It was defined by the FIFA World Cup’s group-stage daily matches from June 11 to June 27.

The tournament’s 48 teams competed within 12 groups of four, and 16 teams were eliminated.

The Round of 32 included 12 group winners, 12 runners-up, and the eight best third-place teams.

After the single direct-knockout matches, 16 teams were eliminated, and the Round of 16 starts on July 4.

The list of 32

Here is the list of the teams in order of group-stage placement, points earned, and FIFA ranking:

1. Argentina (1) wins Group J with 9 points. Playing now at the Miami Stadium.
2. France (2) wins Group I with 9 points. The team advanced to Round of 16.
3. Mexico (14) wins Group A with 9 points. The team advanced to Round of 16.
4. Spain (3) wins Group H with 7 points. The team advanced to Round of 16.
5. England (4) wins Group L with 7 points. The team advanced to Round of 16.
6. Brazil (6) wins Group C with 7 points. The team advanced to Round of 16.
7. The Netherlands (8) wins Group F with 7 points. The team was eliminated on June 29.
8. Belgium (9) wins Group G with 7 points. The team advanced to Round of 16.
9. Colombia (11) wins Group K with 7 points. The match is at 9:30 p.m. on July 3 against Ghana.
10. Switzerland (17) wins Group B with 7 points. The team advanced to Round of 16.
11. Germany (10) wins Group E with 6 points. The team was eliminated on June 29.
12. United States (15) wins Group D with 6 points. The team advanced to Round of 16.
13. Morocco (7) is the Group C runner-up with 7 points. The team advanced to Round of 16.
14. Ivory Coast (30) is the Group E runner-up with 6 points. The team was eliminated on June 30.
15. Norway (31) is the Group I runner-up with 6 points. The team advanced to Round of 16.
16. Portugal (5) is the Group K runner-up with 5 points. The team advanced to Round of 16.
17. Japan (18) is the Group F runner-up with 5 points. The team was eliminated on June 29.
18. Egypt (26) is the Group G runner-up with 5 points. The team advanced to Round of 16.
19. Australia (27) is the Group D runner-up with 4 points. The team was eliminated on July 3.
20. Canada (32) is the Group B runner-up with 4 points. The team advanced to Round of 16.
21. South Africa (54) is the Group A runner-up with 4 points. The team was eliminated on June 28.
22. Cape Verde (64) is the Group H runner-up with 3 points. Playing now at the Miami Stadium.
23. Austria (22) is the Group J runner-up with 4 points. The team was eliminated on July 2.
24. Croatia (11) is the Group L runner-up with 6 points. The team was eliminated on July 2.
25. Senegal (18) classifies after placing third in Group I with 4 points. The team was eliminated on July 1.
26. Algeria (29) classifies after placing third in Group J with 4 points and a minus two goal difference. The team was eliminated on July 2.
27. Ecuador (32) classifies after placing third in Group E with 4 points. The team was eliminated on June 30.
28. Paraguay (37) classifies after placing third in Group D with 4 points and a minus two goal difference. The team advanced to Round of 16.
29. Sweden (38) classifies after placing third in Group F with 4 points. The team was eliminated on June 30.
30. Congo (46) classifies after placing third in Group K with 4 points plus one goal difference. The team was eliminated on July 1.
31. Bosnia and Herzegovina (64) classifies after placing third in Group B with 4 points and a minus one goal difference. The team was eliminated on July 1.
32. Ghana (65) classifies after placing third in Group L with 4 points. The match is at 9:30 p.m. on July 3 against Colombia.

TRACK PROGRESS

• Round of 16 qualifications
• Eliminations during Round of 32
• View the knockout bracket

TOURNAMENT’S SCHEDULE

Round of 32 knock-out matches

July 3:

• Colombia vs. Ghana is at 9:30 p.m. at the Kansas City Stadium

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from 1 p.m to 9 p.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

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According to the Miami Shores Police Department, further investigation revealed the object carried by the man was an airsoft rifle.

Police said the man told investigators he was using the device to deter raccoons that had been “causing a nuisance on his property.”

They said he also went to a nearby home to notify homeowners in case any damage had occurred. Authorities said he later came forward and fully cooperated with investigators.

Police said the original incident happened around 10:15 p.m. Wednesday, when surveillance video showed a man walking up to a home, ringing the doorbell and waiting briefly before leaving the area.

Police initially described him as a white male wearing a baseball cap, shirt and shorts, and said he appeared to be carrying what looked like a long-barrel rifle or shotgun.

Investigators said the resident did not recognize the man and had never seen him before. No property damage was reported or observed, and police said no criminal violations occurred.

Life now for Gigi Felix is day in and day out at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital.

“I just feel like I’m a part of the family here,” Felix said.

It wasn’t always like this.

“I was a pretty active kid,” Felix said. “I was in a bunch of different things like chorus, karate, piano.”

But the now-18-year-old says she can’t do those things anymore.

“The older, I got the more complications I got,” Felix said.

The complications came from sickle cell disease, an aggressive form of the inherited blood disorder, leaving her in constant pain.

“The best way I can describe it is a bunch of wooden splinters and like, under your skin, flowing throughout your body,” Felix said.

A cure is just within reach. Her older brother, a perfect match, has already agreed to donate his bone marrow.

“That’s the one thing that he’s doing for me that’s going to save my life and I’m very grateful for him,” Felix said.

But the only thing keeping her from this lifesaving procedure is a lack of compatible blood.

“She has had multiple transfusions over the course of her life and anybody who has a lot of transfusions ends up building antibodies to red blood cells and she has so many antibodies to red blood cells that finding compatible blood for her is very challenging,” Susan Forbes, of OneBlood, said.

Doctors performing the transplant need 50 units of blood on hand and that blood needs to be a very specific type in order to work in Felix’s body.

The nonprofit blood bank OneBlood is calling for African American donors, or donors of African descent. They must also have the O-negative blood type.

For perspective, only 7% of the population even has O-negative blood. Statistically, only 1 in 1,000 individuals of African descent will be a blood match.

“Only about 4% of African-Americans are donating blood, yet they are the people most likely to be a match for a sickle cell patient,” Forbes said.

“I have a bunch of friends with sickle cell who have it way worse than me and we all are in this together,” Felix said.

For now, Felix is imagining life after her transplant, doing the things sickle cell has kept her from doing, like going to college and spending time with friends and maybe going somewhere cold.

“I want to go to Canada. I want to go. I don’t know, just somewhere cold to see snow, because that’s a really big trigger for me, the cold weather,” Felix said.

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On Collins Avenue on Miami Beach near the Miami Beach Bandshell, a watch party is already underway. Across from Manolo, Argentina, and Cape Verde fans have flocked ahead of the game.

Soccer fans rooting for both teams are confident going into the matchup, though there are some nerves.

“Like they say in Cabo Verde, one percent chance but we have 99% faith, that means we have faith. You never know,” a Cabo Verde fan said.

“I think Miami is a great place to enjoy the World Cup right now.You have a lot of different cultures here. You have Argentinians Brazilians Colombians -- culture,” said Lucas Marabesi. a Brazilian rooting for Cape Verde. “All to enjoy the matches and the after matches. It’s incredible here.”

Miami Beach police have put up barricades and there’s a heavy police presence along Collins Avenue. No matter who wins, there could be celebrations ahead.

On Thursday afternoon, a small crowd of devoted Argentina supporters also gathered outside the team’s hotel before players departed for practice.

“I want to see Messi. I can’t wait to see Messi,” Argentina fan Katya Major said.

Police established a perimeter to keep fans at a distance as they waited for the team to emerge. Major said she hoped the players would acknowledge the crowd.

“I hope that they’re going to wave at everybody and maybe let us take some pictures,” Major added.

Like many in attendance, Major was especially hoping to see Lionel Messi, who has scored six goals to help Argentina cruise into the knockout rounds.

“It looks like he doesn’t have anything to prove anymore, so he’s enjoying playing this time,” Major said. “He has no pressure.”

Argentina fan Bruno Martinez said the defending World Cup champs enter the match with confidence but understands the challenges of the tournament.

“We know we have a strong team, but there are too many strong teams in the World Cup,” he said.

Martinez said seeing the players in person was nearly as meaningful as attending the match itself.

“If you want to beat Argentina, you have to fight a lot,” he added.

Another fan told Local 10’s Christian De La Rosa that Argentina needs to respect Cape Verde and their Cinderella story.

Messi superfan Jefferey Wan told Local 10’s Gabrielle Arzola that he came all the way from China to see his hero.

“Messi is my idol, my legend,” he said. “I’ve watched Messi since 2010.”

Meanwhile, Cape Verde, which celebrated qualifying for the World Cup, now has an opportunity to make history.

A victory Friday would make it one of only a handful of African teams to reach the tournament’s round of 16 and the smallest nation ever to do so. It also would rank among the biggest upsets in World Cup history by eliminating the defending champions.

Kickoff from Miami Gardens is set for 6 p.m.

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Her family and friends are coming together to cherish memories, but they’re also searching for answers after her body washed ashore.

Four days after the remains of 31-year-old Keisha Nicole Jones washed ashore, family and friends are expected to gather to honor her life with a candlelight vigil.

According to Local 10 News sources, Jones’ remains were discovered in the water off Virginia Key on Monday, near a NOAA research facility.

Just three days before the deadly discovery, surveillance cameras were rolling, believed to have captured her final moments. Friday morning, she’s seen outside of Scarlett’s Cabaret on Hallandale Beach Boulevard, leaving with a man.

Investigators say earlier that morning, around 6 a.m., she was seen at Dean’s Gold off 163rd Street in North Miami Beach.

How and why she ended up in the water is still unknown.

Jones’ family, most of whom live in Michigan, are left heartbroken and searching for clues to answer this puzzling mystery.

The FBI is now heading up the death investigation. In a previous statement, a spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Investigation told Local 10 News: “The FBI is aware of this matter. Out of respect for the ongoing investigation, we will refrain from commenting on its substance.”

Sus familiares y amigos se reunirán para recordar los momentos compartidos con ella, pero también buscan respuestas luego de que su cuerpo apareciera en la orilla.

Cuatro días después de que los restos de Keisha Nicole Jones, de 31 años, aparecieran en la orilla, familiares y amigos se preparan para reunirse y rendirle homenaje con una vigilia con velas.

Según fuentes de Local 10 News, los restos de Jones fueron encontrados el lunes en el agua frente a Virginia Key, cerca de un centro de investigación de la NOAA.

Apenas tres días antes del hallazgo, cámaras de vigilancia grabaron lo que se cree fueron sus últimos momentos. La mañana del viernes, fue vista afuera de Scarlett’s Cabaret, en Hallandale Beach Boulevard, saliendo con un hombre.

Los investigadores dijeron que, más temprano esa misma mañana, alrededor de las 6 a.m., fue vista en Dean’s Gold, ubicado cerca de la calle 163 en North Miami Beach.

Aún se desconoce cómo y por qué terminó en el agua.

La familia de Jones, cuya mayoría reside en Michigan, permanece devastada y busca pistas que ayuden a esclarecer este desconcertante caso.

El FBI está ahora al frente de la investigación sobre la muerte. En una declaración previa, un portavoz de la Oficina Federal de Investigaciones dijo a Local 10 News: “El FBI está al tanto de este caso. Por respeto a la investigación en curso, nos abstendremos de hacer comentarios sobre el asunto”.

The gator dragged 71-year-old James Grayson McMicken into the water, but he used one trick to make the animal let go.

“I’m going to do everything I can not to die,” McMicken said.

McMicken said it was a routine Friday night. He took his bulldog out, grabbed his fishing pole and made one cast into the canal behind his north Fort Myers home.

“I started reeling, and it jumped out of the water and grabbed me,” he said.

McMicken said the gator clamped down on his right leg and pulled him into the water.

“He rolled me down off the bank into the water,” he said. “I stuck my thumb in one eye.”

He said he then grabbed his fishing pole and fought back.

“I just took that fishing pole and jabbed him in that other eye and jabbed him and jabbed him and jabbed him,” he said. “It seemed like forever, but it wasn’t that long. But then he turned loose.”

“I’ve always heard that if you got no other choice, hit them eyes. And that’s what got him off of me,” McMicken said.

McMicken said he’s legally hunted alligators before and that experience taught him how to survive the attack.

He said once the gator let go, he made a quick decision.

“I’d have never made it crawling this far, so I called my dog over, and she stood there and let me get up on her back to where I could get stood up,” he said.

When he made it inside his home, his wife cleaned him up.

“Then I sat down in my chair and passed out,” he said. “I was so exhausted.”

His family rushed him to Cape Coral Hospital, where he said he became a novelty.

“All the nurses on the floor had to come by and go, ‘Wow, you did what?’” he said.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said the attack happened last Friday. Officers and state-contracted trappers have yet to find the gator.

But McMicken has one thing to say.

“No gator is going to run me off,” he said.

McMicken is now recovering at home and starting physical therapy. He hopes to be back out fishing soon, although he said he’ll never head to the water’s edge at night the same way again.

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An engraved copy of the Declaration of Independence is on view at the Museum of Miami through Sunday, giving visitors a firsthand look at what tomorrow is all about, according to the museum’s CEO Natalia Crujeira.

A long line of visitors came out to see the document Friday.

The exhibit gives families an opportunity to connect to those bigger ideals and to question whether or not they’re living up to that expectation, Crujeira said, describing the Declaration’s words as aspirational ones that eventually inspired so many other revolutions.

Other founding-era documents are on view through Sunday, including oath cards. One described the moment of decision facing colonists: “You are in the middle of the war, you are not winning, you are not losing, but you are not winning and then asked to sign an oath of allegiance swear against the king.”

Army veteran Julio Escareno brought his 7-year-old daughter, Liana, to see the documents ahead of tomorrow’s 250th anniversary.

“I was explaining to her that it took a lot of bravery to make that commitment, to not know if they were going to live and die, but know they did not want to be under British rule,” Escareno said.

Escareno, who served in several deployments, said his children understand the sacrifices veterans make and where it all began.

“I served in several deployments, so they understand the sacrifices veterans make, so they understand where it all began,” he said. “I love my country and I want my children to have that same love for that country, and do what it takes to preserve the beauty that we have, that right, wrong, or indifferent, we have a great country.”

Caio Pingitori said the anniversary resonates well beyond U.S. borders.

“It is inspiring for all the countries in the world, in Brazil we love the United States, so that is why we are here, we love you guys,” Pingitori said.

n Miami Beach, at 10th and Ocean, an outdoor exhibition highlights American achievements.

“It is really an opportunity to learn, to engage, and to celebrate the ideals of a nation,” one attendee said.

World Cup fans can watch a match at the FIFA Fan Festival at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami, followed by a “250 United” fireworks show.

“That is such a blessing for a country, this July 4th, commemorating, celebrating, 250 years of this great story,” one person said.

In Broward County, Fort Lauderdale and Pembroke Pines both have events planned for tomorrow.

Coral Gables’ Biltmore hotel is hosting its annual celebration and fireworks show, and additional events are planned from Doral to Key Largo.

Una copia grabada de la Declaración de Independencia está en exhibición en el Museum of Miami hasta el domingo, lo que ofrece a los visitantes la oportunidad de ver de primera mano de qué se trata esta conmemoración, según la directora ejecutiva del museo, Natalia Crujeira.

Una larga fila de visitantes acudió el viernes para ver el documento.

La exhibición brinda a las familias la oportunidad de conectar con esos grandes ideales y cuestionarse si realmente están a la altura de esas expectativas, dijo Crujeira, al describir las palabras de la Declaración como aspiracionales y señalar que con el tiempo inspiraron muchas otras revoluciones.

Otros documentos de la época de la fundación también estarán en exhibición hasta el domingo, incluidos juramentos de lealtad. Uno de ellos describía el momento decisivo que enfrentaban los colonos: “Están en medio de la guerra. No están ganando, no están perdiendo, pero no están ganando, y luego se les pide firmar un juramento de lealtad y jurar en contra del rey”.

El veterano del Ejército Julio Escareno llevó a su hija Liana, de 7 años, a ver los documentos antes del 250 aniversario de este sábado.

“Le estaba explicando que se necesitó mucho valor para asumir ese compromiso, sin saber si iban a vivir o morir, pero sabiendo que no querían seguir bajo el dominio británico”, dijo Escareno.

Escareno, quien participó en varios despliegues militares, dijo que sus hijos comprenden los sacrificios que hacen los veteranos y conocen dónde comenzó todo.

“Serví en varios despliegues, así que entienden los sacrificios que hacen los veteranos y comprenden dónde comenzó todo”, dijo. “Amo a mi país y quiero que mis hijos sientan ese mismo amor por él y hagan lo que sea necesario para preservar la belleza que tenemos, porque, esté bien o mal, tenemos un gran país”.

Caio Pingitori dijo que el aniversario tiene un significado que va mucho más allá de las fronteras de Estados Unidos.

“Es una inspiración para todos los países del mundo. En Brasil amamos a Estados Unidos, por eso estamos aquí. Los queremos”, dijo Pingitori.

En Miami Beach, en la intersección de la calle 10 y Ocean Drive, una exhibición al aire libre destaca los logros de Estados Unidos.

“Es realmente una oportunidad para aprender, participar y celebrar los ideales de una nación”, dijo uno de los asistentes.

Los aficionados al Mundial de Clubes podrán ver un partido en el FIFA Fan Festival en Bayfront Park, en el centro de Miami, seguido del espectáculo de fuegos artificiales “250 United”.

“Es una gran bendición para un país conmemorar y celebrar este 4 de julio los 250 años de esta gran historia”, dijo una persona.

En el condado Broward, Fort Lauderdale y Pembroke Pines tienen eventos programados para este sábado.

El hotel Biltmore de Coral Gables celebrará su evento anual con un espectáculo de fuegos artificiales, y también habrá actividades desde Doral hasta Key Largo.

La niña, cuyo nombre no ha sido divulgado a petición de la Policía, permanece en el Hospital Infantil Joe DiMaggio luego de resultar herida durante una balacera ocurrida el sábado afuera del McDonald’s ubicado en la cuadra 800 de West Hallandale Beach Boulevard.

“Gracias a la Policía. Gracias a los bomberos. Gracias a los médicos. Gracias por todo”, dijo la niña. “Siento que tengo una segunda oportunidad”.

La doctora Wendy Carcamo, quien trabaja en la unidad de cuidados intensivos del Hospital Infantil Joe DiMaggio en Hollywood, dijo que la bala estuvo a milímetros de causar lesiones mucho más graves.

“En la medicina, unos milímetros pueden marcar una gran diferencia para cualquier persona”, dijo Carcamo. “Eso pudo haber significado la diferencia entre la vida y la muerte. Pudo haber significado la diferencia entre no poder estar de pie aquí hoy”.

Los médicos dijeron que aún quedan fragmentos de bala en la cabeza de la niña y que enfrentará una larga recuperación.

Según los investigadores, la madre de la niña había entrado al restaurante para recoger comida, mientras la menor, su padre y sus dos hermanos menores, de 2 y 5 años, esperaban dentro de un SUV.

La Policía dijo que un altercado en el estacionamiento provocó que Ralph N-Kosi Blue III, de 18 años y empleado de McDonald’s, abriera fuego contra otra persona. Sin embargo, los investigadores dijeron que varias balas impactaron el vehículo de la familia.

La Policía informó que la niña recibió un disparo en la cabeza y que su padre, Oscar, fue baleado en una pierna. Los dos niños menores no resultaron heridos.

El padre de la niña ya fue dado de alta del hospital.

Durante la conferencia de prensa del viernes, la familia expresó su agradecimiento al personal médico que atiende a su hija y dijo que se espera que pueda celebrar su cumpleaños el próximo mes.

La niña también tuvo un mensaje para sus padres.

“Gracias por rescatarme. Gracias a mi mamá y a mi papá por traerme aquí. Gracias, mami y papi”, dijo.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que Blue enfrenta dos cargos de agresión agravada y dos cargos de asalto agravado. La Policía dijo que la disputa que derivó en la balacera comenzó fuera de Hallandale Beach y que la investigación continúa.

Se creó una campaña en GoFundMe para ayudar a la familia a cubrir los gastos médicos mientras la niña continúa su recuperación.

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The girl, whose name is not being released at the request of police, remains at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital after she was wounded during a shooting Saturday outside the McDonald’s in the 800 block of West Hallandale Beach Boulevard.

“Thank you for the police. Thank you for the firefighters. Thank you for the doctors. Thank you for everything,” the girl said. “It feels like I have another chance.”

Dr. Wendy Carcamo, who works in the ICU at JDCH in Hollywood, said the bullet narrowly missed causing far more serious injuries.

“In medicine, millimeters can be a very vast difference for everyone,” Carcamo said. “That could have been a difference between life and death. That could have been a difference between not being able to be standing here today.”

Doctors say bullet fragments remain in the girl’s head, and she faces a lengthy recovery.

According to investigators, the girl’s mother had gone inside the restaurant to pick up food while the girl, her father and her two younger siblings, ages 2 and 5, waited in an SUV.

Police said an altercation in the parking lot led to 18-year-old Ralph N-Kosi Blue III, a McDonald’s employee, opening fire at another person. Instead, investigators said multiple bullets struck the family’s vehicle.

Police said the girl was hit in the head, and her father, Oscar, was shot in the leg. The two younger children were not injured.

The girl’s father has since been released from the hospital.

During Friday’s news conference, the family expressed gratitude to the medical staff caring for their daughter, saying she is expected to celebrate her birthday next month.

The girl also had a message for her parents.

“Thank you for rescuing me. Thank you for my mom and dad for taking me here. Thank you, mommy and dad,” she said.

Jail records show Blue faces two counts of aggravated battery and two counts of aggravated assault. Police said the dispute that led to the shooting began outside Hallandale Beach, and the investigation remains ongoing.

A GoFundMe has been created to help the family with medical expenses as the girl continues her recovery.

Balogun was sent off Wednesday for stepping on the right ankle of Tarik Muharemovic.

Before practice at Husky Soccer Stadium, Balogun said a yellow card for the illegal tackle would have been fairer.

“There’s nowhere else to put your leg. It’s going to be unavoidable,” Balogun said. “So, I’ve seen many different opinions and takes. But, for me personally, I think a yellow card would have been fair. It’s something that’s happened, so we have to move forward and I have to accept it.”

Balogun has to serve an automatic one-game suspension and will miss Monday’s Round of 16 game against Belgium. There is no appeal process for a red-card suspension unless FIFA assesses a penalty of more than one game, which was not the case with Balogun. He will be eligible to return for the quarterfinals should the Americans advance.

Balogun has three goals in the tournament, including one to give the U.S. the lead against Bosnia. He has matched Landon Donovan in 2010 for the second-most goals by an American in a World Cup, behind only Bert Patenaude’s four in the initial tournament in 1930.

The 25-year-old striker celebrated his goal against Bosnia with the “Silencer” move used by the NBA’s LeBron James, which the league’s career scoring leader also celebrated on social media. Balogun, who became the first U.S. player to score two goals in a World Cup match since 1930, said he has experienced a “roller coaster” of emotions as of late.

“Been upset, I’ve been happy. It’s been surreal, to be honest,” Balogun said. “But for me, I think it was just important to stay calm. I never want to react out of anger and out of emotion. There’s still lots of people who are inspiring little kids, boys and girls who are watching. We have to show them the correct way to handle things, even when you think it’s unjust.”

It's not yet clear who U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino will select to replace Balogun in the starting lineup. Ricardo Pepi and Haji Wright are the most likely candidates.

When Christian Pulisic sat out the 2-0 win against Australia in group play because of a calf injury, Pepi started in his place.

“When you miss a player like Balo, things change a little bit, but we’ve been flexible,” teammate Tyler Adams said. “Guys have shown that they’re ready to play. If it’s Pepi, if it’s Haji, we go a different direction. It should be an exciting opportunity for whoever has to step up.”

Belgium is aware of the Americans' offensive capabilities outside of Balogun. Pulisic has 33 goals in 89 international appearances, fifth most in U.S. history. Five players other than Balogun have scored for the U.S. in the tournament.

“They have a lot of danger in the team,” Belgium defender Maxim De Cuyper said. “Lot of quality. I don’t want to say too much, which qualities are the best. But, I think they grew a lot in this tournament. You see they are in good flow. They play at home, I think it’s very dangerous for us. So, we will be prepared.”

To be without Balogun for one of the most significant matches in U.S. history is still a significant blow. A victory on home soil would secure a spot in the quarterfinals of the World Cup for only the second time for the Americans. The first was in 2002.

“I love seeing how engaged the country is in our journey and what they’re doing,” Balogun said. “So, my role is just to continue supporting everybody, to keep morale high. And, I’m sure for the game against Belgium we can really create a great atmosphere to win.”

Injury notes

Midfielder Cristian Roldan trained on his own again as he continues to rehab a quad injury. Defender Mark McKenzie trained in full after dealing with a foot injury that sidelined him for the Bosnia match.

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Los dos principales candidatos para las elecciones presidenciales de octubre intercambiaron pullas sobre sus respuestas, lo que sugiere que creen que la manera en que se perciba su gestión de los impopulares aranceles de Estados Unidos será un factor clave en la votación.

Mientras el senador Bolsonaro, hijo del expresidente Jair Bolsonaro, subrayó que los aranceles fortalecerían a Lula, el gobierno de Brasil rebatió el argumento estadounidense de que las políticas comerciales brasileñas sean irrazonables, discriminatorias o gravosas para el comercio de Estados Unidos.

El gobierno de Trump impuso por primera vez un arancel del 50% a las importaciones brasileñas en julio del año pasado, por lo que dijo era una “cacería de brujas” contra Jair Bolsonaro, quien en ese momento estaba siendo juzgado por intento de golpe de Estado tras su derrota electoral de 2022 ante Lula.

En su carta, el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, también acusó a Brasil de prácticas comerciales desleales y afirmó que había ordenado al representante comercial de Estados Unidos, Jamieson Greer, iniciar una investigación, lo que llevó a esa oficina a acusar a Brasil en junio de una aplicación laxa de medidas anticorrupción y de aranceles injustos, entre otras cosas. Estados Unidos ha mantenido durante años un superávit comercial de bienes con Brasil.

Después de que las relaciones entre ambos países parecieran mejorar tras reuniones entre Lula y Trump el año pasado, la propuesta de Estados Unidos de imponer aranceles en junio provocó un nuevo deterioro de los vínculos, y Lula advirtió al mandatario estadounidense que no se entrometiera en las elecciones del país.

Impacto en la opinión pública antes de las elecciones

La medida llevó a Lula a volver a defender la soberanía de Brasil, un discurso que el año pasado caló hondo y le dio a Lula un impulso de popularidad.

El propio Flávio Bolsonaro señaló el impacto en la opinión pública en el documento que envió el miércoles a la oficina del Representante Comercial de Estados Unidos (USTR, por sus siglas en inglés).

Bolsonaro escribió en el documento, que incluía gráficos de las encuestas, que “los sondeos de opinión pública en Brasil muestran que la posición electoral del gobierno en funciones se ha fortalecido precisamente durante los periodos en que la presión arancelaria de Estados Unidos ha sido más notoria”, y añadió que los aranceles propuestos le entregarían al gobierno una “victoria política”.

Bolsonaro también sugirió que se pospongan los aranceles.

Lula calificó el documento como “otro acto de traición a la patria”.

Eduardo Bolsonaro, el otro hijo de Jair Bolsonaro y quien vive en Texas, fue declarado culpable este año por cabildear ante el gobierno de Estados Unidos para amenazar a funcionarios brasileños con el fin de detener el juicio de su padre.

“Es inaceptable que la familia Bolsonaro, con su política entreguista, busque someter a Brasil a los intereses de Estados Unidos", señaló Lula el jueves en X. "Nunca ha habido, ni hay, ninguna justificación para un aumento arancelario ahora o más adelante”.

Tres horas después, Flávio Bolsonaro afirmó en X que Lula es el único “que quiere el aumento arancelario contra los productos brasileños”, y anunció que regresará a Estados Unidos la próxima semana para reforzar la exigencia de que no se apliquen los aranceles adicionales.

En respuesta a la investigación del USTR, el gobierno de Brasil rechazó el argumento de que su sistema de pagos instantáneos PIX perjudica de manera injusta a otros servicios electrónicos de pago. Señaló que sus prácticas son legales, neutrales y promueven la competencia.

Lula y Flávio Bolsonaro también han chocado por la decisión del gobierno de Trump de clasificar a dos grupos del crimen organizado de Brasil —Primer Comando de la Capital y Comando Vermelho— como organizaciones terroristas.

El senador Bolsonaro respaldó la medida, que algunos expertos interpretaron como un intento de Estados Unidos de interferir en la elección. Lula ha argumentado que la designación es inapropiada porque los grupos buscan ganancias y no un cambio político.

También esta semana, Estados Unidos anunció sanciones dirigidas a empresas y personas por sus vínculos con el PCC y lo calificó como “la mayor organización criminal transnacional del hemisferio occidental”. ___

Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.

After 16 single direct-knockout matches, the winning teams will advance to the tournament’s Round of 16, which begins on the Fourth of July.

Here is the list of the Round of 32 teams eliminated:

1. South Africa, the Group A runner-up with 4 points, was eliminated on June 28 after Canada won 1-0.
2. Japan, the Group F runner-up with 5 points, was eliminated on June 29 after Brazil won 2-1.
3. Germany, the Group E winner with 6 points, was eliminated on June 29 after a 1-1 draw ended with a 4-3 defeat on penalties against Paraguay.
4. The Netherlands, the Group F winner with 7 points, was eliminated on June 29 after a 1-1 draw ended with a 3-2 defeat on penalties against Morocco.
5. Ivory Coast, the Group E runner-up with 6 points, was eliminated on June 30 after Norway won 2-1.
6. Ecuador, the third in Group E with 4 points, was eliminated on June 30 after Mexico won 2-0.
7. Sweden, the third in Group F with 4 points, was eliminated on June 30 after France won 3-0.
8. Congo, the third in Group K with 4 points, was eliminated on July 1 after England won 2-1.
9. Senegal, the third in Group I with 4 points, was eliminated on July 1 after Belgium won 3-2.
10. Bosnia and Herzegovina, the third in Group B with 4 points, was eliminated on July 1 after the U.S. won 2-0.
11. Austria, the third in Group J with 4 points, was eliminated on July 2 after Spain won 3-0.
12. Croatia, the third in the Group L with 6 points, was eliminated on July 2 after Portugal won 2-1.
13. Algeria, the third in the Group J with 4 points, was eliminated on July 2 after Switzerland won 2-0.

TRACK PROGRESS

• Round of 16 qualifications
• Eliminations during Round of 32
• Round of 32 teams
• View the knockout bracket

TOURNAMENT’S SCHEDULE

Round of 32 knock-out matches

July 2

• Spain vs. Austria at 3 p.m. at Los Angeles Stadium
• Portugal vs. Croatia at 7 p.m. at the Toronto Stadium
• Switzerland vs. Algeria at 11 p.m. at BC Place Vancouver.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

July 3:

• Australia vs. Egypt is at 2 p.m. at the Dallas Stadium.
• Argentina vs. Cape Verde is at 6 p.m. at the Miami Stadium
• Colombia vs. Ghana is at 9:30 p.m. at the Kansas City Stadium

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from 1 p.m to 9 p.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

Round of 16 begins

July 4

• Canada vs. Morocco is at 1 p.m. at the Houston Stadium
• Paraguay vs. France is at 5 p.m. at the Philadelphia Stadium

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from noon to midnight at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

July 5

• Brazil vs. Norway at 4 p.m. at the New York/New Jersey Stadium
• Mexico at 8 p.m. at the Mexico City Stadium

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens for the last day from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

July 6: There are two matches at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.

July 7: There are two matches at Noon and 4 p.m.

Quarterfinals begin

July 9: There is a quarter-final match at 4 p.m.

July 10: There is a quarter-final match at 3 p.m.

July 11: There are two quarter-final matches at 5 p.m. and 9 p.m.

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

Semifinals begin

July 14: The fan festival is closed. There is a semi-final match at 3 p.m.

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

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

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

Finals begin

July 18: The third-place play-off match is at 5 p.m.

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

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

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

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

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

Track group-stage

• Group A
• Group B
• Group C
• Group D
• Group E
• Group F
• Group G
• Group H
• Group I
• Group J
• Group K
• Group L

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After 16 single direct-knockout matches, the winning teams will advance to the tournament’s Round of 16, which begins on the Fourth of July.

Here is the list of the teams that have advanced to the Round of 16:

1. Canada, the Group B runner-up, qualified after a 1-0 victory on June 28 against Canada. The team’s Round of 16 match is at 1 p.m. on July 4 against Morocco.
2. Brazil, the Group C winner, qualified after a 2-0 victory on June 29 against Japan. The team’s Round of 16 match is at 4 p.m. on July 5 against Norway.
3. Paraguay, the third in Group D, qualified after a 1-1 draw that ended with a 4-3 victory on penalties against Germany on June 29. The team’s Round of 16 match is at 5 p.m. at Philadelphia Stadium.
4. Morocco, the Group C runner-up, qualified after a 1-1 draw that ended with a 3-2 victory on penalties against the Netherlands on June 30. The team’s Round of 16 match is at 1 p.m. on July 4 against Canada.
5. France, the Group I winner, qualified after a 3-0 victory again Sweden on July 1. The team’s Round of 16 match is at 5 p.m. on July 4 against Paraguay.
6. Norway, the Group I runner-up, qualified after a 2-1 victory against the Ivory Coast on July 1. The team’s Round of 16 match is at 4 p.m. on July 5 against Brazil.
7. Mexico, the Group A winner, qualified after a 2-0 victory against Ecuador on July 1. The team’s Round of 16 match is at 8 p.m. on July 5 against England.
8. England, the Group L winner, qualified after a 2-1 victory against Congo on July 1. The team’s Round of 16 match is at 8 p.m. on July 5 against Mexico.
9. Belgium, the Group G winner, qualified after a 3-2 victory against Senegal on July 1. The team’s Round of 16 match is at 8 p.m. on July 6 against the United States.
10. The U.S., the Group D winner, qualified after a 2-0 victory against Bosnia and Herzegovina on July 1. The team’s Round of 16 match is at 8 p.m. on July 6 against Belgium.
11. Spain, the Group H winner, qualified after a 3-0 victory against Austria on July 2.
12. Portugal, the Group K winner, qualified after a 2-1 victory against Croatia on July 2.
13. Switzerland, the Group B winner, qualified after a 2-0 victory against Algeria on July 2.

TRACK PROGRESS

• Eliminations during Round of 32
• Round of 32 teams
• View the knockout bracket

TOURNAMENT’S SCHEDULE

Round of 32 knock-out matches

July 2

• Spain vs. Austria at 3 p.m. at Los Angeles Stadium
• Portugal vs. Croatia at 7 p.m. at the Toronto Stadium
• Switzerland vs. Algeria at 11 p.m. at BC Place Vancouver.

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

July 3

• Australia vs. Egypt is at 2 p.m. at the Dallas Stadium.
• Argentina vs. Cape Verde is at 6 p.m. at the Miami Stadium
• Colombia vs. Ghana is at 9:30 p.m. at the Kansas City Stadium

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from 1 p.m to 9 p.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

Round of 16 begins

July 4

• Canada vs. Morocco is at 1 p.m. at the Houston Stadium
• Paraguay vs. France is at 5 p.m. at the Philadelphia Stadium

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens from noon to midnight at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

July 5

• Brazil vs. Norway at 4 p.m. at the New York/New Jersey Stadium
• Mexico vs. England at 8 p.m. at the Mexico City Stadium

Miami watch parties: The fan festival opens for the last day from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Bayfront Park, at 301 Biscayne Boulevard.

July 6: There are two matches at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.

• U.S. vs. Belgium at 8 p.m. at the Seattle Stadium.

July 7: There are two matches at noon and 4 p.m.

Quarterfinals begin

July 9: There is a quarter-final match at 4 p.m.

July 10: There is a quarter-final match at 3 p.m.

July 11: There are two quarter-final matches at 5 p.m. and 9 p.m.

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

Semifinals begin

July 14: The fan festival is closed. There is a semi-final match at 3 p.m.

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

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

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

Finals begin

July 18: The third-place play-off match is at 5 p.m.

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

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

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

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

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

Joseph’s colleagues are now responding with concern.

Calling his conduct “egregious,” members of the House Ethics Committee said he ignored requests and subpoenas to testify and produce documents as it followed a web of potentially illegal donations involving then-U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Florida.

Joseph chairs a political committee with Cherfilus-McCormick’s brother and is alleged to have funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars from an oil company executive doing business with the Haitian government.

The contempt report said Joseph refused to comply, despite extensions and accommodations, and did not offer justification for that failure.

Last spring, the interim results of an unrelated internal city investigation found Joseph’s actions put the city at “legal, financial and ethical risk,” documenting questionable spending and interfering with North Miami Beach employees.

North Miami Beach Commissioner Lynn Su called Joseph being held in contempt of Congress “deeply concerning.”

“Public officials have a responsibility to respect the legal process, cooperate with lawful oversight and uphold the public’s trust,” she said.

Meanwhile, Commissioner Fortuna Smukler said that Joseph “needs to stop trying to ruin the reputation of people and that of the city, and he needs to look in the mirror.”

Joseph did not respond to our calls and texts but emailed saying the House Committee on Ethics report is inaccurate and he was not served the subpoena properly.

Meantime, the committee is referring to this contempt of Congress to the Department of Justice for possible criminal charges.

The contempt of Congress is separate from an internal city investigation the mayor is part of as well.

El partido se disputará en el Miami Stadium, también conocido como Hard Rock Stadium, en Miami Gardens, donde la vigente campeona Argentina enfrentará a Cabo Verde, el pequeño archipiélago africano que disputa por primera vez una fase eliminatoria del Mundial.

El jueves por la tarde, un pequeño grupo de fieles seguidores argentinos se reunió afuera del hotel del equipo antes de que los jugadores salieran rumbo al entrenamiento.

“Quiero ver a Messi. No puedo esperar para ver a Messi”, dijo Katya Major, aficionada de Argentina.

La policía estableció un perímetro para mantener a los aficionados a distancia mientras esperaban la salida del equipo. Major dijo que esperaba que los jugadores saludaran al público.

“Espero que saluden a todos y quizá nos dejen tomar algunas fotos”, agregó.

Como muchos de los presentes, Major esperaba especialmente ver a Lionel Messi, quien ha anotado seis goles para ayudar a Argentina a avanzar con paso firme a la fase eliminatoria.

“Parece que ya no tiene nada que demostrar, así que esta vez está disfrutando jugar”, dijo Major. “No tiene presión”.

El aficionado argentino Bruno Martínez dijo que los actuales campeones del mundo llegan al partido con confianza, aunque entiende los desafíos del torneo.

“Sabemos que tenemos un equipo fuerte, pero hay demasiados equipos fuertes en el Mundial”, afirmó.

Martínez dijo que ver a los jugadores en persona era casi tan significativo como asistir al partido.

“Si quieres vencer a Argentina, tienes que luchar mucho”, agregó.

Jefferey Wan, superfan de Messi, dijo a Gabrielle Arzola, de Local 10, que viajó desde China para ver a su ídolo.

“Messi es mi ídolo, mi leyenda”, dijo. “He seguido a Messi desde 2010”.

Mientras tanto, Cabo Verde, que celebró su clasificación al Mundial, ahora tiene la oportunidad de hacer historia.

Una victoria el viernes lo convertiría en uno de los pocos equipos africanos en alcanzar los octavos de final del torneo y en la nación más pequeña en lograrlo. También sería una de las mayores sorpresas en la historia de la Copa Mundial, al eliminar a los campeones defensores.

El inicio del partido en Miami Gardens está programado para las 6:00 p.m.

The signs would be in the same area where the Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776. A message seeking comment was left Friday with the National Park Service.

The new educational panels were designed to replace ones put up in 2010 that told the story of how nine slaves lived in the home along with George and Martha Washington in the 1790s, when Philadelphia was briefly the nation's capital.

Their removal stemmed from Trump's 2025 executive order calling for federally owned or controlled historic sites not to display information to “disparage Americans past or living” and to focus on the “greatness of the achievements and progress of the American people.”

Friday's ruling from a three-judge panel of the U.S. 3rd Circuit of Appeals, which is based in a courthouse across an intersection from the President's House site, was a technical one to allow implementation of a ruling made last month.

That ruling — by one judge Trump nominated, one nominated by former President George W. Bush and one chosen by former President Barack Obama — said a lower court was wrong to force the federal government to take down its new panels.

The government asked Thursday for the go-ahead to put them back up, saying that the panels were ready to install and that they should go up “without further delay.” The administration has said in court filings that its information also discusses slavery.

Advocates, academics and officials have been concerned for months that the version that complies with Trump’s order could give a history that downplays the pain in the nation’s past in favor of a more triumphant view.

A government website with images of the new panels shows they would still have information on enslaved people who lived in the home, plus details on the abolitionist movement, how the Constitution treated slavery, the end of slavery in Pennsylvania and how Washington and his successor, John Adams, viewed and treated slavery, as well as information about the 20th century Civil Rights movement. The replacement panels do not include some of detail in the earlier ones, such as a map of slave trade routes and a timeline on slavery. They also avoid critical headlines such as “The Dirty Business of Slavery.”

The City of Philadelphia, which sued over removal of the previous information, is trying to put the brakes on the new installation. The city on Friday asked the appeals court to recall its order from earlier in the day — at least long enough to allow the city to respond to the request Trump's administration made on Thursday.

Philadelphia said in its filing that it would be hurt if the new panels go back up: “The President’s House is a site of exceptional importance to Philadelphia and the Nation, developed through years of federal-local collaboration to tell a historically significant and long-suppressed story.”

About half the previous panels were reinstalled earlier this year before a court ordered that work to stop.

The Flyers tendered the five-year, $90 million offer sheet to Carlsson on Friday, which would require four of the Flyers first-round draft picks in each of the next four seasons as compensation.

The Anaheim Ducks have seven days to exercise their right of first refusal on the player, per the NHL collective bargaining agreement.

The Ducks announced they would not make an immediate decision. General manager Pat Verbeek will not comment until the process is complete.

The offer sheet comes 14 years after the Flyers, under previous management, offer-sheeting Nashville defenseman Shea Weber for $110 million over 14 years, which the Predators matched.

The 21-year-old Carlsson had 29 goals, 38 assists for 67 points in 70 games last season with the Ducks. He added 11 points in 12 playoff games to help lead Anaheim to the second round.

A native of Karlstad, Sweden, Carlsson has 141 points (61 goals, 80 assists) in 201 regular-season games with the Ducks. The 6-foot-3, 208-pound center was selected by Anaheim second overall in the 2023 draft.

The Minnesota Wild in September signed Kirill Kaprizov to an eight-year, $136 million extension, giving him the richest contract in NHL history.

Kaprizov will count $17 million against the salary cap beginning next season, through 2034. That’s the highest annual average salary of any player since the league’s cap era began in 2005, surpassing Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl at $112 million over eight years, a $14 million annual average. Alex Ovechkin’s 13-year, $124 million contract signed with Washington in 2008 was previously the highest total value.

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Australia goalkeeper Mathew Ryan didn't stop any of Egypt's four shots after replacing starter Patrick Beach late in extra time.

The victory comes in Egypt's fourth World Cup. Australia is now 0-3 in the knockout round.

Egypt will next face either defending champion Argentina or Cape Verde in the round of 16 on Tuesday in Atlanta.

Harry Souttar opened the shootout by missing high for Australia, and 18-year-old Lucas Herrington hit the crossbar with the fourth attempt to set up Abdelmaguid’s clincher.

Egypt’s other penalty shootout scorers were Mahmoud Saber, Ramy Rabia and Mohamed Salah, the former Liverpool star who started despite a hamstring injury sustained in the team's group finale.

Jackson Irvine and Awer Mabil scored in the shootout for Australia.

Emam Ashour gave Egypt the lead in regulation by scoring in the 13th minute with a header that beat Beach just inside the near post. Australia evened the match in the 55th when Egypt defender Mohamed Hany became the first player to score two own-goals in the same World Cup.

The own-goal came when Aiden O’Neill took a free kick from left of the penalty area and Hany headed the ball past goalkeeper Mostafa Shoubir for a spot in World Cup infamy. His other own-goal came in a 1-1 draw with Belgium in the group stage.

Less than 10 minutes earlier, Hany was down near the same spot after colliding with Connor Metcalfe on the Australia midfielder’s header attempt. Medical personnel tended to Hany with a stretcher waiting nearby, but he was helped up and stayed on after what appeared to be a concussion check.

Australia’s only scoring in World Cup knockout rounds has been two own-goals. The Socceroos lost to Italy 1-0 in 2006 and lost to Argentina 2-1 four years ago in Qatar. The goal against Argentina was an own-goal.

Omar Marmoush had a great chance to give Egypt a two-goal lead in the opening seconds of the second half, but he sent a shot wide.

The late goalkeeper switch to the 34-year-old Ryan, for his 105th international appearance, came despite several strong saves from the 22-year-old Beach, who was playing in only his sixth game for the Socceroos.

Beach made a sprawling save on a header from Rabia in the waning moments of regulation, and seconds later had a much easier stop on Salah’s shot.

Egypt had one more chance before the end of regulation, but Haissem Hassan was turned away by Souttar, who deflected the shot with his knee.

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FIFA is looking at the possibility of starting the game earlier than the scheduled 6:00 p.m. at the Azteca Stadium, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press.

The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because no final decision has been made.

Among the concerns for FIFA is the possible disruption caused by flooding.

Mexico coach Javier Aguirre spoke out against changing the kickoff time.

“It’s a kick in the gut; now we must change everything. It’s not that all the work goes down the drain—though it’s close—because you’re having to scrap six hours of scheduled planning. I don’t like it at all,” Aguirre told Radio Formula. “Obviously, we’ll abide by what FIFA says, but neither my players nor I are happy about it.”

Rescheduling the match could also affect England’s preparations. The Three Lions are scheduled to arrive late Friday and will hold their Saturday training session at the UNAM Pumas grounds in the south of the capital, leaving them with significantly less time to acclimatize to the Mexican capital’s high elevation before kick-off.

The Azteca Stadium sits at more than 7,300 feet (2,200 meters) above sea level. For elite athletes to perform at their peak at high altitude, a period of adaption is required to reduce fatigue caused by lower atmospheric pressure and reduced oxygen availability, experts say. Sports scientists generally recommend an extended acclimation period of at least two weeks, or the “fly-in, fly-out” method of arriving as close to game time as possible before acute symptoms set in.

The game will be Mexico City's fifth and final match of the World Cup.

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Un día después de que Rodríguez defendiera con enojo la capacidad del operativo de ayuda de su gobierno en su primera conferencia de prensa desde el desastre del 24 de junio, su principal rival, la venezolana exiliada y premio Nobel de la Paz María Corina Machado, lanzó su propio llamado.

Machado sostuvo el viernes desde Panamá que la respuesta del gobierno ante el terremoto dejó al descubierto sus debilidades críticas y que “para facilitar el avance de un proceso de transición, mi presencia (en Venezuela) contribuye y mucho más después de la tragedia”.

“Mi presencia estabiliza, es parte de las fuerzas organizadoras que el país necesita en un momento donde se ha evidenciado la ausencia total del Estado”, afirmó Machado, aludiendo a las críticas generalizadas a la respuesta del gobierno ante el terremoto por considerarla lenta y desorganizada. “El país necesita referentes en quien confiar”.

Los sismos han causado la muerte de más de 2.295 personas y han dejado a más de 11.000 heridas, según el gobierno, que no ha ofrecido actualizaciones sobre fallecidos y lesionados desde el miércoles. El movimiento opositor de Machado ha creado una base de datos digital para localizar a los desaparecidos, que actualmente registra a más de 36.000 personas cuyo paradero se desconoce. Su partido ha movilizado voluntarios para recolectar donaciones en Venezuela y ha solicitado ayuda a la vasta diáspora del país.

“Mi presencia… busca articular, unificar, no solamente para atender una emergencia, para sanar la herida”, manifestó la dirigente opositora, a quien se le prohibió postularse en las elecciones presidenciales de 2024 en las que el presidente Nicolás Maduro se adjudicó la victoria. Un conteo de votos verificado de manera independiente y realizado por la oposición concluyó que el candidato respaldado por Machado, Edmundo González, fue el verdadero ganador.

Estados Unidos elogia a Rodríguez y bloquea a Machado

Cuando ocurrieron los terremotos, Machado vio una oportunidad crucial para regresar a su país por primera vez desde que huyó en diciembre pasado para aceptar el Premio Nobel de la Paz en Noruega. Desde que Estados Unidos capturó a Maduro en una audaz operación militar en enero, Machado ha buscado volver a la escena y ha llamado a una transición democrática.

Pero el gobierno de Trump ha respaldado a Rodríguez desde la salida de Maduro, elogiando sus reformas favorables a los negocios en el lucrativo sector petrolero del país y sin ofrecer un calendario sobre cuándo podrían celebrarse elecciones.

Dos altos funcionarios estadounidenses familiarizados con el asunto, que hablaron bajo condición de anonimato para revelar conversaciones diplomáticas privadas, dijeron a The Associated Press que el gobierno de Trump se ha mostrado cada vez más frustrado con Machado y la disuadió de regresar a Venezuela tras los terremotos.

Uno de los funcionarios indicó que la líder opositora había solicitado ayuda a Washington para trasladarse a Venezuela desde el territorio caribeño neerlandés de Curazao y también desde Panamá, donde se encuentra ahora.

El segundo funcionario señaló que Estados Unidos sospechaba que ella quería regresar para encabezar protestas contra Rodríguez y presionar por un cambio político en un momento en que el foco debería estar en la recuperación tras el terremoto. Este funcionario añadió que el gobierno de Trump no podía impedir el regreso de Machado, pero tampoco estaba en condiciones de facilitarlo.

Las secuelas del terremoto se vuelven políticas

Al enterarse de los planes inminentes de Machado de regresar, Rodríguez cerró el tráfico aéreo comercial hacia Caracas, según el funcionario estadounidense. Esos vuelos cancelados debían trasladar a cientos de trabajadores de ayuda para colaborar en las tareas de recuperación tras el terremoto, agregó el funcionario.

Machado afirmó el lunes que el gobierno había cerrado su espacio aéreo para impedir su regreso, sin aportar pruebas. El gobierno no respondió a una solicitud de comentarios sobre el supuesto cierre.

Aparentemente preocupada de que la indignación por la respuesta al terremoto pudiera poner en riesgo su autoridad, Rodríguez atribuyó el jueves cualquier crítica a lo que calificó como narrativas fabricadas en “laboratorios mediáticos”. Aseguró que los equipos de rescate se desplegaron de inmediato con equipo adecuado en las zonas de desastre, en contradicción con las quejas generalizadas de residentes que dijeron que se quedaron solos buscando a sus seres queridos sin equipos oficiales ni maquinaria pesada durante las primeras 48 horas.

“Los laboratorios mediáticos que responden a posiciones partidistas, políticas, son unos miserables”, sostuvo Rodríguez. “No esperamos uno, dos o tres días. Actuamos de inmediato”.

Luego indicó que se habían desplegado miles de rescatistas civiles y militares, así como 11 hospitales de campaña internacionales, en las zonas afectadas por el terremoto, y añadió que el gobierno había aprobado la creación de un fondo para recibir donaciones destinadas a la reconstrucción.

El viernes, medios estatales difundieron imágenes de su visita en el hospital a Hernán Alberto Gil Flores, un guardia de seguridad de 43 años que fue sacado de un sótano derrumbado tras sobrevivir casi ocho días bajo los escombros. Su dramático rescate, realizado el jueves, fue uno de los pocos puntos luminosos en uno de los periodos más sombríos que se recuerdan en Venezuela.

No está claro qué ocurrirá cuando venza el mandato

Según la Constitución de Venezuela, las ausencias temporales deben ser cubiertas por el vicepresidente —cargo que antes ocupaba Rodríguez— por hasta 90 días, tras lo cual pueden prorrogarse por la Asamblea Nacional por otros 90 días.

El viernes venció ese periodo interino de 180 días. Hasta le momento, las autoridades no han dicho qué harían, si es que harían algo, ante el vencimiento del mandato de Rodríguez.

La Asamblea Nacional, controlada por el partido de Rodríguez, puede activar una elección anticipada si los legisladores declaran el cargo permanentemente vacante.

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DeBre informó desde Buenos Aires, Argentina. El reportero de The Associated Press Matthew Lee en Washington contribuyó a este informe.

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He spoke loudly with his bloody right foot at one of the biggest moments of the World Cup for the United States. Still feeling the affects of being stomped on by an opponent’s studs, Tillman scored the first free kick goal in a World Cup for the Americans in 32 years to seal a 2-0 win over Bosnia-Herzegovina on Wednesday night that sent the U.S. into the round of 16.

Tillman celebrated the biggest moment of his young career with a smile and a scream as he ran to celebrate with his teammates in front of the large contingent of American fans at Levi’s Stadium.

“I’m a different type of person on the pitch,” he said after the game. “Of course maybe you don’t really see my emotions, but then if you score a goal like this, I think also you guys saw my emotions. It’s a great feeling.”

Tillman showed off his bloody sock — perhaps the most famous in American sports lore since Curt Schilling’s in the 2004 baseball playoffs for the Boston Red Sox — after the game, saying he was still in a bit of pain.

But the discomfort was lessened by pure joy as the U.S. now prepares to play Belgium on Monday night in Seattle with a chance to make it to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2002.

Tillman’s goal came with the U.S. protecting a one-goal lead and down a man after Folarin Balogun was sent off with a red card early in the second half. Balogun scored his third goal of the tournament in the first half but Tillman delivered the game-sealer in the highlight of what has already been a productive World Cup for the 24-year-old.

“Obviously he’s been playing so well,” captain Tim Ream said. “I’d argue he’s, other than Balo’s goals, he’s one of our best players. Everywhere on the field, doing the dirty things, making the hard things easy. I think it is just that. He just wanted to feel like he had a place. He’s a quiet kid, but he’s just come on leaps and bounds.”

Tillman is the son of an American serviceman and German mother and grew up in Germany playing on the Bayern Munich youth squad and the German national youth team before making the switch to the U.S. team in 2022.

His big moment came last summer in the Gold Cup when he scored two goals against Trinidad and Tobago and another against Haiti in the group stage. He then missed a penalty kick in the first half of the quarterfinals against Costa Rica before making one in the penalty shootout that sent the U.S. to the semifinals.

“The Gold Cup was really huge for him,” Ream said. “I think the adversity of the Costa Rica game, the penalty was really big for him. Now you look at him and he looks like he’s just playing such an easy game. It’s incredible to see. He’s had that in him all this time. It was just a matter of him finding the confidence and him believing in himself.”

This past year wasn’t easy for him after he moved from PSV Eindhoven to Bayer Leverkusen in a transfer worth a reported $41 million. He had six goals and one assist in 29 games in the Bundesliga and scoring two more in the Champions League.

His biggest goal came Wednesday night when he became the first American man to score off a free kick in a World Cup since Eric Wynalda in the 1994 opener against Switzerland.

“It was amazing,” coach Mauricio Pochettino said. “I think Malik is an amazing player, full of talent. We knew that he has the talent to do what he did. I’m so happy for him. Tough season for him in Leverkusen but I think now he’s enjoying and we are enjoying and the fans are enjoying his football.”

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Brockton Mayor Moises Rodrigues announced what he called a “temporary safety curfew” within the Boston suburb at a news conference Wednesday. Cape Verde, an island nation off the west coast of Africa that qualified for the World Cup for the first time this year, is scheduled to face Argentina on Friday in the knockout stage of the tournament.

“The purpose of this curfew is to protect public safety, reduce criminal activity associated with post-game celebrations, and enable police, fire and emergency personnel to effectively maintain order and respond to emergencies,” Rodrigues said.

The curfew will run from 10 p.m. Friday until 5 a.m. Saturday in parts of Brockton, where thousands of people have gathered after Cape Verde’s World Cup matches, pouring into downtown streets waving flags, dancing and celebrating late into the night. No one will be allowed to enter establishments serving alcohol after 7 p.m., and last call will be at 9:30 p.m.

Brockton is home to one of the nation’s largest Cape Verdean communities. Nearly one in five residents is Cape Verdean, and the community is often referred to as the “11th island” of Cape Verde.

Cape Verde has captured the attention of its diaspora during a historic World Cup run, drawing jubilant crowds in Brockton after matches. City officials have repeatedly said the overwhelming majority of those celebrations have been peaceful.

But police say recent celebrations have also been followed by violence. At least nine people have been injured in shootings that occurred after World Cup matches or as crowds gathered downtown, according to Brockton police. Others were hurt in stabbings.

In recent days, detectives released surveillance photos and video from multiple shootings, including one near Main Street as crowds gathered June 21 and another later that night at a gas station, asking the public to help identify suspects.

Police also said they linked a suspect in another investigation to a shooting that occurred after a World Cup match.

Officials said the curfew exempts first responders and people traveling to or from work or seeking medical care. They said First Amendment activities, including news coverage, would also be respected.

Police Chief Brenda Perez said the department is understaffed and has relied on mutual aid from the Massachusetts State Police, the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office and neighboring police departments during previous celebrations. She said more than 200 officers were deployed during recent World Cup gatherings but declined to discuss operational plans for Friday.

Steve Hooke, director of the Brockton Emergency Management Agency, confirmed the city requested National Guard assistance but declined to discuss operational details or whether the request had been approved.

Julia Reeker Moghal and Reuben Renteria, both of California, sued the ticketing giant this week in federal court in New York, alleging that “false and misleading” sales practices left them without the tickets they purchased for group stage matches last month.

The lawsuit, which seeks to become a class action, says Moghal and Renteria are among hundreds or even thousands of World Cup fans who purchased tickets only to find out that they “did not exist, were revoked without any forewarning, or had been erased” because of what the tournament’s organizer, FIFA, deemed “poor digital infrastructure.”

In addition to monetary damages, Moghal and Renteria are asking that StubHub be barred from selling World Cup tickets and that any profits from those sales be given to affected customers.

StubHub declined to comment on the lawsuit but said in a statement that its “singular goal is to get fans into events.”

If anything goes wrong, “our FanProtect Guarantee provides replacement tickets or a full refund,” the company said. “The World Cup is no different, and the issues fans have experienced are largely driven by problems with the event organizer’s own ticketing infrastructure.”

FIFA encourages fans to buy tickets through its own marketplace, where it adds a 30% surcharge to every resold ticket — 15% each from the buyer and seller.

In a statement, the organization said it “has no visibility over, or control of, secondary market ticket transactions carried out on third-party platforms” and “rejects any suggestion that the functional issues being experienced by users of third-party platforms” are the result of FIFA’s ticketing infrastructure.

For weeks, fans have been complaining on social media about tickets that never arrived from resellers, orders that were canceled at the last minute and hours they spent trying to sort out problems between FIFA’s ticketing system and outside resale platforms.

According to the lawsuit, Moghal paid $1,905 for three tickets to the June 18 Switzerland-Bosnia and Herzegovina match at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, but never received them and never got a refund, which would violate the company’s guarantee.

As the match approached, Moghal was given conflicting information about the status of her order, first receiving a notice that the tickets were ready, then learning that StubHub had canceled her order, then being misled into thinking her tickets would be delivered after all, the lawsuit said.

After the initial cancellation, Moghal spent hours on the phone with StubHub, which said the order would remain canceled but then reversed course and promised her that they would be delivered an hour before the match, the lawsuit said.

Moghal drove to the stadium and waited in line, but never received her tickets, the lawsuit said. She was then promised a refund but never got one, the lawsuit said.

Had she known “that StubHub was either unable to deliver or not authorized to deliver her World Cup Tickets to her, she never would have purchased them,” the lawsuit said.

Similarly, Renteria paid $2,294 for two tickets to the June 18 Mexico-South Korea match in Guadalajara, Mexico, but never received his tickets, the lawsuit said.

Like Moghal, Renteria received a notice that his tickets were ready, only to find that StubHub canceled the order, the lawsuit said. He was only refunded after “significant complaints to StubHub,” but had to eat the cost of traveling to Mexico, the lawsuit said.

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A heat wave is expected to continue across the eastern and central U.S. through the end of the week, with peak heat indexes — which combine air temperature with humidity — between 100 F to 115 F (37.78 C to 46.11 C), according to the National Weather Service. High night temperatures will bring little relief and records could be broken.

Earlier this week, French players cooled off from temperatures that hit 90 F (32.22 C) with field sprinklers during their match against Sweden in New Jersey.

Concerns about extreme heat during the games in the U.S., Canada and Mexico have been growing for months, with some scientists saying that FIFA’s heat safety guidelines are “inadequate” and “impossible to justify,” even for heat acclimatized players. For spectators, that could mean games are slower and less intense.

The world has warmed roughly 1.26 F (0.7 C) in the last three decades since the U.S. last hosted the World Cup, according to the climate monitoring group Berkeley Earth. Global temperature increases intensify and make heat waves and other severe weather more common.

The humid heat engulfing the country, as well as parts of Canada, would’ve been “virtually impossible” without climate change, scientists with the World Weather Attribution said Friday.

The 2022 World Cup tournament in Qatar was moved from summer to winter because of the extreme heat threat, and last year, temperatures soared at the Club World Cup. The soccer players’ global union warned that extreme heat would likely be a bigger problem at this and the next World Cups.

One of the hottest World Cup games was in 1994 in Orlando, Florida, when temperatures hit 110 F (43.33 C).

Heat is a leading killer of athletes

Heat hits people from both their surroundings as well as while their bodies warm during exercise. That makes it harder to cool down when it’s really hot and humid, said Bharat Venkat, director of the Heat Lab at the University of California, Los Angeles.

“So when you’re exerting yourself on a particularly hot day, the likelihood of experiencing heat related illness or even death is much higher,” he said.

Intense exercise on a sizzling day can lead to extreme fatigue, impaired performance, headache, irritability, nausea, dizziness, cramping and dehydration, all symptoms of exertional heat illness.

Exertional heat stroke requires immediate medical attention and is the third leading cause of death in athletes.

When the wet bulb globe temperature — which includes temperature, humidity, cloud cover and wind — reaches above about 95 F (35 C), people lose their ability to cool off quickly, said Ryan Calsbeek, professor of biological sciences at Dartmouth College, and “the physiological mechanisms just break down.”

Heat-induced confusion could also influence a player’s decisions and could determine a match’s outcome, he said.

Are FIFA’s heat safety rules enough?

Mandatory three-minute hydration breaks midway through each half are to protect players, and referees, from extreme heat illness. But they’ve sparked criticism from different groups: some say they’re interrupting the game’s flow and give coaches a chance to shift momentum in their team’s favor, while some scientists have said the breaks should be longer to allow players to meaningfully cool and rehydrate when heat is extreme.

Matches outdoors during peak heat hours have also been limited, and those expected in warmer windows are prioritized for covered stadiums, FIFA said.

FIFA’s guidelines say a match could be postponed if the wet bulb globe temperature reaches 89.60 F (32 C). But that temperature is “so extreme that in the military, at our basic training facilities in America, if it reaches 32, it’s black flag and all training has to be canceled and stopped,” said Douglas Casa, CEO of the University of Connecticut’s Korey Stringer Institute.

Temperatures are forecast over 100 F (37.78 C) during Saturday’s game in Philadelphia. The player’s union FIFPRO, as well as the American College of Sports Medicine, has called for matches to be delayed at 82.40 F (28 C) for safety.

Players can train for heat stress during exercise

Guilherme Passos monitors and prepares Brazil’s national team for extreme heat as a sport scientist at the Brazilian Football Federation.

He’s helped the team acclimate to the U.S. heat. “If you expose them straight to the hottest time of the day you can lose a bit of training quality,” he said. They use saunas or hot baths as they heat train during the competition.

When Brazil hosted the World Cup in 2014, Passos said, players covered less distance and reduced high-speed running, and instead increased their technical and tactical precision.

“Soccer players are a really unique mix of athletic attributes,” said Calsbeek. “They have to have extreme endurance and explosive speed. And then on top of that, they have to make really critical decisions. All of those different facets of the sport will be affected by the temperature.”

But soccer players aren’t the only ones at risk. Many soccer fans are drinking alcohol and watching the World Cup. In heat, doing that is risky. Cities and stadiums have increased access to shade, cooling areas and water, and medical personnel are stationed in FIFA Fan Festivals and around stadiums.

“People are going to be dehydrated, super excited, and not wanting to leave the match,” said Calsbeek. “We’re likely to see, in those extreme temperatures, spectators pay the price as well.”

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Belgium rallied from 2-0 down to secure a dramatic 3-2 win, with a goal deep into extra time, on Wednesday and next faces the United States on Monday in Seattle.

Senegal led 2-0 with five minutes remaining but late goals by Romelu Lukaku and Youri Tielemans pushed the round of 32 match into extra time. Tielemans then scored a penalty in the 125th minute.

Garcia was interviewed on television moments after the game. He said: “We know those teams, they lose their tactical structure toward the end of the match.”

He then added: “We also knew that at 2-0 (up) they would do everything to protect their goal, which in my opinion is a grave mistake. Remind me when we’re leading 2-0 not to do that.”

Garcia’s comments were perceived by some observers to be aimed at shortcomings of African soccer. The 62-year-old Frenchman posted a message on Instagram on Thursday night to clarify his words and said they were in no way a criticism of African teams.

“When I spoke of ‘those teams,’ I was referring to teams unaccustomed to managing a lead in high-level World Cup matches. My comments were by no means aimed at African teams,” Garcia said.

“They could just as easily have applied to Asian, South American or European teams unfamiliar with that kind of pressure. As a less experienced coach myself, I learned the hard way that stopping play to defend a result at all costs is counterproductive.”

Statisticians Opta reminded Garcia of that by posting a message on X saying that, when he was coaching in French soccer, he lost three Ligue 1 matches after leading 2-0.

Garcia coached Lille to the league and French Cup double in 2011. He went on to lead Marseille and Lyon, as well as Roma and Napoli in Italy, before taking charge of Belgium in January last year. ___

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“It’s greasy, it’s disgusting, but it’s absolutely glorious,” Jack Goodwin, a soccer enthusiast from London, said about the American food he has tried in Dallas, Boston, New York and Atlanta.

“I don’t want to say this because it’s a little bit harsh, but the portions are a little bit larger — a lot more tastier — so I can understand the, um, obesity here. I don’t want to be harsh, but yes, the food is fantastic here.”

International visitors want to try popular fast-food chains and local gems

Many fans are making a point to try regional specialties or chains they can’t find where they live, like In-N-Out Burger or Buc-ee’s convenience stores. Erling Haaland, a striker for Norway’s World Cup team, posted a photo on X of himself outside Katz’s Delicatessen in New York.

Harrison Murphy, who was traveling from London with his brother for the knockout rounds, had breakfast at a Chick-fil-A in Atlanta this week.

“Have you had Chick-fil-A? It was fantastic and so cheap. The sauces are free! It was remarkable,” Murphy said. “I said, ‘This is my first time, what should I try?’ The woman said, ‘You’ve got to try the Chick-fil-A sauce.’ My God, was it fantastic.”

Gary Bishop had never heard of poutine — often considered Canada’s national dish — until he arrived in Toronto for the World Cup. But the Glasgow, Scotland, resident proclaimed it “absolutely delicious.”

“It was like chips with gravy, cheese. But it was a really thick gravy. Different from back home. Vinegar, there was lots of vinegar through it,” said Bishop, who was sporting a Scotland jersey on a recent stroll through Toronto’s FIFA Fan Festival. “Really nice.”

Others are looking for a taste of home. Texas beer distributor Andrews Distributing welcomed a bus full of Dutch fans to its Dallas warehouse for Heinekens and dancing.

Host city restaurants are eager to introduce new customers to old favorites

It’s a thrill for restaurant owners, from Cuban spots in Miami to barbecue joints in Kansas City and taco trucks in Mexico City.

“I have not seen anything like this ever in my life,” said Paul Barker, the principal and founder of Pauli’s, a Boston restaurant known for generously filled sandwiches and comfort foods. Fans from Scotland, Brazil, England and elsewhere have lined up for his famous lobster rolls and taken photos with staff members, Barker said.

“Food becomes a natural conversation starter,” he said. “It’s just been incredible for us to be part of this.”

Some chains are leaning into the World Cup. Waffle House, the all-day breakfast chain with 2,000 restaurants across the South, opened a pop-up shop in downtown Atlanta to sell branded soccer balls, jerseys and patriotic gear. In a statement, the chain said it was “honored by the enthusiasm and curiosity” shown by visiting fans.

For other restaurants, World Cup fever has been a delightful surprise. Whataburger, a Texas-based chain with 1,100 locations, found itself in the spotlight after fans from Japan and elsewhere posted on social media about their visits.

“The attention has been completely organic and honestly pretty entertaining,” Whataburger President and CEO Debbie Stroud said. “We knew the World Cup would bring the world to Texas and our footprint across 17 states. We just didn’t realize so many visitors would leave talking about a patty melt.”

Eating barbecue is high on the bucket lists of foreign foodies

Terry Black’s Barbecue, a small Texas chain, figured authentic barbecue would be on many fans’ must-try lists. It started sourcing extra meat more than a month ago for its locations in Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, which are each about 20 minutes from the stadium where World Cup matches are played.

It takes Terry Black’s four days to season and prepare its beef brisket and 12 hours to barbecue it. The chain also smokes turkey, pork and sausages on its pits, which run 24 hours a day.

The crush of World Cup fans has meant a lot of extra planning, said Darien Kapture, the chain’s senior vice president of food and beverage operations. But it’s also meant a lot of excitement, like the night Argentina supporters packed Terry Black’s Dallas location to celebrate the team’s victory over Austria, Kapture said.

“They were hooting and hollering and praising the brisket,” Kapture said. “It’s great to see that these folks are coming to America and getting to experience what we experience every day.”

Goodwin, the visitor from London who said he “blew his mortgage” on a U.S. World Cup tour with his dad, deemed Terry Black’s barbecue “the most gorgeous food ever.”

“The best food we’ve had here is in Dallas,” Goodwin said. “Texas barbecue. Unbelievable.”

TSA reminds ranch dressing converts not to pack bottles in carry-on bags

Not every review has been positive. Some fans have complained about the high price of food in World Cup stadiums, for example. A British fan told the BBC that the breakfast tea he bought from Dunkin’ was “not great.”

But for the most part, there have been more thumbs up than thumbs down. So many World Cup visitors expressed love for ranch dressing, for example, that the Transportation Security Administration issued a light-hearted reminder that tourists should pack bottles of dressing in their checked bags.

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As Argentina rides World Cup fever and dreams of beating Cape Verde in the round of 32 on Friday, a dog walker has added his pack to the local fanbase.

Nahuel Meneghini, 33, walks the streets of the capital’s city center with the dogs wearing the team’s jerseys, leashes and collars in support of Lionel Messi ’s squad.

“I did it out of love for them and for Argentina. And for the World Cup,” said Meneghini— known as “Nano” — while speaking to The Associated Press on Thursday during a walk with the canine group.

The dog walker, also dressed head-to-toe like a fan, skilfully managed all the leashes, guiding the dogs along the narrow sidewalks of the capital’s San Cristóbal neighborhood.

As they passed, smiles lit up the faces of onlookers who pulled out their phones to snap pictures. “Let’s go, Argentina!” a woman shouted.

“These are the only joys we have because nothing ever goes our way, not for workers or retirees. Everything is against us,” said 80-year-old Edgardo Pérez, who was taking photos of the group known on social media as “La Perroneta.”

The name alludes to “La Scaloneta,” the nickname of the national team aiming to retain its title at the World Cup under coach Lionel Scaloni.

Scaloni is admired in Argentina following the team’s triumphs at the World Cup and the Finalissima in 2022, as well as the 2021 Copa América.

Meneghini developed the idea of ​​dressing the dogs in Argentina colors last week as it advanced from the group stage.

Two of the dogs he regularly walks, Sirio and Roberta, were wearing jerseys featuring Messi’s No. 10. Their owners bought them after catching World Cup fever.

Meneghini loved the idea and decided to dress the rest of the dogs the same way. He stopped by a pet store and picked up jerseys in various sizes. The owners readily accepted the outfits.

The same went for the collars and leashes he crafted in light blue and white. He added three rivets to the leashes — one for each of Argentina’s World Cup titles in 1978, 1986 and 2022 — while hanging tags reading “Los perros de Nano” (Nano’s Dogs) from the collars.

Meneghini offers the pet owners a good price for all the items. Other people in the neighborhood have started placing orders for their own pets.

The dogs and their walker cover around 60 blocks almost every day and have become local celebrities and social media stars.

“Now that is patriotism,” the 73-year-old Dora Maisano said as she watched the group pass by. ”Not just peeing and pooping. Everyone wearing the No. 10. Well done, congratulations — they look so cute!”

The pack will continue to wear the national colors “forever,” even if Argentina is eliminated from the competition, Meneghini said. “But I have faith that we’ll win a fourth cup. After the fourth one, I’ll add another rivet to the leashes.”

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It canceled Croatia’s late equalizer deep in added time against Portugal by detecting a touch that was undetectable to the naked eye and even video replays late Thursday.

Portugal won 2-1 in Toronto and advanced to the round of 16, leaving Croatia players and fans devastated in the belief Josko Gvardiol’s goal was wrongly called offside by the VAR and referee Espen Eskås.

FIFA is relying on a high-tech soccer ball fitted with “advanced sensors” and insisted it got it right when determining Croatia’s Igor Mantanovic got the slightest of glances with his head, meaning Mario Palasic was in an offside position during the buildup to the goal.

The in-ball sensors were so finely tuned, FIFA said, they were “capable of determining any slight contact ... allowing officials an unprecedented level of data to make fast, accurate decisions.”

Here’s the science bit

The official “Trionda” World Cup ball, manufactured by Adidas, is fitted with a “small inertial measurement unit (IMU) sensor,” which FIFA says operates at around 500Hz and captures data 500 times per second.

FIFA says it can track ball acceleration and granular movements in three dimensions and can detect the exact moment a player makes contact.

The ball technology is combined with in-stadium cameras for tracking data that is transmitted in real time to video assistants.

As well as helping to determine offsides, the touch data can also be used for incidents such as handballs and penalties.

How reliable is it?

The reason the call was so contentious was because even slow motion replays from numerous angles were visually inconclusive that Mantanovic made contact with Ivan Perisic’s in-swinging cross.

That is where reliance on the technology came in. Referee Eskås was instructed by the VAR to review the sideline monitor. Replays showed what FIFA calls a “heartbeat graphic” to indicate the moment the ball was touched and there was a clear spike as it apparently grazed Mantanovic’s head.

“No matter how fast the ball is moving or the spin of the ball, you can track it really effectively,” The AP was told by professor Manos Tentzeris from Georgia Tech’s school of electrical and computer engineering. “The position of the ball is 99.99% accurate ... you know exactly where the players are, even the tip of a shoe, which sometimes determines if someone is offside or onside.”

FIFA also used connected ball technology at the 2022 World Cup, and it was deployed at the most recent men’s European Championship in 2024.

Tests were carried out from 2020-22 and the technology trialed at tournaments such as the Arab Cup and the Club World Cup.

This is not the first time

The ball sensors also had a decisive impact at Euro 2024 by detecting Denmark’s Joachim Andersen handled in the box against host Germany. After a VAR review a penalty was awarded and Kai Havertz scored and Germany won 2-0.

“In my opinion this is not how football is supposed to be,” Denmark coach Kasper Hjulmand said after his team also had a goal ruled out by VAR.

Those sentiments were echoed by Croatia coach Zlatko Dalić after his team’s painful exit.

“All these decisions take the joy out of football,” he said.

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Financial terms of the deal were not released.

Donaldson, 22, started 33 of 35 games for Miami last season, averaging 16.4 points, a team-best 5.7 assists, 3.6 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game. He shot 45.4% from the field, 35.9% from 3-point range and 76.6% from the free-throw line.

His performance earned him second-team All-ACC and second-team All-Southeast District honors.

Donaldson scored at least 20 points nine times, including a career-high 32-point outing against Virginia Tech on Feb. 17.

Before transferring to Miami, Donaldson helped Michigan win the Big Ten Tournament championship during his junior season after previously helping Auburn capture the SEC Tournament title as a sophomore.

Los términos financieros del acuerdo no fueron divulgados.

Donaldson, de 22 años, fue titular en 33 de los 35 partidos de Miami la temporada pasada, con promedios de 16.4 puntos, 5.7 asistencias, la mejor marca del equipo, 3.6 rebotes y 1.4 robos por partido. Lanzó para un 45.4% de efectividad de campo, un 35.9% desde la línea de tres puntos y un 76.6% desde la línea de tiros libres.

Su desempeño le valió los reconocimientos al segundo equipo All-ACC y al segundo equipo All-Southeast District.

Donaldson anotó al menos 20 puntos en nueve ocasiones, incluido un récord personal de 32 puntos ante Virginia Tech el 17 de febrero.

Antes de transferirse a Miami, Donaldson ayudó a Michigan a ganar el campeonato del Torneo Big Ten durante su temporada junior, luego de haber contribuido previamente a que Auburn conquistara el título del Torneo de la SEC en su temporada de sophomore.

Las cifras nuevas, y aún incompletas, de Salud Pública Francia duplicaron su primera estimación preliminar de al menos 1.000 muertes adicionales que dio el domingo pasado. Esa estimación anterior abarcaba sólo tres de los días más calurosos de un calor extremo y mortal.

En París, directores de servicios funerarios han señalado que han tenido dificultades para encontrar lugares donde almacenar los cuerpos antes del entierro o la cremación, y algunas morgues indicaron que estaban llenas y tuvieron que rechazar cuerpos.

El recuento actualizado de muertes de Salud Pública Francia abarca la semana del 22 al 28 de junio, durante la cual Francia registró sus días más calurosos de la historia y se batieron récords de temperaturas máximas diurnas y nocturnas en muchas ciudades y localidades de todo el país. El calor también rompió récords de temperatura en muchas otras partes de Europa.

Salud Pública Francia indicó que ha contabilizado hasta ahora 8.973 muertes para esa semana y advirtió que la cifra sigue siendo sólo parcial. Precisó que el total preliminar fue un 29% superior a las 6.948 muertes registradas en la semana anterior, del 15 al 21 de junio, cuando comenzó la ola de calor.

La diferencia entre los dos conjuntos de cifras —un total hasta ahora de 2.025— se considera, por lo tanto, como muertes adicionales de una semana a la siguiente, por todas las causas y en todos los grupos de edad, explicó.

En el Hospital Paris-Saclay, los pacientes que sufrían exposición al calor comenzaron a llegar en un aumento repentino el 20 de junio, declaró a The Associated Press el médico Nicolas Gonzales, jefe del servicio de urgencias.

Comentó que atendieron a víctimas del calor por ataques cardíacos, deshidratación, fallos renales y otros problemas relacionados con el calor, desde niños hasta personas mayores que vivían solas.

Salud Pública Francia señaló que hubo un aumento particularmente pronunciado, de una semana a otra, en el número de muertes en domicilios particulares, con esas cifras un 91% más altas. Las muertes en residencias para adultos mayores aumentaron un 37% y en hospitales casi un 20%.

La región de París parece haber sido la más golpeada, con un aumento de casi el 63% en las muertes de una semana a la siguiente, indicó.

La agencia de salud advirtió que sus recuentos subestiman el número real de fallecimientos, porque se basan en datos incompletos.

“La mortalidad será, en consecuencia, más alta que estas primeras cifras”, afirmó.

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Según Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, el incidente ocurrió alrededor de las 11:30 a.m. en el área de North Miami Avenue y la calle 125.

Videos tomados en el lugar muestran un árbol de gran tamaño partido por la mitad y el vehículo con daños severos.

La Policía de North Miami acudió al lugar para investigar.

Hasta primeras horas de la tarde del viernes, las autoridades no habían proporcionado de inmediato más detalles sobre la condición del hombre.

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According to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, the incident happened at around 11:30 a.m. in the area of North Miami Avenue and 125th Street.

CCTV footage obtained by Local 10 News shows the pinpoint timing of events that sent the man to the hospital: immediately after the strike, the Norfolk pine falls on the front of luxury SUV at at the very moment the driver passes by.

Video taken from the aftermath shows a large tree snapped in half and the SUV severely damaged.

North Miami police were at the scene investigating.

Authorities believe the man will recover.

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The defending champion was asked why his mother and father weren't in attendance for his opening match on Centre Court on Monday, when last year's women's winner Iga Swiatek had her father and sister in the Royal Box the next day.

Turns out Sinner's parents were also invited, but that kind of fancy affair apparently isn't their thing.

“I know my parents. I asked them, but it was impossible,” Sinner said in Italian on Friday after reaching the fourth round with a straight-sets win over Jenson Brooksby on No. 1 Court.

Sinner grew up in a small Alpine village in northern Italy where his parents, Hanspeter and Siglinde, worked in a ski lodge. His father was a chef and his mother was a waitress.

“We hardly even discussed it,” Sinner said of the Royal Box invite, laughing. "They have other things to do and I understand that.”

His parents did come to last year's final and sat in the player's box to watch their son beat Carlos Alcaraz for the title.

There was a famous parent in the Royal Box to watch Sinner on Monday, though. David Beckham took his mother to the match.

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“La Revolución es nuestra vida. No se puede pensar que ninguno de nosotros está propiciando una restauración capitalista en Cuba”, expresó el mandatario en una entrevista con periodistas puertorriqueños y luego publicada por medios oficiales el viernes.

Las iniciativas se están aplicando “de manera soberana”, aseguró Díaz-Canel quien reconoció que recibieron críticas tanto de sectores de la derecha, que esperan además cambios políticos, como de la izquierda.

El plan de 176 medidas contempla una ampliación de las empresas y de la autonomía municipal, banca privada, permiso a franquicias internacionales –alimentarias y de comercio minorista—, extensión de la entrega de tierras ociosas, capacidad de importar y exportar sin intromisión estatal y contratación independiente de personal, así como reducción del Estado y autorizaciones para inversores cubanos en sectores claves como el turismo, entre muchas otras.

Díaz-Canel recordó la compleja situación económica que vive la isla tras la imposición de un cerco petrolero impuesto por el presidente Donald Trump y su secretario Marco Rubio presionando un cambios en Cuba.

El mandatario dijo que la población que sufre apagones de más de 20 horas, desabastecimiento de alimentos y medicinas, deterioro en los servicios básicos de agua, educación y recogida de basura está agobiada por la situación. En algunas localidades se produjeron protestas y manifestaciones con golpes de cacerolas por parte de vecinos.

“La mayor parte de nuestra gente sabe cuál es la causa de nuestros problemas, y sabe que más que por una gestión deficiente, como tratan de echarnos la culpa los voceros del imperialismo… el principal obstáculo para desarrollarnos es el bloqueo prolongado y el recrudecimiento de ese bloqueo”, dijo Díaz-Canel.

Para el mandatario, la estrategia desde Washington es asfixiar a la isla para lograr “una ruptura entre pueblo y revolución. Como dijo Trump un día, ‘le hemos aplicado todas las presiones posibles, ya casi no hay nada que aplicarles que no sea arrasar’”.

“La gente toca cacerolas, algunos con más disgusto que otros. Yo digo: bueno, tóquenle la cacerola a los vecinos del norte, que son los que nos tienen con este apagón”, agregó el mandatario.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the voting. It's unclear why so many players didn't cast their votes. However, the Los Angeles Sparks were one of the teams that didn’t have all of its players vote due to some operational errors.

“Players were sent ballots via email,” the Sparks said in a statement. “Some players indicated that they didn’t receive the email or weren’t aware of it until after the voting period had closed. That’s something we take responsibility for as an organization, and we’ll have a more robust process going forward.”

Fan vote accounts for 50% of the overall vote while players and a media panel each are 25%. It's been that way since 2017.

New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu said her team has never had an issue getting players to submit their ballots.

“We always vote. But I do think especially if they’re weighed as much as they are, like teams should be making sure that their players are voting like it is important. There should never just be a team that like, doesn’t get the ballot. ...That’s something that every player should be getting the opportunity. And if the player doesn’t want to vote, then that’s on them.”

The league announced the All-Star starters on Thursday.

ESPN was the first to report the lack of ballots.

Like the media, each player is given a link to a voting site as well as an individual username and password. Those are supplied by the league to the teams who distribute them to the players.

Sparks guard Kelsey Plum was lower in the player balloting than she was from the media and fans. She is second in the WNBA in scoring, but has only played in a dozen games because of injuries. She was 12th among players votes after ranking sixth by the fans and fifth by media.

She finished seventh in the voting overall for the guards. Even if the Sparks had all voted, it wouldn't have been a guarantee that Plum moved up to the top four spots. In the past, players have said that they have either voted for their entire team on the ballot or for friends or college teammates which has led to some skewed results. Some do take it seriously and pick who they think are the best players.

All-Star starter Caitlin Clark was right in front of the player balloting finishing in 11th. She was picked as an All-Star starter as she was second in the fan vote and third in the media rankings.

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El Jurado Nacional de Elecciones certificó el viernes que Fujimori obtuvo 9.223.396 votos y su rival el progresista Roberto Sánchez, del partido Juntos por el Perú, 9.173.755 votos. La conservadora obtuvo casi unos 50.000 votos de ventaja y ganó en su cuarto intento por llegar al poder.

A sus 50 años, la ex primera dama durante el gobierno de su padre (1990-2000) y excongresista, logró romper su racha de derrotas presentándose como la mejor opción para imponer orden y apelando al recuerdo de la gestión de su padre en la década de 1990 cuando las fuerzas de seguridad vencieron al grupo terrorista Sendero Luminoso.

“He decidido participar en esta campaña porque nuestro país ya no aguanta más improvisados, porque nuestro país vive con miedo”, había dicho durante el cierre de su campaña electoral en una zona popular de Lima.

El eje de sus promesas radicó en enfrentar el crimen con “mano dura” siguiendo el modelo del presidente salvadoreño Nayib Bukele. Prometió construir una cárcel similar a la salvadoreña Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo e implantar jueces con el rostro cubierto como ocurrió durante el gobierno de su padre.

Perú atraviesa una creciente ola de inseguridad. Las denuncias por extorsión se han quintuplicado mientras los asesinatos se han duplicado, según datos oficiales de los últimos cinco años. Las extorsiones afectan a pequeños comerciantes y a las líneas de transporte público. En 2025 fueron asesinados 239 choferes en casos de extorsión.

Fujimori también propuso destrabar grandes proyectos mineros reduciendo los trámites burocráticos para atraer capitales e impulsar el empleo y alentar la agroexportación ampliando las obras de irrigación en terrenos áridos de la costa del Pacífico.

Sus rivales señalan que por su ambición Perú ha sufrido una crisis política durante la última década y que la actuación de su bancada en el Parlamento es la responsable de la renuncia o destitución de varios presidentes.

El partido de Fujimori, junto a otros grupos, fue clave en empujar a la renuncia al expresidente Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (2016-2018) y en votar por la destitución de casi todos los gobernantes posteriores, incluidos Martín Vizcarra (2018-2020), Pedro Castillo (2021-2022) y Dina Boluarte (2022-2025).

A esta última la protegieron de siete pedidos de remoción, pero cuando su popularidad llegó al 3% votaron por su vacancia.

Keiko Fujimori buscó la presidencia de Perú en 2011, 2016 y 2021. En las tres ocasiones pasó a segunda vuelta y fue derrotada por Ollanta Humala (2011-2016), Kuczynski y Castillo, respectivamente.

La candidata ingresó muy joven a la política. Fue primera dama desde los 19 años en 1994 tras la separación de sus padres en medio de un escándalo luego de que su madre afirmó a la prensa que había sido torturada por militares por orden de su esposo.

Alberto Fujimori murió en 2024, un año después de ser excarcelado tras más de 16 años preso por corrupción y por el asesinato de 25 personas ejecutadas por un comando del ejército durante el combate a Sendero Luminoso entre 1991 y 1992.

Keiko Fujimori lanzó su candidatura el año pasado luego de que el Tribunal Constitucional archivó una investigación en su contra por el presunto delito de lavado de dinero proveniente de la empresa brasileña Odebrecht y de otras fuentes.

El tribunal consideró que la acusación fiscal no tenía “sustento jurídico” ya que la imputación de lavado en la modalidad de “recepción patrimonial” no estaba castigada antes de 2016, cuando presuntamente ocurrieron los hechos.

The decision by the U.S. House Committee on Ethics, dated June 10, came after the panel, while investigating then-U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Florida, had “sought documents and testimony“ from Joseph, who failed to hand over any papers or appear before the committee despite being issued ”multiple subpoenas."

According to the report, a subcommittee said Joseph’s actions were “egregious and warrants referral to the U.S. Department of Justice.”

The ethics panel made allegations of illegal campaign donations to Cherfilus-McCormick, who resigned in April under the threat of possible expulsion, through a political committee chaired by Joseph.

If convicted of the federal contempt charge, a misdemeanor, Joseph could spend up to a year in jail and receive a fine of up to $100,000.

Joseph has also faced separate questions over his conduct as mayor. He narrowly avoided being censured by city commissioners after a city investigation concluded he placed North Miami Beach in “substantial legal, financial and ethical risk.”

The allegations suggested that Joseph asked an employee to alter official government records, a potential violation of state public records laws and city employees raised questions about some of Joseph’s travel expenses to Japan “including an upgrade to First Class resulting in a charge in excess of $3,000 to the City,” an investigation report stated.

The mayor, at the time, called the report “inaccurate.”

Local 10 News contacted Joseph and a city spokesperson seeking comment on Wednesday night. As of publication of this article, we hadn’t received a response.

Cherfilus-McCormick, who resigned in April before the House Ethics Committee started proceedings that could have led to her expulsion. She is facing federal charges after being accused of stealing $5 million in federal disaster aid funds.

Meanwhile, Cherfilus-McCormick, who is seeking her old seat back, has pleaded not guilty in her criminal case and denied any wrongdoing.

El Jurado Nacional de Elecciones certificó que Fujimori, del partido Fuerza Popular, obtuvo 9.223.396 votos y Sánchez, del partido Juntos por el Perú, 9.173.755 votos. La conservadora obtuvo casi unos 50.000 votos de ventaja y ganó en su cuarto intento por llegar al poder tras perder en 2011, 2016 y 2021 por un escaso margen. La proclamación tiene lugar 26 días después de celebrado el balotaje.

Fujimori no estuvo en la ceremonia porque habrá otra, cuya fecha no está definida, para que el Jurado le entregue las credenciales. La presidenta electa indicó en sus redes sociales que "cada día de este proceso de transición es una oportunidad para escuchar, dialogar y llegar preparados al inicio del nuevo gobierno".

Fujimori, de 51 años, ya había recibido desde el lunes felicitaciones de algunos gobiernos, entre ellos de Estados Unidos e Israel, luego que el conteo de votos alcanzó el 100% con la conservadora adelante.

La presidenta electa dijo por la tarde en una declaración donde no hubo preguntas de la prensa que en su gestión "lo que funciona y beneficia al país debe preservarse" y que corregirá todo lo que no ha funcionado. Añadió que el Perú necesita recuperar el orden "en sus calles, en sus instituciones y el Estado".

Ella indicó el lunes que recibía el resultado con responsabilidad “sobre todo sabiendo que nuestro país está prácticamente dividido y tenemos la responsabilidad de escuchar a ambos lados”.

Sánchez, exministro del encarcelado expresidente Pedro Castillo (2021-2026), no reconoce el triunfo de Fujimori argumentando que hubo un fraude, del que no ha mostrado pruebas. En rechazo al resultado electoral ha marchado de forma pacífica por las calles de Lima en tres ocasiones.

Asegura que las reglas para custodiar los votos en el exterior, que influyeron en el ajustado triunfo de Fujimori, se cambiaron antes del balotaje. Pero las misiones de la OEA y la Unión Europea indicaron que no hubo irregularidades en los comicios.

No es la primera vez que los perdedores en Perú califican, sin pruebas, de que hubo fraude en los comicios. En 2021, la misma Fujimori indicó que hubo un "fraude en mesa" sin evidencias luego de perder por poco más de 44.000 votos ante Castillo a quien el Jurado lo proclamó presidente 43 días después del balotaje.

Fujimori, hija del fallecido exmandatario Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000), indicó durante su campaña que era la mejor opción para ordenar un país golpeado por la delincuencia y reivindicó el gobierno de su padre que puso fin al grupo violento Sendero Luminoso. Alberto Fujimori estuvo 16 años preso tras ser condenado por corrupción y por el asesinato de 25 peruanos ejecutados por un grupo militar protegido por su gestión.

Keiko Fujimori prometió construir cuatro prisiones y otra similar al Centro de Confinamiento Contra el Terrorismo del gobierno del salvadoreño Nayib Bukele y obligar a que los presos trabajen en las cárceles. También anticipó que militarizará las fronteras para frenar el crimen y deportará a los migrantes indocumentados.

Un puñado de simpatizantes de Fuerza Popular portando una bandera de Perú se abrazó y dio vivas a Fujimori en los exteriores de un local del partido político. “Gracias a las buenas decisiones de su padre, Alberto, el Perú se transformó, queremos que Keiko siga con su legado", dijo María Cabrera a The Associated Press.

El triunfo de Fujimori, sumado al de Abelardo de la Espriella en Colombia y al de José Antonio Kast en Chile, confirma un giro regional al ala conservadora, diferente al panorama de hace algunas décadas cuando emergieron líderes de izquierda como Hugo Chávez en Venezuela o el actual presidente brasileño Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Perú sufre una larga crisis política. Vio desfilar a ocho presidentes en casi una década de enfrentamientos entre el Parlamento y el Ejecutivo y protestas sociales que dejaron 50 manifestantes muertos entre 2022 y 2023.

Pese a la inestabilidad política, la economía de Perú se ha mantenido estable y creció un 3,4 % en 2025, según el Banco Central.

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El periodista de la AP Mauricio Muñoz colaboró con este despacho desde Lima.

Fujimori, 51, the daughter of a disgraced former president, was running for the presidency for the fourth time. She will be Peru’s ninth president in 10 years when she takes office later this month.

Fujimori’s victory, along with that of Abelardo de la Espriella in Colombia and José Antonio Kast in Chile, confirms a regional shift toward the conservative wing, a stark contrast from the panorama of a few decades ago when left-wing leaders such as Hugo Chávez in Venezuela or the current Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva emerged.

The election win was certified Friday by the country's top election authority. Figures released by election officials earlier in the week showed that with 100% of ballots tallied, Fujimori received 9,223,000 votes, or 50.135% of the total, while nationalist congressman Roberto Sánchez earned over 9,173,000 votes, or 49.865%.

Fujimori and Sánchez made it to the June 7 runoff election after defeating 33 other candidates in an April vote.

Voters were primarily concerned with increasing levels of crime, especially extortion by violent organized crime gangs, and Fujimori pledged to combat crime with an iron fist.

Fujimori said on social media Friday that “each day of this process of transition is an opportunity to listen, discuss and arrive prepared for the start of a new government.”

The winner is the daughter of the late Alberto Fujimori, the former president whose government in the 1990s defeated the Shining Path extremist rebel group but also took an authoritarian turn. He was convicted in 2009 of human rights abuses in the fight against the rebels, and later of corruption charges.

Keiko Fujimori promised to build four prisons and another similar to El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center known as the CECOT, and to force prisoners to work in the prisons. She also announced plans to militarize the borders to curb crime and deport undocumented migrants.

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El Departamento del Tesoro estadounidense impuso el año pasado sanciones contra Petro; su esposa, Verónica Alcocer García; su hijo mayor, Nicolás Fernando Petro Burgos, y el ministro del Interior, Armando Benedetti, por acusaciones de participar en el tráfico global de drogas, sin mostrar pruebas.

La presidencia colombiana indicó en un comunicado que Petro le pidió “cordialmente” a Trump que apoye su salida de la lista de la Oficina para el Control de Activos en el Extranjero (OFAC, por sus siglas en inglés). Ante lo cual, según Colombia, Trump se habría manifestado que “hará lo mejor para que ese propósito se materialice”.

Petro ha dicho estar muy preocupado por su futuro judicial debido a que entregará el mando del país el 7 de agosto al conservador Abelardo de la Espriella, un férreo opositor a su gobierno y quien fue apoyado en la campaña abiertamente por Trump.

La sanción del Departamento del Tesoro ha significado para Petro restricciones en el sistema financiero, pese a que ha insistido en que no tiene ningún vínculo con el narcotráfico y lo ha atacado durante su gobierno, en un intento por desvirtuar el argumento del gobierno estadounidense que al sancionarlo dijo que Petro ha “permitido que los cárteles de la droga prosperen y se ha negado a detener esta actividad”.

Petro aseguró en la red social X que en la llamada le dio un reporte sobre el programa de sustitución voluntaria de cultivos de hoja de coca —materia prima de la cocaína— por el que los campesinos que la cultivan pueden pasar a la economía lícita.

La presidencia colombiana detalló que el gobierno de Petro ha erradicado cerca de 30.000 hectáreas de hoja de coca con el programa y proyectó que alcanzará las 41.000 hectáreas al finalizar el año.

El área sembrada con hoja de coca en Colombia alcanzó en 2024 las 261.000 hectáreas, un 3,5% más que el año anterior, según el último dato disponible de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas contra la Droga y el Delito.

Petro solicitó al gobierno estadounidense su colaboración para mantener el programa de sustitución de ilícitos en el gobierno de De la Espriella, quien asegura que no va a permitir que salga más cocaína de Colombia y que quiere fumigar con herbicidas biológicos los plantíos de hoja de coca.

La lucha contra las drogas ha sido un punto álgido entre Petro y Trump debido a las diferencias en sus políticas. Mientras Petro está en contra del modelo prohibicionista y aboga por los pequeños cultivadores de hoja de coca, la administración Trump ha pedido endurecer las medidas para obtener resultados más rápidos en la disminución de cultivos y en la exportación de cocaína.

Ambos mandatarios mantuvieron una tensa relación que escaló hacia posibles aranceles por parte de Estados Unidos y una amenaza con emprender acciones militares contra la nación sudamericana.

“I’ve said up here and said before, the harassment, the hate, none of that is OK,” Clark said at practice Friday “That goes for the opposing team we play, that goes for my teammates, that goes for my coaches. There should never be question of character. None of that is OK, and I don’t want anybody to ever experience that.”

The WNBA has gotten a lot more attention the past few seasons with the addition of Clark and Angel Reese among others to the league. A multi-billion dollar media rights deal, million dollar salaries and higher attendance have been the positives. An increase of social media vitriol toward players and teams has been the negative.

Social media hatred is nothing new and isn't just directed toward the WNBA and its players. It's been going on for more than a decade toward the league and its players. However, it has gotten worse lately with players and coaches receiving threats for things that happen on the court.

Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas said Tuesday that she received death threats and had been called racial slurs in the aftermath of her one-game suspension after she made contact with her fist to Clark’s throat in last week’s matchup against Indiana.

WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert issued a statement on Tuesday condemning “any and all forms of hate.”

The WNBA has been trying to do what it can to make the players feel more protected and combat its social media problem.

The league has made a major push with security over the past few seasons. Teams travel with more security on the road and there are enhanced protocols at arenas, hotels and when traveling. Franchises now take charter flights, which makes it easier on the teams.

The WNBA also has implemented initiatives that combat online hate and threats to players. Some of that includes artificial intelligence software to identify and respond more quickly to threats, harassment and hate directed at players and teams across social media platforms.

Unfortunately, nothing is foolproof in stopping online hate spewed by anonymous people who hide behind their keyboards.

“I think for the league as a whole, there’s been so much more toxicity, racism, homophobia — straight-up hateful nonsense, and it is absolutely unacceptable,” Fever coach Stephanie White said during a two-minute opening statement at practice Wednesday. “Most of it is coming from the online community. In my heart of hearts, I believe most of it is not coming from WNBA fans or Indiana Fever fans."

White coached Thomas in Connecticut two years ago and saw the social media vitriol there, as well.

“AT is exactly right: We get to play a basketball game,” White said. “Yes, that’s going to come with criticism and yes, that’s going to come with fans and the love-hate relationship they have with players and teams. But it’s not hard to not be a jerk. And if you’re one of the people who’s online doing this, do not call yourself a WNBA fan.”

Clark said she’s been hurt by all of the narratives created online and in the media about her and her Fever teammates.

“It can be really frustrating to me at times and it’s difficult,” Clark said. “A lot of people sometimes think I’m a robot. I’m not a robot. I have emotions, I have feelings. And it can be really difficult to go through a lot of that. I’m 24 years old, trying to navigate a lot ... there are times that it is hard, and there are times that, you know, it probably affects me a little bit more than I do put on."

To try and help the players deal with the hate they receive, the league also has expanded access to confidential mental health resources and support.

The union sent a letter to its players last week that was obtained by The Associated Press that included points on social media vitriol.

“We know spirited debate and passionate fandom are part of sports. Threats, harassment, and especially death threats directed at any player or members of her family are not. It is completely unacceptable and must be unequivocally, publicly and immediately condemned,” the letter said. “If you experience any threatening or concerning communications, please remember that both your team and the WNBPA have security resources available to support you. Your safety and the safety of your loved ones remain our highest priority.”

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La administradora municipal, Rickelle Williams, dijo que hay buenas noticias para los contribuyentes.

“Para llevar a cabo el proyecto, ahora hemos reducido aproximadamente $50,000,000 USD del costo para hacerlo realidad”, dijo Williams.

El costo inicial de $267,000,000 USD se redujo a aproximadamente $217,000,000 USD.

La propuesta incluye remodelar un edificio de oficinas existente en el sitio de la Torre 101, ubicado en Northeast First Street y Third Avenue, o convertir el antiguo tribunal federal, ubicado al otro lado de la calle, en el nuevo Ayuntamiento.

Una tercera opción es un edificio de oficinas de gran altura en 1 East Broward, en Fort Lauderdale.

La reducción del costo fue posible, en parte, gracias a la disminución de los honorarios de los desarrolladores y diseñadores, así como a la reestructuración de las condiciones del calendario general de pagos del proyecto.

“Queríamos asegurarnos de poder trazar una hoja de ruta sin importar el resultado ni la decisión que tomara la Comisión de la Ciudad”, dijo Williams.

El antiguo Ayuntamiento ha permanecido fuera de servicio durante los últimos años después de sufrir graves daños por las inundaciones causadas por las lluvias récord.

Sin importar cuál de las tres opciones apruebe finalmente la Comisión de la Ciudad, el nuevo Ayuntamiento incorporará principios fundamentales, entre ellos ser rentable, innovador y establecer un referente para la historia y las artes.

El incidente ocurrió alrededor de las 9:30 a.m. en la cuadra 200 de State Road 84, cerca del punto donde Marina Mile cruza sobre las vías del tren.

Los detectives cerraron los carriles en dirección oeste de State Road 84 mientras recolectaban evidencia e investigaban la escena. El tren permaneció detenido a pocos pies de la persona fallecida.

Brett Knese, de Local 10, estuvo en el lugar del accidente fatal mientras los investigadores trabajaban para identificar a la víctima.

La policía identificó este viernes a la mujer como Elizabeth McLaughlin, de 25 años, y dijo que su muerte parecía tratarse de un suicidio.

El incidente marcó la segunda muerte relacionada con un tren en la zona en aproximadamente 12 horas.

Alrededor de las 9:20 p.m. del jueves, equipos de la policía respondieron a las mismas vías, más al norte, cerca de Southwest Second Avenue y Second Street, donde una mujer fue arrollada y murió tras ser impactada por un tren, según la policía.

Las autoridades no han dado a conocer detalles sobre las circunstancias que antecedieron al accidente del viernes.

Hay ayuda disponible las 24 horas, los 7 días de la semana, para quienes contemplan el suicidio llamando o enviando un mensaje de texto a la Línea de Prevención del Suicidio y Crisis al 988.

The head of the Society of St. Pius X wrote to Leo a day after the Vatican excommunicated the group’s bishops and priests and warned its faithful they too could be excommunicated for participating in the schism, or rupture in church unity.

The society, known as SSPX, celebrates the ancient Latin Mass and opposes the modernizing reforms of the Catholic Church. On Wednesday, it consecrated four new bishops without papal consent during a massive ceremony at its seminary in Econe, Switzerland, committing one of the gravest crimes in church law.

Leo had begged the SSPX not go ahead with the ceremony, but the SSPX defied his will. Within 24 hours, the Vatican declared an exceptionally harsh punishment that surprised even the SSPX’s toughest critics.

In his letter to Leo, the SSPX superior, the Rev. Davide Pagliarani cast the SSPX as the defiant guardian of the church’s tradition and the victim of an unjust sanction by Rome.

“What the Society of Saint Pius X has done, and will continue to do, is nothing other than an extraordinary initiative for the salvation of souls, amidst the doctrinal and moral confusion into which the church is plunged,” he wrote.

Despite the “unjust and invalid” sanctions, the SSPX will love the church even more and “offers up the suffering caused by these new sanctions for the good of the universal church and of Your Holiness,” Pagliarani wrote.

French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre founded the SSPX in 1970 in opposition to the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, which revolutionized the church’s relations with other Christians, Jews and people of other faiths and allowed Mass to be celebrated in the vernacular rather than Latin.

While now a fringe movement on the Catholic right, the SSPX has been a thorn in the Vatican’s side for five decades because it claims to be even more Catholic than the Holy See. The harshness of Vatican’s response suggested that after trying to negotiate with the SSPX over three pontificates, the Vatican under Pope Leo XIV had had enough.

The Rev. Robert Gahl, an ethics expert at The Catholic University of America, said the speed and decisiveness with which the Vatican responded to the consecrations was significant in clearly alerting the SSPX faithful that they were participating in a schism. Doing so, he said, exposed how the SSPX falsely claims to be “more Catholic than the pope.”

The SSPX claimed it had to proceed with the consecrations, "that they had a case of necessity because of the need of the faithful to receive their sacramental care, while claiming that their sacramental care is somehow better than what the rest of the church offers,” Gahl said. The Vatican's decisive response "calls them out and says, 'If you want the salvation that the church offers, you have to belong to the church, and you stepped out of full communion by disobeying the pope’s explicit command.”

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NFL players and other prominent sports figures made up part of the star-studded crowd for Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift's wedding at Madison Square Garden on Friday.

Kareem Hunt was one of Kelce's many current or former Kansas City Chiefs teammates spotted in New York ahead of the wedding, which was expected to also be attended by Kelce's retired Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl-winning brother Jason, San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle and others from football, golf and beyond.

Soccer even had a presence, albeit in the form of “Ted Lasso” actor Jason Sudeikis, himself a big Chiefs fan.

The wedding is taking place at the home arena of the NBA’s New York Knicks and NHL’s Rangers. Swift attended Game 4 of the NBA Finals there, sitting courtside as the Knicks pulled off the biggest comeback at that stage of the playoffs in league history by rallying from down 29 to beat San Antonio.

MSG has been the site of some iconic sports moments since the current version opened at this location atop Penn Station in 1968.

The Knicks won their first NBA title there in 1970, when Willis Reed famously returned from injury to spark their Game 7 victory against the Los Angeles Lakers.

Joe Frazier beat Muhammad Ali there in the first of the legends' three boxing matches against each other, the “Fight of the Century,” in 1971. Ali won the rematch in '74.

The Rangers ended their 54-year championship drought at the Garden in 1994, defeating the Vancouver Canucks to win the Stanley Cup.

Kelce is a three-time Super Bowl champion with Kansas City and a four-time AP All-Pro selection at his position. Jason was a seven-time All-Pro center who helped Philadelphia win the Super Bowl in the 2017 season.

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Officials said crews responded around 9:20 p.m. to the tracks just south of West Broward Boulevard after receiving reports that a woman had been hit by the train.

Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue and police officers arrived to find the woman dead at the scene.

Police identified the victim Friday as a 25-year-old woman and said her death appeared to be a suicide.

West Broward Boulevard was closed in both directions after the crash, but all lanes have since reopened.

Help is available 24/7 for those who are contemplating suicide by calling or texting the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988.

Los equipos de emergencia acudieron alrededor de las 9:20 p.m. a las vías ubicadas al sur de West Broward Boulevard, tras recibir reportes de que una mujer había sido impactada por el tren.

Bomberos y policías de Fort Lauderdale llegaron al lugar y encontraron a la mujer sin vida en la escena.

El viernes, la policía identificó a la víctima como una mujer de 25 años e indicó que su muerte aparentemente se trató de un suicidio.

West Broward Boulevard fue cerrado en ambas direcciones después del incidente, pero todos los carriles ya fueron reabiertos.

Hay ayuda disponible las 24 horas del día, los siete días de la semana, para quienes estén considerando el suicidio. Pueden llamar o enviar un mensaje de texto al 988, la Línea de Prevención del Suicidio y Crisis.

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Video showed the players boarding the buses. Fans were kept at a distance, making it difficult to see the players as they headed to practice.

Loyal Argentina fans came from all over to see the team.

One father and son, who had just been in Dallas to watch Argentina, are now in Miami. They came to get a glimpse of the players and hope to get a jersey signed at some point.

Fans shared what they were hoping to see.

“I hope they’re going to wave,” one fan said.

When asked if they had been surprised by the team, another fan said there was no pressure, so “you don’t know what he’s going to do now.”

Another fan, Bruno Martinez, said he wasn’t surprised by how well Argentina has looked.

“There are too many strong teams in the World Cup,” Martinez said. “If you want to beat Argentina, you need to fight a lot.”

Gabriela Alves pudo abrazar el jueves a su perro Buddy, de 6 años, en el local de comida rápida, tras buscar durante una semana al cachorro blanco, que desapareció cuando dos sismos devastaron la nación sudamericana el 24 de junio.

El restaurante, junto a las ruinas de complejos de viviendas estatales derrumbados, se ha convertido en un hospital de facto para las víctimas de los sismos, así como en un centro para localizar y atender a mascotas extraviadas en la ciudad costera de Caraballeda, que quedó devastada por el desastre natural. Los vecinos lo llaman “Hospital McDonald’s”.

“Es un milagro”, afirmó Alves con los brazos rodeando al perro, que tenía una vía intravenosa en una de sus patas, sobre una mesa junto a empleados del restaurante que vendían helado suave. “Perdimos todo lo material, pero estamos vivos”.

El hospital improvisado se formó un día después que los terremotos consecutivos mataran a al menos 2.295 personas e hirieran a 11.000, según cifras de las autoridades venezolanas. Muchas más familias quedaron desesperadas buscando a sus seres queridos desaparecidos, incluidos gatos y perros perdidos entre los escombros.

Ángel Matute y otros 70 veterinarios, estudiantes, médicos y voluntarios civiles viajaron desde la ciudad occidental de Barquisimeto. El grupo buscaba un lugar donde dormir, guardar equipo y resguardarse de la fuerte lluvia tropical cuando encontró una de las pocas instalaciones operativas en medio del caos. Los Arcos Dorados.

Instalaron su base en el restaurante, que aún tenía aire acondicionado funcionando, y comenzaron a distribuir suministros médicos y a atender a pacientes humanos, al tiempo que el lugar se convirtió también en un sitio para tratar a mascotas heridas y buscar a perros y gatos que seguían desaparecidos.

“Para nosotros, una mascota es simplemente otra vida humana”, destacó Matute, quien coordina las labores de rescate en el McDonald’s donde también duermen los voluntarios. ”Hay animales mas humanos que los mismos seres humanos”.

Matute estaba el jueves entre decenas de voluntarios atareados que atendían a perros y gatos, junto a equipos de búsqueda que pedían hamburguesas y papas fritas. Su grupo, que ha rescatado a 140 animales y atendido a otros 60, planea seguir reuniendo a los dueños con sus mascotas desaparecidas hasta que su ayuda ya no sea necesaria.

Alves recurrió al Hospital McDonald’s cuando buscaba desesperadamente a su querido perro.

Alves estaba en la casa de un familiar cuando los sismos sacudieron el norte de Venezuela. Horas después, se subió a su motocicleta y se dirigió frenéticamente hacia su casa para salvar a Buddy, pero lo único que encontró fueron ruinas.

La venezolana, de 36 años, contó que escuchó que el McDonald’s se había convertido en un lugar para buscar mascotas perdidas y empezó a pasar a diario. Se acercaba al restaurante para ver si los voluntarios habían encontrado algún perro blanco antes de regresar a casa a gritar: “Buddy, Buddy”, con la esperanza de oír un ladrido. Durante más de una semana, sólo encontró silencio.

“Estamos viviendo un día a la vez”, comentó el jueves. ”Y hoy regresé y de verdad te puedo decir que hoy no tenía fe”.

Aun así, persistió y hurgó entre las ruinas, sacando ropa del cuarto de su madre, la única zona de la casa que todavía era accesible. Entonces oyó un ladrido lejano, miró hacia abajo y vio la oreja blanca de Buddy a través de una grieta en el concreto.

Alves gritó pidiendo ayuda y rescatistas cercanos corrieron hacia ella. Abrieron un agujero en el muro y sacaron de los escombros al perro cubierto de polvo. Alves sollozaba sosteniendo a Buddy, envuelto en una manta rosa y lamiéndole el brazo. Horas después, veterinarios del Hospital McDonald’s revisaron a Buddy para detectar lesiones tras ocho días atrapado entre los escombros.

“Y ahorita con esta tragedia del terremoto, bueno, es como algo positivo dentro de todo lo malo”, señaló Alves, todavía abrazando a su perro. ”Él es mi perrito curita”.

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“Veíamos que hay muchos cadáveres sin identificar aún”, comentó López.

La carrera contrarreloj se vive en toda La Guaira, el estado de la costa norte de Venezuela más golpeado por los potentes terremotos consecutivos del 24 de junio, para identificar a los seres queridos antes de que sea demasiado tarde. Con al menos 2,295 personas fallecidas, Venezuela está desbordada de cadáveres que las autoridades tienen dificultades para recoger, identificar y preservar para que sus familiares los reclamen. Miles siguen desaparecidos.

José Antonio Toledo, el yerno de López, de 25 años, fue hallado bajo el edificio donde trabajaba como guardia de seguridad cuando ocurrieron los sismos. Los equipos trasladaron su cuerpo a un hospital local, donde el personal los rechazó porque no había espacio. Lo enviaron a otra instalación y, finalmente, lo trasladaron a un estacionamiento al aire libre.

Un médico forense ayudó a la familia a encontrarlo días después, el sábado. Pero, una vez que identificaron el cuerpo, no sabían qué hacer con él porque no podían pagar los 450 dólares que cobraba una funeraria.

Casi a la medianoche del sábado, López recibió la noticia de que la alcaldía les ofrecía un espacio gratuito en un cementerio local, pero tenían que actuar rápido para no perder el lugar. Una hora después, López y su hija subieron trabajosamente una colina que conducía al cementerio y enterraron a Toledo.

“Era una persona ejemplar, un niño que le gustaba ayudar a la gente”, expresó López.

Lo salvaron de una fosa común que muchos temen que llegue mientras buscan los cuerpos de sus seres queridos.

Se espera que el número de cuerpos hallados se dispare

El técnico forense Joel Mirabal ha trabajado siete días seguidos desde que se registraron los terremotos de magnitud 7.2 y 7.5.

El hombre, de 45 años, calcula que en el 60%-70% de los casos hay un familiar o un vecino disponible para identificar un cuerpo cuando él llega a recogerlo. Aun así, es una lucha, señaló, y muchos se apoyan en tatuajes, cicatrices o ropa conocida.

“No se parecen ni un 10% de lo que eran en vida”, dijo sobre las víctimas.

Si un cuerpo no puede ser identificado, pasa a especialistas forenses que trabajan en el puerto de La Guaira. Empresas privadas han donado grandes contenedores refrigerados para ayudar a preservar los restos, pero el número de muertos sigue aumentando.

“Obviamente, habrá que crear fosas comunes”, afirmó Mirabal. “El colapso es enorme, y los cuerpos están enterrados bajo muchas capas de escombros”.

Mirabal indicó que él y otros técnicos forenses prevén pasar hasta tres meses recogiendo cuerpos.

Recorren las zonas afectadas todos los días, guiados por equipos de rescate y civiles que han recuperado o avistado restos.

“Muchos de los rescates los hacen el pueblo”, explicó sobre los miles de venezolanos comunes que se han sumado al esfuerzo de recuperación.

Adiestrador de perros de profesión, que en su momento ayudó al gobierno a localizar drogas y personas desaparecidas, Mirabal encuentra consuelo en los 12 perros que lo esperan en casa, sin contar los cachorros. Una de sus favoritas es Mila, una joven pastora holandesa negra que se acostó a su lado el jueves mientras él descansaba.

“Aquí no es nada fácil ver el sufrimiento y la tragedia de tus congéneres”, manifestó.

Venezolanos hacen fila para tratar de identificar a sus seres queridos

El fin de semana, equipos trasladaron decenas de cuerpos recuperados de edificios derrumbados a un centro de salud administrado por el gobierno en la ciudad de La Guaira. Los dejaron en un estacionamiento sofocante hasta que las familias los identificaran, y trabajadores de funerarias estimaron que en un momento dado se mantuvieron allí más de 200 cuerpos.

El jueves, quienes perdieron a sus seres queridos esperaban afuera del puerto de La Guaira para identificar cuerpos que las autoridades siguen recogiendo en todo el estado costero. Autos, incluidos camiones y furgonetas de funerarias, formaron una fila frente a una morgue improvisada.

Uno de los que esperaba era Robert Rodríguez. Sentado sobre un bloque de concreto, abatido, con las piernas colgando, aguardaba a que su hija identificara el cuerpo de su yerno. Rafael Alvarado murió atrapado dentro de una tienda de comestibles donde trabajaba en el mostrador de charcutería.

“Él era su mejor amigo”, dijo Rodríguez mientras las lágrimas empapaban su mascarilla azul.

Rodríguez contó que la familia encontró a Alvarado entre los escombros el miércoles, y que su cuerpo fue liberado y trasladado al puerto el jueves.

“Vi sus zapatos y sabía que era él… Le dije ‘prepárate’”, en aviso a su hija.

Señaló que la familia planea cremar a Alvarado y esparcir sus cenizas en Isla de Margarita, de donde era él.

Giannis Antetokounmpo got traded to Miami for Tyler Herro. Jaylen Brown got traded to Philadelphia for Paul George. Kawhi Leonard got traded back to Toronto, Ja Morant got traded to Portland, LaMelo Ball got traded to Minnesota and Dusty May left NCAA champion Michigan to coach Dallas.

There have been some huge moves in the NBA in the past few days. But everybody, it seems, is waiting for James — again.

“He's still the face of the league,” James' agent, Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul said.

If there was any question about whether the league's oldest active player and NBA's all-time points leader still moves the needle, that's been answered.

Soccer's World Cup is going on, the wedding of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden — the home of the NBA champion New York Knicks — is commanding global attention, it's a holiday weekend in the U.S., and yet there's still all sorts of intrigue surrounding where James will decide to play next season.

This much is certain: James, who turns 42 in December, will play a 24th season and it won't be for the Los Angeles Lakers.

Officially, that's the full list of what is known. Paul dropped some clues on the “Game Over” podcast that he shares with Max Kellerman — indicating by showing a whiteboard filled with scrawled-out possibilities that James is looking at a slew of teams, including and probably not limited to Philadelphia, Cleveland, Miami, Minnesota, Denver, Golden State, San Antonio, Dallas, Boston and New York.

“If the Knicks hadn’t have won, there would be no board,” Paul said on the podcast. “He'd be going to the Knicks.”

When does LeBron have to decide?

The decision can come whenever he wants.

It can't be announced or commented upon by a team before Monday at 12:01 p.m. Eastern — unless James signs for the minimum salary, which in his case would be about $3.9 million.

Will he make his announcement Saturday, on July 4 amid a celebration of the nation's 250th birthday? Will he do it on July 8, the 16th anniversary of the famed “The Decision” broadcast?

Nobody knows. Nobody even knows if he knows. And nobody also knows if James intends for 2026-27 to be his final season.

“No one said this is going to be his last year,” Paul said. “Nobody said that.”

That raises the possibility of a 25th season — a quarter-century of LeBron, when nobody else in league history made it past a 22nd season.

What is LeBron looking for?

It's pretty clear that money won't be a huge factor here. James has earned nearly $600 million in gross salary on the court in his first 23 seasons, while his net worth is generally believed to exceed $1 billion.

Golf will matter. James is an avid — perhaps even rabid — golfer now, and Minnesota, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Denver, New York and Boston aren't exactly places known for great golf offerings in January and February. That said, they all surely have great indoor facilities. It won't be a deal-breaker.

He'll want to play for a team that can contend for a title, not present quality-of-life issues, and appeals to his wife and daughter. Every spot on his list will be able to make a good case on all those fronts.

So, who is the front-runner?

The podcast had a ton of news and a ton of insight. Paul laid out how James would fit into the lineup of most of those teams, how acquisitions such as Philadelphia acquiring Brown changes dynamics, then talked about some of the reasons why James might be leaning toward — or away from — certain clubs.

But in the end, he didn't provide any real hint.

"You can think whatever you think,” Paul said. “This is just my board. You decide what you want to think.”

And the wait continues.

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It happened around 9:30 a.m. in the 200 block of State Road 84, near where Marina Mile crosses over the railroad tracks.

Detectives shut down westbound lanes of State Road 84 while they collected evidence and investigated the scene. The train remained stopped just feet away from the person who died.

Local 10’s Brett Knese was at the scene of the fatal crash as investigators worked to identify the victim.

The crash marked the second deadly train-related incident in the area in about 12 hours.

Around 9:20 p.m. Thursday, police crews responded to the same set of tracks, farther north near Southwest Second Avenue and Second Street, where a woman was struck and killed by a train, according to police.

Police identified the woman Friday as a 25-year-old woman and said her death appeared to be a suicide.

Police have not released any details about the circumstances that led up to Friday’s crash.

Help is available 24/7 for those who are contemplating suicide by calling or texting the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988.

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“We saw a lot of bodies that had not yet been identified,” López said.

The rush is on across La Guaira, the state on Venezuela’s northern coast hardest hit by the powerful back-to-back June 24 earthquakes, to identify loved ones before it’s too late. With at least 2,295 people killed, Venezuela is overwhelmed with bodies that officials are struggling to collect, identify and preserve for loved ones to claim. Thousands are still missing.

José Antonio Toledo, López’s 25-year-old son-in-law, was found under the building where he was working as a security guard when the quakes struck. Crews took his body to a local hospital, where staff turned them away because there was no space. The body was sent to another facility and eventually transferred to an open parking lot.

A forensic doctor helped the family find him days later, on Saturday. But once they identified his body, they didn’t know what to do with it because they couldn’t afford the $450 that a funeral home was charging.

At almost midnight on Saturday, López got word that the mayor’s office was offering them a free space at a local cemetery, but they had to move quickly to not lose the spot. An hour later, López and her daughter trudged up a hill leading to the cemetery and buried Toledo.

“He was an exemplary person, a boy who liked helping people,” López said.

They saved him from a mass grave that many fear is coming as they search for the bodies of their loved ones.

The number of bodies found is expected to soar

Forensic technician Joel Mirabal has worked for seven days straight since the 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes struck.

The 45-year-old estimates that in 60% to 70% of cases, there’s a relative or neighbor available to identify a body when he comes to pick it up. Even so, it’s a struggle, he said, with many relying on tattoos, scars or familiar clothing.

“They don’t look even 10% like what they were in real life,” he said of the victims.

If a body cannot be identified, it goes to forensic specialists working at La Guaira seaport. Private companies have donated large cooling containers to help preserve the bodies, but the number of dead keeps growing.

“Obviously, mass graves will have to be created,” Mirabal said. “The collapse is massive, and the bodies are buried under many layers of debris.”

Mirabal said he and other forensic technicians anticipate spending up to three months collecting bodies.

They drive around the affected areas every day, led by rescue crews and civilians who have recovered or spotted bodies.

“Many of the rescues are carried out by the people,” he said of the thousands of ordinary Venezuelans who have pitched in for the recovery effort.

A dog trainer by profession who once helped the government locate drugs and missing people, Mirabal finds solace in the 12 dogs waiting for him at home, not counting the puppies. One of his favorites is Mila, a young black Dutch Shepherd who lay by his side on Thursday as he rested.

“It’s not easy at all to witness the suffering and tragedy of your fellow human beings,” he said.

Venezuelans wait in line to try to identify loved ones

Over the weekend, crews took dozens of bodies recovered from flattened buildings to a government-run health care facility in the city of La Guaira. They were left on a sweltering parking lot until families identified them, with funeral home workers estimating that more than 200 bodies were kept there at one point.

On Thursday, those who lost loved ones waited outside La Guaira seaport to identify bodies that authorities continue to pick up across the coastal state. Cars, including trucks and vans from funeral homes, formed a line outside a makeshift morgue.

Among those waiting was Robert Rodríguez. He sat on a concrete block, crestfallen, his legs dangling, waiting for his daughter to identify the body of his son-in-law. Rafael Alvarado died trapped inside a grocery store where he worked at the deli counter.

“He was her best friend,” Rodríguez said, referring to the couple as tears soaked his blue face mask.

Rodríguez said the family found Alvarado in the rubble on Wednesday, his body freed and transported to the port on Thursday.

“I saw his shoes and knew it was him,” Rodríguez said, adding that he warned his daughter. “I told her, ‘Prepare yourself.’”

He said the family plans to cremate Alvarado and scatter his ashes on Isla de Margarita, the Venezuelan island that was his home.

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The report issued Thursday by the National Transportation Safety Board also did not flag any other serious safety or mechanical failures that could have led to the crash, which happened just after takeoff on a clear day.

The NTSB released the findings based on initial inspections of the badly damaged wreckage and flight records. The report said there were no indications of any precrash mechanical malfunctions or failures in the engine that would have prevented the normal operation of the plane.

In fact, NTSB said it appeared that the engine of the single-engine turboprop plane had been producing power at the time of the crash.

“I was surprised that they had determined that the engine was producing power,” said Jeff Guzzetti, president of Guzzetti Aviation Risk Discovery, an aviation safety consultancy. “Initially I thought it smacked of a potential engine problem and that the pilot had been trying to return to the airport.”

The federal agency also said a post-accident sample from the fuel truck found the fuel to be free of sediment or debris, and a review of the skydiving business operators’ software showed that the airplane had met the weight and balance limitations for the flight.

The report raised no concerns about the weather or the pilot, who had accumulated over 4,100 total flight hours and was in his second consecutive jump season working for the operator, Skydive Kansas City.

The airplane was not equipped with a crashworthy voice or data recorder, like those that record flight data on commercial planes, nor was it required to be, investigators said. The NTSB report did note, however, that its investigators had recovered damaged GoPro cameras from the wreckage.

The federal agency's investigation into the accident was ongoing, and a final report often takes a year or more to complete.

The June 14 crash happened about an hour south of Kansas City, when the Pacific Aerospace 750XL carrying a pilot and 11 skydivers took off from Butler Memorial Airport at 11:25 a.m. on a clear day.

During the initial climb, the airplane began a gradual turn to the left, with both wings eventually becoming almost perpendicular to the ground before it slammed into a field, nose down, and burst into flames, investigators said.

The straight up-and-down position of the wings meant they could no longer produce enough aerodynamic lift to keep the plane in the air and the NTSB will have to figure out why that happened, Guzzetti said.

The fire inflicted significant damage to the aircraft's major structural components, as well as the cockpit, the cabin and the fuel system, investigators said.

Some family members of those who died were at the airport to watch the jump and witnessed the crash, authorities said. The United States Parachute Association, skydiving’s governing body, said its technology director, Jen Sharp, was among those killed.

Skydive Kansas City called the crash a “devastating loss."

Poor maintenance is often a factor when skydiving planes crash and the NTSB has previously raised concerns about the weak oversight for skydiving operators in past crash investigations. The agency said after a 2019 crash that killed 11 people in Hawaii that the FAA’s regulatory system isn’t strong enough to ensure the safety of skydiving flights.

The Federal Aviation Administration has yet to adopt the NTSB’s recommendations, but said it established a committee in April that will recommend ways to increase skydiving safety and will consider the safety board’s proposals.

The United States Parachute Association said that Skydive Kansas City adheres to the safety standards set by the largest skydiving organization in the world, including all FAA maintenance requirements. The skydiving industry says it has a strong safety record. The association said that last year nearly 3.5 million jumps were completed and that 16 civilians died, the majority from human error.

The plane that crashed was built in 2010, according to FAA records. It made two successful flights the morning of the crash, the NTSB said. It is popular for skydiving and certified to be operated by a single pilot.

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The Aspen Acres fire is one of about 40 uncontained large blazes burning mostly in the West, fueled by months of dry weather and a record lack of snow this past winter in some places.

Fire personnel were scooping water from the Pueblo Reservoir to fight Aspen Acres fire, which expanded overnight by 17 square miles (44 square kilometers) which brought it up to nearly 105 square miles (272 square kilometers) by Friday with zero containment.

All of Colorado City, an unincorporated community of about 2,200, was ordered evacuated as well as the towns of Beulah, Rye and San Isabel, according to the Pueblo County Sheriff's Office.

About 50 National Guard soldiers were being sent in Friday to help with staffing checkpoints on roads in Custer and Pueblo counties.

Guard members would also help State Park Rangers as they bring on additional boats to keep boaters clear of water-scooping operations.

Fire crews on the western side of the Rocky Mountains had contained about 65% of the Snyder Fire on the Colorado/Utah border, where three members of a Helitack team were killed and two others injured last weekend when they were overcome by flames.

The Cottonwood fire in southwestern Utah had grown to more than 147 square miles (380 square kilometers) by Friday while the Babylon fire in the southeast corner of the state was up to 133 square miles (344 square kilometers).

In Trump's appearance on Vance's “Storytime with the Second Lady,” podcast, which was posted online Friday, the president read “Presidents Play!” a children's book from the White House Historical Association that features illustrations of the presidents enjoying sports and using the White House and its grounds for recreation.

Trump pretaped the appearance in mid-June in the White House's Oval Office, where the abundant gold accents he added were supplemented for the occasion with a bald eagle stuffed animal, tables made up of stacks of oversized books and a globe made out of Legos.

When Vance asked Trump if he has much time to read for fun while serving as president, he replied that he ends up mostly reading newspapers.

“I usually read stories about myself,” Trump said.

As Trump turned through the children's book, he made observations about past presidents, cracked some jokes, and threw in a plug for the extensive ballroom he's building on the White House grounds.

He described Lyndon Johnson as a “tough cookie,” Ronald Reagan as a “high-quality person” and “like your father was president,” and John F. Kennedy as “the second-most good-looking president.” Left unsaid was who Trump felt was the best-looking president.

Richard Nixon, the only president to resign the office after he became embroiled in the Watergate scandal, “got himself into trouble, I guess.” Herbert Hoover, who was president during the Great Depression, was depicted in the book playing a game he made up called “Hoover Ball.”

“That worked out better for him than the economy,” Trump quipped.

Barack Obama, who has been a longtime object of Trump's derision, was illustrated playing basketball.

Trump, calling him “Barack Hussein Obama,” said he doubted Obama was a good basketball player. He then shared that Obama's favorite sport is golf, but added, “He won’t be in the Masters anytime soon," referring to the professional golf tournament.

When he reached a page with a drawing of Bill Clinton running on the jogging track the former president installed at the White House, Trump remarked, “I don’t think I’ll ever do that.”

But he added that he likes Clinton “a lot.”

Trump mused about riding a horse after seeing a picture of Abraham Lincoln riding one.

“That's great. I'd like to ride horses, too,” Trump said. “In fact, it gives me an idea, but when you fall off a horse... I've seen too many things happen. Falling off horses is not good.”

The solution he suggested was “A nice old horse that's extremely slow, lazy” and that he would “maybe ride it.”

A picture of John Quincy Adams swimming in what was then the Tiber Creek that ran past the South Lawn of the White House prompted Trump to remark, “I think we’re building a beautiful ballroom on top of it.”

Some of the other presidents' physical activity prompted some reflection on his own physique.

When he saw Gerald Ford swimming in a pool, Trump said: “I don’t know if I look good in a bathing suit. I haven’t had a bathing suit in a long time.”

William Howard Taft, who was known for his girth, “was our heaviest president,” Trump said.

“I have to be careful because I don’t want to supersede his record,” Trump said. “And a thing like that would be possible if I allowed it to happen. For all of you out there watching, keep yourself in good shape.”

In addition to encouraging young viewers to stay in shape, Trump offered a somewhat cloudy message when the second lady asked him for his advice to children on why they should celebrate the country on July 4th.

“We have a great country,” Trump said. “We have a country that, it’s on a little bit of a ledge right now. It can go one way or another, you understand that. But we’re going to make it go the other. And we're going to make America greater than ever before.”

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Six of them were from Broward County and the seventh was from neighboring Palm Beach County.

According to arrest reports, detectives used various websites and apps in which they posed as teenage boys or girls, or, on one website, an “older cousin” pimping a 15-year-old girl.

The men they chatted with were directed to go to a hotel in Dania Beach, the reports state.

Fifty-year-old Ryan Thorpe Walker, whose address is listed as a post office and distribution facility in Oakland Park, is accused of trying meet a teenage boy, while Marco Ramirez Linares, 22, of Hollywood, is accused of offering $100 for sex with a teenage girl.

Some of the suspects lied about their ages, detectives said.

Deputies said Zubaer Ashar, 27, of Greenacres, said he was 17 and asked the purported “cousin” whether a 15-year-old girl he was offering $150 for sex with was “on birth control.”

Kyle Andrew Rosenthal, 32, of Coral Springs, said he was 30 when attempting to meet up with who he thought was a 14-year-old girl, according to BSO.

At least two of the suspects acknowledged what they were doing could land them in jail, arrest reports state.

Deputies said when Grant Ryan Werner, 25, of Dania Beach, found out he was chatting with who he thought was a 15-year-old boy, he said, “Idkkk lol I’m low key ok with it but I don’t want to get in trouble.”

Authorities said Werner also told the purported teen, before the planned meetup, “yea haha I can Basically be charged as a pedofile (sic) lol.”

Deputies said Luis Chifundo Ortiz, 23, of Pembroke Pines, told who he thought was a 15-year-old boy, “Remember that you’re not legal” and, “You’re not 18+, so I have to be aware of that.”

A BSO news release states that the men arrested all face various charges, including “human trafficking of a minor, traveling to meet a minor, solicitation of a minor, possession of MDMA and violation of probation.”

According to BSO, deputies additionally said that during their operation, “ten victims were rescued and connected to critical resources such as shelter, medical care and counseling to help them rebuild their lives.”

“Additionally, one of the victims was identified as a teenage runaway from out of town,” the BSO news release states. “She was reunited with her family and offered extensive support services.”

Similar stings also recently took place in Miami-Dade County.

Officials in both counties have tied the stings to the FIFA World Cup. Local 10 News asked BSO about why the agency is increasing enforcement of this operation around the World Cup?”

“Any major event will draw in more crowds more visitors to our community and so that is the reason why law enforcement will proactively perform and conduct these investigations,” BSO spokesperson Miranda Grossman said.

There has been no direct connection, however, between the World Cup and any arrests.

All told, 321 diamonds, 56 sapphires, 13 emeralds and six rubies encrust the watch-sized gold ring presented this week to Bill White, the U.S. ambassador to Belgium, to give to U.S. President Donald Trump.

“A very special thank you to my friends from Antwerp for the magnificent Freedom 250 ring,” Trump said in a prerecorded video message during an event marking America’s 250th birthday in Brussels.

Isidore Mörsel, president of the Antwerp World Diamond Center, or AWDC, gifted the ring on behalf of the centuries-old diamond community in the Belgian port city, a central node in the worldwide trade of the precious stones that found itself struggling last year under the weight of Trump’s sweeping trade war.

“May this ring serve as a lasting reminder that true partnership, like the finest natural diamonds, are formed under pressure, endure the test of time, and shine brightest when built on trust,” Mörsel said. The ring's interior is engraved with the phrase “Crafted in Antwerp for Donald John Trump.”

In dollar terms, the ring’s value pales beside gifts like the $400 million plane donated by Qatar that Trump ordered converted into a new Air Force One. But it’s a glitzy window into the role that ostentatious – and almost always gilded — gifts are playing by those seeking to curry favor with the U.S. president.

A White House official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the matter, said Thursday that the ring has not been presented to Trump yet.

The ring is latest in Trump's historic break with White House custom

The gift comes months after Belgium’s diamond industry won the removal of U.S. tariffs on diamond imports. In September, AWDC said it had “succeeded in securing a zero percent import tariff” on Antwerp’s annual export of more than $2 billion of polished diamonds to the U.S. A spokesperson for the group said on Thursday that the AWDC provided “input” to the European Commission as it negotiated with Trump on a broad deal on tariffs in 2025, but did not itself lobby the administration.

U.S. presidents have considerable discretion to accept gifts from domestic and foreign sources and may determine themselves whether a gift was meant for them personally or the nation. The exception is those from foreign governments, which are prohibited by the foreign emoluments clause of the Constitution without congressional assent, though presidents could use personal funds to reimburse the Treasury for the full value of an official gift if they wish to retain it.

Personal gifts are also supposed to be registered on the president’s annual financial disclosure. Trump’s 2025 disclosure, released this week, revealed a $250,000 gift of a sculpture depicting his triumphal gesture after surviving a 2024 assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, and tickets to 10 sporting events, including 10 to the upcoming World Cup final in New Jersey from FIFA’s Gianni Infantino, valued at a collective $15,000.

Four U.S. ethics experts told The Associated Press that Trump has broken with decades-old custom in the White House to avoid accepting such gifts.

The ring's value estimated at $25,000-$35,000

To forge the ring, the AWDC turned to David Gotlib, an Antwerp-based high-end jeweler whose cufflinks can sell for more than 15,000 euros ($17,000).

Neither AWDC nor Gotlib would provide a valuation of the ring, but two independent jewelers told AP they estimated the value at between $25,000 and $35,000.

Paris- and London-based jewelry consultant Alexander Levinson calculated the cost at $25,928, while David Saad, a third-generation luxury jeweler in Canada, priced the ring between $33,000 and $35,000. Both said half the cost was in materials, half in labor.

After the ring was presented on a star-spangled stage in Brussels, musician Alexis Wilkins, the girlfriend of FBI Director Kash Patel, sang the U.S. national anthem to more than 8,000 people drinking Budweiser and bourbon from Tennessee and Kentucky.

Ambassador White said he raised more than $5.5 million for the 250th anniversary event from corporate sponsors like defense industry titans Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, tech firms like Intel, Google and Meta, as well as the European chocolate companies Leonidas and Ferrero. AWDC said it contributed funds, too.

“The media was asking, ‘Why does it have to be so big?’” White said of the event. “Because we are the United States of America!”

The ambassador posted on social media Friday that after he gives the ring to Trump, it will be displayed in the Oval Office.

Messi’s goal in the 29th minute against Cape Verde was the 20th of his World Cup career, extending his record and moving him two goals ahead of France’s Kylian Mbappé on the all-time list.

Messi has seven goals in this year’s tournament — one more than Mbappé in the race for the Golden Boot as the top scorer of this World Cup — and has scored 12 times in his last eight World Cup matches.

“For me, it represents a lot to be friends with him,” said Rodrigo De Paul, Messi’s teammate with both Argentina and Inter Miami. “For me, friendship is one of the most important things that we all have and I consider myself fortunate to be there, to share these moments with him.”

Messi had the game's first good chance Friday, his all-world left foot sending a shot skidding across the goal mouth but outside of the right post in the 15th minute. After getting taken down, he had a 25-yard free kick three minutes later that was easily gobbled up by Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha.

But the momentum was shifting, and before long, Messi broke through for a 1-0 lead. He timed his run perfectly on a ball played into the box to stay onside, controlled the pass and then lifted a shot over Vozinha's left shoulder from close range.

Messi and Mbappé are far from being the only contenders in the Golden Boot race: Norway’s Erling Haaland and England’s Harry Kane each have five goals entering Friday, while four players — France’s Ousmane Dembele, Spain’s Mikel Oyarzabal, Brazil’s Vinícius Júnior and Senegal’s Ismaila Sarr — have four. Sarr is out of the running since Senegal has been eliminated.

Norway, England and France have all clinched spots in the Round of 16; Argentina and Messi, the Inter Miami star who is widely considered the greatest player ever, would join them in that round with a win over Cape Verde.

Messi has never won the Golden Boot. He finished second with seven goals at the 2022 World Cup, one behind Mbappé, and tied for third with four goals at the 2014 World Cup.

If there’s a tie atop the goal list when the tournament ends, FIFA will use assists as the first tiebreaker and fewest minutes played as the second tiebreaker. Entering Friday, that meant Mbappé would have the edge over Messi based on his 2-0 lead in assists.

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Registrarse es fácil y solo toma unos minutos, pero le da el poder de elegir quiénes nos representarán.

Sin importar cuál sea su preferencia política, el voto es lo que permite que nuestra democracia sobreviva. Si se mudó recientemente, cambió de nombre o no está seguro de estar registrado, tómese un momento para verificar su estatus y actualizar su información si es necesario.

No espere hasta que sea demasiado tarde. Marque en su calendario el 20 de julio, regístrese para votar y esté listo para participar el 18 de agosto.

Su voto es su voz. Asegúrese de que se escuche fuerte y claro.

Para más información, haga clic aquí para acceder a la Guía de Información para Votantes 2026 de Local 10.

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No matter what your preference is politically, voting is what allows our democracy to survive. If you’ve recently moved, changed your name, or aren’t sure if you’re registered, take a moment to check your status and update your information if needed.

Don’t wait until it’s too late. Mark your calendar for July 20, register to vote, and be ready to do so on Aug. 18.

Your vote is your voice—make sure it’s heard loud and clear.

For more information, click here to access Local 10’s 2026 Voter Information Guide.

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Those assisting in recovery include Miami and Miami-Dade firefighters.

One of those firefighters is Miami-Dade Fire Rescue’s Maggie Castro, who spoke to Local 10 News via video call from Venezuela on Thursday. She’s in the country with Florida Task Force One‘s urban search and rescue team and assisting the U.S. Department of State.

She described difficult experiences in the country.

“We had one particular incident a couple of nights ago where we heard (victims) tapping and we were there for about eight hours working on this one site and we continued working until, unfortunately, we no longer heard the signs of life that had us start the mission,” she said. “(Their) son was there and he broke down crying, because he understood that we did try everything that we could. He was so grateful that we never gave up.

“We brought him closure, and that’s sometimes just as important, and sometimes that’s what we can hope, that we could bring these families, it’s such an honor to be able to do this with them.”

Castro described the scale of the destruction as unprecedented.

“The situation is dire,” she said. “The level of destruction is something that a lot of us have never seen before.”

Castro likened the sheer devastation it to another tragedy South Floridians are intimately familiar with.

“This is Surfside in so many different locations,” she said. “There’s just so many different levels of devastation. There are some (buildings) that are completely pancaked. There are some that are still leaning over. The buildings are very unstable. There are some that are partially collapsed with just giant pieces hanging over the top.”

Rescuers’ difficult work continues around the clock in Venezuela. Castro said it’s taken a physical and emotional toll for responders. But she and her colleagues have taken lessons learned from the Surfside collapse ― which became difficult to bear for rescuers ― to heart.

“A lot of advances in the mental health came out of Surfside, which I’m so happy for and it’s something that’s discussed openly in the environment,” she said. “We have little areas where the team can kind of just get together, grab something to eat, and you hear people checking in on each other, you hear people asking each other, ‘How you doing?’ ‘Hey, I heard you guys were out late last night, how was that?’ And everybody’s offering everyone opportunities to talk about what we’re seeing and what we’re doing.

“That’s all that it takes in this type of an environment, is for us to be able to lean on one another, be able to keep an eye on each other’s backs, and everybody is doing that. I have to say that I’m really so incredibly proud of the team, of the way that we’re supporting one another. It’s been really impressive to watch.”

Castro said the mission to save lives fuels their daily efforts.

“The people of Venezuela are so resilient and it’s so important to them to make sure they find all their loved ones, and watching them never give up and never hold back ― whether they’re trained to do this or not ― is something that’s so inspirational to our team.

“As long as we have signs of life, we are there with them.”

Entre quienes apoyan las labores de recuperación hay bomberos de Miami y Miami-Dade.

Una de ellas es Maggie Castro, del Departamento de Bomberos y Rescate de Miami-Dade, quien habló con Local 10 News por videollamada desde Venezuela el jueves. Castro se encuentra en el país con el equipo de búsqueda y rescate urbano Florida Task Force One y brinda apoyo al Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos.

Castro describió experiencias difíciles en el país.

“Tuvimos un incidente en particular hace un par de noches, en el que escuchamos a víctimas golpeando, y estuvimos allí unas ocho horas trabajando en ese sitio. Seguimos trabajando hasta que, lamentablemente, dejamos de escuchar las señales de vida que nos habían llevado a iniciar la misión”, dijo. “El hijo de esas personas estaba allí y se soltó a llorar, porque entendió que intentamos todo lo que pudimos. Estaba muy agradecido de que nunca nos diéramos por vencidos”.

“Le dimos un cierre, y a veces eso es igual de importante. A veces eso es lo que podemos esperar darles a estas familias, y es un honor poder hacerlo con ellas”.

Castro describió la magnitud de la destrucción como algo sin precedentes.

“La situación es crítica”, dijo. “El nivel de destrucción es algo que muchos de nosotros nunca habíamos visto”.

Castro comparó la devastación con otra tragedia que los residentes del sur de Florida conocen muy de cerca.

“Esto es Surfside en muchos lugares diferentes”, dijo. “Hay muchísimos niveles de devastación. Hay edificios que quedaron completamente aplastados. Hay otros que siguen inclinados. Las estructuras son muy inestables. Algunas están parcialmente colapsadas, con enormes piezas colgando desde la parte superior”.

El difícil trabajo de los rescatistas continúa día y noche en Venezuela. Castro dijo que la labor ha tenido un impacto físico y emocional en los equipos de respuesta. Sin embargo, ella y sus compañeros han tomado muy en cuenta las lecciones aprendidas tras el colapso de Surfside, que fue especialmente duro para los rescatistas.

“De Surfside surgieron muchos avances en materia de salud mental, algo que me alegra mucho y que ahora se habla abiertamente en este entorno”, dijo. “Tenemos pequeñas áreas donde el equipo puede reunirse, comer algo, y se escucha a la gente preguntándose cómo están, cuidándose entre sí: ‘¿Cómo estás?’, ‘Escuché que estuvieron trabajando hasta tarde anoche, ¿cómo les fue?’. Todos se están dando oportunidades para hablar sobre lo que estamos viendo y lo que estamos haciendo”.

“Eso es todo lo que se necesita en un entorno como este: poder apoyarnos unos a otros, estar pendientes unos de otros, y todos lo están haciendo. Tengo que decir que estoy increíblemente orgullosa del equipo y de la manera en que nos estamos apoyando. Ha sido realmente impresionante verlo”.

Castro dijo que la misión de salvar vidas impulsa sus esfuerzos diarios.

“El pueblo de Venezuela es muy resiliente y para ellos es muy importante asegurarse de encontrar a todos sus seres queridos. Verlos no rendirse nunca ni detenerse, estén o no entrenados para hacer esto, es algo que inspira muchísimo a nuestro equipo”.

“Mientras haya señales de vida, estaremos allí con ellos”.

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Taste the Gables is back, giving diners the opportunity to enjoy prix-fixe menus and exclusive dining deals at more than 75 restaurants throughout the city. The month-long event offers discounted multi-course meals, making it an affordable way to explore new restaurants or revisit local favorites before Miami Spice begins.

One participating restaurant, Beauty & The Butcher, is showcasing the same dishes it serves year-round rather than creating smaller portions or limited-time offerings for the event.

“Taste the Gables is an exceptional deal,” said Chef Jeremy Kermisch of Beauty & The Butcher.

Kermisch said guests can enjoy three courses for $60, including menu favorites like the restaurant’s signature pork chop, which normally sells for $49 on its own.

“We are not holding back on portion sizes or quality or a special menu,” Kermisch said. “Everything is on our current menu.”

The steakhouse’s Taste the Gables menu features hearty entrees such as steak served with duck fries, flavorful pork chops and decadent desserts.

For those craving Mexican cuisine, Talavera is also participating with a three-course menu featuring creative takes on traditional dishes. Lunch is available for $30, while dinner is offered for $45.

Italian restaurant Zucca is highlighting house-made pastas, fresh seafood and homemade tiramisu as part of its Taste the Gables menu. Three-course lunches start at $35, while dinner is priced at $55.

Chefs say the event is also an opportunity to introduce new customers to neighborhood favorites.

“Try us if you haven’t already,” Kermisch said. “We’ve been getting great feedback from the locals, but we always want more.”

Taste the Gables runs through the end of July at participating restaurants across Coral Gables. Diners can explore participating locations and special menus throughout the month.

Click here for a list of participating restaurants.

Taste the Gables está de regreso y ofrece a los comensales la oportunidad de disfrutar menús de precio fijo y promociones exclusivas en más de 75 restaurantes de la ciudad. El evento, que dura todo el mes, ofrece comidas de varios tiempos con descuento, una forma accesible de explorar nuevos restaurantes o volver a visitar los favoritos locales antes del inicio de Miami Spice.

Uno de los restaurantes participantes, Beauty & The Butcher, presenta los mismos platillos que sirve durante todo el año, en lugar de crear porciones más pequeñas u opciones especiales por tiempo limitado para el evento.

“Taste the Gables es una oferta excepcional”, dijo el chef Jeremy Kermisch, de Beauty & The Butcher.

Kermisch dijo que los clientes pueden disfrutar tres tiempos por 60 dólares, incluidos favoritos del menú como la chuleta de cerdo insignia del restaurante, que normalmente cuesta 49 dólares por sí sola.

“No estamos reduciendo el tamaño de las porciones ni la calidad, ni ofreciendo un menú especial”, dijo Kermisch. “Todo está en nuestro menú actual”.

El menú de Taste the Gables del steakhouse incluye platos principales abundantes, como carne servida con papas fritas con grasa de pato, sabrosas chuletas de cerdo y postres decadentes.

Para quienes buscan comida mexicana, Talavera también participa con un menú de tres tiempos que ofrece versiones creativas de platillos tradicionales. El almuerzo está disponible por 30 dólares, mientras que la cena se ofrece por 45 dólares.

El restaurante italiano Zucca destaca pastas hechas en casa, mariscos frescos y tiramisú casero como parte de su menú de Taste the Gables. Los almuerzos de tres tiempos comienzan en 35 dólares, mientras que la cena tiene un precio de 55 dólares.

Los chefs dicen que el evento también es una oportunidad para presentar los favoritos del vecindario a nuevos clientes.

“Pruébenos si aún no lo han hecho”, dijo Kermisch. “Hemos recibido muy buenos comentarios de los residentes locales, pero siempre queremos más”.

Taste the Gables se llevará a cabo hasta finales de julio en los restaurantes participantes de Coral Gables. Los comensales pueden explorar los establecimientos participantes y sus menús especiales durante todo el mes.

Haga clic aquí para ver la lista de restaurantes participantes.

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The world’s most active tropical basin, which churns out storms all year but is most active between May and October, is poised to deliver its most powerful storm of the year yet, as Typhoon Bavi rapidly intensifies and takes aim at the Mariana islands, including the U.S. territory of Guam and commonwealth islands to its north like Rota, Tinian, and Saipan by July 6 local time (July 5 eastern time).

The National Weather Service in Guam issued a Typhoon Watch late Friday for the entirety of the Marianas in anticipation of winds exceeding typhoon strength (74 mph or stronger) in the next two to three days.

The office warns winds could top 170 mph across the archipelago as Bavi makes its closest approach, and seas could reach nearly 50 feet.

A typhoon is simply the regional term for a hurricane in the western North Pacific (like pop is to soda). Hurricanes and typhoons are physically no different and spin in the same direction (counterclockwise).

A worrisome forecast

Even for the seasoned, hardened Marianas – no stranger to the most powerful storms on Earth – Bavi’s forecast is a cause for concern.

The typhoon was well on its way to super typhoon status early Friday and will likely reach Category 5 status in the next 6 to 12 hours.

Officially, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (the Department of Defense-operated hurricane center of the Pacific) is forecasting Bavi’s winds to top 175 mph as it approaches the Marianas in the coming days. This would rival Typhoon Sinlaku earlier this year as the strongest storm globally so far in 2026.

As of early Friday, roughly 60% of Google’s DeepMind machine learning-based ensemble system forecast Bavi’s intensity to top 180 mph.

Saipan, Tinian, and neighboring Guam are still recovering from Typhoon Sinlaku, which struck as a strong Category 4 equivalent typhoon back in April.

Although all islands in the Marianas will see impacts, Bavi’s center track will prove critical in the coming days, and small deviations could land the worst conditions anywhere from Guam to Saipan.

As of Friday evening local (Friday morning eastern time), the most likely track takes the center of Bavi about 75 miles north of Guam between Rota and Saipan, but Guam, Rota, Tinian, and Saipan are all within the average error this far out and should closely monitor forecasts this holiday weekend.

Bavi has the potential of being stronger than Sinlaku in April or even Mawar in May of 2023, the strongest typhoon to hit Guam since Super Typhoon Pongsona in December 2002.

Nothing brewing across the Atlantic

As we’ve covered in newsletters this week, the Atlantic is taking an extended holiday vacation. We don’t expect any new activity across the basin at least through mid-July.

La cuenca tropical más activa del mundo, que genera tormentas durante todo el año pero alcanza su mayor actividad entre mayo y octubre, se prepara para registrar la tormenta más poderosa del año hasta ahora, mientras el tifón Bavi se intensifica rápidamente y se dirige hacia las Islas Marianas, incluido el territorio estadounidense de Guam y las islas de la mancomunidad al norte, como Rota, Tinian y Saipán, para el 6 de julio, hora local, es decir, el 5 de julio, hora del este de Estados Unidos.

El Servicio Nacional de Meteorología en Guam emitió la noche del viernes una alerta por tifón para la totalidad de las Islas Marianas, ante la posibilidad de vientos con fuerza de tifón, de 74 mph o más, en los próximos dos a tres días.

La oficina advirtió que los vientos podrían superar las 170 mph en todo el archipiélago cuando Bavi alcance su punto más cercano, mientras que el oleaje podría llegar a casi 50 pies.

Un tifón es simplemente el término regional para referirse a un huracán en el Pacífico noroccidental, de forma similar a las diferencias entre palabras como pop y soda en inglés. Huracanes y tifones no son físicamente diferentes y giran en la misma dirección, en sentido contrario a las agujas del reloj.

Un pronóstico preocupante

Incluso para las experimentadas Islas Marianas, acostumbradas a algunas de las tormentas más poderosas del planeta, el pronóstico de Bavi genera preocupación.

El tifón ya avanzaba rápidamente hacia la categoría de supertifón la madrugada del viernes y probablemente alcanzará la categoría 5 en las próximas 6 a 12 horas.

Oficialmente, el Joint Typhoon Warning Center, el centro de huracanes del Pacífico operado por el Departamento de Defensa de Estados Unidos, pronostica que los vientos de Bavi superen las 175 mph mientras se acerca a las Marianas en los próximos días. Esto lo pondría al nivel del tifón Sinlaku, registrado a principios de este año, como la tormenta más intensa del mundo hasta ahora en 2026.

Hasta la madrugada del viernes, aproximadamente el 60% del sistema de predicción por conjunto basado en aprendizaje automático de DeepMind, de Google, pronosticaba que la intensidad de Bavi superaría las 180 mph.

Saipán, Tinian y la vecina Guam aún se recuperan del tifón Sinlaku, que impactó la región en abril como un tifón intenso equivalente a categoría 4.

Aunque todas las islas de las Marianas sentirán los efectos, la trayectoria del centro de Bavi será clave en los próximos días, y pequeñas desviaciones podrían llevar las peores condiciones a cualquier punto entre Guam y Saipán.

Hasta la tarde del viernes, hora local, es decir, la mañana del viernes, hora del este de Estados Unidos, la trayectoria más probable llevaba el centro de Bavi a unas 75 millas al norte de Guam, entre Rota y Saipán. Sin embargo, Guam, Rota, Tinian y Saipán se encuentran dentro del margen de error promedio a esta distancia, por lo que deberán seguir de cerca los pronósticos durante este fin de semana festivo.

Bavi tiene el potencial de ser más fuerte que Sinlaku en abril e incluso que Mawar en mayo de 2023, el tifón más intenso en impactar Guam desde el supertifón Pongsona, en diciembre de 2002.

Nada se desarrolla en el Atlántico

Como hemos informado en los boletines de esta semana, el Atlántico se está tomando unas largas vacaciones. No se espera nueva actividad en la cuenca al menos hasta mediados de julio.

A day after Rodríguez angrily defended the competence of her government's relief effort at her first news conference since the June 24 disaster, her main rival, exiled Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado, issued her own appeal.

Machado on Friday argued that the government's quake response exposed its critical weaknesses and that she should return to Venezuela to help "the transition process, especially after the tragedy.”

"My presence stabilizes the situation; it is part of the organizing forces that the country needs at a time when the total absence of the state has become evident," Machado said, referring to widespread criticism of the government’s earthquake response as slow and disorganized. “The country needs figures it can trust.” She spoke to reporters from Panama.

The quakes have killed 2,645 people and injured over 12,500 others, according tallies released Friday by the government. Machado's opposition movement has set up an online database to locate the missing — a list of 36,000 people as of Friday. The party has mobilized volunteers to collect donations in Venezuela and solicited aid from the country's vast diaspora.

Machado was barred from running in a 2024 presidential election in which President Nicolás Maduro claimed victory. Vote tallies that the opposition collected from voting machines used in the election showed that the candidate Machado endorsed, Edmundo González, beat Maduro by a more than 2-to-1 margin.

The US praises Rodríguez, blocks Machado

When the earthquakes hit, Machado saw an opening to return home for the first time after fleeing in December to accept a Nobel Peace Prize in Norway. Ever since the United States captured Maduro in a brazen military operation in January, Machado has been seeking a comeback and calling for a democratic transition.

But the Trump administration has thrown its support behind Rodríguez since Maduro's ouster, praising her business-friendly reforms of the country’s lucrative oil sector.

Two senior U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to disclose private diplomatic discussions, told The Associated Press that the Trump administration has grown frustrated with Machado and dissuaded her from returning to Venezuela in the aftermath of the earthquakes.

One official said that Machado had sought assistance from Washington for ferrying her to Venezuela from the Caribbean island of Curaçao and also from Panama.

The second official said the U.S. suspected she wanted to return to lead protests against Rodríguez and push for political change at a time when the focus should be on quake recovery. This official added that the Trump administration could not prevent Machado's return but was not in a position to facilitate it.

Earthquake fallout becomes political

Upon learning of Machado’s plans, Rodríguez shut down commercial air traffic into Caracas, the U.S. official said. Those canceled flights were set to bring hundreds of relief workers to assist with earthquake recovery efforts, the official said.

Seemingly concerned that anger over the earthquake response could jeopardize her leadership, Rodríguez on Thursday blamed any criticism of the government on what she called “narratives manufactured in propaganda laboratories."

She claimed that rescue crews deployed immediately with adequate equipment to disaster zones — contrary to complaints by residents that they were left alone to search for their loved ones without official teams or heavy machinery for the first 48 hours.

“Those propaganda operations, driven by partisan political interests, are despicable,” she said. “We did not wait one day, two days or three days. We activated immediately.”

Rodríguez went on to say that thousands of civil and military rescue workers as well as 11 international field hospitals had been deployed to quake-affected areas, adding that the government had approved the creation of a fund to receive donations for reconstruction.

On Friday, state-run media broadcast her visiting Hernán Alberto Gil Flores, a 43-year-old security guard pried from a collapsed basement after surviving nearly eight days under the rubble, in his hospital bed. His dramatic rescue Thursday served as a rare bright spot in the days since the earthquakes.

Unclear what happens when mandate expires

Under Venezuela’s constitution, temporary absences are to be filled by the vice president — which was Rodríguez’s former role under Maduro — for up to 90 days, after which they can be extended by the national assembly for an additional 90 days.

On Friday, that 180-day interim period expired. There was no immediate comment from authorities on what, if anything, they would do in response to the expiration of Rodríguez’s mandate.

The National Assembly, controlled by Rodríguez’s party, can trigger a snap election if lawmakers declare the post permanently vacant.

A humanitarian crisis brews

International organizations and governments, including the U.S., have pledged hundreds of millions of dollars in emergency relief aid to stave off a full-blown humanitarian catastrophe in Venezuela. With infrastructure and sewer systems damaged, aid workers are scrambling to prevent the spread of disease through contaminated water.

But nine days after the quakes, the scale of human suffering is still coming into focus.

“We know that there are still dead bodies under the collapsed buildings, and it's difficult to give a number on this, but several thousands for sure,” said Andreas Spaett, the Venezuela country coordinator for international aid group Doctors Without Borders. “I do believe this is one of the major natural catastrophes in the history of humanity.”

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DeBre reported from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Associated Press reporter Matthew Lee in Washington contributed to this report.

Armando Fogaça, then 37, had been accused of hitting a Miami Beach police officer who had tried stopping him in 2025 and then fleeing onto the MacArthur Causeway.

Records show a jury acquitted him of hit-and-run, aggravated battery and reckless driving charges in February.

However, he was convicted of two misdemeanors: driving without a license and failing to obey a police officer.

On those charges, records show he received a 60-day jail sentence.

Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz joined local, state and federal public safety partners Wednesday to outline safety efforts and enforcement plans ahead of the Independence Day weekend, which coincides with the nation’s 250th birthday celebration.

During the news conference, Cordero-Stutz urged the public to avoid dangerous behaviors that can quickly turn celebrations into tragedies.

The sheriff reminded drivers not to get behind the wheel after drinking, encouraged boaters to use caution on the water and warned against firing guns into the air, noting that celebratory gunfire can have deadly consequences.

“As millions of Americans gather to mark this milestone, our shared responsibility in Miami-Dade County is to help ensure those celebrations are remembered for all the right reasons,” Cordero-Stutz said.

The sheriff’s office said deputies will be working alongside local, state and federal public safety agencies throughout the holiday weekend to help keep communities safe.

Authorities are encouraging anyone celebrating Independence Day to plan ahead by designating a sober driver, following boating safety guidelines and leaving fireworks and firearms to the professionals.

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Former Florida House Speaker Paul Renner spoke first.

“As your governor, I will make Florida affordable. I will keep it safe. I’ll protect our environment and keep our state free,” Renner said.

He was followed by Lt. Gov. Jay Collins.

“The left, what do they want to see? They want to see the free State of Florida devolve. They want to see it break down and be soft on crime, soft on DEI,” Collins said.

Businessman and investor James Fishback addressed the crowd next.

“I am in this race to do two things: to preserve Governor DeSantis’ extraordinary legacy and to fight to make our state more affordable,” Fishback said.

The debate turned heated early on over building data centers in Florida.

“Hire me as governor and we will ban every data center in all 67 counties,” Fishback said.

Collins pushed back.

“James, let me ask you a question. How do you think the people in the cities and counties are going to feel about the state government coming in and taking control?” Collins asked.

As Fishback tried to respond, Collins continued.

“Let me finish talking, man. Please, come on. They want local leadership,” Collins said.

Renner also challenged Collins on the issue.

“You’ve said that it’s not possible for the state to regulate hyperscale data centers at the state level. Why do you believe that it is? If you believe that the state shouldn’t be involved, why did you sponsor a bill to give them permanent tax incentives at the expense of everybody watching tonight?” Renner asked.

“You’re misrepresenting,” Collins responded.

The candidates also addressed education in the state.

“Well, I’ll start by resetting the standards of what constitutes an A. Right now, it’s far too low,” Renner said.

“The teachers need a raise if they’re doing what is expected of them,” Fishback said.  

“We want the best for our kids,” Collins added. “I don’t want them to be just OK. We want them to be thought leaders, industry leaders.”

During a lightning round, the candidates also showed where they stand on other major issues.

El primero en intervenir fue el expresidente de la Cámara de Representantes de Florida, Paul Renner.

“Como gobernador, haré que Florida sea más asequible. Mantendré al estado seguro. Protegeré nuestro medio ambiente y preservaré nuestras libertades”, afirmó Renner.

Después tomó la palabra el vicegobernador de Florida, Jay Collins.

“La izquierda, ¿qué quiere? Quiere ver cómo el estado libre de Florida se deteriora. Quiere que se debilite, que sea indulgente con el crimen y con las políticas de diversidad, equidad e inclusión (DEI)”, dijo Collins.

Posteriormente habló el empresario e inversionista James Fishback.

“Estoy en esta contienda por dos razones: preservar el extraordinario legado del gobernador DeSantis y luchar para que nuestro estado sea más asequible”, señaló Fishback.

El debate subió rápidamente de tono cuando se abordó la construcción de centros de datos en Florida.

“Si me eligen gobernador, prohibiremos todos los centros de datos en los 67 condados del estado”, aseguró Fishback.

Collins rechazó la propuesta.

“James, déjame hacerte una pregunta. ¿Cómo crees que reaccionarán las ciudades y los condados si el gobierno estatal interviene para imponer esa decisión?”, preguntó Collins.

Mientras Fishback intentaba responder, Collins lo interrumpió.

“Déjame terminar de hablar, por favor. La gente quiere liderazgo local”, dijo.

Renner también cuestionó a Collins sobre ese tema.

“Has dicho que el estado no puede regular los centros de datos de gran escala. ¿Por qué lo crees? Y si piensas que el estado no debería intervenir, ¿por qué promoviste un proyecto de ley para otorgarles incentivos fiscales permanentes a costa de todos los que nos están viendo esta noche?”, preguntó Renner.

“Estás tergiversando mis palabras”, respondió Collins.

Los candidatos también debatieron sobre la educación en Florida.

“Yo comenzaría elevando los estándares para obtener una calificación de A. Actualmente son demasiado bajos”, dijo Renner.

“Los maestros merecen un aumento salarial si cumplen con lo que se espera de ellos”, afirmó Fishback.

“Queremos lo mejor para nuestros hijos”, agregó Collins. “No queremos que sean simplemente aceptables. Queremos que sean líderes de pensamiento y líderes en sus industrias”.

Durante una ronda de respuestas rápidas, los candidatos también expusieron su postura sobre otros temas de relevancia.

It wasn’t some toxic jab from a volatile actor to his director and co-star after a difficult shoot; They really have found a kind of magic in screaming at each other on screen, first in the Chinatown-ish “Missing Reel” episode of “The Studio,” in which Wilde plays a satirical version of herself as the crazed director, and then as a couple on the rocks in the acerbic chamber dramedy “The Invite,” which expands nationwide on July 10.

“There’s nothing precious about either of us really,” Wilde said. “There was, like, a permission speak — permission to scream — freely.”

Rogen, 44, and Wilde, 42, came up in the same class of sorts, with memorable roles on television, in the late 90s and early-aughts, that blossomed into movie stardom and, eventually, directing. But until recently, they’d only ever really crossed paths meaningfully once: At a table read for Judd Apatow’s slacker pregnancy comedy “Knocked Up” over 20 years ago. Wilde did not get the role, and they went their separate ways.

And perhaps it was for the best. “Knocked Up” might not have been the right use of Wilde and Rogen together. They seem to excel not as a traditional romantic comedy duo, but in a realm that’s more prickly, more abrasive.

In “The Invite,” tensions are already simmering between Joe (Rogen) and Angela (Wilde) when their more liberated upstairs neighbors, neighbors Pína (Penélope Cruz) and Hawk (Edward Norton), arrive for dinner, and stir things up over one booze, and a revelation-filled night.

Wilde and Rogen spoke to The Associated Press about how the cast got Wilde to act in the movie, studio productions and not taking casting too personally. Remarks have been edited for clarity and brevity.

AP: You both have been in this business long enough that I’m sure if someone says they’re thinking about you for a role, it’s ultimately flattering, but is there a part of you that wonders “Oh, do you see me like this?”

WILDE: I loved the opportunity on “The Studio” to make fun of myself, like what a thrill, and to just make fun of this business in the most loving way. I loved getting to play in that world, but there was no part of me that was like, wait a minute, do you think I’m (expletive) insane?

ROGEN: Thank God.

WILDE: Did you feel offended that I wanted you to be a sexless dad?

ROGEN: A sexless sad man? No, I got it. I give that: Sexless sad dad.

WILDE: This role was like the best of Albert Brooks and a little bit of a ‘70s Richard Dreyfuss or maybe like ’80s Richard Dreyfuss. And I felt like there is a bit of Albert Brooks and Richard Dreyfuss in you, which is high praise.

ROGEN: Hey, I can only hope.

AP: Did the actors really gang up on Olivia to get her to act in this movie as well?

ROGEN: Very much so. We overtly pressured her to do it. We had a side text chain between us where we would strategize about how to do it and how to launch a multipronged attack on her to back her into doing it. Thank God it worked. And I just kept saying no to every other option she put on the table. I literally made it impossible to hire another person because everyone else you suggested I was like, “I don’t think they’d be good at this.”

WILDE: Meryl Streep?

ROGEN: Yeah, that wouldn’t work.

WILDE: It did take encouraging because I just for whatever reason had real impostor syndrome about it because I just revere them so much. I felt capable of directing this and holding it all in place and I really felt a strong connection to the story and everything that needed to happen to make it good but the idea of jumping in the ring was intimidating. I never would have suggested myself. I’d rather die than be like, “What if it was me, you guys?”

ROGEN: I’m the exact opposite, I’m always like, “We need a tighter shot of me, I don’t think we’re featuring me enough in all this.”

WILDE: It was the best experience of my career for every reason, but certainly as an actor. I’ve never had that much fun acting. And it made me think that maybe I don’t hate it.

AP: This was inspired by a Spanish movie that has been adapted in different languages too. Is there something uniquely American about this version?

WILDE: I think so. I think that there’s an attitude about marriage in American culture that is very much very reflective of our like, can do attitude, like you’re gonna do it and you’re just gonna stick to it and you’re going to grin and bear it. There’s an American energy to that that I think is part of what keeps people in really rough places and relationships for a long time and in this version of the story, in our version, these people, if they hadn’t been confronted with this evening that the movie’s about, would have just stayed in this kind of difficult conflict-ridden kind of passive-aggressive zone probably forever because they just aren’t people who like to give up. I also think there’s an American puritanical attitude toward sex in general that we are definitely dealing with in the movie, because it’s about people who haven’t talked about sex with each other in a way that they have desperately needed to for years.

ROGEN: Felt American to me, as a Canadian, the most sex-liberal people on the planet.

AP: Your last film (“Don’t Worry Darling”) was a studio production. What did you learn from that experience?

ROGEN: They would have been way more stressed out that the movie was completely rewritten in the weeks leading to shooting. They don't like that much.

WILDE: Working for a studio, you don’t get the opportunity to be as — this is like the most obvious statement on the planet — but typically, unless you’re Paul Thomas Anderson, I feel like you don’t get the opportunity to be as specific and, in some ways, hopefully a little bold. I think that we wouldn’t have had the same amount of creative ownership as a group and that was what made the experience so valuable. I’m very happy this wasn’t like a hundred billion dollar Sony movie.

ROGEN: We could have done it. We could find a way to spend it. You give me a budget, I will blow through it.

Deniz Goktas was detained Thursday for questioning at Istanbul’s main airport on his return from a trip abroad, days after prosecutors launched an investigation into his comedy show, which had been widely viewed online. He was formally arrested following questioning by prosecutors on Friday, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

The routine, recorded in Istanbul last month, drew some 9.5 million views after being uploaded to YouTube on June 24. The pro‑government newspaper Sabah said dozens of viewers were offended by jokes on religion and filed complaints, prompting the investigation.

During questioning, Goktas, 32, said he had no intention of degrading religious values or insulting the president, stressing that his approach was satirical.

Asked about a quip in which he described Erdogan as having evolved from a “shy dictator” to one “confident in his identity,” the comedian said the remark reflected a topic widely debated in Turkey, according to excerpts of his testimony published by the rights‑focused news portal Bianet.

Insulting the president is a criminal offense in Turkey, punishable by up to four years in prison.

Erdogan has consolidated power during more than two decades in office, and critics say he has steadily narrowed the space for free expression. Journalists and government critics frequently face investigation, detention or prosecution.

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, Erdogan’s main political rival, has been imprisoned since March last year and is on trial on corruption charges. Hundreds of mayors and other officials from the main opposition party are also under prosecution over corruption allegations while the party's leader was deposed by a court order — moves critics say are aimed at neutralizing the party ahead of the next elections.

Erdogan’s government insists that Turkey’s courts are impartial and act independently of political pressure.

Dozens of people gathered at the courthouse in solidarity with the comedian on Friday, chanting anti‑government slogans, according to the opposition‑leaning newspaper Cumhuriyet.

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According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to an animal cruelty complaint just after 6 p.m. on Transylvania Avenue, where they found what appeared to be a small dachshund locked inside a Nissan SUV.

Investigators said the vehicle was not running, and the dog was “barking, panting heavily and appeared to be in distress.”

Deputies said they used a “vehicle-lock tool” to gain entry after determining the temperature inside the SUV appeared to exceed 100 degrees.

They said the dog was given water and moved into an air-conditioned environment. Witnesses told deputies the dog may have been left inside the vehicle for an hour or longer, according to MCSO officials.

Authorities identified the suspect as Iyahna Michelle Leon-Yancy.

According to investigators, Leon-Yancy told deputies that she “forgot the dog was inside the vehicle.”

Deputies said officials with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals were notified and took custody of the dog.

Jail records show Leon-Yancy is facing one misdemeanor count of confining an animal without sufficient food or water.

Her bond amount wasn’t immediately released.

De acuerdo con la Oficina del Alguacil del condado de Monroe, los agentes respondieron poco después de las 6:00 p.m. a un reporte por presunto maltrato animal en Transylvania Avenue, donde encontraron lo que parecía ser un perro salchicha de pequeño encerrado en una camioneta Nissan.

Los investigadores señalaron que el vehículo estaba apagado y que el perro “ladraba, jadeaba intensamente y parecía estar en estado de angustia”.

Los agentes utilizaron una herramienta para abrir el vehículo después de determinar que la temperatura en el interior parecía superar los 100 grados Fahrenheit.

Posteriormente, el perro recibió agua y fue trasladado a un lugar con aire acondicionado. Testigos dijeron a las autoridades que el animal pudo haber permanecido dentro del vehículo durante una hora o más.

Las autoridades identificaron a la sospechosa como Iyahna Michelle Leon-Yancy.

Según los investigadores, Leon-Yancy declaró a los agentes que “olvidó que el perro estaba dentro del vehículo”.

Los agentes informaron que personal de la Sociedad para la Prevención de la Crueldad contra los Animales fue notificado y quedó a cargo del perro.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que Leon-Yancy enfrenta un cargo menor por mantener a un animal encerrado sin suficiente alimento o agua.

El monto de su fianza no fue dado a conocer aún.

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Police said officers responded around 9:30 p.m. to the 2100 block of Northwest Third Avenue after receiving reports about a person who had been shot.

Miami Fire Rescue medics transported the man to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center in critical condition.

Police continue to investigate the shooting.

No other details were immediately released.

Anyone with information is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.

La policía informó que los agentes acudieron alrededor de las 9:30 p.m. a la cuadra 2100 de Northwest Third Avenue, tras recibir reportes de una persona baleada.

Paramédicos del Departamento de Bomberos de Miami trasladaron al hombre al Centro de Trauma Ryder del Hospital Jackson Memorial en estado crítico.

La policía continúa investigando el tiroteo.

No se dieron a conocer más detalles de inmediato.

Cualquier persona con información puede llamar a Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers al 305-471-8477.

Justice Patricia Smyth regretted that her verdict would bring “little if any comfort or relief” to McKee’s family, but said the circumstantial evidence was insufficient for a conviction, following a nonjury trial held intermittently over the past two years in Belfast Crown Court.

“Lyra McKee’s murder was an act of senseless violence," Smyth said. “The gunman has never been brought to the court and the evidence against those accused of assisting or encouraging has fallen short of that required for conviction."

McKee, 29, was shot while standing near law enforcement officers observing an anti-police riot in Londonderry, also known as Derry, on April 18, 2019. Protesters had tossed fire bombs at police and torched a car before four shots rang out and a bullet fired by a masked gunman struck McKee.

No one was ever charged with pulling the trigger, but three other men, Paul McIntyre, 58, Peter Cavanagh, 37, and Jordan Gareth Devine, 25, were charged with murder as accomplices for encouraging or assisting the shooter. The three denied the charges but none testified.

The New IRA, a small paramilitary group that opposes Northern Ireland’s peace process, said one of its members accidentally shot the reporter while aiming at police.

McKee wrote about the challenges faced by the generation of “ceasefire babies” raised after the 1998 Good Friday peace accord ended three decades of sectarian violence. She was becoming an influential voice chronicling the legacy of the years of paramilitary violence carried out by Irish nationalists and supporters of remaining part of the U.K.

The prime ministers of Britain and Ireland and political leaders from Northern Ireland’s Protestant and Catholic communities were among the hundreds who attended her funeral. Her death helped feuding politicians revive Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government, which had collapsed in 2017.

The judge found McKee was murdered by a gunman who acted with intent to kill or seriously injure police to “guarantee the oxygen of publicity” from the fiery riot.

McKee's sister said that the system had failed her family and vowed to relentlessly pursue justice. She railed against a culture of silence in Northern Ireland, saying that not one of the 150 people who witnessed the shooting spoke out.

“People are afraid to speak out, they are afraid to tell the truth, they are afraid to share information that they have,” Nichola Corner said. "That culture of silence needs to stop in Northern Ireland. It is unfair to victims and it completely allows people with blood on their hands to walk free.”

The National Union of Journalists, which McKee was a member of, and Reporters Without Borders expressed their sympathy with her family and friends and said they were concerned someone got away with the killing.

“The authorities must continue to pursue all legal avenues to establish accountability and ensure that those responsible for Lyra’s death are brought to justice,” Felicity Garvey of Reporters Without Borders said. "Journalists cannot work freely and safely if those who kill members of the press can do so with impunity.”

Six other men were also on trial for charges related to the riot, but not for having a role in the killing. Four were acquitted of rioting while one, Christopher Gillen, 45, was convicted of riot and tossing fire bombs. Kieran McCool, 57, was convicted of assaulting a community worker.

The four-time Grand Slam champion reached the fourth round at the All England Club for the first time Friday in a tidy 6-1, 6-3 victory over Daria Kasatkina on No. 1 Court.

An on-court interviewer then asked Osaka about her daughter Shai's third birthday on Thursday, as the Japanese player had said they would celebrate by going to a nearby park. But apparently that didn't work out as planned.

“I don’t think I should be telling you this, but she was kind of bad yesterday,” a smiling Osaka began. “We tried to take her to the park but then she needed to go to timeout, so we’re going to try to take her to the park again today.”

As fans chuckled, Osaka added: "It was an awesome birthday. She blew out her candles. She made a wish — I hope her wish is to behave better. Today’s a new day for her.”

Osaka will next face either No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka or Jelena Ostapenko.

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U.S. Gen. Alex Grynkewich urged Europeans to make more equipment available after the U.S. signaled on June 3 that it would no longer supply an aircraft carrier and support ships, aerial refueling planes and dozens of fighter jets, among other assets, to the continent.

He also began weighing back up plans in case of an attack against Europe.

The so-called NATO Force Model is the alliance’s Plan A for making forces from the 32 member nations available in times of peace, crisis or war. It sets out the military assets that commanders can call on in phases over the first six months of any conflict.

“In a matter of weeks, European Allies have largely filled the gaps left by U.S. reductions to the NATO Force Model,” Grynkewich said, days before President Donald Trump and his counterparts gather for a July 7-8 summit in Turkey, where force planning will be high on the agenda.

“And in those few areas where they haven’t, where they do not currently have a like capability to replace, we are looking at alternate capabilities with matching effect,” Grynkewich said. He provided no details.

In a decision that took many allies by surprise, the Pentagon informed its NATO allies that it would no longer provide as much as it focuses on potential threats elsewhere, notably from China in the Indo-Pacific region.

European allies and Canada scoured their inventories to see what could be offered should one of them come under attack. Britain, for example, has put a second aircraft carrier and F35 fighter jets on a higher level of readiness for use in emergencies.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has played down the impact of the Trump administration’s decision. He believes the United States would shift more resources to Europe should conflict arise, just as it did for the war on Iran.

“This is not about where forces and assets are currently located,” Rutte said last month. “It’s about who would do what if our defense plans were activated. So, let’s say in case of an Article 5 situation.”

Under NATO’s collective security guarantee — Article 5 of its founding treaty — the 32 allies pledge that an attack on one of them will be considered an attack on all. It does not oblige them to provide military support, although many likely would.

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The list of more than 130 new Florida laws includes legislation to rename an airport and a highway after President Donald Trump.

The new Commercial Service Airports law renames the Palm Beach International Airport to the President Donald J. Trump International Airport.

The new Transportation Facility Designations law defined the new President Donald J. Trump Highway as State Road 870, from State Road A1A or South Ocean Boulevard in Palm Beach County, continuing westward through Hendry and Lee counties, and Commercial Boulevard in Broward County. It also designates a portion of State Road 985, or Southwest 107th Avenue, in Miami-Dade County as the Charlie Kirk Memorial Avenue.

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The list also included legislation related to terrorist organizations, the environment, new technology, education, and safety.

Terrorism

The new Foreign Influence law limits ties with “foreign countries of concern,” expands criminal penalties related to “foreign terrorist organizations,” and bans pre-planned adoption agreements or surrogate contracts involving “countries of concern.”

The new Systems of Law and Terrorist Organizations law allows the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s chief of domestic security to designate “terrorist organizations.”

Public safety

The new Dangerous Crimes law, better known as Missy’s Law after 5-year-old murder victim Missy Mogle, includes “any violation related to computer pornography or child exploitation” and requires pre-trial detention regardless of the defendant’s plea.

The new Sexual Offenses law revises mandatory minimum sentences for convicted sex offenders, and increases penalties for knowingly soliciting, possessing, controlling, or intentionally viewing and creating child sexual abuse material.

The new Habitual Traffic Offender Designation law, better known as Isaiah’s Law, creates a new designation for drivers who get three or more convictions of driving without a valid license within five years.

The new Domestic Violence and Protective Injunctions law reclassifies penalties for committing a domestic violence offense if a person has a prior conviction for domestic violence.

The new Drowning Prevention law expands the Swimming Lesson Voucher Program and directs the Florida Department of Health to develop educational materials.

Education

The new School District Unimproved Real Property law requires an annual inventory of “unimproved” or vacant property for the Florida Department of Education. Without an agreement by July 1, 2027, the law requires districts to offer such properties to charter schools.

The new Athletics in Public K-12 law allows athletic coaches in high schools to make personal contributions of up to $15,000 annually to help support their players’ transportation, food, and recovery.

Environment

The new Prohibited Governmental Policies Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions law bans “net-zero” greenhouse gas emission policies.

The new Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances law directs the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to regulate Aqueous Film-Forming Foam, or AFFF, which is used for fire suppression.

The new Coastal Resiliency law bans cruise ship operations and dredging or filling within the Terra Ceia Aquatic Preserve near Manatee County, and it directs DEP to issue new permitting processes by Jan. 1.

New tech

The new Vertiports law allows the Florida Department of Transportation to fund 100% of the cost of projects at public vertiports that don’t have federal funds and 80% when federal funds are available.

The new Data Centers law empowers local governments with more control over the planning and land development of large-scale data centers, and it prohibits passing on the utility costs to residents or small businesses.

The Frenchman did — and 39-year-old Djokovic dove to hit a backhand volley winner on match point for a 7-5, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (4) record-equaling victory in the third round at Wimbledon on Friday.

Djokovic's 105th match win at the All England Club ties Roger Federer on the men's list for most singles match victories. Martina Navratilova won 120 singles matches at Wimbledon.

By next weekend, Djokovic would love to equal Federer's men's record of eight singles titles, but reaching the fourth round will have to suffice for now.

“Today, I was quite stressed out, more tension than usual,” Djokovic said in his on-court interview. “I knew it was going to be a very challenging match for me.”

The 24-time Grand Slam champion overcame a blip — dropping the third set in 18 minutes — and held his nerve in the fourth-set tiebreaker by hitting back-to-back aces before Rinderknech's forehand went wide to set up match point.

“I saw him slip and kind of fall down. And I was just like ‘please stay down’ for that last shot,” said Djokovic, who had repeatedly punched his left thigh after losing the third set.

Joining Federer on 105 singles match wins is “a huge honor and privilege,” Djokovic added. “I propose a matchup for me and Roger for 106.”

Djokovic will face Russian qualifier Roman Safiullin in the fourth round. Safiullin, a Wimbledon quarterfinalist in 2023, beat Brazilian rising star João Fonseca 6-3, 6-3, 6-3.

Sinner finds his groove

Defending champion Jannik Sinner beat Jenson Brooksby 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 on No. 1 Court to advance to the fourth round.

The Italian, hoping to put his French Open meltdown in the rearview mirror, finished off Brooksby in two-plus hours after his opening-round five-setter was followed by a second-round win over Nuno Borges in straight sets but with two tiebreakers.

“I'm trying to find my way in. Felt better today, which was my main goal,” the four-time Grand Slam champion said. “Trying to move better. Return today was a little bit better. All things considered, was a small step forward.”

Sinner will next face Japanese qualifier Shintaro Mochizuki, who stunned 23rd-seeded Rafael Jodar of Spain 1-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4 to reach the fourth round at a Grand Slam for the first time. Mochizuki, ranked No. 151, won the Wimbledon boys' title in 2019.

Also, third-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime beat American qualifier Michael Zheng 7-6 (1), 6-2, 6-1 in the Canadian's Centre Court debut. Jan-Lennard Struff upended eighth-seeded Daniil Medvedev 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5), 7-5.

Sabalenka vs. Osaka in 4th round

No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka and Naomi Osaka meet for a spot in the quarterfinals after both players won in straight sets.

Sabalenka beat Jelena Ostapenko 6-4, 6-4 on Centre Court and declared herself ready for the 14th-seeded Osaka in what will be a battle of four-time Grand Slam champions.

“She's (a) very aggressive player, serving well,” Sabalenka said. “I watched a couple of her matches. ... I’m ready to go out there and to bring the fight and to do anything it takes to get through this difficult match.”

Osaka eliminated Daria Kasatkina 6-1, 6-3 on No. 1 Court. Osaka is into the fourth round at the All England Club for the first time.

Coco Gauff got past fellow American Claire Liu 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-2 after having three match points at 5-4 in the second set. Gauff will next face 11th-seeded Belinda Bencic.

Other winners in the women’s draw included fourth-seeded Jessica Pegula, 10th-seeded Karolina Muchova, and 2024 Wimbledon champion Barbora Krejcikova.

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They would like to expand their farm's reach beyond their farm stand, but it's challenging. Like many small food producers, the Spears have sought financial assistance through federal programs. Some have been cut or significantly scaled back under the Trump Administration, including U.S. Department of Agriculture programs that helped tribal farmers.

Tribes relied on these programs to grow and distribute culturally-significant foods locally.

“When we go into these federal programs, we’re hoping that they’ll last long enough,” Cassius Spears said. “They usually start out with a good song and dance. And they’re going to last a long time. And then something happens where they get cut.”

Programs help state and tribal governments purchase local food

The Biden administration started two programs during the pandemic to help states and tribes purchase local food from nearby farmers for food banks and schools: the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement Program (LFPA) and the Local Food for Schools Cooperative Agreement Program (LFS). These programs offered farmers, including tribal farmers, reliable markets for their products. Tribal governments received assistance to purchase food from local producers to distribute to tribal members.

This allowed tribes to get federal dollars directly to small-scale producers, said Carly Griffith Hotvedt, executive director of the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative and a member of Cherokee Nation. The Spears' farm provided food for a tribal farm in nearby Connecticut that used LFPA funds, after an agreement was signed in August 2022.

In some instances, tribes used those dollars to source culturally-significant foods for tribal members such as bison meat, certain types of berries and wild rice that were included as part of a food box distribution. For some low-income tribal members, it was the best way to access these types of foods, Hotvedt said.

“It wasn’t just commodity foods in that box. It was highly local, traditionally relevant, culturally relevant foods that were included,” Hotvedt said.

In March 2025, under the Trump administration, the Agriculture Department ended the two programs that provided more than $1 billion for schools and food banks, saying that they no longer aligned with the agency's goals.

Congress considers new funding for farmers

U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat, and Sen. Jim Justice, a West Virginia Republican, introduced a bill they say takes the best from the two programs and creates a permanent grant program. It would allow state and tribal governments to buy local foods from local and regional producers to distribute to nearby hunger relief programs and schools.

Reed said he feared that when the USDA programs were cut, families across the country would have a more difficult time getting access to food. And, he said, the access wouldn't be to nutritious, freshly grown produce.

Reed said he’s hoping to get the legislation passed as part of the Farm Bill, the massive, multi-year law that governs agricultural and food programs. The House passed its version of the bill in April, and a Senate committee released its draft in late June. The House version also includes a bipartisan proposal for a permanent program modeled after the Local Food Purchase Assistance program. It would allow states, through the USDA, to establish cooperative agreements connecting local farmers and producers with local food distribution organizations.

Both proposals would set aside 10% of the program’s funding for tribes.

For a new program to succeed, Congress must include mandatory funding in order to help farmers better plan, purchase supplies and hire staff because they know they’re going to sell products through those programs, said Hannah Quigley, a policy specialist with the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition. The House version would require Congress to agree on funding annually, she added.

Reed said he's advocating for mandatory funding in the Senate because without it very little is funded these days, and because farms are under so much pressure economically. An optional program wouldn't help them as much, he said.

“We really want to punch through the existing obstacles for small farmers and Native American farmers,” he said.

Teaching the next generation about where food comes from

Dawn and Cassius Spears would like to see Indigenous producers prioritized when tribal entities purchase food. And they said they think having dedicated programs that Indigenous producers can access outside of their tribal government would help more Indigenous producers.

Under the canopy of one of her farm’s high tunnels at the start of this year's planting season, Dawn Spears carefully organized her tomato crop, separating the tiny plants before moving them to a field outside. The name of the 6-acre farm is an homage to the Narragansett name of the river that flows through town. It started as a small community garden and food sovereignty project.

One of her grandsons, 9-year-old Giizhig, walked in to ask if she needed help.

“Only if you want to,” Spears replied. “It’s always good to know how to do it, right?”

Teaching the next generation about where food comes from and how to grow responsibly is key for her. But her culture isn’t just about cultivating crops. It’s also about gathering foods they eat from the wild and being able to preserve and access land where those foods are.

She's working to protect the land around their farm as development grows with the hope of introducing native plants into that area that can be foraged for food. Federal funding programs can also help with securing access to land, she said.

“If you take a person away from the land that they come from, then it’s like they’re not whole,” she said. “We have to eat the food that’s naturally from that space that we come from.”

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The match, which was the 44-year-old Williams’ first singles contest in nearly four years, had a peak of 2.1 million viewers despite being played on a Tuesday afternoon in the U.S, the network said Friday.

Williams was beaten 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3 by 20-year-old Maya Joint of Australia but showed she could be competitive with an opponent less than half her age after being away for so long.

The viewing figures were higher than for last year's men's semifinals, which averaged 1.3 million viewers on ESPN. Last year's men's final between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz averaged nearly 2.9 million viewers.

Williams was given wild card invitations to play both singles and doubles at Wimbledon and it remains to be seen whether she will still play doubles with older sister Venus.

Serena announced on Wednesday that she tweaked her right knee toward the end of the first set against Joint.

For the entire day on Tuesday, ESPN’s Wimbledon coverage averaged 937,000 which was an increase of 55% compared to last year and the highest ever for a Day 2.

Overall, for Monday and Tuesday, it marked ESPN’s most-viewed first round for Wimbledon with an average of 734,000 viewers. Monday featured a five-set victory for defending champion Sinner and a four-set victory for seven-time champion Novak Djokovic.

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No one has heard from Chelsea Bonnell since she flew to Miami from Michigan by herself more than a month ago.

“Something doesn’t feel right, especially as a mother,” said Michelle Clauw, Chelsea’s mother. “We’re worried. It’s been hell.”

Clauw said Chelsea flew from her home in Michigan to Miami on May 24. She traveled alone on a one-way ticket.

Two days later, on May 26, security video showed Chelsea walking into a Publix in Jupiter.

But there has been no communication with her friends or family.

“I started contacting her around June 1, and her phone was off,” Clauw said. “I was like, ‘OK, maybe she needed a break.’”

On June 2, Chelsea’s debit card was used at a Dunkin’ in West Palm Beach.

But since then, there has been nothing.

There has been no contact, no activity on her debit card and no sign of Chelsea for nearly a month.

“It’s unexplainable,” Clauw said. “It hurts, and it’s killing me because this is not her. She would call one of us.”

After spending a month making calls from Michigan, Clauw and several family members are now in Palm Beach County.

They have been hanging missing person posters anywhere and everywhere and visiting businesses where Chelsea may have gone, but they have come up empty.

“It’s not like her, and we do fear that she may be with somebody that’s not allowing contact to us because this is just not her,” Clauw said. “I just want her back. I just want to know she’s OK.”

West Palm Beach police confirmed they have been in contact with police in Michigan. They are asking anyone with information about Chelsea’s whereabouts to come forward to law enforcement.

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City Manager Rickelle Williams resigned from her position during Thursday’s commission meeting, but continued with the meeting as scheduled.

Deputy City Manager Christopher Cooper will serve as acting city manager, effective Friday.

During the meeting, Williams said that there is some good news for taxpayers in regards to the City Hall project.

“To deliver the project, we have now reduced about $50 million of the cost to bring that project to life,” Williams said.

The initial $267 million price tag has been reduced to about $217 million.

The proposal includes remodeling an existing office building at the 101 Tower site on Northeast First Street and Third Avenue or converting the pre-existing federal courthouse across the street into City Hall.

A third option is a high-rise office site at 1 East Broward in Fort Lauderdale.

The lower cost was made possible in part by reduced developer and design fees and restructuring the terms of the project’s overall payment schedule.

“We wanted to ensure we could outline a roadmap no matter what outcome and no matter what decision by the city commission would be revealed to us,” Williams said.

The old City Hall has been out of use for the past few years after sustaining extensive flood damage during record rainfall.

No matter which of the three options the City Commission ultimately approves, the new City Hall will incorporate key core principles, including being cost-effective, innovative and setting a standard for history and the arts.

“I think we’re gonna end up with a wonderful building and something the city can be proud of for the next 30 years,” resident Mark Dickerman said.

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The investigation comes as birthright citizenship has returned to the national spotlight.

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court limited the ability of lower courts to issue nationwide injunctions against President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to restrict birthright citizenship, while leaving broader constitutional questions unresolved. Trump has since called on Congress to address concerns about the practice.

Local 10 News first reported on the concierge service months ago.

The company, Have My Baby in Miami, promotes services for pregnant women around the world seeking to give birth in South Florida.

Its social media pages identify Dr. Wladimir Lorentz, a Miami pediatrician, as the creator of the service and encourage prospective clients by saying he “will love helping you be a mom in the United States.”

Texas Congressman Brandon Gill referenced the company while discussing birth tourism.

“Have My Baby in Miami — that’s the name of an actual company that’s facilitating birth tourism in the United States,” Gill said.

In a letter sent to Lorentz in May, the House Oversight Committee announced it had opened an investigation into the company.

The letter states, in part: “While it is not inherently illegal for a foreign traveler to give birth in the United States, willfully misrepresenting one’s intentions to enter the country on a temporary visitor visa is a violation of current law and considered visa fraud.”

Constitutional scholar at Florida International University’s College of Law Ediberto Roman says if Congress does act, it should focus on the enforcement of existing laws.

“Entering the United States solely for the purpose to have a child is contrary to our regulations,” Roman said. “It is circumventing our laws ... to come to the United States to basically have U.S. citizens born here.”

Local 10 News has repeatedly sought comment from Lorentz by phone, email and text but has not received a response.

On Wednesday, a Local 10 News crew went to Lorentz’s listed office in North Miami Beach. Staff members said he was not at the clinic, took the station’s contact information and asked the crew to leave.

The comedian, actress and creator returns as Mavis Beaumont for the third and final season of Netflix’s Survival of the Thickest, which premiered Thursday. Inspired by Buteau’s book of essays, the comedy follows Mavis, a plus-size Black stylist navigating love, friendship and a career in New York City’s fashion world.

Speaking with Local 10’s Alexis Frazier, Buteau said fans can expect the final season to deliver everything they’ve loved about the show.

“This final season you can expect, I mean, a whole lotta laughter,” Buteau said.

She described the new episodes as packed with “hijinks, friendship, sex, real life stuff,” promising an emotional and entertaining conclusion to Mavis’ story.

The final season picks up after the whirlwind events of the previous two installments, with Mavis embracing a fresh start in both her personal and professional life. While the series continues its signature humor, Buteau said it also isn’t afraid to push boundaries.

When asked whether there was a moment this season that surprised even her, Buteau responded with an enthusiastic “Yes,” adding that the show “takes it there” in the best possible way.

Beyond the comedy, Buteau said one of the series’ greatest achievements has been giving viewers someone they don’t often see leading a television comedy.

“It’s not only the world I live in, but it’s the world that I want to see on TV and in film,” she said.

The show has earned praise for centering a confident, successful plus-size Black woman pursuing her dreams while learning to balance romance, friendship and self-love.

Buteau admitted she didn’t initially realize how deeply the series would resonate with audiences.

“I knew what we were doing was good and entertaining, but I don’t think I knew how important it was, you know, until the first season aired,” she said. “I was like, ‘Oh wow, people feel seen.’”

Over the course of three seasons, Buteau said the experience has also shaped her as a writer.

“I feel like my comedy evolves as I evolve as a human being,” she said. “I just feel like you have to be responsible with your words and intention.”

As for how Mavis’ journey comes to an end, Buteau couldn’t be happier.

Asked whether she liked where the characters ultimately landed, she laughed before answering, “I don’t like it... I love it.”

The final season also features several celebrity cameos, including Ice-T, Kandi Burruss and Wanda Sykes.

All episodes of the third and final season of Survival of the Thickest are now streaming on Netflix.

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A group of leading doubles players issued a statement Friday saying they are not “a carnival sideshow”, and that it will be impossible for anyone outside the top 30 in the ATP doubles rankings to make a living if the new proposals are adopted.

The statement comes after doubles players met with ATP officials at Wimbledon this week to discuss the future of a format that is struggling to draw an audience.

“The ATP is proposing to slash doubles draws, gut doubles prize money, and hand Challenger entry to singles players ahead of specialists who have built their careers in this discipline,” the players' statement said.

They said the proposal would give doubles players just 10 percent of the prize money at ATP tournaments — down from 20 percent — while halving the size of the doubles fields.

At the premier Masters tournaments, that would cut the doubles draw to 16 teams, while at the smaller ATP 500 and 250 events it would consist of just eight teams.

“Do the math on what that means for anyone outside the top 30: it will be impossible to make a living,” the statement added.

“This is not a minor adjustment. It is a plan to end doubles as a viable profession, dressed up as a cost-saving measure — and it is being pushed through with almost no transparency and almost no consultation with the players whose careers and livelihoods are on the line.”

Asked about the statement, the ATP Tour said it was “assessing the doubles product, draw sizes and player compensation distribution with the aim of creating a more sustainable long-term model while maintaining doubles’ important role on the Tour.”

It added that changing the doubles model could help increase early-round singles prize money, “helping more players at the highest level to better meet the costs of competing on Tour and build sustainable professional careers.”

The proposal does not affect Grand Slam tournaments. At this year's Wimbledon, there are 64 doubles teams in both the men's and women's draw and winning pairs split 760,000 pounds (about $1 million), compared to 3.6 million pounds ($4.8 million) for the singles champions.

Doubles has always taken a back seat to singles tournaments when it comes to popularity and TV audiences, and the format has already faced several changes in recent years. In 2023, Wimbledon joined the other Grand Slam tournaments in shortening matches from five to three sets.

The U.S. Open last year introduced a new mixed doubles format that was played before the singles tournament started, in order to draw top names like Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, Iga Swiatek and Naomi Osaka. That was criticized by traditional doubles players, however, as it largely excluded them in favor of attracting more famous singles specialists.

The women's doubles at Wimbledon received a boost with Serena and Venus Williams accepting a wild-card entry. However, their participation was still in doubt after Serena tweaked her knee during her first-round singles match in her first appearance at the All England Club in four years.

The men's players said part of the problem in attracting an audience was due to the ATP Tour's “lackluster marketing of doubles, failure to exploit broadcast and other commercial partnerships, and poor event staging and promotion.”

“Doubles is not an afterthought we fell into,” the players' statement said. “It has always been part of this sport’s identity, not a discount version of it.”

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Dashcam video shows the moment the crane went down at the site of a new YMCA building near Holiday Park.

“Right now, we’ve got two cranes coming out to try and lift this. And from speaking with the foremen, it’s very tricky because moving one part of the crane can make the other part flip off in the road and vice versa,” Fort Lauderdale Assistant Fire Chief Timothy Heiser said.

Video from the scene shows the crane on the ground as police and fire crews responded.

OSHA and building inspectors were called in as an investigation is underway to determine what caused the collapse.

Deputies confirmed no one was hurt.

President Donald Trump was on his way to South Dakota to deliver a speech and watch fireworks at Mount Rushmore. And in a novel twist, there will be a ball drop in New York City's Times Square at midnight to usher in the July Fourth holiday with much the same revelry that is typically reserved for New Year’s Eve.

The sound of fighter jets on military flyovers shook the nation's capital. In New York City, Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivered his own address on the country’s 250th anniversary that cast America as a nation of contradictions “working each day towards the perfection in which it was conceived.”

By early afternoon in Washington, hundreds of people were roaming the grounds of the National Mall, home to The Great American State Fair. They snapped photos of the flyovers and tried to cool off inside tents that offered $9 lemonades and $23 turkey legs. Many were dressed in patriotic colors, their faces glistening with sweat.

Glenn Brooks, who was pardoned by Trump for his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, said he was “thankful to be participating in this grand event.”

The activity culminates in the main event Saturday, when fireworks will erupt in communities across the U.S., along with backyard cookouts and block parties. Trump will deliver another speech at the National Mall in Washington before what is being billed as a historically massive fireworks show.

But for all the celebrations, there are also serious safety considerations as potentially record heat grips much of the Midwest and East Coast. Officials have warned those celebrating the holiday to stay hydrated and take air-conditioned breaks as needed.

Sky-high temperatures lead to cancellations and adjustments to the festivities

Philadelphia canceled its Salute to Independence parade Friday. The Great American State Fair in Washington shut down in the early afternoon before reopening at 5 p.m.

The National Weather Service has issued an extreme heat warning for much of the Midwest, mid-Atlantic and Northeast from eastern Kansas to southern Maine, including the cities of St. Louis, Indianapolis, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston. The weather service said peak heat indexes, which combine air temperature with humidity, of up to 115 Fahrenheit (46.11 Celsius) are possible.

As the rest of the country struggled under stifling heat, the Pacific Northwest enjoyed temperatures in the 60s with even a few light showers.

World Cup soccer fans in Seattle were staying cool Friday as they got psyched up for Monday’s big game between the U.S. and Belgium. In the nearby suburb of Issaquah, Megan Kurowski, 31, brought her two dogs to the dog park so they could get some exercise before she went to work.

Kurowski said she was feeling positive about America’s 250th anniversary and was planning a possible paddleboard to watch the fireworks.

“Everyone’s just, from what it seems, been pretty excited about celebrating 250 years,” she said.

The holiday is unfolding at a unique time in the U.S. The anniversary has served as an opportunity for the country to reflect on its history while also reminding it of the political polarization of the moment.

On a holiday of unity, there is an undercurrent of division

In New York, Mamdani, a Democrat, did not mention Trump by name, but parts of his speech appeared aimed at the president’s divisive rhetoric.

“For generation after generation, we have been told that when the world has sent its people to our shores, it has not sent its best,” Mamdani said in an apparent reference to an a common criticism from Trump. “Those ideals upon which our nation was built — they are strong enough to endure any authoritarian regime, but only if we reach for them."

Freedom 250, an organization aligned with the White House, has come to rival America250, a bipartisan group founded by Congress a decade ago. Freedom 250 has organized much of the activity in Washington, including the Great American State Fair. America250 is behind the ball drops unfolding in many cities, including New York, and will host a concert in Los Angeles on Saturday.

About 4 in 10 U.S. adults feel “proud” about the country’s 250th anniversary, according to an April survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Roughly 3 in 10 said “excited” describes their emotions.

Ahead of the holiday, auto technician Joe Fuqua-Bejarano, in Topeka, Kansas, sized up “what makes us awesome” as a people. It is clearly not the politics, in his view, but rather resilience.

“We’ve just all got to find unity somewhere, whether that’s in laughter or perseverance, and keep everybody cool,” he said from the fireworks stand where he is doing a booming business as a side hustle.

Christina Zhou, a 25-year-old research assistant from Cambridge, Massachusetts, said she would aim to “think about just things that are happening locally.”

“It feels a little bit more like within our own personal control," she said.

Jerry Chin of Newcastle, Washington, said he wasn’t aware that the U.S. was celebrating its 250th anniversary and planned to stay low-key around the holiday. He and his wife generally skip the fireworks and instead stay home with their fearful dogs to keep them calm.

“America’s a great place, but there are some concerns,” he said. Chin, 55, and his wife worry about healthcare and issues around staying healthy, but they also stress about politics.

“We’re Democrats, so kind of given up hope,” he said. “Just feel that it is the way it is. I don’t know if there could be change.”

At the National Archives in Washington, visitors made their way through the Rotunda to look at the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights -- and to escape the heat outside.

Michael Dresdner, 60, traveled from West Orange, New Jersey, with his wife, Cindi, 57, and about two dozen other people to be part of the America 250 celebrations. He said their group of travelers included people on both sides of the political aisle -- and that is what gave him hope for the future of American democracy.

“We are all here, and we all love America,” he said.

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Peoples reported from New York. Associated Press writers Martha Bellisle in Seattle, Anthony Izaguirre in New York, John Hanna in Topeka, Kan., Michael Casey in Cambridge, Mass., and Calvin Woodward, Didi Tang, Gary Fields and Nathan Ellgren in Washington contributed to this report.

The crash involved a pickup truck and an SUV.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said crews arrived to find one person trapped inside one of the vehicles, who they had to extricate.

First responders confirmed two people were transported by ground to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital. Their conditions have not been released.

The roadway was closed for hours Thursday, but all lanes have since reopened.

Northrop Grumman launched Katalyst Space Technologies’ Link spacecraft from the Marshall Islands in the Pacific. The Pegasus rocket blasted off from the belly of a modified airplane, putting Link on course to reach and capture NASA’s Swift Observatory in about a month.

Launched in 2004, Swift is sinking faster than ever because of recent solar storms. NASA is paying $30 million for Katalyst to capture the telescope and boost its orbit so it can continue tracking some of the biggest explosions in the universe, like gamma ray bursts and exploding stars.

If all goes well, Swift could be back scanning the cosmos by September. Observations are currently on hold to preserve the telescope’s orbit as long as possible.

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope could be a candidate for a similar salvage operation in a few years. It’s also slipping in altitude because of increased atmospheric drag caused by the sun’s outbursts.

The 1.6-ton (1.4-metric ton) Swift currently is circling 224 miles (360 kilometers) above Earth. Katalyst aims to raise the telescope’s altitude by 150 miles (240 kilometers), back to where it all began. Link’s thrusters will fire to boost Swift slowly, so there's no heavy jostling.

Katalyst threw the mission together in just nine months. NASA insisted on a rush job because the telescope will be too low to recover by the fall. Without a boost, it’s predicted to plunge to its demise in October.

Bad weather and technical issues caused a series of last-minute launch delays.

“This is a high-risk, high-reward mission,” Katalyst Space CEO Ghonhee Lee said ahead of liftoff. “The biggest danger was always we don’t launch anything and we let Swift burn up in the atmosphere. So we were always trying to avoid that risk, and our team has done that.”

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