and a fast drop in temperature

The snow was expected to continue into Wednesday, followed by more plunging temperatures before warmer temperatures return Thursday, the National Weather Service said.

Accumulated snow could snap tree branches and knock out power, Bonner said. Utilities were preparing, with Xcel Energy putting 165 employees on standby across the state.

Highways remained open Tuesday for the time being. Interstate 80 across southern Wyoming, including a high-elevation stretch between Cheyenne and Laramie that closes often, was open but webcams showed heavy snowfall.

Others along northern Colorado mountain highways also showed deteriorating conditions.

Wait, snow in May?

The forecast is somewhat unusual but not unheard of.

Denver typically sees its last snowfall around April 28, although May storms do happen. The “Mile High City” recorded half an inch of snow (1.2 centimeters) on May 21, 2022, while nearby Boulder got 4.5 inches (11.4 centimeters).

Historically, Denver has seen at least five May storms with snowfall over 10 inches (25 centimeters). The biggest, in 1893, dropped 15.5 inches (39.3 centimeters). The city's most recent double-digit snow was May 25-26, 1950, with 10.7 inches (27 centimeters).

A light dusting on June 2, 1951, was the latest time in the year it snowed.

The worsening storm caused the Colorado Rockies to reschedule two games against the New York Mets. But that happens more often than not during Denver's spring baseball season, including four times in 2015, according to MLB.

May snows are even more common in the Wyoming capital of Cheyenne, which is almost 1,000 feet (300 meters) higher than Denver and cooler year-round. Wyoming is also windier than Colorado, pushing snow into drifts that must be re-plowed if gusts persist.

The storm is welcome during a drought, but not a fix

April was warmer than usual and short on precipitation, with Denver missing an inch of rain (2.5 centimeters) and 2.8 inches of snow (7 centimeters) last month compared to normal.

But one storm won't solve the West's water problems.

A report from the National Drought Mitigation Center said recent precipitation helped boost topsoil moisture and reduced irrigation demands, but hasn't changed a “mostly bleak” water outlook heading into the summer.

Wildfires also thrive in the dry conditions. Firefighters across the West have been turning to artificial intelligence and other technology to catch small fires before they expand.

Storms elsewhere, too

The unsettled weather isn’t limited to the Rockies.

Thunderstorms are expected from northeast Texas into western Tennessee, with Arkansas facing the greatest risk of large hail, damaging winds and possible tornadoes, according to the Storm Prediction Center. Isolated strong storms could also reach parts of the Northeast.

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The first shooting happened just before 10 a.m. at a shopping center in a Koreatown neighborhood in a suburb north of Dallas, the Carrollton Police Department said. When police arrived, they found four adults who had been shot. While they were investigating, another shooting was reported at an apartment complex roughly 4 miles (6 kilometers) away, and responding officers found a dead man inside one of the apartments.

Investigators determined the suspect, 69-year-old Seung Ho Han, carried out both of the shootings, police said. He was arrested at a nearby grocery store after a short chase on foot. Police say Ho Han acknowledged he was the shooter in an interview with detectives and said he was angry at the people he shot because of financial disagreements over their business dealings.

It was not a random act of violence and the attacker knew both of the people who were fatally shot, Carrollton Police Chief Roberto Arredondo said.

“It was a known business relationship. We’re still trying to work to identify what caused his actions,” Arredondo said.

The three people injured in the shooting were in stable condition, Arredondo said. The names of the victims were not released.

Shortly after the shooting, officers with their guns drawn walked past doors at K Towne Plaza in an area of Carrollton known as Koreatown. Agents from the FBI were among law enforcement collecting evidence in the parking lot.

Carrollton — population 130,000 — is 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of Dallas. More than 4,000 residents are of Korean descent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

“We’re shocked,” said John Jun, who’s active in the Korean American community. “We’re not immune to something like this happening, but we are very generally a peaceful community that works hard.”

In the last 20 years, it has grown into a thriving Koreatown for the metro Dallas area, thanks to Korean investors. It’s anchored by big-box businesses like H Mart as well as dozens of restaurants serving everything from Korean fried chicken to shaved ice desserts.

The city is also home to multiple Korean churches from Baptist to Presbyterian congregations.

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AP reporters Terry Tang in Phoenix, Rebecca Boone in Boise, Idaho, Claudia Lauer in Philadelphia and Ed White in Detroit contributed to this story.

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This version corrects the spelling of the suspect’s name. The correct spelling is Seung Ho Han, not Seung Han Ho.

And the big surprise was Dustin Johnson, who was extended one of the special invitations to the PGA Championship next week despite his eligibility running out last year.

“Very excited,” Johnson said from LIV Golf Virginia, “I want to play in all the majors. I feel like my game is still good enough to compete with everyone and still can win. The PGA was nice enough to give me an invitation. So yeah, I'm very, very happy and thankful for that.”

The PGA of America held back two spots in case the winners of two PGA Tour events, the Truist Championship and the Myrtle Beach Classic, are not already eligible.

Scottie Scheffler is the defending champion at the second major of the year, which returns to Aronimink for the first time since Gary Player won in 1972.

Johnson is among 30 players who competed at Aronimink when it hosted the BMW Championship in 2018, when Keegan Bradley defeated Justin Rose in a playoff that didn't finish until Monday because of so much rain.

The PGA Championship committee is the least transparent in filling the field for its major, with 33 players receiving special invitations.

Most of them came from the top 100 in the world ranking. The PGA Championship strives to have the top 100 and often will go a few places outside the top 100 to make sure no one sneaks in in the final week before the major.

It gave invitations to Andy Sullivan of England (102), Angel Ayora of Spain (103), Keith Mitchell (104), Chandler Blanchet (106) and Billy Horschel (107).

It also has a category of its PGA points list — based on official PGA Tour money earned in the last 12 months — to fill the field beyond the top 70.

Sudarshan Yellamaraju of Canada is the leading player not eligible at No. 80. He becomes the first alternate, with a reasonable chance of getting in because only four players at the Truist Championship — Yellamaraju is one of them — are not yet in the PGA.

The alternates all came from the PGA points list.

Woods not playing was expected. He was arrested Feb. 27 on suspicion of DUI and received permission from a Florida judge to seek treatment outside the country. Woods has not played in a major since the 2024 British Open.

Mickelson has not said publicly what he's dealing with at home. His only LIV Golf event was in South Africa in March. He did not play in the Masters.

The PGA of America also awarded a spot to Ian Holt, a two-time winner this year on the Korn Ferry Tour who leads the points list, and Kota Kaneko of Japan from the Federation Ranking of tours around the world. The PGA Championship takes players from the leading three tours. Kaneko on the Japan Golf Tour was fourth.

Johnson, a former No. 1 player in the world with two majors, has been eligible for every major since the 2009 Masters. He did not play in three of them because of injury or because of taking time away from the game (2014 PGA Championship).

His 10-year exemption from winning the U.S. Open expires after this year. He is not eligible for the British Open, which historically does not offer special exemptions.

Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald of Team Europe received an invitation, which has become a PGA Championship tradition. U.S. captain Jim Furyk is not playing. Vijay Singh, a two-time PGA champion, and 2025 Senior PGA champion Angel Cabrera chose not to play.

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An interim report by a Virginia engineering firm says the toxic metals, along with PCBs, pesticides, petroleum byproducts and other chemicals were detected at levels above laboratory reporting limits in soil at the East Potomac Golf Links, a historic golf course that President Donald Trump plans to renovate.

The park service began dumping debris from the East Wing onto the golf course in October, and more than 30,000 cubic yards (810,000 cubic feet) of excavated soil had been transported to the site as of last month, the report by Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. said. The report was requested by the park service.

The nonprofit DC Preservation League has sued the Trump administration, arguing that the dumping was unlawful and possibly hazardous. The group also is challenging the Republican administration’s takeover of the golf course, about 2 miles (3 kilometers) southeast of the White House, and others in the city.

The suit is one of several legal battles challenging Trump’s extraordinary efforts to put his mark on public spaces in the nation’s capital, including renaming and shuttering the Kennedy Center and building a 250-foot-tall (76-meter-tall) triumphal arch near the Lincoln Memorial.

At the end of last year, a separate group of preservationists filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent the administration from demolishing the East Wing so it could build a ballroom, a project slated to cost $400 million.

A spokesperson for the Interior Department, which oversees the park service, said in an email Tuesday that the soil removed from the White House “was tested multiple times, by multiple parties, and this project passed all standards set by law.”

While the agency does not comment on litigation, "this thorough process was followed to ensure the transfer was safe for the public,'' spokeswoman Katie Martin said.

The Preservation League's executive director, Rebecca Miller, said Tuesday that experts were still analyzing the engineering report. The group also is concerned about whether the Trump administration is complying with federal laws, including the National Historic Preservation Act and the National Environmental Policy Act, she said.

Debris from the East Wing demolition is so prevalent that it causes golfers to detour around piles of it, Miller said. “If you Google you’ll see lots of photos of golfers walking past it,” she said in an interview.

The Trump administration's plans to renovate the 105-year-old course to make it a professional-level course would permanently alter its historic character and layout, Miller said.

A federal judge told the government on Monday not to cut down more than 10 trees without first providing notice amid the legal dispute.

U.S. District Court Judge Ana Reyes said during a remote hearing that she wasn’t going to issue a temporary restraining order just yet, but she indicated she would take a harsh view of any major alterations made without prior notice.

Democracy Forward, a national legal organization that is co-representing the Preservation League, said in a press release that "further scrutiny will be required related to potential toxins that were dumped at East Potomac Park by the administration as part of the destruction of the East Wing of the White House.”

Test results released by the government “suggest the Defendants dumped a cocktail of contaminants — and despite indications of the refuse’s contents, they continued dumping it,” the group said.

Kevin Griess, the superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks for the park service, said during Monday’s court hearing that there was no immediate plan to begin tree removal, but added that a safety assessment was underway.

Trump, an avid golfer, also plans to renovate a military golf course just outside Washington that has been used by past presidents for decades.

In her statement, Martin said the Interior Department is “committed to continuing the relationships we have built with the local golf communities to ensure these courses are safe, beautiful, open, affordable, enjoyable, accessible, and world-class for people living in and visiting the greatest capital city in the world.”

In an interview with conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt, Trump said the first American-born pontiff is helping Iran and also making the world less safe with his comments about the importance of not treating immigrants with disrespect.

“The pope would rather talk about the fact that it’s OK for Iran to have a nuclear weapon,” Trump said in the interview on Monday. “And I don’t think that’s very good. I think he’s endangering a lot of Catholics and a lot of people.”

The pope, however, has not said Iran should obtain nuclear weapons. He’s called for more peace talks, and criticized war with Iran generally and Trump’s specific threats of mass civilian strikes. The pope also has emphasized that he’s reflecting biblical and church teachings, not speaking as a political rival to Trump.

Leo responded to Trump's latest criticism by calling out the U.S. president's misrepresentation of his views. Speaking to reporters Tuesday, the pope said the Catholic Church “for years has spoken out against all nuclear weapons, so there is no doubt there.”

He also doubled down on his insistence that his call for peace and dialogue in the U.S-Israeli war in Iran is biblically inspired.

“The mission of the church is to preach the Gospel, to preach peace. If someone wants to criticize me for announcing the Gospel, let him do it with the truth,” Leo said.

Rubio downplays the rift over Iran

For his part, Rubio, a practicing Catholic, said Trump's recent criticisms were rooted in his opposition to Iran potentially obtaining a nuclear weapon, which he said could be used against millions of Catholics and other Christians. Rubio said the whole world should be opposed to that.

Trump “doesn’t understand why anybody — leave aside the pope — the president and I, for that matter, I think most people, I cannot understand why anyone would think that it’s a good idea for Iran to ever have a nuclear weapon,” Rubio told reporters at the White House.

Still, Trump’s latest comments may make Rubio’s task more difficult when he sees the pontiff on Thursday. Rubio has often been called on to tone down or explain Trump’s harsh rhetoric as it relates to Europe, NATO and the Middle East, but the president’s dispute with the pope has domestic political implications in the U.S. with midterm congressional elections approaching.

Trump lashed out at Leo on social media last month, saying the pope was soft on crime and terrorism for comments about the administration’s immigration policies and deportations as well as the Iran war. Leo then said God doesn’t listen to the prayers of those who wage war.

Later, Trump posted a social media image likening himself to Jesus Christ, which he then deleted after backlash. He has refused to apologize to Leo and has sought to explain away the social media post by saying he thought the image was of him as a doctor.

The tension spills over into Italian politics

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, a long-time Trump ally, has taken exception to Trump’s comments about the pope.

Trump in return criticized her as his ire against NATO allies expands over what he sees as a lack of support for the Iran war — most recently with the Pentagon planning to pull thousands of troops out of Germany in the coming months.

In response to Trump's latest comments criticizing the pope, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said in a social media post that they were “neither acceptable nor helpful to the cause of peace.”

“I reaffirm my support for every action and word of Pope Leo; his words are a testament to dialogue, the value of human life, and freedom. This is a vision shared by our government, which is committed through diplomacy to ensuring stability and peace in all areas where conflicts exist,” Tajani wrote.

Rubio, who after this trip will have visited Italy or the Vatican at least three times in the past year, is expected to meet with Meloni and Tajani on Friday.

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Daniel Alejandro Moreno-Gama, wearing an orange jail uniform, did not speak as his attorney entered the pleas during his arraignment in state court. The 20-year-old also faces federal charges.

Moreno-Gama, of Spring, Texas, hurled the flammable bomb at Altman’s home last month, setting an exterior gate alight before fleeing on foot, authorities allege. Less than an hour later, he went to OpenAI’s headquarters about 3 miles (5 kilometers) away and threatened to burn down the building, they say.

Diamond Ward, the public defender representing Moreno-Gama, said after the hearing that her client was experiencing a mental health crisis and had been excessively charged.

“Daniel is a kind, hard-working person who has been publicly advocating for peaceful measures to address the danger of AI on humanity,” she said.

She attributed Moreno-Gama's actions to “a mental health crisis and not any desire to harm" and suggested prosecutors were trying to curry favor with Altman and were ignoring evidence of her client's mental health issues.

During the hearing, Ward requested a mental health evaluation for Moreno-Gama. The judge granted the request and scheduled another hearing for later this month to discuss the results.

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said last month that Moreno-Gama carried out a “targeted attack on Mr. Altman” and that prosecutors had evidence to substantiate the charges.

Moreno-Gama’s parents said in a statement shortly after the attack that he has never harmed anyone and recently began having mental health issues.

Authorities said Moreno-Gama, who works part-time at a pizzeria and is attending community college, expressed hatred of artificial intelligence in his writings, describing it as a danger to humanity and warning of “impending extinction,” according to court filings.

Officials haven't said whether Altman was home at the time of the attack.

The state charges, which also include attempted arson and attempted criminal threats, carry penalties ranging from 19 years to life in prison.

Federal prosecutors charged Moreno-Gama with possession of an unregistered firearm, and damage and destruction of property by means of explosives. Those charges carry respective maximum prison sentences of 10 years and 20 years.

Moreno-Gama made an initial appearance in federal court on Friday.

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This story was updated to correct the spelling of Moreno-Gama’s last name.

Meloni shared the photo in question on Facebook. She included with it an apparent post from someone named Roberto who apparently had himself shared it on social media with the commentary that Meloni should be “ashamed” of herself.

Meloni warned against sharing such images on social media without verifying them.

“Deepfakes are a dangerous tool because they can deceive, manipulate and target anyone. I can defend myself. Many others cannot,” she warned in her Facebook post.

It wasn't immediately clear if Meloni would report the incident to law enforcement, as she was urged to do by people commenting on her post. She acknowledged though that the photo manipulation “actually made me look a lot better.”

“But the fact remains that, in order to attack and fabricate lies, people will now use absolutely anything,” she wrote.

It’s not the first time that the likeness of Meloni, Italy’s first female premier, has made waves. In February, a minor church-state scandal erupted after a cherub bearing a striking appearance to Meloni appeared in a Roman church.

Then, Meloni made light of the manipulation.

“No, I definitely don’t look like an angel,” Meloni wrote on social media with a laughing/crying emoji alongside a photo of the work.

The class action lawsuit, filed in federal court in Manhattan, accuses the tech giant of copyright infringement and opens up a new front in the ongoing battle between the book community and developers of AI.

The plaintiffs allege that Zuckerberg and Meta “followed their well-known motto ‘move fast and break things’" by illegally drawing upon a massive trove of books and journal articles for Llama.

“Defendants reproduced and distributed millions of copyrighted works without permission, without providing any compensation to authors or publishers, and with full knowledge that their conduct violated copyright law,” the complaint reads in part. “Zuckerberg himself personally authorized and actively encouraged the infringement."

Authors published by the five companies suing — Elsevier, Cengage, Hachette Book Group, Macmillan and McGraw Hill — include Turow, James Patterson, Donna Tartt, former President Joe Biden and at least two of the Pulitzer Prize winners announced Monday, Yiyun Li and Amanda Vaill.

In a statement Monday, Meta vowed to “fight this lawsuit aggressively.”

“AI is powering transformative innovations, productivity and creativity for individuals and companies, and courts have rightly found that training AI on copyrighted material can qualify as fair use," the statement reads in part.

Over the past few years, numerous authors have pursued legal action involving AI. In 2025, Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a class action suit initiated by thriller novelist Andrea Bartz and nonfiction writers Charles Graeber and Kirk Wallace Johnson. A final approval hearing is scheduled for next week.

The award is tied to the Presidential Fitness Test, which was a public-school fixture for decades but was phased out under President Barack Obama in favor of a program that minimized competition and focused on long-term health. Trump signed an order last summer to reestablish the fitness test, which was created in the 1950s.

“We’re bringing it back,” Trump said at an Oval Office ceremony alongside children and professional athletes. “My administration is working very hard to defend America’s cherished athletic traditions and pass our values of excellence and competitiveness to the next generation.”

The earlier exam tested students on a battery of exercises, including a 1-mile run and sit-ups. Those scoring above the 85th percentile for their gender in each component of the test received the Presidential Physical Fitness Award, though details of the revived test have yet to be released.

Trump unveiled the award at his desk while flanked by Cabinet members including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Education Secretary Linda McMahon and Housing Secretary Scott Turner. They were joined by children who said they played sports including football, volleyball, hockey and golf.

The test is being made mandatory for students at 161 schools located on U.S. military installations, Hegseth said in the Oval Office. He encouraged other schools across the country to follow.

“We need young, strong, healthy Americans, whether you serve in the military or any other aspect of your life,” Hegseth said. “The idea that competition is bad is the beginning of decline of a nation.”

Trump, an avid golfer and sports enthusiast, emphasized the importance of balancing both physical and mental fitness, saying that it's “all about the mind” at top levels of competition. He praised the athletes at the White House event while joking about his own fitness regimen.

“I work out so much, like about one minute a day, max — if I’m lucky,” Trump said.

Trump said he would be signing the first copy of the new award on Tuesday. After the Oval Office event, the kids were invited to the South Lawn to play sports to a soundtrack of songs like “YMCA” and “Eye of the Tiger." Trump joined outside as the kids putted at a green, kicked soccer balls and threw a baseball with pitcher Noah Syndergaard.

The president connected the initiative to Kennedy's “Make America Healthy Again” agenda. Speaking alongside Trump, Kennedy said it was “very unfortunate” that Obama discontinued the test and cited increased obesity among American children.

“We need to teach people how to win and how to lose and how to process victory and defeat,” Kennedy said.

Wild coach John Hynes announced the goaltender swap several hours before puck drop. Gustavsson hasn't played since allowing five goals at St. Louis on April 13. He went 28-15-6 with a 2.69 goals-against average during the regular season.

Wallstedt surrendered 14 goals in six games during a first-round series win over Dallas. He struggled in Game 1 against the high-scoring Avalanche in allowing eight goals on 42 shots. Wallstedt and Gustavsson split time throughout the season.

“We have confidence in both of our goalies. They’re both excellent,” Hynes said. “They both played really good hockey. We believe either one of them can win us a game. It’s a good opportunity to get Gus in the net. He’s hungry to get in.”

Gustavsson has played in 11 postseason games for the Wild, posting a 4-6 mark with a 2.54 goals-against average and a .917 save percentage. The 27-year-old Gustavsson stayed sharp waiting for his turn, Hynes said, and has been "very supportive" of the decision to go with Wallstedt.

“But the thing I liked about it, too, was that he didn’t just concede it, either,” Hynes said. "He wants to play. He wants to get in the net. He was working for it. He’s making sure that he was prepared to do it.

"It could be a little bit of a negative response, but his was, ‘I understand the decision.’ As it went on, he wanted to get into the net. But his attitude toward the team and toward Wally was top shelf.”

The Wild remain without forward Joel Eriksson Ek and defenseman Jonas Brodin because of lower-body injuries. Hynes said there could be more tweaks to the lineup, but those will be game-time decisions based on health.

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Según un informe de arresto del Departamento de Policía de Miami, el robo ocurrió la noche del 11 de abril en los condominios Paraiso Bayviews, ubicados en 501 NE 31st St.

La policía dijo que la víctima conoció a Nicole Cano, de 30 años, en Instagram y ella lo invitó a su condominio a “tomar unos tragos”.

Según el informe, la víctima llegó al edificio de gran altura poco después de las 8 p.m. y estaba admirando la vista desde el balcón cuando dos mujeres desconocidas salieron de una habitación.

La policía dijo que las tres mujeres le exigieron dinero a la víctima y él comenzó a gritarles de inmediato que no tenía dinero con él.

Según el informe, la víctima intentó salir del condominio, momento en el que se produjo un breve forcejeo y las mujeres le dijeron que “iba a pagar”.

La policía dijo que una cadena de oro de la víctima fue arrancada de su cuello durante el forcejeo, pero logró conservarla, aunque un colgante de cruz de oro valorado en $300 USD fue robado antes de que la víctima pudiera huir del condominio y pedir ayuda a gritos.

La víctima luego identificó a Cano ante los detectives en una rueda fotográfica.

Cano fue detenida el lunes y aceptó proporcionar una declaración a los detectives, según el informe.

La policía dijo que ella admitió haber iniciado el encuentro con la víctima, pero negó las otras acusaciones en su contra.

Cano fue arrestada por cargos de robo por la fuerza y privación ilegal de la libertad.

Hasta la tarde del lunes, permanecía detenida en el Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. Los registros carcelarios en línea indicaban que su fianza total estaba “por determinar”.

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According to an arrest report from the Miami Police Department, the robbery occurred the night of April 11 at the Paraiso Bayviews condos, located at 501 NE 31^st St.

Police said the victim met Nicole Cano, 30, on Instagram and she invited him to her condo to “have drinks.”

According to the report, the victim got to the high-rise building shortly after 8 p.m. and was admiring the view from the balcony when two unknown women exited a bedroom.

Police said all three women demanded money from the victim and he immediately began shouting at them that he didn’t have any money on him.

According to the report, the victim tried leaving the condo, at which time a brief struggle ensued and the women told him he was “going to pay.”

Police said the victim’s gold chain was pulled from his neck during the struggle, but he was able to hold onto it, although a $300 gold cross pendant was taken before the victim was able to flee the condo and scream for help.

The victim later identified Cano to detectives in a photo lineup.

Cano was taken into custody Monday and agreed to provide detectives with a statement, according to the report.

Police said she admitted to initiating a meeting with the victim, but denied the other accusations against her.

Cano was arrested on charges of strongarm robbery and false imprisonment.

As of Monday afternoon, she was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. Online jail records listed her total bond as “to be set.”

Dean DelleChiaie, 35, of Nashua, was expected to make an initial court appearance Tuesday on a charge of interstate communication of a threat against the president. According to federal prosecutors, he sent a message April 21 using his personal email account in which he identified himself and said he was going to “neutralize/kill” the president.

That came nearly three months after police and U.S. Secret Service officers questioned DelleChiaie about searches made on his computer at the FAA, where he was employed as a contractor involved in mechanical engineering.

According to court documents, DelleChiaie used his work computer in January to search for information about how to get a gun into a federal facility, the percentage of the population that wants the president dead, the location of the vice president’s home and the names of his children. He later asked the FAA’s information technology department to delete his search history, but the department instead reported the request to authorities, and DelleChiaie was suspended.

When interviewed at his home Feb. 3, DelleChiaie admitted to making the searches and was remorseful, Secret Service Special Agent Nathaneal Gamble wrote. He also told investigators he owned three guns, was depressed and that while he was upset with the Trump administration, he had no interest in assassinations.

DelleChiaie, whose attorney did not immediately respond to a phone message seeking comment, was arrested Monday, just over a week after a gunman tried to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner with guns and knives. Cole Tomas Allen has been charged in that incident, in which a Secret Service officer who was wearing body armor was shot but not seriously injured.

MLB announced a three-game ban for Devenski early Tuesday, then said the suspension was reduced to two games later in the day after negotiations with the players' association. Devenski will begin serving the suspension Tuesday night when the Pirates open a road series against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Devenski’s fine was not disclosed.

Devenski intentionally threw at Stewart in the top of the seventh inning of Pittsburgh’s 17-7 win at PNC Park on Saturday. He was ejected following the incident.

Pirates manager Don Kelly was also suspended for one game and received an undisclosed fine, MLB senior vice president for on-field operations Michael Hill announced. Kelly was also set to serve his suspension on Tuesday night.

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It’s not the first time Nathaniel Sanders II has been in the news. In March, the 31-year-old was accused of causing damage to a South Beach smoke shop and was arrested on a criminal mischief charge.

He now faces much more serious allegations: charges of threats against the president and interstate threatening communications.

In a federal criminal complaint, filed on Friday and later made public, investigators said they first began monitoring Sanders on Jan. 28 after he made a post to social media platform X stating, “Imma bomb the f---ing White House you f---ing pedophile.”

Authorities said on Instagram, he posted a serious of videos “complaining and speaking angrily about his hatred” for Trump, Rubio and Bondi.

In an April 10 video, authorities said Sanders posted a video to Instagram saying, “Your fake husband gotta be the biggest pedophile in the f---ing world bro. I don’t know what to do Melania, like, all I got is a gun. It’s the only thing I can use now is a gun.”

Two minutes later, they said he posted a threat against Rubio, mixing English and Spanish.

“One thing about it Marco, b---, yo no tengo miedo de nadie (I’m not scared of anyone) because we all f---ing bleed b----,” agents said he posted. “Like a lot of people be forgetting they bleed just like everybody else. Like when I get my hands on him, I’m gonna hurt him. Simple as that.”

Authorities said a week later, he posted a video calling Trump a “fata-- orange pedophile a-- pervert” and said “imma stomp your f---ing head in imma step on your throat and I’m going to kill you in the worst f---ing way.”

Two days later, on April 19, authorities said Sanders then posted another video making threats against Bondi and the officials in general.

“Pam, when I see you b----, imma put my foot in your f---ing c---, you stupid h--, and imma wear you like a boot,” he said, according to the complaint. “You pedophile a-- b----. Imma kill all y’all pedophiles. I don’t give a f--- y’all. B----, keep playing with me h--. Imma kill you.”

Authorities said he continued to post videos threatening Trump.

Agents said they later went to Sanders’ home, which was listed in a recent local arrest report as an apartment near 15th Terrace and West Avenue on South Beach, to question him about the posts.

Authorities said he called Trump and the other officials “pedophiles” and then “terminated the encounter.”

Records show Sanders was being held in the Federal Detention Center in downtown Miami as of Tuesday.

No es la primera vez que Nathaniel Sanders II aparece en las noticias. En marzo, el hombre de 31 años fue acusado de causar daños a una tienda de humo en South Beach y fue arrestado por un cargo de daño criminal.

Ahora enfrenta acusaciones mucho más graves: cargos por amenazas contra el presidente y comunicaciones interestatales amenazantes.

En una denuncia penal federal, presentada el viernes y luego hecha pública, los investigadores dijeron que comenzaron a monitorear a Sanders el 28 de enero después de que hiciera una publicación en la red social X diciendo: “Voy a bombardear la maldita Casa Blanca, maldito pedófilo”.

Las autoridades dijeron que en Instagram publicó una serie de videos “quejándose y hablando con enojo sobre su odio” hacia Trump, Rubio y Bondi.

En un video del 10 de abril, las autoridades dijeron que Sanders publicó: “Tu falso esposo tiene que ser el pedófilo más grande del maldito mundo, bro. No sé qué hacer, Melania, lo único que tengo es un arma. Lo único que puedo usar ahora es un arma”.

Dos minutos después, dijeron que publicó una amenaza contra Rubio, mezclando inglés y español.

“Una cosa sobre eso, Marco, yo no tengo miedo de nadie porque todos sangramos igual”, dijeron los agentes que publicó. “Mucha gente olvida que sangra igual que los demás. Cuando lo tenga en mis manos, le voy a hacer daño. Así de simple”.

Las autoridades dijeron que una semana después publicó un video llamando a Trump “pervertido pedófilo naranja” y dijo: “te voy a aplastar la cabeza, te voy a pisar la garganta y te voy a matar de la peor maldita manera”.

Dos días después, el 19 de abril, las autoridades dijeron que Sanders publicó otro video haciendo amenazas contra Bondi y los funcionarios en general.

“Pam, cuando te vea, te voy a pisar… Te voy a matar a todos ustedes pedófilos. No me importa… Te voy a matar”, dijo, según la denuncia.

Las autoridades dijeron que continuó publicando videos amenazando a Trump.

Los agentes dijeron que luego fueron a la casa de Sanders, que según un informe de arresto reciente es un apartamento cerca de 15th Terrace y West Avenue en South Beach, para interrogarlo sobre las publicaciones.

Las autoridades dijeron que llamó a Trump y a los otros funcionarios “pedófilos” y luego “dio por terminado el encuentro”.

Los registros muestran que Sanders permanecía detenido en el Centro de Detención Federal en el centro de Miami hasta el martes.

Tarija, Oruro y Potosí, al sur; Cochabamba, en el centro, y Beni, La Paz y su vecina de El Alto, al norte, amanecieron sin autobuses del transporte público.

La policía reportó por la mañana al menos 70 puntos de bloqueo que afectaban los accesos entre el oriente y occidente.

El paro se da en medio de una escalada de conflictos contra Paz, cuyo gobierno intenta dialogar con los diferentes sectores.

En La Paz el centro estaba paralizado nuevamente en exigencia de gasolina de mejor calidad, por lo que la mayoría de las unidades educativas optaron por dar clases virtuales.

En Santa Cruz, el motor económico del país, los conductores no acataron el paro, pero en ciudades vecinas sí se registraron bloqueos, en su mayoría de motocicletas que se usan de taxi.

“Estamos cansados de las promesas del gobierno en papeles. La gasolina continúa mala”, dijo el secretario general de la Confederación de Choferes de Bolivia, Víctor Tarqui.

Desde comienzos de año los transportistas denuncian que la mala calidad de la gasolina ha dañado sus vehículos. El gobierno sostuvo que se trató de un sabotaje y ha ofrecido un resarcimiento que no termina de convencer a los transportistas.

A las protestas se sumó una marcha de trabajadores de la Central Obrera Boliviana (COB) por aumentos salariales y en rechazo a una eventual privatización de empresas públicas.

La dirigencia de la COB era cercana a los gobiernos de los progresistas Luis Arce (2020-2025) y Evo Morales (2006-2019).

Paz ha pedido un diálogo con todos los sectores y ha logrado desactivar algunos conflictos.

Funcionarios de Hialeah Fire Rescue dijeron que las unidades respondieron a un incendio poco después de las 11 a.m. en una casa en la cuadra 5300 de West 14th Avenue, cerca de West 60th Street.

Las unidades indicaron que al llegar encontraron un incendio activo y humo saliendo de la vivienda.

Durante una búsqueda primaria, los bomberos dijeron que localizaron a la anciana en el interior, donde sufría de inhalación de humo y fue declarada alerta de trauma antes de ser trasladada en helicóptero al Ryder Trauma Center del Jackson Memorial Hospital para evaluación y tratamiento.

Sky 10 sobrevoló la escena alrededor de las 12:20 p.m., y el incendio parecía estar extinguido. También se vio un vehículo de prevención de incendios de HFR fuera de la vivienda.

Funcionarios de bomberos dijeron que la causa del incendio está siendo investigada por la Oficina del Jefe de Bomberos del Estado de Florida.

No se dieron a conocer de inmediato más detalles sobre el incendio o la víctima.

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Hialeah Fire Rescue officials said crews responded to a fire just after 11 a.m. at a home in the 5300 block of West 14th Avenue, near West 60th Street.

Crews said they arrived to find an active fire and smoke coming from the home.

During a primary search, firefighters said they located the senior inside, where she was suffering from smoke inhalation and was declared a trauma alert before being airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center for evaluation and treatment.

Sky 10 flew over the scene around 12:20 p.m., and the fire appeared to be extinguished. An HFR fire prevention car was also seen outside the home.

Fire rescue officials said the cause of the fire is being investigated by the Florida State Fire Marshal’s Office.

No other details about the fire or victim were immediately released.

Tensions were evident as Ukrainian artists stood by a truck that had brought a statue of an origami deer from the war-ravaged eastern front to the Biennale's storied Giardini. Just meters (yards) away, a handful of participants in the Russian Pavilion danced to house music played by an Argentine DJ.

At the same time, a group of Palestinians marched through the Giardini wearing the names of artists who have been killed in Gaza. More protests were expected as the preview week continued.

Chaos puts national pavilions in the spotlight

Few inside the Biennale were surprised that global politics were spilling over into the international art exhibition, putting new pressure on its structure of national pavilions alongside a curated exhibition and raising old questions: Is the representation of nations outmoded in a globalized system where artists often operate internationally, and does it give states an undue platform for propaganda?

“I think what has been contested very much is the existence of the nation state within the space of the exhibition,” said Marie Helene Pereira, one of the five curators of the main exhibition “In Minor Keys,” who have taken up the mantle of the late curator Koyo Kouoh.

“We can see how much that can bring tension, especially in the midst of the political chaos (in which) we find ourselves,” Pereira said.

“It's important to be able to rethink structure, rethink institutions, in a way that allows for them to cater more to artists and artmaking," Pereira said, adding that didn’t mean that art should be devoid of politics.

Ahead of its resignation, the jury had said it would not award prizes to countries whose leaders were under investigation by the International Court of Justice. The move isolated Russia and Israel.

Israeli artist Belu-Simion Fainaru said he thought the jury's decision was “a fair one.”

“I should be treated as an equal artist, and I should not be discriminated because of my race, that I am a Jew, and not because of my nationality or passport. I have to be seen as I am. I am an artist that wants to show my art, and I have the right to be evaluated,” he said standing in front of his installation rooted in the Kabbalah.

The Biennale, he said, should be “a place where you can feel safe to create and do whatever you believe in.”

Giardini on the front lines

Ukrainian artist Zhanna Kadryova created “The Origami Deer” to take the place of a nuclear-capable Soviet fighter jet that had long stood in a park in Pokrovsk, in the Donbas region of Ukraine.

Curators of the Ukrainian Pavilion — its third since Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion — evacuated the statue from the park in 2024, with the front line just 5 kilometers (3 miles) away.

Co-curator Ksenia Malykh fiercely opposed the Biennale’s decision to allow Russia to open its pavilion, calling it “a false attempt to stay neutral.”

“You can’t stay neutral in these times. You can’t be neutral when people are dying every day because of Russians,’’ Malykh said. “They say that art is beyond politics, but they are using art as a weapon in a hybrid war in Europe.''

Instead of talking about Russian art, Malykh said, the focus is on the statement of their participation. "I am absolutely sure this was their goal,'' she said.

The Russian Pavilion will only be open to visitors during previews that run through Friday and will not be open to the public after the Biennale opens for its 6 ½-month run on Saturday. The pavilion has organized a series of performers for this week, and had an open bar upstairs near a flowering tree. Curators were not available for interviews.

Russia’s opening cost the Venice Biennale 2 million euros ($2.3 million) in EU funding over three years. The Biennale has defended the decision, saying that any country with relations with Italy was free to open a pavilion, a position that has put it at odds with the government in Rome.

Still, the official catalog had a place-saving entry where the Russian text should have been, noting that Russia’s participation was “under review” at the time of publication.

No jury, no Golden Lions

Without a jury of peers, there will be no Golden Lion for best national pavilion or best participant in the main curated exhibition — a highly prestigious prize has led some to liken the Biennale to the Olympics of art.

Instead, visitors to both the Giardini and Arsenale sites will choose two winners, for best national participant and best main show participant, to be awarded Nov. 22, the closing day of the Biennale.

The Ukrainian artist Malykh said that lack of professionally awarded prizes damaged the Biennale.

“It’s an important moment. If the prize is given by the public, it’s as if the Biennale came to Eurovision. It’s not a professional institution after that,” Malykh said.

In what promises to be one of November’s most high-profile races, former Sen. Sherrod Brown easily defeated a challenger in the Ohio Democratic primary and will now attempt to unseat Republican Sen. Jon Husted.

And in primary elections in Indiana, a majority of the incumbent GOP state senators who opposed a plan backed by President Donald Trump to gerrymander the state’s congressional districts effort have lost their primaries to Trump-backed candidates. The redistricting effort hit a snag last year in Indiana when half of the state’s Republican senators sided with Democrats to defeat the plan. That set up a bellwether primary season that was seen as a test of the president’s sway with Republican voters.

And in Michigan, after 16 months without representation in the state Senate, voters in the competitive District 35 are deciding control of the chamber. Michigan Democrats cling to a 19-18 majority. A Republican victory would deadlock the state Senate.

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Brown touts his economic populist message in victory speech

The three-term U.S. senator from Ohio who lost his seat in the 2024 election thanked supporters at an election night party before pivoting to his longtime economic message.

“No one in the Senate is standing up to these corporations who raise your prices and who game the system,” Brown said to boos from the crowd. “Instead, the people who are supposed to be representing you in Washington, they play the stock market, they cycle through the revolving door, they lobby for special interests the moment they leave the United States Congress.”

He denounced major banks, insurance and pharmaceutical companies, as well as “big corporations” that build data centers in Ohio. He also took aim at Husted, his rival in the general election.

“Ohioans don’t have anyone fighting for you, until November,” Brown told the crowd.

Acton says it’s time to make Ohio affordable again

Amy Acton, who won the uncontested Democratic primary in the Ohio governor’s race, said during a victory speech that she was running to make the state more affordable again.

She cited rising costs for gas, electricity and child care as hurdles for families in the state. She said people were doing the right things but still struggling.

“It shouldn’t be this hard,” she said. “It is time to put working families first.”

Indiana Republican US Rep. Jim Baird survives primary challenge

Baird, who was endorsed by Trump, won his primary in Indiana’s 4th Congressional District, overcoming a tough challenge from a state lawmaker.

Baird defeated state Rep. Craig Haggard, who was endorsed by state Attorney General Todd Rokita, a vocal Trump supporter. Political newcomer John Piper also ran.

Baird is seeking a fifth term in the west-central Indiana district that has been under Republican control for more than 30 years. Baird was hospitalized in January after another vehicle struck his SUV, severely injuring his wife, who died three months later.

Indiana US senator, Turning Point USA leader tout Trump-endorsed candidate wins in Indiana

GOP U.S. Sen. Jim Banks declared it was a “Big night for MAGA in Indiana” after multiple Trump-backed challengers won their party’s nomination for state senate over incumbent lawmakers who crossed the president.

Conservative activists also touted the election results.

“It’s clear the Trump Team delivered,” Andrew Kolvet, a spokesperson for Turning Point USA, wrote on social media. Kolvet was a confidant of the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk and producer for his podcast.

Kolvet also congratulated activists from the conservative youth group, who he said “worked so hard mobilizing on the ground in Indiana.”

Holdman says ‘it’s OK’ that opposing redistricting cost him his job

ndiana Sen. Travis Holdman, an 18-year senator from the Fort Wayne area, attributes his loss not to his vote against state redistricting in December but the more than $1.3 million in attack advertising that was bankrolled by super PACs organized by Indiana Gov. Mike Braun and Sen. Jim Banks.

“Welcome to D.C. politics in Indiana because this means that’s what’s coming,” he said. “I did what my constituents asked me to do and it cost me my job,” he said. “But that’s OK”

Indiana Democratic US Rep. André Carson survives primary

Carson survived his toughest primary challenge in nearly two decades in Indiana’s 7th Congressional District.

Carson won the four-person primary for the Indianapolis-area district. Carson has been in Congress since winning a special election in 2008 triggered by the death of his grandmother, former Rep. Julia Carson. He is one of four Muslims in Congress.

André Carson on Tuesday defeated George Hornedo, an attorney and Democratic Party strategist who served in the Obama administration and Destiny Wells, a U.S. Army Reserve member who previously lost races for secretary of state and attorney general.

Denise Paul Hatch, who cast herself as an anti-establishment outsider, also ran. Hatch pleaded guilty to felony misconduct in office in 2024, leading to her removal as a constable for Center Township.

Indiana’s Holdman told AP he was ‘at peace’ ahead of poll close

Late Tuesday afternoon, before he’d lost the race to hold onto his state Senate seat, Indiana’s Travis Holdman said the last few months had been “a roller coaster.”

He was cold and wet from the 47-degree rain outside the polling place he had visited, though a voter had just thanked him for having “a spine.”

Holdman’s Trump-back challenger Blake Fiechter had entered the race, quit the race and reentered, all while super PACs backed by Gov. Mike Braun and Sen. Jim Banks unloaded more than $1.3 million in his Fort Wayne area district attacking Holdman after he voted against the White House redistricting plan.

“It’s the emotions of not knowing which way it’s going to go,” he explained, before finishing, “I’m at peace with however it goes.”

Ramaswamy to face Acton for Ohio governor

Billionaire biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy has clinched the Republican nomination for Ohio governor and will face off this fall against the state’s COVID-era health director, Democrat Amy Acton.

A newcomer to state politics, Ramaswamy aggressively positioned himself for the job early with the help of endorsements from President Donald Trump and the state Republican Party.

Trump’s endorsement continues to carry weight in Ohio, which favored him three times for president, but Ramaswamy could face headwinds amid the president’s lagging popularity over the war in Iran and the rising cost of living.

Acton, a physician who was unopposed in her primary, has a well-known public profile and robust fundraising.

Husted secures GOP Senate nomination and Acton Democratic governor nomination

U.S. Sen. Jon Husted has secured the Republican Senate nomination in Ohio, as the incumbent braces for what is expected to be an expensive fight to hold his seat.

On the Democrats’ side, Dr. Amy Acton won the party’s nomination for governor. The state’s COVID-era state health director moves on to a likely matchup against Republican billionaire biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who was facing a challenger in the GOP primary.

Husted and Acton were both unopposed in their primaries.

Polls have closed in Ohio

Today’s vote will decide candidates for the marquee Senate and governor’s races this fall. Anyone in line at 7:30 p.m. has the right to vote.

Challengers in Indiana who haven’t kept up fundraising pace are getting help

Outside groups have spent more than $8 million targeting incumbents in Indiana, in some cases outspending the money those candidates raised on their own.

In state Senate District 23, Trump endorsed Paula Copenhaver against state Sen. Spencer Deery. Deery raised $500,000, according to the latest state filings, while Copenhaver raised about $15,000. However, outside groups spent more than $2 million in ad reservations boosting Copenhaver, according to AdImpact.

In state Senate District 1, Trevor de Vries -- a challenger endorsed by Trump -- raised just over $30,000 as of latest filings, while incumbent Dan Dernulc has raised over $200,000. But AdImpact shows outside groups spending more than $200,000 to help defeat Dernulc.

Polls are now closed in most of Indiana

Polls remain open in 12 counties in northwestern and southwestern Indiana that are in the central time zone.

Trump is watching outcome of state Senate race, Michigan voter says

“I think it might have some bearing on the country, because I know Trump is obviously looking to hold onto the House and Senate and maintain his advantage there, which is pretty razor-thin I think at this point,” said John Hall, a 69-year-old self-described independent who voted for Democrat Chedrick Greene. “So, I’m sure he’s going to be paying close attention to this particular race.”

Hall, a retiree who worked for years at an area radio station, said the economy is a key issue for him. He spent $58 at the gas station before driving to the public library in Bay City to vote.

“It’s taking a bite out of a lot of people’s budgets right now,” Hall said, adding it would have cost between $35 and $40 to fill up his car’s tank two months ago.

Trump goes after Indiana Republicans who voted against redistricting

In a social media post while voters were headed to the polls, Trump said Republican state senators who voted against redistricting “couldn’t care less about our Country, or about keeping the Majority in Congress.”

Trump described the senators who crossed him as RINOs, which means “Republican in name only.” And he hailed “Great Patriots” that he’s endorsed to oust them.

Big spending in Indiana state Senate primary

Groups allied to defeat Indiana state Sen. Spencer Deery will have spent $2 million in ads attacking him by the time polls close. That’s more than any other district where incumbents are trying to fend off Trump-backed challengers.

Deery is completing his first term and was the first Republican senator to publicly oppose redistricting.

Paula Copenhaver is challenging him. She’s a close ally of Republican Lieutenant Gov. Micah Beckwith and is Fountain County GOP chair in rural, western Indiana. Deery beat Copenhaver in a four-way Republican primary for the seat four years ago.

The super PAC run by Indiana U.S. Sen. Jim Banks, Hoosier Leadership PAC, will have spent more than $1.1 million on ads attacking Deery through Election Day, according to the ad-tracking service AdImpact. Gov. Mike Braun’s American Leadership PAC will have spent more than $900,000 doing the same, according to the group.

Deery is on track to have spent more than $745,000 on this year’s primary, far more than last time.

YouTube provocateur Casey Putsch hopes he’s a spoiler in Ohio governor contest

An engineer and vehicle designer who calls himself “The Car Guy,” Putsch is making a long-shot bid for Ohio governor against Republican Vivek Ramaswamy.

After the last-minute disqualification of another candidate’s ticket, the 44-year-old from northwest Ohio ended up as Ramaswamy’s only primary opponent.

Putsch has attracted fans and critics with his provocative YouTube videos, which often — subtly or overtly — take aim at Ramaswamy’s Indian heritage or Hindu faith.

On the campaign trail, he’s also been critical of President Donald Trump, energy guzzling data centers and national Republicans’ support for Israel and handling of the Epstein files.

How Indiana Gov. Mike Braun is helping Trump go after Republicans

Trump is throwing his name behind Republican challengers to GOP senators who opposed redistricting. But Braun is carrying out much of the work.

After Trump’s pledge last year to rally against GOP senators who blocked the effort and are seeking reelection, Braun picked the candidates.

Frustrated by Rodrick Bray, the Senate GOP leader who opposed redistricting, Braun recruited the seven Republicans challengers on the pledge that they oppose Bray for leader.

In his break with party orthodoxy, Braun has also committed $3 million to advertising from his American Leadership PAC attacking those incumbents on the wishes of the president, according statistics collected by the ad-tracking firm AdImpact.

That includes almost $900,000 alone in ads attacking Republican state Sen. Spencer Deery of West Lafayette, the first Republican senator to oppose redistricting and a protege of former GOP Gov. Mitch Daniels, who is an opponent of the redistricting measure.

What happened after Indiana said no to redistricting

The Republican-controlled Indiana Senate in December rejected the measure that would have shaded all nine of the states congressional districts as favorable to the party, and halted progress on the party’s effort nationally.

The move defied months of urging by the White House led by Vice President JD Vance, who traveled twice to Indianapolis and hosted many in the caucus in Washington, where Trump phoned in to address the group.

While Indiana was considering the measure, voters in Democratic-leaning California approved Proposition 50, which allowed the state Legislature to bypass the independent commission to redraw districts for the next three biennial elections.

Republicans think they could win up to nine more seats under revised districts in Texas, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio. But Democrats think they could win as many as 10 additional seats under new districts in California, Utah and Virginia, though legal challenges remain in both Missouri and Virginia.

Trump’s involvement turned off some voters in Indiana

Emily Bohall Board, 37, an occupational therapist in Columbus, Indiana, said she had never voted in a Republican primary before Tuesday. But the issue of redistricting compelled her to cast a ballot for Sen. Greg Walker.

“Greg Walker is the only option not supported by Donald Trump, and I have been very upset about everything Trump has done,” Board said.

Madison Long, 28, an attorney, who also voted for Walker, criticized Michelle Davis, Walker’s opponent, for her ties to Trump.

“She doesn’t have any promises of her own or any agenda of her own. Her goal is to just follow Trump,” Long said. “I find that extremely concerning given the nature of the nationwide politics.”

What's at stake in the Michigan special election

The race will determine whether Democrats maintain a majority in the state Senate for the final months of the year.

Democrats currently control the state Senate 19-18. If Democrat Chedrick Greene wins, Democrats keep their majority.

If Republican Jason Tunney wins, the Senate would be tied, making it tougher for Democrats to advance Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s agenda. While Democratic Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II would serve as the tie-breaking vote, Republicans could effectively block any measure from passing by not having all members vote.

There’s another reason people are watching the race: The swing district in a battleground state could give clues to what will happen in November’s midterms..

Everton said Merseyside Police arrested a 71-year-old man on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offense after supporters and Hill Dickinson Stadium staff reported the incident at the game Monday.

“Racism and discrimination in all forms are completely unacceptable,” Everton said in a statement.

Man City said it welcomed “the swift action taken by Everton and the police to identify the individual responsible.”

Semenyo was targeted in a similar incident at a previous Premier League game in the city of Liverpool, while playing for Bournemouth in the season opener.

The Ghana international, who is Black, alleged he was racially abused by a Liverpool fan while preparing to take a throw-in during Bournemouth’s 4-2 loss at Anfield in August.

That game was paused for the man to be ejected from the stadium. He is due in court later this year.

Man City also condemned online racist abuse targeted at its defender Marc Guéhi after the 3-3 draw Monday evening.

“We will continue to offer our full support to both Antoine and Marc and never accept discrimination of any kind in our game,” the club said.

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The artwork itself faced an unknown future in 1942, when it was acquired in Paris for Adolf Hitler, one of countless works swept up in the Nazi plunder of European Jews.

On Tuesday, it went on permanent display in a new room at the city's Musée d’Orsay as part of France’s long-delayed reckoning with Nazi-era looting. The gallery is the first in the museum's history given over to the orphaned masterpieces of the Nazi era.

It is also the first such display in France where the paintings are hung so visitors can read the backs. The stamps, labels and inventory marks map how each piece of art moved from private homes into Nazi hands.

The painting by Belgian artist Alfred Stevens was originally earmarked for the Führer’s planned museum in Linz, Austria. But by 1943, it was reassigned to Hitler’s mountain home in the Bavaria region of Germany. The museum was never built following Germany's defeat.

Allied recovery teams — the Monuments Men made famous by the 2014 George Clooney film — finally found the painting after the war.

No heir came forward, and no one knows who owned it before 1942.

A collection of unclaimed art

The 1891 Stevens painting is not unique. It is one of 2,200 such artistic orphans in France — known as MNR, short for Musées Nationaux Récupération, or National Museums Recovery. These artworks were retrieved from Germany and Austria after 1945 and entrusted to French national museums in the early 1950s.

They were never claimed. The state does not own them but holds them in trust for heirs who may yet appear. The Musée d’Orsay holds 225 such pieces.

Marie Duboisse, a retired schoolteacher from Lyon, paused Tuesday in front of the Stevens painting.

“I have seen those three letters — M, N, R — at the Louvre. I never knew what they meant. I thought it was a donor,” she said.

Last month, the museum launched its first research unit dedicated to tracing the orphans’ rightful heirs, file by file. The effort involves six Franco-German researchers led by Ines Rotermund-Reynard, the Orsay’s head of provenance research.

The new gallery displays 13 such works.

France’s long-delayed reckoning

France is reckoning, in plain sight, with one of the longest silences in its postwar memory: the looted, sold and lost art of the Nazi era — and the French hands that helped move it.

Starting in the late 1960s, documentaries and historians began naming what France had done under the Vichy government that cooperated with the Nazis, including helping to send 80,000 Jews from France to their deaths and presiding over a Paris art market that grew rich on the property of the dead.

In July 1995, President Jacques Chirac stood at the site of the Vél d’Hiv roundup — the 1942 mass arrest in Paris of Jews who were then deported to Nazi camps — and said, for the first time, that the French state itself bore responsibility. In 1997, France launched a national inquiry into the plundering of artwork from Jews.

About 100,000 cultural objects were declared looted from France during the war. Some 60,000 were recovered. About 45,000 went home.

Roughly 15,000 had no identified owner. The 2,200 MNR artworks were chosen from that remainder.

For four decades, they were largely a dormant file. Between 1954 and 1993, France returned only four.

Chirac’s mea culpa, and the country’s slow reckoning with its own role, changed that.

The Orsay has returned 15 since 1994.

The market that fed the plunder

The most recent pieces of art to be returned — by Alfred Sisley and Auguste Renoir, given to the heirs of Grégoire Schusterman — went home in 2024.

Inside the new gallery, the histories hang on the wall.

There is a piece by Edgar Degas, a copy he made of a Berlin ballroom scene around 1879. The Jewish collector Fernand Ochsé bought it in 1919. Ochsé was deported to Auschwitz and killed.

There is another Renoir, a portrait of the writer Alphonse Daudet’s wife, sold to a Cologne museum in November 1941. No record names the seller.

There is also a painting by Paul Cézanne that was dismissed as a fake by a Louvre curator in the 1950s. Recent study suggests it may be real.

Daniel Lévy, a software engineer visiting from Strasbourg, stood at the Cézanne, looking at its back.

“You walk past these labels your whole life and you do not read them. Now I will read them," he said. "My grandmother lost some of her family in the camps. Some of these paintings were probably hanging in homes like hers.”

Paris was Western Europe's richest art hub in the early 20th century.

The Hôtel Drouot, the city’s main auction house, reopened in autumn 1940 and ran briskly through the Nazi occupation.

French dealers were among the conduits. German museums sent buyers, and Hitler’s agents took the best.

“The most important art market in Europe was concentrated in Paris,” Rotermund-Reynard said. “The moment the Nazis arrived in occupied territory, they had enormous buying power. They threw themselves at the market.”

Germans were eager buyers

Almost every museum in Nazi Germany, Rotermund-Reynard said, sent buyers to Paris to expand its collections. Those buyers drew on a market thick with looted and forced-sale property.

“Hitler himself wanted to build the world’s largest museum, in Linz, the city in Austria where he grew up,” she said.

Hermann Göring, Hitler’s deputy, traveled 21 times to Paris during the occupation to help himself to works taken from Jewish collectors.

“There was an enormous thirst,” Rotermund-Reynard said, “both for the possessions of Jewish collectors, and for acquisitions to expand the German museums.”

For Rotermund-Reynard, the works cannot be separated from the genocide.

“All of this is part of the history of the Shoah,” she said, using the Hebrew word for the Holocaust. “When you try to understand this drive to take from Jewish families, it is part of the terrifying Nazi ideology to erase Jewish life.”

Antisemitic acts in France — home to Europe’s largest Jewish community — hit 1,320 in 2025, according to the French Interior Ministry. Those near-record levels followed a sharp surge after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel.

The gallery was not built to fight antisemitism, said François Blanchetière, the Orsay’s chief sculpture curator and co-curator of the gallery. But the consequences of the Holocaust must be repaired, he said.

“There is no statute of limitations on these crimes," he said.

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A previous version of this story had the wrong first name for Degas.

The GOP bill released late Monday would designate the money for the U.S. Secret Service for “security adjustments and upgrades” related to the ballroom project, which Trump and Republicans have been pushing since Cole Tomas Allen allegedly stormed the April 25 media dinner at the Washington Hilton with guns and knives. The legislation says the money would support enhancements to the ballroom project, “including above-ground and below-ground security features,” but also specifies that the money may not be used for non-security elements.

White House spokesperson Davis Ingle praised Republicans for including the money for the “long overdue” project, saying it would “provide the United States Secret Service with the resources they need to fully and completely harden the White House complex, in addition to the many other critical missions for the USSS.”

The money is part of a larger bill to pay for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, as Democrats have been blocking funds for both agencies since mid-February. Congress passed bipartisan legislation to fund the rest of the Homeland Security Department on April 30 after a record-long shutdown, but Republicans are using a partisan budget maneuver to push through the ICE and Border Patrol dollars on their own. The House has not released its bill yet, but the Senate is expected to start voting on its version of the legislation next week.

It is unclear exactly how the $1 billion would be used, and the amount far exceeds the proposed $400 million for construction of the ballroom. The White House has said in court documents that the East Wing project would be “heavily fortified,” including bomb shelters, military installations and a medical facility underneath the ballroom. Trump has said it should include bulletproof glass and be able to repel drone attacks.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation has sued to block construction of the project, but a federal appeals court said last month that it can continue in the meantime.

The White House has said that private money would pay for the construction but public money would be used for security measures. Some Republicans have suggested that public money pay for all of it, arguing the security breach at the dinner shows the president needs a secure place to host events.

“It would be insane” to hold the dinner at a hotel again, said Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who introduced a bill to pay for the ballroom’s construction with Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala.

Democrats have said they will oppose any efforts to pay for the ballroom.

“While Americans are struggling to make ends meet as a result of President Trump’s failed policies, Republicans are focused on providing tens of billions of dollars for the President’s vanity ballroom project and cruel mass deportation campaign,” said Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which oversees the U.S. Secret Service.

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The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the contract hasn’t been finalized.

Fowler, 31, played for the Dallas Cowboys last year and had three sacks in 17 games, starting in 11 of those.

Fowler should help Seattle replace edge rusher Boye Mafe, who signed a three-year, $60 million deal with the Cincinnati Bengals in free agency. Mafe had 20 sacks in four seasons for Seattle.

Fowler was the No. 3 pick by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2015 NFL draft. He has racked up 58.5 sacks across 10 seasons. In addition to the Jaguars and two stints with the Cowboys, Fowler has played for the Los Angeles Rams, Atlanta Falcons and Washington Commanders.

In 2024 with Washington, Fowler recorded 10.5 sacks, his second-most in a single season. He had 11.5 with the Rams in 2019.

Seahawks president of football operations John Schneider said shortly after the team decided not to select an edge rusher in this year’s draft that they would consider adding a player in free agency. Fowler fits the bill of what Seattle was looking for at edge rusher, and joins an inexperienced group that includes linebackers Jared Ivey, Jamie Sheriff, Connor O’Toole and Jalan Gaines.

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Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton took questions Tuesday at LIV Golf Virginia after LIV CEO Scott O'Neil spoke to reporters about his efforts to court investors for a league that is losing its chief financial backer, Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, at the end of the season.

Both players declined to speculate on their future and noted that they remain under contract with LIV for years to come.

“As of right now I have several years on my contract left, and I’m pretty sure they did a pretty good job when they drafted that, so I don’t see many ways out,” Rahm said.

Asked whether Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund had committed to honoring contracts beyond 2026, O'Neil said, “I don’t even know how to think about answering.”

The Saudis have spent $5 billion on LIV Golf over five years without achieving profitability, including $1 billion on player contracts. Players compete for $30 million purses at each event on the LIV schedule, an amount that could be reduced next year without Saudi funding.

The PGA Tour does not allow players to compete on both circuits. However, LIV players have been welcomed back to the European tour after paying fines for playing in conflicting events.

Rahm refused to pay the fines and the resulting standoff put at risk his participation in next year's Ryder Cup at Adare Manor in Ireland.

“There is no longer a standoff. We were able to reach an agreement. There were some concessions on both sides, and I offered some, they extended an olive branch,” Rahm said. “So that will not be a stress anymore.”

Rahm said he plans to play European tour events this fall, including the Spanish Open, unless family considerations get in the way. He and wife Kelley are expecting their fourth child.

The two-time major champion has played only six European tour events since joining LIV in late 2023. LIV has no events on its schedule between the U.S. Open and the British Open, and Rahm's settlement would allow him to play the Scottish Open, which is co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour, the week before the year's final major.

Speaking in Spanish at the end of his availability, Rahm said he knew there was risk in coming to LIV and compared his situation to a soccer team knowing its coach was leaving at the end of the season.

“You know you have to play, but there is ambiguity because maybe you are not going to follow the same system,” Rahm said before making a reference to PIF governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan, known as “His Excellency,” who has stepped down as LIV's chairman.

“It was a surprise for everyone. We didn't expect it, after the support that His Excellency has given us.”

O'Neil makes a pitch for LIV's value

O'Neil took questions from a LIV media official for 28 minutes inside the tennis building at Trump National Golf Club outside Washington before answering reporters' questions for 17 minutes.

Behind him was a screen with the names of six sponsors, four of which are owned or backed by the PIF: Maaden, Riyadh Air, Roshn Group and Aramco.

O'Neil mentioned sponsorships, ticket sales, television contracts and the league's global footprint as reasons for optimism that it could secure funding. The league plans to take its 13 franchises to market, and O'Neil said those teams would be offered to potential buyers with players in place.

“The way the process will typically work — I may be getting ahead of myself — is that we're going to create a business plan, we're going to lock arms with the players, we will go to market and raise money on a top level, and then we will get investors in teams in that order,” O'Neil said. “The players on the team should be locked in.”

Rahm acknowledged that players might have to accept less money to keep the league going.

“I do believe that for the business plan to change, whatever they're coming up with, there will need to be some concessions on (players') part, yeah,” he said.

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Earlier Tuesday, the band confirmed that they will release a new record, titled “Foreign Tongues,” this summer, and dropped a new single called “In The Stars.”

Journalists, VIPs and celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio, Odessa A’zion and Lindsey Vonn waited in the echoing hall to witness Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood's first conversation about the new album.

To celebrate, they invited comedian Conan O’Brien to host the exclusive announcement event. It was a hilarious choice. “I think this is the one, after years of toiling in obscurity,” he joked about “Foreign Tongues,” minutes before the band joined him on stage. “This is their time.”

What we know about ‘Foreign Tongues’ so far

“Foreign Tongues,” recorded over the course of a month in London, will be released July 10.

The Stones' last album was 2023's “Hackney Diamonds.” It was their first album of original material in 18 years — since 2005’s “A Bigger Bang.” It was also their first full-length release since the death of drummer Charlie Watts in 2021. He appeared posthumously on two of that album's 12 tracks.

“Foreign Tongues” will also include a special appearance from Watts, lifted from one of his final recording sessions before his death. “We did that in L.A. with Charlie,” said Jagger of the song. “It's real fast, a punk-rocker.”

The album will also feature contributions from Steve Winwood, Paul McCartney, the Cure’s Robert Smith and the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith.

“I think Paul (McCartney) really wanted to jump in there,” Jagger said at the event. “There was no intimidation. He wanted to play with the band.”

The Stones also worked with their close collaborators Matt Clifford, drummer Steve Jordan and bassist Darryl Jones as well as Oscar-winning pop producer Andrew Watt (known for his work with Post Malone and Justin Bieber, and the Stones' “Hackney Diamonds,” to name a few).

When something isn’t working in studio, the band said Watt is the one who kicks them in to gear. The room erupted into cheers for him — including his parents, who were seated directly behind him — and O’Brien compared the “immediacy” of the new album to “Exile on Main Street.”

The band also spent time detailing the record’s artwork. “Let’s reveal the album cover, I call him Mr. Ugly,” said Jagger, before the cover appeared on the screen above their heads. “He’s pained by a famous new artist called Nathaniel Quinn.”

Quinn, who was seated in the front row, said it was an amalgamation of the band members’ faces and a depiction of their journey.

A taste of 'Foreign Tongues'

Speculation surrounding a new Stones album has been going around for weeks. First, posters appeared around London with the band name “The Cockroaches,” a pseudonym the Stones' have used in the past, along with a QR code. The code led to ‘thecockroaches.com’ and a sign-up page. Once a user had signed up, they received a confirmation message from Universal Music — the Stones' label. Representatives did not provide The Associated Press with comment or confirmation at the time.

Eventually it led to a white label, vinyl-only release of the track “Rough and Twisted” using The Cockroaches name — the first true tease of “Foreign Tongues,” decipherable only by their most dedicated fans.

Then, in the week leading up to their announcement, billboards with the band’s iconic mouth and tongue logo began appearing in major cities around the world with the words “Foreign Tongues” in various languages: “Fremmede Sprog,” “Vreemde Tongen,” “Dayuhang Dila,” “외국어,” and “Langues Étrangères” among them. Around the same time, the Rolling Stones’ official website was updated to feature video clips stylized to look like surveillance footage of them in the studio.

On Sunday, the band shared a slide puzzle graphic fans believed to be the album artwork, depicting a cartoonish collage of the members’ faces. (They were correct; it was the official album cover.) There was also a short video clip, just 10-seconds long, that appeared to tease a new song.

The story behind ‘Rough and Twisted’

“It's a fantasy about a woman that promises a lot of things and then what happens to you in life, you get involved in these terrible places that she takes you to,” Jagger told The Associated Press. “It's a Blues fantasy, really... it's fairly amorphous. It's very much just my unconscious ramblings."

Wood jumped in and said he used the same guitar he used on Faces' 1971 track “Stay With Me” — his project with Rod Stewart — on “Rough and Twisted.” “It was so spontaneous,” he said. “We even surprised ourselves with it.”

“When you get in the studio, and the guys get together, and you lay out a track, an idea, and you let it take off from there — you can't plan all of this stuff,” Richards said of their new material. “You kind of just have to follow it and hope you come out the other end.”

The Stones' ‘Tonight Show’ takeover and what comes next

“The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” will host the surviving members of the Stones across three nights this month, NBC announced Tuesday.

Jagger will appear on Wednesday's show and Fallon will host Richards on Thursday. Wood will appear on May 13.

No additional details on whether the band will perform together on the show were immediately released.

But will fans get to see them perform “Foreign Tongues” on a new tour? Maybe. “I would love to tour the album,” Jagger told AP. “I absolutely would love to. I hope to do it as soon as that's possible.”

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The June 5 event put on by Heritage Auctions will benefit the Matthew Perry Foundation, which works to destigmatize addiction and aid in recovery from substance abuse.

“Matthew believed addiction should be met with compassion and science, not stigma and silence,” the foundation’s CEO Lisa Kasteler Calio said in a statement. “This auction fuels the Foundation’s work to expand access to evidence-based care and confront stigma. It is one more way we ensure that no one has to fight this disease alone.”

Items from Matthew Perry's collection that will be sold

— A collection of 26 of Perry’s “Friends” scripts from key episodes, including “The One With Ross’s Tan,” “The One Where Joey Speaks French” and the two-part series finale.

— Scripts from the pilot and part one of the series finale signed by Perry and co-stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer, donated by Warner Bros., which produced the series.

— A 1995 Screen Actors Guild Award, which Perry won for best performance by an ensemble in a comedy series.

— Perry's personal replica of the yellow peephole frame from Monica and Rachel's apartment on “Friends.”

— Perry's “Friends” photo album, titled “The One With the Last Supper.”

— Works of art by Banksy and Mel Bochner that Perry owned.

About the Matthew Perry charity auction

The auction site opened Tuesday. Items will be on display from May 18 to May 29 in Beverly Hills before the June 5 auction that will be held at Heritage Auctions’ Dallas showroom and online.

Net proceeds will go to initiatives supported by the foundation. They include the Matthew Perry Fellowship in Addiction Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, grants to organizations that work directly with recovering addicts, and Healing Appalachia, a recovery-focused sober music festival.

Perry played Chandler Bing for a decade from 1994 to 2004 on NBC’s culture-changing sitcom “Friends.” It made him one of the biggest television stars of his generation.

Perry was found dead in the hot tub of his Hollywood home at age 54 on Oct. 28, 2023. The medical examiner determined that the acute effects of the anesthetic ketamine were the primary cause.

Five people have pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the investigation of his death, including two doctors and an admitted drug dealer. His personal assistant and a friend who acted as a middleman are still to be sentenced later this month.

Según la policía, el hecho ocurrió aproximadamente a las 6:20 p.m. del domingo en el área de Northwest 187th Street y 44th Avenue.

La policía indicó que la víctima se había citado con un adolescente para venderle un reloj, pero el joven sacó un arma y trató de arrebatárselo.

Según la policía, la víctima empujó entonces al sospechoso y disparó un tiro, alcanzando al adolescente en la mano.

El personal de Miami-Dade Fire Rescue respondió al lugar y trasladó al sospechoso en helicóptero al HCA Florida Aventura Hospital en estado estable.

La identidad del sospechoso aún no ha sido divulgada.

On Tuesday, burglars shattered the windows of six cars at the Pembroke Villas Apartments near Southwest 52nd Avenue.

A witness “observed an unidentified male wearing a ski mask and dressed entirely in black clothing, who concealed himself beneath a yellow cab parked,” a police officer wrote in a statement to Local 10 News.

In February, police officers responded to the Pembroke Villas Apartments after a victim saw one of two burglars rummaging through his parked Chevrolet Suburban.

Police officers asked anyone with information about the vehicle burglaries to call 954-374-8639 or Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477 to remain anonymous.

Related story: After a rash of burglaries, Pembroke Park police officers ask public to avoid leaving valuables in cars

The men were described as people contracted to clean up after baseball games. They didn't work directly for the MLB team.

“This could have happened anywhere, but what happened tonight was a dispute between two people. Unfortunately, it happened at a treasured St. Louis staple,” said Mitch McCoy, spokesperson for St. Louis police.

The Cardinals said it was an “isolated altercation.”

Police were summoned around 3 a.m. Monday. The victim was a 27-year-old man. The suspect, a 65-year-old man, was interviewed by investigators.

The Cardinals earlier played the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday. The fatality had no impact on the Monday game against Milwaukee.

Macron was joined by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on drums and celebrated jazz musician Vahagn Hayrapetyan on piano on Monday night in Yerevan. In addition to “La Bohème,” which was recorded by Armenian-French musician Charles Aznavour in 1965, Macron also sang “Les Feuilles Mortes" by Yves Montand.

The event at Armenia’s presidential residence on Monday night was held in Macron's honor. The French leader was in town for a state visit that coincided with a gathering of the European Political Community and a historic European Union summit.

Pashinyan, who took office in 2018, more regularly flexes his musical prowess as part of his musical group Varchaband. It held its debut concert in Yerevan at the end of January.

The Armenian leader is also well known for posting videos of himself listening to music on Instagram, with his musical taste seemingly spanning from Taylor Swift to Travis Scott and A$AP Rocky.

El personal de Miami Fire Rescue declaró muerto a Jaheim Pierre, de 23 años, en un apartamento el sábado por la tarde, en 5329 NW 17 Ave., según los registros.

Tras el tiroteo, Antwan Carter se dirigió a un oficial de policía y dijo: “Fui yo; tengo el arma”, según un informe policial.

Carter entregó una pistola Glock 43 de 9mm que llevaba en el bolsillo derecho, de acuerdo con el informe.

Una mujer con los pies y la ropa “cubiertos de sangre” se acercó a un oficial y dijo que el tirador era su novio de cuatro años y que los dos heridos eran sus hermanos, según el informe policial.

La mujer dijo que sus hermanos estaban preocupados por ella como posible víctima de violencia doméstica, que se presentaron en su apartamento, y que se produjo una discusión y una pelea, según la policía.

Carter dijo que salió del apartamento, regresó y disparó contra ambos hermanos, según la policía. El personal de rescate encontró a Gianni Pierre, de 28 años, sangrando junto a un sofá, y a Jaheim Pierre, de 23 años, sangrando dentro de un clóset.

El personal de rescate trasladó de urgencia a Gianni Pierre al Centro de Trauma Ryder del Jackson Memorial Hospital, donde un médico lo declaró muerto.

Carter enfrenta dos cargos de asesinato en primer grado.

Según el informe, Jennifer Frost, de 44 años, de Collins, Iowa, estuvo acompañada por su abogado el lunes cuando se entregó en el Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

Frost enfrenta un cargo de agresión agravada tras el incidente del 19 de marzo a bordo del barco Sunrise de Carnival.

Según la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade, la víctima y su familia estaban en el crucero cuando ella se encontró con Frost dentro del restaurante Lido Market.

La víctima dijo a los agentes que estaba haciendo fila con un grupo de amigos y familiares cuando fueron abordados por Frost, quien parecía estar intoxicada e intentó meterse en su conversación, fingiendo reír como si fuera parte de su grupo.

La víctima dijo que trató de ignorar a Frost porque se sentía “muy incómoda”, y Frost finalmente se alejó.

Según el informe, Frost luego se acercó repentinamente a la víctima en el otro lado del restaurante después de que la víctima tomó helado y la golpeó en la cara, causando que la nariz de la víctima sangrara abundantemente.

Frost luego huyó del área, pero varios testigos la siguieron mientras otros contactaron a la seguridad del barco, dijeron las autoridades.

Los agentes dijeron que el equipo de seguridad del barco detuvo a Frost, y fue captada en video de cámara corporal admitiendo haber golpeado a la víctima en la cara y expresando satisfacción con sus acciones.

Las autoridades dijeron que el video de vigilancia del crucero también captó el ataque.

Según el informe, aunque Frost fue inicialmente detenida en el barco, de alguna manera pudo desembarcar en PortMiami sin tener contacto con las autoridades.

Los agentes dijeron que Frost viajó de regreso a Iowa, pero luego contrató a un abogado y aceptó regresar a Miami para entregarse, señala el informe.

Hasta la mañana de este martes, Frost permanecía en TGK. Los registros carcelarios en línea indicaban que su fianza estaba “por determinar”.

The Real Madrid and France forward is sidelined by a left hamstring issue which is casting doubt about his availability for Sunday's clasico in Barcelona, the biggest match in Spanish soccer.

During his time off, Mbappé reportedly traveled to Italy with actress Ester Expósito last weekend, prompting criticism in Spanish media that he may not be taking his rehabilitation seriously. Madrid fans also questioned why the league's best striker was on holiday ahead of the clasico.

Mbappé denied any wrongdoing through a statement from his representatives sent to The Associated Press.

“Part of the criticism is based on an overinterpretation of elements related to a recovery period strictly supervised by the club, without reflecting the reality of Kylian’s commitment and the work he puts in every day for the team,” the statement read.

Unhappy Real Madrid supporters believe Mbappé is saving himself for the World Cup that begins in five weeks.

He also drew criticism earlier this season when he couldn't play because of a knee ailment.

Madrid has little to play for in the final stretch of the season. It has been eliminated in the Champions League and the Copa del Rey, and is virtually out of contention in La Liga as it trails Barcelona by 11 points with four rounds remaining. Barcelona could clinch on Sunday.

Madrid has yet to say whether Mbappé will be fit and available for the clasico. Spanish media say Mbappé went to Madrid’s training center on a day off to continue his recovery.

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According to the report, Jennifer Frost, 44, of Collins, Iowa, was accompanied by her attorney Monday as she surrendered at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

Frost faces an aggravated battery charge following the March 19 incident onboard Carnival’s Sunrise ship.

According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, the victim and her family were onboard the cruise when she encountered Frost inside the Lido Market restaurant.

The victim told deputies that she was standing in line with a group of friends and family members when they were approached by Frost, who appeared to be intoxicated and tried to insert herself in their conversation, pretending to laugh as if she was part of their group.

The victim said she tried to ignore Frost as she felt “very uncomfortable,” and Frost eventually walked away.

According to the report, Frost then suddenly approached the victim on the other side of the restaurant after the victim got ice cream and punched her in the face, causing the victim’s nose to bleed heavily.

Frost then fled the area but several witnessed followed her while others contacted ship security, authorities said.

Deputies said the ship’s security team detained Frost, and she was captured on body-cam footage admitting to punching the victim in the face and expressing satisfaction with her actions.

Authorities said surveillance video from the cruise ship also captured the attack.

According to the report, while Frost was initially detained on the ship, she somehow was able to disembark the ship at PortMiami without making contact with law enforcement.

Deputies said Frost traveled back home to Iowa, but later hired an attorney and agreed to travel back to Miami to surrender herself, the report stated.

As of Tuesday morning, Frost remained at TGK. Online jail records listed her bond as “to be set.”

The analysis obtained by The Associated Press includes the first economy-wide projections behind a policy at the core of Trump’s pitch to voters going into November’s midterm elections for control of the House and Senate. Democratic lawmakers have been doubtful about the savings claimed by Trump and these new numbers are likely to trigger additional questions about the data.

Cost-of-living issues are at the forefront of voters’ concerns and higher energy prices tied to the Iran war have deepened the public’s anxiety. Trump has tried in part to address affordability concerns by focusing on his efforts to cut deals with companies so that the cost of prescription drugs in the U.S. would no longer be dramatically higher than in other affluent nations.

“Now you have the lowest drug prices anywhere in the world,” Trump said at a Friday rally before a crowd of seniors in Florida. “And that alone should win us the midterms.”

The analysis was done by administration officials for the White House Council of Economic Advisers. They also estimated that federal and state governments could save a combined $64.3 billion on Medicaid during the next decade because of what Trump calls his “most favored nation” policy on drug prices.

Few of the details of the deals struck by the Trump administration and 17 leading pharmaceutical companies have been made public, making it hard to independently verify the projected savings. The White House analysis sought to estimate the prospective savings as more medications come onto the market and fall under Trump’s framework — with one model in the report tallying the possible savings at $733 billion over a decade.

Trump and his Department of Health and Human Services have touted his drug-pricing deals as transformative and urged Congress to codify their principles into law. Democratic lawmakers have challenged the administration’s claims of savings. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and 17 Senate Democrats in April proposed a measure requiring the administration to disclose the terms of the agreements signed by pharmaceutical companies.

“If these deals are so great, why is the Trump administration afraid of showing them to the public?” Wyden said when announcing the measure. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said his team would share details that didn’t include proprietary information or trade secrets.

The White House said it has not shared the text of the agreements because they include highly sensitive data that could move financial markets.

The potential savings estimated by the Trump administration would be substantial as Americans spent $467 billion on prescription drugs in 2024, according to the most recent government data available. The analysis is premised on the idea that foreign countries would also pay more for their prescription drugs, which would diversify drugmakers’ sources of revenue and preserve their ability to innovate with new treatments.

Outside economists have caveated that any savings might not flow directly to patients, many of whom already pay discounted prices for their drugs through their insurance coverage.

The Congressional Budget Office in October 2024 estimated that a plan similar to what Trump ended up adopting could reduce prescription drug prices by more than 5%, though the decrease “would probably diminish over time as manufacturers adjusted to the new policy by altering prices or distribution of drugs in other countries.”

The scope of the savings claimed by the Trump administration are likely to intensify the scrutiny by Democrats, who counter that any price reductions would be offset by higher costs for prescription drugs not covered by the “most favored nation” framework. One of their main critiques is that pharmaceutical companies have increased their profit margins while working with the administration.

In April, staff working for Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., released an analysis that looked at 15 of the companies that have agreed to this drug-pricing plan and found that their combined profits jumped 66% over the past year to $177 billion. The report noted that the tax cuts Trump signed into law last year “exempted or delayed many of the most expensive drugs” from price negotiations with Medicare.

The Trump administration has countered that they consider Sanders’ critique to be flawed, saying that it’s based on the list prices for pharmaceutical drugs instead of the actual price that patients pay.

Employers posted 6.87 million jobs in March, compared to 6.92 million in February, the Labor Department reported Tuesday.

The job market has been up and down so far this year after a dismal 2025. And the Iran war, which began Feb. 28, has clouded the outlook for the economy and hiring.

The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey showed that layoffs rose in March. But hiring improved: Employers added 5.55 million gross jobs, most since February 2024. More Americans also quit their jobs — a sign of confidence in their prospects.

Job openings have come down more or less steadily since peaking at a record 12.3 million in March 2022 as the U.S. economy bounded back from COVID-19 lockdowns. High interest rates, a response to an outburst of inflation in 2021-2022; uncertainty over President Donald Trump’s policies; and, potentially, the disruptive impact of artificial intelligence have discouraged robust hiring.

Last year, employers added fewer than 10,000 jobs a month, weakest hiring outside a recession since 2002. So far in 2026, job creation has bounced around — strong in January (160,000 new jobs) and March (178,000) but weak in February when employers slashed 133,000 jobs.

The Labor Department issues its job report for April on Friday. According to a survey of forecasters by the data firm FactSet, it is expected to show that companies, nonprofits and government agencies added a steady 57,000 net jobs last month and that the unemployment rate remained at a low 4.3%.

Partly because of Trump's immigration crackdown, fewer people are competing for work. That means the economy doesn't need as many new jobs to keep the unemployment rate from rising. A year ago, economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis estimated that the "break-even'' rate of monthly hiring was 153,000. In an update published in March, St. Louis Fed economist Alexander Bick calculated that it could be as low as 15,000 jobs a month.

Carl Weinberg, chief economist at High Frequency Economics, wrote in a commentary that Tuesday's JOLTS report showed a “steady labor market.'' But he cautioned that ”this picture of the labor market will change as the economy adjusts to $100+ a barrel oil, higher inflation, possibly tighter monetary conditions and global recession starting in Asia,'' which is dependent on disrupted supplies of oil and natural gas from the Persian Gulf.

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It will take place on Saturday and Sunday along the coast in Fort Lauderdale Beach.

The headliners are the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds.

They arrived on Monday ahead of the annual spectacular show in the sky.

Local 10’s Jason Carter caught up with the Thunderbirds and his report can be seen at the top of this page.

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Hernandez said she joined the airline when she was 19 years old. A few years ago, she suffered a traumatic brain injury during a car crash, and she credits the company for helping her to recover.

“We have become like family. I am going to miss it so much,” Hernandez said. “I am really sad about it.”

After a $500 million government bailout proposal failed, Spirit Airlines flights were grounded by 3 a.m. on Saturday. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the airline’s shutdown hours later.

“We are looking for help,” Bryce said. “I really love the job, and I enjoy doing it ... We went to work one day, and then we were out of work the next.”

CareerSource Broward offers services such as job placement and career coaching at three centers at 4941 Coconut Creek Parkway, 2550 West Oakland Park Boulevard, and 7550 Davie Road Extension in Hollywood.

Related link: Association of Flight Attendants offers help

Without much warning, Spirit Airlines employees’ health insurance was cut off on Saturday. A few dozen employees marched on Monday morning outside of the airline’s headquarters in Dania Beach.

There had been hope of a government bailout. On April 23, at the White House, a reporter asked President Donald Trump if his administration had plans to buy “a stake” in Spirit Airlines. Trump said it was under consideration.

“We have 18,000 people that live in this country that are great people and great employees,” Trump said. “We are thinking about doing it ... I’d love to be able to save those jobs. I’d love to be able to save an airline.”

Related document: Airlines For America plan

Dave Davis, the Spirit Airlines chief executive officer, told The Wall Street Journal that the Iran war’s surging energy prices caused the plan to fail.

“We didn’t intentionally sell any tickets thinking we weren’t going to be here,” Davis told The WSJ. “We thought we were going to get the liquidity we needed.”

American Airlines and JetBlue Airways were working to help Spirit Airlines pilots and flight attendants who may have been stranded during the shutdown.

Related link: Spirit Airlines launches restructuring page

“There’s a demand for aviation workers. So, even American and United have drafted or crafted microsites for Spirit employees to potentially jump the line, jump the queue, and get preferential treatment in the application process for the many airlines that are now hiring, whether it’s pilots, flight attendants, baggage workers or even those who have worked in the call centers. You can go to the individual websites to see what’s offered by each of the individual airlines,” Duffy said.

Trump and Duffy criticized former President Joe Biden’s administration for blocking the $3.8 billion sale of Spirit Airlines to JetBlue in 2024, which they say could have prevented the failure.

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• Jobless former Spirit Airlines employees march in Dania Beach
• Spirit Airlines asks guests not to go to the airport, or expect rebookings

Resources

• American Airlines launches “Supporting Spirit” career page
• United Airlines launches program to prioritize former Spirit Airlines employees when hiring. Here is the career page >
• Southwest Airlines was recruiting on this page.
• JetBlue announced an extension of the “jumpseat agreement for the next two weeks, subject to space availability and limited to cabin seating” for those who were stranded while working for Spirit Airlines, and also announced “preferential employment interviews.”
• For more information about help from the Association of Flight Attendants, call 1-800-385-3920
• Career Source Broward runs three career centers with services to help job seekers. The centers also use the Employ Florida resources.
• To file an unemployment benefits claim in Florida, call 1-800-204-2418 or visit this page.
• Find your local food bank, on this Feeding America page

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Se llevará a cabo el sábado y domingo a lo largo de la costa en Fort Lauderdale Beach.

Los protagonistas principales son los Thunderbirds de la Fuerza Aérea de Estados Unidos.

Llegaron el lunes antes del espectáculo aéreo anual.

Jason Carter de Local 10 conversó con los Thunderbirds y su reportaje se puede ver en la parte superior de esta página.

A study released Tuesday by the nongovernmental organization Amazon Conservation, in partnership with Brazilian nonprofit Instituto Socioambiental, found illegal mining sites drove clear-cutting inside three conservation areas in the Xingu region, one of the world’s largest expanses of protected forest, spanning the states of Para and Mato Grosso. The analysis combined satellite imagery with ground research.

The Terra do Meio Ecological Station recorded its first cases of illegal mining in September 2024. By the end of 2025, mining-related deforestation there had spread to 30 hectares (74 acres). At the Altamira National Forest, illegal mining accumulated 832 hectares (2,056 acres) of deforestation between 2016 and September 2025. A new mining front that opened in 2024 expanded to 36 hectares (89 acres) by October 2025, accounting for nearly half the mining-related deforestation recorded in the unit during that year.

Satellite monitoring also detected a clandestine airstrip used by illegal miners at the Nascentes da Serra do Cachimbo Biological Reserve last year. Illegal mining in the reserve grew from 2 hectares (5 acres) to at least 26.8 hectares (66 acres) in 2025.

Most deforestation from mining is illegal, group says

In 2023, Amazon Conservation teamed up with Earth Genome and the Pulitzer Center to develop the Amazon Mining Watch, a platform that uses satellite imagery to track mining across the Amazon since 2018. About 496,000 hectares (1,225,640 acres) of rainforest have been cleared for mining since then, including approximately 223,000 hectares (551,045 acres) in the Brazilian Amazon. Amazon Conservation estimates that 80% of mining-related deforestation in Brazil carries a high risk of taking place illegally.

Mining remains a relatively small driver of deforestation in Brazil, where forest loss is largely linked to agribusiness expansion. In 2025, for example, some 579,600 hectares (1,432 acres) of the Brazilian Amazon were cleared, according to official data. About 17,000 hectares (42,000 acres) were related to mining, according to the Mining Watch.

“What makes mining particularly problematic is that it targets protected areas and Indigenous territories,” said Matt Finer, director of Amazon Conservation’s Monitoring of the Andes Amazon program.

Protecting Indigenous territories is widely seen as an effective way to curb deforestation in the Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest and a key regulator of global climate. Researchers warn that continued forest loss could accelerate global warming.

Enforcement is often a ‘cat-and-mouse’ game

In 2023, Brazilian authorities launched a major crackdown on illegal gold mining in the Yanomami Indigenous territory in Roraima state, along the border with Venezuela, after a surge led to a humanitarian and health crisis. Annual growth in newly mined areas there fell sharply after that year, according to Amazon Conservation data. Although mining has not been fully eliminated, nearly all deforestation inside the Yanomami territory — about 5,500 hectares (13,590 acres) — had taken place by 2023.

Still, localized enforcement has not curbed illegal mining across the Amazon. When authorities destroy dredges and equipment in one region, miners often relocate or resume operations once officials leave. Federal prosecutor André Luiz Porreca, who investigates illegal mining in the western Brazilian Amazon, described enforcement as a “cat-and-mouse game.”

“Last year, I took part in an operation that destroyed more than 500 dredges on an Indigenous land,” Porreca said. “The following week, Indigenous people showed me photos proving the miners had already returned.”

Porreca said illegal gold mining is financed by Brazil’s largest criminal organizations, including the Red Command and the First Capital Command, or PCC, which operate in about a third of the cities in the Brazilian Amazon. “They have the money to bankroll these operations. Some dredges cost as much as 15 million reais."

While enforcement eased pressure in Yanomami territory, illegal mining has intensified elsewhere, particularly across Indigenous lands in the Xingu River basin. The most critical situation is on the Kayapo Indigenous land, where roughly 7,940 hectares (19,620 acres) of rainforest have been cleared by illegal mining, the largest such area in the Brazilian Amazon.

Gold has driven mercury contamination

Record-breaking gold prices, driven largely by investor demand for safe assets amid rising global risks, have provided a strong incentive for illegal mining.

“It’s basic market logic. With more buyers, there are more people exploiting gold,” Porreca said. He said Brazil’s mineral export control system remains weak, allowing laundering schemes that give illicit gold the appearance of legality.

Environmental damage extends beyond deforestation. Illegal mining operations dump mercury into rivers, contaminating waterways and accumulating in fish consumed by riverine and Indigenous communities.

In April, Porreca submitted a report to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights describing widespread mercury contamination in the Amazon. The report cited a study by Fiocruz, a state-run research institution, which found that 21.3% of fish sold in public markets across the Amazon exceeded mercury limits set by the World Health Organization. Children ages 2 to 4 were consuming mercury at levels up to 31 times higher than the recommended maximum.

Mining an increasing concern among environmentalists and Indigenous

Under Brazilian law, mining is prohibited on Indigenous lands. The Ministry of Indigenous peoples said in a statement that combating illegal mining on Indigenous lands is a priority of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's administration. The ministry said mining invasions are sustained by criminal networks and confronting them requires dismantling those economic and logistics chains.

The Ministry of Environment said mercury contamination from illegal gold mining remains a persistent problem in the Amazon, adding that it is expanding scientific monitoring while supporting enforcement efforts.

Brazil’s Federal Police did not respond to requests for comment from The Associated Press.

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Hernández contó que se unió a la aerolínea cuando tenía 19 años. Hace unos años, sufrió una lesión cerebral traumática en un accidente automovilístico y le agradece a la compañía por haberla ayudado en su recuperación.

“Nos hemos convertido en una familia. Lo voy a extrañar muchísimo”, dijo Hernández. “Estoy muy triste por esto”.

Tras el fracaso de una propuesta de rescate gubernamental de 500 millones de dólares, los vuelos de Spirit Airlines fueron suspendidos a las 3 de la madrugada del sábado. El secretario de Transporte, Sean Duffy, anunció el cierre de la aerolínea horas después.

“Estamos buscando ayuda”, dijo Bryce. “Me encanta mi trabajo y lo disfruto mucho... Un día tuvimos trabajo y al día siguiente nos quedamos sin él”.

CareerSource Broward ofrece servicios como colocación laboral y orientación profesional en tres centros ubicados en 4941 Coconut Creek Parkway, 2550 West Oakland Park Boulevard y 7550 Davie Road Extension en Hollywood.

Enlace relacionado: La Asociación de Auxiliares de Vuelo ofrece ayuda.

Sin previo aviso, el sábado se suspendió el seguro médico de los empleados de Spirit Airlines. El lunes por la mañana, varias decenas de empleados se manifestaron frente a la sede de la aerolínea en Dania Beach .

Existía la esperanza de un rescate gubernamental. El 23 de abril , en la Casa Blanca, un periodista preguntó al presidente Donald Trump si su administración tenía planes de comprar una participación en Spirit Airlines. Trump respondió que la opción estaba en consideración.

“Tenemos 18.000 personas que viven en este país que son gente estupenda y excelentes empleados”, dijo Trump. “Estamos pensando en hacerlo... Me encantaría poder salvar esos empleos. Me encantaría poder salvar una aerolínea”.

Documento relacionado : Plan de aerolíneas para Estados Unidos

Dave Davis, director ejecutivo de Spirit Airlines, declaró a The Wall Street Journal que el aumento vertiginoso de los precios de la energía debido a la guerra con Irán provocó el fracaso del plan.

“No vendimos entradas intencionadamente pensando que no íbamos a estar aquí”, declaró Davis a The WSJ . “Pensábamos que íbamos a conseguir la liquidez que necesitábamos”.

American Airlines y JetBlue Airways estaban trabajando para ayudar a los pilotos y auxiliares de vuelo de Spirit Airlines que pudieran haber quedado varados durante el cierre.

Enlace relacionado : Spirit Airlines lanza una página sobre su reestructuración.

“Hay demanda de trabajadores de aviación. Por eso, incluso American y United han creado micrositios para que los empleados de Spirit puedan saltarse la fila y obtener un trato preferencial en el proceso de solicitud de empleo en las numerosas aerolíneas que están contratando, ya sean pilotos, auxiliares de vuelo, personal de equipaje o incluso personas que hayan trabajado en centros de atención telefónica. Pueden visitar los sitios web de cada aerolínea para ver las ofertas disponibles”, dijo Duffy.

Trump y Duffy criticaron al gobierno del expresidente Joe Biden por bloquear la venta de Spirit Airlines a JetBlue por 3.800 millones de dólares en 2024, lo que, según ellos, podría haber evitado el fracaso.

Historias relacionadas

• Ex empleados desempleados de Spirit Airlines marchan en Dania Beach.
• Spirit Airlines pide a los pasajeros que no acudan al aeropuerto, o de lo contrario, no se realizarán cambios de reserva.

Recursos

• American Airlines lanza la página de empleo “Supporting Spirit”.
• United Airlines lanza un programa para dar prioridad a los exempleados de Spirit Airlines en sus contrataciones. Aquí está la página de empleo >
• Southwest Airlines estaba reclutando en esta página .
• JetBlue anunció una extensión del “acuerdo de asientos auxiliares durante las próximas dos semanas, sujeto a la disponibilidad de espacio y limitado a los asientos de cabina” para aquellos que quedaron varados mientras trabajaban para Spirit Airlines, y también anunció “entrevistas de empleo preferenciales”.
• Para obtener más información sobre la ayuda que ofrece la Asociación de Auxiliares de Vuelo , llame al 1-800-385-3920.
• Career Source Broward gestiona tres centros de empleo con servicios para ayudar a quienes buscan trabajo. Los centros también utilizan los recursos de Employ Florida .
• Para presentar una solicitud de beneficios por desempleo en Florida, llame al 1-800-204-2418 o visite esta página .
• Encuentra tu banco de alimentos local en esta página de Feeding America.

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The analysis obtained by The Associated Press includes the first economy-wide projections behind a policy at the core of Trump's pitch to voters going into November’s midterm elections for control of the House and Senate. Democratic lawmakers have been doubtful about the savings claimed by Trump and these new numbers are likely to trigger additional questions about the data.

Cost-of-living issues are at the forefront of voters' concerns and higher energy prices tied to the Iran war have deepened the public's anxiety. Trump has tried in part to address affordability concerns by focusing on his efforts to cut deals with companies so that the cost of prescription drugs in the U.S. would no longer be dramatically higher than in other affluent nations.

“Now you have the lowest drug prices anywhere in the world,” Trump said at a Friday rally before a crowd of seniors in Florida. “And that alone should win us the midterms.”

The analysis was done by administration officials for the White House Council of Economic Advisers. They also estimated that federal and state governments could save a combined $64.3 billion on Medicaid during the next decade because of what Trump calls his “most favored nation” policy on drug prices.

Few of the details of the deals struck by the Trump administration and 17 leading pharmaceutical companies have been made public, making it hard to independently verify the projected savings. The White House analysis sought to estimate the prospective savings as more medications come onto the market and fall under Trump's framework — with one model in the report tallying the possible savings at $733 billion over a decade.

Trump and his Department of Health and Human Services have touted his drug-pricing deals as transformative and urged Congress to codify their principles into law. Democratic lawmakers have challenged the administration's claims of savings. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and 17 Senate Democrats in April proposed a measure requiring the administration to disclose the terms of the agreements signed by pharmaceutical companies.

“If these deals are so great, why is the Trump administration afraid of showing them to the public?” Wyden said when announcing the measure. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said his team would share details that didn’t include proprietary information or trade secrets.

The potential savings estimated by the Trump administration would be substantial as Americans spent $467 billion on prescription drugs in 2024, according to the most recent government data available. The analysis is premised on the idea that foreign countries would also pay more for their prescription drugs, which would diversify drugmakers' sources of revenue and preserve their ability to innovate with new treatments.

The Congressional Budget Office in October 2024 estimated that a plan similar to what Trump ended up adopting could reduce prescription drug prices by more than 5%, though the decrease “would probably diminish over time as manufacturers adjusted to the new policy by altering prices or distribution of drugs in other countries.”

The scope of the savings claimed by the Trump administration are likely to intensify the scrutiny by Democrats, who counter that any price reductions would be offset by higher costs for prescription drugs not covered by the “most favored nation” framework. One of their main critiques is that pharmaceutical companies have increased their profit margins while working with the administration.

In April, staff working for Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., released an analysis that looked at 15 of the companies that have agreed to this drug-pricing plan and found that their combined profits jumped 66% over the past year to $177 billion. The report noted that the tax cuts Trump signed into law last year “exempted or delayed many of the most expensive drugs” from price negotiations with Medicare.

The Trump administration has countered that they consider Sanders' critique to be flawed, saying that it's based on the list prices for pharmaceutical drugs instead the actual price that patients pay.

The 33-year-old German man was arrested on Monday afternoon in the car that authorities say he had driven several hundred meters through a street in a busy central shopping area. Two people — a 63-year-old woman and a 77-year-old man, both of them German — were killed. Six other people were injured, two of them seriously.

The suspect is under investigation on suspicion of murder and attempted murder. Authorities believe that it was a deliberate rampage, but were still investigating his motive on Tuesday.

Police and prosecutors said in a statement that there was no evidence at present of a political or religious motive. They said he had come to authorities' attention this year because of threats and “defamatory offenses.”

They said that police were deployed on April 17 because of a phone call from the suspect, following which he was admitted to a specialist hospital with his consent because of his “psychological condition.” He was treated there until Wednesday last week. He had no previous convictions and there were no other pending cases, the statement said.

The social affairs ministry in Saxony state said that the man had posed no danger to himself or others while being treated, and there had been no medical reason to prevent him from leaving, German news agency dpa reported.

Lawyers for the county filed a motion on Monday night to quash a grand jury subpoena that asks for the names and personal contact information of county employees and volunteer poll workers. This latest action comes after the FBI in January went to a Fulton County elections warehouse and seized ballots and other documents from the 2020 election, which Georgia’s certified totals showed Trump lost in the state to Biden by 11,779 votes out of nearly 5 million cast. Trump, a Republican, still insists the election was stolen from him even though judges and his own attorney general concluded otherwise.

Monday's court filing says the subpoena is meant to “target, harass and punish the President's perceived political opponents.” The request is “grossly overbroad and untethered to any reasonable need,” the county's lawyers argue. It “cannot yield any evidence that could result in a criminal prosecution," they wrote, arguing that the statute of limitations on any federal crime related to the 2020 election has already expired.

The Justice Department did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment Tuesday.

County Board of Commissioners Chairman Robb Pitts, in an emailed statement, called the subpoena “yet another act of outrageous federal overreach designed to intimidate and chill participation in elections.”

“Let me be crystal clear. Fulton County will not be intimidated,” said Pitts, a Democrat who’s running for reelection.

Since the 2020 election, Trump “has obsessively propagated the debunked conspiracy theory that Fulton County ‘stole’ the 2020 election from him,” the county’s lawyers wrote. “And he has made it clear that he seeks retribution against those who refuse to indulge his baseless claims.”

Trump has already targeted individual poll workers like Ruby Freeman, who was attacked by him and his supporters after the election. Freeman, who's Black, has said she was forced to flee her home after false claims of election fraud against her led to racist threats and strangers showing up at her home.

The grand jury subpoena, dated April 17, was served on the county's director of elections on April 20, the county's court filing says. It seeks the “name, position/function, residential and email addresses, and personal telephone number(s)” for thousands of election workers “ranging from county employees who assisted on election day, to bus drivers who operated a mobile voting location, to volunteers and temporary poll workers,” the filing says.

The subpoena “is a chilling escalation in the campaign to terrorize Fulton County election workers," the county's lawyers wrote, adding that threats arising from the current political environment have caused election workers to “fear for their physical safety.” That and other stresses “including the likelihood of being scapegoated by public officials” are causing election workers to leave their jobs “in unprecedented numbers,” they wrote.

The county's lawyers note that the subpoena directs the county to provide the records not to the grand jury but to an out-of-state Justice Department lawyer or to the FBI agent who wrote the affidavit used for the seizure of the county's 2020 ballots in January.

The January seizure of the ballots and other records from Fulton County was one in a string of moves by Trump's administration to obtain past election records from critical swing states. The FBI in March used a subpoena to get records related to an audit of the 2020 presidential election in Maricopa County in Arizona. And the Justice Department in April demanded that Michigan’s Wayne County turn over its ballots from the 2024 election, which Trump won against Biden's vice president, Kamala Harris.

The Justice Department is also fighting numerous states in court for access to voter data that includes sensitive personal information. Election officials, including some Republicans, have said handing over the information would violate state and federal privacy laws.