Según las autoridades, el fuego se originó en un área de almacenamiento de trampas cerca del Marlin Bay Resort and Marina a última hora de la mañana del lunes.

Cuando los equipos llegaron, informaron que la embarcación, que estaba sobre un remolque en el área de trampas detrás de la gasolinera RaceTrac ubicada en 3896 Overseas Highway, estaba completamente envuelta en llamas.

Los bomberos dijeron que actuaron rápidamente para evitar que las llamas se extendieran a trampas de langosta cercanas.

No se reportaron heridos, pero la embarcación fue destruida, indicaron las autoridades.

Los investigadores trabajan para determinar la causa del incendio.

Jason Finkelstein, 53, faces charges of healthcare fraud and conspiracy in what prosecutors describe as a yearslong scheme that preyed on the fears of athletes that they could die on playing fields or courts of sudden cardiac arrest.

Athletes with no preexisting conditions who were concerned about being cleared to compete were administered tests they did not need and, in one case, a patient whose results were falsely certified as normal later died after his significant heart problems were undetected, the indictment says.

The prosecution is among a series of cases that the Justice Department intends to highlight at a news conference Tuesday in announcing what it says are record results in a nationwide crackdown on healthcare fraud, a long-running federal law enforcement priority that the Trump administration over the last year has sought to emphasize.

The department says Finkelstein’s case, with allegations not only of unrendered services but also poor medical performance that put patients at risk, represents the type of sophisticated scheme prosecutors are striving to disrupt.

“The doctor's alleged conduct, which ignored a textbook diagnosis of preventable cardiac death, is heinous,” Dr. Mehmet Oz, a trained cardiothoracic surgeon and head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, said in a statement, adding that healthcare fraud “doesn't just steal money, it can steal lives.”

A lawyer for Finkelstein, who pleaded not guilty during a brief court appearance in Florida on Monday, did not immediately return an email and phone message seeking comment.

The alleged fraud ran between 2019 and the end of last year and, prosecutors say, involved Finkelstein and a pair of unidentified co-conspirators at a Florida-based cardiovascular testing and treatment practice that he owned and operated.

Officials say the scheme had essentially two components, with Finkelstein and his company using what the indictment says were deceptive marketing tactics to offer free heart screens for students who did not need them and then certifying the results of the tests as normal without reviewing them — and even when they turned out to reveal potential problems.

The indictment quotes Finkelstein as telling an unnamed co-conspirator with whom he worked that “(t)hese kids could be high risk ...(o)ne of them drops dead on a field, they’re coming after both of us.”

Finkelstein's co-conspirators blasted out emails to athletic trainers at colleges and universities stating that the tests being offered could identify any life-threatening condition that could prevent the students from playing, and also offered kickbacks and other inducements to school officials to refer potential patients.

Insurance companies do not cover blanket cardiovascular testing but instead require a prior finding of a medical necessity. To avert that roadblock and secure reimbursement, prosecutors say, Finkelstein submitted to insurers phony diagnoses of conditions, such as elevated blood pressure and hypertension, that the athletes did not actually have.

His company relied on sonographers who lacked the requisite credentials to travel to college campuses to perform the tests, and because Finkelstein was licensed in the 48 contiguous states, he and his company were able to submit claims for patients across the country, the indictment says.

At the same time, prosecutors say, Finkelstein would certify cardiac test results as being normal without actually reviewing them. In one instance in 2024, according to the indictment, he signed off after roughly 11 seconds on approximately 63 test result images of one patient. The test results actually revealed multiple cardiac abnormalities and the patient later died, the indictment says.

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The spokesperson stated that the agency began evacuating the facility over the weekend “out of an abundance of caution” because of brush fires burning around detention center, located at 18201 SW 12th St. in west Miami-Dade.

“ICE takes the health and safety of those in our custody as our top priority,” an ICE spokesman said in a statement. “Over the weekend, out of an abundance of caution, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement started evacuating the Krome Service Processing Center due to brush fires burning around the detention center.”

The agency said detainees have been transferred to other ICE facilities both within Florida and outside the state.

They also stated that their officers are trained for emergencies such as wildfires and that the evacuation has been carried out in an orderly manner with no reported incidents.

“ICE will continue to work with the Florida Forest Service to closely monitor any situation as it may arise,” the statement continued.

The evacuation comes as an air quality alert remains in effect for Miami-Dade County through 3 p.m. Tuesday due to smoke from two brush fires that ignited last week.

A southeast wind has pushed much of the smoke and haze farther inland, improving air quality in much of Broward County. However, conditions remain a concern in parts of Miami-Dade.

The larger of the two fires, dubbed “Quarry 2” and located east of Krome Avenue, has burned 19,018 acres and is 97% contained. The Well Fire, near Northwest 122nd Avenue, has burned 2,809 acres and is 85% contained, as of Tuesday morning.

The evacuation has raised questions because three facilities are located in close proximity to one another in the area:

• Everglades Correctional Institution, a state-run prison that was not evacuated
• Krome Detention Center, the ICE detention facility that was evacuated
• A former juvenile justice facility that is currently abandoned

Local 10 News has reached out to state officials for clarification on why Everglades Correctional Institution remained operational while the Krome Detention Center was evacuated, but has not yet received a response.

Miami-Dade residents and visitors can track the latest wildfire conditions and containment updates through the Florida Forest Service’s public wildfire viewer by clicking here.

As the Giorgio Armani Foundation continues its search for a buyer for a 15% stake in Armani’s fashion group as stipulated in the late designer’s will, every runway show carries the extra weight of demonstrating that his creative vision is not only enduring but evolving.

“We tried to continue the message that he wanted to convey,’’ Silvana Armani, Armani’s niece and the head of womenswear design, told reporters after the co-ed show closing Milan Fashion Week on Monday evening.

Real clothes, for real people

The Giorgio Armani menswear collection for next summer, mixed with womenswear cruise looks, exuded Armani’s trademark nonchalance, which was evident not only in the relaxed silhouette but also in the models’ casual gestures.

One fiddled with a ring as she approached photographers, another slung a jacket over his shoulder.

Still, Silvana Armani and menswear designer Leo Dell’Orco added some distinctive touches.

Jackets were a few inches longer than standard Armani, while trousers were just a tad slimmer to balance the silhouette. Longtime Armani watchers noted that the 160-odd looks conveyed a sense of real people heading out on the town, not models on a runway.

“When the models came for their fittings, they were always a bit taken aback,’’ Dell’Orco said. “It felt as though they could easily just walk out onto the street.”

Mediterranean mood

Safari jackets and elongated blazers were layered effortlessly over plunging shawl-collar vests or paired with shirts and long neckties, depending on the occasion. A rich palette of sun-bleached greens, cobalt blues and sandy neutrals evoked the Mediterranean. Linen, cotton and textured knits reinforced the collections relaxed summer mood.

The womenswear cruise looks — the first designed by Silvana Armani — were seamlessly interspersed, characterized by jackets, coats and dresses that draped lightly over the figure.

“I think he would have applauded,” Dell’Orco said.

Front-row guests included actors Chiwetel Ejiofor, Mark Strong and Lucy Boynton, along with pop singer Conan Gray. Afterward, guests including film director Paolo Sorrentino and former Gucci CEO and Armani board member Marco Bizzarri strolled from the courtyard venue into the adjacent garden for a casual cocktail dînatoire.

The next chapter

Armani’s will instructed his heirs to sell a 15% stake in the company, which includes the Emporio Armani label as well as Armani/Casa and Armani Hotels, within 18 months of his death last September.

For now, Silvana Armani and Dell’Orco – his longtime collaborators – are carrying on his creative legacy.

Dell’Orco is also chairman of the foundation, the key governance vehicle for Armani’s empire, and holds 40% of the fashion group’s voting rights.

After the show, Dell’Orco shut down rumors that Dario Vitale, who exited Versace after just one season, would be joining Emporio Armani. The reports “are not true,’’ Dell’Orco told the news agency ANSA.

The 6-3 decision centers around an immigration officers’ 2012 decision to put green-card holder Muk Choi Lau on immigration parole when he returned from a short trip abroad because he had been accused of a counterfeiting crime.

Lau argued that overstepped the officer's authority, and the decision wrongly allowed the Department of Homeland Security to swiftly begin deportation proceedings after he pleaded guilty to trademark counterfeiting.

It comes as the high court considers a series of immigration-related issues against the backdrop of President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown, though this case started before Trump took office.

His administration argued that suspicion of a crime is enough to put a lawful permanent resident, also known as a green-card holder, on immigration parole. Federal attorneys urged the court to take an expansive view of executive authority over immigration.

The court is also considering cases over Trump’s push to end birthright citizenship, potentially revive a restrictive asylum policy and end temporary legal protections for migrants fleeing war and natural disasters in their homelands.

El portavoz indicó que la agencia comenzó a evacuar la instalación durante el fin de semana “por abundancia de precaución” debido a los incendios de maleza que arden alrededor del centro de detención, ubicado en 18201 SW 12th St. en el oeste de Miami-Dade.

“ICE prioriza la salud y la seguridad de quienes están bajo nuestra custodia”, dijo un portavoz de ICE en un comunicado. “Durante el fin de semana, por abundancia de precaución, el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de Estados Unidos comenzó a evacuar el Centro de Procesamiento de Krome debido a incendios de maleza que arden alrededor del centro de detención”.

La agencia señaló que los detenidos han sido trasladados a otras instalaciones de ICE tanto dentro de Florida como fuera del estado.

También indicó que sus agentes están entrenados para emergencias como incendios forestales y que la evacuación se ha llevado a cabo de manera ordenada y sin incidentes reportados.

“ICE continuará trabajando con el Servicio Forestal de Florida para monitorear de cerca cualquier situación que pueda surgir”, continúa el comunicado.

La evacuación ocurre mientras una alerta de calidad del aire permanece vigente para el condado de Miami-Dade hasta las 3 p.m. del martes debido al humo de dos incendios de maleza que se iniciaron la semana pasada.

Un viento del sureste ha empujado gran parte del humo y la bruma más hacia el interior, mejorando la calidad del aire en gran parte del condado de Broward. Sin embargo, las condiciones siguen siendo una preocupación en partes de Miami-Dade.

El mayor de los dos incendios, llamado “Quarry 2” y ubicado al este de Krome Avenue, ha quemado 19,018 acres y está contenido en un 97%. El incendio Well Fire, cerca de Northwest 122nd Avenue, ha quemado 2,809 acres y está contenido en un 85%, según datos de la mañana del martes.

La evacuación ha generado preguntas debido a que tres instalaciones están ubicadas muy cerca entre sí en la zona:

El Instituto Correccional Everglades, una prisión administrada por el estado que no fue evacuadaEl Centro de Detención de Krome, la instalación de ICE que fue evacuadaUna antigua instalación de justicia juvenil que actualmente está abandonada

Local 10 News ha solicitado a funcionarios estatales una aclaración sobre por qué el Instituto Correccional Everglades permaneció en operación mientras el Centro de Detención de Krome fue evacuado, pero aún no ha recibido respuesta.

Residentes y visitantes de Miami-Dade pueden seguir las últimas condiciones de incendios forestales y actualizaciones de contención a través del visor público de incendios forestales del Servicio Forestal de Florida haciendo clic aquí.

The high court ruled against a Michigan family whose house was sold for less than half its open-market value to cover an unpaid tax bill of just over $2,000. They argued the foreclosure violated their rights because the house would have fetched a higher price of nearly $200,000 if sold through typical real-estate channels.

But the county maintained that auction sale prices are always lower than open real estate transactions, in part because they typically require full cash payment rather than a mortgage.

Requiring foreclosure sales to match open-market prices would essentially end them, making it harder to collect unpaid taxes, Isabella County argued.

The case comes about three years after another major foreclosure case where the justices ruled against local governments. The court found counties can’t keep tax sale proceeds beyond what the owner owes in unpaid taxes.

That case centered on a 94-year-old Minnesota woman whose county government kept about $40,000 in proceeds from the sale of her condominium after she failed to pay about $2,300 in taxes.

Donors gave U.S. charities $617 billion in 2025, an inflation-adjusted 3% increase over last year, according to “Giving USA 2026: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2025.”

Bequests last year jumped by nearly 17%, the third year of the last four to clock double-digit increases in this form of giving. The trend could signal the beginning of the long predicted Great Wealth Transfer — in which baby boomers begin passing their enormous wealth to their children and charities. Overall, giving increased among all categories: corporations, living individuals, bequests, and foundations.

Strong markets and big donors boost giving

A strong stock market and economic growth contributed to the uptick, despite upheaval caused by federal cuts, says Wendy McGrady, chair of Giving USA.

All donor types stepped up to give amid the turmoil, McGrady notes, because charities made their needs known. “Those that were effective in sharing their story saw their donors respond,” McGrady says.

The robust giving was propelled by positive economic factors, says Jon Bergdoll, interim director of data and research partnerships at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, which conducts the research for the report. “Whether you’re looking at the S&P 500 or the financial markets, they saw really, really robust growth,” Bergdoll says. “That has a pretty direct contribution to wealth and asset sizes of companies, foundations, the wealthy and helped drive a lot of that increase.”

All types of donors increased their giving in 2025, and giving to most causes also rose. Education nonprofits saw an 8.9% uptick, organizations in the “public-society benefit” category had an 8.7% increase, and environment and animal nonprofits were up 8.2%. Smaller increases were seen for charities with missions involving arts, culture and humanities (4.7%); health (3.3%); human services (2.6%); and international (1. 4%). However, giving to religious groups was marginally lower, down 0.2% when adjusted for inflation.

Several nonprofits the Chronicle spoke to noted that they raised more money last year and that success was reliant on big gifts, which in turn are buoyed by a strong stock market. “The market has become a larger and larger predictor of giving,” Bergdoll at IU says. “And I would anticipate that to continue. That growing reliance means that the unpredictability of the markets is going to start bleeding into an unpredictability in giving as well.”

While Giving USA does not measure the number of donors who give, over the years, the share of dollars from individuals has decreased. In 1985, 80% of dollars came from individuals; now it is just 64%.

Big donors loom large in one category, megagifts, which are defined as contributions that exceed 0.1% of total giving that year. In 2025 megagifts were those amounting to $600 million or more. There were $19.2 billion worth of megagifts, roughly 4% of all dollars given by individuals. MacKenzie Scott’s $6.65 billion in contributions represented a third of all mega-giving in 2025. Michael Bloomberg who donated $4.3 billion, Bill Gates, who gave away at $3.7 billion, and Paul Allen’s bequest of $3.1 billion all qualified as megadonors.

Indications of Great Wealth Transfer start

For years, pundits have predicted a great transfer of wealth that would move $18 trillion from baby boomers and older donors to younger generations and possibly to charities. Three of the past four years have shown big growth in bequests, which may indicate that the great wealth transfer has begun.

Bergdoll recognizes that people get excited over the prospect of this wealth moving to charities but says more data is needed to definitively declare that the transfer has started. Giving by bequests in the past 10 years “outpaced overall giving,” Bergdoll says, but the number of IRS estate reports from the past few years is still small.

“It’s really tough — just from one or two years of data (to know if the great wealth transfer has begun),” he says. “We need a little bit more data to feel comfortable saying, ‘Oh, it has started. It’s off to the races.’”

However, several nonprofits, including the Christian missionary group InterVarsity and the international charity CARE, are putting more resources into planned giving.

“We know a big wealth transfer is happening so we have also been growing our planned giving program,” says Sarah Taylor Peace, CARE’s chief revenue officer. Taylor Peace says CARE has received multimillion-dollar bequests from donors who had given small gifts over decades.

Patrick Schmitt, co-CEO of estate planning company FreeWill, notes that there are more than 70 million baby boomers, and it’s imperative to get on their radar. Many are already giving qualified charitable distributions from retirement accounts.

Federal shifts drive giving

The federal government’s cuts to USAID and international aid programs deeply affected organizations like CARE, but donors responded generously when the organization asked for help.

“We raised a lot of private (funds). We actually had our highest ever fiscal year,” Taylor Peace says, “mostly coming from individual givers responding to the fact that lots of the traditional funding wasn’t there and wanting to make sure we could continue to run our crisis humanitarian work.”

When there’s a lot of bad news and negative noise in the world, donors want to “do something hopeful,” Taylor Peace says. Offering donors a positive way to contribute to making things better for others resonated with donors, she says.

Donors also responded generously to fundraising appeals that focused on federal policy shifts. Mollie Marsh-Heine, chief development officer at the Natural Resources Defense Council, says donors at all giving levels responded well to appeals to help the environmental organization fight back against the current administration’s hostility toward environmental regulations.

Donations to foundations drop

There was a sharp drop in giving to foundations, which fell nearly 18.3% in inflation-adjusted dollars. While this seems steep, Bergdoll notes that foundations had a near-record-high 2024, in which giving grew 32.6%. “In raw dollar terms, they still had a very strong” 2025, Bergdoll says.

While news from “Giving USA” was mostly positive, there were some lackluster figures. Corporate giving was up only half a percent. According to Bergdoll, it’s “challenging” to get a good view of giving by businesses of all sizes.

The Houston Humane Society said corporate giving remained strong in 2025. But Stark, with UnityPoint Health, noted that some corporate sponsors whose businesses were facing challenges did “back off” last year. Similarly, Susan G. Komen had some companies “reduce the amount they were giving” due to economic headwinds, says vice president Andi Hughes.

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Rasheeda Childress is a senior editor at the Chronicle of Philanthropy, where you can read the full article. This article was provided to The Associated Press by the Chronicle of Philanthropy as part of a partnership to cover philanthropy and nonprofits supported by the Lilly Endowment. The Chronicle is solely responsible for the content. For all of AP’s philanthropy coverage, visit https://apnews.com/hub/philanthropy.

One media account noted that he “defeated par, pressure and a hostile gallery Sunday" and that he “stalked poker-faced through the heat and caustic comments of the gallery.” The local columnist wrote “except for a few strays from his hometown,” nobody rooted for him.

That was Jack Nicklaus in 1962 at Oakmont.

Nicklaus certainly can relate to the toughness Wyndham Clark showed Sunday at Shinnecock Hills to become a U.S. Open champion for the second time. If hearing the crowd cheer his bad shots wasn't enough of a challenge, Clark's six-shot lead was nearly gone in five holes. But he showed his moxie by not letting Sam Burns or anyone else catch him.

“He had some stones down the stretch,” said Scottie Scheffler, high praise from golf's best player.

But could Nicklaus relate to the “hostile gallery” and “caustic comments” Clark endured? Hostile and caustic had a different meaning in 1962.

Society has changed mightily over the past 64 years, and it's getting worse by the year. The Long Island fans — no one would refer to them as “patrons” — had no filter and no restraint. But this isn't a Long Island problem. It's largely an American problem everywhere but Augusta National.

Clark is not the first person to be a major champion hardly anyone wanted.

Nicklaus was never going to be celebrated in 1962, not in an 18-hole playoff against Arnold Palmer in the King's backyard at Oakmont, especially with Palmer having won the Masters that year.

It felt as though all of New York was ready to crown Phil Mickelson at Shinnecock Hills in 2004 until he three-putted from 5 feet for double bogey on the 17th hole. The air came out of the place in a New York minute. Retief Goosen was appreciated — but not adored — as the U.S. Open champion.

This was different. This was ugly. It was relentless.

“Hit it in the fescue!” was nothing like Nicklaus ever heard. Nor did Oakmont in 1962 have a fan like the idiot who shouted, “Don't choke, Wyndham!” when it was Clark's turn to tee off on the fourth hole. The fan was quickly approached and evicted.

The rousing and sudden cheer on the par-3 seventh sounded as though Clark had just hit it close. Instead, it was because his ball went into the bunker.

It might have been different had Clark played in the final group with Tom Kim instead of Scheffler, the No. 1 player in the world who had a chance to give fans something to remember forever by winning the U.S. Open on his 30th birthday to complete the career Grand Slam.

But the crowd shifted quickly from being pro-Scottie to anti-Wyndham.

Clark no doubt is difficult to embrace, particularly after his behavior last year when he flung a driver that made a marshal flinch at the PGA Championship, and a month later smashed a locker at Oakmont when he missed the cut at the U.S. Open.

“New York didn’t really like me. I love you guys,” Clark said during the trophy presentation. “But I get it. Some of it’s self-deserved. I did some unfortunate things last year that I really regret, and I’ve been sorry multiple times and I’m still sorry. So hopefully, I can win you guys over eventually."

His signature moment came on the par-5 16th when he atoned for a bad tee shot into gnarly grass by making a 30-foot birdie putt. The applause was muted, and don't get the idea it sounded that way because too many fans had phones in their hands. They didn't like him.

Clark played right through it, with some level of experience. He played with popular Rickie Fowler in the final round of his U.S. Open victory at Los Angeles Country Club in 2023, when he held off popular Rory McIlroy by one shot. But no one cheered against him that day.

The Long Island gallery was at another level, and ultimately Clark took his place among other Shinnecock Hills champions notes for their toughness — Brooks Koepka, Goosen, Corey Pavin and Raymond Floyd.

Scheffler has seen this act before. He played McIlroy in singles at Bethpage Black in the Ryder Cup last September, when the taunts became personal and left a stain on the matches.

He also got a relatively muted response in McIlroy's home country when Scheffler won the British Open at Royal Portrush last summer. There was no heckling, certainly not any bad behavior. But it was quiet for a world-class performance by the No. 1 player.

“The crowd was tough today. I mean, New Yorkers, they are tough people,” Scheffler said Sunday. "You like seeing the fans cheer for you. I think sometimes it can get a little too much when balls are going off greens and you start hearing cheers. That felt a bit much to me.

“Being in the arena is not for everybody, and I think it shows a lot about Wyndham, how he handled not only this golf course but I think the crowd today as well and is a well-deserving champion.”

Clark took the high road in the closing ceremony, his news conference and other interviews in the hours after his victory. He posted on social media Monday night, "This game can be incredibly humbling. It doesn’t owe you anything, and sometimes the only thing you can do is keep showing up and trust that the work will eventually pay off.”

Keep showing up and maybe the fans might cheer for him.

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While advocates point to a wide range of physical and mental health benefits, experts say it’s important to understand both the advantages and potential risks before diving in.

At Hydrology Wellness in Coral Gables, Medical Director Dr. Alex Zurrarian, a board-certified plastic surgeon known as “Dr. Z,” says heat and cold therapies can offer significant benefits when used appropriately.

“What we find by the studies is that doing cold plunge and doing sauna is almost like taking an antidepressant,” Zurrarian said.

The Benefits of Heat Therapy

Saunas expose the body to high temperatures, causing increased circulation and sweating. According to Zurrarian, the heat triggers vasodilation, a process that widens blood vessels and directs blood flow toward the skin as the body works to cool itself down.

“Heat is more about vasodilation,” he explained. “It actually opens up blood vessels and rushes blood to your skin.”

Research has linked sauna use to cardiovascular, neurological and pulmonary benefits. Beyond physical health, many users report mental health improvements as well.

“People feel more relaxed. They have less anxiety,” Zurrarian said.

However, he cautions against one of the most common misconceptions surrounding sauna use: the belief that sweating itself detoxifies the body.

“The detoxifying doesn’t come from you sweating,” he said. “It comes from your liver and kidneys processing those toxins and eliminating them.”

The increased heart rate experienced in a sauna can resemble the effects of light cardiovascular exercise.

“Getting into the heat is almost like taking a three-mile jog, except you’re doing it in 15 minutes,” Zurrarian said.

Still, more heat isn’t always better. He advises avoiding temperatures above 185 degrees Fahrenheit for extended periods.

“If you’re going to be above 185 degrees for more than 15 minutes, (there are) no benefits,” he said.

Taking the Plunge

Cold plunges — immersing the body in cold water — have become a staple in many recovery and wellness routines, particularly among athletes. The practice is often used to help reduce soreness and inflammation following exercise.

Zurrarian says cold exposure causes vasoconstriction, narrowing blood vessels and redirecting blood flow toward vital organs.

“Cold exposure is something that is going to cause vasoconstriction,” he explained. “Your blood vessels get tight and they shunt all of your blood to your vital organs.”

That physiological response can leave people feeling more alert and energized. Over time, regular exposure may also help improve stress tolerance.

“If you can dominate that over time and over practice, you’re going to go into a parasympathetic response, which is more of a meditative feeling,” Zurrarian said.

He recommends cold plunges four to five times per week at approximately 55 degrees Fahrenheit for no more than 10 minutes per session.

Breathing techniques also play an important role. Controlled breathing can help users manage the initial shock of the cold, while poor breathing may increase the risk of dizziness or lightheadedness.

Combining Heat and Cold

While each therapy offers individual benefits, Zurrarian says using them together may provide an even greater wellness boost.

“We always start with heat and then we end with cold,” he said.

According to Zurrarian, alternating between sauna sessions and cold plunges may enhance cardiovascular function while also improving mood and overall well-being.

“It’s really the combination of the two that gives you the cardiovascular benefits and also gives you a lot of mood enhancement benefits,” he said.

Not for Everyone

Despite their growing popularity, experts stress that extreme temperature therapies are not appropriate for everyone. People with heart conditions, blood pressure issues or other underlying health concerns should consult a physician before trying saunas, cold plunges or contrast therapy.

As wellness trends continue to evolve, health professionals say the key is understanding both the science and the limitations behind these increasingly popular practices.

Si bien los defensores señalan una amplia gama de beneficios para la salud física y mental, los expertos dicen que es importante entender tanto las ventajas como los posibles riesgos antes de lanzarse.

En Hydrology Wellness en Coral Gables, el director médico Dr. Alex Zurrarian, un cirujano plástico certificado conocido como “Dr. Z”, afirma que las terapias de calor y frío pueden ofrecer beneficios significativos cuando se utilizan de manera adecuada.

“Lo que encontramos en los estudios es que hacer inmersión en frío y sauna es casi como tomar un antidepresivo”, dijo Zurrarian.

Los beneficios de la terapia de calor

Las saunas exponen el cuerpo a altas temperaturas, lo que provoca un aumento de la circulación y la sudoración. Según Zurrarian, el calor desencadena la vasodilatación, un proceso que ensancha los vasos sanguíneos y dirige el flujo de sangre hacia la piel mientras el cuerpo trabaja para enfriarse.

“El calor se trata más de vasodilatación”, explicó. “Realmente abre los vasos sanguíneos y envía sangre hacia la piel”.

La investigación ha vinculado el uso de sauna con beneficios cardiovasculares, neurológicos y pulmonares. Más allá de la salud física, muchos usuarios también reportan mejoras en la salud mental.

“La gente se siente más relajada. Tienen menos ansiedad”, dijo Zurrarian.

Sin embargo, advierte contra uno de los conceptos erróneos más comunes sobre el uso de la sauna: la creencia de que sudar por sí mismo desintoxica el cuerpo.

“La desintoxicación no viene de sudar”, dijo. “Viene del hígado y los riñones procesando esas toxinas y eliminándolas”.

El aumento de la frecuencia cardíaca que se experimenta en una sauna puede parecerse a los efectos de un ejercicio cardiovascular ligero.

“Entrar en el calor es casi como hacer un trote de tres millas, excepto que lo haces en 15 minutos”, dijo Zurrarian.

Aun así, más calor no siempre es mejor. Recomienda evitar temperaturas superiores a 185 grados Fahrenheit durante períodos prolongados.

“Si vas a estar por encima de 185 grados durante más de 15 minutos, no hay beneficios”, dijo.

La inmersión en frío

Las inmersiones en frío —sumergir el cuerpo en agua fría— se han convertido en un elemento básico en muchas rutinas de recuperación y bienestar, particularmente entre atletas. La práctica se utiliza a menudo para ayudar a reducir el dolor muscular y la inflamación después del ejercicio.

Zurrarian dice que la exposición al frío causa vasoconstricción, estrechando los vasos sanguíneos y redirigiendo el flujo sanguíneo hacia los órganos vitales.

“La exposición al frío es algo que va a causar vasoconstricción”, explicó. “Tus vasos sanguíneos se contraen y desvían toda tu sangre hacia los órganos vitales”.

Esa respuesta fisiológica puede hacer que las personas se sientan más alertas y con más energía. Con el tiempo, la exposición regular también puede ayudar a mejorar la tolerancia al estrés.

“Si puedes dominar eso con el tiempo y la práctica, vas a entrar en una respuesta parasimpática, que es más una sensación meditativa”, dijo Zurrarian.

Recomienda inmersiones en frío de cuatro a cinco veces por semana a aproximadamente 55 grados Fahrenheit durante no más de 10 minutos por sesión.

Las técnicas de respiración también juegan un papel importante. La respiración controlada puede ayudar a los usuarios a manejar el choque inicial del frío, mientras que una mala respiración puede aumentar el riesgo de mareos o aturdimiento.

Combinación de calor y frío

Si bien cada terapia ofrece beneficios individuales, Zurrarian dice que usarlas juntas puede proporcionar un impulso de bienestar aún mayor.

“Siempre empezamos con el calor y luego terminamos con el frío”, dijo.

Según Zurrarian, alternar entre sesiones de sauna e inmersiones en frío puede mejorar la función cardiovascular y también mejorar el estado de ánimo y el bienestar general.

“Realmente es la combinación de ambas lo que da los beneficios cardiovasculares y también muchos beneficios de mejora del estado de ánimo”, dijo.

No es para todos

A pesar de su creciente popularidad, los expertos enfatizan que las terapias de temperatura extrema no son adecuadas para todos. Las personas con enfermedades cardíacas, problemas de presión arterial u otras condiciones de salud subyacentes deben consultar a un médico antes de probar saunas, inmersiones en frío o terapia de contraste.

A medida que las tendencias de bienestar continúan evolucionando, los profesionales de la salud dicen que la clave es entender tanto la ciencia como las limitaciones detrás de estas prácticas cada vez más populares.

The 6-3 decision was the second in as many months in favor of U.S. owners of Cuban property that was confiscated by the Communist government more than 65 years ago.

The outcome in the two cases could be an additional lever for the Trump administration to exert pressure on Cuba, which is already being squeezed by a U.S. oil embargo.

At issue was whether the 1996 law known as Helms-Burton removes the shield from lawsuits in U.S. courts that typically cover foreign countries and state-owned businesses. The justices reversed a lower-court ruling that found that the Cuban state-owned companies are immune from lawsuits in U.S. courts.

ExxonMobil is seeking compensation for the confiscation of assets owned by subsidiaries of Standard Oil, Exxon Mobil’s predecessor, including more than 100 service stations and an oil refinery.

Last month, the court ruled in another case involving confiscated property in Cuba, reviving claims by the U.S. company that operated docks in Havana against four cruise lines that brought tourists to Cuba during the brief thaw in relations during the Obama administration. That case turned on the same section of Helms-Burton allowing lawsuits over seized property.

Congress passed the law in response to the 1996 downing of civilian planes flown by Miami-based exiles.

Title III of the law allows Americans to sue almost any company that engages in commercial activity or benefits from property confiscated by Cuba’s government.

Before the first Trump administration, every president had suspended the provision because of objections from U.S. allies doing business in Cuba and the effect on future negotiated settlements between the U.S. and Cuba.

But Trump lifted the suspension in 2019, and ExxonMobil filed its lawsuit the same day.

The U.S. Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, an arm of the Justice Department, said in 1969 that the value of ExxonMobil's property in Cuba is $71.6 million, plus 6% annual interest beginning in 1960. That would be worth around $3 billion today, plus treble damages.

In addition, the commission found that nearly 6,000 individuals and businesses held claims worth $1.9 billion, before adding in interest or damages.

The justices condemned what happened to the former inmate, Damon Landor. But they ruled that a federal law designed to protect the religious rights of inmates does not permit lawsuits for money damages even when rights are violated.

The high court agreed with lower courts that without exception had ruled that the law, the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, can’t be used to hold those who violate inmates’ rights financially responsible.

The justices refused to apply the rationale from their decision in 2020 that allowed Muslim men to sue over their inclusion on the FBI’s no-fly list under a sister statute, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

The Justice Department, which argued against the plaintiffs in the no-fly list case in President Donald Trump’s first Republican administration, had sided with Landor.

No one defended what happened to Landor during his five-month prison term in 2020. When he entered the prison system, he carried a copy of an appeals court ruling in another inmate’s case holding that cutting religious prisoners’ dreadlocks violated the federal law.

At his first two stops, officials respected his beliefs. But things changed when he got to the Raymond Laborde Correctional Center in Cottonport, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) northwest of Baton Rouge, for the final three weeks of his term.

A prison guard took the copy of the ruling Landor carried and tossed it in the trash, according to court records. Then the warden ordered guards to cut his dreadlocks. While two guards restrained him, a third shaved his head to the scalp, the records show.

Landor sued after his release, but lower courts dismissed the case. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lamented Landor’s treatment but said the law doesn’t allow him to hold prison officials liable for damages.

Louisiana wrote that “the state has amended its prison grooming policy to ensure that nothing like petitioner’s alleged experience can occur.”

The Rastafari faith is rooted in 1930s Jamaica, growing as a response by Black people to white colonial oppression. Its beliefs are a melding of Old Testament teachings and a desire to return to Africa. Its message was spread across the world in the 1970s by Jamaican music icons Bob Marley and Peter Tosh, two of the faith’s most famous exponents.

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The justices ruled that American courts are the wrong forum for the suits, rejecting arguments made by the plaintiffs that the suits should go forward under the 18th-century Alien Tort Statute (ATS) and the Torture Victim Protection Act (TVPA), first enacted in 1991.

The decision was the latest to rule against plaintiffs seeking to use U.S. courts as a venue to seek justice over the acts of foreign governments, especially those that took place abroad. To try to overcome that skepticism, Falun Gong members argued that a substantial portion of Cisco’s activities involving China took place in the United States.

An Associated Press investigation last year showed that American tech companies, to a large degree, designed and built China’s surveillance state, encouraged by both Republican and Democratic administrations, even as activists warned such tools were being used to quash dissent, persecute religious groups and target minorities. Last month, AP won the Pulitzer Prize in international reporting for its stories.

In 2008, documents leaked to the press showed Cisco saw the “Golden Shield,” China’s internet censorship effort, as a sales opportunity. The company quoted a Chinese official calling the Falun Gong an “evil cult.” A Cisco presentation reviewed by the AP from the same year said its products could identify over 90% of Falun Gong material on the web.

Other presentations reviewed by the AP show that Cisco represented Falun Gong material as a “threat” and built out a national information system to track Falun Gong believers. In 2011, Falun Gong members sued Cisco, alleging the company tailored technology for Beijing that it knew would be used to track, detain and torture believers.

At arguments in April, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Cisco “knew that those people will be tortured.” A lawyer for the company said, “Cisco vigorously disputes those allegations.”

El nuevo informe de hallazgos técnicos indica que las fallas iniciales en las columnas de Champlain Towers South ocurrieron tres semanas antes del colapso fatal, según el Equipo Nacional de Seguridad en la Construcción del Instituto Nacional de Estándares y Tecnología (NIST).

De acuerdo con los coinvestigadores, a principios de junio de 2021 fallaron las conexiones entre las columnas del estacionamiento subterráneo y la plataforma de la piscina.

Esas fallas iniciales demostrarían ser catastróficas, cobrándose finalmente un saldo de 98 vidas humanas.

“Decepcionado. Muy decepcionado. Esperamos cinco años,” dijo Martin Langesfeld, quien perdió a su hermana y a su cuñado en el derrumbe. “El gobierno federal gastó casi $40 million USD, asignó todos los recursos necesarios, y regresaron con prácticamente nada.”

El informe concluye que, durante un período de tres semanas previo al colapso, fallas iniciales provocaron que las grietas se expandieran y que el peso se redistribuyera en la losa de la terraza de la piscina, lo que hizo que la carga se transfiriera a columnas de losas adyacentes que no eran lo suficientemente fuertes para soportarla.

Eso provocó que parte del condominio Champlain Towers South, de 12 pisos, se viniera abajo durante la madrugada del 24 de junio de 2021.

Los equipos de primera respuesta comenzaron de inmediato a trabajar las 24 horas del día para localizar sobrevivientes en una búsqueda que se extendió durante varios días.

“Es aterrador, porque cuántos otros edificios podrían ser potenciales bombas de tiempo también”, dijo Langesfeld.

El terreno del colapso del condominio ha sido vendido desde entonces a la empresa DAMAC Properties, con sede en Dubái.

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According to an arrest report from the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, Devarious Holloway’s girlfriend went to an MDSO station Saturday and said she wanted to report an incident that occurred between her and her boyfriend the previous day.

Deputies said the victim claimed that Holloway texted her at about 7 p.m. Friday, saying “Come outside. My mom wants to talk to you.”

The victim said she was confused because she knows Holloway’s mother died in 2017, the report stated.

According to the report, the woman then walked toward a parked vehicle outside her home and spotted Holloway standing next to it.

Deputies said Holloway approached the victim and asked, “So we’re done?”

According to the report, the victim walked to her sister’s home that’s located on the same property as hers, believing Holloway would follow her, but she said she quickly realized Holloway had actually entered her own house.

The report states that the victim went inside her home and Holloway threw her cellphone at her, “missing her but striking the door.”

He then grabbed her by the shoulders, pushed her down onto the couch and then punched her in the bottom lip when she tried to stand up, authorities said.

Deputies said Holloway then kicked the victim in the right leg before she ran to her bedroom and locked the door.

According to the report, Holloway began kicking the bedroom door, causing the door frame to break.

He then continued questioning the victim about the status of their relationship as the victim repeatedly asked for her phone back, authorities said.

According to the report, Holloway left the victim’s home, but returned a short time later and continued arguing with her before hitting her in the chest area, causing redness to her chest and causing her chain to break.

Holloway faces charges of battery and criminal mischief.

As of Tuesday morning, he was being held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on an $1,150 bond.

The Miramar Police Department released a statement to Local 10 Tuesday, confirming that Holloway has been “placed on administrative leave” pending the outcome of an internal review.

“The Miramar Police Department was notified by the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office of an off-duty incident involving Sergeant Devarious Holloway.

“The Department acknowledges the matter referenced and has initiated a thorough administrative review in accordance with established departmental procedures. Sergeant Holloway has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of that review.

“The Miramar Police Department remains steadfast in its commitment to professionalism, accountability, and ethical conduct, and will address this matter through the appropriate channels.”

Miramar Police Department

Pino, de 55 años, enfrentaba cargos de homicidio involuntario y homicidio por embarcación.

No declaró durante el juicio y, de haber sido condenado, enfrentaba una pena de entre 11 y 30 años de prisión.

Los fiscales acusaron a Pino, entonces de 52 años, de actuar de manera imprudente cuando perdió el control de su embarcación Robalo de 29 pies durante las primeras horas de la noche del 4 de septiembre de 2022 y se estrelló contra una baliza de canal cerca de Boca Chita Key, lo que causó la muerte de Lucy Fernández. Otras dos adolescentes resultaron gravemente heridas, incluida Katerina Puig, de 17 años, quien quedó con una discapacidad permanente.

Las adolescentes viajaban en la embarcación para celebrar el cumpleaños número 18 de la hija de Pino.

Tanto los fiscales como los abogados defensores concluyeron sus argumentos finales a media tarde del lunes y, en el caso de la Fiscalía, también presentaron una réplica.

Durante los argumentos finales, los fiscales sostuvieron que Pino actuó de manera imprudente y que no había ninguna razón para que estrellara la embarcación.

“Fue imprudente y negligente”, afirmó la fiscal adjunta Laura Adams. “Nadie, excepto este acusado, decidió la velocidad, la ruta o la dirección de navegación. Nadie ni nada es responsable de la muerte de Lucy Fernández, excepto ese hombre”.

Los fiscales señalaron que, aunque no se trata de un caso de navegación bajo la influencia del alcohol, el consumo de alcohol fue parte de lo ocurrido esa tarde.

“¡Iba a toda velocidad!”, argumentó Adams. “Con todos esos adolescentes a bordo que habían consumido alcohol”.

Sin embargo, el equipo de defensa de Pino sostuvo que el accidente fue una tragedia y no el resultado de negligencia.

“No basta con que una persona no haya hecho todo lo que podía en un momento determinado”, dijo el abogado Howard Srebnick. “Se requiere un acto deliberado de indiferencia hacia sus pasajeros”.

Tras concluir los argumentos finales, la jueza Marisa Tinkler Mendez leyó las instrucciones al jurado.

Luego de la lectura del veredicto, la fiscal estatal de Miami-Dade, Katherine Fernandez Rundle, emitió el siguiente comunicado:

“Si bien todos en nuestra comunidad y más allá reconocen la tragedia que rodeó la muerte de Lucy Fernández durante el fin de semana del Día del Trabajo de 2022 y la discapacidad permanente de Katy Puig, tanto yo como mis fiscales hemos considerado que el conjunto de las acciones de George Pino en las aguas de la Bahía de Biscayne fue imprudente y constituyó un delito según lo establecido por las leyes penales de Florida.

Nuestras decisiones de presentar cargos y procesar casos relacionados con accidentes de tránsito y de embarcaciones que resultan en muertes siempre son difíciles. Procuramos tomar esas decisiones con base en la ley y las pruebas, dejando de lado las emociones. La jueza, quien evaluó la suficiencia de las pruebas, determinó que existía evidencia suficiente para que el caso fuera presentado ante un jurado. Sin embargo, hoy un jurado compuesto por seis ciudadanos de Miami-Dade, que escuchó todos los testimonios y revisó todas las pruebas, no estuvo de acuerdo y declaró a George Pino no culpable de los cargos.

Lamentablemente, sé que este veredicto no brinda consuelo a las familias Fernández y Puig, que deberán vivir para siempre con la tragedia de lo ocurrido. En un caso como este no hay ganadores ni perdedores. El señor Pino tendrá que vivir con lo que hizo, mientras que las familias Fernández y Puig seguirán enfrentando las consecuencias de sus acciones. Estas familias y, hasta cierto punto, toda nuestra comunidad, se han visto profundamente afectadas por esta tragedia. Aunque tanto yo como mis fiscales, la fiscal adjunta Laura Adams y el fiscal adjunto Jonathon Borst, podamos discrepar del veredicto, las decisiones de los jurados son la piedra angular de nuestro sistema de justicia. Aceptamos su decisión y agradecemos su servicio".

Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle

Al hablar fuera de la sala del tribunal tras la conclusión del juicio, Srebnick dijo que cree que la verdad prevaleció, pero que no hay ganadores.

“Las vidas cambiaron. George Pino siempre ha asumido la responsabilidad por eso”, dijo Srebnick. “Hoy, afortunadamente, no será señalado como un criminal por lo que todos sabemos que fue simplemente un accidente”.

Agregó que Pino lamenta profundamente lo ocurrido.

“Está profundamente arrepentido por lo que pasó”, dijo Srebnick. “Todos estamos de duelo por lo ocurrido ese día. Esperemos que, con el tiempo, esas heridas puedan sanar”.

La familia Pino emitió el siguiente comunicado a Local 10 News.

“Estamos agradecidos con los miembros del jurado por su cuidadosa consideración de las pruebas y por llegar a un veredicto justo. Desde el principio hemos sostenido que los hechos del 4 de septiembre de 2022 fueron un trágico accidente, no un delito. El testimonio presentado durante el juicio, incluidos relatos no refutados de testigos presenciales que no observaron señales de intoxicación, confirmó que el señor Pino no estaba bajo la influencia del alcohol, no operaba la embarcación de manera imprudente y que hizo todo lo que pudo para proteger a sus pasajeros después del accidente.

“Seguimos lamentando cada día la pérdida de Lucy Fernández y orando por todas las personas afectadas por este accidente marítimo. Nuestros corazones siguen con las familias de quienes estuvieron involucrados en el accidente y esperamos que el veredicto de hoy permita a todos continuar el largo proceso de recuperación”.

— The Pino Family

Según un informe de arresto de la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade (MDSO), la novia de Devarious Holloway acudió a una estación de la MDSO el sábado para denunciar un incidente ocurrido el día anterior entre ella y su novio.

Los agentes indicaron que la víctima afirmó que Holloway le envió un mensaje de texto alrededor de las 7 p.m. del viernes diciendo: “Sal afuera. Mi mamá quiere hablar contigo”.

La víctima dijo que se sintió confundida porque sabía que la madre de Holloway había fallecido en 2017, según el informe.

De acuerdo con el informe, la mujer caminó hacia un vehículo estacionado frente a su casa y vio a Holloway de pie junto al automóvil.

Los agentes indicaron que Holloway se acercó a la víctima y le preguntó: “¿Entonces ya terminamos?”.

Según el informe, la víctima caminó hacia la casa de su hermana, ubicada en la misma propiedad, creyendo que Holloway la seguiría, pero dijo que rápidamente se dio cuenta de que él había entrado a su propia vivienda.

El informe señala que la víctima entró a su casa y Holloway le lanzó el teléfono celular, “sin golpearla, pero impactando la puerta”.

Luego la sujetó por los hombros, la empujó sobre un sofá y le dio un puñetazo en el labio inferior cuando ella intentó levantarse, informaron las autoridades.

Los agentes dijeron que Holloway después pateó a la víctima en la pierna derecha antes de que ella corriera a su habitación y cerrara la puerta con llave.

Según el informe, Holloway comenzó a patear la puerta del dormitorio, lo que provocó que el marco se rompiera.

Después continuó preguntándole a la víctima sobre el estado de su relación mientras ella le pedía repetidamente que le devolviera su teléfono, informaron las autoridades.

De acuerdo con el informe, Holloway salió de la vivienda, pero regresó poco después y continuó discutiendo con la víctima antes de golpearla en el pecho, provocándole enrojecimiento y rompiendo la cadena que llevaba puesta.

Holloway enfrenta cargos de agresión y daños a la propiedad.

Hasta la mañana del martes permanecía detenido en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight con una fianza de $1,150 USD.

El Departamento de Policía de Miramar emitió un comunicado a Local 10 el martes en el que confirmó que Holloway ha sido “puesto en licencia administrativa” mientras se desarrolla una investigación interna.

El Departamento de Policía de Miramar fue notificado por la Oficina del Sheriff de Miami-Dade de un incidente fuera de servicio que involucra al sargento Devarious Holloway.

El Departamento reconoce el asunto mencionado y ha iniciado una revisión administrativa exhaustiva de acuerdo con los procedimientos departamentales establecidos. El sargento Holloway ha sido puesto en licencia administrativa a la espera del resultado de esa revisión.

El Departamento de Policía de Miramar se mantiene firme en su compromiso con el profesionalismo, la rendición de cuentas y la conducta ética, y abordará este asunto a través de los canales correspondientes.

Departamento de Policía de Miramar

Then there’s the price of beer.

There are some fun — and yes, sometimes pricey — food and drink offerings at the venues playing host to the World Cup. A $75 caviar-topped tray of tater tots and a $40 empanada weighing in at 5 pounds (2.2 kilograms) for the daring or for sharing in Miami. Rib-eye tacos for $8 in Guadalajara, Mexico. Something called a Twinkie cheeseburger that has nothing to do with dessert for $22 in Los Angeles.

Prices, in many cases, aren’t all that different from what U.S. fans would experience on NFL Sundays or college football Saturdays. But some international fans aren’t used to such pricing and are calling foul, especially over beer prices that can top $20.

“It’s unfair. It’s not right. It’s wrong,” said Thomas Schüller, an engineer from Germany in Toronto to watch his national team play over the weekend, as he held a beer that cost him 24.25 Canadian dollars (about $17 or 15 euros). “It’s three times the cost of what I pay in my country.”

But is that stopping him?

“Well, no,” Schüller acknowledged.

World Cup beer prices become a mild pint of discord

There is clearly some sticker shock among international visitors to this World Cup, especially when it comes to the concession prices. In Europe, it’s not uncommon for beers to be perhaps around 4 or 5 euros (about $5-6).

There’s also no shortage of intrigue on the menu at the concession stands at stadiums across the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

“Never seen anything like it,” said Janine Arbetter, a fan from Austria, as she waited for a hot dog, chips and soda combo in Miami last week. The pre-tip price: $19.35 (about 17 euros), which included a discount for using Visa. “It’s a lot of food for a little snack.”

Some Argentina fans happily showed off their $34 lobster rolls from a match in Kansas City on social media, but in Toronto, the brisket sandwich with chips and a bottle of soda for nearly 40 Canadian dollars ($28) had some online commenters lamenting it as “robbery.”

“It’s OK, more or less, for the World Cup,” German fan Daniel Feldmann said of the food prices while watching a match in Vancouver last week.

Concession offerings vary from stadium to stadium

FIFA, the sport’s governing body and the tournament organizer, has very specific rules on just about everything related to the World Cup — and there are guidelines that concessionaires have to follow as well. But prices can vary by market, as do the food and drink offerings. And that means the experience in one city might look, or taste, nothing like what’s offered in another.

The “Fancy AF Tots” for $75 at Miami Stadium aren’t really tots at all — it’s three deep-fried hash brown patties, with caviar, creme fraiche and chives. (For those who just want the caviar, it’ll be $70.) Southern California’s Twinkie cheeseburger is in fact a burger topped with a Texas Twinkie — a bacon-wrapped jalapeño stuffed with brisket and cream cheese.

But there’s also a slew of choices specific to a local market; for example, Vancouver offers short rib poutine (an iconic Canadian dish of fries loaded with beef gravy, pulled short rib and cheese curds) along with a maple bacon smokie (smoked sausage topped with bacon onion jam that features Canadian maple syrup).

And in Miami, the signature offerings include pan con lechon (a Cuban-style sandwich with pork, infused with citrus mojo sauce and served on a toasted full Cuban loaf) and Empanada Mundial (the five-pound, handmade, chicken-and-cheese-stuffed dish named after the World Cup).

Both Vancouver and Miami have Sodexo Live as a food and beverage provider, and the typical game-day menus in both stadiums were revised a bit to accommodate a soccer crowd.

“We want it to feel like Miami when you’re here,” said Zach Williams, Sodexo Live’s vice president of operations at Miami Stadium. “Everything we do around the Miami Stadium, we want to make sure everybody understands that when they come here, they’re getting a Miami experience.”

Atlanta Stadium keeps prices low

In Mexico City, a beer could cost a day’s pay — literally. The daily minimum wage in Mexico City is just 315.04 pesos (roughly $18). Some beers at Mexico City Stadium were selling for between 299 and 310 pesos — about twice as much as fans would ordinarily pay in the same stadium when the World Cup isn’t in town.

But in Atlanta, where Falcons owner and stadium operator Arthur Blank promised the low concession prices he’s championed for many years would hold for the World Cup, pizza slices were $3, 32-ounce sodas were $4, a cheeseburger was $5, chicken tenders with fries were $6 and beers could be had for as little as $8.

Jonathan Arango, a 33-year-old from Greenville, South Carolina, was at a match in Atlanta with his wife, daughter and father.

“In total for what we got — three orders of tacos, a slice of pizza, two waters and a Coke — we spent like $50,” Arango said. “Compared to what we’ve paid at other events ... it’s nice after you paid a lot for a ticket.”

And Schüller pointed out that even though the tournament does come around every four years, it still feels like a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

“The entire football world is having fun,” Schüller said, “so cheers to that.”

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Associated Press journalists Tales Azzoni, Maura Carey, Andrew Dalton, Carlos Rodriguez, Alanis Thames, Stephen Whyno and Ben Kule contributed to this story from various World Cup venues. Kule is a student in the University of Georgia’s Carmical Sports Media Institute.

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Pino, 55, was charged with manslaughter and vessel homicide.

He did not testify in his trial and if he had been convicted, Pino faced anywhere between 11 to 30 years in prison.

Prosecutors accused Pino, then 52, of being reckless when he lost control of his 29-foot Robalo boat in the early evening hours of Sept. 4, 2022 and slammed it into a channel marker near Boca Chita Key, killing Lucy Fernandez. Two other girls were seriously hurt, including 17-year-old Katerina Puig, who was left permanently disabled.

The teens were on his boat celebrating his daughter’s 18th birthday.

Both prosecutors and defense attorneys wrapped up their closing arguments, and, for the former, an additional rebuttal, mid-Monday afternoon.

Prosecutors argued in closing arguments that Pino was reckless and that there was no reason for him to crash his boat.

“He was reckless and negligent,” Assistant State Attorney Laura Adams said. “No one but this defendant decided the speed or path or direction of travel. No one and nothing is responsible for the death of Lucy Fernandez except that man.”

They pointed out that while it is not a BUI case, alcohol was part of the story that afternoon.

“He was going full throttle!” Adams argued. “With all these teens on board that had consumed alcohol.”

Pino’s defense team, however, argued the crash was a horrible accident and not the result of negligence.

“It’s not enough that a human failed to do everything they could in a moment in time,” attorney Howard Srebnick said. “It requires a purposeful act of indifference to his passengers.”

After closing arguments wrapped up, Judge Marisa Tinkler Mendez then read jury instructions.

Following the reading of the verdict, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle released the following statement:

“While everyone in our community and beyond recognizes the tragedy surrounding the Labor Day 2022 boating death of Lucy Fernandez and the permanent disabling of Katy Puig, I and my prosecutors have believed that the totality of George Pino’s actions on the waters of Biscayne Bay were reckless, and was a crime as defined in Florida’s criminal statutes.

Our charging and prosecuting decisions in traffic and vessel collisions resulting in fatalities are always difficult ones. We attempt to make these decisions based on the law and the evidence and put aside emotions. The Judge, who ruled on the sufficiency of the evidence, decided that there was sufficient evidence for the case to proceed to the jury. Today, however, a jury of six Miami-Dade citizens, who listened to all the testimony and reviewed all the evidence, disagreed, and found George Pino not guilty of the charges.

Sadly, I know that this verdict brings no comfort to the Fernandez and Puig families who forever must live with the tragedy of what happened. In a case like this, there are no winners or losers. Mr. Pino must live with what he did, while the Fernandez and Puig families will grapple with the consequences of his actions. These families and, to some extent, our community as a whole have been deeply impacted by this tragedy. While I and my prosecutors, Assistant State Attorney Laura Adams and Assistant State Attorney Jonathon Borst, may disagree with the verdict, jury’s decisions are the cornerstone of our justice system, and we accept their decision and appreciate their service.”

Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle

Speaking outside the courtroom following the trial’s conclusion, Srebnick said he believes the truth prevailed, but there are no winners.

“Lives were changed. George Pino has always been held accountable for that,” said Srebnick. “Today, thankfully, we won’t be branded a criminal for what we all know is just an accident.”

He went to say that Pino is apologetic for the incident.

“He’s deeply sorry for what happened,” said Srebnick. “We’re all grieving for what happened on that day. Let’s hope that over time, those wounds can heal.”

The Pino family released the following statement to Local 10 News.

“We are grateful to the jurors for their careful consideration of the evidence and for reaching a just verdict. From the beginning, we have maintained that the events of September 4, 2022, were a tragic accident, not a crime. The testimony presented at trial, including unrebutted accounts from eyewitnesses who saw no signs of impairment, confirmed that Mr. Pino was not under the influence, was not operating the vessel recklessly and that he did everything he could to protect his passengers after the accident.

“We continue to mourn the loss of Lucy  Fernandez every day and to pray for all those who were affected by this maritime mishap. Our hearts remain with the families of those involved in the accident, and we hope that today’s verdict allows everyone to continue the long process of healing.”

The Pino Family

When doors flung open, Sharpton entered to a standing ovation that continued until he was perched behind a lectern, on a stage decorated with a floor-to-ceiling video screen.

The audience was not anticipating a call for justice. Instead, the rabble-rousing youth minister turned go-to national advocate was there to declare his organization was officially an owner, no longer a renter, in the historically Black Harlem neighborhood it has called home for more than two decades.

“I want to make something permanent,” Sharpton said recently to the gathered crowd of NAN board members, local clergy and other allies. “When people see that you’ve bought a building, they say, ‘Wait a minute, they’re not going nowhere.’”

NAN’s new permanent home is the former Faison Firehouse Theater on Hancock Place, near the intersection of 124th Street and Manhattan Avenue. George Faison, a Tony Award-winning choreographer known for his work in the original 1970s Broadway staging of “The Wiz,” had bought the firehouse in 1999 and converted it into a community theater.

When Faison had a choice between selling the former firehouse in the rapidly gentrifying neighborhood to a large developer or selling it to NAN, he chose the latter, according to Sharpton.

“I’m 71 years old — if I was just trying to do it as an Al Sharpton personal fan club, I could just keep renting,” Sharpton told The Associated Press during an interview in his new private office, with large windows overlooking central Harlem.

“I’m buying it to show I want this to be an institution. I want it to last beyond me.”

Although the renovation is structurally complete and its rooms are functional, Sharpton said he expects his weekly Saturday rallies to resume in the new headquarters this summer.

From renting to owning

Founded in 1991, NAN began meeting at P.S. 175, a Manhattan elementary school, during the tenure of the late David Dinkins, New York City’s first Black mayor. Next, NAN rented a space at 125th Street and Madison Avenue. In 2006, Sharpton moved NAN into a rented space at 145th Street and Malcolm X Boulevard, where it operated until January.

NAN's headquarters had been named the “House of Justice” by his late mentor, the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.

Often organizing from his Harlem headquarters, Sharpton became known staging direct-action protests on behalf of Black men killed, brutalized or persecuted by police in New York City: Abner Louima, Amadou Diallo, the exonerated men formerly known as the Central Park Five, and Eric Garner, among others.

“Harlem means home,” Sharpton told the AP.

The new NAN headquarters now carries the name “House of Justice Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Workshop,” following the multimillion dollar purchase and renovation of its five floors. Sharpton said he will invite artists to hold salons, poetry readings and jazz nights, as a callback to the Black cultural and intellectual movement of the Harlem Renaissance.

Looking out at his supporters during the invite-only reception for the new space, Sharpton reflected not just on the NAN’s past, but on the current cultural and political environment.

“We are in trouble,” he said in reference to redistricting fights set off by a recent Supreme Court decision on the Voting Rights Act and the rolling back of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

“We don’t have, in my opinion, the luxury of not nailing down and working together,” Sharpton said.

Building on decades of local and national activism

Over the years, the NAN headquarters has become a “can’t skip” campaign stop for Democratic candidates seeking everything from the presidency and Congress to state and local offices. On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the House of Justice is typically standing room only for the dignitaries who show up.

After the death of his childhood hero James Brown in 2006, the horse drawn carriage carrying the Godfather of Soul’s golden casket stopped outside NAN’s 145th Street headquarters.

The organization’s weekly Saturday rallies have also been a venue for families grieving loss through police violence, or for celebrities to speak out and unfairness in the entertainment industry.

Ashley Sharpton, the youngest of the reverend’s two daughters, grew up around the House of Justice. She and her older sister, Dominique Sharpton-Bright, were there on the day the late pop icon Michael Jackson visited and spoke at the invitation of their dad.

“The magic was palpable,” Ashley recalled.

Now, as founder and director of NAN’s youth initiatives, Ashley feels deeper stake in the organization’s future.

“It’s time for us to step in and take ownership, literally, of what is needed to maintain the legacy, and to continue the fight,” she told the AP.

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Morrison is AP’s race and ethnicity news editor.

Temperatures will consistently be above average in the low/mid 90s. Likely some more heat advisories on the way. A few showers and thunderstorms are possible each day this week, but no organized storm systems are nearby so just the typical rainy season pop-ups.

The drone attacks added to the woes on the Black Sea peninsula, where Russian authorities have had to suspend gasoline sales to civilians as Ukraine has intensified its recent campaign to disrupt supply lines and the electrical grid at the height of the summer tourist season.

The peninsula was seized by force and illegally annexed by Moscow in 2014. Ukrainian long-range strikes have highlighted its ability to inflict painful damage on Russia and put added pressure on the Kremlin while Moscow’s advances recently have ground to a near halt, Western analysts and officials say.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov said last week that his forces are “isolating Crimea with drones.”

“It looks like in the nearest time, Crimea will become an island. This could lead to some very unexpected consequences for Russians,” Fedorov said on a blogger's YouTube channel.

Ukraine also has hit targets near to the Kremlin in Moscow and in St. Petersburg, Russia's second-largest city this month.

Parts of Crimea are without power

Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said drones struck an oil storage depot at the Kerch thermal power plant in eastern Crimea, an electrical substation in the west, and a liquefied natural gas distribution station in Simferopol, the peninsula’s second-biggest city.

In addition, Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces said their units, working with what it said was the resistance movement in Crimea, destroyed a rail bridge over the North Crimean Canal near the village of Rozdolne.

The military described the span as a key logistics route used to supply Russian forces in southern Ukraine and said drones began hitting the structure late Sunday to Monday, collapsing part of it. A second strike early Tuesday targeted railway repair equipment deployed at the bridge and its remaining sections, it said on Telegram.

It was not possible to independently verify the Ukrainian claims.

Parts of Crimea were without power Tuesday, the area’s energy supplier said. But it attributed the outages to “technical malfunctions” in local electrical grids and said it expected power to be restored within 24 hours.

Successes against Russia boost Ukrainian morale

On the front line in eastern Ukraine, where Russia’s war of attrition has made slow and costly advances since Moscow’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, Ukraine has deployed cutting-edge drone technology to keep the enemy pinned down.

Meanwhile, its medium-range drones have also disrupted Russia’s supply lines to the front, and its long-range strikes have increasingly damaged Russian oil facilities that provide vital revenue for the Kremlin’s war effort.

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry said Monday its forces have hit more than 800,000 enemy targets with drones since the beginning of the year and that 95% of drones used by the armed forces are domestically produced.

The successes have boosted Ukrainian confidence, and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says sustained foreign support is locked in to help stop Russia.

Officials have shown renewed vigor in talking about the war.

Ukraine’s U.N. Ambassador Andrii Melnyk said Monday that Kyiv remained ready for direct talks with Russia to achieve a “just and lasting peace” based on the U.N. Charter, but warned that Ukraine’s willingness to compromise was not open-ended.

Melnyk said at a U.N. Security Council meeting that a ceasefire along the current front line already represented a major concession and urged Russia to withdraw from occupied Ukrainian territory.

He also said recent Ukrainian strikes had altered the dynamics of the war, adding: “This is just the beginning.”

Russia's top diplomat says Moscow will defend Belarus

Meanwhile, the Kremlin is ready to “ensure the security” of its neighbor and ally Belarus, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday, days after Zelenskyy demanded that Belarus remove relay equipment on its territory that Kyiv said aided Russian drone attacks.

The relay stations are used for signal transmissions to Russian drones attacking Ukraine, according to Zelenskyy.

Lavrov told the Russian news agency Interfax that Kyiv was trying to drag Belarus into the conflict. Moscow, in fact, had used Belarus territory to launch its invasion of Ukraine.

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Duff has just begun her Lucky Me tour, which kicked off on Sunday in South Florida.

It’s her first global tour in nearly 20 years.

But the show wasn’t just a trip down memory lane.

The 38-year-old multi-hyphenate is touring behind her critically acclaimed new album, “Luck… Or Something," blending her classic Disney-era anthems with a fresh, indie-pop sound.

She performed at the iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach on Sunday and Monday nights.

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

The June 17 arrest of Reinier Sanchez Hurtado, 46, was captured by Miami Beach Police Department drone footage.

“This is new technology that most police agencies are using now,” said Medley Police Department Sgt. Luis Rivera.

Hurtado’s arrest was the result of Medley police detectives launching an extensive criminal investigation into the theft of Nike shoes.

“The main charge is dealing in stolen property,” said Rivera. “We’re talking about possibly $36,000 of merchandise that was taken.”

The case starts at a Medley distribution facility where FedEx security says it tracked a vexing pattern of thefts dating back to 2024.

According to his arrest report, some high-end Nike footwear that was destined for Miami-area retail stores ended up at the Miami home of Sanchez Hurtado, who authorities learned was employed by a FedEx ground contractor “responsible for supervising drivers assigned to the affected delivery routes.”

Police said they used GPS tracking devices in some of the packages to track where the stolen goods were taken.

FedEx told police the shoes were being sold through the black market.

“There appeared to be a scheme of fraud,” said Rivera.

FedEx contacted Medley police, who moved swiftly to identify Sanchez Hurtado as the suspect.

Detectives learned soon after that he had just been released from a routine traffic stop in Miami Beach.

Medley detectives then coordinated with MBPD’s Real Time Intelligence Center and the Miami Police Department’s Tactical Robbery Unit to track Sanchez Hurtado down near the intersection of 14th Street and Drexel Avenue, authorities said.

“That is the beautiful thing about Miami-Dade County,” said Rivera. “All agencies work together to bring subjects into custody and the charges that they earn.”

The investigation into Sanchez Hurtado and the stolen shoes remains active and ongoing, he said.

A statement from FedEx can be read below:

“We are aware of the arrest of a service provider driver by the Miami Beach Police Department, and this individual is no longer providing service on behalf of FedEx. Further questions should be directed to law enforcement.”

FedEx Communications Strategic Advisor Adam Snyder

Trump will visit a Mack Truck facility in a battleground district in swing state Pennsylvania Tuesday, shifting attention to the U.S. economy in his first major public event beyond the capital since he signed an interim agreement to end the Iran war.

National Guard members and U.S. Park Police have been patrolling around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as the Trump administration faces a self-imposed deadline to fix a botched renovation before the nation’s 250th anniversary celebration.

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Wall Street points to another day of losses, led by an ongoing sell-off in tech

Futures for the S&P 500 fell 1.2% before the opening bell Tuesday, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average retreated 0.4%. Futures for the technology-heavy Nasdaq tumbled 2.6% following a 1.3% loss Monday. The Nasdaq has suffered heavy selling for days as investors grow anxious over massive spending by artificial intelligence companies and looming interest rate hikes in the U.S., which will make it more expensive for companies to fund growth through borrowing.

Chip companies were among the biggest losers in overnight trading, with Micron and Intel both down more than 7%. Qualcomm fell 6.3%. Companies that specialize in memory and data storage were also taking a beating. Sandisk fell nearly 9% and Seagate was down 7.2% early.

And Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which owns xAI, slipped another 1% before the bell after a 16.4% tumble to start the week.

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Iran’s president visits Pakistan for crucial talks on ending war

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi also joined the delegation in Masoud Pezeshkian’s first visit to Islamabad since the conflict started with the U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran on Feb. 28.

Iran’s talks Tuesday with officials mediating negotiations between Tehran and Washington on a permanent end to the war come as discrepancies emerge on what has been agreed to so far, and as more violence broke out in Lebanon.

Technical teams have been working on details of the deal following high-level negotiations in Switzerland Monday led by Vance and Iran’s parliamentary speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf.

Iran Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei told reporters that no visits were scheduled for the U.N. watchdog — the International Atomic Energy Agency — to examine Iranian nuclear sites bombed by the United States last year. Vance previously said the negotiations in Switzerland won an agreement for the inspectors to visit the sites.

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Discrepancy on Iran’s use of unfrozen funds

Following the high-level talks in Switzerland, Vice-President JD Vance had said if Iranian financial assets were unfrozen, they “would actually go to buy American soy, American corn and American wheat for the benefit of the Iranian people.”

However, Iran has no current demand for U.S. crops, and Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said on Tuesday that Tehran’s decisions on what to import would be based on “prices and quality.”

“It is interesting that the philosophy and goal of the war, which was the destruction of the Iranian civilization and the collapse of Iran, has become enriching American farmers,” Baghaei said in Tehran.

Iran’s ambassador in Geneva, Ali Bahreini, also questioned Vance’s contention that the U.S. and Qatar would have to approve how Iran uses unfrozen funds. “Iran is the only country who decides what to do with those assets,” he told reporters.

Trump says Iran will buy US corn, soy and wheat. It won't likely happen soon

Trump has heralded the peace talks with Iran as a win for U.S. farmers, saying that the unfreezing of sanctioned Iranian money will be tied to that country buying American-grown corn, soybeans and wheat.

“These are things that are desperately needed by Iran,” Trump posted on social media. “This is a humanitarian crisis, and I feel it is necessary to help.”

But Iran is unlikely to start buying a vast amount of U.S. farm products.

“I don’t expect that trade would be very large in the short run,” said Joseph Glauber, a research fellow emeritus at the International Food Policy Research Institute.

Glauber noted that Iran was “unlikely” to abandon its other trade partners on food for America. He said Iran’s major suppliers include Brazil, India, Turkey, the European Union, Canada, Australia and Argentina and that Trump’s demand to buy from the U.S. would “create some hard feelings with some of our competitors.”

Authorities arrest 2 more suspects in planned attack on Trump’s UFC show

Two more people in Missouri and Washington state have been arrested in connection with what authorities say was a planned attack targeting Trump’s UFC cage-fighting show at the White House earlier this month.

Law enforcement officials disrupted the plan a few days before the June 14 White House event, according to court documents.

William Lee Spartacus Falkner of Belfair, Washington, was arrested Friday and charged with conspiracy to commit murder, according to court documents filed Monday in the Western District of Washington. Jordan W. Rincker, 28, was arrested Sunday and charged with conspiracy to commit murder in the Western District of Missouri. A defense attorney appointed to represent Falkner did not immediately respond to an email requesting comment, and court records do not reveal if Rincker has obtained an attorney. Neither man has had the opportunity to enter a plea.

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Judge blocks use of federal database to check citizenship, saying it could wrongly purge voters

A federal judge on Monday ruled that a recently revamped version of a federal tool central to the Trump administration’s efforts to nationalize elections can no longer be used.

U.S. District Court Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan sided with advocacy groups that argued the recent upgrades to the program, called Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE, aggregated Americans’ sensitive personal data in a way that could result in voters being wrongly purged from voter rolls.

She said Congress had expressly prohibited the government from centralizing Americans’ personal identifying information and that the federal agencies that created the SAVE program “knew that the database violates those statutory protections.”

The decision is a major legal setback for Trump in his efforts to use federal agencies to encourage a nationwide crackdown on having noncitizens illegally on state voter rolls. The modified SAVE system had been a key pillar of the second election executive order the Republican president signed earlier this year. The ruling leaves its future uncertain.

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Patrols and nanobubbles at the Reflecting Pool as Trump seeks a renovation do-over

National Guard members and U.S. Park Police patrolled the deck around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Monday as President Donald Trump’s administration faces a self-imposed deadline to fix a botched renovation before the nation’s 250th anniversary celebration.

The patrols came two days after Trump said authorities had made “multiple arrests” of people he insisted were responsible for damage to the peeling coating after an algae bloom occurred. The liner was installed as part of his $14 million-plus project.

The president has confirmed the problems most likely require draining the pool again for liner repairs and he promised a quick fix. Without offering substantiation, he also said vandals dumped fertilizer in the pool and slashed the coating with a box cutter.

But the timeline was not clear Monday, with the White House saying damaged areas are still being assessed. Contractors and federal workers in recent days have been using chemicals and ozone nanobubbles to combat the algae.

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Trump will visit a Mack Truck facility in swing state Pennsylvania, casting attention on the economy

Trump is going to a Mack Truck facility in a battleground district in swing state Pennsylvania Tuesday, shifting attention to the U.S. economy in his first major public event beyond the capital since he signed an interim agreement to end the Iran war.

Trump’s trip to the Allentown-area business comes as he works to try to put the conflict — and the higher gasoline prices it caused — in the rearview mirror as November midterm elections draw closer.

It’s the president’s fifth second-term visit to Pennsylvania, a key state whose support in 2016 and 2024 helped him to the White House. The Macungie, Pennsylvania, facility is in the 7th Congressional District, where incumbent Republican Rep. Ryan Mackenzie faces Democratic challenger Bob Brooks in November.

The visit comes amid rising prices that could color the verdict voters render on Trump’s stewardship in the fall. About one-third of U.S. adults approved of Trump’s approach to the economy, according to a June Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll. That’s in line with last month for Trump on the issue.

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Pentagon seeks $80 billion from Congress for Iran war

The Pentagon has told senators it needs roughly $80 billion, mostly to cover the cost of the U.S. war against Iran, adding to what is already a sizable military spending boost being sought by President Donald Trump.

The White House Office of Management and Budget has yet to make a formal request to Congress. But Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been making the rounds on Capitol Hill, including Monday evening. A top deputy defense secretary told senators about the Iran funding request last week, according to two people familiar with the situation but not authorized to discuss it publicly.

The Wall Street Journal first reported on the developments.

The push for billions of dollars in Iran war funding comes at a fraught political moment. Lawmakers are skeptical of the deal Trump struck with Iran to bring an end to the war, and wary of next steps. The White House has requested a remarkable $1.5 trillion for the Pentagon — a nearly 50% increase over the current fiscal year’s funding levels.

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The new model is to start in 2028 with several details still to be finalized, including which of the roughly 15 tournaments will be part of the “Championship Series” and the 20 events that will want to be part of the lesser “Challenger Series.”

The PGA Tour boards on Monday afternoon approved the recommendations from the Future Competition Committee, which has been working on a new plan since it was formed last August.

Tiger Woods was appointed chairman of the committee. He was arrested on a DUI charge in Florida in late March — painkillers were found in his pocket but no alcohol in his system — and sought treatment outside the country. He returned in time for the board approval.

CEO Brian Rolapp was to discuss the changes Tuesday morning at the Travelers Championship.

Rolapp preached “scarcity, simplicity and parity” when he took over last summer, and those pillars have become more clear. The season will be shorter — approximately February through August with some scheduled weeks off — without taking away playing opportunities.

The $20 million signature events for 72 players now will be part of the Championship Series and expanded to 120 players on average. Players are not required to play them all and those tournaments will not have sponsor invitations or an alternate list. There will be a 36-hole cut.

The Challenger Series will be a path for players to earn their way to the top level. Those fields will be about 144 players, and Rolapp said purses would be at least $4 million. This year, all but three regular non-signature events had prize funds of at least $9 million.

Except for about seven times during the season, the Championship and Challenger Series tournaments will be held the same week. Rolapp said on the occasion of a week off for the elite circuit, the Challenger Series event would be elevated.

Rory McIlroy last week referred to the secondary tier as a “glorified Korn Ferry event,” referring to the tour's developmental circuit.

“I just think there's going to be certain events that might lose their status if a sponsor doesn't pony up $30 million,” McIlroy said.

Each tour will have a separate points standings and there is no plan for players to move up to the Championship Series during the season unless they were to win twice.

The Championship Series eligibility would be determined by the top 90 players from the previous year, the top 20 players from the Challenger Series and other exemption categories for tournament winners, injuries or career milestones.

The other big change is the “introduction of match play” in the postseason and a Tour Championship that will move around to prestigious courses instead of returning to East Lake in Atlanta each year, as it has done since 2004. Those details are still being worked out.

As for the fall, the PGA Tour is moving toward a separate series of four to six tournaments in which top performers can earn their way back to the Championship Series. The tour said it still has plans for the Korn Ferry Tour, PGA Tour Americas and the PGA Tour University ranking system that creates places for top college players.

Finishing in August would give the elite players time to consider playing overseas, such as premier European tour events or the Australian Open. The PGA Tour recently became partners with Golf Australia without co-sanctioning the century-old event.

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For the Flamingo Gardens Camera Club, every walk is a scavenger hunt. The more they look, the more they find.

“You can take pictures of the birds, the animals. The ones in cages, outside of cages. The scenery. You learn something new every day you come here,” said Dalia Latife, President of the Flamingo Gardens Camera Club.

Latife leads a group of photographers who gather each month before the gardens even open to the public. The day begins in the classroom, where members talk technique, review assignments and share photos. Then, cameras in hand, they head into the field.

The club welcomes photographers of every skill level, from newcomers using smartphones to experienced artists whose work has appeared in museums.

“It’s looking through things differently,” said Latife. “Seeing the little things that we miss. You know, everyday we just walk by something. By just stopping and walking- you notice something different.”

That shared perspective is what brings the group together.

Members receive exclusive access to the 60-acre gardens, giving them room to explore winding paths, lush landscapes and a wildlife collection that often feels like a red-carpet event for photographers. Peacocks strut, flamingos pose and curious visitors become subjects themselves.

But the club’s focus extends beyond photography.

Every click sparks conversation. Every snapshot starts a story.

Members swap ideas, offer feedback and learn from one another, often discovering that the most meaningful part of the experience isn’t what ends up on the memory card.

To submit an idea for What Connects Us, email whatconnectsus@wplg.com.

Pavinee Supasirivisan is also charged with murder for the May killing of the diplomat, whose identity has not been released, but is first standing trial on a charge of violating Myanmar's immigration code, which applies to any foreign national who commits a crime there.

Three prosecution witnesses, including immigration officers, testified during the hearing at Kamayut Township Court, the second in her trial, according to the attorney who spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid possible repercussions from Myanmar’s military-run government.

The attorney said she had two legal representatives in court but did not have further details and it was not clear whether she had entered a plea. The charge carries a sentence ranging from six months to five years.

An official from Kamayut township’s immigration and population department confirmed to The Associated Press that witnesses testified at her trial but would not provide further details. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak with the press.

It was not immediately clear how long the trial might last, nor when she would be tried on the charge of murder, which carries a possible sentence ranging from 10 years in prison to the death penalty.

The military seized power from democratically elected Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021, giving rise to widespread protests that have expanded into a bloody civil war in Myanmar, which is also known as Burma.

Authorities rarely speak with the media and the police investigating the case, the prison where the suspect is believed to be being held and the court where she made her appearance have all refused to comment. Journalists are not allowed into court proceedings.

Thailand’s Foreign Ministry confirmed it has provided consular assistance to the suspect but has refused to provide other details.

The diplomat was found dead with stab wounds to the head and neck on May 11 at the Sakura Residence & Hotel, a facility popular with diplomats, business people and other international visitors, located about 1.5 kilometers (1 mile) from the U.S. Embassy, according to the attorney.

The U.S. State Department confirmed the death but refused to provide further information, including the name of the diplomat.

An oral history project led by the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition is wrapping up in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Friday. To date, the nonprofit’s historians have collected video testimony from more than 360 Indigenous survivors in 19 states — stories set to be preserved in the Library of Congress for years to come.

Iona Mad Plume, who is Blackfeet and grew up on her tribe’s reservation in Montana, said she “can’t emphasize enough” how healing her experience was. She testified in front of a video camera last month in Billings about her time in the Pierre Indian School in South Dakota, where she was sent at age 14.

Mad Plume, now 74, said since her interview she’s been more grounded and has been able to let go of some of the haunting memories: a dusty blue Greyhound bus driving her away from her parents’ red pickup truck. School staff beating her with a wooden dowel as she cowered on a bunk bed in her dorm room. Eating corn meal or cereal littered with weevil bugs.

“I got a lot out of that, pretty much a lot of closure,” she said. “It was after almost a lifetime of carrying around questions and different things in my mind — so I don’t have to carry that around anymore.”

Another boarding school survivor who contributed to the project in Michigan in 2024 recounted a similar experience. Gene Bozicic, of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, attended the Catholic-run Holy Childhood School of Jesus in Harbor Springs, Michigan, beginning at age 11.

“As we further went along, I started to feel more confident in what I could do and what I have accomplished, almost like more pride to be Native,” Bozicic, now 81, said about her video interview. “I hate to see it coming to an end, because they have given me my backbone back.”

Survivors endured systemic abuse

The oral history project, which began in March 2024, is a collaboration between the Minnesota-based National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition and the U.S. Department of the Interior. The intent is to document and share with the public the systemic abuse endured by boarding school survivors under the government’s attempts at forced assimilation — policies that began in the 1800s and lasted for over a century.

Two years earlier, former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland — a Laguna Pueblo member and a descendant of boarding school survivors — led the historic Road to Healing listening tour with Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland, a citizen of the Bay Mills Indian Community.

Haaland’s Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative also included in-depth reports on the schools’ multigenerational impacts. Nearly 1,000 Native children were buried at 65 different school sites, the federal government reported. Atrocities occurring within school walls ranged from physical and sexual abuse to failed attempts at cultural genocide, the report found.

In the more than two years since the boarding school coalition’s oral history work began, the process of collecting these in-person testimonies in 19 states evolved, said Lacey Kinnart, the coalition’s oral history program co-director.

Initially, the “quiet room” where survivors decompress with a fellow elder after their interview was optional. But staff soon changed that policy so entering the room was automatic, and added a second “quiet room.” They also began matching survivors with a licensed clinical therapist who specializes in boarding school trauma and a licensed social worker.

“Our elders don’t want to be a burden,” said Kinnart, a citizen of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. “But they really do need that extra support.”

Kinnart said staff also noticed survivors feeling nervous around the Indigenous photographer. That shyness showed in the photos. So they built in an extra half-hour into the schedule so each survivor could get to know the person who took their portraits.

Stories affect generations

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and the Department of the Interior are still assessing how to present the video interviews to the world. Survivors, however, will retain full ownership of their interviews and they alone decide whether their stories are made public.

The videos will be housed in a permanent oral history collection at the Library of Congress, and the project’s end date is June 2027.

The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition will continue other oral history projects independently. Staff said their next project will likely be more costly — potentially as much as $13 million — compared to the $6.2 million they received from Interior and the Mellon Foundation for the initial oral history project. And while the upcoming venture would take longer, it would be even more inclusive.

“We’re just scratching the surface with these stories,” said the coalition’s Oral History Program Co-director Charlee Brissette, a citizen of the Sault Ste. Marie of Chippewa Indians. “We want to get a more robust picture of the boarding school experience because it does have that intergenerational effect.”

Indigenous people excluded from this first iteration of the oral history project may get another opportunity in the coming years. It’s an effort welcomed by survivors and descendants alike.

“I’d be interested in doing that, because the whole story needs to be taught,” said Desiray Emerton, 56, a Seminole woman and a descendant of two generations of boarding school survivors.

Her relatives attended Goodland Academy and Chilocco Indian School in Oklahoma. She said she’s seen the generational impacts: Because of her boarding school experiences, Emerton’s mother struggled to be affectionate toward her as a child. And her grandmother died long before the oral history project’s existence.

“I know time’s running out for those who did go through that personally,” Emerton said, “but I always tell my kids I’m walking on the prayers of our ancestors, and I’m running out of time.”

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This story is published through the Global Indigenous Reporting Network at The Associated Press.

Investigators said Walter Denahan was last seen Saturday evening near Northeast Eighth Avenue in Boynton Beach.

Police describe him as 5-foot-10, weighing around 140 pounds and bald.

According to officials, he was last seen wearing a beige striped shirt, dark blue pants, tan sneakers and a blue baseball hat.

Authorities said Denahan has been reported missing before and was previously located in Belle Glade, Indiantown and in Deerfield Beach.

Anyone with information about his whereabouts is urged to contact Boynton Beach police at 561-732-8116.

Three cats have allegedly been killed by the roaming group.

“I have seen as many as six together at one time and running wildly as a pack,” said resident Tom Harrington. “They don’t have collars -- they seem feral.”

Nobody knows where they came from, but the group of wild dogs has been roaming the Normandy Isles area for the last six months.

“I have seen the same dogs since January, so it’s puzzling as to whether they have been dumped or they’re from a neighbor. We just don’t know,” said resident Nancy Harrington.

The streets of South Florida are filled with dumped dogs and uncared for cats, and most of those homeless animals are not sterilized, meaning more babies being born on the streets.

“Right now, we need to focus on getting these dangerous dogs off the street,” said Miami Beach Commissioner Tanya K. Bhatt. “Sometimes dogs are dangerous because they are scared and hungry.”

Bhatt was called in to help with the situation.

“It’s heartbreaking that they are damaging and killing cats,” she said.

Neighbors have reported that three cats were recently killed.

“A cat was mauled and dismembered a block away -- a pet,” said Nancy Harrington.

The first cat killed was on March 29 -- a pet named Silvie.

His owner was too distraught to speak to Local 10 News, but texted Local 10’s Jacey Birch, saying, “The violent way he was taken from us has been absolutely devastating. Our hearts are broken.”

This month, there were two more feline deaths.

“Those same dogs roaming the neighborhood from 11:30 (at night) until 4 and 5 in the morning, at which point they killed and dragged an elderly 18-year-old cat,” said Nancy Harrington.

Two pet cats and one community cat named Lucy are all dead due to unchecked feral animals fighting for survival.

“You must help us trap the loose animals so that they can be spayed because it is unsafe for everybody -- for the animals themselves, for residents, for visitors,” said Bhatt.

Some of the Normandy neighbors joined forces, successfully catching two of the dogs on June 7 after trapping them inside a construction site until animal control could arrive.

“We picked up two of the dogs that have been spotted roaming around this neighborhood and they are now in our custody,” said Gabriella Dominguez, with Miami-Dade Animal Services.

The dogs are being held while MDAS conducts their investigation and sets traps to catch the other four dogs in the pack.

Those still-wild dogs seem to roam when it’s cooler and quieter outside which has residents with cats and small dogs concerned.

“They reached out to me because they were concerned that cats were being killed and we have so many animal lovers in our community, which raises a bigger issue: What if it was a child?” said Miami Beach Cat Program Coordinator Holly Whalen.

Anyone who sees the dogs featured in this story is urged to call 311 for help from animal services, but, if it is an emergency, always call the police.

The victims were identified as Esther Liontos, 58, and Roger Arredondo Gonzalez, 61.

Authorities have not disclosed how the two were killed, but confirmed that one person was detained for questioning.

According to MDSO, deputies were called to a home, located in the 26100 block of Southwest 209th Avenue, shortly after 8:30 a.m. Friday after receiving a report about an unconscious woman.

When deputies arrived, they found Liontos lying on the ground outside the home, authorities said.

She was pronounced dead at the scene by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel.

Deputies said they found Arredondo Gonzalez lying on the ground nearby. He too was pronounced dead at the scene

Authorities confirmed that a man was detained for questioning to determine whether he had any involvement in the homicide.

Detectives have not disclosed what that man said to them, but no arrests have been made at this time.

A relative of Liontos told Local 10 that the family is trying to make sense of what happened as they navigate their immense grief, confusion, anger and desire for justice.

That relative described the couple as “wonderful people who loved their family.”

Anyone with information about the double homicide is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.

Their interests are officially aligned — and the Heat finally have another superstar.

Ending a marathon watch for the next great Miami get, the Heat landed Antetokounmpo — a two-time NBA MVP and 10-time All-Star — from the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night in exchange for a massive haul of players and draft picks.

The terms, according to a person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the move had yet to receive the required league approval: Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis are heading to Miami for Wisconsin native Tyler Herro, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kel’el Ware and Kasparas Jakucionis.

Milwaukee also gets the No. 13 selection that will be made in Tuesday night’s NBA draft, along with a first-round pick swap in 2030, first-round picks in 2031 and 2033 and a second-rounder in 2033, the person said.

It ends a wild back-and-forth in the final days of the saga, with the Bucks considering offers from both Miami and Boston for Antetokounmpo — who led Milwaukee to the 2021 NBA title, was on the NBA’s 75th anniversary list of its greatest players ever, is a nine-time All-NBA selection and is coming off an injury-shortened season in which he averaged 27.6 points per game.

Heat go star hunting again, and it pays off

There has been no secret that this is what Miami has sought, because this is what Miami usually seeks. The Heat pulled off similar moves by landing Shaquille O’Neal in 2004 (helping lead to the 2006 NBA title) and by getting LeBron James and Chris Bosh to play alongside Dwyane Wade in 2010 (leading to four NBA Finals runs in four seasons together, along with the 2012 and 2013 NBA titles).

Now, it’s Antetokounmpo’s turn. At 31, the Heat clearly believe he still has many good years left — and it’s generally presumed that by making this deal they’ll give the Greek superstar a massive extension later this year.

He was a perennial MVP candidate in Milwaukee, getting votes for that award in nine consecutive seasons before 2025-26 when too many missed games left him ineligible.

He has averaged 24.1 points and 9.9 rebounds per game in his career, with 10 consecutive seasons of averaging at least 22.9 points — with three years in there of averaging more than 30 points per game.

Only seven active players have more points in their careers than Antetokounmpo, who has totaled 21,531 to this point.

A trade seemed inevitable

Antetokounmpo had been mentioned in trade talks countless times in recent years, with the Bucks always insisting — with words and actions — that they had no interest in trading their best player and one of the best players in the history of the franchise.

But this time, it seemed different.

The Bucks, who fired Doc Rivers as coach after the season, don’t have a roster that would be considered a championship contender. By trading Antetokounmpo, they can essentially start over with four players (and the Heat were high on all of them) along with draft capital.

“I just think before the draft is a natural time, right, because if Giannis does play somewhere else we’re going to get a lot of assets. ... You’ve got to get it right,” Bucks co-owner Jimmy Haslam said in May, when the team introduced new coach Taylor Jenkins — who was told that Antetokounmpo may or may not be with the franchise when next season starts.

Jenkins and the rest of the NBA now has the answer: Antetokounmpo won’t be there.

Antetokounmpo had spoken highly of Miami many times over the years, even when the Heat and Bucks were going head-to-head in the playoffs. He also shares an agent with Heat star center Bam Adebayo, who was the only player Miami clearly was not willing to part with in order to make this deal happen.

“They’re going to play tough and they’re not going to stop playing,” Antetokounmpo said after Milwaukee played Miami on March 12. “That’s the Miami Heat culture.”

Little did anyone know that night that those words were coming after what would be the next-to-last game for Antetokounmpo in a Bucks uniform. He played three nights later against Indiana, then was held out of Milwaukee’s final 15 games of the season.

The Bucks said that was for injury-related reasons. Antetokounmpo said he wanted to play.

He had some bouts with injuries this past season: Antetokounmpo missed four games in late November with a left adductor strain and sat out eight games in December with a right calf strain, then he injured the right calf again in January.

He landed awkwardly on a dunk in that March 15 victory over Indiana and didn’t play again due to what team officials had labeled as a left knee hyperextension and bone bruise. Antetokounmpo said the last few weeks of the season that he was healthy and wanted to play, a dispute that resulted in an investigation by the league office.

For Antetokounmpo, it’s about legacy

Antetokounmpo said coming into the 2025-26 season that he is at the point in his career where he thinks about his legacy, and how more championships are important to him. Told he is already considered an all-time great, he bristled at the notion.

“I’m not there yet,” Antetokounmpo said that day at Bucks training camp.

That’s hard to believe, considering his resume. He’s won a championship. He’s been an MVP. He’s been an NBA Finals MVP. He’s a perennial All-Star and All-NBA pick. He’s one of only seven players born somewhere other than the 50 states of the U.S. to have reached the 20,000-point mark. In 2025, he led Greece to its first EuroBasket medal in 16 years.

“Every basketball player, every athlete, starts a career and they have this quest of what they want to accomplish and what to be remembered for,” Antetokounmpo said in that same training camp interview. “And I think at this point, I’ve accomplished everything that I’ve put my mind to.”

He said those words in Miami. And now, Miami is about to be his new home.

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The new technical findings report is indicating initial column failures at Champlain Towers South occurred three weeks prior to the fatal collapse, according to the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s National Construction Safety Team.

According to co-investigators, in early June 2021, connections between the garage columns and the pool deck failed.

Those failures would prove to be catastrophic, claiming 98 lives.

“Disappointed. Very disappointed. We waited five years,” said Martin Langesfeld, who lost his sister and brother-in-law in the collapse. “The federal government spent nearly $40 million, allocated every resource they needed, and they came back with pretty much nothing.”

The report finds that over a three-week period prior to the collapse, initial failures caused cracks to grow and weight to be redistributed in the pool deck, causing the weight to transfer to adjacent slab columns that were not strong enough to support the weight.

That led to part of the 12-story Champlain Towers South condo coming down during the overnight hours of June 24, 2021.

First responders immediately began working around the clock to locate survivors in a search that lasted several days.

“It’s scary, because how many other buildings could potentially be ticking time bombs as well,” said Langesfeld.

The site of the condo collapse has since been sold to Dubai-based DAMAC Properties.

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A south-east wind direction has helped push the smoke and haze from the brush fires more inland so air quality has improved for much of Broward County, but there is an air quality alert in effect for Miami-Dade until 3 p.m. Tuesday.

The fire dubbed “Quarry 2,” east of Krome Avenue, has been the most widespread, burning 19,018 acres so far. It is 97% contained, while the Well fire, near Northwest 122nd Avenue, has burned 2,809 acres. It is 85% contained.

No road closures are currently in effect due to the wildfires.

Airboat operators, meanwhile, told Local 10 News Monday that water levels are now too low to reach some of the burned areas.

The low water comes after months of wildfire activity across west Miami-Dade and the Everglades.

In April, the Highway 41 fire burned more than 9,000 acres along the Tamiami Trail.

Last week, the Quarry 2 fire grew west of Doral, and the Well fire ignited a day later nearby, burning nearly 3,000 acres.

As of this weekend, crews were still working to contain the Corrections fire in west Miami-Dade.

Back in April, Local 10 was able to ride through some of the areas impacted by the Highway 41 fire.

From the airboat, you could see miles of charred sawgrass and blackened vegetation.

On Monday, operators said some of those areas are too shallow to reach.

Firefighters have repeatedly pointed to dry conditions as a challenge in recent weeks. And those who spend their days in the Everglades say they’re seeing the effects firsthand.

For now, the same dry conditions that helped fuel recent fires are now making some of those areas impossible to reach -- a reminder that in the Everglades too much fire often starts with too little water.

En una llamada a la acción en un discurso durante la London Climate Action Week, Guterres propuso la Iniciativa de Transparencia Ambiental de la IA, y afirmó que las empresas de IA deberían medir y divulgar el impacto de su tecnología, cada vez más demandada.

Las voces críticas han señalando a ese impacto como un motivo para frenar el rápido crecimiento de los centros de datos y estas empresas han enfrentado una presión creciente, tanto de gobiernos como a nivel local en zonas con centros de datos que mantienen en marcha la IA, que reclaman más transparencia y reportes más estandarizados en toda la industria.

Guterres afirmó que las empresas de IA también deberían comprometerse a abastecer sus instalaciones con electricidad producida con tecnologías renovables, como la eólica y la solar, para 2030.

“No más costos ocultos”, expresó Guterres en la mayor conferencia climática independiente de Europa. “No más trasladar la carga a quienes menos pueden soportarla. Es hora de decir la verdad”.

Las necesidades de la IA están creciendo

Muchas grandes empresas tecnológicas han prometido abastecer sus operaciones con fuentes más limpias, algunas para finales de la década. Algunas planean hacerlo especialmente con energía solar y nuclear, incluidas las gigantes tecnológicas Amazon y Google.

Pero la carrera por desplegar la IA ha complicado esos compromisos y ha disparado las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero, que provienen de la quema de combustibles como el petróleo, el carbón y el gas, y calientan el planeta. Las barreras regulatorias también han obstaculizado proyectos favorables al clima.

Actualmente, el carbón aporta alrededor del 30% de la electricidad consumida por los centros de datos a nivel mundial, según la Agencia Internacional de la Energía. La energía renovable —principalmente eólica, solar e hidroeléctrica— suministra cerca del 27%; el gas natural, el 26%, y la nuclear, el 15%. Se espera que las renovables cubran apenas la mitad de esa demanda durante los próximos cinco años.

A medida que la IA se expande, muchos, incluido Guterres, han destacado su capacidad para acelerar soluciones climáticas. Podría mejorar la eficiencia energética y reducir la contaminación y las emisiones.

Al mismo tiempo, la huella ambiental de los centros de datos ya rivaliza con la de algunos de los países más grandes del mundo, según un informe de la ONU publicado a principios de este mes.

Ese informe también indicó que el agua, el uso de energía y la contaminación asociados con la IA se duplicarán en apenas cuatro años. Los centros de datos necesarios para impulsar la IA suponen alrededor del 1,5% del consumo mundial de electricidad en 2025, y representarán casi el 3% del uso mundial de electricidad proyectado para 2030.

“A pesar de estas preocupaciones evidentes, a menudo se deja a las comunidades sin información sobre el impacto ambiental de la infraestructura que se levanta a su alrededor”, manifestó Guterres en sus declaraciones.

La ONU sigue dando la alarma con urgencia

El jefe de la ONU lleva mucho tiempo instando al mundo a tomar en serio la acción climática, y volverá a reunir a líderes en la Conferencia anual de las Partes, este año en Turquía, para negociar planes.

Al abordar la IA el martes, Guterres señaló que era sólo uno de varios pasos que, según dijo, deben tomarse para mantener al mundo por debajo del límite de calentamiento de 1,5 grados Celsius (2,7 grados Fahrenheit) en comparación con la era preindustrial, un objetivo fijado durante el Acuerdo de París de 2015.

El año pasado fue la primera vez que el promedio de temperatura de tres años superó ese umbral.

“Todo gran emisor debe acelerar la acción”, afirmó Guterres. “Y cada país debe superar con creces sus compromisos”.

Pidió recortar el metano, un potente gas de efecto invernadero responsable de alrededor de un tercio del calentamiento global y significativamente más potente que el dióxido de carbono, aunque comparativamente permanece menos tiempo en la atmósfera. También pidió reducir la dependencia del carbón, el petróleo y el gas.

Las renovables avanzan en todo el mundo, pero persisten desafíos

Guterres destacó en sus declaraciones avances positivos en energía renovable, a medida que la escala reduce los costos de las tecnologías y aumenta su adopción.

La generación de energía limpia —impulsada en gran medida por la solar y la eólica— superó el crecimiento total de la demanda mundial de electricidad el año pasado. La participación de las renovables también superó por primera vez un tercio de la matriz eléctrica mundial en la historia moderna en 2025, y la energía a carbón vio caer su cuota por debajo de un tercio de la generación global.

China continúa impulsando la transición mundial hacia la energía limpia y, en Europa, la generación con combustibles fósiles en general tiende a disminuir.

Pero Estados Unidos, bajo el presidente Donald Trump, ha abrazado el carbón, el petróleo y el gas y ha recortado el apoyo a las renovables y a una acción climática más amplia —todo ello en medio de la crisis energética mundial agravada por la guerra de Estados Unidos en Irán, que Guterres calificó como “la madre de todos los shocks energéticos”.

Guterres se refirió al estado actual del mundo como “Una historia de dos crisis”, trazando una metáfora con la novela de Charles Dickens, “Historia de dos ciudades”, y también como un guiño a Londres, donde se pronunció el discurso.

“Para la agenda climática, estos son en verdad los mejores tiempos y los peores tiempos”, señaló. “Los peores, porque los impactos climáticos se están intensificando, se avecinan puntos de inflexión y la crisis energética ha expuesto los profundos riesgos de la dependencia de los combustibles fósiles. Pero también los mejores, porque la revolución de las renovables está bien encaminada”.

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While urging action in an address at London Climate Action Week, Guterres proposed the AI Environmental Transparency Initiative, arguing AI companies should measure and disclose the impact of their increasingly in-demand technology — impact which has been cited by opponents as reasons to curb the rapid growth of data centers. These companies have faced mounting pressure, both from governments and locally in areas with data centers that support AI, for increased transparency and more standardized reporting across the industry.

Guterres said AI companies should also commit to powering their facilities with electricity produced with renewable technologies, such as wind and solar, by 2030.

“No more hidden costs,” Guterres said at Europe’s largest independent climate conference. “No more shifting the burden onto those least able to bear it. It is time to come clean.”

AI's needs are growing

Many major tech companies have vowed to power their operations using cleaner sources, some by the end of the decade. Some plan to do so especially using solar and nuclear, including tech giants Amazon and Google.

But the race to deploy AI has complicated those commitments and sent soaring greenhouse gas emissions, which come from the burning of fuels like oil, coal and gas, and heat the planet. Regulatory barriers have also hindered climate-friendly projects.

Currently, coal sources about 30% of the electricity consumed by data centers globally, according to the International Energy Agency. Renewable energy – primarily wind, solar and hydro powers – supplies about 27%, natural gas, 26%, and nuclear, 15%. Renewables are expected to meet just half of that demand over the next five years.

As AI booms, many, including Guterres, have touted its ability to accelerate climate solutions. It could improve energy efficiency, and reduce pollution and emissions.

At the same time, the environmental footprint of data centers already rivals some of the world’s largest countries, according to a U.N. report released earlier this month.

That report also said the water, energy use and pollution associated with AI will double in just four years. Data centers needed to fuel AI accounted for about 1.5% of the world’s electricity consumption in 2025, and will account for nearly 3% of the world’s projected electricity use by 2030.

“Despite these obvious concerns, communities are often left in the dark about the environmental impact of the infrastructure rising around them,” Guterres said in his remarks.

The UN continues to sound urgent alarms

The U.N. chief has long urged the world to take serious climate action, and will once again convene leaders at the annual Conference of Parties, this year in Turkey, to negotiate plans.

On Tuesday, addressing AI was just a number of steps he said needed to be taken to keep the world below the warming limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) compared to pre-industrial times, a goal set during the 2015 Paris Agreement.

Last year was the first time that the three-year temperature average broke through that threshold.

“Every major emitter must accelerate action,” Guterres said. “And every country must over-deliver on its commitments.”

He called for cutting methane, a powerful greenhouse gas responsible for around one-third of global warming and significantly more potent than carbon dioxide, though comparatively it lingers for less time in the atmosphere. He also called for a reduction in dependence on coal, oil and gas.

Renewables progress seen around th

e globe but challenges remain

Guterres noted in his remarks positive developments in renewable energy, as scale drives down the costs of the technologies and adoption increases.

Clean power generation — largely driven by solar and wind — exceeded overall global electricity demand growth last year. The share of renewables also hit more than one-third of the world’s electricity mix for the first time in modern history in 2025, and coal power saw its share fall below one-third of global generation.

China continues to drive the world's clean energy transition, and in Europe, fossil generation is generally trending down.

But the U.S. under President Donald Trump has embraced coal, oil and gas and slashed support for renewables and broader climate action — all amid the global energy crisis exacerbated by the U.S. war in Iran, which Guterres called “the mother of all energy shocks.”

Guterres referred to the current state of the world as “A Tale of Two Crises," drawing a metaphor to the Charles Dickens’ novel, “A Tale of Two Cities” — also a nod to London where the address was given.

“For the climate agenda, this is indeed the best of times and the worst of times,” he said. “The worst – because climate impacts are intensifying, tipping points are looming, and the energy crisis has exposed the deep risks of dependence on fossil fuels. But also the best – because the renewables revolution is well underway.”

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Afghans make up one of the largest groups of migrants seeking asylum in the European Union, but a growing number of governments in the 27-nation bloc want to speed up and increase deportations for those whose claims are rejected or who commit crimes in their host countries.

“This was a historic visit as first time ever that delegation from Islamic Emirate visited the EU and held talks with member states in Brussels,” said Abdul Qahar Balkhi, a spokesperson for the Taliban Ministry of Foreign Affairs who led the delegation of five figures.

Balkhi also said they spoke about “restarting broad-range consular services for Afghans in EU zone, including need for trust-building measures, consular presence and dignified return process.”

The meeting was held in an undisclosed location in the Belgian capital, which is also the headquarters of the EU itself and the NATO military alliance.

Rights groups say meeting could endanger Afghans in and out of Europe

Afghan authorities have imposed draconian restrictions on rights, particularly for women and girls, since the Taliban seized power in the country in 2021 in the wake of the chaotic withdrawal of U.S.-led forces.

Rights groups said Tuesday's meeting undercuts the EU’s human rights obligations and could endanger people in Europe and Afghanistan.

“Any engagement with the Taliban needs to prioritize protecting human rights and accountability — not deporting people to danger there,” said Fereshta Abbasi, a researcher at Human Rights Watch. “EU countries are undermining their credibility by condemning Taliban abuses and pursuing accountability on one hand, while cooperating with the Taliban to forcibly return Afghans on the other.”

With not a single EU nation recognizing the Taliban, the meeting in Brussels symbolizes a small crack in the group’s diplomatic isolation since seizing power five years ago. Most nations around the world — including the entire EU — cut off diplomatic relations at the time. The Taliban has been quietly expanding its access to diplomatic missions in Europe ever since.

Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot said that while Belgium doesn’t recognize the Taliban, it would comply with EU requests to grant the Taliban visas.

“Belgium cannot confer legitimacy on a regime accused of serious human rights violations,” he said in a statement referring to Belgium’s hosting of the EU institutions. “Making a meeting possible in the framework of our host-state policy does not amount to recognition, does not amount to legitimacy, and does not constitute an invitation by the Belgian government.”

Afghan activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai said Monday that she was “deeply shaken” that the EU was talking with the Taliban.

“Europe must not legitimise a regime responsible for one of the worst human rights crises in the world. Any engagement with the Taliban must begin and end with the rights of Afghan women and girls,” she wrote on X.

Members of the Taliban delegation were issued visas after security screening with limited territorial validity, giving them 24 hours in Belgium and no access to other countries in the Schengen border-free travel zone.

Since neither Belgium nor the EU officially recognizes the Taliban government, the meeting did not take place inside official buildings or sites belonging to either.

The European Commission has declined repeated requests to provide additional information about the meeting.

The drive to increase deportations from EU grows stronger

A spokesperson for the European Commission said that the meeting is in response to pressure from a clear majority of the 27 EU member states– 20 of whom signed a letter in October calling for stronger migration policies, including a ramp-up of deportations.

Commission spokesperson Markus Lammert said the Commission had been asked to coordinate technical contacts on returns and that EU nations are initially targeting criminals and people deemed a threat by security authorities.

“These are technical-level contacts,” he said. “This does not mean recognition."

He also said that some EU member nations were allowed to meet the Taliban during the meeting, but did not clarify.

While this is the first meeting of the Taliban in the EU, the first meeting between the two sides was held in Afghanistan in January when the Commission sent a mission to Kabul. It also maintains staff there.

The October letter was drafted in part by Belgian Migration Minister Anneleen Van Bossuyt, who said then that “we have sent a clear and powerful message to the European Commission: we can no longer afford a standstill. It is high time for a firm and joint approach, so that Europe can regain control over migration and security.”

Bossuyt said that across the EU, only 2% of the 22,870 Afghans told to return had done so.

Afghanistan faces an increasingly dire situation

Afghanistan has been dealing with the return of about 3 million Afghans from Pakistan and Iran in the past year alone, all of whom have pretty much been forcibly repatriated from those two countries, exacerbating a humanitarian disaster in Afghanistan, already reeling from food and economic crises, including biting sanctions.

Afghan Taliban authorities have imposed draconian restrictions on women and girls, including bans on education beyond primary school and on working in all but very few professions, as well as strict regulations on what women are allowed to wear in public.

“The desperate scenes of people — including EU staff — fleeing Afghanistan are a recent memory. It is unconscionable that the EU would now try and deport people to Afghanistan, which has only become more dangerous in the meantime,” said Eve Geddie, Director of Amnesty International’s European Institutions Office.

Facing political pressure to toughen migration policies across the 27-nation bloc, the EU has recently passed deep reforms to its collective rules aiming to ramp up deportations -- including allowing the setting up of so-called “return hubs,” increased domestic surveillance capabilities, tighter border controls, and engagement with the Taliban government, which it does not recognize because of human rights abuse allegations.

With Afghanistan facing food shortages and economic collapse, the Taliban government is in need of humanitarian aid and hopes to lessen its international economic and political isolation.

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Afghan reported from Kabul. Associated Press writers Victoria Eastwood in Cairo, Suzan Fraser in Ankara, and Sylvain Plazy in Brussels contributed to this report.

Burnham is the strong front-runner to replace Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who announced Monday that he would step down within weeks after two years in office marred by missteps and judgment errors that eroded his standing with his party and the public.

Burnham, a former Cabinet minister who served since 2017 as mayor of Greater Manchester, won a special election last week for a seat in Parliament with the express aim of challenging Starmer for the leadership.

Burnham’s chances got a big boost on Monday when former Health Secretary Wes Streeting, who was considered his main rival, announced his support.

The U.K. parliamentary system allows governing parties to change leaders — and thus prime ministers — without the need for a national election. The next general election doesn't have to be held until 2029.

Nominations for the Labour leadership will open on July 9 and close a week later. If Burnham is the only contender, he could be prime minister by July 17. If there is a contest, the winner should be in place by the time Parliament returns from its summer break on Sept. 1.

Burnham's economic plans aren't yet known

Burnham was a popular mayor of Greater Manchester, overseeing a period of rapid regeneration for the city in northern England where the Industrial Revolution was forged. He has pledged to repeat his signature brand of “Manchesterism” on a national scale.

Many Labour members hope Burnham’s people skills and charisma can connect with the public more than the stolid, managerial Starmer could ever do.

But Burnham's policies in many areas are unknown and untested. Some Labour lawmakers want to see a party election contest where he would face public debate and scrutiny.

Burnham is expected to make a speech next week outlining some of his economic plans.

Former Armed Forces Minister Al Carns, who quit this month to protest what he saw as inadequate defense spending, said that “we need to have a clear and concise discussion about what this country wants to be.”

He has suggested that he might run for the leadership, but told broadcaster ITV that “I’m not ready to make a decision on this in any way, shape or form.”

Others have suggested Darren Jones, a senior Cabinet minister and Starmer ally, should run, though he has yet to comment.

Potential candidates need the support of at least 81 Labour lawmakers, a fifth of the parliamentary party, to run.

Many argue that a leadership contest will only focus attention on the party’s internal divisions and extend a period of political uncertainty.

Starmer told the weekly meeting of his Cabinet on Tuesday that he will try to make the transition to his successor as easy as possible. He told ministers that he wants an “orderly transition” and for whoever replaces him to succeed, his office said.

While Starmer wants to carry on with business as usual, he’s not allowed to make new major policy announcements or spending commitments during what remains of his time in office.

Starmer won a landslide but stumbled in office

Starmer resigned on Monday after a weekend considering his future, acknowledging that the Labour Party no longer thinks “I am best placed to lead us into the next general election.”

He was the sixth prime minister in a decade to stand outside No. 10 Downing St. and announce a departure. It comes as Britain marks the 10th anniversary of its vote to leave the European Union, a decision that still roils the country’s economy and politics.

After weeks of insisting that he would fight to keep his job, Starmer conceded to growing pressure to hand over to a new leader who can try and revive the government’s flagging fortunes. He led Labour to a landslide election victory in July 2024, but his popularity and that of the party have plummeted since then.

Starmer has struggled to deliver promised economic growth, repair tattered public services and ease the cost of living. He has been hamstrung by repeated missteps, including his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson, a scandal-tarnished friend of Jeffrey Epstein, as U.K. ambassador to the United States.

Labour is losing liberal voters to the growing Green Party and facing a rising Reform UK, the Nigel Farage -led anti-immigration party that consistently leads in nationwide opinion polls.

Las temperaturas se mantendrán altas todo el día en Francia, la nación europea más afectada hasta ahora por la temprana ola de calor veraniega. La agencia meteorológica nacional, Meteo France, puso a 54 departamentos —aproximadamente la mitad del país—bajo alerta roja por la ola de calor.

Italia, España y Reino Unido también están padeciendo por el calor.

El cambio climático está ligado al aumento de los fenómenos meteorológicos extremos, y las proyecciones de la agencia climática de Naciones Unidas señalan que en los próximos cinco años se batirán más récords de calor.

El primer ministro de Francia, Sébastien Lecornu, dijo que las 40 personas que murieron por ahogamiento desde el jueves pasado eran en su mayoría jóvenes.

El Louvre y la torre Eiffel cierran temprano

En un país donde el aire acondicionado no está muy extendido, las escuelas, el transporte público y los eventos deportivos se han visto afectados. En París, la torre Eiffel ajustó sus operaciones al clima abrasador, cerrando por la tarde en lugar de a última hora de la noche como suele hacerlo. El museo del Louvre dijo que cerraría dos horas antes de lo normal desde el miércoles hasta el sábado.

“Aunque partes de su edificio histórico son naturalmente resistentes, el museo sigue siendo vulnerable y no está suficientemente adaptado al cambio climático”, indicó. “La acumulación de calor es mayor hacia el final del día y se intensifica aún más por el elevado número de visitantes”.

Se espera que las condiciones extremas duren al menos hasta el final de la semana, con máximas diurnas por encima de los 40 grados Celsius (104 grados Fahrenheit) en muchas localidades.

“Se esperan nuevas temperaturas récord, incluidas algunas que podrían superar todos los registros anteriores, independientemente de la época del año”, indicó la agencia.

Meteo France apuntó que la ola de calor es excepcionalmente intensa y llegó muy temprano en el verano, “pero su duración sigue siendo incierta”. Ya se ha comparado con la registrada en agosto de 2003, cuando las temperaturas más altas en más de medio siglo causaron unas 15.000 muertes, muchas de ellas de personas mayores en apartamentos y residencias de ancianos sin aire acondicionado.

Europa es el continente que más rápido se calienta en el mundo, con temperaturas que aumentan al doble de la velocidad del promedio global desde la década de 1980, según el Servicio de Cambio Climático Copernicus de la Unión Europea. En los últimos cuatro años, más de 200.000 personas en todo el continente fallecieron por causas relacionadas con el calor, y la mayoría de esos decesos eran evitables, señaló la oficina regional europea de la Organización Mundial de la Salud este mes.

Las temperaturas por encima del promedio pueden provocar agotamiento por calor y golpes de calor potencialmente mortales.

La ola de calor azota Reino Unido y España

Al otro lado del Canal de la Mancha desde Francia, en Reino Unido, muchas escuelas dijeron que cerrarían durante el día y la circulación de trenes se vio interrumpida mientras la Met Office, la agencia meteorológica británica, emitió una alerta roja por calor extremo para miércoles y jueves, y las previsiones sugieren que podría batirse el récord histórico de temperatura diaria de junio.

Se espera que los termómetros ronden los 37 °C (98,6 °F) en el sur de Inglaterra, con hasta 35 °C (95 °F) en el sureste de Gales. Ahora se prevé que el pico de la ola de calor sea el miércoles y el jueves, cuando las máximas podrían alcanzar al menos 39 °C (102,2 °F). De acuerdo con la agencia meteorológica, las condiciones podrían aliviarse el viernes.

El martes, varios operadores ferroviarios en todo Reino Unido dijeron que estaban cancelando servicios para “garantizar el funcionamiento seguro del ferrocarril”. National Rail, que opera la infraestructura ferroviaria, instó a la gente a “viajar solo si es absolutamente necesario” el miércoles y el jueves.

Más al sur del continente, España se enfrenta a una ola de calor en varias partes de la península ibérica.

La agencia meteorológica nacional, Aemet, emitió el martes alertas rojas por temperaturas de 44 °C (111 °F) en el sur de Andalucía, así como avisos de que los termómetros alcanzarían los 40 °C (104 ºF) en las regiones de Cantabria y el País Vasco, en la costa atlántica norte y que normalmente registran temperaturas más frescas.

En España, que últimamente ha experimentado veranos cada vez más tórridos, las temperaturas van a seguir aumentando debido al cambio climático a medida que las olas de calor se vuelven más frecuentes, largas y se alejan de la ventana tradicional de julio y agosto, explicó Rubén del Campo, meteorólogo de la Aemet.

De la docena de olas de calor que la Aemet ha registrado en el mes de junio desde que comenzó a guardar registros en 1975, la mitad se han producido desde 2015, apuntó del Campo.

El cambio climático impulsado por el hombre está calentando la atmósfera, tanto sobre España como en las aguas marinas circundantes, manifestó.

La agencia de monitoreo de la Unión Europea determinó que, en Europa y a nivel mundial, 2024 fue el año más caluroso registrado y que el continente experimentó su segunda cifra más alta de días de “estrés térmico”.

Los científicos advierten que el cambio climático está agravando la frecuencia y la intensidad del calor y la sequía, especialmente en el sureste de Europa, lo que hace que la región más vulnerable a los efectos sobre la salud y a los incendios forestales.

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Sylvia Hui en Londres y Joseph Wilson en Barcelona contribuyeron a este despacho.

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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.

President Masoud Pezeshkian’s visit to Islamabad came as technical teams were working on details following high-level negotiations in Switzerland on Monday between the U.S. and Iran.

In Tehran, Iran’s capital, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei told reporters that no visits were scheduled for the U.N. watchdog — the International Atomic Energy Agency — to examine Iranian nuclear sites bombed by the U.S. last year. U.S. Vice President JD Vance had said the negotiations he helped lead in Switzerland won an agreement for the inspectors to visit the sites.

The IAEA has not responded to requests for comment over its possible role. It has been in and out of Iran since Israel’s 12-day war in 2025, but has not been granted access to bombed enrichment sites targeted by the U.S.

The U.S. said negotiators have discussed “mechanisms” to ensure that the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway for oil transit that Iran effectively blocked during the war, remains open. Ship traffic is increasing but questions remain about who controls the strait.

Meanwhile, violence flared again in southern Lebanon as Israeli soldiers opened fire, killing two people. The reports of violence came after two days of calm following a ceasefire brokered on Saturday. Any renewal of heavy fighting could threaten the broader diplomatic talks, since Iran has demanded that a full truce in Lebanon be part of any comprehensive deal.

Iran's president makes his first visit to Islamabad since the war started

Pezeshkian and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday discussed a range of issues, including regional peace and economic cooperation, according to a statement from the presidency in Islamabad.

Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi also joined the delegation that arrived in Islamabad amid tight security.

It was the Iranian president's first visit since the U.S. and Israel launched war on Iran on Feb. 28. Pezeshkian and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif were to hold a joint news conference after the discussions.

In the initial talks, marking the start of a 60-day process that seeks to reach a permanent deal to end the Iran war, Iran and the U.S. agreed to create a “de-confliction cell” to address the fighting in Lebanon between Israel and the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah.

Ahead of his meetings in Pakistan, Pezeshkian cautioned that “the effectiveness of the talks depends on full commitment to the agreed obligations and their precise implementation.”

Iran says negotiations focused on sanctions relief, nuclear issues and more

Iran suggested that the talks in Switzerland led to the creation of specific negotiation groups, including those focused on sanctions relief, nuclear issues, reconstruction, and monitoring, according to the state-run IRNA news agency.

The report quoted Kazem Gharibabadi, a deputy foreign minister leading the technical talks, saying the countries also formed a contact mechanism over ships moving through Hormuz and the fighting in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah.

Israel occupies part of Lebanon and insists it must be able to attack militants launching attacks into northern Israel.

On Tuesday, Israeli forces opened fire and killed two men near the southern Lebanese town of Nabatiyeh al-Fawqa, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported, saying the pair were next to a bulldozer clearing a road.

The Israeli military said troops fired at four Hezbollah members who were riding a bulldozer and a motorcycle and had entered a security zone and failed to stop despite warning shots.

No Israeli airstrikes or shelling have been reported since Sunday, a day after a ceasefire was reached, and Hezbollah also has not claimed any attacks in what has been the longest halt in the fighting since the latest Israel-Hezbollah war erupted on March 2.

Discrepancy on Iran's use of unfrozen funds

Following the talks in Switzerland, Vance said if Iranian financial assets were unfrozen, they would be used to buy American-grown corn, wheat and soy.

Vance also said the U.S. and Qatar would have approval over the process. However, Iran has no current demand for U.S. crops and its foreign ministry spokesperson said Tuesday that Tehran’s decisions on what to import would be based on “prices and quality.”

“It is interesting that the philosophy and goal of the war, which was the destruction of the Iranian civilization and the collapse of Iran, has become enriching American farmers,” Baghaei said.

Iran’s ambassador in Geneva, Ali Bahreini, questioned Vance’s contention that the U.S. and Qatar would approve how Iran uses unfrozen funds.

“Iran is the only country who decides what to do with those assets,” he told reporters.

Netanyahu raises new questions over fragile Lebanon ceasefire

Mediators Pakistan and Qatar said the “de-confliction cell” would include the Lebanese government and “ensure the adherence of the termination of military operations in Lebanon.” But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin said Monday that his military still has “full freedom of action" to thwart any threats.

Neither Israel nor Hezbollah is a signatory to the U.S.-Iran deal. Netanyahu has vowed to keep his forces in southern Lebanon until all threats to Israel are eliminated. Hezbollah has refused to halt attacks unless Israel commits to withdrawing.

When asked about Netanyahu’s comments, U.S. President Donald Trump said “we’re going to take a look at it,” adding that the situation would “get solved.”

The main highway leading south from Beirut was jammed Tuesday with people displaced from southern Lebanon returning to their homes. Among them was Hawraa Nour El-Din, from the village of Khirbet Selm.

“We don’t want the negotiations done by the government,” she said. “We want Iran to negotiate on our behalf, and we are returning victorious, whether everyone likes it or not.”

In Washington, the State Department said a new round of Israel-Lebanon talks began on Tuesday with both political and security issues on the agenda.

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Rising reported from Bangkok and Gambrell from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Associated Press writers Abby Sewell in Beirut, Jamey Keaten in Geneva, Nasser Karimi in Tehran, Iran, and Matthew Lee in Washington contributed to this report.

Temperatures will remain high around the clock in France, the European nation the most affected so far by the early summer heat wave. The national weather service, Meteo France, placed 54 departments, about half the country, under a red heat wave alert.

Italy, Spain, and Britain were also hit.

Human-caused climate change is tied to increasingly extreme weather, and U.N. climate agency projections say the next five years should shatter more heat records.

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said that the 40 people who died by drowning since last Thursday were mainly young people.

The Louvre and the Eiffel Tower are closing early

In a country without widespread air conditioning, schools, public transportation and sporting events have been impacted. In Paris, the Eiffel Tower adjusted its operations to the scorching weather, closing in the afternoon instead of late at night as it usually does. The Louvre museum said it would close two hours earlier than normal from Wednesday through Saturday.

“Although parts of its historic building are naturally resilient, the museum remains vulnerable and is not sufficiently adapted to climate change,” it said. “Heat buildup is greatest toward the end of the day and is further intensified by high visitor numbers.”

Extreme conditions are expected to last at least until the end of the week, with daytime highs above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in many towns.

“Further record-breaking temperatures are expected, including some that could surpass all previous records, regardless of the time of year,” Meteo France said.

The heat wave is exceptionally intense, coming very early in the summer, “but with a still uncertain duration,” the weather service said. It has already been compared to the August 2003 heat wave, when the highest temperatures in over half a century caused an estimated 15,000 deaths, many of them among older people in apartments and retirement homes without air conditioning.

Europe is the world’s fastest-warming continent, with temperatures increasing twice as fast as the global average since the 1980s, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. Over the last four years, more than 200,000 people across Europe died from heat-related causes, and most of those deaths were preventable, the World Health Organization’s Europe office said this month.

The above-average temperatures can cause heat exhaustion and life-threatening heat stroke.

Heat wave hits Britain and Spain

Across the English Channel from France, many British schools said they were closing for the day and trains were disrupted as the Met Office, the U.K. weather agency, issued a red extreme heat warning for Wednesday and Thursday, with forecasts suggesting June’s all-time daily temperature record could be broken.

Temperatures of around 37 degrees C (98.6 F) are expected in southern England, with up to 35 C (95 F) in southeast Wales. The peak of the heat wave is now forecast for Wednesday and Thursday, when highs could reach at least 39 C (102.2 F). Conditions are expected to ease by Friday, the Met Office said.

On Tuesday multiple train operators across the U.K. said they were canceling train services to “ensure the safe operation of the railway.” National Rail, which operates the railway infrastructure, urged people to “only travel if absolutely necessary” on Wednesday and Thursday.

Further south on the continent, Spain is facing a heat wave across various parts of the Iberian Peninsula.

Spain’s national weather service, Aemet, issued red alerts Tuesday for temperatures of 44 C (111 F) in southern Andalusia as well as warnings of thermometers hitting 40 C (104 F) in the normally temperate Cantabria and the Basque Country regions along its northern Atlantic coast.

Aemet meteorologist Rubén del Campo said Spain, which has experienced increasingly torrid summers of late, is only going to get hotter because of climate change as heatwaves become more frequent, longer and appear outside the traditional window of July and August.

Of the dozen heatwaves Aemet has recorded in the month of June since it started tracking them in 1975, half have occurred since 2015, del Campo said.

Human-driven climate change is heating up the atmosphere, both above Spain and in the surrounding sea waters, he said.

Copernicus, the EU monitoring agency found that in Europe and globally, 2024 was the hottest year on record and the continent experienced its second-highest number of “heat stress” days.

Scientists warn that climate change is exacerbating the frequency and intensity of heat and dryness, especially in southeastern Europe, making the region more vulnerable to health impacts and wildfires.

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The name of the body of water between France and the U.K. has been corrected to the “English Channel.”

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Associated Press journalists Sylvia Hui in London and Joseph Wilson in Barcelona, Spain, contributed to this report.

Some media outlets, however, reported that some of those detained were politicians or activists, leading to allegations of arbitrary detentions.

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to join other leaders of the 32‑member alliance in Ankara for the July 7–8 summit.

Turkey is planning strict security measures for the summit, including banning demonstrations and restricting access to roads leading to airports, as well as sealing off areas around the summit venue and hotels hosting delegations.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government has prioritized security and authorities regularly carry out security raids. Last month, security forces detained 324 people suspected of links to the Islamic State group in a nationwide sweep.

Early on Tuesday, Turkish prosecutors issued detention orders for 241 suspects, and 209 of them were subsequently taken into custody in police and gendarmerie raids around Ankara, according to a statement from the chief prosecutor’s office. The raids were still underway later Tuesday to take in the rest of the suspects.

Among those detained were 56 alleged Islamic State militants and 35 members of the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front, a far‑left group known for armed attacks and assassinations in Turkey, the statement said.

Birgun, an independent left-leaning newspaper, and other media reported that a politician, an LGBTQ activist and at least three lawyers allegedly close to left-wing groups were also among the detained. That lead to concerns that the government could be using security as a pretext to silence critics and prevent possible anti-NATO demonstrations during the summit.

“This arbitrary wave of detentions and arrests targeting leftist and socialist institutions once again reveals the state the country has reached,” the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party, DEM, said. “Turning Ankara into a giant prison with bans imposed for the NATO Summit is unacceptable.”

The Islamic State group has also carried out numerous deadly attacks in Turkey, including the 2017 New Year’s shooting at an Istanbul nightclub that killed 39 people.

The thunderous cry rings out over a crowd gathered in front of a television propped up on plastic tables and past a maze of vendors lining a bustling working-class neighborhood in downtown Mexico City. It echoes over fans across the Latin American nation, who roar as they watch Mexico's national team win another match in the FIFA World Cup with eyes glued to screens set up in plazas, below highway underpasses and tucked away in taco stands.

Priced out of stadium tickets to the tournament their country is hosting alongside the U.S. and Canada, many Mexicans are reclaiming the event and staging their own celebrations on the streets.

“Honestly, there’s nothing like going to the stadiums, but I prefer being here in the street. … For me it’s like watching the game from my living room,” said Esmeralda Serrato, who watched a TV in the street with dozens of neighbors. “I feel the blood rushing through my veins saying ‘This is the World Cup.’”

Ticket prices exclude most Mexican viewers

World Cup festivities in Mexico have generated an almost incalculable buzz as hundreds of thousands of people gather in mass celebrations in host cities including Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey following the country’s two consecutive victories.

But the street parties also come after months of scrutiny as FIFA has faced searing criticism across the globe for soaring World Cup ticket prices. In Mexico, where the average worker earns around $433 a month and soccer is considered a sport that unites people across class, the gap between who can and cannot get into games is felt acutely.

That has fueled social tensions and left many Mexicans feeling as if “it’s a party we weren’t invited to,” said Diego Merla, fiscal justice coordinator for Oxfam Mexico.

“The World Cup is built around the logic of squeezing as much value out of it as possible,” Merla said. “It’s about getting those who are willing and able to pay the absolute maximum. And that ends up excluding a lot of people.”

Earlier this year, tickets went on sale at prices ranging from $140 to $8,680, but have since skyrocketed, with some tickets to the World Cup final costing around $32,970.

In the wake of mounting criticisms, FIFA President Gianni Infantino has defended high ticket prices as fitting the U.S. market.

“You cannot go to watch in the U.S. a college game, not even speaking about a top professional game of a certain level, for less than $300,” Infantino said. “And this is the World Cup.”

Fans hold homegrown celebrations

For fans like Guillermo Ramírez, the solution was to take things into their own hands.

Ramírez, 49, is a native of Tepito, the working-class Mexico City neighborhood that is home to sprawling street markets packed with pirated World Cup jerseys.

Here, soccer is a symbol of resistance and local identity in an area of the city most commonly associated with crime. Nestled in the heart of the dense markets is a soccer field named after Bernardo Manolete Hernández, a renowned Mexican soccer player born in the neighborhood.

Just a block away from the field, Ramírez, wearing a bright green and white Mexico jersey, set up a TV screen and speakers on top of two plastic tables in front of his house and small corner shop before Mexico faced off against South Korea. He remembers as a young boy watching the 1986 Mexico World Cup from TVs set up by neighbors unable to get into stadiums.

“There are a lot of us who simply can’t afford to go to the stadium,” Ramírez said. “Tepito is a soccer barrio, and when there’s a match on, everyone takes out their TVs to watch, especially now during the World Cup.”

Throngs of neighbors crowd around his screen, wearing green and red lucha libre masks, cradling their kids and cracking open a beer from Ramírez’s corner shop.

When their team wins, Ramírez's neighbors and large swaths of Mexico City erupt, with tens of thousands of people flooding the streets and flocking to Mexico City's central monument, the Angel de la Independencia.

Mexico's president promotes public watch parties

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has also criticized the costs and said last week that FIFA leaders should reflect on their pricing decisions.

“Soccer has to be something else,” Sheinbaum said.

Sheinbaum has encouraged fans to gather in free public watch parties set up by local governments and FIFA in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey. Nearly 20 such venues dot the Mexican capital, including in lower-income areas of the city.

For one game, over 200,000 Mexican and foreign fans packed into the city's main plaza, the Zocalo, as a sea of Mexico jerseys threw crowd surfers into the air.

Armando Soriano, his wife and two children traveled from the fringes of the city to a smaller Fan Fest in a plaza just a mile from where Ramírez lives, where locals rolled up to the screen before them on motorcycles and beer, tequila and snacks were sold from plastic tubs strapped to moving carts.

To him, it felt more Mexican than the central FIFA event, he said.

“I want (my family) to be swept up in the spirit — to feel, more than anything, what it means to be Mexican, and to experience the traditions that people here live and breathe,” Soriano said.

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The only flaw in the projection was Kasten — and most everyone else — never anticipating getting there after just three seasons.

“We thought we’d get there in Year 10 or 12,” said the 74-year-old Kasten, whose resume includes executive roles with teams in major league baseball, the NBA and NHL. “And here we are after two-and-a-half years. It’s extraordinary.”

The PWHL’s fast-paced growth reflects surges in attendance, sales and viewership, particularly after the U.S. won gold at the Milan Cortina Games. And the upward trajectory so far belies concerns that the league is taking on too much, too soon.

“I want to hear the case for going slower. I can’t imagine it,” Kasten told The Associated Press.

Though the PWHL has yet to turn a profit, Kasten said its expansion plan and business model are validated by fan support. And it’s reflected in the confidence of the business community, with the Detroit-based Ilitch Cos. and Toronto-based Kilmer Sports Ventures coming on board as the first outside investors.

PWHL observers back fast-paced growth approach

Outside observers agree.

“Would you tell a men’s league to go slow if they saw a real upside in a developing market? You just wouldn’t,” said Jane McManus, a New York University professor at the Tisch Institute for Global Sport and author of the book, ‘The Fast Track: Inside the Surging Business of Women’s Sports.‘

“I’ve seen it firsthand,” McManus said, referring to being part of the sell-out crowd attending a PWHL game at Madison Square Garden in April. “You’d never tell somebody to put a cap on that if it’s happening on the men’s side.”

McManus credited the PWHL for moving quickly in a coast-to-coast expansion as a way to stake its claim and guard against the possibility of competing leagues in women's hockey. Another key, she said, was the league having a single-entity ownership model in centralizing planning decisions.

The league’s structure is headed by founders and primary financial backers Mark and Kimbra Walter, who work together with the PWHL’s advisory board in overseeing operations.

Walter committed hundreds of millions of dollars to launch the six-team league in June 2023 by reaching a deal with the then-Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association and buying out the assets of the rival Premier Hockey Federation. The PWHPA featured the world’s top players, including a majority of members of the U.S. and Canadian national teams.

With the North American stars on board, McManus said, the foundation was in place to establish a top league and draw international talent from Europe.

University of Colorado-Denver professor Sarah Fields said the coming years will determine whether the PWHL is on the right track. But she is encouraged by what she’s seen.

“Give credit to the Walters because they took a big swing. And it looks like they’re going to have great success,” said Fields, whose specialty is the history of women’s professional sports teams. “If I had the kind of money to invest that the Walters do, I’d do the same thing. I think this is a pretty good bet.”

Montreal Victoire forward and PWHL Players Association president Laura Stacey placed her faith in PWHL leadership in determining the pace of expansion.

“If they’ve done this and made it this incredible in three years, then I trust that four more (teams) is exactly what we need,” Stacey said at the league’s awards ceremonies in Detroit last week. “People are thriving and really want to be a part of this sport and this movement. I think we’re ready for it.”

Ambitious plans for the future

With new teams in Detroit, San Jose, Las Vegas and Hamilton, Ontario, the PWHL has ambitious plans for Year 4 and beyond. Discussions include hosting an All-Star game, playing an outdoor game and adding games in Europe.

The league’s average attendance last season of 9,304 represented a 28% jump over 2024-25 and up 71% from its first season. Merchandise sales doubled last year. And the league’s viewership on YouTube rose by 77%, with more than a third representing new viewers.

With the Canadian Press reporting Kilmer’s stake being $100 million, the addition of partners essentially represents an early buy-in for the two investors. The Ilitch family previously expressed interest in purchasing a franchise during the PWHL's first expansion phase in adding Vancouver and Seattle a year ago.

McManus projects the PWHL to be in position to one day begin selling off its franchises to private ownership with six-figure returns. By comparison, WNBA teams 10 years ago were valued at about $25 million each, before recently making a drastic jump. The Golden State Valkyries are now estimated to be worth $1 billion.

“I hope Mark Walter gets absolutely filthy rich, even richer than he is now because of putting his money in this league,” McManus said. “I hope he sells those franchises off in like five years for $500 million each.”

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Police responded to a 911 call soon after 5 p.m. Monday. Chico police Chief Billy Aldridge said gunshots and screams could be heard on that call from the Chico branch of the Butte County Library. Chico, a city of about 100,000 people, is 150 miles (240 kilometers) northeast of San Francisco.

The suspect fled out the back of the library as officers entered, but additional law enforcement personnel behind the building took the suspect into custody, Aldridge said during a news conference.

“The incident this evening was obviously very sad, traumatic for a lot of people. Very traumatic for our community,” Aldridge said.

The streets around the library were closed temporarily and a family reunification center was set up for the people who were inside the building.

A child was also taken to the hospital with a minor injury.

Police later determined the suspect acted alone and identified him as Bradley Scott Sayer of Chico. He was booked into the Butte County Jail on suspicion of two counts of murder. There was no indication he had any prior relationship with or connection to the victims, police said in a statement. Authorities have not released their names.

A police department dispatcher early Tuesday did not know if Sayer has a lawyer and no one could be immediately reached at the jail. A search of Butte County court records did not show his name and a phone number could not be found for him.

Police said the Butte County Sheriff's Office and the FBI are assisting in the investigation.

All Butte County library branches will be closed Tuesday, officials said.

In a Facebook post, the county offered its “deepest condolences to everyone affected, including the victims, their loved ones, library staff, and all those impacted by this heartbreaking incident.”

It wasn't the first act of violence at a U.S. library.

A man in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to fatally shooting a man in a library and another man in a convenience store in 2023. In 2020, a suspect was sent to a mental health facility after he pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing a library security guard in Spring Valley, New York. A teenager who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting two public library employees in Clovis, New Mexico, in 2017 was also sentenced to life in prison.

Trump's trip to the Allentown-area business comes as he works to try to put the conflict — and the higher gasoline prices it caused — in the rearview mirror as November midterm elections draw closer.

It's the president's fifth second-term visit to Pennsylvania, a key state whose support in 2016 and 2024 helped him to win the White House. The Macungie, Pennsylvania, facility is in the 7th Congressional District, where incumbent Republican Rep. Ryan Mackenzie faces Democratic challenger Bob Brooks in November.

The visit comes amid rising prices that could color the verdict voters render on Trump's stewardship in the fall. About one-third of U.S. adults approved of Trump’s approach to the economy, according to a June Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll. That’s in line with last month for Trump on the issue.

The Iran war, which began Feb. 28, has also been a politically difficult issue for the president. Most Americans continued to disapprove of his handling of Iran, according to the June AP-NORC poll, which was being fielded as Trump announced a tentative deal with Iran and concluded just before the interim agreement was signed last week. It found about two-thirds, 65%, of U.S. adults disapprove of how the president is handling issues with Iran, unchanged from May.

Still, while most Democrats and independents view Trump’s actions negatively, only about 3 in 10 of Republicans are unhappy.

Support from districts like the one he's visiting Tuesday are pivotal to Republicans holding narrow control of the House, where a loss could hobble the president's final two years in office. Mackenzie, a freshman lawmaker, is looking to hold onto a district Democrats have targeted to flip. Brooks, president of the state firefighters' union, has support from Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro, who's also seeking reelection this year.

Trump's predecessor, Democrat Joe Biden, also visited the Mack Truck facility to highlight regulations aimed at promoting manufacturing jobs. Manufacturing employment peaked in 1979 at nearly 19.6 million jobs. It trended downward after the 2001 recession and the 2007-09 Great Recession. The figure now stands at 12.6 million as of May, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

In 2025, the facility got hit by market uncertainty, including the tariffs Trump imposed, and about 170 people were laid off, according to Mack spokesperson Kimberly Pupillo. She added that by the end of last year almost 150 people were recalled to work and anyone laid off last year was given the chance to return.

There are about 2,800 workers at Mack, Pupillo said.

The visits underscore Pennsylvania's status as a crucial swing state.

Trump visited Mount Pocono in December to road test messages that he's addressing affordability; in July 2025, he was in Pittsburgh to tout tens of billions of dollars of recent energy and technology investments in the state; in June 2025, he was in West Mifflin to tell steelworkers he was doubling the tariff on steel imports to protect the industry; and in March 2025 he attended the NCAA wrestling championship in Philadelphia.

Their interests are officially aligned — and the Heat finally have another superstar.

Ending a marathon watch for the next great Miami get, the Heat landed Antetokounmpo — a two-time NBA MVP and 10-time All-Star — from the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night in exchange for a massive haul of players and draft picks.

The terms, according to a person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the move had yet to receive the required league approval: Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis are heading to Miami for Wisconsin native Tyler Herro, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kel’el Ware and Kasparas Jakucionis.

Milwaukee also gets the No. 13 selection that will be made in Tuesday night’s NBA draft, along with a first-round pick swap in 2030, first-round picks in 2031 and 2033 and a second-rounder in 2033, the person said.

It ends a wild back-and-forth in the final days of the saga, with the Bucks considering offers from both Miami and Boston for Antetokounmpo — who led Milwaukee to the 2021 NBA title, was on the NBA’s 75th anniversary list of its greatest players ever, is a nine-time All-NBA selection and is coming off an injury-shortened season in which he averaged 27.6 points per game.

Heat go star hunting again, and it pays off

There has been no secret that this is what Miami has sought, because this is what Miami usually seeks. The Heat pulled off similar moves by landing Shaquille O’Neal in 2004 (helping lead to the 2006 NBA title) and by getting LeBron James and Chris Bosh to play alongside Dwyane Wade in 2010 (leading to four NBA Finals runs in four seasons together, along with the 2012 and 2013 NBA titles).

Now, it’s Antetokounmpo’s turn. At 31, the Heat clearly believe he still has many good years left — and it’s generally presumed that by making this deal they’ll give the Greek superstar a massive extension later this year.

He was a perennial MVP candidate in Milwaukee, getting votes for that award in nine consecutive seasons before 2025-26 when too many missed games left him ineligible.

He has averaged 24.1 points and 9.9 rebounds per game in his career, with 10 consecutive seasons of averaging at least 22.9 points — with three years in there of averaging more than 30 points per game.

Only seven active players have more points in their careers than Antetokounmpo, who has totaled 21,531 to this point.

A trade seemed inevitable

Antetokounmpo had been mentioned in trade talks countless times in recent years, with the Bucks always insisting — with words and actions — that they had no interest in trading their best player and one of the best players in the history of the franchise.

But this time, it seemed different.

The Bucks, who fired Doc Rivers as coach after the season, don’t have a roster that would be considered a championship contender. By trading Antetokounmpo, they can essentially start over with four players (and the Heat were high on all of them) along with draft capital.

“I just think before the draft is a natural time, right, because if Giannis does play somewhere else we’re going to get a lot of assets. ... You’ve got to get it right,” Bucks co-owner Jimmy Haslam said in May, when the team introduced new coach Taylor Jenkins — who was told that Antetokounmpo may or may not be with the franchise when next season starts.

Jenkins and the rest of the NBA now has the answer: Antetokounmpo won't be there.

Antetokounmpo had spoken highly of Miami many times over the years, even when the Heat and Bucks were going head-to-head in the playoffs. He also shares an agent with Heat star center Bam Adebayo, who was the only player Miami clearly was not willing to part with in order to make this deal happen.

“They’re going to play tough and they’re not going to stop playing,” Antetokounmpo said after Milwaukee played Miami on March 12. “That’s the Miami Heat culture.”

Little did anyone know that night that those words were coming after what would be the next-to-last game for Antetokounmpo in a Bucks uniform. He played three nights later against Indiana, then was held out of Milwaukee’s final 15 games of the season.

The Bucks said that was for injury-related reasons. Antetokounmpo said he wanted to play.

He had some bouts with injuries this past season: Antetokounmpo missed four games in late November with a left adductor strain and sat out eight games in December with a right calf strain, then he injured the right calf again in January.

He landed awkwardly on a dunk in that March 15 victory over Indiana and didn’t play again due to what team officials had labeled as a left knee hyperextension and bone bruise. Antetokounmpo said the last few weeks of the season that he was healthy and wanted to play, a dispute that resulted in an investigation by the league office.

For Antetokounmpo, it's about legacy

Antetokounmpo said coming into the 2025-26 season that he is at the point in his career where he thinks about his legacy, and how more championships are important to him. Told he is already considered an all-time great, he bristled at the notion.

“I’m not there yet,” Antetokounmpo said that day at Bucks training camp.

That’s hard to believe, considering his resume. He’s won a championship. He’s been an MVP. He’s been an NBA Finals MVP. He’s a perennial All-Star and All-NBA pick. He’s one of only seven players born somewhere other than the 50 states of the U.S. to have reached the 20,000-point mark. In 2025, he led Greece to its first EuroBasket medal in 16 years.

“Every basketball player, every athlete, starts a career and they have this quest of what they want to accomplish and what to be remembered for,” Antetokounmpo said in that same training camp interview. “And I think at this point, I’ve accomplished everything that I’ve put my mind to.”

He said those words in Miami. And now, Miami is about to be his new home.

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AP Sports Writer Steve Megargee in Milwaukee contributed.

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Just steps into the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, the gavel used by Nancy Pelosi when she became the first female speaker of the U.S. House sits next to a red “Make America Great Again” cap. A shirt emblazoned with a pink triangle and “Silence = Death” protesting the government's inaction during the AIDS crisis hangs alongside a campaign shirt for President Ronald Reagan, whose administration was blamed for ignoring the epidemic.

The display is part of a broader exhibit flowing throughout the museum dubbed “In Pursuit of Life, Liberty and Happiness,” commemorating the 250th anniversary of American independence. With artifacts ranging from a Revolutionary War-era gunboat to a 1970 Earth Day flag, it's a reminder that the challenges and divides gripping the U.S. in the age of President Donald Trump, while stark, are not new.

“In some of those contestations, people find the hope and the resiliency to move forward,” said Anthea M. Hartig, the museum's director. “History is filled with those moments where we think we're completely falling apart as we did in the Civil War and then we're trying to figure out how to build it back together again.”

A unifying theme is being tested

That unifying theme is being tested as the anniversary celebrations intensify in the coming weeks with Trump once again giving himself central billing. The creation of Freedom 250, an organization aligned with the White House, has come to rival America 250, a bipartisan group founded by Congress a decade ago. The different groups add to a sense that even a milestone anniversary can become the source of division.

The tumultuous aftermath is apparent on the National Mall just outside the museum, where preparations are underway for “The Great American State Fair.” A wave of artists including Martina McBride pulled out of performances at the fair, saying they didn't realize the political overtone of the event. Trump himself is now planning to speak there Wednesday.

The split screen will return on July Fourth as America 250 holds a concert in Los Angeles hosted by Queen Latifah and featuring performances from Chris Stapleton and The Smashing Pumpkins while the president returns to the National Mall for what he has described as a “Trump rally.”

Trump is not the first president to deliver a high-profile July Fourth speech. In 1986, Reagan spoke from New York Harbor marking the 100th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty. In 1976, President Gerald Ford delivered an address from Independence Hall in Philadelphia commemorating the bicentennial.

Their themes emphasized commonality and unity, framing the moment in a broader context that had little to do with the presidents themselves. Reagan joked he “wouldn't even think about trying to compete with a fireworks display” while noting “all the celebration of this day is rooted in history.”

Ford spoke of the “American adventure” as a “continuing process.”

“Liberty is for all men and women as a matter of equal and unalienable right,” he said. “The establishment of justice and peace abroad will in large measure depend upon the peace and justice we create here in our own country, where we still show the way.”

Trump tends to place the focus on himself

Trump, of course, tends to place more of the focus squarely on himself. He became the first president to host the Kennedy Center honors last year after a Trump-backed board named him chairman. The venue added his name to the building as well, prompting a federal judge to declare the move illegal and order its removal.

More recently, Trump has remade Washington in his image, demolishing the East Wing of the White House to make way for a ballroom and moving toward building a triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery. He's eyeing renovations at East Potomac Park even as he struggles with the return of algae at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which he remodeled last month. He recently hosted a UFC fight at the White House.

“Trump is putting himself at the center of the story,” said Mark Updegrove, chairman of the LBJ Foundation and a presidential historian. "Trump does not consider himself the steward of the presidency. He considers himself the embodiment of it.”

The country is in a dour mood as the anniversary approaches. Only about one-quarter of Americans say the U.S. stands above all other countries in the world, according to an April poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. About 3 in 10 say there are better countries than the U.S., an increase from 19% in an AP-NORC poll conducted in June 2016.

Americans are less likely to see a democratically elected government as “extremely” or “very” important to the United States’ identity as a nation than they were just a few years ago. About two-thirds of U.S. adults now say a democratically elected government is highly important to the U.S.’s identity as a nation, down from 80% in 2021.

Big cultural moments face new rivals

Against that backdrop, it's little wonder that groups dedicated to the anniversary have multiplied. Even this year's Super Bowl halftime show — typically one of the few cultural moments bringing together much of the country — contended with a rival program this year after conservatives objected to Bad Bunny performing on the main stage.

Heading into the final days before the holiday, the main groups — Freedom 250 and America 250 — are outwardly aiming to downplay any tensions.

Freedom 250 spokesperson Rachel Reisner said the organization was focused on “signature events and initiatives,” including the fair, and is “sparking a unifying movement across all 50 states.”

Rosie Rios, the chair of America 250, said her main priority is delivering programming for all Americans, whether that's eight consecutive ball drops that will unfold across the country, student competitions or a massive volunteer effort. As for other organizations that have emerged like Freedom 250, “the more celebrations, the merrier.”

“We can't be all things to all Americans,” Rios said. “But we have something for every American and the more opportunities for everyone to participate in July 4th and beyond, we're thrilled.”

The U.K. is about to get its seventh prime minister since June 23, 2016, a decade ago Tuesday, when the country voted 52%-48% to leave the EU after more than four decades of membership. Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron, who called the referendum but campaigned for the U.K. to stay in the bloc, quit the next day.

His successors have all grappled, largely unsuccessfully, with the consequences of that rupture. The latest is Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who announced Monday that he was stepping down after two years of a sluggish economy, malfunctioning government and a divided and jaded electorate — all legacies, at least in part, of Brexit.

Though the decision has faded from headlines, “the subterranean trace of Brexit” still runs through Britain’s increasingly unruly politics, said Chris Grey, an academic who has studied the fallout from Britain’s EU departure.

The Brexit campaign channeled discontent

Campaigners for Brexit promised that leaving the then-28 member political and economic bloc would let the U.K. “take back control” of its laws, economy and borders.

While the “remain” campaign focused largely on the economic downsides of exiting, the “leave” side was emotive.

“We can see the sunlit meadows beyond. I believe we would be mad not to take this once-in-a-lifetime chance to walk through that door,” Boris Johnson, a leading Brexit campaigner who later became prime minister, said a few weeks before the referendum.

Margaret MacMillan, emeritus professor of history at the University of Toronto, said Brexit was fueled by a bundle of motives including nostalgia “for an imagined past.”

“It was against what people saw as unrestricted immigration. It was against what they saw as EU regulations. And then there was this mix of nostalgia — ‘We fought alone in the Second World War.’ Which was of course not true.

“It was never clearly explained what Brexit might entail.”

Trying to make Brexit work made everyone unhappy

Hard reality soon collided with Brexiteers’ bold promises of immigration controls, trade deals, more money for public services and an end to complex regulations emanating from Brussels.

Acrimonious divorce talks dragged on for years. The U.K. formally left the bloc on Jan. 31, 2020, followed by an 11-month transition period until the final split.

Prime Minister Theresa May, Cameron’s successor, quit in 2019 after failing to find exit terms acceptable to a divided Parliament.

Johnson succeeded May and promised to “get Brexit done,” and managed to secure a bare-bones trade deal after negotiations that left U.K.-EU relations in the deep freeze.

He was ousted by the Conservative Party in mid-2022 after mounting financial and ethical scandals. His replacement, Liz Truss, lasted just 49 days in office. Her successor, Rishi Sunak, thawed the frosty EU relationship without making major changes.

Starmer promised a “reset, ” but refused to consider rejoining the bloc’s frictionless single market, which was free of tariffs and other trade barriers.

As he hands over power, Brexit remains unfinished business.

Political parties have fractured

Historian Anthony Seldon said Cameron called the referendum hoping it would end arguments about relations with Europe that had riven the Conservative Party. It didn’t.

“The people who obsessed about it still obsess about it. Britain’s problems have continued,” Seldon told Times Radio.

During the divorce negotiations, Conservatives who wanted a softer Brexit and closer ties with the EU were pushed out of the party by the triumphant Brexiteer faction.

Labour, though much more pro-EU, also has an internal division between those who want to get closer to the bloc or even rejoin, and senior leaders like Starmer who want to avoid reopening old wounds.

A decade on, millions of voters have deserted the two big parties for alternatives including the left-leaning Green Party and the hard-right Reform UK led by Nigel Farage.

Farage has arguably been the biggest political winner from Brexit. He campaigned for the divorce then complained it had been betrayed. His anti-immigration message has shifted from focusing on Polish plumbers to asylum seekers in dinghies. His party consistently leads opinion polls.

Cynicism and political violence have grown

The economy has struggled in the past decade, with businesses facing new barriers to trade with Britain's closest neighbors, though Brexit is not the only cause of low growth. The COVID-19 pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine war and the Iran war also played a part.

Through it all, “we just haven’t had politicians who’ve been upfront with the public about the fact that when they get into power, they won’t be able to have no increases in taxes, no increases in debt, and better public services all in the same breath,” said Hannah White, director of the Institute for Government think tank.

“And so people are disappointed.”

Brexit failed to ease debate about immigration, which has only become more heightened, regardless of the numbers. Net migration rose after Brexit to more than 900,000 in 2023 before falling to 171,000 last year.

Cynicism has grown and trust in politicians has plunged. In recent years, agitators have fueled anti-immigration street violence following crimes committed by, or falsely reported to have been committed by, immigrants.

In the past, Britain had a firm barrier “between the conventional dominant politics of talk and argument, and what was seen as beyond the pale: violence on the streets,” Grey said. “I think that boundary is being eroded. And I think that did to some large extent begin with Brexit.”

Regrets? The UK has had a few

Polls suggest a degree of “Bregret” about Britain's choice a decade ago, with a recent Ipsos survey finding 52% of people in the U.K. would like to rejoin the EU while 33% oppose it.

Hundreds of people, many waving blue and yellow EU flags, marched through London on Saturday on a “rejoin” march. It was a much smaller turnout than the mass protests on both sides at the height of the Brexit drama. Many people just want to move on.

But Brexit remains a minefield that politicians fear to enter. Even if Britain wanted to rejoin, it would be a long road back to a wary EU.

Grey said that until politicians are willing to face the legacy of Brexit, Britain faces an “undertow of low-grade crisis.”

He likened the U.K. to a person with a nagging illness that saps their energy.

“A chronic thing, in this case perhaps not incurable,” he said. “But it’s just that they don’t fancy going to the doctor because they know it’s not going to be very nice.”

Those are a few of the races to watch on Tuesday as voters head to the polls for primaries in Maryland, New York, South Carolina and Utah.

Manhattan House primary is a bellwether for pro-AI regulation candidates

The crowded Democratic primary became a proxy battle between two powerful camps of the artificial intelligence industry because of one candidate: New York Assemblyman Alex Bores.

Bores, a former Palantir employee who cited ethical concerns in leaving the company, pushed one of the more sweeping state-level AI regulation bills in the country. Now, Bores points to that legislation — which faced some industry pushback — as a framework for how he'd approach regulation in Congress.

So when he stepped into the race for the New York congressional district being vacated by retiring Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler, a political group underwritten by investors in OpenAI spent more than $7 million on ads against Bores.

Then an opposing wing of the industry, one more in favor of regulation, rode to Bores' aid.

Political groups partly funded by Anthropic, which makes the chatbot Claude, spent more $10 million to boost Bores' candidacy. Anthropic was co-founded by former OpenAI employee, Dario Amodei, who left the company partly over concerns about AI safety.

The election will offer some measure of the political might of the two AI industry factions.

Mamdani flexes his political influence by endorsing progressive insurgents

The New York City mayor endorsed Democratic primary candidates hailing from his own political camp — a progressive and two democratic socialists — who are challenging more established candidates, some backed by party leadership.

U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman, whose seat extends from lower Manhattan to a chunk of Brooklyn, is up against Mamdani-backed challenger Brad Lander, the former comptroller. A central contention between the two Jewish candidates is the war in Gaza, with Lander assailing Goldman for not being critical enough of Israel.

North of that race, in upper Manhattan, Democratic U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat, 71, is facing off against Mamdani-endorsed Darializa Avila Chevalier, 32. The latter is a democratic socialist who hasn't held public office before and works at a public defender's office providing legal aid to victims of police brutality.

For the seat covering parts of Brooklyn and Queens, where U.S. Rep. Nydia Velázquez is retiring, Mamdani endorsed Assemblymember Claire Valdez, another self-described democratic socialist. The departing Velázquez has endorsed another contender, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso.

The three primaries will help distinguish not just Mamdani's political clout, but the continued viability of democratic socialist platforms in New York City.

Trump hedges in South Carolina after shaky endorsement record in gubernatorial races

Trump often touts his otherwise strong record of endorsing winning candidates in Republican primaries, but his picks in gubernatorial races haven't found as much success: his choices in Georgia and Iowa lost this month.

After the defeats, Trump ensured an ironclad victory for his endorsement in South Carolina's Republican runoff for governor: he backed both candidates on the same ballot.

The president initially supported Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette in May, but on Friday, he added an endorsement for Evette’s opponent, state Attorney General Alan Wilson.

“I can’t hurt one of them by only Endorsing the other, so therefore, I am going to Endorse, for Governor of South Carolina, both Pam Evette and Alan Wilson!” he wrote in a social media post Friday. “It’s a Wealth of Riches – With either one you can’t go wrong.”

The projected winner? Trump's endorsement record.

Utah redistricting opens up a sole Democratic battleground, and a debate over the party's future

It's unusual for Utah's Democratic primaries to draw much attention, but that's because the party hasn't had much of a shot in the staunchly red state. That is until redistricting last year.

It created a lone Democratic island centered on Salt Lake City, which has a dark enough hue of blue that primary candidates have found themselves jostling for who's farther to the left. And Democratic primary voters, as in other left-leaning districts across the country, will decide how progressive they'd like their candidate.

That's an unusual tune for Utah Democrats, and for primary candidate Ben McAdams. The former U.S. representative has tried to cast off his reputation as a moderate as he runs against three opponents from his progressive flank.

When McAdams last ran in 2018, ousting a Republican, he described himself as pro-life and fashioned himself as a moderate. Now, in the new left-leaning district, he's pledged to support abortion rights and said he's only “moderate in tone."

The more progressive candidates challenging him include state Sen. Nate Blouin, who has said the electorate has grown accustomed to Democrats who will “play nice” with Republicans and who has won support from Sen. Bernie Sanders. Another is political newcomer Liban Mohamed.

Maryland Republicans seek an heir to Hogan in bid to retake governorship

Republican Larry Hogan reigned as Maryland governor for eight years, standing on a more moderate conservative platform to keep his perch in the left-leaning, East Coast state.

At Hogan's departure, Democratic Gov. Wes Moore took over in 2023, and is now seeking reelection for a second term. But so far Republicans haven't found a clear successor to Hogan as Tuesday's primary forces a decision from a field of nine candidates.

One is Dan Cox, an attorney who lost his gubernatorial bid four years ago, and who has more embraced a rightward flank, pledging to cut taxes and invest in housing affordability programs. Then there's Ed Hale, owner of the Baltimore Blast soccer team and retired banking executive, who flipped his party from Democrat to Republican for this race.

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This story has been corrected to show Moore took office in 2023, not 2024.

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Bedayn reported from Austin, Texas.

U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman and U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat are both seeking to stave off candidates backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the young democratic socialist who hopes excitement over his election last year will help reshape the city's congressional delegation.

Goldman faces former city Comptroller Brad Lander while Espaillat faces another Mamdani pick, Darializa Avila Chevalier, a democratic socialist who once helped organize pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University.

Meanwhile, Democrat Jack Schlossberg, the 33-year-old grandson of former President John F. Kennedy, is hoping to write his own chapter in Camelot lore as he competes in a crowded field for a seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler. Mamdani has made no endorsement in that race.

The Kennedy scion is running in one of the country's wealthiest congressional districts — covering much of the center of Manhattan — but faces questions about his lack of work experience against more seasoned opponents.

The field includes state Assembly members Micah Lasher, a longtime government hand backed by Democratic leaders, and Alex Bores, whose proposals to regulate artificial intelligence have triggered tech industry blowback. Also in the running is George Conway, a former attorney who helped start the anti-Trump group, The Lincoln Project, and has centered his candidacy on impeaching the president.

Mamdani's insurgents

Only months into his first term, Mamdani surprised some by aggressively endorsing candidates who are challenging Democrats supported by the party leadership.

If his slate is successful, Mamdani — a registered Democrat — could emerge as a democratic socialist kingmaker with newfound support in Congress, though the play could also risk further dividing fellow Democrats and strain his relationships with party leaders.

Last month, the mayor endorsed Avila Chevalier, 32, in her race against Espaillat, 71, who was the first Dominican American elected to Congress and represents a district in upper Manhattan and the Bronx. Espaillat backed former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in last year's mayoral election but then backed Mamdani after he won the Democratic primary.

Avila Chevalier has not held political office and casts herself as an outsider, unbeholden to corporate or real estate interests.

She also has blasted the incumbent for her previous backing from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Espaillat's allies have called Avila Chevalier unfit for office, pointing out a history of inflammatory and profane social media posts when she was in her 20s.

Lander, a fixture of the city's progressive Democrats, got the mayor's endorsement in a race against Goldman, a progressive former federal prosecutor who served as lead counsel for Trump’s first impeachment.

The war in Gaza has become a dividing line between the two candidates, both of whom are Jewish, as Lander assails Goldman for not being tough enough on Israel over its military action against Palestinians. Goldman has consistently criticized Israel's government and condemned settler violence but has stopped short of describing the conflict as a genocide, which Lander has done.

Still, Goldman has been forced to amp up his criticism of Israel's war posture in response to Landers' barbs and shifting voter sentiments, all while seeking to keep his campaign focused on the high cost of living and such issues as opposing Trump's agenda.

Mamdani and Lander were opponents during last year's mayoral primary, but formed an alliance intended to thwart an attempted political comeback by Cuomo. At the same time, Lander's endorsement of Mamdani helped ease concerns among some Jewish voters about Mamdani's criticism of Israel.

Mamdani has also backed a democratic socialist ally, state Assembly Member Claire Valdez, over Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, in the race to succeed retiring U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez in a district covering parts of Brooklyn and Queens. Velazquez backed Reynoso.

A Trump-influenced race in upstate New York

In northern New York state, a Trump acolyte with no previous political experience is facing a conservative state lawmaker in the Republican primary for a seat soon to be vacated by U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik.

Anthony Constantino, head of the custom sticker company Sticker Mule, showcased his enthusiasm for the president by putting a massive “Vote For Trump” sign atop one of his company buildings. He also released a hip-hop album titled “Thank You President Trump," and commissioned a statue of Trump and gave it to the president in Florida. Trump has endorsed him.

Constantino's opponent, conservative state Assembly Member Robert Smullen, has strong support from local Republicans and has argued that Constantino's antics, which include regular bashing of the state GOP, make him unfit to serve in the House.

Richard Glossip's initial conviction was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court last year, and he was released on bond by a state judge last month. Tuesday's hearing will determine whether his case goes straight to retrial or if he will be given a new hearing to determine whether there is enough evidence to proceed.

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has said the state would seek to retry him on a murder charge but would not pursue the death penalty again.

Glossip had been sentenced to death over the 1997 killing in Oklahoma City of his former boss, motel owner Barry Van Treese, who was beaten with a baseball bat in what prosecutors have alleged was a murder-for-hire scheme.

The Supreme Court ruled last year that prosecutors’ decision to allow a key witness to give testimony they knew to be false violated Glossip’s constitutional right to a fair trial.

Glossip has maintained his innocence and has drawn support from Kim Kardashian and other prominent figures. Van Treese’s family had asked the Supreme Court to leave Glossip’s conviction and sentence intact.

During Glossip's time on death row, Oklahoma courts set nine different execution dates for him. He came so close to being put to death that he ate three separate last meals. In 2015, he was even held in a cell next to Oklahoma’s execution chamber, waiting to be strapped to a gurney and die by lethal injection.

Tehran and Washington clashed over the Strait of Hormuz again this past weekend. Citing Israel's latest attacks on Lebanon, Iran declared that it reclosed the strait. The U.S. was quick to contest that. Maritime tracking data showed that dozens of ships passed through on Saturday and Sunday, though far fewer than the daily average before the war.

President Donald Trump suggested the U.S. might impose its own tolls on strait crossings if a final deal with Iran was not reached during the countries’ 60-day negotiating period. Passage was free before the war, but Iran last month established a new governmental authority to collect money from ships and has said it still expects vessels to register with the Persian Gulf Strait Authority.

No one country owns the Strait of Hormuz, which borders both Iran and Oman. Last week's memorandum of understanding allowed Iran to manage the strait for now while holding discussions with Oman and six other Gulf states “to define the future administration and maritime services” of the waterway. Iran agreed not to charge transiting vessels tolls for 60 days.

Legal experts and maritime associations have repeatedly stressed that a toll regime would upend decades of international trade precedent involving the world's waters. If the U.S. and Iran cement a final deal, analysts say it could take months for the flow of oil, natural gas, fertilizer and other commodities to return to prewar levels.

Here's a closer look at the status of the Strait of Hormuz:

Ships are moving but not at the prewar pace

Data and analytics company Kpler said its tracking confirmed 131 ships traveled through the strait between Friday and Monday, including 39 crossings on Monday. In contrast, about 100 to 130 vessels a day made the journey before the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran in late February, and Tehran responded with its own attacks and effective closure of the waterway.

As part of the provisional Iran-U.S. framework, Iran said it would conduct demining work within 30 days and remove “technical and military obstacles” to shipping. Iran's lead negotiator and parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, told Iranian state media Monday that his country would manage the strait in accordance with international maritime law.

The main central route of the Strait of Hormuz is still mined and remains closed. Ships have been using the smaller northern route, which goes through Iranian waters, and the southern route, which goes through Omani waters. But “caution is still clear” in the many vessels either sticking to Iran's prescribed route or trying to conceal their positions and identities by keeping their transponders off, Kpler said.

Both Iran and US have threatened tolls

Early in the war, Iran threatened to attack ships that tried to use the Strait of Hormuz without its approval and began vetting vessels in a pay-to-pass scheme that shipping analysts dubbed the “tollbooth.” Iran also demanded in early April the right to collect tolls as a precondition for relinquishing its chokehold on the strait.

Although the Trump administration imposed sanctions on the Persian Gulf Strait Authority late last month to oppose what Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent described as Tehran's attempt to extort global maritime trade, the president on Saturday suggested the U.S. could impose its own tolls for “services rendered as the Guardian Angel to the countries of the Middle East.”

The administration has not provided details on how the U.S. would apply any charges on ships if talks with Iran do not yield a completed agreement. Shipping analysts have expressed surprise at how much control over the strait the inital agreement gave Iran.

“Almost all the power goes into Iran to determine the arrangements going forward in the future. This is what we really need clarity on,” said Philip Belcher, marine director of Intertanko, a trade group for independent tanker owners, said Thursday.

Experts say tolls would violate maritime law

Collecting tolls in the strait could violate an enduring principle of international maritime trade: freedom of peaceful navigation. The concept was codified by the United Nations’ Convention on the Law of the Sea, which took effect in 1994.

The treaty provides ships the right of unimpeded “transit passage” through more than 100 straits worldwide, including the Strait of Hormuz. It only applies to natural waterways, so authorities can charge fees for ships to traverse man-made waterways such as the Panama Canal and the Suez Canal.

Oman is among the more than 170 countries that have ratified the U.N. convention, but the U.S. and Iran are not. Maritime associations have argued that all nations remain subject to the treaty's provisions.

James Kraska, a U.S. Naval War College professor of international maritime law, notes that the U.S. and Iran are both members of the International Maritime Organization, the U.N. agency that oversees safety and security measures in international shipping. Both countries also are parties to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, a treaty that governs standards for building and operating ships.

In straits like Hormuz, fees can only be applied at established ports of entry or for services specifically requested by a ship, such as specialized navigation aid through hazardous areas, according to Kraska, who is also a visiting professor at Harvard Law School..

“If Iran wants to apply those to everybody, then it has to adjust the traffic separation scheme rules, and that can only be done through the member states of the International Maritime Organization,” he said.

“You can't impose fees for a ship exercising its right of transit passage,” Kraska added. “So the bottom line is, no — fees in this context are just not lawful.”

Countries sometimes have joined forces to share the costs of maintaining of a strait, he noted. For example, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore worked with the International Maritime Organization and later other countries to develop such an agreement for the Strait of Malacca, but it involved negotiated contributions from the states using the passage, not fees on individual ships.

Disruptions could continue for months ahead

Conditions in the Strait of Hormuz have escalated or deteriorated quickly over the course of the war. While the outlook for shipping has improved since the U.S. and Iran pledged to extend their ceasefire, “there is a degree of nervousness around the situation,” said Marcus Baker, the global head of marine, cargo and logistics at insurance brokerage and risk management company Marsh.

“As far as the insurance position is concerned, there’s a good deal of support for ship owners that are trying to move out” during this period, but the interim deal between Iran and the U.S. does not include language for keeping the strait toll-free beyond the negotiating window, Baker said.

“We’ll see what the next six weeks brings us,” he said.

The way the postseason unfolded, well, there was no stopping the Sooners.

OU completed the improbable run to its first national championship since 1994 with a 13-2 victory over North Carolina in the winner-take-all Game 3 of the College World Series finals Monday night, a performance that featured the prodigious offensive production and clutch pitching the Sooners rode through the NCAA Tournament.

“I think we knew the talent was always in the room,” said Jaxon Willits, named the CWS most outstanding player. “We got hot at the right time, and now we’re national champions.”

The Sooners (43-23) won the Southeastern Conference's seventh straight title, quite an accomplishment for a team picked 14th in the 16-team conference in the preseason, finished 11th and entered the postseason off losses in seven of nine games.

To get to Omaha, they beat No. 2 national seed Georgia Tech twice on the road in regionals and swept upstart Kansas on the road in super regionals. To get to the finals, they beat No. 3 Georgia twice in bracket play.

“They got really confident the last month,” OU coach Skip Johnson said. “They care about each other. They didn't want to give in. They were selfless.”

North Carolina (54-14-1) was runner-up for the third time since 2006 and now has 13 CWS appearances without a title. Only Florida State, with 24, has more without winning it all.

The Sooners were back in top form offensively after managing only four singles in a 6-2 loss in Game 2 and handed the Tar Heels their most lopsided loss of the season.

“We ran out of gas when all is said and done,” Carolina coach Scott Forbes said.

When Jackson Cleveland struck out Jake Schaffner to end the game, he and catcher Deiten Lachance embraced and then headed to the dogpile that formed near third base. Players waving national championship towels rushed back toward their dugout to salute the celebrating Sooner faithful on the first-base line, football greats Barry Switzer and Brian Bosworth among them.

Kyle Branch, the No. 9 batter who came into the game 1 of 16 (.063) in the CWS, drove in six runs with a pair of singles and home run. His homer came on his last at-bat, just as brother Kolby's did for Georgia last Wednesday.

“Pure joy. Pure joy for our team,” Branch said. “I had a teammate tell me I was going to do something special, and for him to tell me that with the way things have been going, it has to be a God thing.”

He joined Dayton Tockey as the seventh and eighth OU players to homer in Omaha. Willits had three hits, reached base five times and finished the CWS 13 of 25 (.520).

The pitching matchup of Carolina's Jackson Rose (5-1) and Oklahoma's Nick Wesloski was the first between freshmen in a CWS winner-take-all game since 1993. Neither got out of the third inning.

LJ Mercurius (7-7) turned in another strong performance out of the bullpen, shutting down a threat when OU led 3-1 in the third and holding the Tar Heels to one run in 5 2/3 innings. He allowed just two runs in 12 1/3 over four CWS appearances.

The Tar Heels' pitching staff, which had the best ERA in the Atlantic Coast Conference, had been good and occasionally great in the CWS. It was neither Monday, with eight pitchers combining to allow 14 hits, issue eight walks, throw three wild pitches and hit a batter.

ACC freshman of the year Caden Glauber, who had given up just one run in 10 1/3 innings in four CWS appearances, was called on for a fifth one day after he threw 65 pitches in five shutout innings. It was apparent coach Forbes went to the well one time too many.

Glauber was called for a clock violation before he even threw his first pitch. He issued a four-pitch bases-loaded walk and Willits followed with a two-run single to make it 6-1 in the fourth. That was all for Glauber, who threw seven pitches, five of them balls. The Tar Heels had won all 29 games in which Glauber had pitched before Monday.

“This group loved each other all season and took us on a ride and came up just short,” Forbes said. “I’d take that ride every day of the year. While we’re sad, the sadness will go away. We talk about joy. Joy doesn’t go away. These guys have given me, our coaching staff, our fans, administration, everybody, a ton of joy and a ton to be proud of.”

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The Timberwolves are sending the 28th pick in Tuesday's draft to the Nets and will be receiving the No. 33 pick that will be made in the second round on Wednesday night, said the person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal has not received the required approvals from the league office.

ESPN, which first reported the deal, also said the Bulls would be receiving Nic Claxton from Brooklyn in the trade.

For Minnesota, the trade opens up a slew of financial possibilities. It creates a $33 million trade exception, plus gave the Timberwolves room they can use to re-sign Ayo Dosunmu — which ESPN said later Monday would happen in the form of a five-year deal that could be worth $112 million — and target more players in free agency.

Dosunmu had a 43-point game off the bench during the opening round of this year's playoffs, when Minnesota ousted Denver.

Randle, a three-time All-Star, will be moving to his fifth team after stints with New York, the Los Angeles Lakers, New Orleans and the Timberwolves. He averaged 21.1 points this past season, though shot just 39% from the field and 24% from 3-point range in Minnesota's 12 playoff contests.

Claxton just finished his seventh NBA season, all with Brooklyn. He averaged 11.7 points this past season.

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The S&P fell 1% and is coming off 11 weekly gains out of the last 12, led largely by technology stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 97 points, or 0.2% as of 9:53 a.m. Eastern. The Nasdaq composite fell 1.5%.

Markets throughout Asia fell, including a 10% slump for South Korea’s Kospi. Stocks in Europe also slid.

Technology stocks were the biggest weights on the market, especially companies that have seen their values surge amid the frenzy over artificial intelligence technology. Their pricey stock values give them more influence over the broader market’s direction. The growing likelihood of interest rate hikes coming up this year has helped deflate the massive run-up in AI-related stocks in recent days as traders worry that the higher rates could hamper economic growth.

Micron Technology slumped 9.4% and Nvidia fell 2.4%. Samsung Electronics slumped 12.3% in South Korea.

SpaceX fell 1.8% in a continued reversal from the space exploration and artificial intelligence company’s soaring stock debut less than two weeks ago. The company also plans to raise money through a bond offering, partly to fund artificial-intelligence development.

Many technology companies have been spending heavily on AI technology. The potential for higher interest rates can stifle future spending and hurt prices for investments. The Federal Reserve has signaled that it could raise interest rates at least once before the end of the year. Wall Street is betting on a nearly 90% chance that the central bank will raise its benchmark interest rate.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 4.48% from 4.51% late Monday. The yield on the 2-year Treasury fell to 4.19% from 4.24% late Monday. Bond yields remain high, though, amid worries about inflation.

Oil prices eased amid negotiations between the U.S. and Iran to end their war. The price for a barrel of U.S. crude fell 1.1% to $73.07. The price for a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, fell 1.2% to $76.97.

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Haaland scored twice to raise his World Cup goals total to four, and the Vikings clinched advancement to the knockout rounds with a 3-2 win over Senegal on Monday night that was more of a slog than a sail.

“It’s my specialty to score goals,” Haaland said. “I’m just really good at scoring goals.”

After the final whistle, Norway's players and staff gathered tightly in a 10-row formation just inside the penalty area at MetLife Stadium's north end, facing their red-shirted supporters, Haaland sitting in front as teammate Martin Ødegaard banged on a bongo drum. They alternated with the fans performing the Viking Row — chanting “Ro!” while mimicking oarsmen.

“We’ve all seen it online and it’s been going completely viral, so Martin told me before the game, `What do you think? Should we join in?'" Haaland recalled.

“`If we win, let’s do it. So why not? Let’s go for it,'" Haaland said he responded. "So it was a perfect moment I think to do that."

Back in Norway, parliamentarians did the Viking Row last week in a show of support.

“It was fun,” Norway coach Ståle Solbakken said through an interpreter. “We will not be rowing after the World Cup but this can be a gimmick during the tournament.”

Marcus Pederson put the Vikings ahead in the 43rd minute after replacing an injured teammate, and Haaland kept up his incredible goals streak in the 48th and 58th minutes to build a 3-1 lead.

“He's very efficient,” Senegal coach Pape Thiaw said through an interpreter.

Haaland ran onto Ødegaard's pass and put a left-footed shot past the outstretched left hand of goalkeeper Édouard Mendy, capping an end-to-end counterattack for a 2-0 lead.

For his second goal, Haaland tunneled through the defense and 8 yards out lifted his weaker right foot to volley in Patrick Berg’s pass. Haaland raised a hand to an ear to inspire the Norway supporters.

Haaland has 24 goals in his last 12 international games — scoring at least once in every match — and 59 goals in 52 international appearances. The 25-year-old striker joined England's Harry Kane in 2018 as the only players in the last 50 years with two-goal games in both of their first two World Cup appearances.

Haaland is second in the Golden Boot race, one behind Argentina's Lionel Messi and tied with France's Kylian Mbappé. Haaland nearly got another in first-half stoppage time, hitting a post after Mendy lost control of the ball.

“He did miss an open goal. He could have scored even four,” Solbakken said. “He is the best striker — he is not playing for France or Argentina. He scores for Norway.”

Ismaïla Sarr got both goals for the Lions of Teranga, in the 53rd minute and in the third minute of second-half stoppage time.

“If we had just played slightly worse, then we would be in trouble,” Solbakken said.

Making its first World Cup appearance since 1998, Norway (2-0) is assured of advancing from Group I along with France. Because they allowed Senegal's stoppage-time goal, the Vikings need to beat Les Bleus on Friday for first place and what would appear to be an easier path in the knockout bracket.

Senegal is 0-2 in a World Cup for the first time and needs a win over Iraq (0-2) to have any chance of advancing as a third-place team.

“We've got everything left to play for,” Thaw said.

Pederson entered in the 13th minute for his World Cup debut after Julian Ryerson couldn't play through what Solbakken said was a nagging injury, and Pederson put the Vikings ahead with the help of mistakes by Senegal captain Kalidou Koulibaly and Mendy.

Ødegaard made a centering pass that Koulibaly cleared straight to Pedersen at the top of the arc. Pederson took two touches and sent a savable shot inside the near post that glanced off Mendy’s left hand and into the goal.

Mendy left in the 63rd minute because of an injury.

While there had been storm warnings, a downpour stopped more than 3 1/2 hours before kickoff. The skies opened again after the final whistle, causing announcements for fans to leave the stadium bowl for sheltered space.

“Let’s be happy,” Haaland said, “every single Norwegian on the planet today.”

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Haaland scored twice for Norway in the first 15 minutes of the second half of a 3-2 win over Senegal on Monday night, making up for clanking a shot off the post and getting denied on a header just before halftime. His performance came hours after Messi scored two for Argentina and Mbappé did the same for France.

Teammate Kristian Thorstvedt called Haaland a big-game player who lives for these moments. Roughly a month away from his 26th birthday, Haaland is showing he can keep up with some of soccer's more experienced stars while playing on a team without the same pedigree or championship history.

“He is the best striker,” coach Ståle Solbakken said through an interpreter. “He is not playing for France or Argentina. He scores for Norway.”

The three have combined to score 13 goals in the World Cup: five for Messi and four each for Mbappé and Haaland in the race for the Golden Boot, which Iraq coach Graham Arnold predicted will be a very good competition between them.

“It’s easier to win the Golden Boot when you play for France and Argentina,” Solbakken said. “But we’ll try to give Erling more games and more help in the next games.”

Messi became the World Cup’s career scoring leader with 18 goals when he and Argentina beat Austria in Arlington, Texas. Mbappé is now at 16, tied with former record holder Miroslav Klose, after he and France beat Iraq 3-0 in Philadelphia.

Playing in his first World Cup, Haaland is at four. Norway last qualified in 1998 — two years before he was born.

“Let’s be happy, every single Norwegian on the planet,” Haaland said. “I’m part of something special. Norway’s part of something special. We’re making history.”

The 6-foot-5 Manchester City striker has now scored in 12 consecutive competitive matches for Norway. He has 24 goals over that stretch, and the last time Haaland did not score for Norway in a game that mattered was Oct. 13, 2024.

“He’s on fire,” Solbakken said. “I’m very happy for him that he can score on the biggest stage.”

Haaland had the fewest touches of anyone on either team in the first half, getting guarded tightly by an opponent that knew just how important it was to contain him. Still, Solbakken pointed out that Haaland missed an open net and “could have scored even four.”

“He’s one of the best strikers in the world,” Senegal's Ismail Jakobs said. “We used part of the game making some things very difficult to start with (for him), as you could see.”

Then Haaland found his footing on a wet surface at the Meadowlands that had been deluged by rain.

He scored his first goal on a 4-on-2 rush, putting behind him the frustration from earlier. After getting his second by banking a right-footed shot off the crossbar and in, Haaland held his left hand up to his left ear to encourage cheers of a large contingent of red-clad fans who chanted, “Nor-ge! Nor-ge!” and performed their signature Viking rowing celebration in the stands.

Asked how he was doing it, Haaland struggled to come up with an explanation.

“I don't know,” Haaland said. “It’s my specialty to score goals. It’s like many other things: I’m just really good at scoring goals, and I’m quite lucky. I don’t know what I’m doing, but yeah. That’s just how it is.”

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Several members of the Giants, including starting pitcher Landen Roupp, added Bible verses to the themed cap, prompting a warning from the league that writing on the caps is a violation of league policy.

Hawley penned a letter to Manfred in which he expressed "grave concern” over the warning to the players. Hawley called the warning “dubious” because he feels MLB is already promoting a political viewpoint by having Pride-themed uniforms.

Hawley posted Manfred's response to his letter on social media Monday.

In it, Manfred noted that because some players aren't comfortable wearing Pride-themed uniforms or caps, the league adopted a policy in 2023 of prohibiting clubs from using special uniforms, caps or equipment in their celebration days except under very narrow circumstances, such as special patches honoring deceased members of the baseball community.

That same year, the Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers, who have some of the largest LGBTQ+ communities in the U.S., were granted an exemption from the new rule and were permitted use of pride emblems on caps and uniforms on Pride Night “provided that no players or uniformed staff would be required to wear them, and that the team would speak to the players to make sure they were comfortable with the apparel.”

“Unfortunately, this year the Giants' communication with players was inadequate and not clear,” Manfred wrote in his letter to Hawley. "Some players apparently did not understand that they had the option to wear their normal uniform and elected to add messages to their hats bearing the pride logo as a result.

“The Giants players were allowed to wear the hats with biblical references for the entire game. After the game had concluded, my office issued a routine oral warning about the uniform policy violation — unfortunately, it was issued before we became aware of the Giants' lapse in communication,” Manfred added. “The players were neither fined nor disciplined, nor will they ever be.”

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According to officials, the fire sparked in a trap yard near the Marlin Bay Resort and Marina late Monday morning.

When crews arrived, they said the boat, which was on a trailer in the trap yard behind the RaceTrac gas station located at 3896 Overseas Highway, was fully engulfed in flames.

Firefighters said they quickly rushed into action so the flames wouldn’t spread to nearby lobster traps.

No injuries were reported, but the boat was destroyed, authorities said.

Investigators are working to determine the cause of the blaze.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maria Cavalluzzi ruled that 44-year-old Michael Gledhill cannot understand the case against him and cannot rationally assist his lawyer in his own defense.

Handy, the 81-year-old actor whose credits include “Jumanji” and “Top Gun: Maverick,” was in a relationship with Gledhill's mother, and was found stabbed in the chest and lying unconscious outside her home on June 3, police and prosecutors said. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Gledhill was arrested after telling police he was the person they were looking for. Officers had responded to the home after a 911 caller said, “I am the son of man, I just killed the man of sin,” police said.

Gledhill has not entered a plea and has not appeared in court in the case. At his scheduled arraignment on June 5, a judge paused his prosecution and sent the case to a court that specializes in mental health evaluation.

That court ruled promptly after psychiatric evaluations that he was not competent. Cavalluzzi also found at a hearing Monday that Gledhill cannot make proper medication decisions. She signed an order saying he could be involuntarily medicated for one year, citing a psychiatrist's determination that his mental health could be hugely helped by proper drugs.

She ordered him to appear in court on July 14 for a hearing on his long-term placement. His case will head to trial if he is later found to be competent.

Emails seeking comment from attorneys for both sides were not immediately answered.

Brian Delate, a longtime friend and fellow actor of Handy, told The Associated Press soon after Handy was killed that Gledhill's mother had fixed up her garage so her son could live there. Handy had his own home, but spent much of his time there, his friend said. Delate said Handy had mentioned in passing that his girlfriend's son had mental health problems.

Handy, a ubiquitous character actor, appeared in films and TV shows for decades.

He was known for his role as an exterminator in the 1995 film “Jumanji” and more recently as the bartender Jimmy in the 2022 film “Top Gun: Maverick.” He also appeared in many of TV's top crime dramas, including “NCIS: Los Angeles,” “The Closer” and “Cold Case.”

Yeah, it got a bit messy on the pitch.

Weather aside, this game — as so many do for France — belonged to Mbappé as he tries to keep pace on the World Cup career goals list with new record holder Lionel Messi.

Mbappé scored twice to move into a tie for second in World Cup goals with 16, and France played through the tournament's first rain delay to beat Iraq 3-0 on Monday and advance to the knockout stage.

“I’m only thinking about helping my team,” Mbappé said. “By helping my team, I score goals, and when you score goals, of course, you get closer to that kind of level.”

Ballon d’Or winner Ousmane Dembélé also scored for Les Bleus, giving fans who stuck out a rainy night in Philadelphia a reason to cut loose.

Mbappé scored in the 14th and 54th minutes to cap a momentous and soggy 100th international appearance for one of the best players in the world. Fans of all ages wore his jersey, either walking around Philadelphia earlier in the afternoon or in the rows of seats at Lincoln Financial Field, which had a sellout crowd of 68,234.

Mbappé's first goal gave France a 1-0 lead at halftime, when heavy rain and an incoming thunderstorm prompted a delay of just over two hours. Grounds crews used squeegees to push water off the swampy Kentucky bluegrass at the home of the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles.

“It was very difficult, because we had to stay focused, we had to stay engaged in the locker room,” Mbappé said.

Scoreboard messages directed the crowd to take shelter in the stadium’s covered areas, warning that a severe storm was on the way. Sheets of rain continued to fall through halftime as fans wrapped themselves in ponchos and huddled in the concourse and under balconies.

Iraq coach Graham Arnold wrestled with a poncho for a few seconds before he pulled it over his head and returned to the covered dugout. France fans who stayed in their seats in the last few covered rows of the top of the stadium waved the country’s flag, and many splashed around the concourse to pass time.

Others fled for the exits — at the same stadium where last season's Eagles opener was delayed 65 minutes in the third quarter because of lightning — as the delay dragged on, giving overseas spectators a triple dose of American sports nuisances: rain delays, overpriced concessions and TV timeouts in the form of hydration breaks. There was no second-half hydration break in this game after the long, wet pause in the action.

Playing in his third World Cup, the 27-year-old Mbappé matched Miroslav Klose of Germany on the goals list and moved one ahead of Brazil great Ronaldo.

Messi scored twice for Argentina earlier Monday to set the tournament record at 18. He had equaled Klose with his first World Cup hat trick in Argentina’s 3-0 win over Algeria last Tuesday night in Kansas City, Missouri.

Mbappé scored his third goal of the tournament with a left-footed strike — his supposed weaker foot — from the edge of the box that got past Iraq goalkeeper Ahmed Basil, who got his first start in the tournament after captain Jalal Hassan allowed all four goals in Iraq’s 4-1 loss to Norway.

For his second goal, Mbappé took advantage of a poor pass to the goalkeeper by Iraq defender Zaid Tahseen. Dembele controlled the loose ball and passed to Mbappé, who tapped it in with his right foot.

Mbappé had a chance at the hat trick on a late breakaway, but missed before he was subbed out at the 90-minute mark.

“He can take Messi, he can take Ronaldo,” France coach Didier Deschamps said. “He does have the capacity to up his ante.”

Mbappé helped France win the World Cup in 2018 and reach the final in 2022, when he was awarded the Silver Ball as the second-best player. Joined up front by Désiré Doué and Dembélé, France entered this year’s tournament as a co-favorite with Spain.

France could return to Philadelphia to play Germany on July 4.

“We’re going to try to analyze it in the coming days, see what we can improve, because I think there are two or three things we could have avoided,” Mbappé said.

Iraq striker Aymen Hussein was subbed out with an apparent injury in the 26th minute of the first half and replaced by Ali Al-Hamadi. Hussein scored his 34th international goal in Iraq’s World Cup opener.

Iraq is playing in the World Cup for just the second time after debuting in 1986.

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Bermudez, who works as an Uber driver in Bogotá, said that although he couldn’t vote, he felt strongly that the right-wing candidate who campaigned as “El Tigre” was best for him and his family.

Bermudez said following Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s aggressive pursuit of a constitutional reform to bypass legislative gridlock felt like a traumatic déjà vu. Petro supported Sen. Iván Cepeda as his successor.

“They were talking about a constitutional change,” Bermudez said on Monday morning in Spanish.

Venezuelan migrant workers who lived through the decline after Hugo Chávez and his successor Nicolás Maduro altered their country’s constitution to circumvent the legislature felt fear.

“That was the first thing Chávez did in 1999,” Bermudez said.

There are about 8 million Venezuelan refugees and migrants worldwide. Nearly 2.84 million are living in Colombia, according to Colombian officials. Bermudez is among the more than 590,000 Venezuelans who call Bogotá their home.

While some Venezuelans have found stability through entrepreneurship and employment in Colombia, many of them are forced into Bogotá’s informal economy. The undocumented remain vulnerable to exploitation.

De la Espriella, a criminal defense attorney who campaigned as “El Tigre,” a law-and-order candidate, vowed to cut social spending.

As of Monday evening, De la Espriella stood to become the president-elect after winning some 250,830 more votes than Cepeda, according to the national registry.

“I think Colombia is in a bed of dry tinder,” said Sergio Guzmán, the co-founder and director of Colombia Risk Analysis, who keeps a portrait of slain Colombian political satirist Jaime Garzón in his office.

Petro’s term ends on Aug. 7, when De la Espriella, who had the endorsement of U.S. President Donald Trump, expects to be sworn in to become Colombia’s 48th president.

“Petro will try to inflame social unrest against De La Espriella,” Guzmán said.

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Torres contributed to this report from Miami.

Muhamad, a prominent member of the left-wing Historic Pact political party, served as the country’s environmental minister from 2022 to 2025.

After the national registry published the preliminary vote count, Abelardo De la Espriella claimed victory on Sunday night in Barranquilla.

“A lot of people in Colombia are very scared with this new government,” said Muhamad, 49, who stands behind De la Espriella’s rival Iván Cepeda, who had not conceded on Monday.

De La Espriella, who campaigned as “El Tigre,” planned to restart oil exploration and allow fracking, which alarmed environmentalists in Colombia.

“I hope it will not become a government of retaliation towards people who have been moving another different type of agenda,” said Muhamad, whose paternal grandfather was Palestinian.

De la Espriella, a law-and-order candidate who supports Israel, also pledged to end peace talks to disarm armed groups and vowed to build mega prisons for narco terrorists.

“From this moment on, the election campaign ends—as do the slogans, the divisions, and the political confrontations — and the supreme hour of service to the nation begins,“ De La Espriella said during his victory speech at the Ventana al Mundo monument.

During a news conference on Monday in Bogotá, Cepeda said that “once all the claims” have been verified and “all the doubts” have been resolved, he will announce his recognition of the election results.

Cepeda, who has served in the Colombian Senate since 2014, said he wasn’t going anywhere after acknowledging that De la Espriella sent him a message: “Pack your bags!”

Although De la Espriella also promised to cut welfare spending, some Venezuelan migrants said they breathed a sigh of relief because the left’s push for constitutional changes to bypass the legislature felt like déjà vu.

Sergio Guzmán, the co-founder and director of Colombia Risk Analysis, described the political environment as highly flammable.

“I think Colombia is in a bed of dry tinder,” said Guzmán, who keeps a portrait of slain Colombian political satirist Jaime Garzón in his office.

After winning just about 250,830 more votes than Cepeda, De la Espriella also vowed to be a president to “all Colombians.” Cepeda and President Gustavo Petro aren’t convinced.

“Petro will try to inflame social unrest against De La Espriella,” Guzmán said.

Petro’s term ends on Aug. 7, when De la Espriella, who had the endorsement of U.S. President Donald Trump, expects to be sworn in to become Colombia’s 48th president.

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• Venezuelan migrant workers in Colombia breathe sigh of relief after De la Espriella’s narrow win
• Colombians’ vote in U.S.: 80.57% vote for De La Espriella, 18.43% for Cepeda
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Torres contributed to this report from Miami.

El arresto de Reinier Sanchez Hurtado, de 46 años, fue capturado por las imágenes de un dron del Departamento de Policía de Miami Beach.

“Esta es una nueva tecnología que la mayoría de las agencias policiales están utilizando ahora”, señaló el sargento de la Policía de Medley, Luis Rivera.

La detención de Hurtado fue el resultado de una extensa investigación criminal iniciada por los detectives de Medley sobre el robo de calzado de la marca Nike.

“El cargo principal es comercio de propiedad robada”, afirmó Rivera. “Estamos hablando de posiblemente unos 36,000 dólares en mercancía que fue sustraída”.

El caso comenzó en un centro de distribución de Medley, donde el personal de seguridad de FedEx rastreó un patrón recurrente de robos que se remontaba a 2024.

De acuerdo con las autoridades, calzado Nike de alta gama destinado a tiendas minoristas del área de Miami terminaba en la vivienda de Sanchez Hurtado. Los investigadores descubrieron que el sospechoso trabajaba para un contratista terrestre de FedEx y era “responsable de supervisar a los conductores asignados a las rutas de entrega afectadas”, según su formulario de arresto.

La policía detalló que utilizó dispositivos de rastreo GPS en algunos de los paquetes para ubicar el destino de los artículos robados.

La empresa FedEx informó a la policía que los tenis estaban siendo vendidos a través del mercado negro.

“Parecía haber un esquema de fraude”, declaró Rivera.

FedEx se puso en contacto con la Policía de Medley, la cual actuó con rapidez emitiendo una alerta de arresto por causa probable contra Sanchez Hurtado.

Poco después, los detectives supieron que el sospechoso acababa de ser liberado tras una parada de tráfico de rutina en Miami Beach.

Los investigadores de Medley se coordinaron con el Centro de Inteligencia en Tiempo Real de Miami Beach y la Unidad Táctica de Robos de la Policía de Miami para localizar a Sanchez Hurtado cerca de la intersección de la calle 14 y la avenida Drexel.

“Eso es lo hermoso del condado de Miami-Dade”, expresó Rivera. “Todas las agencias trabajan juntas para poner a los sujetos bajo custodia con los cargos que se ganan”.

La investigación en torno a Sanchez Hurtado y el calzado robado permanece activa y en curso, añadió el sargento.

A continuación se presenta la declaración emitida por la compañía FedEx:

“Estamos al tanto del arresto de un conductor de un proveedor de servicios por parte del Departamento de Policía de Miami Beach, y esta persona ya no presta servicios en nombre de FedEx. Las preguntas adicionales deben dirigirse a las autoridades policiales”. — Asesor Estratégico de Comunicaciones de FedEx, Adam Snyder.

La policía de Aventura detalló que el incidente ocurrió el domingo por la mañana durante un juego de la liga de sóftbol en el Waterways Park, ubicado en el 3310 de la calle Northeast 213.

Las autoridades indicaron que alrededor de las 9:30 a.m. se desató una disputa verbal entre los equipos, lo que provocó empujones entre “múltiples jugadores”.

La policía señaló que durante la riña, Roberto Araujo, de 41 años y residente de Allapattah, agarró un bate de metal y golpeó a la víctima en la parte posterior de la cabeza.

Los paramédicos trasladaron a la víctima al Hospital HCA Florida Aventura bajo alerta de trauma, de acuerdo con el informe de arresto.

Las autoridades informaron que las imágenes de las cámaras de seguridad (CCTV) mostraron a Araujo balanceando el bate e impactando a la víctima, lo que provocó que la gorra de béisbol de esta última saliera volando.

Los oficiales arrestaron a Araujo bajo el cargo de agresión agravada con un arma mortal.

Hasta la tarde de este lunes, el acusado permanecía recluido en el Centro Correccional Turner Guilford Knight con una fianza catalogada como “por determinar” en los registros en línea.

Las víctimas fueron identificadas como Esther Liontos, de 58 años, y Roger Arredondo Gonzalez, de 61 años.

Las autoridades aún no han revelado la forma en que murieron ambas personas, pero confirmaron que un individuo fue retenido para ser interrogado.

Según la Oficina del Alguacil, los oficiales acudieron a una vivienda ubicada en la cuadra 26100 de la avenida Southwest 209 poco después de las 8:30 a.m. del viernes, tras recibir un reporte sobre una mujer inconsciente.

Al llegar al lugar, los oficiales encontraron a Liontos tendida en el suelo fuera de la casa, indicaron las autoridades.

El personal del Cuerpo de Bomberos de Miami-Dade declaró su fallecimiento en la escena.

Los oficiales informaron que también hallaron a Arredondo Gonzalez tendido en el suelo a poca distancia. Él también fue declarado muerto en el lugar.

Las autoridades confirmaron que un hombre permanece bajo custodia con fines de interrogatorio para determinar si tuvo alguna participación en el homicidio.

Los detectives no han divulgado las declaraciones que hizo este individuo y, hasta el momento, no se han efectuado arrestos formalmente.

Cualquier persona que posea información sobre el caso puede comunicarse con la línea de Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers al 305-471-8477.

Los detectives de Homestead informaron que una “casa trampa” en un vecindario residencial era el centro de operaciones para la venta ilegal de sustancias.

Lo que resultó más preocupante sobre los hallazgos para el jefe de la policía, Mario Knapp, fue el empaque engañoso que claramente está comercializado para atraer a los niños.

“Es el mismo logotipo, las mismas fuentes, los mismos colores”, señaló Knapp sobre las bolsas que aparentaban ser Cheetos o Doritos, pero que detalló estaban adulteradas con 600 miligramos de THC.

“La persona que es el consumidor sabe lo que está comprando”, afirmó Knapp. “El problema es que dejas eso tirado en la casa y cualquier niño puede agarrarlo”.

Otros cigarrillos de marihuana preforjados y productos comestibles estaban empaquetados con logotipos de tipo caricatura. Knapp indicó que un laboratorio se encuentra procesando las drogas.

Los detectives comunicaron que ejecutaron una orden de registro y arrestaron a un sospechoso la madrugada del jueves en la vivienda, y la investigación continuaba en curso este lunes.

Knapp agregó que las casas de drogas ilegales a menudo están vinculadas con otras actividades delictivas y armas de fuego. El departamento no revelará la identidad del sospechoso mientras la investigación se mantenga activa.

The White House Office of Management and Budget has yet to make a formal request to Congress. But Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been making the rounds on Capitol Hill, including Monday evening. A top deputy defense secretary told senators about the Iran funding request last week, according to two people familiar with the situation but not authorized to discuss it publicly.

The Wall Street Journal first reported on the developments.

Push for Pentagon money faces skeptical lawmakers

The push for billions of dollars in Iran war funding comes at a fraught political moment. Lawmakers are skeptical of the deal Trump struck with Iran to bring an end to the war, and wary of next steps. The White House has requested a remarkable $1.5 trillion for the Pentagon — a nearly 50% increase over the current fiscal year's funding levels.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he’s expecting a supplemental spending request from the administration for the war, and when it arrives, “we’ll work through it and see where the votes are.”

“We need to make sure we’re doing everything we can to replenish, resupply a lot our munitions that have been depleted — not only just with what’s happening with Iran, but prior to that,” said Thune, R-S.D.

Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg spoke to several senators about the proposal in calls last week and he notified congressional committees that the $80 billion request had been sent to the Office of Management and Budget. The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

However, the funding package will almost certainly run into trouble from lawmakers who refuse to support Trump's decision to go to war and are reluctant to give the Pentagon more money at a time of high costs of living for Americans at home.

“You’re spending families’ hard-earned tax dollars on a war that many strongly oppose,” Democratic Sen. Patty Murray told Hegseth in a hearing last month.

Trump seeks a record $1.5 trillion for Defense this year

In addition to the Iran funding, Republicans hope to secure about $1.1 trillion through the regular appropriations process, which typically requires support from both parties for approval. Then, they hope to secure an additional $350 billion through a mostly party-line vote later this summer.

The amount being sought by the Pentagon is far higher than the $29 billion estimate of war costs that Hegseth gave Congress during his testimony last month. The bulk of that amount was related to replacing munitions and repairing equipment but also included operational costs to keep forces deployed. That estimate did not include the cost to repair or rebuild U.S. military sites damaged in the region.

It's also far lower than the initial $200 billion the Pentagon floated as the costs at the start of the war. An early estimate put the cost of the first week of the war at $11.3 billion.

Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaii, a member of Democratic party leadership, said he expects the actual price tag could be much higher than the $80 billion being proposed.

Schatz said he hasn't done any counting of Democrats about whether there is support for an Iran-focused bill, “but I haven't found anyone who wants to do this.”

But Republican Sen. Jim Banks of Indiana said, "To me it’s less about the war, it’s more about the stockpiles.”

Banks said, “I would sell it to my state as an investment in our defense industrial base, reshoring defense production to Indiana.”

Sen. Jack Reed, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said funding for an Iran supplemental can't be done in isolation. It has to be done after lawmakers from both parties have agreed to a total spending amount for both defense and non-defense programs, “then the rest of this would follow pretty quickly,” Reed said.

And Sen. John Hoeven of North Dakota, a member of the Appropriations subcommittee on Defense, said he has been working with the administration to broaden the package to include funds for disaster aid for California, Hawaii and other states hard hit by fires and weather problems, as well as agricultural aid for farmers.

“I think that’s the kind of combination that could pass,” Hoeven said.

Hegseth declined to answer questions from reporters late Monday as he strode around the Capitol.

But on the issue of the cost of the war, Hegseth responded rhetorically during a Senate hearing last month, asking, “What is the cost of Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon?"

He acknowledged the president's decision to confront the threat of a nuclear Iran "comes with cost — and we recognize that.”

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Associated Press writers Konstantin Toropin and Ben Finley contributed to this report.

The 58-year-old Mencia appeared behind glass in a custody area of a Los Angeles County court at his arraignment on Monday, when a judge also reduced his bail from $250,000 to $50,000.

Mencia had been in jail since his arrest on Thursday. Court documents show that he has now posted bail, but it's not clear whether he has been released.

Emails seeking comment from an attorney representing the comedian were not immediately answered.

He was charged with six felony counts of failure to file personal income tax with the intent to evade taxes — one each for the years 2019 to 2024 — and six similar counts for corporate taxes.

When he announced the charges, District Attorney Nathan Hochman called Mencia “one of California’s biggest tax scofflaws," saying he owes more than $300,000 in state taxes on income totaling $8.7 million.

If he’s convicted of all 12 counts he could get more than 11 years in prison.

The charges are the first filed under the district attorney's new Business Tax Fraud Unit that was established in May by Hochman, a former longtime prosecutor of tax cases.

Born Ned Arnel Holness in Honduras and raised in East Los Angeles, Mencia began doing stand-up in LA clubs in the late 1980s. By the early 2000s, he became one of the most popular comics in the U.S. and also did some acting in film and television. He had his own TV series, “Mind of Mencia,” combining stand-up with sketches on Comedy Central from 2005 to 2008.

Mencia still does regular stand-up shows, touring clubs and small theaters. He missed a series of Southern California shows while he was in jail.

The record company lawyer who became one of the music industry’s most powerful figures, launching or resurrecting the careers of such superstars as Janis Joplin, Whitney Houston, Carlos Santana and Alicia Keys, has died, it was announced Monday. He was 94.

The greatest way to celebrate the “man with the golden ears,” as he was colloquially known, is to listen to the musicians and songs he was instrumental in turning into career artists and timeless hits, from starting his career at Columbia Records in the 1960s to today.

Read on below and then listen to all 10 songs on The Associated Press' Spotify playlist here.

“I Will Always Love You,” Whitney Houston (1992)

The story is the stuff of music industry legend. Apparently, Davis and producer David Foster fought bitterly over the arrangement for Whitney Houston’s all-time hit, a cover of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You.” Davis wanted the final version of the song to feature its iconic 40-second a cappella intro, an experiment suggested by Houston's “Bodyguard” co-star Kevin Costner. Foster did not. Davis won out in the end.

“Smooth,”Santana ft. Rob Thomas (1999)

It was Davis who conceived of Santana's 1999 album, “Supernatural,” which paired guitar virtuoso Carlos Santana with some of the day’s hottest talents. The record won eight Grammys and gave Santana more success than he had ever enjoyed in his decades-long career. At its center is “Smooth” with Matchbox Twenty singer Rob Thomas, a track Santana originally hated but Davis convinced him otherwise — as he was wont to do.

“Freeway of Love,” Aretha Franklin (1985)

Aretha Franklin had long been a star before joining Davis at Arista Records later in her career. But by the early '80s, as her commercial success had faded amid changing musical tastes, he helped revitalize her career. “Freeway of Love,” an R&B-pop track from her 1985 record “Who’s Zoomin' Who?” brought her back to the top of conversation. Their partnership was one for the books; it's no wonder she once referred to him as “the greatest record man of all time.”

“Piece of My Heart,” Big Brother & the Holding Company featuring Janis Joplin (1967)

As the story goes, attending the Monterey International Pop Festival in 1967 was pivotal for a young Davis, who became so enamored with the performances that they transformed his approach to running Columbia Records. He'd just been named president of the label and used his power to bring a counterculture spirit to a company that had resisted rock ’n’ roll. But of the lineup, no act resonated with Davis quite like Big Brother, and in particular, the soulful singer Janis Joplin. Their partnership began then, when he took “Piece of My Heart” and suggested adding a chorus and shortening its run time and instrumentals — turning it into a No. 1 hit.

“Blinded by the Light,” Bruce Springsteen (1973)

Davis was an early adopter of Springsteen, as he was of many artists across his career. He gave the young singer-songwriter from New Jersey a chance in his early 20s and inspired him to write the everlasting single, “Blinded by the Light,” from his 1973 debut album, “Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.” It would sound like the stuff of mythology if it weren’t true.

“Fallin,’” Alicia Keys (2001)

It's not so much that Davis had a role in the debut single from the nascent, big-voiced Alicia Keys — but he was one of her first and most ardent supporters. He signed her to his J Records and helped make her the star she is today. He saw her greatness immediately and at the very beginning.

“Mandy,” Barry Manilow (1974)

Over 50 years ago, Davis threw a party to celebrate the release of Arista Records’ first Grammy record of the year nominee: Barry Manilow’s “Mandy.” Stevie Wonder showed up. So did John Denver and Elton John. What was a one-off celebration morphed into one of the best-known and most exclusive parties of the year: the annual pre-Grammy fundraising event hosted by Davis, including four months before his death. But his fabulous gala was not the only reason this song is included here: It is evidence of Davis’ ability to identify a hit and pair it with the right artist. He gave “Mandy” to Manilow, and the rest is history.

“Piano Man,” Billy Joel (1973)

Billy Joel shared a tribute to Davis on his Instagram account on Monday, writing, “Clive Davis convinced me to sign with Columbia Records many years ago. He recognized the talent of great musicians and understood the power of contemporary music.” The album that he released immediately after said signing? “Piano Man.” Not bad work, Davis.

“Blame It on the Rain,” Milli Vanilli (1989)

Like every major music exec, Davis' aim wasn't 100% all the time — though he was a lot more accurate than most. His Arista label had huge success with country superstars Brooks & Dunn, R&B group TLC, singer-songwriter and producer Babyface, Houston, Franklin and more. He also initially knocked it out of the park with Milli Vanilli, the male pop duo, which had a huge hit with “Blame It On the Rain.” The pair would soon become the embarrassment of the industry when, after winning a Grammy the next year, it was revealed that they weren’t actually singing their songs.

“Since U Been Gone,” Kelly Clarkson (2004)

Davis and Kelly Clarkson had a complicated relationship. Davis found “Since U Been Gone,” one of the biggest songs of her career, for Clarkson but wrote in his memoir that she didn’t want to record it originally. Clarkson says it is because she was told she would cowrite the song, but by the time she got to Sweden to work with producers and songwriters Max Martin and Dr. Luke, it had already been completed. It’s both yet another example of Davis’ keen ear — and his fallibility.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it's opening a special investigation into the Tesla Model 3 crash on Friday near Houston, a significant probe because the car was using technology that Elon Musk considers key to the company's future.

The Tesla CEO is rolling out robotaxis using automated software in several U.S. cities this year and plans to invite Tesla owners to put their cars into the fleet using the same system across the country.

The driver told the Harris County Sheriff's Office that he was using the technology, according to a police report on the crash, but it's not clear what role, if any, it played in the incident.

The police report also noted that the driver was not drunk and is cooperating. It identified the woman killed as Martha Avila.

Video obtained by KHOU-TV shows the car traveling at top speed over the front lawn of a brick home in Katy, then ramming into a front room. The next shot shows the car encased in the home amid piles of crumbling plaster, split beams and bits of furniture.

Tesla did not respond immediately to a request for comment.

The auto safety regulator, known as NHTSA, has launched several investigations into Tesla, including one late last year into 58 incidents in which Teslas reportedly violated traffic safety laws while using self-driving technology, leading to more than a dozen crashes and fires and nearly two dozen injuries.

A few months earlier, the NHTSA opened an investigation into why Tesla apparently had not been reporting crashes promptly as required.

As for special crash investigations, the NHTSA has opened 46 involving Teslas using self-driving or driver-assistance technology over the past decade, according to the agency's records. In more than a dozen of those crashes, at least one person — a driver, passenger or pedestrian — was killed.

Tesla stock fell sharply early last year as car sales plunged amid a boycott of Musk after he waded into politics, leading President Donald Trump's budget-cutting Department of Government Efficiency initiative and embracing European extremist candidates.

Musk has since shifted the Tesla story to one less about car sales and more about AI and robotaxis, and done so successfully. The stock is up 16% in the past year.

De la Espriella encabezaba la contienda frente a su rival Iván Cepeda por cerca de un punto porcentual —unos 251.000 votos—, luego de que casi todos los sufragios habían sido contabilizados el lunes. Las autoridades aún no han declarado un ganador. Cepeda ha impugnado los resultados, pero es poco probable que esa revisión modifique el desenlace.

De la Espriella hizo campaña con un enfoque de mano dura contra el crimen, lo que incluye el cancelar las conversaciones de paz con grupos insurgentes colombianos y construir megaprisiones, como la de El Salvador. Trump dijo que este candidato —un abogado y empresario apodado “El Tigre"— era el que podía restablecer el orden público en Colombia.

A continuación presentamos un vistazo a los países de América Latina que han elegido presidentes conservadores en los últimos años:

Argentina elige a un libertario para enfrentar la inflación

Javier Milei, economista y comentarista de televisión apodado “El León”, ganó las elecciones presidenciales de Argentina en noviembre de 2023, luego de prometer recortar el gasto público y enfrentar el problema inflacionario que arrastra la nación sudamericana desde hace décadas. El libertario derrotó al movimiento peronista gobernante.

Durante su mandato, Milei ha impedido que el banco central del país imprima dinero para financiar el déficit del gobierno y ha recortado el gasto público, medida que ha incluido despedir empleados del Estado y frenar la inversión en programas de infraestructura pública, al igual que una reducción en los subsidios a las facturas de servicios públicos.

La inflación de Argentina ha descendido de 211% en 2023 a 32% en 2025. Sin embargo, algunos han responsabilizado a las políticas de austeridad de Milei de reducir el nivel de vida de muchos argentinos, incluidos los trabajadores del sector público.

Ecuador reelige a un gobernante que favorece a los militares

Daniel Noboa, integrante de una de las familias más ricas de Ecuador, fue reelegido para un mandato de cuatro años en abril de 2025, al ganar la elección con 56% de los votos. El gobernante conservador les ha dado a las fuerzas armadas un papel más destacado en el suministro de seguridad a ciudades costeras asoladas por grupos de narcotraficantes, los cuales se disputan el control de puertos y de rutas de tráfico de drogas.

Pero la estrategia no ha reducido de manera sustancial las tasas de homicidios. El gobierno también ha sido acusado de cometer violaciones a los derechos humanos, tales como ejecuciones extrajudiciales.

Durante la gestión de Noboa, las fuerzas armadas de Ecuador han comenzado a realizar operaciones conjuntas con Estados Unidos para combatir el narcotráfico. El mandatario también impulsó la reapertura de una base militar estadounidense en territorio ecuatoriano, pero la propuesta fue rechazada en un referendo el año pasado.

Honduras vuelve al partido conservador

Nasry Asfura, inversionista inmobiliario y exalcalde del Partido Nacional, ganó por estrecho margen las elecciones presidenciales en Honduras en noviembre, al derrotar a su rival más cercano por menos de un punto porcentual.

Asfura, que pertenece al mismo partido que el expresidente Juan Orlando Hernández —indultado por Trump tras ser declarado culpable de narcotráfico—, recibió el respaldo del presidente de Estados Unidos, quien amenazó con cortar la ayuda al pequeño país centroamericano si Asfura no era elegido. En el gobierno de Asfura, Honduras ha recibido a decenas de deportados de terceros países mediante un acuerdo que firmó con Washington en 2025, la mayoría de ellos ciudadanos guatemaltecos.

El Kast de Chile derrota al movimiento progresista

José Antonio Kast, conservador y católico practicante, ganó las elecciones presidenciales de Chile en diciembre con 58% de los votos, al vencer a un gobierno progresista que estuvo en el poder durante los cuatro años previos.

En sus campañas, Kast aprovechó los temores por el aumento de las tasas de criminalidad en Chile, y dijo que expulsaría a migrantes de países como Venezuela y Haití que habían estado trabajando en territorio chileno sin permisos de residencia. Una de sus primeras medidas tras asumir el cargo ha sido ampliar una zanja a lo largo de las fronteras con Perú y Bolivia, en un intento —según dice su gobierno— de frenar el narcotráfico y la migración.

Recientemente, el gobierno de Kast ha enfrentado protestas por el incremento del desempleo y los recortes presupuestarios, que han afectado a empleados públicos.

Costa Rica propone mano dura contra el crimen

Laura Fernández, ministra de Economía durante el gobierno del expresidente conservador Rodrigo Chaves, ganó las elecciones de Costa Rica en febrero con 48% de los votos, venciendo a su rival más cercano por 15 puntos porcentuales y superando el 40% de los sufragios necesarios para evitar una segunda vuelta.

Durante su campaña, Fernández propuso medidas de mano dura contra el crimen, incluido un estado de excepción que le permitiría a la policía detener a sospechosos sin órdenes judiciales, y dijo que construiría una megaprisión inspirada en el notorio Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo de El Salvador.

El gobierno de Fernández ha recibido varios vuelos con migrantes de terceros países deportados por Estados Unidos, en cumplimiento de un acuerdo que firmó su antecesor el año pasado. En junio, uno de esos vuelos transportó a migrantes de China, Vietnam, Colombia y Azerbaiyán.

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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.

Law enforcement officials disrupted the plan a few days before the June 14 White House event, according to court documents.

William Lee Spartacus Falkner of Belfair, Washington, was arrested Friday and charged with conspiracy to commit murder, according to court documents filed Monday in the Western District of Washington. Jordan W. Rincker, 28, was arrested Sunday and charged with conspiracy to commit murder in the Western District of Missouri. A defense attorney appointed to represent Falkner did not immediately respond to an email requesting comment, and court records do not reveal if Rincker has obtained an attorney. Neither man has had the opportunity to enter a plea.

“Law enforcement continues to do what it does — move to disrupt and hold accountable those allegedly plotting to do harm on the White House Grounds on June 14,” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a news release.

Law enforcement officials learned about the possible threat on June 10, four days before the mixed martial arts extravaganza on the White House’s South Lawn. The Justice Department last week announced federal charges against five people from states including Ohio, Missouri, Nebraska and California. The latest arrests bring the number of people known to be facing federal charges to seven.

Officials say the group members harbored fringe conspiracy theories and hoped the attack would destabilize the government.

The investigation began after the mother of an Ohio man contacted police because she was concerned about her son's recent firearms purchases and online communications, according to an FBI affidavit filed in the case.

The man, 19-year-old Tycen Proper, told investigators that he was part of a group that wanted to trigger a revolution and target members of the government, and that they planned to fly explosive-laden drones into the event and then shoot panicked crowd members as they fled, according to the affidavit. Proper is charged with firearms offenses and crimes including attempted murder of an officer or employee of the United States.

“Mr. Proper appreciates the serious nature of the charges currently pending against him and will address them appropriately in court at the right time," Proper’s attorney, Joe Patituce, said Monday. "For now, we are going to move the case forward one step at a time."

Investigators recovered high-powered firearms from several of the suspects and reviewed encrypted text messages between roughly 20 participants who shared detailed maps and aerial photographs of the area and discussed the need for a “safe house” and escape routes after the intended attack, the documents show.

But it’s unclear from the court records how close the would-be attackers could have come to being able to carry out the plan had it not been thwarted.

Several suspects or co-conspirators who were questioned by the authorities said they did not intend themselves to carry out violence but planned to instead observe others. One said he would have traveled to the UFC event as a protester but had to return home after his vehicle malfunctioned. And though the participants spoke of using drones rigged with explosives, charging documents suggest they were still looking to acquire such equipment when the plot was interrupted.

Prosecutors say Rincker distributed cash to some of the conspiracy members, and that he accepted goods including weapons, a 3D printer, a computer and other items and agreed to produce drone parts. Rincker told an investigator that he didn't actually intend to help build the drones suing the printer, according to an FBI affidavit, and just wanted the printer so he could make and sell crafts.

An FBI affidavit says Falkner communicated with other group members about his ability to procure and operate drones as well as what tactics and explosives to use in the plot. After news broke that the plan had been disrupted, Falkner texted another group member to say, “Work trip is canceled. My boss got picked up,” and sent a link to an article detailing the initial arrests, according to the affidavit.

___ Boone reported from Boise, Idaho.

It was the first rain delay of the tournament and the first time in at least several decades that a World Cup match was delayed midgame because of inclement weather. Halftime began at 5:50 p.m. EDT and the game resumed at 8 p.m. — 1 hour, 55 minutes longer than the scheduled 15-minute halftime break.

France played through the rain and muck to beat Iraq 3-0 behind two goals from Kylian Mbappé.

“It’s a question of safety,” France coach Didier Deschamps said. “You can’t fight against rain and lightning. We will stick to the local laws. We have to adapt. These are very special circumstances, and I do hope they will not happen again.”

There was also heavy rain ahead of Monday night’s game between Norway and Senegal in East Rutherford, New Jersey, which started on time.

With France leading 1-0 at halftime, scoreboard messages directed the crowd at Lincoln Financial Field to take shelter in the stadium’s covered areas, warning that a severe storm was on the way. Sheets of rain fell through halftime as thousands of fans huddled in the concourse and under balconies.

The stoppage was initially expected to extend the halftime break by 15 minutes. As the delay dragged on, stadium officials announced that “the game will resume when deemed safe.”

The teams returned to the field to warm up after about 1 hour, 40 minutes, prompting cheers from the crowd. Crews used squeegees to push standing water toward the sideline of the swampy field.

A rule used by FIFA pauses games for 30 minutes if lightning is detected within 8 miles. Each strike resets the clock.

France and Iraq played through a downpour that started in the 37th minute. Fans donned ponchos and most stayed in their seats until they were told to find shelter at halftime.

“I think that’s out of our control, so we just needed to adapt, and I think we did that pretty well,” French defender Jules Kounde said.

France scored twice in the second half, which did not include the much-debated hydration break that was added for this tournament.

“I think it’s the first time I experienced it in football as a coach or a player,” Iraq coach Graham Arnold said of the delay. “It obviously made it much harder for the players. I told the players, who’s going to switch on mentally?”

FIFA long had a reputation for continuing matches even through extreme weather. A 2014 game between the U.S. and Germany continued in Brazil even after torrential downpour that flooded parts of the surrounding city.

World Cup regulations do not specify weather conditions that would prompt a delay to the start of matches or an interruption. However, the regulations say “in the case of a match being abandoned as a result of force majeure after it has already kicked off … the match shall recommence at the minute at which play was interrupted rather than being replayed in full, and with the same scoreline.”

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“Not gonna support the Democratic Party,” Carlson was quick to add, speaking late last week on the show “Can't Be Censored.” “I don't know what I'm going to do.”

Carlson, who has amassed a large following on his own podcast since being fired from Fox News in 2023, has more recently diverged from the party, a disillusionment supercharged by President Donald Trump's decision to go to war with Iran in February.

Carlson supported Trump in 2024. After the war began, he apologized for supporting the then-presidential candidate and “misleading people," saying it wasn't intentional.

He's repeatedly criticized the war as being at the behest of Israel at the expense of Americans, and attacked the party for failing to represent its own voters, citizens and nation.

“They are making decisions on the basis of other criteria, what’s best for this company, what’s best for Israel, what’s best for our donors,” he said. “That’s not just, like, they are off in the wrong direction, like, that is unacceptable, that’s treasonous, it’s immoral, it can’t continue."

“I’ve been a consistent defender for 35 years of the Republican Party, I mean very consistent defender, but there’s no defending this," he said. “So no, I’m out. And if I’m out, then I think a lot of other people are out.”

The preliminary count showed 80.57%, or 179,841 Colombians who cast their ballots in the U.S., voted for De La Espriella, 47, a former Miami-Dade resident who has both U.S. and Colombian citizenship.

The count also showed 41,142, or 18.43% of Colombians who cast their ballots in the U.S., voted for left-wing candidate Iván Cepeda, who has lived in Bulgaria, Cuba, and the Czech Republic.

There were more than 250 precincts for the Colombian diaspora worldwide. In South Florida, Colombian voters cast their ballots in Coral Gables, Kendall, Hialeah, Coral Springs, and Weston.

As of Monday afternoon, De La Espriella, a criminal defense attorney who campaigned as “El Tigre,” a law-and-order candidate, stood to become the president-elect after winning 250,830 more votes than Cepeda.

With information from 99.99% of the polling stations, 122,017 out of 122,020, the data showed 49.66%, or 12,959,542, voted for De La Espriella, and 48.7%, or 12,708,712, voted for Cepeda.

U.S. President Donald Trump endorsed De La Espriella, a fan of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, who wants to open mega prisons, cut corporate taxes, restart oil exploration and fracking, and cut social spending.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro supported Cepeda, 63, a rival of former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe, who wants to continue negotiations with armed groups for their surrender, prioritize welfare programs, and protect the environment.

Petro’s four-year term ends on Aug. 7, when De La Espriella plans to be sworn in as Colombia’s 48th president.

During the presidential election’s first round on May 31, De la Espriella had 43.73% of the votes when he qualified for the runoff against Cepeda, who had 40.91% of the votes. About 70% of the voters in the U.S. also chose De La Espriella on May 31.

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Tuesday will feature a sun/cloud mix, haze and southeast winds. There may be a few showers in the morning. During the afternoon, one or two inland storms could develop. Temperatures will make a run for the low and mid-90s. Factor in the humidity and will feel like the triple digits.

Homestead detectives said a “trap house” in a residential neighborhood was at the center of a setup for the illegal sale of drugs.

What was most disturbing about the findings for Chief Mario Knapp was the deceptive packaging that clearly marketed to kids.

“It’s the same logo, the same fonts, the same colors,” Knapp said about bags that appeared Cheetos or Doritos, but he said were laced with 600 milligrams of THC.

“The person who’s the consumer knows what they’re buying,” Knapp said. “The problem is you leave that around in the house, and any child can pick that up.”

Other pre-rolled marijuana joints and edibles were packaged with cartoon-like logos. Knapp said a lab was processing the drugs.

Detectives said they served a search warrant and arrested a suspect early Thursday morning at the house, and the investigation was ongoing on Monday.

Knapp said illegal drug houses often are connected to other criminal activity and firearms. The department will not disclose the identity of the suspect as long as the investigation remains ongoing.

That’s right. With a win on Friday against Saudi Arabia, the tiny nation of about 500,000 people and about 15 million new Instagram followers will be headed to the round of 32. Even a draw might be — should be — enough to earn a spot in the knockout round.

The Blue Sharks were long shots entering the World Cup; some books had them at no better than 12% to advance from the group stage. They’re currently favored to move on.

“It’s in our hands,” defender Roberto Lopes said. “We have to go and take it.”

A pair of draws — first against Spain to begin group play, then rallying for a 2-2 result against Uruguay on Sunday — has Cape Verde still searching for its first win in its initial World Cup appearance. Still, the team is in an ideal position.

Spain leads Group H with four points. Uruguay and Cape Verde are next with two points each, while Saudi Arabia is last with one point. The top two teams from each group advance to the round of 32 along with the top eight third-place teams in the 12 groups.

A win over Saudi Arabia by Cape Verde would give it five points; it would then be mathematically certain to be no worse than second in the group. A draw would give the team three points; that, combined with a Spain win over Uruguay, would also assure a second-place finish in group play.

“One game at a time,” Cape Verde backup goalkeeper CJ dos Santos said. “This is just another challenge for us.”

There is a real chance that if Cape Verde beats Saudi Arabia, its reward would be a round of 32 game against Lionel Messi and defending World Cup champion Argentina.

And the interest in that game would be overwhelming, if it happened. On one side, there would be Messi, the biggest draw in the sport and possibly the biggest draw right now in any sport. On the other, there would be a team that the world seems to have adopted — the improbable story, replete with a 40-year-old goalkeeper whose mother needed help just to obtain a visa and fly to the U.S. to watch her son play on soccer’s grandest stage.

More than half of the team was born somewhere other than Cape Verde; Kevin Pina, who scored against Uruguay, spent part of his youth living in Massachusetts, which has the largest concentration of the Cape Verdean diaspora in the U.S.

That stems from how in the 1800s, Cape Verdeans found work on American whaling vessels in the Atlantic and eventually settled in port cities in states like Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

“We come from a country of immigrants,” Cape Verde coach Bubista said. “We want every child and every young person to feel proud to represent their country. We want our success to make them want to represent Cape Verde.”

At Luanda Restaurant in Brockton, Massachusetts, Cape Verde’s first World Cup match became an afternoon of nervous cheering as customers gathered around televisions; some fans even brought laptops so they could work remotely from the restaurant without missing the game against Spain.

Every save by 40-year-old goalkeeper Vozinha — whose stardom has risen immeasurably during this tournament — drew louder reactions inside the restaurant. Owner Amélia Goncalves said she tried to work while screaming, laughing and nearly crying, noting that Vozinha’s story resonates with the Cape Verdean community.

“If you work hard, it’s possible,” Goncalves said.

The team has worked hard. The round of 32 is very possible now. A tiny country with big hopes is poised for its biggest sports moment.

“Now nobody can ask, ‘Where is Cape Verde?’” said 22-year-old Micaelle Nunes, one of the soccer revelers in Brockton. “The whole world will know.”

The players are aware of the celebrations. They know that, in some ways, they have become a sentimental favorite all over the globe. Their story is easy to appreciate and the way they play has drawn applause even from fans in opposing jerseys.

A 12% chance is on the brink of coming through.

“We had a big journey here,” Lopes said. “Now that we’re here, we can’t change.”

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Associated Press writer Leah Willingham in Brockton, Massachusetts, and Zach Pascuzzi in Miami Gardens, Florida, contributed to this story. Pascuzzi is a student at the University of Georgia’s Carmical Sports Media Institute.

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Aventura police said it happened during a softball league game at Waterways Park, located at 3310 NE 213th St., on Sunday morning.

Authorities said at around 9:30 a.m., a verbal dispute broke out between the teams, which led to pushing and shoving between “multiple players.”

Police said during the brawl, Roberto Araujo, 41, of Allapattah, grabbed a metal bat and and hit the victim in the back of the head.

Medics took the victim to HCA Florida Aventura Hospital as a trauma alert patient, according to an arrest report.

Authorities said CCTV footage showed Araujo swinging the bat and hitting the victim, causing the latter’s baseball cap to pop off.

Officers arrested Araujo on a charge of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.

As of Monday afternoon, he was being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center with a bond listed as “to be set” in online records.

Kylian Mbappé of France scored two goals on Monday to reach 16 for his World Cup career, moving into a tie for second most in tournament history as he tries to keep pace with new record holder Lionel Messi.

“If I want to keep up with what Leo is doing,” Mbappé said after France beat Iraq 3-0 to reach the knockout stage, “I’ll have to do even more.”

France is counting on it as Mbappé tries to lead Les Bleus to their second World Cup title in the last three tournaments. Mbappé would consider it a bonus if he could win it all and pass Messi for the World Cup goals record.

The 27-year-old Mbappé is 11 years younger than Messi and should have at least two or three more World Cups to secure the record — at least until the next young superstar comes around to challenge him.

“He's here to score goals and that’s something he’s been doing,” France coach Didier Deschamps said. “He’s somebody that has a worldwide aura.”

Playing in his third World Cup, Mbappé scored in the 14th minute against Iraq, giving Les Bleus a 1-0 lead in his 100th international game. After a weather delay that extended the halftime break to more than two hours, Mbappé found the net again in the 54th minute to move into a tie with Miroslav Klose of Germany, who had the goals record before this high-scoring World Cup began.

Messi scored twice for Argentina earlier Monday to set the tournament record at 18. He had equaled Klose with his first World Cup hat trick in Argentina’s 3-0 win over Algeria last Tuesday night in Kansas City, Missouri.

“Leo always scores,” Mbappé said.

Mbappé sent a left-footed strike from about 20 yards out past Iraq goalkeeper Ahmed Basil, who got his first start in the tournament after captain Jalal Hassan allowed all four goals in Iraq’s 4-1 loss to Norway.

For his second goal, Mbappé took advantage of a poor pass to the goalkeeper by Iraq defender Zaid Tahseen. France's Ousmane Dembele controlled the loose ball and passed to Mbappé, who tapped it in with his right foot.

The Real Madrid forward had a chance at the hat trick on a late breakaway but missed before he was subbed out at the 90-minute mark. He is one of two men with a hat trick in a World Cup final.

“I've seen enough criticism on his egotistical side,” Deschamps said. “But that’s not who he is. I reiterate, he’s the team captain. And he’s a bright example for the rest of the group.”

Mbappé helped France win the World Cup in 2018 and reach the final in 2022, when he was awarded the Silver Ball as the second-best player. Joined up front by Désiré Doué and reigning Ballon d’Or winner Ousmane Dembélé, France entered this year's tournament as a co-favorite with Spain.

Dembélé also scored in the second half to complete a dominant performance for France. Les Blues won in 1998 and 2018, then lost the 2022 final to Argentina on penalty kicks.

Mbappé, one of two men to have a hat trick in a World Cup final, scored his 13th and 14th World Cup goals in France’s 3-1 tournament-opening victory over Senegal. He now has 59 international goals, two more than Oliver Giroud for the most in France's rich history.

His World Cup goals include four this year; eight in 2022, when he won the Golden Boot as the top scorer; and four in 2018.

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Sattar, 29, and Filsaime, 46, appeared in Broward County court on Friday after detectives arrested them on Thursday in Davie.

Detectives found the duo at a gas station in a black BMW with hundreds of pieces of mail that included credit cards, checks, and an identification.

Sattar was out on bond for another case.

Detectives reported the duo had been stealing from mailboxes at the Crexent Business Centers, at 12555 Orange Drive, in Davie.

Flamingo Commons Office Park tenants at 12401-12555 Orange Drive also suspected thieves had broken into their mailboxes.

Shirley Vasquez said she took precautions.

“I don’t leave the checks overnight.

Sattar and Filsaime both faced charges of burglary on an unoccupied structure, grand theft, and fraudulent use of ID. The U.S. Postal Inspector was also investigating.

The tournament has been one of the highest-scoring in history so far and produced nearly 25% more scoring than the same span of games in the previous World Cup.

One reason for the increase in scoring might be the ball that FIFA is using for this tournament.

FIFA says the ball has been designed with deep seams to produce “optimal in-flight stability,” and players and coaches say it has been rocketing toward goalkeepers at a high velocity. There is also added grip to help striking and dribbling in wet or humid conditions.

“This ball is as fast as a cannonball. I think today and the last couple of days, you saw if you kick the ball in the right position, it’s extremely difficult to save,” Austria coach Ralf Rangnick said.

The games are also running longer because of increased stoppage time related to hydration breaks that are new for this tournament, allowing more scoring opportunities. And the tournament has a bigger talent gap because of the expanded 48-team field that debuted this year.

Colombia coach Néstor Lorenzo said he was not surprised by the number of goals considering the talent of the players at the World Cup. He said also said attackers are more protected by officials than they used to be.

“They didn’t have this protection some 20, 30 years ago, when they were hit a lot more, when rough play was a lot more common,” he said Monday. “Today, any team that defends well and uses counterattacks and tries to play, can manage to do well.”

The result: Fans were treated to 121 goals in the first 40 games of the tournament, and many of them came from internationally known players.

Premier League players are scoring the most

More than half the goals scored so far in the tournament were by players from the top three professional leagues in England, Germany and Spain. The English Premier League leads the way.

The trend was on full display over the weekend in the match between the Netherlands and Sweden, a 5-1 triumph for the Dutch. All six goals were scored by players who competed in the Premier League in the 2025-26 season.

“I think the Premier League is more intense than this World Cup,” said Gabriel Martinelli, a Brazil player from Arsenal. “But it’s certainly still a very beautiful World Cup, with high-quality and intense matches.”

Real Madrid, Inter Miami of Major League Soccer and Liverpool were the clubs whose players have produced the most goals. Miami, of course, is all because of one man — Lionel Messi, who has five goals in two games.

In addition to the nearly 30 goals from English clubs, 16 came from the German league, 11 from the Spanish league, seven from the French league and five from the Italian league.

MLS saw its players score eight times. Messi had a hat trick in Argentina’s opening match and another two on Monday. The other MLS goals came from FC Dallas’ Petar Musa of Croatia, Atlanta United’s Matías Galarza of Paraguay and the Portland Timbers’ Finn Surman of New Zealand.

When FIFA announced the official squads, there were 200 players based in England at the club level, nearly two times more than the 109 players based in Germany.

The tallies for the goals were made based on the players’ clubs when the official squad announcements were made.

Real Madrid and Liverpool at the top

Real Madrid players scored seven times — four from France’s Kylian Mbappé, two from Brazil’s Vinícius Júnior and one from England’s Jude Bellingham.

Madrid did not have any players called up for Spain’s national team for the first time. It signed Marc Cucurella from Chelsea during the tournament, though, making one of its own a part of the World Cup with La Roja.

Liverpool got three goals from Dutch players — two by Cody Gapko and one by Virgil van Dijk. Another goal came from Sweden’s Alexander Isak, and the other was scored by Egypt's Mohamed Salah, who was still listed as a Liverpool player when the squads were announced.

Bayern Munich had four goals — two by England’s Harry Kane and one each by Germany’s Jamal Musiala and Colombia’s Luis Díaz.

Bayern was the team with the second-most players called up for the tournament with 18. Manchester City was the first with 19, though its only four goals at the World Cup so far came from Norway's Erling Haaland.

How many goals are we talking about?

With 121 goals scored by 88 players in the first 40 games of the tournament, the average per game was at three goals. There were only three 0-0 draws, and eight of the goals were own-goals.

The tournament is on pace to shatter the 172-goal record from Qatar in 2022. The records aren't an apples-to-apples comparison because the 2022 edition only had 64 matches compared with 104 this year.

But the pace for 64 matches this year is at almost 194 goals, well beyond the record from four years ago.

The trend in scoring goes beyond the World Cup. The Champions League has set records in the past two seasons: 3.27 goals per game in 2024-2025 and then 3.47 goals per game in 2025-2026.

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De la Espriella, a defense attorney who campaigned as the law-and-order candidate “El Tigre,” or “The Tiger,” and José Manuel Restrepo, a former finance minister and the vice president-elect, celebrated in Barranquilla.

“He Won, BIG,” Trump wrote on Truth Social about De la Espriella on Sunday night.

About 41 million Colombians were eligible to vote, 26.3 million cast their ballots in the runoff election, including 12.9 million who voted for De la Espriella, according to Colombia’s National Registry.

With 99.99% of the polling stations’ ballots tallied, 49.66% voted for De La Espriella, 47, and 48.7% for Cepeda, 63, according to the runoff election’s results released by Colombia’s National Registry on Sunday.

As Colombian judges scrutinized the preliminary results of the runoff presidential election, Colombian President Gustavo Petro and Iván Cepeda, the left-wing presidential candidate, did not recognize the results.

“As of today, there is no elected president until the electoral commissions deliver their results,” Petro wrote in a statement released on X on Sunday night. “As I said this morning, I will accept the result that the judges declare because that is what the law orders.”

Once Colombia’s independent electoral authorities review and announce the legally binding result, De La Espriella plans to be sworn into office for his four-year term as the country’s 48th president on Aug. 7.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio released a statement saying he had also congratulated De la Espriella during a conversation over the phone.

“The Trump Administration looks forward to working closely with your incoming administration to advance regional security cooperation, end illegal immigration to the United States, and strengthen our economic ties,” Rubio wrote to De La Espriella on X. “Colombia’s best days are ahead.”

.@POTUS Trump: ¡Felicitaciones a El Tigre, Abelardo de la Espriella, el nuevo Presidente de Colombia! pic.twitter.com/Qnm22tJT04

— US Embassy Bogota (@USEmbassyBogota) June 22, 2026

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Pulisic participated in warmups and ball drills during the 15 minutes of practice open to the media in Orange County. The team gave no formal update on the status of the AC Milan midfielder, who has been limited to one dynamic half of play in the unbeaten Americans’ home World Cup.

Pulisic didn’t play in the Americans’ 2-0 victory over Australia in Seattle last Friday. He played the first half of their tournament-opening victory over Paraguay, catalyzing two of the U.S. team’s three goals in the first half of a historic 4-1 win before coming off at halftime with stiffness from the injury incurred the previous week in training.

Pulisic trained apart from his teammates during the workouts between the first two games, so his return to the full squad was obviously encouraging. He had been limited to gym workouts, resistance training and light ball work during his absence.

“It’s a tough situation when you’re going through a small, little knock,” U.S. teammate Alex Zendejas said Monday. “It’s an important tournament where obviously everyone wants to be able to get out there 100%, but (we don’t) talk about the injury or talk about the moment (Pulisic) is going through. (We) talk about other stuff, try to get his mind off of it. Just be there for him.”

The U.S. finishes group play on Thursday night at SoFi Stadium against Turkey in a meaningless game for the group-winning Americans and the already-eliminated Turks.

The Americans’ first knockout match is on July 1 in Santa Clara, California.

U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino still didn’t have his entire roster on the field at Great Park. Midfielder Cristian Roldan missed practice with a strained muscle.

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La agencia estatal de aduanas peruana dijo en sus redes sociales que los “escáneres de rayos x de alta energía” permitirán además “optimizar los tiempos del control aduanero, los costos logísticos, así como fortalecer la seguridad de la cadena de suministro internacional”.

En la inauguración de los equipos estuvo presente el embajador de Estados Unidos en Perú, Bernie Navarro, quien vestía una gorra de béisbol con las siglas en inglés DEA, de la agencia antidrogas estadounidense. La embajada de Estados Unidos precisó luego en un comunicado que los escáneres fueron donados por la Oficina de Asuntos Internacionales de Narcóticos y Aplicación de la Ley, del Departamento de Estado.

La embajada estadounidense añadió que los escáneres detectarán “mercancías ilícitas”, agilizarán el comercio y garantizarán la “transparencia en las operaciones portuarias”. Estados Unidos también capacitará a funcionarios peruanos para operar los escáneres de manera independiente.

Perú es uno de los principales productores mundiales de cocaína, según la DEA, y el segundo cultivador global de hoja de coca —materia prima de esa sustancia prohibida—después de Colombia, según la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas contra la Droga y el Delito.

En 2023 el gobierno peruano admitió ante el Parlamento el aumento “exponencial” del narcotráfico. Las áreas de la Amazonía donde se siembra la hoja de coca sumaron 89.755 hectáreas en 2024, mientras que en 2014 alcanzaron las 42.900 hectáreas, según datos oficiales.

El puerto de Chancay, inaugurado el 14 de noviembre de 2024 por el presidente chino Xi Jinping durante una visita a Perú, tiene como accionista mayoritaria a COSCO Shipping, una empresa estatal china que es la operadora de puertos, buques y logística más grande del mundo.

Un día después de la inauguración, Estados Unidos anunció la donación a Perú de los escáneres por un valor superior a los 8,5 millones de dólares. La Casa Blanca indicó en esa fecha que los escáneres iban a garantizar que la carga que transita por el puerto “no represente una amenaza para la seguridad de Perú”.

El puerto —con una inversión de más de 1.300 millones de dólares— es el más profundo de Latinoamérica con 17,8 metros, lo que permite la llegada de los barcos cargueros más grandes del mundo.

El jueves pasado el embajador de China en Perú, Song Yang, dijo en una ceremonia en el puerto de Chancay que en poco más de un año se han habilitado tres rutas marítimas principales y cuatro rutas alimentadoras que llegan a los principales puertos de China, "así como a puertos de Colombia, Ecuador, Chile y Panamá”.

China es el primer socio comercial de Perú por más de una década, con inversiones claves en diversos rubros como la electricidad y la minería, además del puerto de Chancay.

Detectives arrested Diego Ceden, also known as Diego Cedenflorimon, on June 18 at 6807 NW 7th Ave., in Model City, records show.

Detectives reported finding “rooms filled floor-to-ceiling with Honda vehicle parts wrapped in black plastic and staged for storage, distribution, and sale.”

There was a blue Honda CR-V that “had been cut into multiple large sections,” and a white Honda CR-V “shell that had been cut apart,” according to the detectives’ reports.

Ceden, who lived at the commercial property, “knowingly possessed, stored, concealed, dismantled, or trafficked in stolen motor vehicle parts,” a detective wrote, according to an arrest report.

A gray Honda Civic had the VIN of a 2022 Honda and the engine of a 2025 Honda that had been reported stolen on May 6 in Miami, according to detectives.

There were engines from a white 2026 Honda Civic that was stolen on May 28 in Miami-Dade, a white 2025 Honda CR-V that was stolen on June 12 in Broward, and a blue 2025 Honda CR-V that was stolen on June 12 in Miami-Dade, according to detectives’ reports.

A passenger airbag was from a 2021 Honda Accord that had been reported stolen on March 17, 2024, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, according to detectives.

A complete dashboard assembly with an attached airbag was from a white Honda CR-V that was stolen on May 10, in Sanford, Fla., according to detectives.

Detectives found 56 airbags, eight catalytic converters, body panels, a hood, bumpers, a trunk lid, and a book bag with Ceden’s U.S. passport, car keys, Honda CR-V titles, and ownership documents associated with FG Auto Sales, according to reports.

Ceden was at the Metrowest Detention Center on Monday after Miami-Dade corrections booked him shortly before 7 p.m. on June 18, according to county inmate records.

Miami-Dade prosecutors filed three new cases against Ceden on June 20 and one new case on June 19, according to court records.

The list of the 77 charges he faces includes 55 counts of knowingly possessing, selling, or installing stolen, uninstalled airbags, or salvaged airbags; and eight counts of possessing, purchasing, selling, or installing a stolen catalytic converter.

The list also includes three counts of grand theft auto; two counts of criminal mischief; and two counts of possessing a vehicle with an altered, removed, or obscured Vehicle Identification Number.

Ceden also faced charges of resisting arrest without violence; operating a business without a local business tax receipt; operating, owning, or aiding and abetting a chop shop; possession, sale, installation, alteration, or removal of airbags; grand theft; criminal mischief; and dealing in stolen property.

Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Cristina Miranda was set to preside on the three June 20cases, and Judge Ritamaria Gonzalez was set to preside on the June 19 case, according to court records.

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The fourth year of the agreement is at Young's option, said the person who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the Wizards had not revealed the terms. Young will make around $49 million this coming season.

The deal is part of what could be a big week for the Wizards, who hold the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft that starts Tuesday night.

Young is a four-time All-Star who was sidelined by injuries for most of this past season, averaging just 17.9 points — more than seven points per game below his career average — in only 15 games with Atlanta and Washington. He made five appearances with the Wizards after getting traded to them by the Hawks, who had Young for his first 7 1/2 NBA seasons.

The dollar total that the sides agreed upon for this extension essentially matches the most that Young could have made on the free agent market if he signed somewhere other than Washington.

Young is averaging 25.1 points and 9.8 assists per game for his career. The only other player to average at least 25 points and nine assists for the entirety of an NBA career is Oscar Robertson.

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The MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crashed several miles outside Sitka in a sparsely populated area near Harbor Mountain. The coastal town sits on Baranof Island. The surrounding Pacific Ocean currents limit extreme temperatures but deliver roughly 100 inches (254 centimeters) of rain every year.

Rescuers arrived around 11 a.m., about an hour after the crash, and took all four crew members to Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center, a statement from the Coast Guard said.

“We are incredibly relieved our crew members survived with only minor injuries,” Rear Adm. Bob Little, commander of the Coast Guard’s Arctic District, said in a statement.

The Coast Guard will investigate the crash. It's not clear what caused it.

This helicopter crash followed a string of three major plane crashes this month.

A business jet crashed on a highway in Laredo, Texas, Tuesday night, killing one person on board. A B-52 crashed on June 15 during a test flight at Edwards Air Force Base in California and killed all eight people aboard. And on June 14, 12 people were killed when a plane on a skydiving outing in Missouri crashed.

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Associated Press writer Becky Bohrer contributed to this report from Juneau, Alaska.

U.S. District Court Judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan sided with advocacy groups that argued the recent upgrades to the program, called Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE, aggregated Americans’ sensitive personal data in a way that could result in voters being wrongly purged from voter rolls.

“All in all, the federal government has knowingly trampled on the privacy rights of American citizens in a manner that threatens the sacred right to vote,” Sooknanan said in an order explaining the decision. “This Court cannot stand idly by while that happens.”

She said Congress had expressly prohibited the government from centralizing Americans’ personal identifying information and that the federal agencies that created the SAVE program “knew that the database violates those statutory protections.”

The decision is a major legal setback for President Donald Trump in his efforts to use federal agencies to encourage a nationwide crackdown on having noncitizens illegally on state voter rolls. The modified SAVE system, which critics had referred to as an unlawful centralized federal database of voter information, had been a key pillar of the second election executive order the Republican president signed earlier this year. The ruling leaves its future uncertain.

“It’s amazing how hard the Left will fight to stop us from solving problems they insist do not exist,” James Percival, general counsel at the Department of Homeland Security, said of the ruling in a social media post.

The department referred to his post as its comment on the ruling. The Department of Justice did not immediately return a request for comment.

Voting by noncitizens was already rare

The executive order seeking to create a national voter list is among numerous steps Trump has taken during his second term to try to overhaul the way elections are run. He also has tried to force voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote, ban mail ballots from counting if they are received after Election Day and prohibit the Postal Service from mailing ballots to people not on an approved list of voters. Most of those steps have been blocked by various courts, in part because the Constitution gives states and Congress the authority to set election rules, but provides no such power to the president.

Voting by noncitizens is already illegal and punishable as a potential felony that could lead to deportation. It also is rare, accounting for just a tiny fraction of those on state voter rolls,

The SAVE program was created under an immigration law mandating that DHS help federal, state and local agencies prevent government benefits from going to noncitizens. At least 25 states used it to check their voter rolls since April 2025, after the Trump administration significantly expanded its search abilities. Since then, at least 67 million registrations have been scanned through the program, but critics worry it could end up purging valid voters from the rolls.

Anthony Nel was one of those whose registrations were wrongly flagged. The South Africa native became a U.S. citizen more than a decade ago but had his voter registration in Denton, Texas, north of Dallas, cancelled temporarily last year after Texas ran its voter file through SAVE. The check wrongly identified him as a potential noncitizen.

“I hope others can see this fight and not take their right to vote for granted,” he said in a text message.

Right to keep Americans' data private is at heart of the case

The plaintiffs, including the League of Women Voters, the Electronic Privacy Information Center and five unnamed U.S. citizens, had alleged the revamped SAVE program violated Americans’ privacy and voting rights. The groups also alleged the Trump administration violated federal privacy laws by ignoring transparency requirements about the changes to the system.

“The agencies were scrambling to comply with an Executive Order aimed at reshaping federal elections, which directed them to create a system for mass voter verification,” the judge wrote. “So they haphazardly combined and repurposed the private information of millions of Americans, including citizenship data that they knew to be unreliable.”

Plaintiffs attorney Nikhel Sus told the court during the October hearing that naturalized citizens face a greater risk of unlawfully being purged from voter rolls.

“They are uniquely vulnerable to errors in the database,” said Sus, an attorney for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

Sus said Monday he sees Sooknanan’s ruling as an “across the board victory” and noted the plaintiffs were pleased the judge’s ruling reinforced their argument that the federal government doesn’t have implied authority to freely share sensitive data across agencies.

Mark Johnson, who teaches at the University of Kansas law school and regularly pursues lawsuits over election laws, said “it couldn’t be more clear” that the SAVE program violates federal privacy laws.

He said an executive order from Trump cannot override a federal law.

“It’s an illegal idea. Plus it’s a bad idea,” he said.

Elon Musk's DOGE effort was crucial for updating the SAVE system

During the 2024 presidential campaign, as Trump pushed false claims of widespread noncitizen voting, Republican secretaries of state began requesting improvements to the SAVE system to make it more efficient for catching noncitizens on their rolls. One limitation was that the system had been able to check just a single individual at a time.

DHS, Citizenship and Immigration Services, and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency delivered on those requests in 2025, according to public announcements. They made SAVE free for election officials, allowed agencies to search voters by the thousands and began permitting queries using names, birthdays and Social Security numbers, as opposed to requiring DHS-issued identification numbers.

Several secretaries of state have said the SAVE overhaul improved its value as one of multiple tools they use to assess voter citizenship. But in her ruling, Judge Sooknanan said the plaintiffs had shown that the updated system had indeed been identifying some lawful voters as noncitizens and that states using it “are actively removing United States citizens from voter rolls based on inaccurate information.”

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Swenson reported from New York. Associated Press writer John Hanna in Topeka, Kansas, contributed to this report.

RMS Titanic Inc., the company that owns exclusive salvage rights to the famous wreck in the North Atlantic, wants to sell the artifacts for the first time despite previous agreements to only display them at museums and traveling exhibitions.

Georgia-based RMS Titanic proposed auctioning the artifacts and displaying them on a global tour in four cities, although those locations haven't been publicly revealed. Court documents filed in the U.S. referenced the company's plan to sell artifacts including a bronze cherub, a necklace of gold nuggets and a heart-shaped pendant.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration represents U.S. interests and oversight in the wreck site. The agency contends such a sale would violate RMS Titanic's legal obligations to the site, according to documents a judge ordered unsealed earlier this month.

In arguing that the auction should be prohibited, the government wrote that the company “does not seek the Court’s approval, does not believe that approval is required, and asserts that it is not restricted in its ability to sell” the artifacts.

Representatives for RMS Titanic did not respond to requests for comment Monday. Its attorneys previously said in a federal court filing that the proposed auction arrangement wouldn’t violate existing court orders and agreements about the artifacts.

This is the latest attempt to sell Titanic artifacts

Since 1987, salvage operations have retrieved thousands of items and even chunks of the Titanic’s hull. RMS Titanic makes money by exhibiting them.

Over the decades, the company has tried to sell artifacts to fund future explorations and as it faced financial trouble. But those efforts were roundly opposed by U.S. courts along with preservation groups and relatives of the victims. Some of the salvaged items belonged to passengers aboard the ship.

However, items saved by survivors or plucked from the water by rescuers can be sold and often fetch big sums. A life jacket worn by a passenger went for just over $900,000 in April, while a gold pocket watch given to the ship captain who rescued the survivors was sold for nearly $2 million in 2024.

Auctioneers say the unending fascination with the Titanic — which sank in 1912 after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage from Europe to New York, killing more than 1,500 people — and the rarity of artifacts adds up to high demand and exorbitant prices.

A trans-Atlantic dispute over the artifacts

RMS Titanic wants to auction some of the first artifacts salvaged from the wreck. Those items were taken to France, which awarded ownership of them to the salvager. French oceanographic institute IFREMER partnered with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on the discovery of the wreck.

The rest of the collection was retrieved during subsequent expeditions, and the salvage claim was made in a U.S. District Court in Norfolk, Virginia.

NOAA argues that all of the roughly 5,000 items — regardless of whether they were claimed in France or the U.S. — must remain in one collection based on conditions set by the U.S. court. NOAA also maintains on its website that a French court’s conditions required that the artifacts not be sold individually and be kept together as a single collection.

The company has argued, among other things, that the U.S. court lacks jurisdiction over the items claimed in France.

Representatives for the French government did not respond to requests for comment late Monday.

Pieces of history for all to see

Some undersea explorers have pushed back at the idea of selling Titanic artifacts, which they argue should be displayed in the public interest.

“I don’t have a problem with people recovering artifacts from the Titanic as long as it’s done careful, with proper archaeological techniques,” said Greg Stone, a veteran ocean explorer and ocean scientist. “I’d feel better if it was a nonprofit enterprise.”

Richard Daynard, a law professor at Northeastern University School of Law in Boston who specializes in public interest advocacy, said rules on the display and sale of Titanic artifacts are intended to preserve the wreckage for the benefit of the public, and so it can't be “picked up by billionaires for further display of their wealth and power.”

“If it’s something where someone can walk through their house and say ‘Yes, I bought this for $5 million and it’s original from the Titanic,’ that’s not a good thing,” he said.

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Associated Press writers Ben Finley in Washington D.C. and Angela Charlton in Paris contributed.

The bill, which passed 85-5 and now heads to the House, has been the focus of intense negotiations in recent weeks as lawmakers in both parties try to address housing costs in an election year. The final version of the legislation bans corporate investors from buying single-family homes but doesn’t include a Senate provision that would have required investors to sell newly constructed homes within seven years.

The measure was the result of years of work to “lower costs, expand housing supply, cut red tape, protect taxpayers, and help more Americans achieve the dream of homeownership," said Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott, R-S.C., who worked with Democrats to get the bill passed.

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the top Democrat on the banking panel, said it is the most significant housing bill to pass Congress since 1990, when the average home in America was sold for $150,000. Now it costs more than $500,000, she said.

The bill “acknowledges that the federal government has a role to play in lowering housing prices,” Warren told The Associated Press. "For the first time ever, private equity will be blocked from buying up single-family homes and trying to turn housing into one more Wall Street investment.”

Senate passage of the bill shapes up as a rare bipartisan legislative achievement when much of Republicans' agenda has stalled. The House is expected to give final approval later this week and send the bill to President Donald Trump, who has signaled his support.

Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California, who helped negotiate the legislation, said it was a “huge step toward finally addressing the affordable housing and homelessness crises in this country.”

Housing costs are a concern for both parties

Republicans and Democrats have embraced the bill as a way to show they are addressing the nation’s affordability crisis, driven in part by rising home prices due to a shortage of affordable housing. The U.S. housing market has been in a slump dating back to 2022, when mortgage rates began to climb from pandemic-era lows.

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes have been hovering close to a 4-million annual pace going back to 2023 — well short of the 5.2-million annual pace that’s historically been the norm. Sales slowed last year to a 30-year low and have remained sluggish so far this year, declining in January and February versus a year earlier.

The Economic Report of the President in April found a shortage of 10 million homes, while a report this month from the Joint Center For Housing Studies at Harvard University found sales of existing homes were at three-decade lows and inventories were rising due to high home buying costs. “Cost burdens for both renters and owners continue to climb, while assistance remains profoundly underfunded,” the report said.

While the median U.S. monthly rent has been declining for nearly three years, it was still 17.2% higher in May than it was before the pandemic, according to data from Realtor.com.

Changes for grants, Section 8 and manufactured housing

To increase the supply of housing, the bill would streamline environmental reviews and speed up the construction process.

It would offer funding to local governments that build more housing, including Community Development Block Grant money to places exceeding the median rate of homebuilding. It would also provide new dollars for communities to turn abandoned infrastructure into housing, and offers a framework for communities that want to reform outdated zoning regulations, which often limit larger housing developments.

The legislation would allow banks to invest more in affordable housing and raise limits on the number of public housing units that can receive private financing through Section 8 funding to rehabilitate properties. And it would remove outdated requirements and expand federal financing to make manufactured homes more affordable.

“Manufactured housing produces some of the most cost-effective housing in America, but access to financing has been tightly restricted,” Warren said. “This creates the opportunity for more manufactured housing and, at the same time, creates a structure for people living in manufactured housing communities to organize and protect their investment in their homes.”

Lawmakers compromised on a disaster program

One of the sticking points between the two chambers was over a federal disaster recovery program.

An earlier Senate bill had permanently authorized block grant recovery funds, a change intended to ensure that funding requests aren't needed after every disaster. House lawmakers opposed that provision because of concerns over how the program was run, so they agreed on a three-year authorization instead.

The final bill has received widespread support in the housing community, both from organizations representing landlords and large property owners as well as groups that advocate for tenants and low-income renters.

“There is no magic wand that will fix this crisis overnight, and no single piece of legislation is perfect,” said David Dworkin, chief executive of the National Housing Conference, the nation’s oldest housing coalition.

“Compromise demands that. But this bill is a significant down payment on a long-term effort to make housing more affordable for all Americans.”

According to the Miami Police Department, an officer near the Target at 3825 NW Seventh St. in the city’s Flagami neighborhood was flagged down about a theft at around 4 p.m. on Saturday.

Police said they found a shopping cart with several items stolen from a nearby Bath & Body Works and identified Christina Teresa Renne, 39, as the suspect “responsible for multiple retail theft incidents at several stores.”

Arrest reports state that she also had a baggie of suspected cocaine powder and said that when officers tried to put her in a cruiser, she kicked an MPD officer in the knee.

Authorities said that while being booked and searched at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, body-scanner images showed that Renne had “what appeared to be contraband inside of her vaginal area.”

An arrest report states that while in a secure area, Renne “removed a pipe with suspected cocaine residue from inside her vagina.”

Renne, alternatively listed in arrest reports as either homeless or residing in Miami Beach or Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood, now faces charges of retail theft with a prior conviction, battery on a law enforcement officer, cocaine possession and introducing a controlled substance into a jail facility.

Jail records show she also had multiple probation warrants and remained at TGK as of Monday afternoon.

So he was a little surprised when protege Corey Heim went radio silent ahead of the inaugural race at Naval Base Coronado.

“I asked Corey before the race, ‘This is the first week you haven’t called me for advice, you didn’t think I’d bring anything to the table?’” Hamlin said with a smile. “Apparently, he was good.”

Indeed, Heim proved he had it handled with his upset win Sunday. By winning in only his 13th career start, the rising star reaffirmed that Hamlin has a keen eye for spotting talent while taking risks in building 23XI Racing with NBA legend Michael Jordan, his co-owner.

Four years ago, Hamlin and Jordan showed faith in Tyler Reddick by signing him more than 18 months before his Richard Childress Racing contract expired. Reddick escaped the deal’s final year and validated Hamlin’s faith with a championship round appearance.

Reddick opened this season by winning five of the first nine races (including the Daytona 500). The Cup Series points leader was on his way to a sixth win Sunday on the street course south of downtown San Diego before he got outdueled by Heim, who will move into Cup full time in 2027 as a teammate of Reddick and Bubba Wallace.

“Really surprised,” Hamlin said about Heim’s breakout performance. “Now if you would have asked me in the middle of the race, I wouldn’t have been that surprised. I got to race around him enough to know he had plenty of speed.”

As a top-level driver with 64 victories ( four this season ), the 45-year-old Hamlin has an edge over other team owners because he can scout prospects with a firsthand perspective while also speaking their language behind the wheel.

After winning the truck series championship last year, Heim passed on full time with other Cup teams and chose to race a partial schedule while waiting for the 2027 ride to open at 23XI Racing.

“I always just had a gut feeling that 23XI was where I wanted to be,” Heim said. “Just so much support from Denny and MJ. I talk to them on a very regular basis, and I’ve always felt like family. Their preparation is the best in the industry. It probably would have been advantageous to be full time as soon as possible, but my gut just told me to stay with it.”

Street race successes

A sellout crowd of 50,000 fans gathered on the active military base to witness the third first-time Cup winner this season.

NASCAR chief operating officer Ben Kennedy, who previously took the Cup Series to inaugural events in downtown Chicago and Los Angeles, said 67% of the attendees were NASCAR first-timers.

Though it’s unclear if Naval Base Coronado will be on the 2027 schedule, Kennedy vowed to stay aggressive in the future by scheduling at least one annual street race with an eye toward new metropolitan areas and military bases.

“There are a lot of strategic markets across the country that we would love to be in that have large military bases as well,” Kennedy said. “So we’ve talked about the Pacific Northwest, Colorado, the Northeast.”

San Diego drawbacks

There were some first-year hiccups for the Coronado track. Because of crashes in the truck, O’Reilly Auto Parts and Cup series races, the red flag was displayed on three consecutive days for repairs to the temporary walls.

The San Diego event weekend drew 125,000 over three days, but NASCAR limited capacity because of concerns about traffic on Coronado Island. After fan complaints Friday and Saturday, NASCAR summoned extra food trucks and staff on Sunday to help with concession stands and bathroom access.

“One of the things we’re most mindful of is the amount of people that you can frankly get on and off the base and still have a good fan experience,” Kennedy said. “We want to make sure that ingress and egress was palpable.”

Contentious debut

Front Row Motorsports driver Noah Gragson confronted Kevin Magnussen after being spun by the Formula One veteran who made his NASCAR debut. A heated discussion ended without resolution for Gragson and Magnussen, who collided multiple times.

“He was playing it a bit stupid out there,” said Magnussen, who joined his father, Jan, as the second Danish driver to make a Cup start. “He could have had a good race. He chose not to. I felt like I was in a fistfight the whole race through. Everyone was driving so well. It’s tough racing, but people have respect. You can’t mess around. I like that kind of racing. Big respect to everyone except that one guy, but I’ll deal with that.”

Magnussen, who races for BMW’s top sports car team, turned the fastest lap of the race in a 27th-place finish.

“I learned so much about the car,” he said. “I felt so much more confident toward the end of the race. The pace was there, the car was really good. Just super happy to get the opportunity to race in NASCAR. If I get a chance, I’ll be here. I loved every second of it.”

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Georgia’s governor, Republican Brian Kemp, had called lawmakers into a special session in part to address a July 1 deadline that was set to ban the QR codes used for the official vote count. Legislators passed a law two years ago that set that deadline, but then failed to find a replacement for tabulating votes.

Some voting rights activists had warned that any changes so close to the midterm elections could create confusion at polling sites. Georgia is a political swing state where voters will decide high-profile races for U.S. Senate and governor in the fall.

State lawmakers last week appeared to have reached a deal on a bill to push the July 1 deadline back to 2028. But Republicans in the Senate approved an amendment over the weekend that would require a full hand recount of the two races at the top of ballot. In November, that would be the governor’s contest and a U.S. Senate election.

The amended bill passed the Senate on a party line vote, but the House did not immediately schedule it for a vote on Monday.

Georgia Democrats say a hand recount in November would create chaos that could sow doubt about the results. Research has shown that hand-counting is more prone to error, costlier and likely to delay results. It has gained traction, however, with Republican lawmakers in some states amid President Donald Trump’s repeated false claims about a stolen 2020 election.

“What we are experiencing is a Republican Senate who’s acting extraordinarily irresponsibly with Georgia’s elections and people’s votes,” state Rep. Saira Draper, a Democrat, said Monday.

Republican state Sen. Max Burns defended the Senate bill, saying hand counts and machine counts can “coexist and confirm each other’s ultimate results.”

“This amendment to a good bill is to strengthen it so that the voters have confidence in election security,” he said.

Georgia's current election system uses a QR code printed on ballots to tally the votes. It has drawn the ire of Trump, who claimed without evidence that voting machines in Georgia deleted or switched votes in the 2020 election. He narrowly lost the state to Democrat Joe Biden that year.

Georgia voting machines have been the subject of conspiracy theories, which manufacturer Dominion Voting Systems fought vigorously in court. But election integrity advocates also have raised concerns about the machines, arguing that they are vulnerable to hacking and that voters cannot be sure their selections are accurately reflected because people can’t read QR codes.

The Georgia Senate bill would extend the July 1 deadline to Jan. 1, 2028. It also would create a committee to recommend requirements for a new voting system. The committee would have until Jan. 31, 2027, to report its findings. State lawmakers would be responsible for funding, buying and implementing the new system for the 2028 election cycle.

The special session also was supposed to redraw Georgia’s congressional and legislative districts for the 2028 election, but state lawmakers postponed those plans.

Santana on Monday called Davis “a visionary.” Barry Manilow said music wasn't just business to Davis, “it was family.” Michael Bublé said the music executive “believed in people and their dreams.” Patti Smith thanked Davis for a half century of “love and support.”

Davis died Monday in his Manhattan apartment. A statement from the family says Davis “discovered, mentored, and championed the greatest artists in modern music history, leaving an indelible mark on culture that will endure for generations.”

Davis was 94.

Here's some reaction to Davis' death and his legacy.

Barry Manilow

“My heart is heavy with the loss of my friend Clive Davis. For fifty years we worked together, created together, argued together, and celebrated together. Yes, some would say it was business. But to Clive, it never was. It was family. And I was honored to be a part of his.” — on X.

Alicia Keys

“To Clive Davis, the visionary who transformed dreams into reality, leaving an indelible mark on music and lives worldwide.” — on Instagram.

Carlos Santana

“Clive Davis was a visionary. He could hear the intangible before anyone else could see it. He believed in Santana from the beginning, and years later he believed in us again. That kind of faith is a beautiful blessing, and I will always be grateful.

“Clive understood that music is more than entertainment. Music is a healing force. It brings people together beyond fear, beyond separation, beyond borders. He dedicated his life to championing artists and helping them share their gifts with the world.

“Clive recognized the light in people. He encouraged artists to trust their own voice and step into their destiny. Because of his vision, countless musicians were able to reach hearts across the planet.” — in a statement.

Patti Smith

“This is thanking Clive Davis for transforming music, and on a very personal note, for believing in me, shepherding my efforts and a half century of your love and support.” — on Instagram.

Rod Stewart

“I owe Clive so much. The force behind J Records, he was the only one who believed a rock singer could sing the standards with conviction. Other labels rejected the idea, and so The Great American Songbook was born, selling close to 40 million copies.” — on Instagram.

Bruce Springsteen

At 22 years old, he changed my life when he signed me to Columbia Records. He treated me with the same respect and kindness as a 22-year-old nobody as he did after all my success. A great man. — on Instagram.

Dionne Warwick

"I can think of no other record man that seemed to have that magical ability to know a hit when he heard a song. The entire music industry I'm sure will mourn his passing. He was one of a kind." — in a statement.

Michael Bublé

“Heartbroken to hear of the passing of Clive Davis. Clive wasn’t just a music legend, he was a champion of artists and someone who believed in people and their dreams. Forever grateful for his guidance, his generosity, and the opportunities he gave so many of us.” — on Instagram.

Paul Stanley

“The music world and all those who have loved music for 6 decades have lost the visionary and champion of so many artists in so many genres. A one of a kind genius.” — on X.

Stephen Bishop, songwriter and guitarist

“Clive did so much for artists and for the music business as a whole. He was truly one of a kind and lived an incredibly full and remarkable life. If you knew him, you knew he genuinely cared about artists. He could be tough, but he was always fair.” — on X.