Authorities said the shooting occurred in the 800 block of West Hallandale Beach Boulevard.

Deputies told Local 10 News that the girl suffered a gunshot wound to the head, and a man was also shot. They said both individuals were taken to Memorial Regional Hospital. Their identities or conditions weren’t immediately released.

Deputies said they responded to the scene, where yellow crime scene tape was placed and the roadway was blocked as investigators worked.

They said the suspect remained at large, and deputies were searching for the shooter.

No other details about the shooting were immediately released.

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The police officers will join a team collecting disaster relief donations from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. at The Shops at Pembroke Gardens at 527 SW 145th Terrace, in Pembroke Pines.

The team will not be accepting clothes or linens. The items the team hopes to receive include nonperishable food, tents, cots, air mattresses, emergency supplies, cleaning and repair supplies, and protective gear.

The donations will be delivered to the local nonprofit Global Empowerment Mission’s warehouse in Doral.

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• Airbnb partners with nonprofit CADENA for emergency housing
• Hogar Bambi aims to protect vulnerable children

• Grey Bull Rescue Foundation team arrives at Caracas
• Officials close La Guaira, require volunteers to register in Caracas
• Amazon donates to Airlink to help charities with logistics

• Miami search-and-rescue team prepares to deploy
• Centro Comunitario AFE hosts collection drive in Miami-Dade
• Weston-based charity partners with local pharmacy

• Veteran-led Project DYNAMO delivers 20,000 pounds of aid in 1st 48 hours
• Altruism at El Arepazo feeds Global Empowerment Mission’s team effort
• Salvadoran rescuers work to free 15-year-old survivor in Caraballeda

• Food For The Poor packs disaster relief kits with ‘hopeful’ hand-written notes
• U.S. Southern Command focuses on airport damage
• State Department deploys Miami-Dade search-and-rescue team

• Miami Beach opens 4 new aid drop-off locations
• Miramar to keep 6 aid drop-off locations open 24/7
• Miami-Dade’s tax collector opens 11 drop-off locations
• Doral opens 4 aid drop-off locations

• Aid drop-off location opens in Homestead
• Starlink offers free service through July 25, but a kit is $470
• International Medical Corps deploys staff, needs donations
• Save The Children asks for emergency fund donations

• Samaritan’s Purse focuses on ‘emergency field hospital’
• Red Cross asks for Disaster Response Emergency Fund donations
• UN asks for donations for ‘underfunded’ program for kids

• World Vision asks for ‘disaster relief fund’ donations
• World Central Kitchen asks for donations for fresh meals
• United Way Miami launches ‘Operation Helping Hands’

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Deputies said the crash happened around 9:13 p.m. at Krome Motocross Park, located in the 16000 block of Northwest 177th Avenue, just off Krome Avenue.

According to investigators, deputies responded to reports of a traffic crash involving a child on a motorbike. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue pronounced the boy dead at the scene.

The preliminary investigation found the boy was riding his motorbike between parked vehicles and crossed into the path of a Chevrolet Silverado that was exiting the property before he was struck, authorities said.

The boy and driver’s identity have not been released at this time.

Authorities said MDSO’s Traffic Homicide Unit is investigating the crash.

Krome Motorcross Park confirmed on social media that a race scheduled at the park for this weekend has been canceled.

“Race weekend canceled due to extremely unfortunate circumstances. We have made the decision to cancel this weekend’s race,” the statement read. “We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your understanding during this time. We will keep everyone updated as we have more information. Thank you for your continued support, and we hope to see you all very soon.”

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Officials said a Contingency Response Element is being deployed to help Venezuelan officials assess airports, manage airfields and safely restore air traffic in areas impacted by the earthquake.

They said five U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster aircraft are expected to begin transporting the team to Venezuela starting Saturday. The deployment builds on the work already being done by a U.S. military Airfield Assessment Team alongside Venezuelan officials and the U.S. interagency response team.

Another C-17 aircraft will fly two Miami-Dade County urban search and rescue teams to Venezuela to assist with search-and-rescue operations in the hardest-hit areas, according to Steven McCloud, a spokesperson with the U.S. Southern Command.

Delivering life-saving capabilities to Venezuela.

Today, @usairforce C-17 Globemaster aircraft are transporting two @MiamiDadeFire search and rescue teams to Venezuela. These skilled responders will join @StateDept-led U.S. government earthquake relief efforts. #SOUTHCOM… pic.twitter.com/4eWcaCxYCZ

— U.S. Southern Command (@Southcom) June 27, 2026

McCloud said U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft will continue moving personnel and supplies in support of the international relief effort. A Marine Corps UH-1Y Super Huey helicopter aboard the USS Fort Lauderdale will also provide air support for relief operations.

Meanwhile, U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopters and their crews from Joint Task Force-Bravo are being positioned in Curaçao and will be ready to provide additional airlift support if needed, according to McCloud.

McCloud said the U.S. Space Force is also supporting the mission by providing satellite imagery to help disaster planners identify the areas with the greatest need and prioritize life-saving assistance.

SOUTHCOM officials said planning for additional military support is continuing in coordination with the State Department, the Venezuelan government and international partners.

In the report released Friday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services suggested the 13% drop in enrollment from 22.1 million people in 2025 to 19.2 million this year could be attributed to a federal crackdown on fraudulent or “phantom” enrollment. But health analysts said it was more likely related to the Jan. 1 expiration of federal subsidies, which caused a surge in plan costs that resulted in many people being unable to pay their premiums.

“We know that real people lost their health insurance coverage,” said Cynthia Cox, a vice president and director of the ACA program at the healthcare research nonprofit KFF, citing survey findings on people who had left their plans. “This coverage loss happened at the same time millions of people faced double or even triple digit increases in their premium payments.”

The new data, compiled in April but showing coverage in February, represents the government's first official look at how people's inability to pay their first bills this year affected total enrollment. That is because the figures capture the marketplace after a nonpayment grace period expired.

A federal estimate in January showed that about 800,000 fewer people had signed up for ACA plans compared with the same time last year, marking the first time in the past four years that enrollment had been down from the previous year at that point in the shopping window.

Cox said KFF expects the total number of people in the government healthcare program to continue to decline throughout the year, potentially to a low of about 17.5 million. That would be a significant drop for the government’s flagship subsidized health insurance program for working-age people who do not qualify for Medicaid. In recent years, ACA plans have become a popular choice for gig workers, farmers, ranchers, hairstylists and others without health coverage through an employer.

The ACA subsidies that expired this year were at the center of a bitter fight in Congress last fall, with Democrats and some Republicans calling for their renewal. Sharp increases in health costs across ACA and other health insurance programs come as voters in the approaching November elections say affordability is among their top concerns.

Las autoridades informaron que un Elemento de Respuesta de Contingencia será desplegado para ayudar a las autoridades venezolanas a evaluar los aeropuertos, administrar los aeródromos y restablecer de forma segura el tráfico aéreo en las zonas afectadas por el terremoto.

Indicaron que cinco aeronaves C-17 Globemaster de la Fuerza Aérea de Estados Unidos comenzarán a transportar al equipo hacia Venezuela a partir del sábado. El despliegue amplía el trabajo que ya realiza un Equipo de Evaluación de Aeródromos del Ejército de Estados Unidos junto con autoridades venezolanas y el equipo de respuesta interinstitucional de Estados Unidos.

Otra aeronave C-17 trasladará a dos equipos de búsqueda y rescate urbano del condado Miami-Dade a Venezuela para ayudar en las operaciones de búsqueda y rescate en las zonas más afectadas, según Steven McCloud, portavoz del Comando Sur de Estados Unidos.

Delivering life-saving capabilities to Venezuela.

Today, @usairforce C-17 Globemaster aircraft are transporting two @MiamiDadeFire search and rescue teams to Venezuela. These skilled responders will join @StateDept-led U.S. government earthquake relief efforts. #SOUTHCOM… pic.twitter.com/4eWcaCxYCZ

— U.S. Southern Command (@Southcom) June 27, 2026

Se registraron temperaturas inusualmente altas incluso en los países nórdicos, que no son conocidos por tener veranos sofocantes. El Instituto Meteorológico Danés informó de un nuevo récord de 37 grados Celsius (98,6 grados Fahrenheit) en Ødum, al norte de Aarhus, el día más cálido desde que comenzaron los registros en 1874.

En Suiza, se estableció un récord de 38,8 °C (101,8 °F) en la ciudad de Basilea. Y Alemania marcó un nuevo máximo de 41,5 °C (106,7 °F) en Möckern-Drewitz, en Sajonia-Anhalt, según datos preliminares del Servicio Meteorológico Alemán. El récord anterior se había establecido un día antes.

La famosa Autobahn del país también se vio desbordada, ya que se esperaba que las temperaturas alcanzaran los 40 °C (104 °F). En dos puntos a las afueras de Berlín, el concreto de la A2 reventó debido a las altas temperaturas y la autopista tuvo que ser cerrada. También se reportaron otros daños en carreteras en todo el país, según el diario alemán Bild.

El operador ferroviario Deutsche Bahn y otras compañías de trenes desaconsejaron todos los viajes no esenciales en tren este fin de semana.

“La infraestructura de transporte de Alemania se ve gravemente afectada por el calor récord este fin de semana”, señaló Deutsche Bahn en un comunicado.

República Checa también vivió el día más caluroso del que se tiene registro, con 40,6 °C (105 °F) en la localidad norteña de Doksany. Los meteorólogos indicaron que la temperatura aún podría subir.

Evacuan a residentes de un asilo en Alemania

En la ciudad de Dormagen, en el oeste de Alemania, decenas de residentes de un asilo de ancianos fueron evacuados para recibir atención médica debido a las peligrosas condiciones de calor dentro del edificio.

El cuerpo de bomberos local informó que las temperaturas en el interior de la institución habían alcanzado los 35 °C (95 °F). El uso de aire acondicionado no está muy extendido en Alemania y en muchos países de Europa porque la mayor parte del continente no está acostumbrado a un calor tan agobiante.

Un residente del asilo murió durante la noche, pero aún no se sabe si el calor fue la causa, indicó un portavoz de la ciudad a la agencia de noticias alemana dpa.

Hospitales bajo intensa presión en Francia

En Francia, las temperaturas comenzaron a ceder, ya que el pico de la ola de calor empezaba a bajar en algunas zonas del país. Pero los hospitales seguían bajo intensa presión ante emergencias relacionadas con el calor, incluidos infartos, golpes de calor y deshidratación.

La autoridad de hospitales públicos de París informó que activó su plan de respuesta de emergencia en los 38 hospitales para hacer frente a un aumento continuo de la actividad.

La entidad AP-HP indicó el viernes que sus servicios de urgencias atendieron a casi 3.000 pacientes en las últimas 24 horas, más de un tercio por encima de lo normal, y que una gran proporción de ellos, mayores de 75 años, requirió hospitalización. Las llamadas a sus centros de despacho médico aumentaron casi un 80% en comparación con el mismo periodo de 2025, añadió.

Tres cuartas partes de Francia, en las que habitan decenas de millones de personas, quedaron bajo alerta roja por calor extremo el jueves y el viernes, mientras el mercurio superaba los 40 °C (104 °F) en algunos lugares, incluido París.

La preocupación de que los hospitales pudieran verse desbordados llevó a posponer el sábado la marcha del Orgullo de París por los derechos LGBTQ+ y a cancelar un festival de música de tres días.

Las temperaturas de esta semana han sido más altas que las de la histórica ola de calor de 2003, a la que se atribuyeron 15.000 muertes relacionadas con las altas temperaturas, muchas de ellas de personas mayores. El director de AP-HP, Nicolas Revel, afirmó que no espera tantas muertes esta vez, al menos en los hospitales de París, en parte porque desde entonces ha mejorado el tratamiento de los trastornos provocados por el calor excesivo.

El año pasado, durante otro verano excepcionalmente caluroso, se atribuyeron al calor más de 5.700 muertes, según la autoridad de salud pública de Francia.

“Creo que nos situaremos, claramente, entre 2025 y sin alcanzar necesariamente el nivel catastrófico de 2003”, señaló Revel. “Pero tenemos que prever que, aun así, habrá muchas muertes”.

Las temperaturas bajan en Reino Unido tras 3 días de calor récord

En Reino Unido, se espera que las condiciones sofocantes disminuyan gradualmente este fin de semana, aunque una advertencia ámbar —un nivel por debajo de la roja— se mantenía vigente hasta la noche del sábado.

Los británicos tuvieron dificultades para sobrellevar la semana, ya que el récord de temperatura de junio fue superado tres días seguidos. Se confirmó que el viernes fue el día de junio más caluroso registrado en el país, con una temperatura provisional de 37,3 °C (99 °F) en el este de Inglaterra.

La temperatura fue más de 1 °C más alta que el récord de calor de junio en Reino Unido, establecido en el verano de 1976.

La policía informó el sábado que se recuperó el cuerpo de un hombre de 22 años de un río, después de que, según reportes, tuvo dificultades en el agua durante la ola de calor.

Las autoridades han advertido a la población que extreme las precauciones al nadar en zonas sin supervisión, como ríos o lagos, tras la muerte de alrededor de 40 personas en Francia durante la última semana.

Turistas se calcinan en Roma mientras sigue activa la alerta roja por calor

En la capital de Italia, que permanece bajo alerta roja por calor, los turistas intentaban refrescarse buscando la sombra cerca de los edificios y metiendo la cabeza bajo las fuentes públicas. Los vendedores ambulantes hacían un buen negocio vendiendo agua embotellada, sombreros y sombrillas.

Algunos recurrieron a los clásicos italianos para aliviarse.

“Helado, pasta, porque es tradición, pero también fruta fresca y bebidas heladas; eso es lo mejor para esta temperatura”, aseguró Isabella Dold, una turista de Kempten, Alemania.

El Ministerio de Salud de Italia informó el sábado que 18 ciudades —incluidos los destinos turísticos más populares como Venecia, Florencia, Bolonia y Milán— estaban en alerta roja debido al peligro que representan las altas temperaturas.

El calor récord centra la atención en el cambio climático

En un nuevo estudio publicado el viernes por la World Weather Attribution, una colaboración de científicos con sede en Europa, se informó que el calor y la humedad récord registrados en Europa esta semana no habrían sido posibles sin el cambio climático.

En el estudio rápido se llegó a la conclusión de que el calor habría sido prácticamente imposible hace apenas cinco décadas, y que hoy es 200 veces más probable que hace 20 años.

André Corrêa do Lago, presidente de las conversaciones climáticas de la ONU conocidas como COP30, afirmó que la ola de calor ha “ayudado a reforzar la percepción de la urgencia de combatir el cambio climático”.

“Tenemos que estar de acuerdo en que el hecho de que estemos viviendo este calor increíble en Londres es un argumento contundente de que debemos actuar lo antes posible”, declaró Do Lago a The Associated Press.

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Hui informó desde Londres y Leicester, y desde París. Las periodistas de The Associated Press Trisha Thomas en Roma, Suman Naishadham en Madrid y Karel Janicek en Praga contribuyeron a este despacho.

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St. Louis sent the Nos. 73 and 76 picks to Toronto for the 29-year-old defenseman.

Carlo lasted just 88 games with the Leafs after they sent a first-round pick, a fourth-rounder and highly regarded forward prospect Fraser Minten to Boston for him at the deadline in March 2025. That was with the previous regime in charge, and general manager Brad Treliving was fired two months ago and replaced weeks later by John Chayka, and they only got to keep the pick this year because they won the lottery for the No. 1 overall pick.

This is the third trade of the week for the Blues, who are also in transition as GM-in-waiting Alexander Steen is set to take over for seasoned executive Doug Armstrong next week. Armstrong in his final days at the helm has been plenty busy.

On Tuesday, he traded Jordan Kyrou to Washington for fellow forward Connor McMichael, prospect Milton Gastrin and the No. 16 pick, accumulating a league-high four in the first round. On Friday night, he sent two of them to Anaheim for 23-year-old Mason McTavish, who is signed through 2031.

Carlo provides some dependable veteran stability on the right side on defense, especially if the Blues decide to trade Colton Parayko or Justin Faulk as part of their summer overhaul. He is going into the final year of his contract at a salary cap hit of just under $3.5 million.

“We’re excited (Carlo has) got his size and length, his ability to kill plays, his experience,” Armstrong told reporters in Centene, Missouri. “Getting stronger up front and having strong goaltending, we think we’re going to be more competitive than we were last year.”

Toronto used the third-round picks on Canadian winger Zach Olsen and Swedish defenseman Mans Gudmundsson.

Predators trade with Rangers to get Adam Edstrom

New Nashville president of hockey operations and GM Chris MacFarland spent his first few weeks on the job largely adding players he was familiar with from his time in Colorado. On Saturday, he added fresh blood from the East by acquiring big, Swedish winger Adam Edstrom in a trade with the New York Rangers.

The Predators sent the 148th pick in the draft (a fifth-rounder) and the rights to minor leaguer Massimo Rizzo to New York. The Rangers, who also traded Brett Berard to Montreal on Friday, are not expected to tender Rizzo a qualifying offer and would make him an unrestricted free agent.

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León is a huge World Cup fan, a huge Real Madrid fan and someone who can't believe he got to meet Inter Miami co-owner and soccer icon David Beckham. And on Sunday, the Mexican singer-songwriter will become the first person to headline a concert at Inter Miami's newly opened stadium — Lionel Messi's home field.

“Being the first one to play in this iconic stadium — it's new but already iconic because of the team — I see this with much responsibility,” León told The Associated Press in an interview. “For me, it's like a big soccer match and I want to inspire a lot of new artists in my genre and in all the root genres that nothing is impossible. We’re coming here to this big stage, making history with the music we grew up with.”

León is a back-to-back Grammy winner in the Best Regional Mexican Music Album category, plus a four-time Latin Grammy winner. Except, with León, it's short-sighted to simply call him a Mexican artist.

He's a little country. A little rock. Maybe some reggaeton. He has played Coachella and the Grand Ole Opry. He's in line to become the first Latino artist to have a residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas, with shows scheduled in September. His appeal is all over the map, which is why Inter Miami wanted someone like him to be the first show on the field that the reigning Major League Soccer champions call home.

“There was a time when I was going to do music because it was trending right then, and then nothing was happening for me,” León said. “There was a time when I was going to quit music. But in two weeks, I was back because I’m a musician. I decided to do what I love, what I love, what I like, what I feel, what made me happy. I never did music because of money or to be famous.”

He released some music that wasn't expected to be a hit, and fans couldn't get enough of it.

“That's when I knew to just be honest with the music,” León said. “And now I prefer to be a trendsetter than looking for the trend.”

That approach has opened countless doors — including the one leading from Messi's locker room to the field where he plays. And it's not lost on León that soccer fans in Miami won't have any World Cup matches to watch Sunday night when he takes the stage; there's only one game on Sunday's tournament schedule, and it's in the afternoon.

“I'm so happy for what we've accomplished,” León said. "I'm just proud to be here at the house of Inter Miami, the Messi house, the David Beckham house. Putting my name alongside these names, it's something incredible for me, something that I still cannot believe.”

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Brito, who was doing her part to push a flow of aid from South Florida to the disaster zone, couldn’t stop thinking about her uncle Roberto Brito and aunt Kairol Piñero, who vanished on Wednesday in La Guaira.

Brito, who had a flyer with pictures of them and Norelys Marrero, hopes they may still be alive and waiting for help under the rubble. Volunteers were searching, but they lacked machinery and tools.

“We are trying to find resources to help lift the concrete that collapsed on top of them,” said Brito at El Arepazo in Doral.

The Venezuelan restaurant, open 24 hours, seven days a week, at the Chevron gas station, at 10191 NW 58th St., was among the drop-off locations collecting aid to be delivered to the local nonprofit Global Empowerment Mission’s warehouse in Doral.

“I haven’t stopped crying since the earthquake,” said Susanna Taddei, a Venezuelan-American LGBTQ+ rights activist who was dropping off aid at El Arepazo.

Taddei said the civilians, who were trying to rescue survivors from the rubble, were in desperate need of equipment, tools, and parts such as grinding wheels to cut through metal.

Some used markers to write messages in Spanish on the cardboard boxes that were piling up with donations. One donor wrote, “Fuerza Venezuela,” or “Stay Strong, Venezuela,” and drew a few hearts.

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• Miami-Dade’s tax collector opens 11 drop-off locations
• Doral opens 4 aid drop-off locations
• Aid drop-off location opens in Homestead
• Starlink offers free service through July 25, but a kit is $470
• International Medical Corps deploys staff, needs donations
• Save The Children asks for emergency fund donations
• Samaritan’s Purse focuses on ‘emergency field hospital’
• Red Cross asks for Disaster Response Emergency Fund donations
• UN asks for donations for ‘underfunded’ program for kids
• World Vision asks for ‘disaster relief fund’ donations
• World Central Kitchen asks for donations for fresh meals
• United Way Miami launches ‘Operation Helping Hands’

Brito, quien hacía su parte para impulsar el flujo de ayuda desde el sur de Florida hacia la zona del desastre, no podía dejar de pensar en su tío Roberto Brito y su tía Kairol Piñero, quienes desaparecieron el miércoles en La Guaira.

Brito, quien tenía un volante con fotografías de ellos y de Norelys Marrero, espera que aún estén con vida y esperando ayuda bajo los escombros. Los voluntarios estaban buscando, pero carecían de maquinaria y herramientas.

“Estamos tratando de encontrar recursos para ayudar a levantar el concreto que colapsó sobre ellos”, dijo Brito en El Arepazo, en Doral.

El restaurante venezolano, abierto las 24 horas del día, los siete días de la semana, en la gasolinera Chevron ubicada en 10191 NW 58th St., era uno de los centros de recolección de ayuda que sería entregada al almacén en Doral de la organización sin fines de lucro local Global Empowerment Mission.

“No he dejado de llorar desde el terremoto”, dijo Susanna Taddei, activista venezolano-estadounidense por los derechos LGBTQ+, mientras entregaba ayuda en El Arepazo.

Taddei dijo que los civiles que intentaban rescatar a sobrevivientes de entre los escombros necesitaban con urgencia equipos, herramientas y piezas como discos de corte para atravesar el metal.

Algunos usaron marcadores para escribir mensajes en español sobre las cajas de cartón que se acumulaban con las donaciones. Un donante escribió: “Fuerza Venezuela” y dibujó varios corazones.

Lista relacionada: Centros de recolección de ayuda en el sur de Florida

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• Food For The Poor incluye en sus kits de ayuda humanitaria notas escritas a mano con mensajes de esperanza.
• El Comando Sur de Estados Unidos se centra en los daños en los aeropuertos.
• El Departamento de Estado despliega un equipo de búsqueda y rescate en Miami-Dade.
• Miami Beach abre 4 nuevos puntos de entrega de ayuda - Clone
• El recaudador de impuestos de Miami-Dade abre 11 puntos de entrega.
• Doral abre 4 puntos de entrega de ayuda.
• Se abre un punto de entrega de ayuda en Homestead.
• Starlink ofrece servicio gratuito hasta el 25 de julio, pero un kit cuesta 470 dólares.
• International Medical Corps despliega personal y necesita donaciones.
• Save The Children solicita donaciones para su fondo de emergencia.
• Samaritan’s Purse se centra en los “hospitales de campaña de emergencia”.
• La Cruz Roja solicita donaciones para su Fondo de Emergencia para la Respuesta ante Desastres.
• La ONU solicita donaciones para un programa infantil que carece de fondos suficientes.
• World Vision solicita donaciones para su “fondo de ayuda en casos de desastre”.
• World Central Kitchen solicita donaciones para comidas frescas.
• United Way Miami lanza la ‘Operación Manos Amigas’.

Airbnb’s San Francisco-based nonprofit partnered with CADENA International, a Mexico City-based nonprofit founded in 2005 with a Broward County-based foundation at 2719 Hollywood Boulevard.

Airbnb’s nonprofit isn’t accepting applications for help, but did ask hosts who want to offer temporary shelter to register on this page. CADENA’s teams will have access to the database to connect beneficiaries.

With the spirit of “Tikún Olam,” or “Healing the world” in mind, CADENA’s supporters encouraged donations to a JPMorgan Chase account based in Hallandale Beach and through Venmo at @CadenaInternacional.

For more information about CADENA and how to support the nonprofit, visit this page.

For more information about the Airbnb nonprofit’s program and how to support it, visit this page.

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• Hogar Bambi aims to protect vulnerable children

• Grey Bull Rescue Foundation team arrives at Caracas
• Officials close La Guaira, require volunteers to register in Caracas
• Amazon donates to Airlink to help charities with logistics

• Miami search-and-rescue team prepares to deploy
• Centro Comunitario AFE hosts collection drive in Miami-Dade
• Weston-based charity partners with local pharmacy

• Veteran-led Project DYNAMO delivers 20,000 pounds of aid in 1st 48 hours
• Altruism at El Arepazo feeds Global Empowerment Mission’s team effort
• Salvadoran rescuers work to free 15-year-old survivor in Caraballeda

• Food For The Poor packs disaster relief kits with ‘hopeful’ hand-written notes
• U.S. Southern Command focuses on airport damage
• State Department deploys Miami-Dade search-and-rescue team

• Miami Beach opens 4 new aid drop-off locations
• Miramar to keep 6 aid drop-off locations open 24/7
• Miami-Dade’s tax collector opens 11 drop-off locations
• Doral opens 4 aid drop-off locations

• Aid drop-off location opens in Homestead
• Starlink offers free service through July 25, but a kit is $470
• International Medical Corps deploys staff, needs donations
• Save The Children asks for emergency fund donations

• Samaritan’s Purse focuses on ‘emergency field hospital’
• Red Cross asks for Disaster Response Emergency Fund donations
• UN asks for donations for ‘underfunded’ program for kids

• World Vision asks for ‘disaster relief fund’ donations
• World Central Kitchen asks for donations for fresh meals
• United Way Miami launches ‘Operation Helping Hands’

El sur de Florida alberga la comunidad haitiana más grande de Estados Unidos.

Líderes comunitarios, defensores de los inmigrantes y familias haitianas se reunieron el viernes en el vecindario Little Haiti de Miami para rechazar el fin del TPS para los haitianos.

Pero Farah Larrieux, beneficiaria del TPS, dijo que no puede permitirse estar triste.

“Se necesita valentía y determinación para luchar contra el mal”, dijo.

El reportero de Local 10 News Christian De La Rosa preguntó: “¿Cree que esa decisión de la Corte Suprema fue malvada?”

“Sí. Es malvada”, respondió Larrieux.

Muchos también temen el posible impacto en la economía de la zona.

Los haitianos con TPS son conocidos por trabajar en industrias como la hotelería y el cuidado a largo plazo de adultos mayores.

“Son nuestros hombres y mujeres trabajadores”, dijo la alcaldesa de Miami-Dade, Daniella Levine Cava, durante una conferencia de prensa el viernes. “Son nuestros propietarios de negocios. Crean empleos. Están impulsando nuestras industrias básicas”.

Según algunas estimaciones, su impacto económico en Estados Unidos es de $6,000 millones USD, de los cuales $1,000 millones USD corresponden a Miami.

“No pueden darse el lujo de perder a su fuerza laboral: la industria hotelera, la industria agrícola y todos esos sectores”, dijo la empresaria Dinah Escarment. “Todos los que van a esos hoteles, cuando su habitación no esté lista a tiempo, cuando no haya alguien que los atienda en los diferentes restaurantes y en estas distintas industrias, créanme, lo van a sentir”.

Funcionarios de la administración calificaron el fallo sobre el TPS como “un asunto legal muy sencillo”.

“La “T” de TPS significa temporal”, dijo James Percival, asesor jurídico general del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS) de Estados Unidos, en Fox News.

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South Florida is home to the largest Haitian community in the U.S.

Community leaders, immigration advocates and Haitian families gathered in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood on Friday decrying the end to TPS for Haitians.

But TPS holder Farah Larrieux said she can’t allow herself to be sad.

“It takes courage and determination to fight evil,” she said.

Local 10 News reporter Christian De La Rosa asked, “You think that decision from the Supreme Court was evil?”

“Yes. It is evil,” Larrieux replied.

Many are also fearing the potential hit to the area’s economy.

TPS Haitians are known for working in industries like hospitality and long-term care for seniors.

“They are our working men and women,” Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said at a news conference on Friday. “They are our business owners. They create jobs. They are fueling our basic industries.”

According to some estimates, their economic impact in the US is $6 billion ― $1 billion in Miami.

“They can’t afford to lose their workforce, the hospitality industry, the agriculture industry, all these places,” ” business owner Dinah Escarment said. “Everyone who’s going to these hotels, when your room is not ready on time, when you don’t have someone to cater to you in the different restaurants in this different industries, trust me, you’re gonna feel it.”

Administration officials called the TPS ruling “a very straightforward legal issue.”

“The ‘T’ in TPS stands for temporary,” U.S. Department of Homeland Security General Counsel James Percival said on Fox News.

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On Friday, Mario Duarte, the nonprofit’s president and chief executive officer, said the team had already delivered food, water, and medicine to survivors — and there was more on its way.

During the first 48 hours, the nonprofit’s leadership estimated that the team in Venezuela had delivered about 20,000 pounds of aid to survivors in Caracas and neighboring areas.

“They are also still trying to get to their loved ones who are unfortunately still under all that rubble,” said Duarte, who served in the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Reserves.

The veteran-led and donor-funded nonprofit organization, founded during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, has volunteers in Venezuela who have collection and distribution channels.

Victor Palazzi, a volunteer for the nonprofit in Venezuela, said the survivors who were displaced and those who are trying to help them are dealing with “very difficult conditions” and “the resources are limited.”

The nonprofit is ready to deploy experts in search-and-rescue efforts, field medicine, and humanitarian logistics, as soon as the country’s airports reopen to commercial or private humanitarian flights.

“The most difficult part is just to make it to the region because all the air strips are now closed and they are only allowing military traffic in,” said Duarte, the former security manager for the Houston Airport Authority.

Duarte, a Guatemalan American with experience in intelligence in the public and private sectors, said the disaster relief aid needs to keep flowing.

“People are going to be needing it for months to come,” Duarte said.

For more information about the nonprofit and how to donate to their efforts, visit this page.

Useful list: Aid drop-off locations in South Florida

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• Weston-based charity partners with local pharmacy
• Altruism at El Arepazo feeds Global Empowerment Mission’s team effort
• Food For The Poor packs disaster relief kits with ‘hopeful’ hand-written notes
• U.S. Southern Command focuses on airport damage
• State Department deploys Miami-Dade search-and-rescue team

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• Miami-Dade’s tax collector opens 11 drop-off locations
• Doral opens 4 aid drop-off locations

• Aid drop-off location opens in Homestead
• Starlink offers free service through July 25, but a kit is $470
• International Medical Corps deploys staff, needs donations
• Save The Children asks for emergency fund donations

• Samaritan’s Purse focuses on ‘emergency field hospital’
• Red Cross asks for Disaster Response Emergency Fund donations
• UN asks for donations for ‘underfunded’ program for kids

• World Vision asks for ‘disaster relief fund’ donations
• World Central Kitchen asks for donations for fresh meals
• United Way Miami launches ‘Operation Helping Hands’

El viernes, Mario Duarte, presidente y director ejecutivo de la organización sin fines de lucro, informó que el equipo ya había entregado alimentos, agua y medicamentos a los sobrevivientes, y que más ayuda estaba en camino.

Durante las primeras 48 horas, la dirección de la organización estimó que el equipo en Venezuela había entregado unas 20,000 libras de ayuda a los sobrevivientes en Caracas y zonas vecinas.

“También siguen intentando llegar hasta sus seres queridos que, lamentablemente, aún permanecen bajo todos esos escombros”, dijo Duarte, quien sirvió en el Ejército de Estados Unidos y en la Reserva del Ejército de Estados Unidos.

La organización sin fines de lucro, dirigida por veteranos y financiada por donantes, fue fundada durante la retirada de Estados Unidos de Afganistán en 2021 y cuenta con voluntarios en Venezuela que disponen de canales de recolección y distribución.

Víctor Palazzi, voluntario de la organización en Venezuela, dijo que los sobrevivientes desplazados y quienes intentan ayudarlos enfrentan “condiciones muy difíciles” y que “los recursos son limitados”.

La organización está lista para desplegar expertos en búsqueda y rescate, medicina de campaña y logística humanitaria tan pronto como los aeropuertos del país reabran para vuelos comerciales o vuelos humanitarios privados.

“La parte más difícil es simplemente llegar a la región porque todas las pistas de aterrizaje están cerradas en este momento y solo permiten el tráfico militar”, dijo Duarte, ex gerente de seguridad de la Autoridad Aeroportuaria de Houston.

Duarte, un guatemalteco-estadounidense con experiencia en inteligencia tanto en el sector público como en el privado, afirmó que la ayuda para atender el desastre debe seguir llegando.

“La gente la va a necesitar durante los próximos meses”, dijo Duarte.

Para obtener más información sobre la organización sin fines de lucro y cómo donar a sus esfuerzos, visite esta página.

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• Una organización benéfica con sede en Weston se asocia con una farmacia local.
• El altruismo en El Arepazo alimenta el esfuerzo del equipo de Global Empowerment Mission.
• Food For The Poor incluye en sus kits de ayuda humanitaria notas escritas a mano con mensajes de esperanza.
• El Comando Sur de Estados Unidos se centra en los daños en los aeropuertos.
• El Departamento de Estado despliega un equipo de búsqueda y rescate en Miami-Dade.

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• El recaudador de impuestos de Miami-Dade abre 11 puntos de entrega.
• Doral abre 4 puntos de entrega de ayuda.

• Se abre un punto de entrega de ayuda en Homestead.
• Starlink ofrece servicio gratuito hasta el 25 de julio, pero un kit cuesta 470 dólares.
• International Medical Corps despliega personal y necesita donaciones.
• Save The Children solicita donaciones para su fondo de emergencia.

• Samaritan’s Purse se centra en los “hospitales de campaña de emergencia”.
• La Cruz Roja solicita donaciones para su Fondo de Emergencia para la Respuesta ante Desastres.
• La ONU solicita donaciones para un programa infantil que carece de fondos suficientes.

• World Vision solicita donaciones para su “fondo de ayuda en casos de desastre”.
• World Central Kitchen solicita donaciones para comidas frescas.
• United Way Miami lanza la ‘Operación Manos Amigas’.

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The shelter’s “Rescue Ride Out” pairs about 25 volunteers with adoptable dogs for a caravan through the community in decorated vehicles displaying “Adopt Me” signs and QR codes linking to adoption information. The route includes Wynwood, where organizers hope the dogs will catch the attention of potential adopters.

The event gives dogs a break from their kennels while allowing the public to see them outside the shelter, where their personalities can shine.

Volunteer Mackenzie, with Paw Ventures, said many of the dogs come from the shelter’s overflow facility and benefit from spending time outside.

“We are actually taking them out so that they can enjoy the AC and get a little bit more exposure,” she said.

Among the dogs participating were Luna, a 3-year-old who eagerly settled into her volunteer’s car before the ride began, and Josh, another adoptable dog preparing for the event.

Organizers say many shelter dogs spend most of their days in kennels and are often overlooked by adopters. By bringing them into the community, they hope to increase awareness and improve their chances of finding families.

Anyone who spots one of the dogs during the Rescue Ride Out and is interested in adopting can visit Miami-Dade Animal Services in Medley to meet the animals and begin the adoption process.

Officials say every adoption not only gives a homeless pet a permanent home but also creates space for the shelter to care for other animals in need.

El evento “Rescue Ride Out” reúne a unos 25 voluntarios con perros disponibles para adopción para recorrer la comunidad en una caravana de vehículos decorados con letreros de “Adóptame” y códigos QR que enlazan con información sobre adopciones. La ruta incluye Wynwood, donde los organizadores esperan que los perros llamen la atención de posibles adoptantes.

La actividad les brinda a los perros un descanso de sus perreras y, al mismo tiempo, permite que el público los vea fuera del refugio, donde pueden mostrar mejor su personalidad.

La voluntaria Mackenzie, de Paw Ventures, dijo que muchos de los perros provienen de la instalación de sobrecupo del refugio y se benefician al pasar tiempo fuera.

“En realidad los estamos sacando para que disfruten del aire acondicionado y tengan un poco más de exposición”, dijo.

Entre los perros participantes estaban Luna, una perra de tres años que se acomodó con entusiasmo en el auto de su voluntaria antes de comenzar el recorrido, y Josh, otro perro disponible para adopción que se preparaba para el evento.

Los organizadores dijeron que muchos perros del refugio pasan la mayor parte de sus días en perreras y con frecuencia son pasados por alto por los adoptantes. Al llevarlos a la comunidad, esperan aumentar la visibilidad y mejorar sus posibilidades de encontrar una familia.

Quienes vean a uno de los perros durante el Rescue Ride Out y estén interesados en adoptarlo pueden visitar Miami-Dade Animal Services en Medley para conocer a los animales e iniciar el proceso de adopción.

Los funcionarios indicaron que cada adopción no solo le da un hogar permanente a una mascota sin hogar, sino que también crea espacio para que el refugio pueda atender a otros animales que lo necesitan.

Según los informes de arresto, los sospechosos fueron identificados como Terrance Beron Sills, de 22 años; Jayden Cereus, de 18, ambos de Fort Lauderdale; y Kevin Peeples, de 18, de Miami.

La Policía indicó que los agentes patrullaban alrededor de las 11:30 p.m. del jueves después de recibir una alerta para localizar un Honda Accord gris que había sido vinculado a múltiples robos a vehículos tras romper sus ventanas en Pinecrest y que había sido detectado repetidamente por cámaras automatizadas de lectura de matrículas en toda la localidad.

Según los informes, un agente localizó el vehículo cerca de la calle 122 SW y la avenida 67 SW.

Los investigadores dijeron que el conductor llevaba una máscara negra de esquí cubriéndole la parte inferior del rostro antes de bajársela. También confirmaron que el conductor, Cereus, apagó las luces del vehículo y comenzó a retroceder después de notar una patrulla policial identificada.

Los agentes dijeron que detuvieron el Honda y arrestaron a los tres ocupantes sin incidentes.

Según los informes, los agentes encontraron a simple vista dentro del vehículo tres herramientas para romper ventanas de automóviles, varios pares de guantes y máscaras negras de esquí. La Policía indicó que estas herramientas son utilizadas comúnmente para romper rápidamente las ventanas de los vehículos durante los robos.

Después de ser informados de sus derechos Miranda, los tres sospechosos dieron explicaciones contradictorias sobre por qué estaban en Pinecrest, según los informes.

La Policía indicó que Peeples dijo a los investigadores que el grupo “se hospedaba en un hotel lejos de aquí” y que buscaban un Airbnb para alquilar en Pinecrest, pero posteriormente los agentes contactaron al propietario de la dirección que aparecía en su teléfono, quien dijo que no esperaba a nadie y que no conocía a los sospechosos.

Según los informes, Sills, quien dijo a los agentes que el Honda le pertenecía, admitió que las herramientas para romper ventanas eran suyas, pero afirmó que las llevaba por si dejaba las llaves dentro del vehículo.

La Policía indicó que Sills también declaró que el grupo había viajado desde Fort Lauderdale “para buscar vehículos” antes de negarse a responder más preguntas.

Los investigadores dijeron que Cereus informó a los agentes que el grupo había estado conduciendo por Pinecrest durante unos 30 minutos, pero también afirmó que el hotel donde se hospedaban estaba aproximadamente a una hora de distancia.

Indicaron que, con base en la vinculación del vehículo con robos anteriores, las repetidas alertas de los lectores de matrículas, los objetos recuperados del automóvil y las declaraciones contradictorias de los sospechosos, los agentes arrestaron a los tres hombres.

La Policía no ha revelado cuántos objetos de valor ni qué cantidad de bienes fueron robados en los casos vinculados.

Los registros de la cárcel muestran que Sills, Cereus y Peeples enfrentan cada uno un cargo de posesión de herramientas para robo y un cargo de merodear o deambular con fines delictivos.

Hasta el viernes, los tres sospechosos permanecían detenidos con una fianza de $5,100 USD cada uno en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight.

Cualquier persona con información sobre el caso puede comunicarse con Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers al 305-471-8477.

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele deployed the first search-and-rescue teams and paramedics on Thursday to work in the disaster zones in northern Venezuela’s state of La Guaira.

On Friday morning, Bukele shared an update on social media that kept the country and his followers in suspense. It was from a Salvadoran team working in the town of Caraballeda.

“We have found Camila Sofía Medina Rivas alive,” Bukele wrote, as Venezuela’s official death toll had increased to more than 920.

Camila had been “trapped along with her pet on the ninth floor” of a building in the Bahía Mar apartment complex at the Caribe neighborhood, according to Bukele and Salvadoran authorities.

“Her mother is waiting for her downstairs with part of our team,” Bukele wrote on X. “We still need to break through several walls to reach her, so our teams have brought more tools.”

On Friday afternoon, Bukele shared an audio of the communication in Spanish between Camila and a Grupo USAR-El Salvador rescuer, who asked her to make noise and keep her spirits high.

“I can only move my legs, stretch them,” Camila said, according to the audio that the president shared on X. The girl later added, “Thank you!”

Early Saturday morning, Bukele, who nicknamed the girl “Cami” during his updates, reported rescuers had freed Camila’s little dog named “Chanel.”

“Our teams are working to create the necessary space that will allow us to reach her and carry out the rescue safely. God willing, we will soon be able to rescue her as well,” Bukele wrote on X about Camila.

Hemos logrado rescatar a Chanel, la perrita de Camila Sofía.

Camila aún permanece entre los escombros. Nuestros equipos trabajan para generar el espacio necesario que permita acceder hasta ella y efectuar el rescate de forma segura.

Dios permita que pronto podamos rescatarla… pic.twitter.com/RA4tEKOpOX

— Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) June 27, 2026

On Saturday morning, Bukele announced that Salvadoran rescuers had finally managed to help Camilo come out from the rubble before sunrise.

“Thank you God, for using us in this way,” Bukele wrote. “Stay strong Venezuela.”

¡Hemos rescatado a Camila!

Gracias Dios, por utilizarnos de esta manera.

Fuerza Venezuela 🇸🇻🇻🇪 pic.twitter.com/wswRaHFAWA

— Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) June 27, 2026

Bukele had also announced that a Salvadoran nurse found 39-year-old survivor, Nayarit Colmenares, on Friday and she was trapped in the rubble of another building in Caraballeda.

After seven hours of work, the nurse, Heidy Aguilar, helped to pull Colmenares out of the rubble on the sixth floor of a building in the Palmar Este neighborhood, according to Bukele.

“Her health condition is very delicate, but she is still alive. Our teams have already managed to insert an IV line to administer fluids to her while we continue the rescue efforts,” Bukele wrote. “God willing, we will manage to get her out alive and stabilize her, once she is out of the rubble.”

Salvadoran officials reported that Bukele deployed about 300 rescuers with some 150 tons of equipment and machinery — in less than 35 hours.

¡Ya casi Cami! 🇸🇻🇻🇪 pic.twitter.com/ne8mUco6Hd

— Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) June 26, 2026

Hemos encontrado con vida a Camila Sofía Medina Rivas, una niña de 15 años atrapada junto a su mascota en el noveno piso de un edificio colapsado.

Su madre la está esperando abajo con parte de nuestro equipo.

Aún debemos romper varias paredes para llegar hasta ella, por lo que… pic.twitter.com/SFw04pnXJY

— Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) June 26, 2026

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More HELPING VENEZUELA coverage

• Centro Comunitario AFE hosts collection drive in Miami-Dade
• Weston-based charity partners with local pharmacy
• Veteran-led Project DYNAMO delivers 20,000 pounds of aid in 1st 48 hours
• Altruism at El Arepazo feeds Global Empowerment Mission’s team effort

• Food For The Poor packs disaster relief kits with ‘hopeful’ hand-written notes
• U.S. Southern Command focuses on airport damage
• State Department deploys Miami-Dade search-and-rescue team

• Miami Beach opens 4 new aid drop-off locations
• Miramar to keep 6 aid drop-off locations open 24/7
• Miami-Dade’s tax collector opens 11 drop-off locations
• Doral opens 4 aid drop-off locations

• Aid drop-off location opens in Homestead
• Starlink offers free service through July 25, but a kit is $470
• International Medical Corps deploys staff, needs donations
• Save The Children asks for emergency fund donations

• Samaritan’s Purse focuses on ‘emergency field hospital’
• Red Cross asks for Disaster Response Emergency Fund donations
• UN asks for donations for ‘underfunded’ program for kids

• World Vision asks for ‘disaster relief fund’ donations
• World Central Kitchen asks for donations for fresh meals
• United Way Miami launches ‘Operation Helping Hands’

Según los investigadores, Lewis fue vista por última vez aproximadamente a las 12 p.m. del 20 de junio, cerca de la cuadra 4300 de Northwest 36th Way, en Lauderdale Lakes.

Los agentes indicaron que Lewis mide aproximadamente 5 pies y 9 pulgadas de estatura, pesa alrededor de 120 libras y tiene cabello blanco y ojos azules.

Cualquier persona que tenga información sobre su paradero debe comunicarse con el detective de Personas Desaparecidas de la BSO, Chris Blankenship, al 954-321-4268, o con la línea de no emergencias de la BSO al 954-764-4357.

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According to investigators, Lewis was last seen at approximately 12 p.m., on June 20, near the 4300 block of Northwest 36th Way in Lauderdale Lakes.

Deputies said Lewis is approximately 5 feet, 9 inches tall, weighs about 120 pounds, and has white hair and blue eyes.

Anyone with information on her whereabouts is urged to contact BSO Missing Persons Detective Chris Blankenship at 954-321-4268 or the BSO non-emergency number at 954-764-4357.

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King, an 8-month-old, 28-pound mixed-breed dog, stopped by Local 10 Studios with Humane Society of Broward County’s Cherie Wachter on Saturday to show viewers why he could be the perfect addition to a home.

Wachter said King may be a mix of several breeds, including retriever, shepherd, dachshund or corgi, thanks to his unique look and short legs.

She said he still has some growing to do and is working through the puppy stage, including teething and potty training.

According to Wachter, King’s former owner brought him to the shelter after moving and being unable to take him along.

While King can be shy around new people at first, Wachter said he warms up with time and would benefit from obedience training to build his confidence around people and other dogs.

She said King could be a good fit for someone with a weight restriction where they live, including many condo residents.

The HSBC also highlighted Taco, a kitten looking for a home. His sister Pizza has already been adopted, and Wachter said Taco is a friendly kitten who loves attention.

Those interested in adopting King, Taco or another pet can visit the Humane Society of Broward County at 2070 Griffin Rd. or start the process online at humanebroward.com. Adoption kennels open at 11 a.m.

King, un perro mestizo de ocho meses y 28 libras, visitó el estudio de Local 10 junto a Cherie Wachter, de la Sociedad Protectora de Animales del Condado Broward (HSBC), este sábado para mostrar a los televidentes por qué podría ser la incorporación perfecta para un hogar.

Wachter dijo que King podría ser una mezcla de varias razas, entre ellas retriever, pastor, dachshund o corgi, gracias a su apariencia única y sus patas cortas.

Agregó que aún tiene que crecer un poco más y que todavía está pasando por la etapa de cachorro, lo que incluye el cambio de dientes y el entrenamiento para hacer sus necesidades.

Según Wachter, el antiguo dueño de King lo llevó al refugio después de mudarse y no poder llevarlo consigo.

Aunque al principio King puede ser tímido con las personas que no conoce, Wachter explicó que con el tiempo toma confianza y que se beneficiaría de entrenamiento de obediencia para desarrollar mayor seguridad con las personas y otros perros.

Añadió que King podría ser una buena opción para alguien que tenga restricciones de peso para mascotas donde vive, incluidos muchos residentes de condominios.

La HSBC también presentó a Taco, un gatito que busca un hogar. Su hermana, Pizza, ya fue adoptada, y Wachter dijo que Taco es un gatito amigable al que le encanta recibir atención.

Quienes estén interesados en adoptar a King, Taco u otra mascota pueden visitar la Sociedad Protectora de Animales del Condado Broward, ubicada en el 2070 de Griffin Rd., o iniciar el proceso en línea en humanebroward.com. Las áreas de adopción abren a las 11 a.m.

Tournament co-hosts the United States, Canada and Mexico have all advanced, along with France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Norway and others.

The U.S. will face Bosnia-Herzegovina on Wednesday in Santa Clara, California, while Canada heads to Southern California to face South Africa on Sunday. Other marquee matchups are set, including Morocco versus the Netherlands, Japan versus Brazil and Norway versus Ivory Coast.

Third place in a group is no guarantee of advancing. The eight best third-place teams get in with ties broken by goal differential and goals scored, if necessary.

Teams with four points — a win, a draw and a loss — almost certainly will make the round of 32. Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sweden, Ecuador and Paraguay have already advanced that way.

Scotland and its passionate fans are waiting for lots of things to go right to make the knockout stage in a long shot bid with three points. Iran and South Korea are also among those on the bubble.

Here's what to watch Saturday:

Group L

Panama vs. England and Croatia vs. Ghana (5 p.m. ET): England and Ghana have qualified, though first in the group is still to be decided. Croatia gets through with a win or a draw, while Panama has already been eliminated.

Group K

Colombia vs. Portugal and Congo vs. Uzbekistan (7:30 p.m. ET): Whoever wins between already-qualified Colombia and Portugal finishes atop the group, with Colombia getting it if they draw. Congo is in with a win or draw but out with a loss, and Uzbekistan has long odds and likely needs to win in a romp.

Group J

Algeria vs. Austria and Jordan vs. Argentina (10 p.m. ET): Barring a multigoal loss by Croatia against Ghana earlier, the winner of Algeria-Austria advances and the loser still has a chance, while a draw would get Austria in and probably Algeria, too. Argentina has won the group, while Jordan has already been eliminated.

Here are the round of 32 matchups already set:

US vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina, July 1

The Americans had their powerful momentum from two consecutive victories stalled in the loss to Turkey. But in the knockout round, they’ll face a Bosnia-Herzegovina that is 62nd in the FIFA rankings — the lowest-ranked World Cup qualifier from Europe. Bosnia finished third in Group B with four points. U.S. star Christian Pulisic entered as a substitute in the second half against Turkey. He had not played since leaving the opening win over Paraguay at halftime with a calf injury. “We play every game like a knockout game,” said U.S. midfielder Sebastian Berhalter, who scored against Turkey. “You saw that in our intensity and the way we worked. For us, it’s keep doing what we’ve been doing.”

South Africa vs. Canada, June 28

These nations have already made history. It’ll be the first time both are in the knockout stage of the World Cup. Canada advanced as runner-up in Group B with four points — one win, one draw and one loss. South Africa was runner-up in Group A, also with four points, including a surprising win over South Korea.

Brazil vs. Japan, June 29

Japan advanced as Group F runner-up with a hard fought 1-1 draw against Sweden and the Samurai Blue’s reward is a knockout match against five-time World Cup champion Brazil. It’ll be a full-circle moment for Japan, which brought in Brazilian great Zico in 1991 to professionalize the country’s new domestic league and support Japan’s successful bid to co-host the World Cup in 2002. Now, the Japanese have a chance to show how far they’ve come against a country that has set the standard.

Netherlands vs. Morocco, June 29

The Netherlands won Group F after a draw with Japan and outscoring Sweden and Tunisia by a combined 8-2. Morocco went unbeaten to finish second in Group C in pursuit of becoming the first African winner of the World Cup. Morocco reached the semifinals four years ago in Qatar.

France vs. Sweden, June 30

France came in as the tournament favorite and remains it after winning all three of its group games to set up a matchup against Sweden, which had a 5-1 win, a 5-1 loss and a draw.

Germany vs. Paraguay, June 29

Germany comes into the knockout stage off a similarly low-key late defeat as the U.S., having already clinched its group with little to play for. Germany is a significant favorite against Paraguay, which lost to the U.S. 4-1 in its opener but steadied itself enough to move on.

Australia vs. Egypt, July 3

This may be one of the most evenly matched round of 32 games, after Australia beat Turkey, lost to the U.S and drew with Paraguay. Egypt got through as the second-place team in Group G after a late goal by Iran on Friday night was called back for offside.

Argentina vs. Cape Verde, July 3

Defending champion Argentina faces the smallest country to qualify for the knockout stage at a World Cup. Unsurprisingly, Cape Verde goes in as a massive underdog.

Brazil vs. Japan, June 29

After an opening draw against Morocco, Brazil won its next two by 3-0 scores, with Vinícius Júnior scoring to silence critics and Neymar returning from injury. Japan has a couple of draws and a 4-0 rout of Tunisia to show for itself so far.

Norway vs. Ivory Coast, June 30

It would have taken beating favored France for Norway to win Group I. Instead, coach Ståle Solbakken opted to rest Erling Haaland and all but one starter. That sets up a matchup against the Ivory Coast at the Dallas Cowboys’ stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Tuesday.

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Russell came through the second-to-last corner seconds after Max Verstappen went spinning off the track toward the barrier, causing a yellow flag which means drivers must slow down.

Russell was warned of the yellow flag ahead of time by Mercedes over the radio and argued he lifted off the accelerator earlier than usual for the corner and that the rest of his lap was still enough for first place.

It was still “an amazing lap,” he said.

The stewards agreed and deemed the incident needed “no further investigation”, keeping Russell on pole ahead of the Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton for Sunday's “heat hazard” race. “I was glad common sense prevailed,” Russell said.

With a margin of .236 of a second over Leclerc despite lifting off, Russell seemed to have plenty more pace available and will be a clear favorite to win for the first time since the season-opener in Australia, especially with standings leader Kimi Antonelli down in fourth.

Why Russell's lap stood

The key factor keeping Russell's lap on the board was that it was a single, not double, yellow flag at the corner.

A single yellow means drivers need to be able to show they slowed down noticeably. A double signifies more immediate danger, and in qualifying means drivers should abandon any attempt at setting a competitive lap time.

Russell argued it was the right call because Verstappen's car was on the other side of a gravel runoff area and slowing down meant he didn't risk losing control and potentially hitting the wreckage.

“I didn’t even see the car because the runoff is so far and I think in that instance a single yellow was correct because a double yellow is immediate danger," he said.

"I think I did everything right to be very much under control, and it’s a very different story to a double."

Russell's teammate Antonelli backed off his last qualifying run, believing wrongly it was a double yellow.

It's the fourth pole position for Russell this season, not counting sprint races, and puts him level with Antonelli.

Antonelli’s lead is set to shrink

By the time Russell crossed the line to take pole, fans and broadcasters assumed Ferrari's Leclerc and Hamilton were set to end Mercedes' run of pole position in each grand prix this season.

They both bested Antonelli's time by less than a tenth of a second shortly before Verstappen went off. Verstappen also looked like a contender for pole with his upgraded Red Bull car and was set to improve on his previous time.

Leclerc is set to start Sunday's race second, and Hamilton third after his win for Ferrari last time out. Antonelli was fourth in his lowest qualifying result of the season.

That makes it likely his lead — 41 points over Hamilton, 50 over Russell — is set to shrink for the second race running. Antonelli's car broke down in the last race, the Barcelona-Catalunya GP, as Hamilton won and Russell was second.

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff told Sky Sport Germany it was “a matter of experience” that Antonelli abandoned his lap after Verstappen's crash while Russell was “super clever”.

Verstappen's earlier time was still good enough for fifth ahead of the McLarens of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.

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AP auto racing: https://apnews.com/hub/auto-racing

It started when she led Tennessee to two national championships, then continued in the WNBA, where she was part of three titles and won two MVP awards. She also helped the U.S. win two Olympic gold medals.

Parker will be inducted Saturday night into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville. She'll be joined by Elena Delle Donne, Amaya Valdemoro and Isabelle Fijalkowski; coaches Cheryl Reeve and Kim Muhl; television analyst Doris Burke; and posthumous veteran honoree Barbara Kennedy-Dixon.

Parker is the 11th player and 17th person with Tennessee ties to be enshrined. Later this summer, Parker and Delle Donne will be inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame.

Delle Donne originally committed to play her college basketball at UConn but chose instead to stay close to her Wilmington home at the University of Delaware. She was a three-time Colonial Athletic Conference Player of the Year. She was the No. 2 overall pick in the 2013 WNBA draft. Delle Donne was a two-time WNBA MVP and was part of an Olympic gold medal-winning team.

Widely regarded as one of the most accomplished international players, Valdemoro made her mark in the WNBA. The native of Spain was part of the Houston Comets' run of three straight titles. She excelled in the EuroLeague.

Fijalkowski was born in France and played college basketball at the University of Colorado. She played in the WNBA’s first season, 1997, helping Cleveland to its only WNBA Finals appearance. She became the French national team’s all-time leading scorer (2,562 points).

The head coach and executive since 2010 with the WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx, Reeve has won the league’s Coach of the Year honor four times and Executive of the Year twice. Reeve has led the Lynx to four WNBA titles. She was an assistant coach on two gold medal-winning Olympic teams before leading the U.S. to gold in 2024 as the head coach. Reeve took a break from the busy WNBA season to come to the induction ceremony. Her team plays at Dallas on Sunday.

After 37 years, Muhl announced his retirement as head women’s basketball coach at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He won 1,108 games.

Burke began working as a television analyst for Big East men’s basketball in the early 1990s. By 2017, she was a full-time NBA analyst for ESPN.

Kennedy-Dixon, who died in 2018, was a player and longtime administrator at Clemson.

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According to arrest reports, officers identified the suspects as Terrance Beron Sills, 22, Jayden Cereus, 18, both of Fort Lauderdale, and Kevin Peeples, 18, of Miami.

Police said officers were on patrol around 11:30 p.m. Thursday after receiving a be-on-the lookout alert for a gray Honda Accord that had been linked to multiple smash-and-grab burglaries in Pinecrest and repeatedly detected by automated license plate reader cameras throughout the village.

According to the reports, an officer spotted the vehicle near Southwest 122nd Street and Southwest 67th Avenue.

Investigators said the driver was wearing a black ski mask over the lower half of his face before pulling it down. They also confirmed that the driver, Cereus, turned off the car’s headlights and began reversing after noticing a marked police vehicle.

Officers said they stopped the Honda and detained all three occupants without incident.

According to the reports, officers found three automotive window punch tools, multiple pairs of gloves and black ski masks in plain view inside the car. Police said the tools are commonly used to quickly shatter vehicle windows during burglaries.

After being advised of their Miranda rights, the three suspects gave conflicting explanations about why they were in Pinecrest, according to the reports.

Police said Peeples told investigators the group was “staying at a hotel far from here,” and were looking for an Airbnb to rent in Pinecrest, but officers later contacted the homeowner at the address on his phone, who said they were not expecting anyone and did not know the suspects.

According to the reports, Sills, who told officers the Honda belonged to him, admitted the window punch tools were his but claimed he kept them in case he locked his keys inside the car.

Police said Sills also stated the group had driven from Fort Lauderdale “to look for cars” before refusing to answer additional questions.

Investigators said Cereus told officers the group had been driving around Pinecrest for about 30 minutes but also claimed the hotel where they were staying was about an hour away.

They said based on the car’s connection to previous burglaries, repeated license plate reader alerts, the items recovered from the car and the suspects’ conflicting statements, officers arrested all three men.

Police have not disclosed how many valuables or how much property was stolen in the burglaries linked to the thefts.

Jail records show Sills, Cereus and Peeples each face one count of possession of burglary tools and one count of loitering or prowling.

As of Friday, all three suspects are being held on a $5,100 bond at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

Anyone with information on the case is urged to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.

The standard Starlink hardware kit costs about $470 in Venezuela, where there are only three authorized dealers: Daka, Multimax, and Soytechno. The residential plan starts at $55 monthly.

The satellite internet company operated by SpaceX announced that new customers in Venezuela’s impacted areas have to reach out to support after purchase to receive the free service through July 25.

Also, Venezuelan Starlink accounts are limited to one kit, and the subscription is restricted to a fixed residential service address.

The designated disaster zones qualify for free or heavily discounted disaster-recovery service credits. Interim President Delcy Rodríguez thanked Elon Musk and his Starlink team on Thursday.

“Every connection counts at a time like this,” Rodríguez said.

My mom found my grandma in Venezuela due to Starlink.

My Grandma was wandering in La Guaira around the biggest destruction with every building around her fully toppled, and my mom reached a friend to get her out of the streets because Starlink was working.

All phone companies…

— Aaron Cordovez (@Aaron_Cordovez) June 27, 2026

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Lebanon and Israel signed the deal in Washington on Friday without Hezbollah. The agreement links Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon to the Iran-backed militant group’s disarmament, something Hezbollah rejects.

Several previous ceasefire agreements that Lebanon has negotiated with Israel since the outbreak of the latest Israel-Hezbollah war were never implemented on the ground.

In a statement Saturday, Hezbollah leader Naim Kassem said his group will keep fighting until Israel is forced to leave Lebanon. The group's supporters protested in the streets of Beirut following the announcement of the agreement.

Despite the deal, the Lebanese state news agency reported an Israeli drone strike near the southern city of Nabatiyeh.

It also reported that the Israeli military released three Lebanese and three Syrian workers who were taken near the southern village of Ain Arab on Friday.

The deal calls on Israel to withdraw but only if Hezbollah disarms

Details of the deal that the U.S. State Department released Saturday state that Lebanon and Israel aim to eventually end the state of war between them that began when Israel was created in 1948.

The deal says Israel will withdraw from Lebanon provided Hezbollah disarms.

It calls for Israel to initially withdraw from two small areas — called pilot zones. It did not say where those two initial zones will be. The Lebanese army will gradually assume full security responsibility over those areas. The two countries will agree to future pilot zones for Israel's withdrawal in the future, the agreement says.

The deal has a security annex that includes the details of the deployment of the Lebanese army and redeployments of Israeli troops. The security annex was not made public.

As part of the deal, Israel stresses that the disarmament of Hezbollah throughout Lebanon and additional security measures to be agreed upon between the two countries will eliminate any future need for Israeli army’s military action or presence in Lebanon.

“The important principle established in the agreement is that there will be no redeployment by Israel in southern Lebanon, no withdrawal, as long as the terrorist organization Hezbollah is not disarmed throughout Lebanon,” said Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz.

Katz added that the Israeli military has been instructed “to prepare for an extended stay in the security zone” inside Lebanon.

The talks between Israel and Lebanon were separate from the interim deal that was signed earlier this month by the leaders of the U.S. and Iran to end the fighting in the Islamic Republic.

Hezbollah's leader rejects the deal

From Hezbollah’s point of view, the deal is nonexistent, Kassem said Saturday.

He called the agreement a “humiliation,” adding that linking Israel’s withdrawal to Hezbollah’s disarmament as a “very dangerous suggestion.”

The deal prompted one of the group’s officials, Hassan Fadlallah, to warn that it could result in civil war because Hezbollah won't give up its weapons and will resist any measures taken by the Lebanese army.

Judge Ahmed Rami al-Hajj, Lebanon's top public prosecutor, on Saturday told the heads of the country’s security agencies to take measures to prevent riots.

Some Israelis and Lebanese are skeptical that the deal will last

The deal states that both Lebanon and Israel recognize that the restoration of security in southern Lebanon through the deployment of the Lebanese army, the safe return of its civilian population, and the security of Israel’s northern communities, are essential to long-term stability and peace.

“Personally, I don’t think it will be lasting because the Lebanese military cannot really stand a chance against Hezbollah,” said Israeli citizen Ronit Belson while visiting the town of Metula along the border with Lebanon.

In Lebanon, people were divided with Rabie Sammour, a resident of the southern city of Sidon saying: “People just want to rest for good. I support the Lebanese authorities in the decision” taken.

Another Sidon resident, Khaled Ghannoum, said the deal “legitimized Israel’s occupation.”

In an apparent reference to Iran, that has sent billions of dollars in cash to Hezbollah over the past four decades, the deal states that Lebanon and the United States commit to preventing funds from flowing to any entity, organization, or individual affiliated with non-state armed groups and to take available legal measures to proscribe the activity of any such entity, organization or individual.

The deal states that the Lebanese government explicitly commits to prevent reconstruction funds from flowing to non-state armed groups and connected entities.

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Mor reported from Metula, Israel. Associated Press journalist Ibrahim Hazboun contributed to this report from Jerusalem.

Actor Édgar Ramírez was among the Venezuelans in the U.S. who raised awareness about the overwhelming needs of the foundation‘s Hogar Bambi, which has been in service since 1996 in Caracas.

Ramírez, most known for his role as a CIA assassin in “The Bourne Ultimatum,” used Instagram to make a plea for help and share a Pinecrest-based Bank of America account for donors.

In her latest update, Erika Spillmann, the president of Hogar Bambi, said that her staff was visiting hospitals to investigate and assess reports, and to dispel rumors amid a new wave of misinformation.

“We are going to do everything possible to help all of the children in need,” Spillman said from the Hogar Bambi building at the Avenida José Manuel Sanz, according to a video update released on Friday.

The nonprofit’s staff expected the Venezuelan government’s agency that is responsible for protecting minors to surrender a new wave of orphans to their organization for temporary shelter and care.

Spillman asked supporters and donors to follow the organization’s accounts on Instagram and on Facebook for more updates. The nonprofit was also fundraising on Global Giving.

For more information about the foundation’s programs and about how to donate, visit this page.

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• Food For The Poor packs disaster relief kits with ‘hopeful’ hand-written notes
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• Save The Children asks for emergency fund donations

• Samaritan’s Purse focuses on ‘emergency field hospital’
• Red Cross asks for Disaster Response Emergency Fund donations
• UN asks for donations for ‘underfunded’ program for kids

• World Vision asks for ‘disaster relief fund’ donations
• World Central Kitchen asks for donations for fresh meals
• United Way Miami launches ‘Operation Helping Hands’

“That’s what I told her,” Djokovic said Saturday at Wimbledon.

The 44-year-old Williams is the buzz of SW19 — the famous post code of Wimbledon — as she prepares to play her first singles match at the event in four years Tuesday when she faces No. 53 Maya Joint in the first round.

Williams had been away from the sport since her farewell at the 2022 U.S. Open but she accepted a wild-card entry to play women's doubles with her sister Venus, who is 46. And then she accepted another to play singles.

“I see her in the gym more than I have, I think, seen her when she was at her prime,” Djokovic, a 24-time major champion, said of Williams, a 23-time major winner in singles. “It tells me that she really wants this to work out the best way possible.”

Djokovic added: “I always admired her career, her journey, her story. Of course, Venus’, as well.”

Williams’ most-recent appearance at Wimbledon was in 2022 when she lost in the opening round to Harmony Tan, who was then-ranked 115th. The American great walked away from tennis — she described it as “evolving” away — after losing in the third round to Ajla Tomljanovic at Flushing Meadows. Her second daughter was born in 2023.

Williams, a seven-time Wimbledon singles title winner, could meet defending champion Iga Swiatek in the third round.

No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka is among the many players and fans looking forward to next week.

“I heard she said she’s doing that for her kids to see her play. They really get excited about that,” Sabalenka said.

“It’s amazing what she’s doing. Also it’s Serena Williams, everyone was talking about that. She’s bringing more eyes on tennis. It’s a good thing for tennis. I’m really excited to see her play.”

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AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis

The strike targeted tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in the sprawling camp of Muwasi, killing 15-year-old Islam Moussa and her 30-year-old brother, Abdullah Moussa.

The Israeli military acknowledged it had struck the area of Muwasi, saying it had targeted a Hamas militant but did not immediately provide more information.

In the hospital's courtyard, relatives wept over the bodies covered in white burial shrouds.

Also on Saturday, Palestinians reported hearing a loud boom in Gaza City.

The Israeli military struck a tent sheltering displaced Palestinians in western Gaza City, wounding at least 12 people, according to Shifa hospital. The ambulance service of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said two people were critically wounded and the majority of those hurt were women.

The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the strike, and it was not immediately clear what the target was.

Despite a fragile ceasefire reached in October that paused the heaviest fighting between Israel and the Hamas militant group, Israel continues to carry out near-daily strikes and shelling across the coastal enclave. Israel and Hamas continue to trade accusations of violating the ceasefire. Israel says it is targeting Hamas and other militants who pose a threat and in response to ceasefire violations.

Since the ceasefire went into effect, Israel has killed more than 1,030 people in Gaza, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, part of the Hamas-led government. The ministry maintains detailed casualty records that are seen as generally reliable by United Nations agencies and independent experts. But it does not give a breakdown of civilians and militants.

The ministry last week said Israel has killed over 250 children in Gaza since the ceasefire took effect.

A team of independent experts commissioned by the United Nations has accused Israel of deliberately shooting children in Gaza, and repeated an accusation that Israel has committed genocide in the territory. Israel denies the claim that it committed genocide in Gaza during the two-year war.

The Israel-Hamas war broke out on Oct. 7, 2023, with a Hamas-led attack on southern Israel that killed some 1,200 people and saw 251 taken hostage. Israel’s retaliatory offensive in Gaza has killed more than 73,050 Palestinians, including those killed since the ceasefire, Gaza’s Health Ministry said.

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They said the crash happened just after 11 p.m. on Hollywood Boulevard near Interstate 95.

Video from the scene shows the train colliding with the car before people rushed to see whether anyone was hurt.

Authorities said the train is operated by Grupo Mexico.

It was not immediately clear how the car ended up on the tracks.

The family inside the vehicle was shaken but otherwise uninjured, officials said. No other injuries were reported.

Las autoridades indicaron que el accidente ocurrió poco después de las 11 p.m. en Hollywood Boulevard, cerca de la Interestatal 95.

Un video de la escena muestra el momento en que el tren chocó contra el auto antes de que varias personas corrieran para verificar si alguien había resultado herido.

Las autoridades informaron que el tren es operado por Grupo México.

No quedó claro de inmediato cómo el auto terminó sobre las vías.

Los funcionarios indicaron que la familia que viajaba en el vehículo quedó conmocionada, pero no sufrió lesiones. No se reportaron otras personas heridas.

Los agentes informaron que el accidente ocurrió alrededor de las 9:13 p.m. en Krome Motocross Park, ubicado en la cuadra 16000 de Northwest 177th Avenue, cerca de Krome Avenue.

Según los investigadores, los agentes respondieron a reportes de un accidente de tránsito que involucraba a un niño en bicicleta. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue declaró al menor muerto en el lugar.

La investigación preliminar determinó que el niño montaba su bicicleta entre vehículos estacionados y cruzó hacia la trayectoria de una camioneta Chevrolet Silverado que salía de la propiedad antes de ser atropellado, indicaron las autoridades.

La identidad del niño y del conductor no ha sido divulgada por el momento.

Las autoridades informaron que la Unidad de Homicidios de Tránsito de la MDSO investiga el accidente.

Krome Motocross Park confirmó en redes sociales que una carrera programada para este fin de semana fue cancelada.

“El fin de semana de carreras queda cancelado debido a circunstancias extremadamente lamentables. Hemos tomado la decisión de cancelar la carrera de este fin de semana”, señala el comunicado. “Ofrecemos nuestras más sinceras disculpas por los inconvenientes y agradecemos su comprensión durante este momento. Mantendremos a todos informados a medida que tengamos más información. Gracias por su continuo apoyo y esperamos verlos muy pronto”.

La activación del complejo, que realizarán la presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum y la secretaria de Agricultura de Estados Unidos, Brooke Rollins, se da a más de tres semanas de la detección del primer caso del gusano barrenador en Estados Unidos, donde se han registrado 20 contagios que han encendido las alertas de las autoridades.

El desarrollo de la planta representa el más reciente esfuerzo de México y Estados Unidos, que desde el año pasado vienen trabajando de manera conjunta para detener el avance de una plaga que se ha extendido por 27 de los 32 estados en el territorio mexicano. El país acumula a la fecha 1.907 casos activos.

En Chiapas, estado fronterizo con Guatemala, ya existió una planta para la producción de moscas, pero cerró sus actividades en 2013 cuando México fue declarado libre de la plaga y ambos países pusieron fin a un acuerdo binacional que se inició en 1972, según información del gobierno mexicano.

La producción de moscas estériles es una forma de control biológico que permite interrumpir el ciclo reproductivo del insecto. El gusano es una larva de la mosca Cochliomyia hominivorax que puede invadir los tejidos de cualquier animal de sangre caliente, incluidos los humanos.

Ambos gobiernos realizaron una inversión conjunta de 51 millones de dólares para convertir la vieja planta de producción de moscas del mediterráneo de Chiapas en un complejo que producirá semanalmente 100 millones de moscas estériles del gusano barrenador, de acuerdo con cifras del Servicio Nacional de Sanidad, Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (Senasica).

En la actualidad, México se abastece de moscas estériles de una planta que opera en Panamá. En Texas también se está construyendo una planta de moscas que iniciará operaciones el próximo año.

Ganaderos consultados aseguran que la reapertura de la planta es algo tardía debido a que los primeros brotes surgieron hace casi dos años y la producción estimada de moscas será insuficiente, algo que podría dificultar y dilatar la erradicación nuevamente de la plaga.

“Espero que ahora con la inauguración de la planta exista respaldo al área ganadera, porque tenemos cerrada la frontera de Estados Unidos para la exportación de ganado y nos afecta en el precio de la res”, afirmó el ganadero Omar Ornelas, que tiene justo ahora en su rancho, ubicado en Tuxtla Chico — municipio vecino a Metapa, donde está la planta—, un animal infectado con gusano barrenador al que ha tenido que curar con recetas caseras aplicando productos de veterinaria e incluso diésel y cal.

Arnoldo Montaño, presidente de la asociación ganadera de la ciudad de Tapachula, agregó que los productores creen que la cifra de moscas anunciadas para su liberación representa apenas una tercera parte de la requerida, lo que alargará el tiempo de control del gusano barrenador debido a que en más de 18 meses la plaga se propagó exponencialmente.

Restricciones al comercio binacional

Tras la detección de los primeros contagios de ganado en Texas, las autoridades de México y Estados Unidos decidieron el 9 de junio suspender temporalmente la importación ‌al territorio mexicano de animales vivos procedentes del vecino país en un esfuerzo por contener el avance de la plaga.

La restricción de importación rige para los bovinos, rumiantes silvestres, equinos para reproducción, deporte, exhibición y tránsito, cerdos, ovinos, caprinos, aves canoras y hurones originarios y procedentes de Estados Unidos.

Estados Unidos también ha cerrado en los últimos 18 meses en tres oportunidades el paso del ganado mexicano por su frontera tras el primer brote que se detectó en México en noviembre del 2024. El último cierre indefinido se decidió el pasado 9 de julio luego que se localizó una res contagiada en la localidad de Ixhuatlán de Madero, en el estado oriental de Veracruz.

The epicenter was in the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan, according to the Pakistan Meteorological Department. The U.S. Geological Survey measured the quake at magnitude 6.1.

Tremors were felt in Islamabad, as well as in the eastern province of Punjab and the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which borders Afghanistan. It was also felt in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

Emergency services in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa said district administrations were placed on alert.

Anwar Shahzad, a spokesperson for the Provincial Disaster Management Authority, said that initial assessments had found no reports of casualties or damage.

In Afghanistan, the quake jolted Kabul and other parts of the country, the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority said.

Pakistan lies along an active seismic zone and is frequently affected by earthquakes. A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in 2005 killed tens of thousands of people in Pakistan and Kashmir, the disputed Himalayan region divided between Pakistan and India and claimed by both countries.

Afghanistan has also suffered repeated quakes in recent years that have claimed thousands of lives.

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The Venezuelan government and military have welcomed rescue crews and relief efforts from all over the world.

Here are locations in South Florida that are accepting donations for relief efforts.

BROWARD COUNTY

Coconut Creek:

Food For The Poor, located at 6401 Lyons Road.

Donations are being accepted weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon.

Donations being accepted:

• Fruits: Canned peaches, pineapple, mango, pears, and similar varieties

• Vegetables: Canned tomatoes, carrots, potatoes, green beans, spinach, and mixed vegetables

• Protein: Canned chicken, turkey, beef, fish, or dehydrated meat

• Dry Grains: Rice, beans, lentils, and peas

• Cereals: Wheat, cornmeal, oats, and pasta

• Nuts, Seeds, and Nut Butters: Peanut butter, almond butter, sunflower seed butter

• Vegetable Oil: Cooking oil (vegetable, canola, or sunflower)

• Milk Products: Boxed or powdered milk, fortified alternatives (shelf-stable)

• Ready-to-Eat Snacks: Nutritional biscuits, energy bars, or fortified snacks

• Hygiene supplies, such as soap, deodorant, and wash cloths

• Tarps

• Solar lanterns

• Blankets

• Diapers for children and adults

• Feminine hygiene products

• Children’s activity books and games

Miramar:

Miramar Police Headquarters, 11765 City Hall Promenade

Fire Station 19, 6700 Miramar Parkway

Fire Station 70, 9001 Miramar Parkway

Fire Station 107, 11811 Miramar Parkway

Fire Station 84, 14801 SW 27th St.

Fire Station 100, 2800 SW 184th Ave.

Donations needed include non-perishables, water, batteries, hand sanitizer, professional first-aid kits, gloves, masks, pet supplies, new blankets, tarps, trash bags, etc.

(Not accepting clothing, shoes, linens, or similar items)

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY

Here is the list of the aid drop-off locations that the Miami-Dade tax collector has open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Monday to Friday and from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday:

MIAMI BEACH: 100 16 St.

CORAL GABLES: 224 Minorca Ave.

DOWNTOWN MIAMI: 200 NW 2nd Ave.

KENDALL: 11735 SW 147 Ave.

MIAMI CENTRAL: 3721 NW 7 St.

MIAMI GARDENS: 18326 NW 7 Ave.

NORTHSIDE: 7900 NW 27 Ave.

MIDWAY CROSSINGS: 7795 West Flagler St. #82c

CORAL REEF: 14652 SW 122 Ave.

FLORIDA CITY: 1448 North Krome Ave.

HIALEAH GARDENS: 11093 NW 138 St.

The Inter Miami CF team store at Nu Stadium is open through Friday, July 3 from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

MIAMI BEACH

Here is the list of the Miami Beach Fire Rescue locations that will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. from June 29 to July 2:

SOUTH BEACH: Fire Station 1 at 1051 Jefferson Ave.

BAYSHORE: Fire Station 2 at 2300 Pine Tree Drive

MID BEACH: Fire Station 3 at 5303 Collins Ave.

NORTH BEACH: Fire Station 4 at 6880 Indian Creek Drive

Doral:

• GEM headquarters is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Friday, at 1850 NW 84th Ave.
• Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections Office lobby is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., from Monday to Friday, at 2700 NW 87th Ave.
• Doral Legacy Park Community Center is open from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., from Monday to Friday, and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday at 11400 NW 82 St.
• El Arepazo is open 24 hours from Monday to Sunday at 10191 NW 58thThe

Donations that are needed include emergency gear, such as flashlights, heavy-duty batteries, solar phone chargers and work gloves; and baby care items, such as diapers.

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• Doral opens 4 aid drop-off locations
• Aid drop-off location opens in Homestead
• Starlink offers free service through July 25, but a kit is $470
• International Medical Corps deploys staff, needs donations
• Save The Children asks for emergency fund donations
• Samaritan’s Purse focuses on ‘emergency field hospital’
• Red Cross asks for Disaster Response Emergency Fund donations
• UN asks for donations for ‘underfunded’ program for kids
• World Vision asks for ‘disaster relief fund’ donations
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• United Way Miami launches ‘Operation Helping Hands’

The field for the Round of 32 will be finalized on Saturday following more than two weeks of competition across three countries.

While majority of the field is set, there are still some spots up for grabs with six group-stage matches remaining, leaving some teams jockeying for position and others fighting to advance.

Still others find themselves on the bubble, relying on other teams to determine their World Cup fate.

The knockout rounds begin Sunday.

The expansion to 48 teams in the World Cup has added intrigue — and in some cases, the confusion — over which 32 teams advance, with tiebreakers coming into play. The top two finishing teams from each of the 12 groups and eight third-place finishers move on.

The most intriguing match on Saturday might be Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal against Colombia.

Colombia has already secured a spot in the Round of 32 and can win Group K with a win or draw. Portugal needs a win to take the group, but can also advance with a draw or possibly even a loss.

Portugal coach Roberto Martinez said winning the group would be nice, but it doesn’t matter as long as the team advances.

“It doesn’t. It doesn’t,” Martinez said. “My experience, probably in my first World Cup, I would have said yes. You sit down and you are so inexperienced, you want to plan everything ... and then you realize that doesn’t happen in competitions.”

Martinez said in the end, “you have to be able to beat everybody and anybody.”

The match in Miami Gardens, Florida, will be played in typical June conditions, with temperatures expected to hover around 87 degrees Fahrenheit (30 Celsius) with high humidity when the match kicks off.

What to watch on June 27

— Panama vs. England, 5 p.m. EDT in East Rutherford, New Jersey (Fox/Telemundo/Peacock)

— Croatia vs. Ghana, 5 p.m. EDT in Philadelphia (FS1/Telemundo/Peacock)

— Colombia vs. Portugal, 7:30 p.m. EDT in Miami Gardens, Florida (Fox/Telemundo/Peacock)

— Congo vs. Uzbekistan, 7:30 p.m. EDT in Atlanta (FS1/Telemundo/Peacock)

— Algeria vs. Austria, 10 p.m. EDT in Kansas City, Missouri (Fox/Telemundo/Peacock)

— Jordan vs. Argentina, 10 p.m. EDT in Arlington, Texas (FS1/Telemundo/Peacock)

Messi not starting with Argentina having clinched Group F

Lionel Messi, the top scorer in World Cup history, will not start when defending tournament champion and Group F winner Argentina plays Jordan.

Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni said Friday that Messi will begin on the bench, but also indicated that he “will come in a little bit later.”

Messi scored all five goals for Argentina in its first two games of this tournament. He had his first World Cup hat trick in a 3-0 win over Algeria to tie the career scoring record at 16 goals, and broke that mark by scoring both goals in a 2-0 win over Austria on Monday.

England’s Reece James to sit vs. Panama

Right back Reece James will miss England’s group-stage finale against Panama because of a hamstring injury, midfielders Declan Rice and Elliott Anderson may play and winger Bukayo Saka could make his first start of the tournament.

James was hurt during Tuesday’s 0-0 draw against Ghana, and coach Thomas Tuchel described the injury as minor. James did not travel to New Jersey, the site of Saturday’s match, from England’s training camp in Kansas City, Missouri.

England beat Croatia 4-2 and tied Ghana, putting itself in position to reach the knockout rounds for the sixth time in seven World Cups.

Tuchel said his James’ status for the Round of 32 was unclear. Panama has already been eliminated.

Congo looks to join African teams in the Round of 32

Congo pulled off one of the surprising results of the World Cup by holding Portugal to a 1-1 draw in its opener, earning a point in the tournament for the first time. Now it hopes to earn its first win and join the wave of African teams advancing to the knockout rounds.

“We are very, very happy to have got this first point and first goal for Congo, but we have a final to play tomorrow,” coach Sébastien Desabre said ahead of Saturday’s Group K game against Uzbekistan. “I hope that I’ll get the Congolese people to dream tomorrow a little bit.”

Congo’s one previous appearance at the World Cup was under its former name, Zaire, in 1974, when it lost all three games, including a 9-0 rout at the hands of Yugoslavia.

A win gives Congo a chance to advance.

Uzbekistan has never earned a World Cup point.

Croatia and Ghana play for right to advance to knockout round

Separated by one point, Ghana and Croatia both have something meaningful to play for in their Group L match.

Ghana needs only a draw to reach the knockout round. Croatia, however, needs a win to be assured of a spot in the Round of 32.

England and Ghana are tied at four points, and Croatia has three points.

“Everyone’s ready, everyone was real happy with the result against England,” Ghana midfielder Antoine Semenyo said. “It’s going to be a tough game tomorrow, but everyone is excited and ready.”

Ghana hasn’t made it to the knockout round since reaching the quarterfinals in 2010 in South Africa.

Is Austria better off losing?

By the time Austria and Algeria begin their Group J finale, both will know how the knockout bracket looks, and what the consequences will be for finishing second or third behind group winner Argentina.

This is where things get awkward: It might actually behoove Austria to lose.

The way the bracket is set up, the Group J runner-up faces the Group H winner, which could be reigning European champion Spain. But the third-place finisher would face the Group B winner, which means a potentially easier matchup against Switzerland.

Asked if he wanted his team to avoid winning, Austria coach Ralf Rangnick replied: “No, definitely not.”

“Once we start we will know,” Rangnick said Friday, “but it will not influence our match. ... If we have a draw tomorrow, we can go on, but we cannot go into a match and just say, ‘We’ll play for a draw.’”

In 1982, in what became known as the “Disgrace of Gijon,” West Germany beat Austria 1-0, a result that advanced both teams over Algeria. Both teams seemed to quit trying after the first goal was scored, leading FIFA to implement simultaneous kickoffs on the final day of group play.

“We go out, we want to win the game,” Austria midfielder Konrad Laimer said. “It doesn’t matter who we face.”

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— Panama striker Cecilio Waterman, midfielder José Luis Rodríguez have training ground confrontation

— Bastian Schweinsteiger says his remarks on Ivory Coast’s style at World Cup were not about people

— Day 16 of the World Cup, in photos

Stats of the day

Scoring first in the World Cup is obviously a huge advantage, but doesn’t necessarily lead to a win or draw. In fact, seven teams have overcome deficits in group play to win. South Korea rallied to beat the Czech Republic 2-1 with two late goals, Algeria battled back from a halftime deficit to top Jordan 2-1 and, most recently, Turkiye stunned the United States with a last-second goal to win 3-2. Egypt, Germany, Morocco and Ecuador have also overcome deficits to win.

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AP Sports Writers Dave Skretta, Alanis Thames, James Robson, Ronald Blum, Stephen Hawkins and Dan Gelston contributed to this report.

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As of Saturday morning, the system has a 20% chance of development, though some AI forecast models suggest it could become more organized, according to Local 10 meteorologist John Gerard.

Gerard says it is still too early to know the system’s potential path, but a southwestward track cannot be ruled out at this time.

Hasta la mañana del sábado, el sistema tiene un 20% de probabilidad de desarrollo, aunque algunos modelos de pronóstico basados en inteligencia artificial sugieren que podría organizarse mejor, según el meteorólogo de Local 10 John Gerard.

Gerard indicó que aún es demasiado pronto para conocer la posible trayectoria del sistema, pero señaló que, por el momento, no se puede descartar un desplazamiento hacia el suroeste.

Fue el sangriento desenlace de una larga disputa entre los hermanos. Leyva, de 49 años, llegó en un scooter poco después de las 12:20 p.m. del 24 de abril de 2025 a Priced Rights Motors, Inc., negocio que Rivero, de 35 años, había heredado, según muestran los registros.

Los agentes de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade, Alfredo Pérez y Dea Harris, dispararon contra Leyva poco antes de la 1 p.m. en el 7321 de la calle 45 SW, en el vecindario de Glenvar Heights, al oeste de South Miami, según muestran los registros.

“Leyva disparó contra los agentes al menos una vez antes de que cualquiera de ellos utilizara fuerza letal”, escribió la fiscal adjunta del estado de Miami-Dade, Sara Imm, según el memorando de cierre que también firmó la fiscal estatal de Miami-Dade, Katherine Fernandez Rundle.

Antes de que los agentes respondieran con un escudo balístico, Armando Yadro le dijo a un operador del 911 que Leyva le había disparado y que estaba fingiendo estar muerto porque se encontraba dentro del negocio, según muestran los registros.

Imm describió cómo Leyva también “dirigió” un “aparente explosivo”, una bomba de humo que parecía ser una granada, antes de que Pérez “disparara su arma de fuego”, según el memorando de cierre aprobado el jueves por Fernández Rundle, de acuerdo con los registros.

“Es razonable concluir que tanto el agente Harris como el agente Pérez creían que el uso de fuerza letal era necesario para evitar una muerte inminente o causar un gran daño corporal a ellos mismos y/o a los otros dos civiles”, escribió Imm, según el memorando.

Los videos mostraban a niños corriendo para ponerse a salvo en el exterior y a personas refugiándose en negocios cercanos. Un equipo SWAT llegó al lugar y evacuó el área, que incluía un almacén donde había niños en una práctica de porristas.

Yadro, de 35 años, sufrió una herida en la clavícula y sobrevivió. Rivero recibió un disparo en un costado de la cabeza, y un médico lo declaró muerto en el Hospital HCA Florida Kendall. Leyva recibió un disparo en la cabeza.

“Los médicos no pudieron extraer el proyectil alojado en su cerebro”, escribió la fiscal, según el memorando.

Tras sufrir “complicaciones” por la herida de bala, Leyva permaneció hospitalizado y murió el 14 de febrero, según muestran los registros.

La Fiscalía Estatal de Miami-Dade (MSAO) informó que recibió el informe del Departamento de Cumplimiento de la Ley de Florida (FDLE) el 22 de mayo.

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La Policía dijo que Roxanabel Medina Leon, de 31 años, dejaba al niño solo con poca o ninguna comida en el sucio apartamento donde viven mientras ella estaba en el apartamento de su novio.

Las autoridades dijeron que el niño le contó a la Policía que no solo lo dejaban solo con muy poca comida, sino que “comparte su comida con el perro de la familia porque no hay alimento para perros disponible en la vivienda”.

Según el Departamento de Policía de Doral, un empleado del edificio, cuyo nombre y dirección fueron omitidos del informe de arresto, llamó a los agentes alrededor de las 3 a.m. después de ver al niño caminando solo por el estacionamiento. De acuerdo con el informe, el empleado le dijo al menor que regresara a su apartamento y permaneciera allí hasta que llegara la Policía.

Según el informe del DPD, ese empleado les dijo a los investigadores que el niño había acudido al vestíbulo del edificio alrededor de las 8:30 a.m. del miércoles “y le preguntó si tenía algo de comida o agua”.

La Policía informó que el empleado le dio al hijo de Medina palomitas de maíz, galletas Biscoff y agua.

Según la Policía, el niño les dijo a los investigadores que “con frecuencia va al apartamento del novio de su madre para conseguir comida” y que esa mañana había ido al área de recepción porque su madre no respondió la puerta, explicando que “la única comida disponible (en el apartamento) era macarrones con queso vencidos”, los cuales no comió “porque creía que le harían daño”.

También les dijo a los agentes que “con frecuencia tiene que despertar a su madre” porque su hermanito de cuatro meses está llorando y ella no lo escucha. Según el informe, el niño dijo que estaba en el estacionamiento buscando el vehículo de su madre “con el fin de encontrarla y conseguir comida porque tenía hambre”.

En el informe, un agente de la Policía de Doral describió las condiciones del apartamento:

“Al ingresar a la vivienda, observé que el apartamento estaba en completo desorden. Los pisos estaban pegajosos al tacto y había un fuerte olor compatible con orina y heces en toda la vivienda. Luego me dirigí a la habitación de la víctima menor de edad, donde observé un colchón colocado directamente sobre el piso, sin base de cama. Después entré al baño contiguo a la habitación del menor y observé una jaula para perro que contenía dos recipientes. Ambos estaban vacíos y no tenían comida ni agua. Mientras estaba en la cocina, observé dos cuchillos sobre el mostrador. Los cuchillos no estaban asegurados y parecían estar fácilmente al alcance del menor. Luego entré a la habitación de la acusada, donde observé un moisés para bebé. El moisés parecía estar sucio y no tenía una sábana ajustable limpia ni ropa de cama.”

Informe del DPD.

Además, la Policía informó que había “poca o ninguna comida” dentro de la vivienda.

Según el informe, el niño les dijo a los investigadores que “ha habido ocasiones en las que tuvo tanta hambre que comió cereal de arroz Gerber para bebés mezclado con agua porque no había leche disponible en el apartamento”, y agregó que el perro de la familia no había comido alimento para perros de forma regular durante aproximadamente tres meses.

Las autoridades dijeron que fueron al apartamento del novio de Medina y la encontraron allí junto con el bebé de cuatro meses.

Según el informe, Medina afirmó que limpió el apartamento “el martes pasado” y dijo que “su hijo siempre come cuando ella cocina o pide comida”.

“Ella manifestó que la noche anterior le había dejado comida al perro y que no sabe por qué el perro fue encontrado sin alimento”, señala el informe.

La Policía arrestó a Medina por dos cargos graves de negligencia infantil y un cargo menor de crueldad animal.

Hasta la mañana del viernes, permanecía detenida en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight con una fianza de $5,500 USD.

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As communities prepare for bigger Independence Day celebrations marking America’s 250th anniversary, many are weighing the pros and cons of each display. Fireworks remain popular for their bright colors and booming explosions, but they also can cause injuries, spark fires and frighten pets.

Drone shows, meanwhile, offer synchronized aerial displays without the loud blasts, making them appealing to families with young children, pet owners and those looking for a more eco-conscious option.

If you plan to celebrate with fireworks, safety experts recommend using them away from people, homes and flammable materials, never allowing young children to handle them, and keeping a fire extinguisher, garden hose or bucket of water nearby.

So, which do you prefer: the traditional boom of fireworks or the choreographed lights of a drone show?

Let us know in the comment section or poll below.

Mientras las comunidades se preparan para celebraciones más grandes por el Día de la Independencia con motivo del 250 aniversario de Estados Unidos, muchas están evaluando las ventajas y desventajas de cada tipo de espectáculo. Los fuegos artificiales siguen siendo populares por sus colores brillantes y sus fuertes explosiones, pero también pueden causar lesiones, provocar incendios y asustar a las mascotas.

Los espectáculos con drones, por su parte, ofrecen exhibiciones aéreas sincronizadas sin las fuertes explosiones, lo que los hace atractivos para familias con niños pequeños, dueños de mascotas y quienes buscan una opción más consciente con el medio ambiente.

Si planea celebrar con fuegos artificiales, los expertos en seguridad recomiendan utilizarlos lejos de personas, viviendas y materiales inflamables, nunca permitir que los niños pequeños los manipulen y mantener cerca un extintor, una manguera de jardín o un balde con agua.

Entonces, ¿cuál prefiere: el tradicional estruendo de los fuegos artificiales o las luces coreografiadas de un espectáculo con drones?

Cuéntenos en la sección de comentarios o participe en la encuesta a continuación.

Dong Guangping was aboard a 3.3-meter (10.8-foot) inflatable boat in the waters off a western South Korean island in May when he was detained by South Korea’s coast guard for allegedly violating the country’s immigration law. It was his fourth known attempt to flee China.

Appearing at a court hearing in South Korea, he told reporters that he hopes to go to Canada to reunite with his wife and daughters, who have already been resettled there, according to South Korean media.

In a post Saturday on X, his friend Sheng Xue, a Chinese Canadian activist, said Dong had landed in Toronto following an Air Canada flight on Friday.

“He just had a big bowl of noodles with eggs, tomatoes and shrimps," she wrote in the post, adding that she has spent more than 10 years trying to get him out of China.

She attached a photo of Dong in a car with her and another photo of Dong holding a bowl.

Dong, a former police officer in China, had previously been detained several times for his activism. He was imprisoned for three years in 2001 for “inciting subversion of state power” and spent more than eight months behind bars after being arrested in 2014 for participating in a memorial for victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, according to past statements from Amnesty International.

He previously escaped to Thailand and Vietnam, but authorities there deported him back to China. Dong also unsuccessfully tried to swim to a Taiwanese island.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has not immediately commented.

This is the Great American State Fair.

The fair kicked off this week and is a run by Freedom 250, an organization created by President Donald Trump to run his administration's official events. Its creation caused tension with America250, a congressionally created group that was designed to plan the nation's 250th anniversary. The event on the National Mall will run into July.

Crowds came in small numbers early Friday, spending little time at security. The entryway led straight to a 110-foot tall Ferris wheel, the lone ride at the fair, and a smaller arch, similar to the ones that the Republican president has used to adorn other events.

The consensus among people who were interviewed was that the fair was a great idea — and perhaps an opportunity missed.

A fair for America that highlights divisions for some

Familiar to anyone who has ever attended a fair were the goats, sheep and a calf whose mooing could be heard across the Mall, all courtesy of the Washington High School Future Farmers of America from Jefferson County, West Virginia. Baby chicks, resplendent in all of their downy softness, were a huge draw, and there was the promise of a cowboy performance with bucking broncos to highlight the rise of the American cowboy.

Visitors were united by their enthusiasm for states to come together and show off their unique characters, famous natives, industries and history and geographical diversity. They were also drawn by a desire for a nonpartisan celebration of American unity.

“There’s nice people, nice events, nice family events,” said Sharyn Bovat, who said she lived in Florida but has remained in the Washington area since having a heart attack this year. “Half the country is divided with the other half. I wish they would create a USA 250 for all the people. I’m tired of the politics.”

She said the arch was the main thing that gave the event a political overtone. “It makes me think of Germany,” she said.

The fair booths, all inside structures that resembled the neoclassical architecture of the nearby National Gallery of Art, offered snippets of Americana to visitors.

The varying aspects of America on display

Among the items representing Montana was a gigantic rib cage, a scaled-up version of apatosaurus, which is a cousin to the better-known brontosaurus.

Virginia's booth offered a journey through the state's role in American history. For the District of Columbia, there was a huge banner for visitors to sign, along with a tree filled with cherry blossoms. South Carolina invited people to enjoy a putting green.

Texas included a space capsule, a facade of the Alamo and a statue — Big Tex. The one place where there was a line outside was for Arizona's exhibit, which had an interactive that allowed visitors to put themselves in terrain from the state.

Visitors to New Jersey's booth saw an ornate sandcastle made from 7,000 pounds of sand brought from the Jersey Shore and built over the course of four days by an artist.

Andy Walters and his wife, Kirsten, were there with their three children from Wapakoneta, Ohio, the boyhood hometown of Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong. “I think it's nice. I wish all the states were participating,” Andy Walters said. “It's a little underwhelming but it's a great idea.”

Kirsten Walters said she wished something similar would be held more often, without the overtones. “We’re excited to be here and participate,” she said.

Not all states participated or staffed their booths

Most states participated, treating the fair almost like a tourism opportunity. But there was not full representation.

Maine, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania opted to not send delegations, citing costs, scheduling or politicization concerns.

Some booths, including those for Hawaii and Alaska, were unstaffed. Hawaii's did feature a couple of rocking chairs, which tired visitors put to good use.

Alonzo Lewis Jr. and Kelly Domizio, from Rome, New York, took advantage to take a load off.

“This was really pretty cool,” she said. “Been going to all the different states.”

But her husband had a different view.

“Was it necessary, I don't think so,” Lewis said. “It feels forced. There's so much separation.”

Domizio said she remembered the bicentennial in 1976.

“There was a sense of pride” and togetherness she said. “We are enjoying the day but it feels forced.”

Unusually high temperatures were recorded even in the Nordic countries not known for sweltering summers. Denmark's Meteorological Institute reported a record 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 degrees Fahrenheit) in Ødum north of Aarhus — the warmest day since records there began in 1874.

In Switzerland, a record 38.8 C (101.8 F) was set in the city of Basel.

Germany's famous Autobahn was overwhelmed, too, as temperatures were expected to hit 40 C (104 F). In two places outside Berlin, the concrete of the A2 burst due to the high temperatures and the highway had to be closed. Other highway damage was reported across the country, according to the German daily Bild.

Train operator Deutsche Bahn and other rail companies advised against all nonessential train travel this weekend.

“Germany’s transportation infrastructure is being severely affected by the record-breaking heat this weekend,” Deutsche Bahn said in a statement.

The Czech Republic also saw its hottest day on record, with 40.8 C (105.4 F) in the northern town of Doksany. Forecasters said it may still rise.

Residents evacuated from German nursing home

In the western German city of Dormagen, dozens of residents of a nursing home were evacuated for medical care due to dangerous heat conditions in the building.

The local fire department reported that temperatures inside the home had reached 35 C (95 F). Air conditioning is not widespread in Germany and many countries in Europe because the continent is largely unused to such oppressive heat.

A resident at the home died overnight, but it was not yet clear whether the heat was the cause, a city spokesperson told German news agency dpa.

Hospitals under intense pressure in France

In France, multiple towns in the east of the country saw their highest-ever temperatures Saturday, with some above 40 C (104 F) even though the worst of the heat wave was starting to pass in some regions.

Paris and 36 other regions, stretching from the center to the east and northeast, remained in the extreme-heat red zone on Saturday, down from a peak on Thursday of 72 regions that were under such warnings. The capital continued to see unrelenting pressure on its hospitals, with a second consecutive day of nearly 3,000 people seeking care in public hospital emergency rooms, about a third more than normal.

The Paris public hospital authority, AP-HP, said it activated its emergency response plan across all 38 hospitals to cope. Phone calls to its medical dispatch centers were up nearly 80% compared with the same period in 2025, it said.

Concerns that hospitals could be overwhelmed prompted the postponement of the Paris Pride march for LGBTQ+ rights on Saturday, and a three-day music festival was canceled.

The temperatures this week have been higher than those during a historic 2003 heat wave that was blamed for 15,000 heat-related deaths, many of them older people. The AP-HP’s director, Nicolas Revel, said he doesn’t expect as many deaths this time, at least in Paris hospitals, in part because treatment for overheating has since improved.

During another exceptionally hot summer last year, more than 5,700 deaths were attributed to heat, according to France’s public health authority.

“I think we’ll be situated, clearly, between 2025 and without necessarily reaching the catastrophic level of 2003. But we have to expect that there will still be many deaths,” he said.

UK temperatures easing after 3 record heat days

In the U.K., sweltering conditions are expected to gradually ease this weekend though an amber warning — one step down from red — remained in place until Saturday night.

Britons struggled to cope this week as the record June temperature was smashed three days in a row. Friday was confirmed as the country's hottest June day on record, with a provisional temperature of 37.3 C (99 F) recorded in eastern England.

It was more than 1 C hotter than the long-standing record for June heat in the U.K., set in the summer of 1976.

On Saturday, police said the bodies of a 22-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy were recovered from a lake and a river. The deaths bring the total number of U.K. heat-related fatalities this week to four.

Authorities in the U.K. have warned people to take extra care when swimming in unsupervised areas following the deaths of around 40 people in France over the past week.

Tourists wilting in Rome as red heat alert remains active

In Italy's capital, which remains under a red heat alert, tourists tried to cool off seeking shade near buildings and dunking their heads under public fountains. Street vendors were doing a brisk business selling bottled water, hats and sun umbrellas.

Some turned to Italian classics for relief.

“Gelato, pasta, because it’s tradition, but also fresh fruit, and ice cold drinks, that’s the best for this temperature,” said Isabella Dold, a tourist from Kempten, Germany.

On Saturday, Italy’s health ministry said 18 cities — including the most popular tourism hubs like Venice, Florence, Bologna and Milan — were on red alert due to danger posed by the high temperatures.

Record heat focuses attention on climate change

A new study from the World Weather Attribution, a Europe-based collaboration of scientists, reported Friday that the record-breaking heat and humidity in Europe this week would not have been possible without climate change.

The rapid study found that the heat would have been virtually impossible just five decades ago, and is 200 times more likely today than it would have been 20 years ago.

André Corrêa do Lago, the president of the U.N. climate talks known as COP30, said the heat wave has "helped strengthen the perception of urgency of fighting climate change.”

“The fact that we are living with this amazing heat in London is a strong argument, we need to agree, that we have to take action as soon as possible,” do Lago told The Associated Press.

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Hui reported from London and Leicester from Paris. Associated Press journalists Trisha Thomas in Rome, Suman Naishadham in Madrid and Karel Janicek in Prague contributed to this report.

Las tormentas, Mekkhala e Higos, han descargado fuertes lluvias y dañaron carreteras en plena temporada anual de lluvias en Japón.

Un hombre de unos 70 años perdió la vida y otras tres personas resultaron heridas el viernes después de que una casa se derrumbara debido un deslizamiento de tierras en la prefectura de Yamaguchi, reportó la agencia noticiosa japonesa Kyodo.

Imágenes de televisión desde Kyoto mostraron el río Kamo crecido, con aguas turbias y agitadas. Se emitió una alerta por inundaciones en partes de Kyoto, Osaka y otras zonas del oeste de Japón.

La Agencia de Gestión de Incendios y Desastres indicó que más de 30 viviendas se inundaron en Nara y Hiroshima el viernes. Las fuertes lluvias también interrumpieron algunas operaciones de trenes y vuelos en la zona.

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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.

Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies responded just after 8:30 p.m. to a ShotSpotter alert in the area of Northwest 103rd Street and Northwest 10th Avenue in the county’s Pinewood area, according to MDSO Detective Angel Rodriguez.

Rodriguez said when deputies arrived at the intersection of Northwest 104th Street and Northwest 10th Avenue, they found the woman suffering from an apparent gunshot wound.

He said Miami-Dade Fire Rescue medics transported the victim to a hospital, where she was listed in stable condition.

Rodriguez said deputies detained one person at the scene, and detectives are working to determine that individual’s involvement in the shooting.

No additional information was immediately released.

1 (3-4 pound) whole chicken

2 tablespoons vegetable oil

¼ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon brown sugar

1/3 teaspoon black pepper

¼ teaspoon paprika

¼ teaspoon smoked paprika

1/8 teaspoon garlic powder

1/8 teaspoon onion powder

1/8 teaspoon cayenne

1 can beer, preferably lager

Remove neck and giblets from chicken.

Mix all spices together; rub the chicken inside and out; pour out half the beer and place the beer can on a solid surface. Grabbing a chicken leg in each hand, plunk the bird cavity over the beer can. Transfer the bird to your grill and place in the center of the grate, balancing the bird on its 2 legs and the can like a tripod.

Cook the chicken over medium-high, indirectly, making sure the chicken is NOT directly over a lit portion of the grill. Grill with the cover closed, for approximately 1¼ hours or until the internal temperature reaches 165˚F in the breast area and 180˚F in the thigh, or until the thigh juice runs clear when pierced with a sharp knife. Remove from grill and let rest for 10 minutes before carving.

sea scallops, side muscle removed

skewers, soaking in water for at least 30 minutes before grilling

salt and pepper

nonstick cooking spray

whole lemons, cut in half

extra virgin olive oil

sea salt

Make sure your skewers have been soaking for at least 30 minutes before using. Preheat your grill to medium-high. Season the scallops with salt and pepper. Spray your grill with nonstick cooking spray. Grill on each side until nice and golden and just cooked through. Grill the cut side of a couple lemons just until charred. Serve the charred lemons next to the scallops.

You can serve the scallops on their own or with succotash. Before serving, drizzle with extra virgin olive oil and a sprinkle of sea salt.

Succotash

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 tablespoon butter

½ cup red onion, small diced

½ cup scallions, thinly sliced

½ cup red bell peppers, small diced

1 ½ cups corn kernels (from about 3 ears of corn)

1 cup yellow squash, small diced

1 cup cherry tomatoes, cut in half

½ cup frozen edamame, thawed and steamed according to package instructions

¼ cup Italian parsley, chopped fine

1 tablespoon tarragon, chopped fine

salt and pepper, to taste

Heat the olive oil and butter together in a large sauté pan over medium heat. Sauté red onion, half of the scallions, bell pepper and corn kernels for a couple minutes, until the vegetables are tender but not browned. Season with salt and pepper. Add the yellow squash, cherry tomatoes, edamame and remaining scallions. Cook for an additional 1-2 minutes. Stir in the parsley and tarragon, season with salt and pepper.

2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dredging

2 teaspoons garlic powder

2 teaspoons onion powder

½ teaspoon cayenne powder

½ teaspoon salt

a few cracks of freshly ground black pepper

1 egg, beaten

2 bottles lager style beer, as needed

2 large yellow onions, cut into ½ inch thick rounds, rings separated

neutral oil, for frying

Whisk together the flour and spices in a large bowl. Make a well and add in the egg and about ½ of one bottle of beer. Whisk together. Add as much beer as needed to reach a pourable yet thick consistency (we used all the beer.)

Heat 2 inches of oil in a large Dutch oven or similar heavy-bottomed pot to 350˚F. Working in batches, dip the onion rings into the batter then carefully lower into the hot oil. Fry until golden brown on both sides. Remove and drain on a paper-towel lined plate. Continue frying in batches until all of the onion rings have been cooked. Lightly salt the onion rings as you remove them from the oil. Serve with your favorite dipping sauce.

They are a relatively small group of people, scattered across different states, but they share a common bond that stretches back decades: Each had a family member die violently in the struggle for voting and civil rights, victims on a long and difficult path marked by blood that ended when the country seemed to mature into the nation of its creed.

But 61 years later, and as the country approaches its 250th anniversary, those sacrifices are in question. In a series of decisions over the past dozen years, including one in April, the Supreme Court has effectively dismantled the law that their family members died to see enacted, the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

“My mother’s blood is on that bill. We were always proud of that, and now it’s gone,” said Anthony Liuzzo, whose mother, Viola Liuzzo, died on an Alabama highway between Selma and Montgomery while driving marchers in 1965.

Critics of the law argue that times have changed, a point Chief Justice John Roberts made in a 2013 decision that was the first major step in rolling back the law.

Survivors of lost loved ones disagree, pointing to the speed with which Republican-led state legislatureseliminated majority-Black congressional districts after the court's April ruling, which severely weakened a section of the law that had protected voting rights for minority communities. They feel anger and sadness that a milestone political victory decades ago has been reversed, but they are committed to keep fighting.

A church bombing and a chunk of concrete

Lisa McNair was born Sept. 19, 1964. Her older sister, Denise, died in the Sept 15, 1963, bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. The church had been a central organizing point for civil rights protest.

The explosion killed Denise McNair, 11, Addie Mae Collins, 14, Carole Robertson, 14, and Cynthia Morris Wesley, 14. Nearly two dozen others were injured. Three Klansmen were convicted years later.

One of Lisa McNair's early memories of her sister was of the box that their grandmother kept from the funeral home. It included Denise McNair's shoes, a purse and a rock-sized piece of concrete that had been embedded in her skull.

The crime brought the civil rights struggle onto the national stage and outraged Democratic President John F. Kennedy.

The times were tumultuous, McNair said, but it seemed the nation was heading in the right direction. Most of her life, “I’ve seen advances” on television, in commercials, with interracial marriages, civil rights and voting rights, “a plethora of rights that we got over the greater part of my lifetime.” But that has changed, she said.

McNair, 61, said she is “physically sick” about the Supreme Court decision and subsequent actions by lower courts and legislatures.

“I am constantly working to pray my way through it, so I can get up and go to work in the morning and do what I need to do. But I just want to ask every white person I see, What more do you want?" she said. “Why do you hate us so?”

They left for Freedom Summer and never came home

Michael Schwerner, known as Mickey, came from a family in which human rights activism and challenging social norms were expected. He was in Mississippi in 1964 as part of Freedom Summer when he, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney vanished one day in June while investigating a bombing at a Black church.

Their bodies were found weeks later, buried in an earthen dam in a rural area of Neshoba County. Schwerner, 24, and Goodman, 20, were white; Chaney, 21, was Black.

Stephen Schwerner, who died earlier this year and was a social activist in his own right, told The Associated Press in a 2023 interview that as soon as the family heard his younger brother and the other men were missing, they knew they were dead.

“Our family was very out front in the media that the only reason there was international attention was two of the young men were white," said Stephen’s daughter, Cassie Schwerner. "Had all three of those young men been Black, they would have ended up absent from our history and our narrative.”

The executive director of Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility, Cassie Schwerner, said her family has followed voting rights through their ups and downs. That includes the 2013 Supreme Court decision that allowed states and counties with a history of discriminatory voting rules to make changes without prior approval from the Department of Justice.

The court's April decision, she said, brought rage “and a good deal of sadness — not for me and my family, but for this country.” There is, she said, work to be done on multiple fronts.

Rights paid for in blood turned out to be fragile

Tamara Orange said among her many thoughts when she heard of the Supreme Court decision in this year's Voting Rights Act case, there was relief — "relief that my dad is not here to see that; that Jimmie Lee Jackson is not here to see it; that Viola Liuzzo is not here to see it,” she said. “I’m relieved for them because to me, it’s as though the sacrifices that were made were done in vain.”

Her father, James Orange, was working with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to organize voting rights protests in Marion and Perry County, Alabama, in 1965. When juveniles joined the effort, he was arrested for contributing to the delinquency of minors. Concern arose that Orange was going to be taken out of the jail and lynched.

A protest to intervene ended with Jackson, a 26-year-old Black church deacon, being shot in the stomach by a state trooper while Jackson tried to shield his mother and grandfather.

His death was the catalyst for what became the Selma to Montgomery march and “Bloody Sunday.”

Orange stayed in the movement all his life and died in 2008, Tamara Orange said. But even after the Voting Rights Act passed, "He would say, be careful or we're going to lose it.”

‘We got bad news for you’

Anthony Liuzzo had just turned 10 when his mother, 39, left their middle-class neighborhood in Michigan and headed for Selma, Alabama. She had cried as she watched scenes from “Bloody Sunday” on television.

Viola Liuzzo participated in a portion of the second march and then helped drive other civil rights protesters around the Black Belt region of the state. On March 25, 1965, she was driving one protester between Selma and Montgomery when a vehicle pulled alongside and fired into the car.

The phone call came around midnight. Anthony Liuzzo remembers the caller asking his dad, “Is your wife Viola? We got bad news for you. She’s been shot.” When his father asked whether she was all right, the caller said “No, she’s dead," and then hung up.

An informant for the FBI quickly identified members of the Ku Klux Klan as her killers. The three men charged would escape conviction on state charges but be convicted in federal court.

Anthony Liuzzo and his siblings lived with the lost birthdays and other missed milestones. His comfort was that the voting rights she had died for had become a reality. But the April ruling by the Supreme Court and the subsequent rush by Republican-led legislatures in several Southern states to eliminate congressional districts represented by Black lawmakers left him angry and distraught.

Even so, he said he is still proud his mother had the courage to go to Selma "when others sat in their pretty little houses.”

One morning, the Klan returned

The inscription at the bottom of Vernon Dahmer Sr.'s tombstone reads simply: "If you don't vote, you don't count.”

It is a message that embodies his life's work and the story behind his death.

Even after Democratic President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, not every state was eager to implement the new law. In Mississippi, it came with a “poll tax.” The amount was $2, but in a world where a farmworker's wages might only be $5 a day, that was substantial, said Dahmer's son, Dennis Dahmer Sr.

The elder Dahmer, 57 at the time of his death, was a successful businessman who owned a store, sawmill and farm near Hattiesburg. He also was a civil rights leader and NAACP president in Ford County. He offered to pay the $2 for Black residents who wanted to register to vote.

He had already been under scrutiny by the local Ku Klux Klan. There was harassment and there were threatening phone calls. The windows were shot out of his store, but no one challenged him directly because his sons were always present and armed.

That seemed to trail off after Johnson signed the law.

“The Klan quit calling," Dennis Dahmer said. "They quit shooting out the windows, so my family thought that all of this was behind us.”

That changed in the early hours of Jan. 10, 1966, when two carloads of Klansmen showed up. They firebombed the house and adjacent grocery store and began shooting at the house. The elder Dahmer shot back, using his ample arsenal to fight off the attack.

His wife and the three children who were home survived, but he suffered severe injuries from inhaling the smoke and fumes from the flames. He died later that day.

Dennis Dahmer was 12 as he stood next to his dad's hospital bed. He wondered why some people wanted his father dead just for trying to help Black people vote.

A former Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, Sam Bowers, was convicted in 1998 for the attack and sentenced to life.

Like the families of other survivors, Dennis Dahmer's family has witnessed the methodical dismantling of the Voting Rights Act.

"Finally, they basically turned it into a relic,” he said.

His plan now is activism, to speak out and promote the need for a massive voter turnout. He also wants to remind people of the price that certain families paid for everyone to have the right to vote and be represented by someone of their choosing.

“We’re living in a time when America has a lot of the same characteristics of the 1960s that I grew up in,” he said. "People say, are we going back? Hell, we’re already there.”

Murky. Peaceful. Stinky. The backdrop for protests, vigils, celebrations and stunning sunrise photos. Beset by gnats and algae. Scenery for a run. A key part of the capital's carefully designed monumental core. The location of an iconic scene in “Forrest Gump.”

One thing it's generally not: a strictly enforced police zone.

Entering the pool has always been illegal, but, in general, the most someone wading into the water might expect is a direction from a police officer to get out.

But that has changed since President Donald Trump insisted last weekend, without providing evidence, that vandals were responsible for damage to the pool's liner, undermining his renovation efforts after he blamed previous presidents for ignoring deterioration. Court documents filed this week show that the National Park Service reported to the U.S. Park Police a June 9 incident in which a sharp knife or razor cut the pool’s new liner.

National Guard members and Park Police have patrolled the deck around the pool. The Associated Press verified that one man was arrested after touching the already-peeling paint. He said he wanted to examine the new coating, briefly touching a still-attached chunk, then letting go shortly after a park worker told him to. At one point this week, crews were seen adding fencing near the area, which the administration attributed to preparations for July Fourth celebrations.

Here’s a look at photos of how people have interacted with the Reflecting Pool over the years.

The scrutiny belies the fact that the Reflecting Pool has always been enticing to visitors.

During the Poor People's Campaign in 1968, the pool offered relief from the summer heat.

And during the bitter cold of winter, it has become an unlikely urban skating rink.

Now, it is home to mobile surveillance towers and increased law enforcement foot patrols, while the hum of nanobubblers punctuates the June air.

Frenzied speculation surrounding the superstar singer and football player's upcoming wedding has spiked over the past few days as reports swirl that the two are getting married the first week in July at one of New York's iconic landmarks.

Yet nearly a year after Kelce and Swift announced their engagement with the caption “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married,” they have disclosed little about their plans.

Here's what we know and don't know.

The wedding date is unconfirmed, but reports say early July

Nothing has been publicly confirmed by the couple, despite The Associated Press' multiple requests to Swift’s representative for comment.

Citing an entertainment industry executive and another person with knowledge of the matter, The New York Times reported that the couple were planning a gathering of 100 people at Madison Square Garden — an arena that seats up to 19,500 people — on July 2 followed by a second event at the arena for about 1,000 guests on July 3.

The Associated Press has been unable to independently confirm those details, but there are no public events planned at the Garden from June 29 until a Bon Jovi concert on July 7.

Public records show that the city issued a permit for loading and unloading theatrical materials at the arena from June 29 to July 4. Winick Productions, a company that has produced red carpet events for the Grammy and Tony award shows and movie premieres, also applied for a permit to set up a canopy or tent outside the Garden for an event involving up to 999 people.

Meanwhile, just a few weeks prior, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani jokingly referenced the reports of Swift and Kelce’s wedding during a press conference. Mamdani was answering questions about safety during the World Cup when he said, “We know it coincides with July Fourth, America 250, Taylor Swift’s wedding all happening at the same time, and we are so excited to welcome the world here.”

Mamdani, however, said he was not invited to the wedding.

“I wish them a lovely wedding. I’ll listen to ‘Only the Young’ at home on my own,” he said, referencing one of Swift's songs.

MSG is a fortress, but has hosted weddings before

Madison Square Garden may not scream “bridal,” but the venue is available for private rentals, advertising a banquet capacity for 1,250 — or 2,000 if you are only serving cocktails. And it has hosted weddings before. Sly Stone got married to Kathy Silva there in 1974 before thousands of fans. And more than 2,000 couples were wed in a mass ceremony at the Garden officiated by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon in 1982.

Located above Penn Station, the busiest rail hub in the U.S., the Garden doesn't scream “privacy" either.

But it does have guarded entrances, a secure garage and a lack of windows, which would allow Kelce, Swift and celebrity guests to stay out of sight of photographers or camera-equipped drones.

That need for privacy popped up earlier in June when a large tent appeared next door to Swift’s Watch Hill estate in Rhode Island. Despite organizers denying the event was for Swift, a wave of speculation bubbled up online as photographers and some Swifties headed to the town to see if they could catch a glimpse of a possible wedding.

Yet others have theorized that the MSG buzz could be an elaborate smoke screen to throw off attention to the couple's real wedding plans. Swift did once write, “No, you can’t come to the wedding,” in her song “But Daddy I Love Him," which some fans have been reupping lately as a reminder that the wedding isn't supposed to be a public spectacle.

Friends, family, and plenty of celebrities expected to attend

Swift joked in October that “anyone I've ever talked to” would be invited to the wedding, telling Graham Norton that she believed “the only stressful weddings” are those that are small and force people to make aggressive cuts to the guest list.

Yet just who exactly will show up is to be determined. Aside from family, Kelce's Kansas City Chiefs teammate Patrick Mahomes and his wife, Brittany Mahomes, will likely be in attendance. For Swift, close friends like Selena Gomez, Abigail Anderson Berard, the Haim sisters, Emma Stone and Gigi Hadid will all likely attend.

Chiefs coach Andy Reid said he couldn't talk about it when asked by The Associated Press if he was going to the wedding.

“If it’s like when I got married, my wife did everything, so I just kind of followed her lead on it, showed up, right? Maybe he’s doing more but he looks like he’s pretty focused in on this job here, too,” Reid said in early June.

Swift has a history of Fourth of July parties

Perhaps another clue why the week of the Fourth of July makes sense for Swift and Kelce's wedding is that the popstar has long been known for throwing elaborate parties over the American holiday.

It wasn't too long ago that fans dubbed her Fourth of July events as “Taymerica,” where celebrities showed up at her Rhode Island estate wearing red, white and blue swimsuits, waving American flags and eventually shared some social media photos with the public.

The timing also works with Kelce's football schedule, given the tight end once joked on his “New Heights” podcast, “Don’t make my friends have to choose whether or not they have to sell their tickets that week.”

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Associated Press writers Anthony Izaguirre and Maria Sherman in New York and David Skretta in Kansas City, Missouri, contributed reporting.

A lot of things can cause itchiness, sometimes serious diseases. Whatever the cause, doctors have long warned that scratching too much can damage the skin. Now researchers better understand why even a mildly annoying itch could put you on an itch-and-scratch cycle if you give in.

How did they find out? In part by putting tiny “cones of shame” onto mice to uncover what happens on a cellular level when an itch gets scratched — or left alone.

They also gained insight into why a good scratch at least at first brings a sigh of relief. After all, not just people and other mammals scratch, even fish do. The commonality suggests there must be some evolutionary reason and the mouse experiment hints at a little germ protection — but still not a reason to scratch.

Expect a more swollen, itchier spot if you can't ignore that bug bite

Dr. Daniel Kaplan, a University of Pittsburgh dermatologist whose lab studies immune reactions in skin, was exploring a run-of-the-mill type of itch called allergic contact dermatitis, caused by irritants such as poison ivy or nickel in jewelry.

Kaplan's research team put a rash-inducing irritant on the ears of mice. Normal mice scratched and inflammatory immune cells rushed to the site, increasing swelling. The rash was much milder in mice bred with defective itch-sensing nerve cells. But was the difference really the scratching?

Normal mice put into collars like those veterinary “cones of shame” so they itched but couldn't scratch gave the answer: They, too, had much less swelling and fewer inflammatory cells.

Kaplan said that evidence matches people’s everyday experiences that scratching really can make things worse.

Ignore a mosquito bite and the itch is “gone in five or 10 minutes for most people,” he said. “But if you start scratching it, it’s your friend for a week,” getting itchier and more inflamed.

The immune system’s first responders can help — and hurt

To understand what was happening in the skin, Kaplan’s team took a deeper look at mast cells, among the immune system’s first responders. When called into action, they release compounds that can help fight germs or toxins — or, through a compound called histamine, trigger itchy allergic reactions.

Scientists have long known that allergens can activate mast cells. But other signals can summon mast cells, too, including pain. And when we scratch, “we tend to scratch until it starts to hurt,” Kaplan noted.

Pain-sensing nerve cells release a chemical messenger called substance P. In findings published last year, Kaplan’s team reported that substance P can activate mast cells through a different molecular pathway than allergens do — a double whammy that explains why scratching further inflames itchy rashes or bites.

Then why does a little scratching feel good?

If we experience pain like touching a hot stove, we’ll learn not to do that again. Yet relief from a good scratch, in evolutionary terms, is positive feedback. Why?

One long-held theory is that it may help creatures slough off parasites like fleas or mites. But Kaplan also was intrigued by other labs’ findings that mast cells could fend off a common type of skin bacteria called Staphylococcus aureus. So his team infected mice and then repeated the cone-of-shame itch experiment. Sure enough, those that scratched had lower levels of that germ on their ears, maybe because of the extra inflammation or some other mast cell-related compound.

But that's not enough of an upside to change the health advice.

“Ultimately, scratching is deleterious,” Kaplan stressed. “You should avoid scratching,” he said, although acknowledging that it’s “easier said than done.”

Here’s how to handle a minor itch

What fights an itch depends on its cause and there's a need for better treatments. For now, antihistamines and certain other drugs for hives can tamp down some itchiness triggered by mast cells. Drug companies are experimenting with other approaches called MRGPRX2 blockers that target the pathway Kaplan’s team linked to scratching. Kaplan hopes better understanding of that pathway eventually could help skin diseases such as chronic eczema.

For the summer itchiness of bug bites, poison ivy and other types of contact dermatitis, dermatologists recommend anti-itch balms such as hydrocortisone cream, calamine lotion or oatmeal baths.

Another trick from Kaplan: Menthol-containing creams can temporarily fool the skin into sensing cold instead of itch, just long enough that “if you don’t scratch, then you break that itch-scratch cycle,” he said. “It’s like a cheat code.”

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The authorities of the Chaoyang district, a vibrant business area, said a two-seat light sport aircraft collided with a high-rise building near the East Third Ring Road at 5:55 p.m. on Friday and caused the casualties.

The short statement on WeChat did not identify the building or the pilot, who the authorities said was the only person on the craft.

The global flight-tracking service provider Flightradar24 on Friday said the plane crashed into the CITIC Tower, also known as China Zun, which rises more than 1,700 feet (528 meters), just east of a major ring road in a cluster of skyscrapers.

The 108-story CITIC tower, shaped like an ancient Chinese wine vessel, is one of the most recognizable skyscrapers in Beijing and is the tallest building in the city.

Flightradar24 posted on social media the path of the plane, a Sunward SA 60L Aurora, which took off from an airport about 50 kilometers (30 miles) east of Beijing. It headed westward and ended just east of the East Third Ring Road.

Associated Press photos showed on Saturday apparent marks of the crash on the glass facade on one side of the CITIC Tower. A hole there had been covered up.

It was not immediately known what caused the crash in a city with strict airspace controls, including a recent ban on drones. An investigation is underway into the situation, the authorities said.

It was also unclear whether the injured were in the building or were hit by debris, but the statement said they were receiving treatment.

The CITIC tower is just a roughly 20-minute drive from Zhongnanhai, a former imperial garden that now serves as headquarters of China’s top leadership, and a 15-minute drive from the Forbidden City, a popular tourist attraction.

Social media posts about the crash were scrubbed from China’s walled-off internet on Friday, though footage has made its way outside of China’s firewall and is circulating on overseas sites such as X.com. A report by financial news platform Caixin about the crash’s casualties soon became inaccessible on Saturday. Chinese authorities consider such incidents to be a sensitive matter.

Images and videos shared on social media appeared to show debris from a small aircraft near the skyscraper. While the images were consistent with the location, it was not possible to independently confirm their authenticity. One image of the wreckage shows a partial registration number of “B-12.” The full registration number of the aircraft is B-12PP.

According to Flightradar24, the aircraft was operated by Shuangyue General Aviation, an apparent reference to Dongshi Shuangyue (Beijing) General Aviation, whose website was not accessible on Saturday. The firm provides services ranging from private pilot training to aerial sightseeing tours, said an online platform citing official data.

SA 60L is a product of Starair Aircraft, based in China’s central Hunan province. According to Starair’s website, the single-engine aircraft accounts for more than 70% of China’s light sports aircraft market and has been exported to Australia and the United States.

Its maximum cruise speed is 220 kilometers (137 miles) per hour and its maximum takeoff weight is 600 kilograms (1,322 pounds), the website said.

The grass-court Grand Slam increased prize money by 20% after top players began their protest at the recent French Open, arguing that they deserve a bigger share of revenues.

The protest involves players limiting their media appearances, meaning they'll only talk for 15 minutes after each match during the first week of Wimbledon.

Sinner's appearance Saturday clocked in at about 10 minutes, 30 seconds. A Wimbledon host introduced him and said he would be timing his session.

The defending champion cited improvement in negotiations.

“It's getting better even though we are not (at) the point where we are 100% happy,” the Italian said. “At the same time we are seeing improvement.”

Sinner said it's “not only about the money,” citing the need for improvements in player welfare.

But he declined to engage in a question about Wimbledon's offer to work on creating a player council.

“I just think it's better if we don't discuss here, I don't like to talk about this at the moment,” he said.

The four-time Grand Slam champion also didn't want to address whether the players feel they are closer to a solution or a boycott.

“I think we talked enough about this at the moment. The Grand Slams know what we ask, and then (we'll) see how that goes,” he said.

“Again, I'm here now to talk about tennis.”

The protest began at the French Open, where players complained the total prize money only made up 14.3% of the clay-court tournament’s revenue.

Wimbledon responded by hiking its total prize money — with the singles champions to get 3.6 million pounds ($4.75 million) each.

On Wednesday, a statement by an advisory firm representing the players said the “direct action protest” would continue during the first week at the All England Club.

The statement said the players’ share of Wimbledon’s projected revenue this year was 14.4%, which would be below the 14.9% share they received 10 years ago.

The All England Club had said it was “surprised and disappointed by this action.”

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Ukraine has stepped up its long-range aerial attacks on Russian military industries and energy facilities, aiming to cut Moscow’s revenue for the war and make Russians feel the consequences of the invasion, now in its fifth year.

The campaign, which Zelenskyy has said aims to bring Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table, has choked Russian fuel supplies and military deliveries, stalling Moscow’s efforts on the battlefield and heaping pressure on Putin, Western officials and analysts say.

Writing on X, Zelenskyy said that FP-5 Flamingo missiles hit the Titan-Barrikady facility in Volgograd in southwestern Russia, describing it as a “major industrial complex” where Russia “produces artillery systems and specialized military equipment, including components for missile launch systems.”

According to Ukraine’s General Staff, the facility manufactures equipment for missile systems, including self-propelled launchers and transport-loading vehicles for the Iskander-M missile system, which it said is “the same system Russia regularly uses to strike Ukrainian cities.”

Volgograd Gov. Andrei Bocharov confirmed an attack on a business in the region’s Krasnooktyabrsky district, saying 10 people had been wounded and taken to a hospital. He said production facilities at the site were damaged but did not identify the company.

Ukraine's state security service said Saturday morning that Ukrainian forces also struck an oil pumping facility in Russia’s Vladimir region that supplies fuel to Moscow, for the second time this month.

The attacks came a day after Ukraine launched what appeared to be one of Kyiv's biggest drone assaults since the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion more than four years ago. The major nighttime attack targeted a dozen Russian regions, Russian-held Crimea and the surrounding seas, Moscow’s Defense Ministry said Friday, noting that Russian air defenses intercepted 660 Ukrainian drones.

Zelenskyy said Thursday he had ordered “a 40-day influence operation,” believed to mean an escalation of attacks, aimed at “compelling (Russia) to end the war” after U.S. peace efforts over the past year yielded no breakthrough.

Meanwhile, in Ukraine’s Sumy region, a 66-year-old man was killed in a Russian drone strike on a private residence in the region, regional head Oleh Hryhorov said Saturday.

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Hasta ahora los sismos de 7,2 y 7,5 de magnitud han dejado un saldo de al menos 1.430 muertos, más de 3.200 heridos y más de 51.000 desaparecidos.

Aquí los últimos acontecimientos registrados en Venezuela:

Muertos ascienden a 1.430 y heridos superan los 3.200

En conferencia de prensa, el presidente de Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela, Jorge Rodríguez, informa que la cifra de muertos en los terremotos ascendió a 1.430 y que hay 3.238 personas heridas.

Agrega que “la zona de mayor gravedad de este desastre.... es el estado La Guaira” y que “por eso se encuentra totalmente militarizada”. Al mismo tiempo indica que desde el miércoles se han registrado 432 eventos sísmicos.

Llega maquinaria pesada a La Guaira

En medio de la angustia por encontrar a sus familiares debajo de edificaciones desplomadas, vecinos de La Guaira impidieron el avance de una retroexcavadora y retuvieron al conductor mientras le exigían que continúe ayudándolos ante la visible ausencia de grupos de ayuda estatales.

“Ni la Policía ni la Guardia Nacional nos ayudaron. Vinieron a comer arepa y a tomarse fotos para decir que estaban trabajando, pero no se ensuciaron ni siquiera el uniforme”, dijo a The Associated Press Yeison Marcano, un vendedor de accesorios, con la ropa cubierta de polvo. Contó que ha estado los últimos tres días removiendo escombros en busca de sobrevivientes.

En tanto, el gobierno informó que al menos 22 maquinarias especializadas arribaron a ese estado para avanzar con la recolección de escombros.

Tractores, camiones y grúas eran transportados en enormes plataformas que llegaron en caravana, según imágenes del Ministerio de Comunicación e Información difundidas en sus redes sociales.

Se suman más rescatistas de EEUU, aeropuerto ya operativo

Altos funcionarios de la administración de Donald Trump informaron que Estados Unidos ya ha desplegado dos equipos de búsqueda y rescate de 80 personas cada uno que buscan sobrevivientes en la zona del desastre. Se espera la llegada de otros dos equipos del mismo tamaño más tarde el sábado.

Uno de los funcionarios indicó que los equipos estadounidenses también han trabajado en la reparación del Aeropuerto Internacional Simón Bolívar, que da servicio a la capital de Venezuela. Añadió que una pista de aterrizaje ya está operativa y que el ejército estadounidense ayudaría a coordinar los vuelos para trasladar a los rescatistas, hospitales móviles y suministros.

Dormir a la intemperie, buscar desaparecidos

Tres días después de que los terremotos dañaran sus hogares en el estado de La Guaira, varias personas acampaban frente a los restos de su edificio de apartamentos en improvisadas tiendas hechas con ropa de cama, algunos recostados sobre colchones apoyados en el asfalto.

Ezequiel Frontado revisaba más de una docena de cuerpos tendidos sobre la calle y cubiertos con mantas que los vecinos y rescatistas recuperaron de entre los escombros en la ciudad de Catia La Mar, buscando entre ellos a alguno de sus familiares desaparecidos. Mientras, unos pocos efectivos de la Guardia Nacional Bolivariana resguardaban el lugar y dirigían el paso de vehículos.

En el mismo estado de La Guaria varias personas clasificaban la ropa donada en un gimnasio que fue habilitado como un refugio.

Delcy Rodríguez: son “horas vitales”; 14.000 efectivos patrullan La Guaira

En un informe junto a su equipo de trabajo en La Guaira difundido en la madrugada del sábado por la televisión estatal, la presidenta encargada Delcy Rodríguez dijo que “estas primeras 72 horas son vitales para salvar vidas” por lo que se ha restringido el acceso a ese estado. "Más de 14.000 funcionarios, tanto militares como policiales... están haciendo patrullaje permanente para garantizar la tranquilidad que se necesita para las labores” de rescate.

Agregó que “ya se alcanzó una recuperación del 60%” del servicio eléctrico en el estado.

The attacks in the Persian Gulf show the danger of the Iran war again spinning out of control, even after Iran and the U.S. reached an interim deal to try and agree on a final accord to end the conflict.

The U.S. had launched airstrikes overnight in response to an Iranian drone attack on a container ship trying to leave the strait on Thursday, continuing a string of attacks that have shaken the war's uneasy ceasefire.

Meanwhile, a multinational maritime body overseen by the U.S. Navy said Saturday that it would expand a route near Oman in the strait to allow for both inbound and outbound traffic. That likely sets up a new flashpoint with Tehran, which sees the strait as a key source of leverage in ongoing talks with the U.S.

Bahrain condemns Iran's drone attack

Bahrain has been one of the strongest critics of Iran and is home to the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet. It just hosted U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio for a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council’s foreign ministers, which ended with a call for an end to Iran’s attacks and for the strait to be completely open.

A statement from Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry said a “number of Iranian drones” targeted the country. It called the attack “a flagrant threat to the security of citizens and residents.” There were no immediate reports of damage.

Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard earlier on Saturday issued a statement carried by the state-run IRNA news agency saying it had targeted several locations “of the U.S. terrorist army in the region.” It did not name what areas were targeted.

The U.S. military's Central Command said the military struck Iranian missile and drone locations and coastal radar sites in the overnight strikes.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance, who has led the negotiations with Iran, said on social media Friday night that Iran should “pick up the phone” if there are disagreements about the ceasefire agreement, “but violence will be met with violence.”

The U.S. and Iran are negotiating terms of the deal including issues such as getting ships through the strait that's vital to global supplies of oil and natural gas and addressing the future of Iran’s nuclear program and stockpile of highly enriched uranium.

Under the interim deal, the two sides have 60 days to work out the details. Ending the fighting in Lebanon between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group is a key part of the deal.

Ship comes under attack as strait route expands

The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said that a tanker was attacked Saturday in the strait, with the crew safe and no environmental damage reported. No one immediately claimed the strike, but suspicion fell on Iran.

Just after that report, the Joint Maritime Information Center, overseen by the U.S. Navy, said the route near Oman’s shore is expanding to allow for inbound and outbound traffic.

Iran has insisted that ships must obey its orders and warned it will start charging fees for transit through the strait. However, ships have been increasingly trying to leave the Gulf in recent days.

Ebrahim Azizi, who heads the Iranian parliament’s national security commission, wrote Friday that “the Strait of Hormuz is governed by Iran, so: Respect the rules.”

The U.S. and Gulf Arab states have rejected Iran’s demands. The strait is considered as an international waterway, despite being the territorial waters of Iran and Oman.

The Joint Maritime Information Center warned that the threat to ships was “substantial,” adding that “mariners are advised of the existence of mines and should expect a naval presence as clearance operations continue.”

The International Maritime Organization on Friday halted a new effort to evacuate ships said it won’t resume until there are guarantees that the other ships won’t be attacked. It said about 115 ships have been able to move out of the strait in recent days.

Las aves, en particular, son fundamentales para los ecosistemas de todo el mundo, ya que prestan servicios como la polinización de las flores, el control natural de plagas, la dispersión de semillas e incluso actúan como sistemas de alerta temprana.

Los expertos señalan que hay formas de actuar si se ve un pájaro en apuros por el calor, y cómo reaccionar ante otros animales salvajes. Esto es lo que hay que saber.

¿Qué les ocurre a las aves con el calor extremo?

Las aves son muy diversas y, a menudo, están bien adaptadas para afrontar periodos prolongados de calor, explicó David Bird, profesor emérito de biología de fauna silvestre en la Universidad McGill.

Además, tienen una temperatura corporal más alta que los mamíferos, con algunas aves rondando los 38 grados Celsius (100º Fahrenheit) o incluso algo más.

Pueden ajustar sus plumas de ciertas maneras o aumentar el flujo de aire a través de una compleja serie de sacos aéreos para ayudar a mantenerse frescas. También se adaptan al calor mediante su comportamiento.

Pero los pájaros tienen un umbral máximo de calor que pueden soportar, igual que los humanos, apuntó Aimee Van Tatenhove, investigadora posdoctoral del Laboratorio de Ornitología de Cornell.

“Este nivel varía según la especie y, como se puede imaginar, las especies que viven más cerca de los polos suelen ser mucho más susceptibles al calor que las que viven más cerca del ecuador”, afirmó Van Tatenhove. “Un calor intenso y prolongado como el que está experimentando Europa ahora probablemente esté llevando a muchas especies al límite de su tolerancia al calor, poniéndolas en riesgo de sufrir enfermedades por calor o morir”.

Las aves no sudan como los humanos y algunos otros mamíferos, pero tienen otras formas naturales de combatir el calor, según los expertos.

Algunas especies, como las aves de jardín, “boquean”, abriendo el pico y jadeando, no muy distinto a un perro. Otras mueven la piel de la bolsa que tienen en el cuello para refrescarse, un comportamiento que se conoce como “aleteo gular”.

Además, suelen buscar la sombra y se meten en bebederos para pájaros, fuentes y estanques poco profundos para bajar su temperatura corporal.

¿Qué debe hacer si ve aves expuestas al calor?

Es difícil proteger por completo a los pájaros que también están padeciendo la ola de calor en curso, pero los expertos ofrecen algunos consejos.

En el corto plazo, se pueden colocar fuentes de agua poco profundas —en lugares seguros, lejos de peligros como depredadores—, aunque advierten que es importante mantenerlas limpias.

Además, se pueden llenar comederos, proporcionando una fuente de alimento fácil para las aves que quizá estén evitando buscar su próxima comida bajo el sol abrasador. Las poblaciones de insectos también se han reducido de forma drástica, en parte debido al cambio climático y la contaminación, lo que afecta a una importante fuente natural de alimento para los pájaros.

A largo plazo, quienes puedan hacerlo pueden crear zonas de sombra en su patio, incluyendo vegetación en capas como arbustos pequeños y árboles más altos, apuntó Bird.

Si esos enfoques pasivos no son posibles, quizá sea mejor dejarlas tranquilas, sostuvo Jack Kottwitz, profesor asistente en la Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria de la Universidad Estatal de Michigan. “Estas aves saben mejor que nosotros qué les resulta más cómodo”.

Las aves suelen buscar temperaturas más frescas, encontrando lugares más bajos para posarse o incluso ventiladores.

¿Y qué pasa con otros animales silvestres?

En cuanto a otros animales salvajes, los expertos dicen que quizá tampoco sea la mejor opción intentar intervenir dándoles comida o agua o tratando de llevarlos a espacios interiores.

Los expertos locales en fauna salvaje son el mejor recurso con el que contactar si se encuentra un animal enfermo o herido, ya que las señales de estrés extremo por calor también pueden parecerse a las de enfermedades que pueden parecer estos animales. Los expertos saben mejor cómo ayudar y brindarles los cuidados necesarios.

“Lo mejor para la fauna salvaje es dejar que sea salvaje”, manifestó Lisa Duke, administradora de los terrenos del santuario W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary, también afiliado a la Universidad Estatal de Michigan. “Saben qué hacer con sus cuerpos”.

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Last year's coaching staff, too.

And maybe a few more quality players by the Aug. 3 trade deadline. Freddy Peralta? Clay Holmes?

In the past eight months, president of baseball operations David Stearns has remodeled the reeling New York Mets to a degree that probably seemed unthinkable on June 12, 2025.

On that date, New York had the best record in the majors. Barely more than a year ago. But not much has gone right since.

On the field. ... In the dugout. ... Anywhere.

The latest big move came Friday, exactly halfway through a dismal season, when Mendoza was fired as manager of the underperforming Mets and replaced by former San Diego Padres skipper Andy Green, who was already working in the organization.

“In my estimation, our estimation, change is needed right now,” Stearns said. “Clearly, we’ve fallen short.”

The ugly numbers

The Mets were 34-47 at the midway point, 15 games behind NL East-leading Atlanta and 9 1/2 back of the final NL wild-card berth.

Then they went out and lost their seventh consecutive game Friday night, 2-1 to the rival Philadelphia Phillies. New York has been outscored 56-23 during the slide.

“For whatever reason, we haven’t come together and found, I guess, what our identity is,” infielder Bo Bichette said.

Mets owner Steve Cohen had high expectations for a team without a World Series title since 1986. New York opened the season with baseball’s biggest payroll at $358 million and was projected to pay an additional $124 million in luxury tax.

“There is no sugar-coating it: This season has been a disappointment and our fans deserve better than what we’ve delivered,” Cohen said in a statement.

So with Stearns cutting loose so many Mets in uniform, how long does he have to repair this expensive wreck before Cohen decides he’s seen enough from the front office and hands him his own one-way ticket out of town?

A strong start fizzles fast

Stearns grew up a Mets fan in Manhattan and teamed with Mendoza to take the franchise on a surprising run to the 2024 National League Championship Series during their first rousing season together.

Then the club signed slugger Juan Soto to a record $765 million, 15-year contract before the 2025 season and went a big league-best 45-24 through June 12 that year.

But since then, the Mets are 72-103 and they missed the playoffs last season.

This year's team has been hampered by injuries to Soto, Holmes, Francisco Lindor and others. Stearns, a small-market success running the Milwaukee Brewers before coming home to New York, alienated Mets backers by letting fan favorites Alonso and Diaz leave as free agents last offseason. Nimmo and McNeil were traded, and replacements like Bichette, Marcus Semien, Jorge Polanco and Luis Robert Jr. have either missed extensive time with injuries or vastly underperformed.

Mendoza's coaching staff was overhauled last winter, too, with poor results thus far.

“I understand fans’ skepticism. If I were sitting in the fans’ seat, I would share that,” Stearns said. “This is never on one person. It’s certainly not all on Carlos. As I said, I take responsibility for our record on the field. I take responsibility for the entirety of our baseball operations department.”

Tough questions

At a Citi Field news conference, Stearns was asked point blank if he has considered stepping aside.

“I have not,” said Stearns, in the third season of a five-year contract. “I believe that we are building the foundation of an organization that can deliver what we all want. I don't believe that our record on the field this year is indicative of some of the advancements that we've made as an organization. But clearly, our record is nowhere good enough.”

Stearns said he believes ownership still has confidence in him.

“Steve and I are talking on a regular basis, and he's certainly indicated that I have his support,” Stearns said.

Looking ahead

The next step could include pivoting to a selloff this summer and trying to retool for the future.

Peralta, a two-time All-Star pitcher acquired from Milwaukee for two highly regarded prospects, is eligible for free agency after the World Series. Holmes, who could return to the mound in August from his broken leg, can also become a free agent next offseason by declining his $12 million player option, which seems likely.

So the Mets might look to trade them by Aug. 3 to guarantee at least something in return during a lost season.

New York already sent struggling pitcher David Peterson, the team’s longest-tenured player, to the Chicago Cubs on Thursday for a minor leaguer. Peterson also can become a free agent this fall.

“I understand we have an uphill battle ahead of us this year, but we’re not turning the page,” Stearns said. “I think sometimes a new voice, a new perspective, a new view, helps. And sometimes it’s really difficult to explain why or how. But at this point, it was time to try.”

Meet the new boss

The 48-year-old Green, a former major league infielder, joined the Mets in 2023 as senior vice president of baseball development and had been running their farm system. He was given the title of interim manager for the rest of this season.

After that, Stearns said Green will return to a front-office role and New York will conduct a full search for a new manager. Alex Cora, fired by the Red Sox in April, could be an attractive candidate to multiple teams — including the Mets.

New York could also look to hire an experienced general manager under Stearns to give him additional help.

“I understand our fans’ frustration and anger. I think I share that. And we will do everything we can to improve,” Stearns said.

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Ingenieros y otros expertos señalaron que los terremotos consecutivos del miércoles estuvieron entre los más intensos que han golpeado al país en más de un siglo, derribaron edificios y dejaron más de 900 muertos, una cifra que se espera aumente. Videos e imágenes satelitales de la zona del desastre revisados por The Associated Press muestran que decenas de edificios de varios pisos se habían desplomado.

El laboratorio AI for Good de Microsoft analizó imágenes satelitales de Catia La Mar, en el estado de La Guaira, una de las ciudades más afectadas en la costa caribeña. Empleando modelos de evaluación de daños basados en inteligencia artificial, Microsoft determinó que alrededor de un tercio de las casi 30.000 estructuras de la ciudad resultaron dañadas.

Entre los factores que dejaron a tantas estructuras en situación de riesgo: algunos complejos residenciales del norte de Venezuela se construyeron rápidamente durante los recientes momentos de opulencia petroleros, y es posible que los constructores no hayan seguido las mejores prácticas que reducen los riesgos de una actividad sísmica grave, según expertos.

Los ingenieros apuntaron que viviendas más antiguas levantadas en las décadas de 1950 y 1960 —antes de que se adoptaran las normas antisísmicas modernas— podrían no haber sido adaptadas para resistir sacudidas tan violentas. Y muchos inmuebles se construyeron en terrenos con peculiaridades geográficas y suelos blandos que agravan el peligro de los temblores, agregaron.

Edificios altos y concreto antiguo contribuyeron a los daños

David Cocke, ingeniero estructural en California y expresidente del Instituto de Investigación en Ingeniería Sísmica, señaló que una combinación de suelos blandos, torres altas y estructuras de concreto antiguas contribuyó a los daños generalizados, en particular cuando los edificios colapsaron “como un acordeón", es decir, piso a piso.

“Simplemente, no tienen las conexiones de acero de refuerzo más modernas que hoy incorporamos en ese tipo de edificios”, afirmó Cocke.

Desde la década de 1970, los ingenieros saben que los edificios de concreto son especialmente susceptibles a los terremotos y tratan de reforzar las nuevas construcciones con acero. Mientras muchos países ricos han obligado a los propietarios a reforzar o derribar los inmuebles peligrosos, muchas naciones pobres o de renta media quedaron rezagadas en la aplicación de mejoras al tener que hacer frente a problemas más inmediatos.

“Algunos de los países más avanzados como Japón, Nueva Zelanda y Estados Unidos han hecho esos cambios, pero algunos otros no”, manifestó Cocke. “Es un tipo de construcción muy típico en todo el mundo”.

Las “plantas blandas” y el suelo blando influyeron

Otros expertos indicaron que varios de los edificios que se vinieron abajo también tenían muros no estructurales construidos con ladrillos pesados, o tenían “plantas blandas”, es decir, con garajes u otros espacios abiertos similares en los pisos inferiores. Ese tipo de construcción incrementa el riesgo de colapso piso por piso, apuntaron.

“Las plantas blandas son un enorme problema en todo el mundo”, dijo Eduardo Miranda, profesor de ingeniería civil y ambiental en la Universidad de Stanford. “Y en Venezuela son particularmente frecuentes, y si se combinan suelos más blandos con plantas blandas, los edificios pueden colapsar”.

Marcos Ferreira, geofísico e investigador del Servicio Geológico de Brasil, explicó que la destrucción en Venezuela se agravó por los sismos consecutivos, lo que se conoce como “doblete”. Un incidente similar ocurrió en Turquía y Siria en 2023, y mató a casi 60.000 personas.

“Es como si yo estuviera gritando y luego alguien empezara a gritar también”, manifestó Ferreira. “Eso amplifica la vibración y aumenta el peligro potencial”.

Edificios más nuevos también colapsaron

Tras un sismo letal en 1967, el gobierno venezolano tomó medidas para actualizar los códigos de construcción. Pero no está claro cuántos edificios se adaptaron para cumplir la normativa.

A finales de 1999, durante el primer año en el cargo del entonces presidente Hugo Chávez, inundaciones y deslaves destruyeron viviendas, incluso en la costa del norte del país. El gobierno emprendió una campaña de construcción para reemplazar las estructuras demolidas y alojar a los desplazados, dijo Juan Carlos Vielma, ingeniero civil venezolano y jefe de asuntos académicos de la escuela de ingeniería civil de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile.

Algunos de los edificios más nuevos también parecen haberse derrumbado.

“Algo que me deja perplejo es el hecho de que, entre los edificios colapsados, más de uno fue diseñado y construido recientemente de acuerdo con las normas vigentes”, indicó Vielma. “Necesitamos emprender un proceso no solo de reconstrucción, sino también de revisión de las normas aplicables, ya que algo podría haber fallado también dentro de nuestros procesos de ingeniería”.

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Delcy Rodríguez, the interim president, and Diosdado Cabello, the minister of interior, announced on Friday night that volunteers had to register in Caracas to be allowed to enter the state of La Guaira.

Cabello said they had “taken into account various factors— including health-related ones —given the time that has elapsed" and crowd control so first responders could move more freely.

“Under the rubble, we have people alive, but we also have people who are dead,” Cabello said in Spanish.

Rodríguez and Cabello announced that their administration was opening a registration center at 7 p.m. on Friday at the Poliedro de Caracas, an indoor sports arena.

“People will be able to register based on their expertise and receive a credential with a QR code, which will accredit them to participate in support activities,” Rodríguez said during her public announcement.

While local reporters and witnesses shared videos showing a loud crowd waiting in line outside, a Globovision reporter showed a quiet scene as officials waited behind registration tables. There were acts of defiance reported in the town of Tucacas.

En Tucacas una avalancha de gente rompe el cordón de seguridad de la GNB para pasar hacia la zona cero en labores de rescate ya que no llega la ayuda del gobierno. pic.twitter.com/h8R5gF2M5Q

— Patrizia Aymerich (@Patifini) June 27, 2026

🇻🇪🚨| URGENTE: Una avalancha de venezolanos con palas, picos y cascos rompe el cordón policial para ayudar en el rescate de sus familias y amigos en Tucacas, en el estado Falcón. Esta es la actitud en contra del régimen genocida. pic.twitter.com/rZh6Y4PxnD

— Eduardo Menoni (@eduardomenoni) June 27, 2026

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• Grey Bull Rescue Foundation team arrives at Caracas
• Miami search-and-rescue team prepares to deploy
• Centro Comunitario AFE hosts collection drive in Miami-Dade
• Weston-based charity partners with local pharmacy

• Veteran-led Project DYNAMO delivers 20,000 pounds of aid in 1st 48 hours
• Altruism at El Arepazo feeds Global Empowerment Mission’s team effort
• Salvadoran rescuers work to free 15-year-old survivor in Caraballeda

• Food For The Poor packs disaster relief kits with ‘hopeful’ hand-written notes
• U.S. Southern Command focuses on airport damage
• State Department deploys Miami-Dade search-and-rescue team

• Miami Beach opens 4 new aid drop-off locations
• Miramar to keep 6 aid drop-off locations open 24/7
• Miami-Dade’s tax collector opens 11 drop-off locations
• Doral opens 4 aid drop-off locations

• Aid drop-off location opens in Homestead
• Starlink offers free service through July 25, but a kit is $470
• International Medical Corps deploys staff, needs donations
• Save The Children asks for emergency fund donations

• Samaritan’s Purse focuses on ‘emergency field hospital’
• Red Cross asks for Disaster Response Emergency Fund donations
• UN asks for donations for ‘underfunded’ program for kids

• World Vision asks for ‘disaster relief fund’ donations
• World Central Kitchen asks for donations for fresh meals
• United Way Miami launches ‘Operation Helping Hands’

Las cifras más recientes se dieron a conocer al tiempo que los rescatistas continuaban la búsqueda de sobrevivientes del devastador golpe de dos terremotos de magnitud 7,2 y 7,5 que azotaron a la nación sudamericana tres días antes. Las familias habían reportado al menos 68.900 personas desaparecidas hasta la mañana del sábado.

Los venezolanos que buscaban a seres queridos y vecinos usaban palas, maquinaria pesada, cuerdas y las manos desnudas sobre montones de concreto derrumbado en toda La Guaira, uno de los estados de Venezuela más azotados por el par de sismos.

La mayoría de quienes excavaban eran civiles que asumieron las labores de búsqueda por su cuenta, y las tensiones aumentaron por una respuesta inadecuada del gobierno venezolano, cuyos soldados, bomberos, policías y cadetes militares estaban evidentemente poco preparados para responder a la tragedia.

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The International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading, a nonprofit aviation industry association, started Airlink months before the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.

On Friday night, Amazon announced that the company was making an undisclosed donation to Airlink to support the work in Venezuela and was also helping with "disaster relief hubs."

For more information about Airlink’s work in Venezuela, visit this page.

Related list: Drop-off locations in South Florida

More HELPING VENEZUELA coverage

• Grey Bull Rescue Foundation team arrives at Caracas
• Officials close La Guaira, require volunteers to register in Caracas
• Miami search-and-rescue team prepares to deploy
• Centro Comunitario AFE hosts collection drive in Miami-Dade
• Weston-based charity partners with local pharmacy

• Veteran-led Project DYNAMO delivers 20,000 pounds of aid in 1st 48 hours
• Altruism at El Arepazo feeds Global Empowerment Mission’s team effort
• Salvadoran rescuers work to free 15-year-old survivor in Caraballeda

• Food For The Poor packs disaster relief kits with ‘hopeful’ hand-written notes
• U.S. Southern Command focuses on airport damage
• State Department deploys Miami-Dade search-and-rescue team

• Miami Beach opens 4 new aid drop-off locations
• Miramar to keep 6 aid drop-off locations open 24/7
• Miami-Dade’s tax collector opens 11 drop-off locations
• Doral opens 4 aid drop-off locations

• Aid drop-off location opens in Homestead
• Starlink offers free service through July 25, but a kit is $470
• International Medical Corps deploys staff, needs donations
• Save The Children asks for emergency fund donations

• Samaritan’s Purse focuses on ‘emergency field hospital’
• Red Cross asks for Disaster Response Emergency Fund donations
• UN asks for donations for ‘underfunded’ program for kids

• World Vision asks for ‘disaster relief fund’ donations
• World Central Kitchen asks for donations for fresh meals
• United Way Miami launches ‘Operation Helping Hands’

In his first chance to pitch against the Los Angeles Dodgers in his still-new Padres uniform Friday night, Buehler was a star in this NL West rivalry once again.

Buehler beat the Dodgers for the first time since he left the World Series champions 1 1/2 seasons ago, pitching three-hit ball into the sixth inning of the Padres' 7-1 win.

The veteran right-hander played a significant role in building the baseball-dominating powerhouse he faced from the Petco Park mound in the opener of this weekend rivalry series. Buehler came through against the Dodgers' high-powered lineup, striking out five and yielding just one run to an LA roster still packed with his longtime teammates.

Buehler acknowledged feeling good about the latest strong start in his revitalized season for the Padres — but not particularly because of the opponent.

“I have no bad blood against that organization,” Buehler said. “They treated me very well for a long time, and I think in some way, I did to them as well. My last pitch there was the last out of a World Series. I don’t really know how else I would have gone out any better than that. So yeah, I want to beat everyone, especially in the division, and especially a team that has been so successful against the organization I’m with now. I want to be a part of turning that around.”

Buehler made two All-Star teams and won two World Series rings with the Dodgers, going down in franchise history when he came on in relief and got the final out in the clinching Game 5 victory over the New York Yankees in the 2024 Fall Classic. He also was particularly effective in rivalry games against the Padres, going 6-1 with a 1.80 ERA in 12 starts.

He built a career and a life in Los Angeles, but injuries slowed Buehler in his final years, and the Dodgers let him walk after his title-winning heroics.

Buehler faced the Dodgers for the first time last season at Fenway Park, and he didn't get through the fifth inning of a start that went just about as poorly as most of his tenure for the Red Sox, who released him less than a month later. After a brief stint with Philadelphia, he signed with San Diego last February.

“I think the first one in Boston was a lot bigger emotional load, for lack of a better word,” Buehler said. “It’s a team in our division. I’m going to have to pitch against them, and it was good to get the first one in this uniform at home, and we’ll see what happens on the road. I haven’t thrown at Dodger Stadium yet, which will be kind of a different thing, but (it's) nice to have something to fall back on in terms of having some success.”

Buehler (5-3) has regained his footing with the Padres, allowing just five runs over five starts and 26 1/3 total innings in an excellent June. He has improbably become the most reliable starter in San Diego's injury-affected rotation.

The Padres are getting success from Buehler by not overextending the 31-year-old pitcher with two Tommy John surgeries behind him. He has yet to record an out in the seventh inning, but San Diego's superb bullpen has allowed Buehler to feel better about his new role.

“I think I’ve changed from trying to throw 120 pitches and owning the game to just kind of trying to get through the five, six innings and hand it off to our bullpen,” Buehler said. “Obviously we have a lot of super-talented guys back there, so I feel good about it.”

Buehler still wasn't particularly happy when manager Craig Stammen came out to get him in the sixth after just 74 pitches against the Dodgers, but that bullpen came through with 3 2/3 innings of scoreless, four-hit ball that included escapes from two bases-loaded jams.

“In the moment, he likes to let me know he’s not happy on the mound,” Stammen said. “And then when I get back to the dugout, he’s already cooled off. So he’s handled it really well. He’s been a very professional pitcher in that regard. He knows that he’s pitching well and he can get a lot of guys out, but he also knows we’ve got a really good bullpen that can finish a game and get him a win.”

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Shoja Khalilzadeh ripped his jersey off before being mobbed by the entire Iran team after he fired a shot past Egypt goalie Mostafa Shobeir in the 93rd minute to seemingly give his side a 2-1 lead on Friday night.

For a few joyous moments, Iran was convinced it had advanced to the knockout round at the World Cup for the first time in the expanded 48-team pool at this year’s tournament.

The potential late winning goal was called back due to an offside, though, and Egypt advanced past the group stage.

Iran, meanwhile, will have to wait one day to find out its fate after the two teams played to a 1-1 draw. Egypt will play Australia in the round of 32.

Iran coach Amir Ghalenoei lamented what was the third goal by his side waved off by video review in the tournament.

“Technology is justice,” Ghalenoei said in Farsi, “But, I'm upset about our bad luck.”

At the conclusion of what was promoted as a “Pride Match” in Seattle, one which neither Iran nor Egypt wanted any part in, the Pharaohs finished in second place in Group G. Belgium, which played to a 1-1 draw against Egypt on June 15, beat New Zealand 5-1 in Vancouver, British Columbia to win the group outright.

Egypt coach Hossam Hassan was grateful his team didn't slide to third in the group, which would have been the case had Khalilzadeh's goal held up.

“We knew we had qualified already, we were sitting at the top of the group," Hossan said. "I thank God for everything. After this goal was ruled offside, I was very happy.”

Iran, meanwhile, could still advance to the knockout round for the first time in the expanded 48-team pool at this year’s tournament. But, they no longer controls their own destiny after Friday’s game.

“We’re here to make our history, too,” said midfielder Rouzbeh Cheshmi. “(Saturday), if our dream comes true, thank God. If not, we are proud of our game and our players because of how we did the game. The last three games, we held up, so let’s see what happens."

Egypt took an early lead on a goal by Mahmoud Saber in the fifth minute. Former Liverpool star Mohamed Salah provided some strong play in the box before Saber fired a shot between the legs of Iranian goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand.

Iran was denied an equalizer in the 11th minute when Egypt goalkeeper Mostafa Shobeir saved a penalty kick, but tied the game in the 14th minute on a goal by Ramin Rezaeian.

After Iran came up just short, its players aired their grievances about numerous complications off the field. The team has endured travel restrictions imposed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in light of the war in Iran.

In March, Iran sought to move its group-stage matches to Mexico, with which it has diplomatic ties. Its request to move its base camp from Tucson, Arizona, to Tijuana was granted two weeks before the team’s arrival.

Ghalenoei said members of the team have been limited to their hotels and training facilities, and not explored Tijuana in any capacity. Several team officials and members of the support staff have been barred from traveling into the U.S. with the team.

“We don’t have recovery, we don’t have any logistic people here to help us. We always complain about these things, but no one helps us – no one,” said Roozbeh Cheshmi. “As you know, recovery is an important thing. Small details affect the football."

For the first two matches, near Los Angeles, the team was not permitted to travel until the day before and had to return to Mexico immediately after each game. The U.S. then eased its restrictions, allowing the squad to travel to Seattle two days before Friday’s match.

Ghalenoei said the team again had to immediately fly back to Tijuana after Friday's game.

“We were treated very, very badly,” Ghalenoei said. “I hope the world becomes aware of these issues.”

If only for a short stint of time, though, Iran's disdain was tabled in the aftermath of Khalilzadeh's near-goal. Iran did not finish Friday's game with a storybook ending, but it is still alive in the tournament — at least for another 24 hours.

“What these young Iranian national team players have done should be recorded in history,” Ghalenoei said. “Why? Because the host treated us in the worst possible way.”

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The team traveled with Tampa Fire Rescue personnel on Friday to help victims of the devastating 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes that struck late Wednesday.

“We’re setting conditions for maritime operations, air operations, urban rescue operations, and humanitarian aid operations as we focus on search and rescue, evacuating American citizens, and bringing in as much aid as possible,” a spokesperson for the nonprofit wrote on X late Friday night.

Bryan Stern, who served in both the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy, founded the nonprofit organization in 2024 and helped María Corina Machado leave Venezuela so she could accept the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway.

“Whole neighborhoods are flattened and pancaked,” Stern told CNN on Friday night.

During the interview, Stern asked the public to donate to his foundation. He said there were “a lot” of people trapped in the rubble.

“There’s probably more buildings pancaked than Venezuela has firefighters,” Stern told CNN.

For more information on how to contribute to Stern’s foundation, visit this page.

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But the charismatic Burnham may have difficulty — at least initially — distancing himself from policies set in motion by his predecessor.

Burnham, the former mayor of Greater Manchester who was sworn into Parliament hours after Starmer announced his resignation on Monday, will be constrained by the platform the center-left Labour Party was elected on that decisively ended 14 years of Conservative rule in 2024.

It's not entirely clear how he'll navigate those limits and bring his unique brand of politics to the revolving-door post that would make him the 7th prime minister in a decade. He’ll lay out his economic vision in a speech next week.

“At the moment, Andy Burnham is being almost hailed and held up as a folk hero that will save British politics,” said Matthew Flinders, politics professor at University of Sheffield. “The tide is changing and the big issue for Andy Burnham is that when the world suddenly moves against him and he becomes a folk devil, will he sustain the pressure?”

Next PM will seek to boost a sluggish economy and ease cost of living

Burnham is currently the only contestant for the job of leading the Labour Party and the country, and will likely take over July 17 if no one else enters the race. His return to the House of Commons follows a decade leading the region around the U.K.’s third-largest city, birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, which has enjoyed an economic revival during his tenure.

His main challenge will be to overcome Starmer's inability to deliver promised economic growth, repair tattered public services and ease the cost of living.

Burnham highlighted those issues — along with housing and creating opportunities for young people — in a post on social media after Starmer said he was quitting.

“The country expects stability, seriousness and a continued focus on the issues that matter most and that is what it will get,” he said on X.

Burnham, who is widely regarded as sitting to the left of Starmer in the party, has said he'll revive a sluggish economy without going beyond the current government’s spending and borrowing plans. That pledge has helped reassure markets traumatized in 2022 after Prime Minister Liz Truss announced unfunded tax cuts and then withdrew them, leading to her 49-day record as Britain's shortest-serving leader.

“If you are a Labour prime minister from the soft left of the party, the markets don’t need that much invitation to panic,” said Mark Goodwin, a politics lecturer at Coventry University. “They will start from a position of skepticism. So he’d have to be very, very careful."

He said Burnham will face a challenge “to convince people that this is something different, without the markets reading that as ‘This is too different.’"

Burnham faces big questions over budget priorities

Burnham promotes what has been called “Manchesterism,” a business-friendly socialist approach that involves harnessing private investment for major projects and decentralizing government to give communities more control of housing, utilities, transportation and education.

In a possible preview of how he would move power from the capital, he is reportedly planning to move some of the prime minister’s operation closer to home, about 200 miles north of 10 Downing St., the London office and home of the U.K.’s leader.

He has said he would not raise taxes on workers — sticking to a Starmer pledge — and suggested policies that include easing the tax burden on businesses, and possibly reversing an increase in a tax employers pay to fund pensions, public health care and welfare.

The big question is how he will fund programs, if he'll scrap existing priorities, and how he'll meet demands for higher defense spending, said Jill Rutter, senior fellow at the Institute for Government think tank.

Starmer's government pledged to meet a NATO target of spending 3.5% of GDP on the military by 2035. But John Healey stepped down as defense secretary this month after complaining that Starmer was not moving fast enough to meet the target.

Burnham more comfortable with domestic issues

Burnham's lack of experience on the world stage could present a challenge improving the so-called special relationship with the U.S. after President Donald Trump turned on Starmer.

Trump described Burnham this week as a “town” mayor and said he heard he was “extremely liberal” and probably wouldn't expand North Sea oil drilling — one of his frequent gripes about Starmer.

Starmer made a priority of forging cordial ties with Trump despite their political differences, and was rewarded with a U.S.-U.K. trade deal. But it came at the cost of angering some in Labour's liberal voter base, and the president soured on Starmer after the British leader criticized his designs on Greenland and declined to enter the Iran war.

Burnham has not always said nice things about Trump. After Trump's followers stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Burnham posted on X that "any politician who gave Trump the time of day should be ashamed right now.”

Starmer won praise from many for his international role, especially in bolstering European support for Ukraine. But he was criticized by some for being distracted by foreign affairs, Rutter said. She doesn't expect the same from Burnham and he could farm out some of those duties by choosing an experienced hand as foreign secretary, the U.K.'s top diplomat.

"I don’t think Andy Burnham will want to be ‘never-here Andy’ in succession to ‘never-here Keir,’” Rutter said in reference to Starmer's globetrotting moniker.

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said on Wednesday that she spoke with Burnham about policy issues and said “he’s 100% behind our unwavering support for Ukraine” and ”is a fundamental believer in NATO and in our shared deterrence and in the multilateral partnerships that we have."

Playing it safe at first could allow radical reshaping

An early priority for Burnham will be something Starmer struggled with: crafting a clear and convincing narrative that people understand about the direction he wants to take the country, Flinders said.

That plays to Burnham's communications skills and the popularity he has achieved by presenting himself as an amiable northern everyman who favors T-shirts over suits and ties, plays soccer for kicks and is known for spinning 1990s tunes during DJ battles.

So far, he has played it safe and tried not to raise public expectations too high. But if he can prove himself to be a competent leader and win public support to survive the remaining three years before a general election must be held, he can lay out a bolder vision for another term in his own manifesto.

Burnham has spoken of reshaping the political system, such as replacing the House of Lords with an elected senate and introducing proportional representation in voting. He also said he'd like to see the U.K. rejoin the European Union in his lifetime, though he backed away from that during his campaign in a constituency that voted 2-to-1 in favor of Brexit.

“My sense is that he will take some time, sensibly, to build up his team, his narrative, his story and his connections in order to then try to secure a public mandate and the next general election to then approach the more radical phase that he wants to deliver, which is exactly what Margaret Thatcher did in the '80s,” Flinders said.

Birds, especially, are crucial to ecosystems across the globe, providing services like pollinating flowers, controlling pests naturally, dispersing seeds and even serving as early warning systems.

Experts said there are ways to respond if people see a bird in need in the heat, and how to react to other wildlife. Here's what to know.

What happens to birds in high heat?

Birds are very diverse, and often well adapted to dealing with prolonged periods of heat, said David Bird, McGill University emeritus professor of wildlife biology.

They also have a higher body temperature than mammals, with some birds around 38 degrees Celsius (100 degrees Fahrenheit) or even slightly higher.

They may adjust their feathers in certain ways, or increase airflow across a complex series of air sacs, to help keep cool. They also adapt to heat behaviorally.

But birds have a maximum level of heat they can withstand, just like humans, said Aimee Van Tatenhove, a postdoctoral fellow at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

“This level differs by species, and as you can imagine, species that live closer to the poles are often much more susceptible to heat than species that live closer to the equator,” Van Tatenhove said. “Prolonged intense heat like Europe is experiencing right now is likely pushing many species toward their maximum heat tolerances, putting them at risk of heat illness or death.”

Birds don’t sweat like humans and some other mammals do, but they have other ways to naturally beat the heat, experts say.

Some species, including backyard birds, will “gape,” opening their beaks and panting, not unlike a dog. Others will also flutter the pouch skin on their necks to cool off. This behavior is known as “gular fluttering."

Birds also often seek out shade, and dip in birdbaths, fountains and shallow ponds to lower their body temperatures.

What should people do if they see birds out i

n the heat?

It's difficult to fully protect birds that are also experiencing the ongoing heat wave, but experts offered a few tips.

In the short term, people could set up shallow water sources — in spots that are safe from harm, like predators — though experts caution it's important to keep these baths clean.

People can also fill bird feeders, providing an easy food source for birds that might be avoiding foraging for their next meal in the hot sun. Insect populations are also dramatically down, in part due to climate change and pollution, impacting a major natural food source for birds.

Over the long term, people who are able to can provide shaded areas around their yard, including layered vegetation such as small shrubs and taller trees, Bird noted.

If passive approaches aren't possible, it might be best to leave them be, said Jack Kottwitz, assistant professor at Michigan State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. “These birds know better than what we do about what is comfortable for them.”

Birds often seek out cooling temperatures, by finding lower places to perch or even fans.

What about other wildlife that might be seen and found?

As far as other wildlife, it might also not be the best choice to try to intervene by giving an animal foreign food or water or attempting to bring it indoors, experts say.

Local wildlife rehabilitators are the best resource to contact if a sick or injured animal is found, as signs of extreme heat stress can also be similar to those of diseases that wild animals may carry. Experts know best how to help wildlife and provide needed care.

“The best thing for wildlife is to let them be wild," said Lisa Duke, sanctuary grounds manager at the W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary, also affiliated with Michigan State. "They know what to do with their bodies.”

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That's right: There's a beef about beef between two of the top cattle-raising areas of the world, where steak is deeply ingrained in diet and culture. Texas ranks No. 1 in the United States in beef production and the U.S. is second only to Brazil globally, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Argentina ranks sixth.

It's a high-steaks question: Who does do it best?

The case for Argentine beef

“Argentine beef is simply unbeatable. The savory texture, the style of the cut — there is no competing with it,” said Carlos Eduardo Barahona, 64, an Argentine chef who's lived in Texas since 1998.

From the cheapest cuts to the most expensive, Argentina is tops, asserts Barahona, who has worked in restaurants across Argentina, Uruguay, and Texas.

“You can make an (Argentine) asado with the cheapest cut in our country and you will enjoy it. Here, you can use the best meat, like tenderloin, and depending on its source, it can turn out tough, inedible or tender. But our beef has a completely different flavor profile,” Barahona said.

Argentine beef cattle is mostly grass-fed on open pastures, taking longer to reach the point it is ready for market. The result is leaner meat with intense earthy flavors.

The case for Texan beef

Predominantly grain-fed beef in Texas and the U.S. will have more marbling — the streaks of intramuscular fat that act as internal baster and make the meat juicy and tender — and a sweeter flavor.

“There’s no better beef than U.S. beef, particularly Texas beef,” said Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller.

But Argentine beef is very good too, Miller said. Thanks to Texas.

Miller said his agency opened a marketing office more than a decade ago to connect Texas' cattle raisers with ranchers in South America, notably in Argentina.

“I don’t want to disparage our friends in Argentina, but we have helped them improve,” he said.

“Their genetics were lacking. We do have them up to pretty high quality. We sold them a lot of semen, embryos, and breeding stock,” Miller added.

Miller congratulated Argentine farmers on improving the quality of their cows.

“Their herds have American genetics in them, so they should be good,” Miller said.

The verdict is in the eye of the beefholder

Argentine fan Gonzalo Herrera browsed packaged meat at a Walmart in Arlington, Texas, after watching Messi score two goals in a win over Austria. He shrugged at the whose-beef-is-better debate.

“Honestly, I don’t see a massive difference,” Herrera said as he packed four T-bone steaks into his shopping cart.

“The key is knowing exactly which cuts to buy and finding the equivalent of what we eat in Argentina,” he said, shaking his head at the $45 price.

“Prices are higher here,” Herrera said.

The beef banter just as easily boils down to recipes and preferences in style and thickness of cuts. It's a matter of taste, quite literally, when it comes to seasoning, searing, smoking, butter, pepper, sauces and so forth.

At Corrientes 348 Argentinian Steakhouse in Dallas, steaks are prepared with just salt and mesquite charcoal, said assistant manager Emmanuel Tobon.

“There's a big difference. Texans use a lot of pepper, they use butter, they use a little barbecue (sauce),” Tobon said. “(Argentines) like to bring all the flavor of the steak by only using salt.”

Argentina still has at least one more match to play in Dallas, on Saturday. Fans of the Albiceleste have been packing the restaurant, seeking a quick taste of home during the World Cup.

“They have been enjoying the Texas culture,” Tobon said. “(But) it has been a great pleasure to have all of them, to make them feel like home.”

Argentines are fiercely proud of their steak culture, recipes that have been passed down for generations, and the “sacred” work of the grill master at large family meals, he said.

For Fernando Garcia Morillo, an Argentine from Buenos Aires who now lives near Miami, the meat from both countries is great. But he longs for the traditions of home whenever he orders steak in the U.S.

“I order just salt, no pepper, just plain,” Morillo said. “Sometimes they use a lot of sauce.”

He dismissed any notion of a beef between the U.S and Argentina.

“Maybe there's a rivalry as usual against Brazil, our neighbor,” he said. “I love the U.S. meat.”

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After more than 130 years, the once grand Aqueduct track is set to run its last live races this weekend. The final race, appropriately titled, “It Was a Good Run,” is posted for Sunday at 5:44 p.m.

The track, located next to John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, will remain open for betting on televised races — known as simulcasting — through Sept. 7.

“There’s a lot of history here. Just so many good horses,” said David Donk, a veteran horse trainer, in between afternoon races at Aqueduct earlier this month. “It’s had its use. But, you know, times change. Everything changes in life.”

Racing is a contracting industry

The end of the “Big A” comes amid increased competition for gambling dollars. Slot parlors, casinos, state lotteries and, more recently, legalized online and sports betting have all steadily eroded the allure of what once was dubbed the “sport of kings.”

There are roughly 75 thoroughbred tracks nationwide, compared to the more than 300 facilities offering some form of horse racing during the sport’s Gilded Age peak in the late 1800s, according to the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, an industry trade group.

Among the other major tracks that have closed in recent years are Arlington Park in Illinois, which was purchased by NFL’s Chicago Bears for a potential new stadium, and Golden Gate Fields in the San Francisco Bay Area.

“For over 100 years, thoroughbred racing was one of very few sports outlets you could legally bet on,” said Tom Rooney, the association’s president. “With the expansion of sports gambling, our sport will naturally condense and coalesce around a more pragmatic number of marquee tracks and locations, similar to other sports.”

Indeed, a large chunk of Aqueduct’s hulking site, where a crowd of 75,000 celebrated Mass with Pope John Paul II in 1995, has for years been home to a Resorts World casino. The gambling hall began offering live table games like blackjack, poker and craps earlier this year after winning a lucrative state license to operate a Las Vegas-style resort, and has plans for a glitzy, multibillion dollar expansion.

Some 9 miles (14 kilometers) east, just over the city line on suburban Long Island, the famed Belmont Park racetrack — home to the third leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes — is set to reopen in September after a roughly $550 million renovation. State funding for that project was contingent on the New York Racing Association, which operates the tracks, returning Aqueduct’s more than 100 acres (40 hectares) to the state for future redevelopment and consolidating thoroughbred races at Belmont and Saratoga Race Course upstate.

“We couldn’t have gotten the money to rebuild Belmont and continue to race at Aqueduct. You have to make these choices,” said Andy Serling, the track's longtime television analyst and race handicapper. “I don’t think you’ll find anybody here that’s not gonna tell you they’re gonna miss Aqueduct, but we’re also incredibly excited to be opening this beautiful new building at Belmont.”

Aqueduct had humble beginnings

Originally opened in 1894, Aqueduct took its name from an old aqueduct running through the property that brought fresh water from Long Island to New York City.

It was a relatively modest operation until a dramatic reinvestment in 1959, which brought a dedicated subway stop, air-conditioned restaurants and lounges along with a roughly 35,000-seat grandstand complete with escalators, elevators and other amenities. The Associated Press, at the time, declared the transformed track “the world’s most modern and luxurious horse plant.”

Legendary Triple Crown winner Secretariat won the first race of his storied career at the track in 1972, then trotted out for a final farewell the following year.

Seattle Slew’s big win at Aqueduct in 1977 served as the final tuneup en route to sweeping the Triple Crown later that year. And in 1994, Cigar launched his historic, 16-race winning streak at Aqueduct.

Top jockey remembers track fondly

Taking a break between races on a recent Friday afternoon, Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez recalled how his decorated career began at Aqueduct.

The 54-year-old native of Puerto Rico said it took weeks going up against some of the top horse riders of the time for him to win his first career race. Velazquez has since notched more than 6,700 victories and holds the most purse earnings of any jockey in North America.

“This is where I developed my craft, where I learned everything that I know,” Velazquez said after winning his first race of the day. “The years that I spent here made me the jockey that I am today.”

Inside the cavernous grandstand, longtime gambler Roy Brown reminisced how he tried getting into the business himself after one big win at the track.

The 68-year-old retiree from Queens said he hauled in around $60,000 on a “pick-six” in the late 1980s — a difficult bet in which a gambler has to pick the winning horse for six straight races.

The native of Jamaica, who had no experience in the industry outside of gambling, used some of his profits to buy two horses. But he and the thoroughbreds ended up having brief racing careers.

“It’s best to bet on them, not own them,” Brown said with a laugh. “If you’re really passionate about it, it’s your best two minutes. Nothing's sweeter than seeing your horse coming down the stretch or coming from behind and at the wire, knowing you got it.”

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Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava also met with Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel, who were also packing for deployment.

“This is something that is important work. We have one of the most well-trained, committed teams in the United States,” Higgins said, according to a video the city released on Friday night.

The U.S. State Department activated Florida Task Force 2, or FL-TF2, an urban search-and-rescue team of about 230, including physicians, structural engineers, hazardous material technicians, and K-9 handlers.

“It’s devastating what happened in Venezuela, so we are making sure that they have the support that they need, and we are going to send a team of 80 people,” Miami Commissioner Rolando Escalona said, according to the city’s video published on X.

The State Department also activated Florida Task Force 1, MDFR Chief Raied “Ray” Jadallah’s team, which has experience working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

After the devastating 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes struck late Wednesday, the Trump administration first announced the deployment of search-and-rescue teams from California and Virginia.

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Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews’ ruling overturns a June 15 decision by Division of Elections Director Carol Beecher to disqualify the challenger and keep him off the primary ballot. Matthews’ ruling can be appealed to the state Supreme Court.

Attorneys for the state have said Tuesday is the deadline for a final ruling so that ballots for the Aug. 18 primary can be printed.

The judge ruled that the Division’s decision to exclude Dan J. Sullivan because his candidacy was not “in good faith” was not based on the Constitution, Alaska law or the Division’s own regulations. The retired teacher from the small fishing community of Petersburg filed to challenge the incumbent.

“Instead, the decision was based upon a new, previously unstated, ‘good faith’ criteria,” the judge wrote.

Attorneys for the state did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Friday’s ruling. Jeffrey Robinson, Dan J. Sullivan's attorney, said in an email he expects the Division to appeal the ruling and couldn't comment until the Alaska Supreme Court rules on the case.

The controversy over the two Dan Sullivans has underscored the stakes involved in the incumbent’s reelection campaign. The Alaska race is one of about half a dozen U.S. Senate races expected to be highly competitive in the fall, and the seat is one Democrats are trying to flip in their efforts to try to regain the majority.

The senator and allies, including the National Republican Senatorial Committee, have condemned the challenger’s efforts to join the race, arguing his presence could confuse voters. Under Alaska’s election system, the top four candidates from the primary, regardless of party, move on to the ranked-choice November general election.

The senator has accused the challenger Sullivan of working with Democrats and the campaign of Democratic former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola — who is considered the senator’s main opponent — to cause confusion and boost Peltola’s chances. Peltola’s campaign and state Democrats have denied the allegation, as has the challenger.

Sen. Sullivan and Peltola are the highest-profile candidates in the crowded race and the only ones to report raising any money.

Beecher has said she determined the challenger Sullivan is not eligible to run because his candidacy was not filed in good faith and instead was done with an intent to confuse voters. She said he had registered to vote as Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. and, in conjunction with his candidacy, changed his party affiliation to Republican. She also cited similarities between his campaign website and the senator’s, and his work with a consultant whose clients have included some Democrats. She did not mention finding any evidence of alleged coordination.

In arguing to keep the challenger disqualified, attorneys for the state pushed back on suggestions the ballot could be designed in a way to reduce voter confusion over two candidates with the same name and party running for the same office.

“The Constitution does not require States to place a sham candidate on the ballot and then attempt to mitigate the damage through design choices,” attorney Rachel Witty, with the Alaska Department of Law, and outside attorneys Christopher Murray and Michael Francisco wrote in court filings.

Attorneys for the challenger Sullivan argued that the Constitution lays out three exclusive qualifications for the Senate, addressing only age, citizenship and residency. They said Beecher lacked the legal authority to boot their client off the ballot.

The challenger Sullivan has said that sharing a name and party affiliation with the incumbent gave him “an instant megaphone.” But the 69-year-old retired teacher and former U.S. Forest Service employee said he had considered a run for some time and had grown frustrated with the senator.

He initially was certified on the state’s candidate list as Dan J. Sullivan, with the senator listed as Dan S. Sullivan and identified as the incumbent.

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This story has been updated to correct the surname of Dan J. Sullivan's attorney: it is Robinson, not Robertson.

Venezuela’s government said the number of people killed rose to 1,430 Saturday morning and families reported at least 68,900 people missing, three days after the one-two punch of 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes that devastated the South American nation.

Venezuelans looking for loved ones and neighbors used shovels, heavy equipment, ropes and bare hands atop mounds of toppled concrete throughout La Guaira, one of the country’s hardest-hit states.

Most of those digging were civilians who took search efforts into their own hands, and tensions peaked over inadequate response from the Venezuelan government, whose soldiers, firefighters, police and military cadets were evidently underprepared to respond to the tragedy.

Frustration was only amplified by state efforts to project the image of a robust state response.

“There’s a pile of bodies over there from last night. Newborn babies. Look what time it is, and they still haven’t come to recover them. At 8 p.m. there were people alive down there, and they haven’t bothered to rescue them. We’ve located several bodies, and they haven’t helped us recover them either,” said Mileidy Romero, who was among those searching the rubble in the seaside town of Caraballeada. “What are they waiting for?”

Aid agencies consider the first 48 to 72 hours as crucial for retrieving people alive, though that can be extended if they have access to food and water.

However, a growing number of international rescue teams were joining the effort to save lives nearly 72 hours after the quake.

Acting President Delcy Rodríguez said on state television Saturday that more than 14,000 members of the military and police are patrolling the area, where access is now blocked and special permits are required to enter. More rescue teams sent by governments across the world arrived in Venezuela on Saturday.

Simón Bolívar International Airport, which serves Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, was badly damaged in the quake. One runway was operational on Saturday as U.S. teams worked to repair the crucial throughway, said Jeremy Lewin, a senior State Department official in charge of foreign assistance told reporters.

Anxious families wait to see if relatives survived

In the state of La Guaira, just north of Caracas, Nazareth Jiménez sobbed into a loved one's shoulder on Friday as she watched neighbors use hammers and power tools to try to cut through slabs of concrete in a building reduced to a mountain of debris. She was wracked with anxiety as she waited to see if her siblings, nephews, nieces and friends would emerge alive.

“My God, how are we going to get them out of there?” Jiménez murmured.

“We're making a call for help to the government and countries across the world,” she said, pleading for machinery capable of moving collapsed structures. “There are still people alive in there.”

Government forces distributed food and water to survivors in La Guaira, and Rodríguez said her government was mounting a full response during these “critical hours for rescuing people alive.”

The disaster poses a huge challenge for Rodríguez, the former vice president who took office in January after the capture and removal of then-President Nicolás Maduro by the United States. Venezuela has been facing economic disarray for more than a decade, and many people reject the legitimacy of the political movement Rodríguez represents.

The number of dead was expected to climb, and people reported tens of thousands of missing on independent digital databases. Those figures likely included people who have been incommunicado due to the lack of cellphone signals, and some reports may be duplicated.

The number of injured stood at more than 3,300 as of midday Friday, and authorities said they rescued 243.

Search teams and foreign aid from Mexico, the U.S., Brazil, El Salvador, France, El Salvador and more continued to arrive to Venezuela Saturday morning to bolster recovery efforts.

Lewin, the State Department official, said the U.S. military would help coordinate flights to bring in search and rescue workers, mobile hospitals and supplies. He said two 80-person search teams were at work and a U.S. Navy transport ship was docked off the coast of Venezuela ready to receive airlifted survivors in need of medical attention. Lewin said it is a “race against the clock” to find people injured in the quakes.

“People are trapped under rubble, and the priority is to get the search and rescue teams and the medical professionals and others to them as quickly as possible to save lives,” he said.

Millions of people reeling

The International Organization for Migration said up to 6.76 million people could be affected, some 2 million of them in Caracas alone. The destruction was amplified by the quick succession of shallow quakes, experts said.

Loyce Pace, the International Red Cross’ regional director for the Americas, said “people are still terrified to reenter what were their homes.”

Indeed, many continued to sleep on the street.

Omar Reyes said around 20 family members died.

“I’ve been left alone in this life,” Reyes said, walking through the rubble where two of his children were buried.

In the city of Maiquetia, people lined up outside stores and pharmacies that served them one by one behind closed doors. At one point a woman in a crowd threw herself to the ground to protect a package of diapers with her body, desperate to keep it.

Traffic and throngs of motorcyclists at times disrupted search efforts. Mexican soldiers and volunteers repeatedly asked for silence to try to hear signs of life under the rubble, but bikers — civilian and uniformed — continued to honk horns and rev engines to the first responders' frustration.

Some people began to carry off basic goods such as toilet paper and food from stores in Catia La Mar, adjacent to the country’s main airport. Others swarmed a civilian pickup truck that was giving out bread and water, until a soldier intervened. The parking lot of a pharmacy turned into a makeshift shelter with tarps, hammocks and tents.

A few miles (kilometers) away, Yuleidy Cadenas, 28, stood across the street from a collapsed public housing building, hoping her son, mother and brother would be pulled out alive.

She fled barefoot from another building as it collapsed Wednesday and found her mother’s 12-floor apartment tower had pancaked.

“I got on top of the rubble and told them to yell back, and nobody did, not my brother, nor my son or my mother,” Cadenas said.

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Janetsky reported from Mexico City. Associated Press journalists Clara Preve in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dánica Coto in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Ali Swenson in Washington, D.C. contributed to this report.

Some of those companies, called pharmacy benefit managers, also own pharmacies, and one of them, CVS, has spent millions of dollars fighting the regulations.

Affordability is a key issue ahead of this year’s midterm elections. Legislators in at least a dozen states passed laws this year to limit compensation to the companies, set minimum payments from the companies to pharmacists and require the companies to disclose more information to their clients, states and the public.

A Tennessee law will bar pharmacy benefit managers from operating retail pharmacies as of July 1, 2028, though CVS Health Corp. has filed a federal lawsuit to avoid having to close its 136 pharmacies there.

About 6 in 10 U.S. adults said in a poll conducted earlier this year by healthcare research nonprofit KFF that they were at least somewhat worried about being able to afford their prescriptions. About 4 in 10 said costs had led them not to take medications as prescribed within the previous year, either by taking less than the prescribed dose, using over-the-counter substitutes or not filling prescriptions.

Dozens of proposals emerge across the US

Pharmacy benefit managers, particularly CVS and two other large companies, handle most U.S. prescriptions.

Lawmakers in at least 26 states introduced more than 120 bills this year on PBMs, according to an Associated Press search using the bill-tracking software Plural, with about a quarter of the bills clearing at least one chamber.

The companies manage pharmacy claims for health insurers and negotiate with manufacturers over drug prices and what medications will be covered. Critics concede that the size of the top companies gives them leverage that health plans wouldn't have on their own.

The benefit managers argue that they're the only player in the drug supply chain created to help push drug costs down and they claim credit for an increased used of less-expensive generic drugs, now 90% of U.S. prescriptions.

“If PBMs already didn’t exist, you’d need to invent one,” Prem Shaw, president of the CVS Health group overseeing its pharmacy and PBM operations, said in a recent interview. “Blaming PBMs for high drug prices is like blaming umbrellas for the rain.”

CVS fights restrictions in Tennessee

Drug companies, PBMs and their allies have spent at least $24 million on opposing broadcast and digital advertising since the start of 2025 to influence public opinion, according to the ad-tracking firm AdImpact. CVS spent $4 million this year on ads opposing Tennessee's new law.

CVS sued Arkansas last year after it enacted similar legislation, and a federal judge blocked its law. CVS also settled three lawsuits in which Louisiana accused it of unfair trade and deceptive practices in lobbying against legislation there last year, agreeing to pay $45 million without acknowledging wrongdoing.

The CVS lawsuit in Tennessee alleges that the company, which operates 9,000 pharmacies nationwide, is facing “naked protectionism” from lawmakers who operate independent pharmacies — including the law's main sponsor, state Sen. Bobby Harshbarger, and co-sponsor Sen. Shane Reeves.

Independent pharmacies say they're being squeezed

In Knoxville, Seth White, who manages a CVS pharmacy, will have to find a new job if the Tennessee law stands, and he's also worried about hundreds of its customers having to go elsewhere for their medications.

Some 900 miles (1,400 kilometers) away in Coldwater, Kansas, Lisa Gales is on the opposite side of the debate. She and her husband operate the Main Street Pharmacy, and she said they rely heavily on sales of non-pharmacy items to offset low reimbursements from pharmacy benefit managers.

Gales calculates she lost money on 86% of the prescriptions she filled last year. A new Kansas law will require PBMs to pay a $10.50 dispensing fee per prescription. Gales called it a “great win,” even though, “It’s still way under what it’s costing us.”

A new Louisiana law imposes an $11.81 dispensing fee. Another says PBMs must operate for the benefit of their health-insurer clients and people enrolled in health plans.

Critics deride each mandatory dispensing fee as an extra “pill tax” that will drive up consumers' costs. Backers dispute that, saying the laws also limit what PBMs charge health plans for the cost of medications themselves — so that it's often well below wholesale prices.

Pharmacy benefit managers push drugmakers to give big discounts on those wholesale prices but face criticism for keeping any portion of them. Some states now require PBMs to pass along all discounts.

Patients are watching the debate

It all worries consumers, particularly in small towns, who fear it could become harder to get their medications if PBMs squeeze independent pharmacies on reimbursements to the point of endangering their businesses.

In southeastern Kansas, Faith Sanders, a 79-year-old retired nursing home administrator, said the pharmacy in her hometown of Cedar Vale is important because without it people would have to drive 35 miles (56 kilometers) “to go out of town to get anything.”

For her many elderly neighbors, she said, “We get to the point where it’s hard for us to get out of town.”

Meanwhile, even some PBM critics question whether states can effectively regulate them. In Tennessee, state Rep. Robert Stevens, a Nashville-area Republican, told colleagues during a debate that cracking down on PBMs “needs to be done by Congress and not by us.”

Congress did pass new PBM regulations in February. One law will prevent PBMs from keeping any rebates they’ve negotiated on drug prices for health plans that supplement federal Medicare coverage for Americans over 64.

U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow, who was endorsed by Trump, and state Treasurer John Fleming are competing in the runoff. The two finished ahead of Sen. Bill Cassidy in the May 16 primary after Trump denounced the two-term senator, who voted to convict him following his 2021 impeachment.

A Letlow victory would cap Trump's primary efforts to unseat Republicans who have not been in lockstep with him. Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, Texas Sen. John Cornyn and five Indiana state senators all lost reelection bids last month to challengers he backed.

Letlow was elected to the House in 2021 after her husband, Luke Letlow, won the same seat but died before taking office. She received Trump’s backing before entering the primary race in January.

She finished first in the primary with nearly 45% of the vote, compared with about 28% for Fleming and nearly 25% for Cassidy.

“We have a chance to send a clear message that Louisiana stands with President Trump,” Letlow said Thursday in an online rally with the president. “He endorsed me because he knows I will stand with him.”

Letlow has big advantages

Letlow's success on May 16, campaign spending on her behalf and support from prominent Republicans have her well positioned in the runoff. She was also endorsed by Gov. Jeff Landry, who consulted with Trump last year about her running for Senate, and U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise.

Last month Letlow won in parishes from the state's rural north to the New Orleans area in the southeast. She carried six of the 13 parishes that Fleming formerly represented in the U.S. House, including Caddo Parish, which includes Shreveport.

Fleming, a founder of the conservative House Freedom Caucus while in Congress, later worked in Trump's first administration. He has reminded voters that he did not resign after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters.

He has appealed to those who identify with the president's “Make America Great Again” movement, saying his voting record is more conservative than Letlow's. His campaign ads describe him as MAGA “long before it was cool.”

Fleming has told voters he was blocked from reaching Trump to seek his endorsement by White House allies of Landry. Fleming says he finally got on the phone with Trump and reminded the president who he was.

“I said nobody has been more loyal to you than me,” Fleming recounted during a June campaign stop. “He said, 'You’re fantastic! Why didn't you call?'”

Mary Patricia Wray, a Louisiana political consultant who advises Republican and Democratic candidates, said she expects Fleming to perform well in rural areas but Letlow has the upper hand.

“Higher-information voters in more populous areas are going to fall into that Letlow camp,” Wray said. “She is the more institutional-looking candidate.”

The two campaigns have spent comparably on advertising, roughly $1 million each. But a super PAC that supports Letlow has led all spending, accounting for $4 million since the primary, according to the ad-tracking firm AdImpact.

Fleming attacked Letlow on DEI, and she criticized him over an AI video

Fleming has ads highlighting Letlow's previous public support for diversity, equity and inclusion policy, which Trump has tried to eliminate. Letlow, a former college administrator, said she supported DEI while interviewing for the position of president of the University of Louisiana-Monroe in 2020, but said this year she opposes it.

Fleming reposted an AI-generated video on the social platform X this month that purported to show Letlow saying she supported DEI because she “didn't know any better.” The fake image of Letlow also referenced her husband, who died from complications of COVID-19.

Fleming said he did not create the video “but it’s getting passed around Louisiana for a reason.”

Letlow condemned the sharing of the video as “disgraceful and indefensible,” chiefly for its mention of her husband.

Letlow has emphasized key priorities for social conservatives, notably her support for national legislation barring transgender women and girls from competing in school sports.

Fleming staked much of his campaign on opposition to carbon capture and sequestration, the process for injecting carbon dioxide waste underground to reduce industrial pollution. The technology’s build-out, included planned pipelines, has sparked backlash in rural Louisiana communities and divided the state GOP.

Fleming said such projects infringe on private property rights and federal government subsidies for the technology are wasteful.

Voters are also choosing a Democratic Senate nominee

In the Democratic primary, Jamie Davis, a northeast Louisiana crop farmer, faces Gary Crockett, a Navy veteran and business executive. Both have promoted addressing the cost of living and protecting social safety nets.

The state is heavily Republican. Trump carried Louisiana by 22 percentage points in 2024.

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Beaumont reported from Des Moines, Iowa.

Air tankers and helicopters were grounded Friday as winds picked up on the Cottonwood Fire, the largest blaze currently burning in the U.S. Gusts were clocked at 45 miles per hour (72 kph) and humidity levels were in the single digits, leaving crews with few options for slowing the flames, especially as they raced through the treetops.

The U.S. Forest Service said in a statement on Facebook that weather conditions are expected to slightly improve, but not by much.

“Weather conditions are slightly better for fire behavior today, but extreme fire behavior may occur in the afternoon as temperatures and wind speeds increase,” the U.S. Forest Service said Saturday in a statement on Facebook.

No injuries or deaths have been reported, said Jaclynn Swope, a spokesperson for the response team.

The National Weather Service in March said Salt Lake City, Utah's capital, had the warmest winter on record with an average temperature of 40.7 degrees Fahrenheit (4.8 Celsius), nearly 8 degrees above normal. Many other parts of Utah had warmer-than-usual winter.

Burning in a sparsely populated area of southern Utah, the Cottonwood Fire ballooned Saturday to more than 144 square miles (373 square kilometers).

One of several large wildfires burning in Utah, it severely damaged the Eagle Point ski resort in Beaver County and forced campground closures in Fishlake National Forest.

In the community of Marysvale, the smoke blocked out the sun Friday as ash rained down. Officials warned of unhealthy air quality there and elsewhere.

“We’re looking at a full 48 hours of critical weather that we have not seen in Utah in the last five years,” meteorologist Jason Straub told a community meeting in Beaver County Friday evening.

Elsewhere in Utah, evacuations were ordered Friday for several small communities southwest of Salt Lake City, including in Eureka, with a population under 1,000, and the Vernon Reservoir area, officials said. Highways running through the area have been closed.

Two wildfires in that area — the Iron and Cherry fires — ran together overnight, and they are about 38% contained, according to fire officials. The two fires combined are covering about 91 square miles (236 square kilometers).

The smoke pushed mostly east, meaning air quality at popular vacation spots like Zion and Bryce Canyon national parks — located far south of the flames — hasn’t been significantly affected beyond some haze in the Bryce area.

Still, the plume was visible from miles away, even as far as Colorado.

It's like nothing seen in recent memory, Utah state forester Jamie Barnes said earlier this week. She acknowledged that fires are spreading farther and faster “under conditions that defy historical expectations.”

Nationally, nearly 3 million acres have burned since the start of the year, pushing the U.S. ahead of the 10-year average.

Red flag warnings cover the West

Conditions including low humidity and strong winds have triggered red flag warnings across a wide swath stretching from California to southern Arizona and New Mexico. Some of the forecasts predicted winds of 25 to 35 miles an hour (40 kph to 56 kph), with the worst conditions expected from northern Arizona into central and southern Utah.

At Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, officials were preparing for a power outage on Saturday. The utility that serves the area had warned that it would likely initiate a safety outage in hopes of lessening the risk of wildfire in the area.

Visitors will be able to purchase park passes at entrance stations as long as backup power systems remain operational, but park officials said visitors should come prepared. That means downloading maps and other important information before arriving and ensuring that phones and other electronic devices are fully charged.

Power shut-offs have become more common in the West as wildfire risk has expanded. It's usually a last resort after utility forecasters weigh factors like sustained wind and gust speeds, available fuels and topography.

With extreme fire conditions persisting, Rocky Mountain Power has issued a public safety power shut-off watch/warning for areas of central, southern and eastern Utah through the weekend.

As long as it's hot and dry, the risk will be high

Tim Brown, a research professor and director of the Western Regional Climate Center, said the potential for extreme fire behavior will remain as long as it’s hot, dry and windy. He pointed to parts of the West that have been mired by persistent drought, including Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.

“I would not be surprised to see a lot of restrictions come out as we get closer to the July Fourth weekend,” he said. “People really need to be aware of their surroundings if they’re going to be out in the forested campground areas and grassland areas.”

Gov. Spencer Cox set the temporary fireworks restrictions through July 5 as the nation prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, saying “this year is different.”

While the Cottonwood Fire's cause was unknown, the governor’s order noted that humans have been the cause of most fires in the state so far this year.

Even in Florida, where there have been multiple brush fires, authorities are urging people to skip the personal fireworks and instead leave the pyrotechnics to professionals putting on carefully planned shows.

Burbank police said they were called to a home around 5:30 a.m. after someone dialed 911 reporting a woman screaming.

When they arrived, they found 24-year-old Wade and a woman with lacerations on her face and body, police said.

The woman was not taken to a hospital after paramedics checked on her at the scene.

A handgun was also removed from the home following the arrest. Police issued an emergency protective order for the woman.

Wade played high school basketball at Sierra Canyon School in Chatsworth, California, where he received several scholarship offers — but he turned them down to go pro.

He played one year for the Salt Lake City Stars of the G League and spent a couple seasons overseas, playing in South Africa and Macau.

Pero en medio de una ola de calor histórica que convierte las buhardillas como la suya en un riesgo potencial para la salud, esta joven de 23 años, recién graduada, no se siente tan afortunada.

“Ha sido la peor semana que hemos vivido en este apartamento”, se lamentó en estos días en los que la capital y otras partes de Europa sufren un calor abrasador. “Hace un calor insoportable toda la tarde y es imposible tener un respiro”.

Muchos de los edificios de París, que se ven tan pintorescos desde el exterior, se convierten en lugares hostiles —incluso peligrosos— para la salud durante el implacable calor, que ha batido récords y que transforma los largos días de verano y las cortas y sofocantes noches en verdaderas batallas.

Esto es especialmente cierto para quienes viven directamente bajo los tejados de París, que a menudo no pueden permitirse apartamentos más grandes en plantas bajas, los cuales están menos expuestos al sol directo.

El calor extremo puede convertir los áticos en sitios mortales. Un estudio sobre la ola de calor sin precedentes de 2003, la cual causó 15.000 muertes, reveló que vivir en una buhardilla parisina directamente bajo el tejado aumentaba el riesgo de muerte en más del cuádruple, según un informe que la agencia de salud pública de Francia publicó el año pasado.

Además, investigadores que estudiaron muertes relacionadas con el calor en ciudades europeas para una investigación publicada en la revista científica The Lancet Planetary Health, en 2023, encontraron que París presentaba el mayor riesgo de muerte por calor entre las 30 capitales europeas analizadas.

Aproximadamente tres cuartas partes de los techos de París utilizan láminas de zinc como revestimiento, lo que crea las magníficas vistas grises de la ciudad que durante mucho tiempo han inspirado a artistas y cineastas. La UNESCO ha reconocido la técnica de los techadores de zinc, a la que considera un valioso patrimonio cultural de la humanidad. El zinc es resistente a la intemperie, maleable y puede ser reciclado. Pero al ser un metal, también absorbe y conduce el calor.

“La gente encuentra encantadores los techos de París. Existe la imagen de la buhardilla. Pero en realidad, si observas quién vive en esos apartamentos, suelen ser estudiantes que pagan mucho dinero por una habitación pequeña”, observó Maider Olivier, de la Fondation pour le Logement des Défavorisés (Fundación para la Vivienda de los Desfavorecidos).

“No sólo están extremadamente expuestos al calor, sino que también es imposible crear ventilación cruzada para disipar el calor por la noche”, agregó.

En el apartamento sin ascensor del sexto piso que Kenney comparte con su pareja, Francesca Pilia, también de 23 años, han acomodado un escritorio, una cama doble y un pequeño piano eléctrico. La única ventana del apartamento, que sobresale del techo de zinc, da al oeste, por lo que recibe sol directo desde el mediodía hasta el anochecer. Se dividen el pago de un alquiler de 735 euros (835 dólares) al mes.

“Era el lugar más barato para vivir”, expresó Kenney. “Me gusta que dé a la plaza. Puedo ver bodas casi todos los sábados por la mañana”.

“Pero ahora pienso que, si pudiera gastar más dinero para vivir en otro sitio, lo haría”, apuntó.

Aunque los edificios de oficinas, los centros comerciales, los cines y otros lugares modernos donde se reúne la gente suelen tener aire acondicionado, los apartamentos privados rara vez cuentan con él, especialmente en el densamente poblado centro de París, con sus edificios clásicos de estilo Haussmann. Estos reciben su nombre del urbanista del siglo XIX que transformó la ciudad y le dio sus amplias avenidas arboladas y gran parte de su aspecto arquitectónico.

Olivier, la activista por la vivienda, manifestó que las normas de urbanización destinadas a preservar el carácter de París —incluidos sus tejados característicos— dificultan los empeños para adaptar las viviendas al calor extremo.

“Hay personas que no pueden aislar sus techos, ni instalar contraventanas para bloquear el sol y evitar que sus casas se sobrecalienten, debido a las normativas de protección de los techos”, expuso. “Pero esas normativas que protegen los tejados de París no protegen a las personas que viven debajo de dichos techos”.

Kenney, originaria de Australia, y Pilia, de Italia, están acostumbradas al calor. Pero las temperaturas en París —con máximas récord para junio que superaron los 40 grados Celsius (104 grados Farenheit) durante el día y 25 ºC (77 ºF) por la noche— han sido insoportables.

Compraron un pequeño ventilador eléctrico, se duchan con agua fría, se refrescan con un trapo húmedo, se hidratan y se debaten entre dejar o no la ventana abierta.

“Me despierto y decido: ‘Hace demasiado calor; tengo que abrir la ventana’”, explicó Kenney. “Una hora después, me despierto y digo: ‘Hay demasiado ruido, tengo que cerrar la ventana’”.

“Es un ciclo muy, muy kafkiano”, concluyó.

The nonprofit organization, founded in 2009, plans to welcome the public’s drop-off donations from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday at 6090 NW 84th Ave., north of Doral and south of Medley.

The nonprofit plans to hand the donations to the Doral-based Global Empowerment Mission, a nonprofit organization committed to delivering disaster relief to those in need in northern Venezuela.

The volunteers will not be accepting clothing, shoes, or linens. They welcome nonperishable food, bottled water, emergency supplies such as batteries and first aid kits, personal hygiene products, diapers, protective gear such as gloves and KN95 masks, tarps, industrial trash bags, and shovels.

For more information about how to volunteer or donate, visit this page or call 305-602-4466.

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They will not be accepting clothing, shoes, or linens. They welcome nonperishable food, bottled water, emergency supplies such as batteries and first aid kits, personal hygiene products, diapers, protective gear such as gloves and KN95 masks, tarps, industrial trash bags, and shovels.

Miramar officials have committed to delivering the donations to the local nonprofit Global Empowerment Mission’s warehouse in Doral. In turn, GEM’s leaders have committed to making sure that the donations make it to those in need in northern Venezuela.

Here is the list of the locations, which officials say will be open 24 hours a day to accept the donations:

Miramar Police Headquarters at 11765 City Hall Promenade

Fire Station 19 at 6700 Miramar Parkway

Fire Station 70 at 9001 Miramar Parkway

Fire Station 107 at 11811 Miramar Parkway

Fire Station 84 at 14801 SW 27th St.

Fire Station 100 at 2800 SW 184th Ave.

For more information about the effort, visit this page.

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“We are small,” he said. “But we have big hearts and we are fighters.”

Cape Verde completed an improbable run through the group stage with a third straight World Cup draw, a 0-0 draw against Saudi Arabia on Friday night to advance in the tournament.

The small island nation off the western coast of Africa, which is making its debut on soccer’s grandest stage, already held 2010 champion Spain to a 0-0 draw and then came from behind to get a 2-2 result against Uruguay.

“The team was very eager to show this to the whole world,” Cape Verde coach Bubista said while draped in his country's flag. “We are proud of having arrived at this stage. We have shown that we are a small country, but that we fight for the things that we want to achieve.”

Cape Verde’s three points put the team in second place behind Spain, which beat Uruguay on Friday night and won the group.

Cape Verde will play reigning World Cup champion Argentina in Miami on July 3.

Drawing all three group matches doesn't guarantee advancement at major soccer tournaments. But several teams have done it in the past, including Wales in 1958, Ireland and the Netherlands in 1990, and Chile in 1998. New Zealand, however, also got three draws at the 2010 World Cup and was eliminated.

On the eve of the match, Bubista mused, “everyone is entitled to dream and nothing is impossible.”

The Blue Sharks proved him right, overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds as this country of just more than 500,000 reached the round of 32.

A woman, her face painted with a flag of the archipelago, held a sign that read: “Small Islands, Big Dreams.”

A dream that these underdogs have made reality as they continue their charmed run on the world stage.

They did it with another strong game from Vozinha, whose tournament success has helped him amass more than 16 million Instagram followers.

He had a save in first half stoppage time, grabbing a header from Mohamed Kanno to keep Saudi Arabia scoreless. Another save came in the 66th minute when he leaped to deflect a shot from Mohammed Abu Al-Shamat.

A third came in the 92nd minute when he stopped a shot by Abdullah Al-Hamdan.

“There is a lot of quality in our national team,” Vozinha said. “Maybe for many of you, you think the Cape Verdean player is not good enough. But we came here to show that we have a lot of quality and we are here to compete and our players can play everywhere in the big competition, in the big leagues.”

A group of shirtless men in the crowd each painted one letter of his name on their chests as they cheered Cape Verde.

But Vozinha had a much bigger fan among the crowd of 68,278 as his mother Ana Candida Evora watched from a luxury suite, waving a tiny Cape Verde flag. It was her second match of the tournament after missing Vozinha’s epic seven-save performance against Spain because of visa issues.

Cape Verde had a chance to score in the 50th minute, but Kevin Pina's shot from distance was just above the crossbar. Another chance came in the 74th minute when Laros Duarte’s shot from the middle of the box was stopped by goalkeeper Mohammed Al-Owais.

A last chance to score came in the final seconds when Nuno da Costa sent a shot from the middle of the box wide left.

But it didn’t matter because a couple of minutes after the final whistle, Spain completed its victory over Uruguay and set off a joyous celebration among Cape Verde's players and fans, many of whom cried as they rejoiced.

Having led his squad to new heights, Bubista was asked if he could have imagined such a run entering the tournament.

“I’ve always said that sooner or later Cape Verde would be on such a stage,” he said. “Of course it’s hard to have such a forecast, but I always knew.”

Saudi Arabia was eliminated after finishing with two points in the group stage.

“We were very poor in terms of creating things, controlling the game and creating actions,” coach Georgios Donis said. “And one cannot win a game this way. It would be very difficult.”

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Uruguay, a two-time champion, will go home without any victories in its three Group H games. Spain, the European champion, won the group with seven points and will face the second-place team from Group J — either Austria or Algeria — on Thursday in Inglewood, California.

Álex Baena scored in the 42nd minute after Muslera couldn’t fully swat away his shot from inside the area. It was the third blunder of the tournament by the 40-year-old Muslera, who asked coach Marcelo Bielsa to substitute him at halftime. Sergio Rochet came in to start the second half.

“He is the one who decided to leave,” Bielsa said.

The veteran Argentine coach said he feels like Uruguay deserved better luck considering its performances, and should have earned seven points instead of two from its group matches. But he took full responsibility for the team's failure.

“No one wants to listen to explanations now,” Bielsa said. “The blame is on me, I’m the one responsible for the disappointing work that I did. I had a group of quality players.”

At 19th in the FIFA rankings, Uruguay is the highest-ranked team to be eliminated so far.

“Every match is different and you have to win every type of match,” Spain coach Luis de la Fuente said. “This was a game with maximum difficulty.”

De la Fuente said midfielder Yéremy Pino likely suffered a broken collarbone that would sideline him for the rest of the tournament. Pino, who entered the match in the 66th minute, stayed on until the end despite the injury because Spain had already made all five substitutions.

Cape Verde, which played Saudi Arabia to a 0-0 draw in the other group game on Friday, finished second in the group with three points, one more than both Uruguay and Saudi Arabia. Uruguay finished third but without enough points to be among the best eight third-place teams that will advance.

A few Uruguay players cried on the field after the final whistle. Many fans booed the team as it left.

The match was one of the most anticipated of the group stage, but it featured few significant scoring chances by either team.

“I'm very proud of all the work that we have done,” Baena said. “We competed very well.”

Uruguay players loudly advocated for a penalty in the final minutes after Federico Viñas went down inside the area.

There was some tension near the end. Uruguay’s Agustín Canobbio was sent off in stoppage time for a tackle on Spain defender Paul Cubarsi. His teammates had to escort him off the field, and after the final whistle he returned to try to talk to the referee.

Uruguay, the World Cup winner in 1930 and 1950, came into the final group match in turmoil after draws against Saudi Arabia and Cape Verde. Uruguayan media said there were reports of players not being happy with Bielsa.

Spain, seeking its second World Cup title, opened with a shocking 0-0 draw against Cape Verde but was coming off a 4-0 win over Saudi Arabia. La Roja haven’t made it past the round of 16 since winning their lone title in 2010.

Spain striker Lamine Yamal, who entered the tournament nursing a left hamstring injury, had a lackluster outing and again didn’t play the entire match, being replaced by Ferran Torres in the 76th minute. The 18-year-old Yamal was replaced at halftime against Saudi Arabia and came off the bench in the second half against Cape Verde.

Uruguay midfielder Manuel Ugarte had to replaced because of an apparent knee injury near the end of the first half. He was on the ground seeking medical assistance when Spain opened the scoring, and was eventually taken off the field on a stretcher.

King Felipe VI of Spain was among the crowd of 45,065 at Estadio Akron.

A moment of silence was observed before the match in memory of those who died when back-to-back earthquakes struck Venezuela late Wednesday.

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Marisol Dieguez, a Venezuelan-American who founded the organization in 2014, developed a partnership with Locatel, a pharmacy and medical equipment supplier founded in 1979.

Locatel was accepting cash donations for the team effort in Broward and Miami-Dade counties.

In Hallandale Beach, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday at 1715 East Hallandale Beach Boulevard.

In Miami Gardens, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday to Friday, and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, at 2440 Northeast Miami Gardens Drive.

To understand what motivates the leaders and volunteers, the nonprofit, which has three stars on Charity Navigator, shared a documentary.

In 2020, Dieguez’s grassroots effort was the focus of “5ta RUTA,” a documentary in Spanish that was later made available on YouTube.

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Yoon, who shot a record 63 in the first round at Hazeltine National Golf Club, had two bogeys with one birdie on the back nine to reach 12 under. The 23-year-old is seeking her first LPGA Tour victory.

“The remaining two days will obviously be nerve-racking, but being nervous is human nature, and I think I want to embrace that and focus on what I can in my shots,” said Yoon, who missed the cut at the U.S. Women's Open this month after tying for fourth at the first major of the season at The Chevron Championship.

Nasa Hataoka, Brooke Henderson, A Lin Kim and Hae Ran Ryu were tied for second. Ryu shot a 64 for the best score of the day, three strokes better than Hataoka. Henderson finished with three straight birdies for a 68. Kim shot a 70. They all left the course in good spirits, yet trying to figure out how to make up five strokes.

“It’s halfway done. She had a great first half, so hopefully I can just have a great second half to try to make up the difference,” said Henderson, the Canadian who won the Women's PGA Championship at age 18 in 2016 at Sahalee Country Club in Washington. “I feel like overall the way I’ve been playing the course has been really solid, so just hopefully I make a few more birdies and climb the board.”

LPGA Tour leader Nelly Korda, who opened her bid for a third straight major title this year with a quiet 70, had a 68 to climb into a tie for sixth place with Dongeun Lee at 6 under.

After rallying from a slow start to win the U.S. Women's Open at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles, Korda put herself in a viable position.

“It is hard to have a big lead going into the weekend. I was there at Chevron and you do feel a little bit more pressure, like everyone is hunting you down. I’m just going to focus on, as boring as it is, one shot at a time and see where that takes me,” Korda said. “I know the wind will be higher this weekend so it’s going to play probably a little bit more difficult, and I’m sure that the pins will be tricked up.”

Yoon, Kim, Ryu and Lee gave South Korean four of the top seven at the midpoint of a tournament that has so far enjoyed calm, dry and comfortable conditions with high temperatures in the mid-70s. The 36-hole average score is the lowest for this event since 2008 at Bulle Rock in Maryland.

“I think I like this kind of grass, and the course fit my eye as well," Yoon said. “Yeah, I think I like this course.”

Yoon became the fourth player in the history of the Women's PGA Championship, which dates to 1955, to lead by five or more strokes through 36 holes, following Mickey Wright (eight, 1958), In Gee Chun (six, 2022) and Cristie Kerr (five, 2010).

Korda again had hundreds of fans following her every shot, streaming from hole to hole as she traversed the lengthy 6,700-yard course in suburban Minneapolis.

After birdies on four of her first nine holes, Korda faded a bit down the stretch and finished with six straight pars as she fought a hook with her tee shots. She hit into the rough along the treeline to begin her back nine before two-putting for bogey on the first hole.

Projecting confidence and humility as the sport's most dominant and popular player at the moment, Korda couldn't help but laugh with caddie Jason McDede at the difference in layouts from the last major to this one.

“At Riv it’s a dead right and now it’s left,” Korda said. “I would’ve killed for this shot at Riv. But, yeah, it’s just golf. It’s funny, right? It always kind of humbles you, and you’re always kind of scratching your head a little bit in some ways.”

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Video of the series of events was released Friday by a state judge in Hartford overseeing Jones’ family’s lawsuit against eight officers and a prison nurse, following a yearslong legal battle and after both sides agreed to certain redactions.

The Department of Correction had sought to keep it sealed since 2019, saying in part that its release could present security problems because it shows the physical layout of the prison and staffing patterns. But Jones’ family, the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut and local NAACP officials called for publicly releasing the video, saying transparency was needed in Jones’ death.

“The events in the video are as disturbing as the events in the video of George Floyd’s death,” Ron Murphy, a lawyer for Jones’ family, wrote in a court document, referring to the man killed by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020. “But in some ways, the video of J’Allen’s death is worse.”

Jones, 31, from Atlanta, was serving a 10-year sentence for robbery at Garner Correctional Institution in Newtown, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of New Haven when he died on March 25, 2018. Correction officers had been trying to take him to a medical unit in the prison at the time to get treatment for his mental illness.

Handcuffed inmate appeared in crisis as officers struck him

Portions of the 52-minute video show Jones handcuffed behind his back — and later with his legs shackled — as officers hit his legs and torso with their knees and fists, after he refused a strip search. At one point, an officer pins him down on a bed with a knee on his back while others hold him down.

Jones — who was having a schizophrenic episode, according to court documents — is heard yelling at this point, much of it unintelligible. He repeatedly shouts, “In the blood of Jesus Christ!” At one point, he tells officers, “I command you ... to uncuff me now!”

Officers, meanwhile, tell Jones numerous times to stop resisting and to calm down. One officer tells Jones they're just trying to help him.

About 17 minutes into the video, Jones appears to start having trouble breathing after the spit bag was placed over his head and he was pepper sprayed. Nearly five minutes later, Jones appears to be unconscious as officers struggle to hold him up and put him in a wheelchair. At around the 24-minute mark, an officer requests a nurse to evaluate Jones.

“Right now he's just being dead weight, and I just want to make sure he's OK,” the officer says, talking to the video camera held by another officer.

Minutes go by before life-saving measures are started

About 28 minutes into the video, a nurse starts performing CPR and an officer orders someone over the radio to call 911. An ambulance crew doesn't arrive until more than 43 minutes into the video. Jones was pronounced dead at a local hospital.

Hours after Jones' death, the Department of Correction put out a brief statement saying that Jones had become “non-compliant and combative with staff and then became non-responsive.” It did not say anything about officers striking Jones but noted that there were no immediate indications that excessive force was used. It said life-saving measures were performed and he was brought to a hospital.

The medical examiner’s office determined that the cause of Jones’ death was “sudden death during struggle and restraint with chest compression and pepper spray exposure in person with hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.” It ruled his death a homicide, although that designation does not necessarily mean a crime was committed.

In January 2019, a state prosecutor investigating Jones’ death determined that no crimes were committed.

An internal Correction Department investigation found that excessive force was not used. But the eight officers and nurse violated policy by not recognizing for more than seven minutes that Jones was in medical distress — although not intentionally, the investigation report said.

Punishment of one-day suspensions without pay were handed down to the nine staff members, Correction Department records show.

The correctional officers' union did not immediately return an email seeking comment.

Family lawyer hopes video release spurs calls for reforms

Allen was Black, and his lawyer says eight of the nine defendants are white. One is Black. In court papers seeking release of the video, Murphy said it’s important that the public sees the footage and can consider “whether his race or schizophrenia played any role in how his cries for help and gasps for air were perceived and handled.”

“I hope everyone who chooses to watch the video does so with an open heart, remembering that J’Allen Jones was a father and a son and that his family grieves every day,” Murphy said in a statement Friday afternoon, adding that he hoped the video leads to prison system improvements.

He added, "I found the video very difficult to watch as it depicts the painful death of another human being. So please take care of yourself while watching and if you experience overwhelming feelings, consider taking a break or reaching out to someone for support. Thank you.”

Responding to a series of questions from The Associated Press about the video and how officers dealt with Jones, the Correction Department's interim commissioner Sharonda Carlos, said in a statement that the agency is continually focused on improving the services it offers to inmates experiencing mental health problems.

“Any loss of life in our facilities is a tragedy that we feel deeply, and our sympathy remains with Mr. Jones’ family and loved ones," she said.

Carlos said she appointed a psychiatrist to lead the department's inmate medical services in May, and the agency is rolling out major improvements to its mental health training for staff.

“Behind every individual in our care is a family hoping for their well-being, and we do not take that responsibility lightly,” she said.

The Bogotá, Colombia, native saw the scary scene two years ago during the Copa America final as thousands of ticketless fans breached the security gates at Hard Rock Stadium to watch Colombia face Argentina.

Colombia's soccer team will play Portugal on Saturday in a World Cup group stage match, returning to the stadium for the first time since that incident — this time with heightened security and multiple checkpoints.

“Now that we’re here, I feel a little pressure just to show myself better and like to show a better country to the world," said Nicolas, who said he was not at the match in 2024. "Colombia is new now. Colombia has new stuff to give to the world. We’re a different country, so now we have to show that.”

The crowd trouble began hours before the July 2024 match. Supporters — many of them wearing Colombia’s yellow and red colors — rushed the gates at the home stadium of the NFL's Miami Dolphins, leaving fans terrified and bloodied as security struggled to contain the rush.

Screams could be heard in the background of many videos circling social media, and posts showed some fans trying to climb through air vents to gain entry.

Questions were sparked on how to handle two more years of major soccer tournaments in the United States — the Club World Cup last year and this year's World Cup.

There was increased security last summer at the Club World Cup matches held in Miami, which served as a preview of the ticket-screening measures to expect on Saturday.

Fans must pass through three separate checkpoints that enclose the entire campus before getting close to the stadium, and parking passes are checked well before entry. Steel fencing is also set up around the perimeter.

“It’s been a layered approach that people have to go through,” said Andrew Giuliani, executive director of President Donald Trump’s World Cup task force, which is overseeing the tournament's multiagency security effort.

“We’re going to make sure that everybody is on their guard ready to go that day in particular,” Giuliani added, “just making sure that there are no issues. ... We’re leaning in on the 27th to make sure we can talk about the action that happened (on the pitch)."

Giuliani said there will be a “strong federal presence” both around the stadium and city on Saturday, declining to answer if that includes more than a typical match day. There have been three World Cup group matches in Miami so far. Each has seen a heavy police presence.

“I think we like showing up for our team, and some people take it a little bit too far," said Lucas Gaviria, a native of Manizales, Colombia, who attends Florida Atlantic University. “That has to do with our culture. We care about it too much, we have a ‘any means necessary’ type of thinking. ‘I need to see this game, even though I know I don’t have the money for it.’”

Saturday's match has been in high demand, both because of South Florida's large Colombian community and the draw of Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo. Tickets on the resale site StubHub were listed from around $3,000 to more than $5,000.

“If you don’t have tickets, you shouldn’t be on site here,” Giuliani said in January, when he and other members of the task force visited the stadium during the College Football Playoff national championship. “It’s not like an American football game where there’s tailgating. This is very different. We want to make sure the security resources are here for those ticketed fans. If you’re not ticketed, you have fan festivals. You have other events in the Miami area where you can go and enjoy and be safe.”

Hard Rock Stadium — Miami Stadium is its name during the World Cup because of FIFA’s policies about sponsorship — has not commented because of its ongoing involvement in multiple lawsuits related to the Copa America final.

Those lawsuits, which list multiple defendants, claim — among other things — that the stadium and soccer officials didn’t have enough security present to handle such a crowd, lacked proper numbers of Spanish-speaking personnel working at the event and didn’t protect legitimate ticket holders “from foreseeable criminal activity.”

Ahead of Saturday's match, Colombia supporters said they hope that moment doesn't define them.

"There are a lot of great things that Colombia stands for," said Nadia Rodriguez, a Bogota, Colombia, native living in Miami. “Great coffee, beautiful landscapes, amazing songs, the soccer team. The darkness is in the past.”

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Plantation police responded to the 4400 block of NW 10th Court, where they found a person suffering from injuries. The person was transported to the hospital and a suspect was taken into custody.

Authorities say the incident appears to be isolated with no danger to the public. Detectives are asking residents to stay clear of the area while they investigate.

The idea was to give them to friends with kids. But what happened next surprised him.

“When I walked in with this box of cards,” Martin recalled, “hundreds of people of all creeds and cultures said something: ‘Where did you get those? How can I get some?’ Those Panini stickers are just that iconic collectible that goes beyond sports collectors.”

The stickers depicting players and teams in the World Cup have been around since 1970, when four Italian brothers paid $1,000 to procure the rights to produce the images. More than 50 years later, the stickers are available in packs all over the world, and fans young and old not only purchase them but also swap among themselves, helping each other fill their keepsake albums.

This year's book is the largest ever, partly due to an enlarged 48-team tournament, with 980 distinct stickers. They've become such a hot commodity that many stores are sold out, and backorders may not ship until the tournament has crowned a champion.

“We've sold an unbelievable amount of the stickers,” said Martin, one of the owners of Dave and Adam's Card World, which has shops in New York and Europe.

“We thought the order we placed months ago would be enough to tide us over,” Martin said. “We've had to reorder twice.”

The building buzz for a World Cup tradition

Panini had produced more than 2 billion packs — each containing seven stickers — by the start of the tournament, said Jason Howarth, the senior vice president of marketing and athlete relations for Panini America. That's quite a feat considering the field wasn't set until April 1.

Most stickers are not valuable by themselves, though older ones — such as the debuts of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo — can fetch hundreds of dollars. The value comes in trying to fill the World Cup album.

“In European and South American culture, completing the sticker album is something almost every child does at some point,” said Matt Blazey, from Milton Keynes, England, whose YouTube channel featuring cards and collectibles has more than 62,000 subscribers.

“Most rediscover it in adulthood,” Blazey said, “when they realize they have adult money, which brings back all of those memories of bringing stickers into school, showing them off to your mates and swapping them to complete the album.”

Indeed, part of the beauty of the Panini stickers is in their accessibility. Each pack only costs about $2 (1.50 euros).

Beginning with the last World Cup in Qatar, though, Panini also began producing variations with special borders that are much more scarce. Suddenly, stickers with red, purple or orange edges became especially sought-after, and collectors have put huge bounties on ultra-rare, black-bordered, 1-of-1s — as in, one in the world — depicting Messi, Ronaldo, Lamine Yamal and other big stars.

Some industry experts believe the black Messi sticker alone could command $200,000 at auction.

“We're tracking and following through social media who pulls the black 1-of-1s,” Howarth said. “Neymar, Leo, Ronaldo — this is probably their last World Cup. What do those stickers sell for? That's going to be a new high mark for the category.”

The challenge of completing the album is real

Sammi Kaewsawang had never participated in the World Cup album experience until this year, when the content creator from Long Beach, California, decided to see how long it would take to physically peel and stick all 980 examples into the album.

By the time Kaewsawang finished with Panama, the last of his 48 teams, he'd been at it for about 7 hours, 47 minutes.

“Now I'm on my second one, helping my fiance's nephew complete his,” Kaewsawang said. “What made the experience so memorable was the people I met along the way. Trading stickers brought me together with fans of all ages.”

That is undoubtedly part of the appeal: Even though Panini has a digital collection available, the sense of community that comes from swapping your doubles for a player you might need brings with it a quaint sense of nostalgia, not unlike the way American kids have collected and traded baseball cards for generations.

Many shops help by scheduling swap meets. Panini itself has a truck at Rockefeller Center in New York, where thousands have shown up in the evenings to trade. Message boards allow fans to connect anywhere in the world, and about 8,000 collectors recently showed up at a stadium in Santiago, Chile, to swap.

“I've made genuine new friends though this hobby,” Kaewsawang said, “and that means more than completing the collection itself.”

The end of the Panini stickers is near, or is it?

Even though Panini stickers have never been hotter — a partnership with Coca-Cola means stickers can be found under labels of certain bottles — the company is facing the end of an era after the 2030 tournament in Morocco, Portugal and Spain.

The Fanatics brand Topps will take over the rights to produce World Cup cards, stickers and other FIFA collectibles, and it's unclear whether the U.S.-based company will produce a similar product as its Italian rival.

“It is a real bittersweet moment,” Blazey said. “From my side, and for probably 90% of collectors at the moment — more so outside the U.S., where Panini is a household name — it's a very sad moment for this to be the end. So many people grew up collecting them, and it's synonymous with their childhood, so the loss of the license is very much seen as sacrilege.”

Yet there is also hope among collectors that Fanatics, which also recently took over the license for the Premier League, can take some of its forward-thinking ideas from sportscards and apply them to a sticker product for the 2034 World Cup.

It may not be the end of an era so much as a reboot.

“We're very privileged to be a significant partner with both Panini and Fanatics. We try not to pick sides,” Martin said. “I think Fanatics will do an amazing job with World Cup products, but I'm not sure they'll be able to capture the cultural impact.”

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Someone alerted authorities about the trailer in August 2022 after seeing small fingers reaching through gaps in the doors. Police stopped Samuel Bateman's vehicle as he was driving through Flagstaff and found three girls inside, who were ages 11 to 14 at the time. The trailer was enclosed with a makeshift toilet, a sofa and camping chairs.

In the federal case, Bateman was convicted of coercing girls as young as 9 to submit to sex acts with him and other young adults, and for scheming to kidnap girls from protective custody, the story of which is the focus of a Netflix series, “Trust Me: The False Prophet.”

Bateman previously claimed to have more than 20 "spiritual wives," including 10 girls under the age of 18. He testified in his own defense in the state case, telling jurors he would never harm the people he loves. He acknowledged during cross-examination that he knew the girls were in a hot trailer for hours and the ventilation wasn't good, but downplayed the conditions.

“I just trusted myself as a driver,” he said. “I asked God to bless me every time we hopped in that vehicle.”

He claimed he thought the girls had gotten out when they stopped. He said he was as “shocked as could possibly be” when he learned that they were still inside when he was pulled over.

During closing arguments, prosecutor Eric Ruchensky told jurors, “It’s common sense that you don’t carry people in a trailer designed for cargo on a hot day with no ventilation."

Jurors in the state case weren't supposed to hear about Bateman's conviction in federal court. The judge barred the evidence from being introduced. But Bateman brought it up several times as he represented himself, leading the judge to strike the comments from the record.

The jury delivered the verdict Friday in about 40 minutes, convicting him on all three counts of child abuse. . Each count carries a mandatory sentence, between four and eight years. The judge has discretion to run the counts consecutively or concurrently. A sentencing hearing is scheduled Aug. 25.

The Associated Press left a voice mail and email messages Friday for Bateman’s appointed advisory counsel.

Federal authorities said Bateman, a self-proclaimed prophet, traveled extensively between Arizona, Utah, Colorado and Nebraska as he built an offshoot network of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which historically has been based in the neighboring communities of Colorado City, Arizona, and Hildale, Utah.

He and his followers practiced polygamy, a legacy of the early teachings of the mainstream Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which abandoned the practice in 1890 and now strictly prohibits it.

Bateman was one of the trusted followers of Warren Jeffs, who previously led the sect and is serving a life sentence in Texas for sexual assault of children.

The influence of the polygamous sect has waned significantly over time in the towns where the sect has historically been based. In 2017, a court order placed the towns under supervision, excising the church from their governments and shared police department.

But the area has since transformed so quickly that they were released from court-ordered supervision last summer, almost two years earlier than expected. Practicing sect members are now believed to account for only a small percentage of the towns’ populations.

Trout expects to return from the injury in plenty of time to play in the July 14 All-Star Game, but it will likely prevent the Los Angeles Angels center fielder from the home run competition the night before in Citizen’s Bank Park.

“They asked me when we were in Sacramento (last weekend), but I probably won’t do it,” Trout, 34, said before the Angels' game against the Athletics. “It would have been cool to do it, but the injury kind of threw things off.”

Trout, a three-time American League MVP and 11-time All-Star, has turned down numerous invitations to participate in the derby because he felt the high volume of maximum-effort swings the event requires would throw him off at the plate.

He always maintained that he would take part in the derby at least once before he retires, and this seemed to be the year to do it, with All-Star Game festivities in Citizens Bank Park about 45 miles north of his hometown of Millville, New Jersey.

Trout fueled more speculation that he would participate in the derby last weekend when he told USA Today that he was “considering” participating in the event.

But Trout, who was hitting .234 with 17 homers and 36 RBIs in 74 games when he was placed on the 10-day injured list on June 18, had a change of heart over the past week.

“When it came out that the All-Star Game was in Philly, I thought it definitely would have been cool to do,” said Trout, who ranks second behind Aaron Judge in All-Star voting for AL outfielders. “Then I hurt my leg, so I’m leaning toward not doing it.”

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James Dale, who filed a complaint in a New York City federal court Thursday, alleges that both sides have provided conflicting answers, while the Pentagon is refusing to release a copy of its agreement with the organization.

The Pentagon made a deal with Scouting America in February that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said would refocus the organization away from diversity initiatives and other “woke” policies. Hegseth threatened to cease the military's longtime support of the organization if it failed to comply in six months, which would be in late August.

Hegseth put heavy emphasis on Scouting America’s acceptance of transgender youth, saying the organization will require members to use their “biological sex at birth and not gender identity.”

But Scouting America, formerly known as the Boy Scouts of America, said then that the agreement did not change existing policies regarding transgender youth and that they are welcome.

“We have transgender people in our program and we’ll have transgender people in our program going forward,” Scouting America President and CEO Roger Krone told The Associated Press in February.

In his complaint seeking the agreement, Dale states that both accounts “cannot be true, and the stakes are of profound public importance."

Hegseth had pledged in February to “vigorously review” the changes Scouting America has made, threatening to withdraw support.

“We hope that doesn’t happen, but it could,” Hegseth said at the time. “Ideally, I believe the Boy Scouts should go back to being the Boy Scouts as originally founded, a group that develops boys into men. Maybe someday.”

The scouts and the military have had longtime ties, including the military providing logistical support for the National Boy Scout Jamboree and scouts meeting on or near bases. The military also has maintained a strong relationship with the Eagle Scouts, whose members often enlist.

Dale had filed a Freedom of Information Act request in late March to get the memorandum of understanding between Scouting America and the Pentagon regarding the changes.

“The Department has invoked no exemption, produced no record, and missed every deadline,” his complaint stated. "Mr. Dale brings this action to enforce the public’s right to know, before the Department’s August deadline expires.

When asked for comment on Dale's lawsuit, the Pentagon said in a statement that it wouldn't comment on ongoing litigation and referred to the video Hegseth released in February that outlined the changes he said the organization was making. Scouting America did not immediately respond to emails from The Associated Press seeking comment.

Dale raised another question in his complaint about the government's ability to require the organization to accept or deny certain members.

In 1990, the Boy Scouts of America expelled Dale, then an Eagle Scout who had become an assistant scoutmaster, after discovering he was co-president of Rutgers University’s gay and lesbian organization. He sued in 1992, accusing the Boy Scouts of discrimination, and lost at the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled that the organization could maintain membership and leadership criteria that excluded homosexuals.

“Here, if the Department’s account is true, the federal government has now obtained by contract what the Court once held it could not command by law,” Dales lawsuit states. “And if it is not, then the Department has misled the public about what Scouting America has agreed to do."

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Associated Press writer Jamie Stengle in Dallas contributed to this report.

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It was the bloody end to the brothers’ long-running feud. Leyva, 49, rode a scooter and arrived shortly after 12:20 p.m. on April 24, 2025, at Priced Rights Motors, Inc., a used car dealership that Rivero, 35, had inherited, records show.

Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office Deputies Alfredo Perez and Dea Harris fired at Leyva shortly before 1 p.m. at 7321 SW 45 St., in a warehouse area at the Glenvar Heights neighborhood, just west of South Miami, records show.

“Leyva shot at the officers at least one time prior to either officer using deadly force,” Miami-Dade Assistant State Attorney Sara Imm wrote, according to the closing memo that Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle also signed.

Before the deputies responded with a ballistic shield, Armando Yadro told a 911 dispatcher that Leyva had shot him and he was pretending to be dead because he was in the business, records show.

Imm described how Leyva also “directed” a “perceived explosive,” a smoke bomb that appeared to be a grenade, before Perez “discharged his firearm,” according to the closing memo that Fernandez Rundle approved on Thursday, records show.

“It is reasonable to conclude that both Deputy Harris and Deputy Perez believed that the use of deadly force was necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to themselves and/or the other two civilians, Imm wrote, according to the memo.

Videos showed children running for cover outside before deputies arrived. People hiding at nearby businesses heard the gunshots. A SWAT team arrived and evacuated the area, which included a warehouse with kids in a cheerleading practice.

The deputies weren’t injured, and neither were civilians in the area. Yadro, 35, suffered a wound to the clavicle and survived. Rivero was shot in the side of the head, and a doctor pronounced him dead at HCA Florida Kendall Hospital. Leyva was shot in the head.

“Doctors were not able to remove the projectile lodged in his brain,” the prosecutor wrote, according to the memo.

After suffering from “complications” from the gunshot wound he suffered when deputies fired, Leyva was hospitalized and died on Feb. 14, records show.

The MDSAO reported receiving the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s report on May 22.

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Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni said Friday, two days after Messi's 39th birthday, that the team's captain will begin the match on the bench, but also indicated through an interpreter that he “will come in a little bit later.”

Scaloni didn't say when Messi might substitute in to the game, or what his lineup would be against first-time World Cup participant Jordan, which lost its first two matches.

Messi scored all five goals for Argentina in the first two group matches, and now has 18 goals overall in his six World Cups. He had his first-ever hat trick in the tournament in a 3-0 win over Algeria to tie the career scoring record at 16 goals that had been held by Miroslav Klose of Germany. He broke that mark with the goals in a 2-0 win over Austria on Monday at the home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys — where the group finale will be played.

Klose played in 24 World Cup matches for Germany, which wrapped up his fourth tournament by winning the 2014 final 1-0 in extra time over Messi and Argentina. Kylian Mbappé matched Klose at 16 with two goals in France’s 3-0 win over Iraq later Monday. Mbappé, who has four goals in the tournament, didn't score in a 4-1 win over Norway on Friday in his final group match.

Considered by many to be the greatest player of all time, Messi has made 201 international appearances for Argentina, including a FIFA-record 28 World Cup matches. He has scored in six consecutive World Cup games, joining France striker Just Fontaine and Brazil great Jairzinho as only players to do that.

Messi had been dealing with a minor hamstring injury with Inter Miami of Major League Soccer that slowed him in the lead-up to the World Cup.

While there have been no indications of any issues since, Argentina has a lot of games left if it is going to get to another World Cup final. The knockout round for La Albiceleste begins next Friday in South Florida, and in this expanded 48-team tournament that would be the first of five matches in 17 days if they make it to the final on July 19.

Even with Argentina trying to go undefeated in group play for the fifth time, and first since 2014, Messi isn't the only starter expected to get a break.

Goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez could be the only regular starter in a lineup that could feature several new faces. Nicolás Paz, who made his World Cup debut subbing in for Messi late in the opener against Algeria, is now expected to start in his place.

“The hope is that the team will play the same way. That’s what we’re going to try to do,” Scaloni said. “Jordan is a good opponent, and we’re not taking anything for granted. We’ll try to tweak some aspects of the last match, but with the same intention of controlling the ball and dominating the opponent.”

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Associated Press writer Débora Rey contributed to this report.

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