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It happened late Saturday afternoon at the corner of Northwest 13th Avenue and West Dania Beach Boulevard.

A hole was left in the side of the home after a white Jeep Cherokee with front end damage was towed away.

Rescue crews said one person was hospitalized.

According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, that person was a woman who was the passenger in the Jeep.

Deputies said the driver took off on foot after the crash, leaving the injured passenger behind.

Soon after, authorities were alerted by witnesses that the driver had returned to the scene and was acting as an observer, according to BSO.

Deputies said they quickly took the man into custody, but his identity has not been released.

An investigation continues into the cause of the crash, authorities said.

El accidente ocurrió la tarde del sábado en la esquina de Northwest 13th Avenue y West Dania Beach Boulevard.

El impacto dejó un agujero en uno de los costados de la vivienda. Una Jeep Cherokee blanca, con daños en la parte delantera, fue remolcada del lugar.

Los equipos de rescate informaron que una persona fue hospitalizada.

De acuerdo con la Oficina del Sheriff de Broward, se trataba de una mujer que viajaba como pasajera en la Jeep.

Los agentes dijeron que el conductor huyó a pie después del accidente, dejando atrás a la pasajera herida.

Poco después, testigos alertaron a las autoridades de que el conductor había regresado al lugar y permanecía allí observando lo ocurrido, según BSO.

Los agentes dijeron que rápidamente detuvieron al hombre, aunque su identidad no ha sido revelada.

Las autoridades continúan investigando la causa del accidente.

Children attending other classes at the school in Dhading also escaped because teachers told them to quickly evacuate their classrooms shortly before the waters came crashing in.

“The teachers said, ‘There is a flood and you should leave bags and tiffins,’” said Lakshmi Shrestha, the mother of a student attending the school. “That’s how they managed to survive.”

Shrestha was among mothers and children who began to return to their school on Sunday to find the kids' belongings and see what could be salvaged. The majority of the children at the school appeared to have survived the floods, the families said.

Thick brown and gray mud coated the surfaces of school benches, walls and notebooks while the school’s courtyard was filled with sediment. Lines on the walls showed how high the water rapidly rose. A pile of small mud-caked backpacks, some with colorful key chains, were on the benches and floors, waiting to be claimed.

Kopila Mizar, the mother of a student, was unable to find her son’s backpack, but remained positive.

“My son is alive, that is my biggest happiness,” she said.

At least 69 schools in Nepal’s flood-devastated districts have been destroyed or damaged, putting education at risk for nearly 19,000 children, according to the nonprofit Save the Children. Those numbers are likely to rise as rescue teams reach more areas, they said.

The government ordered schools and universities to shut down for three days following torrential rains that triggered severe flash floods and landslides across parts of the country. University exams were also paused.

With communities still receiving constant flood warnings advising them to move to higher, safer areas, it’s unclear when classes will be able to resume.

Nepal’s disaster agency said Sunday the death toll had climbed to 788 with 2,502 missing, while Chinese authorities reported 16 deaths and 546 missing on the Chinese side of the border.

The missing include hundreds of people from over a dozen countries who were in the region to work, visit the mountains or make a pilgrimage to a sacred peak. On Sunday, Chinese state media said 261 foreigners were missing in Tibet, including over a hundred Nepalis and others from around the world.

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Associated Press reporter Victoria Milko contributed to this report.

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It happened in the area of Hollywood Boulevard and 26th Avenue just before 3:30 a.m., not far from the Hollywood Branch Library.

Local 10 News cameras captured two damaged vehicles at the scene, a black pickup truck and a white Jeep Wagoneer.

Both were left mangled with shattered windshields and deployed airbags,

A tow truck operator at the scene told Local 10 News’ Linnie Supall that the driver of the pickup was speeding on Hollywood Boulevard when he lost control, hitting one of the heavy garden rocks on the median.

That caused the pickup to go airborne, crashing into the Jeep as it was entering a roundabout, according to the tow truck driver.

Hollywood police were observed at the scene and are investigating the circumstances that led up to the crash.

They have not provided any official information as to what led up to the crash and whether there will be any arrests or charges.

El choque se registró poco antes de las 3:30 a.m. en el área de Hollywood Boulevard y 26th Avenue, cerca de la biblioteca Hollywood Branch Library.

Las cámaras de Local 10 News captaron dos vehículos dañados en el lugar: una camioneta pickup negra y una Jeep Wagoneer blanca.

Ambos vehículos quedaron destrozados, con los parabrisas rotos y las bolsas de aire desplegadas.

Un operador de grúa que se encontraba en el lugar dijo a Linnie Supall, de Local 10 News, que el conductor de la camioneta pickup circulaba a alta velocidad por Hollywood Boulevard cuando perdió el control y chocó contra una de las grandes rocas decorativas ubicadas en el separador central.

Según el operador de la grúa, el impacto provocó que la camioneta saliera por los aires y chocara contra la Jeep cuando esta ingresaba a una rotonda.

Agentes de la Policía de Hollywood fueron vistos en el lugar y están investigando las circunstancias que provocaron el accidente.

Hasta el momento, las autoridades no han proporcionado información oficial sobre la causa del choque ni han indicado si habrá arrestos o se presentarán cargos.

Kenya Glasgow y su hija Kennedi Glasgow, de 2 años, murieron tras ser alcanzadas por un rayo la tarde del domingo 24 de agosto en Margate.

Los equipos de emergencia hicieron todo lo posible por reanimarlas, pero ambas fueron declaradas muertas en el hospital.

Kameron Glasgow, esposo de Kenya y padre de Kennedi, se encontraba a pocos pasos cuando ocurrió el incidente.

Glasgow dijo que sintió la descarga a través del suelo después del impacto. Su otra hija, Kensil, permanecía dentro del automóvil en ese momento, pero cuando se dio vuelta vio que Kenya y Kennedi habían resultado heridas.

La familia de cuatro personas se apresuraba a entrar a la casa de un familiar, ubicada en la cuadra 7900 de Northwest First Street, para cenar y resguardarse antes de que comenzara la tormenta.

Han pasado seis días desde la tragedia, que ha conmocionado profundamente a la comunidad de Margate.

Durante el homenaje, Kameron Glasgow estuvo rodeado de amigos, familiares y seres queridos.

“Este es el periodo más largo que he pasado sin escuchar su voz”, dijo. “Va a tomar tiempo. Va a tomar mucho tiempo porque es todo lo que conozco. Básicamente crecimos juntos”.

Glasgow dijo que los últimos días han sido una montaña rusa de emociones, pero que el apoyo de las personas presentes y de quienes se han solidarizado con él le ayudará a seguir adelante.

“Siento todo el cariño que llega de todas partes”, dijo. “Eso es lo que me ayuda a seguir adelante, y mi hija también es lo que me mantiene en pie”.

A pesar de la tragedia, el encuentro estuvo dedicado a recordar a Kennedi y Kenya y a compartir los momentos que dejaron entre quienes las conocieron y las quisieron.

Durante la ceremonia, los asistentes tuvieron la oportunidad de expresar sus emociones y compartir historias, incluidos los padres de Kenya.

“Estoy destrozada”, dijo Adrian Moore, madre de Kenya. “Recé por ella y le dije a Dios que, cuando me la diera, me diera también la sabiduría y el entendimiento para atravesar la vida, y así fue. Treinta y un años; ojalá hubiera tenido más tiempo”.

“Yo hacía cualquier cosa por ella”, dijo Willie Pickett, padre de Kenya. “Un día me preguntó: ‘Papá, ¿qué está pasando con el dinero?’. Le dije: ‘Trajiste a estas dos niñas. Ahora ellas se están quedando con tu dinero. Para ti se acabó’”.

Los servicios para celebrar sus vidas están previstos para el próximo fin de semana, aunque los detalles todavía se están ultimando.

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It happened around 6:45 a.m. near the exit for northwest 154th Street in Miami Lakes.

According to authorities, one of the vehicles involved in the crash rolled over.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said driver man was taken by helicopter to an area trauma center, but their health condition was not provided.

Traffic was backed up in the northbound lanes of the Palmetto as crews worked to clear the crash scene.

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FHP officials said the crash happened at approximately 6:37 a.m. at the intersection of U.S. 1 and Southwest 184th Street.

They said a Dodge pickup truck collided with a flatbed semi-truck, igniting a small fire in the Dodge’s engine compartment.

The driver of the Dodge, a man who has not yet been identified, died at the scene, according to troopers. They said the driver of the semi-truck was not injured.

MD Rony owns the Marathon gas station near where the crash occurred.

“It’s very sad, when I saw it I couldn’t eat even,” said Rony. “We usually see accidents there, but I’d never seen a big accident like that.”

U.S. 1 was closed between Southwest 183rd Street and Southwest 186th Street while authorities investigated the crash.

Karina tenía vientos máximos sostenidos de 130 kilómetros por hora (80 millas por hora), informó el Centro Nacional de Huracanes, con sede en Miami, lo que lo convierte en un huracán de categoría 1. Un huracán mayor es de categoría 3 o superior.

La tormenta se ubicaba a unos 1.325 kilómetros (820 millas) al suroeste del extremo sur de la península de Baja California, en México, y se desplazaba hacia el noroeste a 24 kilómetros por hora (15 millas por hora), en una trayectoria prevista más alejada, hacia el Pacífico.

Aunque se esperaba que Karina se mantuviera muy lejos de tierra, el centro de huracanes señaló que el oleaje de la tormenta probablemente provocará condiciones peligrosas de fuerte resaca y corrientes de retorno a lo largo de partes del suroeste de México y de la península de Baja California.

En otras zonas del Pacífico, la tormenta tropical Lowell estaba a 1.850 kilómetros (1.150 millas) al sureste de Hawai, y tampoco representaba una amenaza para tierra.

La Oficina Nacional de Administración Oceánica y Atmosférica de Estados Unidos (NOAA, por sus siglas en inglés) ha pronosticado una temporada de huracanes en el Atlántico por debajo del promedio debido a El Niño.

Pronosticó entre ocho y 14 tormentas con nombre, de las cuales entre tres y seis alcanzarán fuerza de huracán y entre una y tres se intensificarán hasta convertirse en huracanes mayores.

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Authorities said when paramedics arrived to the home on Southwest 67th Avenue and 15th Street, they found an unresponsive woman who had been found in a nearby pool and quickly took her to a nearby hospital.

Officials have not provided an update on that woman’s health status.

Nearby residents said word of another water emergency hits especially hard after a 4-year-old child recently drowned in the same neighborhood.

“Yeah, that’s crazy because it was like a couple houses down, somebody had drowned like not too long ago at the end of summer,” said neighbor Janiyah Hilaire. “It was a kid. It was so unfortunate, he was four years old. Long live Papa.”

The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation, authorities said.

Las autoridades informaron que, cuando los paramédicos llegaron a la vivienda ubicada cerca de Southwest 67th Avenue y 15th Street, encontraron a una mujer inconsciente que había sido hallada en una piscina cercana y la trasladaron rápidamente a un hospital de la zona.

Las autoridades no han proporcionado una actualización sobre su estado de salud.

Residentes del vecindario dijeron que la noticia de otra emergencia relacionada con el agua resulta especialmente impactante después de que un niño de 4 años se ahogara recientemente en la misma zona.

“Sí, es una locura porque fue como unas casas más abajo. Alguien se ahogó no hace mucho”, dijo la vecina Janiyah Hilaire. “Era un niño. Fue muy lamentable, tenía cuatro años. Que viva por siempre”.

Las circunstancias que rodean el incidente están bajo investigación, informaron las autoridades.

El accidente ocurrió alrededor de las 6:45 a.m. cerca de la salida de Northwest 154th Street, en Miami Lakes.

Según las autoridades, uno de los vehículos involucrados en el accidente volcó.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue informó que el conductor, un hombre, fue trasladado en helicóptero a un centro de traumatología de la zona. No se dio a conocer su estado de salud.

El tránsito se congestionó en los carriles en dirección norte del Palmetto mientras los equipos de emergencia trabajaban para despejar la zona del accidente.

Kenya Glasgow and 2-year-old Kennedi Glasgow were killed by lightning Sunday afternoon in Margate.

First responders tried their best to revive the mother and daughter, but it was too late as they were pronounced dead at the hospital.

Kameron Glasgow, Kenya’s husband and Kennedi’s father, were steps away when it happened.

Kameron Glasgow said he felt the shock from the ground after it struck, while his daughter Kensil was still in the car at the time, but when he turned around he saw Kenya and Kennedi had been injured.

The family of four were rushing into a relative’s house along the 7900 block of Northwest First Street for dinner, trying to beat a rainstorm.

It’s been six days and the tragedy has shaken many in the Margate community to its core.

At the vigil, Kameron Glasgow was surrounded by friends, family and loved ones.

“This is the longest I went without hearing her voice,” he said. “It’s going to take some time. It’s going to take a lot of time because it’s all I know. We basically we grew up together.”

Glasgow said the last several days have been an emotional rollercoaster, but the support from the people in that room and beyond will be enough to get him through.

“I feel the outpouring of love from everywhere,” he said. “That’s what keeps me going and my daughter is what keeps me going.”

Despite the tragedy, the purpose of the vigil was to focus on the memories that Kennedi and Kenya left behind to the ones who knew and loved them so much.

During the vigil, one by one, everyone was able to release their emotions and share stories, including Kenya’s parents.

“I’m hurt,” said Adrian Moore, Kenya’s mother. “I prayed for her and I told god when you give me her, give me the wisdom and the understanding to get through life and I did. Thirty-one, I wish I had longer.”

“I did anything when it came to her,” said Willie Pickett, Kenya’s father. “One day, she asked me, ‘Dad, what’s happening with the money.’ I said you brought these two girls along. They’re getting your money now. It’s the end of the line for you.”

Celebration of life services are expected to take place next weekend, though details are still being finalized.

A disturbance over the Bahamas (non-tropical) will drift slowly across South Florida keeping our rain chances pretty high through midweek then the remnants of former Tropical Storm Dolly could close in on us keeping those rain chances high toward the end of the week. All in all, this rainy forecast is great news for our drought.

In south-central Nepal's Chitwan district, the scale of the catastrophe was evident in some 250 bodies awaiting identification and the hastily dug trenches for their temporary burial following Wednesday’s catastrophic floods and mudslides, which killed at least 800 people and left more than 3,000 missing in Nepal and Tibet.

The bodies were carried hundreds of kilometers downstream by the Bhotekoshi River from the flood's epicenter before being recovered in Chitwan.

Authorities carried out a temporary burial of about 100 victims on Saturday, officials said, as forensic teams struggled to cope. A convoy of vehicles carrying bodies entered a lush, forested area as an excavator dug a wide trench in the red earth while officials and media looked on.

Anil Thapa, a police inspector coordinating the handling of the bodies, said another 50 bodies were having DNA samples taken ahead of their likely burial Sunday.

Authorities preserve the DNA samples, photograph distinguishing facial features and record other identifying details, Thapa said. The bodies are assigned a reference number to help families claim them later.

Thapa said many of the bodies had remained submerged in floodwaters for about four days and were already decomposing by the time they were recovered.

Across the region, homes, vehicles and farm tractors still lay partially buried in mud.

Limited forensic infrastructure and inadequate morgue capacity in the district further strained efforts to manage the overwhelming number of bodies recovered from the disaster, officials said.

High humidity and sweltering heat accelerated decomposition, compounding the challenges as health experts warned that leaving the remains exposed could increase the risk of disease.

Fresh landslides in the area on Sunday closed the main highway linking the capital city of Kathmandu and Chitwan, a day after it partially reopened, complicating efforts to move bodies and relief supplies.

As survivors grappled with the aftermath, criticism of the burials mounted. Some residents said the dead had waited days for their last rites and were denied dignity in death. Families still waiting to locate missing relatives and some public figures questioned whether authorities moved too quickly.

The issue is particularly sensitive in Nepal, a predominantly Hindu nation where the dead are traditionally cremated.

Ruby Chaudhary, who has two missing relatives, said the burials should not proceed without families’ consent.

“The dead deserve to be treated with dignity,” she said. “Our tradition is to cremate them on the riverbank, surrounded by their immediate family.”

A former prime minister, Baburam Bhattarai, said it was inappropriate to dispose of unidentified bodies before search and rescue operations were complete and without broader consultation with families of the missing.

If morgues were insufficient, authorities could have mobilized emergency resources to set up temporary morgues or secure cold storage facilities, he said in a social media post Saturday night.

Officials said the burials were a temporary measure necessitated by health concerns and limited capacity.

“People are worried that this could be a permanent burial, but it is only temporary management,” Thapa said. “If someone is able to verify the identity later using the available information, they can take back the body and perform the appropriate funeral rites.”

Amrit Bahadur Rai, Nepal’s foreign secretary, said the temporary burial of unidentified bodies was carried out in line with internationally accepted disaster-management protocols, including those of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

“Families can match records later, and will be allowed to exhume (the remains later) for necessary rituals,” Rai said at a press briefing in Kathmandu.

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U.S. broadcaster NBC said Israeli settlers attacked a team of its journalists in the occupied West Bank. A British activist faced deportation after Israeli settlers seized him and turned him over to police. And an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza killed at least two Palestinians, including a 3-year-old boy, hospital authorities said.

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

Iran’s supreme leader urges regional unity

Iran's new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, urged Muslim cooperation and unity in a letter to religious leaders from Islamic countries attending a conference in Tehran, Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported.

Khamenei called the U.S. and Israel enemies of all Islamic nations. “My enduring and repeating advice to rulers of Islamic nations is to know your real enemy, understand its plans and confront it," he wrote.

Six months after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran, killing Khamenei's father and other senior leaders, Khamenei has not been seen publicly.

The war has exposed deep divisions in the Muslim world after Iran struck targets in neighboring Gulf Arab countries and restricted movement through the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran has opposed the U.S. military presence in neighboring nations.

NBC says settlers attack journalists in West Bank

Settlers attacked an NBC crew in the central West Bank on Saturday as they were interviewing a Palestinian woman who said she’d been driven out of her house, the network said.

Correspondent Matt Bradley, two other crew members and the woman were treated for injuries, NBC said, giving no details about them.

NBC shared footage showing masked settlers approaching the crew with sticks and beating their vehicles.

Israel’s military said it was “aware of reports of Palestinian injuries, including a Palestinian woman who sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was evacuated by the Red Crescent for medical treatment.” It did not comment on the attack on the NBC crew.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a rare condemnation of the violence on Saturday, after a growing wave of violence by settlers in the West Bank. The Israeli leader has come under U.S. criticism for the attacks.

Settlers seized a British activist, lawyer says

Israeli settlers seized a British activist from a Palestinian village in the West Bank on Saturday and locked him in a shed before turning him over to police, his lawyer said Sunday.

Inbar Shaked Vardi said settlers held Finn Joughin for half an hour. Video showed two settlers, one armed, restraining Joughin and marching him away.

It was not clear what led to his capture. Settlers alleged he assaulted a child, which Vardi denied. Settlers pointed to a video where the activist uses his body in an apparent attempt to block a settler boy from passing through a fence. Vardi said the video shows he was trying to protect the village.

“Without any hearing, the police has decided to move him to deportation, which just shows that this entire case has been political in the first place,” Vardi said later, adding that Joughin would likely be deported Sunday night.

A spokesperson with the U.K. government's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office said embassy officials have raised the case with Israeli authorities and were seeking information.

Israeli strike kills 2 Palestinians in Gaza, including a child

An Israeli strike hit a group of people in the western part of Deir al-Balah, killing a 3-year-old and a man who Israel's military called a Hamas operative.

The military in a statement identified the man as Hassam Osama Hussein Nasir. It said he had “posed an immediate threat,” without providing evidence.

Another Palestinian was wounded, according to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, which received the casualties.

The deaths were the latest in Gaza since a fragile October ceasefire deal attempted to halt more than two years of war between Israel and Hamas. Gaza's Health Ministry says Israeli fire has killed at least 1,318 Palestinians since that truce.

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AP writers Samy Magdy in Cairo, Julia Frankel in Jerusalem and Natalie Melzer in Nahariya, Israel, contributed.

When asked whether he uses AI platforms like Claude or ChatGPT in his work, Markey seemed unclear on the topic. He responded that he uses “whatever is inside of my iPhone or my iPad — whatever comes up” and added that he doesn't know “what companies my iPad may be using.”

For Arsen Bagdassarian, an 18-year-old supporter of Markey’s rival, 47-year-old U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, the answer reinforced a concern that has become central to Moulton’s campaign to unseat the incumbent in Tuesday's party primary: that Markey, who would be 86 at the end of another term, is too old to represent a generation confronting problems that didn’t exist when Markey entered Congress 50 years ago.

“To be frank, I didn’t expect him to be as clueless as he really was on that topic,” said Bagdassarian, an incoming freshman at Boston’s Northeastern University. Artificial intelligence is “a major concern,” he said, and the country needs leaders “who understand what they’re being asked to regulate.”

The 2026 midterms have brought a number of generational challenges like the one Moulton is waging against Markey, with younger Democrats taking on — and in some cases unseating — longtime incumbents. There are signs that Democratic voters, especially, are looking for change, and some young voters argue older politicians can’t truly understand a world transformed by artificial intelligence, rising housing costs and student debt.

But that hasn’t been the case for all young people voting for the Senate nominee in a heavily Democratic state where the primary often decides who wins office. Markey has a strong following of young supporters, some of whom say that the internal party debate is more over policy than age. He’s won the endorsement of the High School Democrats of America and the College Democrats of America, as well as the backing of popular progressives such as U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

Among those younger supporters is Matt Kelly, president of the UMass Lowell College Democrats. Kelly doesn't dispute that Markey stumbled when asked about his use of AI, saying, “I'll admit it wasn't a good answer.”

But Kelly said he cares less about whether Markey knows how to use the latest technology than whether he understands how to govern it. Moulton’s relative youth, Kelly said, doesn’t necessarily make his views more representative of young voters.

“Just because he has a younger face doesn’t mean that he has younger ideas,” he said.

For young Markey supporters, longevity can be an asset

Many of Markey’s younger supporters turn Moulton’s argument about the senator’s 50-year political career on its head. To them, longevity provides a record they can judge — one that shows whether politicians held the same positions before they became popular with younger voters. One example is Markey’s vote in 2002 against the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, which later led to the creation of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Milan van Dam, a 17-year-old who serves as national chair of the High School Democrats of America, said generational leadership is “less about an age on a Wikipedia page” than the ideas a candidate represents and their consistency through time.

Abby Shadden, a 21-year-old Emmanuel College student, similarly pointed to Markey’s co-authorship of the Green New Deal and his early support for Medicare for All.

“There is this idea that younger people are just automatically more progressive when, in this case, it is very much not true,” she said.

For Kelly, the debate over AI is already playing out close to home. A proposed data center in Lowell, where he attends college, has generated opposition from some residents over its potential impact on the community. Kelly said Markey’s push for greater regulation of data centers matters more to him than the senator’s awkward answer about AI.

Kelly said his generation will be graduating into an economy increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence while facing a cost of living that has made it harder to achieve the same financial security as previous generations.

“Yes, Ed Markey’s answer rhetorically didn’t come off well, optically didn’t look well,” Kelly said. But when it comes to who will be good for “the group that’s graduating into this new economy,” he said, Markey’s record matters more.

Moulton says it's time for a new generation of Democratic leaders

Moulton seized on Markey's debate answer, telling him: “Senator, if you don’t even know what you’re using on your phone or your iPad, like this is why we need a new generation of leaders to regulate these technologies.” Moulton called Markey’s loose grasp of the technology “potentially disqualifying.”

Markey pushed back, saying, “It doesn’t make any difference whether it’s called Siri or it’s called Claude,” and emphasizing that familiarity with individual AI products was less important than putting safeguards around the technology. He pointed to legislation he has introduced to regulate AI’s effects on children, workers, civil rights, and the environment.

Moulton has emphasized Markey’s age throughout the race, calling for “generational change” and age limits for members of Congress.

For some of Moulton’s young supporters, however, the argument is about more than the candidates’ ages.

Molly Blander, an 18-year-old incoming Tufts University freshman, pointed to artificial intelligence and social media as technologies that have reshaped life for her generation — including its mental health. She cited Moulton’s work to establish 988 as the national suicide and crisis lifeline as an example of the kind of response she wants to see.

“Social media has created a modern mental health problem, so we need modern solutions,” Blander said.

“The world before AI is so different than it is now,” Blander added. “I think what was hard to see and hard to understand is that my senator does not understand one of the challenges that we’ve been facing.”

Her generation’s political world has also been shaped by Republican President Donald Trump.

“In my lifetime, I haven’t seen the Democratic Party and the Democratic establishment really make things much better,” she said, pointing to rising housing and energy costs and Trump’s rise and reelection. “And so I feel like the status quo and the establishment that we have now just isn’t working.”

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SpaceX launched the $4.3 billion Roman Space Telescope shortly after daybreak aboard a triple-the-fire-power Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center. Roman blazed toward an observation point 1 million miles (1.6 million kilometers) away that's home to the Webb Space Telescope, one of NASA's other big-ticket eyes in the sky.

The bus-sized telescope — named after the late Nancy Grace Roman, NASA’s first chief astronomer — will take more than three months to reach its destination. Once there, it will cast the widest gaze yet on the hidden parts of the universe from space, uncovering the unimaginable with unsurpassed speed.

“It’s going to find thousands of supernovae, tens of thousands of planets, billions of galaxies and tens of billions of stars,” said NASA science mission director Nicky Fox. “It’s going to be able to do things that we’ve never been able to do before with its massive field of view.”

Several minutes after the thunderous launch, the rocket's two reusable side boosters descended tail-first in a thrilling scene, producing sharp sonic booms as they landed back at Cape Canaveral. Soon afterward, the telescope separated successfully from the rocket's upper stage, drawing applause from ground controllers.

Fox was in tears watching the action unfold. “It's such a good day!” she said.

Roman’s field of view is more than 100 times wider than that of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, still churning out celestial glamour shots after 36 years in orbit. Webb joined the effort several years ago with an even narrower yet spot-on vision capable of zooming in on objects almost as old as the universe-creating Big Bang.

These three orbiting powerhouses will join forces — along with the European Space Agency’s Euclid spacecraft and the National Science Foundation’s Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile — to reveal some of the universe’s biggest secrets.

Inside the countless galaxies awaiting discovery are stars with planets. Once these new worlds are spotted by Roman, the more powerful and sensitive Webb will take aim to fill in the blanks.

“Roman’s vast reach will allow us to find the weird, the rare and the unusual,” senior project scientist Julie McEnery said on the eve of launch. “We’ll redefine what it means to find a needle in a haystack.”

Perhaps even more important, astronomers expect Roman to shed light on the dark matter and dark energy that make up most of the universe yet remain concealed. Roman's catalog of galaxies will help scientists ascertain how quickly the universe is expanding due to these puzzling, unseen forces.

Roman’s superpower is speed.

A month of Milky Way observations by Roman would take Hubble a century to complete, according to McEnery. Roman should make quick work of scanning the galactic bulge at dead center, she added, providing the deepest look yet into the heart of our galaxy.

Besides a wide-field infrared camera that matches Hubble’s sensitivity but is 1,000 times faster, Roman holds an instrument to block out starlight. This experimental, eclipse-creating coronagraph will allow Roman to directly image any planet, however faint, that might be orbiting the masked star.

The telescope is designed to be refueled, meaning if a robotic tanker becomes available in the coming decade, that could extend its life.

Launching nearly a year ahead of schedule and within budget, Roman is NASA's first space telescope to be named after a woman.

Retired NASA scientist Ed Weiler said the honor is long overdue. He coined the phrase “Mother of Hubble” for Roman, who hired him in 1978. Observatories above Earth’s obscuring atmosphere can see farther and better, she insisted after joining the brand new NASA in 1959. She died in 2018 at age 93.

“This is very, very fitting. I think Nancy would be very proud” that the namesake telescope will tackle some of the biggest, lingering questions about the universe such as dark energy, Weiler said.

Hubble launched in 1990 with a flawed mirror that required spacewalking astronauts’ dramatic intervention. Roman’s primary mirror is the same size as Hubble’s — nearly 8 feet (2.4 meters) in diameter — and is actually spy satellite surplus.

The National Reconnaissance Office donated two leftover mirrors to NASA more than a decade ago for repurposing. The second mirror is still in storage.

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Karina had maximum sustained winds of 80 miles per hour (130 kilometers per hour), the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said, making it a Category 1 hurricane. A major hurricane is Category 3 or greater.

The storm was located about 820 miles (1,325 kilometers) southwest of the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula and was moving and was moving northwest at 15 miles per hour (24 kilometers per hour) a forecast path farther out into the Pacific.

While Karina was expected to stay well away from land, swells from the storm were likely to cause dangerous surf and rip current conditions along parts of southwest Mexico and the Baja California Peninsula, the hurricane center said.

Elsewhere in the Pacific, Tropical Storm Lowell was 1,150 miles (1,850 kilometers) southeast of Hawaii, and it too posed no threat to land.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has forecast a below-average Atlantic hurricane season due to El Nino.

It predicted eight to 14 named storms, with three to six of them reaching hurricane strength and one to three intensifying to major hurricanes.

Some 237 people have been rescued, Northern Cyprus Prime Minister Unal Ustel told Turkish state-run TRT news channel. He said a search was underway for another 24 people.

Ustel said the ferry faced adverse weather conditions and began taking on water just 15 minutes after departure. A call for help was issued shortly after, he said.

The catamaran-style ferry was traveling from the port of Kyrenia, also known as Girne, in the breakaway north of ethnically divided Cyprus, to the Turkish port of Tasucu in Mersin province.

Kyrenia Mayor Murat Senkul said the ship belonged to the Filo Denizcilik ferry company and sank off the coast of Diana beach on Cyprus’ northern coast.

The ferry started taking in water about 7.5 kilometers (4 nautical miles) off the coast, TRT reported.

Video footage from the scene shows people with life-vests floating in the waters around the capsized vessel.

Constantinos Letymbiotis, spokesman for Cyprus’ internationally recognized government, said in a post on X Sunday that the government had expressed its readiness to assist in search and rescue efforts with all available means.

“In these trying times, our thoughts are with those who lost their lives, those who were injured and all those who are living this tragedy,” Letymbiotis said.

“At such times, the protection of human life is paramount.”

Fire engulfed Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, a major government hospital in Islamabad, on Wednesday. A 51-second segment of CCTV footage, widely circulated online, captured Razia Noreen running into the burning nursery and emerging seconds later with the newborn in her arms. She tired to go back in, but couldn’t because of the flames and thick smoke.

Noreen told private broadcaster Samaa TV on Sunday, while in tears, that she had merely done her duty.

“I did not do it for a reward. I love children, and caring for them is my passion,” she said, adding that she wanted to save the others, but “the fire spread through the nursery within two minutes.”

Noreen said she was heartbroken she couldn’t save the others as the flames spread too rapidly for her to reenter the nursery after carrying the first baby to safety, and memories continued to haunt her. “I cannot sleep. Those babies do not let me sleep.”

She will receive the Sitara-i-Khidmat, or Star of Service, which recognizes people who have rendered distinguished public service or made exceptional contributions to the nation, and about $36,000. The announcement drew widespread praise online.

An inquiry requested by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Noreen entered the nursery and emerged eight seconds later carrying the baby. The nursery “deteriorated catastrophically within approximately two minutes,” according to the report. Fifteen newborns were being cared for in the third-floor nursery when the fire broke out.

Sharif said Noreen displayed exceptional courage and devotion to duty by risking her life to save the newborn moments before the nursery burned down.

Eight officials have since been suspended, and disciplinary proceedings initiated against them following the inquiry. Sharif also ordered criminal proceedings against those ultimately found responsible.

Investigators are yet to determine what caused the fire.

The deaths have prompted broader reviews of fire-safety measures at hospitals across Pakistan.

The fire was among Pakistan’s deadliest recent tragedies involving children. In June, 14 schoolchildren were killed when the roof of a tutoring center under construction collapsed in the eastern city of Lahore.

The strike on Friday night on the warehouse — an ammunition storage facility according to Ukrainian officials — sparked massive explosions and fires that swept through dozens of nearby homes and buildings.

Emergency workers continued to extinguish fires and identify and neutralize explosive devices at the site in the village of Myla, Zelenskyy added. He said 20 people were injured, including two children.

On Saturday, Zelenskyy called the Myla attack “a terrible situation” and a consequence of “terrible negligence on the part of those who stored explosives right next to people.” He said a probe was underway into how and why the ammunition came to be kept there.

The attack comes as Russia has sharply intensified its air campaign in recent days, with air raid sirens sounding repeatedly across Kyiv and explosions and the rumble of air defenses punctuating the city throughout the day.

The escalation marks a notable shift in tactics, putting more pressure on Ukraine’s already strained air defenses while keeping civilians on alert for hours. Daytime attacks on the capital had been relatively rare previously.

Russia vows ‘massive strikes’ against Ukraine's energy sector

Meanwhile, Russia's Defense Ministry said Sunday that it is preparing to launch “massive strikes” against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, following a Ukrainian drone campaign against a retailer dubbed “Russia's Amazon” as well as the country's oil and gas sector, which Kyiv says both funds and directly fuels Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

The Russian ministry described the planned attacks as a response to Kyiv’s “ongoing attacks on Russia’s civilian infrastructure and fuel and energy sector.”

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Sunday vowed “an appropriate response” to what he said was Ukraine’s “path of escalation” and targeting of Russia’s civilian economy.

Peskov told Russian state media that Moscow has been launching “fairly systematic” strikes on what he called Kyiv's military and war-related infrastructure.

Ukraine launched deadly strikes in recent months on the facilities of Russia’s biggest online retailer, Wildberries, saying the company sells dual-use goods that have aided the Kremlin’s war effort. Ukrainian drones have also pounded Russian oil refineries and other energy infrastructure, prompting an unprecedented fuel crisis in a country that is one of the world’s biggest energy producers.

During the war’s previous winters, Russia systematically battered Ukraine’s power grid, depriving thousands of heat and light in freezing temperatures. Ukrainian officials have repeatedly warned that the coming winter may prove the most challenging since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.

Ukraine's new defense chief seeks to close $27 billion funding gap

Ukraine’s new Defense Minister Yevhen Khmara said the ministry has options for closing the $27 billion defense funding gap he inherited from his predecessor, including seeking more contributions from partners.

Khmara made the remarks at his first briefing with reporters since taking the post on Saturday. His appointment followed weeks of protests after Mykhailo Fedorov's dismissal that sparked a military reset in Kyiv and culminated in a video in which Fedorov called for elections. Khmara's comments were released for publication on Sunday.

Khmara, a former special forces officer who left military service to become a civilian minister, takes over as Kyiv's war effort faces mounting financial pressures. He said a priority will be avoiding battlefield shortages while ensuring soldiers are paid and other essential needs are met.

The ministry is considering bringing forward part of a 90-billion-euro ($104-billion) European loan planned for next year, and has identified partners for separate talks on financing specific defense needs, he said.

“Ukraine will show its partners a clear vision and a clear plan,” he vowed, adding he planned to preserve much of the existing ministry team.

Kyiv sends hundreds of drones into Russia

Also on Sunday, Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces downed or neutralized almost 500 Ukrainian drones launched overnight.

Independent news channels on Russian and Ukrainian Telegram claimed the drone strikes set fire to a major oil refinery in Kirishi, southeast of St Petersburg. The facility, Kirishi Petroleum Organic Synthesis, is one of Russia’s largest oil refineries and the only one in the country’s northwest.

There was no immediate confirmation from authorities, but local Gov. Alexander Drozdenko on Sunday reported that a fire broke out “in Kirishi’s industrial zone” following the drone strikes. He said a total of 62 drones had been shot down over the surrounding region.

Russian strikes on Kyiv on Saturday killed a 2-year-old girl and injured 12 others, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram on Sunday. In the village of Bilbasovka in eastern Ukraine, a 13-year-old child and an adult died after Russian troops dropped bombs on private houses Sunday, according to local official Vadim Lyakh.

Also on Sunday, a Ukrainian strike on a mine in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine killed a female employee, a Kremlin-installed local official said. According to Leonid Pasechnik, who heads the occupied Luhansk region, five others were injured across the province.

In Russia, Ukrainian drone strikes injured at least four people that same day in the border regions of Kursk and Belgorod, local authorities said.

Opponents defeated the measure by a margin of 52.8% to 47.2%, RUV reported. The capital of Reykjavik was the only area in the island nation of 400,000 people where a majority supported the referendum.

The vote Saturday was held in the shadow of repeated threats by U.S. President Donald Trump’s to control nearby Greenland. Although Iceland is a NATO member, supporters said European solidarity would provide greater protection if Trump ever made similar threats toward the volcanic island.

Iceland’s left-leaning coalition government, elected in 2024, moved up the EU referendum it had planned for next year after Trump mistakenly named Iceland four times while speaking about his designs on Greenland.

Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir, who campaigned in support of the measure, said she hoped the result would not divide the nation.

“I don’t feel that there is bitterness,” she told RUV before the final results were tallied. “I know tempers run high for some people, but I have now spent time with a large group of people from all over the country and people are quite open to different outcomes.”

Voteres faced a simple yes-or-no question: Should Iceland resume accession negotiations with the European Union?

Turnout was high with more than 82% of the eligible 270,000 voters casting ballots.

The count through the night had the nation on edge as the “Yes” campaign took an early lead before results swung in favor of the opposition. By dawn, a margin of only a few hundred votes separated the two camps before the gap grew as more ballots were tallied in areas of the country where opposition was greater.

“This isn't the time to go. Maybe 10, 15, 20 years or more, like, we can take another look,” said Daniel Bjarkason, who voted against the measure. "But for now we’re too divided and that’s not a good look, because it should be 70-30 Yes if we’re going to do it.”

The influential fishing industry led opposition to the referendum over fears the bloc’s common fisheries policy would open its waters to Spanish, Dutch and other trawlers.

Descendants of Vikings who won their independence from Denmark in 1944 have lived off the sea for centuries and fishing is central to Iceland's national identity. Iceland has a proud history of refusing to be pushed around by bigger and richer European nations, winning the so-called Cod Wars with Britain in the 1970s over the right to control its waters.

Opponents also rallied around the fact that Iceland already reaps benefits from being in the EU’s frictionless single market and the Schengen free-travel zone without the sovereignty compromises that come with full membership. They argued that Iceland’s voice would be muted in the large European Parliament and that it would be better off cutting its own trade deals, such as one with China.

Backers said EU membership would lower inflation and interest rates, and the euro would bring more stability than Iceland’s volatile króna. They said it was also in the nation’s interest to get closer to its European neighbors to tackle issues that don’t respect borders, such as climate change.

If the proposal had been approved, it would have been a preliminary step to revive the lengthy negotiating process with the EU’s executive branch, the European Commission, to discuss areas from the economy to human rights. Voters would have needed to approve any negotiated deal.

The result is sure to disappoint many in the European Union. Beyond being a relatively wealthy, stable and democratic country with vast fishing grounds, Iceland could have joined the bloc relatively quickly. Croatia was the last to join, in 2013.

Most of the other candidates waiting — including several countries in the Balkans, plus Moldova and conflict-torn Ukraine — must still undertake time-consuming reforms to bring their laws and standards into line with those of the EU.

Getting Iceland into Europe’s rich club, perhaps along with Montenegro and possibly Moldova, over the next two years could have helped to lay to rest the damage caused by the departure of Britain in 2020, even though London now appears willing to mend ties.

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Melley reported from London. Lorne Cook in Brussels contributed to this report.

But six months into the conflict, the direst predictions haven’t come true even if no corner of the world's economy has been untouched.

“So far, the global economy has pulled off the financial equivalent of a ‘Mission Impossible’ scene,” said Michael Ashley Schulman, an investment strategist with Cerity Partners.

Here's a look at how the global economy has weathered the war, and who have been the winners and losers:

Winner: Investors who didn’t panic

Stock markets hate uncertainty, and the decision by the U.S. and Israel to attack Iran on Feb. 28 delivered heaps of it. Columns of smoke rose from Tehran, frantic Iranians clogged roadways trying to escape, and mounting deaths, including of children, made headlines. It was enough for any investor to feel squeamish.

Oil prices surged and Wall Street began a retreat that would begin five consecutive losing weeks. The Dow and Nasdaq entered corrections. The S&P 500 had its worst month since 2022.

But a major turnaround has unfolded since the market bottomed in late March. The Dow has gained nearly 19%, the S&P is up almost 22% and the Nasdaq has surged 27%. If those gains survive the waning months of 2026, all three indexes would post their fourth consecutive year of gains.

The International Monetary Fund, in a July report, said the economy was “being shaped by two major forces, pushing in opposite directions.” The war has strained growth, but enthusiasm over artificial intelligence has offset the drag.

Main Street may be paying more for fuel, food and travel. But Wall Street, so far, is shrugging it off.

Loser: Anyone on the move

The war's most obvious economic consequence has been its impact on oil. With tanker movement through the Strait of Hormuz slowed to a crawl, the price of Brent crude climbed from a prewar close of about $72 a barrel to as high as nearly $120. Although prices have eased, they are still up about 20% from before the war.

Oil's price affects everything from crayons to cosmetics, but it hits anyone on the move especially hard.

Jet fuel is expected to cost, on average, 70% more than in 2025, according to the International Air Transport Association. Airlines, in turn, have raised ticket costs, hiked baggage fees and slapped on fuel surcharges while slashing flights or backing off from plans for added routes. Lufthansa Group, for one, cut 20,000 short-haul flights. Spirit Airlines, though troubled for years, evaporated.

“The likelihood that fuel surcharges are going to be rolled back and airfares are going to be brought down is very low over the next few months,” said Brett House, a Columbia University economist. “There is less choice for consumers and less competition between airlines, and therefore, less pressure to rein in fare increases.”

Winner: The case for clean power

With tankers at a standstill and fuel prices climbing, the war strengthened a clean-power sales pitch.

Sales of electric vehicles hit records in some parts of the world. In Singapore, year-over-year growth of EVs reached 110%. In New Zealand, the figure hit 180%. And in Colombia, EVs notched a 300% increase.

Worldwide, EVs are projected to account for 29% of total vehicle sales in 2026, according to an International Energy Agency outlook, up from 25% last year. That growth is even more impressive considering the world’s two biggest economies, the United States and China, saw declining demand for EVs.

Countries that were particularly reliant on Persian Gulf oil have been spurred to action. In Southeast Asia, leaders have rolled out more use of renewable energy and researched deploying nuclear power. In Africa, countries have looked to expand domestic refining and accelerated the installation of solar panels.

Scott Lehmann, a supply chain expert at Sphera, an operational intelligence firm, counts 26 countries and regions that have announced clean energy and electrification measures in response to the war.

“The crisis is forcing investment faster than any policy framework would have,” he said.

Loser: The fight against hunger

For the privileged, the costs brought by war may barely be a blip. For the poorest, it's a different story.

With the Gulf not just a leader in global oil production, but also of fertilizer, the war has dealt a blow to farmers. Just as many were making decisions about their crops, fertilizer prices soared, peaking in April at 44% higher than before the war, according to the World Bank’s price index.

In response, some farmers trimmed their fertilizer use, potentially imperiling next year’s harvests. “If you’re reducing your fertilizer usage right now, it’s in a way borrowing against next year’s soil health,” said Arif Gasilov, a natural resources expert with the Gasilov Group consultancy.

The United Nations World Food Programme has warned that tens of millions could be pushed into hunger. In testimony this week, its acting executive director, Carl Skau, said the “suffocation of fertilizer exports” had hit Asia and Africa hard. Higher transportation costs hindered the WFP’s own humanitarian efforts, too.

“An oil tanker anchored in the Strait of Hormuz can mean one less meal a day for a child in Sudan,” Skau said. “When oil prices go up, so does the price of flour, rice and vegetables.”

Winner: The Trumps’ businesses

The war has already cost the U.S. tens of billions of dollars and caused thousands in Iranian casualties. It has shaved an estimated hundreds of billions of dollars from projected global output.

But the family of the man at the center of it all, President Donald Trump, has been among the beneficiaries.

Military contractor Powerus, about to be taken public by Eric and Donald Trump Jr., won an Air Force contract worth as much as $90 million to supply interceptors to shoot down Iranian drones. Similarly, the private equity firm 1789 Capital Management, which Don Jr. joined days after his father’s reelection, owns stakes in several other military contractors profiting from the war. One of them, Anduril, won U.S. approval for up to $2 billion in sales of drone interceptors to Kuwait. A second, Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is providing satellite service to guide U.S. drones against Iran. And a third — rocket maker Firehawk Defense — won Pentagon contracts for propellants and warheads to replenish dwindling U.S. supplies.

A spokeswoman for 1789 Capital, Alexa Henning, said Don Jr. wasn't involved in the decision to put money in those companies, so there is no “nefarious connection.”

The president himself has done well, too.

His investment portfolio run by outside managers has scooped up shares of U.S. military suppliers helped by the war, including Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics and Northrop Grumman. Democrats released a report this week saying Trump’s holdings in oil and gas stocks have soared by as much as $15.5 million.

A White House spokeswoman, Anna Kelly, insisted “there are no conflicts of interest” and that “President Trump only acts in the best interests of the American public.”

Even as Trump's personal finances have benefited, his political fortunes are another question. The conflict has been unpopular and could weigh on voters as midterm elections near.

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Contributing to this report were Associated Press reporters Mae Anderson, Cathy Bussewitz and Bernard Condon in New York; Paul Wiseman in Washington; Wyatte Grantham-Philips in Chicago; Rio Yamat in Las Vegas; Alexa St. John in Detroit; Allan Olingo in Nairobi, Kenya; Chan Ho-him in Hong Kong; and Anton L. Delgado in Bangkok.

Se enviaron avisos de alerta de inundación a los teléfonos de la población temprano el domingo, y los equipos de rescate trabajaban para despejar una importante carretera que conecta Katmandú con una de las zonas más afectadas por las catastróficas inundaciones del miércoles, que mataron al menos a 800 personas y dejaron más de 3.000 desaparecidos en Nepal y el Tíbet.

Las advertencias más recientes llegaron luego que las autoridades chinas informaran a sus homólogos nepaleses sobre un aumento del caudal aguas arriba, declaró Dharam Raj Uprety, director ejecutivo de la Autoridad Nacional de Reducción y Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres de Nepal.

La agencia estatal china de noticias Xinhua, citando al Ministerio de Recursos Hídricos del país, reportó que un nuevo lago formado después de las inundaciones del miércoles en lo alto de las montañas se había drenado en gran medida.

Pero Xinhua añadió que el Ministerio advirtió que un cráter ubicado 5,6 kilómetros (3,5 millas) aguas arriba, que contenía un estimado de 1,4 millones de metros cúbicos de agua, aún representaba cierto riesgo y requería un monitoreo estrecho.

La agencia de desastres de Nepal informó el domingo que la cifra de fallecidos había subido a 788, con 2.502 desaparecidos, y las autoridades de China reportaron 16 muertos y 546 desaparecidos en el lado chino de la frontera.

Entre los desaparecidos hay cientos de personas de más de una docena de países que estaban en la región para trabajar, visitar las montañas o hacer una peregrinación a un pico sagrado. El domingo, medios estatales chinos publicaron que 261 extranjeros estaban desaparecidos en el Tíbet, incluidos más de un centenar de nepaleses y otros de todo el mundo.

Algunos están regresando a lo que quedó de sus hogares

En Dhading, una de las regiones más golpeadas de Nepal, algunos residentes comenzaron a regresar a viviendas arruinadas para ver qué podían salvar.

Los residentes se sentaron en casas con muros arrasados por las inundaciones, paleando lodo espeso y escombros de balcones o marcos de ventanas. Otros escudriñaban el suelo en busca de objetos que pudieran sacar del barro y enjuagar. Un hombre había regresado por sus gallinas, que encontró vivas. Las ató y las puso en la cabina de su camión.

“Todo está arruinado, no queda nada, ni siquiera nuestra casa”, dijo a The Associated Press Sharmila Tamang, una residente de Dhading que intentaba rescatar objetos de su vivienda.

En una central eléctrica clave que resultó gravemente dañada por las inundaciones, los trabajadores comenzaron a inspeccionar las instalaciones el domingo para evaluar la destrucción. La planta abastece a más de 20.000 personas en cuatro distritos.

En la localidad de Galchhi, un grupo de residentes buscó terreno más alto en un puente cercano y observó cómo el río rugía al pasar. Algunas personas señalaron enormes rocas que habían sido arrastradas río abajo durante las inundaciones anteriores, y a otras, que estaban de pie en un puente colgante sobre el agua, se les indicó con silbatos que se retiraran.

A lo largo del río se podían ver casas, vehículos y tractores agrícolas sobresaliendo del espeso sedimento gris parduzco que ha sepultado pueblos enteros en algunas zonas. Partes de las terrazas de arroz junto a la ribera habían caído al río en los deslizamientos.

Residentes reciben advertencias constantes de inundación

Las viviendas y negocios que quedaron intactos tras las inundaciones seguían sin electricidad el domingo, y postes de tendido eléctrico retorcidos y cables yacían enredados en el lodo.

Los residentes de aldeas azotadas por las inundaciones dijeron que les costaba entender las alarmas casi constantes que han recibido desde las crecidas iniciales.

“A veces dicen que viene una inundación y entonces tenemos que volver a correr hacia terreno más alto, incluso de noche. También está lloviendo", comentó Govind Shreshta, residente local. "Es realmente difícil para mí. Tengo un padre de 72 años y una madre de 70. Debo cargarlos y estoy agotado. Esto sigue así para quienes todavía están vivos”.

Grandes puentes de concreto y otros más pequeños, colgantes, fueron destruidos, dejando a las comunidades del otro lado del río con un acceso menos fácil.

“Los que están allá ahora están atrapados allá. Los que estamos aquí estamos atrapados aquí. Va a ser muy difícil”, declaró Sattan Singh Tamang, de 47 años, quien trabajaba cerca de un puente cuando llegaron las inundaciones del miércoles.

Ministro resalta que los nepaleses son víctimas del cambio climático

Las inundaciones repentinas del miércoles comenzaron tras un colapso glaciar en lo alto de la región del Himalaya. Científicos que estudiaron imágenes satelitales detallaron que el lecho rocoso debajo de un glaciar en lo alto de la región del Himalaya se había derrumbado, llevándose consigo parte del coloso. El desprendimiento de rocas fue tan extremo que se registró como magnitud 5,2.

Las rocas y el agua derretida luego hicieron crecer los ríos en los valles de abajo, provocando un torrente de agua que arrastró edificios, puentes y tierra río abajo en el Tíbet y Nepal.

El ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Nepal pidió una respuesta global al cambio climático, diciendo que Nepal estaba soportando una parte desproporcionada de su impacto.

“A pesar de contribuir solo el 0,1% de las emisiones globales, la gente de Nepal se ha convertido en una de las principales víctimas del cambio climático”, lamentó Shisir Khanal el sábado.

Científicos han dicho que es demasiado pronto para establecer una conexión directa entre el calentamiento global y la catástrofe del miércoles. Sin embargo, afirmaron que a medida que la temperatura de la Tierra aumenta debido a actividades humanas como la quema de petróleo, gas y carbón, crecen las probabilidades de desastres de este tipo, especialmente en las montañas del Himalaya, que se están calentando considerablemente más rápido que muchas otras partes del mundo.

Por su parte, el primer ministro de Malasia, Anwar Ibrahim, anunció el domingo que su país enviará a Nepal un equipo de búsqueda y rescate para ayudar en las labores de socorro y ayudar a evacuar a los malasios afectados por el desastre.

Malasia también se ha comprometido a aportar un millón de dólares en ayuda financiera a Nepal, dijo en un comunicado.

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Los periodistas de The Associated Press Aijaz Hussain en Nueva Delhi y Shristi Kafle en Katmandú, Nepal, y el videperiodista Shonal Ganguly en Dhading, Nepal, contribuyeron a este despacho.

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There will be plenty of stars gracing the red carpets when the 83rd edition of the festival kicks off Wednesday on the Lido: Noel and Liam Gallagher, Robert Pattinson, Rooney Mara, George Clooney and Penélope Cruz are among those expected to attend. Some of the films may even become Oscar nominees.

But the mood feels a little different this year. There will always be a spotlight for the Hollywood contingent and the awards hopefuls posing on boats and docks in designer duds. Yet, in a lineup featuring Pattinson as “To Catch a Predator” host Chris Hansen, Dakota Johnson as Marilyn Monroe, Guy Pearce as Rupert Murdoch and Clooney as, well, himself (he’s getting a lifetime achievement award, as is Ellen Burstyn), it’s possible that much of the attention will be on a man who (probably) won’t be there: Elon Musk.

Docs feature Musk, Russia and Gaza

Alex Gibney’s nearly four-hour documentary about the world’s richest man has been in the works for almost four years. The Oscar-winner wasn’t sure about taking it on at first, but a good friend convinced him it would be a worthy portrait of 21st-century power — and this was before the 2024 presidential campaign and DOGE.

When the documentary was announced, Musk called it a “hit piece” on social media. Gibney replied, “How would you know?”

In fact, Gibney told The Associated Press he started off as a kind of admirer — as well as a Tesla owner — and sincerely wanted to talk to Musk for the film.

“Ultimately, he didn’t want to talk to me,” Gibney said. “But then you start, you know, digging into the facts and you follow them where they lead. And where they led, for me, was to a place that upended the myth, I would say, of Elon Musk as a kind of modern Leonardo da Vinci … I think that the news in this film is that Musk isn’t an inventor. He’s a confidence man.”

The filmmakers talked to hundreds of people on and off the record to compile a sweeping picture of the Tesla and SpaceX CEO who, Gibney said, is not dissimilar to the guys at Enron or Elizabeth Holmes. He was most surprised by how many people seemed to be afraid to be on camera talking about Musk — even his admirers wanted permission first.

“I thought, wow, for such a big and powerful person, that seems awfully weak,” Gibney said.

But while it’s a “dark and dangerous topic,” Gibney said, the film is also a “fun ride.”

The same could be said of “My Undesirable Friends: Part II — Exile,” in which Julia Loktev continues her sprawling portrait of independent Russian journalists after the invasion of Ukraine.

“You see this group of young, very young journalists who’ve just fled their country, like, on a few hours’ notice. They had the choice of, you know, stop reporting the truth about the war, which didn’t seem like a choice at all, or go to prison, or leave the country so they can keep telling the truth,” Loktev said. “It was a question of how long do you keep following? Because this takes place over four years. And over that time, exile becomes, of course, indefinite.”

Similar to the first film, Part II runs nearly six hours. But, she said, “I hear it goes by easy.”

The conflict in Gaza will also take center stage in the documentary “NAZA,” a late addition to the competition, from two of the filmmakers behind the Oscar-winning “No Other Land.”

Unlike last year, no large-scale protests are planned, but the group Venice4Palestine did call on the festival to “suspend all agreements with entities and institutions linked to the Israeli government." It also asked that the Palestinian flag be flown throughout.

Hollywood eyes awards in Venice

Part of the intrigue of Venice is how it might play into the Oscar race — it’s usually good for a best picture nominee or two.

Martin McDonagh’s “Wild Horse Nine,” starring John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell as 1970s CIA agents, seems like a promising candidate after his last two films debuted at Venice and went on to nominations. “The Father” filmmaker Florian Zeller returns with “Bunker,” a psychological thriller with Cruz and Javier Bardem. Danny Boyle looks at a turning point in tabloid media in “Ink.” And there's much curiosity around Lance Oppenheim’s “Primetime,” for Pattinson’s performance and for its examination of reality television culture in the early 2000s.

Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda is also debuting “Look Back,” about two small-town girls who aspire to be manga artists. And Korean auteur Lee Chang-dong examines themes of labor and freedom through two married couples in “Possible Love.”

This is also a year in which big Hollywood hasn’t needed the sheen of the international film festival. Cannes was bereft of a big blockbuster, and the industry went on to have one of its highest-earning summers ever. The reigning best picture winner, “One Battle After Another,” skipped festivals entirely.

Venice might have more Hollywood films than Cannes did, but following several years in which fates might have been prematurely decided for both would-be contenders, like “After the Hunt” and “The Smashing Machine,” and blockbusters like “Joker: Folie à Deux,” it too seems a bit more muted — at least on paper.

Venice fails in its pledge to women

And then there is the subject of women, specifically those behind the camera. There is only one in the main competition: Danish-Egyptian director May El-Toukhy. The same thing happened in 2018, prompting the festival that year to sign a pledge to have at least half of the films in competition be directed by women by 2020, which they have yet to achieve.

Adding more insult to injury is the fact that Maggie Gyllenhaal, whose first film “The Lost Daughter” won Venice's best screenplay prize in 2021, is presiding over a jury which includes Kaouther Ben Hania, whose film “The Voice of Hind Rajab” won the Silver Lion last year when there were six female-directed films in the competition.

Only seven women have won the Golden Lion, including Laura Poitras with “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” who is returning this year with a short film she co-directed with Rachel Lauren Mueller about U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis. “They’re Here” is part of the Venice Open section, which also includes Gyllenhaal’s Marilyn Monroe short “Flesh Impact.”

Outside of the main competition, there are also documentaries from Loktev, Barbara Kopple and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi. There are several others in the Horizons sections as well, including a short from Saoirse Ronan.

Opening Venice Days on Wednesday is Hungarian filmmaker Lili Horvát’s English-language debut, “My Notes on Mars,” about a couple — Rupert Friend and Mackenzie Davis — whose marriage is in trouble when the wife, a scientist, mysteriously disappears and then reappears the day of her memorial service.

“The story argues for great love,” Horvát said. “Yet it shows the eternal limits of knowing the person we are in love with.”

Venice Days is an independent sidebar in which more than half the selections are by women, including several high-profile shorts from filmmakers like Mona Fastvold and Claire Denis.

“It’s good to be in a progressive section,” Horvát said.

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A four-person team carried out the rescue last weekend near Mammoth Lakes, California, in a precarious gully. The challenge came in having no time to spare with thousands of feet of vertical exposure below, said team spokesperson Mitchell Quiring.

The stranded climber had only one foot fully on the 6-inch (15-centimeter) ledge and was shaking out his legs and switching them to avoid tiring, said Quiring, who was part of the rescue team.

“Any fall would almost certainly be fatal,” the team wrote on its Facebook page.

Quiring said he credits the climber, Rob Martin, with having the strength and will to live.

“He was not going to give up. He was going to push until there was a solution,” Quiring said. “It’s what we train for, so there’s a lot of trust in leaning back on that.”

The volunteer group has long trained to carry out technical rescues. The rescuers are among those dispatched the Mono County Sheriff's Office in the Sierra Nevada, about 200 miles (322 kilometers) east of San Francisco.

“Honestamente, no sale tanto”, expresó Hughes, quien preside el capítulo estatal de los Demócratas Universitarios.

Qué diferencia hacen seis años.

Durante el primer mandato del presidente Donald Trump y, especialmente, durante las primarias demócratas para determinar quién se postularía para enfrentarlo en 2020, los demócratas hablaban constantemente del cambio climático. Lo usaban para movilizar a votantes jóvenes como Hughes, alimentando protestas y demandas contundentes para rehacer la economía con propuestas como el Green New Deal.

Pero se ha producido un giro nacional en la conversación tan marcado que algunos investigadores lo llaman “silencio climático". El Searchlight Institute, un centro de pensamiento demócrata, instó al partido a dejar de mencionar el cambio climático porque no es una prioridad para los votantes. El Sunrise Movement, un grupo de izquierda que impulsó el calentamiento global como un tema principal para los jóvenes, cambió su misión el otoño pasado hacia un mandato más amplio de combatir al presidente republicano.

El cambio queda reflejado en la primaria demócrata para el Senado en Massachusetts, que se celebra el martes, mientras el titular del cargo, Ed Markey, de 80 años, intenta contener un desafío del representante Seth Moulton, de 47. Aunque Markey todavía habla de haber patrocinado el Green New Deal, su campaña se centra más en otros asuntos para reforzar sus credenciales de izquierda y demostrar a los votantes que no es demasiado mayor para el puesto.

Es el ejemplo más reciente de cómo el cambio climático ha quedado eclipsado por temas como el costo de vida, el apoyo a Israel y, sobre todo, cómo enfrentar a Trump.

“Hace seis años, lo único que mencionaba Ed Markey era el Green New Deal. Eso ya no ocurre”, afirmó Mary Anne Marsh, una estratega demócrata veterana en Massachusetts. “Se trata de quién es el mejor para pelear. Punto y final. Todo cae bajo eso”.

‘La gente está cada vez más alterada por otros temas’

Si bien el debate político sobre el cambio climático se ha apagado, el planeta no. Los científicos señalan que aumenta la probabilidad de que el 2026 sea el año más caluroso registrado, o casi. Se pronostica un fenómeno El Niño extraordinariamente fuerte, disparando las temperaturas globales.

Algunos defensores esperan que el tema vuelva al centro del escenario si los demócratas recuperan la Cámara de Representantes en noviembre y los desastres provocados por el clima dominan el invierno.

El senador Sheldon Whitehouse, de Rhode Island, una voz demócrata destacada sobre el cambio climático, sostuvo en una entrevista que ignorar el tema es un “error” estratégico importante.

“El cambio climático ha pasado del departamento de ciencias al departamento de economía”, explicó. “Ahora está golpeando el seguro de vivienda de la gente, el valor de las propiedades, las preocupaciones del bolsillo. Así que creo que es un argumento muy poderoso”.

Trump ha afirmado falsamente que el cambio climático es “una farsa”, y su partido se ha burlado con regularidad de propuestas demócratas como el Green New Deal.

El Sunrise Movement, fundado en 2017 para movilizar a votantes jóvenes en torno a temas climáticos, anunció en octubre que estaba virando hacia la lucha contra el “fascismo”. El director ejecutivo del grupo, Aru Shiney-Ajay, indicó que fue una decisión premonitoria debido a reportes de que agentes federales se infiltraron en reuniones de protesta durante las redadas migratorias en Minneapolis.

“Simplemente vivimos en un país significativamente más autoritario. Por eso, muchas de las primarias demócratas tratan sobre preguntas más existenciales”, señaló Shiney-Ajay, cuya red generalmente respalda a demócratas de izquierda, en una entrevista. “No es tanto que a la gente le importe menos el clima, sino que la gente está cada vez más alterada por otros temas”.

Aproximadamente 6 de cada 10 demócratas dicen que el cambio climático es “un problema muy grande” para el país, según una encuesta del Pew Research Center de abril. Eso es más o menos lo mismo que en 2016. Aun así, el clima a menudo ha quedado en segundo plano frente a otras prioridades de los demócratas, como la inflación, el costo de la atención médica y el papel del dinero en la política.

Las preocupaciones por el costo de vida han dominado el debate político este año.

McKenzie Wilson, de Blue Rose Research, una firma demócrata de datos, declaró que los votantes han pedido cambios de gran alcance en respuesta al descontento económico, mostrando un nivel de enojo no visto en años.

“En ese tipo de entorno es difícil pensar en problemas existenciales de largo plazo”, manifestó Wilson. “Si no hablamos y no enfocamos nuestra atención en el primer tema para el electorado, como vimos en 2024, no vamos a conectar con ellos”.

'No digas cambio climático'

Esa postura quedó resumida por el Searchlight Institute, un centro de pensamiento demócrata que el año pasado difundió una sugerencia provocadora: “La primera regla para resolver el cambio climático: no digas cambio climático”.

Sostuvo que los votantes lo veían como un tema tan intimidante y complejo que los demócratas tenían más probabilidades de ganar si se enfocaban en otros asuntos, lo que les permitiría recuperar el poder y abordar la crisis de la que no estaban hablando.

Leah Stokes, politóloga de la Universidad de California en Santa Barbara y autora de “The Carbon Wave”, un libro sobre la agenda interna del presidente demócrata Joe Biden, explicó que le resultaba “irritante” cuando los políticos hacían del tema una prioridad menor.

“La crisis climática se está acelerando y realmente no podemos dejar de hablar de ella durante, digamos, una década, porque el planeta estará aún más en llamas si hacemos eso”, advirtió.

Anthony Leiserowitz, director del Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, coincidió con esas preocupaciones.

“Lo que ocurra a lo largo de la próxima década moldeará profundamente la habitabilidad del planeta durante literalmente miles de años”, afirmó.

Algunos están convirtiendo el clima en un tema de costo de vida

El clima ha surgido como parte de la reacción nacional contra los centros de datos, pero es solo una parte de la conversación sobre el impacto de esos proyectos. Muchos activistas están ajustando la manera en que hablan del tema, subrayando cómo la energía verde puede bajar los precios y aliviar los costos de los seguros.

“Lo que estamos viendo ahora es que, ya sea que estés defendiendo una reforma de salud o acción climática o algún tema tecnológico específico, todo se filtra a través de un marco de costos”, opinó Jared Leopold, un estratega demócrata que desde hace tiempo se ha enfocado en el cambio climático.

Así fue como el Green New Deal apareció en un debate reciente entre Markey y Moulton, cuando un votante preguntó cómo reduciría cada candidato los precios de la energía. Cabe destacar que quien preguntó habló de aumentar la generación nuclear o de gas, no de energía limpia, para abordar el costo. Markey aprovechó la oportunidad para lanzar un ataque contra el presidente.

“Había un plan en marcha para tener un futuro energético sólido, limpio y asequible para nuestra mancomunidad”, indicó Markey, “y Trump lo atacó”.

Tatishe Nteta, politólogo de la Universidad de Massachusetts Amherst, señaló que así es como Markey ha utilizado el cambio climático en esta elección: para señalar su disposición a enfrentar a Trump, así como su alianza con el ala izquierda que ha encadenado una serie de victorias en primarias este año. Pero otros temas se han vuelto aún más útiles para lograrlo.

“La definición de dónde estás en términos de ser un candidato progresista y un funcionario electo progresista es tu punto de vista sobre Israel”, apuntó Nteta. “Ya no se escucha tanto 'yo soy el candidato que va a proteger y salvar nuestro planeta'”.

El verano de Massachusetts ha sido el más caluroso que Eileen Cefail puede recordar en los 30 años que ha trabajado en la oficina del sindicato Roofers Local 33. “Los techadores son duros como clavos, y trabajan muchísimo, y su trabajo es agotador”, comentó. “Este calor ha sido horrendo para ellos”.

Cefail apoya a Markey en la primaria, pero, según dijo, el clima no fue la razón principal.

“Siempre ha sido un hombre de sindicatos”, afirmó Cefail. “Simplemente está del lado de los trabajadores”.

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Riccardi reportó desde Denver y McDermott desde Providence, Rhode Island. La corresponsal Linley Sanders en Washington contribuyó con esta nota.

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Associated Press journalists on the Indonesian island of Batam, across the Singapore Strait, spotted the massive vessel as it transited waters near Singapore just after 1 a.m. local time.

The Lincoln, one of the U.S. Navy's largest warships, was supporting the U.S. war against Iran. Its deployment included a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea of more than 250 days. Concerns have grown about the Lincoln’s lengthy deployment following reports of deteriorating mental health among the crew and shortages of supplies including food and hygiene products.

Thai officials have said the Lincoln will stop in Thailand for rest and recovery before returning to its U.S. base.

A military government seized power in November of last year following a disputed election in which former President Umaro Sissoco Embaló and opposition candidate Fernando Dias both claimed victory.

If passed, the new constitution by the self-styled National Transitional Council will grant more powers to the president and reduce parliamentary representation, among other issues.

The authorities argue that a parliament trimmed from 102 to 65 seats would allow for easier and more robust debates, while new presidential powers would underline the higher authority of the president over the prime minister, which they claim is a source of political instability in the country. Opposition groups reject the claim.

“In a community, there is only one leader. No community or village can have two leaders. We revised the constitution to avoid constant conflict between the president of the republic and the prime minister. We clarified the law and helped the public understand that the president of the republic is the national symbol. It is the president who stands for election in presidential polls,” Gen. Tomás Djassi, the head of the armed forces, said.

Opposition urges boycott of referendum

But the opposition has called on voters to boycott the referendum, saying it is a path for the head of the military government to amass power and calling it a "source of political instability at all levels".

“This constitution significantly weakens the Prime Minister and the government, subordinates the National People’s Assembly and political parties, and devalues—or even ignores the popular will expressed at the polls, carrying all the attendant risks of political and social division and tension,” Muniro Conté, spokesperson for the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde, told The Associated Press.

Last year's coup in Guinea-Bissau worsened West Africa's democratic crisis, adding it to a growing number of countries in the region under military rule.

Leaders on the continent branded it a “staged” takeover after the military allowed the former president to host a press conference to announce he was being deposed and allowed to leave the country in seemingly favorable circumstances. Skeptics say Embaló had given up the seat to the military after seeing he was losing the election.

Since it gained independence from Portugal in 1973, the only Portuguese-speaking West African country has been rocked by several coups and attempted coups. Before last year’s coup, a failed coup was reported only a month before.

The tiny country of around 2.2 million people has the highest proportion of natural wealth per capita, according to the World Bank, but more than half of the country lives in poverty. The country is a hub for drug trafficking between Latin America and Europe, an issue experts say fuels its political instability.

Nearly 915,000 voters are registered to vote in the referendum, but the majority say the constitution is not a problem.

Widespread discontent among citizens over new constitution

Bacar Camará, a high school teacher in the capital, Bissau, said he would not be voting and disapproves of the referendum, citing a fraught political and social environment.

“The transitional government should focus on creating conditions for better understanding and reconciliation among Guineans,” he said.

Another resident in Bissau, Carolina Djeme, said the constitution is unfamiliar to her.

"I’ll go vote on Sunday. However, I’ll vote ‘no’ because — honestly, and I think this is the case for many other citizens — I don’t know this new Constitution well, so I can’t vote ‘yes’,” she said.

Analysts say the military government lacks the legitimacy to change the constitution, which has sparked discontent among the citizens.

“The fundamental question is: Who drafted this Constitution, and on whose behalf? To protect which interests or institutions? Who stands to benefit from this Constitution?” Paulino Quadé, a Guinean political analyst, said.

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Adetayo reported from London.

Flood warning notices were sent to people's phones early Sunday as rescue crews worked to clear a major highway connecting Kathmandu to one of the areas worst hit by Wednesday's catastrophic floods, which killed at least 800 people and left more than 3,000 missing in Nepal and Tibet.

The latest warnings came after Chinese authorities informed their Nepalese counterparts of increased water flow upstream, according to Dharam Raj Uprety, chief executive of Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority.

The Chinese state news agency Xinhua, citing the country’s water resources ministry, said a new lake formed after Wednesday’s floods high in the mountains had largely drained.

But Xinhua said the ministry warned that a crater located 5.6 kilometers (3.5 miles) upstream, which held an estimated 1.4 million cubic meters of water, still posed some risk and required close monitoring.

Nepal’s disaster agency said Sunday the death toll had climbed to 788 with 2,502 missing, while Chinese authorities reported 16 deaths and 546 missing on the Chinese side of the border.

The missing include hundreds of people from over a dozen countries who were in the region to work, visit the mountains or make a pilgrimage to a sacred peak. On Sunday, Chinese state media said 261 foreigners were missing in Tibet, including over a hundred Nepalis and others from around the world.

Some are returning to what remained of their homes

In Dhading, one of the worst-hit regions in Nepal, some residents began returning to ruined homes to see what can be salvaged.

Residents sat in homes with walls washed away by the floods, shoveling sludge-like mud and rubble off balconies or window frames. Others scanned the ground for items they could pick out of the mud and rinse off. One man had returned for his chickens, which he found alive. He tied them up and put them in the cabin of his truck.

“Everything is finished. Nothing is left. Not even our home,” Sharmila Tamang, a Dhading resident who was trying to salvage items from her home, told The Associated Press.

At a key power plant that was severely damaged by the floods, workers started inspecting the facilities Sunday to survey the destruction. The plant serves over 20,000 people across four districts.

In the town of Galchhi, a group of residents sought higher ground on a nearby bridge and watched as the river roared by. Some pointed to enormous rocks washed downriver during the earlier floods, while others standing on a suspension bridge were warned off with whistles.

Along the river, homes, vehicles and farm tractors could be seen jutting from the thick gray-brown sediment that enveloped entire villages in some areas. Parts of rice terraces along the riverside had dropped into the river after landslides hit them.

Residents are receiving constant flood warnings

Homes and businesses left intact after the flooding were still without electricity on Sunday, as twisted power line poles and wires lay tangled in the mud.

Residents of flood-hit villages said they were struggling to make sense of near-constant alarms they've received since the initial floods.

“Sometimes they say a flood is coming, then we have to run again to higher ground, even at night. There is also rain,” said Govind Shreshta, a resident. “It’s really difficult for me. I have a 72-year-old father and 70-year-old mom. I must carry them and I am exhausted. It’s going on like this for those who are still alive.”

Large concrete and smaller suspension bridges were destroyed, leaving communities on the other side of the river with less easy access.

“Those who are there are now stuck there. Those who are here are stuck here. It’s going to be very difficult,” said Sattan Singh Tamang, 47, who was working near a bridge when Wednesday’s floods came.

Minister says Nepalis have become victims of climate change

Wednesday’s flash floods started after a glacial collapse high in the Himalayan region. Scientists who studied satellite images said bedrock underneath a glacier high in the Himalayan region had collapsed, taking part of the glacier with it. The rockfall was so extreme that it registered as magnitude 5.2.

The rocks and melted water then swelled the rivers in the valleys below, causing a torrent of water that swept buildings, bridges and earth downstream in Tibet and Nepal.

Nepal’s foreign minister called for a global response to climate change, saying Nepal was bearing a disproportionate share of its impact.

“Despite having only 0.1% contribution to the global emissions, people of Nepal have become major victims of climate change,” Shisir Khanal said Saturday.

Scientists have said it is too early to draw a direct connection between global warming and Wednesday’s catastrophe. However, they said that as Earth’s temperature rises because of human activities such as burning oil, gas and coal, the chances of such disasters increase, especially in the Himalayan mountains, which are warming considerably faster than many other parts of the world.

Meanwhile, Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Sunday his country will send a search-and-rescue team to Nepal to assist with relief efforts and help evacuate Malaysians affected by the disaster.

Malaysia has also pledged $1 million in financial aid to Nepal, he said in a statement.

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Associated Press writers Aijaz Hussain in New Delhi and Shristi Kafle in Kathmandu, Nepal, and video journalist Shonal Ganguly in Dhading, Nepal, contributed to this report.

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The iconic ride and its brightly colored cars debuted at the Minnesota State Fair in 1926, and it has been a mainstay at fairs across the country ever since. Riders who stumbled off the ride on Thursday spoke with The Associated Press about the ride, which is a favorite for many.

Valerie Nelson, a Minnesota native who returned to her home state to visit the fair, said she first rode the Tilt-A-Whirl as a child in the 1970s.

“It’s my favorite ride forever and ever,” she said. “Whenever I see it, I try to get on. I love the spin when it pushes you back into the chair.”

“It’s the only ride I’ll go on,” said Sherri Gray, of Stillwater, Minnesota, who joined Nelson on the ride.

Samuel Mishek, 7, of Minneapolis, also said the Tilt-A-Whirl is his favorite fair ride, and he rode it twice in a row Thursday — screaming while riding alone in a car as it twirled and jerked. “I like when there’s little bumps because you can get ready and you know when it’s going to turn really fast,” he said.

The Tilt-A-Whirl has been a tradition at fairs around the country since 1926. Herbert Sellner, an inventor for a manufacturing company in Faribault, Minnesota, created it after attempting to make a water ride with spinning boats — which failed and was destroyed in a storm. After that, his brother Martin Sellner suggested he make a land-bound version, according to Rice County Historical Society curator Jenna Nelson.

Nelson, who has sifted through the Sellner family’s history, said the longevity of Sellner’s invention can be attributed to its design.

“It really has stood the test of time in terms of how they machined it,” she said, adding that only about 1,000 cars were ever sold, and “all of that equipment is largely the same today.”

The ride is powered by seven individual motors around a circle — and gravity makes the car spin around its dips. Weight from the riders shifts the cars’ positions as they lean, sending the cars off balance, said ride operator Thomas Lauthier, who brings his Tilt-A-Whirl to fairs around the country.

Lauthier has been operating the Tilt-A-Whirl at the Minnesota State Fair for the last 12 years. He said Midwesterners have a particular affinity for the ride.

And many riders said the Tilt-A-Whirl has become a family tradition.

“As long as I can remember, when I was young my parents and my grandparents took me to the fair, we rode the Tilt-A-Whirl every time. We love to bring our kids and do the same thing,” said Mike Pream-Anderson, a Minneapolis native. “It’s definitely a family tradition. Knowing that it’s 100 years old this year is pretty crazy, but I’m glad that we get to be a part of it.”

Friends Riley Lovett and Molly Rossbach relived their ride with giggles and nostalgia, talking about the “butterflies” they got Thursday afternoon, and remembering the Tilt-A-Whirl rides of their past. Upon learning the ride was 100, Lovett high-fived her friend Rossbach, who proclaimed: “Happy birthday Tilt-A-Whirl!”

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Daisy Chain Fields united a women-led lineup boasting queer pop star Chappell Roan, breakout rapper Doechii and riot grrrl pioneers Bikini Kill behind issues of women's health, workplace protections and legal rights. Ahead of Saturday's festival in Irvine, California, Rodrigo announced the show had already raised enough to make a $10 million donation to 10 nonprofit partners including Planned Parenthood, National Women's Law Center and Black Mamas Matter Alliance.

Philanthropist Melinda French Gates pledged another $10 million through her Pivotal Ventures in a surprise appearance at the start of Rodrigo's set, praising her for "showing a new generation how much their voices matter."

Rodrigo said the festival's artists and activists give her hope despite the “regression of women's rights” today.

“That's actually why I fell in love with the name ‘Daisy Chain,'” she said Friday. "It served as a reminder of how individual parts can come together to create something strong and unbreakable."

Rodrigo, 23, has made a name channeling the rage and dissatisfaction of modern romance into chart-topping songs that are equal parts Taylor Swift and Alanis Morissette. Now, she looks to bridge the gap between Gen Z and nonprofits, which have struggled to build relationships with younger donors who tend to prefer informal ways of giving.

The connection is not lost on Daisy Chain Fields attendees.

“People don’t join together and mobilize unless they feel connected to the group that is mobilizing," said Grace Slevin, 24. "What’s better than music?”

All-star benefit concerts have proven popular for driving millions of dollars toward everything from refugee relief to pandemic response. But it's been decades since a young artist with Rodrigo's following brought her peers together for gender justice.

That focus comes as President Donald Trump attempts to overhaul family planning grants that reproductive health clinics use to provide birth control and treat sexually transmitted infections. His administration paused $27.5 million last year for such organizations, including some Planned Parenthood affiliates, before officials agreed to restore the money.

For Slevin, an Orange County, California, resident who does anti-sex-trafficking advocacy, Daisy Chain Fields embodies the sentiment of “be who you needed when you were younger." She loves that attendees are welcome to learn about the beneficiaries' work in addition to donating.

Nonprofit partners engaged with fans in Daisy Chain Fields' “philanthropy village.” Festivalgoers collected pins from booths as they learned about health services from Planned Parenthood or pay tribute to caregivers through the National Domestic Workers Alliance.

An art installation by the Guerilla Girls, anonymous artist activists, invited fans to air their grievances on chalkboards. Handwritten responses included “PROTECT QUEER KIDS!” and “Put women in charge and pay us more!!!” as well as “ICE OUT!” and “ABORTION RIGHTS 4 ALL.”

Younger generations expect a level of authenticity beyond a “pseudo-sort-of-progressiveness,” Slevin said.

“They can see just how deeply intertwined the music is with the cause," she said. "It’s not just, like, a second thought.”

Do you get déjà vu? Rodrigo's effort recalls '90s feminist push

Rodrigo took inspiration from Lilith Fair, the all-women festival that raised $10 million for charity from 1997 to 1999. Sarah McLachlan, who founded the show to dispel the music industry’s notion they couldn't book women consecutively, performed with Rodrigo Saturday.

Planned Parenthood National Director of Arts and Entertainment Caren Spruch recalled working on Lilith Fair, adding that concert outreach is an important tool to reach people "where they are.”

That culture-shifting work grows more important during times like this, she acknowledged, when abortion clinics are closing in restrictive states and anti-abortion groups are pushing the courts to limit access to drugs most commonly used in abortion.

Rodrigo, Spruch said, talks about those topics with “no shame or stigma.” As she did with other nonprofits, the three-time Grammy winner appeared in informational videos on Planned Parenthood's social media.

“All of that does so much to help us normalize the whole range of reproductive health and rights," Spruch said.

Intergenerational change

Melissa Shaw, 33, drove to the festival from Tucson, Arizona, with her 8-year-old daughter.

They didn't plan to spend the day camped out for close-up views. Shaw wanted to let her daughter ask questions as they explored the nonprofits and visited art installations. She appreciates that Rodrigo is not only promoting well-known organizations such as Planned Parenthood, but also groups focused specifically on Black maternal health or baby formula access.

“It’s really important for me as a parent to expose my daughter to celebrities who set that example," Shaw said.

To her, the lineup seemed intentionally curated to attract multiple generations. Her daughter loves Rodrigo and Roan, and she herself grew up listening to Bikini Kill and fellow performer Santigold. She saw many mother-daughter duos sharing their festival plans online.

The festival's nonprofit partners were eager to join that multigenerational community of women, too.

“At a time when decisions about our bodies, our health, our safety and our futures are being made for us not by us, a day built around care and community is its own kind of statement,” FreeFrom founder Sonya Passi said in a statement.

National Domestic Workers Alliance President Ai-jen Poo said the festival's joyful atmosphere serves as a “powerful reminder to women everywhere of all ages that, no matter what, we have each other.”

Her organization works to ensure federal workplace protections for domestic workers, who are disproportionately women and immigrant women. She wants to recruit more young people, many of whom she said are worried they can't afford to take care of their loved ones or start families.

“The only way change happens is through intergenerational connection and movements in our country," she said. "This generation of young people has the opportunity to really change how we support caregiving for future generations.”

Philanthropy takes center stage

Organizers vowed to work with nonprofit partners to put the grants toward their most urgent and underresourced needs.

Newer nonprofits also appreciated the opportunity to expand their networks. Black Mamas Matter Alliance co-founder Angela Doyinsola Aina said the nonprofit, just 10 years old, reached people who wouldn't have otherwise encountered their work on Black maternal health.

For the National Women's Law Center, the gift offers flexibility to plug their own budgetary holes as they litigate sex discrimination cases. Uma Iyer, the nonprofit's chief external affairs officer, said the support also boosted staff morale.

“We work on really hard things every day,” she said. “It was really energizing for us and it’s been really uplifting.”

Including both everyday audiences and front-line workers in benefits is key, according to Farm Aid co-executive director Jennifer Fahy. The annual fundraising concerts — launched by Willie Nelson, Neil Young and John Mellencamp to raise awareness of family farmers' challenges —- celebrated their 40th anniversary last year.

“It’s just wonderful to see an artist of that generation, that new young generation, who is embracing that opportunity that exists to do these kinds of events, to share the stage and microphone to highlight issues that are important to the artist," Fahy said.

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Chourio hit his 20th homer of the season in a 5-3 victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday night. He’s the 17th player to put together three 20-homer seasons before turning 23 years old, joining a star-studded fraternity that includes Hall of Famers Ted Williams, Eddie Mathews, Mickey Mantle, Frank Robinson and Orlando Cepeda among others.

“I feel very prideful and very happy to be a part of that group and be mentioned with those same names,” the 22-year-old Chourio said through interpreter Daniel de Mondesert. “All those names are just great examples for me to follow moving forward.”

Chourio appreciated the magnitude of the accomplishment even though he didn’t necessarily have a particular player he looked up to most while growing up in Venezuela. He was too busy playing the game instead.

“It’s hard for me because as a kid, I wasn’t one who watched a ton of baseball growing up,” Chourio said. “It’s a great question, but a hard one for me to answer.”

The Brewers understood what they had in Chourio back in 2023 as they signed him to an eight-year, $82 million contract when he was a 19-year-old who hadn’t yet reached the big leagues.

He has proved his value ever since.

Chourio hit more than 20 homers and stole more than 20 bases in each of his first two seasons. He reached the 20-homer mark again this year despite fracturing a bone in his left hand while playing for Venezuela in an exhibition ahead of the World Baseball Classic.

Although Chourio continued playing in the WBC and helped Venezuela win the title, he went on the injured list as the Brewers opened the season and didn’t play his first game until May 4. The injury may keep him from a third straight 20-20 season — he currently has 14 steals — but Chourio is on pace for career highs in batting average (.281), on-base percentage (.342) and slugging percentage (.478).

Over his last 11 games, Chourio has batted .362 with three homers and seven RBIs.

“He’s still learning the game,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said. “Man, he’s special. His hands go from A to B as quick as anybody.”

Chourio’s rapid rise has made him one of the Brewers’ most popular players. Chourio hit his 20th homer of the season on a night when Brewers fans received cereal bowls bearing his name and face as part of a promotional giveaway, though he apparently hadn’t yet seen one as he talked to reporters after the game.

“I haven’t been gifted one — you think maybe I could get one?” Chourio joked.

Chourio’s ready for a bigger prize.

Milwaukee won its fourth straight game Saturday and has the best record in the major leagues as the Brewers chase the first World Series title in franchise history. Chourio already has shown a knack for thriving in October thus far in his brief career, as he has hit .341 with four homers and 11 RBIs in 12 career postseason games.

When he was asked Saturday about the next step he could take in his career, Chourio made his goals quite clear.

“The dream is to win,” Chourio said. “That’s the hope this year — to continue winning and to win it all.”

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Preece won the Cup Series regular-season finale at Daytona in overtime to secure the final playoff spot for Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing.

Preece, who ferociously flipped cars at Daytona in 2023 and again in 2025, moved to the front during a green-white-checkered finish when leader Zane Smith got bumped, started spinning and slammed into other cars on the last lap. Preece took the checkered flag under caution and edged Shane van Gisbergen for the 16th and final berth in the postseason finale.

“This is redemption,” said Preece, whose victory landed two RFK cars into the 16-driver Chase for the championship. Chris Buescher is the other.

“I’m just speechless right now,” Preece said. “Those guys, that 60 (car), we’re fighters. When you put our back against the wall, we swing hard. ... Last year, there were a lot of keyboard warriors saying I was nothing. Well, we just kicked their butts tonight.”

Preece expressed confidence all week, but he found himself needing a victory late to pass Shane van Gisbergen for the last playoff spot. Van Gisbergen finished 27th after pitting during the final caution and taking four tires.

“Shame we’re not in it,” said van Gisbergen, who won twice during the regular season but missed the playoffs under NASCAR's new format that puts more emphasis on season-long results that victories.

Bubba Wallace and Austin Cindric locked up the other two available spots. Wallace, Cindric, van Gisbergen, Preece and Brad Keselowski started the night vying for the final three spots in the 10-race Chase.

Wallace, who was nearly a lock to make the 16-driver field when the green flag dropped, claimed his spot with a seventh-place finish in the opening stage. Cindric avoided trouble all night, finished sixth and advanced without much fanfare.

Daniel Suarez finished second in the race, followed by Michael McDowell, Tyler Reddick and Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Van Gisbergen won Stage 1 and created more of a cushion on Preece, who was caught up in a three-car crash as he neared the finish line. Preece raced his way back to the front in Stage 2 and picked up much-needed points with a second-place finish behind Ryan Blaney.

But it came down to the final lap. Preece needed to win to get in — and he pulled it off in dramatic fashion.

“I’m a racer. I know what it takes to build speed,” Preece said. “So every man and woman at RFK, thank you for giving me a rocket ship so I could go to the moon tonight.”

Cruise planning ‘Days of Thunder’ follow-up

Tom Cruise is getting back behind the wheel for a follow-up to “Days of Thunder.” The 64-year-old Cruise announced Saturday at Daytona he will reprise his role as NASCAR driver Cole Trickle.

He said he wants to show audiences “the speed, the excitement and all that danger and stuff.”

Anne Hathaway will co-star as a team owner and engineer in the film scheduled to be released by Paramount Pictures on June 2, 2028.

Jimmie Johnson unveils paint scheme for final Daytona 500

Seven-time Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson will drive a familiar-looking No. 48 in his final Cup Series start. Johnson unveiled his paint scheme for his Toyota in the 2027 Daytona 500 by driving a ceremonial lap around the track before Saturday’s race. The gray-and-blue scheme melds the three main sponsors during Johnson’s record-setting racing career: Lowe’s, Ally and Carvana.

Johnson’s final start will come in the 69th running of the Daytona 500, scheduled for Feb. 21, 2027. Hendrick Motorsports loaned Johnson the No. 48 for his last ride.

“Seeing this car for the first time brings back a lifetime of memories,” Johnson said.

Riley Herbst sits because of “lingering effects” from crash

Riley Herbst was scratched from the race because of “lingering effects” from a crash last weekend. Harrison Burton replaced Herbst in the No. 35 Toyota and finished 12th.

Herbst was involved in a crash at New Hampshire Motor Speedway last Sunday, with his car backing into the outside barrier before being struck again.

Up next

The 10-race Chase for the championship begins at Darlington Raceway next Sunday.

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Messi snapped a 1-1 tie in the 40th minute when he found the net for the 15th time, scoring off a free kick.

The reigning Golden Boot Award winner and league MVP scored for a 3-1 lead in the 52nd minute. His 17th and 18th goals of the season came in the 83rd and sixth minute of stoppage time with the final one also coming off a free kick. Messi began the day two behind Petar Musa of FC Dallas in the goals race.

Carlos Casimiro scored with a header off a corner kick by Telasco Segovia in the 20th minute to give Inter Miami a 1-0 lead. It was the first goal for the 34-year-old midfielder in his sixth league appearance and a career-best ninth assist for Segovia in his second MLS season.

Montreal tied it in the 37th minute on a goal by Fabian Herbers — his first of the campaign.

Luis Suárez scored his 11th goal with an assist from Messi — his 10th — for a 4-1 lead in the 80th minute and 18-year-old rookie Alexander Shaw made it 6-1 in the 89th with his first goal in three appearances and 37 minutes of play.

Dayne St. Clair finished with three saves for Inter Miami (12-4-6), which finished August with a 1-2-2 record after a fifth straight victory over Montreal.

Thomas Gillier saved five shots for Montreal (5-11-6).

It was Inter Miami's first victory since beating Montreal 1-0 on the road to close out July. Suárez won that one on a penalty kick in the 81st minute.

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Montreal: At Philadelphia Union on Saturday.

Miami: Hosts Atlanta United on Saturday.

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It was the perfect response to a chaotic week for Miami, which saw interim manager Guillermo Hoyos replaced and the former Inter Miami coach receive a suspension and the club recieve a fine.

Once the match began, though, all of that off-field drama was forgotten.

Miami dominated from the opening whistle, controlling possession and keeping Montréal pinned in its own half. Within the first 10 minutes, Messi opened up to his left and fired toward the far side of the net, only to see his shot clang off the right post.

The pressure never let up.

Whenever Miami lost possession, the Herons immediately pressed to win the ball back. Montréal had little choice but to absorb the pressure and look for opportunities on the counterattack.

That pressure eventually paid off with a series of corners. Miami earned its first of the match, then another, and then a third.

On that third corner, Telasco Segovia whipped the ball into the box, where Casemiro rose to head it into the back of the net in the 20th minute.

It was Casemiro’s first MLS goal for Miami.

The Herons wanted more.

Miami continued pushing forward after taking the lead, while its defense kept Montréal from creating much of anything. Thirty minutes into the match, Montréal had yet to register a shot.

Then, out of nowhere, the game changed.

Montréal’s first shot took a slight deflection before sneaking into the bottom-left corner, leaving Miami goalkeeper Dayne St. Clair with no chance.

The visitors had tied the match at 1-1, but the deadlock lasted less than a minute.

Miami immediately won a dangerous free kick near the edge of the 6-yard box. And with Messi standing over the ball, the outcome felt almost inevitable.

Messi struck the free kick, which took a slight deflection off a Montréal defender’s foot before hitting the goalkeeper and finding the net, giving Messi his first goal of the match.

Miami was back in front, 2-1.

From there, the match opened up.

The halftime whistle eventually sounded, sending Miami into the break with the lead. But the Herons came out of the locker room looking for more.

They did not have to wait long.

Just minutes into the second half, Messi produced one of the night’s most spectacular moments. The Argentina star took on the Montréal defense, weaving through defenders before creating enough space to fire a right-footed shot past the goalkeeper.

The stadium erupted.

Messi had his second goal of the night, and Miami had a 3-1 lead.

As the match progressed, the pace began to slow slightly, with Miami appearing more interested in controlling the game and protecting its advantage.

Montréal tried to change the momentum in the 60th minute, making several substitutions, including Chilean legend Alexis Sánchez, who made his MLS debut.

Sánchez’s introduction gave Montréal a spark. The visitors began creating more pressure and won a series of corners as they searched for a way back into the match.

In the 72nd minute, Miami briefly thought it might have another opportunity when there was a VAR check for a possible handball. After the review, however, the on-field decision of no penalty stood.

Then Messi took over again.

On a fast break, Messi played a perfectly weighted pass to Luis Suárez, sending the Uruguayan striker in alone against the Montréal goalkeeper. Suárez calmly finished the chance to make it 4-1.

Any hope of a Montréal comeback was fading quickly.

And Messi was not finished.

A mistake by a Montréal defender in the backfield gave Miami another opportunity. Rodrigo De Paul found Messi, who calmly chipped the goalkeeper to complete his hat trick and make it 5-1.

The crowd at Nu Stadium was in full celebration mode.

After five straight matches without a win, Miami fans finally had plenty to celebrate. Messi’s third goal of the night was his 17th of the season and moved him into the lead in the MLS Golden Boot race.

But Miami still had more to give.

The goals continued to come in waves, and this time it was 18-year-old academy prospect Alexander Shaw who joined the party.

Shaw received the ball on his right foot outside the box and fired a shot into the bottom corner for his first goal for Miami.

The score was now 6-1.

The 90 minutes came and went, with the fourth official signaling four minutes of stoppage time.

Even then, Miami was not done.

In the final minute, the Herons won another free kick. As Messi walked toward the ball, the entire stadium erupted into a familiar chant.

“Messi, Messi, Messi.”

Messi answered.

He stepped up and buried the free kick into the back of the net, completing his four-goal performance and putting the finishing touch on a 7-1 rout.

The goal gave Messi 18 goals on the season and sent the Miami crowd into another celebration.

For Inter Miami, it was exactly the kind of response it needed after a difficult week and a five-match winless run.

The Herons now head into their next match against Atlanta United with momentum — and perhaps more importantly, confidence.

As sunset crept in at Newport’s grass horseshoe court at the entrance of the Hall, the 45-year-old Federer, dressed in a tan suit, strolled up to the stage for his speech, kissed and hugged his wife, Mirka, who had just introduced him, and realized what a challenge it was going to be.

“Oh man,” were the first words from the first man ever to win 20 Grand Slam singles titles. “This is very high level and a tough act to follow.”

He joked: “I don’t know if you have been practicing secretly” before praising his wife’s presentation of the 272nd Hall of Famer.

Federer was inducted along with Mary Carillo, a broadcaster and former player, who was presented by Hall of Famer Billie Jean King.

Federer, called the “Swiss Maestro” during the Hall’s first red-carpet show, which began on center court about 90 minutes before the start of the induction ceremony, told the crowd that he “was a little stressed to be honest.”

During his nearly 30-minute speech, Federer, who showed fluid movement and a quick approach to the net with a solid one-hand backhand that earned him a record 237 consecutive weeks as the world’s No. 1 player in the ATP rankings, chocked up a handful of times.

It began to get tough for him about halfway through, when he talked about his childhood hero, Stefan Edberg, when he said these are “happy tears.”

Then he was brought to tears again when he spoke about his longtime coach Severin Luthi, before he wanted to thank Mirka for helping him on his journey.

“Now the Mirka part,” he said, pausing before breaking into tears. “Oh gosh, this such a mess.”

He tried to joke, but the tears took over like a quick return at the net.

“I need tissues and sunglasses, everything to protect me right now,” he told the crowd, fighting back more tears.

But, like rallying in winning one of his five consecutive U.S. Open titles from 2004-08 or reaching 10 straight Slam finals, which he won eight, Federer closed by thanking the ball boys and encouraged players to keep taking the game new levels.

Federer, who celebrated his 45th birthday three weeks ago, won eight Wimbledon titles and is only one of eight men with a career Grand Slam. He captured six Australian Opens and one French Open, in 2009.

“I’m thrilled to have made the journey here,” he said. “It’s amazing to see yourself in a place like this. To immerse yourself in the history of the sport means a lot to me.”

Carillo, inducted as a contributor, is a member of the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame.

King said: “She has earned her spot in sports journalism and she has earned her spot in Newport.”

Carillo, 69, was touched standing in front of a handful of Hall of Famers.

“To walk through these gates here in the company of you people, that was beyond my dreams,” she said.

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The 87 players on that hole in three rounds had made two birdies and six bogeys. Do the math — he does have a degree from the McCombs School of Business at Texas — and that's 79 pars.

“That seems very high,” Scheffler said. “It’s almost like let’s just skip it at this point. If we’re all going to make par, what’s the point in playing the hole, to be fair?”

Viktor Hovland and Ryan Gerard got a little separation at the end — Hovland with six putts of 7 feet or longer on the last six holes for a 65 and a one-shot lead over Gerard, who was bogey-free in his round of 66 — but the talk all week has been how bunched the scoring has been.

Cameron Young opened with an even-par 70 on Thursday and was in last place. After 54 holes, Kristoffer Reitan and Alex Smalley shared the basement. They were at 3-under 207.

“I feel the old golf course — before it was redone — it used to spread the field more,” McIlroy said after a 63 left him five behind. “Where this golf course is wider, the penalties of missing aren’t maybe quite as high.”

McIlroy and Ludvig Aberg referenced the PGA Championship at Aronimink. For the longest time it was wide open — seven players shared the 18-hole lead, the most in 57 years at a major. Midway through the third round, 28 players were separated by two shots.

“It’s difficult to make a ton of birdies,” said Aberg, who managed seven of them after a double bogey at the start for a 65. “It gives me a little bit of sort of Aronimink vibes.”

Aaron Rai finally pulled away to win his first major by three shots at the PGA with a 40-foot eagle putt and a 70-foot birdie putt.

“This tournament feels a lot like Aronimink, where there’s a lot of people around the lead,” McIlroy said. “It feels like you can make some birdies, but it’s like a good score is 67 and a bad score is 71. There’s like not a lot of separation of the field.”

That's what got Scheffler's attention, perhaps because he is the supreme ball-striker in golf and felt handcuffed by the large greens with big slopes and pins that required caution. He caught a gust to a back pin on the 17th hole Friday and could get no closer than 12 feet.

“When you have really, really large green complexes like these and they tuck the pins very close to the edges, it’s a balancing act between how much you want to bite off,” Scheffler said.

“I love seeing rewards for good shots and punishments for bad,” he said. "I think sometimes, especially when you look at these modern golf courses, they do a lot of the same stuff to the golf courses. They make the fairways bigger. They make the greens bigger. Then in order to protect par, we shove the pins up against edges.

“That’s why I think you see the scores get really close like they are this week.”

The ninth hole was maxed out at 270 yards — back tee, back pin — and Scheffler hit 5-wood just short of the green. McIlroy hit 3-iron. Players feel the best par 3s are the short ones, but Scheffler didn't seem to mind how the ninth played for the third round.

“I actually thought it was better from the back box because you might see a few more bogeys,” Scheffler said.

Alas, no such luck Saturday — one birdie, one bogey, 27 pars.

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Arnold, 23, is facing eight felony charges stemming from allegations he orchestrated the abduction and beating of three men in February. He became a free agent in June, when the Detroit Lions released him a few days after the kidnapping, armed robbery and conspiracy charges were levied.

Arnold will not be permitted to play or practice with the Seahawks as a result of being on the exempt list, but while the league investigates his case he can be paid and attend team meetings. It is not known when he might be able to play.

The Seahawks agreed to terms with Arnold two weeks ago. Coach Mike Macdonald said at the time that the team understood the ramifications of signing Arnold.

“We also understand that it’s a serious situation with a legal matter. There’s a process behind it, so we respect that," Macdonald said. “That’s how we’ll operate, just letting that process play out and let the league decide if and when his return to play is. We’ll understand that that’s at play, but there’s also an opportunity to bring him and give him an opportunity to earn a position here.”

Prosecutors in Florida allege that Arnold suspected the three men of stealing $100,000 in cash and luxury goods from him, prompting an attack on Feb. 4. Police called him the “primary conspirator” and a judge set his bail at $1 million.

Defense attorney R. Timothy Jansen has said that Arnold denies the allegations.

Denise White, the CEO of EAG Sports Management, an agency that represents Arnold, said there’s “no credible evidence” against him, only accounts from others who may have an incentive to get a lighter sentence.

Arnold has played in 25 NFL games, including playoffs, since the Lions took him with the 24th pick of the 2024 draft out of Florida State.

Tackle Derrick Graham was waived to make room on the 90-man roster for Arnold.

The Seahawks fielded arguably the NFL’s best defense last season. No team allowed fewer points per game (17.2) and Seattle finished in the top seven in the league in sacks and interceptions.

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Pero el alcalde de Cave Creek, Robert Morris, no puede eludir la posibilidad real de que eso no sea suficiente para mantener a flote, en el futuro, a la comunidad desértica de unas 5.000 personas. Y un reciente plan federal para abordar una crisis cada vez más profunda en la cuenca del río no ayudará.

Cave Creek obtiene casi toda su agua del río, que abastece a 40 millones de personas en el oeste de Estados Unidos y ha ido disminuyendo por el cambio climático, la demanda y el uso excesivo. El pueblo ya se vio obligado a hacer recortes este año y podría perder más debido a un nuevo plan federal.

Morris comparó la situación con hacer planes ante el impacto de un meteorito.

“Puedes verlo venir, pero no puedes apartarte y no sabes cuál va a ser el daño”, afirmó.

La incertidumbre se extiende por siete estados de Estados Unidos, naciones tribales y México. Los agricultores deben decidir qué cultivos valen la inversión. Phoenix podría perder por primera vez parte del agua municipal e industrial y recurrir a suministros de respaldo. Y los residentes podrían enfrentar costos aún mayores por el agua.

Nevada elevó la apuesta esta semana al demandar al Departamento del Interior y a la Oficina de Reclamación de Estados Unidos, afirmando que no se cubrirán necesidades básicas en la región de Las Vegas si el área tiene que absorber reducciones planificadas de hasta el 70% de su agua del río Colorado en la próxima década.

La oficina dijo el jueves que no comenta sobre litigios.

“La incertidumbre va a seguir acumulándose en la dirección equivocada”, dijo Tom Buschatzke, director del Departamento de Recursos Hídricos de Arizona.

Los embalses del oeste registran mínimos históricos

En el oeste de Estados Unidos, el agua se almacena principalmente en embalses, acuíferos y mantos de nieve. Pero una sequía de nieve récord significa que hay mucha menos agua para recargar esas fuentes.

Los dos embalses más grandes del país, el lago Mead y el lago Powell, sirven como barómetros de la salud del sistema del río Colorado. Ambos alcanzaron mínimos históricos este mes.

Otros ocho embalses operados por la Oficina de Reclamación registraron recientemente los niveles más bajos en al menos los últimos 30 años. Entre ellos está el lago Elephant Butte, en Nuevo México, que es crucial para suministrar agua a los cultivos en el sur de ese estado, además de Texas y México. El embalse Green Mountain abastece la parte occidental de Colorado, y el embalse Guernsey, en Wyoming, canaliza agua hacia agricultores en la parte oriental del estado y el oeste de Nebraska.

Según el plan de la Oficina de Reclamación, California, Nevada y Arizona reducirán colectivamente, durante los próximos dos años, el uso de agua en unos 1.540 millones de metros cúbicos (1,25 millones de acres-pie) al año, suficiente para llenar más de 600.000 piscinas olímpicas, con la posibilidad de recortes mayores que dependerán de las condiciones. Por ahora, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming y Nuevo México no están obligados a hacer recortes, pero podrían reducir el consumo de agua de manera voluntaria.

Aunque El Niño podría traer una intensa humedad a las Rocosas del norte y al suroeste en los próximos meses, no borrará décadas de sequía.

“La sequía es un fenómeno de avance lento y puede tomar algo de tiempo entrar en ella y también salir de ella”, afirmó David Mocko, investigador científico de alto nivel que elaboró un mapa reciente del Monitor de Sequía de Estados Unidos.

Los agricultores se resisten a sembrar

John Boelts siembra verduras, melones, trigo duro y otros cultivos en Yuma, Arizona, una región que produce alrededor del 90% de las hortalizas de hoja que se consumen en América del Norte durante el invierno.

Los agricultores de la región tienen derechos de alta prioridad y podrían evitar los recortes en su suministro del río Colorado durante los próximos dos años, pero, según Boelts, el alivio no es suficiente para hacer planes a más largo plazo. Eso hace que los agricultores se muestren reacios a sembrar nuevas superficies.

Los cítricos, los dátiles y otros cultivos de huerto que prosperan en la región tardan años en volverse comercialmente productivos, explicó.

“No hay alimentos que cultivemos a la carrera”, dijo Boelts, presidente de la Oficina Agrícola de Arizona. “La carne de res tarda años en producirse. ¿La lechuga que comes hoy? Un agricultor trabajaba en cómo iba a cultivar ese producto hace más de seis meses”.

Ray Martinez cultiva alfalfa en una reserva que es hogar de las Tribus Indígenas del Río Colorado. La tribu posee algunos de los derechos más antiguos del río y, aunque su asignación en Arizona es enorme, un sistema de riego antiguo y la falta de infraestructura han mantenido gran parte del agua fuera de su alcance.

A Martinez y al departamento de agua les preocupa tener suficiente agua para terminar esta temporada de cultivo. Ha dejado algunos campos sin sembrar durante años para ayudar a sostener el lago Mead. Si el embalse sigue bajando, dijo, el agua superficial que llega a él y a las granjas vecinas se limitará aún más.

“Desafortunadamente, la Madre Naturaleza tiene su propia manera de hacer las cosas, y no tenemos control sobre eso”, añadió.

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Four of those putts were for birdie, two of them for par, all of them important going into a final round at East Lake where every shot can seem so important.

Scoring has felt low. With some of the pins, it hasn't felt easy. Rory McIlroy and Ludvig Aberg each referenced similarities to Aronimink for the PGA Championship, where 28 players were separated by two shots midway through the third round.

Only 29 players are at East Lake and everyone is under par.

Hovland rolled in a pair of 8-foot birdie putts at the end to put him at 15-under 195, one shot ahead of Tour Championship newcomer Ryan Gerard, who played bogey-free for a 66.

Scottie Scheffler (66) and Chris Gotterup (67), who have combined for five PGA Tour titles this year, were three shots behind at 12-under 198. They were joined by sentimental favorite, 46-year-old Adam Scott, and Aberg. Both shot 65 in search of their first win this year.

Also in the mix was Rory McIlroy, who had two bogeys, settled for par on the par-5 closing hole and still shot 63 to get within five shots. He was joined by Cameron Young, whose double bogey on the 10th hole set him back in a round of 68.

“It’s pretty bunched up around 11- and 12-under par there," Hovland said. “I mean, you’ve seen some 62s out there. You can take it low. So it was nice to get a little bit of distance, especially from the group of guys that are around that number. They’re capable of shooting nothing tomorrow. So that gives me a little bit of a cushion for tomorrow. I’m still going to have to bring a nice, solid round."

At stake Sunday is $10 million to the winner, the largest official payoff in golf for a single tournament, and the FedEx Cup title that comes with a five-year exemption on the PGA Tour.

Hovland won the FedEx Cup in 2023 when he steamrolled through a three-tournament postseason and won the last two. This might not feel the same if he were to win on Sunday, though the Norwegian would happily leave town with two trophies.

Hovland was at his best on the greens coming down the stretch — 11 feet for birdie on the 13th, 18 feet to save par on the 14th, 11 feet for birdie on the peninsula-green 15th, a 7-foot par putt on the 16th and his closing birdies.

Gerard scrambled beautifully, especially on the back nine, birdied both par 5s and stayed in the game for a chance at his first win this year, and possibly an easy decision to be a pick for the Presidents Cup. But it was a big test of patience waiting to a chance to attack.

“Then when you do get that, try to take advantage and step on the gas there a little bit,” he said.

That's what McIlroy did, starting out seven shots behind with little to lose. He figured he would need another round like 63 to even contemplate a fourth FedEx Cup title.

He has been around for all the iterations of resetting points and starting strokes into the season finale. What he can't recall is a traffic jam at the top, or last place being at 3-under par.

“It speaks to the standard of the golfers that are here,” McIlroy said. “But it also speaks to the slightly different test that we are getting after the redesign, as well.”

Scheffler also played bogey-free and rued not taking advantage of a few more birdie chances in the 8- to 12-foot range. But he's right in the mix as he closes out a season of astonishing consistency that leaves him on the cusp of replacing Tiger Woods on the career money list.

In the middle of the congestion was Scott, who has a chance to win for the first time since 2020.

“It’s a good spot — within striking distance,” Scott said. “It’s so congested, though, it’s going to need a really great round. I think there’s someone lurking who’s going to have that.”

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Itauma's corner threw in the towel as he was being pummelled against the ropes, making the 34-year-old Hrgovic the first Croatian heavyweight champion.

Itauma had never needed to go past the sixth round in his first 14 professional bouts and tired visibly after taking command of the early rounds, with Hrgovic absorbing a barrage of hits even after being knocked down in the second round.

The rivals traded blows in the eighth and ninth before the granite chin of Hrgovic won out.

“I was losing every round. I was outboxed. And I don't know from where I got energy,” Hrgovic said. “Look, chin is important.”

Hrgovic improved to 22-1 and halted the rapid rise of Itauma, who was trying to become the youngest heavyweight champion since a 20-year-old Mike Tyson stopped Trevor Berbick in 1986.

Itauma couldn't stand after the bout ended and was treated by medical personell before being helped out of the ring.

“He's an amazing fighter,” Hrgovic said. “I'm the present. And he's definitely the future. ... He's the best I've been in the ring with. But he needs more experience. He gassed out.”

Unification bout next?

Promoter Frank Warren said after the bout that Hrgovic is set to next fight Cuban Frank Sanchez, but the Croatian himself said he instead wants to take on WBO champion Daniel Dubois and then WBC title holder Agit Kabayel — both of whom were ringside at the O2 Arena.

“I want unification. Frank Sanchez will wait,” Hrgovic said.

Hrgovic’s only loss came to Dubois in 2024. Hrgovic was bleeding from deep cuts above his eyes that time when the ringside doctor recommended the fight be stopped.

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Now, Meyer and the rest of her Nevada teammates have a chance to make more history on the world’s biggest Little League stage.

Meyer, the first girl to play in the U.S. championship, had an RBI single to help Nevada beat Ohio 12-2 on Saturday and advance to the Little League World Baseball Series title game.

Meyer, who had played in an all-girls tournament at Lamade earlier in June, stepped to the batter’s box in the second inning to a roar of applause from the 20,000 fans. She proved she could play with the boys, delivering a single up the middle with the bases loaded to extend Nevada’s lead to three.

“It’s awesome, especially getting a hit,” Meyer said. “So, like, the first girl to get a hit in the U.S. championship? Awesome.”

Starting pitcher Owen Guzman had three hits, scored twice and pitched solidly for 3 2/3 innings to lead Nevada.

Defensively, the team from Henderson turned three double plays to help Guzman and reliever Payton Hinsen, tying an LLBWS record.

“I think we should have four,” Nevada manager Cory Edwards said. “I’m super proud of the pace that they work with. We work on that all the time, infield, outfield every day. I know we’re a pitching and defense team.”

It’s the second-straight finals appearance for a Nevada team after a squad from Las Vegas won the U.S. championship a year ago. That team lost in the finals. This team will face international champ Curaçao in Sunday’s finale.

“This right now feels pretty surreal,” Edwards said. “Somebody asked me before the game, ‘How are you feeling?’ I was just like, ‘just another day.’ I think when they started chanting my name is when I felt the weight of it, of what we just accomplished.”

Guzman opened the game with a triple and scored shortly thereafter, but Nevada broke the game open in the second inning. It scored five runs on four singles, two walks and a hit batter. Guzman was part of the cascade of runs, hitting a ground ball up the middle which scored Michael Guerrero.

Guzman’s third hit came in the bottom of the fifth, an infield single to second base. Three batters later, Brooks McFarland doubled to left field, scoring Guzman.

Bob Frazier led Ohio with two hits and an RBI.

Having played three extra games to get to the championship, the Great Lakes regional champions from Hamilton, Ohio felt they ran out of gas after outscoring their opponents by a combined score of 44-12 before running into Nevada.

“Maybe my team needed to play yesterday. We were kind of on a roll and then they outhit us, they put the ball in play, they moved the ball, and three double plays didn’t help us either,” Ohio coach Timothy Nichting said. “In my eyes, it just looked like nobody had any zip on our fastballs.”

After Guzman scored, Nevada added two more runs in the fifth and finished off the 10-run rule win.

Meyer had a feeling this was possible when she left her team in June to play in the all-girls tournament in Lamade.

“I definitely thought we could get here because during the practices we had before I left for Williamsport I just knew that we were a special group of players and we could make it very far,” Meyer said.

Ohio will play Japan in the consolation game at 10 a.m.

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The queens of R House Wynwood are honoring Parton with tribute performances inspired by some of her most iconic music and looks.

Show host London Adour took to the stage dressed in one of Parton’s signature looks.

Parton died Tuesday at age 80 following a brief battle with cancer.

Adour told Local 10 News that Parton was not only a performer who inspired her, but someone who showed love and grace to the LGBTQ+ community.

Adour says the tribute performances are R House’s way of saying thank you to the beloved entertainer and cultural icon.

Guests can catch the Dolly Parton tribute performances throughout the weekend.

Trent Mosley caught seven passes for 118 yards and a touchdown in the Orange County product's impressive debut for the Trojans, who showcased several promising newcomers in coach Lincoln Riley's offense. Kayden Dixon-Wyatt also caught a TD pass in his debut, while Riley Wormley and Shahn Alston rushed for their first TDs.

USC has College Football Playoff aspirations with a restocked roster around Maiava, who went 25 for 29 as the Trojans built a 35-3 lead heading into the fourth quarter at the Coliseum. Six of the 10 Trojans who caught a pass were making their USC debuts.

“Really dominated the game there through three quarters," Riley said. “A lot of exciting ball. (Had) a lot of guys (in) their first games as Trojans make a lot of big plays out there."

Maiava began his third season as the Trojans’ starting quarterback by rushing for a score on the opening drive. Dixon-Wyatt caught a short scoring slant in the second quarter, and 2025 breakout star King Miller rushed for a TD and a 28-0 lead right before halftime.

Trojans’ defense sags

New USC defensive coordinator Gary Patterson’s unit mostly looked sharp until the fourth quarter, when new San Jose State quarterback Luke Weaver led three late touchdown drives against the Trojans' backup defenders to tighten the final score considerably.

“Fourth quarter, not up to our standards,” Riley said. “A bunch of guys got opportunities, and we had several that did not play the way that we anticipated. There will be a lot to learn and grow from. ... The way our starters played, that deserved to be a single-digit-score game.”

Mosley's debut was dynamite

Mosley slipped seamlessly into USC's game plan, leading the team with nine targets from Maiava while showing the elusiveness that made him a recruiting coup for Riley. Mosley's longest grab went for 33 yards, and he had 52 yards after the catch.

“He kind of just did what he does in practice,” Riley said. “I don't think anybody here is very surprised. That's kind of what it looks like most days."

Mosley also had a 41-yard punt return in which he eluded several Spartans with a grace that had his teammates shouting.

“That kid moves differently,” Miller said. “I mean, he's special. I love to see him play.”

Spartans surge late

Hawaii transfer Weaver passed for 234 yards and threw fourth-quarter TD passes to Jerry McClure and Jordan Anderson before rushing for a late score. The Spartans’ thoroughly overhauled roster will get a boost from its strong finish to head coach Ken Niumatalolo’s third-season opener.

“That’s far and away the best football team they’ll play all year, and our guys were able to get open,” Niumatalolo said. “We were able to protect against them, and so those things are encouraging. ... And when things did break down, it’s exciting to see Luke extend some plays. That’s going to bode well for us in the future.”

USC’s injury absences

The Trojans won despite being without several expected key contributors due to apparent injuries. Star defensive tackle Jahkeem Stewart and presumptive starting receivers Tanook Hines and NC State transfer Terrell Anderson were the biggest absences.

The takeaway

The Trojans lost All-American receiver Makai Lemon and counterpart Ja'Kobi Lane to the NFL, but Mosley and their possible replacements looked awfully promising. A few defensive players also popped — particularly defensive end Luke Wafle, the top overall recruit in last year’s class by some evaluators. Freshman quarterback Jonas Williams, Maiava's possible successor next season, played the fourth quarter and passed for 55 yards with an interception.

Up next

San Jose State visits Eastern Michigan on Friday, Sept. 4.

USC hosts Fresno State on Friday, Sept. 4.

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“My comments may have been misconstrued to justify something I did not mean to justify,” El-Sayed told reporters after he addressed the caucus at a party convention in Lansing. “To anyone who feels like my comments might have been hurtful, I'm really sorry. That was not my intention.”

El-Sayed’s apology was his latest attempt to unify Democrats after a bitter primary where he defeated U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens. He’s eager to push past a series of controversies involving allegations of antisemitism, including his association with controversial commentator Hasan Piker. He faces Republican nominee Mike Rogers in a race that will help determine control of the Senate.

In March, a man attacked Temple Israel synagogue in a Detroit suburb, ramming his car into the building and opening fire on a security guard before dying by suicide. The man, Ayman Mohammad Ghazali, had lost four relatives in an Israeli airstrike on Lebanon the week prior.

In a video response at the time, El-Sayed condemned the attack and added that “hurt people hurt people,” a reference to what happened to Ghazali’s family. Critics accused El-Sayed of justifying Ghazali’s actions.

“What I was trying to do was offer context for why it happened, but it wasn’t the time for context,” El-Sayed said on Saturday, “and you don’t ever want to trample somebody’s pain.”

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According to officials, recent tests discovered that the water quality “does not meet the recreational water quality criteria for Enterococcus bacteria recommended by the Florida Department of Health.”

The DOH in Miami-Dade County is advising against any water-related activities due to the increased risk of illness to anyone who enters the water.

Officials said the advisory will remain in effect “until bacteria levels are below the accepted health level.”

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Según funcionarios, pruebas recientes descubrieron que la calidad del agua “no cumple con los criterios de calidad del agua recreativa para la bacteria Enterococcus recomendados por el Departamento de Salud de Florida”.

El Departamento de Salud (DOH) del condado Miami-Dade recomienda evitar cualquier actividad relacionada con el agua debido al mayor riesgo de enfermedad para cualquier persona que entre al agua.

Funcionarios dijeron que el aviso permanecerá vigente “hasta que los niveles de bacterias estén por debajo del nivel de salud aceptado”.

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Republican gubernatorial nominee Byron Donalds and his running mate, State Sen. Brian Avila, attended a general election kickoff event at the Miami-Dade GOP headquarters on Saturday.

“What’s at stake is the future of Florida,” said Donalds. “We’ve become the example to the other 49 states. We are the best state in America. Everyone knows that.”

Donalds is facing off against David Jolly, a former Republican congressman and critic of President Trump who left the GOP.

Jolly explained why he entered the race in a recent campaign video.

“You deserve a governor who’s gouging to put you first,” he said. “Because we’re all worried about the cost of housing, health care, food and gas.”

Current State Rep. and Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Angie Nixon launched a South Florida canvassing event this weekend, with a rally Saturday in Little Havana.

“I am someone who wants to add accountability and transparency to Washington DC,” she said. “I want to make sure I’m helping Floridians across the state.”

Nixon is running against Republican Senator Ashley Moody.

While in Orlando last week, Moody discussed her work in Washington.

“I have a great track record already of delivering and getting bills passed for Floridians,” said Moody. “I was the most productive freshman senator.”

Both Donalds and Nixon had several South Florida stops on Saturday, the first of an expected many as November’s election day draws closer.

El candidato republicano a gobernador Byron Donalds y su compañero de fórmula, el senador estatal Brian Avila, asistieron el sábado a un evento de lanzamiento de las elecciones generales en la sede del Partido Republicano de Miami-Dade.

“Lo que está en juego es el futuro de Florida”, dijo Donalds. “Nos hemos convertido en el ejemplo para los otros 49 estados. Somos el mejor estado de Estados Unidos. Todos lo saben”.

Donalds se enfrenta a David Jolly, ex congresista republicano y crítico del presidente Trump que abandonó el Partido Republicano.

Jolly explicó por qué entró en la contienda en un reciente video de campaña.

“Usted merece un gobernador que lo va a poner a usted primero”, dijo. “Porque todos estamos preocupados por el costo de la vivienda, la atención médica, los alimentos y la gasolina”.

La actual representante estatal y candidata demócrata al Senado de Estados Unidos Angie Nixon lanzó este fin de semana un evento de campaña puerta a puerta en el sur de Florida, con un mitin el sábado en la Pequeña Habana.

“Soy alguien que quiere añadir rendición de cuentas y transparencia a Washington D.C.”, dijo. “Quiero asegurarme de estar ayudando a los floridanos en todo el estado”.

Nixon se enfrenta a la senadora republicana Ashley Moody.

Durante una visita a Orlando la semana pasada, Moody habló sobre su trabajo en Washington.

“Ya tengo un excelente historial de resultados y de lograr que se aprueben proyectos de ley para los floridanos”, dijo Moody. “Fui la senadora de primer mandato más productiva”.

Tanto Donalds como Nixon realizaron varias paradas en el sur de Florida el sábado, las primeras de muchas que se esperan a medida que se acerca el día de las elecciones de noviembre.

According to NFL insider Ian Rapoport, the Dolphins traded Quinn Ewers to the Jacksonville Jaguars.

The Fins will receive a 2028 six-round pick for Ewers, according to Adam Schefter.

Miami originally selected Ewers in the seventh round of the 2025 NFL Draft after playing collegiately with the Texas Longhorns.

Ewers played in four games for the Dolphins last season, finishing with 622 passing yards, three touchdowns and three interceptions for a QBR of 32.8.

Miami lost its final preseason game on Friday, 17-12 to the Atlanta Falcons.

The loss dropped the Dolphins to 0-3 on the preseason.

The next game for Miami will be their Week 1 matchup against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sept. 13.

La policía dijo que respondió aproximadamente a la 1:51 a.m. a una alerta de ShotSpotter en la cuadra 1600 de Northwest Eighth Avenue.

Cuando los agentes llegaron, encontraron a una víctima e inmediatamente comenzaron a realizar maniobras para salvarle la vida, confirmó la policía. Los agentes dijeron que realizaron reanimación cardiopulmonar hasta que equipos de Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue llegaron al lugar.

Las autoridades confirmaron que la víctima fue trasladada al Broward Health Medical Center, donde fue declarada muerta.

La Unidad de Homicidios del Departamento de Policía de Fort Lauderdale acudió al lugar y comenzó a investigar las circunstancias en torno a la balacera.

Más temprano la mañana del sábado, los agentes mantuvieron el área bloqueada durante varias horas mientras los detectives examinaban la escena, fotografiaban evidencia y hablaban con vecinos sobre lo que pudieron haber visto o escuchado antes y después de los disparos.

La balacera ocurrió al norte de Sunrise Boulevard y al este de la Interestatal 95.

Los investigadores no han revelado la identidad del hombre que murió ni detalles sobre lo que provocó la balacera.

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Fort Lauderdale police said they responded at approximately 3:45 a.m. to a report of a shooting in the 1700 block of Northwest Ninth Street.

They said officers found the girl, who has not been identified at this time, and immediately began providing aid until Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue crews arrived at the scene.

She was taken by trauma alert to Broward Health Medical Center with serious injuries, according to investigators.

Police later confirmed that the victim is expected to survive.

Police said the shooting remain under investigation, and they are working to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Earlier Saturday morning, Fort Lauderdale police also responded at approximately 1:51 a.m. to a ShotSpotter alert in the 1600 block of Northwest Eighth Avenue, where they said a man was shot dead.

Police have not connected the two shootings.

Anyone with information about both shootings is urged to call Fort Lauderdale police or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

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Police said they responded at approximately 1:51 a.m. to a ShotSpotter alert in the 1600 block of Northwest Eighth Avenue.

When officers arrived, they found the man and immediately performed CPR until Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue crews arrived, according to police.

Authorities confirmed that the victim was taken to Broward Health Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

The Fort Lauderdale Police Department’s Homicide Unit responded to the scene and began investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting.

Earlier Saturday morning, officers blocked off the area for several hours as detectives examined the scene, photographed evidence and spoke with neighbors about what they may have seen or heard before and after the gunfire.

The shooting occurred north of Sunrise Boulevard and east of Interstate 95.

Investigators have not released the identity of the man who was killed or details about what led to the shooting.

Anyone with information about the shooting is urged to contact Fort Lauderdale police or Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.

Funcionarios de la FHP dijeron que el accidente ocurrió aproximadamente a las 6:37 a.m. en la intersección de la U.S. 1 y Southwest 184th Street.

Dijeron que una camioneta Dodge chocó contra un camión semirremolque de plataforma, provocando un pequeño incendio en el compartimiento del motor de la Dodge.

El conductor de la Dodge, un hombre que aún no ha sido identificado, murió en el lugar, según los agentes. Dijeron que el conductor del camión semirremolque no resultó herido.

La U.S. 1 se encuentra actualmente cerrada entre Southwest 183rd Street y Southwest 186th Street mientras las autoridades investigan el accidente.

Crow-Armstrong homered three times and drove in six runs on Saturday, adding to his case for NL MVP and powering the Chicago Cubs to a runaway 17-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. The All-Star center fielder had four hits and scored four times, delighting the crowd of 39,597 at Wrigley Field.

“I think Pete’s having a wonderful season,” manager Craig Counsell said. “It’s a lot of fun to watch. ... We’re lucky to be a part of it.”

Crow-Armstrong, 24, saw Sosa in the lobby as he made his way into the ballpark, and the two talked again in the batting cage. Sosa, 57, was part of a pregame ceremony celebrating Chicago's 150 years as a National League franchise.

Crow-Armstrong said Sosa told him he wanted to see even more out of him, and then told him he wanted him to hit three homers during the game.

“He was like, ‘I want three out of you today. ... I need three,’” Crow-Armstrong said. “And sure enough, I don’t know what he passed down to me there.”

Crow-Armstrong continued his bid to unseat Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani as NL MVP after the Japanese slugger took home the honor each of the previous two years. Ohtani hasn’t been able to pitch since July 3 because of left knee soreness and a right biceps injury.

While Ohtani has been limited to designated hitter with Los Angeles, Crow-Armstrong is one of baseball's top defensive players. And he has turned into a consistent threat at the plate as well, batting .282 with 36 homers, 89 RBIs and 32 steals in 136 games.

“Sometimes you feel it in your bones that you got a day like today in you and I did today,” Crow-Armstrong said.

Crow-Armstrong hit a 435-foot drive to right-center in the first for his eighth career leadoff homer — all this season. He went deep again in the second, sending a two-run shot off the foul pole in right.

It was Crow-Armstrong's fifth multihomer game this season and No. 11 for his career.

“I think he can change the game in so many different ways,” teammate Alex Bregman said. “I think that one day it’s hitting three homers, the next day it's making three diving plays or just running down balls that nobody else can go catch out there in center field. Next day, it’s stealing third and the ball going in the left field and him scoring. It’s just so many different things he can do on a baseball field.”

Crow-Armstrong got each of his first three hits off left-hander Andrew Abbott. He is batting .315 with 11 homers and 34 RBIs against lefties this season after he hit just .188 with seven homers and 27 RBIs versus lefties in 2025.

“It’s getting on the dish and learning the strike zone better,” he said. “I’m just, I think I’m getting better naturally as a baseball player overall.”

Batting with runners on first and second in the seventh, Crow-Armstrong hit a 444-foot drive to center off right-hander Tony Santillan. The crowd chanted “M-V-P! M-V-P!” as he rounded the bases.

With Reds catcher Jose Trevino on the mound in the eighth, Crow-Armstrong bounced to second. But the fans cheered anyway, saluting his first career three-homer game with a long ovation.

“The relationship has grown with all these fans,” Crow-Armstrong said, “so I’m just enjoying my time here more and more every day, walking down the street or in my uniform.”

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TCU didn’t score again after going up 10-3 on its first two drives. The Horned Frogs got the ball eight more times, and were stopped on fourth-and-short deep in Tar Heels territory on their last two drives.

The 74-year-old Belichick, who won six Super Bowls coaching the New England Patriots, was 4-8 in his college debut with the Tar Heels last year. That season began with a 48-14 home loss to TCU in prime time on Labor Day.

“I’m just happy for the players. They’ve worked really hard,” Belichick said. “To have positive results back up that hard work, reinforces it. I think they've been believing in what we're doing, but I think this just gives everybody a little bit more belief and we've just got to keep building.”

The Tar Heels ran out the final 4:05 after new TCU quarterback Jaden Craig threw an incompletion when rolling left on fourth-and-2 from the 10, when the Harvard transfer may have been able to run for a first down. Craig finished 20-of-32 passing for 175 yards.

Jeremy Payne, who ran for 142 yards, was stuffed on fourth-and-1 from the 5 on TCU's previous drive.

“Looking back now obviously, I wish we had kicked the two field goals, but at the time, it makes sense to try,” TCU coach Sonny Dykes said. “When you’re not moving the football, you’ve got to try to get the ball in the end zone.”

After Payne was stopped, the Frogs got the ball for the last time after North Carolina had a 13-play drive that ended with Burrell missing a 42-yard field goal attempt.

Payne had a 48-yard run on TCU's opening drive and the Frogs had 111 yards on the ground by halftime. They had only 26 after halftime.

“Once we kind of got settled down a little bit on the outside runs ... we kind of forced him to cut back and those guys did a good job inside,” Belichick said about his defensive front. “They hit the quarterback, they didn’t really let him step up in the pocket and throw much.”

North Carolina last season never had a halftime lead against a Power Four opponent, but went ahead 12-10 on a safety with 1:49 left in the first half of the first major college football game this season. TCU punter John Hoyet Chance kicked the ball out of the back of the end zone after the snap sailed over his head.

Edwards, a transfer from Wisconsin, completed 16 of 28 passes. Jordan Shipp had five catches for 71 yards and Jaylen McGill had the Tar Heels' only TD, on a 9-yard run in the first quarter after they had converted a fourth-and-7.

Heels strong on defensive front

Burrell's second field goal, a 28-yarder that made it 15-10 early in the second half, was set up by Melkart Abou Jaoude’s blindside sack of Craig that forced a fumble recovered by Jaylen Harvey at the TCU 31. Abou Jaoude had 10 1/2 sacks last season.

Xavier Lewis had 4 1/2 tackles for loss with two sacks.

Big game for Small

TCU's only touchdown was set up by Ed Small's 33-yard punt return to the UNC 25, then he had a 13-yard catch. Jon Denman scored on a 2-yard run for a 10-3 lead with four minutes left in the first quarter. Small had nine catches for 65 yards.

The takeaway

North Carolina had 10 points and 141 total yards in the first quarter with new offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino. The Tar Heels scored 10 points in the first quarter only once last year but never had more yards. They finished with 322 total yards.

TCU had scored at least 30 points in its last 10 season openers, which was the longest active FBS streak.

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Both teams have an open date before their home openers Sept. 12. North Carolina hosts East Tennessee State, and TCU plays Grambling State.

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Wearing a Team Canada soccer jersey, Ford unveiled the sign near Grimsby, Ontario, and posed for photographs. The 24-by-12-foot (7.3-by-3.6 meter) sign stands on 6-foot (1.8-meter) legs, putting its top about 18 feet (5.5 meters) above the ground — roughly two stories high. The message is repeated in French.

The display followed Trump’s executive order directing U.S. federal agencies to call Lake Ontario “Lake America.” After months of tariffs, threats to make Canada the 51st U.S. state and personal attacks on its leaders, the reaction in Canada has mixed defiance with mockery.

Ford said Trump was trying to rename the lake because Ontario and Canada were “standing up for ourselves” and argued the name would outlast the president.

“Long after President Trump is gone, it will still be called Lake Ontario,” Ford said in a video posted on social media.

Canadians mock Trump

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew compared Trump to an aging rock band trying to revive an old hit.

“You know when, like, a rock band is really over the hill and you see them like in a casino playing some song from like 50 years ago, I think that’s the part of Donald Trump’s presidency we’re at now — like he thought he had a real hit, a real golden oldie, with the Gulf of Mexico,” Kinew said, referring to Trump's executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America. “And he’s trying to bring back that, and he’s trying to play the hits for his base. But I think everybody here thinks it’s a little sad and it’s not his best work.”

The mockery was not limited to politicians. Canadian historian Robert Bothwell was even more scathing.

“The greatest country on earth takes this moron seriously?” Bothwell said.

But Bothwell said the dispute was more serious than the jokes, arguing Trump’s broader aim was “to subordinate Canada and at best make it a colony, at worst absorb it into the United States.”

Nelson Wiseman, professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, said Trump “would like Canada to act like a vassal state, but it refuses to do so. That irritates him.”

Canada and the US trade barbs over collapsed talks

The dispute comes as relations between the longtime allies worsen over trade. Negotiations collapsed last week, both governments accused the other of making late demands, and Canada announced retaliatory tariffs set to take effect next month.

Trump’s order also came amid an escalating war of words with Ford. In an interview with The Associated Press earlier this week, Ford said Ronald Reagan would be “throwing up” over Trump’s tariff policies and “disgusted with President Trump.”

Trump fired back by dismissing Ford’s comments as “bluster,” calling him Prime Minister Mark Carney’s “flunky” and mocking him as the “less charismatic, intelligent, and overall unimpressive brother” of the late Toronto Mayor Rob Ford.

Trump continued promoting the new name Saturday, reposting a meme showing Canada geese with Trump-like blond hair firing rifles as they “protected” Lake America.

Trump has repeatedly used maps to make political points. A “Gulf of America” map was displayed for a time beside the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, and Trump has posted images depicting Canada as part of the United States or as the 51st state.

Ontario name has Indigenous origins

The name Lake Ontario comes from the Huron Indigenous people’s word “oniatarí:io,” which means “lake of shining waters.” The Canadian province of Ontario, founded in 1867, took its name from the lake.

Wendat Nation Grand Chief Pierre Picard, whose people historically lived from the St. Lawrence Valley to the Great Lakes and whose language gave Lake Ontario its name, called Trump’s move an attempt to erase Indigenous history.

“I want to tell him that it is unacceptable for us, as a nation, to have a president who can eradicate our history, our culture and our identity,” Picard said.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney rejected the move, noting the lake’s Indigenous roots and that the name predates both the Canadian Confederation and the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Trump cannot require Canada to adopt the new name.

Although Little League rules prohibit Martina from taking the mound again after he threw 86 pitches in Curaçao’s international finale win, the confident, hard-throwing Caribbean ace made his final appearance count.

Martina struck out 12 batters and added an RBI double as Curaçao defeated Japan 4-0 on Saturday to advance to the championship game for the sixth time in the nation’s history.

“It’s very great for the people of Curaçao and for the boys here too,” Curaçao manager Railison Gijsbertha said. “We came here and knew that there’s a history of Curaçao baseball and there is a history between Japan and Curaçao, so we’re very happy with what we’ve accomplished, and we’ll go for the game tomorrow.”

Curaçao will play Nevada, which beat Ohio on Saturday to win the U.S. championship.

Martina tossed 5 2/3 scoreless innings, only allowing two hits and two walks in the international finale. He left the mound with two outs in the top of the sixth inning to a standing ovation, including from the opposing Japanese fans who sat along the third-base line.

“The players did very well,” Japanese manager Masanori Takeda said. “We lost the first game and we kept fighting and never gave up, that’s the good of this team.”

Giendry Ryan, who combined with Martina to no-hit Japan in a second-round game earlier in the double-elimination tournament, recorded the final out.

Three other players notched hits for the team from Willemstad, Curaçao, which has outscored its opponents 23-3 in four games in Williamsport. It’s the third time in five years a team from Willemstad will battle a U.S. team for Little League supremacy at Lamade Stadium.

It wasn’t easy at first.

Japan started the game eager to avenge its 6-0 loss to Curaçao. It looked like the Japanese hitters had rediscovered their confidence as they lined a pair of hard-hit singles into the outfield with their first two at-bats of the game.

With just one out, Japan loaded the bases moments later, prompting a long exhale from Martina and a visit to the mound from Gijsbertha. The Curaçao coach opted to leave his star in the game, however and Martina struck out the next two batters he faced, pumping the same right-hand that stranded the trio of runners as he skipped to the dugout.

“I started listening to the coach. I was throwing different balls, and then I started listening, and then I threw good,” Martina said.

Japan never threatened after that, struggling as Martina mixed in fastballs and curveballs to oohs and ahs from the nearly 22,000 fans who packed the bleachers and steep hill overlooking the outfield.

“He’s (Martina) a very good pitcher. He has a good fastball and curveball and (slider), we can’t say more,” Takeda said.

Meanwhile, the Curaçao offense broke through in the bottom of the third inning. A barrage of bunts paired with four Japanese throwing errors helped Curaçao build a 3-0 lead.

“Because the score was (low), and we knew Japan is a difficult team, when they couldn’t make outs out of the bunts, we kept bunting,” Gijisbertha said.

Curaçao tacked on a fourth run an inning later as Martina blasted a double to left-center field that plated Ryan.

“The people there in Curaçao are very happy that we’ve got so far,” Gijsbertha said. “We did not make it as (far as) we wanted with the World Cup, but we did it now, and we go on with the wave.”

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Alex Harkins is a student in the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism at Penn State.

It was his first of many stunts to come at Daytona International Speedway.

The 64-year-old Cruise announced Saturday he will reprise his role as NASCAR driver Cole Trickle in a follow-up to “Days of Thunder.” He waved the green flag on it hours before the Cup Series' regular-season finale at Daytona and then showed up for the pre-race drivers' meeting.

“It’s not just about racing,” Cruise told the packed room that included NASCAR executives, fans, corporate sponsors and military personnel. "It’s about the community and the people here. There’s something very special about racers and the whole community. It’s a culture, and I was very proud to be able to reflect that in the first ‘Days of Thunder,’ and I am honored to share it with the world. ...

“That’s basically what we’re going to really go for with this one. Give the audience that opportunity to understand what it is as a team, as a community, what it is for NASCAR, and the speed, the excitement and all that danger and stuff.”

Anne Hathaway will co-star as a team owner and engineer in the film scheduled to be released by Paramount Pictures on June 2, 2028.

Cruise will serve as a producer alongside Jerry Bruckheimer and Tommy Harper. Jonathan Levine is set to direct the script written by Will Staples. Bruckheimer, Harper and Staples joined Cruise at the drivers' meeting.

Cruise posed for pictures with anyone who asked and shook hands with military members before getting whisked away in a black SUV. He was expected to spend some time during the race on pit road — about as close to the action as possible without being behind the wheel.

The Hollywood Reporter reported in November 2024 that Cruise had talked to Paramount about a follow-up to his 1990 NASCAR racing film. The original was a critically panned summer blockbuster that was largely lampooned throughout the NASCAR industry for its exaggeration and overindulgence.

It has since become a cult favorite in NASCAR circles and is still quoted by race fans to this day.

“Rubbin’, son, is racin’” — the immortal line from crew chief Harry Hogge, played by Robert Duvall — still lives on today.

Riding high from his “Top Gun” fame and having grown up racing cars on the “back streets of Kentucky," Cruise had an idea for a movie based on fast cars and the characters who raced them. And so began the making of “Days of Thunder.”

Cole Trickle was loosely based on the late NASCAR driver Tim Richmond. Four-time Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon, now vice chairman at Hendrick Motorsports, openly lobbied for Cruise to bring a “Days of Thunder” sequel to life.

Gordon and Cruise have become friends over the years — Cruise showed up at a 2015 NASCAR banquet to honor the retiring Gordon — which could boost the prospect of Gordon and Hendrick Motorsports’ involvement in a sequel.

The movie introduced NASCAR to a wider audience that had very limited exposure to stock-car racing before that summer. There had been racing movies before — think “Thunder Road,” “The Last American Hero,” “Grand Prix,” “Stroker Ace,” or even “Smokey and the Bandit” — but none that had depicted NASCAR in such a mainstream style.

NASCAR has seen more swings and misses than checkered flags when it comes to its portrayal on the big or small screen since “Days of Thunder.” For every “Talladega Nights,” there are 10 more bombs such as comedian Kevin James’ ill-fated Netflix’s comedy series, “ The Crew.”

Cruise is a safe bet to deliver a hit — and to handle many of his own stunts. He did when in the original and still recalled a memorable one at Daytona.

“Last time I was at this track, actually, I was on the backstraight and I was shooting with two very heavy cameras traveling — I don’t know, 180 miles an hour — and suddenly the hood was off of the car,” Cruise said. "The sun is setting and I’m trying to get all my lines out before we lost the light.

“And, suddenly, the whole car was in flames. It turned from a barbecue to a bonfire on the backstraight. Couldn’t even get the crew to come in and help me just because radio (communications) didn’t work in the backstraight. I hear that’s still possible, correct? You guys didn’t fix that. Well, that’s good.”

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The Dolphins waived cornerback Alex Austin; running backs Coleman Bennett and Donovan Edwards; tackle Kevin Cline; EDGE Seth Coleman-Lyles; tight end Ethan Conner; linebackers Stephen Dix Jr. and Jaheim Thomas; defensive linemen Alex Huntley and Cam Rice; safety Louis Moore; and wide receiver Theo Wease Jr.

Wease Jr. was among the more notable cuts after appearing in three games for Miami last season. He caught six passes for 139 yards and a touchdown after spending part of the year on the practice squad.

Wease dropped a wide-open touchdown pass from Mark Gronowski in the second half of Friday’s game vs. the Atlanta Falcons.

Coleman-Lyles showed flashes of dominant play after recording a half-sack in Friday’s loss to Atlanta, but it wasn’t enough for a spot on Miami’s 53.

Edwards, a former Michigan standout, spent the offseason and training camp with Miami after previously spending time with the New York Jets and Washington. Moore joined the Dolphins as an undrafted free agent following a college career at Indiana and Ole Miss.

Austin, who has appeared in 29 NFL games and spent time with Houston and New England, also was waived after signing with Miami in March.

The players who cleared waivers could still return to Miami on the practice squad if they are not claimed by or signed by another team.

Miami will open up the season on the road when they face the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium at 4:25 p.m. ET on Sept. 13.

Los Dolphins dejaron en libertad al esquinero Alex Austin; los corredores Coleman Bennett y Donovan Edwards; el tackle Kevin Cline; el EDGE Seth Coleman-Lyles; el ala cerrada Ethan Conner; los apoyadores Stephen Dix Jr. y Jaheim Thomas; los linieros defensivos Alex Huntley y Cam Rice; el safety Louis Moore; y el receptor abierto Theo Wease Jr.

Wease Jr. estuvo entre los recortes más destacados después de disputar tres partidos con Miami la temporada pasada. Atrapó seis pases para 139 yardas y un touchdown después de pasar parte del año en el equipo de prácticas.

Wease dejó caer un pase de touchdown de Mark Gronowski cuando estaba completamente solo en la segunda mitad del partido del viernes contra los Atlanta Falcons.

Coleman-Lyles mostró destellos de juego dominante después de registrar medio sack en la derrota del viernes ante Atlanta, pero no fue suficiente para conseguir un lugar entre los 53 jugadores de Miami.

Edwards, ex destacado de Michigan, pasó la temporada baja y el campamento de entrenamiento con Miami después de haber estado anteriormente con los New York Jets y Washington. Moore se unió a los Dolphins como agente libre no seleccionado en el draft tras una carrera universitaria en Indiana y Ole Miss.

Austin, quien ha disputado 29 partidos en la NFL y pasó tiempo con Houston y New England, también fue dejado en libertad después de firmar con Miami en marzo.

Los jugadores que no sean reclamados en waivers aún podrían regresar a Miami para integrar el equipo de prácticas si no son reclamados o firmados por otro equipo.

Miami abrirá la temporada como visitante cuando enfrente a los Las Vegas Raiders en el Allegiant Stadium a las 4:25 p.m. ET del 13 de septiembre.

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Tagovailoa returned to Miami for the first time as an NFL opponent Friday night, helping the Atlanta Falcons beat the Dolphins 17-12 in the preseason finale.

The loss dropped Miami to 0-3 in the preseason as the Dolphins now turn their attention to finalizing their 53-man roster.

Tagovailoa helped Atlanta put together a strong opening drive, capped by Bijan Robinson’s 3-yard touchdown run to give the Falcons a 7-0 lead.

Miami answered with a field goal after rookie wide receiver Chris Bell, a third-round pick out of Louisville, caught an 18-yard pass.

The Dolphins struggled to find much offensive production throughout the game, managing just four field goals.

Tagovailoa also had a costly mistake in the second quarter when he fumbled a snap, but Miami recovered.

While the game was a preseason matchup, Tagovailoa’s return to Hard Rock Stadium carried plenty of significance. He spent his first six NFL seasons with the Dolphins before joining the Falcons.

Tagovailoa acknowledged hearing the boos from the Miami crowd but said his time with the Dolphins remains special.

“Well, of course I did,” Tagovailoa said. “But, you know, needless to say, like being able to come back here, like I’ve had six years here, and those are probably some of the best six years of my life. I love the city.”

Tagovailoa made the Pro Bowl during his time in Miami and accomplished several other milestones with the Dolphins but admitted that he wasn’t playing at a high level in his final season with the Dolphins.

“I wasn’t playing up to the standard I had been playing in years past,” he said. “You have to be real with yourself.”

Meanwhile, Dolphins coach Jeff Hafley said the team now faces difficult decisions as it works to get down to 53 players.

“We got a lot of tough guys in that locker room that love football that are gonna be really, really strong pieces for our foundation as we go forward, and I’m proud of them and I’m sad that, you know, tomorrow, you know, there’s gonna be a lot of hard decisions to make,” Hafley said.

The Dolphins will now shift their focus to the regular season after finishing the preseason without a win.

Judge Noël Wise, in a ruling Friday, delivered a victory for The Stanford Daily, the student newspaper at Stanford University, which has said some international students were afraid to speak out because of the deportation threat.

“Freedom of speech is illusory if we are only ‘free’ to express complementary views about the government and its leaders,” the judge wrote.

The decision largely piggybacks on findings from nearly a year ago by a U.S. district judge in Boston, who ruled that the Trump administration violated the Constitution when it targeted people who are not citizens for deportation solely for supporting Palestinians and criticizing Israel.

Wise wrote that the freedoms of speech and the press are “foundational to America’s enduring democracy.” The judge cited free-speech and vagueness flaws that violate the First Amendment and Fifth Amendment as she struck down portions of the provisions that the federal government follows regarding deportations.

Wise cited retaliation in March 2025 by U.S. immigration authorities against people who engaged in speech supporting the Palestinians and against Israel's actions — which a growing number of experts, including those commissioned by a U.N. body, have said amount to genocide. The judge also cited retaliation against people who were critical of Charlie Kirk after the Turning Point USA co-founder was assassinated last September.

“Tomorrow, or perhaps even today, targets may include anyone in the United States who exercises their freedom of speech to simply express opinions the government does not like,” the judge in San Jose said.

“This downward spiral is antithetical to our Constitution that recognizes our right to speak freely,” she added. “Here you can simultaneously hate the content of a person’s speech and love the country that cherishes the freedom to allow it. Zealous protection of our Constitutional right to free speech is a provocative demonstration of our country’s powerful lack of fear.”

The Justice Department did not respond Saturday to a message seeking comment on the decision.

George Porteous, the editor-in-chief of The Stanford Daily, responded to the ruling by saying on X: “The reporters in our newsroom shouldn’t have to fear that writing a story will result in their deportation. Today’s victory means they won’t have to.”

Conor Fitzpatrick, an attorney with the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, which brought the lawsuit, praised the ruling.

“In America, free speech doesn’t just belong to the people who say things the government agrees with,” Fitzpatrick said in a release.

In her decision, Wise said it was clear that the government's tactics has had an effect on college campuses.

“The government has offered a chilling message regarding protected speech — speak out against Israel or in support of Palestinians and we will revoke your visa and deport you. Behave. Noncitizen students heard the warning and heeded. And, as the idiom goes, the silence is deafening,” the judge wrote.

At The Stanford Daily, lawfully present noncitizens at the paper have quit, withheld articles, refused assignments, requested articles be taken down, and asked for anonymity due to fear of adverse immigration consequences, Wise noted.

She said noncitizens have the same First Amendment rights as citizens and yet were left to guess what the U.S. foreign policy was at any given moment and on any given subject.

“This is an incomprehensible standard,” she said. “While the Court understands that the government has been granted considerable discretion on foreign policy and immigration matters, that discretion must nevertheless still ensure that ordinary people can understand what the law permits and prohibits.”

Wise added: “Our Constitutional right to freedom of speech guarantees people the right to express — through their words, actions, or assembly — opinions that may be repugnant, views that run counter to prevailing political norms, or beliefs that otherwise challenge the country’s domestic or foreign policy, military engagement, or war.”

To Cloud, he is unimportant.

“I won’t be talking about anything that happened with an irrelevant person,” Cloud said. “What I will focus on is what actually affects women and children currently in 2026.”

Cloud then went on to name domestic violence, sexual assault and food insecurities as three things that women are most affected by.

Cloud got into a confrontation with Freedom at last Sunday's Chicago home game against the Indiana Fever. The former NBA player was sitting along the baseline wearing a black shirt that read “WOMAN noun. adult human female.” The Fever called for a timeout after Cloud scored inside with 1:22 left in the third. Cloud then chest bumped with teammate Aicha Coulibaly before turning around and walking in Freedom’s direction.

The 34-year-old Cloud started yelling and pointing at Freedom as she approached him. He stood, held his arms out and stepped onto the court as security and a handful of Sky players moved between the two.

“I will not talk about an irrelevant threat to our lives because that’s exactly what it is,” she said. “I want to talk about real issues that face women, and it’s not our trans human beings, and it’s not our drag queens. It’s not our gay community. There is a certain demographic of people that you can generally search. It’s a simple Google search of what is the greatest threat to women and children currently in 2026, in the United States of America.”

Freedom has been banned by Sky owner Michael Alter from attending any future Chicago home games.

Cloud applauded the move by the front office to “protect the players.”

“That's what protection looks like on the whole. I want everyone to hear that," she said. "That’s what protection looks like from the right.”

Freedom and Royce White, another former NBA player, have declared for the WNBA draft, saying they identify as women. But a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Monday that they are not eligible. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the situation.

The WNBA has been the subject of recent debates on whether transgender women — people assigned male at birth who transition to align with their gender identity — should be allowed to participate in the league. There has never been such a player in the WNBA.

Although the league’s collective bargaining agreement says the WNBA is restricted to women, it contains no more specific language about gender identity or sex assigned at birth.

“We won’t allow our league to be used as a pawn for any political or cultural wars that the right wants," Cloud said. "We’re absolutely not going to. This league has always stood on principle and on our humanitarian efforts.”

Cloud wished the talk was about the amazing season the WNBA has been having on the court with strong ratings — that game against Indiana drew 3.3 million viewers, which was the most since the league’s inaugural season in 1997.

“I just had a fan who identifies as trans cry to me in here and this is why I do what I do," Cloud said. "None of this is performative. I don’t want to put myself in front of fires all the time. I don’t want to be the one that always has to speak up. But somebody (expletive) has to do it.”

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Yiannopoulos was returned to his home country Friday after being accused of overstaying after entering the U.S. legally in May 2019. An immigration judge issued a final order of removal July 22 after he failed to show up for an immigration hearing, a Homeland Security spokesperson said.

Yiannopoulos was arrested Thursday at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in Louisiana and detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

“He chose to overstay his welcome in violation of our nation’s laws,” a Homeland Security spokesperson said in a statement.

Yiannopoulos and his representatives did not respond to requests for comment, and he has not posted on the social platform X since Thursday.

Yiannopoulos backed President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown

Yiannopoulos is a well-known champion of conservative causes and has frequently taken provocative public positions criticizing feminism, Islam and immigrants. He has been especially supportive of President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration enforcement policy, aimed at people in the country illegally.

“Zero immigration for the next 20 years. No ifs, no buts,” Yiannopoulos said on X last year.

The British national has most recently worked for the rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, who performed in New Orleans on Friday evening.

Yiannopoulos rose to fame in the early 2010s as an incendiary writer for the conservative website Breitbart News. He resigned in 2017 after a video of him endorsing pedophilia resurfaced online. He later apologized for the remarks and said he himself was a victim of sexual assault as a minor.

Yiannopoulos’ arrest and deportation come amid a nationwide uptick in detentions as part of Trump’s immigration crackdown.

In social media posts, the Department of Homeland Security touted Yiannopoulos' arrest and posted a booking photo of him. It added that it encourages people in the country illegally to leave voluntarily, saying the U.S. offers “$3,000 and a free flight to self-deport.”

“We encourage every person here illegally to take advantage of this offer and reserve the chance to come back to the U.S. the right legal way to live the American dream. If not, you will be arrested and deported without a chance to return,” the department said.

The department did not respond Saturday to questions seeking more details about Yiannopoulos' legal entry into the U.S. in 2019, including whether he was granted a visa.

Controversy has swirled around the provocateur for years

Far-right conservative activist Laura Loomer swiftly took to social media to applaud Yiannopoulos’ arrest after years of public feuding between the two personalities.

“I was the first person to report on the fact that Milo was in the US illegally where he incited violence against President Trump and worked for Marjorie Traitor Greene,” Loomer said on X.

Controversy around Yiannopoulos ballooned in 2017 when he carried out what he called his “Troll Academy Tour” across college campuses nationwide. Fights broke out when some students protested his appearances and accused him of hate speech, while others celebrated him as a champion of free speech. Around that time Buzzfeed reported on Yiannopoulos’ cozy relationships with self-proclaimed white nationalists.

In recent years Yiannopoulos continued to work in the orbit of conservative activism. In 2022 he was an intern for former U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, according to the Washington Post. He subsequently ran the short-lived 2024 presidential campaign for Ye.

Most recently, Yiannopoulos has worked as a spokesperson for Ye, who has been beset by controversy of his own following antisemitic comments that the rapper has since apologized for.

Sharif issued the orders after an investigative committee headed by retired senior civil servant Shahid Khan presented its interim report on Wednesday’s fire at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, or PIMS, his office said in a statement.

The fire was confined to a third-floor nursery but officials said it spread so quickly that staff were able to rescue only one baby from among the 15 being cared for there.

The inquiry found that the nursery had no fire alarm or sprinkler system and that the hospital lacked detailed procedures and training for responding to fires and other emergencies, the statement said.

The fire has intensified public anger, prompting grieving families and civil society groups to demand accountability.

“Those guilty of criminal negligence deserve no leniency,” Sharif was quoted as saying.

He ordered departmental and criminal proceedings against those identified by the committee.

The eight included the hospital’s executive director, two joint executive directors, the head of the neonatal department, two other doctors, the hospital’s assistant director for security and the head of the Capital Development Authority’s emergency services.

Sharif also approved action against a company responsible for hospital security and its officials.

The government also already announced compensation of 5 million rupees (about $18,000) for each bereaved family.

The statement said the interim inquiry found that supervisory staff were not on duty when the fire began. Two nurses, a female security guard and a house officer were in the ward.

Emergency services were not called until six minutes after the fire started, and the first emergency responders arrived 15 minutes after receiving the call, the statement said.

Investigators found that only two subsections of the hospital’s 13 standard operating procedures referred to fires or other emergencies.

About two minutes of surveillance video of the nursery fire was shown during Saturday’s meeting. The footage was not immediately released.

The interim report said a nurse risked her life to save a baby before the flames spread through the ward. Sharif approved a recommendation that she receive the Sitara-i-Khidmat, a state award recognizing public service.

The deaths have prompted broader reviews of fire-safety measures at hospitals across Pakistan. The government in Punjab, the country’s most populous province, this week ordered an immediate review of fire-safety systems, firefighting equipment and emergency-response facilities at hospitals.

Sharif earlier dismissed Health Secretary Aslam Ghauri, the Health Ministry’s highest-ranking civil servant, after the blaze.

The fire was among Pakistan’s deadliest recent tragedies involving children. In June, 14 schoolchildren were killed when the roof of a tutoring center under construction collapsed in the eastern city of Lahore.

Trump said the agreement announced Friday night would give the United States a stake in Venezuela’s vast oil reserves, a step toward his goal of extracting energy from the country after American forces captured then-President Nicolás Maduro in a middle-of-the-night raid in January and brought him to New York to face federal drug trafficking charges.

Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, described the deal as a step toward economic recovery that will modernize the country’s oil industry. In a televised address to the nation late Sunday, Rodríguez insisted Venezuela's sovereignty is secure and said she wants the country to become a global energy powerhouse.

Earlier on Saturday, she said the oil reserves would “cease to be an inert, cold statistic and will instead become concrete solutions. Housing is one of them.”

But the answers to many questions, including how soon the reserves could be drilled and who will pay to make it happen, were not immediately clear. No text of any agreement has been released.

A look at what is known and unknown:

What are the terms?

The U.S. government and an unnamed private operator in Venezuela formed a new company that was given the rights to untapped oil fields for 100 years.

A statement from Rodríguez said the deal involves the development of 17 fields with a proven potential of 65 billion barrels. It said the agreement could draw $100 billion in investment into Venezuela’s oil industry and yield over $209 billion in taxes for Caracas.

Trump said the agreement was negotiated by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Rodríguez.

The deal gives the United States 55% effective output of the new private company, including an ownership stake and rights to buy oil at cost. American purchases of the oil will go toward the U.S. strategic oil reserves along with the military, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

The company would be the second largest corporate holder of proven reserves after Saudi Aramco, according to the official.

Will gas prices go down?

Probably not any time soon.

Trump says the deal will help lower gas prices for Americans. That is an important objective for the Republican president as the Iran war slows the shipping of Persian Gulf oil and keeps prices elevated months before November elections in the United States.

But experts have repeatedly warned that Venezuela’s dilapidated oil infrastructure will take years and billions of dollars to repair. A substantial boost in production is not expected to happen quickly.

The deal could be “helpful in the long run, but it’s not going to do anything to change the price of gasoline at the retail station for Labor Day weekend,” said Amy Myers Jaffe, director of the Energy, Climate Justice and Sustainability Lab at New York University.

Neither side made clear who would pay for infrastructure investments and at what cost.

The average price of gas in the U.S. stood at about $4.08 a gallon on Saturday, according to AAA. The average price was $3.20 at the same time last year.

Kevin Book, managing director at ClearView Energy Partners, said the oil industry is awaiting clarity on the deal's details. Venezuela has room to increase its oil production, he said — in the past it produced more than 2.5 million barrels a day above current levels — but investments of this scale don't happen quickly.

“It’s going to take time — many years — to deploy that much capital and produce the kind of incremental results that history suggests possible," Book said.

How will Venezuelans react?

Some in Venezuela considered it a betrayal of what their government has stated repeatedly for decades: Venezuelan resources are for Venezuela, and leaders would not allow the U.S. government access to those resources.

At a market in eastern Caracas on Saturday, Douglas Borjas said he was upset about the announcement.

“I think they’re doing it to cling to power,” he said of Venezuela’s leaders. “It’s like, ‘I’m giving you a vast amount of petroleum as long as you leave me alone here in power.’”

He added: “The Venezuelan people deserve better. Venezuela has resources that can be exploited, but for the benefit of the people, not for the benefit of the corrupt elite.”

Harvard University professor Ricardo Hausmann, a former Venezuelan planning minister, called it a “shameful deal."

“Venezuelans will not respect this illegitimate deal and no major US oil company will take it seriously because they know it will not last,” Hausmann said on social media, adding that Rodríguez “has no legitimacy or constitutional power to commit Venezuela to any such deal."

In her national address, Rodríguez pushed back on some of the early criticism.

“One thing must be absolutely clear: Venezuela retains ownership and sovereignty over its resources,” Rodríguez said. She said the goal is to reach other agreements with transnational private companies such as Chevron, Repsol and Shell.

She added: “We want to be an energy powerhouse, a major oil producer, a significant gas exporter, and a major national petrochemical developer."

What's the reaction on Capitol Hill?

It is unclear whether Congress will play a role in the arrangement, but lawmakers from both parties were quick to weigh in.

Trump allies called it a win.

Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, said it was a historic deal that helps both countries. “If it were up to DC Democrats, Maduro would still be in power, Venezuelan oil would be going to China at half price, and the people of Venezuela would be getting robbed by a corrupt regime,” Moreno wrote on social media.

It was condemned by Democrats who said Maduro's capture was a means to this end.

Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., said Trump was always after Venezuela's oil, branding it “corruption at epic scale.”

“Will prices come down for Americans? Who knows but likely not as much as Trump has forced them up thru his idiotic Iran War," Kaine said on social media.

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said Trump “put our service members at risk to get Venezuelan oil for his billionaire buddies.”

What questions remain?

Many important details remain unclear, including who will cover necessary investments, the identity of the private operator and how America’s stake in the company breaks down.

The U.S. will get 55% of the company's effective output, but it was not clear what portion of that comes from an ownership stake and how much comes from the right to buy oil at cost.

It also is unclear how the industry will react. Persuading big American oil companies to return to the region could prove a challenge given the political uncertainty and damaged infrastructure.

Chevron, the only U.S. oil company actively producing in Venezuela, declined to comment. Separately from Trump’s announcement, Chevron already had been in talks to expand investment in the country. Exxon Mobil also declined to comment.

David Oxley, chief climate and commodities economist at Capital Economics, said that on its face, the deal could double U.S. oil reserves and reduce dependence on crude oil from Canada and Mexico. But Oxley, writing in a commentary, cautioned that there are logistical hurdles and said the value of Venezuela's reserves may have been exaggerated under former President Hugo Chavez.

Even with legal and security guarantees, it is not clear that U.S. oil companies “would be eager to invest,’’ he wrote, noting that “there simply might be more enticing commercial opportunities on offer elsewhere.’’

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Arráez reported from Caracas, Venezuela. Associated Press writer Moriah Balingit and AP Economics Writer Paul Wiseman in Washington contributed to this report.

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According to detectives, Alyjah Allen was last seen around 2 a.m. Friday near the 3600 block of Southwest 46th Avenue. He was wearing a long-sleeved white shirt, gray pants and white shoes.

They said Allen is about 5 feet, 9 inches tall and weighs about 130 pounds. He has brown eyes and multicolored hair that is blue, black and blonde.

According to his family, Allen “has autism and is high functioning.”

Anyone with information about Allen’s whereabouts is asked to contact BSO Detective Chris Blankenship at 954-321-4268 or the BSO non-emergency number at 954-764-4357.

Según los detectives, Alyjah Allen fue visto por última vez alrededor de las 2 a.m. del viernes cerca de la cuadra 3600 de Southwest 46th Avenue. Vestía una camisa blanca de manga larga, pantalones grises y zapatos blancos.

Dijeron que Allen mide aproximadamente 5 pies y 9 pulgadas y pesa alrededor de 130 libras. Tiene ojos marrones y cabello multicolor azul, negro y rubio.

Según su familia, Allen “tiene autismo y es altamente funcional”.

Se pide a cualquier persona que tenga información sobre el paradero de Allen que se comunique con el detective de BSO Chris Blankenship al 954-321-4268 o con el número de BSO para casos que no sean de emergencia al 954-764-4357.

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

Netanyahu condemnation follows unrest in West Bank town

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned criminal acts by a “handful of rioters” in the occupied West Bank that he said do injustice to the “law-abiding settler public.”

His statement follows over two weeks of unrest in the town of Qusra, where settlers have surrounded several homes including one owned by a Palestinian American. In an unusually sharp statement, U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee referred to the settlers as “terrorists,” a word U.S. officials usually reserve for Palestinian militants.

Earlier on Saturday, Israel’s military and police said Israeli rioters arrived in the Qusra area and violent clashes followed. They said dozens of rioters barricaded themselves in a Palestinian home while residents were inside. They said the groups were separated and rioters’ vehicles were confiscated.

The Associated Press saw ambulances carry away injured Palestinians. Qusra Mayor Abdel Azim Wadi told AP that two inhaled tear gas and two others were hurt when settlers threw stones. He said the house targeted was no longer under siege.

“The actions of these violent extremists are a disgrace and stand in complete contradiction to the values of the State of Israel,” the foreign ministry said in a statement.

The statements did not mention any arrests.

Netanyahu’s government, the most ultranationalist and religious in Israel’s history, has presided over a surge of settlement construction in the West Bank. Most of the international community views settlements as illegal, and Israel has been seeing an erosion of support in the United States.

4 Palestinians killed in Gaza, health officials say

Israeli strikes and fire in central Gaza killed four Palestinians and wounded others on Saturday, according to local health officials.

In Gaza City, two Palestinians were killed and another was wounded in an Israeli strike on a motorbike, according to officials at Shifa hospital. The Israeli military said it struck a “military operative,” without elaborating.

Tank fire killed a farmer in the eastern part of Deir al-Balah, according to officials at Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital, where the body was taken. A strike in southern Gaza killed one and wounded others, Nasser hospital said. The Israeli military did not immediately comment.

And the latest airstrike on the compound of Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital wounded three Palestinians, officials with Gaza's health ministry said. Israel’s military said it “struck a Hamas commander who planned to execute terror attacks" adjacent to the compound.

The military statement accused the commander of hiding in the compound. It said medical authorities in Gaza were warned on Thursday that medical facilities should not be used for “terrorist purposes” and that Israeli forces would act on any threat if it continues. Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital did not comment on the strike.

A fragile ceasefire in Gaza has continued since October. While the heaviest fighting in Gaza has subsided, Israel's military has killed at least 1,313 Palestinians since then, according to Gaza’s health ministry. The ministry, part of the Hamas-led government, maintains detailed casualty records that are seen as generally reliable by U.N. agencies and independent experts. It does not give a breakdown of civilians and militants.

Iran's new leadership signals no tolerance for dissent

After six months of war, Iran's new leadership appears ready for a potentially long confrontation with the United States and determined to prevent any unrest at home.

Meanwhile, Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi reiterated Tehran's stance that the Strait of Hormuz would not open until the U.S. meets its agreements under the memorandum of understanding the countries signed in mid-June, state media reported. The strait has become a source of leverage for Iran after it asserted control of the waterway early in the war.

The new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, still has not been seen publicly since his father and other senior leaders were killed in the war's opening strikes on Feb. 28, when the U.S. and Israel attacked.

With appointments announced Aug. 11 and 12, Khamenei has surrounded himself with longtime personal allies like the new secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, and the new head of the Basij, the Revolutionary Guard’s volunteer street force, Hossein Taeb.

The Slovenian suffered a concussion and broke two bones, one of which will require surgery, after he appeared to lose control when a stone came rolling across the road.

“Tadej has been diagnosed with a concussion, displaced left clavicle fracture, a stable C7 cervical fracture, and multiple abrasions,” UAE Team Emirates medical director Adrian Rotunno said.

“Fortunately, no other major injuries and no neurological fallout. He will require clavicle surgery which will be delayed due to concussion precautions. Tadej remains under the care of our medical team and we’ll provide further updates following the surgery,” Rotunno added.

Pogacar held a big lead in the Vuelta and was heavily favored to win the title to complete a hat trick of cycling's three Grand Tours. But he got caught in a crash about 33 kilometers (20.5 miles) from the finish of the eighth stage. He tried to get back on his bike but could not carry on and walked to an ambulance. Race organizers confirmed he pulled out of the race.

Pogacar was attempting to become the ninth male rider to win all three Grand Tour races. Pogacar won the Tour de France for a third straight time and a record-tying fifth overall in July, and he claimed the Giro d’Italia win in 2024. He had not raced in the Vuelta since making his Grand Tour debut at the event in 2019.

TV footage showed Pogacar with cuts on his head as well as his left arm and shoulder. Pogacar swerved to his right, into other cyclists, as he appeared to try to avoid something in the road. The Tour de France champion lost control and flew over his handlebars, hitting his head and shoulder.

UAE Team Emirates sports manager Matxin Joxean Fernandez said after the stage that Pogacar had needed stitches in his eyebrow and elsewhere.

“It's no one's responsibility. ... It’s simply one of those things that happens in cycling, unfortunately,” Fernandez said. “He initially wanted to keep going, but we saw he was in a lot of pain in his shoulder and decided he couldn’t continue. There isn’t much else to say.

“After seven days Tadej was happy and it’s a very big shame for him, cycling is about good and bad and (we hope) Tadej recovers as soon as possible because hopefully it’s not something too bad, we’re not going to think about that right now but we’ll see what the doctor says.”

Pogacar — who had led since winning the opening stage — had an advantage of 3 minutes, 50 minutes over Enric Mas of Movistar before Saturday's stage, which did not feature any major difficulty and offered sprinters a chance to shine along a flat 171-kilometer (106-mile) route from Puçol to Xeraco. Bryan Coquard, from the Cofidis team, claimed the stage win ahead of Mads Pedersen and Jordi Meeus.

Mas took the race leader's jersey from Pogacar, becoming the first Spanish rider to lead the race since Jesus Herrada in 2018. Felix Gall stood second overall, 1:11 off the pace, with Primoz Roglic in third place.

The 31-year-old Mas did not put on the leader's red jersey when he was presented with it in the post-race ceremony, instead just holding it up. He was also not wearing it in television interviews after the stage.

“To get the red jersey thanks to a crash, it’s not a good feeling,” he told Eurosport in translated comments. "We’ll try to defend it tomorrow but tonight we need to assimilate what happened and give Tadej all our support and hopefully he will recover soon. We decided with the team that I was not going to wear the red jersey (today) and then if I deserve it tomorrow, I will wear it."

Pogacar's main rival, Jonas Vingegaard, is not competing in the Vuelta after crashing during this year's Tour de France.

This was Pocagar’s 10th Grand Tour and the first he has ever abandoned. He had never finished lower than third place.

The three-week race concludes in Granada on Sept. 13.

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The shelter currently has dozens of kittens available for adoption, with all animals spayed or neutered before going home.

Those interested in adopting can visit the Humane Society of Broward County’s website to fill out an application before visiting the shelter.

Read more about the kitten duo in the video at the top of this page.

El refugio cuenta actualmente con decenas de gatitos disponibles para adopción, y todos los animales son esterilizados o castrados antes de ir a sus hogares.

Las personas interesadas en adoptar pueden visitar el sitio web de la Sociedad Protectora de Animales del Condado Broward para completar una solicitud antes de visitar el refugio.

Conoce más sobre el dúo de gatitos en el video en la parte superior de esta página.

Tagovailoa regresó a Miami por primera vez como rival en la NFL la noche del viernes, ayudando a los Atlanta Falcons a vencer 17-12 a los Dolphins en el último partido de la pretemporada.

La derrota dejó a Miami con marca de 0-3 en la pretemporada, mientras los Dolphins ahora centran su atención en definir su plantilla final de 53 jugadores.

Tagovailoa ayudó a Atlanta a armar una sólida serie ofensiva inicial, culminada por una carrera de touchdown de tres yardas de Bijan Robinson para darle a los Falcons una ventaja de 7-0.

Miami respondió con un gol de campo después de que el receptor novato Chris Bell, seleccionado en la tercera ronda procedente de Louisville, atrapara un pase de 18 yardas.

Los Dolphins tuvieron dificultades para generar producción ofensiva durante todo el partido y consiguieron apenas cuatro goles de campo.

Tagovailoa también cometió un costoso error en el segundo cuarto cuando perdió el balón tras un centro, pero Miami lo recuperó.

Aunque el partido era de pretemporada, el regreso de Tagovailoa al Hard Rock Stadium tuvo mucho significado. Pasó sus primeras seis temporadas en la NFL con los Dolphins antes de unirse a los Falcons.

Tagovailoa reconoció haber escuchado los abucheos del público de Miami, pero dijo que su etapa con los Dolphins sigue siendo especial.

“Bueno, por supuesto que sí”, dijo Tagovailoa. “Pero, ya sabes, no hace falta decir que poder regresar aquí, pasé seis años aquí, y esos probablemente fueron algunos de los mejores seis años de mi vida”.

Tagovailoa fue seleccionado al Pro Bowl durante su etapa en Miami y alcanzó varios otros logros con los Dolphins.

“Independientemente de la reacción, quiero decir, amo la ciudad”, dijo Tagovailoa.

El entrenador de los Dolphins, Jeff Hafley, dijo que el equipo ahora enfrenta decisiones difíciles mientras trabaja para reducir la plantilla a 53 jugadores.

“Tenemos muchos tipos duros en ese vestuario que aman el fútbol y que van a ser piezas realmente, realmente importantes para nuestra base a medida que avancemos, y estoy orgulloso de ellos y me entristece que, ya sabes, mañana, ya sabes, habrá muchas decisiones difíciles que tomar”, dijo Hafley.

Los Dolphins ahora centrarán su atención en la temporada regular después de terminar la pretemporada sin una victoria.

Small children were among those who deboarded the plane with adults.

Local 10 News got exclusive video of Haitian nationals landing at the airport.

Last week, a plane carrying 160 people arrived at the same airport. That group included a mixture of TPS holders and others who had previously faced legal troubles in the United States.

Around 7 p.m. Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security posted a video on its social media pages showing a group of Haitian nationals in the rain, shackled as they boarded a plane earlier in the day. A Haitian song played underneath the video.

One of the passengers was a man who made it back to Haiti.

Speaking in Haitian Creole, he said he left Haiti 10 years ago. The Port-au-Prince native said he did not enter the U.S. through the humanitarian parole program created in January 2023.

Asked how it feels to be back in Haiti, he said he hasn’t felt Haiti’s sunlight in a while.

He described the moment as both good and bad, saying he had wanted to return to Haiti, but not like this.

He said he would have preferred to arrive with a happy heart, enjoying the country with his friends and family.

In response to questions from a Local 10’s Magdala Louissaint, a DHS spokesperson said deportations to Haiti “never stopped.”

“For operational security and the safety of our personnel, we would never disclose information about our deportation flights,” the spokesperson said.

The spokesperson also defended the Trump administration’s decision to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, saying, “Temporary Protected Status is exactly that — temporary. For too long, TPS has been allowed to function as a de facto amnesty program despite Congress never intending it to be permanent.”

The spokesperson added, “What we would say now is it’s closing time which means you don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here. The good news is it’s not too late to get a $3,000 check and a free flight home.”

La policía de Fort Lauderdale dijo que respondió aproximadamente a las 3:45 a.m. a un reporte de una balacera en la cuadra 1700 de Northwest Ninth Street.

Dijeron que los agentes encontraron a la adolescente, quien no ha sido identificada hasta el momento, e inmediatamente comenzaron a brindarle ayuda hasta que equipos de Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue llegaron al lugar.

Fue trasladada bajo alerta de trauma al Broward Health Medical Center con heridas graves, según los investigadores.

La policía confirmó posteriormente que se espera que la víctima sobreviva.

La policía dijo que la balacera continúa bajo investigación y que trabaja para determinar las circunstancias en torno al incidente.

Más temprano la mañana del sábado, la policía de Fort Lauderdale también respondió aproximadamente a la 1:51 a.m. a una alerta de ShotSpotter en la cuadra 1600 de Northwest Eighth Avenue, donde dijeron que un hombre murió baleado.

La policía no ha relacionado las dos balaceras.

Se pide a cualquier persona que tenga información sobre ambas balaceras que llame a la policía de Fort Lauderdale o a Broward Crime Stoppers al 954-493-8477.

La agencia de Naciones Unidas para la infancia informó a última hora del viernes que entre los liberados hay tres menores de 2 años, uno de 7 y dos adolescentes.

“Esta liberación ofrece un inusual momento de esperanza en medio de la violencia que amenaza a los niños en Haití”, comentó Yannig Dussart, representante adjunto de UNICEF en el país. “El secuestro en Kenscoff no fue un incidente aislado, sino otro duro recordatorio de la magnitud y la frecuencia de los ataques contra los niños en todo el país”.

La UNICEF señaló que trabajó con líderes comunitarios para lograr la liberación de las mujeres y los niños. Hasta el momento, se desconoce si necesitaban tratamiento médico o si hay más mujeres y niños retenidos.

Aunque los secuestros individuales en Haití son habituales, los raptos masivos son más inusuales. Los desenlaces varían: algunas personas son liberadas sin rescate, mientras que otras son asesinadas pese a que se paguen múltiples rescates.

Las pandillas mataron al menos a 47 personas en el ataque realizado la noche del domingo en Kenscoff, una comunidad agrícola antes pacífica enclavada en las colinas sobre la capital de Haití.

Un líder criminal conocido como Izo 2 había amenazado con ejecutar a todos los rehenes si la policía mataba a algún miembro de la banda en su ofensiva para asegurar Kenscoff. Izo 2 encabeza un grupo armado en esa zona en nombre de y en coordinación con otros líderes de bandas, incluido Izo, considerado uno de los jefes de bandas más poderosos de Haití.

El reciente ataque provocó el viernes una protesta en una reunión de emergencia del Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU, en la que se pidió el rápido despliegue de la nueva fuerza respaldada por el organismo para combatir a las pandillas, así como medidas para frenar a las bandas sin ley.

Diplomáticos en la reunión convocada por Estados Unidos, Panamá y Colombia expresaron su horror ante el brutal ataque.

Luis Ruiz Massieu, el enviado especial de la ONU para Haití, dijo que el ataque ha generado “una nueva ola de indignación pública en todos los sectores de la sociedad haitiana, así como entre los socios internacionales”.

Ruiz Massieu acogió con satisfacción la decisión de las autoridades de Haití de reunir a la policía nacional, las fuerzas armadas y la fuerza de supresión de pandillas para evaluar los acontecimientos y coordinar planes. Se acordó que la fuerza de supresión de pandillas reforzaría su presencia en Puerto Príncipe y que las fuerzas haitianas reforzarían su despliegue en Kenscoff.

Pero el enviado de la ONU y muchos oradores del consejo subrayaron la necesidad urgente de fortalecer el apoyo internacional en materia de seguridad para Haití.

La viceembajadora de Estados Unidos, Jennifer Locetta, dijo que Washington “está decidido y tan comprometido como siempre a apoyar los esfuerzos de seguridad liderados por Haití para poner fin al terror de las pandillas”.

Instó a los miembros de la ONU a proporcionar equipo y recursos para permitir que la fuerza de supresión de pandillas se despliegue lo más rápido posible, y a invertir en empleos, infraestructura y otras oportunidades para ofrecer una vía alternativa a unirse a una pandilla.

Locetta señaló que coaliciones de pandillas han dicho públicamente que buscan impedir que los votantes haitianos elijan a sus representantes en una futura elección y que no se puede permitir que los “terroristas” tomen a la democracia como rehén.

“No pueden aterrorizar desde los extremos de los fusiles y desde la comodidad de las estaciones de peaje, mientras le roban a Haití su futuro”, afirmó. “Debemos proteger a los civiles contra estos actos inconcebibles”.

Indrika Ratwatte, secretario general adjunto interino para asuntos humanitarios, dijo al Consejo de Seguridad que el ataque en Kenscoff obligó a más de 2.600 personas a huir de sus hogares, muchas por segunda o tercera vez. Señaló que la gente está traumatizada, buscando a familiares desaparecidos e insegura sobre el futuro.

Casi 1,5 millones de personas, el 12% de la población de Haití, están desplazadas internamente. La mitad de ellas son menores, afirmó.

“Mientras tanto, las deportaciones a Haití continúan a gran escala”, dijo Ratwatte, en referencia a las expulsiones desde República Dominicana y a la presión del gobierno de Trump para deportar a haitianos que viven y trabajan legalmente en Estados Unidos y a otros cuyas visas habían expirado o que habían ingresado ilegalmente.

“En los primeros ocho meses de 2026, casi 200.000 personas fueron devueltas por la fuerza, un aumento del 10% en comparación con el mismo período del año pasado”, dijo, y muchas llegan sin nada.

Al calificar la violencia, especialmente contra mujeres, niñas y niños, de “indignante”, afirmó que los socios humanitarios de la ONU “registraron más de 5.500 incidentes de violencia de género, o alrededor de 30 casos por día, solo en los primeros seis meses del año”.

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Lederer informó desde las Naciones Unidas.

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

La cruda interpretación de la Ciudad Mágica se extiende desde Ocean Drive hasta los Everglades.

“Grand Theft Auto”, GTA, regresa con su sexto juego, y el condado Miami-Dade quiere una parte de la acción.

En una propuesta obtenida por Local 10 News, el condado plantea una asociación para cambiar temporalmente el nombre del Aeropuerto Internacional de Miami a “Vice City Airport”. La propuesta también incluye tapas de alcantarilla de Vice City.

“Les encanta GTA. Y la mayoría de las personas nos visitan por eso, por Grand Theft Auto”, dijo la gerente de la tienda Shruti Salwal.

En una tienda de recuerdos de Miami, los artículos más vendidos son camisetas vintage de cuando GTA presentó por primera vez a Miami en 2002.

Una turista de Italia conoce bien la franquicia.

“Grand Theft Auto es genial, pero creo que tiene un poco de estereotipos”, dijo.

En Wynwood, un mural también celebra el clásico Vice City.

Un portavoz del condado dijo: “Dada la clara influencia de Miami-Dade en el juego, creemos que podría haber una oportunidad única para generar ingresos para el condado mientras mostramos Miami-Dade a una audiencia masiva”.

Pero la idea de promocionar Miami a través del mundo de violencia y crimen del juego genera reacciones diversas.

“Siento que Miami se está convirtiendo más en una ciudad muy orientada al bienestar y con mucho crecimiento, así que promover la violencia y las armas, quiero decir, podría ser divertido como una especie de mundo de juego”, dijo el residente de Miami Evan Metzo.

Otro residente señaló el contraste entre el juego y la propia ciudad.

“Aquí tienes los Ferrari”, dijo el residente Carnell Williams. “Tienes los Maybach, y allá tienes la violencia”.

Para Williams, sin embargo, la representación del crimen en el juego no parece completamente ficticia.

“Es la vida real, para ser sincero, la gente roba. Alguien me robó el teléfono el otro día”, dijo.

El jefe del Departamento de Policía de Coral Gables, Ed Hudak, dijo que los sospechosos atacaron la casa de Henry Parra, de 55 años, y Adam Hlavaty, de 42, en Valencia Avenue, sabiendo que habían muerto en el accidente del 19 de agosto junto con otras cinco personas, varias de ellas con vínculos con el sur de Florida.

“Estas personas fueron blanco de los delincuentes el día que murieron en ese accidente, lo que me parece reprochable”, dijo Hudak durante una conferencia de prensa el viernes.

Acompañado por la fiscal estatal de Miami-Dade, Katherine Fernandez Rundle, y altos funcionarios de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade y de su propio departamento, Hudak dijo que la investigación reveló una gran red de robo de identidad, fraude y robo.

“Tenemos cajas de documentos que podrían corresponder a posibles víctimas”, dijo Hudak.

Dijo que esas cajas de documentos fueron encontradas en la casa de los sospechosos Geybert Alexander Garcia, de 40 años, y Melany Perdomo, de 24, ubicada en la cuadra 8300 de Northwest 195th Terrace, en el noroeste de Miami-Dade.

Los dos están acusados de robar joyas, aparatos electrónicos, documentos, obras de arte, así como el Porsche y el Range Rover de la pareja.

Fernandez Rundle calificó el hecho de que la pareja fallecida fuera elegida como blanco de los delincuentes como “realmente impactante e inconcebible” y parte de un “esquema mucho más amplio”.

Hudak dijo que CGPD “no puede descartar nada” en cuanto a si los sospechosos recibieron ayuda desde dentro. Dijo que los sospechosos sabían que debían ir detrás del gabinete de licores de la casa para retirar el sistema de seguridad de la pareja.

También se refirió a documentos supuestamente notarizados que el abogado de Garcia mostró en la corte, alegando que las víctimas le habían transferido sus vehículos.

Tanto un amigo de la familia como un detective de CGPD testificaron que creen que el documento es falso.

“Nunca he conocido a nadie que tenga una declaración jurada de una persona muerta”, dijo Hudak.

Hudak dijo que la magnitud de la investigación ha llevado a CGPD a trabajar con MDSO y múltiples agencias federales, incluido el Servicio Secreto de Estados Unidos y la Oficina de Alcohol, Tabaco, Armas de Fuego y Explosivos, para investigar el caso más amplio.

“Llegamos al epicentro del robo de identidad en esta área”, dijo Hudak.

Eso incluye fraude de pasaportes, dijo, lo que llevó al Servicio de Seguridad Diplomática a sumarse a la investigación.

En la casa de los sospechosos, cerca del área no incorporada de Palm Springs North, Hudak dijo que los investigadores recuperaron 20 llaveros electrónicos correspondientes a vehículos que se sospecha fueron robados y las autoridades trabajan para localizar a los propietarios.

Además, los investigadores dijeron que encontraron una Ford F-250 con un VIN alterado que resultó haber sido robada en el condado Indian River.

Hudak dijo que, debido a la enorme cantidad de evidencia descubierta, la investigación “nos va a tomar algún tiempo”.

Mientras tanto, hasta el viernes, Garcia y Perdomo permanecían detenidos en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight de Miami-Dade por múltiples cargos, incluidos robo y hurto mayor.

Se ordenó que ambos permanezcan allí sin derecho a fianza y está previsto que sean procesados en una corte de Miami-Dade el 28 de septiembre.

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Now, more brands are using that slang and popular memes on social media in an effort to connect with younger audiences.

It can be funny to see corporate accounts interacting with users in the comments, but some people say brands can cross the line into cringe when they try too hard to keep up with the latest trends.

There’s also concern that using slang or memes without understanding their meaning can backfire, particularly when a trend has an inappropriate or potentially dangerous meaning.

So, the question is: Should brands be more careful about the line between a funny meme and a trend that could alienate or offend their audience?

What do you think — yay or nay? Let us know in the comment section below.

Ahora, más marcas están utilizando esa jerga y memes populares en las redes sociales en un intento por conectar con audiencias más jóvenes.

Puede ser divertido ver a las cuentas corporativas interactuar con los usuarios en los comentarios, pero algunas personas dicen que las marcas pueden llegar a dar vergüenza ajena cuando se esfuerzan demasiado por mantenerse al día con las últimas tendencias.

También existe preocupación de que usar jerga o memes sin entender su significado pueda resultar contraproducente, particularmente cuando una tendencia tiene un significado inapropiado o potencialmente peligroso.

Entonces, la pregunta es: ¿Deberían las marcas tener más cuidado con la línea entre un meme divertido y una tendencia que podría alejar u ofender a su audiencia?

¿Qué opinas, sí o no? Déjanos saber en la sección de comentarios a continuación.

In doing so, Warsh has put more pressure on the central bank to increase interest rates when it next meets in mid-September if inflation doesn't improve. The government's next price report, to be released just days before the meeting, could play an outsize role in determining whether the central bank acts.

Warsh's high-profile speech at the Fed's annual Jackson Hole economic conference was mostly praised afterward by economists and other Fed policymakers in attendance. Still, there was also some pushback and criticism during the first day of the conference. It ends Saturday.

Here are some takeaways from the conference so far:

Hawkish comments raise pressure for September rate hike

While Warsh opened the door to raising borrowing costs, he did not commit to any particular timing. It's not surprising given his aversion to sending signals about the Fed's next moves the way his predecessors did, which Warsh felt boxed the Fed in to a preset path.

Some analysts, however, saw strong hints that a rate increase in September is a real possibility. Warsh noted that he and other Fed officials who supported keeping rates unchanged at their July 28-29 meeting “thought the wiser course was to await new information in the intermeeting period ... before deciding whether a change in interest rate policy was advisable.”

That suggests that Warsh wanted to see clear evidence of cooling inflation after the July meeting to remain on hold. Yet elsewhere in his remarks he said that such evidence hasn't emerged — even as gas prices have come down somewhat, underlying inflation hasn't “meaningfully improved."

By sending such signals, Warsh has raised expectations for a hike next month. If inflation remains high and he doesn't follow through, his credibility could take a hit.

“You are basically setting yourself up so that if you don't hike in September, people may ask what's going on,” said Adam Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

A September rate hike would be politically awkward

The Fed is scheduled to meet twice before the upcoming midterm elections, in September and late October. Any decision to lift interest rates at those meetings could spark a response from President Donald Trump, who has often accused the Fed of having political motivations. He claimed the Fed’s half-point rate cut in September 2024, for example, was intended to help Democrats in that year’s election.

Posen said that if the Fed ultimately skips a rate hike in September, it would raise questions about whether it did so to avoid attacks from Trump.

“You never raise rates to spite elected officials,” Posen said. But doing so would also demonstrate the Fed’s independence, which depends on the ability to “raise rates when it’s justified, over the president’s loud objections.”

Austan Goolsbee, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, said “I don’t think about” the elections.

In an interview on the sidelines of the conference, he added that Fed officials focus on “what is the state of the economy, and what do we need to do to stabilize prices and maximize employment?”

A Fed rate hike may — or may not — lift mortgage rates

When the Fed raises its benchmark interest rate, it often can boost interest rates for mortgages, auto loans, credit cards and business borrowing.

Yet in this case it isn't as clear. Longer-term interest rates — including those on the 10-year Treasury note, which strongly influence mortgage rates — barely rose after Warsh's comments. Analysts said that suggested that investors were reassured that the Fed would bring down inflation over time. Otherwise, they would have pushed longer rates higher.

In short, longer-term rates don't always follow the Fed's lead, so even if there is a rate hike in September, it may not push up consumer borrowing costs. As it is, the average rate for a fixed 30-year mortgage is 6.66%, according to Freddie Mac, slightly higher than a year ago.

All-in on AI

Much of Warsh's speech actually focused on the potential for artificial intelligence to strongly boost the economy. He has spoken previously about the possibility that AI could increase the economy's efficiency, which would enable it to expand without creating inflationary pressures. That would, in turn, reduce pressure on the Fed to lift rates.

“We've come to a hinge point in history,” Warsh said. “The potential for substantially higher growth is on the rise.”

But in a luncheon speech Friday, Kenneth Rogoff, a Harvard economist and former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, expressed a much more cautious take on AI's potential. He wasn't responding to Warsh's comments specifically.

“I think the idea that AI magically solves everything is a bit overblown," he said, adding that if it does sharply boost growth, that would likely lead to higher interest rates, which typically rise in a healthy economy.

Fed independence worries remain but have cooled since last year

A year ago, then-Fed Chair Jerome Powell received a standing ovation from the roughly 120 or so attendees before he even delivered his speech. It was a clear sign of support as Trump ramped up its attacks on Powell and the Fed for not cutting rates as much as he wanted.

Trump tried to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook on the first day of last year's conference, in an effort to gain a majority on the Fed's board. Cook sued to keep her job and the Supreme Court ruled in June she could do so while the case played out in court.

Cook attended this year's conference, just days after her lawyers argued the administration has no legal basis for removing her.

Rogoff, in his remarks, expressed concern about Fed independence but didn't get into details.

Warsh suggests inflation is broad and stubborn

Since taking office in late May, Warsh has largely avoided commenting on where inflation might be headed or what is keeping it elevated. On Friday, he provided his most extensive comments yet about an inflation surge that has soured most Americans on the economy and kept price increases above the Fed's 2% target.

He noted that inflation has been broad and not just a result of higher gas prices stemming from the Iran war. More than half the goods and services the government tracks have seen their prices rise 3% or more from a year ago, he said. That's “well above” the roughly one-third that saw such increases in the two decades before the pandemic.

Warsh also argued that inflation wouldn't necessarily fall back to 2% on its own, a comment that suggests he doesn't consider inflation to be a result of just one-time shocks, such as tariffs, that will fade over time.

That is a view shared by the three Fed officials who voted in favor of rate hikes at the central bank's last meeting in July.

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Fire rescue officials said a tow truck responded to remove the tractor-trailer from the roadway.

Motorists are urged to avoid the area, seek alternate routes and expect delays.

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Two games. Zero points.

Indeed, big-spending Spurs are still searching for their first goal of the campaign after being beaten 2-0 at home by Newcastle on Saturday, a week on from being ripped apart in a 3-0 loss at Brentford.

Five of Tottenham's slew of new signings started the game — including Sandro Tonali, whose every touch was booed by the visiting fans after his $133 million departure from Newcastle, and Omar Marmoush, whose loan move from Manchester City was only finalized on Thursday.

They made little impact as Tottenham was picked off in the second half, with Anthony Elanga swiveling in the penalty area and bending in a shot off the post in the 62nd minute and Yoane Wissa hooking home a clever finish from close range in the 72nd.

For Tottenham manager Roberto De Zerbi, creating the right mentality in a club coming off back-to-back 17th-place finishes in the 20-team Premier League is the “biggest challenge.”

“Unfortunately," the Italian said, "you can't buy the mentality in the transfer market.”

Spurs are one of three teams to have lost both of their games so far and it looks like it will take time for so many new players to gel. One of them, Savio, wasn't in the squad for Saturday because of a muscle injury.

Not since the 1974-75 season has Tottenham lost its two opening matches of a league campaign without scoring.

“I am sorry to the fans for the environment," De Zerbi said. "Because after two defeats, maybe somebody can think it's the same story, the same as the last two seasons. I have no doubt it's not like this.”

Another draw for Liverpool

The Andoni Iraola era is yet to catch fire at Liverpool.

For the second straight weekend, Liverpool needed a late equalizer to rescue a point in the Premier League as summer signing Víctor Muñoz 's 82nd-minute strike earned a 2-2 draw against Nottingham Forest at Anfield.

The Reds also drew 2-2 last week in Iraola’s first league match in charge — and on that occasion a stoppage-time penalty by Dominik Szoboszlai denied Newcastle.

There might be teething problems early in Iraola's tenure — notably in defense, where Liverpool continue to look shaky — but at least there has been some fighting spirit.

Liverpool twice came from behind against Forest, with Alexander Isak scoring Liverpool’s first equalizer in the 60th to cancel out Dan Ndoye's first-half goal.

Then, after Morgan Gibbs-White converted a penalty to regain the lead for the visitors, Muñoz smashed in a shot off the crossbar after running onto a through-ball from Florian Wirtz.

New investor Bhatia in attendance

The Liverpool match was attended by Amit Bhatia, the leader of an investor group — also containing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin — that has reached an agreement to buy a minority stake in the club for a reported estimated figure of $2.2 billion.

Bhatia posed for photos with Liverpool owner John Henry on the field ahead of the game against Forest, which was also preceded by news that the Reds have agreed to a $166 million deal to buy Bradley Barcola from Paris Saint-Germain.

Disappointment for Coventry

The CBS Arena became the Premier League's latest new stadium as Coventry hosted a top-flight game for the first time since 2001 — when the club was playing at Highfield Road.

A big occasion for Frank Lampard's team was spoiled by losing 1-0 to fellow promoted team Hull, which is on a maximum six points after stunning Manchester United last weekend with a 2-0 home win.

Liam Miller scored the 82nd-minute winner for Hull, which started the season as the big favorite for relegation.

Bournemouth concedes late again

Another weekend, another painful stoppage-time concession by Bournemouth.

James Tarkowski's goal in the first minute of added-on time secured Everton a 1-1 draw and came a week after Bournemouth lost 2-1 at Manchester City thanks to Josko Gvardiol's goal in the same minute.

Everton, which is unbeaten after opening with a 2-0 win over Crystal Palace, started Iliman Ndiaye — a winger who is reportedly of interest to Man City.

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The clubs have agreed to a deal worth 123 million pounds ($166 million) for Barcola, two people with knowledge of the transaction confirmed to The Associated Press on Saturday.

They confirmed the deal on the condition of anonymity because the details have not been made public.

Neither Liverpool nor PSG have made any official comment about the transfer, which is expected to set a new record for a player leaving the French league.

The deal will see Liverpool paying 106 million pounds ($143 million) for the France international and up to an additional 17 million pounds ($23 million) in potential add-ons. Barcola had joined PSG for 45 million euros ($38.5 million) from Lyon in 2023.

The 23-year-old Barcola, who has won back-to-back Champions League titles with PSG, is expected to undergo a medical examination. The transfer window closes Tuesday.

It will be another expensive attacking signing by Liverpool, which spent 125 million pounds ($170 million) on striker Alexander Isak and 116 million pounds ($156 million) on attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz last summer.

If Barcola signs, he'll look to inspire Liverpool to a first win this season, with the team having drawn its first two Premier League games 2-2 — against Newcastle last weekend and Nottingham Forest on Saturday.

Barcola plays as a left winger and has mostly been used as an impact substitute by PSG, with Désiré Doué typically starting ahead of him. Barcola was part of the France team which lost in the semifinals to Spain at the World Cup this sumnmer.

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Match dates for each of the 36 teams' eight-game schedules were published Saturday by UEFA, two days after the draw in Monaco.

In two early starts on the opening day, Club Brugge will host Aston Villa and AEK Athens will welcome LASK, the newcomer from Austria. Both games will kick off at 6:45 p.m. (1645 GMT).

One day later, defending champion Paris Saint-Germain will host Slovan Bratislava — coached by Yaya Touré, the first African leading a team at the league phase — and Liverpool will host Atletico Madrid, a repeat of their opening game last season. That was a 3-2 win for Liverpool at Anfield.

Debut-making Sabah of Azerbaijan will start at Manchester United on Sept. 10, the same day Como hosts Leipzig and Bayern Munich welcomes Bodø/Glimt.

Tough October for PSG

Manchester City hosting PSG on Oct. 14 is a highlight of the second round of games played more than one month later, after the new and extended four-game slate for national teams.

PSG will then face Barcelona at Parc des Princes on Oct. 20, one day before Bayern Munich hosts Arsenal.

Barcelona’s next trip will then be a long way east to play Sabah in Baku on Nov. 25, before the Spanish champion hosts Man City on Dec. 8.

Arsenal will host Real Madrid on Dec. 9 for the first of coach Jose Mourinho's scheduled two visits to London.

Madrid will return on the final match day, Jan. 27, to face Shakhtar Donetsk at Chelsea, where Mourinho won three Premier League titles for the club's Russian then-owner Roman Abramovich. Stamford Bridge is the Ukrainian champion’s choice of neutral venue for its four home games.

Welcome to Norway

The two Norwegian teams each must have a home game in January, during their domestic offseason when the weather should be most severe, and both will be in the seventh round.

Bodø/Glimt will welcome host Atletico Madrid to the Arctic Circle at its tiny stadium on Jan. 19 and Viking will welcome PSV Eindhoven to Stavanger one day later.

Final round

The final round on Jan. 27 sees all 18 games start at the same time, when it’s 9 p.m. in central Europe, and Barcelona will host newcomer Como coached by its former star Cesc Fabregas.

Como gets the toughest January run-in after hosting PSG one week earlier.

PSG will finish by hosting Galatasaray, Arsenal will host Sabah and Bayern will host Real Betis.

The top eight teams in the final standings go directly to the round of 16 in March. Teams placed ninth to 24th enter the knockout playoffs in February to decide the other eight teams in the round of 16. Teams placed 25th to 36th are eliminated.

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She knows the hotel they were staying in was swept away. But as she shared memories of them on Friday, she caught herself.

“I shouldn’t talk in past tense yet,” she said. “We don’t know anything.”

As rescuers continued pulling survivors from the mud, family members of some of the more than 2,000 people missing in the disaster were still holding out hope — however dim — that their loved ones survived.

On a Zoom call Thursday night, some family members wanted to know if they could reach the site and whether a relative might be trapped inside an air pocket, said Sanket Pandey, managing director of Himalayan Glacier Adventure and Travel Company.

The tour group, which has an office in Baltimore, had organized a two-week excursion to the region with 40 guests and seven tour guides. All of them are now missing, Pandey said. Their families are desperate for any information.

“It’s really difficult to have nothing,” he said.

Patel’s family was in the Himalayan Glacier group when the floods struck on Wednesday, killing hundreds of people and leaving more than 2,000 missing. About 90 Americans are among those unaccounted for, according to the U.S. State Department.

Patel, 27, said her dad, Umesh Kumar, 56, had wanted to make the trip for many years and traveled through India to Nepal, where he was joined by her sister, Akanksha, 32, and her sister’s husband, Ishan, 32.

Ishan’s mom, Shilpa, 59, was also on the trek. Ishan and Shilpa Patel have dual Canadian and U.S. citizenship while Umesh Kumar and Akanksha Patel are Canadian citizens, according to Mukti Patel.

Akanksha Patel is a psychiatrist who wants to break stigma around mental health problems, her sister said.

“Everything I’ve done in life has been off the blueprint of my sister,” Mukti Patel said between tears in a phone interview. “There’s no ounce of meanness in her.”

Her father is a joyous person who helped victims of the COVID-19 pandemic, and her brother-in-law, an orthopedic surgeon, has brought great happiness to her sister’s life, she said.

Ishan Patel turned 32 on Wednesday, and the family called to wish him a happy birthday. That was their last contact.

Mukti Patel said she would like more countries to help the rescue and recovery efforts.

Jiwan Jyoti, who has U.S. citizenship, also was traveling with Himalayan Glacier and was listed by the group as missing. They had stopped in Timure, Nepal, before they were set to leave for a pilgrimage to Mount Kailash in Tibet, a sacred site for Hindus, Buddhists and others, her longtime friend Manmeet Singh Meet said.

Jyoti, a 50-year-old from Lexington, Massachusetts, called her family from breakfast on Wednesday as she was preparing to cross into Tibet.

Meet said the phone call ended “at around 8:40 a.m. local time in Nepal, and then I think around 8:45, this flash floods came, and then our world turned upside down.”

He later heard that the hotel where Jyoti had been staying — and where her location was last recorded on the Find My iPhone app — was destroyed. Now Meet said he is losing hope that his best friend of 15 years will be found alive.

“She was essentially almost in the epicenter over there,” Meet said.

Vaasavi Unnava, a 31-year-old PhD student, thought her parents had already crossed into Tibet with the same tour group when she learned about the flooding.

“I was not really that worried, but I just sent them a text like to be sure,” she said. The WhatsApp message didn’t get delivered.

Her father, Hanumantha Rao Unnava, and mother, Vasundhara Unnava, had set out on a retirement trip and were most excited to go spend two months in India with family after going to Mount Kailash. The couple from Woodland, California, is among dozens of U.S. citizens missing in the flood.

“They were so, so excited. My dad was talking about finally getting to spend time with his mother,” Vaasavi Unnava said.

Until recently, her father was the dean of the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Davis, and her mother lectured at the university, she said. Vaasavi Unnava described her dad as “disciplined and duty-bound” but also “a big joker.” She described her mom as “spontaneous and playful” and “the smartest woman I’ve ever met.”

“They have just changed so many people’s lives for the better,” she added.

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He is pushing to have the U.S. Postal Service send mail ballots only to voters verified as U.S. citizens. The Census Bureau promoted a dubious report about thousands of noncitizens voting in 2020, an election that the Republican lost to Democrat Joe Biden. Trump's Department of Homeland Security is claiming without providing evidence that 250,000 noncitizens might be on the rolls in just four states.

This week, the Republican candidate for governor in Maine confirmed an audio recording in which he said he plans to ask Trump’s border czar to send U.S. marshals and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to polling places in the state to ensure that only legal voters are casting ballots.

Evidence of noncitizens voting is continuing to “pile up,” White House spokesperson Lauren Bis said when asked about the census report.

In fact, voting by noncitizens is extremely rare and is punishable as a felony that carries the potential for deportation. Even so, opponents say the hyperfocus on the issue by Trump and his allies is setting the stage for legal challenges to outcomes he may not like during the midterms in which control of Congress is on the line.

“Throw out these deceitful, deceptive claims as an excuse for disruptions,” said Alexandra Chandler, director of impact programs, free and fair elections at the nonpartisan Democracy Project. “You can deny the results later.”

Census report methodology is flawed, but it could help sow distrust

The census report, which the president cited in a Truth Social post, said it found in a “beginning analysis” that 24,000 noncitizens voted illegally in 2020. It cited data from a commercially available voter file, which was checked against federal records.

Experts say the methodology might have created false positives. For example, if a person’s name was linked to the wrong address or someone's citizenship status had not been updated in a particular database.

Details that typically would be included in such a report about error rates were missing, said Justin Levitt, a Loyola Marymount University law professor. Nevertheless, election experts say it could help generate distrust among certain voters during this year’s general election.

“This is an empty manila folder that the administration will wave around when it says the elections were fraudulent, noncitizens voted,” Levitt said.

Election heads puzzled by claim of 250,000 noncitizens on voter rolls

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin's July letter to California, Nevada, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, alleging that as many as nearly 250,000 noncitizens were registered in those states, was met with skepticism and requests for more information.

“I have serious doubts about the reliability of your data and accuracy of your claims, since my office has not shared our statewide voter registration list with DHS or any other federal agency or official,” California's secretary of state, Democrat Shirley Weber, said in response.

In New Jersey, Mullin's department indicated as many as 35,000 noncitizens were registered. Shortly after the letter, the Democratic-controlled state disclosed that about 6,600 noncitizens were improperly registered through its motor vehicle system in 2023 and 2024.

Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill said those people answered “no” when asked whether they were citizens, but were registered anyway. The governor said her administration found that “fewer than 400” of them had voted and that it has begun replacing the vendor involved in the improper registrations.

Pennsylvania's secretary of the commonwealth, Republican Al Schmidt, said in a letter this week that DHS officials acknowledged during a recent meeting they did not have high confidence that the 14,576 people referenced in the initial letter were in fact noncitizens improperly registered to vote. He said federal officials said they would provide a methodology and that Pennsylvania officials were awaiting that information.

Nevada Secretary of State Francisco Aguilar, a Democrat, said he did not understand the methodology the federal government used.

“All I can say is we have done significant work to make sure our voter rolls are as clean as possible,” he said.

Messages from The Associated Press seeking comment from DHS were not immediately returned.

Tightening election security or interfering in the midterms?

The relentless attention on claims that noncitizens are marring elections in the United States comes as Trump continues to pressure Republican senators to pass a bill that would require people to show documented proof of American citizenship when they register to vote for the midterms, even though millions of people do not have ready access to such records.

The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, or SAVE America Act, has passed the GOP-led House but is stalled in the Senate, where even some members of the president's party are skeptical of its provisions.

Kathy Boockvar, former Democratic secretary of state of Pennsylvania who now runs a nonpartisan election security firm, said she viewed the administration's release of the census report as part of a “doing everything it can” strategy to pass the legislation.

Republican supporters say the bill would improve the integrity of elections, including the requirement to show a photo ID. Gathering the documents necessary to prove citizenship would be difficult for many would-be voters. A 2025 University of Maryland study estimates that 21.3 million people in the U.S. who are eligible to vote do not have, or do not have easy access to, documents proving their citizenship.

Trump's opponents say his raising the specter of noncitizens voting leading to fraudulent results is less about maintaining the integrity of elections than it is about him doing whatever he can so his party retains power in Washington after November.

On Friday, the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles used the arrest of a Honduran national on charges alleging he fraudulently registered to vote as a signal that more attention on the issue was coming for California, a state that has a handful of important U.S. House races in November. Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said the arrest was “the first of many to come” while warning “there’s no telling how many noncitizens are currently registered to vote” in the state.

“Trump is trying to lay the groundwork to reject the ’26 election,” said Colorado's secretary of state, Democrat Jena Griswold. “He’s trying to destabilize both confidence and actual election administration. His efforts to destabilize election information, administration are not working.”

But Cave Creek Mayor Robert Morris can't shake the real possibility that it's not enough to keep the desert community of about 5,000 people afloat well into the future. And a recent federal plan to address a deepening crisis in the river basin won't help.

Cave Creek gets nearly all of its water from the river, which serves 40 million people across the U.S. West and has been dwindling because of climate change, demand and overuse. The town already was forced to make cuts this year and it stands to lose more under a new federal plan.

Morris likened the situation to planning for a meteor strike.

“You can see it coming, but you can't get out of the way and you don't know what the damage is going to be,” he said.

The uncertainty stretches across seven U.S. states, tribal nations and Mexico. Farmers are deciding which crops are worth the investment. Phoenix could lose some municipal and industrial water for the first time and turn to backup supplies. And residents could face even more costly water.

Nevada raised the stakes this week by suing the Interior Department and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, saying basic needs in the Las Vegas region will go unmet if the area has to absorb planned reductions of up to 70% of its Colorado River water in the next decade.

The bureau said Thursday it does not comment on litigation.

“The uncertainty is going to continue to build in the wrong direction,” said Tom Buschatzke, director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources.

Western reservoirs see record lows

In the U.S. West, water is stored primarily in reservoirs, aquifers and snowpacks. But a record snow drought means there's far less water to recharge those sources.

The two largest reservoirs in the country serve as barometers of health for the Colorado River system: Lake Mead and Lake Powell. Both hit record lows this month.

Eight other reservoirs operated by the Bureau of Reclamation recently recorded the lowest levels in at least the last 30 years. Among them is Elephant Butte Lake in New Mexico that's critical for supplying water for crops in southern New Mexico, Texas and Mexico. The Green Mountain Reservoir serves the western part of Colorado, and the Guernsey Reservoir in Wyoming funnels water to farmers in the eastern part of the state and western Nebraska.

Under the Bureau of Reclamation’s plan, California, Nevada and Arizona will collectively reduce water use by 1.25 million acre-feet (about 1.54 billion cubic meters) — enough to fill over 600,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools — annually in the next two years, with the possibility of larger cuts depending on conditions. Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico are not required to make cuts for now but could voluntarily reduce water.

While El Niño could bring intense moisture to the northern Rockies and the Southwest in the coming months, it won't erase decades of drought.

“Drought is a slow-moving phenomena and it can take some time to come into it and also come out of it,” said David Mocko, senior research scientist who authored a recent U.S. Drought Monitor map.

Farmers are reluctant to plant

John Boelts grows vegetables, melons, durum wheat and other crops in Yuma, Arizona — a region that produces about 90% of leafy greens eaten in North America during the winter.

Farmers there have high-priority rights and may avoid cuts to their Colorado River supply over the next two years but, Boelts said, the reprieve isn't enough to make longer-term plans. That makes farmers reluctant to plant new acreage.

Citrus, date and other orchard crops that thrive in the region take years to become commercially productive, he said.

“There's no food that we grow in a hurry,” said Boelts, the Arizona Farm Bureau president. “Beef takes years to produce. The lettuce you eat today? A farmer was working on how they would grow that crop six plus months ago.”

Ray Martinez grows alfalfa on a reservation that's home to the Colorado River Indian Tribes. The tribe holds some of the river’s oldest rights, and while its Arizona allocation is huge, an old irrigation system and the lack of infrastructure have kept much of the water out of reach.

Martinez and the water department are concerned about having enough water to finish this growing season. He has left some fields unplanted for years to help prop up Lake Mead. If the reservoir keeps dropping, he said, surface water coming to him and neighboring farms will be further limited.

“Unfortunately, Mother Nature has its own way of doing things, and we have no control of that,” he added.

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“Honestly, it doesn’t come up as much,” said Hughes, who chairs the state's chapter of the College Democrats.

What a difference six years makes.

During President Donald Trump’s first term and especially during the Democratic primaries to determine who would run against him in 2020, Democrats spoke constantly about climate change. They used it to rally young voters such as Hughes, fueling protests and sweeping demands to remake the economy with proposals like the Green New Deal.

But there has been a national shift in the conversation that is sharp enough for some researchers to coin the term "climate hushing” to describe it. The Searchlight Institute, a Democratic think tank, urged the party to stop mentioning climate change because it is not a priority for voters. The Sunrise Movement, a left-wing group that pushed global warming as a top issue for young people, switched its mission last fall to a broader mandate of fighting the Republican president.

The shift is encapsulated by the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts on Tuesday as the incumbent, Ed Markey, 80, tries to fend off a challenge from U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, 47. Although Markey still talks about sponsoring the Green New Deal, his campaign is more focused on other issues to burnish his left-wing bona fides and prove to voters that he is not too old for the job.

It is the latest example of how climate change has been eclipsed by issues such as affordability, U.S. support for Israel and, above all, how to confront Trump.

“Six years ago, Green New Deal was every phrase out of Ed Markey’s mouth every chance he got. That is not the case now,” said Mary Anne Marsh, a veteran Democratic strategist in Massachusetts. “It’s about who’s best to fight. Period, full stop. Everything falls under that.”

‘People are increasingly freaked out about other issues’

Even if the political discussion on climate change has quieted, the planet has not. Scientists say there is an increasing chance that by the end of the year, 2026 could be the hottest year on record, or at least come close. A strengthening El Nino is forecast to be off the charts, spiking global temperatures.

Some advocates expect the issue to return to center stage if Democrats retake the U.S. House in November and climate-sparked disasters dominate the winter.

U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, a prominent Democratic voice on climate change, said in an interview that ignoring the issue is a major strategic “blunder.”

“Climate change has moved from the science department into the economics department," he said. "It's now battering people’s home insurance, property values, pocketbook concerns. So I think it’s a very powerful argument.”

Trump has falsely claimed climate change is “a hoax," and his party has regularly scoffed at Democratic proposals such as the Green New Deal.

The Sunrise Movement, founded in 2017 to mobilize young voters over climate issues, announced in October that it was shifting to a broader fight against “fascism.” The group’s executive director, Aru Shiney-Ajay, said that was a prescient move because of reports that federal agents infiltrated protest meetings during Trump’s immigration raids in Minneapolis.

“We just live in a significantly more authoritarian country. Because of that, a lot of the Democratic primaries are about more existential questions,” Shiney-Ajay, whose network generally backs left-wing Democrats, said in an interview. “It has felt less like people care less about climate and more like people are increasingly freaked out about other issues.”

About 6 in 10 Democrats say climate change is “a very big problem” for the country, according to a Pew Research Center poll from April. That is roughly the same as in 2016. Still, climate has often taken a back seat to other issues in Democratic voters' priorities, such as inflation, healthcare affordability and the role of money in politics.

Affordability concerns have dominated the political debate this year.

McKenzie Wilson of Blue Rose Research, a Democratic data firm, said voters have called for sweeping changes in response to economic discontent, demonstrating a level of anger not seen in years.

“In that kind of environment it’s hard to think about long-term, existential problems,” Wilson said. “If we don’t talk and focus our attention on the number one thing the electorate wants to talk about, as we saw in 2024, we’re not going to be connecting with the electorate.”

'Don't say climate change'

That view was summed up by the Searchlight Institute, a Democratic think tank that last year released a provocative suggestion: “The First Rule About Solving Climate Change: Don’t Say Climate Change.”

It contended that voters saw it as such an intimidating, complex issue that Democrats were more likely to win by focusing on other subjects — thus enabling them to regain power and tackle the crisis that they were not talking about.

Leah Stokes, a political scientist at the University of California, Santa Barbara and author of “The Carbon Wave,” a book about Democratic President Joe Biden's domestic agenda, said it was “galling” when politicians made the issue less of a priority.

“The climate crisis is accelerating and we can’t really not talk about it for like a decade, because the planet will be even more on fire if we do that,” she said.

Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, agreed with those concerns.

“What happens over the course of the next decade will profoundly shape the habitability of the planet for literally thousands of years to come,” he said.

Some are making climate an affordability issue

Climate has come up as part of the national backlash to data centers, but it is only one part of the conversation about the projects' impact. Many climate advocates are adjusting how they talk about the issue, stressing how green energy can lower prices and ease insurance costs.

“What we’re seeing right now is, whether you’re advocating for healthcare reform or climate action or some niche tech issue, everything is filtered through some cost frame,” said Jared Leopold, a veteran Democratic strategist who has long focused on climate change.

That is how the Green New Deal came up at a recent debate between Markey and Moulton, when a voter asked how each candidate would reduce energy prices. Notably, the questioner asked about increasing nuclear or gas generation, not clean energy, to deal with cost. Markey turned the opportunity into a slam against the president.

“There was a plan in place in order to have a strong, clean affordable energy future for our commonwealth,” Markey said, “and Trump attacked it.”

Tatishe Nteta, a political scientist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, said that is how Markey has used climate change this election — to signal his willingness to fight Trump as well as his alliance with the left flank of the Democratic Party, which has run up a series of primary wins this year. But other issues have become even more useful in doing that.

“The definition in where you’re at in terms of a progressive candidate and a progressive elected official is your viewpoint on Israel,” Nteta said. “You’re not hearing this in most races, that I’m the candidate who’s going to protect and save our planet.”

Massachusetts’ summer has been the hottest that Eileen Cefail can recall in the 30 years she has worked in the Roofers Local 33 office. “The roofers are tough as nails, and they work so hard, and their work is so grueling,” she said. “This heat has been horrendous for them.”

Cefail is backing Markey in the primary, but climate, she said, was not the main reason.

“He’s always been a union guy,” Cefail said. “He’s just for the labor.”

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Riccardi reported from Denver and McDermott from Providence, R.I. Associated Press writer Linley Sanders in Washington contributed to this report.

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McLaren said the new deal features “a multi-year option to commit beyond that date.”

Financial terms were not announced. The Press Association news agency said the British driver's new contract could be worth up to $35 million a year.

The 26-year-old Norris secured McLaren’s first drivers’ title last year since Lewis Hamilton won his first championship in 2008.

“McLaren is my home, and I’m very pleased to be signing a new contract to keep me with the team until at least 2030," Norris said.

“When I started this journey nine years ago, I was clear about the goals I wanted to achieve: to get McLaren back to the front and to win championships. We’ve achieved that goal, but we want more; we want to keep on winning, and we know as a team that we’re capable of achieving it.”

The announcement came just over a week after his rival for the last two titles, Max Verstappen, similarly committed to 2030 with Red Bull.

These are very long contracts by F1 standards. Racing with McLaren into 2030 would mark 12 seasons for Norris with the team since his debut in 2019. That would match the current F1 record of Lewis Hamilton’s 12 seasons with Mercedes for the most by a driver with the same team, though Verstappen’s contract puts him on course to break that.

Norris won the Dutch Grand Prix on Aug. 23 after his victory in Hungary before the midseason break. He is currently fourth in the standings, trailing leader Kimi Antonelli of Mercedes by 83 points. Ahead of next weekend’s Italian Grand Prix, the back-to-back wins reignited talk of a successful title defense but Norris said he doesn’t yet have a car capable of vying for the championship.

“I know I’ve just won two races in a row and had two poles in a row, but at the minute I don’t have the car I need to fight for a championship,” Norris said. He added that the right changes to target McLaren’s troubles in slow-speed corners could set him up to chase down Antonelli.

Norris has raced in 163 Grands Prix for McLaren, more than any other driver in the team's history, securing 18 pole positions, 48 podiums, and 13 wins.

“He is an exceptional driver, someone who combines outstanding natural speed with maturity, consistency and a strong commitment to McLaren, but above all, he is a special human being who is valued by everyone in the team,” said Andrea Stella, the McLaren team principal.

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1 Cuban medianoche roll or a brioche roll/bread

2 tablespoons cream cheese, softened, plus more as needed

3-4 ounces sliced turkey breast

2 tablespoons strawberry preserves, plus more as needed

½ teaspoon unsalted butter

Slice or split the bread roll in half to fill as a sandwich. Spread a ⅓-inch-thick layer of cream cheese on the bottom half. Lay turkey neatly on top of the cream cheese. Do not overfill the sandwich. Spread jam on the top half of the bread and sandwich with the bottom.

In a pan over medium-low heat, add the butter and place the sandwich bottom side down in the pan and press it with a spatula or a cast-iron skillet. Heat to warm the sandwich, until the bottom is lightly toasted but not burned, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Flip the sandwich and repeat with the other side. Remove from the heat, cut the sandwich in half on a bias and serve immediately.

For one empanada:

purchased empanada dough

For the filling:

1.2 ounces deli ham, thinly sliced, cut into ½ inch squares (honey maple or other sweet variety)

1 ounce Swiss cheese, thinly sliced, cut into ½ inch squares

.75 ounces roasted pork (recipe below)

½ ounce French’s yellow mustard

2 each thin slices of dill pickle

For sealing the dough:

egg wash

Place a round of empanada dough down on your workstation.

Start by layering the honey baked ham, then Swiss cheese and lechon on the empanada. Top with a line of some yellow mustard over the pork, then the pickles over the top.

Brush the edges with egg wash and fold over the dough to seal it. Press the edges together with a fork.

Fry at 350˚F until golden brown.

For the Roasted pork:

1 pork butt, cut in half

Pork Seasoning:

½ cup kosher salt

2½ tablespoons demerara sugar

⅓ cup granulated onion powder

⅓ cup garlic powder

¼ cup dried oregano

4 teaspoons ground coriander

2 teaspoons ground cumin

4 teaspoons ground black pepper

¾ teaspoon mustard powder

For the marinade:

⅓ bunch cilantro

⅓ bunch Italian parsley

1 large shallot

8-10 garlic cloves (about 2½ tablespoons minced)

3-4 scallions, ends trimmed

½ to ⅔ cup freshly squeezed orange juice

⅓ cup freshly squeezed lime juice

Remove and discard extra fat from the pork butt. Cut a deep “X” into the flesh side.

Season the pork all over with the dry seasoning. Transfer to a large, deep baking pan.

Combine all ingredients for the marinade in a blender and puree until smooth.

Generously marinate the pork pieces with the marinade. Add enough water to the pan to just cover the pork. Cover the pan with a piece of parchment paper pressed down on top of the pork, then cover tightly with aluminum foil.

Cook at 325˚F for 4 hours. The pork should be very tender. Allow to cool, remove any excess fat from the sauce. Remove and discard the skin and fat. Pull the meat into large chunks, tossing with a little of the de-fatted braising liquid.

1 loaf Cuban bread, slice crosswise into individual sandwiches (8-10 inches) and half lengthwise

butter, for the outside of the bread

For the mayonnaise / mustard mixture:

¼ cup mayonnaise

1 tablespoon yellow mustard

1 teaspoon Dijon

For the filling:

4-5 slices Swiss cheese

3-4 slices sweet ham

1-1 ½ cups warm roasted pork, shredded (recipe below)

6 dill pickle chips

Spread butter on the outside of the bread.

Mix together the ingredients for the mayonnaise / mustard mixture.

Spread the mayonnaise / mustard mixture on the inside of the bread.

Layer the inside of the sandwich with 2 slices of Swiss cheese, 3-4 sliced sweet ham, 1-1 ½ cup warm roast pork, dill pickle chips and then another 2 slices of Swiss cheese.

Top the sandwich with remaining bread, buttered side out. For extra flavor and melting, wrap the assembled sandwich tightly in foil.

Preheat a cast-iron skillet over medium heat.

Place foil-wrapped sandwiches in the skillet. Put a second heavy skillet on top.

Cook 3–4 minutes per side, turning with care until both sides are golden, the bread is crispy, and the cheese has melted through.

Remove from heat, unwrap from foil, and slice each sandwich on a bias before serving.

For the Roasted Pork:

1 pork butt, cut in half

Pork Seasoning:

½ cup kosher salt

2½ tablespoons demerara sugar

⅓ cup granulated onion powder

⅓ cup garlic powder

¼ cup dried oregano

4 teaspoons ground coriander

2 teaspoons ground cumin

4 teaspoons ground black pepper

¾ teaspoon mustard powder

For the marinade:

⅓ bunch cilantro

⅓ bunch Italian parsley

1 large shallot

8-10 garlic cloves (about 2 ½ tablespoons minced)

3-4 scallions, ends trimmed

½ to ⅔ cup freshly squeezed orange juice

⅓ cup freshly squeezed lime juice

Remove and discard extra fat from the pork butt. Cut a deep “X” into the flesh side

Season the pork all over with the dry seasoning. Transfer to a large, deep baking pan.

Combine all ingredients for the marinade in a blender and puree until smooth.

Generously marinate the pork pieces with the marinade. Add enough water to the pan to just cover the pork. Cover the pan with a piece of parchment paper pressed down on top of the pork, then cover tightly with aluminum foil.

Cook at 350˚F for 4 hours. The pork should be very tender. Allow to cool, remove any excess fat from the sauce. Remove and discard the skin and fat. Pull the meat into large chunks, tossing with a little of the de-fatted braising liquid.

What ultimately did was rewarding the law-abiding ones with fewer red lights.

The solution, which the city credits for a dramatic drop in crashes and injuries along one busy stretch of road, is a relatively novel version of a longstanding traffic safety concept commonly known as “rest in red," in which traffic signals default to red until a vehicle approaches. But Albuquerque and Portland, Oregon, took it a step further by adding speed sensors that grant a much earlier green light to drivers traveling at or below the posted limit.

“We’re finding that the technology itself is kind of its best advertisement,” Jennifer Turner, Albuquerque’s director of municipal development, said of the strategy the city deployed on Lead and Coal avenues, parallel one-way streets. "If you come to Albuquerque right now and you’re driving that corridor, you will learn pretty quickly that if you are speeding, you stop.”

Isaac Romero, who lives along the corridor, said he has noticed a big difference. Before rest in red, he would sometimes wake up in the middle of the night to the sound of drivers racing to beat the traffic lights or one another. He saw cars that had crashed and flipped, including one that ended up in his neighbor's yard.

“We had one accident where it’s even shaken the whole house because some guy slammed into a tree,” Romero said. “It's a lot of change because now you don't get as many people flying through there.”

Portland credits its ‘virtual speed bumps’

Portland recently rolled out the concept during the late-night hours on Southeast Powell Boulevard, a busy state highway with a long history of crashes, including fatal ones.

Peter Koonce, who manages signals and street lighting for the city, calls the new approach a “virtual speed bump” and said the early results are promising. At the first intersection tested, rest in red was able to lower the average speed from 39 mph (63 kph) to 30 mph (48 kph), which is the speed limit, he said.

Oregon State University researchers helped Portland choose its vehicle detection system for monitoring speeds, and now they're assessing its performance. David Hurwitz, a professor of transportation engineering who leads the study, said it's too early to draw sweeping conclusions.

“This choice that we are making to try to increase speed compliance seems like it’s working really well — seems like it has potential,” said Hurwitz, who stressed that further research is needed to ensure those gains aren't offset by more drivers running red lights or other negative consequences.

Cities try to change driver behavior but avoid other problems

Potential negative consequences are also a primary concern of Jay Beeber, chief government affairs and policy officer for the National Motorists Association, a drivers advocacy group. Although he acknowledges that rest in red could be effective in certain places at specific times, he questions whether driver behavior can really change without a broad education campaign and believes there are simpler, less-intrusive solutions.

“I think it's wishful thinking that drivers are aware enough and pay attention enough to really learn to change their speeds based on whether the light is gonna be red or not,” Beeber said. “I think people are going to end up at the light and just be frustrated. I don’t think they’re gonna know why.”

Many U.S. cities, including Albuquerque and Portland, have long used speed cameras to successfully prevent speeding. In fact, Albuquerque set up three near where it also deploys the rest in red approach, which has made that approach even stronger, according to officials.

LA briefly tried rest in red, but most cities haven't

A few other cities including Boulder, Colorado, and Long Beach, California, implemented smaller targeted efforts to use the threat of more red lights to force speeders to slow down.

Rebecca Sanders, a national safety practice leader at the transportation consulting firm Fehr & Peers, led a 2019 report at Arizona State University and Toole Design looking at various strategies used across the country to manage speed. Of the cities surveyed, only Los Angeles was trying rest in red at the time, and it briefly experimented with using feedback signs to trigger a red light when a driver traveling too fast was detected.

Sanders said the concept seems to work best on roads built for high-capacity traffic during the day but much less congested — and therefore more conducive to speeding — at night.

A 2023 study on five rural and urban roads in North Carolina found a 43% reduction in total crashes after rest in red was implemented around the clock, said Aaron Moody, spokesperson for the North Carolina Department of Transportation. Unlike the systems being used in Albuquerque and Portland, this and other versions of the rest in red approach didn’t use speed sensors to turn lights green for law-abiding drivers, but instead kept lights red by default until vehicles approached, slowing them.

Despite their apparent effectiveness at deterring speeding, cities have been slow to embrace rest in red.

Romero said he's visited enough neighborhoods through his home security business to know that the approach could work in many other places in Albuquerque and beyond. But it'll take all drivers buying in, as the presence of just one speeder can trigger a red light.

“If everybody cruises to 30 calmly, I can promise you, you can get every single green light all the way down,” Romero said. “But the moment that one person is there, it changes that whole route for everybody.”

The seabreeze will move in earlier than usual so any showers early in the day will be pushed well inland by afternoon so plan accordingly if you have any outdoor plans this weekend.

We’re locked into this pattern through much of next week, so keep the umbrellas handy especially during the morning hours heading into the first week of September. Highs will average near normal in the lower 90s the next few days. We’re watching the remnants of former tropical storm Dolly because some of that left-over moisture could increase our rain chances here in South Florida later next week. Otherwise, all is relatively quiet in the tropics as we approach the statistical peak of the season soon.

They have a lot to consider.

Over the past five weeks, the jury heard testimony from doctors, first responders, relatives and even Clancy’s former husband. It now weighs the question of whether she should be held criminally responsible for killing her three young children at her Massachusetts home in 2023.

Both sides agree Clancy did it. But her attorneys argue the former labor and delivery nurse was suffering from postpartum psychosis at the time, and that poor mental healthcare exacerbated her condition. Prosecutors argue she intentionally planned the killings.

If Clancy is convicted, her sentence could be as severe as life in prison. If she’s found not guilty, she may be released or remain confined in a mental health facility.

As the jury deliberates, here are moments from the trial they may be considering.

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Clancy's former husband made anguished 911 call

Clancy's former husband, Patrick Clancy, was first to take the stand.

In emotional testimony, he described the day he found his wife after she tried to kill herself.

Lindsay Clancy had sent him out to get takeout food and medication for their daughter, which prosecutors argue was an excuse to get him out of the house.

He came home to find the house unusually silent, before finding blood throughout the main bedroom and a window open.

Jurors listened to the 911 call Patrick Clancy made after finding his wife outside in the snow. Clancy can be heard speaking with his wife, then tells the dispatcher he’s going to check on the children.

Moments later, he howls and cries after finding his children in the basement. The confused dispatcher repeatedly asks what happened.

“She killed the kids!” he yells.

Everyone knew Clancy was struggling

Clancy's mother, mother-in-law, sister, friends and co-workers testified that Clancy struggled with her mental health after giving birth to Callan, the youngest of her three children.

Clancy's mother-in-law, Susan Clancy, said she and her former daughter-in-law were close. Both worked as labor and delivery nurses. She described Lindsay as a wonderful mother.

But Susan Clancy testified that Lindsay had become anxious, paranoid and suicidal, and that the psychiatric care she was getting wasn't helping.

“She felt unwell. She had insomnia. She was losing her appetite. She was very anxious and sad,” Susan Clancy said. “She was begging for help.”

Lindsay Clancy’s mother, Paula Musgrove, testified that her daughter was scared of sleeping alone, became paranoid and believed the medications she was taking “were destroying her mind.”

“Mom, will you please come up and stay with me for a bit? I’m really sick. Something is wrong,” Clancy wrote in an October 2022 text message that Paula Musgrove read in court. “I had horrible insomnia all night, and I just don’t know how I am going to get through the day. … It’s just really scary, and I don’t want to be alone.”

The defense questioned the quality of Clancy's medical care

Clancy saw several doctors about her declining mental health, and eventually checked herself in to a psychiatric hospital.

Her lawyer, Kevin Reddington, argued that she was misdiagnosed and overmedicated.

As he cross-examined one of her psychiatrists, Dr. Jennifer Tufts, Reddington questioned her expertise, prescribing decisions and use of 25-minute video appointments with limited time for talk therapy.

At one point, Reddington implied that Tufts was a box-checking “robot.”

“What did you do? You had a woman who was telling you she felt hopeless,” he asked as they discussed an appointment about two months before the killings.

“I told her that this was something we could address, that there was hope, that there are treatments, that there are different types of programs,” Tufts said, “so she knew that she still had options and a reason to hope.”

Clancy said she heard a voice telling her to kill

Paul Zeizel, a clinical and forensic psychologist who visited Lindsay Clancy in the hospital after she killed the children, testified that he overheard her saying that a disembodied male voice had told her she had no choice but to kill her children and then herself. Zeizel said he believed Clancy wasn't responsible for her actions because of her deep mental illness.

Prosecutors called a rebuttal witness, forensic psychologist Kirk Heilbrun, who said he didn’t believe Clancy had hallucinated voices.

“One of the things that she said when I asked about what happened, is that in the course of strangling each child, she said, ‘Go to God, baby. Go to God,’” he said. “That was part of her expectation that she and the children would be together in heaven with God.”

Dr. Gregory Saathoff, a senior psychiatrist for the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit, testified for prosecutors that Clancy “had the capacity to know right from wrong.”

The lawyers got the last word

After testimony was complete, each side got about an hour to make their closing argument to the jury.

Reddington showed the jury a photograph of the Clancy family, looking happy, and a second one of Lindsay Clancy in the hospital.

“How does this turn into this?" Reddington asked. “How? Because of the damn medicine and the lousy medical care that she got.”

Prosecutor Jennifer Sprague said criticizing the mental health system was “a distraction.” She said Clancy chose to kill her children because doing so would make it easier to kill herself.

“She was depressed. She was exhausted. She was done. She didn’t want to try anymore. She felt damaged,” Sprague said. “But those kids, those kids were her protective factor. Those kids were keeping her from ending her misery.”